Teresa- one word- Douche! dont worry about that guy, just do what works for you. Adrian sleeps in a basinette in the living room with us during the day, or in his bouncy chair, or sometimes naps in bed with me and sleeps in his cot at night, or if he is fast asleep in the basinette we will leave him there when we go to bed and put him in the cot later. In short, it doesnt matter where your baby sleeps as long as he is Sleeping!!!!! That means you can get some more rest too.
For anyones info, i realised that if i put Adrian down in his cot after his night feed and he was sleepy but not asleep he stares at the wall. He used to get grumpy and start crying when i turned the lamp off because he couldnt see the wall. so i just leave it on now and he stares happily until he falls asleep. That realisation saves me getting out of bed a dozen times to settle him so maybe see if your bubs like looking at stuff until they fall asleep?
M2bxx- RE: having a shower. We don't use a dummy with Adrian because wheneva he grumps i just feed him but i have found that a dummy is bliss when i have to have a shower or long car trips. I wrap him up on my bed where i can see him from my ensuite and give him a dummy. Keeps him happy long enough for me to wash my hair and shave my legs which i know makes us all feel much more human LOL He isnt really attached to the dummy yet so hopefully there will be no weaning issues later on. Meanwhile, at least i dont smell like spitup. LOL
AFM- ****y at DH today. He has one job which is solely his and that is mowing the yard. He kept promising all this long wekend that he would do the yard and today at about 3:00 said flat out 'I just don't want to do it' and proceeded to play 3 hours of grand theft auto........Um, i dont want to get out of bed 4 times a nite to feed our son but it has to be done, so i just suck it up and do it! The ONE job he has to do and he does it every three weeks (if that!) meanwhile i did three loads of washing and all the folding, AND fed Adrian all day! Grrrr I just want to punch him sometimes!!!!
Sorry for the vent, hope your DH's are better behaved!
Meercat & Teresa- Don't you love that some people know how to raise your child better than you! I just let it go in one ear and out the other!
Jelly- i hope you get your lawn mowed next weekend instead!
dtd- we have done it a few times...i find it hard to get in the right mood for it though, i think i am just to tired to be turned on at the moment!
afm- Grace has slept from 9.30pm to 4am for the past 5 nights.....wooohoooo! It would be great if she kept it up...my body has appreciated the sleep! She is now 3.8 kg, my cousin had her baby last week that weighed more than that at birth! lol!
HI mummies! Hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday!
I know, I haven't posted in here for aaaaages but I do read every day - just get too lazy n distracted to post anything back But it's really good to hear when our bubs are doing similar things/ going through the same stages.
Here's an update on what's been going on in my little world:
Blake is now just over 7 weeks old, and on his check-ups last week he weighed in at 5.1kg and 59cm long - he has grown 7cm in 7 weeks!! We are getting lots of smiles and sounds and sometimes a little giggle which is really really cute
We are going to mother's group every thursday at the clinic, and the nurse talks about a different topic at each session which is great and we learn a lot.
Blake has been quite snuffly and sounds quite choked up in his throat, especially first thing in the morning. I bought the fess littlenoses, it helped to wash the snot out of his nose but he was still coughing during feeds. When I told the MCHN about this, she asked what formula I was using. I was using S26 original, and she said that every time she asked what formula a mum was using when the baby was very snuffly, every time they were using S26!! So I changed to Heinz on her suggestion, and a few days on he sounds much better! Still a little choked up but its going away. The can says 3 scoops to 150ml, but he rarely finishes the bottle anymore. But i suppose as long as he is happy with what he has, it must be ok.
I have been having a bit of a hard time myself - a bout of mastitis turned into a breast abscess, and on the night of my birthday I ended up in emergency, the next day it was operated on and a drain put in to make sure it was all cleaned out. So 2 nights in hossy without my bubba, was so sad but dh took good care of him and visited all day. On the mend now, had Silverchain coming to change the dressing for a week and to monitor the healing, but i can do it myself now nd it's healing very well. DH got me a massage voucher for my bday, so as soon as its all better I am going to go and get myself pampered!!
re: restlessnes - i haven't noticed it happening to Blake yet, he's just been spending more time awake during the day, but still settling fine and sleeping at least 4 hours at a time at night. As soon as he shows any tired signs (jerky arms/legs, a yawn) i wrap him up really tight and cuddle him til he goes to sleep then pop him in his bassinet or rocker.
re: thrush, my lil man has it on the inside of his thighs. i'm using daktozin cream on it (daktarin with zinc so its water resistant) 5 days since we started using it and its almost all gone.
mia - great news about the sacral dimple!! im using heinz nurture - not the gold tho, my MCHN thinks they are waste of money? Blake is good on the heinz, no constipation or wind, and goes 3.5 to 4 hrs between feeds - though he doesn't finish the full 150mls suggested.
meercat - i hope tiah's tests come back good
to everyone else, sending long sleep vibes for those that need it!
b, I still haven't had my AF. I stopped bleeding soon after my c/s (about a week later the red/pink bleeding stopped, and then there were a few days of brown spotting). I had this weird pain in my left ovary a couple of times last week (quite painful actually), so I'm thinking I ovulated then?????? If so, I'll have my AF around 14-15 days later. Will have to keep track of this. Hope Ewan is feeling heaps better now!
Jelly, we're done the 'deed' a few times now and I have to say it's quite enjoyable! Sorry TMI! I feel so guilty as we have Cam in the room and I have to be really quiet....We've now left Cam with Grandma a few times but mosty for shopping, we haven't gone out for too long, ie to dinner/movies. Maybe soon! Sorry to hear your DH is a naughtly boy. He sounds just like my dad! Mowing the lawn is the only thing mum asks him to do and half the time she ends up doing it herself!
Teresa, stuff the stupid guy!! Cam sleeps with us in his bassinette, and will for the next few months at least. For some reason he hates being in our bed!! Sometimes I feel like some cuddles in bed, but the minute I take him in, he cries....I just don't feel comfortable having him in his own roon at night. We have the baby monitor but haven't used it yet!
Mum2BXX, Cam also is hard to settle after we come back from wherever we went to (which is not often anyway) as he also gets over stimulated and then doesn't sleep enough during the day. The he is a real little horror!!
Meercat, I also do the walking around thing to get my wee man sleepy and then put him down, except half the time he wakes up the minute I put him down!! Cheeky little monkey.
AFM, Cam was at his worst yesterday. After a fabulous Friday and half of the Saturday, where I thought he was becoming a 'dream baby' and was starting to really settle, he was quite the little monster yesterday. He slept next to nothing yesterday, and cried for good 4 hours which is really unusual for him. DF and I were tearing our hair out!! He finally dropped off at 11.30 pm, but then woke me up at 2.30, and then he slept until almost 9 am!!!! He must have been catching up on his lost sleep. Today has been a day of new beginnings. I put the little bugger in his cot for the first time and he has slept like an angel all day. Can't work out if he likes the cot or if he is still catching up on the lost sleep from yesterday. Also, I've changed his formula to Novolac Colic, as it's more gentler on their tummies and it has reduced lactose formulation. See how this one goes!!!
Sorry I've only had time to reply to only a few of you lovelies, still pretty tired from yesterday and waiting on wee man to wake up for his feed. Must sterilise his bottles....
Don't get much time to get on here, currently trying to BF and type. Seems to constantly feeding the last 2 days must be growing.
DS seems to spend half the night (from 2am) in bed with me BF and I fall asleep. Try to put back in bassinet which is beside me, but is getting to big for it so will need to move to cot. During the day trying him out in cot but just screams, when Iget him to sleep and put him in only last a few minutes.
Yet to DTD as I'm still spotting.
Jelly understand your frustration with DH had my mum take DD for a couple of nights for a break DH always complains cannot get anything done because looking after DD, all he did is sit on the lounge all day. So hope I don't here any more complaining.
Will try to get on here regularly, someone needs a nappy change again.
They made her lay on a huge table, and drew blood from her arm while she screamed
My Mum came with me and held Tiah while I talked to her, Lucky she came because I would have been a mess otherwise.
The nurse doing it was great... really matter of fact and quick. The nurse helping her? She was saying "Oh her hand is going white!" "Oh I cant hold her down she will cry!" "Oh I feel so mean!"
WTF - she is supposed to be reassuring us that it is NOT mean
She also read she was getting her thyroid checked (For her buggy eyes) and said "Oh she has such lovely wide eyes" then looked all confused when the other nurse growled at her and said "Yes that is why the Dr is checking her thyroid" DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - way to make the babies mum even more scared idiot.
(I dont think there is any problem, Tiah seems to just get very excited and open her eyes so wide. Dr just wanted to make sure it isnt something else)
thanks everyone for letting me know that i had a right to feel upset and annoyed at that friend. just going to ignore comments by them. as far as i am concerned, it has nothing to do with them why he was in our room.
meercat - hope tiah is ok. fingers crossed she just has big eyes and not a thyroid issue xx
hi to everyone else.
afm, af has made her appearance. feeling a bit sore at the moment. will be interesting to see if i get the pain i used to get before i fell pg or if it has dulled a bit now. i heard that it does but will see.
a friend of mine who keeps having recurrent miscarriages is off to have a laprascopy and hysteroscopy today FINALLY after me telling her for months she needed one and that the ultrasounds her FS kept sending her for will show up jack s%@#. Fingers crossed that its all ok and the next time she falls pg it sticks. i have been having a few issues with her since i fell pg and then had Hamish. there has been a little jealousy there and i dont blame her. i am sure if the situation was reversed it would be the same with me. she was so excited coz he was born on her birthday but then sad coz suddenly i wasnt just pg, he was here and it made it all real that we had a baby and she didnt. she has been a bit standoffish too so i am hoping that goes away soon. i feel so sorry for her and her husband.
anyway, Hamish is currently asleep. its taking a bit for him to get used to this new routine. i had to give him panadol the other night coz he was beside himself crying and so overtired. i changed his nappy, fed him and burped him but that didnt make a difference so i thought i would try the panadol and within 25mins he was fast asleep. last night he slept from 730pm till 230am! he might have slept longer if i had just given him his dummy but instead i gave him a bottle and he drank the whole lot. then he proceeded to have only small amounts for the next 2 feeds. oh well. i am finding that i am going thru a tin of formula every 6 days tho!!
anyway better go and do the dishes. i am on a get fit and lose weight campaign. just need the motivation to start it at the moment. i have a treadmill and stacks of DVD's so will see how i go.
Happy bday insom and b- hope you both had great days.
Meercat- sorry to hear tiah had to have tests. I hate it when they get poked and proded by the doctors, they always seem so rough. But id rather that then have them miss something. Hopefully tiah is fine and she has big eyes so that she can see the world
Teresa- sorry to hear bout AF, i dont think mine will come back at all. That has its benefits and setbacks but what can ya do? Oh well. Tell your friend I had a lap and a hyst and they were both very simple and fairly painless procedures and hopefully they will find the problem and be able to solve it.
AFM- Adrian seems to be alternating between great days with lots of smiles and playtime, to feral days where he just screams and wont take his full feeds. People keep saying its his 6 week growth spurt but he is now 7 weeks 3 days, any idea when this fussiness ends? Please say it is just a phase......
I am so jealous of all the mums whos babies are sleeping 7-8 hours stretches. Adrian is still up at least every 3 hours, if not less and i keep falling asleep while feeding him. Thankfully i always have a pretty good hold on him so theres no risk of me dropping him but im just so tired at night.
I have been reading all the posts, but never seem to be able to finish a reply lately
Tiah is sleeping through the night now (10.30pm - 5-6am). I am taking advantage of that while it lasts! She is very unsettled and clingy from 6pm through to 10.30 though... she has heaps of cluster feeds and cuddles but that works well for us because that is when DP is home to help. She doesnt sleep more than an hour or so during the day though....
I took her to a baby sensory class yesterday, and although it was hard being in a class with heaps of woman I dont know (I am so bad at those things) it was seriously the best thing I have ever seen for babies! Tiah loved it, there was bubbles, smells for her to try, so many toys..... they do classes in WA and NSW - I really reccommend it ladies, they do something different every week and all the babies in there were so happy the entire hour!
Does anyone else go to Mothers Group or something similar? Am I the only one that finds it hugely awkward??????
He isnt really attached to the dummy yet so hopefully there will be no weaning issues later on. Meanwhile, at least i dont smell like spitup. LOL
But it's really good to hear when our bubs are doing similar things/ going through the same stages.
but dh took good care of him and visited all day. On the mend now, had Silverchain coming to change the dressing for a week and to monitor the healing, but i can do it myself now nd it's healing very well. DH got me a massage voucher for my bday, so as soon as its all better I am going to go and get myself pampered!! 
to everyone else, sending long sleep vibes for those that need it! 
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