Babies born ~ November 16th-30th 2009 #6

[bellarose100]

Hello Ladies

how is everyone!! I nearly lost the tread again, lucky I checked in when I did.

I think your right Ali we are all busy on FB!!

Ali, thanks for your gorgeous words on the other tread.

we are all home sick, what ever the kids have they have passed on to me, made me miss my personal training today! boo hoo!! hehe

so is anyone trying again as yet ? me I am thinking after Xmas!!!

hope everyone is well.
xxx

[Alison1973]

You are more than welcome, I meant every word! Sorry you are sick, booo, is it a cold? Hope you're all well again soon beautiful. Oh and me too, we are thinking end of year. It would be so lovely if some of us could share the journey all over again together don't you think! I get a bit nervous about the whole possible 2 year only age gap, people think I'm crazy when I tell them but I just keep hoping that I get another baby like Amelia and I should be right.......unless she turns into an absolute s/head when she hits the terrible two's ha ha. My mum told me other than a few tanties that come with the territory she didn't find us difficult at all around that age, she said it has a lot to do with how you bring them up, I hope that's true ha ha ha.

[bellarose100]

Hi Huni, yes a bit of a cold hoping it goes away fast as I hate it to play with my fitness I have worked so hard to get after Anton! thanks sweeties your to kind!! end of year is soon, I am thinking after xmas as I want to enjoy summer slim and in a swim suit for a change, trying to tone up as much as I can, as my trainier said it will help with another bubba!! better than the flab i had with both bubbas before! hehe it would be fantastic if we could all share the journey again!!


I don't think your crazy a 2 year gap would be good, thats what I wanted, It just didnt' happen, so we have a 3 year gap! next baby will be a 2 year gap maybe for us! speaking from experience, I have had to good babies in a row so there is no saying you won't get another good one Ali, I also think the tantrums are harder from 3 on wards and they have a mouth and really learn how to use it!! Bella is such a bossy butts and always in my face these days!!! sometimes I wish for the baby days back when I was boss!! haha

off for a run, have a wonderful day gorgeous girl, see you FB later

You are more than welcome, I meant every word! Sorry you are sick, booo, is it a cold? Hope you're all well again soon beautiful. Oh and me too, we are thinking end of year. It would be so lovely if some of us could share the journey all over again together don't you think! I get a bit nervous about the whole possible 2 year only age gap, people think I'm crazy when I tell them but I just keep hoping that I get another baby like Amelia and I should be right.......unless she turns into an absolute s/head when she hits the terrible two's ha ha. My mum told me other than a few tanties that come with the territory she didn't find us difficult at all around that age, she said it has a lot to do with how you bring them up, I hope that's true ha ha ha.

[Alison1973]

Yes it is soon and I'm a bit the same, have been slack with my weight loss and still have a good 3 kgs to lose, I really should get my butt into gear, I want to be a little fitter and slimmer before falling pregnant again, although I got pregnant not long after getting married and I'd spent the 4 months prior to that with a personal trainer so I think I was in pretty good shape anyway! Started Zumba on Monday nights, loving it, should do it twice a week but can't find the time....the other night is when DH plays indoor cricket so I can't and the other days don't suit. Well, this week I'm stocked up on salad ingredients and I'm going to try and eat much better and not sneak in that chocolate. Thanks for the advice, I don't feel so bad about the 2 year gap then, 3 sounds like an interesting time ha ha ha!. Have a great weekend and hope you're better soon.

[JDsMum]

Hi chickadees!

Well I have put Abbey in her cot awake for her 3 sleeps today / tonight and havent heard boo from her while she's drifting off....fingers crossed this keeps working! She whinged at her lunchtime sleep but DH just went in and put her dummy back in and left her and she ended up sleeping for nearly 2 hours - unprecedented!! She hardly ever sleeps that long during the day!!! I so want her to keep going like this....she hasnt slept through yet but last night was heaps better compared to what I'm used to!

Ali - I know people that have a freaking 10 month age gap and cope so you'll be fine whatever you do.....JD and Abbey are 2.5 years exactly and I find it challenging most of the time but I dont think it matters what age gap you have it's still going to be a trying time!! Amelia will be used to having you 100% of the time and there's going to be this new little tacker who is going to need you way more than she does.....gone are the days of sitting there feeding for an hour!! The bond that the kids have is worth it....I can see that Abbey loves JD so much and I never had that being an only child so it's going to be nice for them to grow up together....

Pam - Hope you are feeling better - nothing worse than feeling like crap and having to deal with kidlets etc!

Hope everyone else is having an exciting Sat night....I'm going to watch Thurs' night's eps of How I Met Your Mother once DH decides to stop slaughtering people on the Xbox....

xoxox

[Alison1973]

Hi Shayna - you know what, Abbey is getting it, isn't it great! She's starting to sleep longer because basically sleep breeds sleep, it means she's starting to feel comfortable and relaxed in her cot. Before you know it she'll be sleeping through and hey, even if she stirs and needs the dummy in the night, that still counts (Amelia still does it some nights but she doesn't actually wake up).....I'm so happy for you, you've done the hard yards and it's well and truly your turn for some good days and nights. YAYYYYYYYYYYYY, let's have a party! Seriously though, not to sound silly but it's really hard teaching them to self settle, I hated that week but it's so worth it in the end. You should be really stoked with yourself right now sweets! xx

[Snowy Love]

I keep thinking of things to say when I'm not on the computer and when I'm at the computer, I've got Mr I in my arms. I went to the toy sale a week ago, got a thing that he pushes then converts to a ride on for his birthday, 3 Play-Doh sets to put away for birthday presents (assuming DS1 gets invited to b'day parties) and a lightsaber for Star Wars obsessed DS1. Dh wanted me to buy a $150 Star Wars thing for DS1 (yeah right, for DH!) but they'd sold out by Thursday arvo

[ZECCAS]

Hi Everyone

I am new on Belly Belly. I have an 8 month old baby boy... he was born on 28th November 2009, he was 3 weeks early.

I have a couple of questions for you girls if anyone can offer me some advice ????

Main question is in relation to sleeping..... DS will sleep only 2 hours during the day, which I am fine with as long as he is happy But at night time.... we feed him solids around 5.15 - 5.30pm and then we play until 6pm when he has a bath and then he will have a bottle between 6.15 - 6.30pm. Some nights he is that tired he will fall asleep on the bottle, then we put him in his sleeping bag.. then put him in his cot and he will whinge a bit so we give him his dummy and he will go to sleep.

The past few nights since Friday though he has been waking up in the middle of the night crying so we go and give him his dummy (he has 4 glow in the dark ones, but isn't rolling so can't find them himself) but it hasn't been helping he gets more and more upset, until he is screaming and is sweaty. We pull him out and we have been rocking him, walking around the house, change his nappy, give him bonjella (he has no teeth yet), panadol and the other night we resorted to giving him a bottle to put him back to sleep. Although when we have got him out of the cot he has been arching his back and his tummy feels very tight and he was passing wind.

So last night I tried Infants Friend... we didn't have any screaming episodes but I was up 8 times to put the dummy back in his mouth

I think we have the screaming thing sorted I just dont know how to teach him to find his own dummy or should I get rid of it and if so how do I do it ??? He is also an early waker... he wakes up generally around 5am some mornings earlier, and I cant get him back to sleep. I dont think he is cold, he is in a room that is between 23 - 24 degrees, he has a singlet, nappy, all in one, sleeping bag (1 tog) sheet and blanket ????? Any suggestions on how to have him sleep longer ???

I really just want a good nights sleep, I am sooo tired during the day from having broken sleep and then getting up early in the morning and him only sleeping 2 hours during the day

He isn't crawling either and will only roll from his tummy to his back.... so he isn't exerting much energy during the day either.

I am so sorry for the long post but I am hoping someone out there has similar things happening with their little ones and can offer me some advice ???

Thank you so much Jess