oh yeah we're very proud of our clever little man.
Question, is anyone still wrapping?? Harrison sleeps in his cot now with a sheet and blanket but he has really restless nights if he's not wrapped as well (just half wrapped from under his arms) When do they grow out of this??
missawah - i stopped wrapping Hamish when he was sick. besides he keeps getting his arms out of it. so he hasnt been wrapped now for about 3 weeks. i also found that when i put him in his cot after he fell asleep and tried to wrap him it woke him up. he sleeps well without it now.
afm, all good here. the last 2 nights have been bad with Hamish waking up and not going back to sleep overnight. was up from 330am yesterday and up at 130 this morning. eventually just put Hamish into his cot and left his lamp on and just walked out of his room at 3am. he called out a few times then just kept sucking his dummy and went to sleep himself not long after that. up again at 550am this morning so not too bad. pretty tired at the moment tho. just put him down for a nap. will have to go have my shower in a minute. he cat naps at half an hour to 45 mins each time so i have to get what i need to done in that time.
need to book him into the docs today for his 4 month injections. he is 18 weeks old today. growing far too quickly.
Sorry I haven't posted for a while - I was just really busy with Angus' Christening and having the in laws here. Also, we are moving down to Canberra next week....
Beata - we use Nan HA too... When I was in hospital and my milk hadn't come in Angus was dehydrated, so we had to do top ups with it. I bought some when I got home and then my milk came in, so I don't use it that much but if I don't have enough expressed milk I use that if DH or my Mum are feeding him. He's seems to enjoy it and we haven't noticed any problems with it. The other day DH gave him 100ml of expressed milk and he was still hungry so DH made up formula and Angus drank another 100ml! But if the pediatrician recommended it, it must be good.
Also, with tummy time - Angus loves it and has since he was really little. He used to push himself along using his legs, but his head would be down. Then we bought a Lamaze mirror and he loves it! I sit it up so that it is straight (not sitting on the wedge) and Angus loves looking at himself - he has even started pushing himself up to have a good look!
Misssawah - I'm still wrapping Angus. He usually gets his arms out and I used to think he didn't like it, but the CHN told us that it reminds them of the womb when they moved around, they were pushing against the uterus. Sometimes he is unsettled after being down for a while so I just re wrap him and he settles straight away.
Con - good to hear your photo's worked out. We got some done with Tiny Treasures and they make great presents for all the family.
Afm - We have been having an awesome time with Angus! We had his Christening on the weekend and flew DH's children up. So he got to meet his two big sisters and two big brothers - they loved him and he really, really loved all the attention. On Friday night I kept trying to get him to sleep, but each time I put him down he would wake up (he did that all last week). In the end I settled him, put him in his bassinette when he was settled and then walked out. I listened on the baby monitor and he babbled to himself for a while and within 15 minutes he was asleep! The next night we went out for dinner for DSD's 18th birthday and after having a cuddle with everyone I put him in his pram with a wrap over it and he put himself to sleep again.
Then on Sunday we had his Christening and it went really well, apart from him falling asleep in the car on the way there and then being grumpy when I woke him up to put him in his Christening gown in the boot of the car.. He cried a little bit, but it went well and the ceremony was only about 25 minutes. Afterwards we had an afternoon tea at our house with everyone (about 35 people). There was SO much food and it went really well. He slept for 8 hours that night. We had to take his big brothers back to the airport yesterday morning But then we took him to Southbank and went on the huge ferris wheel and the CityCat - he was exhausted and slept 9 hours last night!!!
Oh and by the way, his Omi (grandmother) looked after him the other day and discovered that he loves television. We went there again yesterday morning and he watched Playschool. He LOVED it and was on the floor dancing away and cooing and laughing!
Anyway, he's finally woken up again, so I better go feed him. I'm really loving the fact that he is being such an easy baby at the moment, but I am a bit sad, because he is becoming more independent
Beata- We used SMA formula when we first got home but he was very spewy so we tried Karicare (not the gold) and Adrian seems to do really well on it so we are not changing. I got some Novalac sweet dreams to see if it would help him sleep longer at night but it doesnt seem to do anything. We also had some novalac constipation but Adrian hasnt really needed it.
Missawah- I still wrap Adrian but only for his nighttime sleep in his cot, he sleeps in his bouncy chair during the day with a blanket thrown over him. He would probably sleep ok just with the covers now but i think he would get cold as the air would get in down the sides of the sheets, so im just sticking with what works.
Con- great photos, im having a photographer come to the house on Sunday for a photoshoot so will be posting some on FB soon hopefully.
RE- tummy time, Adrian's not keen on it but he has been holding his head up since day one so its not really an issue. Still do it though so he will start rolling over soon.
AFM- Adrian slept through 4 nights in a row about a week ago but has gone back to waking up at least twice a night and doesnt want to go back to sleep from about 6 onwards. Very depressing when i was so excited when he started sleeping through. Hopefully that means its not far off though. Ive been trying to keep him awake longer at night so he'll sleep longer when i eventually put him down, but it is so hard as he will sleep anywhere and in any position, he's just like a ragdoll when he's really out of it. He's is out like a light by 7 every night, wakes for a feed at about 9 and then goes straight back to sleep, up at 1am, fed, back to sleep, but then is up and wanting to play at 5am!!! Very frustrating!
Took him to the doctors last week as he had a few thrush spots on his top gums and he has been very good about taking his medicine. The look on his face is priceless as he cant decide whether he likes it or not Went to the shops and bought some new clothes for him, Best n less is real cheap, onsies from 3$ and trackies 6$ or two for 10! Bought lots of stuff and i love dressing him up. Im obsessed with colour co-ordination though (the art teacher in me LOL) and have to match his socks and bibs to his outfit!
Thanks very much for your relpies about the formula and tummy time ladies
Miamunchkin, I have given Cam a bottle of Novalac Constipation today but he grizzled when he took it and then proceeded to fart all day long rather badly and very smelly. I guess the formula has brought on the farties! I think I will give it a go for one week and see if it improves his poos. He doesn't have hard ones, just infrequent ones, just hope the formula has not upset his tummy. It's hard to tell though, as his behaviour has been as bad as yesterday so hard to tell if it's the new formula or not.
HB, good on you for persisting with tummy time. I should have with Cam but he always hated it and if he didn't whinge he would just lay his head on one side and didn't move it. I bought him a tummy time playmat with a roll at the end so will give that a go.
B, I should check out Chemist Warehouse on the formula pricing, my IGA supermarket is even cheaper than the chemist!
Missawah, I'm so jeleaus of your little man. Some bubs are just born holding up their little heads! I think they are curious about the big wide world! lol.
Teresa, sorry your little man has been keeping you up. Ouch for the 4 month needles! I think Cam is booked in for next month.
Nat, I'm glad the christening went well!
Jelly, Cam was so funny taking the thrush med. as well. He would pull funny faces too but soon got uses to it. Bugger about Adrian going back to waking up at night!
AFM, my little guy has been unsettled yesterday and today, I think he's got a cold as he keeps waking in the night and can't breathe while he's got his dummy in. I have to give him some nose drops and he goes back to sleep, only to wake me a while later for his bottle! I was really hoping he would cut out the night feed....soon maybe? Maybe I should give him more bottles duringt the day?? Oh, I dunno. I really thought he was getting better, but he seems to be going backwards ATM. It really is testing my confidence and patience ATM.
Well, off to bed, hoping to sleep for a t least 5 hours.....
Sorry i havent posted for a while. Everyday I say to myself I should catch up here....
Hope everyone and their babies are going well. I will try to find some time to go back through the posts.
Aidan is going well. We had his tummy thing checked out a month ago. The doctor managed to freak us out and sent us for a for an ultrasound and wrote a referral to a surgeon. The radiologist straight away said that he was perfectly fine and its a normal thing for a baby.
Ive just recently stopped breast feeding completely. I had been supplimenting one feed a day as my milk would run out in the afternoons, and it was a slippery slope to all feeds being bottles. But he managed to put on a whole kilo in a month and jumped back up to the 75 percentile line (he dropped in the second month). Its nice to have my body back and not have to wear breast pads.
He is sleeping well at night. Not that much during the day. He'll go down around 8pm and up again about midnight and down straight away til 8am (or earlier if Daddy doesnt stop his alarm quick enough)
Today we went to check out the childcare centre he'll be going to starting at the end of August when my maternity leave is up. Its a nice new centre, but still makes me sick to my stomach to know Ill be so far away from him.
insom - i am definately not looking forward to going back to work in september. we have already chosen and booked Hamish into family day care and the girl that is doing it is absolutely lovely but i just dont want to leave him!! i really dont know how i am going to cope. i went out the other day for 3 hours and i was chomping at the bit to get back to him after 2 hours! dont know how i am going to manage for 8 hours!
beata - we use s26 original and i found it on special the other day at coles for $16 a tin. well i stocked up with 3 tins! going to check them out again over the next couple of days to see if its still on special. at that price its a bargain!!
afm, Hamish was much better last night. had a bottle at 5pm, bath at 630, story then to bed. slept until 120am, had another bottle, then back to bed, then woke up at 615am. awesome!! i got a great sleep. he is currently on his playmat bashing away and talking to his lion and lady bug on it. so cute. i am off out today to buy him some 00 clothes. he is almost ready to go into them. and target have some gorgeous little boy outfits out. so does pumpkin patch!!
quick post, there's a grizzly Harrison who wants cuddles
I know the Karicare gold is cheaper at Big W than supermarkets, I'm not sure about the other brands though. Will have to check chemist warehous to check if it's cheaper there
I'm shocking, too, InSom I'm terrible at staying up to date!
Jelly, my cousin's daughter started sleeping 10 hours overnight, lasted a week lol. They were devastated when she went back to three-hourly!
Hi to everyone else!
AFM, Indy's sleeping about 4 hours in one block overnight, then awake hourly after that til about 7am. I'd love a 6 hour block! He sleeps pretty well during the day, currently snoozing in his bouncer! We've managed a few footy games with him, he gets a big feed before we leave, sleeps til half time, then sits on his dad's lap quite happily! He has some cute little Cats outfits now, courtesy of Mum and Trav's dad. Be so much cuter if they were St Kilda
Rooey, I guess I am very lucky with Cam as he does sleep for at least 5 hours over night, sometimes even 6. We have a new routine where he gets a bottle around 7 pm, then another one at 9.30-10 pm and then he'll go anywhere till 3 or 4 am. We always tried to give him a the last bottle between 10 and 11 pm but sometimes the last feed for daddy was too much as he gets up for work at 5.30 am, so he's so happy that the last bottle is now by 10! Cam does this funny thing now where he gets a feed at 7 pm and then wants another one 2.5 hours later, but I guess he's topping himself up for the long stretch at night! Good little man And I really do think little Indy would look so much better in the Saints outfit!! lol. Mind you, he looks pretty darn cute as a little cats man!
Teresa, I'm so lucky that I'm at home indefinitely. I won't have to worry about childcare for a while yet, as mum is only 5 minutes down the road and even if I go back to work for 2 to 3 days a week, she'll be able to babysit for me on those days. We want to find a bigger place to live soon, but we don't want to be too far away from Grandma!
InSom, Cam doesn't sleep much after midday, I find that he gets up for a feed around 7 am and then back to sleep till about 10 am, then he usually gets another nap and is awake for most of the afternoon. We do lots of play time on his playgym and it's so cute to see him get so excited about all his little friends hanging above his wee head and him trying to rip them down! We tried the tummy time again today but he grizzled as per usual, just have to keep going I guess. I would love to take him out in his pram a bit more but it's just so bloody cold here ATM!
AFM, Cam was a lot better today. He's been drinking most of his bottles and behaving a lot better in general. I think I have to look at taking him to physio soon as he is finding it hard to look to his left when he is on his tummy, I think his neck muscles have to be manipulated and corrected.
Has everyone been really enjoying their mothers group? I've only been to one so far (I missed the first one, went to the second one and missed the thrid one last week). I find that all the other babies are at least 4 weeks behind Cam, and I'm finding it hard to make the connection with the other mums as their bubs are so much smaller than mine.....
He has just woken up from his 20 minute power nap, better go get him settled again.
beata - i have never been to a mothers group. i am really shy and find it hard to meet new people. u might want to ask your doc or paediatrician about cam seeing a chiro. i dont know if that is a allowed at all
teresa, I'm the same. I feel a bit shy around people I don't know, and I'm always paranoid that I won't be able to settle Cameron in front of a big group of mums whose bubs are behaving like angels!! I've heard that you can take little ones to physio early on, I have a friend whose little boy had a weak neck and she ended up taking him to an osteopath I think.....I must give her a call and find out more info.
Hi ladies! Wow, I managed to get on here two days in a row
Beata, sounds like you have Cam's sleep-time down pat! Indy's getting a bit better with a rountine, he still tends to be awake until 11 or 12 though, sigh...
B, I find that some mornings Indy will wake at about 5am for a feed and then won't go back to sleep unless he's in bed getting cuddles He's had a couple of nights sleeping in the bed with both of us, or just me if I'm down visiting Mum. I kinda like it, but I do sleep better when he's in his cot. I think I might be subconsciously worried about rolling over on him or something!
Hello to all the other yummy mummies!
AFM, I didn't go to my mum's group today, I had a day hanging out with my sis instead! I don't mind my mum's group, it is good to meet other mum's from around my area, but I'm shy too ! I haven't met any of them outside of the meetings, I'd bet happier going to a BB girls met-up I think!
My bro's ex-gf is flying in tomorrow, she's still good mates with him and the rest of the family, so we're all going down to Mum's to surprise her! Mum also just got a big delivery of Nespresso pods, so I'm going to stock up for my machine
Hope you're all well and are getting lots of smiles from your babies!
Beata - we had to take Fraser to the physio as he wasn't turning his head to the left (very common) - she gave us some exercises and he is now fine, but really doesn't like sleeping on that side (and has a fair bit of a flat spot). I just make sure we do the exercises every day as she said it's very common for them to slip back to not turning their head. Just make sure you get a physio that specialises in babies. How's the formula going?
For those chatting about sleep - our "routine for this week" seems to be Fraser going down to sleep about 7.30 ish, wakes for a feed about 1.30 ish, then back down til (hopefully) 7 am. Sometimes he's a bit earlier as my DH leaves for work and is up between 5 and 6, so if he hears daddy clattering about, he wants to get up.
As for mum's groups, we have a really good one from the hospital we went to. I went to the local CHN 2 weeks ago and there were only 2 other girls there and they are both suffering big time with depression - one girl was chatting about how she tried to end it all while pregnant - it was awful! I know we had it really tough for the first 6 weeks, but not nearly that bad!
We've had swimming today. The class is brilliant - such fun and Fraser absolutely loves it! We do a water aerobics class afterwards and the girl works us so hard - it's great that it's not an easy ride and you feel you are getting something for your money. My arms are going to be very sore tomorrow!
Re shyness & mums groups- I'm a really shy person too. I always think other people will think what i say is stupid. But, i try not to let that get the better of me. I love my mums group! It is such a nice morning out and all the bubs are between 2 and 4 months old so they will all be good playmates!
Re sleeping- I agree with ~b~, do whatever is best for you and bub. Grace is having her last night feed and going to bed at at 8pm and sleeping right through until 6am. She sometimes throws in a 3am just to keep me on my toes, but i don't mind. My boobs are sooooo full and ready to burst by 6am though! She is not so good with the day sleeps...but i can't be picky when she sleeps so well at night.
afm- Grace will be making her debut stage performance in a few weeks...the youngest to do so in our town I am taking part in the local musical theatre concert and they asked if i would take grace on stage and make her part of the performance. We even have an old pram and baby outfit! (1915) The musicals are mixed, Annie, Oklahoma, Les Mis, Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music and Oliver. We are busy learning songs...good fun!!
re sleeping - Hamish cat naps during the day for around half an hour to an hour (if i am lucky). i try to get some housework done in that time but i am not always successful (fb calls out to me quite alot lol). overnight he sleeps all night unless he goes to bed early then he might wake up around 3 for a bottle. we have started a routine with him where around 630-7 at night he gets a bath (in the big bath now as he was getting far too long for his baby bath), kisses and hugs daddy goodnight, i read him a story then he gets cuddles from me in the rocking chair which after a couple of mins he goes straight to sleep and i put him in his cot. i didnt bath him last night and he was so unsettled that it was almost 9pm before he went to sleep. i ended up just lying on my right side with him snuggled into me on our bed where he was watching tv then just drifted off to sleep.
on wednesday i went out and bought 00 clothes. washed them yesterday and have to start putting them on him today. i didnt want to but when i saw that his sleeves dont even go near his wrist anymore i figured i had to. lol. he is just growing so quickly. but i am lucky that at least he is getting good wear out of his clothes. he was in 0000 until he was 11 weeks. was 5 0's when he was born but we didnt have that small clothes and he spent the first 2 weeks of his little life in hospital anyway.
Hope everyone has some fun plans for their weekend.
Rooey- Adrian seems to be doing the same as Indiana, asleep from about 9-1:30 then up almost every hour and then refuses to go back to sleep after about 4:30, he just wants to play but unfortunatley he is a big sook and wants to be cuddled and smiled at the whole time so he wont just amuse himself kicking it in his cot. DH and I are running on some very low sleep and frayed nerves. I have to say at this stage it is much easier to love my little man during the day! Am trying to get him to have one big nap in the afternoon, keep him awake most of the night, then hopefully he will sleep through a bit later. The problem now is he naps on and off from about 5pm onwards and so by about 4am he has had plenty of sleep and wants to play, grrr very frustrating.
Con- exciting about being in the musical!, Hopefully Grace wont be freaked by the crowds and bright lights and will put on a showstopping performance LOL! Future Nicole Kidman maybe??? Adrian sleeps too much during the day which is why he wakes so early during the night AND he's become super clingy when hes awake and wants cuddles and needs to be able to see me all the time or he cracks it. V hard to get house work done and ive had to get creative about positioning his bouncer and basinette around the house so he can see me while i work.
B- I saw on FB your toowoomba plans fell through, what happened?
RE- mums groups, iv'e never been to one and i dont really think i want to, its not so much that im shy, but i have friends with babies that i see and spend heaps of time with my family so im not that lonely, not too mention having all you lovely ladies to chat with!!!!!
AFM- As you've read Adrian has become particularly fussy in the wee small hours of the morning and it is wearing me down, i've asked DH to give him a bottle some mornings so i can try and get some sleep but he is not great at it. Adrian is getting very fussy about drinking from his bottle and whinges and cries heaps, DH then doesnt know how to settle him so gets very frustrated, which upsets Adrian more, meanwhile im laying in bed listening to all this because i cant sleep if Adrian is making even the slightest noise, so i end up getting up anyway, settle a distraught baby and DH feels bad and jealous becuse i know how to settle him better so i have to comfort him as well!!!!
I get a little annoyed at Dh some nights because Adrian might have a fuss and he wont pick him up or settle him early on while im busy cooking dinner, so he gets all worked up and i have to stop what im doing and come settle him while DH watches TV or is on the computer. DH then says that he cries when he holds him anyway, and i said its because he more used to me than him. DH then gets angry because he cant be there as much as me because he works and i said then he should make a bigger effort when he is home rather than palming Adrian off to me because then he'll never learn how to settle him. Grrrrr! One of the main reasons Adrian fusses when he holds him is because he doesnt really talk to him if he's watching TV or on the computer and it doesnt engage Adrian and he gets bored. He needs to be talked to and smiled at otherwise he has a grumble which i suppose is like any human being. No one likes to be ignored! Anyway, thats my big vent!
Meanwhile, DH and i are on a major health kick ATM. DH quit smoking 6 months ago and now has decided to get fit as we are both a bit overweight. He is going to the gym heaps and drinking protein shakes and eating really healthy. Im really happy because i have been trying to get him to quit smoking, loose weight and get healthy for years but im also kinda annoyed because he is clearly doing it now because he is a dad, and it means just me wasnt enough???? Anyway, better late then never, im just glad he has finally taken his health serioulsy, even if it wasnt for me. Im doing the gym thing again too but its tricky as i want to start losing weight but i dont want to work so hard that i cant make milk anymore..... I guess i'll just have to be careful not to over do it.
Having photoshoot tomorrow so have to go and make the house spotless, hope i have some good photos to post on FB soon.
We had his Christening on the weekend and flew DH's children up. So he got to meet his two big sisters and two big brothers - they loved him and he really, really loved all the attention. On Friday night I kept trying to get him to sleep, but each time I put him down he would wake up (he did that all last week). In the end I settled him, put him in his bassinette when he was settled and then walked out. I listened on the baby monitor and he babbled to himself for a while and within 15 minutes he was asleep! The next night we went out for dinner for DSD's 18th birthday and after having a cuddle with everyone I put him in his pram with a wrap over it and he put himself to sleep again. 
But then we took him to Southbank and went on the huge ferris wheel and the CityCat - he was exhausted and slept 9 hours last night!!!
Went to the shops and bought some new clothes for him, Best n less is real cheap, onsies from 3$ and trackies 6$ or two for 10! Bought lots of stuff and i love dressing him up. Im obsessed with colour co-ordination though (the art teacher in me LOL) and have to match his socks and bibs to his outfit!
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