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That's good Traylee!
Am I missing something with B? He sleeps for no more than an hour at a time during the day. What are everyone else's bubs doing? I'm not concerned he's not getting enough sleep cos he sleeps so well at night, but am thinking that he's not self-settling at the end of a sleep cycle and is just waking himself up. I'll be glad when DH goes back to work cos he just picks him up straight away every time without ever stopping to think whether he's still tired.
i'd love an hour of sleep that wasn't in the sling during the day jleigh. E can manage half an hour then I can spend an hour trying unsuccessfully to resettle her. It's driving me nuts because I'm running around after A as well. She does pretty well at night, but spends most of the day overtired and cranky.
Jleigh - A sleep cycle is 40mins, so if P wakes earler than that I try and resettle. She used to sleep for less than half an hour but since she started on the Zantac she will sleep from 2-3hrs at least once a day and shorter sleeps as well. I always leave her to try and resettle before picking her up.
PM - Is she unsettled for a reason or just wants to be held?
Traylee - Hope S is ok now!
Sleepy - Might have to leave Monday and try for the following week? What about a Tues meet, the 13th?
Hi to everyone else!
she has been hard to settle again tonight, what did you guys do about the reflux, did u go to dr to get meds, or buy stuff over counter, cause im really thinking i should get some for scarlet the poor thing, she wants bottle lots on avo to night but wont drink it al so im guessing her tummy hurting well reflux hurting it, and then some comes up of course
Hi all
Traylee- well i was wondering if there is anything you can buy over the counter for reflux? as i am hanging out till we go for needles next week i think im going to get something from my gp M is the same has just started fussing over the bottle well the second half as i stop half way through and burp well she usually spits it out to be sat up and burped half way.
Day sleeps- M is no problems in the day usually today has been a little unsettled though but normally she self settles and i usually have to wake her for feeds at times or she would sleep all day but come night time and thats when the reflux seems to really play up as i have said can take hours to settle her got the bath stuff organised for tonight right before bed time hope this works again did the other night.
Hi to everyone else hope you all have a good night.
marni - she's not terribly unsettled, I just can't get her back to sleep. I suspect she may be a bit refluxy, but it's not a painful wake up. I'm hoping it's a phase.
cap im same, fine during day usually, once 2 or 3 hits she plays up till late at night, she sleeps fine during day really,
is this when eveyrone else has dramas
We have the opposite, unsettled through the day and in pain and better overnight. In saying that though, she is breast fed and co-sleeps. So I generally feed her as she starts stirring and she doesn't wake properly so doesn't become agitated. The Zantac has definately given us an improvement but she still has moments and wont lie on her back.
Traylee does she settle well after night feeds? we have more a problem from around 9:00 feed onwards and then if she wakes at 3or 4am takes awhile to settle also.
Marni glad the zantac is helping P
Wow i cant believe i fed M at 9:30pm and i think(fingers crossed) she is settled she didnt really wake up during her feed
cap nah it usually starts from like 2 or 3ish then goes for a ages, but she settles well during her night ones waking,
troy said she only woke once last night, i fed at her 9.30ish and she slept then only woke once between 9.30 and 7.30 so thats good.
what is the zantec you guys using, is it adult one and whats the dosages
Morning All
Marnikat - I forgot I can't do this monday anyway, E has his needles. I'm not sure about Tuesday yet, I will have to wait and see. But it sounds good.
E has been getting into a great routine, going to bed at about 8pm, then waking at 4ish...so thats a good 8 hour sleep. Just wish I could get into bed at 8.30...lol. I'm a bit scared about how he'll go after his needles, because Cooper was awful with needles and teething....altho he was a very demanding baby from conception...I had a pretty hectic/rough pregnancy with him. And it stil hasn't stopped...lol. E is easy and content with most things, and if I could guarantee all my babies from here on in would be like him, I'd have at least 1 more...lol
Anyway, hope you're all coping ok, sorry to hear about all those babies with reflux! My hard child is 3 now, and I know all about slepepless nights and terrible apins and so forth,...E is a dream baby!
Hi all
Well we had the best night we have had in quite awhile May stayed asleep after my last post slept 6 hrs got up fed her and then settled down like a gem and slept another 6 hours and we all slept in so got some much needed sleep i feel good today.
Not much planned here today mum will come this afternoon and stay then tommorrow one of the older children will go for a holiday with her for a few days so that will be good.
other then that a quiet one here.
Sleepy- glad to hear E is sleeping well for you.
better run will BBL takecare and enjoy your weekend.
Hi Ladies!
I've just been trying to catch up on the last 6 pages (its not going well!).
So I'm gonna start anew!
Its been so hectic in my house of late that I just haven't had a chance to sit and post/read!
Boyo has had bronchitis, Kaylee has bronchiolitis, has had shocking issues with her reflux, and is still having issues with her UTI.
I don't have alot of news as such other than I had to make the heartbreaking decision to give up breast feeding....heartbreaking because DH is adamant that we won't be having any more children so this is the last time I was ever going to breast feed.
Kaylee had ended up on daily medication for her reflux (as did Benjamin at the same age), and wasn't feeding overly well.
When I sat and thought about it, it was when we took Benjamin off his reflux meds and put him on formula that his reflux virtually disappeared, and he was a happy bub.
So, I decided to try the same thing with Kaylee...she's now been on formula for 9 days, and has not had her medication for reflux for the last 6 days.
I put a little (less than half what the can says) food thickener in her formula, and she is as good as gold!
In a nutshell we are as follows:
Clothes: Still in newborn size
Nappies: Still in newborn size, but once the harness is off (hopefully monday, though more likely than not, another 6 weeks), we'll be going with the mcn's
Routine: Last feed around 6pm, then sleeps til between 2 and 3, then awake around 8am. She's basically on 10, 2 and 6 feeds, with some slight tweaking throughout each day (and she takes 110ml of formula)
Oh and she's currently on ventolin (with the worlds smallest spacer and mask!) because the bronchiolitis has caused a wheeze.
I will pop back later to check on you all!
Hi all
Just a quickie before turning in.
BW - sorry you've been having such a tough time. Great news that Kaylee seems to be doing better reflux-wise. It must have been tough deciding to stop bfing, but if she's happier now then that's all that matters.
Caplay - hope you had a good day with your mum around.
Sleepy - sounds like E is going great guns re. sleep!
Sorry I haven't caught up on older posts, hi to everyone else. Hope you're having a good weekend.
AFM: E has been doing really well at night. Last night she slept from 8:30-4:45 then fed then went back down till 8am. That's our best night yet. She's still having issues with daytime sleeps in her bed. Today she had 2 sleeps - 45mins each and no amount of resettling was getting her to have more, then she had 2hrs in the hugabub this arvo. I know it's what she naturally wants, I just have to run with it for a bit and keep trying with her bed sleeps. We've all had colds here the last couple of days, but thankfully only mild so fingers crossed we're sniffle free in a couple of days.
Better get some sleep in case tonight isn't one of her best efforts :) Sweet dreams to all.
BW - Sorry to hear that you are having a rough time. Hopefully everything will start to go a bit smoother for you now!
PM - Hope that you had another great night with E and her cold doesn't get any worse!
Cap - Yay on the sleep! You must have felt like a new woman!!!
Sleepy - Good luck with E's needles tomorrow!
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The medication has made a huge difference to Phoebe. She will now sleep and settle much more easily. We even get a couple of hours out of her during the day. She is only happy sleeping on her belly though! At the moment she is still in bed with us at night but I am going to get the angelcare monitor so I can put her in there at night and feel better about her being on her belly. Does anyone have one? Are they good? Well I better go fold some washing while I can!
Just a quick one from me, follow up tests from Kaylees uti show that she has a bladder infection, so here I sit at the hospital awaiting further news!
Hope she is better soon! Will they admit her for IV antibiotics?
marni - we've got an angelcare monitor and I love it. It made me feel so much more at ease with Annabelle about putting her to sleep on her stomach. We stopped using the sensor pads once she started rolling as she would roll away from them and set it off, but think it's great as a normal monitor too. Heaps of range and rechargable which saves heaps on batteries. We got a cheapie (ha!) for A's room when we had E because she's down the back of the house, and have spent so much in batteries already as it's not rechargable. We've had our angelcare for 2 yrs now and it's still going strong. I love that it has a temp sensor on it too. Would definitely recommend it.
BW - fingers crossed Kaylee is in good health soon!
AFM: another great night, just a shame she is hopeless at napping during the day! Since when was half an hour a sleep cycle!
Hi ladies
BW- I hope everything is ok with bubs.
Marni- Am glad to hear the medication for the reflux is helping with the day naps.
PM-Sorry to hear E isnt sleeping much in the day.
AFM- Well we had another great night last night fed at 9:30pm back down in own bed by 10:00pm and slept till 4:00am took a little bit to settle at this feed but then went back down and i gotta sleep in cause my darling mum got up with all the kids oh how much i love her.
So that is 2 nights in a row we have fed at 9ish and she hasnt really woke up during the feed and just goes straight back down lets hope we repeat this again tonight.
May has cradle cap in her eyebrows all my kids seem to get this and always in the eyebrows never on the head she also has that hormone rash over her face,neck,head.
Anyway i better go feed the kids only got the three at home now as mum took oldest DD home with her
takecare and hope everyone is well
Quick post tonight - DH is having a shower with B atm, so I only have 5 mins or so!
BW - Wow, you guys sure have had a rough trot! It's no wonder we haven't heard from you. I hope that K recovers quickly and that she gets her harness off tomorrow also (it would be one less thing for you to worry about). Sending you lots of good vibes:pray:
Sleepy - Hope the needles go well.
pmccask- B's sleeping pattern sounds almost identical, though we had a good sleep (1.5hrs) yesterday because we were in the car!
I hope everyone's reflux isssues sort themselves out soon. Try reading some of the threads on reflux babies. I found them really helpful and they made me realise B is exremely lucky and doesn't actually have anything like true reflux.
AFM - Am packing it because DH goes back to work tomorrow and I have no idea how I'll cope all day on my own! Our renovations also start tomorrow so we will be hit with a concrete cutter in the morning - yippee, not! Am hoping to time that with a trip to do the groceries so we don't have to listen to it.
Hi all...sorry I havent been posting, my internet keeps dropping out. it seems to be doing awesome tonight so I am quickly getting on.
So happy to hear that Kaylee got her harness off. She must be loving it and it will be awesome for getting her wind up.
Monitors - I dont have one so cannot unfortunately give any advice,
Reflux - I dont think Zen has it...lucky, lucky me
Needles - Zen had his today and has slept most of the day...hope he still sleeps tonight. just in case I napped today.
Will do some personals soon, little man is wanting cuddles...and he is getting as many as he wants today.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
We are Harness free!!!! Kaylee got the all clear today and no longer has to wear her harness!
Now we just need to get the all clear regarding bladder and urinary tract infections tomorrow and I'll be in heaven!
OOH AND I was one of the lucky random winners in the Itti Bitti photo comp on facebook, I won a trial pack! So stoked cause I've been waiting for the harness to come off to switch to the itti's full time! Such good timing to win some!
BW- Thats so great to here she got the harness off and i hope you get positive results regarding the UTI etc and congrats on winning.
Just a quick one from me May has been alot better this week still taking abit to long to settle sometimes but last 2 nights once settled has slept 7-8hrs straight through so cant complain i just hope the needles dont muck things up to much we are off today for them DD 18mths also has to have hers so could be an interesting night.
May is growing so fast i cant beleiev how quick time flies by she will be all grown up before we know it.
We are a little concerned about her eyes as our first DD had turned eyes and we went on with patching from 9 mths and then had surgery at around 2yrs old to straighten them and have still been going on and off with patching etc with them and she is 7yrs old now. I know babies eyes wander when newborns but Mays are alot like first DD's when she was that age proberly worse then what hers were and they never came right till we had them fixed i really think May might of got that gene also but only time will tell but i really dont expect them to come right just by the way they are anyway fingers crossed.
Anyway i better go get organised will take me forever to do so
takecare and hope all mums and bubs are well.
Hi All
I changed E's appointment to Friday. I wasn't feeling great yesterday, and with Cooper at daycare on Friday, it'll make it easier. It's Cooper's birthday today. He is a big 3! So we've got a busy day ahead.
BW - That's fantastic news about K! Hope everything else with the infection is ok too.
Caplay - I hope you have a peaceful night tonight after all injections! It's nice to have good block of sleep :)
As for us, we've just been hanging around, taking it easy. Last week if school holidays, so enjoying the most of the rest that we can. Once school starts again it's back to busy routines. So I'd better go, and get ready. Cooper wants to go to the park.
Cap - Maybe just get May's eyes checked for your own peace of mind. But yay on the sleeping! If she is going that long overnight then you can manage anything during the day.
BW - Wow, what a fantastic day for you!! I'm so happy that you can give Little Lady proper snuggles now! Hopefully there will be no further issues.
Tina - Needles are sad hey? Phoebe's cry just about broke my heart :(
JLeigh - How are you going?
I can't believe that my baby is 10 weeks old on Friday. Sadder still is that she is too long for some 000 bodysuits so I am washing 00 ready. She holds her head up so well though and loves watching Tiana! The Zantac is really helping and once I buy the Angelcare monitor I am going to put her in her bed at night too. I just can't put her on her belly in bed while I am asleep. Hope that everyone is having a good week!
Cap-May - I dont have Zen in with me at nights but I occasionally bring him in after his 5amish feed and place him on my side. i am completely aware he is there, i dont put him in the middle in case DH roles on him though. Fingers crossed May's eyes correct automatically, is it much trouble to have them corrected? I think you wrote about DD also having wandering eyes?
Traylee - I really feel with you on the needles, Zen had his and it makes you feel like an ax murderer, holding their little legs while they get two massive needles jammed in them :( Zen slept all day and didnt feed anywhere near as much either so it sounds all normal.
Sleepy - did the BM work for the conjunctivitis?
Marni - yippee for more settled sleeps! it must make you feel like a new woman.
JLeigh - I braved the Big W toy sale and it was painful. Aisles to narrow and they blocked off the ends of half the aisles for the layby lineup! Zen hardly sleeps through tthe day - he does 20min powernaps but still sleeps well at night and will amuse himself for quite a while during the day.
PMC - WHile Zen doesnt do big sleeps he can be left for periods of time and amuses himself...I'd be at my wits end if I had to hold him etc whenever he was awake
BW - Yippee for Kaylee getting her harness off, now to clear up the uti and life will be sweet. Congrats on winning the comp and getting the trial pack!
Teething - I've had 3ppl ask me if Zen is teething. He has a white spot on the gum, drools constantly and has red spots on his cheeks...I have no idea. If he is he is being really good about it lol.
Brissie Meetup - how about Tuesday 20 July at either Southbank or the cafe in the Library (cnr George and Adelaide Streets) 10am (ish)
Hope everyone has a great day.
Hi to Tiff and anyone else I have left out...yuck...just heard something gooey come out of Zens bottom lol...off to change him
TinaR - Breast milk works a treat for conjunctivitis. I think that's an ok day for a meet up, but I think I have an inspection either that day or the next...I'll have a look.
Morning everyone, I've been MIA since DH is home and we're trying to organise stuff for the house & move. I've been trying to keep up reading though :)
BW - A big YAHOO on K getting her harness off, fingers crossed for an all clear on test results tomorrow. Lucky thing on winning itti comp - what size is K in, I've got two smalls for A (she's a pipsqueak too at 4.7kgs) and they seem to leak everytime she has them on.
Jleigh - How did you survive your first day on your own?
Sleepy - Did the breast milk work for E's eye? A had a yucky eye so I was squirting it in but didn't do anything so we went to doc's who said it was most likely a blocked tear duct but prescribed drops anyway........drops cleared up eye so who knows.
Marni - Great to hear the Zantac is help P and she is a lot more settled for you.
Caplay & PM - Wow sounds like you are getting some great sleep out of your little ones :)
A big hello to everyone else, hope you are all doing great.
Not much to report here, A is still sleeping like a champion right through the night and did her next best effort yet last night - she went down at 9.45pm and I woke her up at 8.15 this morning, had a feed and back down for another couple of hours. Well better get my butt into gear, nearly finished sorting through my boxes of cr*p that I had packed up last time and have been sitting stacked in the old bathroom that is half demolished and off to hair dresser this afternoon :)
I'll be back as soon as Kaylee has had a bottle and Boyo is in bed, but just quickly:
KAYLEE GOT THE ALL CLEAR FROM THE HOSPITAL! No further infections grew in culture, she is all good (so the poor little bugger had her needles today...kinda had to do it while the going was good...only 3 weeks late!)
Phoenix, I have small SIO Itti's for Kaylee (I just changed her after 3 hours, MASSIVE poo and no leaks...) I have to admit I've not had any leaks at all, I had her in one when she had her harness on (as a trial), overnight, from 6pm til about 2am, with an extra bamboo booster in it and it was fine then too...
Have you tried strip washing them, apparently its best to just wash them in hot water rather than with powder etc as it can build up and screw up the absorbency. Itti suggest that you bung them through the machine on a hot cycle with a tiny amount (1/4 cup for a full load...could put normal washing in too) of dishwashing liquid, then dry (dryer makes the bamboo soft) in dryer or sun...apparently that can help?!
I'll BBS!
hi all
BW - yay for Kaylee getting the harness off!! And woohoo on winning the nappies!
Marni - E is also getting too long for her 000 bonds suits, but other brands still fit her in the legs.
Phoenix - that's great about A's sleeping! Through the night at 10 wks is fantastic!
Good luck to all those having needles. We're taking E for hers next week. I might leave A at my MILs as I don't think she'll like seeing someone stab her little sister and making her cry.
Sorry for not too many personals, trying to get a million things done while E is in bed.
Afm: we had out 6-8wk checks yesterday. E is 5.2kg and "thriving" according to the midwife. They put some silver nitrate on her belly button thing and it's nearly gone already. Might need one more go but it's definitely looking better. I also had my bits checked out after the stitches & doc seems to think another vaginal delivery could risk wrecking the muscles down there and lead to bowel incontinence (had an epis first time and a tear second). So if we go again I will likely have to have a c-sec. We are still undecided as to whether we want another though, but it's something to think about. Other than that we're both doing great.
Hi to everyone - it sounds like good news all round so :dance:
BW - Congrats on the good news about K and congrats on winning those Itti's!
Phoenix - Hope you're enjoying your time with DH home. I survived yesterday cos Mum was with me for most of it, and today we had our first New Parents Group. B woke at 5:30am for a feed and we were still late to the group, even though it started at 9:30! :doh:
pmc - I hear you - B's 40 min sleep sees me madly rushing to try to get everything done 'cos once he's awake it's all about him! Glad to hear E is thriving.
TinaR - Did you find any good bargains at the toy sales?
Marnikat - That's great that the Zantac has helped so much. Is it a liquid? A lady in the Parents Group has her 7 week old on Losec and it's pellets which you can't crush and she said she has heaps of trouble getting her DD to take them (understandable for a 7 week old!).
Hi to Tiff, Erin, Traylee, SSM and anyone else I have missed.
AFM - I weighed Boz today - 5kg on the dot!! Couldn't measure him as he was asleep and I didn't want to wake him. I seem to be surviving my first day on my own, but don't know how I'll get any housework done!
Boz has been really upset at afternoon nap time the past couple of days - I'm talking screaming cries with tears streaming down his little face. Boy is that hard to take. He drops off eventually but it takes lots of cuddles, pats, rocking and shhhh's. As for night sleeps, he seems to have stretched it even longer, to 5:30am, but won't go back to sleep after that (just the 40 min day naps). I'm not complaining though!
Hi all
Sleepy- i am not looking forward to the busy routine once school goes back either i spend my night organising and getting everything prepared so i dont have to rush round in the morning.
Marni- am glad to here the zantac has helped.
Tina- Yes first DD now 7 had bad eyes and it was very hard to do the patching on and off especially when they are little and just pull it off all the time but we got through it she had an operation at 2 to have them both straightened which is where they tighten the muscles behind the eye it wasnt a nice thing to see your 2 yr old go through but she only needed the one operation so i was happy with that but i really hope we dont have to go through it all again with May but if necessary we will as we chose the option for the surgery as we thought about all the times ahead like school and how cruel some kids can be and it was necessary to help with her vision.
You are lucky Z amuses himself May isnt so good with amusing herself she might for 3-5mins if where lucky.
Pheonix-Wow you must be happy and pleesed A is sleeping so well that is excellent.
BW- Glad to hear you got the all clear we also had the needles today poor little ones i couldnt look
PM-Sorry i must of missed what was wrong with E's belly button?
Jleigh-Do you have your own scales at home?Sorry to hear B has been abit unsettled in the afternoon.
Hi to everyone else i missed
AFM- well needles went as well as they could DD 18mths was tired and screaming before we even got into have the needles and then when she had hers ohhhhhh the face and the cry poor little darling was glad DP was holding her as i neally cried from the other side of the room.May was good only cryed for a min they did them both at the same time so that was good came home and she has been sleeping for a long time but i have let her as she has been awake most of the afternoon will feed her shortly and hope she settles ok.
We asked about her eyes and he said he would referr us to the same specialist we seen with DD1 if needed in a few months time.
I asked about my swab results from a couple weeks ago from the ongoing infection i have had since birth and he said it was GBS that showed up i dont know alot about this GBS i had it last pregnancy and this one but how long can it stay for??? any info about it would be great he said it should be gone now and i havent had any more sighns of it still being here so hopefully it has gone.
I didnt get a pap smear as was too much hapening in there today will have to make a new appointment soon as i need one now
anyway i better go have a good night everyone takecare
Oh do any of your bubs have that hormonal rash on them? May has over her face and head.
Cap - Phoebe quite often has a rash. I don't know if it is the same one. It is tiny little red spots. She gets it on her face, arms, neck and belly. Could that be it?
JLeigh - The tears are awful aren't they? I always feel terrible when Phoebe cries that much.
Does anyone have set times for bubs to sleep? I generally just wait for P to seem sleepy and then put her down but am thinking of trying to start a routine soon. What does everyone else do?
Marni- yes it is like little red dot pimply looking things??
Well May kinda has her own routine which follows pretty much the same everyday somedays are different i kinda am just going with the flow with her i havent made a set routine but she seems to of made her own lol and she seems to stick pretty close to it everyday so if that works for her it works for me.
Having abit of a time settling her atm so better run.
Marnikat - We haven't even tried to set a routine apart from bath-massage-feed-bed, but B seems to like to have his own routine and usually keeps to it to within 15 mins or so! He's started waking at 5:30am rather than 4:30am now, but instead of going back to bed, he's up now. He has a nap about 1 3/4hrs after he wakes, sleeps for about 50 mins, then wakes for a little play before his next feed, which are 3 hours apart. He usually won't sleep and is unsettled after his late afternoon feed though - seems to just want to be held. I am trying to make sure tea is prepared as much as I can before then otherwise we wouldn't eat.
caplay - I have my own bathroom scales, but they're the old fashioned, non digital kind so not very accurate. They have them at Parents Group at the Child Health Centre so I use those. Sounds like you all survived the needles ok - did May need any panadol? B still has a lump on his left leg from that needle. It's hard, like a 5c piece size.
About GBS - I tested positive for GBS after a swab in pregnancy so needed antibiotics in labour to ensure I didn't pass it onto B as it can be very severe in newborns because they have no immune system. It stands for Group B Streptococcus (ok, that spelling is wrong!), which is a common bacteria that can cause sore throats etc. Most women are positive at some time in their life, but it often has no symptoms at all and can come and go. It's only a worry in preg as bub could get it. I wouldn't be concerned if I were you.
AFM - B got worse after I posted yesterday. He seemed very sleepy, but just wouldn't settle, even in my arms, and spent a couple of hours wriggling and screaming. He fed every 2 hours as well and eventually dozed off in my arms for about half an hour. I ended up putting him down in his bouncer and had just enough time to go to the loo and put a load of washing in the machine before he woke again.... completely happy and as if nothing had even been wrong! :shakehead::rolleyes: And he slept through til 5:30am as usual! If only they came with an instruction manual....lol!;)
Thanks for the reply girls, also what time do you put your babies to 'bed' for the night? I think I am going to get my baby monitor today or tom so want to start a night time routine. Tiana never had one cause she just didnt sleep and we just let her sleep when we could get her to but I think Phoebe will be good with one.
JLeigh - Hope this afternoon is better for you!
Cap - That sounds like it but ours is flat. She does have the milk pimples on her face though.
Hi All
We had an excellent night last night. E slept from 8.30 9ish right thru until 7am. He did start waking at 4am tho, I just kept putting his dummy back in as not to wake DH, and he kept falling back asleep. So that was nice, especially after the day we had yesterday, was very busy! We ended up going to K-Mart, and getting a few things, then the park, whcih ended up being freezing cold and then raining...lol.
Routine - Elijah generally seems to want to be in bed between the hours of 7 and 9pm. He usually fusses and wants feeding and I usually bath/shower him before bed time too. I just think it helps relax him plus I know if I have a shower before bed I sleep better. I hate being/feeling dirty.
Rash - E has a bit of a rash sometimes on his cheeks, but nothing serious. He has quite a bit of cradle cap tho....but it's not too concerning.
BW - How is K going now? I hope all is ok with the bladder infection. Sooo happy to hear the braces came off!
AFM - I am really quite concerned about the needles now..lol. I hate when they are done! I had DH go with E when he got the heel test, because we were out of hospital before 72 hours, we had to go to a clinic to get it done, so DH went in. They had to do that twice, and I heard his screams - almost made me cry! I hate being the one to hold them when they get it done....I have had to do it with all of them tho, but it doesn't make it any easier....E is really happy when he is lying on the floor, with all his brothers around talking to him, he smiles and wriggles and goos and gaas...it so beautiful! Almost makes me want to have more, just to see the love and happines!
I have had a bit of a pregnancy scare, we did it unprotected not long after E was born (about 4 weeks) when the bleeding stopped, so have been stressing out, but I think it's ok now, I think I was feeling over exhausted and getting "symptoms"..emotional, tired, feeling sick - altho I haven't started bleeding again yet either....I want to take a test just to reassure myself...lol
Hope you're all having a good day so far...
hey all how is eveyrone
troy informs me scarlet slept tll 5am, he stayed awake all night checking on her waiting for her to wake, that was her first night in the cot for a full sleep
all day today i have bene putting her back in there to sleep and patting on her and shshshshs her.
i hoep tonigth she sleeps right threw since i have her lol
i gave her some mashed banana other day just a teaspoon she loved it she kept wanting to feed every hr so i gave her that and she went to sleep
she has also tried the farex banana one a bit and pulled weird faces at it
i havent given her any food since i just tried it she seemed to like it, cant beleive she is 9 weeks already
Morning all
how is everyone doing? us we are doing good May seems to of handled her needles very well we did have to give her panandol once that night do any of your bubs hate the panadol everytime i gave it to my last DD she would vomit and i meen power spew everywhere and i have never been able to use it with her when i gave it to may she didnt seem to like it either very much and i thought oh know it is going to make you vomit to but she just gagged and pulled awful faces it must taste bitter or something not sure.
Marni- yes that sounds like the rash today it has almost gone though yes may still has milk spots to.
i usually feed May around 9ish maybe half past and then put her down and (fingers crossed) she has been settling straight away the last week last night just picked her up fed and went straight back down i find if i feed her around that time she wont wake till anywhere between 5-8am although this morning was 4am as she hadnt pooed but has now so back down again May is currently going a good 7-9hrs between feeds just hope the settling keeps going this good as i said in previous posts she was taking a good 2-3 hrs to settle beforehand with last DD i gradually started cutting the time back to earlier in the night so will proberly do the same but last DD slept through from the day she was born.
Sleepy- wow did you do a test? i would die of shock if i was to fall pregnant again (wont be happening being very cautious till the snip happens)
Traylee- I hope you got a full nights sleep last night? you are bottle feeding arnt you? how many bottles a day is she having? do you refridgerate your boiled water or leave out? or do you premake some bottles?
Hello to everyone else might go have a quick lie down before the rest of the tribe get up try pop back later.
Jleigh- LOL i wish all our kids came with an instruction manual they amaze me at times.
cap, she is on bottle and i dont count how many bottles she has lol, she usually feeds anywhere from 3 to 5hrs during the day, most times i 4 i think till avos,
she has 120mls of s26, i boil water and leave it in the jug and just put it in the bottles as i go, i still heat the bottles in microwave then add the formula, if she doesnt happen to drink it all i put the rest in the fridge as i read that you can reheat them once with formula in it after wards, (the first time is only heated with boiled water)
i stayed awake all night well mostly waiting, i was wide awake anywways so watched the new karate kid movie good movie lol
she slept from 7.30 till 4am, then woke again at 6.20 and only had 60mls lol and went to sleep and she still asleep now
think she sleeping better in her cot :) i just gotta get rid of that 4am feed and we will be right
i was naughty last njght well this morning, troy is so use to being awake all night he couldnt sleep either so we watched some movies then went to snuggle in bed (we sleep in sep rooms but we thought we would snuggle together for warmth)
and well we decided to be naughty and we didnt use protection
now for those of you that no about fertility, well sat night i was getting horrid pains in ovary area and lasted few days,, but on tues TMI i went to the loo and my god there was so much egg white stuff its was grose lol lasted all day, i havent had it like that before im guessing that was my fertile time, so if i had all egg white tues, and had sex early this morning would i have not been fertile anymore, cause rnt u fertile when u see that egg white and few days before it