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Woops we nearly fell onto the third page!
Had a sort of good night with Hayley last night..she didn't wake up until 11pm! Oh well..at least it's an improvement on waking up only an hour later. I was on tenterhooks all night though not wanting to do anything that might wake her, but then she goes and wakes me up 30 mins after I've gone to sleep! DF keeps going on at me about not letting her sleep in our bed, but I don't want to be getting up 5 or 6 times during the night to her. At least if she's in our bed she'll sleep through to about 5am and then squirm around until I get sick of it and give her a bottle, then she'll go back to sleep for an hour or two. I just don't think he understands how frustrating it is to be woken up during the night, every night, as he would sleep through if a bomb went off underneath him.
She is standing up on EVERYTHING! and is cruising the lounge chair, not sure if I said that in my last post but I can't be bothered going to check :lol:
She can say mum, dad and bub, and something that sounds like "hello" which is pretty cool!
Heather- gotta love them mashing up foods...lol. Hayley does it when she's had enough and just goes *SQUISH*, depending on what she's been eating it can be quite gross and very messy!
Sloane- hope you're feeling a bit more like yourself :) great idea about the straw...I really should get one of those cups for Hayley. She has those "take & toss" sippy cups but doesn't have the strength to tip them up far enough for the water to reach the spout properly.
Miss E- yay Ash! Only seems like yesterday we were all excited about them starting to crawl! Lol.
better go, Hayley is cracking it in her high chair, I think she's had enough lunch!
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Just a quick one again from me... we have all been sick for the last week, first with gastro then colds. Pie is on ABs for her chest :( and Panda has the tummy bug, she is the last for that hopefully. I have had the whole week off work and apart from the fact that it's horrible that Pie is sick, I have loved being home with her & it makes me wish I didn't have to work :(
Her affection for our bed seems to have deepened this week, too ;)
Sloane :hug: hope things are a bit better for you? No wonder you're feeling a bit tired of being tired :p All I can say is this too will pass :hug: - and it IS true.
MissE woot! Walking..oh my gosh doesn't that make it seem like they are REALLY growing up. What walker do you have for Ash? I got a sore back from holding Pie's hands so I bought her a walker thing but it is too light, she had a couple of stacks with it & now refuses to use it. But it converts to a ride-on & she's pretty happy to sit on that.
Storm, :hug: hopefully you have another good night! We have Pie in our bed a LOT atm,otherwise I'd be going nuts. And I am the only one waking here too, my DH is the same I have no idea how he can sleep through it sometimes. it peeves me cause I think if I ever did want to have a night where he would get up to her...well, it wouldn't happen, cause he wouldn't hear her. But that's life I guess.
:grouphug: hope everyone else is well. Sending lots of sleepy vibes out tonight
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Hi all
I dont have time for a proper post but I wanted to say I hope everyone and thier bubba's are feeling well and your all getting some better sleep, must be an age thing I reckon. I think were just sarting to come out of the other side of it finally (took a couple of months but night times are getting soo much better)
Isaac's pullng himself up on everything and anything.. How long did it take your LO's to work out to stick out thier bum? Isaac just falls flat on his back/ head still so we have to be there to catch him if he falls. It's exhausting lol.
DF quit his job as the pay was no where near as good as they promised and they had told him quite a few lies or omitted some fairly important stuff. SO we're back to square one on that front. :( At least I had a couple of days break I guess lol.
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ss_storm - yikes, i can't believe we nearly dropped to the 3rd page!! since these babies got more mobile, we've all been a lot quieter!! how's hayley sleeping? sounds like her talking is really coming along, which must be so awesome! i can't remember if i said in your thread, but i'm the only one that gets up too - for us it's a combination of DP being the one working & also corey will only settle for me at night time at the moment. which is hopefully just a phase!!
fleur - :hug: hope everyone in your house is feeling lots better & you've seen your last lot of vomit for a while!
heva - that's horrible about your DF's job. can't believe some employers can be so dodgey! i hope something better comes along soon. sounds like isaac is enjoying his new skills! corey never really fell backwards much - mostly he just stood there & yelled till someone helped him down. i would help lower him the same way he'd sit to try and avoid just doing it for him - i read somewhere that it's good to do it that way. who knows! he worked it out after a few weeks though & his frustration levels dropped alot!
i thought i was going to have to work but i think we';ve worked out a way to at least delay it a bit.
hope everyone is doing well :)
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Sloane- that's good you don't have to go back to work just yet. Hayley is like Corey, just stands there and yells until i get her down! She sometimes gets down from the lounge, kind of sticks her bum up in the air and stretches her arms down to the floor then wriggles her feet back until she's on the ground!
Hayley isn't sleeping any better, and her day sleeps are getting worse too. I think she might be trying to go to one sleep a day, she only had one sleep yesterday and slept for 2 hours, so maybe i shouldn't try putting her down for a morning sleep. but then I don't know if she'll just be really overtired by the end of the day :dunno:
Last night she went to bed at 7.30 but was awake from 8.30 to 10.30 crying..I went to bed then and brought her with me cause I'd had enough and nothing was working to stop her crying! I was home alone too, DF was out at a truck crash.
I ordered an amberbebe teething necklace this morning so hopefully that will help. Might make an appointment to see the childhood nurse too and see if she has any ideas.
Heva- that really sucks about your DF's job! hope he can find something with a decent employer soon. Maybe lots of trips to the park for you and Isaac in the meantime? Lol
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hi!
it seems like I'm not getting the email alerts that a new message has been posted...
I won't attempt personals as it seems so long since I've been on, and our internet is really slow atm. It seems like everyone's going great guns with the walking and eating etc, but not so much on the sleeping?
ss-Storm - I'm wondering whether Zac's moving to one sleep too - he generally has a cracker sleep in the morning, usually about 3 hours after getting up, but it's about fifteen different flavours of hell to get him to sleep in the afternoon... I wonder whether I should put him down later in the morning, or maybe not let him sleep so long so that he has a sleep in the afternoon... He just can't make it through the day without his afternoon sleep! (neither can I ;) )
It's hard to believe that around one year ago I was finishing up at work and really had no idea what was in store. I'm starting to consider now about going back to work part time and it's kinda freaking me out. We're really fortunate in that I don't have to work at the moment, but I just wonder whether I should, y'know?
We have decided to head 'home' (to Christchurch) for Zac's birthday, so the grandparents are getting quite excited. It will be nice to have a bit of a 'holiday' even though it will probably be freezing!
I hope everyone is well and having good sleeps - it's amazing how what we once would have considered to be a pitiful amount of sleep is now enough to completely rejuvenate us!
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Nice to hear from you Cate :)
Enjoy your trip to NZ! I'm sure your family will be so excited to see you all again! Lol yep I am dreading the day when they drop day sleeps altogether, I know that's still a few years away but still..
Had a couple of woo hoo's today- hayley slept in until 9am so got a lovely sleep in! I put her in bed with me at 5am when she woke up so I couldn't go anywhere but it was still nice, was such a shock to see how late it was! she had woken up at 11pm and didn't go back to sleep until midnight so it had been a late night for me. She also started crawling properly this morning. She's only commando crawled/slid around on her tummy for the last few months, and today she finally decided to get off her tummy and do it properly. Although her legs still really only slide along behind her, I think the floorboards are just too slippery for her!
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Hi ladies, sorry I've been MIA for awhile, been meaning to post, but never seem to get around to it iykwim?
Storm, so excited to hear Hayley is crawling, it's so nice to see them exploring isn't it. And woo hoo for the sleep in, wish Ash would do that, 6.30am is a sleep in for me these days...
Cate enjoy your trip to NZ, it will be so nice to share his b'day with family. I know what you mean with how amazing it is that they are nearly one, it was exactly a year ago that I finished up work on Friday. I'm planning on going back part-time but am having a lot of trouble getting a childcare place so it is just a matter of wait and see at the moment, but I am lucky to have a very understanding boss.
Sarah I hope you and Corey are doing a little better this week, it's horrible when it all gets a bit overwhelming :hug:
Heva how is your DF going with the job search, I was sorry to hear that it didn't work out.
AFU there really isn't too much going on. Ash is so close to walking it is ridiculous, a couple of times a day he will take two or three steps, but it is mostly when he wants me to pick him up. If I try and encourage him to walk he just plomps himself down on his bottom. My sister and her 2 DD's are coming to visit it next week. I'm so excited, the live in the US and I haven't seen them since Ash was born so it will be lovely to catch up and for Ash to get to know his cousins. Other than that life is pretty quiet, I keep perservering with the childcare search, but it seems pretty hopeless at the moment. I find it all a bit ridiculous tbh, I've been on the waiting lists since I was 12 weeks pregnant! You'd think by now we would have been offered a place, but there is just such a shortage in our area that it very well could be that we don't get anything till January or beyhond... Anyway better run, hope everyone is doing well :hug:
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Miss E- how's Ash going with his walking attempts? Clever little man :) enjoy your sister's visit, it'll be great now that Ash is old enough to interact with his cousins. how old are they?
Heather- any luck with Jesse's job search or is he still driving you mad at home? Lol
I can't believe it is June! Another month and we'll all be reminiscing about that day 12 months ago...lol. I still find it hard to comprehend I have a child, let alone a one year old!
Hayley now has almost three teeth, her first top one popped through a few days ago. I didn't even realise it was coming through! I don't think her 2nd top tooth is that far away either. She has started grinding them though, god it is a horrible sound! And she keeps trying to bite, sometimes in frustration when I'm trying to get her arms through her clothes and sometimes I think she just wants to relieve the pressure in her gums.
I ended up buying a teething necklace for her. I don't know if it is doing a whole lot, but i think she has been a bit happier when her top tooth came through. Her sleep did improve for a couple of days but is back to where it was now. 48 hours after she'd been wearing it she only woke up once at about 3am, and the night after she slept right through. We had gone out for dinner so it may have been because she was exhausted from that and getting to bed late.
DF has put his foot down about her sleeping in our bed so that hasn't helped things the last few nights. Although last night he was out at a job and didn't come home so I put her in bed with me when she woke up at 5am...she was all bright and bubbly and I'm thinking NOOO we are not starting the day this early!! A couple of nights ago (when he said enough is enough) she was awake for 3 hours crying because he wouldn't give her back to me to settle her down and he was going to make her sleep in her cot. Sure, I'd love her to sleep all night in her cot too but I'm not waiting up for 2 or 3 hours everytime she wakes up trying to get her to go back to sleep! She won't be in our bed forever and it doesn't hurt anyone, at least we both aren't tired and cranky the next day. I don't know why he's so hung up on it, he says he wants his bed/me back, but he's normally up until 2 or 3am working and Hayley sleeps on my other side so he can still snuggle up to me if he wants. I hate thinking it, but sometimes I think it would be easier if it was just me & DD because he just doesn't seem to understand why I do what I do, after all he might have stayed up with us for those 3 hours trying to get her back to sleep, but he isn't the one that then has to look after a grumble bum all day.
Her crawling has really taken off, she zooms around everywhere now. I put her outside on a picnic rug today while I was collecting some wood for the fire and she ended up about 10m off the rug in the grass! So I think she has found her adventurous side now! she started saying something that sounds like "duck" yesterday too. I don't know if that's what she's trying to say but it sounds pretty close so that's good enough for me :p
Hows everyone else going?
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I think that I am not getting notices either, as I just realised I haven't seen one since I last wrote! I thought no one had responded! Anyway, can't believe that we have almost 1 year olds! Can you believe it! I am having a think about what to get for 1st birthday pressies. Mum and Dad have bought him a Euro trike so am looking forward to using that.
Sam is pulling himself up onto everything, he climbs the whole way up the stairs to his bedroom now and pulls himself up into the toy box, climbs in and can't get out! Also pulling up onto windows, coffee table, you name it! He has taken a few assisted steps and uses his scooter and holds onto the back of it.
Miss E - it sounds like as normal Ash and SAm are doing almost the same thing! They have always been quite similar! Get ready to be extra busy!
Cate - enjoy your time in NZ, we are thinking of going over at Christmas time. Most of my family is there as mum is from there, so we thought perhaps 10 days or so. Is a good flight with a small one too. Enjoy the time with the family!
SS Storm - hope the teething necklace is working. I hope things settle down with bed time. It is hard, when you are the one looking after them all day. It is hard if they come into your bed, but I totally understand about whatever stops them being cranky the next day! It is difficult to not form habits, I have a friend who's 6 year old still comes in each night, but you do what you have to. They are not small for ever and one day won't even want to snuggle up to you anymore!
Looking forward to hearing what everyone is planning for their 1st birthday celebrations! Glad to hear everyone is well! And I will keep reading the last few posts to catch up!
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Hiya :)
RE: the notifications - I have been getting some BB notifications in my junk mail box, despite the fact that i keep telling it it's "not junk" it keeps going there :wall:
Yikes I'm falling behind again, I try to post as often as possible otherwise it gets a bit daunting lol.
DF is still not working. :( I'm so over it. *sigh*
SS- I can't believe it's almost thier 1st b'days either!
:rolleyes: DS is awake BBL if I can.
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Sloane - I did what you suggested RE sitting DS down, and I think it;s worked. he still falls backwards occasionally but he has landed on his bottom a couple of times :dance: He's also managed to work out how to get down onto his knees when he's getting tired or wants to go somewhere else so he's not getting so frustrated either.
That's great about not having to go back to work just yet :)
SS - lol If I go to the park (or anywhere else for that matter) guess who has to come with?
I totally understand about you feeling like it'd be easier to be just you and DD, I often feel the same :hug:'s. Men :rolleyes: cant live with em, can't... well actually ya can live without them lol :P
Cate - Your holiday to NZ sounds wonderful, can I climb in your suitcase? I could use a holiday right about now :lol:
Miss E- how exciting on seeing your Sister and Nieces!
AFU - :tmi: I so don't want to know about birthdays. lol I'm thinking we'll just do a small family lunch thing, but then I've made a couple of new friends lately with kids that I'd like to invite as well. lol I can see the invite list getting very long if i'm not careful. No idea what to do about prezzies either, we're not exactly rich atm so maybe just a couple of toys? Not like he'll remember mummy was stingey on his first birthday anyway... right?? lol OH!OH!OH! and my dad says they may come up from melbourne for a visit over Isaac's birthday! I'm so excited, but I really should controll myself as he still has to get the time off work lol. It'll be so disappointing if he cant come :S
Development wise he's had a busy couple of weeks, he's getting really good at pulling himself up and getting back down from EVERYTHING! He's learnt to climb the stairs and thinks it's histerical when I crawl under the table and play Peek-a-boo with him while he standing at it. ITMS?
He's got six teeth now (well almost).
ETA- He's becoming quite good at standing on his own too. Yesterday he was standing holding onto the Jolly Jumper stand and he just let go and stood there for a good 5 seconds(!) (with his hands up like he was praying lol) before he fell to his knees.
He's also become impossible to change (clothes, nappy, socks, anything!). Even before I put him down he's rolling over and trying to get away, and if I make him stay he cries and screams so much, it sounds like I'm killing him! I often just resort to lying him on the floor and pinning his arms down, just so I can get his flippin' nappy on. NOT fun!
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we've gone all quiet again!
Not surprising given the stage our bubs are at - definitely keep us on our toes, huh?
Well, still a few weeks until we go to NZ. I am really looking forward to it, although it will be freezing! Hoping to get Zac's sleeping sorted out before we go too, because at the moment it's very anti-social. We are back to him not being able to get to sleep without high levels of intervention - if he's exhausted he will fall asleep on a feed, but otherwise I need to lie down with him, rock him, etc etc. Some nights he's like the blasted duracell bunny - just keeps going and going! We've had 9pm and 10pm several times, and he's been awake for 5+ hours... :rolleyes: He has also been sleeping most of the night (ie from about midnight onwards) with me, which wouldn't be so bad, but some nights he's very restless, and then last night he fell out of bed :o god I felt so awful. He must have been asleep and very relaxed - he got a fright when he hit the floor, but as soon as I picked him up he pretty much went straight back to sleep!
Poor wee man had a tough day yesterday - doing a lot of adventuring, like all our babies are, and DH wasn't quite quick enough and Zac fell head first off the sofa. Got a big bump on his head, a grazed cheek, and a bit of a bleeding nose. But, how good is Arnica??? You can barely see a bruise today! So DH feels awful, I feel bad... Zac is still rampaging around ;-)
I suppose there will be plenty more bumps and falls to come...
re first birthdays - well, obviously we are heading to NZ, but that will be a very small little celebration - just us, the grandparents, and my sister. We'll have another little one here for DH's sister plus a very close friend. The biggest thing is that our mothers' group is having a combined first birthday party - we're holding it at our community centre, so the babies can play in the playgroup room. We're having a Kris Kringle type of present exchange. Should be great fun and completely chaotic!
Well, that's probably enough of a brain dump from me :redface: I hope everyone is doing well.
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miss e - hope you're enjoying your time with your sister & ash is having a great time with his cousins :)
heva - that's great news about isaac starting to get the hang of sitting down again - it's so good to knock another frustration out of the way for them! i'm sorry to hear that your DF isn't working yet - i have my :crossfingers: that something comes up really soon. and i hear you on nappy changes....arrrrrgh!!!
lovelycate - your trip to nz sounds like a fab way to celebrate zac's 1st birthday! gosh, it's all coming round so quickly!
ss_storm - how are you guys going with the sleeping arrangements? i know i posted in your other thread, but i really think your DF needs to let you call the shots on this one because you have to deal with the fallout the next day! i know my DP isn't necessarily keen on our sleeping arrangements (now corey is on a single mattress on the floor in his room & i co-sleep from about midnight) but he figures that we do what we need to for me to be able to function the next day!!
afu, corey is over his cold now & has been in the bestest of moods in the last couple of days...it's almost like he's changed again - he chatters almost all day (no idea where he gets that from :lol:) and is turning into the most affectionate baby - he even wants to hug his swimming teacher at the end of the lesson :lol: i am still in denial that our babies are almost 1. what a complete spinout!! this time last year i was lazing around at home, having afternoon naps, on a baking frenzy, staying up late listening to the french open on the radio & sleeping in till 10 or 11..... :o
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Have been away for a couple of days visiting my mum & sister & look at all the chat!
Pie is great although she has another cold... I am going to try some olive leaf extract and see if thast helps, she seems to get a LOT.
She is standing alone a lot now, going for longer & longer & she looks around & waits for everyone to clap & cheer :lol: - funny, I haven't seen her do it yet without an audience! She is walking holding just one hand now, building her confidence, so not too far off 'proper' walking. I don't hink she needs to hold anyone's hand but for her own confidence & she is very much doing it at her own pace, all the coaxing from her sister & brothers is in vain :)
First birthday - Panda has a Physie comp on that day so it will take up the entire day, but I am hoping we will have family come along to watch the comp & then we can do something at home that night. Not too sure what to get her, I keep thinking of things & then forgetting them, lol. A baby doll because she likes the ones at FDC.
Will try & keep up more & do personals next time :redface:
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I had forgotten all about this group! Will try to get back into posting again... I just had my appendix removed so teaghan is really unsettled...
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Have to go and settle a grizzly girl ;) but keen to hear how everyone is doing, will bbl.
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argh - i have been meaning to come back & post for AGES! where do the days go?! :lol:
missbec - i saw your fb status about appendicitis & was wondering how you were. i hope that the last couple of weeks have meant some good healing & you're in a lot less pain now. how's teaghan now?
fleur - how did the olive leaf extract go? did you decide on a birthday present/s yet? i can't believe your gorgeous girl is walking - that video on fb is just beautiful :D
afu, i cannot believe that it's corey's first birthday in a week. eeeek! this year has just flown past. i've noticed a few more changes in the last week - corey went from just starting to point in general to in the last day or so pointing at specific things. esp at things he wants (like the wii remote!). he's still just taking 1 or 2 steps a day but no walking just yet. um, not sure what else! i've been working on breaking the feed to sleep association & also on trying to resettle during naps until he reaches 1.5 hours to try & help his night sleep. it worked for someone at MG so i figure it's worth a try!
hope everyone else is well, looking forward to hearing lots of news over the next few weeks as they all turn 1!
