Olive - Took her to the doctors. She has Tonsilitis (sp) She is on AB's, so hopefully will get better soon. She is SO CLINGY though, I have had her in the sling again this arvo, just so I can have free hands to do stuff.
I have called work and won't be going in tomorrow. She is too ill for daycare.
Lilima - poor Miss E, I hope she is feeling better soon! It did my head in when Miss I was sick and so clingy, you feel so terrible for them but its just impossible to do anything! Hope the sling helps her and you too!
Olive - how's your DH? Mine thinks he's getting sick too... mind you I think we all are atm... I love winter for the rain, the ability to snuggle up in bed, but not for all the sickness that goes around!
Shell - hope you had a lovely birthday! How's DF feeling? How's DD after her jabs??
I don't have a playpen but I do have a portacot... that could be like an enforced time out type thing. I tried time out at playgroup yesterday but she just kept getting up and running off as soon as my back was turned. My sister says that means she doesn't understand the concept and its not working as a discipline technique.
Malyna - that's very sweet of your cat to be so tolerant! Mine is nowhere near that tolerant... DD does understand gentle and she is quite gentle with DS now, but other kids she just sort of smothers them with kindness. She'll go to hug them and end up pulling or pushing them onto the ground, sometimes ending up on top of them. Ah well... just a phase... hopefully!
E has just fallen asleep lying on the floor in the study. Been stuck to me ALL DAY. J in childcare. He cried dropping him off as he knew I was staying at home with E.
Hi yummy mummies!
Feels like foreva since I've had time to get on the computer! Craziness continues here...we are now moving house in 4 weeks ahhhhh!!!! Back to our own house which will be great!
OP - Miss A is getting rough too...and getting into all sorts of trouble when I'm feeding...so she gets one chance and then the next time she goes in the portacot...which is right next to where I sit to feed...I was just feeling so rotten for bub that she was getting ripped off the boobie all the time while I ran around dealing with Miss A! And as for leaving the house...scares me no end worrying what Miss A will do next but we keep trying...
Big hugs to everyone x
NZGirl - hello! Lovely to hear from you and huge congrats!!!!! Very exciting news! Its tough but great having another newborn! Hope you are coping with the m/s and getting through the days ok!
Ellie - Miss I isn't too bad when I feed (at the moment!) but I'm definitely considering the portacot idea. She actually has been pretty good recently at home, she is so gentle now with little X, she sits and strokes his head, gives him kisses and points at his nose ("no!") or his ear ("ee!"). It is when we go out that she gets into trouble!!!
There is actually a portacot at our Tuesday playgroup... maybe I need to break that out... hmm.
I know this is horrible but I'm sort of glad that others are having difficulties...
Shell - hope you get some answers on the 18th! Or something anyway. Is it bad? Is it affecting anything? How's everyone else in your household? All gastros and things gone??
Lilima - poor Miss E, how's she been today? Did you have to take her back for a penicillin shot?
Olive, poor miss M as well! Are you going to get her checked out? Hope its all ok and nothing to worry about...
Been meaning to say as well, next time you're heading to Doncaster let me know (and Det too!) as I live close and would love to catch up! Mondays and/or Thursdays I'm often heading there!
Malyna - no good on your DH's heart issues. Hope it is all ok.
Kaz - so sorry you're still having bad nights. I thought of you today - hope the context doesn't upset you - a good friend of mine had her first two weeks after I had DS, I went for a visit today and she was asking when it starts to get better? When do they start sleeping longer blocks at night? I said sometimes it starts to settle around the 6-12wk mark but to still expect wake ups... which she is ok with, but her DS is feeding overnight every 2hrs atm. Then I thought of you and said that some babies struggle with sleeping for a while... You've been doing it so tough and you still have time to think of all of us and do random acts of kindness like sending someone something in the mail...
Hope everyone else is well!!
AFU: up and down with DD and DS here. As I said above, DD is getting so much better with X but still rough with other kids. On Weds I took her to an indoor gym for some free play with one of our playgroups, there were a billion other kids there as well, I was telling DH about our day and when I said I'd been to the gym the first thing he said was "How many kids did she bite?" Its gotten to that point!
I'm going to try some expectation setting tomorrow - before we go to playgroup, I'll start talking about it and about the behaviour I want and don't want. Worth a try...
I was talking about it last week at playgroup and one of the mums there (from my original MG) sent me a message on FB a day or two later saying that she'd been thinking about what I said and she didn't think I had anything to worry about with "beautiful I" as she put it. So that was lovely.
I think I just need to relax about it a bit more and trust that she will get better. I asked the MCHN about it last week and she has given me some resources so I'll just try and do my best.
As for the baby, he has been pretty good - feeding well, not sleeping the greatest overnight, but hey, can't have everything! He's spending a lot of time in our bed at night - often hours at a time, before I wake and decide I should put him back in the cradle. So funny that I was adamant I would never co-sleep but hey its working for us now. Sleep deprivation is kicking in but I'll get thru... He has just started smiling, which makes everything so much better
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great..... got the runs...
at moving house! hope it all goes smoothly for you.
You've been doing it so tough and you still have time to think of all of us and do random acts of kindness like sending someone something in the mail...
Its gotten to that point!
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