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Hi Girls!
Hi Rose - was great to see you again today and thank you so much for my lovely hanging crystal thingo that you made me, it's really beautiful and I'm going to put it up in Amelia's room. That was really sweet of you. Hope you like the swing! :D After leaving yours today Amelia continued to be grizzly, it's taken me ages to get her to sleep, not sure if we're heading into the early stages of the next wonder week phase but she went back to 3 hourly feeds today too - she's asleep now thank goodness, she's not normally so grizzly so it worries me when she is. Funny how you get used to a certain personality and as soon as it changes you freak out! Look forward to seeing you and the ever so cute Liam again - he was so funny today with his flirty smile and then coyness. Gorgeous. Oh and again, I LOVE your hair, that style so suits you, put some pics up on FB and show the other girls, it looks fab!
Hi Willow - thanks mate, I didn't know the girl well but she doesn't have a lot of friends here as she moved from Queensland only a year ago. She's asked me to the funeral on Tuesday, wants babies there and no black, she wants it to be a celebration rather than in mourning. I think I'll go to show my respects, even though it will suck and I don't really know her that well. Guess when you have a bub yourself it doesn't really matter, you still feel upset even though you hardly knew the person. How she's keeping it together is beyond me!
Anyway, sorry for the short entry and no persies, I really need a cup of tea before Amelia wakes up again no doubt!!!
Hope everyone is well. xx
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Hi girls!
willow: Go Harry with the rolling! And yay fluffy mail! I'm slightly addicted to cloth now - have a rather larger stash of lots of different brands, but the majority are Itti Bitti or Baby Beehinds. I find that different brands work better for Liam at different times as he gets skinnier and chubbier through growth spurts.
BS: I don't know if it helps, but Liam pretty much always eats 2 hourly during the day, including at least one session of cluster feeding. He will occasionally go longer if he's distracted or we're out, but then he gets cranky. I actually have an oversupply, too, though that's starting to regulate itself more now. Which is a long-winded way of saying that it's likely a growth spurt. But I agree with the others who've said that your health needs to be a priority - if dealing with the PCOS means stopping BFing, then so be it. Much better to have a happy and healthy mama :)
Tilda - I hope that you're feeling better :( I actually read that post of yours at 3am while I was up feeding, and my heart just went out to you. Insomnia is a horrid, horrid thing at the best of times, and it's a nightmare when you're dealing with a baby. I'd offer suggestions for your back pain, but I suspect that you've already tried pretty much everything.
beany - Urgh, that story of the husband sucking the milk - gah, it makes me shudder. It's not that hard to hand express enough for comfort in a situation like that!
AFM - Have had a couple of good days, for me mostly because I've been able to sleep. I'm hoping that the nights of insomnia were just a blip and I'll be able to get back to getting some rest. Liam's had better nights too (which for him, means only being up twice overnight to feed). I think the sleeping bag is a really good thing for me - he's warmer (he won't stay wrapped now no matter what, and kicks off blankets and sheets because he's so wriggly) and more comfy, which means that he's sleeping better. I think he's also appreciating being in his crib now (don't remember if I posted when we moved him - we moved his crib into our bedroom, since I didn't feel keen on having to go to the other side of the house twice a night to feed him. I could sleep in the spare bedroom, but I like my bed too much) and having more room to wriggle about.
He's still feeding like he's in a growth spurt, and I'm pretty sure he's just chubbing up after getting longer. Best of all is that he seems to be way more settled - he's happy for most of the time he's awake now and is actually content to play on his own a little rather than needing to be entertained all the time. He's also suddenly spewing far less, so maybe he's just starting to grow out of his reflux? I hope so.
He's been a spoiled little bubba this week, too. Got him a speccy mobile for his crib and a bath seat to replace his baby bath. And his Bumbo arrived in the mail today, and he now has a shiny new swing, thanks to the gorgeous Alison :) Unfortunately, by the time I put the swing together and got him into it, he was ready to start his afternoon cluster feed, so I didn't get a chance to see if he really likes it! He loves his Bumbo already though :)
DH and I are going out properly together for the first time since Liam was born tomorrow. Which, for us, means going to see Alice in Wonderland at Gold Class. DH's parents are going to babysit, so hopefully he behaves himself. And I've just reminded myself that I need to thaw out some milk for them in case he gets hungry.
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Hi Girls,
Quick update after going to the MACH Nurse yesterday. Persies later.
I wanted to do Ryan aged 16 weeks for comparison to Craig when he was the same age.
Ryan - Wt: 7.985kg L: 66.5cm HC: 40.5cm
Craig - Wt: 8.365kg L: 67.5cm HC: Not measured at 16 weeks, was 42cm at 10 weeks
Craig started off 500g heavier than Ryan, but they were the same length at birth. The head size difference could be explained by c-section vs natural birth. The little bro looks like he's catching up to big bro :)
Kisses to all the bubs, hope to pop back on later.
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Hi Suz - oh how exciting to compare the two! I can't wait to do that with number two hee hee, that and seeing how different they are looks and personality wise. I'm just watching So You Think You Can Dance that I taped the other night and the judge Jason - who irritates me just commented to Natalie Basingthwaite (the host, oh for those who don't watch she's pregnant), that she looks absolutely beautiful and pregnant "people" don't look that gorgeous. WTF!!!! How rude, typical man comment huh. Anyway, just thought I'd share.
AFM - had a great night after a fussy afternoon, Amelia slept from 10.00 pm to just after 7.00 am without waking up! Even when I went in to her she wasn't crying she was doing her talking thing......then I peered over the cot and she gave me the biggest smile and started blowing raspberries. Gosh I love her! As she turns 4 months on Monday I'm thinking I might try and up the formula amount and drop down to 4 feeds. My friend started her baby at 4 months on 4 feeds a day, the last feed being 7.00 pm and she sleeps through to 7.00 am!!!! I can only try, if she's not ready I'll go back to 5 feeds a day, no problems, don't know until you try huh! Also woke up with the sorest neck, I think I pulled it doing pull ups at swimming yesterday, that's how unfit I am lol!
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Good morning girls,
Well you'd think I was up with a baby at 6am, but no, he's asleep after his 5am feed and I'm still up because my 16yr old has not yet come home from Skyfire last night (for those that aren't Canberrans, Skyfire is an annual fireworks display in ACT) He has a game of soccer at 9am so needs to be there by 8.15 and I don't even know where he is! He will usually ring or txt me if he's staying at a friends for the night but I didn't hear from him at all. I was in bed by 10.30 with Harry last night and didn't realise he wasn't home until about 4 this morning. I'm not too worried that something terrible has happened his friends are pretty good they look after each other and would have called me if there was a problem, so I think he's just being a selfish, stupid teenager and I am not impressed! All his soccer gear isn't even hear, I think it's down at his fathers, so I'll have to drive around picking him up then drive around some more to get all his stuff then get him to the game, that's if he wakes up to his phone when I ring him, which I'll do in a minute to really p*** him off being so early, but if I'm awake worrying about him then he can be too.
Sorry to be on here venting again but omg he is trying my patience!!!
Found him, he's at his friends where I thought he'd be, he said he thought I knew he wasn't coming home, yeah right! Now because he's tired he says he doesn't want to play soccer well BAD LUCK! He's playing! If I'm up at 5am worrying about him getting there then still up when Harry's finished feeding to worry about it some more, when I could've gone back to bed, then he's certainly getting up and going!
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Hi everyone, I"m going to do really short personals today. Sorry, but I've lots a big long post twice in the past 2 days because windows keeps crashing on our new computer. I hate Windows 7 Grrrrrrrrrr :wall:
Willow - that is definitely ventable material! Not on! (Although I know I was guilty of it as a 16 year old too :shakehead: but there weren't mobile phones back then LOL). Glad he turned up safe and sound.
Beany - that story about the girl getting her hubbie to...well...you know! I'm pretty open minded but I really couldn't go there. I know some people find it hard to express, but really!!!!
Alison - thanks for being so sweet about my neck/shoulder. I try not to let it get me down but sometimes it just gets the better of me. You know how it is!!
Suz - go Ryan with the weight gain! Isn't it amazing how quicly they're growing.
Rose - glad you seem to be sleeping better. Hope it keeps up!! And Alice in Wonderland sounds great!
BS - sounds like you've got a plan for the BF/FF. It always feels better once you've got a plan!
AFM - Well sorry for the panic vent the other night girls. Ironically my shoulder and neck are feeling much better but I threw my lower back out trying to use that bloody hip seat and now I'm getting a bit of sciatica. I don't usually get much pain in my lower back so I'm VERY annoyed. So I wouldn't rush out and get a hip seat anyone. And thanks for being so sympathetic the other day everyone!
I've got a bit of a question for people. We tried to go out to a dinner party last night. We arrived about 6pm and Matilda was still up since her bed time isn't until around 8pm. One of the guys there wanted to have a hold of her. And I just knew she would freak out because she was looking a bit uncertain about being there at all. DH was holding her and he politely obliged and handed her to this guy and sure enough she just started screaming. And she didn't stop! No matter what we did. We ended up having to leave about 45 minutes later before dinner was even served. And she still didn't stop until DH got her to sleep walking the streets with a sling. Now I think its just that she's tired in the evenings and her tolerance for strangers goes down. But is it normal for a 3 month old to hate going to strangers that much?? Should I just politely decline people's requests for a cuddle or am I going to encourage her to be shy?
We make it to the sleep workshop the other night (but unfortunately DH had to leave early because Matilda was grizzling and couldn't get to sleep in the crowd - she's obviously starting to get fussy about where she goes to sleep unfortunately). It was interesting and predictably I was told I shouldn't be feeding Matilda to sleep and that I'm probably over feeding her. The woman who was running it was actually the midwife who attended our birth. And she went through her approach to self settling which wasn't an extreme version of controlled crying and she acknowledged that if the baby is over tired they will absolutely not self settle and you need to do what ever it takes to get them to sleep. So she focused on listening to the type of cry and whether after it peaked there were pauses (which she says indicates they are winding down and will probably self settle). If anyone's interested in more detail let me know and I'll try and get something out. She also said that the hardest age to introduce self settling is 3-4 months because they're old enough to have established some firm sleep associations and too young to learn quickly. Oh well, missed that boat I guess. Another thing she stongly believed was that sleep training doesn't damage the bond between parent and child (which is what worries me). Apparently the Murdoch Institute have put out a longitudinal study saying that babies over the age of six months that have sleep problems and are given sleep training actually have better relationships with their parents later on and less behavioural problems than children with sleep problems that were never treated. Anyway, I think I might try and get a hold of the study to check out how rigorous it was. But for now anyway I don't think I'm going to try anything. Even though Matilda is "parent dependent" for getting to sleep at the moment it doesn't actually take me long to get her to sleep if I get her at the right time and I think she's actually aware of me putting her down and she doesn't fight it. And her day sleeps are going past one sleep cycle which is great and she's sleeping well at night. So she does seem to resettle herself which to me is the most important thing. So I don't think its worth rocking the boat just yet. If it's not broken don't fix it I say!!
Anyway, better go. DH is making me pancakes. Yumo!
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Hi Tilda,
I was a feral teen myself, I guess this is pay backs! LOL
Great to hear your neck&shoulder are feeling better, but bummer about the lower back now and sciatica OUCH! I think I might steer clear of the hip seat too I was only looking at them the other day.
Apparently at about 3 months babies can start to have some separation anxiety so that coupled with being tired could well really upset the apple cart. If it was me I think I'd decline the stranger a hold and just explain that it's not personal and another time when she's in a better mood it wouldn't be a problem. I don't think it sounds like it was worth the trouble afterwards if it stressed her that much, not to mention you guys too. if she's going to be shy, then she's going to be shy, I was really shy and I remember most of the attempts my parents made to stop it made my anxiety worse, I'm still a fairly shy person but much improved on when I was a child it was something that improves with with maturity, well mine was anyway.
As for the sleep, I read an interesting article about sleep training the other day I'll try and find it so you can have a look. I think I agree with you, if it ain't broke don't fix it! I don't think feeding to sleep is bad, it's not like they will need that forever, I fed DS1 to sleep, he's 18 now and I can honestly say he settles himself now and has done for I'd say 16 and a half years lol If that's what works for you keep doing it, I feed Harry to sleep too, DS2 I didn't because he was a different baby, he self settled from birth. I don't think babies should be moulded too much to suit what everyone else thinks they should be doing, if it's not too much of a problem for you then I wouldn't worry too much. We need to remember that all babies are different and no one method or style will ever work for all babies no matter how hard we try, we will get sleep again eventually:D
Hope that back feels better soon!!...There's no emoticon here for a back rub or massage if there was I'd give you one:lol:
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Hi Willow! I'd be really interested in that article. But yeah, I don't think I'll do anything unless it becomes a real problem and she starts waking every 40 minutes at night or something. In my book I wouldn't really label her with a "sleep problem". And who can blame them for wanting a nice warm drink before bedtime? The only issue with it is it's starting to make it more difficult for DH to settle her since he doesn't have a boob! And you're right - if they're going to be shy they're going to be shy. Which doesn't worry me - I'm not the most gregarious person myself. But one of her grandmothers is extremely shy to the extent that she has a bit of a social phobia which I wouldn't want Matilda to suffer. I guess we'll just have to give her lots of TLC so she knows she's fabulous!
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Hi again Tilda,
This is one article I read that made sense to me...or maybe suits my argument right now lol
Aruban Breastfeeding Mamas: Doesn't the breast work anymore?
There was another one too which was more research based I just can't remember where I read it I'll keep looking I might find it eventually:D
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Hello everyone!
Tilda - Oh I feel your pain :( How is your back now? Must be so hard, I underestimated how much I'd use my back once I had a baby...it certainly takes a toll, doesn't it? I'd certainly be interested if you have any more information from that sleep workshop. Esp how you mentioned about the different cries? But I'd tend to agree with you, if its not broken, then don't fix it! Is Matilda having problems sleeping? I know Michael can also be a bit funny when being held by someone else, but I think his tolerance depends a lot on how tired he is. Could she just have been overtired perhaps? But I think if you can sense she's not going to like it, I'd politely decline and just say she's overtired and prone to a meltdown so best not to...or something along those lines. Its just not worth getting her upset.
BS - how is Eva going with the formula? I remember Michael was the same with his first bottle, it was lovely to see him satisfied for once! Hope you had a lovely weekend with your friends :)
Alison - Michael has a bath about 6pm, feed then is usually in bed by 7pm. He's down till he wakes up between 4-5am, which the dummy usually fixes, then up again about 6-6.30am. It doesn't seem to matter how late we put him to bed, he always wakes up the same time anyway! You could always give the 4 feeds a day a go...does she get quite cranky for her feeds at the mo, like, is she acting hungry? How far apart are her feeds? Michael put himself on the 4 hourly feeds pretty much, which was lucky tho I am having problems with his feeds now :(. I reckon Michael may be on the cusp of another wonder week too! :( (more below...)
Willow - nthanks for the info re sterilising. yeah, doesn't really make sense too now that he's putting all and sundry into his mouth these days. :lol: Haha, dont' worry I won't let on that I know about your DS spots on his willy! Michaels are more like little tiny white blisters...like when you get a whitehead sort of. Thats great Harry is rolling! Did your son end up playing football?
Rose - OMG...I just totally LOVE your hair! You suit it sort sooo well! Well done for taking the plunge and getting the chop! :clap: Oh I hope the insomia stays away, I hate not getting enough sleep, nevermind having insomnia! And great that Liam is sleeping better in his sleeping bag. I've found them a God-send, they're also a sleep-signal so they know its time to sleep when you put them in one. did you enjoy the movie? DH and I are dying to see that one, I'm just not prepared to leave Michael with the in-laws yet, or anyone for that matter. I'm funny about night-times, come hell or high water his night-time routine shall not be disturbed!!!
Suz - Good Lordy! You breed some big bubbies! What great healthy sizes they are! Are you or your DH tall?
AFM - things are going a bit wierd. As I mentioned to Alison, I fear it may be another wonder week coming up. He's just gone really funny. There are 3 problems...
1) He is now not finishing his bottle (he ALWAYS finishes his bottle), sometimes leaving as much as 100ml. This is unheard of and most unlike him. When I stop to burp him half way through, he just won't take the bottle back again, he kicks and cries. I don't know what the matter is. I'm wondering if I might have to change to 3 hourly feeds...I dunno, I'll keep that up my sleeve for now anyway.
2) He's really fighting his days sleeps (not his night sleeps yet...oh please, not those!). I put him down and he has this real whingey talky voice on for aaages, and keeps spitting his dummy out and grumbling. Previously he was a dream to put to sleep during the day, he'd be out within 10 mins of me putting him down. But not anymore.
3) He's being really sensitive and grumpy during the day. Loud noises are startling him heaps now, he was really good with loud noises till just the last couple of days. Yesterday was just awful, he was a bit tired, not sleeping properly during the day and we had family over and he got a bit cranky when being held by someone, so FIL comes and takes him off her and walks outside with him. Next thing I hear is this almighty cry, the real heavy long cries that he does that last forever. DH took him off FIL and I took him off DH and marched straight into his nursery to try and calm him down...but nothing worked. He was crying and crying and crying solid, non-stop for about 30 mins. I was so stressed cos all the guests could hear and I couldn't settle him. He got so hot and sweaty so we stripped him and gave him some water. That helped heaps, put him down but it took ages for him to calm down enough to sleep. Oh, it was just horrendous. I didn't know what to do, he hasn't been like that since prolly about 8 or 9 weeks. Which is what is making me think this is another Wonder Week. All these changes are bringing back my anxiety, I just hate it. Anyone have any opinions?
Seems to be the week to get hair cuts! I got mine done on Friday too...went relatively short (for me), and dyed my hair too. Was so lovely, tried a new salon just round the corner...very nice experience - free Twix with my water (mmm), they played Michael Buble and Coldplay...ahhh, v nice :)
Okies better go, Michael is due to wake in 10 mins.
Hope everyone has a good night :)
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Just a quick one, Harry's cranky, but Beany Harry's doing the same sort of things I was thinking wonder week again. Very distractible when feeding and any noise sets him off, sometimes he screams for no reason we can see at all.
Gotta go:hello:
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Hi Girls!
Everyone - Def a Wonder Week. We're heading in to Wonder Week 19 which has a fussy period between week 14 and 17. The bad news is from now on the fussy periods will last longer (anywhere from 1 - 6 weeks). There's a checklist in the Wonder Weeks book: sleep trouble, stranger shyness, demands for more attention, needing to support baby's head more, loss of appetite, moodiness, listlessness. Plus it might affect us too, we may feel tired, resentful, trapped.
Beany - DH is 6'2" and I'm 5'10", so I guess we're tall. Both of us come from tall families, so we figure the boys will be tall.
Willow - OMG! A courtesy call would have been nice from DS2.
Tilda - Don't worry about the stranger shyness for now. It's a good idea to refuse a cuddle if you think she's going to react. It sounds like the fussy period for this Wonder Week has started for Matilda. It'll pass soon enough :)
Alison - That's very sweet of you to go to the premmie baby's funeral. Your friend sounds like she's coping very well under the circumstances. I haven't ever FF, but I guess there's no reason why you can't try offering Amelia more formula to see if she'll drop a feed.
Rose - I love your haircut! Very stylish and looks like it would be low maintenance. Hope Alison in Wonderland was a good night out for you and DH, and that Liam was a good boy for his babysitter :)
AFM - The last few days Ryan has been feeding more often, grabbing at my boobs and flinging his arms around. He's normally a really calm happy baby who rarely cries, but he's had several crying periods where I don't know what's wrong and have had trouble calming him. I'm just letting him feed whenever he wants to and riding this one out.
Time for bed!
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Good morning!
Suzi Thanks for that, I've got my Wonder Weeks book sitting out but haven't had the time to have another look at it, I have read it but absorbing the info is another story!:shakehead:
Harry is doing ALL those things except the extra head support thing, I guess it could still come.
Hi Beany Yes DS did end up playing, there was no way I was letting him get out of it after all that! They were playing a team visiting from Japan so it was a good experience for them too, although I don't know how much they learned from being beaten 20-1! LOL But they seemed to enjoy it:D They were a very disciplined team, very talented.
Well we're off today (after very little sleep I might add) to start choosing appliances and tiles etc for the extension, god knows what I'll choose in my sleep deprived state today I might end up hating it once it's in:lol: Oh well has to be done! I hope Harry's good for us while we're out.
Hope you all had a great weekend!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEANY! Hope you have a fab day lovely. :happybirthday:xx
Hi Girls!
Hi Beany - I'm with Suz, def a wonder week, the Wonder Week 19 which can start anywhere around week 19 is a biggen and these are all the symptoms. Have you got the book? It's brilliant. Wonder Week 19 in the book is the thickest section so far, hence it's a big change period for them. He'll revert back so you'll just have to go with it. My friend is going throught it at the moment with her 20 week old who is fully FF'd, sleeping 12 hours at night and now waking for a feed during the night again and not feeding much in the day and not sleeping etc. I'm dreading this stage. I think Amelia is starting to head into it now so we an compare notes real soon I'm sure! :o
Hi Everyone else, how are we all?
I have to take Amelia for her 4 month needles this morning, she's 4 months old today! I'm dreading it. Also going to ask about myself, I haven't been feeling well again, this is the second time in the last couple of months my tummy has been a bit off. Like when I eat wheat but I haven't, I get a rumbly tummy and some tummy pains and lower back pains and then end up on the toilet (sorry TMI). I also have bouts of feeling dizzy still so I think my iron is still too low so might need to check that. Anyway, I'm not sure if it's my body getting back on track after the c-section or infection, or if it's because my insides are touchy due to the intolerance, or if it IS something I'm eating but I'm over it. It just comes and goes so I don't think it was a bug or anything specific. Will ask today.
Well, best run, I have enough time for breakkie and then I have to go to the GP, wish me luck! Will get on when I get back and let you all know how it went.
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Hi Girls - Amelia's needles went ok. She screamed louder and cried a little more than last time but she went to sleep after about 10 minutes. Poor petal, I felt so guilty. The doctor did remind me however that she's a week early, she's not 4 months until the 30th, I keep going off the weeks not the days, woops! I have just emailed my OB to ask about my tummy issues, the GP wants to send me for ultrasounds and come back for swabs and urine tests...........I nearly fell over when she called my name, she looked about 20!!! Anyway, she was very nice but before I go through the hassle of doing all that I thought I'd check with my midwife if the OB thinks it's necessary. The GP said it's highly unlikely it's a uterine infection again but best to be safe. I was hoping she was going to just say I had a bit of a bug and so be it!!!! Will see what the OB comes back with. She did feel my stomach and it felt ok, just a little tender on the right side but she couldn't feel anything sinister.
Oh, Amelia is awake, feeding time, will check back later. xx
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Hi girls!
Alison - Hope all goes well with the tests and they can sort out what's going on with your guts. Glad that Amelia coped okay with her needles, too. The video of her on Facebook is precious too :)
beany - Just chiming in that it sounds like a wonder week, too. Hopefully the unsettled period will pass relatively quickly for you.
AFM - Storm of impressiveness here today - as one of my friends said, just because we haven't gotten rain in four months, it shouldn't mean that we then get four month's worth of rain at once! We've weathered it well - just have a leaking skylight. Hope all you Perth girls have weathered it as well. Sounds like there's been some serious damage, especially to some of the hospitals.
Thankfully, Liam seemed to cope pretty well with all the noise from the storm. He freaked out a little bit when the rain started to really slam against the windows, but calmed down quickly. He's been really clingy the last few days - he was crying yesterday whenever he was away from me, and he wouldn't sleep today unless I was holding him. I'm thinking that there's a wonder week coming here, too. Though he had a great night last night - was only awake a couple of times, and only wanted to feed the first time. Typically, I still woke up every few hours expecting him to be awake!
And just as I typed that, he started crying from his cot. Hopefully he'll go to sleep soon - he hasn't napped much today at all, so he must be tired. He actually hasn't been that grizzly overall, just really alert and wanting to interact with everything.
I finally got around to booking in his next round of immunisations today. Should have done it a while ago, since they're booked solid - he'll be getting them a week late. Oh well, at least he'll be getting them. I'm not looking forward to it, though, since he reacted pretty badly to his first lot of needles.
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Hi Girls!
Hi Rose - storm was crazy huh! Our dining area got flooded, was crazy! I was trying to grab towels and mops etc all while holding a crying baby and dealing with a storm phobic dog, lol! DH came home eventually after I'd almost filled a bucket of water! I've put some pics on FB.
Also, I'm thinking the pain is ovulation pain, I used to chart to fall pregnant and thinking back it's been 2 weeks since I had my period so it's about right on track. Hoping that's all it is, although it's so painful this morning I can hardly walk. If it's not gone by Thursday I'll go have the scan etc done. I'm really thinking this is what it is though - maybe it's worse at the moment because things are still tender inside????
Hope all is well with everyone, got the funeral for the baby today, still tossing up whether to go or not, it's not the best weather to have a baby outside either! Amelia came out of her vaccs unscathed, although I realised she's not really 4 months until next Tuesday so I was a little early. I've always gone off weeks so assumed she was due yesterday, must remember that for next time!
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Alison - I think I read yesterday that funerals were being cancelled today beacause of the weather? Not sure though. What a sad occasion, though :( Really makes you appreciate our little ones.
Liam had another good night last night - he only woke once for a feed (but again, I woke up a couple more times). He was a bit unsettled at first, and I worried that he'd have a bad night with the weather, but it didn't seem to bother him. It was actually kind of nice to be awake at 3am feeding while it was all thundery outside!
I can't get over the damage from the storm, though. It made me really sad to see the UWA library flooded :( DH's office building was flooded, too - he was given the option to come in late, but went in at his normal time anyway. And it took him an hour longer than usual to get home on the train. I was just thankful that he wasn't driving.
I forgot to mention in my last post, too - Liam was actually really good when we went to the movies on the weekend. We pretty much always go to afternoon sessions of movies, so it didn't really disrupt his routine (I'm seriously paranoid of disrupting his bedtime routine). I think he grizzled a little bit for the in-laws, but they were able to calm him down again. It was really weird to be out without him, but it was nice to have a little break, especially since I was getting stressed out with everything.
