oh Mel what a nice thing to say. support to bf is hard to come by for me. dh is in my corner but my friends don't get it. oh well what can you do lol. anyway i'll come back tomorrow typing oo my mobile sucks. x x
Hi all you tired mums!!! I am definitely one of you too!!!!
Telly – Definitely FF is not helping with Abbey’s sleep….she’s a nightmare at the moment but I’ll get to that later…..so sweet that Theo is touching you like that….a few times Abbey did that to me when I was still BF and your heart just swells doesn’t it?? I really miss that about BF…I’m the same with the giving in thing….every night I say to DH ‘that’s it, tonight’s the night, she’s not coming out of that cot….and every night she ends up on the lounge with me…I’m just so tired I can hardly stand some nights so I cave constantly….obviously cant stick to my guns on much in my life….: (
When I was BF I was doing millions of feeds a day too….I was the same and often thought that she wasn’t getting a big enough feed at the end of the night so she could sleep through….who knows, who knows….
Ali & Mel – These Amber necklaces sound interesting….I would have to sneak one on Abbey too I think as DH would go nuts about how much they cost…..it’s funny the things ‘people give to you’…..iykwim….he he he!
Kymmy – Cant remember if I congratulated you for Archies bloods coming back normal – great great great news for the big fella!!!
Snowy – We are always on JD’s case when Abbey’s asleep to be quiet…the poor fella cant cop a break….after living with him the last 4.5 months Abbey should be able to sleep through anything he’s that noisy!!!
Natty - Go the BFing!! Dont worry about anyone else - you are doing the best thing for V!
AFM – Sleep is something of the past in this house too…..gawd…..If I get any more than 1.5 hours straight I’m lucky…..
She’s taken a dummy the last couple of nights but that’s not all of the time…I try to let her whinge but I cant let her go completely off her nut cause that will wake JD up then I’ll have 2 to deal with at whatever hour so I have to get to her as quick as I can drag myself out of bed….
I was that tired the other night I was giving her a bottle on the lounge and I fell asleep and when I woke up an hour later she had moved her head away from the bottle and I was feeding the lounge…BAHAHAHAHAA!!! Hilarious….it was soaked cause the pressure was on the teat so the milk just kept seeping out!! Now, that’s bad isn’t it!!!
Again I was on the lounge this morning with me up one end and Abbey up the other and out comes JD at 5:10am….I could have cried….way way too early to cope with this….I put his DVD on and told him to be quiet but she was still up at 5:40 so I got DH up at about 6:30 and went back to bed for about 45 mins until he had to get ready for work….before that she was up from 11:30pm onwards every hour or so!!! I was going to be in all sorts of a mood if I didnt get at least some sleep...
Feeding though seems to be going better routine wise….about 5 or 6 feeds a day but she never drinks it all at once….still cat napping during the day but I can handle that if she’s happy while she’s up and lets me get things done….Jolly Jumper is working well and so is the Jungle Gym thing that she lies under that lights up and sings to her….gets pretty sick of the bouncer chair pretty quick as she knows that she’ll be stuck in it for a long time so that’s not so good. Rolling over all the time though and gets the cranks so forever rolling her back!!! Also grabbing onto EVERYTHING that is in front of her...I was looking at my Ipod this afternoon and she was all over it! I couldnt type a thing!
Tried her on some Farex yesterday and today and she wasn’t too bad with it….ate a fair amount tonight but she’s whinging already and only been asleep for about an hour so I think it will be a long night again…
Raving on again aren’t I!!! I need to get on here more often so my posts are shorter…
Anyway ladies….hope at least some of us get a decent sleep tonight!!
xoxoxox
Jumping on the "Where did my all night sleeping baby go?!" Bandwagon here! Cruz has been waking a few times in between 4 and 6am for a couple of weeks now - He's not hungry, that's definitely not it and he's formula fed AND he DOES have an Amber Teething Necklace from Amberbebe! We got that a couple of months ago in anticipation - Well worth the investment so far, I think I can notice a difference when he hasn't had in on for a couple of days - Anything's worth a try!
I think it must just be an age thing - Google the 4 month sleep regression - It's a phenomenon! Fingers crossed it'll be over soon and it's sweet dreams for all of us!
Had his needles last Saturday, he cried for 2 minutes, I cried for 20 haha - Has had 2 mustardy poos like Amelia too Alison - Def the rotavirus, happened to us last time as well and I wasn't bf'ing then so pretty sure that's it!
Got him weighed again at needles - 7.95kgs - Theo baby here we come! Hahaha
Loving his Farex, we're going slowly, he has been having it every 2nd day as I think it clogs him up a little, I do make it pretty sloppy though - Sloppy enough that it stays together but runny enough that it would come out of the bowl if that makes sense?? I do 1 heaped teaspoon of Farex to 5 teaspoons of formula... Anyway, he LOVES it, knew exactly what he was doing with it and eats off the spoon like a champ - So damn cute! Starting yesterday we're doing Farex every day for the next week and a bit and next weekend we'll give him a tiny bit of pumpkin to try...
Moving house on Sunday and Internet will take up to 10 working days to be connected - What will I do without my lifeline!!
YAAAAAAAAAY FOR ARCHIE'S BLOODS!! I am so happy! That little man is just waaaay too gorgeous to be sick! How is your Dad going now Kymmy??
Natty I think it was me who said about putting them to bed every 2 hours, but I have found now he is getting older it's about every 2.5 hours to get him to have a proper nap - We are now doing 2 x 2 hour naps a day instead of the old routine and he is happy...
What tme do you ladies all do your last feeds for the night? We put Cruz to bed at 6:30 - 7pm but wake him at 10pm for his "BIG" feed of between 210 - 240mls... Sounds like everyone else is doing an earlier feed and letting them sleep - Am thinking of trying this but I find that if I try to squish Cruz's feeds too close toegtehr he rejects them! Please tell me how you space them out??
Oh and Formula Feeders, how much is your little one taking a day?
Sometimes it's hard to get him to down all of that, other days he guzzles it, for a while he went off it but I discovered that I needed to go up a teat size to the medium flow, so we did - That was only 2 weeks ago and he fed like a champ after that but now is back to mucking around with it and spitting it out as if he's bored, wondering if it's time to go up to fast flow teats ALREADY?!
Argh, am being called to go help with more packing - I hate packing! But I get to buy new furniture at the new place as our current stuff doesn't fit right Woot woo!!
Will be back soon - Much love to you ALL and the precious littlies!! xx
Hi Kymmy - did you get Archie's blood results back? I must have missed a post, grrrr. Great news if all is well, tough little cookie monster. xx
Hi Alicia - hows my daughter's future mother in law? hee hee Sounds like Cruz is going to be one big strong protective boyfriend for Amelia lol. You're right on the 4 month thing, I've been reading my Wonder Weeks book and a few things on the net today as well, also met with the mums group girls today and everyone has the same thing going on! Looks like we'll have to put up with this for a bit and ride out the wave. Alicia Amelia is still on 5 feeds a day, I tried to drop it to 4 last week and it created bedlam, she started waking in the night - not for a feed but at the time I thought it stuffed up her sleeping pattern of 10 hours without waking.....I am now thinking after reverting back that it's more this wonder week rather than the feed so maybe it won't make a difference after all. Not sure what to do now. At the moment she has her last feed at 9.30/10.00 pm - same as you, Amelia has a 5.30/6.00 pm feed and goes to sleep and most of the time we have to wake her for her final feed which is more like a "dream feed". She is also having 180 mls at each feed, yesterday she wasn't even finishing her bottles, another growth spurt sign but today she has. Sounds like Cruz and Amelia pretty much have the same routine. I worked out the mls by doing that calculation for her weight - she is not as big as Cruz so maybe he needs more?? Although it is only a guide, every bub is different I guess! He might just be conservative with his food and not be a piggy like Missy Moo obviously is ha ha! Have you tried that calculation? I googled it on the net and DH worked it out for me, me and maths with baby brain don't mix! If I drop her to 4 feeds she'd be on 200 mls a feed. Might try that again next week and see how we go. So hard to tell with her nights being so up and down anyway at the moment. I'm hanging to get my routine back on track, I'm so not used to getting up at night lol! I was told if you want to drop that late feed to gradually bring it forward 15 minutes, then 30 minutes and eventually drop it - it would mean they might not take as much but that's ok....either that or give them a little less at the second last feed and a normal amount at the last. That's what I was trying last week so will do it that way again but instead of just dropping the last feed cold turkey I'll pull it back gradually. I've rambled on sorry but hopefully I've helped answer your question.
Anyway girls I'm off to our holiday house down south tomorrow for Easter with the fams, back on Monday but I won't be logging on while away so I'll be MIA for a few days. Will miss talking to you all heaps....I'm nervous about Amelia too as she's already out of whack so taking her down there could be even worse as she'll have to sleep in the portacot! At least she'll be in my room so I won't have far to do the dummy thing! Have a fabulous Easter girls, take care, eat lots of choccy and enjoy! Speak to you all Monday. xx
Last edited by Alison1973; April 1st, 2010 at 10:01 PM.
typing with Archie in my lap so i'll see how i go!
Ali: Yes Archie's bloods were all normal! I don't know, however, if he was checked for vitamin K deficiency as the Dr said i should get him started in solids to "increase his Vitamin K"... It was a very rushed phone call, as he was between patients so i want to speak to him again to clarify as i don't feel satisfied with the explanation i got. I tell you what though, it is the WORST feeling in the world that your baby might have something wrong with him... HORRIBLE.
Alicia and Ubba: My dad is going great, thanks for asking! He has had the muscle and skin graft, which went really well. He was going to be discharged today but they are not satsfied that he can get around on his own enough yet so will practise walking a bit more before they let him come home. I can't wait to have him back home! I hate him being fo far away form us all
I am also wondering what the heck is going on with Archie's sleeping and we ALSO have an amber teething necklace from Amberbebe!! We are all soooo connected! hahaha! Archie doesn't really wear his much yet as it doesn't look very comfortable cos he doesn't have much of a neck yet... hahaha!
I have also been trying to keep Archie in his bassinette for longer during the night (we also co-sleep) as both DH and myself are not getting a good enough sleep with him in our bed. I am thinking of bringing the cot in and taking the side off, as you do Mel, to see how that goes. Last night i got up about 20 times!!! LUCKILY i can survive on very little sleep.. Lots of practise from my going out all night days!! haha! I find i don't need much sleep at all, 5-6 hours does me fine.
I'd better go and make lunch for Brit and my lil brother (who is 7!!)... It's my mummys birthday today so we will be going there later for fish and chips for dinner! I don't know why, as we are definately not religious, but we never eat meat on Good Friday! Weirdos... but we do have the Easter Bunny come on Sunday and i think he has bought Archie a book about bunnies.. just a hunch!
Have a great weekend everyone and enjoy your chocolate!
Love to you all and thanks heaps for your support xxxx
Just quickly - Cruz has a TOOTH!! You can very clearly see it and feel it, it's pretty much out of the gum! Bottom left front tooth - So cute! So sharp! Amberbebe necklace must've helped as he really didn't kick up much of stink! Didn't even notice!
Sorry for the selfish post - So excited! Our little peeps are growing up so fast! Now back to more packing
Happy Easter! Love you all!!
FANTASTIC News about your Dad too Kymmy! So happy he'll be home soon with his foot! Great news!!
Thanks for filling me in Ali - Will chat more about it on FB!
Haha!! I can't get over that!! Awesome news on the necklace too, me think i might get one too! Gosh... definately growing up quickly!
My post will be short too, DD is at the circus and they're due to get home any moment now. She also went to a high 5 concert on wednesday Far out, that girl has a better social life than me! not fair!
Kymmy, so so glad to hear your dad is doing so well. Hopefully it wont be long and he'll be moving around more freely, and be home with his gorgeous family. I was looking at the photos someone tagged you in on FB too, with archie. hehe, man.. that boy is such a little hunk! Totally gonna be a heart breaker in years to come! I was showing my DH too, he can't get over his little mohawk, hehe - super cute! Happy birthdya to your mumma, aren't mums the best? And wow on your little sis being 7! Now THATS a gap!! lol!!
Argh, Theo is waking up again
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Far out, that girl has a better social life than me! not fair!
And wow on your little sis being 7! Now THATS a gap!! lol!!
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