Babies Born ~ March 1st-15th 2010 #2

uuggghhhh what a day!
Peppar had one of "those" days today. Man they suck dont they? I couldnt do anything and she just wouldnt sleep.
Oh except for the half an hour I gave her to DH while I escaped to the supermarket. Honestly she was out 2mins after I left and awake again 5 mins after I walked back in! :doh:
Oh well she is finally out the monk now and fingers crossed its for the night :crossfingers:
She has found her fist too, she sucks on her thumb knuckle, as she hasnt quite found her thumb yet.
Havent had her weighed for a while but I think she has slowed a bit now.

Well sorry for lack of personals but I am off to bed. Not like you night owls I am lucky if I make it to 9.30pm these days. Cant blame Peppar either as she sleeps well but I can blame my iron levels and my 2yr old!

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Yes Cass, im constantly hungry although more so later in the day (lunch onwards) as that seems to be the time i get to feed myself so my body has adjusted. I also have a BIG dinner serve with meat and vegies, then 30 min later am hungry again. Mental eh. Every morning and in the wee hours of the mornings my tummy is grumbling, but im often to lazy to get out of bed now... Thankfully I also haven't put any weight on, but haven't lost any more either - so much for Breast Feeding helping there!

Seems like most of the bubs have discovered their fists/fingers of late eh!

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I was just reading up online that the likely cause of my feeding frenzy is due to bubs having a growth spurt. Just natures way of ensuring that I get enough to feed him!

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uuggghhhh what a day!
Peppar had one of "those" days today. Man they suck dont they? I couldnt do anything and she just wouldnt sleep.

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Sounds like you're wee one is having a growth spurt too!

Thrilled82 - Sorry to hear you had such a shocker of a week last week...but at least you know that Willow is aok. And what a brilliant girl sleeping through the night. My son was a crier...we were just saying the other day that Soph cries 98% less than he did. He cried when you changed his nappy, dressed him, dried him, moved him...anytime really and he had the arsneic (sp??) hour that lasted till 11pm (until he was about 5 months old). But he did sleep through from them from 8 weeks - I think all the crying had worn him out. He was a terrible comfort feeder too - it used to make me feel nauseated. Oh - and he never slept in the day either!!! Then it all just stopped by 6 months and he has been the most beautiful, easy going, kind and caring boy. So I understand (to a certain extent) and just can say that Willow will settle into this world and give you more happiness than you ever can imagine!!!

Bree - Ciaran has started drooling - so has Soph. I had forgotten that stage where they can't swallow yet and you have to change them multiple times a day as they sare saturated. Can't quite remember how long it went for...have to look it up...get the multiple outfits ready for each day - Soph has just started with the drenchings this week! I was thinking about Zumba too - anyone know if they sell it in the shops?

Cass - Thanks for information re growth spurts and breastfeeding and starvation!!! I am always hungry!!! Have you used kelly.com - it is a great breastfeeding information site. I used it with my son when I had a few issues - re refusal of left side etc. Great tips! Soph's sleeps were shorter last week - so must have been a growth spurt. V cute re Robert's fit of giggles. Soph had a laugh last night for the first time. DH and I were saying we wonder if she will ever laugh as she is a very serious little thing!!! DS was laughing up a storm - but then crying as well - perhaps Soph is more down the middle!!!

Stacey - Sorry to hear you had a shocker - that was me on Monday! It suxs. I had a much better day on Tuesday so heres hoping your day today is much more pleasant.

DH was at school camp last night - so first night at home with the two kids on my own. Soph was excellent and asleep by 7.30pm (miracle!!) but DS would not go to sleep...was waiting for Dad...didn't get it. He is usually asleep by 7pm and at 9pm I just gave in and took him to bed with me and we fell to sleep together in my bed. After Soph's 2.30am feed, she wouldn't settle - so from 3am to 7am we all slept together. Suffice to say my sleep wasn't the best - but at least we had no major dramas.

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I was thinking about Zumba too - anyone know if they sell it in the shops?

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LJ - Ive looked online so dont think its in the shops. Seems expensive so Ive resorted to Ebay - there are some DVD's on there at almost half the price of the official companies site (although they offer 30day money back etc)

Bree - Good idea re Zumba

Just wanted to pop in to share that Soph self settled twice yesterday - for her 9am sleep and 11.30 sleep. I put her in the rocker sleepy and she sucked her pointer to sleep. She didn't do it for her afternoon sleeps but that was a miracle! She is just in the process of doing it now (8.30am sleep) - so fingers crossed!!!

Took me forever to get her down last night - she was windy I think. Then she woke at 11, 3, 5 and 7 and fed every time. Hungry girl...must be that growth spurt everyone is talking about. Here's hoping that the night time waking settles down and the self settling in improves!

We are moving Robert into his own room on the weekend. DH is a really light sleeper and with all the noise that bubs makes at night he's not getting any sleep - I only wake up when Robert's ready for a feed, I can sleep through all his grunts and farts. I'm hoping too that because he'll be in another room he might self settle himself back to sleep if he wakes before he's due for a feed. I've noticed the last few nights that he hasn't actually been awake properly when I've fed him. I think I must be on auto pilot and just get up when he makes a noise and feed him when he would probably sleep through longer if left alone. Did that make sense? I got up a couple of times last night and gave in at 5 and relocated to the couch with him........

Guess what, Ciaran found his finger yesterday (upgraded from thumb sucking). What a smartie bum my boy is!!

Also one for mummy - got a new gym program and smashed myself on weights and cardio today.. stinky, sweaty and will no doubt be sore tomorrow. Burn fat burn!

Question - anyone know where you can get earplugs for babies (or what else i can use?). Tissue paper didnt do the job...

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I've noticed the last few nights that he hasn't actually been awake properly when I've fed him. I think I must be on auto pilot and just get up when he makes a noise and feed him when he would probably sleep through longer if left alone. Did that make sense? I got up a couple of times last night and gave in at 5 and relocated to the couch with him........

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Cass I often feed Ciaran when he is not fully awake - ive found leaving him till he wakes means he gets to the crying stage, and it doesnt get me anymore sleep. He just feeds, drops off again and we all go back to sleep for another 4hrs or so. Certainly didnt find waiting till he was fully awake made him go longer between feeds.

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Cass I often feed Ciaran when he is not fully awake - ive found leaving him till he wakes means he gets to the crying stage, and it doesnt get me anymore sleep. He just feeds, drops off again and we all go back to sleep for another 4hrs or so. Certainly didnt find waiting till he was fully awake made him go longer between feeds.

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Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. I probably won't sleep at all with him in another room anyway. Oh and well done on the gym membership. DH is signing me up this week.

Hi girls,
Quick reply from me, we're packing for a very early start Saturday morning flying Perth-Melbourne, Melbourne- Auckland Tuesday, Auckland to WEllington next Friday, Christchurch follwing Monday, Melbourne Thursday, Perth Saturday!
Becasue I am leaving, work ahs also gone nuts, its hardly leave if you just do 2 weeks worth of work before you go.
Oh well, a holiday is definitley in order.
I am so hearing you guys on the being hungry while breastfeeding, only sadly, it means I do stack on weight too. Daniel is a big eater, I think he's about 7kg, must get him weighed again, 6kg at 6 weeks.
He's also discovered his fist and drools, bubbles and froths. So funny.
I'm loving the smiles and playtime. DD is really lovely with him too

Best get back to the craziness,
See you in a couple of weeks.
Happy baby days

PollyA - Have fun!

Cass - Good luck with the move to separate bedroom. My son slept in cot in his own room from day 1 and slept through from 8 weeks - but he was a chubby boy - who learnt to suck his thumb efficiently by 8 weeks and used it to self settle. Soph is still in with me in my room and is up twice a night - but she is a small little thing who hasn't mastered the sucking. With my son, his little sounds caused me to let down constantly in the night, so I needed to be separated to get some sleep. He would have a little cry in his cot and stop...only 5 secs. With Soph I don't let her get to a cry so I don't wake my toddler who is a light sleeper. I was wondering the other night if she would sleep longer away from me...good luck with the move and let us know how it goes.

Hi again,

Can't believe it took me over a week again to get back on here - where has all my time gone???

Time for some personals first (if I can navigate my way back and forth with this new BB layout!!)...
Cass - I too feed Sophie when she first starts to wake, rather than letting her wake up completely. She always goes straight back to sleep which is wonderful as DS used to stay awake for ages after his night sleeps, which meant I did too! Hope Robert does well in his own room - we put Sophie in her room from day 1 as I knew that if I didn't, it would be so hard to do it later on. I too have been really hungry, and haven't lost any more weight! I just want to nibble all day, and I'm fairly certain that Sophie isn't going through a growth spurt at moment!!
Breesa - I'm so envious of your Gym membership. I STILL haven't got back on the eat healthy and exercise program, despite saying a couple of weeks ago I was going too. My excuse - sleep deprivation/no energy, but of course by actually getting some exercise I would start to get more energy, so I really just need to get off my big fat bum!! I love the idea of Zumba - have a couple of similar dance DVD's which I used to do every now and again. I used to do JAM at the gym which was basicly Dancercise, and I LOVED it!! Have also been known to do adult Jazz at one of the dance studios in town which was good, but I felt fat and unco-ordinated next to all the ones who have been doing dance for years!
PollyA - have a lovely holiday in NZ. We went there for our honeymoon for 10 days and I would love to go and see more!
LilsJula - hope Sophie is going well and continuing to self settle. My Sophie does it really well going to sleep, but does wake when the dummy falls out and needs to have it put back in. Will be trying to get rid of the silly dummy sometime soon I think before she gets too addicted to it.
Feijoa Mum - hope Peppar is doing well and that you haven't had too many of those horrid days. Touchwood - I haven't really had that with Sophie yet, only a couple of hours here and there, but generally she's really good.
Thrilled - I hope Willow is being a good little girl and giving you a break every now and again. It can be very hard when you have a needy child, but don't worry - we will all go through it with our bubs at some stage!!
Jandals - hope Toby is doing well. Your DH sounds like a wonderful man to beable to organise such a lavish birthday treat - sounds divine!! I think I will get the flu shot when I go to the dr next week. My DS just had his Swine Flu (as both DH and I have had) as I figure it is the only way to protect Sophie.
Deedles - hope you are feeling better and that Lennox is going well. I too have had to use the sucky thing on Sophie and she hates it, screams her head off, but at least she is heads more settled after as she hates having a snotty nose.
Hope everyone else is doing well and bubs are all good.

In true form Sophie has just woken and demanding a feed so I will come back soon and post about us!!

Back again. Is there a better way to reply to these posts, other than the Reply to thread and reply buttons? Doesn't seem to give a very big window to write in and it doesn't scroll very well!!

Anyway, back to us... Sophie finally had her 8wk vaccinations yesterday and was really good during and after, which was a relief. She is still suffering terrible cradle cap but have been managing it well with rubbing grapeseed oil into it of a night and then washing the flakes out in the bath the next morning. otherwise, she has been a bit snotty and hates having saline sprayed up it and then the asperator put up her nose. Otherwise, she has started making heaps of noises - cooing and karing all the time. No laughter yet but I'm sure it will happen when she's ready.
I took her to the osteopath on tuesday and it appears she has a shortened muscle near her collarbone which affects her neck and left arm. The osteopath, a lovely irish guy, was fantastic with her and was so gentle, talked to her, and made me feel very confident that it will go away with a few exercises which I do three times a day. We will be going back again on thurs for another session and hopefully it will be fixed. I have already noticed her moving her head better and laying on both sides while asleep. He thinks that it was caused by my heart shaped uterus, when she was descending towards the birth canal in the later stages of the pregnancy her head was on an angle to her body, with her head tilted or facing the left side as she does now. Anyway, hopefully it will be fixed soon.
Other than that we are all good. My inlaws arrived on thursday and have taken up residence on our couches again (which is a bugger when you need to sit there to breastfeed!!) My DS is doing really well since his grommets went in. Turns out sucking on a dummy and lying down having a bottle from 12mths of age can all help cause ear infections. DS was still enjoying a bottle in bed at night, so that has had to stop (which he's not to pleased with!)
Anyway, that's enough from me. Hopefully I'll get back on here again soon.

Cheers xx

P.S. Loving the quick catch-ups with some of you on Facebook (and seeing all the gorgeous baby photos!!) Anyone else on there who wants to make me there friend? I'm Louise Chad (or Louise Hine) if you want to look me up.

I finally won an auction on ebay!:dance: I bought over 40 items of boys 00 winter clothes for $20. BARGAIN!!

I also got two padded pumpkin patch AIO suits for winter for $10.50 - both brand new.

Lou - Im lucky that I had a gym membership before pregnancy, so I kept it up throughout and just put a short hold on it. Having it sitting there is also a motivation to get to the gym and use it... even though it a cheap one it still costs $$

Well, we have had an interesting 3 days.
Ciaran got a bug from the gym creche and started vomiting after feeds on Friday arvo (while at my office on a visit... nice work!). By Sat lunchtime he was fine, but I was starting to feel average and by early evening i was vomiting. Then 6hrs later DH got sick too!
So anyway, after spending most of Sat night sick and Sunday recovering we are a household on the mend. Today I have been a cleaning nazi (after 3 days of no house cleaning the place was a bit messy!) so have been getting busy with washing, kitchen, vaccumng and tidying up. House will be sparkling by dinner time at this rate!

So my planned Sat night away from Ciaran for a few hrs to go to a dance party near our place with my old group of dancing friends was canned due to being sick... and my social engagements alone are so few and far between its such a shame.

OH and guess who is 12 weeks today! Cant believe my boy is 3 months old... Wowsers!

Must get in on the facebook action - Im Bree Taylor Molyneaux if you want to add me - couldnt find you Lou.
Anyway must go as he has just woken up.

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I finally won an auction on ebay!:dance: I bought over 40 items of boys 00 winter clothes for $20. BARGAIN!!

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Great idea Cass, i will check that out. Was going to the baby markets yesterday for some bargains but being sick put a damper on that too :(

How cold has it been lately!
I really hate the cold and winter so I am not looking forward to it getting even colder. The wind in Brissy has been like ice.

Finally we got Lennox's vaccinations last Wed. He was a tough little cookie and did cry a bit but a second later he was all smiles and giggles again.
He has been a bit under the weather but nothing like DS1 who vomited and had a fever for a week.

I love ebay too! I don't really need to buy any more boys clothes as I have TOO many of them! I am still trying to get rid of them all! I have 2 large tubs of them and it keeps getting bigger.
I was thinking of having a stall at the babies and kids market but I just don't think I could find the time.

Lennox still has bad cradle cap too! I can't help but be naughty and pick it off. Will have to try using the oil on his head.

Hope you have a great trip PollyA!

I can't believe our bubs are nearly all 3 months old. Where has the time gone. I already want another one!!

LilsJula your so lucky your DS slept the whole night. Neither of my DS's have. DS1 still doesn't and it is driving me craze. We need to get a king king size bed to fit us all in it!

I went to a body combat class yesterday and absolutely loved it. Although I felt completely uncoordinated and "floppy" compared to all those superfit bods in the class I couldn't help smiling like an idiot while working out. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm going again next Sunday and, I might actually take in another class on Wednesday night so I don't seize-up. The surprise of the day was that I wasn't as unfit as I thought I would be considering I've done no exercising (apart from walking, housework and sex ;)) since a week before bubs was born. My biggest concern was having leaky boobs :redface:.

Good onya Cass!
I felt awesome after doing weights a few times over recent weeks, its such a great mental thing to know you have started exercising again and dont seem as unfit as expected :)
I worried about my boobs to, but they have never leaked once so its all good.

re Zumba - ladies i found a Zumba exercise set to download for free on the web, will see if is any good and let you know.

They're running Zumba classes at my gym on Saturday mornings - they started last week.

Cass - Yeah for doing your class at the gym!!! V motivated...Well done! Who looks after bubs for you???

Bree - Please let us know how the downloaded Zumba goes...that could be a very good option! How are you feeling now and bubs???

Deedles - hope your boys are feeling better!

Lou - so glad oesteopath was lovely and helpful!!

Soph's been an absolute shocker at night!! Terrible trouble getting her into bed - then usually waking around midnight, then 3, 4 and 6!! Hope this stops soon....I am hoping it is just a growth spurt!

LJ, I'm only going to the gym when DH is at home. Don't quite feel like leaving Robert in a creche at the moment .... he may be ready but I'm not just yet. Gym is going to be my time out so I can be "me". When I get home I'm more than ready to be mummy again and shower kisses all over my little man.

Cass - Good on DH. I haven't left Soph yet with DH. If I leave her with him to get the washing off the line - she is crying by the time I come back. The other night, DH bathed Soph and I showered toddler for a change and Soph had a big cry but she was giggling by the end. Maybe I need to swap bathtime more often to get things going. Maybe I should just take the plunge and have a time on the weekend and go and do something on my own. How did Robert's move to the cot go?

Soph has taken up having the late evening and early morning feed again - and she is really having big feeds....so I guess she is hungry (not just a settling issue). Last night she woke at 11pm and came off for a rest, so I went to sit her up to burp her (as I thought she was finished) and she firmly let me know that she wanted more!!! At least that gives me hope re sleeping times returning to longer if this is a growth spurt. Has the growth spurts disrupted anyone else's sleep?

Soph has really started grabbing at and holding her toys - it is like her hands have finally opened. She is really good at sitting up (can hold herself up on her own for a few seconds but them flops forward). She is shocking on her tummy and not pushing up on her arms as yet but she is lifting her head from side to side. No sign of a roll yet. She loves standing on her legs!!! What other bubs up to?

Better go Soph crying

Hey Guys
So glad everyone is doing so well

How did Robert go with the move Cass?

LJ Soph sounds like Hannah cries for me all the time even with DF, we went to mums house on the weekend my sister was there and was so looking forward to some cuddles but Hannah screamed everytime she held her, i felt so sorry for my sis , i think she thought that bubs didnt like her which of course is not the case ..

Hannah holds her toys as well, skakes a rattle , hates laying down wants to be up all the time, she can sit up then flops as well, she holds her head up and lifts her arms while on her tummy and can roll to one side

Oh my little girl is growing up:(

She has been sleeping a bit better last few nights but we have good nights and bad nights
In Regards to exercise i was lucky and didnt put an weight except for water weight which i lost , i do have a little bit of a floppy tum which i honestly cant be bothered with caring about yet, we go for walks in the pram every day which we both love..i just like feeling fit and healthy which walking does for me. i wouldnt mind getting some weights for my arms , i feel like i have floppy arms when i move them hahahahha

I am still feeling so tired all the time which i hate , its an awful feeling it really is

I find it so funny, when we put Hannah on change table nappy off to change her she often does boy wees that go everywhere like a little boy lol...

She is laughing all the time smiling all the time and has so much to say ..we poke our tongue out at her and keep doing it and she copies us :) if u havent tried it pls do its sooo cute when they copy u :)

so much washing to do again agghhh but it looks like rain again so not sure how i will go with it..

She also will be feeding and often look up at me and smile lol while nipple in moth hahha soooo soo cute :)

I feel like i am cutting her nails so often they grow so fast and she scratchs her face if i dont

Okay, time to try and fit in a reply before Lacie wakes up!

Polly - hope you have a lovely holiday, sounds like fun!

Cass - hope the move has gone well for you.

Lou - hope all is going well with having the in laws visiting, and good to hear the grommets are helping so far.

Bree - I hope you have all recovered okay from the bug you had, it must be awful having everyone sick at once.

Deedles - hearing you on the cold weather. Its been freezing here, I'm so glad we have a wood heater or I'd never get the washing dry.

LilsJula - Lacie loves tummy time mostly but has started trying to roll from front to back when she's on there. She loves being held up in a standing position and just tries to bounce all the time. She's also trying really hard to sit up!

shell - lol, Lacie does those boy wees too, its so funny!

Lacie has started crying so best go, just wanted to quickly say I've tried Zumba a few times now and love it, although I'm so uncoordinated I must look fairly amusing. It certainly makes me feel good though!

P.S. Lacie had her physio appointment yesterday about her collarbone, they are very happy with how she's going. Apparently she has a very small flat spot on one side of her head (I hadn't noticed it as its tiny) and she is preferring to have her head to one side so we've been given some suggestions to get her moving her head both ways. She already alternates sides when sleeping but just need to get her to turn her head side to side while changing her nappy or during playtimes. She has one more follow up appointment in august to make sure that she's weight bearing on both sides equally when she's on her tummy (she is at the moment but just in case it changes) and to make sure she's reaching out with both hands equally.

Got to go get ready for Mums group! Hope everyone is doing well and having a lovely day xxx

Hi Shell - Glad there is another bub like Soph!!! Glad to hear Hannah is doing so well - she's a clever girl! I haven't done any exercise at all and like you I feel constantly tired at the minute. However, I am currently wearing pre-pregnancy (before any on my pregnancies - 6 in total) jeans and they are baggy - so not worried about it. But feel the need to exercise for my mental well being really.

Roxxie - Lacie is clever rolling!!! Glad physio went well.

Would love tips from anyone with two kids - it is driving me insane in the day with toddler constantly waking Soph up - He just did after 30mins of sleep and now she refuses to go back to sleep!!! GRRRRR

LilsJula short of tying Scout down and gagging the little bugger, I too am drawing a blank on the noisy toddler waking the sleeping baby.
Its sooooooooooo frustrating isnt it? Peppar is in my room which is off the main living area so I am thinking about moving her down the other end of the house when he is home.
We have also just picked up another day for him at daycare so she will at least get three days now of a decent sleep during the day.
It is a bit hit and miss with her sleeps though because somedays she will sleep like she is in a coma and other days a fart will wake her :o

Wow Shell rolling thats awesome. :clap: Peppar hates her tummy which is so strange as all of my boys were full on tummy sleepers and loved it but she just likes to be sitting up, preferably in front of the tv :redface: She also loves standing.

Her sleeping is still pretty good on the whole but the last few nights she has been waking a little earlier than what she had been. But I can handle waking at 4.30am having a quick feed then back to sleep till 8.30. At least I get to have my shower in peace and get the boys off in the morning.

My other cherubs :rolleyes: have just got home from school so I had best go supervise or they will empty the fridge and still look for more

Stace ,Hannah loves watching TV as well lol. i put her in the bouncer and she watches tv instead of all the awesome lights and things her bouncer does

she lays on the lounge and watches tv oh well :) it must be pretty facinating for them
Have you tried putting a pillow underneath Peppar while she is on her tummy? i have a breastfeeding pillow which i lay down on her mat and prop her arms on she loves laying like that and lifts her head up and just loves it . any pillow would work i think prop more so a harder pillow

Just a quick reply while bubs is sleeping (just got a call from DH, he's coming home early so I have to get off my butt and do some cleaning instead of my 30 minute dash at 4pm...ha-ha!! DARN!!!)

Robert's doing really well in his own room. I declined to comment until we had had 5 nights in a row. He's happy to sleep in there and will even go down for a sleep during the day. The room is nice and sunny, so I just wrap him up and pop him in bed for his daytime sleeps and then he goes to sleep - I don't have to rock him to sleep (woohoo!!). Obviously he's got to be ready for a sleep though. At night we've gotten into a routine. DH gives him his bath about 630 then I give him a feed. DH wraps him and pops him into bed. Between 930 & 1030 when I go to bed I give bubs a dream feed (which I will probably drop, but not yet besides the fact that I think he needs the top-up I also love my nighttime cuddles - a warm sleepy baby is heaven) then he wakes between 2 and 3 (although this morning it was 330) then he's down for the count until 6. All in all we're all pretty happy with how it works out. DH has said that he's heard him around 4ish in the morning but he settles himself back to sleep pretty quickly.

Cass - Wow! Robert is being such a good boy - brilliant self settling in his own room...lucky you!!! Hope he keeps it up for you!!

Shell - Will try the pillow trick!

Stacey - Glad someone else has the toddler/sleep issue....let me know if anything works - Toddler is starting to get the idea of keeping quieter...I don't want him to be silent not just start screaming right in the middle of her sleep!!

Soph has been better the last couple of nights - a 8-9ishpm feed, then around 3am!! She is still waking around 5isham so just taking her to bed with me (not wanting a feed but just not settling).

Her day sleeps are hit and miss. Sometimes happily sleeps in cot or rocker but others I just give in and hold her (like just before)!! No self settling lately though!! Don't know where that disappeared to !!

She seems to be having four day sleeps a day 9, 11.30, 2, 4.30 and feeding every two hours with some 1 hour cluster feeding from 5-8ish at night. In total she sleeps around 15 hours out of 24hrs but is a definite catnapper - sleeping 40-60mins for her day sleeps!! She has around 9 or ten feeds in 24 hours.

What are you bubs doing??

LJ I let Robert dictate the daytime feeds. If he wants to feed every 2 hours I just go with it. With his day sleeping I just watch for the tired signs. Some days it's a morning nap, then a lunchtime sleep (2hrs or longer) then an afternoon nap. Other days we have just two really long sleeps then on other days it can also be down for an hour up for an hour. I've even had days when he just wakes for a feed. I just keep an eye on him to make sure we don't hit a meltdown. I've gotten some good pointers from my baby books like Babybliss, but I figure he's my baby and I know him best. My theory is that if the night sleeps are working I'm happy.

Hi, we have been having a bit of a hard week here. Lennox is still as happy as ever but he has developed a flat head. I just don't know when it happened and how I didn't manage to notice.
I feel like I could kick myself for not paying enough attention. So now I have started to carry him around a lot more and sleep him on his side with a pillow behind him to stop the back of his head always being flat on the bed.
He doesn't move his head to sleep on the side it is always just straight back.
With DS1 I never even thought about moving his head around as he was pretty much always being carried as he had bad colic. With Lennox he is such a great baby that I don't really need to pick him up so much as he is so happy n chilled out. I felt like I was doing so great but then all of a sudden it hit me how lost I have been.
So from now I am going to pay more attention to my babies instead of cleaning every 2 minutes and packing up toys when DS1 hasn't even finished playing with them.
I just have to learn that cleaning can wait!
Also I have just been a bit down in the dumps. Not sure why, I just have realised I haven't been out or even seen my friends for such a long time.
I just need to get out and do something for, not sure what but anything would be nice.

Sorry, I feel so much better that I have gotten that out.

Gee I will have to have a look for the book babybliss. Lennox sleeps pretty good but from 3am he is in our bed and waking every hour till 7am. He has great day sleeps. Slept for 3 hour stints today. May be because I have been making him have tummy time a lot.

Shell I have tried tummy time with Lennox using a pillow. He still just hates it. I can get 30 seconds without him starting to scream and as he doesn't cry much I find it so hard.

My big man has been a bit crazy lately too. He has been waking up 3 times a night and coming into our room and trying to get into bed with us. Then my DH takes him back to his bed kicking and screaming, but he always comes back! It's taking it's toll on my sanity.

Best go to bed now before the big boy wakes up and drags me to his bed with him.

Deedles - I feel for you and understand somewhat. I have the 3 month blues at the minute too....so hard to get out to do basic things, isolation from friends, and two kids that won't let me sleep!! GRRRR - I concur - it would be just nice to get out and do something???!!!! Sounds weird, doesn't it, but I get you!! I just keep telling myself it will get easier soon...Give yourself a break re the flat head - Lennox will be fine!! You are doing all the right things...Oh and Soph does the wake, unsettled thing from 3am too - generally I just end up taking her to bed with me...oh and we have toddler in queen bed - so inevitably DH ends up in sleeping with him as he is on a waking streak too since Soph was born..

Cass - I so agree with you re following the baby's lead...I just notice though that Soph is generally developing a pattern....She definitely needs to sleep every 90-120mins - but my son was like your Robert and could go for hours and hours when he was young....and if they are sleeping well at night then it must be working for them...My DS slept through (right through) from 8 weeks - dear old Soph not so kind to me...Oh well!! At least she never cries!!!

Deedles & LJ- I hear you on this 3 month blues, I wonder if it is actual condition. I have kinda avoided posting in the last week or so because I am feeling blue and don't know what to write. Deedles don't beat yourself up too much. I can't say that I have ever noticed any one who has a "flat head". I don't know why they make us worry so much about it.

Another reason I haven't wanted to post, and it is a stupid reason, but Tobi is now sleeping really well and I feel a bit guilty sharing it. About 2 or 3 weekends ago it was like some flicked a switch and suddenly he started self settling and sleeping really well. He has 5 or 6 bottles a day and is awake for 1 hour, then I give him cuddle for a couple mins and put him in bed and he will sleep any where from 2 or 3 hours. In the last couple of days he has gone 12 hours overnight. So we look like we have won that battle.

We went to the children's hospital about 10 days ago and they had a look down his throat with a camera and confirmed he has a floppy larynx, which he will grow out of. We have some antacid for his reflux, but he is still spewing pretty badly, especially today and yesterday. It sucks having a spewy baby in winter, so hard to keep up with washing.

Don't get me wrong I am so grateful for Tobi and for what we have, not sure why this dark cloud is hanging around. Well that's not entirely true, we have ongoing issues with my DH job, he works for a friend which make things more difficult, so that is getting me down a bit.

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

My period is back! :(

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Gee I will have to have a look for the book babybliss. Lennox sleeps pretty good but from 3am he is in our bed and waking every hour till 7am. He has great day sleeps. Slept for 3 hour stints today. May be because I have been making him have tummy time a lot.

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Deedles, Robert was doing the same sort of thing that Lennox is doing now - he would do great up until about 3ish then I would be up every hour resettling him or feeding him. I don't know when it happened but suddenly he gets that early morning feed and then goes back down until 5.30 - 6 and this morning he didn't wake again until 7.

Is there a 3 month blues?? Is it fairly common? That may explain some things......

QB - Congrats on Tobi sleeping well...that's brill news....was there a trick???? Sorry to heat you have been feeling blue 2....it's perplexing isn't it because you luv your bubs in an unimagineable way but you feel so sad....Keep your head up!

Cass - I just made up the term 3 mth blues to describe how I have been feeling but seems like it is common with us...we should research. I know this is the time my PND started with DS ....3-5 mths was shocking for me last time. Do you think there was anything that flicked the switch 4 Robert and his sleeping???

Shell - that sux!

Soph's sleeping is still shocking!!!! I am severely hampered by my toddler - as if Soph cries at night he wakes crying 2! So I rush to her...so think it is making matters worse...and her farting wakes her!!!! Not quite sure what 2 do...guve it a few more weeks then maybe need a new plan...

Was my bday 2day..DH had sickie and we went 2 lunch...and had my family here on Sunday...was gr8 to have adult company and my mother, sister and SIL to put Soph 2 sleep etc...they all live 90min away in Brissie - so I never get help (we live near DH's fam). So had lovely weekend and feel happier!!

LJ, don't know what happened with Robert's sleeping. He just did it one night and that was it. Plus with the day sleeps, I just put him into his cot one day when he was showing the tired signs and he just self-settled himself and went to sleep. I wasn't expecting anything and to be honest I only put him in his bed because I wanted to get the washing out of the machine and he was grizzling and I had to put him down somewhere. Then, I tried it again for another sleep and it's been working ever since. His late afternoon sleeps though still seem to be in his bouncer. I think he likes just chilling out with me in the arvo.

You should research the blues thing. It's nothing I can put my finger on but I'm just not the same.