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Hey Ladies,
Moose- I hope Sammy gets better soon, far out it must be so awful for you(and Sammy) :(
Sterla- Have you tried putting a rolled muslin or bunny rug under Oliver's chest when having tummy time? Im the same as you I got really slack with TT but Ive picked my game up esp in this past week... I got the cutest pic of Winter smiling whilst on her tum today, so cute! Such a far cry from the screaming baby in her cot now *sob*
Hope everyone has a good weekend and MOTHERS DAY!!!
Good mothersday-eve mummies & bubs!
Moose: aww about sammy and the vomiting - could it be something in the minni pill affecting her? is she moveing more? maybe with more movement the foods comming up? as for my mother - yeah she can push my buttons, sad thing is i dont think she understands she pushing me away atm with it all :( :hug: im sure your mum is very, very proud of you, you're doing a good job! ... what was your mothers day supprise??
sterla - aww about tummy time. daz has his days where he LOVES it. others he hates it..like others have sugged a rolled up bunny rug! you can even get a pillow with some toys to clip onto it from toys are us...they duble up for bubs relaxing on their backs (a mother at MG has one and her little man looked soo cute alseep on it!) what did oli and your DH get you for mothers day?
Jords - hows winter going? i hope you've had a better night with her. random question but - what kind of sheets do you have? cotton or flanelett? maybe she doesnt like cotton ones because they take a while to warm up? i know i've got darren on a fluffy warm blanket so it warms up really fast, KWIM? i also have him in a warm grow bag/sleep stute thingy so he warms up and stays warm when i put him down (along with a cot blanket and light quilt my aunt made) he seems to be ok (and not over heat eather) like that...maybe that may help? as for useing a dummy what kind is it? have you tired 'happy baby' its the only one darren takes or even tommy tippy cherry, he's just started on that too...you're doing really well...listen to that mummy instinct it'll guide you...do you know what winters gotten you for mothers day?
Anthiea : hows orson doing? b/fing any better? how are you going with it all? what have your older kiddies got you for mothers day?
AFM: darrens had a good few days. he's 'snack feeding' more now so he's haveing maybe 6-9 feeds aday at atound 90ml-120ml plus maybe one at night of 180 in a hit. but he seems happy to do this - as am i as his refulx isnt that bad doing it that way (bugger what MCHN and diettions say!) plus its 90% EMB, which i think is normal as its more watery then formular, so he'd need more, more often! plus yesterday and today he's been sleeping more...but not in a bad way? like today he had a very chilled out day - we went to DH's friends place for a BBQ and he spent the whole day in the sling alseep/semi alseep or feeding. our friends mum said "wow he's the perfict baby" i told her "want to borrow him" lol. she said no, she looks after her daughters little man (he's two, and DH's friends son is 4 - so they're all 2 years appart!) DH gave me my mothers day pressie today - he couldnt hide it! 12 yellow roses! so sweet. he got our mothers a mosazic latron each, which i've put some tea candles in :D .
Ohh and on a good/bad note darren cried his first tears today! its so wrong but i was like "OMH DH, LOOK....TEARS!" i was worried 'cus before today i'd not seen any tears...so i feel better now i have...ooo better go dazmand is awakeing!
We had a good breastfeeding day today.
Not doing much formothers day. might go to the park or something. It's a hard day for me as my mum died almost 3 years ago so i dont like to celebrate it much.
Evening Ladies,
Just a short one as im too tired to type :)
Antheia thats good to hear about your day BF. It must be hard not having your Mum around.. I remember growing up my Mum always seemed a bit sad on mothers day(she lost her Mother in 88 I think) Big hugs to you, I hope you have a lovely day.
Blip- We dont use a dummy, and we've tried putting hot water bottles down too to warm up the sheets. I think ill put flannel down tmrw. Last night we got Bub a few sleeping bags so shes in one now...
Hope you all have a great day tmrw, type more when Ive slept :)
im sorry to hear that anthiea :( it must be hard for you & moose too. :comfort: to you both.
OMG i just *had* to post. DARREN HAD A SEMI BOOB FEED! i'd wake DH and tell him but he 'd a few to drink today and was 'feeling it' when he went off to bed haha. so i'll post it here insted! i was so happy i almost cried! i feel *alot* better aboutt things now! :dance:
hope every one has a wonderful sunday (becuase as i read elsce where 'every day is mothers day'!)
Oh what a wonderful mothers day present for you Dani!!! Thats great news!
Thats great Blip!!!
Hope your all having a wonderful day!!
Winter just laughed for only the third time, it was huge and just kept going and going(first time DP has seen it too) best mothers day present ever!
How was everyone's Mother's Day?
Jords: I tried a rolled up muslin wrap under Oliver's chest for tummy time, and I can't believe the difference it made! He was lifting his head up heaps more - it must make it easier for them. I had tried it ages ago, but it didn't work so well then. That's great about Winter laughing, and wonderful that your DP got to see it too :D. How is Winter's self settling going?
Blip: That's fantastic about Daz having a go on the booby! What a great confidence boost for you! Just goes to show that all your hard work and determination is definitely worth it!
Antheia: :hug: I hope you managed through today okay. That's so great that Orson had a good b/feeding day!
Moose: So, what was your big Mother's Day surprise??? Can't wait to hear about it! How is Sammy going? Has the spewing settled down?
I had a pretty good day. We went to my parent's for breakfast this morning. My sister had made french toast and I brought along some croissants - yummo! My mum was spoilt with her presents.
Oliver got me a photo frame with 'I :heartbeat: my mum' on it with a really cute photo of him with a huge grin on his face in it! I also got a card with another picture of him on the front (in his bumbo seat). Inside there was a little scribble that DH said he did himself. DH gave him the pen and that scribble was the result. It's so cute too, cause you can kind of make out a heart in the scribble! Awww :).
In the afternoon we went into the city to Target and ended up spending $100 on clothes for Oliver!!! Woops :rolleyes:. I can't help myself - everything is sooo cute!
Oliver has been really good all day - really smiley and chatty - a nice added Mother's Day present! :D
Oh... and I love all these new tickers popping up! So nice :D.
evening ladies!
anithea - i hope today was ok for you :hug:
jords - :dance: so glad to hear winters laughing! and your DP got to hear it! :yay:! how's she going with the sleeping in a cot?
Sterla: glad you had a good mothers day! you know something? this moring i thought "hrm, i wonder if sterla is having croissants like at chrisrmas time..." haha...i then went and bought my self one! haha. im gkad oli is liking tummy time...its a really good way of helping wind come out...i know darren likes a good ol' fart or three with tummy time!
AFM: Daz had another good semi boob feed...but not as good as last night...but still! :dance: makes it all worth it! mothers day was good...DH only rembered after a chick at work reminded him "your wifes a mother too now..." haha he shouldnt have admited that and i'd have thought he was clever! haha. darren was good today. even with my mum ( :ROFL: )and with my MIL. my MIL bought a card and got DH to get darren to 'write in it' (DH got him to write D.A in it.) and "gave" it to me. which was nice.
now i better *try* and sleep...
BTW, darren just kinda woke up...then went back to sleep...woke up and back to sleep...i tried SOOO hard not to laugh at him...
Hello ladies,
hope you all had a fabulous Mothers day! I know I did! Mine started with Sammy actually giving me an extra hour sleep followed by my DH bringing Sammy in bed to give me my presents. My 1st one is a small canvas that said Happy 1st Mothers Day Mummy, with her hand & foot prints done in paint. Awwwwwww it was so cute, the prints are abit smudged as Dh had a bit of a challenge to get Sammy to open up her hand and apparently ended up with pain all over her! LOL
My second present & the surprise was DH got Sam's fingerprint on a silver dog tag ( like they wear in the army around their neck) so when we have our second baby, I will add another one on there with their fingerprint. Is really lovely. Then DH made me a pancake, bacon & maple syrup breakfast which was simply decadent. Then we went over to my Dh's auntie for a full on mothers day lunch. All the aunties, uncles were fighting for a nurse with Sam, LOL it was a REALLY nice day and I went to bed last night thinking this should be Mothers Day week, not day! lol I am going to get Sammy weighed this morning but I know she has put on some good weight, I can see it in her face and tummy, it is getting rounder and I see new rolls appearing everywhere. One of Dh's auntie is a EC nurse and said that Sam was portraying the behaviours of a reflux baby and recommended we see a paed about it. She is still spewing a couple times a day but at least its not full feeds anymore, so will ring up this morning to make an appointment. She also told me that Sam had reached 99% of her 4 months old milestones, so that made her mum and dad pretty proud!! Enough Blabbering! I forgot to mention that she also slept til 6am today so I am FULL of beans and ready to clean the house..believe me it needs it! LOL No rest for the mums!!
Antheia: I know how you feel, its hard when we miss our mums isn't it but I hope your 3 wee ones and Dh made you feel special nonetheless. What a good little boy to have a nice BF day for his mum!
Sterla: Aww your pressies & card sound awesome! And yes I know how everything look so cute, its so hard not to buy THE WHOLE store! LOL
Blip: thats so awesome for you and Daz, the LC's are right to want to show you off as a model of perseverance, well done :) Hope the rest of your Sunday went really well.
Well this house looks like a bomb has hit it so I better get my domestic goddess apron on and get movin'! Hope you all have a fantastic day!!
Mxx
Oups forgot about Jords: the laugh is such a special moment isn't it, its so loud and innocent, makes me want to cry when they do and how good that your DP got to hear it as well. So now he KNOWS you are not going crazy :P Hows the self settling going sweetie, is it getting any easier? Hope you got some nice sleep ins like I did for Mothers Day!
Mxx
Good Afternoon!!!
Its great to hear you girls had a wonderful mothers day*
Moose- All your gifts sound lovely esp the fingerprint on a necklace, how nice you will always have that to remember how itty bitty Sammy's fingers once were.
I had tears in my eyes when Winter was laughing yesterday, it truly is the most beautiful thing, and she has such a huge mouth(like her Dad, we joke she is like a snake how they detatch their jaws), so beautiful!
Blip- That is awesome about Darren latching, you are so amazing to still persevere! And how worth it is it?!
Sterla- Glad to hear the muslin worked, I tried it when she was newborn and it didnt do a thing, but now like you said it works a charm... I got a lamaze catterpiller which i put under Winter and its made her hate TT alot less, she dosnt grizzle for ages now!
How addictive is baby shopping? Its sooo easy to spend on bub! I make a beeline to the nursery section in every store now, shocking! Big W is my fav :) Sounds like your mothers day was lovely, aw that photo must be so cute!!
Antheia- Hope you had a good day with your family :)
SO! Far out, I think my blood pressure is through the roof with getting Winter to self settle... I think things are getting better slowly, but when she's crying and looking at me when she's in her cot I feel SO selfish! DP and I take turns to settle her when he's home but its hard during the day when he's at work. Amazing though, Winter slept in her cot from around 9 last night till 1am!! We had been trying to get her down since around half seven though... god she screamed so much, then we settle her to a point of bliss and then literally as soon as she touched the cot mattress she would scream again and the whole process starts again. I feel like Im kind of cheating too as Ive been falling asleep whilst feeding her in bed during the night, so in turn confusing her... I dont know. But I think we have made progress, a week ago she had never slept in her cot, not even for a nap.
Not sure if I mentioned that mothers group went well last week? Im definately going to keep going, it was so good just to get out of the house and have some social interaction. At first everyone was a bit shy but there was a few ladies who got the ball rolling, and most of them seem really nice. There was even a baby there who made Winter look skinny(and thats saying something!) so cute! Afterward I walked to the next 'burb to get the bus which was awesome to get a little exersize, I definately need to get out and moving more I think.
Then sat I woke up to DP announcing it was "mothers weekend" he had already been grocery shopping while Winter and I slept and made me the most amazing brekkie! Turkish bread with beans, spinach, fried tomatos, bliss! Then we went took Bub to the park for the first time, it was really nice(and Im not yet over how kick-ass my new pram is either!).
Sunday DP made another amazing brekkie for me(roast field mushroom w garlic tomato, spinach on turkish) and we went to the markets, another great day! Our Mums live about an hour drive away so we didnt see them but Im catching up with my Mum this wed as I booked her into a fancy salon to get her hair done as a suprise this wed.
Geez enogh about me!!! Sorry to go on! Apart from the cot fiasco Winter is going brilliantly, still a happy little Bub!
Hope everyone is having a great monday! :)
Jords: Thats sounded like a fantastic Mothers day week-end! I like the concept..I'm trying to make mine last a week...fat chance I reckon! LOL Thats so good about the MG as well, it is good to get out of the house and see other mums for some adult interactions, even though we usually talk only about the bubs anyway! The necklace is really awesome, I just love it! And as for self settling, you just hang in there, it will get better but it takes time, next thing you know Winter will be like ...ahh ok mum, bedtime and sleep soundly after grizzling for 2 minutes (just for show!!)
On the sadder side of things, I went to weigh Sam this morning and she has only gained 10gr since last Thursday, so I am down right confused, seriously, she has not been spewig more, if anything its been less. 2 or 3 smallish spew a day so how can she gain 130 in 3 days and then only 10 in the next 4 is ????? we are booked in to see the paed on Wednesday am for an appointment to see whats going on. I am sooo surprised cause I can definately see more rolls and more fat on Sam.
Hopefully the Dr has got some answers.
MIL coming around tonight for tea, so better put the finishing touches to the house..it feels SO GOOD to have a clean house!
Mxx
Blip: Woohoo! Go Daz with the booby feeds :clap:!!! How nice of Darren to 'give' you a card that he's 'written' in! Too cute :D.
Jords: You're doing such a great job persevering with Winter's self settling! That's great that she slept in her cot for so long! It will settle down, even though it probably seems like an eternity to that time right now. That's great about the MG! I still have ages and ages till mine starts in July! Why there aren't more groups running I'm not sure... I guess there just isn't the numbers for it in Tassie.
Moose: Big :hug: about Sammy's small gain. How confusing and frustrating for you. How strange that it was a small gain when you can see fat rolls popping up everywhere... I hope you get some answers with this paed appointment. Your Mother's Day presents sound great :D! What a fantastic keepsake to have!
Antheia: How are you going? Has Orson been b/feeding okay?
AFM: I had such a 'blah' day. I didn't feel sick or anything, just incredibly lazy. I felt like flopping on the couch and watching tv all day... but of course we can't do that with little bubs about. But, Oliver ended up having a very sleepy day, so I actually got to have my lazy day after all. Oh, and I put Oliver in some of his new clothes - a pair of little jeans and a knitted cardigan... soooooo cute!!!!
Orson has been breastfeeding fine lately, yay!
That's great Antheia!!! :D