Okay, here I go trying to do persies! Missy is being a Minx this arvo and Bailey is flat out talking my ear off.
Nikki - I can't even begin to imagine how you must be feeling with still night bf. I have been having broken sleep for a few months now with Noah needing to go to the toilet once or twice a night ("Mum, I'm busting!") and Alannah being sickish the past 2 or even 3 weeks - crying out in her sleep, can't breath, lost her plug...*yawn*! Not to mention with this pnd I now find myself going to bed well after 11pm most nights and then up between 6am and 7am most mornings....but bf at night is the pits I say! I used to rub my eyes so much trying to stay awake in front of the telly those first few weeks with Alannah. I hope Ben sorts himself out soon. What about just offering him water for one of the feeds and refuse to feed him boob? Actually, I have no idea! Have you spoken with your CHN?
Brydz - Yes it is sad she has suffered a loss but far out! I think she is just jealous and is lashing out. Jealous - not like envious but I guess in a hurt way. I remember after I had my mc @ 11weeks I was a ***** and would be rude to anyone pregnant but it was my way of protecting my feelings, of being the child within if that makes sense.
Are you enjoying being back with adults again in the workplace?
I think you have the right to say no to J and co if they still smoke around him. They are putting Vinnies health at risk and increasing the chance of SIDS. I know I don't need to tell you that though.
Raffy - MS sucks! In a nutshell! lol Yesterday I came across my packet of Stemetil from my ms with Alannah. As long as you still have all the symptoms then everything is still cruising along just fine and dandy. Do you look at Cooper and try to imagine him as a big brother?
Pretz - Re: weaning Noah. It is hard isn't it. It truely is very emotional and only the other day I almost considered expressing again to try and get my milk going again to see if Alannah would bf again. I was carrying her on her back and she turned her head, mouth wide open and tried to latch on through my shirt. I told her she had had her chance and blew it!
Argh! The Impossible Princess has returned! GTG
xxxxx
Just wanted to pop in and quickly say to Nikki, William was exactly the same with the night waking. He was doing 3 hourly till a week ago and nothing i tried managed to keep him sleeping longer. We even tried cc and that was an epic fail. He just screamed for nearly 2 hours which was just ridiculous. I started giving him a formula bottle for the second arvo feed as he too flat out refused a bottle before bed (or overnight for that matter). I did it mainly for me as being at his beck and call every three hours was starting to get to me so i needed to just get that little bit of space. We also stopped wrapping him and slept him on his tummy and low and behold the night we did that he slept till 5am, 7 till 7 the night after and since then he has been having a feed at 4 or 5 am and then going back to sleep. He is still waking up overnight but until that 4/5am mark i can usually stick his dummy back in and he is fine. The night before this massive turn around i went out for dinner and dh gave him a bottle for his 1030 wake up and he was none too impressed and screamed for an hour and a half before realising that the boobs were out and he had to just go back to sleep lol. Not sure if any of this will help you but it might just pay to do something really different and see if that helps. I feel for you, i was going insane and the only way i was getting through it was co sleeping which was driving me bonkers as William is humungous and takes up alot of room so i wasnt sleeping too well although some sleep was better than no sleep.
Hi everyone else, iv been stalking this thread but with 2 munchkins now i never actually have time to sit down and post anything.
Pretz - wow your friend has been through quite a lot, my heart goes out to her, shes lucky to have a friend like you
Nikki - sorry to hear you were sick last week, you really are a trooper what with bens constant feeding and tending to a toddlers needs as well and add being sick on top of all that, just inspirational no matter what you may think sometimes you sure are doing one he'll of a job
Vix - I find it impossible to see Cooper as big let alone someones brother, just quietly I'm absolutely *****ing myself about having two babies, and I'm not just saying that, they both will be babies!! I have days where I think I've made a huge mistake and wouldn't be upset if I lost this bub, then I just wanna smack myself and consider myself a selfish b!tch as there are squillions of gorgeous, deserving couples that can't have babies and here I am thinking I don't want mine
beatitude, thanks for popping in, nice to no your still around xx
AFM - went on my 'blind date' today, S is lovely and her little man is gorgeous, will def be catching up again, I left df saying I'd be like an hour tops, 2 hours later I found him in kmart quite bored we just chatted heaps and lost track of time, so we will def catch up again
Oh I also have a theory, with coops I craved smiths original thin cut chips, now with pickle I'm craving smiths salt and vinegar thin cut chips, huh huh original is blue s&v is pink hmmm
It is official - Alannahs non eating and lack of formula intake is ALL MY FAULT! I have been so stressed esp when it comes to meals / ff that she basically can't eat or drink due to her stress. I have completely failed her now. The CHN said I need to take a step back and just let her be....I wish she could see what my days are like to know that every day I try to start a-fresh, that most days I can feel the spark of life trying to ignite but it takes a small puff of wind to blow it out. Like today. Yesterday I felt awesome and today - puff - out goes the light.
DH is home late tonight....so I have no time to stop and breath today. Hate these kind of days.
Vix - IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT hope your light is reignited tomorrow and there is no wind in sight, and yes, it's dam freezing, love love loving my flannelette sheets, how is your toasty fire going, I so miss our lovely warm fire at my parents house
Thank hun. I gave her toast with Heinz Pumpkin and CousCous spread on it. She ate most of it and we made it over 500ml of milk today. THAT small detail, I am thankful for. I am just exhausted from everything. I want meds dammit!!!!
I had to really crank the fire late this arvo as the wind is so bone chilling!
Yummo, that sounds yummy glad she ate it and wow on having 500ml of milk, that's more than Cooper has, he is enjoying his solids but now prefers them over milk have you talk to a doctor regarding the meds? I had to be weaned off them due to being UTD, there has been a huge difference, I hate myself for getting angry and frustrated with Cooper over things like him rolling while I'm trying to change him whereas before that would have been funny, I just wanna be the calm fun mummy that I was when I was on the meds but without the meds lol dam
Does anyone remember EJM from our bellybuddies group? She wasn't around very much but she has just joined my current bb group so shes UTD again lol her little man Toby was born at home on the 13.10.2010
AFM - my throat is KILLING me!!!!!! And I don't have a cent to my name until tomro so I can't buy lozenges, I am sipping water and downing honey and tea and they all help for about 5 mins but nothing that sticks, come on tomorrow I need butter menthols!!
Vix - HUGE 's to you honey! I agree a 1000000000000000000000% with Raffy that IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT that Alannah isn't eating. Don't let anyone tell you that!! I too am having days where it is soooooooo frustrating to feed Noah as he just isn't interested or just too distracted by everything around him. I'm sorry that you had a bad day yesterday. I too hope that bloody wind stays away from your fire and that you have a good day today! Thanks for the hugs re: Noah being weaned! It is hard and emotional for sure. Noah has also turned his head with his mouth open towards my boob a few times now when I've carried him in my arms, but I also thought you had your chance and wasn't interested and after getting bitten 3 times I thought that was it!! lol Wow and you're right, it's FREEZING, although I'm not complaining - call me nuts or crazy but I LOVE this cold over the heat of summer ANYDAY! lol
Beautitude - Heya, glad to see you popping in, although I'm sorry to hear that you're still having some bad nights with William too. I really hope that he will start to sleep better for you soon honey. I can only imagine how hard it must be as Noah was sleeping pretty crappy until about 5 & 1/2 months, but thankfully it's been much better since or I am sure I would have gone stir crazy!
Nikki - Hope that Ben has miraculously started sleeping better and through the night for you the last couple of days or that he soon WILL! I am thinking of you honey and can just imagine how hard it must be having to get up to him that much still and having him and Summer to look after all day.
Raffy - So glad to hear that your "blind date" went well the other day and that you had a great time. LOL at poor DF waiting around Kmart for you for awhile whilst you were happily chatting away with your new friend! hehehe Interesting about your craving of s&v chips....and that the packet is pink.....mmmmm.....perhaps you're going to have a pink bundle (which is my guess) lol Yes, I remember EJM from our belly buddies group! How exciting that she's UTD again too! Hope your throat gets better soon!
Hello to everyone else!
AFM, I'm freezing my little butt off here at the PC at the moment, but planning to go upstairs again soon! lol Just like Vix, we're lucky to have a fireplace (combustion heater) in our living room too which means nice, warm, free heat! Got it going for the first time last night and again this morning and it's so nice and warm! Noah was up at 5:10am this morning but just went down for his first nap, so hopefully he will sleep a bit while I get a few things done and have some brekky.
Ok, i'm back, the little man is in bed although been in there for half an hour and is having a party not going to sleep, i just went in there and he has his feet up the side of the cot, talking & laughing to his bob the builder stickers, he'll wear himself out soon as he was tired & grumpy when he was up!!
Vix - honey, big hugs, it is not your fault, can you talk to the dr about meds? xx
Raffy - Hope you are feeling alright x
Beatitude - good o hear from you.
Pretz - Hi xx
HI to everyone else.
AFM - Ty was a bit unsettled last week and was a menace for about 4-5 nights in a row, staying awake for up to 2.5 hours at a time, back to his normal self now so that is good! I think his top teeth were moving around as you can see them right there, dont think they will be far away! Apart from that all good here, just crusing along and watching him develop an adorable little personality. No crawling here, he has a radius of about 3-4 m, he does circle work and gets around but is also getting frustrated!! He also seems to have ecsema (bad spelling but havinf a mental blank!) which has really flard up so went to the chemist today to get some cream etc, it doesn't seem to bother him much but it is starting to get really red & inflamed! Other than that, no real news to report, cant believe my baby is already 7.5 months old, just love him to bits xx
Talk to you all soon.
More: My son gets the worst day sleeper in the world award, after his 1/2 hour of partyig his has had his 20min nap and is awake again!!! Yesterday he had 2 naps which totalled 50 miutes for the whole day!! Hopeless
Last edited by Sparkles; May 12th, 2011 at 12:54 PM.
Sparkles - that would drive me crazy with such little sleeps during the day. Monkey! Alannah is not crawling either but I have seen her trying to work her legs out to get up on her knees though. She is more of a roller though, rolls near and far! Try MooGoo for the eczema - just google it or check out my groups / pages on my FB page. Alananhs cheeks have started getting a bit red from the dry air in the house yet mine has completely gone!
Pretz - You phoned and I missed it. Not sure where I was though....DH said he phoned me too and all I got was a missed call message and no record of a missed call???? Things are crazy here this week with Alannahs Baptism on Sunday and guest numbers are dropping like flys! My SIL / Brother did not receive their invite (they live in SA) and so cannot even try to come but had they known about it, I am guessing they would have tried. Add to that, Noah has gastro yesterday and I have tummy pains today. Praying like mad no one else gets it. Eeekkkk!!!!! What formula did you end up sticking with for Noah?
Raffy - I thought you might have to go off your meds. Not sure if I asked you that before??? Alananh got her first (gentle) wack on her leg this arvo for trying to roll over when I was mid DIRTY nappy change! She didn't cry but glared at me. If looks could kill! lol Did you have to wean off them or just go cold turkey? And yes, I do remember EJM..very cool news!!!
AFM - Thank you girls for your words of support and kind. Today started out a bit crappy (was up 6 times with NJ last night and then I got a bit of his gastro) but I kept concentrating on keeping the light lit. I had a wee think about what the CHN said to me yesterday and it makes sense today. I had been flat out trying to control her eating and drinking. Today, I decided to not control how much she was eating but how long she could sit in her chair. She drank her usual amount for her morning bottle and then only had 3 mouthfuls I think of her farex. After about 5 minutes, I told her breakfast was over and put her down for playtime.
At lunch, she had 140mls of her milk (Yayyyyyyyy) and then I just put some pasta and mashed peas on her tray with a spoon (covered in yoghurt! Yick!) and let her go for it. I tried a few times to feed her but she ended up taking my spoon off me and put it in her own mouth! I was stoked to say the very least. She did it a few more times as well as a little nibble of her pasta. She also had a few nibbles of fresh slices of pear afterwards.
She has just gone down for her arvo nap so will be back up at about 4.30pm.
I think she is down to two sleeps for sure now. Staying up heaps longer in the morning and going down around 10 - 10.30am for atleast two hours if not more. Pushes lunch back a bit but thats life.
Don't want meds today! lol
Well, we are having spag bolognaise tonight - gunna be messy sitting next to Missy! lmao
Did I every tell you that YOU GIRLS ROCK!!!!! Thank you!
Yesterday I also joined the 16th - 30th Sept group just to have a)more girls to chat with and b) coz Missy is the 19th Sept. But, you are always my priority! mwah xxxxx
Oh and also....I have an appointment with Jenny Craig on Monday!
Yes, as predicted, she is a messy Spag Bog eater! lol The dog enjoyed cleaning up afterwards! I think I said she drank over 500mls yesterday. Should have read over 400mls! Woopsie!!! She had 480mls yesterday and 485ml today! Thats an increase right??!! lmao
Vix - Yes, 5ml is an increase for sure!! So glad to hear that you were feeling much happier and better yesterday. WTG also on Alannah eating the Spag Bol even though it was messy. I'm sure Diesel enjoyed the cleanup for ya afterwards! No worries about the missed call, felt terrible as I have been trying to phone you for a week now and when I say I'll try later again it just doesn't seem to happen soon lol Sorry! I will try again either on the weekend or early next week as I know you have your hands full on Fridays with swimming etc. Yay on Alannah's baptism on Sunday, I can't wait to see piccies. Sorry to hear that people are dropping like flies though!? I only had 7 people and 3 kids at Noah's and that including me, Peter and Noah. I invited my girlfriend but she didn't show because her husband (they are seperated) was going so she just sent 2 of her 3 little girls with him. Hope your Noah and you are feeling better from the gastro bug and that it stays away from the rest of the family. I've stuck with the S26 Gold formula for Noah, he seems to be ok with it now, I have changed his teats back to the "2" flow ones and although it takes him a while to drink he seems to be spewing less afterwards. I think he drinks too quick with the "3" flow teats?? Hope you have another good day today honey! Thinking of you ALWAYS!!
Sparkles - I too agree with Vix that it would drive me nuts if Noah only slept 30 minutes at a time and he only had days where he slept 50 minutes all day. When Ty wakes, do you go to him straight away or do you leave him a few minutes? I always used to rush in as soon as Noah did a peep but my CHN told me to leave him for 5 minutes unless his crying was severe or he sounded distressed. 90% of the time if he woke after 30 minutes and cried I would wait the 5 minutes and he would go back to sleep for another 45 minutes or so. Also, are you using blockout curtains for him during the day with his naps? I never bothered but found he would wake after 30 minutes and not want to go back to sleep. I am now closing his curtains during the day when he naps and think it has actually helped. I do think he is starting to drop his late arvo nap because I struggle to get him to go to sleep around 4:00pm like he used to for 45 minutes and that makes a very longggg arvo and I have a cranky baby by about 5pm but then we still have to get through bathing and dinner... Hope he will sleep a bit longer for you during the day soon though.
Hello everyone else!
AFM, sorry for TMI but I'm STILL having pain and issues with DTD!! Thought that it would have gotten better by now but noooooo! It's getting to the point of me not even wanting to do or even try anymore, but poor DH - I feel so bad for him! I had better get something done or sorted especially if we're wanting to start TTCing again in a few months, how can you TTC when you can't DTD!? lol My OB/Gyn said to see him if I was still having pain 3 months after stopping BFing and it's only just been a week!? Mmmmm..... I'm going to see a girlfriend of mine who told me yesterday that she's 5 weeks pregnant with baby #2. She also knows my other friend (the one who recently split from her partner of 17 years) so we're both going to meet up with her for lunch and to cheer her up a bit as she really isn't dealing well with the split.
I better go check on my little man as I popped him back in bed after his bottle and he was whingy for a while but has gone quiet so I'm hoping he has gone back to sleep.
Pretz- I will leave him as long as I possibly can before going in, about once a month he will go back to sleep! He has always had blockouts during his day sleeps & I have tried without jic but he has never been a great day sleeper so I am used to trying to get everything done including running our business with the little man by my side! Lucky he sleeps well at night! My sisters 2nd child is the same, hardly sleeps in the day but is shocking at night too, so I count myself lucky!
Vix - glad you had a better day yesterday, glad to heat alannah is a spag bog fan and diesel was well fed lol, hope you and Noah feel better very soon, um I did sort of wean of my meds, they were 20mg so she told me to cut them in half and take half a day, but I only had about 5 left, so only lasted 10 more days, then went from that to nothing. I just wanna be me again!! Cooper had is first tiny smack to, he was sitting on me scratching mw and pulling my hair so I tapped his arm and said no quite sternly. Yep just gave me a death stare then burst out laughing! Brat. Hope you have a good day today and alannahs baptism goes off without a hitch on Sunday
pretz - I'm still having pains with dtd as well but I'm sure its just because of the scare tissue left behind from having such a bad tear, which unfortunately means it may never go away for me but it only hurts like hell with *TMI* the initial insert, after like 30 Seconds when everything is well lubricated it feels normal. I hope when you do see the ob/gyn he has some answers
Afm - I have a stinking cold! Had a sore throat for a few days but this morning I woke up with no voice and a head and ear ache to boot I did wake and have a sip of water immediately due to the agony of my throat and then remembered about MS and the weird feeling of throwing up water but so far I haven't felt nauseous
my life is a massive pile of dung today. feel like curling up under a rock somewhere for the next 20 years.
firstly this girl on FB who has been really annoying me for quite some time finally took a stab at me personally for no real reason and started a discussion and has subsequently deleted me (saved me the trouble cos I was getting ready to remove her anyway). she is the sister of the girl from work who lost the baby and is nasty to me.
secondly I just feel emotionally exhausted and feel so alone. none of my friends would answer the phone to talk to me.
lastly it has all been about J today. after ignoring his calls because I knew it wouldn't go well, he messaged me this morning about having V today (i never said he could) and tried to guilt trip me because apparently its his dads birthday, and I should have contacted him, and now i've ruined his dads birthday blah blah blah.
I got on the phone, the first time he didn't listen to a word I wanted to say and actually had the nerve to HANG UP on me.
A short while later I missed another 2 calls from him ( i was genuinely busy) and received a text saying that this is stupid and we need to have an adult discussion about things (yet HE was the one who hung up on the phone).oh and also 'yours is not the only opinion that matters' (yet HE was the one who talked over me and didn't listen).
My opinion doesn't matter, because to him HIS is the only opinion that does. if I don't agree with him I am wrong. every time.
This is all because he wants V for 3 half days a WEEK. and I said no way. I think we'll stick with 2. and even that is really more than fair I think.
Apparently I am selfish because even if he has him 3 days I GET HIM FOR 4 days.
Sounds like immature, jealousy, and absolutely all about himself not Vinny.
He claims that he is considering vinny and I said bull ****. I told him I am considering vinny, and if I was selfish and only thinking about me I wouldn't go to the trouble to let him see vinny at all now would i.
I am sooooooooooooooooooo mad right now. we are just going around in circles.
I'm happy to do 2 days a week, and up it to 3 later on. but in the meantime if there is a family bday or anything he can let me know and we can arrange it for that day or if he wants he can have him on extra days when they suit. but definitely not a permanent 3 days
Sparkles - I thought that you would be doing that - leaving him for as long as you could before going in. I guess he is just one of those bubs that can go without much sleep during the day. Your poor sister with her 2nd child not sleeping well day or night! Glad that Ty is at least sleeping all night. Noah is the same at night (sleeping right through without a peep - 12 hours at a time yay!!) and to be honest, if his daytime sleeps are crappy, I usually just remind myself that I'd rather he be awake during the day than at night. lol
Raffy - Sorry to hear that you're also still having pains with DTD! Yeah, I'm guessing mine is also from scar tissue from where I tore and also from my operation to help fix it. Don't think my poor va-jay-jay will ever be the same again! It's gonna be a long time before I can see the OB/Gyn though because he said only to see him once I had stopped BF'ing for 3 months as it could possibly make a difference as my body would be more "naturally lubricated" with the help of estrogen which is basically non existant when BF... so we'll see, guess I just have to either keep trying, sorry for too much info, use more lube or just put up with it for a bit longer! lol Sorry to hear you have a cold, that sucks! I hope that you feel better soon. Try to take it easy where you can and rest up.
Brydz - Oh honey, I don't know what to say except that I wish I could give some of these people a punch in the face for ya!! I would also come over in a heartbeat if I lived closer and give you a huge, big, hug!! Sorry to hear that J has been making things difficult and acting like a child! Hope you guys can sort out something.
Hi Vix & Nikki!
AFM, had a great time with my 2 girlfriends today for lunch and didn't get home until after 3pm. Was a long day and Noah only had 1 nap while we were out so he was exhausted by the time we came home and was a bit cranky. Luckily I was able to get him through dinner (fed him some chicken which he LOVEEEEEED YAY!!!!!!!) and bath time and he was in bed by 6:25pm and gone by 6:28pm without a peep. Tomorrow MIL is coming over, she had finished making my curtains so we're going to hang them up - FINALLY lol Next week we're getting a couple of tilers in to give us some quotes and then we can get onto tile shopping so we can finish tiling the bathroom and kitchen. I'm going to sort through our reno photos over the next few days when I get the chance and will post some updated ones on FB.
Brydz - firstly, wow wat a b itch that girl was for personally making an attack at you over FB, I swear to god, if my ILs lived closer I would get rid of FB in a heartbeat, the only reason why I keep it is to update friends and family in WA about Cooper, hence why majority of my posts and photos are of him, it just causes so much unnecessary drama, as for J, wow he needs to grow up, Vinny is a human being and I think 2 days a week is more than fair considering this time last year he wanted nothing to do with you guys just keep doing what you feel is right and stick to your guns, mummy knows best, how is work going besides stupid collegues?
Pretz - that's fair enough re: dtd, I hope with time it becomes more comfortable for you and as you said I'm sure our gineys will never be the same after what they went through, glad you enjoyed your lunch with friends and that Noah liked his chicken for dinner enjoy your lovely new curtains and I can't wait to see picks of your lovely renovated house
AFM - still have this stupid cold can't taste a dam thing which is frustrating me coz I love food lol, we went out for dinner last night and I only got wedges coz any nice food is wasted on me at the moment lol. And the worse thing is I think Cooper is getting it to he woke up twice during the night last night just screaming and I tried to put the dummy back in so when that didn't work I picked him up and he sounded all blocked up I just want it to nick off and leave us alone. Mum gets back from Thailand today, this is the first time she's gone for the full month so it feels like I have seen her in ages, my sister went to pick her up from the traino this morning and they should be back in the bay soon, which is exciting, so we'll go round and see her this arvo, had a friend stop in on her way from cairns to Adelaide and stay for a few nights, was so good to see her again but she just left this morning. Cooper woke at 6 this morning and has only JUST gone back to sleep so i dare say this nap will be a long one lol. Morning sickness is still well and truly present but still only actually being sick in the morning which is ok I suppose. Might go eat a piece of bread seen as that's what everything seems to taste like anyway and I need to get something in my tum lol hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend. Love to all
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