Artechim- We dropped Frazer's dream feed last nite and the nite before. Both nites his last feed was between 8 - 9pm. Success!! First nite he did 9 till 7am and last nite 9 till 6am. Woo hoo!! So far so good. I guess he is getting enough food during the day.
Hoping the 12 week growth spurt doesn't disrupt his sleeping patterns too much but you never know!!!
hi girls, sorry i havent been posting, have been reading though.
Wow on all the bubba's having big sleeps! thats so awesome, so happy for u all.
izzy's still up a min of 2 times a night, more often its 3-4
We got our first smile the other day, was so nice, but we havent managed another one since.
and it would seem she's found her voice this morning and has been talking to herself for a good hour! so happy she's finally started, its so hard doing all those late night/early morning feeds when she doesnt give anything back yet!
At her weigh in last week she was just under 5 kilos, and she's almost out of the 000 bonds wondersuites, they're a funny size she's just grown out of her 0000 clothes, bit of a bummer because i bought so many 000 wondersuites! ah well, will just have to plan for a winter baby with number 3!
Wont do personals, bit far behind atm, but will put more of an effort in, i promise!
love and hugs
Skye
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I got the most cutest christmas outfit for Ava from Big W. It is a red dress/bodysuit with a headband, and I got a bib that is pink and red to match that has "daddy's little christmas fairy" written on it with a pic of a fairy. They have some nice t-shirts and outfits at Big W. I was looking at target for an outfit but I have to say, they are expensive!
Had a cranky arvo today after mums group. I ducked back out and left Ava with Steve for an hour or so while I did the supermarket shop and big W shop. When I got back she was screaming and unsettled and it took a good half hour for Steve and I to play tag team settling. Then she woke up an hour later and started up again, but it was almost time for a feed again, so we drank up, and she was a bit more settled. Thankfully she is now asleep and Im heading that way myself in a sec.
Usually she is such a happy bubba, really threw me for a 6 today. Was starting to worry that she was sick, but she would be fine and settle for a sec or two then start up again. She was also getting that phlemmy raspy noise in the back of her throat. I tried to give her water, but she doesn't like it. I have tried on a few occasions (when it was hot) and she screws her nose up at it and fusses. I thought maybe the water would clear the phlemy spit at the back of her throat....
Oh well...
I weighed her today too... with a full tummy and clothes on, she has rocketed up to 5.8kg! So still growing strongly.
On the sleeping front, we aren't going well at night. She is managing to get out of her muslin wrap and waking herself up! So the nights I think she will sleep through, she will wake up every hour and a half as she is out of her wrap. I don't feed her and she isnt screaming for food, just re wrap and settle her back down and she is fine. Anyone have tips on how to get her to sleep without a wrap or how to keep her wrapped up and the arms tucked in?
Kosi - if you swaddle Ava, I can highly recommend the Kiddopotomus SwaddleMe wrap - brilliant. Otherwise try a Grobag but their arms are free to move around. Izzy has been sleeping beautifully in her Grobags at night for the past 5 nights now but I swaddle her in a muslin during the day as it's been warm.
With regards to Ava being unsettled, I wouldn't be suprised if she's going through her 12 week 'Wonder Week'. I bought the book 'The Wonder Weeks' and have just been reading up on the week 12 growth spurt as I think Izzy started today too. She's been sleeping like a trooper all day but was unsettled between sleeps, super hungry before bed (fed off both sides then downed 110ml of EBM plus 40ml of formula ) and was hard to settle to sleep. She's out to it now but it took a good hour which is really unsual for her at night.
Hope that helps!
Night all
PS: our close friends who are also our neighbours had their little baby today at 32 weeks! She had PE and was admitted last Thursday. They induced her last night but the little man got distressed and was whipped out via C/S. He's doing really well and breathing on his own which is brilliant. He's only 1.5kg though - super tiny in the photos! It's all a bit scary, makes me really appreciate how easy (well, relatively easy) Izzy's birth was.
PPS: Oooh, I love my new avatar! Not sure I'd be wearing a skimpy top like that IRL but I'm happy to look hot in cartoon land! LOL
Hiya,
Pooley - great news on Frazer's sleeping without the dreamfeed! Thats got to make life much easier. We found it quite free-ing to be able to have friends over in the evenings, or go out with the carrycot and know Tadhg would stay asleep - and you can have a glass of wine with dinner if you don't need to feed too late (our last feed is about 6pm).
Sangie - thanks for the food list, bananas is interesting! I wouldn't have thought of that.
Your experience just proves its entirely dependent on the baby whether they sleep through - not any special tricks to soothe etc, don't you think. Nice to have a good sleeper! Crossing fingers we might get lucky again with the next one - whenever that is!
Taurean - sounds like the sleeping is going really well for you guys - yay. Swimming already - very cool, look forward to the update about what it was like and if Izzy liked it!
Art - we sure are getting good wear out of the baby clothes, we are still in between sizes and most 000 are a little too big, so we have a few 0000 and a few 000. I'm quite pleased he can't fit the 000 jeans yet, as they just seem too rough for a wee baby, i dont think i'd buy them again - but they might be cute by Xmas if its not too hot. Its kinda handy having this cool spell continue - although its stuffing up my walking! I want to get out with the pram, but everyday looks like it might rain - Auckland!
Skybie - even if Izzy is a bit slower to start with the chatter, she's obviously doing really well in size! Almost 5kg and just into 000's is getting big Those wondersuits are so much cuter on than they look on a hanger aren't they - i wish we had stocked up before we left Aussie - next time!
Kosi - funny how you get so used to what to expect and then they throw a curveball to keep you on your toes! Hope Ava is more settled for you today. We use a Miracle Blanket to swaddle at night which ensures no arms come out, especially now he is starting to suck his hands / thumb.
AFU - we had 3 month jabs today It's so not fun, but i guess its only a few minutes they are sore. Fortunately he fell asleep in the car on the way home and is now in his cot - long may it last! We had a strange occurance this week, a nightmare! literally Tadhg had a nightmare, he was wimpering/crying and i could tell he was still asleep but it kept going for a minute so i went in to his room and he really cried out, but was still asleep - poor wee thing. I picked him up and cuddled him which i hope was the best thing to do and he went back to a calm sleep after a minute. Strange! Yay for making it to 3 months!!
45 minutes has obviously passed, i hear crying - here we go again.
K
I haven't been on here in ages so thought i would say hi. We got back from our Tongan holiday on tuesday - travelling with a bub is a lot easier than i thought. The hard thing for us was trying to keep Violet out of the sun.
I can't remember who asked but, the end result of Violets blood test is that she has an olive complexion - more like her dad than me (which i'm happy with).
Kosi I use a Bebe sleeping bag for Violet and she seems to like it. Violet sleeps on her tummy and tends to startle less than when i put her on her back.
Tonga has done wonders for our girl because maybe due to the sea air she is now sleeping through the nights - average 10 hours! I don't mind if it doesn't stay but it sure was nice to get some full nights sleep! She still however is extremly hard to get to sleep during the day and often will only have 30-40 min naps and won't fall into a deep sleep.
I am going to weigh her today but I think she maybe 6kgs!
Now my bad mothering - Violet has discovered the TV.....and yes I use to keep her occupied sometimes...like now for instance! What is everyone else doing with TV's?
Morning ladies. I havent been on for ages. I've been having trouble with Jackson cat napping through the day and find it very difficult to get much stuff done. Pleased to hear that everyone is going well.
Kelly Was the 3 month Jabs better than the 6 week ones you had? Jackson was terrible the day of after his 2 month Jabs so Im not looking forward to the 4 month ones. He is due to get them done the day before we go to NZ for Christmas but we will wait till we get back to Brissy to make travelling easier for him.
Well I went from having a baby that was a great day sleep to a terrible day sleeper. About 4 weeks ago Jackson decided that he was going to start cat napping 30 - 40 minutes at the most for his day sleeps ..... I tried everything from feed play feed sleep to staying up longer after feeds, to back to bed earlier, everything. Nothing worked. He would also scream from 5pm to 8pm and then scream to sleep which was doing my head in and upsetting both me and DH.
I was at my wits end by Monday. So went to the Dr, he told me I had to let him CIO!!! WTF??!! I wasnt happy with this but thought I needed to give something a go. So we tried it and it broke our hearts. The first night Jackson cried for 1 hour and I cried every minute of that as well. So we decided that we couldnt keep doing the CC/CIO method, I felt like a terrible mother. Anyways long story short, we went to see the Child Health Nurse yesterday cos I didnt know what to do and she reassured me that it was normal for him to do the cat napping and I had to go back to the resettling method we were doing before hand.
Jackson has been sleeping through the night for a while now and recently has been going 7pm to 5/6am. But last night he woke at 4am which was odd and today when he work for his 8am feed and went back down at 9am there was no crying!!!!!! For the first time in 4-5 weeks my baby wasnt crying I couldnt believe it. It was like having my old baby back. But sure enough, he was awake again at that 30 minute mark. So I went in and cuddled him, re wrapped him and rocked him and put him back down to sleep. He took a while but he fell back to sleep on his own (yay! like the old days). So he's not been asleep for almost an hour and will be ready to wake for his next feed. So Im praying this is the start of better things to come
Anyways I'd better leave it there. Sorry for the woe is me/selfish post. I need to get some laundry done while he is still asleep.
Sanchez - if your a bab mum for tv.. then I'm a horrendous mum. I tend to watch tv while feeding Ava and even if I'm not watching it, it is usually on throughout the day for "noise". I have noticed that Ava looks towards it if it is dark outside. Its the light she is looking at. But I have a window behind me, so when burping her, she looks out the window. I think our bubbas are too young to understand and it isn't till they are a bit older, that using tv to baby sit is seen as a no-no.
Glad to hear the trip to Tonga went well... I found that with a baby there is no such thing as travelling light. How did you go with it? Guessing you got a cot/bedding over there? But when we went to the beach for a long weekend, we took bedding.. everything but the kitchen sink!
Well Ava seems to be settling down (after her spaz attack the other day) but is still getting out of her wrap at least once to twice a night, so I'm still up and re wrapping her. She greets me with talking and smiles... How can you be annoyed or angry that you had to get up when you're greeted with that? She is really eating her hands now. Her face is getting all slobbery from the hand muchies... Going to have to start putting bibs on full time I think!
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) and was hard to settle to sleep. She's out to it now but it took a good hour which is really unsual for her at night.
Those wondersuits are so much cuter on than they look on a hanger aren't they - i wish we had stocked up before we left Aussie - next time!
It's so not fun, but i guess its only a few minutes they are sore. Fortunately he fell asleep in the car on the way home and is now in his cot - long may it last! We had a strange occurance this week, a nightmare! literally Tadhg had a nightmare, he was wimpering/crying and i could tell he was still asleep but it kept going for a minute so i went in to his room and he really cried out, but was still asleep - poor wee thing. I picked him up and cuddled him which i hope was the best thing to do and he went back to a calm sleep after a minute. Strange! Yay for making it to 3 months!!
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