Tilda - A Perth meetup while you're here sounds awesome Liam has periods at night (usually towards the morning) when he's really noisy while he's sleeping. DH can sleep through it no problem, but it wakes me up. We have friends who couldn't sleep with their bub in the room with them because of that reason and had him in his own room pretty much from day one. You have to do what works for you and lets you get sleep, ultimately.
BS - I'll definitely be using all of the slings. I love wearing Liam so much You might like to try a mei tai or a similar structured carrier - if Eva has good head control you don't need one with a head rest and she can look around. If you look at something like the Catbird Baby mei tais and pikkolo, you can also use them in a forward facing front carry, so she can see everything. If you go and look at thebabywearer, you can read through bunches of reviews and find something that you like. I warn you, it can get damn addictive though!
suz - The mei tai is based on Asian baby carriers - it basically holds the baby onto you kind of like a backpack, and you can carry on your front or back.
AFM - Liam is napping (as much as he does in the late afternoon/early evening - he tends to be restless and fight sleep a lot at this time of the day) after spending another day pretty much just feeding and sleeping. I'm definitely thinking that it's a growth spurt.
Tilda, I am def going out to get a medicine ball tomorrow! As for grunting, eva does that too either when she's hungry or when she has gas...that is one of the reasons I am so happy she is in her room - I used to wake up for every noise too...she is just struggling to get the gas out....we seriously have the same baby!
Rose, Thanks for the tip - I am going to check online to compare. I alsready have a baby bjorn that she loves, but I want a sling for when I want to carry her in a laying position - The bjorn is too upright to leave her in for too long when she falls asleep...
Eva has been really crabby since last night - She cried for a bit before her bath with gas then slept really well but then this morning crying again. She would not let me put her down for hours and now is trying to nap and keeps waking herself up with pain - she falls asleep then just starts crying in pain - I just don't know what else I can cut out of my diet...or maybe i just need to accept that this is now things are for babies sometimes and deal with it? I hope it passes so I can rest this weekend...
Hi Rose - what is that infection that you mentioned? I'm not sure what I had exactly, it had some long winded name but it was a staph infection of the amniotic fluid of some sort! Apparently very rare and very deadly.....awesome - not!!!! Puts the old c-section into perspective though!
Hi BS - you're so good for doing that exercise, I need to get my act together and kick this chub so I can fit into my clothes again! I'm so over wearing the same 4 dresses over and over.
AFM - Well somebody pinch me! Amelia slept 9 hours the night before and just did 10 last night! Is this normal? Not that I'm complaining and I know it sounds funny but the last 2 nights she's completely slept through her last feed for the night, I haven't woken her expecting her to wake midnight or thereafter instead but nope! I wonder if the cot has made the difference?
Oh and I got my new pram yesterday and I love it! Got the Kingfisher Blue, it's a real greeny blue and it's so pretty ha ha. The pram is wider than my other one at the back but it's still super easy to push and it folds sooooo easily, yay! It's probably a tad heavier but the seat comes off so it ends up about the same if you separate the seat and base. Can't wait to take it for a proper walk.
Is everyone else finding they're out so much they have no time to relax??? Amelia has been in and out of the car so many times each day, probably why she's sleeping so long, I'm tiring her out. I need to stop committing to so much I think!
I can't remember what everyone has said so sorry if I've missed people's specific comments. Haven't been on for a couple of days so have got a little behind, terrible! My sister just phoned crying, she has reporters at her front door. My brother in law was on the news the other night - he works for the Police Dept helping to set the laws and there's dramas with the new law for this search thing, he made a comment to the media and has been copping flack for it from his work since, he went on stress leave because of it the other day. My sister being like she is wrote to the minister and is now in the West Australian today if anyone is in Perth have a squiz (I haven't seen it yet) and apparently the news now want to do a story ha ha. She loves drama but I think she might've created more than she bargained for now!
Sorry everyone, this is going to be a completely selfish post. I feel like crap. My neck and back have been really good lately and I think I got a bit over confident and tried to breastfeed without a pillow while we were out yesterday and I've completely buggered my back. I feel like someone has stabbed me in the centre of my back around my bra line. I've got pain and tingling in my arm as well. It has been so good to feel like I'm coping and now I feel like its all going to s*&%. And Matilda won't sleep. Everytime I get her to sleep she wakes up about 10 minutes later. Which means I'm probably in for a horror evening tonight. She is just so bad at sleeping during the day unless we're in the car. And its not like she doesn't need it. She's in a horrible state by the end of the day when she cat naps like this. When my back is like this even folding up laundry is a drama. Let alone carrying a 5.5kg baby, burping her, feeding her, trying to be in a good mood for her! So I feel like a crap mother to boot. I think I'm in real danger of getting depressed. Sorry for dumping all this on you all.
Hi Tilda - you poor girl are you ok? Silly question, obviously not! Are you having any treatment for your back etc? I understand as I have a terrible neck/shoulder which was so much better after going on maternity leave and staying off the computer solidly all day but it's up crap again too from carrying Amelia and feeding etc. I don't have a proper feeding pillow so use my maternity pillow but must get one. I have such knots in my muscles at the moment every time I move my shoulder or neck I feel it pinging.....you'd know what I mean. If you really feel that down go see your doctor so you can get something to help you feel better. Amelia is catnapping as well in the day so it's hard to get anything done - she's currently asleep in her new pram and I'm not touching her!!! Fortunately though she's sleeping really well at night.....at the moment!
My whinge is that the girl from work who had her baby last weekend is irking me. I think she's going to turn the babies into a competition which I did fear. She's already bragging about how much milk she has and how she can express a full bottle in 15 minutes knowing full well I have issues and it takes me 3 days to get that much. Anyone else saying it wouldn't bother me but it does her for some reason. Also, she said that Georgia is already crawling at 1 week old so she must be an early learner - I was like, WTF!!!! I just replied and said that she might be in for an active bub then..... lol. I can't be bothered listening to this comparison thing all the time - again I have all my aqua class and mothers group friends and no-one makes me feel like that at all, just her. Even in hospital last week she was rubbing in that she got the deluxe double room, I only got the double room and also she was the 30,000th person to give birth at that hospital (we were at the same one with the same OB) so she got a massive gift basket from the hospital and her photo in the local paper. I don't care but she made a big thing about it like showing off. I probably sound jealous but I'm not, if you knew her I think you'd get what I mean. Why is it always the people who kick up a fuss and moan about life who get all the perks, sods law huh girls!
Oh and I bought the new pram yesterday, the one I wanted and I absolutely love it love it love it, it's so easy to put up and down and so nice to push and Amelia's up nice and high. I got the blue colour, it's kind of an green blue, it's gorgeous.
Anyway, hope you feel better soon Tilda and hope everyone else is having a great day. Sorry to moan and sound horrible.
Tilda - Hang in there! You are NOT a crap mother, and being depressed is perfectly normal. Don't be afraid to talk about it, you can always call beyondblue if you're really unsure about your feelings.
Alison - Just quickly, Georgia is so not crawling, this a reflex that many newborn babies have which helps them find the breast after birth. It will disappear in a month or two.
Will post properly later, off to have a shower, it's stinking hot here!
Thanks for listening girls! If my back doesn't improve and I feel like I'm getting depressed I'll definitely do something about it. I'm just hoping that it miraculously feels better tomorrow. Well I was just about to say I finally got Matilda to sleep but there she is...I don't know what's up with her today. Usually she's passed out by this time of night even on a bad day. Bye....
Oh hello girlies! I'm so sorry I haven't been on in yonks. My mum is here you see, so been having a great time with her.
Just thought I'd pop in to write a quick note.
Tilda - would be great to catch up with you and the other Perth girls while you are over! Sorry to hear you are having a rough time. I know its easier said than done...but you really must believe that it WILL get better. Because it will. Its probably just a phase Matilda is going through. As for your back, can you go to a chiro or something?
Alison - I got my period too...same day as you only during the night! Fancy that! It's been a fairly light one really...I was expecting a heavy downpour for some reason... Your new pram sounds lovely! I'm pretty happy with mine so far..only thing is getting it in and out of the boot is damaging it A cap has already come off and I can see marks and stuff on it. Grrr! We were going to get a bigger car, but decided against it...we don't want to stretch ourselves too far financially while I'm not at work. And what a load of rubbish about that girl from work's baby crawling at 1 week! I very much doubt a 1 week old will have enough muscle development and strength to put one arm out to support itself, never mind coordinate all 4 limbs at once! Pfft, she's in la-la land!
Rose- you've been putting up some great pics and movies on fb...he's so CUTE!! I love it when they try to talk...Michael is starting to make different noises now too.
BS - how is Eva today? Any better?
Suz - Congrats on the DTD! I haven't been brave enough yet...esp with my mum sleeping here too! My poor DH! I've just started back on the pill, the full pill as I'm not BF anymore ( )
Carmey - sorry to hear about those dodgy calls...are you still getting them? I'd report it to the police perhaps? Must be v scary.
Hello to everyone I have missed!!!
AFM - been spending heaps of time with my mum, as I mentioned. Michael is going well...has bath at 5.30pm, feeds at 6pm, bed at 7pm, feeds some time between 3-5am, bed again then up at around 8am, feeds 9am, then 1.30pm, then 6pm....etc, etc. He seems to have got himself pretty much into that routine, I've only had to tweak it here and there. Drinking between 240-300ml a feed (formula fed, remember). Sleeping during the day is another issue entirely...he rarely sleeps longer than 40 mins or so, prolly about 3 or 4 times during the day. The rest of the day he's awake... Its very tiring trying to keep them occupied, isn't it!!
Someone metioned about the grunting...thank goodness Michael isn't the only one!!! Lordy he makes a racket when he sleeps. He will sleep like a log till about 1.30am, then he tosses and turns, grunts ALOT, farts like I don't know what, sometimes makes these cute little sighing noises. I'm hanging out till we move him into his own room, which I think I will do fairly soon...just got to get some block-out curtains and then we will. I'm reading Sleep Sense which says that babies get a memory of where they sleep when they're about 4 months old so if you are going to move them into their own room then try to do it before then (or something like that). Hopefully it works!
Does everyone have that wonderful moment when their babies wake in the morning and they see you and give you the biggest smile? Oh thats my favourite thing ever, I love it!
MIL still in hospital, has an infection at the mo, but the docs have put her on antibiotics so hopefully they do the trick. Sesame - how is your dad?
Okies girls...as much as I don't want to I must sign off now. I've only got 1 hour till my new bedtime (9pm - so sick of going to bed early tho...I wanna stay up with my mummy, or watch a movie with DH...but the sleep calls me...)
PS - Michael's Christening tomorrow!!! Eeeek! 60 ppl invited...I hope we have enough food!!!
Liam has periods at night (usually towards the morning) when he's really noisy while he's sleeping. DH can sleep through it no problem, but it wakes me up. We have friends who couldn't sleep with their bub in the room with them because of that reason and had him in his own room pretty much from day one. You have to do what works for you and lets you get sleep, ultimately.
- I just don't know what else I can cut out of my diet...or maybe i just need to accept that this is now things are for babies sometimes and deal with it? I hope it passes so I can rest this weekend...
Puts the old c-section into perspective though!
Even in hospital last week she was rubbing in that she got the deluxe double room, I only got the double room and also she was the 30,000th person to give birth at that hospital (we were at the same one with the same OB) so she got a massive gift basket from the hospital and her photo in the local paper. I don't care but she made a big thing about it like showing off. I probably sound jealous but I'm not, if you knew her I think you'd get what I mean. 
Why is it always the people who kick up a fuss and moan about life who get all the perks, sods law huh girls!
and hope everyone else is having a great day. Sorry to moan and sound horrible.
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