Let's see if I get it done before having to go pop the dummy back in (Eva is sick and has been breathing badly so spits it out often while sleeping and getting up about 100 times a night!)
Kanda, hope Sienna is doing better!
Rose, I am glad Liams needles went well and I think you might really need a night to yourself...if there no way to leave DH with pumped milk and orders not ot bother you so you can sleep (or will you be like me and still get up every time Liam cries - I did that twice and it only worked the time I actually had DH leave to go to MIL's house!)
Alison, sucks abou the rings? Is it the weight? How much do you have to lose from the preg? My ring was big when I got married and I wore it through the preg (although tighter for sure) and it is still pretty tight, but I also have a ton of weight to shift so I blame it on that...also they might fit once it cools down...summer puffs up everything!
Beany, I sometimes gets stressed too - when she cries or sleeps, I am anxious because I think I'll hear her cry...or when people handle her and I know she will not like it...and sometimes with going out since I never know how it will be, but I force myself not to stress...I have def gotten better...you just have to look at Michael and how great he is. We have a tendency to want to protect them from everything and keep them in a sort of sheltered sterile environment, but we have to remember that can't happen...I have to keep reminding myself that...
He seems to be happy, well adjusted and easy to deal with except for the rare and very normal times (wonder weeks, tired etc...) - you have to keep reminding yourself that he is human and that it is not possible to keep him super happy 100% of the time. Just like your moods change, so do his. And crying is his way of talking for now, so try not to get too anxious. You are doing such a great job and it is obvious that you and your DH (who seems to be very supportive as well) adore him and are doing a wonderful job showing him that...babies need to feel loved and that is the most important thing after the basic physical needs, so you should be proud of yourself and keep telling yourself that you're doing a great job - for the eye thing, Eva has one eye slightly smaller than the other with a different undereye shape and crease, but so does DH, so I think it is ok. Faces are not perfectly symetrical. She also has a blocked tear duct on one side, so I think it will be less noticeable when that goes away. I don't think you should stress unless it seems irritated or swollen.
Suz, sorry you had such an awful day...I am glad the sleep seems to be getting better. Poor craig, he has had a lot change in his life in the past few months, and not being able to express that probably caused him to have difficulty sleeping and to lash out. I am sure it will be fine. Good luck with the sleep training. He seems like a cute great kid so I am not worried, I just hope you get some rest as well.
Tilda, glad the needles went well. I get you on the sleep thing - I would yell too...but that is why I took eva out of the room. I could not stand every time I finally got her down to sleep and one of us making noise would wake her up! Eva has a doll she loves in her bed (you can see it in the facebook pics - it is red and orange) - she used to just stare at it and talk to it when she was tiny but at around 1.5 months she started caressing it to go to sleep...now she literally rubs it to sleep and puts it on her face or sleeps on it. If she naps in her playpen, she likes to have a muslin near her head and she puts it on her face too, so I am not sure if she attached to that one doll or just anything soft - but I try to give her something (thought not always the same thing) to put on her face...hopefully she does not get too attached to just one thing as it would be easier if I could just give her any soft fabric...If I put my hand on the side of her face she falls asleep too...
Willow, how is the construction going? How much more time until it's done?
AFM, boobs are down to tiny again but not hurting so that's great...Eva got a cold and I have to fly Thrusday so I am REALLLLLY hoping it passes by then - an 8 hour flight with a grumpy congested baby won't be fun. I am actually surprised though, as she is in a very good mood, just the sleeping is awful. I woke up at least 15 times last night to put the dummy back in and at one point DH took over so I don't even know how many times she woke up! She is running a very tiny fever so nothing too alarming, but she is so congested...she has snot running out of her nose and is drooling all over since she has her mouth open to breath. I have been rinsing with saline solution (she hates it of course), massaging her sinuses, and cleaning out the boogies with qtips...I have to see the paed on tuesday anyway to see if we can stop the reflux meds (it will be complicated bringing a refrigerated syrup to ny and I will feel awful continuing to put it down her throat whenever she wakes up for her first feed...the doc said to stop at 5 months, and I am a week off of 5 so hope he'll approve my stopping now.
Also, on another great note - I restarted the pill 10 days ago and have already lost 3 kilos! My face is less puffy and my tummy is starting to slowly go down and my skin is clearing up and I feel much better. I am very happy that I made the decision to wean and take care of myself physically, because I feel so much better and am full of energy to take care of Eva and play more etc...maybe not today after that wonderful night of no sleep so I will keep up my training and am even mopre motivated to do so now since I am actually seeing results and hope to get back to sort of myself by the summer - I have about 20kg to lose (8 gained when I stopped the pill to get preg and 12 left over from the preg!) so these first three are nothing really, but at least I know that if I work hard at it all will be well.
I am starting to pack and get ready for this trip and am so excited to go back home...I just have a bit of anxiety for the flight...keep your fingers crossed that Eva loves airplanes
- for the eye thing, Eva has one eye slightly smaller than the other with a different undereye shape and crease, but so does DH, so I think it is ok. Faces are not perfectly symetrical. She also has a blocked tear duct on one side, so I think it will be less noticeable when that goes away. I don't think you should stress unless it seems irritated or swollen.
but not hurting so that's great...Eva got a cold and I have to fly Thrusday so I am REALLLLLY hoping it passes by then - an 8 hour flight with a grumpy congested baby won't be fun. I am actually surprised though, as she is in a very good mood, just the sleeping is awful. I woke up at least 15 times last night to put the dummy back in and at one point DH took over so I don't even know how many times she woke up! She is running a very tiny fever so nothing too alarming, but she is so congested...she has snot running out of her nose and is drooling all over since she has her mouth open to breath. I have been rinsing with saline solution (she hates it of course), massaging her sinuses, and cleaning out the boogies with qtips...I have to see the paed on tuesday anyway to see if we can stop the reflux meds (it will be complicated bringing a refrigerated syrup to ny and I will feel awful continuing to put it down her throat whenever she wakes up for her first feed...the doc said to stop at 5 months, and I am a week off of 5 so hope he'll approve my stopping now.
so I will keep up my training and am even mopre motivated to do so now since I am actually seeing results and hope to get back to sort of myself by the summer - I have about 20kg to lose
(8 gained when I stopped the pill to get preg and 12 left over from the preg!) so these first three are nothing really, but at least I know that if I work hard at it all will be well.
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