Hahaha I have to laugh ladies - it sounds like our girls are all getting pretty strong-willed!!
Nai - how cute on Vievy sleeping! On weekends DH gets up with Miss and she comes down to our room and says "Mummy sleeping, mummy very tired!"
The clock is pretty awesome - it was a Christmas present from my folks, mum got it online at my request! I told her what sort of thing I wanted and she chose... I think it's called a Gro clock! It's made by the grobag people. Google gro clock and i think the first like that comes up is on Bonito Baby, that's it!
It was actually Olive's suggestion, about six months ago when the 5-6am wake ups were doing my head in! Mind you - today she slept in til 7.30am!!
we have a sheep clock that wakes up, got it off amazon!!
our issue is mainly getting her to sleep...grrrrrrrr its done my head in, then she wakes, this morning it was 3.43am and she whinged for 20 mins, its an issue because DD1's room is right next door
to all on the night waking and early morning waking too!!
Malyna - in terms of night waking, DS has never really stopped doing it He did get much MUCH better in about mid Jan until early March when it started again. By better I mean that he was still waking 1-3 times a night but only needed a few minutes to resettle (dummy replacement, tucking back in, drink, quick cuddle etc). Lately with all the comings and goings of his dad, he's been not wanting to go down of an evening and much harder to resettle overnight too. The worst was nearly 2hours awake a few nights in a row last week. *yawn* Having said all of that, we are still getting the random sleep through though too. And he still has a day sleep of at least an hour (although it's getting later and later in the day - still awake now for example). So I can't really complain that much.
OP/Olive - That clock sounds awesome! I've heard of them before but forgot about them. DS would love a sheep one as we are in the middle of a Shaun the Sheep obsession here. He would watch the episodes all day if we let him LOL!!
Meg - Your DD sounds very clever knowing all of that!! DS can do some counting but not always in order, he can say "A-B-C" and knows the letter J by sight and he has some colours but tends to say everything is blue if he is not sure!
We made it to DSs 2 year old check the other day. He is 11.355kg (following his own curve just above the 10th%); 89cm tall (getting taller for his age) and head circ of 49.5cm (getting more in proportion to his height!). His favourite sayings are "I don't like it" when he doesn't want to do something. Or he just says no and runs away We are working on please and thank you atm and of course, just coping with increased seperation anxiety given what is going on. It's understandable but hard work when DP is not around and DS tells me he is going to "see daddy tomorrow, yes, ok".
DP is going ok so far. We are enjoying some time at home this weekend and through this next week. They are going to see if they can harvest his stem cells next Monday and he has to do self injections twice a day to help the cells leave his bone marrow. If not enough get out into his blood stream they won't be able to do the transplant and so the chemo won't be as high a dose as if they could put stem cells back afterwards. I have really mixed feelings about his treatment. On the one hand it will save his life (hopefully) and what could be more important than that? But on the other hand, his scans are clear again and these drugs have massive implications for his fertility. Some say chances are low it will ever return, others say it could be 2 years before it comes back. I am not coping very well with the thought of never having another baby. Of raising DS as an only child. It's not what we planned and not what I want (although a live DP and having a DS at all are of course most important). It's really hard to explain.
Anyway, hope you are all enjoying the long weekend. xx
that must be hard kaz did they tell him to freeze sperm before treatment??
DD isnt having a sleep today eekkk decided to try without today in the hope she goes down easier tonight and stay asleep, lets hope it works!
i weighed and measured DD yesterday and shes 12.7kg and 94cm
He tried back in late October when he was an in-patient and before chemo started but he was too sick to produce a sample. (He was very close to being intubated to support his breathing and he struggled to shower himself unasisted, was coughing up blood all day, in pain etc etc).
We tried again before this current round of treatment started but it was only 2 months (at best) since the previous chemo stopped so it wasn't long enough for the sperm to return. All the testing did was confirm he is infertile.
Kaz. That must be so hard on you all. Hang in there. Xxx
E has croup and is quite unwell. We also just had to rid the kids of headlice!
I am mortified. It makes me I'll thinking about them living in their hair! I know they will prob get it again in the future, but Ewwww.
omg lilima where did she break???
hope she is ok and not too much pain
kaz hun wish i was closer to give you a real life hug- thinking of you both mwah
olive boof still doesnt sleep through the night- in fact he is still awake most night till 11pmish
with or without a day sleep!!!! without a day sleep i might get him down an around 9ish but that is hit and miss
the later he goes to sleep the longer he sleeps in his own cot- usually around 6ish hours- and then i chuck him in bed with us
he is also still on the boob - try telling him he cant have it lol
we move in 160 odd hours - eeek - next tuesday in fact
packed soo much but still soo much to do so will be hit and miss on here for a bit for me!
doesnt mean i dont still love ya all! LOL
mwah mwah
omg lilima where did she break???
hope she is ok and not too much pain
kaz hun wish i was closer to give you a real life hug- thinking of you both mwah
olive boof still doesnt sleep through the night- in fact he is still awake most night till 11pmish
with or without a day sleep!!!! without a day sleep i might get him down an around 9ish but that is hit and miss
the later he goes to sleep the longer he sleeps in his own cot- usually around 6ish hours- and then i chuck him in bed with us
he is also still on the boob - try telling him he cant have it lol
we move in 160 odd hours - eeek - next tuesday in fact
packed soo much but still soo much to do so will be hit and miss on here for a bit for me!
doesnt mean i dont still love ya all! LOL
mwah mwah
Oh lilima hugest for you and DD. I hope she is pain free. How stressful for you all.
det - 160 hours it's pretty exciting though too!
DS didn't have a day sleep at all yesterday and right before bed he lost the plot completely. Was horrible. He got into such a state he was nearly vomiting but I couldn't stop (was getting him out of the bath when it happened) as we only had another 10mins to get him through the routine to bed and although I felt terrible I would have felt worse calming him down only to upset him again when drying/dressing/teeth brushing etc. The minute we walked into his room he started to settle and he went straight down but we still had some wake ups overnight I think they are hear to stay for now. Just got back from the first resettle now.
lilima how is E going??
day 6 (i think) of no day sleeps and sleep is much better, shes been waking the past few nights and needs resettling, often its just to tell me she loves me or because shes lost her bubba figureine (very annoying)
Aw Olive... that's kinda sweet that she wants to tell you she loves you!
We're still having day sleeps, cross fingers it'll go for a bit longer... I so need the down time. Today we got an almost 3hr sleep out of her (after swimming!), she still went down ok at 7.30pm and we'll see what time she wakes tomorrow morning. DS has become the bad sleeper in our family! Basically comes to bed with us when we go to bed and stays there for the rest of the night. I'm too tired to be bothered with anything else!
Kaz - how are you and your boys?
Lilima - how's the patient? Hope she is feeling better!
Det - GL with the move hun... let me know if you think there's anything I can help with!
Hi all, been bit slack posting in here, I catch on more on FB now I think.
Meg- Hows E? What a shock bout broken arm. How long is she in plaster for? Much pain?
Kaz- Big hugs, its not fair all this stuff with the fertility worries, as if you need anything more to stress you after everything going on already. Hope you at least getting some sleep/ rest.
Det- How is the countdown to moving? I hate packing! At least good chance to get rid of a whole heap stuff.
Thankfully we still have couple hours day sleep here. But they do stuff round bit at night, keep yelling out to each other, Ash gets up and down, if Emily wasn't still in her cot I'm sure she'd be in and out too.
Have just sent of kinder application for 4yr old. Can't believe how early its gotta get in.
Emilys fave word at the moment is "shut up". Plus she getting bit of an attitude learnt from Ash.
to all on the night waking and early morning waking too!!
He did get much MUCH better in about mid Jan until early March when it started again. By better I mean that he was still waking 1-3 times a night but only needed a few minutes to resettle (dummy replacement, tucking back in, drink, quick cuddle etc). Lately with all the comings and goings of his dad, he's been not wanting to go down of an evening and much harder to resettle overnight too. The worst was nearly 2hours awake a few nights in a row last week. *yawn* Having said all of that, we are still getting the random sleep through though too. And he still has a day sleep of at least an hour (although it's getting later and later in the day - still awake now for example). So I can't really complain that much. 
We are working on please and thank you atm and of course, just coping with increased seperation anxiety given what is going on. It's understandable but hard work when DP is not around and DS tells me he is going to "see daddy tomorrow, yes, ok". 
it's pretty exciting though too! 
I think they are hear to stay for now. Just got back from the first resettle now. 
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