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hi ladies
just popping in quickly cos i kinda have nothing to say (very scary for me!)
did want to ask though - do any of you have one of those "babie's first years" books - the ones with all the milestones you're supposed to make not of? i was going to get one but got told "wait, someone will buy it as a present" but it hasn't happened so figured i'd make one on my own with the photo program i'm using - but i don't know what milestones i should include - help! lol
BG - I have one, but I haven't filled it in - LOL, I am using my photo book too
Here are some of the milestones in there though ....... (good question as it reminded me to add some of these things to Bailey's photobook)
Meaning of babies name
Nicknames
As for milestones, First....
- Smile
- Laugh
- Sounds
- Held up head
- Rolled over
- Solid Food
- Sat up
- Crawled
- Tooth
- Stood alone
- First words
- Walked with help
- Walked alone
I've added when Bailey changed clothes size, weigh and measure details, when he slept in his cot the first night through, Ummmm, will post more as I think of it
Hi Girls,
Self absorbed post ahead...
Jemima was up at 5.30 this morning. I knew she was still tired and should be still sleeping but DH in bed... she's wide awake. *sigh* IF he wasn't in bed I would just feed her in bed and try to convince her to go back to sleep. But he is and he works hard so I got out of bed... she went back to sleep finally at 8am and only slept till 8.45. DH then took her for me but she was soooooo miserable today. Honestly she spent all day rubbing her eye, but would get really distressed if I put her in situations where she would normally go to sleep. I think over tired? Anyway to make it al worse it has been really hot and humid here. We only have aircon in the bedrooms.... we got the place site unseen when we moved up here 12months ago and thought that when it said "aircon" that that meant everywhere. It doesn't, so she has been really really hot. doesn't want to feed much during the day, so that means she will feed all night to catch up when she is more comfortable.... I had better go, I need to catch up on some more sleep so I can cope tonight and tommorow...
Love to you all
Bella
thanks Naomi
was thinking i might add some other stuff myself - like first day out of the house and things - not sure. will have to see how i go
E has been 1000000000 times better today after sleeping really well last night - we spent time outside with daddy yesterday and today so maybe that has helped
i'm pretty sure she's teething at the moment. grabbing at her ears a lot, but they don't appear red or anything. she's not grizzling much with it - just grabbing at her ears even in her sleep.
put up a vid of my little chatterbox this morning. i managed to catch the end of the ramble she was on - that girl can TALK! she has now said mum, hi and dad, which is so gorgeous - esp seeing DH was there to hear all of them
Hi girls, sorry I haven't been in - it has been so busy the last few days!
I will make sure I get onto FB tonight to catch up with your photos and videos.
Naomi: Haven't rung Jetstar just yet. I think if I can get a stroller on cheaply I'll still do it, and I may bring the carrier as well because it doesn't take up much room. Thanks heaps for offering to swap them around. That'd be grand.
Sorry about not getting much sleep. Hope he settles into something more manageable. I don't blame you for not being able to listen to him cry. I haven't read NCSS, but I know there are a few people on the forum who've done it. Leasha and Heaven to name a couple. Heaven's got a thread going atm as she is implementing some of the strategies she and her DH have implemented. Might be worth looking into anyway.
BG: Can't wait to see your video of E talking. I'm loving the vids of our babies and I haven't seen her in motion yet! Will be interesting to see if those pearly whites pop up sometime soon. My father keeps telling me P is teething because she is such a "sucker", LOL! But I think it's just who she is. She loves having something in her mouth - I'm amazed that she won't keep a dummy in there.
Bella: :hug: Babe, I hope you got some sleep last night. It's hard when they don't sleep well and they are upset for it. Thinking of you, mate.
Was very excited to have some Natty/mummy time on Wed morning. We caught a train together! Natty was so thrilled with it. Met up with DH and Phoebe at the other end - he said he was quite scared to be left alone with her, LOL! But he really enjoyed it too.
Ok, we're going to dash off soon to get some portraits taken for DH's studio window (for the Christmas special). Will try to pop in again tonight.
Sorry for the selfish post girls...
Kyson has Croup :( I noticed that he sounded a little snuffly last night when I went to bed, but when he woke at 12.15am for a feed he just screamed and screamed. His nose was pouring out mucus and his cry and breathing sounded funny. We couldn't get him to settle and he wouldn't even feed, so I jumped in the shower with him and he finally calmed down. Midway through the shower he did a large vomit that was all mucus, poor mite. We ended up getting out of the shower because the scare of it all caught up to me and my legs were all shaking and trembling. Kyson managed to feed after that and go back to sleep, but is breathing was a bit laboured and I don't think DH or I slept much for the rest of the night.
We were able to go to the doctors first thing this morning and found out he has croup. Apparently it usually gets worse the second night, so I'm not looking forward to tonight. I thought maybe I was being overly worried, but my doctor assured me I was fine, and told me that when her son got croup she called an ambulance, lol.
Hopefully he'll improve quickly. I really hate seeing him sick :(
hugs kl - hope kyson improves quickly for you
:hug: for u and kyson hope he gets better very soon
Hey krystie, couple of tips. If ur bf put some euki bear or vicks above where he puts his nose to feed. The steam from a bath is really handy. The croup sound comes from their swollen airway so some neurofen can improve them, because it is anti inflammatory and it makes them feel better. If all else fails go to your local emergency deptment. They will give him steroids and h will get better very quickly. Just take a book and toys for him because it is pretty boring after awhile. Good luck. Oh and keep him more upright if he is struggling, he will breath easier that way. Xx bella
Hope you had an ok night last night, Krystie, and that Kyson is doing better today. :hug:
How's your little guy going KL - hope he (and you) had a good nights sleep and are feeling good!!
Bailey and I are thinking of u :)
Phoebe is 5 months today :)
We are celebrating by staying in because we have a rental inspection, LOL! Ah, it's so frustrating. Wendy (the estate agent) comes by, says hello, asks if anything's broken or needs replacing and then leaves. Takes all of 2 minutes (unless we need to show her something) so we end up staying home waiting forever for practically nothing. Anyhoo, should be good to stay in given the last few days and how busy they've been.
We swapped telcos on Thurs arvo. DH is going away for a few days in November out to Western NSW and needs Telstra NextG coverage if I'm to be able to contact him. So we've had to change from our ridiculously cheap phone plan. Bummer. However, the good thing is we now have mobile service at home, LOL! We didn't before - I was able to sms, but not make calls. So maybe we can cut the home phone out.
I am glad the weather is warming up here. Natty is still mad keen on 'skirts', so at least now I don't have to try to fit her dresses over her other clothes - she can just wear a dress. Yesterday she demanded that Phoebe wear a skirt too :rolleyes: Fortunately I have a couple of little dresses for P, otherwise Natty would have the fashion police onto me!
At the photo shoot yesterday (DH got a great window photo) we had some family shots taken too as there were two other photographers there so we figured we'd make the most of it, LOL. So we got a brilliant photo of all 4 of us, and we got a beautiful one of Phoebe. So thrilled! You'd think being married to a photographer I'd have loads of lovely pics of my girls, but not the case.
Alrighty, I'm off to do a final tidy up and peg out some nappies. Hope everyone else is doing ok.
Happy 5 months Phoebe!!! (and Cara and CJ too)
Post the piccies on FB Amy so we can have a lookie :)
hope you had a better night KL, and that kyson is feeling better today
Happy five months miss Phoebe!
enjoy your day at home Amy - sometimes being stuck at home is a blessing in disguise! can't wait to see your piccies when they're done.
we get to pick up our professional photos this week. not sure how i feel about being in them myself - LOTS of self image issues at the moment. probably cos i have no choice but to be in photos with E so can't avoid seeing myself. the PCOS hair loss plus the normal post-birth stuff has left me with bugger all hair and it's really getting to me. lucky summer is here - now i can wear hats!
you may have seen it on FB - but my little chatter box has more words - she now says mum mum, hiiiiiii, dad dad, pa pa (for granpa - not that he heard it - but i did dammit!) and harrow (hello). i'm never gonna get a moments peace - she's talking too much already! lol - it's so cute though!
Hi Girls,
BG- as I said on fb I think that E is amazing... a smart baby from a smart mummy! Sorry to hear you are struggling with your self image atm Bg..... although I can understand that losing your hair would have to affect your self esteem.... I know that would kill me, but I am proud of you for keeping such a brave face. Maybe the cosmo's figured it was unfair to gift you with too much as you are both smart, funny and kind already. Either way, we love you no matter what.
Naomi- I hope you have a fabulous time on the Goldy, enjoy your pampering today! Also nice to hear that Bailey rolled for you. Jemima has just started to roll consistently in the last few days. Now she is over on her front very quickly when you start her on her back. She can't go back the other way tho.... 1st time she managed it she was so suprised she burst into tears! Kinda funny tho... I think that was also just because she has had some tough days lately, but she is improving now.
Krystie- I hope that you and Kyson are ok and feeling better this morning. The predmix is amazing isn't it!
Amy- Congratulations on Phoebe's 5 months! Glad to hear that you have gotten some nice pics! You know it's always the plumbers toilet that is broken! I have decided to get one for cards for christmas this yr and I am also gonna do up dome personalised calanders for the family. We are gonna be a bit tight for cash after another move this Jan and so I figure it will be a nice way to give a cheaper gift which is thoughtful. PITA about your rental agent keeping you tied up all day, but it is a good excuse to stay home I agree.
AFM- Well Jemima seems to be on the improve yesterday and today. Happier in herself and whilst not sleeping better, she is waking most nights at 11,3-4 and up at 6, she is more contented. She has been very funny even in her misery. I shouldn't laugh but when she is particularly sad she finds a bare shoulder, lathers it in drool and then blows bubbles on it! In combination with a kinda ahhhh bub, bub, bub, bub baaaaaa, noise repeated over and over. I really have to stop myself from giggling as it is very funny! She is not feeding well during the day either because of the heat I think and so is making up her feeds over night, which is kinda tiring. We got given an old jolly jumper by my sister but it wasn't very good as the elastic was wearing out and not very supportive, so this week we bought her a new one and she just loves it! She is jumping around like a mad thing! I wish we had our video recorder but the friends of my sisters who recorded her birth have it and I havn't managed to get it back yet:( Would also like to record her in the pool... She loves it. Esp being on her back.... she arches and almost put herhead under water in thed excitement of it all! In fact sometimes she takes me by suprise with the movement and if I am only supporting under her back and bottom, she has dunked herself! Anyway she really is enjoying it. DH is really enjoying her company alot more now. As she gets older and more aware of him, she is much more interactive with him. She gets up and plays with him some mornings and really enjoys the time by the looks of it... He really enjoys how excited she is to see him and the more time he spends the greater her excitement. Her favorite thing atm is being upside down! she is never short of a giggle if you turn her upside down:)
Anyway she is complaining so I had better go
Love you all
Bella
Thanks for allt he well wishes girls. And Bella, thanks for all the hints and tips. We didn't give him any nurofen, but he had been prescribed predmix, and it seems that it was pretty quick in reducing the swelling. Funny thing though, the predmix is exactly the same type we give to animals at my vet clinic, lol. We also raised one end of his matress a little last night so that may have helped too. Apparently the paediatrics at Sunshine hospital A&E is quite good, so it's nice to know (as it's closer than Royal Children's). Oh, and we have ambulance cover now too, so that's a relief.
Kyson actually had quite a good night last night. Usually I'm still feeding him 3-4 times overnight, and last night it was only twice! Of course, while he was getting his good sleep, I was wide awake for most of it stressing and making sure he was breathing. He's still co-sleeping in our room (with his cot against my side of the bed with one side off), so I slept with one hand on his chest so I could still feel him breathing.
Oh, and my sweet boy has learnt to share. He has shared his germs with me. Luckily in adults our breathing tubes are so big that even with them swollen we can still breath quite well. It's just a little uncomfortable and sort of feels like I am breathing air that is thicker than usual.
There's quite a few bub's reaching monthly milestones at the moment! Happy 4, 5, and 6 months to all! Kyson is almost 6 months. I can't believe it. Where o where has the time gone?!
Naomi: I will get DH to resize the photos and put them on my puter for me. He's still got them on the work computer.
How exciting that you are leaving tomorrow!!! Have an awesome time!
BG: Exciting about getting your professional shots! I'm sorry about the self-image probs. I hope that when you see yourself holding your gorgeous bubba that you realise how wonderful your body is. I always feel better about myself when I see Phoebe in photos with me. Makes me realise again that we have wonderfully grown such gorgeous little creatures and that makes our bodies pretty bloody fantastic. A photo of me on my own however... ewww, yellow teeth with too many spaces, hair that hasn't been styled in months and just gets raked up into a pony tail day after day, belly that sticks out over every single pair of pants I own, tuckshop arms, combination skin that STILL has blocked pores and pimples from time to time... *sigh*. My issues to name a few.
WOW @ E's words. That's pretty special.
Bella: Yes, the personalised cards and calendars are a brilliant idea for Christmas. I too am looking for less exxy options for everyone and we will do something with photos. DH sells some lovely frames so I might get a few of those for the extended family. And LOL @ the plumber analogy - so true!
Glad Jemima has been a bit happier of late. Had to LOL @ the explanation of her funny noises. Phoebe has discovered that she can blow raspberries. It is really funny, but I have to try not to laugh because lately I have been telling Natty off for doing the same thing... then Phoebe starts! I can't really tell her off for it, but for Natty's benefit I have to say, 'no spitting, Phoebe' even though I think it's the cutest thing out!
Krystie: Glad last night was ok and that you found some medicine that works. Bummer about not sleeping well yourself, but that's totally understandable... particularly given Bella's experience not too long ago! I am so sorry you've caught it yourself. That sucks! Hopefully it runs its course very quickly and you are back on your feet again soon.
We are enjoying our day at home, though we did a quick run up to the shops earlier and ran into some friends so we had a cino, LOL! Was nice. (Wendy came over quite early and as predicted stayed for about 5 minutes, LOL! Only reason why she was here so long was because DH was getting stuck into her about some insulation.) DH has just left for a wedding up in the Hunter Valley and wont be home til midnight-ish. So I might invite us over to my parents' place for dinner. Gotta love mum and dad ;)
i think raspberries must be flavour of the moment - E has them down pat too!
we are doing kris kringle for the adults - DH and I got my mum and my aunt - so they're getting photobooks. was pretty easy to do. i'm doing thankyou cards for gifts and cards when E was born - and will put a Christmas card/photo in with those for everyone. will definitely be E only though! i may do a printed card to put behind it with our comments on it, rather than printing over the photo - just have to work out what cardboard i have here that i can use lol. works out cheap cards if you're only doing photo - a standard photo is something like 15c at Big W! cheap - and nicely personalised
Quickie Post from me - I am all packed (what a frigin mammoth effort with a baby!!!! We have one suitcase between us with some of Baileys stuff and he has a whole suitcase as well)
BG - I hear ya too on the body issues, today I had a spray tan and was (almost) naked, and felt compelled to tell the tan girl that I had a baby this year - LMAO, I felt like I had to explain for my saggy boobs, flabby Mummy belly and chicken wing arms (ok so I had the chicken wing arms before :ROFL:) But I second Bella - we love you just the way you are, you are perfect in every way :)
Krystie - glad your little man had a better night!
Amy - :ROFL: My Dad is a mechanic and our cars were always the last to be fixed as we were non paying customers LOL, so I hear ya re the lack of photo's
Will be popping in - one thing I have to pack is the laptop, so on lazy nights I can catch up on everything and post some photo's etc as I wont be able to help myself :) We get free mobile wireless broadband from work so I might as well take advantage of it hehehehehe
As for my little man - he is rolling up a storm - hasn't worked out back to belly yet, but pop him on his belly and he is on his back in no time, I'm so proud of him :)
Have a great week all :) Think of me screaming my way down the waterslides, last year I couldn't go on them as I had a baby in my belly :D
Naomi
x
Have fun, lovely. Will look forward to seeing those piccies :)
morning all
just a quick one before we head out for a Cup Day bbq at my bro's
we had an awesome "photo shoot" with E yesterday - some of the pics on FB. she kept grabbing at roses in the garden when we picked some for a friend the other night and i had a "ooh, what if.." moment - so we picked all the roses that were ready to drop their petals, filled a couple of buckets with petals, dumped them on a blanket, and put E in the middle - i LOVE the pics!
Hello wonderful Mummies. Sorry I've been even more AWOL than usual. It feels like months since I last posted. I do pop in from time to time and check in on you all and I love catching up with piccies and status updates on FB. I'm so excited that our meet-up is almost here so I can finally meet you all and your beautiful kiddlets and chat to you IRL.
We've been having a terrible time with sleep which (apart from my usual level of laziness and disorganisation) has made it really hard to find a moment to post. Ivy is still really resisting day-sleeps and will cry even if I attempt to rock her and pat her to sleep. She also screams when we try to put her down at night and is waking 2-4 times. I don't mind the night wakings - she's hungry - I just hate the distress over getting her to sleep. She's so wise to it now she cries when I walk into a darkened room or turn on her sleep music and often cries when I start to read a story as she knows all of these things are part of the bed time routine. I don't want her to develop an aversion to stories and music! But she just gets SO upset. Pretty much the only thing that works is feeding her to sleep but then 99% of the time she wakes and screams the second I try to put her down. Needless to say, I've been pinned to my couch for hours on end recently, just holding her so at least she gets 30 mins sleep (which is the most she will nap through the day).
I've had a really rough time with it because my cuddles and closeness don't seem to soothe her. Once she's decided she's upset she just cries in my arms and often will work herself up into gulping, sobbing hysterics. It breaks my heart. And I end up feeling like I can't help her and am being mean. I don't understand why she hates to sleep so much. Only 5 months ago I could barely keep her awake long enough to feed! On top of self doubt, the advice of others has crept in, and I cringe to confess that we actually tried a modified version of sleep training for a week. I never left her, but I did put her in the cot and just stay with her and pat her and sing etc. It was horrible. It seemed to be working for a few days and there were a couple of sleeps where she just popped her thumb in and took herself off to sleep. But then it all went backwards and the screaming resumed. The sleep consultant we'd been working with wanted me to ramp it up a notch and start leaving her for short stretches in spite of crying. I'm actually glad she suggested this, as it was enough to shake me to my senses. The mere idea of it made me feel ill. It just sounded so wrong. And I knew that we had to just abandon the whole thing and just go back to what we were doing. Trying to follow Ivy's lead to find whatever will provide her with as much security and comfort as we can give her each time and hoping that she'll find her way through this.
Woah. Sorry. Didn't expect to rant so much about this but it's been a rough couple of months and I know you guys get it.
On the flip-side... Oh my god that girl is so cute! She's at such an awesome stage at the moment. Lots of giggles, rasperries, huuuuuuge grins for Daddy and me, babbling, squealing, stamping her legs on the floor and just in the last few days, starting to pull up onto hands and knees (or often hands and feet - so strong!) and getting ready to crawl. She's amazing and I feel so very blessed to have her. Such a miracle watching her figure out her body and the world around her. She's LOVING music and we often do a tour of our music room playing the piano, xylophone, drums, guitar, flute... (Daddy's a muso so we've got lots of stuff!) and gets really excited when she can make the noises by herself. She loves when i sing to her too and is starting to anticipate the actions in songs - looking to my hands or face when she knows a particular action or noise is coming or getting all squeely and leaning forward when we get to the end of a particular song when I make her fly up into the air! SOOOOOOOO CUTE!!
We started BLS the other day. Some interest. Some disgust - ewwwww banana! Not much has really been ingested yet, she tends to just push stuff out with her tongue, but she's more than happy to explore different foods which is great.
oops. awake again. gotta run. will try to post in the meet-up facebook thread soon.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo love ya all.
Hi All, I thought I would have more time to post this week, but have been ill!!! I can't wait to come back to Australia! Is a bit sad because I was looking forward to this last week because is meeting up with friends but I am now just wishing it over! Partly is because have been ill and partly I think 5 weeks is just a long time and I am over staying with other people etc and just want some normality back.
So last Thursday I threw up loads and thought I had some sort of food poisoning or stomach bug, since then I had no appetite (a real odd thing for me) and then Sun started getting pains in my side. So anyway fast forward to today decide need to try sort something or the flight home would be unbearable and was starting to get worried about CJ milk intake because I haven't been eating much - so went to docs (walk in centre as no longer on NHS in UK) - doc said bacterial infection in gut from whatever got me last Thur, and also a urinary tract infection. Then proceeded to give me antibiotics I stressed needed ones ok for breastfeeding and he showed me some blurb in a book which seemed to say is fine but watch for runs in baby - which seemed similar to ones GP in Oz gave me. Anyway got home and read leaflet - shouldn't be taken if breastfeeding (quinolone based ones Ciprofloxacin) checked it out on net etc and seems should really be a last resort if breastfeeding as relatively high concentrations get into breastmilk.
Anyway my appetite has returned today at least, and so far no pain (although always worst in evening) - so now am thinking that instead of driving miles to go back to see doc will just hope that infection clears itself up (as last lot of anitbiotics I had gave me thrush in boobs anyway) - what do you think, do you reckon would be more sensible to try get some safe ones? I am drinking cranberry juice, stomach seems more settled, eating probiotic yoghurt etc
CJ has seemed fine through all this, although she has gone from pooing once a week to a tiny poo every nappy change, poo is still soft but is very yellow, and smells more than usual? (will make the flight home more fun!! - at least DH is with me this time)
What do you reckon am I kidding myself can get by without the antibiotics, if I was feeling as bad as yesterday I wouldn't be contemplating it but maybe I am over the worst
BG: Had a lightening fast look at the photos - beautiful! Will pop back onto FB again soon for a proper look.
Kat: Sorry about the sleep stuff. It must be very stressful :( Wow @ Ivy with the music and singing and crawling! She sounds like one very intelligent little girl. Hopefully the sleeping problems are just for a short season. She is learning so very much atm by the sounds... Maybe once things settle down and she is crawling she might crash every once in a while.
Vic: So sorry you have been sick! Personally, if it were me (and my advice probably isn't worth much cause I haven't had a UTI before) I'd go back and get some more ABs. I don't think I'd wait it out. Don't worry about your milk. All the good stuff your body can muster will go into your milk, leaving you feeling pretty crap, but CJ will be fine. Think about all those awesome antibodies you're passing on to her.
Hope you are feeling much better and can enjoy this last week.
Phoebe has a really yucky cough. Yesterday I noticed she coughed a few times and this morning it was productive. Tonight it sounds rattly and her voice sounds scratchy :( We've been up since 3 - she had a fever. I stupidly only gave her one boob before I decided to give her some panadol. Poor thing - the panadol is so bloody revolting. She didn't trust me enough to take the other boob :( Don't know how much of the stuff she swallowed anyway - she spat heaps of it out. She does seem in pretty good spirits though. My holding her wasn't settling her back to sleep - she was very squirmy and very hot and just kept looking up and smiling at me. Was very cute but I wanted to encourage sleep and didn't want to make her hotter. So I have put her back to bed, singlet and nappy and fan, no covers. She has been kicking around for a while but I can't hear anything now - perhaps she has dropped off.
Was Mum's and DH's niece's birthday today. Spent the day with Mum, starting with breaky out with her and Dad, then back to their place for P's sleep, then off to the shops where it was cool (was a doozy here today) and both girls had a snooze in the stroller. Then went out to dinner for niece's birthday. The girls are having a big week because her party is Friday night (an 18th), so that'll be a couple of late nights as we're at Mum and Dad's tomorrow night for DH to borrow some pink clothes from my Dad... Is it worth explaining? PMSL!
If Phoebe is really unwell tomorrow though I might just keep the girls home.
I have been very depressed the last few days. Thinking very seriously about returning to work - it has become the harsh reality now. I will have to go back in the New Year at the latest. I am so very upset at the thought of leaving my bubba, at the prospect of having to learn how to bottle feed and teach her how to get to sleep without me... It is really hard to come to terms with and something I really didn't want to have to do. I just wish I was better with money, and that we could afford for me to stay home with my baby.
I think she may have gone to sleep. Will be back tomorrow.
Hi girls! I posted the other day but it looks like my post has vanished.
I will pop in tomorrow, about to leave for playgroup and then all my exercise and will be at the IL's in between.
Have a great day!
VIc - hope you're on the improve soon hun. given the UTI's i've had in the past, i'd get the ab's - but that's just because i get shockers and end up really really ill with them. i'd suffer the thrush (take probiotics at the same time) to get rid of the infection quick smart! hope it clears soon for you
Kat - not sure on what to suggest with Ivy and her sleep - but just wanted to let you know i get you on the day sleeps! E still won't sleep duringthe day unless she is in my arms (no one else cuts it) even if she doesnt' feed. she will scream blue murder at anyone else. even me - if she thinks she doesn't need a sleep, she will scream like a banshee. i have to either wrap her (which i dont want to do now that we're heading into warmer weather) or pin her little arm with mine so she can't fight me. i hate doing it - but if it gets her some desperately needed sleep...
sleep is a hassle here at the moment bubba is sick and day sleeps are so hard to get he just screams while i hug him then falls asleep and now im sick so its so hard to get out of bed and have to hold him all day
hope everyone else is doing good xoxox
Hi Girls,
I'm gonna try to say hi and tell you all a bit about what has been happening but i have been so continually interupted here that if this gets interupted this time i am just gonna post it as is or I will never get there!
Kat- I am really sorry to here the slepp issues are ramping up there for you! You must be feeling exhausted with it all!! I have been wondering how your DH has been going? Has he seen anyone to help him see about his ? sleep apneoa? I noticed at one of our local chemists the other day they were advertising cpap devices which you can take home with you which will monitor you over night - then you take it back into them in the morning and they give you an interpretation of them... that is the chemist does. Anyway you may have it all in hand but i thought about you when I saw it. Hope it gets better... were having issues lately but i will mention that later if i get there and what i am gonna do about it tonight.
Vic- The only problem with leaving a UTI to see if it settles itself is that it can lead to a kidney infection, but see how you feel, you are the only one who can decide that. I had oral ab's when i got a UTI after the catheter and whilst it did make Jemima's poo a bit nasty, it wasn't all that bad.
Snacks- I feel for you trying to process the whole going back to work hon!! I suppose alot of us are thinking about when where and how..... My DH wants to reduce the amount of work he does next yr to study more, and my maternity pay runs out in Dec...... Not that he doesn't earn enough to support us, but he doesn't want to change our lifestyle to suit our means... Or he would perhaps but it is hard for both of us. He is asking me to think about going back to work maybe Feb... I don't so much mind working, it's more that I mind leaving my baby with someone else iykwim. I don't want to have to feel concerned that if I leave her with my Dad for instance that he might give her coke...... cos he gives his own 18mo tastes of coke and beer at times. Things like that. anyway I am sure it will work out my DH isn't hard to get along with but it is stressing me to try to pull our belts in atm........
Sorry everyone else, if i don't spill my guts now i am gonna explode and i know i am on borrowed time! So for me the last few weeks have gotten progressively worse. Jemima has regressed to waking generally from her 7pm sleep at 11, 1, 3, 5 and then up at 6. She is sometimes having day sleeps but not longer generally, than 45mins and often alot less. She has had her cold and she is now teething. One tooth erupted on tues. On monday, despite the fact that she was miserable with teething I decided to get her immunised cos I figured i didn't want her to get over being miserable with teething and then get miserable with needles. So suffice to say I am knackered.... she is also knackered cos she isn't sleeping and is generally more grumpy, miserable and clingy during the day which is making it hard. I burst into tears this morning on my DH cos
I had an aweful night last night. Jemima woke hrly and was waking up in pain. She would cry which is unlike her. She usually just snuffles around and it is enough to wake me up. Last night it took 3 attempts to put her to bed...... She would fall asleep on the boob and then be put down be asleep and settled, then 5-10mins later awake with a shrill cry as tho she was in pain.... She had panadol, she had neurofen nothing seemed to be working effectivly.... it was breaking my heart! I stopped at my sisters house this morning and she said to me, " I know she's really young, but have you thought of giving her painstop at night time to help her get a good nights sleep so she and you can cope?". I have thought about it and i am gonna give her some tonight. It's panadol with codiene in it. which will have a sedative effect. I am hoping if we both get a good nights sleep we may be able to kick into a better routine. It isn't something that I would do for more than 2 nights in a row, and then only if she was in pain, but I think she needs some help and believe me she has every teether in the book now to try to cool her poor little gums! I find it somewhat funny and somewhat not funny that she is the youngest baby and the first to go thru teething apart from Bailey cos he was born with one.
On another topic, she is rolling like nobody's buisness and sorta commando crawling. She did the bum up head down shuffle last night along our couch and moved 2 meters on her own! Oh dear!!!! I wanted to be spared baby profing the house till after we moved! Ah well
I must go she really wants to feed. Thanks for listening guys!
Bella
Just a quickie as still up in the GC but...
Kat and Bella - HUGS re the sleep issues, if only I had some great magical advice to give I would but sometimes I think its just luck as all the different things I have tried rarely made a difference, only solids changed things for us, and that we stumbled on due to other issues as you know. Hope your girls embrace sleep soon
Amy - Re returning to work, I understand completely. I am due back at work full time on March 8th while Sean goes on Long Service Leave, and then I hope to go Part Time in July when he returns and it seriously breaks my heart to think of leaving Bailey - even with his Dad. I think that no-one looks after a baby like their Mummy does, but having said that, they are more adaptable than us and will settle into care, or a new primary care giver quicker than we will deal with it. I think it will be the hardest time of my life and have often been reduced to tears when I realise March is getting closer, so HUGS to all our Mummies contemplating it :hug:
Naomi
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Jacinta: Sorry you are sick, sweets. And sorry Jamie is sick and unsettled. Phoebe is crook atm too - the sickest she's ever been :(
Bella: All the best for tonight. I hope the painstop helps and that she settles into a much better routine. Out of interest, when you say she snuffles and that's enough to wake you, is she actually waking up though? If you didn't get her up for a feed, would she settle back down again, or does she then wake up fully and become impossible to settle? I just ask because Phoebe sometimes stirs and makes the monitor click on a few times, but then just goes back to sleep again. I know, they are all different, and Phoebe is quite a settled baby and is generally now a pretty good sleeper... the polar opposite to what her sister was at this age! So it was just a thought.
Bella & Naomi: Yeah, it is such a horrid thought, leaving our bubs. The thing that made me cry for three nights in a row was the thought of having to wean her. I know it's not a given, but it's pretty likely. Hopefully she will do both boob and bottle...
On a lighter note: we have a dishwasher. Bought it cheap from a neighbour who has moved out. It is old, but it was cheap as and now I won't have to wash up every day. Hurrah.
This is my last post from UK, next one will be back in Mel - hooray. With some more inet research and help from Barb found out the antibiotics were actually ok to take, so started on those and I am feeling whole lot better, CJ's poo has gone back to more like what was before so am not sure if she had something too but anyway has cleared up.
Hi girls,
Well last night went wellish. We gave her a very reduced dose of the painstop,(if we were to give it based on panadol dose it would have been 4.6mls, so we gave 2mls instead) She slept from 8-1.30 which was good for her. I didn't sleep as well because I was very concious of her. However that is ok cos primarily it was about her sleeping better and so being able to cope better thru the day and not spend 5/8 of it rubbing her eyes. We will see what today holds. I must admit to feeling really guilty last night when I gave it to her..... I don't know why other than just the fear that I wasn't doing it for her sake but for mine. Having said that, she didn't wake crying in pain at all last night. It was just her usual nocturnal snufflings.
Amy- She ussually snuffles about in the cot. Sometimes she will settle if I leave her, but even then she is ussually getting impatient within half an hr, and I have to wake up again. So I have gotten used to just getting up when I first hear her become restless, as I know I often won't get back to sleep anyway till i feed her and squeezing out that extra 30mins isn't worth it. ps Yay for the dishwasher!!
Vic- Hope you have a nice trip and CJ copes well! Looking forward to having you all back on Australian soil.
Anyway I need some coffie... Love to you all
Bella
Hi girls!
How is everyone today?
Vic - glad you are feeling a little better!
Amy - yay for the dishwasher. Jealous!
Bella - I am feeling your pain with the sleeping, or complete lack of.
Hi all you other lovelies!! mwah mwah mwa to you all.
(what a cr@Ppy attmept at personals)
I've been reading but not getting the chance to post. These kids are crazy!!!!
Bugger about the heading back to work thing for some of you. I'm glad I cannot really afford to get a job, because of where we live, I would be much worse off with fuel and childcare etc, so stay at home it is. I don't know how you are feeling. I know I would not be looking forward to it.
These kids are getting sick AGAIN. Coughing all round and runny sniffly noses. It never ends. It's been so much worse since I've had Allira. I think because Lachie will get sick, pass it on to Allira, he gets better and then she gives it back to him. My GP is away until mid November which is an absolute pain, because it's unbelievably hard to get in anywhere else near us. 99% of the GP's will not see new patients and the few who will, won't have any appts for a good month. It's shocking. I will probably head in once my GP gets back. Need to get the kids' eczema checked out now that Allira has it aswell.
Allira's been pretty good lately apart from sleeping. So upsetting that she's gone from fantastic to HORRIBLE in 2 months. I hope that she starts sleeping soon, because I am sick of her coming into our bed and I need more than one hour sleep at a time. I don't know how hubs goes at work each day. I'm stuffed by 1pm.
She's teething and was chewing on my nipples really really badly. I was going to give it until Sunday night and if she hadn't stopped, I was going to wean her. It was the most painful thing I have ever felt... she had me in tears on Monday. Thankfully, yesterday and so far today she seems to have stopped it and It's not hurting anywhere near as much.
She's going well with her solids. She sucked on some apple the other day at playgroup which she loved. It's broccoli time tonight. She doesn't seem to be getting alot down at this stage. She gets a small small amount but she sucks and chews on it mostly without swallowing. That's pretty normal right? I guess I should head over to the solids forum.
We've got lots of rolling going on here. She will occasionally roll from belly to back, but she rolls onto he belly most of the time and after a while she cracks it. Silly bubba.
She's started with the sounds now too. Bub bub bub and mum mum mum. She can just wait before she actually starts using words.LOL. Glad these are just babble.
She's eating her feet and has become really good with her hands. She seems to be very coordinated now.
We went away on the weekend just gone and one the way home popped in to see Bridg! Poor Bridg had to put up with ALL of us. My little man is a nutter and kept wanting to go exploring, and also destroying everything in site. Sorry about that hun. I hope you have all recovered!
Logan and Allira ended up having a bit of a screaming match... more like tag teaming. One would start up and then the other would start up when the first stopped.
Logan is adorable! hehe. Thanks for having us Bridg! We'll pop back over your way again soon!
Ok enough from me. I've got 2 screaming kids again... haha JOY!!
xxoo
Vic: Glad you got the meds sorted and you are on the mend.
Bella:Big hugs, mate. Yeah, I thought that might be the case. I found Phoebe was the same in our room - I'd hear her snuffle about and know that we'd be waking up soon so I'd just get her up. That's actually why we moved her - I found I didn't wake up until she was fully awake. Although lately I have gotten up because she's grizzled or started chatting and I've gone to the loo so I'm ready to feed her... and then find she's gone back to sleep :doh: But I get her up anyway and feed her cause I figure it may as well be then rather than a tiny bit later. So yeah, I get it.
I am glad J had a bit more of a sleep. It is exhausting when they are so tired all day. I understand the guilt thing too, but FWIW I would've given it a go too. And it is for her sake as well as yours - she's not as upset and tired as yesterday, I gather.
Nicky: Pi$$er about the dr. We are going this afternoon because I want to make sure P's cold is only a cold and hasn't moved into her ears. There's soooo much snot in her head, poor little bubba. Natty has started coughing now too. So IKWYM about having two sick kids! Fortunately, the last couple of months Natty has become heaps more resilient to colds etc. She's only had that one that she needed the ABs for a couple of months ago, which is pretty damn good considering she goes to CC and last year in winter she was hardly going because she was always so sick.
Cool that Allira is rolling about. P has started rolling too and Natty often gives her a hand, LOL! I have to watch this kid like a hawk these days.
From memory, the not swallowing too much solids thing is very normal. They say that for the first year food is more of an exploration than much else. Milk is still the main source of nutrition. And you would know with a fusspot of an eater that they are VERY efficient at using the food they do consume.
Phoebe has sucked on a piece of avocado, LOL. The other night I had her sitting up to the table with us and she looked quite interested so I thought, what the hell. But she wasn't all that keen... she kind of licked/sucked it like she would one of her toys then lost interest. Ah well, am happy to wait a bit longer.
We ran the dishwasher through last night after having had FIL round for dinner. It's tops! DH even emptied it this morning... but I'm thinking that's just because it's a novelty still, LOL.
I have applied for a couple of jobs now. :(
hmmm i had my first mothers group meeting this morning it was interesting next meeting is a first aid course and then massage
it was ok a lot of shyness
Jamie had an awesome time meeting new babies
I think we are going to start ending our breastfeeding journey as of tonight. Things aren't going well and honestly, I've been struggling with it for a while now.
I feel a big guilty, but it's the best thing for both Allira and I right now. It's just not worth us both getting so worked up over.
So, I'll probably gradually start weaning... 1 feed a day onto formula slowly until she is weaned. We will make it past the 6 month mark (although not exclusively), but probably not much farther than that.
I think it will release a huge burden from my shoulders, although I'm sure I will feel like I have cheated Allira as I haven't fed her for as long as I did DS.
Ah well... it's for the best.
Sorry to hear that, Nicky. Is it the biting? That's such a bugger. I know the feeling, the guilt, even though we haven't started on the bottles just yet (am waiting until I get confirmation of work). It will all be fine though. I am glad the burden is being lifted. And 6 months is great. :hug:
Jacinta: Is this the council-run mothers group? Glad Jamie had a good time! We were all really shy at first too but got to know each other after a little while. Now 2+ years on, some of them are my best buddies :)
Both girls are coughing up their lungs atm. I took Phoebs to the drs yesterday just to make sure she was ok because her breathing sounded loud to me, and I wanted her ears and throat checked. She's ok, slight temp but otherwise cough should resolve in the next few days. Poor little mite, though. She's so chockers full of snot :(
hi everyone
i'm another that is reading but not posting so much.
i'm not having a great week - miss E has decided not to sleep (sounds like a common thread here!) - i think her teeth are really giving her grief. DH got up to her each time last night - she needed feeding most times, but one he managed to re-settle her without which was awesome. she seems to be feeding properly when she wakes, so i'm not sure if she is really hungry (growth spurt) or if she is eating cos i'm getting a let down and she feels the comfort of the feed. her 5am wake up, she was awake til after 6 so i kept her between our pillows - just had no energy to move her to her own bed. she stirred looking for a drink/comfort just before 8.30. fed her, and she's now sleeping in our bed. poor poppet
anyone else having major issues with teething? poor E is trying to rip her ears off! she is so happy and then BANG - screaming banshee. i just want the damn things to cut through to give her some relief - it's so hard seeing her hurt
Aw, BG. That sucks. Poor little E. It is so tiring getting up all night too... Good that your DH was helping.
Nah, no sign of teeth here... unless you ask my dad and FIL - they swear blind that there are teeth coming, but I think it's just that Phoebe is a 'mouthy' sort of baby. Everything goes in her mouth (including other peoples' fingers, much to their amusement/disgust) and she drools a fair bit. Pretty normal, I believe. But I don't reckon she's got teeth coming - she's a happy little soul for the most part. Mind you, I didn't know Natty's first teeth were coming - one day I looked and they were there! But I knew about the top ones. They made her pretty miserable for about a week.
I am hesitant to say anything about Phoebe's sleep... I don't want to jinx myself, LOL! But she's been pretty consistent for the last 2ish months. Usually sleeps for at least 7 hours, then feed, then higgledy piggledy after that. If she's tired she sleeps well, which is odd for babies I think. The usual story is that they don't sleep so well if they're overtired, isn't it? Not usually the case for this girl... The nights she sleeps through are after days where she's hardly slept much, just catnapped. Yesterday morning she had a 3-hour day sleep because she was knackered from two nights out this week. It was very strange for her (not that I was complaining, LOL! I got heaps done) but was good because I think it helped with the cold. She's also fallen into a bit of a routine. She gets quite tired around 9am, ready for a nap regardless of when she woke up. Then around 12-1pm then around 4ish. Sometimes though she doesn't sleep at the 4pm tired time - she might just play in her cot. This sucks because she is soooooooo tired for the rest of the evening and just cries and grizzles until bedtime.
Nicky - I hear ya on the mixed feelings re BF coming to an end - I agonised over it and then built my bridge (so to speak) and it really was the best decision for both of us, but I am stoked and proud that we were just shy of the 6 month mark
Amy - Same re the sleeping, Baileys sleeping has been really good (knock on wood) since we went on solids which is a good 6-7 weeks ago now and we haven't looked back (only took 5 months to make some proper progress though $%#!!), so I'll jump on your bandwagon of hoping it stays that way :)
To all else - hang in there :hug: BG - hope the week improves
Just had a 90 minute facial/body massage bliss session - my fingers are barely touching the keyboard as I am still floating - home tomorrow, bugger at how quick the week went!!
Naomi
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