babies born~December 1st-15th 2009 #2

Alison, it might be teeth - Eva has been crabby and randomly crying out in pain then throwing herself at my hand to bite on my fingers.... :( Here we go! I was just starting to get used to the calm since switching from bf...no break for me :ROFL: - I started putting some teethers in the freezer and got her this "toothbrush" thing - it is like a silicone chewer in the shape of a toothbrush and she has been nibbling on it like crazy - she loves when it is just out of the freezer, so try that? I also read somewhere that teething can sometime scause diarrhea? So maybe that is what is happenning? Have you tried looking at her gums to see if you see a lump? Eva does the same with the bottle, looking around, sticking her finger in her mouth while she's eating, everything!

Beany, I don't know that brand, but the french have very nice stuff for boys, generally in very somber colors though...My favorite brands for every day are petit bateau or jacadi, and the fancy stuff from bonpoint...to die for!!! And I was right - MIL brought Eva back a hot pink t-shirt with crystals around a pic of a dummy with little hot pinkk ruffle socks! Then the great grandparents for her a GORGEOUS dress from bonpoint - I mean just gorgeous - it is pink silk and has these little cut out discs aroudn teh collars that float in the wind...and has a matching little panty - so cute! I worry she'll throw up as soon as I put it on her! But it is a very chic brand so I'll try to make her wear the dress as often as possible before she outgrows it!

Here they are: http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/o...m/_MG_2817.jpg

Girls, I have a great idea for playtime for you all, and I know beany was asking a while back for ideas - MIL and I went to go buy Eva some bodysuits and things like that and found these amazing little socks with rattle animals on the tip! You put them on the baby and it helps them discover their feet - Eva didn't get it at first but I sat her down on my lap and shook her feet for her then she understood and had a blast - I am sure you can just sew a very small rattle stuffed animal on a regular pair of socks if you can't find something similar. Here is a pic so you get the idea: http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/o...m/_MG_2815.jpg

Eva's up again, be back in a bit to finish!

Rose, thanks for that great link!!! That was hapenning before with Eva too!

Willow, Eva also sort of stopped rolling - she did it and then stopped...I guess she does not care anymore, she will only roll if I help her while on the floor playing with her. I guess she is focusing on other things... I am so glad that swing still helps - I am using mine less and less these days :)

AFM, boobs still killing me! but not as much so I look like I have fake boobies!! This is a welcome change and I'll enjoy it until they go down, which I really want them to do asap!

DH and I are getting back into the swing of things with DTD and all that - I guess a baby that actually sleeps, leaves a lot of time for everything else...

One more thing - I was talking to a friend of MIL who is much older and has three kids and they mentioned that she might also be doing better since breastmilk is much more acidic...Come to think of it, when I was switching, she threw up every breast feed that I was doing and only keeping down the formula (she either threw it all up or a large part of it, which I have never had her really do before - she is not really a spewer)...

Ok, so it is gorgeous here - while you girls are going into winter I have spring arriving!!!

And I am just counting down to go home!

xoxo

Lovely WE girls and bubs!

Hi girls!

BS - I'm so glad that Eva is doing well on the formula! That dress is the cutest thing ever. And I just hunted up some rattle socks on ebay :)

Hi to everyone else! Hope you're enjoying the long weekend.

AFM - I am exhausted. We've officially hit the wonder week/four month growth spurt/teething/whatever the heck it is. Combined with Liam still being a bit snuffly, we're having fun...not.

Last night was like having a newborn again. His longest sleep was 3 hours, and then he was up almost hourly for a feed. He was grizzly this morning, then behaved himself when we visited family (for once it was his cousin who has grizzling - she's a very settled, placid little thing, but she has awful ezcema at the moment which is causing her pain) and then got really grizzly again afterwards. He's napped less than an hour in total all day in fits and starts (and always on me, apart from one sleep where DH held him, which is a rarity in and of itself). And he's been feeding like crazy again.

And he's going to get through this, and then it'll be time for his (late) four month needles. Argh. I hope he doesn't react like last time, because it was a really bad day.

I really, really hope he sleeps tonight. I've just been in to resettle him once - hopefully he'll stay down at least until early morning. He's been a restless sleeper, too, waking when I come to bed, which he used to sleep through.

I really want to try to gently coax him into a decent sleeping routine. I don't mind frequent feeding during the day at all, and I don't even mind one quick feed at night, but I'm getting really fed up with having an overtired baby who won't nap or sleep well at night.

And as I typed that, he just woke up screaming again. DH's turn to resettle him.

Hey Rose...did you think of trying him in a separate room? Maybe not far from you but just so he does not smell you during the night and wake as often for feeds?

It worked with Eva...

I am glad you got him the socks - you'll see it is funny, he'll stare at them then wiggle one foot then the other and slowly start going into a kicking storm - that should tucker him out too!

I hope he gets better. It is hard when they are like that :(

Hi BS Yep I still use the swing every day, but I am worried that he'll be too reliant on it and we'll be in big trouble when he's too big for it! So I'll have to try to use it less.
Love the outfits!:D And the socks are very cute I might have a look for some as well.

Hi Rose I'm with you on the exhaustion!!! Harry's been feeding every 2 hours at night if not more and through the day hasn't wanted to be put down, and if he is in the mood for floor play he doesn't like it if I walk away. My house is an absolute pig sty and I'm supposed to be going out to my aunties today for a BBQ but I'm not sure I'm going to go. I'm just so tired and Harry's not very sociable with other people and seems to startle/get scared easily too at the moment, and my cousins are a very loud bunch I can see the day being a big disaster so I'm leaning towards not going. I hope this doesn't last much longer :(:asleep::(

Harry's asleep now has been for half an hour maybe I should be doing some cleaning and tidying while he's down...I just can't find the energy to do it, and chances are as soon as I start he'll wake up and I hate doing half jobs:wall: but I would be embarrassed if anyone was to come over I don't think I could let them in!:redface:

Hi again girls,

I was just reading the post in the messages forum in memory of a BB member that took her life, so so sad, she'd had 4 late losses and the last one was too much:cry::cry:
I can't even imagine how she must have been feeling, but I feel so sad for her and her family, I keep tearing up thinking about her:cry:

We are all so very lucky in here aren't we girls!:heartbeat:

Hi Alison I've just got a friend suggestion on FB for Mikayla Levine, you and Alicia are friends with her. I'm so sorry I didn't realise you knew her, so very sad:hug::hug:

Hi Willow - thanks.......just so very very sad - I'm on the November forum as well and Mikayla was pregnant at the same time before losing her 3rd, then she fell pregnant again and lost him recently......it was all too much. We are in the process of sending a card around for her too so she knows how much we care for her to help cheer her up, we're all devastated she won't see it. She's such a lovely girl, was always so supportive to us even after she lost her bub while we were still pregnant, this is just dreadful dreadful news and we're all very very sad. :crying:

AFM - knackered so will write more tomorrow - had a lovely time down south, just got back today although the text to let me know about the passing of Mikayla was upsetting on Saturday, have been thinking of it ever since. But yes had a lovely time and oddly Amelia slept the best she had slept all week, not a peep out of her in the portacot, didn't even toss and turn - not sure why but will be interesting to see what happens tonight! The only thing different other than fresh country air was I put a little light wrap over her along with her grobag as it's quite cool down there. Not sure I'd be game to do it when she's in another room though. We went to the local country fair and played lots of games, had lots of laughs, was a great time hanging with the family. Millie was a little off yesterday, she struggled to poo in the morning with 2 pebbles before a massive poo explosion in the afternoon. MIL came down for one night yesterday and overstimulated her along with obviously having an upset tummy yesterday so she was cranky pants last night but at least she slept well. Definitely think we have sore gummies!!!

Anyway, I'm pooped guys but will write more tomorrow when I have more energy. I hope you all had a lovely Easter with your families and bubbies. xx

Hi girls!

It's been quiet in here - hope everyone is having a good Easter weekend.

Alison - I was so sad to read about Mikayla. Glad that Amelia slept well while you were away.

willow - I hear you on trying to get stuff done during naps. It's so hard when they're unpredictable and you never know how long you're going to get.

AFM - had a good, mostly quiet weekend. Today was especially good - Liam seems to have turned a corner all of a sudden. He's sleeping better, and has been taking regular naps which seem to be getting longer, both of which are combining to make him much happier. He didn't nap too well today - lots of catnaps - and was grizzly by the end of the day. He also fed like crazy today. It's been really nice seeing him so happy. And now, typically, we have his next lot of needles tomorrow. I'm hoping that he'll cope with these better than he did the first ones.

Hi Rose Great that Liam seems to be improving hopefully the needles won't upset him too much.

Is very quiet in here, which is good, means my poor brain can actually keep up :lol:

Hi everyone. It's been very quiet on here hasn't it!

Rose - I really hope the needles go OK today. I know how frustrating it can be to have to upset the apple cart when things start settling down.

Alison - I'm so sorry to hear about Mikayla. How very, very tragic. She must have been in so much pain. I would be devastated to lose any of our Belly buddies. But I'm glad your trip down south went well and that Milly's sleep actually seemed to improve. It's so random sometimes.

Willow - It was so sad to read your post about Mikayla. What a terrible terrible Easter for her partner and family! Is Harry still feeding every two hours at night? It must be exhausting! Matilda likes to feed at least every two hours during the day and that's bad enough! Did you get to the family do? I don't think I would have made it.

BS - You must be so glad to see Spring arriving! And hey, the booties are a great idea. I keep meaning to look for some on Ebay. Did you ever get a jolly jumper? You've probably seen all our videos of the bubs jolly jumping by now.

Beany - any improvement in the sleep department? I hope so!

Hi Carmey, Kanda, Suz, Hannah, Lani. Hope you all had a lovely Easter.

AFM - Well its been a bit of a busy Easter. We actually went to Melbourne very fleetingly for a night on Sunday for a wedding. It was even shorter than planned because when we got to the airport we realised we hadn't packed Matilda's bag :redface: They were good enough to put us on the next flight. Other than getting a bit upset when we first got on the plane Matilda took it all in her stride. And actually slept really well over the two days. I had been expecting a velcro baby that would only sleep on me. She was also really good about being held by new people which was great because we had a couple of really good friends we couldn't deny a cuddle! I've had DH at home since last Thursday which has been bliss but we're back to the Sydney commute next week. At least he'll be here for her needles on Friday!! Tilly still isn't doing any major baby acrobatics yet such as rolling. But I did notice she's grabbing onto her feet which she hasn't done before. My MIL has been telling me that DH walked at 5 months. But my physio assures me this is physically impossible. I think DH's physical genius keeps getting grander and grander with time. I think when I first met him it was more like 8 or 9 months. Anyway, hope everyone is doing well. Hugs all round.

Hi Tilda That's excellent that Matilda was good while you were away, they surprise us sometimes:D
Wow walking at 5 months! That is pretty incredible, although I thought impossible too. Funny how those stories get more fantastic as the years go by:lol:

As for Harry yep he still feeds every 2 hours at night, he slips in a night of 3 hourly every now and then, we even had almost a whole week of 4/5hrs between a while back, but it doesn't seem to last. It doesn't sound like much but the 3hourly feeds leave me much less tired the next day I hope he stretches them out permanently soon:crossfingers:
We didn't make it to the fam bbq, but went to my dads on the Monday for lunch and Harry was quite unsettled. He didn't want to feed properly then was hungry and overtired and screamed for 1/2 hour until he fell asleep on me.

Harry also seems to have developed an aversion to the car but only at night, anyone else having car issues?

Gotta go the master is getting cranky.

Hope everyone had a nice Easter:loveshower:

Hi Everyone,

It sure has been quiet, I guess we have all been busy with Easter and eating Chocolates. Well I know I have.

Happy Easter to you all.

How devastating about Mikalya. So sad :crying::crying::crying:

Willow - Jett is the same in the car at night and I have put it down to the dark. If we turn the interior light on he is alot better. Not so great for the driver but he is happy. I feel for you with the 2hr feeds, you must be so buggered.

Tilda- How lucky you could get a later flight, glad Matilda behaved herself.

Rose- Hope Liam is well after his needles and he continues to improve for you.

Alison- Glad you had a lovely Easter away. Glad to hear Amelia slept well for you.

BS- I love the new photos of Eva. I guess it is not too long before you go away, I bet you are getting very excited.

Hi to Carmey, Kanda, Suz, Hannah and anyone else that I have missed.

AFM: I have been great, we had a lovely Easter didn't do a lot but it was great to have DH home for 4 days and relax a little. Jett has been doing great. He rolled over on Tuesday for the first time but hasn't done it again. I am busy organising his Christening, which is next Sunday. It is so hard to do little things that used to take me 5mins now take an hour. Jett isn't very co-operative with getting in and out of the car numerous times a day either so I can only do a few things a day.
Jett seems to have gotten himself into a routine he is 3-4hours during the day with at least an hour sleep between feeds and then he goes down between 6-8pm at night till 2 or 3am a feed then back til about 6am. I am lucky and :crossfingers: it lasts.

Hope everyone is doing well :grouphug: to you all xx

Hi Lani Here's hoping the new routine sticks!:goodluck::crossfingers: sounds great I will be most jealous if it does:D Yay for the rolling, Harry did the same thing rolled then didn't do it again for a while then all of a sudden he'll start again, but still only rolls to the left side.

We've tried the interior light on in the car, we've tried toys, no toys someone in the back with him, which I think was worse he seemed to think why aren't you getting me out of here?! We've tried music on, music off :o and are at a bit of a loss now, hopefully it's a stage and will pass soon!

Willow - OMG I wish I had some suggestions for getting Harry to stretch out those night time feeds. I'm sure you've tried everything anyway. We have a similar issue with the car except it's not just at night. It's anytime she's a bit tired. It makes return journeys very stressful. It used to be the one place she'd take a dummie but doesn't even do that now. It puts me off going anywhere because she gets so worked up it affects her sleep for the rest of the day.

Lani - Great to hear you're doing so well. Hope that routine keeps up. we have similar nights but Matilda's day sleeps are a bit up and down. I guess I should count my blessings though!

AFm - can't sleep which is an issue given M is up at 5:30 at the moment. My neck and shoulder are giving me grief and I can't get comfortable. Well should try again.

Hey everyone!

No time for persies, working before the trip and preparing for our first big trip with Eva!

So excited to go home for a bit!

I'll try to get on tom and post !

My boobies are feeling better though!!!

Kisses to you all!

Have a great time Brussels! Hope Eva sleeps most of the way there for you :D

Morning everyone.

Hi Tilda I hope you managed to ge comfy and get some sleep last night! You know I've been thinking that the car issues could just be result of Harry's mood, he gets progressively crankier as the day goes on and by early evening he's well grumpy and tired so maybe he just doesn't tolerate the car then, but he doesn't mind having a sleep in the car through the day?? They are strange little being sometimes!

Hi BS Have a great trip home! Hope Eva travels well for you:goodluck::crossfingers: