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Wite - thanks for the tip.
Fuzzy - how are you and that mastitis? Hope you feel better soon. Is the heat still wicked in Perth? I am just tired of how hot it is. Doesn't help that I have a cold too.
Belfie - oh sweetie. so scary for your dad and your family. Hope he feels better soon and the tests either find something easy to fix or not probs at all. Keep going strong, YOU ARE AMAZING AND YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS.
Connie - did you say you were moving into a new house soon - ish
Buzzie - glad you've got a date to work towards for moving, it helps.
Well, back from the Dr, Hannah has a cold, no infections... phew. Just need to keep an eye on her in case she develops an infection as she's been sick for 10 days now, if not more. When she's been sick she's been so hard to settle at night, only took 1 hour last night... much better than 2. But then she often wakes up. We used the vaporisor for the first time last night and it seemed to help... no more wakies. We got the Vicks one, even I can use it. LOL.
Oh Wite - it's in your ticker, would love to claim a great memory but that would be faking it... :)
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Dory- Lol, I completly forgot about the ticker I have hehe :)
I didn't think of using the Vaporisor in Harlows room for her cold, I may steal this tip off you now thanks! I used to use it for jett when he had colds and it was great. Harlow didn't settle until 2am last night. DP is out for the night so it is just me and the kids tonight, fingers crossed she decides to go back to her normal self again and sleeps!!
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Wite - those things are amazing. I heard tupperware made some, but don't think they were out of silicone. I will be getting some for sure... only issue is, and it's important, what colour. LOL
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Hi guys,
Gee chatty
I have the tupperware ice trays and use them for Chloe's food. They are fantastic
Cant believe george is 9.6 kg! He has grown so well! We are at 7.4 kg here.
I am a bit of a wreck. Getting over the mastitis thankfully. Right boob is not sore today. Just super-tired. I have been meaning to get my thyroid tested but keep putting it off. But I think its getting bad. I am getting small rashes, my right eyeball is hurting when I look around (:o) and I cant keep any weight on. I am now 4 kg lighter than before I was pregnant. I just really dont want to go on the meds for it
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Wite - FX crossed for tonight.... 2am is very hard yards.... poor Harlow, and you. Hugs.
Fuzzy - hope things improve.... do you have hyper thyroidism?
Connie - wow 6 month injections.....I am not looking forward to ours as Hannah hasn't reacted well emtionally or physically, but looking forward to it as then it's 6 months til the next time. Yay.
Phew - so far so good tonight.. Hannah went to sleep by herself after a chatting to herself for a while and has not yet woken up or cried.
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Dory I sat infront of the page trying to decide on what colour of them freezer pods to buy..I loved the turquoise but also the pink..In the end I picked Pink, I only bought one because once you freeze food you just pop them out and put them in a sandwhich bag and make more!
harlow slept last night from 9pm til 8am without so much of a wimper, DP was out at a concert and wasn't coming home so Harlow must have known I like my sleep haha!
Fuzzy- definatly get your thyroid checked, your showing all the symptoms! I got my tested when harlow was about 7 weeks old and haven't gone back for my result syet- stupid I know but I do NOT want to go back on the meds either :/ so glad your getting over the mastitis, sounds so painful.
I am losing SO much hair oh my god..handfuls and handfuls-I'm suprised I have any left!!! Is anyone else? is this a hormonal thing in/after pregnancy..I'm starting to worry I have bald patches at the back-too scared to get DP to check just incase I do lol!
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Wite - hair loss post partum is totally normal, yep even handfuls and bald patches... my dermatologist told me that some women actually lose all of their hair, but that's rare. Hannah and I would be a match if it happened - 2 baldies.
OMG - that is the most amazing sleep ever. Last night Hannah had from 7pm to 4am, with a whimper sometime around 2 which I ignored, well I put my hand on her chest, and she stopped whimpering and went back to sleep. And for Hannah that is an amazing sleep. But then she was up at 5.30am and wasn't interested in going back to sleep. But that length of sleep is the best she's ever done I think, or if not, anything better was a long time ago and would have only been one night.
And naughty you, go back and get those results.... you had it checked cause you felt there was a need to do it. Do the meds have yucky side effects?
Bec - you had me laughing about the light... something so obvious to others yet not to us. I had one of those moments last night too. Made me smile at myself.
I sent Deana a PM a while ago and haven't heard back from her. I am guessing she's moved on. Hiya to all our other mumma who don't post as much any more, if you're still reading.
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Hi ladies,
Dory - I am glad you had your special day for your angels - it sounds really touching and it must have been so good to do it with HB present and healthy. I can't being to imagine what it must be like for you but I will continue to remember my angel on their due date every year. WOW - I am sooo impressed with HB's sleep - you can't begrudge her getting up at 5:30am after a stint like that - still a distant dream here! I checked Deana's fb after you mentioned she hasn't been on here lately and she started uni this week so has prob been busy with that.
Fuzzy -:hug: sounds like you are having a terrible time and motherhood is relentless - you can't even pack yourself off to bed for the weekend to try and rest up. It's also hard to know when you are sleep depreived if your exhaustion is just sleep deprevation or something else - you sound like you need a break - have you got family close by - call in some favours if you can and SLEEP - your bub will thank you for it when you are chirpier afterwards.
Belfie :hug: Gosh it really is one thing after another for your family at the mo - I can't believe you are keeping all the balls in the air - you will look at your achievements during this time and wonder at what a wonder woman you are just to get through each day with kids, house and husband in tact (not to mention your mind!!!!)
Wite - the hair loss is def preg related. apparently while preggers we don't loose hair like we normally do so some women loose it all afterwards - but this is a while afterwards! How scary for you with the hossie visit - glad Jett is AOK.
Connie :o 9kg!!!! what a healthy bub - have you turned his car seat around yet? Pearl is on 6.75kg which makes her easy to transport around still.
Bec - great work on your little business - hope you are getting plenty of orders!
Well we are still on struggle street here re sleep. P is up every 1.5-2hrs at night and then only having 40mins at a time during the day. I spoke to the LC yest and she told me to take her off the solids I was giving her in desperation and change my diet AGAIN and keep a food diary for me and a poo and sleep diary for Pearl - then I have to call her on Sunday and report back - I hope this works because I am tired!!! She is also sending me some teats to try on P as she will NOT take the bottle and I want DH to be able to feed her overnight just one night a week so I can sleep - will let you know how we go. Had her 6month health check the other day as I said earlier 6.75kg and 65cm - so only grown 1cm and .75kg since 4months - I bit different from when she was stacking on 150grams a day!
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Dory - yeh hyperthyroidism. I am being vain as I think the meds will make me put on weight. Good sleeping Hannah!! Maybe I should just try and resettle Chloe rather than feed her for one of her wake ups. She generally wakes 1-2 and 3-4 then 6:20 on the dot. I might try tonight as we are down in Albany for the long weekend and she is in the same room as us which will be interesting
Wite - I thought I was going bald too. It is not quite so bad anymore though so hopefully yours will slow down too.
Chuckie - Chloe would not take a bottle either. I tried so many different types. Then I found one that worked - Mag mag with a strange white teet on it - its the 4 month teet. Costs about $14. They dont suck on it rather Chloe tends to bight down on it and thats how she gets her milk. Good luck with the feed-sleep diary
Thinking I might make some rusks as the CHN said I should try Chloe on them
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Chuckie - oh sweetie - that is very tough ... you must be so desperate for some decent sleep. Ironcially though, I feel worse when I get a longer sleep than when I have shorted ones. Must be used to the shorter ones... but 2 hours or less consistently is a tad too short. I am sorry that you have to do the hard yards with your diet again. Oh and bottles ? We use pigeon with peralstaltic teats and they are the only ones we tried. Luckily Hannah took to them.
Fuzzy - ah... I can understand that, sort of a rock and hard place... making your own rusks? How? I don't always resettle H in the night, as sometimes she just wants to eat, but sometimes she can manage just being settled. I don't really know how I tell the difference. But if you could get her to not feed at 1-2 or 3-4, you'd be getting a better sleep. Enjoy your long weekend and co sleeping....
Hannah is still in our room, maybe that makes it easier to judge? I keep procrastinating about a monitor. She will have to move out of our room and I will need a monitor, but there are so many choices.... Hannah woke up this morning crying in pain, not sure why, maybe wind, or just in the wrong position... I tried to feed her in bed, as I wanted to lie in, but all she wanted to do by then was talk and play. All I did really was wake DH up. Oh well, he needs a turn at this sleep disruption thing. Luckily he's generally pretty good about it. God help him if he wasn't.
We had swimming today and Hannah loved it. Only one in the class this week so lots of one on one but it also means she does more. She seems to really like it and today kept talking for most of the 30 minute lesson.
I am just about to go and check on my little sleep refuser... tired as anything, but not going to sleep this arvo.
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Omg hair loss - yep big Tim!! I was scared it was cos I dyed my hair but I almost wanted to see a professional about it !!
I spoke to deana a week ish ago and she says hi an sorry she hasn't got on apparently her computer plays up with BB
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Sorry this is just quick I really want to go to bed and hopefully get some sleep.
I'm losing heaps of hair too.. why oh why could I not keep the lovely hair I had when I was pregnant? It was the best its ever been, now its falling out everywhere.
I was going to start Isaac on solids tomorrow as per the MCHN's advice, but I just don't think he's ready so I'm going to wait. Today he had a morning feed at 8:45am (he woke up at 8), then a feed around lunch time, and then another one at around 5:30 and went to sleep after a top up just after 6. I think if he wasn't satisfied from breastfeeding then he would be feeding much more regularly than that all the time. I think the times he feeds every hour or two there is usually a reason, its either hot or we've done something big like swimming. So no solids tomorrow.
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Dory - my mum actually said that she always made rusks for us when we were babies. Have had a quick look online for recipes but havent found one I like yet. Will prob end up just buying them. Its so funny reading your posts, I swear Chloe and Hannah must be really similar! We have the angel care monitor with the pads that go under her mattress. To be honest - we only use the monitor once a week when I am at netball and DH is jamming with his mates. I have never used the movement pads (that go under her mattress). I am of the opinion that if I did use the pads that I would worry more than if I didnt use them. I will try a resettle tonight. The power went out last night so I couldnt tell the time when she woke so it was all screwy and a bit of a crap night really.
Buzzie - such cute pics on FB!
Chuckie - how are you going hun? I hope you are getting some more sleep
We had a bit of a milestone today. Chloe sat up by herself for 2 whole minutes! She even leant forward, put her hands out and pushed herself back up. I am going to be happy about this for a short amount of time I can tell as soon she will be crawling and I will be hating it! ha ha.
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fuzzy we must have been posting at the same time :) I've heard you can make rusks just by drying out bread in the oven, I think on a low temp for a long time.. not sure exactly.
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Dory- The meds for thyroid are designed to make you put on weight...and since I put on 20+ kilo in harlows pregnancy (After losing 25 kilos just before I had her) I have been avoiding going to the drs because I don't want to go back on the meds!!! I'm working hard to lose that kilos- i don't want to have to work extra extra extra hard!!!
Thatis great Hannah had that good nights sleep, I put my hand on Harlows chest and she settles aswell, kind of like they need that tiny reassurance their Mummies are there or something :D
I feel SO SO much better knowing that practically all of you have had hairloss aswell!!!!
Harlow is sitting up by herself for longer periods now, a couple of minutes (or enough time for me to get back with my stupid long lense on my camera and take some great photos!!), I think she is happier when doing it because it means she is sitting like her big brother! She is also gaining back the strength in her legs, I can't remembe rif I mentione di tbut at her last MCHN I mentioned that she had strong legs then all of a sudden she had really weak legs, couldn't stand up when I put pressure on them...the MCHN said it is because she started rolling that she stopped with her legs, slolwy though she is building it back up and if I grab her hands and pull atiny bit she pushes up to stand and wobbles there for 30 seconds with a proud look on her face before she sits back down and sighs as if to say it is hard work!!
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Thanks for your comments ladies,
We are slowly having better nights - last night was the first in a long time that we were not up every 2 hours or so just 12:30, 3:30 and 6 so I feel like a new woman today. The regime must be working but I can tell P is in pain during the day and we have had a few screaming sessions (not like her at all!)
Bec - go with your instincts re solids - I just got desperate through lack of sleep and was hoping for a wquick fix but if Isaac seems satisfied then no need to rush (I sometimes forget he is about a month younger than P!
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Wow oh wow - our babies are growing so fast.... it's so nice to read about the sitting... aren't they just so proud of themselves?
Bec - I am with you, I am still putting it off. Hannah isn't feeding like a mad thing either, so I reckon that she's going ok on just plain old BF for a little while longer. I am now pretty much at the point where she is almost exclusively breast fed, and I am so glad I got to achieve it. She might accept a bottle one feed every 3 days or more.
Chuckie - oh poor wee Pearl... I wonder what the pain is all about? Glad you got some better sleep.
Wite - too cute about Harlow and her wobbly legs... does she have some nice chubba thighs?
Fuzzy - I think I know what you mean about not using the pad.... and playing netball! Awesome. I was getting back into exercise, but then Hannah got a cold and my sleep was cactus and I was exhausted and then I got a cold and my sleep was cactus and I was exhausted. Hopefully back into this week.
AFM - we've had a really great morning and I feel on top of the world. Yay.
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Chuckie - isn't it fantastic when you get a few hours sleep in a row instead of up every hour or two.. Isaac was doing that for a while (with wind pains etc) and he's just getting back to normal now. Last night he woke at midnight and around 4ish, then up at 7:30 so that was great. Have you figured out what Pearls pain is during the day? Poor bubba.
Wite - how cute Harlow is sitting! Isaac isn't yet, well he is very wobbly when he does. I'm not in a rush for him to do these things yet, I want him to stay my little baby for a while longer lol. Your pics of her on fb are so cute.
dory - Well done on almost exclusive bf, that is an achievement after everything you've been through. Congrats :D I think I'm going to just keep bf and see how Isaac is. He has been going 4 hours between feeds during the night, normal for him, so I suppose when that changes it might be time for solids. Good luck getting back into exercise, I wish I could go regularly. I did go for a run last week while mum watched Isaac and I was so sore the next day!
fuzzy - yay for Chloe sitting! I'm with you on the crawling, that can wait! My house is nowhere near baby proof.
Gotta go and sleep!
