Hi Mollie, welcome back! Hope your sister is doing better - it's a long tough road ahead.
We just got back from driving to Lancelin and back simply because I had a bad case of cabin fever. 2.5hrs there, which he slept for most of it and a stop in between so Alex could play, feed, kick his legs without a nappy on under the trees, alfresco pee but miss hitting Mummy (Yay!) and then 1.5hrs back which he also slept through and is still asleep! Thinking about waking him as it's 5.30pm and if I don't he's gonna be up all night.
Sorry to hear Miss Z is having a rough time with her needles Nikky, Alex has his booked for next week so I'm hoping he'll be ok with them. I'm also booked to have my next depo shot but DH and I were talking about skipping it. Give my body a chance to clear the stuff out of my system before we start actively TTC again. Will have to see, I'm a little undecided as I *really* don't want to accidentally fall straight away and wind up with another summer baby...
Nice to hear from you Mollie sorry to hear about your sister. She is in the right place to get help. It must've been stressful for you all.
Lolpigs sorry you are having such a hard time. I'm sure once she has mastered all of these movements she will sleep better for you. Not much help for you now though.
Amumma sorry to hear you are sick with gastro. That's great that your mum has been able to help. Gastro is awful
Nikky immunisation time again I have to get Jess' done this week. Not looking forward to it. I hope Miss Z feels better soon.
CK wow I can't believe he slept all that way. Jess whinges after 15 mins lol.
I've abandoned the solids. I was skeptical but followed the paeds advice but it made her reflux come back with a vengeance. I wonder why he would recommend it? I guess it works for some reflux babies. I've left a message with paed to see what he says about it.
Last night was the rotation of DS waking, then Jess, then DS etc etc. Very tired today!
I'm starting to worry about Levi's needles, last ones he was ok but with also teething. Won't be much fun, plus he's 4 months on my birthday so he can get them a few days later lol.
Poor tyke, she has always been such a laid back happy bub, that when she screams/cries for the day! you just know something isn't feeling well for her
Gave her her first taste of panadol today...she spat most of it back out!
Can def see lil toothiepegs coming thru as well.......oh joy! Here's hoping they come through before we get on the boat!
Hmmm my birthday on Wednesday. Harriett is way too excited about that! Can't wait to see what she made me hehe
Nikky DS2 couldn't or wouldn't have the normal baby panadol so I just ended up buying the orange flavoured older age group panadol and altering the dose which is on the packet.
Molly hope your sister recovers quickly.
Jan bugger the solids haven't helped. Also have you had Jess tested for allergies or anything. I think the paed probably was hoping it would help her cos I know DS1's reflux disappeared with solids at 4months.
Yeah Lilly likes Neurofen much better, hates that cherry flavoured panadol.
Shame about solids Jan, it is what I was worried about my pead said it too but from what I've seen 1/3 of the time it helps 1/3 of the time it makes it worse and 1/3 of the time it does nothing. So its pretty hit and miss. The reason they recommend it is in theory its heavier than milk so it will stay down or something. Were you adding the thickener to the Farex? If not make sure you do, a friend with a reflux baby said for all his solids she had to add it to make sure it stayed down.
I hope she is feeling better soon hun.
Thanks here is hoping she sorts herself out soon!
Lilly has to have her needles, going to ask to dr to do them tomorrow when I see him for me.
Been busy with life ATM juggling three kidletts!!
Welcome K&G and yep I'm with Nikky I got me a good little sleeper too but trust me my middle one was a SHOCKER, I don't know how I managed TBH and he only started sleeping all night at nearly 3 yrs of age... little turd lucky he's cute . oh yeh I don't think you will ever really fully lose the blubber at the bottom unless you workout or are extremely lucky.
Happy birthday to Amanda, Nikky and CK.. Hope you all had a great day xxx
Abby isn't showing any signs of being ready for solids or like the boys being extra hungry so If I can I will wait till we come back from holidays in May... Can't wait till holidays only 3weeks and then we're away for 6 weeks
I've been following the CSIRDO diet for about 4 weeks now and have lost 3 kg's.... Go me!!!
Amanda I checked out CQ uni today as they offer the Bachelor or Nursing via distance education and if I wanted I could apply to start in July... Tad scary really. A friend of mine reckons she's going back to study a few months after her bub is born but she did say that as bub gets a bit older to get a play pen and get in with bub and read to the baby - they won't care what your reading to them. She's also doing the same course as you Ananda I think.
I've learnt from past experience not to stress about bubs sleep pattern too much, they are pretty erratic until 6 ish months. I figure as long as baby sleeps that's all that matters, not where they sleep. At this age I find it matters that bub gets used to sleeping.
Anyway that's my experience anyway.
I think we're in the grip of the 4 month growth spurt over here at the moment - Alex has been feeding really frequently, being a devil to get to sleep when usually he's pretty easy and generally being a fusspot. Plus he's waking 3-4 times a night rather than 1-2, and is after a full feed at each wake....gods I'm soooo hungry!! And tired, but right now despite a decent dinner, I'm starving!
Ah well, I think he's finally asleep, I'm off to raid the fridge
Hi guys –
It’s really nice to hear that other babies are like my little man – he’s def the odd one out at my parent group. The others seem to just be content to watch and sleep but Gus has to have his hands on everything or be jumping on my lap or grizzling bc he cant work out what he wants and is tired but not keen on sleeping! I think it can’t help but make me feel a little inadequate as a parent – sometimes it feels like I have no idea what he wants!
Lolpigs – I’d love to hear how the dummy bunny experiment goes. I too have been thinking about giving him a comforter of sorts. It’s quite annoying bc he happily sucks his hands during the day but when he’s going to sleep he won’t substitute them for the dummy! And I’ll give the handexpressing a go – it’s more of an issues in the pm (which makes sense bc milk is prob lower then).
Amanda – That book sounds really interesting. It feels as though I have books coming out of my ears. But none of the ‘routines’ seem to fit with Gus. He feeds every 3hrs not 4 (or sometimes even shorter) and only sleeps for 45mins and will do this 4 times at least per day (routines seem to say three naps..). The books suggest ‘keeping them awake’ and stretching them between feeds but I don’t feel comfortable with this as then I end up with one very cranky tired hungry bub!
CrankyKitten – thanks for sharing your playtime – sounds similar to ours. Always goo to hear bc it’s amazing how much we can overthink something which is prob meant to be natural J
Amumma – yes the adorable smiling, giggling alert periods do make up for the grumpy frustrated bad sleeping parts (luckily!) Oh and my little boy’s name is Gus and he was born on the 3rd Nov (I noticed you had a list).
Danni – yes you’re probably right about sleep - I’d just like it if maybe I only had to get up 2-3 times per night and not 7 L. I’m worried with all the waking he isn’t getting enough sleep either. The off night he sleeps well he is so much happier the next day. Funny thing is that up until 3 weeks ago he was a pretty good sleeper. Would go for 4-6hr stints quite regularly.
And re tummy – it’s what I feared. The fact that I just ate a kitkat probably isn’t going to help either. It’s the sleep deprivation that makes me do it!
Nikki – thanks –as you can see I’m taking you all up on the offer of asking questions! I hope I can be of help at some stage too J
The MCHN suggested I might like to try him on solids.. I was planning to wait until as close to 6mths as possible but if he’s ready I guess he’s ready. He’s def interested in what I’m eating but then he’s also interested in me brushing my teeth so… Another option is to try mixing some formula with EBM at night – what formula are you guys using (there are so many brands!)? I have read that starting solids doesn’t necessarily mean they will sleep and differently so I’m not holding too much hope for that being the answer!
Also are you guys still wrapping. Gus sleeps in a Love Me swaddle (angel position with arms up near head) and is happy in it but I’m wondering if he’d use his hands to soothe himself if he had them free (or if they’d do more evil than good – eg distract him). I have trialled one arm out during his day sleeps but bc he only catnaps it hasn’t told me much!
Are you using sleeping bags at all? And if so – which brand?
I’m just not sure what I can do about the waking 7 times a night to have his dummy put back in problem we seem to have going on!
Thanks guys and I’ll end this essay here. Can’t believe I’ve fitted this into one sleep/nap of DS.
I'm making the Farex with EBM, he loves it. Tonight was the first night having it at night, the other three have been morning meals (to ensure no reaction). I have frozen apple purée in the freezer to start next week.
thanks Danni thats reassuring that things hopefully settle at around 6 months! Fingers crossed!!!! And the idea of setting up a play pen when shes a bit older and reading uni stuff sounds like an awesome idea! Cos yeah they just like the snd of your voice, not the words themselves at that age! So going to try that! The way i intend to tackle uni this semester is to unenroll from the second subject and just focus on the one... it sucks though, the subject im staying enrolled in is full of algebra equations - i am so bad at maths its quite rediculous, and trying to get DH to explain it is reaaally annoying cos i just get frustrated and he cant understand why i find it so confusing!
K&G - SAME! Violet is breastfed as well, and she goes normally about 2.5 hours - i try to stretch it longer but yeah, it doesnt always work! I defintely dont like the idea of stretching their awake time either, cos then they just get overtired and have a huge tantrum and are super hard to settle!! Also i know what you mean with overthinking playtimes etc, ive been asking ismilar questions, wanting to check if im giving Violet enough stimulation etc (she seems a bit behind in some things, doesnt reach to grab stuff, hasnt found her feet to grab yet either) and i worry im not doing enough with her during the day! We sing songs to her, play with toys (not that she does much actual playing with them, she more just watches and grabs them if i kinda put them in her hands, haha), read books, do tummy time, some nappy free time when its warm weather and little walks around the house / garden etc.. we probably go out shopping three or four times a week too, which i think is a fair bit of stimulation in itself! But yes, i know the feeling of overthinking everything! Violet sleeps in the same swaddle that you have for Gus with the arms up - i still put her in that cos she wakes herself up otherwise.. We also have the sameproblem with waking in the middle of the night more than is needed just for feeds.. routinely its 5 or 6 wakes each night, and she wants to get up for the day around 5.30 / 6.00! i bought one of those dummy rabbits too,the brand Bunnies By The Bay thats sold at Myer is where i found mine but as she doesnt understand grabbing stuff yet i cant use it just yet.. I guess its just a temporary thing hopefully, the extra wakes! Till theyre old enough to self settle... hopefully! ive definitely heard the solids can help the sleep - my hairdresser had the same problem and it was instantly fixed when she put her baby on solids.. but it doesnt always work! i intended to start violet on solids at 4 months but dont think shes quite ready - i do still intend to start them sooner rather than later though.
Jan - yeah the waking at night is soo tiresome hey.. It wouldnt be so bad if they did more than just tiny cat naps during the day so we could catch up on sleep!! You must be exhausted... good luck with trying the vegetables! did the pead say which to try specifically or just any?
AM yay @ levi'liking farax! are you going by a certain weaning guide? i ordered annabel karmels weaning guide- hope its okay!
CK good luck with the vacs today!!! uhh theyre so yuck huh...
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww i was feeding Violet just now and sneezed- she looked up at me all shocked and started crying! i felt terrible!!!!!!!!
Last edited by xAmandax; March 12th, 2012 at 01:49 PM.
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sorry to hear about your sister. She is in the right place to get help. It must've been stressful for you all.
. oh yeh I don't think you will ever really fully lose the blubber at the bottom unless you workout or are extremely lucky.
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