Gah chicken was yelling at me and legs going everywhere and trying to get her to sleep and I got so frustrated I told her to shut up I feel like a horrible mummy.
Thanks guys feel a little better. Just so frustrating at sleep time, she screams at me becuase she is tired, or just lays there and yells and flails around and gets more tired. Its just like an exercise in frustration. No matter how soon or late I put her to bed either.
Hard to stay sane sometimes, its like OMG would you just lay still.. GEES!. Often I have to just walk away and vent downstairs or somewhere and go back up. She also take to pegging her dummy and pulling it out of her mouth then yelling some more.
Lolpigs sometimes they're just too frustrating for words! It's so hard when you know what they want and they just continue to scream! Arghhh I have had to walk away for a few minutes many a times and usually find she settles better... Even tho I was doing the exact same thing as before... Baffles me! I don't think u can be a mumma without losing ur sanity every now and again lol
O.M.G I am going to take a shotgun to my noisy inconsiderate neighbours if they wake my baby!!
Edit: Ok she woke up but thankfully when straight back to sleep after some dummy and some come on now miss Lilly talk from mummy.. PHEW I was about to loose it there it took me 30mins to get her to sleep!
Last edited by Lolpigs; February 29th, 2012 at 04:15 PM.
Yes I have been upset on many an occasion with Miss Jessica. Deep breathing helps and stepping out of the room when getting frustrated is what I do. It's hard when the screaming just goes on and on and on.
The new pediatrician was a godsend. She is doing so much better now. I have finally started to get some sleep at night. Though I started to feel worse as all of the non-sleeping caught up with me. Also got period number 2 and it was the worse yet. Gave me two weeks of pain before it even came. Then felt so sick I thought it was a virus but was my period coming that day. Unbelievably heavy and it has made me exhausted. I hope next months is better.
We saw the new paed on Monday and he advised solids for Jessica. So we started yesterday! She is on baby rice cereal. So far once a day but from tomorrow twice a day, then in a few more days three times a day. Then vegies next week. It is exciting but time consuming. His reasoning behind it was prevention for food allergies and to help with her reflux to keep everything in her tummy. She actually ate the cereal both days a teaspoon mixed with milk. I can't believe I'm doing this already. He also said chicken and meat 5 months and fish 6 months. I'm trying to remember what I did with solids and going out?
Lolpigs he did say no acidic foods for Jessica because of her reflux.
Booked tickets for Spirit of Tasmania for March 20th!
My sis and me and the girls are going to surprise visit the folks! yayayayayay My dad and one of my sisters haven't met Zoe yet! neither has my grandma...she isn't too well, so really wanted to get down there so she can at least meet her latest Great Granddaughter!
So excited! and nervous....2 kids on the boat! yikes! from 7.30pm - 6am! and that is not counting the hours waiting in line to get ON the darn boat!
Yeah my Pead said similar things, I'm going to wait to 4months though just to be on the safe side, its only one more week anyway I'm so pleased Jess is doing better. Did the retry of the Losec work? Lilly is back on Zantac and we are fiding that helping alot more. She hates taking it though!
My poor husband has told me he wants to quit his job, Hes been there for over 10 years and has been asking for a pay rise, and every time they are refusing him. And he just found out the new guy in his team got hired at 2 pay ranges above him, to do his job. Hes more upset than he lets on I think. They are treating him like crap.
We have savings from when we sold the house, and I get 1k a fornight till May to cover the rent, do you rekon he should just go for it? I think so becuase I want him happy not miserable, there is a chance they will not want to loose him and offer him a pay rise to keep him, its happened before there just not sure what to do. Nothing will change if we keep on keeping on if you know what I mean. Its a risk, but what is life without risk! We won't loose the roof over our heads while I get my money and worst case senario I can always go back to work, though I dont want to.
If you were in Perth I'd say yes, but not sure what the job market is like over there. My DH was having a similar problem, but has just started a new (better) job. Can he maybe start looking for a new job before he quits the current one? Even if his current employer offers a payrise to match, the crap treatment isn't likely to change.
Yay jan- so glad to hear Jess is doing well! Must be a relief but yes- I bet you've got lots and lots of sleep / relaxation to catch up on before you are feeling better.. Ouch @ painful AF!!! Make sure you take iron supplements if it's really heavy- that should help with the exhaustion. So your pead suggested starting solids earlier rather than later can prevent food allergies as well? Definitely have heard that's the latest school of though.. I'm going to try 4 months too! Good that Jess ate the rice cereal! They often hate it to start with huh!
So poor violet has has a blocked nose / but of a cough since Sunday.. It keeps her (and I) awake at night cos she seems to choke a bit when breathing in, probably with stuff from her nose coming down the back of her throat or sonething.. She seemed a but better yesterday but was quite snuffly again last night- been using Fess (woo thanks Nikky!) but its still hanging around and there has been a tiny bit if blood in the stuff from her nose.. Wasn't sure if I should take her to the dr? Its cold here at the moment do dobt really want to drag her out to the dr or go to the germy waiting room but do you think I should? She still seems happy enough, just blocked nose etc.. Poor bub.
I wouldn't worry too much if she's not running a temp or anything, sometimes using the aspirator with Fess can nick those teeny little blood vessels in the nostril - it's nothing major. If it was lots I'd say get her looked at.
You can also try putting a rolled up towel under the head end of her mattress to raise it a bit so she's on an incline, should help with the breathing at night. Hope she's better soon!
Hard to believe it's nearly been 4 months already - Alex is turning into such a talkative little boy, always chattering and cooing No where near ready to start solids yet, he watches me eat but that's about it. We're not going to start till he's showing clear ready signals, but I'm planning on clearing off the second dining table (the one that's on tiles) and getting his high chair so he can join us for meal times, even if he's just watching and playing.
Wow luck you Nikky! Lilly is still working out how she likes to sleep. Looks like I have a tummy sleeper here. I've resigned my self to the fact I can't stop it now and shes sleeping longer. Ah well. She is settling alot quicker on her stomach. Take that experts! My nerves are still bad though I keep getting up to check her, her flailing has settled as well as the constant tummy flipping. She dosent move at all when asleep which is so strange to me becuase that is all she has ever done!
You can buy Elma patches from the chemist to numb the area if you want, I was looking at them. Means at least the needle wont hurt.
Yeah I dunno if Lilly is ready, I'll try but if she clearly isnt interested I'll just wait. She is interested in what we do eating wise but I dont think she wants to do it herself yet. If it dosent taste like milk she isnt interested LOL I think the pead recommends this for reflux to try and help. Dosent always work but worth a try if your baby is badly affected.
Thanks CK, I'm such a worrier sometimes! I'll try the propping up with a rolled up towel, good idea!!
Nikky you are not too old- have another one, have another one, have another one! Heheh. Just think how cute three little ones buzzing around the house will be heheheh. Do it
Lolpigs I'm the same, of at four months she seems really ready then ill start offering solids and of she's not interested I'll wait till she seems interested! Good that Lilly is at least sleeping well on her tummy!! Those patches sound good!!! I might get them for violets next injections! Broke my heart seeing the last ones hurt her..
Uni started back this week- so far I've hardly been able to open the text books!
Any good suggestions of little games etc for 3-4 month olds that you ladies play?
Ok kinda at wits end now, she just wont sleep she just lays on her stomach and cries or lays on her back and flails and screams. I completely lost it just now and had a cry and a yell at DH to vent. What on earth am I supposed to do. All she wants to do is roll then screams and cries on her stomach and never settles down. The sleeping on her stomach thing lasted about 2 hours when I posted since then it hasnt worked.
So tired.. tried to put her in her swing just now and bonked her head accidentally on the mobile I guess she is way too big for that thing now. So now I feel really terrible although she didnt seem to care. She is on the floor now yelling and rolling on her stomach. Do i just try and let her get it all our of her system or something? Shes meeting this rolling milestone very early and the screaming is wearing me down.
Last edited by Lolpigs; March 1st, 2012 at 05:57 PM.
I feel like a horrible mummy.
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You're not a horrible mummy, you're a human and extremely tired mummy. Hoping she settles for you soon and has a nice snooze
Appreciate it.
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