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Morning mums and bubs,
Very tired this morning, up every hour over night with Isabel. I think its the dummy here too - so I reckon we're going to try and ditch it. I wonder if I'll be able to cope without some sort of comforter? Maybe I should introduce one before getting rid of the dummy.
I was so exhausted, trudging into her room, sticking it back in, wrapping her back up and trudging back to bed. Didn't help that DH and I had a massive blue, then a big "come to Jesus" talk about our finances and work situation, then a big make up session (LOL) so I only got to sleep at like 1am. So tired this morning!
Thanks to everyone for your words of encouragement as well. You've all been very supportive, thank you.
Holly - so glad you are finally getting some decent sleep! Maybe that means the medicine is shrinking the growth???
Tarkine - yeah it is very sad. Esp if there was post-natal depression, the poor mum. Also I'm so sorry about your issues with the will etc.
Shell, so proud of how well it is going for you without the dummy. You've inspired us all it seems :)
Ali, we have a group of people over every Tuesday night and I like it for the same reason, it gives me motivation to clean the house! You are so beautiful with Ash! She is one lucky bubba to have such an amazing mum! I read somewhere (might have been FB?) how you're really enjoying being a mum and being at home, good for you. I really hope you can keep it up for as long as possible :D
Kaz - Isabel has been pretty grumpy too. Not sure why. She fed every 2.5 hrs yesterday too, maybe the growth spurt det warned us about?? Isabel is very cuddly at the moment, she snuggles right into my neck, its very cute.
Pinny, that's great about L sleeping a bit better! Not so great about your house being trashed! I don't understand why you some mothers let their kids run amok...
Nai - I'm with you, well I was, until mum observed that I smelled like baby chuck. That's not good!
Also, Isabel has been watching us eat for a while so we started her on some rice cereal about a week ago. She screws up her face (so cute) for the first couple of mouthfuls then opens her mouth and grizzles til she gets some more. I don't have a high chair yet so I had her in the bouncy chair and she was so excited by it she was bouncing herself up and down just jiggling so much. Very cute!
Ok I have said that she is cute three times now!
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Came in to post about the bad night we had here but just read your post OP - every hour?? OMG!! I would have gone troppo! You do such an amazing job - it's no wonder that you and DH have some tension in your r/ship at times. It's good that they're cute to make up for tho! Helps a lot.
I think I might have jinxed myself yesterday carrying on about how well he was napping - it didn't really transfer over to last night. On the bright side, patting him to sleep worked for the second time and only took about 20mins and he stayed asleep for 2 hours that go.
Although Jacob is not waking every hour like Isabel, he is really quite unsettled overnight and we have screaming for no discernable reason etc etc. and I think it's hard for DP and I to cope with because he was a reasonably good night sleeper until about a month ago. It seems worse since his shots last week too.
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OP sorry you had a bad night :hug: maybe get a small stuffed toy that can become isabel's comforter, maybe sleep with it for a few nights so it smells like you.
:hide: i quiet like the smell of baby vomit :lol:
kaz lots of people say their bubs are more unsettled after shots, so maybe there still upsetting him
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I think it was a bad night all round last night! OP, yours tops mine so I'm just going to have a mini whinge. Both DDs were unhappy last night so it was double whammy here - DD1 had a pineapple icypole and sucked out all the juice which burnt her tongue as it was too acidic (it was fresh squeezed pineapple juice then frozen) so she won't be having one of those again!
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:hug: to OP, Kaz & Nai sounds like you girls would be very tired tonight.
OP- YOu are suh a sweetie. I am not looking forward to going back to work. Looks like it will be 1st September for me! 2 days a week. DP wants me to do 3 but there is no way. 2 is going to be hard enough. Glad you and DH sorted things out. We had a huge fight the other day over some jars ofvthings that were in the fridge that had been there for months but I hadnt gotten around to chucking out. We both apologised after but geez we were mad at each other and I know its from lack of sleep.
Jols- PMSL at you loving baby sick smell! :ROFL: I have to say I have been alot more tolerant than I thought I would have been. Maybe because its my own child. I think if someone elses child vomited on me I wouldn't be handling it as well.
Kaz- I have to take Ashlyn to get her shots this week. Maybe I should prepare myslef for bad sleep and lots of grizzles. Hope he improves soon for you.
Nai- I cant believe DD1 wanted a pineapple icicle! Its freezing!!! Kids are funny sometimes. Hope her tongue gets better.
:hello: to everyone else. Hope you and all your bubs are well!
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:hug: Nai,OP &Kaz
:grouphug: you girls are doing a fantastic job!!
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My gosh it sounds like a few of us had shockers.
THe smell of BF baby vomit doesn't really worry me much either, asi t sort of has a sweet smell about it.
Shelll - OK i might introduce a comfort toy for the next week. I have a little teddy blanket that might do the trick. Get her used to having that, then go for there.
Lst night she went to bed at 8, and settled without the dummy - It took about 15 mins, but I didn't have to go in her room, I could just hear her moving around. She woke for a feed at 3am, and resettled without the dummy. Then J woke her at 6, being really loud, and resettled WITH the dummy, and slept till about 7:30ish. Day sleeps she has had the dummy so far for both day sleeps. So I am going to try and stop using it overnight to start with, then work on the days.
What does everyone think? Will that confuse her maybe?
I also forgot to add, does anyone else walk in to get the bubs, and find them in a completely different position in the cot? E ends up right up the top.
And I also started a boo hoo thread last night about afamily friend who tried to feed E marganire!!!
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nai awww poor G! hope her tongue is better today!
ali i dont envy you going back to work :hug: thats going to be hard.
meg millie stays still because shes wrapped!
we had a good one last night :hide: asleep at 7pm fed at 5am then slept til 7.15am woke when sophie woke!
ETA have to say im soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo in love with my family!! i could eat my girls!! love them!
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Well last 24hrs been a test without the dummy cause poor Emily just not well, terrible cold, lots snot and very juicy cough, quite miserable she is. So she taking alot longer to settle but sleeping ok once she is. So over these colds, I am so stuffed up can't breathe.
Meg- It sounds like she is doing well not having to use it all the time, you can always try that way and see how she goes. If she is not needing it all that often she will prolly do well without it.
OP- Hope you have a better night tonight, think I read on FB she is coming down with somethng? That could be why she was waking so much.
Kaz- Hope you have better night too, we had upset episode last night, could be from the vacs? Or could be the 4 month sleep probs, hopefully it was just a one off.
Nai- ow on the tongue! Poor thing, its hard when both girls are upset.
I got my Pandora bracelet today, woohoo, mum has bought it as an early birthday present.
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shell do you have a vaporiser??
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No unfortunately. Are they expensive?
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nah i paid around $40 i think, hippo brand from chemist warehouse! send DF out ot get one tonight!! there open til 9pm, i just use water in it and makes a huge difference
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$40 is good, i was thinking they'd be up near $100 or something. I told Df your post about going out and he laughed at me! Guess tomor I'll go look. There's one near where I'm going tomor anyways.
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give him a slap across the back of the head for me :lol:
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Lol I told him thats from Jols, he said 'don't know her'
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Give him one from me too! I just made DH go out for milk for J, and he went happily. (and bought back ince cream!!)
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Df already thinks he is great cause I went out today (child free) for 5.5hrs and yesterday for 4hrs, so he'll prolly use that forever even tho he goes out every sat night!
