Kelly - Tadhg sounds exactly like Ethan in the sleep department. I'm forever trying to settle him during the day and then when I finally do get him to sleep he is awake again after only 20mins. Does my head in some days! He has also stopped sleeping in the car and the pram is hit and miss. I'm really hoping this is just a phase that he grows out of very soon! Although he has been a bit more unsettled than usual for the last couple of days (and feeding more!) so maybe this is the 12 week growth spurt??!! I won't leave him to cry it out, I just can't bring myself to do it. I'd probably end up in a teary mess too! He does have a dummy but lately he keeps knocking it out of his mouth with his hands as he rubs his eyes/face when he is trying to sleep. I gave up wrapping him a while ago as he hates it and just screams lol!
Nicola - good luck with the move.
Pooley - glad you managed to get some child free time. I'm going out Christmas shopping this weekend with my sister and my mum and leaving the kids at home. I really need some child free time at the moment, I just hope that Ethan will be a good boy and sleep for his dad as he usually only settles with me. Fingers crossed or else I guess it will only be a short shopping trip.
Bob - Ethan is in 00 growsuits now but wears 000 t-shirts, shorts and pants.
Arrggghhh there he goes again, have a good day all
Pooley - I meant with the bottled water that you can't just use it without boiling it like normal water. Purified isn't sterile IYKWIM. Yay that you got to have a night out! Makes you feel human again!
Nicola - Good luck in Esk....i bet it is hot out there! I saw on the news the other night that Dalby has run out of water - bit scary!
Kelly - V is the same in that I am sometimes the only one who can console her....I went t an appointment a couple of weeks ago and chose not to take her as I wanted DH to see what i go through every day........and yes i came home to him frantically bouncing on the pilates ball, with a boggle eyed Violet and a stressed out father! I was only gone about 40 minutes! Apparently she cried for about 35 of those! He has been more understanding ever since!
I know what you mean about the TV...(and apparently more than 1hour a day at this age is bad for their eyes) but V is usually awake from about 6am till 7.30pm on average with maybe 2 half hour sleeps in the day. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH HER FOR THIS LONG! We play with toys, sing songs, read stories, have tummy time, have naked time...she won't go in the pram or sling so that restricts me to the house usually. What else is everyone else doing?......I can't sing to her for 15 hours a day!
I can't help you with the crying and dummy....V goes to sleep on the boob...thats how i get her to sleep every time, i could count on 2 fingers the amount of times i have rocked her to sleep. If i put her down awake she can't get herself to sleep. What if you let T suck his thumb would he get himself to sleep?
Sangie....I feel like there are a lot of us battling with the non-sleeping babies! Maybe its a 12 week thing. Oh for the early days........!!! I must admit though, Violet hardly ever cries, and i feed consistently through the witching hours so she never cries then....god help me when i have a 2nd baby and don't have the time to breastfeed all day....i won't have a clue what to do!
Taurean - we posted at the same time. I must say i am envious of yours and Izzys routine. I am quite willing to swap babies!
I hear what you are saying about trying to get them back to sleep after a catnap - in theory it sounds great - Violet won't do it -once her eyes are open she is up and ready for another 4 hour play session!
Thats a shame she hasn't put on much more weight - but if the time comes for you to switch to formula, you can be proud that you fought a tough battle. I'll give you A++++ for sheer willingness and determination.....never doubt yourself on that much. And all babies are different, so your next one not necessarily will have the same outcome
.....still in awe of your daily sleeping schedule!
Nicole All the best with the move to Esk. Hope its not too hot there compared to Brissy Pleased the new formular is working well too.
Re the sleeping out and about *Puts hand up* Im in that camp too. Jackson almost refuses to sleep in his pram or carseat nowadays. And yep when he's had 10 minutes he thinks its wake time again !!! We travel to NZ in 2 weeks so I hope he copes ok with the flight I find that when were out and he's in the pram wrapping him helps him to nod off. But its usually murphy's law 5 minutes before we want to leave so we either end up staying longer or disrupting him again. Gah cant win!!!
We did the CIO and I hated every minute of it. I cried through the whole hour it went on. We have now gone back to resettling him every 2 - 5 minutes or so depending on if he is crying or grizzling. If he is grizzling we leave him to drift off, but crying we go in.
Taurean Jackson has his biggest sleep in the morning too. He will sleep 3 hours usually and its great. Its his best sleep on the day. Your routine is great. We used to have a routine almost the same as yours until Jackson decided to start catnapping. Gawd, I cant wait to have my old baby and routine days back. Are you BFing??
BOB - Mine has rolled quite a few times from belly to back, she is almost there going from back to belly...she gets onto her side but goes back again.....what about J is he rolling?
Bob - no rolling here yet. He tries to roll from his tummy onto his back but his arm gets in the way and he hasn't figured out that he needs to move it.
Sanchez - yep its so much harder when you have a toddler as well. I feel like such a bad mum this week as I just haven't been able to spend as much time with DD as I would like. I feel like I'm constantly trying to settle Ethan and poor DD is missing out on one-on-one time with me. Thank god its friday and I'll have DH for the next couple of days to help out.
Taurean - wow sounds like Izzy is being such a good bub for you! I would never get Ethan to have a 3 hour sleep during the day as he still feeds every 3 hours. He does have one 4 hour stretch in the middle of the day so it would be good if I could get him to sleep for at least 2 hours then. I've tried resettling but like little Violet he just flings his eyes open and is awake and no amount of settling seems to work?! Ah well I will keep trying lol! I'm doing the Wii sports active 30 day challenge in the hope of losing some tummy flab, I'm so sick of my flabby bits and I want them gone!!!!
Ethan had a brilliant night last night. He slept from 8.30pm to 7am! Then he went back down at 8.30am for a cat nap. Then after a screaming session I managed to get him back down at 9am and he's still asleep. Fingers crossed we have a better day today!
Pleased the new formular is working well too.
!!! We travel to NZ in 2 weeks so I hope he copes ok with the flight 
I find that when were out and he's in the pram wrapping him helps him to nod off. But its usually murphy's law 5 minutes before we want to leave so we either end up staying longer or disrupting him again. Gah cant win!!!
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