I have been trying to get Jack to bed by 7pm but he always zonks out at about 6.20....and then sleeps for 9 hours...which wakes him up at 3am!!!!!! Do you think I should try and wake him before 9 so he sleeps through til 6? hehehe- wouldn't it be lovely!!!
Actually last night he woke up at 1am and then 4 am and then 6.... I think he might be growing, as he usually sleeps 9 hours straight through.
We have a big week this week. Yesterday we had physio, today we have whooping cough needles (I'm not looking forward to today!), tomorrow we have ultrasounds, and then on thursday we have the orthapaedic surgeon. I think everyone here is on my facebook, but we're looking at the possibility that Jack has Erbs Palsy. On the upside, the physio yesterday said that if he does have it, then it's not a severe case of it, so it should be able to be resolved with physio instead of surgery. In any case, our perspective is that it's limbs and not organs, so it could be ALOT worse. Jack obviously doesn't know any different, so he's happily going along with everything, very lucky to have such a cruisy little fella. (He didn't like the xrays though when we had to straighten his arm).
He's smiling and is SUCH a chatterbox! He's been making sounds since about 3 weeks, but has really ramped up, even when he's having a whinge, he'll stop and have a chat before he remembers he's grumpy!!!! We heard his laugh for the first time the other day, I was on the phone to my dad and put him on speaker phone so Jack could hear... Jack, with boob in mouth, let out this HUGE laugh!!! I've only heard one since... would you believe in his sleep? I don't think he has control over it yet LOL
Hope everyone is going well, am loving seeing all the photos!
krystals - sorry i missed your message. 9hours is great, wish you could change his hours so he sleeps longer.. not sure how you can do it, tho..
i had my whooping cough needle yest, and now there's a huge lump on my arm and it hurts!
sorry to hear that Jakc's got Erbs Palsy.. but great taht it can be fixed w physio, and yes, the good thing is that it's his limbs and not organs, that would be so much harder. he's such a good boy.
i was laughing out hearing that he laughed out loud. they can be so funny!! he must have been dreaming he was in a land of boobs! hahahah. boys and boobs huh.
yesterday Lakshman took my Lansinoh and lifted his shirt. He was touching his nipples and said "booby hurt, i put some" hhahahaah cos i told him before when i put it on that i needed it cos my boobies hurt.
thanks for that Loula - i will look it up, ooh i just did! ahh i remember now. i saw it at the marketplace just down the road last week. i saw the big poster out the front of the chemist and thought how clever!
br - i think you are right re the dermatitis, DH gets eczema and DS had it as a baby too. And now with spring it makes it worse. i notice that if i;m outdoors with her, it gets much worse. not sure if it's the pollen or the cold air.
glad will's reflux is getting better. poor darling.
lol i feel so old sometimes.. man, i turn 40 in 3 years!! i cant believe it. i still feel like i just left high school!
melly - i know im always tidying up. i had ds at home it was his toys everywhere. and before Lakshman;s bed, i was tidying up the kitchen, and i came out and DH was sitting down watching tv. i told him you could help me clean up the mess in the lounge room, adn he goes what mess?? so i pointed to a couple of things, and those couple of things got cleared up. the rest stayed on the floor.. sigh, men are domestically blind sometimes!!
Prama at the comment about boobies going to explode, thats one thing i dont miss about breastfeeding hehe. DP travels for about 6 months of the year on & off and at the moment its all depending on the weather. DP's parents are in the same town as me so my MIL helps out when she can. She actually looked after Brody for 2 1/2 hrs this morning while i cleaned the house and had a peaceful shower Melly i hate going to bed with a messy house too, i always have to at least do the dishes and some washing if there is any before i go to bed. BR hope you are feeling better this week, i have been much the same but as you said just take every day as it comes and try not to do too much all at once Krystals Jack is doing so well with his sleeping, thats so awesome!! How does he sleep through the day?? Hopefully the physio can sort out his erbs palsy. Loula GO WILL, woohoo such great sleeping, what a clever little man!! AFM I am feeling good today, had a little break this morning and got the house cleaned which was nice. Not too sure whats happening with Brodys sleeping. Im wondering if he was awake longer through the day would he sleep longer at night?? Were getting about 5 - 5 1/2 hours when first put down so i suppose its not too bad He just gets very cranky through the day so i seem to be trying to put him to sleep all the time and feel really guilty, like i dont want to deal with him, but this is not the case at all.
Anyway MIL said he was very happy this morning for her, gooing and gaaing and poking his tongue out constantly, hehe so cute!!
Wow sounds like we are all coming through well getting to know our babies wants and needs!
Prama, i swear get the cream you will love it, i use it on Will's dry skin too around his nose and eyes! How cute of Lakshman to be copying you with the cream! too cute.
Melly no one has as many greys as me!!! My GF pointed them out to me on my 26th birthday and now i have heaps, when i get my hair coloured blonde again you dont really notice them they blend better, but i only had time for a dark semi while DH had DS! (thats a whole other story lol)
BR glad to hear that the reflux is better but boohoo on needing to see someone about the hernia i hope it is ok. can we make a catch up in two weeks?
Krystals, hun im glad that you are getting Jack sorted with all his appointments now, the earlier the better and im sure its keeping you very busy. Great news that there will be no need for surgery.
Elise thank goodness for great MIL's sounds like you have had a productive morning, gotta love those. Like i said yesterday dont stress about the sleep too much, it will come
Well we have hit a milestone today! first DS has been sleeping great the last few nights (but usually has since birth TBH) and today i put him in his bassinett without assisting him to fall asleep on the bb and he did it!!! be it with a dummy, but hey we finally did the feed, play, sleep thing! lol might not happen tomorrow or even the next nap but hey it happened once so i know he's got it in him. lol
Weigh in today 5.67kg!!! an increase of over 1.1kg in a month. boobie juice is working lol, i think its all the fish oil i take and my breastfeeding smoothy at 3pm (NP gave me the reciepe if anyone wants it?)
omg.. sounds like all the bubs are doing great at sleeping!
githanjali's still sick. took her to the dr.'s yesterday. he said there's not much we can do, we're going to put the vapouriser on again to see if that helps with her breathing at night. she's all clogged up and not feeding well.
i also asked abt her rash as it was still red and scaly. he said looks like dermatitis and recommended some hydrozole cream.. poor darling. she's also got cradle cap. he's asked to put some olive oil for about 30mins before a bath and then remove w a wash cloth in the bath, to do this daily.
loula we used bepanthen in the past w lakshman and it helped compared to sudocream. have u tried it yet?
elise - you are doing such a fantastic job w brody, esp w dp away. does he always travel? do you have someone who can come help you look after brody?
Prama. Will had really bad cradle cap. Even in his eyebrows. We used the oil and he just looked like a red head! Now we use moogoo scalp care. It's amazing. Cradle cap gone in a few days. And smells yum.
Lou what a great sleeper Will is!! Is he in his cot now? The cream I use is desitin, it was recommend by a midwife from the uk, it's the only one that clears up the girls nappy rash.
Elise dads are always the ones who play with kids and ignore the routines it must be worse in your house when your dh gets home!
You can get chlorsig now without a script for $5 I always need it on hand in winter for one of the kids one of them always ends up with hunky eyes.
Krystals you have got a crazy week, it's good that the physio thinks jack's arm can be fixed without surgery and that he is still happy.
Prama hope the vapouriser works, have you elevated her cot too? The rash and her breathing are probably linked, both our girls are like that too it's linked to hayfever, asthma, eczema and allergies and for them spring triggers it off with the cold mornings and pollen.
We have a busy week to there are the usual swimming lessons, then both will and Jess have mchn checks, three of us need vaccs me included because I don't have immunity to chicken pox and will needs to see his pead. He has a herniated belly button, it really pops when he screams and looks painful. The reflux is improving as long as I avoid dairy and have only a little bit of wheat.
AFM last week I felt old, I was tired, cranky, sick and I found two grey hairs! It happened after dd2 as well so I think it's my hormones. I am still tired but not so stressed, just taking each day as it comes and not trying to get everything done it was just making me miserable.
black_rose I will pass on some of my grey hairs if you like :-) I understand what you mean about trying to get everything done.. its hard, and I am also one of those people who hate going to bed with a messy house, I am constantly tidying up.
Lou a catch up in two weeks sounds good, where do you get the moogoo cream? Just noticed Will has cradle cap too. Can you send the smoothie recipe to me as we only had a weight gain of 130g in a fortnight, but he has had a cold.
Elise that would be hard having dh away so much. I am not sure about having them sleep during the day vs night, still trying to decide.
Prama I giggled at boys and bbs, can just imagine Mr L running around with the lanisol. Dd grabbed my pump today as I was ready to express and held it to her chest!
Hey BR, you can get some moogoo at the shops on Dorset rd begins with a M? it's in a medical supply shop, its the cheapest ive seen, or the health shop at Eland, you know the one opp the butcher?
Smoothy (i might as well post it here)
1/2 cup soy milk
1/2 cup juice (any)
1/2 cup youghurt
1/2 cup berries (i use mixed frozen)
1/2 banana
large tsp flaxseed oil
large tsp wheat germ
Blend and enjoy at around 3pm, my np says it helps with the afternoon drop off!
Got the moogoo, it looks much better already. Will is feeding better this morning but will give the smoothie ago as I never seem to have enough supply later in the day.
Just a quick question - Do all your bubs sleep on there back for all there sleeps. I just put Brody in his cot and he slept for about 10 mins then woke up in tears and i unwrapped him and rewrapped him with 1 arm out and put him on his side and he resettled straight away. I would never do it at night but would it hurt through the day if hes comfy like that???
I know they say not to because of SIDS but surely if im checking on him it should be ok right???
BR Thanks, he didnt sleep long anyway, about 10 mins, and then wouldnt settle so we decided to go for another walk (had already been for 1 1/2 hrs this morning) and he cracked it big time and would not settle, so just had to let him cry while walking down the street and he finally dropped off for about 20 mins. I cant seem to get any longer than half an hour and dont know whats going on coz hes so cranky. If he was happy i wouldnt mind him not sleeping but hes just not
Brody is asleep in his cot now and has been for the last 1 1/2 hrs, i just wish he would do that through the day hehe. Oh well im sure he'll get there, I'll just have to keep perservering with it i suppose.
Has anyone taken there bubs to a chiropractor and had any success with it, ive been thinking about it but not too sure.
Elise Will has been to the chiro, its helped with his constipation and also the reflux he only needs Zantac at night. I have also taken dd2 as she was screaming at night and also having tantrums. After one treatment she is sleeping through again and only has the occasional tantrum. With the health insurance it is $10 a visit.
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at the comment about boobies going to explode, thats one thing i dont miss about breastfeeding hehe. DP travels for about 6 months of the year on & off and at the moment its all depending on the weather. DP's parents are in the same town as me so my MIL helps out when she can. She actually looked after Brody for 2 1/2 hrs this morning while i cleaned the house and had a peaceful shower
He just gets very cranky through the day so i seem to be trying to put him to sleep all the time and feel really guilty, like i dont want to deal with him, but this is not the case at all.
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