Babies Born ~ March 2012 #2

wow Sara what an awesome sleep, you must have been exploding though!
peanutter- sorry your still sick, god i hope i dont go through 4 rounds of AB b4 i get better :(
if anything ds will have a better day going to daycare cause he will be the special birthday boy that they all sing to and popular with your yummy cupcakes!
i pretty much stayed in bed yesterday from 4pm, only getting up to express. Ryker had a snooze with me then dh looked after him when he got home. MIL cooked dinner (although i didnt eat) and did my ironing.
i did the overnight feed which thankfully was only at 2am, then by 6am i had to express cause i hadnt since 1130pm and they hurt.....i was cold all night but sweat most of the night so had to have a shower by 630am.
dh took the boys to school and preschool so i havent had to leave the house but will have to for pick up
my throat is so dam sore i brace every time i need to swallow :(
i tried some toast this morning but just hurt too much.
ive been on AB for almost 24hrs now so hoping it starts to get better by this arvo

Nic, you poor darling :( I hope the AB's kick in soon too.

Oh Nickers, thats sucks hairy ones. How will you scream for the Blues tonight, with such a sore throat? ;) Hope you feel better pronto x

Gah. My stupid iPhone has eaten THREE massive posts!

Big massive hugs to Nic and Peanutter... I hope you both feel better soon!

Rosey, def see another GP!! That's bull**** that you were treated like that!

Buffy, nice work on the massive naps from little miss Grunter! I'm only a wee bit jealous!

LCT, Yves is getting more gorgeous by the day! Glad to hear the feeding is going well honey x

Sloane, good luck on the sidecar conversation!

A big, big hello to everyone else! I hope you are all getting plenty of sleep (HA!) and the babes are treating you well!

Wow, 8 pages since my last post! Going to try my best to go through and do some personals :)

Rosey - You are doing a great job! I'm sorry that you had such a bad experience with the GP, so many of them are quick to prescribe drugs these days. I agree with Buffy, getting out and getting some fresh air and sunshine makes a big difference. Put bub in the carrier or pram and go for an extended walk. The exercise will do you good and maybe she'll get a decent sleep with all that motion too. It's a win win. Have you tried laying down with your DD during the day and both having a nap. I would love to be able to nap with the baby but it's harder with older kids too. We've got a fisher price swing, not sure exactly what model it is, my friend lent it to me. I think it's on it's 6th baby now - has done the rounds with her group of friends. I wasn't planning on buying one but it is pretty good for putting her to sleep every now and then. I think they're like $200+ to buy brand new.

Buffy - Hope that thrush is well and truly gone and had it's butt kicked so it doesn't think about coming back! We have the gruntening here too. Although I sleep with ear plugs because DF snores so I don't hear the full loudness of it every day. :hugs: It is so stressful when our bubs decide that they don't want to sleep. All we can do is keep trying different things til we find something that works (until they decide that it's not going to work anymore and we have to figure it out all over again!)

LCT - It's good that breastfeeding is improving for you. I really have to stretch to get the back clip done up on my ergo, loosening the straps and then tightening once done up works too if you're really struggling. Best to practice when Yves is calm and happy or with a teddy :) We seem to be liking the ceiling fan shadows here at the moment in the favourite toy stakes.

Razzberry - Glad to hear your getting lots of smiles from your DS. Don't feel bad about stopping breastfeeding, you are doing what is best for your baby and you know that :hug: Hope everything goes well with your DD's surgery.

Skybie - LOL at the milk in DF's stirfry! How is your little miss going at night time now? Still a whingy little monster? DD2 has been really good so far, I'm waiting for her to start refusing to sleep like her sister did around this age. She's already getting harder to put to sleep during the day. Good luck at the doctors tomorrow, hopefully it's nothing to be worried about and you just have a stubborn little bubba.

Elocin - Hope Mr C is still being nice and calm for you. I know that knock on the bathroom door oh too well, more so with DD1. Our bubs seem so big now next to little newborns. Although DD2 is so big she seems big next to the 4 month olds! Have a great time visiting your bestie this weekend

Sararose - Sorry to hear about your Popa :( Boo to AF! Hope all the germs have gone from your house too! Will send you a PM for the FB group :)

Sloane - How did you go at the gym? Definitely not heartless putting them in the creche! DD1 has started throwing some major tantrums here too. She has been such a placid little girl up until now and I think some of it is mimicking the behaviours of other kids. Although yesterday she wanted to bring her trike in from down the back but couldn't ride it on the grass so I told her to hop off and I'd push it back, nope didn't want to hop off. Ok well you can hop off and push it back when you're ready, cue screaming "mummy" at the top of her lungs for 20mins straight whilst sitting on the trike not budging. I just ignored it and eventually she pushed it back in, probably got the attention of all of our neighbours though. I have no idea what the screaming is all about, she can talk very well and has been for years yet won't answer me when I ask what's wrong, so frustrating!

Miss E - Sounds like the osteo is going great guns for Cooper, how often are you taking him? It really is amazing to see the similarities and differences between siblings. I'm loving watching both of my girls grow. I'm hearing you on thinking you're a crap mum. DF and I both lost it with DD1 tonight. Normally one of us remains calm but she was pushing all of our buttons and ended up in bed early after only a few bites of dinner because she threw it on the ground.

Nickers- Hope everyone is you house is feeling better, especially you! It's so hard to be patient with kids when you feel like absolute crap. Yay for chiro! Did Ryker stay calm after you took him off his meds? I'm on the mini pill too

Peanutter - Get better soon! You are amazing! So many things on your plate, don't feel bad about your DS's b'day. He gets to celebrate with his daycare friends with cupcakes and gets to have a b'day celebration with family, sounds perfect to me! We are finding the ferocious three's to be way worse than the terrible twos.

Zilly - We keep extended family away if they're sick. My mum was exposed to someone who was diagnosed with whooping cough at her work so she kept away for a little while and another family member has shingles. We just try and keep the personal hygiene standards really high when one of us is sick. Constant hand washing and antibacterial sprays on all of the door and tap handles and everything that gets touched frequently.

AFM - Oh dear, DD fell asleep in the swing at 5pm and woke up for about 30mins had a cuddle with DF, nappy change, feed then back to sleep. Hope I'm not going to be awake at 3am, considering she doesn't normally go down til 10-11pm every night. She's been spewing alot today and yesterday including a few power spews. Keeping an eye on her because the power spewing isn't normal, I'm thinking maybe she has an upset stomach or something.

We are feeding to sleep here, although during the day I will put her up on my shoulder to get a burp out of her, at night we feed laying down in bed and she sleeps in the middle of me and DF. This is the only way that I get enough sleep to be able to function. I couldn't handle getting up and trying to settle her to sleep for an hour. DD1 also fed to sleep until she weaned at 18months. I don't bother trying to put her down to sleep during the day. I will either pop her in the sling if I'm doing something with DD1 or in the swing if I need to do housework. The sling is more effective at putting her to sleep though.

I haven't been to any exercise classes since a few weeks ago. I can only go on DF's days off and he is a shift worker so it's all over the place. Might make it to boxing again next week. Anyone got any recommendations for a double pram good for walking? I'm going to start walking every morning but even though it's almost winter it gets cold overnight and still quite hot during the day here. DD2 gets really warm in the carrier and it makes me extra sweaty too. Handed in my assignment on Monday, only have my exam to go then done for the semester. I'm doing a Masters in Occupational Health and Safety by distance. 3 subjects down and 8 to go. Still not sure about if and when I'll go back to work though as it will be a career change for me in a new industry.

Wow, that took way longer than I thought it would, definately bed time for me!

Huge effort from the Fuzz! :clap:

Wonderful to hear from you, and thanks for such a great post!

BBL dudes :hello:

Can someone's child please demonstrate sleep to my offspring? Up every 30-45 minutes from 3:00am, and she just spent the last hour screaming ("eff off mum, sleep is for the weak!").

I'm a hot mess.

Awesome post Fuzz!! Nice to hear from you!

Oh Buffster... Man, your babe likes to par-tay doesn't she?

Are you block feeding? I stopped doing it a couple of weeks ago but I've just reintroduced it to Connor and am seeing results sleep-wise... Maybe give it a shot?

Agreed....Awesome post there fuzzywuzzy!

Buffy...ouch thats rough. Big Hugs. How is someone suppose to survive on sleep like that? When Willow is a teen I do believe you owe her a few (hundred) early wake up calls :)

I'll be back.....

Note to self - Must write short and frequent posts, that post is so long it hurts my eyes!

Oh Buffy, that is not cool at all. Maybe a bath this morning would help to to calm her down and wear her out a bit, let her kick her legs

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Are you block feeding? I stopped doing it a couple of weeks ago but I've just reintroduced it to Connor and am seeing results sleep-wise... Maybe give it a shot?

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I try to feed up DD as well before bedtime. Sometimes she wants to cluster feed before bed and othertimes she's not interested.

Somebody is being a little fusspot here this morning

Great to hear from you fuzzy!! sounds like things are going well hun.
Buffster, dang hun, what alittle turkey burger! maybe its a growth spurt? FX for some good sleeps today.
Elcin, scuse my vagueness but whats block feeding? lol 4 kids you'd think id know what that meant but nope!

AFM, seems my muffet has a semi routine going on, still doing well with her morning sleep, excpet for yesterday where a suprise poopie got us up a bit earlier than normal, but she had a play and went back down until 230 which was great! we do the school run then come home and have some play time, then sometimes she will nap, most of the time its just cluster feeding wanting to be hled though, which makes it hard to get tea on!
OMG yesterday, i actualy got her down about 415 thought sweeeeeeeeet me time, NOPE doosh face DF comes out of room and goes im sorry i didnt know A was in there, at first i was like wtf? then i heard her cry, i could have KILLED him!!!!!!

Putting DD2 into care one day a week, i cant handle her endless tanties, she's so difficult atm

Skybie, block feeding is where you feed of one boob for 3-4 hour blocks so babe gets the fatty hind milk... Apparently it keeps them full for longer and they have to work for it, which tires them out.

I literally started doing it again on about Tuesday and have had 2 really good nights - 9pm-6.30am with one wake up.

Oh my DH has done that... Walked in to the bedroom and turned the light on, cue crying baby! Come on dude, you just saw me put him down!! Not cool...

How will dd2 go in care?

Little man is discovering his hands, face and voice... It hilarious. He sucks in his hand and raises his eyebrows as if to say 'there's nothing coming out!'. He furrows his brow, gets a really cranky look on his face and goes cranky on his hands after a while. He reacts to our voices and very much enjoys studying our faces while chatting away. He is such a cool little dude, very relaxed and laid back.

Hi all :hello:

Sorry I've been MIA for awhile... Things have been super busy here the last week and while I've been reading I just haven't had a chance to do a proper post.

We had a very busy weekend which was great. It was one of my good friends birthday on Saturday so Coops and i went over to help her celebrate. It was lovely to have a couple of drinks and a bit of girlie chat and the little man was very well behaved so I had a really nice relaxed day. Then on Sunday we went to a Christening. Again, Cooper was a little angel, slept peacefully in his capsule all afternoon, despite the racket going on around him. But then while I was feeding him at 4am on Monday I started to feel queazy. Over the next couple of hours I got really, really sick with what I think must have been food poisoning. It was awful. DH stayed home from work for the morning to look after the boys because there was no way that I could've. Then Tuesday I took Coop's for his immunisations. It was awful seeing him so upset :). He's been pretty good since, a little unsettled and a bit grumpy, but hasn't gotten too sick which is good. In fact last night he went 6.5 hours between feeds :dance: I know you ladies can appreciate how wonderful that was.

Littlest man has just woken up, so gotta run... Sorry for lack of persies, will be back soon xo

and the biggest and most responsive post goes to fuzzywuzzy!!:clap: well done that was a mamoth effort.
re prams when i had ds1 and ds2 18months apart i bought the phil & Teds, i liked that you could have it set for a baby & toddler and then 2 toddlers. I have in the past had some problems with flat tyres and i hope im not jinxing myself now cause i havent had one since pulling it back out to use for Ryker.

Miss E- crap that you were sick too, i currently know how much that sucks. what do you think it was that you ate?
speaking of christenings we have booked Rykers for 24th June. i want him to wear the same outfit the big boys did and for him to fit in it i thought we needed to do it sooner rather than later! Nix was 6months old in it, then Tyron was 4 months old in it, Ryker will be 3 months :)
so the tonsilitis i think is getting better, the disgusting puss is still quite visable on my tonsils but i dont have the temperatures and achying ness anymore. dh has done the school drop off each morning this week which has been good, i still didnt stay in my pj's today but was nice to not have to get out of the house early whilst sick and i was actually still in them until 10am!

buff- man whats miss W doing to you, lol at rosey's comment yep keep tabs now so in 18yrs time you can get her back when she gets home late and tries to stay in bed hehe. have you heard of the dunstan baby language?? google it... i had to re google this time to re remember what the different sounds mean but i definatly think it has some truth behind it. she basically says you can tell what baby wants/needs as per the sound of their cry
eg: "nah" sounding cry is when they are hungry
'owh' sound is tiredness, "eh and Eairh" sounds are for burps and wind
anyway worth taking a look at i say and it may help to eliminate factors if she is crying for one particular reason or another
i find the "nah" sound easiest to hear it has a pretty clear Nnnn to it

I thought I was going to get to actually do a proper post tonight because hubby has just taken Arlia, but she's started crying and he's not the best at settling. She's gone quiet at the moment, but I give it 2 minutes at most, lol.

We're doing quite well though. Arlia is still being quite a dream baby like her sister always was, so in that regards things are great. The hardest part is time management with three so young. I feel guilty that I don't have as much time to dedicate to activities with the other two like I used to. Plus my just-turned-three year old is a bit of a handful at the moment with his tanties and he gets a bit rough with his sisters (I even have to protect the girls from his over-enthusiastic kisses at times!). It's all age appropriate behaviour, but it's still tough. Gosh I love them all so much though. Shayla was snuggling herself on my lap yesterday evening and looking up at me with her big gorgeous eyes and giving me a cheeky grin and I nearly bust into tears! These kidlets often make my heart hurt I love them so much! ♥

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Anyone got any recommendations for a double pram good for walking?

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Have a look at the Baby Jogger City Select pram. We bought one after a lot of research and because I know three people that had it already and raved about it. It's probably my best big ticket buy for the kids, we love it! The seats can go on in a bunch of different configurations and it's a million times easier to manoeuvre than the original standard tandem pram we bought that I only ever used a handful of times because it was so difficult to use. I use the City Select ALL the time. I go walking with the kids a few times a week with the bigger two in the pram and Arlia in the hugabub. THe hardest thing about it is that with two kids the weight you are pushing tends to try to pull the pram sideways if the footpath is not flat, so if the footpath is higher on the house side than the road side the pram will pull a bit to the road side when you are pushing it. I happens in all the tandems though and much less in this one than the other one we had. You can lesson that effect if you put the heavier child in the seat closest to the handle.


Hubby is now focused on the football show and just holding a crying bub, so I better so save her. Lol.

Fuzzy, awesome catch up post! Love the pics of your girls, they're super cute. Any more power spews today or has it settled down? W gets all hot and sweaty in both the Hugabub and Ergo too, I have to under-dress her when using them. Have fun at boxing, I've always wanted to try it. Would be an awesome stress reliever.

Miss E, how's your Mini Cooper today? Have you recovered from that horrid bout of food poisoning?

Nickers, how about you lovely? Are the ABs starting to kick in and get rid of the tonsillitis? What's happening with Mr R?

Skye, nice one on the routine. I would have been annoyed at my man waking bubs too! Good luck at the doc today, am sure A's eyes are fine hon but definitely reassuring to get them checked out.

Elocin, sounds like Mr C is in love with his digits! So much to see and chew! Thanks for the tip on block feeding, W usually wants both sides but I started offering the one she finished on at the last feed and that seems to be filling her up better. She's a really fast eater though, no more 30-minute snuggle sessions anymore :( when she's had enough she pushes boob away! She's turning into quite the nosy parker too, looking around is much more fun than chow. I often have to cover her eyes to get her to concentrate.

Mylitta, so glad Aria is doing well - and that her brother is enamoured! Sounds like you're enjoying your brood. It must be hard not being able to spend as much time with the older two but I'm sure you balance it beautifully and they all feel loved. Good tip on the BJ City Select, my friend has one and we've got the City Mini which is fantastic.

Hello to the other ladies.

AFM: thanks for the sympathy all, my little turkey burger (LOL Skye!) had a much better night - 2.5-3.5 hour stints, I got 5.5 hours! Did call DH in frustration in the late arvo and asked him to hurry up and get home, bit pointless as he got stuck in the carpark behind an accident for an hour. Thankfully got W down and had a calming cup of tea :) She was full of beans as usual this morning and is having a little kip in my arms.

Caught up with my Dad and a family friend yesterday, which was nice as I hadn't seen either of them for ages. The friend bought W a sweet silver bracelet with her name and DOB engraved on it, like the one I had as a baby.

What's everyone up to on the weekend? Cruddy weather here and am craving cuddle time on the couch with DH and bubsicle but alas, not to be. Visiting a buddy this morning, Dad over later, nephew's 3rd birthday party tomorrow, coffee with a pal and then markets on Sunday.

Forgot to mention, we're going to a sleep school next week (QE11) for five days, Wed-Sun. Am looking forward to it so we can sort things out and get into a better routine. Turns out my mum went there with me too, so it must be something in the genes :)

Skybie - Hope everything goes ok at the doctors today. Yay for a semi routine! We are lucky to not have school drop off or anything in the mornings because we all sleep in, night owls in this house. I would've been so cranky about DF waking the baby too! How old is your DD2? I'm finding that babies are so much easier to manage than toddlers.

Elocin - It's awesome watching them discover the world, isn't it? I reckon DD spent 15mins the other day just opening and closing her fist. She was so fascinated by it :) I think it' around 3-4 months that they start reaching and being able to properly grasp things. The look when they shake a rattle and realise that they are making the noise is priceless.

Miss E - Sounds like a great weekend, shame about the food poisoning at the end of it though. 6.5hrs is a great stretch, fingers crossed he keeps it up

Nickers - That's really nice that all of your boys have worn the same christening outfit. We aren't getting our kids baptised. We're both not very religious but come from different religions so the girls can choose when they get older if they want to get done. I'm glad that you're starting to feel better, hopefully it doesn't hang around for too long.

I went to check out a phil and teds pram the other day and I felt like my legs were going to keep hitting the bottom seat. Not sure if it's a double pram thing or just that particular pram. Going to have a look at a baby shop this weekend. We live in the middle of nowhere so this will be my last chance for a while to check them out in person. Although I have a friend with a strider plus and another who I think has the BJ city select that I could try out too.

Mylitta - Don't feel bad about the older kids not getting as much attention, it's not a bad thing them having to learn to share you although it can be difficult at times. I think all of us with more than 1 are experiencing the same thing. I too have heard alot of people raving about the BJ city select, definitely going to check it out.

Buffy - Yay for sleep! Sleep school sounds like it will be a good thing for you both to get a bit more structure :hug: A bracelet is a lovely gift. My parents gave DD1 one when she was born but we haven't gotten it engraved because her name won't fit on it. Might end up just putting her initials on it. No more power spews thank goodness and she seems to be much more settle today.

We're heading away for the weekend this arvo for my sister's wedding. Speaking of which I have to finish packing our stuff and getting ready to go. Hope everyone else has a great weekend :)

Ok ladies, prepare to throw some rotten fruit and stinky old eggs....

For the second night in a row, Yves has slept solidly from 11pm - 7am, when he has been fed EBM by his Dad, then changed and delivered back to his bassinet beside my bed as DF left for work at 8am. To top it off, this morning he must have resettled himself, because not a peep out of him, and I have just woken up to the sound of rain on the roof, Tobi softly snoring on his doggy bed, and my babe still peacefully sleeping...and its well after 10!

Ok, fire away, but please aim low :lol: