Kat- So sorry that you had that scare! must have been awful. I am assuming that she was other than just asleep in your DH's arms? Does he fall asleep like that all the time? If he had sleep apneoa, watch him sleep and you will know. He will stop breathing for periods of over 20secs at a time and then semi-startle or move to open his airway again. He may do this over and over all night and so be fatigued and worn out in the morning. If it is sleep apneoa, he eneed to go to a sleep center and get sorted cos all of lack of oxygen can be damaging over time.. fingers crossed and thinking of you both.
Naomi- the mother blessing was for my sister. It is a really lovely idea. no-one brings gifts for the baby, unless perhaps it is a bead for the necklace that the mother wears during labour to remind her of all of the women who are thinking of her during that time. Everyone is asked to bring a bead and then during a little ceremony they give it to her and tell her something uplifting or encouraging, as they thread the bead onto her necklace. At one point there is a ball of red wool that is thrown around the circle of women, back and forth creating a "web of support", and as each woman recieves the wool they wrap the wool around their arm to anchor it, and when they throw it on, they say a word which represents their wish for the mothers birth experience. when done everyone cuts the wool on either side of their wrist and wears it until the mother births. My sister gave everyone a simple bead to go with it. Then we all hung out and rubbed her feet and hands and neck and talked and ate. One of her friends is a bit more of a hippy (said with all the best of love!) and so got out the henna. I had so much fun adding to the belly painting. For her last pregnancy she had a picture of the baby drawn swimming in the womb in colours on her belly. Anyway a lovely experience and a lovely thought. averyone brought food to put in her freezer or will bring her something fresh in the days/weeks after the birth and perhaps fold a basket of washing for her or do some washing.
BG- glad to hear you had a bit better night with E. It's so nice to rest properly!
Amy- Sorry to hear things have been tough there! Glad having a walk helped. it is amazing what a little bit of excersise and time on your own can do.
Nicky- Glad to ear things are getting better!
Cathy- Good luck with the needles and the teething fingers crossed she is better this time.
AFM-well we have been in our own little world the last few days. DH has had 5 days off and we have been having fun. DH has been so kind and supportive, has gotten out of bed 4 out of 5 mornings and let me sleep in till 10! so catchin up on sleep. then we went to an airshow on Saturday and spent all day in the shade of a fig tree watching the world go by. the jets didn't bother J at all. She fell asleep during the noisy bit! Then watched the fireworks with us
We couldn't quite work out going to a fancy resturant to belatedly celebrate our wedding anniversary, so we put J to bed early and DH cooked for me and we had a bottle of champagne. Was lovely.
Now we r gonna go for a swim. Have been taking J into the pool often she really likes it! Although I think she breathed in some water the other day. She was alright but Naomi i wanted to know if you could tell me how they teach babies to hold their breaths under water? and how do they teach them to float?
Bella - to teach them to hold their breath you blow quite hard in their face just before submerging them as this causes the startle reflex and they take a deep breath - Sean is doing this to Bailey in a video of them playing on my FB so take a look! You can see Bailey throw his arms back in the reflex. Try it with J next time you are playing. Also when you submerge them you dont pull them under the water as such as the water goes up the nose, you kinda tip them in head first a bit upside down (facing away from you) - does that make sense? At our pool they wont do this until 6 months but we are getting Bailey ready with the blowing as thats only 3 weeks away for us. For floating I went from holding Baileys head and back while he was floating 'assisted' in the bath to gradually just lightly touching the back of his head and he floats - he will float in the bath unassisted now (although my hand is cms from his head for when he moves too suddenly etc) - one day I just took the last hand away and he just kept floating - crazy kid, he loves it. In the pool though I always keep my hand under his head as there are so many people in the pool its wavy/splashy etc. I dont know if this is the 'correct' way to teach it, but hey it worked for Bailey lol
Nicky - I have sent an email to the First Aid Instructor to find out about the courses in VIC - I am pretty sure they are Australia wide, will keep ya posted
Naomi- thanks very much!! I should go to a class, but we have a pool in our current house and so i have just been having fun with her. Not looking forward to when we move in Jan, although i am cos we r going back home, but I won't have a pool there.
oh ps i just updated my ticker and now i can see it but I can't see any of yours.... do you think they have gone outta date or therei is a problem with bb site?
Wow BG, you were right about that 'wonder week' (or three)!! Not that I doubted you, but it's so amazing to see it in action. After a couple of weeks of sooking, clinging and disturbed sleep, Ivy has has the most lovely aware, talkative, easy to settle, trying new things kind of day. Well, not ALWAYS easy to settle. 2/3 naps she went down easily... 1, she fought all the way! All of a sudden she's pivoting around the floor on both back and tummy so she can cover almost 180 degrees to get what she wants or see something different. She's also started working REALLY hard to try and get from her back onto her tummy. Like, yesterday morning she had no idea it was a possibility, and then started twisting her body a bit through the day yesterday and kind of looking up and behind her, ... went swimming so no practice this morning, but this arvo she got almost all the way over several times! Then cracked it with frustration of course, as she got stuck on her side with one arm in the air! But we're so close. I'm sure she'll get it in the next few days. SO amazing!!
Bella - I've just posted a small video on facebook of Kyson going underwater. He's never cried when I do it and seems to just take it in his stride
Like Naomi mentioned, I just blow in his face, and you'll be able to see in the video that he sort of closes his eyes a little as he sucks air in. Then when I dunk him I do it on an angle so that his face goes in sideways to avoid water going up his nose.
We're going swimming again tomorrow. Kyson's little cousin, Levi, is coming with us. Levi is only 2 days younger, so it's going to be so cute. Hmmm, actually, I don't know what relationship they have technically. It's my husbands, cousin's baby. I wonder if there is a name for that...?
fingers crossed she is better this time.
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