woohooo heaven!!
i only feed after 4am as i figured shes gone near 10 hours.!
last night was crap, lots of wakeups as she has a cold but i didnt feed until 4am so she did well
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woohooo heaven!!
i only feed after 4am as i figured shes gone near 10 hours.!
last night was crap, lots of wakeups as she has a cold but i didnt feed until 4am so she did well
Heaven - :leap: YAY DD!! That's a great sleep for her!! Glad the night weaning is working so far. I wish AF hadn't returned here yet!
Olive - Hope DD is better soon.
AFU - Well DS slept 7.5 hours straight last night. Started with very unsettled evening with lots of wake ups and screaming blue murder and re-settling but then we gave him panadol at about 11pm and he slept to 6:30am, fed (painfully!! lol) and then slept til 8:40am. Third time this week he's done a 7 hour sleep stretch :o Last night he didn't have his amber necklace on either so maybe it's not really doing very much after all?
Hi ladies,
How are we all? Looking forward to Easter??
Olive - how was your night last night? Hope it was a bit better for you... :hug: Oh I admire you for your volunteer work too. What sort of volunteering tasks do you do??
Heaven - sounds like you guys are making some real progress with the weaning! Good work! :clap: And you never know, it just might get easier - she might prove you wrong! I'm finding its getting easier the more Isabel understands - sometimes I can say to her now "You're a tired girl, are you ready for a sleep?" and she will nod her head. Not all the time though!
GL with Mainly Music next term, I'll be interested to know how you enjoy it, as I said before I think we run it a bit differently to some...
Kaz - ooooo scary on the TTC discussions! You'll know when you are ready, physically and mentally! Sometimes I think "What on earth are we getting ourselves into, are we crazy??" but I know that we are ready for another bub. Not good about the feeding issues - see what an LC has to say, or try the ABA maybe. They might have some ideas! I know what you mean about feeding through pain - Isabel is quite gentle most of the time but my BBs are quite sensitive ATM so its difficult. :hug:
Pinny - thanks so much for the encouragement :D TBH it just seemed natural - she wanted to keep feeding so we kept going. It is getting tougher now though as the belly gets bigger and so does she! I might need to try a different position... Also from what I have read and been told by others, some time between 4 and 8mths pg I will start producing colostrum, then much like normal BF after you have a baby this will transition into mature milk when number 2 arrives. Apparently it can go either way as to whether DD will accept the colostrum and be happy to continue feeding or whether she will decide she doesn't like it and stop. But it does become all about the newborn for a while!
I don't know what she will do - my instinct says she'll keep feeding as she has shown no inclination of stopping to this point and there must have been some changes to the taste that she'd adjusted to already so :dunno:
Maylna/shell/Meg - how are those partners of yours - are they around a bit more? What about during Easter? Don't know how you girls do it...!
Hi to everyone else!!!
Not much to report here - looking forward to Easter and having DH around a bit more, he's been sick this week and incapacitated, so hoping we can get some stuff happening over Easter. Really need to start getting Isabel into the BIG BED!
Two things I forgot... there are a few Isabel updates... bad mother :redface:
We have a walker on our hands!!!! I know I posted it on FB, thanks for all your lovey comments, but thought I'd better update on here too!
She'd been taking a few steps between two things (furniture and me or DH, DH to me or vice versa) for I reckon the last two months but that was it. Then all of a sudden last Wednesday she started realising she could stand up and sit down unassisted and also that she could walk to things without us needing to coach or cheer her.
By Friday she was off! She's so much more confident now - still stumbles and loses her balance every now and then but there's no stopping her. She'll fall on her butt and have an attempt at crying (drama queen :rolleyes: ) so DH and I are trying to be very bright and "uppagirl!" about it so she doesn't get too afraid. Seems to be working!
The other thing is we are cutting our 8th tooth - #7 came thru Wednesday with no real dramas but #8 is bulging and very painful. Lots of drool, she sticks anything she can in her mouth and then cries (with real tears) when it touches her gum. She is still sleeping ok at night once she is asleep but she has gone all clingy, sooky and grizzly during the day, not the happy baby we know and love. How can one have come through and we didn't even really notice and now this one is causing us so much pain??? :dunno:
Day sleeps are rotten (40mins yest, followed by an hour, that was all) and settling to sleep at night time has gone back to nightmare-ish proportions involving screaming, tears, hiccups, lots of cuddles and rocking... :pray: this darn tooth cuts through soon and we get our cheery baby girl back...
Kaz - yah on the sleep.
OP- what a clever girl walking - they are so cute. I guess that you won't have to wait until your milk comes in, if you are already lactating when you give birth to #2? 40 minute day sleeps - that's short.
I read your posts, then my stupid mind just blanks them out. I think I have sleep deprivation induced altzimers.
AFU - Going around the MILs plaace tomorow so she can help me write my query letter to teh agents.
Anyone got any plans for easter??
Olive- I hope M is feeling better today!
Kaz- Do you leave the amber necklace on at night? I only put it on during the day, I'm scared she'll choke at night or something, but I don't think that's actually possible, lol. So I'm not sure if there's any point either, if I only have it on in the day, hmm...
OP- keep us updated on the BF, I like hearing about how you're going, I'm hoping to do the same as you so you are my inspiration! Thanks! Yay on the walking!!! But :( for the painful tooth!! Ouch! Hope it comes through soon for her. DD got another one through last night it seems so now she has 9!
Malyna- DH has a week off for easter and we're off to see family!! Should be good, what are you up to?
Another good nights sleep!! Went to bed at 8.30pm (she always goes to bed late, even though she's only having 1 sleep!), woke at 12pm and DH resettled, then woke at 4.30am and I fed her and she slept with us until 7am! That's a really good night for her and a long time to go without booby. She isn't putting up much of a fight, I can't believe it. So I'm hoping now she'll stop waking between bed and 4am and then eventually we'll just extend the 4am feed til later. And she always wakes up between 5.30am and 6am usually. Yesterday it was 7.30am and today 7am!! So she's sleeping better and for longer, awesome!! She's just gone down for her day sleep now.
Now we're going away for a week for Easter and it will probably mess everything up, LOL.
just a quick one as i should be supervising the kids outside (millie has two knocks to the head, one yesty one today, a grazed nose and a blood nose, both yesty)
sleep was good last night, she woke at 7.30 and needed to be resettled then slept til 5am, fed and then slept til 8am!
we only have around 60-75mins sleep a day somettimes more sometimes less!
Poor Millie! DD is in the wars too!! Has a bruise on her head today from a bump last night. People are going to start thinking I'm bashing her, LOL. But she's just crazy, throwing her head back, climbing on things, spilling water on the floor and walking in it and slipping over, ahhhh.
That's awesome sleep though!! I hope DD is headed that way. I can't believe now that I think waking up twice a night is heaven, LOL, what has my life become, and I want another one?? wtf.
Yay for the good night sleeps girls!!! And OP, your DD sounds the same as DS - we are having trouble getting him down for the night some nights and I am blaming teeth!
Olive - Yeah DS is lucky to sleep more than an hour now. If he's in CC he hardly sleeps at all!!
Heaven - your next bub could be a good sleeper though!
Malyna - GL with writing to the agent!
Just popping in to say hi!
Been working and busy.
Will try and get back and speak more next time
Hi Lilima
Kaz- We are the same here too, i find it hard to get him down some nigts and others he goes down perfectly, keep looking for more teeth but no signs.
Heaven- LOL at tinking twice a night is good, it is by my books too!!
Olive- We had two knocks the the head too, one trying to get out back door and the other when we were having a bath together and he jumped out of my arms and hit his head on the tap, felt bad....b yay on sleeps, Miss A wants to play with Miss S too, she keeps asking about her. Catch up soon?
OP- Good Luck with the cutting of teeth and a big woo hoo on the walking!!!!
AFU- Lewis has got the snots today, poor little man, he also stood by himself today quite a few time so very proud of himself and also had his fisrt hair cut yesterday!! We are goign back down to teh caravan for Easter anyone else going away???
hi lilima!!!
heaven loved the skirt you made!!! enjoy your easter away!!
kaz i love blaming teeth..til they get them all :lol:
pinny glad were not the only ones bumping heads! definatly catch up soon! let me know if your free next week! cant wait to see you guys!
were still snotty i actually think she has a sinus infection AGAIN, Dr said they are notorious for taking two lots of abs to clear up and im thinking she might be right, she gave me a repeat so migh tgo get tit saturday if shes not better, she ok, just lots of strange looking snot!
im wondering how long til M climbs onto the benchs :o yep im tipping it wont be long!
pinny were not going away DH is working on saturday so were off the the minature railway tomorrow for the RCH appeal! should be fun!
Hi girls,
I have been reading over the last week but struggling to keep up with the thread :rofl:
Hopefully now I am on holidays Ican catch up properly and contribute more.
We had the vaccinations last week - didnt have any temps or anything but sooooooo grizzly. Didnt want to be put down, didnt want to be held, then we cut our 3rd tooth (top one) and we have had the runny nose as well. Then on Sat night DD did a MASSIVE catch up on sleep.
Kaz- When do you start back at work or did you start this week? GL hun, it is an adjustment but soon becomes routine.
Hopefully catch up on everything soon :grouphug:
Hi Everyone! Sorry I have been MIA as it has just been so hectic here. DD1 has a sinus issue and ear infection. Miss J is doing well though and even took a couple of steps by herself!!!
I will try to catch up on everything over the break.....
crap night :( m was up from 1.45-4.15am :o zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz not happy, thinking she has a sinus infection again :(
bbl... were a cranky family here today
Olive- I think we were up the same time. In fact I came out here at 2am and turned on the computer on no one posted anything on BB between 2 and 2:40am! I have been snapping at DP all morning.
Nai- yay on some steps! Off to check out your videos no the technical difficulties have been sorted! ;)
ali i hope we both have better night tonight, though im taking M to the Dr's tomorrow as shes not right, screamed blue murder tonight :( was beside herself, though she went down ok (fed to sleep) so hoping she stays asleep, thinking i will have an early night tonight, DH has to work tomorrow :(
OP with the volunteer work, its a bit of everything, helping with kids, keeping them occupied with drawing, trauma dolls, tea and coffee for relatives, photocopying.. last sunday i looked after a dementai paitent, had to stop her climbing out of bed to escape
where did the great olivtastic go? Lol. Liked the name.
Olive- Hope M is ok, poor thing hasn't had a good run with illnesses, try that repeat too maybe. The volunteer work sounds good, it will be good for you too down the track if you decide to return to paid work to have on your resume. Maybe you should get into nursing.
Nai- yay on steps, I hope DD1 feels better soon.
Ali- Hope you have a better night too.
Pinny- where is your caravan? Were not going anywhere this weekend, I worked today and working next mon/ tues. Enjoy your weekend away.
Heaven- where are you away to for easter? Have fun. How is the night settling going?
I've had a busy week, went up to castlemaine tues morn, came home wed arvo (partner and child free, was nice) then worked thurs and today so very tired now.
I'm dissapointed too, they changed my sewing class to thursday nights and the only other night they offer is wednesday nights and they are the 2 bloody nights in the week I work!