Hi Ubba, Good to hear from you. Lol on ice cream fixing everything Im glad your ds is so easily convinced lol. You know what I thought it was wierd that V has her last feed before 11 but the good thing about it is that she usually (and I say that very loosely) makes it till dawn to wake up. She did it all herself though so I have no tips to help. I kind of credit the cosleeping we did at the beginning as I think that it got us in sync a bit. Good luck I hope Ruby gives you some long night time sleeps soon.
Alison, I dont have thighs I have tree trunks lol..Im too scared to try my pre preg pants on because I nkow hey wont fit. My belly is great though, like I was never preggo, its just that I put weight on my arse and thighs, not my tum. Heheee I cant even get my pants on let alone get them done up My arms are gross too! looks like I have two big hams on my shoulders..oh..so sad...
MissMagpie, I think you are doing the right thing too, what a sad thing for you to witness your nephew being in a less than ideal situation...He s lucky you are there to not let it go too far.
Madame, how are you? I dont think our dhs, no matter what degree of helpfulness they exhibit, will ever understand what it is like to be someones ENTIRE WORLD...Maybe its because they are the centre of their entire world (or maybe their penis is lol) and they can take a break from the situation and we cant and lets be honest that is what being good mums includes dammit lol...Im sure if he had a bit more compassion it would make the feelings a bit less desperate as all we want is someone to acknowledge we are doing it hard and deserve some kudos...well KUDOS to you my dear!
xx
Telly good on you for your ww loss! I just ate a chocolate croissant Exercise for the day...Counteracted!!! heehee..
Heavenly how have you been? It sounds like everything is going well for you and your not so little fam now
AFM: Well V is getting a bit better, she is getting used to pooing I think because last night she fell asleep in my arms about 830 and I put her to bed at 930 because I really didnt think she was out for the night but she slept till 4am! wow! I wasnt sure what to do because usually we do battle every night and I am buggered by the end of it..This was too easy and I hope it continues..
I have a question re bf...I usually give V some boobie when she wakes up to comfort her or take the edge off her hunger then I change her and let her play a bit. If she becomes a bit sooky or tired Ill put her on again after her play and she will eat and then fall asleep. My question is...Is this ok? Am I creating bad habits? I dont think ff babies would do this do they? actually when to ff babies eat? at the beginning or end of the awake period?
So really I am comforting V with the boobie on waking, offering it to her if she is sooky and nothing else is a problem...(nappy wind etc) and feed to sleep. It is working for us right now but it excludes dh from a lot as he doesnt posess boobies. V is also a bit wary of the bottle as we have had no need to use it since we dropped the comp feeds on week 2..I also wonder how she will go later on as I want to introduce her (not yet) to 1 day of daycare at about 6 months so she is not scared when I go back to work full time at 12 months. Any suggestions?
I feed serenity when she first wakes up and then a quick top up before i put her down, i try not to let her fall asleep on the boob though...i think one day a week would be good at that age hunter was in 3-4 days at 7 months cos i went to tafe for 6 months he didnt like it when he was a little older cos he finally figured out i was leaving for a while but its just a phase they go through then theyre happy again cos they know ur coming back.
ended up with 3 kids in my bed, in the middle of the night i heard a tinking noise and hunter was up playing then at 2am when i was feeding serenity cos she went to slepp at 6:30 i heard something in the bathroom and he was flooding the sink and playing with tampons sitting on the counter...lil punk
Natty: You're too scared to try on your pre preg pants, i'm too scared to try on my engagement ring! Don't want to have to cut that off too!
With the feeding, we have absolutely NO routine, but it works for us. We both get lots of sleep at night cos he starts off in the bassinette then when he wakes up we co-sleep. I think he feeds about 3 times during the night but i fall straight back to sleep so i don't really notice!
Can you try giving V a bit of boiled water in a bottle to get her used to the bottle? I give Archie water when we go out in the car and it's hot just for a very quick drink and he loves it.
I'll be back later.. gotta go!
x
Hi Natty & Kymmy - I hear you all! I can't fit my pants or wedding rings!!!!!!!!!!!! Kymmy, I got my rings on last night first time since week 34 of pregnancy but they were too tight so had to wrench them off again. How on earth do your friggin fingers get fat too!!!!! grrrrr.
I'm off to my first mums and bubs swimming class today, god knows I need it. I'm too scared to get into bathers for fear of making people sick so I'm donning the boardshorts and singlet top to cover up all the horrid body parts! Amelia's been sleeping 6/7 hours at night but last night she woke after 4.5, bummer! She did however finally do a big poo for daddy this morning before he went to work, she'd gone nearly 3 days! Oh and Natty, I do the same as Mon, BF when she wakes, top up with formula and then during the day she'll have awake time after that (sometimes she hardly sleeps in between) but at night straight back to sleep (usually any feeds after 6.00 pm).
Natty - I'm going to try and take control the Abster as she is doing my head in with her non sleeping and being attached to my boobies all damn day and just snoozing there on and off and then when I put her down she only lasts about 20 mins....I cant cope anymore with the amount of sleep I'm getting and also being on the lounge 24/7 is doing my head in and JD's....I just cant cave like I did with him after about the 3rd night...I've got to be strong.
Today I have wrapped her both times when I put her in to sleep and also put her in her cot in her room instead of the bassinet...I think she is getting too big for that now anyways. The first time this morning she only slept from 9:20 - 10:15 but that was better than usual then this time mum rocked her to sleep at 1:45 and it's now 3:40 so I have to try and keep this up. I need to stay home for her sleep times instead of being out and about and try and get her in some routine.
I always seem to be feeding her...it's the easiest solution to stop her whinging so I just do it...got to stop that too as she mostly falls asleep and just cat naps. I'm one of those mothers who cant stand to hear them cry so run to them straight away...have to stop that too! I seem to do alot of things wrong...
Alison - hope you enjoy your swim class today...sure Amelia will love it if she enjoyed the pool the other day. I only go swimming in my dad's pool as I wouldnt want to frighten other people off if the saw me in my boardies and top...pretty damn gross! I have the worst stretch marks and saggy belly is like an apron (sorry TMI!) so combine that with the thunder thighs and tuck shop lady arms it's not pretty!! DH has joined the gym today and I'm going this afternoon to sign up - it's 24 hours a day so I'm going to go in the morning before the kids are up and he can go at night when they are down. If I dont go first thing and get it over with then it will never happen....
Kymmy - I give Abbey boiled water too and she sucks it down most of the time...must be nice and refreshing for them hey!
AFM - Went and did our weekly weigh in yesterday and Ab is now 5.4kgs. She put on 200gms this last week so that's pretty good as the week before it was only 100gm. She is rolling over onto her side a fair bit when she is on the floor and doesnt stop talking - we have little conversations...I ask her something and she coo's away and carries on like she's responding to me - very cute!! She's also putting her hands together and putting them up in front of her face alot...like she wants to double punch me or something!
I actually got my engagement ring resized yesterday - how bad is that!!! My wedding ring fits OK as I had put on a little weight since I had JD and we got engaged but I was thin when DH proposed to me so I hadnt worn it for ages....I got it on when I got home from hospital but I started to panic after a couple of weeks that I wouldnt be able to get it off and my finger would rot from no blood circulation so I got into a mad state and finally got it off - hurt like hell though!! Anyway, $60 later and it fits lovely now and it's so nice to have it on...definitely too many $$$$ spent on it not to be worn!
Anyway, sorry for the selfish post...hope everyone is doing well!
xoxo
My arms are gross too! looks like I have two big hams on my shoulders..oh..so sad...
Exercise for the day...Counteracted!!! heehee..
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