ali you may just be having a hormonal bleen and not AF, ive had times i though af wasa on the way but thankfully she wasnt!!
i find DD gets fussy, on off etc.. even after a few minutes and i know she needs burping! settles her back down again, so maybe try burbing after the first few minutes!
kaz glad you enjoyed your mothers group!! i hope you continue to see them !! i love my group.
nai glad DD1 is on the mend!! hope swine flu stays away!!
mhami bugger gettng up for a feed!
det stop burning the candle hun!! glad the snip went well
girls are good, caught up with girls cousins today for a play date which was nice! they had colds too so we thought what the hell!! whats a bit more snot!
I'm struggling along here atm, Emily been unsettled and still waking alot at night, been trying formula at 10pm and she'll drink only about 100mls and feed again at 2am and 6am but wakes also in between those times so I feel I'm being woekn roughly every 2hrs, then have to chase after a toddler all day who has a bit of an attitude at the moment. She also giving us grief at bedtime, runnign around til 9:30 or even 10:15, then of course I have to wake her in the mornings and she spends the morning being tired and grumpy. So I just feel so exhausted. I can't get much done around the house so that makes me feel worse when its all messy, anyway soldiering on!
Ali- I rmember with Ash about 3 times I got tiny smears of blood and would think Af was on her way back but then nothing so most likely that, hope you have contraception worked out for next time
Kaz- It often happens when you think you have dealt with something but when it comes to saying the words out loud it so hard. Its great tho that you did speak about it, I think all that will help you deal with it.
Det- Glad the c'sion went well, hopefully he'll give you good night sleep if he is still bit drowsy. How is it healing?
Holly- I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, so much has been going on with you lately I really hope you are looking after yourself. Have you got support around you to help you deal with everything?
shell sounds like your nights are tough, its one thing getting up to feed but to get up and resettle in betweeen is tough is it because shes lost the dummy??
we've found that been tough with sophie is working, she gets one chance a dn thats it. e.g shes told when she gets into bed if she gets out of bed the door is closed, we folllow through very promptly and it seems to work. she was feral after bath stuffing around kicking DH etc when getting dressed but i found talking to her about what weve done during the day really helps, keeps her calm and nice, she loves telling daddy what shes done! we make a bid deal of that. they really try and control everything and we found been tough works. i hope tonight you get a little more sleep, so im sending you some sleepy dust all round
I too have a toddler with attitude!! ALthough last night he went to bed with no fuss. E was really howlng, and i told him that he had to be a big boy and go straight to sleep for me, and he did.
I tried weaning E off her reflux drugs. Bad move as now she is VERY unsettled. Atill ony doing 40 mins for EVERY day sleep now. Self settles well, but just won't stay asleeo. Also still doing 1 night feed, usually around 4am.
Holly - Thinking of you mate.
ali - I hope you get a quiet night with being in your own.
nai - Hope everyone is feeling better in your house.
det - glad the snip went well. Gee how do you do it on so little sleep>>!!
Ohh - I am on a new page and I can't remember what else was said.
I have been doing a lot of thinking at the mo. I am a little sleep deprived, as I can't sellep. many of you know tht my cousin had a late loss at 35 weeks when I was pregnant with E/]. She had a little boy named Will. I just can't stop thinking about him, and feeling almost guilty that I have my babies. Anyway I think it might be good for me to see a counsellor, as I just can't seem to think of anything else. He was cremated and burried at our holiday house, so when I was there last week, I bought him a colourful windmill which is now under his tree. I am VERY close to m cousin. She is an only child from parents that seperated when she was a toddler, so she was raised liek a sister. It is like I have lost my nephew. Gosh - sometimes I wonder how you can love someone so much, that you never even got cuddle and kiss. Acltually I might post in the late loss setion, as I am sure some of those lovely ladies may be able to give me some advice.
Very selfish post as extremely exhausted today. DD has been feeding a lot overnight as I think I have posted previously... well Thursday night DH, DD and I came down to my in law's beach house, she was a dream in the car as we left at 7.30pm so she just slept the whole way.
When we got here though (11.30pm) she woke and then took about two hours to go back to sleep, then woke again at 4am, 6am, 8am, then DH took her up to play with Grandma so I could get some more sleep.
Last night was even worse - got her to sleep by 6.45pm, she woke for a feed at 7.45pm, 10pm, 11.50pm, then 2am and didn't go back to sleep til 4.30am. DH and I were both trying to settle her... she wouldn't even feed to sleep, every time I tried to put her down she'd wake and cry. She fed three times between 2am and 4.30am.
I was in tears in the end and DH didn't realise I was upset, he thought I was mad at him, not upset, so he didn't even comfort me.
Then she woke again at 5.15am, 6.30am and 8am. Its like she's cluster feeding in the morning. WHY???
So tired. I know its only a phase, I know its a new place and she's probably stressed about that, I know. But I am exhausted.
OP- I'm not surprised you feel exhausted. Its so hard and once they get overtired its even harder to get them to sleep. I hope things settle down for you and you find a way to help her settle easier.
Meg- From what you said it sounds like it would be an idea to see a councillor. If something plays on your mind that much you need to deal with it before it gets on top of you.
Have you put E back on the meds? We still get 40min sleeps here tho sometimes can go up to an hour.
AJP- I think she is waking from wind cause she is such a farty baby then when she is windy she wants to suck so I give her the dummy and then she spits it out to fart then cries again. If she is just using dummy to sleep she is ok, spits it out when she goes to sleep.
Last night was better she took 150mls of bottle at 8:30 then slept til 2. I woke before that and couldn't sleep! Tossing and turning cause so used to waking!
Ash was better last night too cause now she thinks if she is naughty she has to sleep outside with the spiders, nothing else has worked so far we had rewards, stickers, taking away her bed teddies you name it.
awww op have you tried a deep bath?? or a massage?
where is your inlaws holiday house?
shell .... farts hey poor chook have you tried any drops with her, not sure which ones though
kaz
meg my best friend lost her bubs 3 yrs ago come august, tragically in labour, i cried about it yesterday.. still upsets me greatly, i think its only normal to grieve, i think seeing someone is a great idea
tarkine man that pram must be test driving itself to you!
AJP, poor thing! Know how you feel
Beach house is down in Apollo Bay, lovely being here but gee DD struggles with sleeping in a different location... But it is good having Grandma and Grandpa here to help, Grandma does everything for her, changes nappies, plays with her, all I have to do is feed.
Tarkine how ridiculous about the pram and all those people on the waiting list! What is the deal???
shell bummer on not sleeping when E was sleeping! Always the way. Here's hoping you do better tonight.
Meg, I think you should talk to someone too. I'm so sorry for your loss, esp as you are so close to your cousin. Hope you feel better soon
Ali - hope things settle down a bit with Ash soon with the feeds! Isabel went through it as well a few weeks back. It will pass! So was it AF do you think? Have you weed on a stick JIC?
Mhami, so jealous of Posy sleeping so well!
Kaz, I still get emotional talking about my birth experience too. It is just natural! Glad the parents group went well, hope it continues to go well for you. I'm loving mine! Course how could I not love it, when Det is there!
hug OP- hang in there - remember the same thing happened to me with levi feeding heaps when we were at Natachas house- that was 2 weeks ago!!!! so you knew it was gonna come lol- hang in there - i got 3 full nite sleeps not long after that!!!!!!
AJP- hope your cold gets better soon- we have been tiptoing around colds for a couple of weeks and so far only DS had one for a few days- crossing fingers!!!
OMG- tarkaine that is soo bad about the pram- what type are you waiting for?
Megiemoppit- a cancellor sounds like a good idea- good for you!! hugs hun
Kaz- so glad that you went to your parents group- good for you girls- lourve mine cause i get to see OP and isabel lol - and the rest of the mums are really nice as well
Nai- are you going to the meetup still on Wednesday?? Anyone else in melb is welcome as well- Happy River in footscray at 12pm- there is a thread !!
AFM- Levi has FINALLY gone to sleep!!!!! He only slept 3x45mins today. Slept most of yesterday so he made up for it today- he was happy and fine about staying awake- but he was just sooo tired and jumpy! No pain for him- he was a happy chappy all day and wouldnt even know that he has had his op yesterday- what a champ!
He ended up sleeping with us last nite as i was worried about how he would be - was fine except he fed ALLL nite long- now i know why i dont co-sleep- he is back in his cot tonite!! LOL
time for bed now!!!
phew
op apollo bay sounds lovely!! i hope isabel slept better for yopu last night. DD1 was similar,liked her own bed! still does.
det wow late night for the party boy hope you went to bed not long after him!!
i sort of co-slept with millie this morning for an hour as she woke when DH woke to go to work and cos i have a cold and couldnt be bothered sitting up we fed in bed then i wrapped her up adn she slept next to me for an hour til sophie woke, put millie back to bed and put sophie in mine!! musical beds!!
still feel like crap! DH working this weekend so no rest for me again today
Meg - Give your babies an extra big hug when you feel down about loosing your nephew. Can't image what that is like hun.
OP - a friend of mine used to take a portacot with her everywhere - to BBQs etc, and would put her kids in it and her theory was the thing smelt like them, like 'home' so they would settle down whereever she went. I don't know if this will work but maybe worth a go.
AJP - yeah the pram is making its own way from Sydney (hehe). Its a beema Q and apparently it is a supply issue.. they gave me a pram off the showroom, and when I went in there 3 weeks ago (to be told it would be arriving in the next fortnight) they had no prams on the floor - so they had given them out to everyone on the waiting list. Of course my SIL had to upgrade her Beema Q to a two seater, so there is now one in the family (argh!)... Always the way.
Not saying anything about A and his sleeping but its good. But I've got two days around the outlaws, so who knows what it will be like..
Your all doing such a marvelous job. I read about you all and I think WOW!!
Tarkine- I hope its a bloody good pram for all the waiting!
Det- Glad he is doing well post op, being that age he wouldn't even remember it!
OP- How did your night go? Maybe try take arvo naps after a feed if your mum is around can let you sleep for a bit. Thats great she is so hands on and helpful.
AJP- I was using infacol a while back but then things improved now windy again!
Average night here, Em has a cold on the way, snuffly, sneezed 7 times straight this morn with the hugest snot coming out (tmi) think she felt better after, not feeding so well overnight and more vomity than usual. Its always something with these babies tho! Ash was good, didn't sleep straight away but stayed in bed singing and reading, which I don't mind, think she needs the wind down time. I try have quiet wind down time prior to bed but she keeps being manic!
AJP - Posy usually sleeps from 9 to 6 or 10 to 7. that it lasts! She's reasonably good at settling during the day as well. I have a cold too. Not fun.
OP - Hope you don't come back from your holiday more exhausted than when you left. Glad to hear your MIL is taking over during the day. My in-laws have a holiday house in Ocean Grove which is just the best. Only been down there once since Posy was born but it was nice to get some ocean air in the lungs.
Meg - disturbing things tend to play on my mind as well, though the grief you're feeling sounds normal. I'd definitely go to a counsellor to talk things through. Is there one you can get an appointment with easily? Waiting lists for these services always seem so long!
Well - we're starting the process of looking for a new house. Our teeny tiny worker's cottage is getting v. squeezy now that the playmats, toys, etc are out on the floors. We're just after an extra room and a patch of grass out the back.
Det - yep I will be there but probably not until 12.30 - I hope that's ok. Save me a seat?
Jols - I still have my cold. It's driving me insane!
Miss J slept 3 x 45min yesterday and then last night screamed from 7.30 - 9.30pm when she finally went to sleep with me shoving the dummy in her mouth! She did slepp until 5am and then until 8.30 (as did DD1) so at least I got a sleep in. Although I now think Miss J has the cold and she was sucking so much and crying as she had a sore throat
A slightly better night last night with DD - she still woke and fed lots but settled straight after each feed. But she fed hourly from 2am to 6am.
This afternoon she cried for like half an hour, I just could not settle her... ended up crying, thankfully my sister is here too and she knew something was up and came to help. Feel like such a useless mummy when you can't settle them!
She's asleep now but very unsettled - has been waking up every half an hour or so and crying. MIL is settling her... but I want to go to sleep... sigh...
Det, I hear ya! I just wish she were showing signs of becoming more like Levi... Are you missing MG on Wednesday then, if you're going to the meet up??
What a champ your little man is!
Nai, I hope you and the girls are feeling better soon.
Mhami - good luck with the house hunting!
tarkine, I think the same thing - we are all doing so well!
AJP - sounds like me, I co sleep a little in the mornings to try and get more sleep. Didn't work this morning though
is it because shes lost the dummy??
poor chook have you tried any drops with her, not sure which ones though 
damm it 
go team mum!!
that it lasts! She's reasonably good at settling during the day as well. I have a cold too. Not fun.
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