Trying to snatch some time in between settling Liam for the night here.
beany - Sorry to hear that Michael is still waking so much at night. Could be the six month growth spurt come early? I hear you a bit on the anger, too. I've been getting really cranky after nights when I don't get any sleep. It's really, really hard.
Alison - Go you with the weight loss! Did you end up doing WW? Sorry if you've mentioned it, my brain has been a bit awol. Wow, that was a good routine that Amelia was in before she got sick - I hope she gets back to it soon. That must have been so hard being sick yourself and having to look after poor little sick bubba too
suz - Go you getting back into your old clothes!
Hi to everyone else! Sorry if I've missed anyone. I'm being too slack to go back to the old thread.
AFM - Have had a really rough week. Insomnia and Liam being restless made the PND really, really bad, despite being back on the full dose of my meds. His sleep has gone to hell - at his worst, he was waking every hour all night and not sleeping more than two 20 minute naps during the day. And being fussy most of the time he was awake.
I don't know why it didn't dawn on me before, though - I think it's all down to his reflux acting up. He's been feeding lots, chucking lots (to the point of getting almost dehydrated sometimes), crying for a feed just after he's finished feeding, wanting to sleep on people again and waking crying as soon as you lay him down. And he's been waking congested at night and coughing a lot.
I'm kicking myself a bit for not thinking about it. He was diagnosed with reflux at two weeks of age, and has been on the same dose of Losec ever since, although he's doubled in weight. We gave him a higher dose last night and have done a double dose today, and he's been much more settled. I even got a 45 minute nap out of him in his crib today, which hasn't happened in a while. And he's not crying for a feed every hour during the day. Fingers crossed his sleep goes better tonight - he was still up every 2-3 hours last night.
In the midst of all of this, I've also developed tendonitis in my right thumb from lifting Liam. Had a cortisone injection the other day and have been wearing a brace and it's feeling better. It was just the icing on the cake with me feeling so rotten in general, though.
I can't believe that Liam is over five months old already, though. I was feeding him earlier and feeling kind of sad about starting him on solids. I'm not going to be doing that until he's at least six months, though, and we'll be doing baby led weaning anyway, so he'll still be mostly dependent upon milk for a while to come.
I swear he's just been through a growth spurt, too. Suddenly a lot of his nappies are too small for him. Which means that I need to do some nappy shopping. Which is horrid, of course
Oh and beany and Alison, I'd be keen to catch up soon
hi all. sorry im not doing personals, im still trying to get to know you all
we have conqured rolling over now, and think its very funny to roll then spin around and roll again lol..
we started solids, but mroe comes out than goes in, and only doing it every second day. but we are getting there, she loves the vegetable ones more than fruit..
one week to go till im a SAHM well working 1 day and trying to get my buisness up and running.
my suppluy has dropped off which im sad about but will try and get it going once i can give more time to it. IYKWIM???
we have just hit the 4 month mark lol and maree has decided 4 am is a good time to have a chat and come cuddle mummy and daddy and snuggle in for a little feed lol
Hi Beany - I can't wear my wedding band at the same time yet so not quite there, grrr. I got out the Wonder Weeks book yesterday and guess what, Wonder Week 26 starts around Week 22 - we're in Week 22! So it looks like our unsettled bubs could be due to that! Amelia slept great last night but I've worked out she either has crappy day sleeps and good night ones, or good day ones and crappier night ones - same as Michael, she wakes up crying in her sleep, eyes shut but crying so I go in, usually have to flip her back from her tummy (that is getting really annoying btw) and pop in the dummy. Just when you get somewhere, in comes another wonder week, grrr!
Hi Rose - sorry you've had such a crappy week but yay to realising what it is! Don't worry, we get used to doing things on auto pilot, I wouldn't have thought of upping the amount either. I'm really glad it's helped though, will help you to get back on track too. Definitely keen to catch up again, I miss you guys and Millie is keen to catch up with the boys again.
Hi Kawazuki - great to hear from you, yay for 1 week to go! What is your business doing? I am loving being on maternity leave, I really don't want to go back to work, I don't miss hacking into the city and back everyday on a packed train at all!!!!
Well, naughty me had pizza tonight, there goes my diet this week and I have a feeling I'll be putting on this week with mothers day and all. Oh well, you can have one bad week right? I wish I hadn't discovered Dominoes and Eagles Boys do gluten free pizzas, VERY dangerous!
I met the girl next door earlier, they've been there a year and I've never seen her ha ha. She has a 7 month old girl called Emma, how funny. Oh well, was nice to finally see her, I knew she had a baby because I often see her light on upstairs when I'm heading down to Amelia through the night.......is quite funny really but also makes you feel good knowing you're not the only one lol.
Well, Amelia was so buggered tonight (been out all arvo) that I put her down to bed at 6.30 pm, awake but very tired and she put herself to sleep!!!! Yay!! I wish it was that easy all the time, anyone have any tips? I'm still cuddling to sleep and I really need to stop that!
Is everyone looking forward to their first mums day? I'm off to the inlaws for morning tea and then hopefully for a drive up to one of the national parks (Yanchep for you Perth girls)...providing the rain holds out!
Beany - I got given a thing called a Messy Mat that goes under the high chair. It's basically a square piece of transparent vinyl. It's been handy. I chuck it through the washing machine, or you can just hose it off. I've even used it under the potty on the carpet in the living room in the early days of toilet training with Craig It's Ryan's bottom right tooth that has come through. He's still pretty miserable even though it's cut through and feeding more frequently. Wonder Week?
Rose - Sorry to hear you've had such a rough time with Liam I hope upping the dose of his reflux meds does the trick. And tendonitis too At least you have nappy shopping to look forward to. Which ones are your faves? (saw the fb post about your site being hacked, lowlife scum, I hope you get it back up and running) I'm feeling sad about starting solids too.
Alison - Same here with the pizza (actually Turkish Pide, but just as bad). I tried to limit the number of pieces but I think the damage has been done. I can't remember if I've posted this before or not and I don't know if it will help, but each time I read about you rolling Amelia back over I think of this. I went to see the MACH nurse about Craig waking up several times a night crying, lying on his tummy. DH and I were rolling him over whenever we found him on his tummy, crying or not. She told me to stop turning him, because their necks are strong enough to turn their heads so they won't suffocate on their tummy. So I stopped turning him and he stopped crying at night to be turned. I've done the same with Ryan and he sleeps on his tum fine (just cries in the morning when it's time to get up).
Kawazuki - 1 week to SAHM! Yay! Don't worry, your supply should increase if you increase the breastfeeds. My experience was that my son fed less once we started solids, so it could be the solids affecting your supply. It's funny when they master rolling. Does Maree roll all the way to the wall and then get stuck because she doesn't know how to roll back?
AFM - The photo shoot went well. The boys were both well behaved and happy. Craig had a great time running all over the park and Ryan smiled the whole way through his tummy time on a rug in the grass. You wouldn't know from the lovely sunlight how bitterly cold it was!
Time for bed ladies. I'm going to have to burn off that Turkish Pide tomorrow!
I hope upping the dose of his reflux meds does the trick. And tendonitis too 
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