All good here but I think Izzy might be going through the 12 week spurt as she has woken for a feed at 3am the past two nights. A bit weird given she's been sleeping 10 hours straight for the past couple of weeks. Have been reading my book, 'The Wonder Weeks', and it states that their sleep is really disturbed by the 12 week Wonder Week so I'm really hoping that's what it is and she settles again soon. This wonder week is the one where they gain more control over their limbs and their actions are a lot smoother (so hopefully goodbye to the startle reflex!). They can also focus better on moving objects. Pretty amazing really.
Izzy's getting more sleep during the day but we do spend a bit of time resettling her as she wakes frequently when she first goes down. With a bit of help from us (ie bouncing or swinging her hammock), she usually sleeps for 2-3 hours. It would be nice if we didn't have to resettle her so often but it sure beats having her attached to me in the sling all the time, especially as the weather is so much warmer now.
Sanchez - I bet Tonga was lovely! So, so jealous!! Glad to hear it wasn't a huge drama taking a baby on hols. We are planning a trip back to Vic to visit family and friends early next year and I'm already dreading the packing.
Pooley - one of my close friends has a very loud 'screamer' on their hands. He can holler like no other baby! I've never heard anything quite like it. He even had the middies running while my friend was at mum's group at the hossi the other week. They thought there was something seriously wrong as the screaming was so bad but nope, just a bit of wind and nothing new for my friend. The middies were stunned that my friend keeps her cool! LOL. Izzy has a gorgeous little cry, not very loud at all. She can definitely wind up when she wants to but even at her worst it really isn't bad. Would look pretty funny if she did have a super loud cry though as she is such a little girl, it just wouldn't suit her IYKWIM.
Bloominroses - hi hon. Glad to hear you little man is doing so well. Our friends (also our neighbours) welcomed their little man into the world a week ago - 8 weeks early!
Sangie - I've done a bit of Christmas shopping for Izzy already. I've bought her a few toys for different stages and some clothes in different sizes too. Izzy has loads of 000 clothes which she still doesn't fit into (LOL!) so I bought 00 and 0 clothes which included some cute winter clothes by Sprout which were heavily reduced at Myer. I love Sprout!
BoB - big hugs. Cat napping is hard but hey, you're not alone in this thread! Although Izzy is doing some decent sleeps during the day, we often have to resettle her throughout so technically she's a catnapper too. It can drive you a bit mad at times, hey. CC is heartbreaking! I tried it with Izzy once and I lasted all of four minutes and I cried the whole time. Never again! I let her grizzle in bed when I know she's tired but it's that kind of stop start whinging cry so it's not hard to listen to.
Kosi - Izzy inherrited a Christmas outfit from a friend and I actually gave it to their little girl for Christmas last year so it's nice that it came back to us. It's a Target one and so cute! I must dress her up and put her next to the Christmas tree (once it's up) and get some typical Christmas photos.
Kelly - swimming was a disaster! Izzy loves the bath but the pool was a bit of a shock for her. There was lots of lifting the babies and Izzy's neck wasn't quite strong enough so it freaked her out and she spent the entire class with a terribly worried look on her face, the poor little thing! She was fine once we were out but she wouldn't settle for the hospital volunteers, screamed blue murder to be honest, so I had to get out of the mums class after 10 minutes and take her home! I've decided to get her used to the pool at our own pace then return to the classes when she's a bit bigger.
Time for a shower while DH is watching our sleeping beauty. I haven't heard her for a while so she must be finally down for the long haul. I sure hope so!
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