Babies born~December 1st-15th 2009 #3

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Hello all!

Alison - oh so sorry to hear poor little Amelia has another cold. Isn't it awful when they can't even suck their dummy, they love it so much and it brings them so much pleasure and they can't even do that I hope she gets better soon. Hang in there, it will be over soon

Rose - I am soooooooooooooooo happy for you and Liam!!! Finally you're both getting a better sleep! Maybe its just the solids are messing around with his appetite?

Tilda - Oh you poor thing, why did no one else turn up? Good on you for making the effort I haven't tried any controlled crying. Usually when I put him down he'll either have a whinge for 5-10 mins (but not crying), or he'll be chatting and messing around for a while. BUT having said that, he has recently had a few episodes of real loud crying when we put him down. He never seems to respond to any sort of cuddling, rocking, etc to sleep (much to my disappointment ) so all I can do is keep going back in to give him his dummy, eventually he will go back to sleep. Maybe I should just try and pick him up once and see what happens? Normally it gets him even more cranky.

BS - wow! Sounds like Eva is really developing! So she gets up on her knees and hands and rocks backwards and forwards? Glad you and your DH had a lovely Fathers Day! Made me start thinkinga bout ours, but thats not till September...still, I shoujld start getting soem ideas! When are you thinking of having your next one?

Kanda - bummer about your lost post! I usually do Cntrl+A then Cntrl+C to copy it all right before I hit submit. That way if it doesn't work, I still have it saved.

Lani - glad Jett has been able to self settle! Has he continued the trend?

Willow & Suz - gosh, what do you dress your bubs in when the egg is blue? Just curious, I do wonder what I should do if it ever gets freezingly freezing!

Hello to anyone I have missed!

AFM- Wish I could say that sleep is great this end. Unfortunately, it has improved from waking every hour, but only slightly. He now wakes about 10pm, then between 2-6am its usually every 40 mins to 1.5 hours. When he wakes at 10pm, he usually self settles, but the other times if I don't go in to him he just ends up waking up and chatting, etc. I don't know what to do. His day sleeps have got worse too...rarely sleeps more than 40 mins at a time. If I try to put him down for his 3rd nap of the day (about 4pm, he can take up to nearly an hour to fall asleep!!!!) so I"ve given up on that sleep for the past couple of days. But all this issue with sleep is really doing my head in He used to be such a good sleeper

On a positive note, DH took a sickie today (naughty!) and we went to Ikea. Got a bunch of stuff...they did end up having the smock bibs, on special for $5 for a pack of 2!!! And I thought my Target buy was a bargain! So stocked up on those. Also bought one of their highchairs, as they seem to get rave reviews. And a floor mat/quilty thing, and some placemats, and some bibs....and prolly other stuff but i can't remember! I LOVE Ikea!

I think I'm going to call up the local Playgroup this week, to see if I can get Michael in. I know he's a bit young, but it will be good for him still...and I really need to make more friends. Our Mothers Group is beginning to peter out, and I'm worried I'll get really lonely if I don't start getting out and seeing more people.

OH!!! And remember I was saying about DH cousin who's having IVF?? Well, she got a positive!!!! On her first go!!!! Its early days yet, obviously, but thats got to be good getting a positive!

DH mum is not doing so well. She has gone back to being Neutropenic (no immune system), which is bad in itself - Michael can't see her as he has just had his needles. But she has developed an ulcer on her tongue, which is not healing itself. DH got a call from his dad to call and ambulance for his mum this morning as she was having trouble swallowing and breathing. turned out to be a false alarm, but its pretty scary. She had another bone marrow test last week and we get the results of those on Thursday.