Taurean, Il's are there to drive you batty lol Mine are pretty good, the only problem we have had was that DS didn't really like to be held by other people and they would keep holding him even when he was screaming and reaching for me. MIL would even turn around and walk the other way with him when she saw I was coming to get him. It ended in a big blow up because I won't leave my babies upset and crying for anyone but they though we weren't letting them be grandparents. I forgot that Izzy was a vacuum delivery, it seems that a lot of vacuum bubs need a trip to physio/chiro.
Sangie, feeding bubs solids was how it was done back in the day. Apparently my brother seemed hungry after a BF, so he was switched to formula and fed weet-bix so he would sleep at night! There are home vids of my DH having his first solids, he is tiny and still being held in the cradle hold ie not even holding his head up properly yet! I am very grateful that Amelia is such a low needs baby- I still struggle to give DS the time he deserves, I don't know how I would manage it with a high maintenance baby.
Kelly, the fall must have been scary! I am worried about walking on our deck with A, it gets really slippery in the rain and I have slipped on it a couple of times - once when I was pregnant. Yay for getting your milk suppy up, that must be a good feeling.
I have a sore back too, from the way I slouch terribly while BF lol. And from carting her around all day since she doesn't really like to sleep down anywhere during the day.
I am here too.....with a baby in a rocker beside me and a DH asleep on the other couch and me.....doing the housework!
Taurean - I am with you with the MIL - mine is all for the "helpful" comments....she also suggested honey on the dummy or vegemite! And they wonder why I won't leave my baby with them for 5 minutes! She came over the other day and it was the mostpainful few hours...felt like i had to justify every part of my mothering technique. I am so thankful my own mum has never told me what to do. I have known quite a few bubs who ended up seeing an osteopath for a crook neck after a vacuum....bubs wouldn't attach to one boob - turns out their necks were out - afterwards fed like champions!
AFU - V has a cold, just gets really snotty overnight and has problems breathing. I am glad she sleeps next to me so i can hear and see what she is doing. Nothing else really new....has to go to the paed tomorrow for a blood test as he can't tell if she has asian colouring or is still jaundiced! (she is only 1/8 chinese).
Taurean, good luck at sleep school, hope you learn a few helpful tips.
Happy Birthday to Janine and Kelly
Not much happening here. A has slept through for the past 3 nights, from 8-9pm until 5-6am so I am really pleased with that. Hope it continues.
She has been rolling tummy to back since 3.5 weeks, can balance sitting for 5-10 seconds and now she has started rolling from her back to her side and seems rather determined to get all the way over. DS was an earlybird for most things, but not this early! She isn't interested in staying my little baby
Sangie- I have managed to keep off 3 kgs and to tell you the truth, once I started eating again, I really missed the lemon syrup drink. It was always there when I felt hungry and it actually filled me up, in the end I never felt hungry. Much harder now to figure out what to have for lunch and make sure it's healthy etc. Too much thinking and the detox was also saved time on meal prep etc. Cause we didn't eat anything we had a lot of time up our sleeves!
Artechim- My god, rolling already!! You've got a smarty on your hands. I'm hoping Frazer doesn't roll just yet. I'm not quite ready to have to be alert everytime I put him down somewhere!
AFM- I am ecstatic to report that Frazer has slept through the last 5 nights!! He is ususally down around 7.30, dream feed at 10/11 and then will go through til at least 6am. The only bad thing is, I actually feel worse sleeping through than when I have to wake up for a nite feed! I don't know what's wrong with me. Today I even woke up with a splitting headache which never happens. Also been having really weird dreams. The other night I dreamt Frazer and I were in a head on collision (both injured but not badly or anything) and I got out and absolutely went ape at the driver of the other car.
I'm hoping it's also a coincidence that he started sleeping through the night I put him in his new sleeping bag but now I'm convinced that's what helping him get through the nite and refuse to let him go to sleep with out it! I just don't want to risk not putting it on him for one night and seeing if he wakes up. Especially since he's a tummy sleeper, he seems to crawl outta the blankets in the night. That's why we put him in the bag to start with...
P.S Am still utterly and completely confused about which contraceptive to use..... it's really driving DH up the wall and me as well. I just want to make a decision already and hope it's the right thing for my body.
Where is everyone?! Busy with this mothering caper no doubt!
We are plodding along but still struggling with Izzy's day sleeps. Ngala (parenting help centre) was really good but Izzy still 'won' - LOL. She did sleep for 1.5 hours in the morning there in a cot for the first time so that was impressive but she wouldn't settle again in the afternoon. The midwife looking after us was convinced it's silent reflux too. I was completely deflated that all our problems weren't solved but I was also glad that one of the professionals got to witness what we go through on a daily basis and state that it's reflux. It made me feel a bit more sane. So we are off to see the pediatrician tomorrow and see what he has to say. She is on Zoton for reflux but I don't think it's made much of a difference. My LC said the dosage sounds too small and thinks the pediatrician will increase it significantly. Anything is worth a shot.
We did learn a lot about settling from our day stay and my confidence got a much needed boost so I did actually manage to get Izzy to sleep in the bassinet 4 times during the day in the past two days. The longest she slept was an hour though and she was still a bit unsettled. She has slept beautifully in the sling both days though. I don't mind her sleeping in the sling but although I have two hands free, I can't get that much done and I'd just like some time during the day when I don't have another body attached to me, IYKWIM.
Izzy is a happy little girl though (especially when she's had a good sleep!) and smiles a lot. It's adorable. She is sleeping so well at night and we have been blessed with 4 all-nighters in the past week and a half. She slept from 7pm til 4.30am each time. It was bliss!! If she doesn't sleep all night, she's up around 1am for a quick feed then again around 5 so we are doing really well with the overnight sleeps.
Speaking of sleep, Izzy is in her cot for the first time tonight and has been asleep for 2 hours now! She's in a Grobag and looks so tiny! We've got our Angel Care Sound & Movement Monitor set up so I reckon I'll actually sleep really well tonight as I didn't have it setup in the bassinet so I was constanly jumping up throughout the night to check on her. It was driving me nuts! I hope she has a good night in the cot and doesn't freak out too much when she wakes for her feed. Shall be interesting!
I'd better get to bed. I hope you're all fabulous and getting some decent sleep!
Wow girls.... How come all your bubbas are sleeping through the night?? Ava wakes up once during the night. A couple of times if it is hot and she has managed to wriggle her way out of the muslin wrap. But she is a good day sleeper. I usually have her up for an hour and a half after a feed then she is tired enough to sleep for a few hours.
My problem is that I don't have a nap often when she is sleeping, so I'm ususally really tired!
We had a weigh in last week as well as our immunisations. Ava is now 58cm long! and is 11 pound 3 or 5080grams. She has also started sucking her fist and thumb. She usually starts that right next to my ear when I'm trying to burp her on my shoulder!
Kosi- My god, Frazer is 2 kgs heavier than Ava. Had him weighed today and he was 7.12kgs!! My arms are getting sore when nursing him that's for sure. Even DH struggles after a while.
I think you will find she just won't wake up in the night suddenly. Frazer only used to wake once so Ava is definitely on her way. It was nothing I was doing that made him sleep through. Whether he had 180mls or 60 mls at a dream feed it didn't make a difference to whether he slept through or not. Sometimes he down 180mls and then still would wake up 3 hrs later!!!
I am also thinking of dropping his dream feed and making his last feed about 8pm if possible. I reckon he could make it as he is barely doing 60mls at his last feed as it is. It just seemed to be the less I cared about having to wake up for a night/ early morning feed, he suddenly didn't want one anymore anyway. Weird. Good luck, I'm sure she is not far off doing some all nighters for you.
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