concert was really good - but i'm so very tired now! we left here yesterday morning to go to mum's, shower and head off from there when DH knocked off work. got to my cousins just after 5. DH slept two thirds of the trip at least. E slept the whole trip. spent some time with the rellos, ate the dinner we'd taken with us, then headed into the city - mum dropped us near rod laver and we walked in - turns out we weren't as close as she thought - punt road to rod laver isn't that far - but when you already have sore joints from fatigue - owies!
apparently E whinged all the way back to my cousins place, but that's not unusual for her - she isn't a huge fan of the car sometimes - she was almost asleep when we bailed out of the car - i think the doors disturbed her... she was then happy for most of the time - had a small amount of ebm (only 50ml - but it's better than nothing) and a half hour kip on granma, played with my cousins and their 2 year old. she got upset about 10 minutes before i messaged mum telling her the encore had just started so to head in soon. she picked us up (back near punt road - very sore ankle today - stupid old injury!) - E was already asleep - and slept all the way back to mum's place (about 2.5hours in total) - gave her a feed when we got to mum's, then DH sat in the back seat til we got home jsut in case she was whingey. nothin. so yeah, we survived - and i only messaged mum to check on her a few times (one was to check how long it had taken to my cousins seeing she'd have to aoid the m1 on her way back, one was the encore, so really only one pointless 'mummy check in' message!)
E is now on her second nap for the day - we got to bed around half 2, feed just after 5. woke at half 9, back in bed by 11. awake at half 12, back in bed by half 1 or just after. i'm exhausted and probably should go have a nana nap - but my head hurts and i'm thinking if i lay down, i will be worse than if i stay up when E next wakes. cant' wait for DH to get home to take responsibility for her - he slept all the way home too so he's had more sleep than me - i had to keep mum awake while she drove....
had a bad morning yesterday morning with some anxiety/depression stuff - so was awake from about half three yesterday - tired tired tired
Last edited by briggsy's girl; December 2nd, 2009 at 06:02 PM.
BG - Glad the concert went well and hope you catch up on your sleep soon.
Krystie - Good work Kyson on his crawling and sitting - CJ sits pretty well but I think is a long way from crawling - still no rolling here.
Naomi - CJ wasn't here much in hot weather when in brace but I had cut up an old wondersuit to make into shorts I tried two ways one where just cut round the middle and legs and then turned the waist over and stitched it. The other I sort of just chopped the top so it was like shorts with braces and then she had a t-shirt over the top. I had purple target own brand wondersuits and I really like purple so I thought the shorts looked cool. I didn't think were too hot and the stretchiness of the suits worked. I remember though CJ pretty much lived in wondersuits because trousers that fitted over brace were hard to come by - was not so bad as was winter.
Nicky - If my parents lived over here I would be happy to leave CJ with them and will leave her for a wedding for a day when they are here over Christmas. I do find though if when have left her previously for a few hours with people in the UK or here that I forget she exists sometimes! When I was in the UK driving around I quite often would forget until came to getting out of the car that she was in the back!
Jacinta - Jamie looks so cool in the Santa Rocks T-Shirt
Amy - I have also been feeling more tired recently - not sure why as CJ is still sleeping overnight really well - although her wake up time is getting a bit early 6:15ish rather than 7:15ish so that could be it, but we have been going to bed pretty early and I normally don't mind early starts. I do think CJ is getting a bit more demanding and less happy to play on her own not sure if it is a phase or a permanent thing but I suppose all the playing could be wearing me out!
AFU - Thanks for the advice on the leg exercises from everyone, we have been trying a bit of everything everyone said, I think there is some improvement I just need to be patient - her legs seem very strong when she is pushing against me she just hasn't got the idea that can use them to stand on I think. Went to first swimming lesson yesterday - she was so relaxed in the pool (the instructors were amazed). BLS going slowly - I am not sure she has actually swallowed anything yet and only today day four has she really seemed to get the hang of picking up sticks of stuff and sucking on them.
Well this is one tired mum! I have been having trouble with J's sleeping here for awhile but it is really wearing for me now. I am getting woken here every 2hrs or less. I think much of it is due to her wanting to bf over night due to the heat of the day making her not want to have proper feeds. So she is making them up at nights and I admit I am not coping. Probably should be getting up earlier, but the earlier part of the night seems to be her worst bit anyway, with 45min wake ups.... so it seems pointless. and I finally get energy at the end of the day too. I brought the "no cry sleep solutions" and logged J's sleep overnight. She had 7 wake ups before she woke this morn which makes 8 in total.....*sigh* oh well I will try some of these tips and see if anything helps. To those of you who have sent me your addresses, thanks. To those of you who haven't, come on girls! Having said that I may well end up getting organised and then not sending... done that before oh well I won't know if you don't send me them...
I have ordered some calenders online and just waiting to get them, and we r in the process of making a mini movie for J's UK grandparents ....."a day in the life of Jemima"
anyway I just wanted to finish that off cos i keep getting interupted whilst I am writing today
Will post persies later
So Kat, Vic, Bridge, Cathy, Nicky, Amy and anyone else I have missed send me ur addresses pls
vic - yeah he does love that tshirt but its not gonna fit at christmas so were getting as much use out of it as possible i forgot jamie was in the car the other day when i was teaching my friend sam how to drive coz he was so quiet
jamie is rolling all over and getting himself around in circles he loves his play table and hes walking around it already hes already getting into bags he loves exploring them lol he laughs all the time its so cute
Ooooooh Bella - so many wakeups, no wonder you are buggered, poor thing. I have no advice to give, everything thats changed here sleepwise is Bailey-led, nothing I can really claim but I am sending you sleep vibes for Jemima and you. It's so bloody hard to function on such little sleep so no wonder its so hard to cope. Will it be cooler where you are moving too? (hoping there is some light at the end of the tunnel for you). We are using our air-con heaps to help with Bailey's sleeping - I am fully expecting our summer electricity bill to crack the $1000 mark - shocking I know but I am preparing myself (and my bank account) for it...... DOH! If I could pop around and do some housework or something to give you time to rest I would .......
BG - I hope you have had a chance to relax and catch up on some Zzzzz's today too mate, glad the concert was fab!!
Vic - cheers for the tips. Glad the swimming went well. It took Bailey a while to fully enjoy it - I think the noisy pool intimidated him a little at first, now he splashes and jumps around. CJ has the right idea, there is nothing more relaxing than floating about!! I can see her in 20 years floating about in a s****y resort with a ****tail in hand LOL
Naomi: PMSL @ sw@nky! Funny what gets censored. GL with the pants. I am a sewing non-hoper, unfortunately. I'd be begging my mum to produce something for me. Sewing on buttons is about the limit of my capabilities I'm afraid.
Thank you so much for the offer of the referral. Yes, I'm fairly close to Macquarie Park - it is closer to where I used to work. I'd be very interested in doing anything atm, but I've just been finding out how difficult it is to get something part time. Seems like everyone wants you fulltime unless you are a bookkeeper.
Jacinta: Phoebe rolls about the place too, but she's not so strong on her upright balance so I don't reckon she'd be cruising, even if she did have a toy-table to entertain her. I am hoping she'll start to crawl soon though - it would actually make my life easier because then she would be able to get away from Natty without my help
Bella: Sorry the sleeping is getting out of hand for you. I hope the book is really useful and that you find some good tips that will work for you and little J. There used to be a support thread specifically for the NCSS on the ABA forum? It's been a couple of years since I was on there though.
Your present ideas sound lovely!
Vic: I hear you re the not wanting to entertain herself thing. Phoebe has been like that for a while too. She's generally pretty happy, but for the last month or so she's been fairly demanding.
Woohoo @ the swimming!
What food have you tried CJ on? So far P has had pumpkin, avocado, broccoli and rockmelon. She doesn't swallow much either, but yesterday and today she ate a couple of tiny spoonfuls of food (yesterday was avo, today was pumpkin) and seemed to quite enjoy them, opening her mouth for more. I reckon it takes them a while sometimes to work out that what they're eating is actually food.
BG: Sound like E did wonderfully! Though I am sure she missed you. Sorry your A&D stuff reared it's ugly head. Hope you have had someone to talk through things with? I know there are loads of people on here especially who would love to be there for you if you needed it, but you have us too.
Krystie: Kyson's mobility is wonderful! Sounds like he's growing up so much already. Such a gorgeous little guy.
I am incredibly tired too - had the severe sneezes, itchy nose, mouth, throat, ears thing today. So I took a phenergan this arvo hoping to just bang it on the head so it doesn't stick around for a week. My eyes are just about falling out of my head - this screen is actually blurry! But Phoebe won't go to sleep just yet, little party animal. I just know I can't go off to bed cause otherwise she'll want me to settle her off when she's finally ready, and I'll have been asleep for like, 20 minutes or something. This has happened a couple of times recently. So I'm just going to have to plug on in my semi-comatose state until she drops off... *yawn*
Hoping the girls sleep ok tonight - they are both in new beds. We collected Natty's from Mum and Dad's this afternoon and put Natty's cot in Phoebe's room. Natty was so desperate to go to bed tonight, bless her! I'm so surprised and thrilled that it wasn't a battle to get her in there - the furthest from it. Phoebe on the other hand... well. She's rolling, rotating, squealing, squawking...
Just got home from dinner out, fed and put Kyson to bed, but wanted to let you all know that my little boy looooves Indian food! Ok, well that might be exaggerating, lol, because the only thing I gave him (besides the vegies I took for him) was some roti. But gosh he was gobbling the roti all up! It was so cute. The friends we went with couldn't believe that he was eating it without any teeth hehe. Oh, and just to show off I let him have a drink of water out of my glass because they didn't think he could do it. Good thing he managed it because he'd never actually done that before!
Also, BG, just wondering what concert you went to last night? I'm guessing it wasn't my friend Daniel Merriweather's concert? I'm shattered that I couldn't see his show, but so proud that it was completely sold out!
KL - we went to see Fleetwood Mac at Rod Laver - was really good.
well, i'm in a slightly better headspace today (as is miss E) - tiredness wasn't a good thing for us yesterday. it did help me to express some stuff to DH that i've been needing to say for a while but kept biting my tongue. was so very tired - i did stay calm though - when things got too much i just walked away and left him with DD. i think he's finally starting to realise how full on it is being responsible for her when she's not well (bloody teeth - just cut through already!)
think she is going through a bit of a growth spurt too. waking through the night for feeds again (four times last night), and just being really full on.
still overly tired, i didn't sleep well last night - but i'm doing better than yesterday at this point.
BG - sorry to hear its a tough time, I wish I could come and give you a big hug - and tiredness just adds to any issue doesn't it? The only advice I can give is to look after yourself and keep talking it out when you need to.
If you can, try to take some naps when E does today - bugger everything (and everyone) else - they can wait!!!
BG - Glad the concert and day out went well! Here's to some sleep for you sometime soon!
Krystie - How clever is your little man!!??!! Wow! He sounds like he is just growing in leaps and bounds. Glad to hear the BLS is still going really well too! We're going very slowly here, but Allira is really enjoying it.
Amy- I hope you are feeling better today, and I hope the girls slept well in their new beds last night.
Bella - I do know how you are feeling in regards to the MASSIVE lack of sleep. Allira's not great at the moment, but at least we don't have night feeds and she dozes off quickly.
Lachie on the other hand... He was a horror. He was still feeding 5 times a night at 10 months of age. Very draining, but I guess I didn't know any different. There is hope though, because as soon as he hit the 12 month mark and was walking really really well, he zonked. He was doing 12-14 hour nights from then on and he's loved sleep ever since! It's very rare that he wakes up now. I didn't do anything to change his sleep, He just did it all on his own. I hope that Jemima decides that sleep is awesome very soon.
*hugs*
Oh and I will PM you my address today. LOL.
Vic - Glad to hear the swimming lessons went well! We haven't started Allira yet... probably in the new year. BLS is going very slowly here too. I think I had better up it from one meal a day to 2 now though. Allira doesn't seem like she gets alot down, but I am always finding a surprise in her nappies the next day. LOL. She absolutely LOVES it though, and is still thriving on milk, so I guess we just plod along.
Naomi - Good luck with the pants! I've seen a few sites and even groups on facebook for clothing for 'Hippy' kids. I will have to see if I can find them again ( another friend's daughter has HD). I've also got some boys babylegs/huggabubs here if you would like them. Lachie used a few pairs a handful of times, and we've got some that were never worn.
Jacinta - Walking around the table already?? WOW! How clever is your little guy! I know I just want to tie down Allira so she stops doing things... My baby's no longer a baby . LOL
Things going alright here. Allira's same old. Just about crawling.. she's up on hands and knees and can get her legs going, but hasn't quite worked out her arms. She will sit up unaided for a few seconds. I think her longest is 10 seconds, but mummy hasn't been pushing it. LOL I don't want her to grow up...
We've had Lachie in Jocks for the first time today. He went really well in them for a few hours, but then wqe had an accident with number 2's and he asked for a nappy. I caved in. LOL.
I'm not going to full on TT for a little while yet, but thought we'd have a go today.
He has also thrown his dummies in the bin which is WEIRD! He's gone to bed recently, and whinged for about 5 minutes for his dummies, but then silence. So he's either dealt with it, or he has a stash that I don't know about. LOL
Ok little one is grumpy... guess it's tucker time.
dont worry nicky hes not really walking hes just pushing himself its like a walker but it stays in one spot i think hes trying to crawl but his legs just wont let him
ah a spare 5 mins to myself, how r we all going? ive got alot of catching up to do dont i? man, hasn't time just flown by my son will be three next tuesday i feel old and andy is 6 mths scary huh? My lil man is crawling now so im in trouble gets every where cheeky lil thing he is.
i hope everyone is alright, i feel bad for not being on for ages but ah time gets away from me ya know
Also if i dont get a chance Merry Christmas and a Happy new year
Hi Jess! Great to hear from you. Glad you and the boys are going well! Merry Christmas to you too. Enjoy your holidays - you deserve them.
Jacinta: Is that like an exersaucer? We borrowed one of those when Natty was a bub and it was great to get 10 minutes of peace without her crawling away somewhere, LOL! She was older though... I think about 10 months.
Nicky: Girls have been doing well in their beds. Phoebe didn't know the difference, and Natty only worked out last night that she was able to get out of bed herself, LOL! But she only stuffed around for about half an hour before climbing back into bed again. She started crying and carrying on and I thought, "here we go", but when I went in there her sheet and blanket was askew and she said tearfully, "Mummy, my blanket is being silly!" PMSL.
Cool that Allira is almost on the move! GL with the TT - we are still struggling with it bigtime here. It's starting to get me down (not that I let on to Nat about it). She is almost 3 and she has NOT ONCE done a wee in the potty or toilet. She likes wearing undies and if we are at home I let her choose what she wants to wear. When she's in undies I regularly put her on the toilet, but she never goes. Just wees on the floor and I never manage to catch it in time or see the 'signs' that she needs to go. Feels like I'm going to have nappies everywhere forever. *sigh*
BG: Hope you got some better sleep last night. Glad you were able to clear the air a little with your DH. Sorry you are doing it tough. We have had some sleep issues here too the last couple of weeks, with P waking 3-4 times in 10 hours. Last night was great though - she only woke once! Was wonderful and she is so much happier for it this morning. I'm hoping it was a spurt too and that she's over it now... Time will tell, I suppose.
Krystie: How cute with Kyson & the Indian food!
We're going to my cousin's baby's baptism this morning. He's 3 weeks older than Phoebs, and it'll be lovely to catch up with them again.
I've booked an appt with the nurse this Friday for both girls. I keep forgetting to book in for P's 6 month shots though... better call the dr tomorrow and see if we can get in.
Amy - LOL at the 'silly' blanket - arrgggh re the TT! I haven't heard of any 18 yo still in nappies so there is hope for Natty!! Hope the baptism was lovely. I must get Bailey weighed - I keep forgetting too. I have to take him back to the hosp tomorrow for a brace appt so hopefully they have scales I can use in the physio dept. I dont think I am going to be able to measure his length though as the physio said not to force his legs in any position when not in the brace ..... Hmmmm, will ask her about that tomorrow
Nicky - I had a chuckle at Lachie potentially having a pile of dummies hidden under his pillow - GOLD!! Apparantly my Mum got us to get rid of ours by telling us to throw them in the backyard cos the baby birds needed them (and then presumedly ran outside when we weren't looking and threw them away LOL). Awesome re Allira's crawling skills. Bailey keeps trying to launch himself up when on the change table face down, but of course the brace stops him and he just ends up on one leg and one knee before he faceplants with frustration. His sitting up has improved out of site - at the beginning of the week he was doing pretty well but doing the whole wavering overcorrecting wobble, but now he seems to have worked it out and sat up playing with his sesame street blocks for about 25 mins unaided yesterday - I was pretty damn impressed - he was too!
Jess - great to hear from you - glad your boys are well, you also have a great christmas x
Yeah, I'll be interested to hear what P weighs... Last month I would've sworn she'd cracked 7 kilos but not so. We'll see if she has now. Interesting about the length thing. Definitely would be tricky because they do seem to yank the kids' legs down when measuring them.
Awesome re Bailey's sitting! 25 minutes is damn good - he was right to be impressed with himself It's a bummer he's struggling with the crawling, but he's at least giving it a go. FWIW, P struggles too and often faceplants... that's if Natty hasn't already pushed her face into the carpet.
We had a lovely time at the baptism - I left N at home with DH and just took Phoeb. Natty has been feral tired this afternoon though and there have been some very hairy tantrums. Just makes me very tired.
okeys, It's Natty's bedtime. and she is sooooo ready. BBL.
oh well I won't know if you don't send me them... 
- and tiredness just adds to any issue doesn't it? The only advice I can give is to look after yourself and keep talking it out when you need to. 
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