Belfie - So sorry for your loss! You're in my thoughts hun.
Wite - Thanks for the welcome and nice to "meet" you too. Harlow is a gorgeous name too! I too am another Mummy here that thinks she is dealing with a baby with seperation anxiety... How are you dealing with it? I try to leave the room and talking to him but the past few days he just cries and cries and will crawl on over to wherever I am and then clench on to my pants/leg and won't let go.. Hopefully it's just a stage and it will QUICKLY pass!
Hiya Fuzzy!
Vix - Noah seems to still have a bit of a snotty nose. Just when I think he is over it, it starts up again and so does his clingy-ness! Mummy needs a break! lol Sorry to hear your boys have been sick this past week. Hope they're on the mend and that you and lovely Alannahrama don't get sick too. I PROMISE I have a GP appointment for Wednesday this week so will let you know what he says.... Going to my mothers/bubs group on Wednesday morning and dropping Mr Noah off at MIL while I take myself off to see the doc.. lol Awww how gorgeous Alannah says hello! I hear ya on the drooling, Noah is drooling like there's no more fluid left inside him lol so not sure whether there might be tooth #5 or #6 on the way too, can feel them under the gums, but can't look as he closes his mouth or bites my finger lol
Group Question 1 - Do you find your bubs go to sleep easily when you put them in their cots for naps? Noah can be dead tired and I'll put him in bed, but will hear him play with his teddy, kicking the cot, crawling around, now standing up (he just cracked his cot mobile attachment as he was standing up and grabbed for it! lol) and shrieking, squealing, laughing, chatting etc and then when he is dead tired he will whinge for a while and then fall asleep but from when I put him in his cot until he is asleep it can take up to 30 minutes at times.... Anyone else experience this?
Group Question 2 - How does one deal with a baby that is suffering with seperation anxiety? For the past 2 days I can't leave the room and Noah will scream / whinge / cry. I always talk to him when I leave the room, but no, when he can't see me, he screams. He then crawls around to where I am and when he finds me he clenches to my pants/legs and won't let go or stop whinging until I pick him up. I can't even sit on the couch and he wants to climb up on the couch with me... Any tips/ideas please??
AFM, have a very CLINGY baby today and he is getting up to mischief in his bed as I said above. DH is working and I have so much I would LIKE to do but just don't seem to be able to get anything done. Guess tomorrow is another day I can TRY to do it....lol
Pretz; 1) Chloe tends to go down easily. The odd occasion she will play, whinge then cry. In this instance I get her out if she has been in there for more than 20 mins without going to sleep. I get her more tired then pop her back in - like 10 mins later or so. Seems to work for her. She has a comforter (stuffed dog) in her bed and she cuddles that as soon as I pop her and she knows its sleep time. Does Noah have a comforter? 2) OMG Chloe is doing the exact same thing at the moment. At first it was nice and now it is just downright annoying - I am just making a cuppa tea!!! I dont have to carry you!! I think it is teeth for her - she just got her first two in the past week. At least, I am hoping it is and that she stops doing it soon.
All going well here. I just played netball while DH has taken Chloe to a first birthday party haha. A quiet house as they are not back yet! Woop Woop! Had a looooong shower.
Well George had 1 day in child care, and was super clingy there as well, he also got the cold from hell - his first one ever. He has had it for a week now, it's horrible.
If anyone comes up with a solution to the clingy baby issues, let me know!! I am going out of my mind... it's been over a month now. For me, it's not only when I leave the room, it's when I stand up and take 2 steps away from him, bloody hell... I AM COMING BACK!! YOU CAN STILL SEE ME!!!!
Last edited by CoNNiE_Melb; July 2nd, 2011 at 08:27 PM.
Here you go girls. this was the list i made before, as there is a few new comers please tell me your details and ill add to it
September 2011 Babies 1st Birthday List!!!
6/8/10 George (CoNNiE_Melb)
7/9/10 Avangaline Catherine (CatherineL)
8/9/10 Samuel Andrew (Kirsten74)
9/9/10 Pearl Iliana (Chuckie)
15/9/10 Blake Matthew (Deana)
17/9/10 Isla Jennifer (Apes23)
17/9/10 Annika Shaelin (Belfie)
20/9/10 Penelope Rose (Angie83)
21/9/10 Chloe Grace (Fuzzy)
22/9/10 Hannah (Dory)
23/9/10 Charlotte Alyson (PanthaLily)
29/9/10 Isabella Grace (Buzzie)
4/10/10 Harlow Jean (Wite-Wickah)
6/10/10 Isaac Elias (bec293)
I feel like I am an expert on Seperation Anxiety now that harlow had it for TWO MONTHS!!!! It did my head in, i was in tears, i was yelling at DP because he couldn't hold her because she would cry, I kept saying he had NO idea just how bad it was because I could NOT leave her sight or she would scream blue murder.
It will pass, I had NO faith that it would- but it does...in THEIR own time.
Now if I leave the room and Harlow doesn't cry, I come back and clap my hands and shout hooray- I also get Jett to do the sam thing and that has been helping...and if all else fails, i throw her a Baby Mum mum rice cracker and it gives me enough time to run to the toilet and back!!
Bec - missed you chicky, but so glad you had a nice trip away..... it sounds awesome! You must be so proud of Isaac, and yourself. I haven't been wearing H as much lately - successive of illnesses and then a shocker last week - gastro. Yikes I was miserable. I would not wish that on anyone. Anyway, you have inspired me, as always, to do some more baby wearing. Oh and glad Isaac was happy just crashing out next to you on the bed without his happy hanger.
Wite - glad Harlow's anxiety is passing. H's comes and goes. Somedays she's fine, and others she's like Harlow. What can I do? She's been like that since she was 4 months old. I am glad you took some time to do something for yourself, it's easier said than done.
Connie - you did really well for George not to get a cold til he was almost 11 months old... can you believe it? I hope he gets better soon - it's miserable for them, and hard on you.
Pretz - poor Noah, having another ear infection. And you with the lack of sleep!
Fuzzy - hope you're not too sore after netball.... that long shower would have helped. I think I am going to give up on the idea of getting super fit again whilst I am bf'ing. It seems every time I get back to running or sport, I come down with some illness. Pretty much I've been sick for the past month with different things.
I am feeling pretty glum today. Not sure why. It's a fab day here, sun is shining, I had brunch with my cousin and H almost crawled for the first time ( on the restaurant table of all things) and I not feeling sick anymore.... so I have every reason to be happy, but I just can't muster it. Oh well. Maybe a nap will help? Assuming H goes to sleep.
About the sleeping question? I do what Fuzzy does. Pretty much H will only really crack it if something is wrong - like she's not well or not tired. H will often play/grizzle/talk for a while before she sleeps. I think that's ok. I go in if she's winding herself up and either try to settle her in bed, or just bring her out to "reset" and maybe start again, or just leave it til the next nap. Afterall, I don't fall asleep straight away after I go to bed. So I can't really expect her to.
I too am another Mummy here that thinks she is dealing with a baby with seperation anxiety...
How are you dealing with it? I try to leave the room and talking to him but the past few days he just cries and cries and will crawl on over to wherever I am and then clench on to my pants/leg and won't let go.. Hopefully it's just a stage and it will QUICKLY pass!
lol Sorry to hear your boys have been sick this past week. Hope they're on the mend and that you and lovely Alannahrama don't get sick too. I PROMISE I have a GP appointment for Wednesday this week so will let you know what he says....
lol) and shrieking, squealing, laughing, chatting etc and then when he is dead tired he will whinge for a while and then fall asleep but from when I put him in his cot until he is asleep it can take up to 30 minutes at times....
Anyone else experience this?
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