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I have been using disposable nappies now for 3yrs and for 2 children for the past 2!!! Im expecting to be buying them for another 3..Luckily Zander only wears them at night and Wyatt is slowly getting there..I dont want to think about how much we have spent but I know its in the thousands. I try to get them on special at the moment Indi is in babylove infant size and Huggies at night but it works out cheaper to buy the bulkpacks on special of the crawler size so I have some ready to go.
I have definitley left a carbon foortprint lol :redface:
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Hi all
Nothing really to report here....thats why I haven't posted.
V is back feeding multiple times a night :o which isn't doing me any favours. She also is having trouble getting back into a deep sleep which is compounding the problem i think. Oh for those few weeks of sleeping through - why did you have to go!
We went and had her 4 month jabs on Monday - I went to a child health clinic this time - so cool seeing so many other babies of ages and ethnicity....all so cute. Gave V bad diahrroea though. She weighs 6.86g so I am happy with that.
She had her first haircut - had her bangs cut and the mullet at the back.....but looking at it now i wish i'd taken a bit more off - there is just so much of it.
As for nappies - I have been using Huggies, but i am going to buy a packet of Aldis and see if they are any good for V. Just for using around the home. I don't change her overnight and I can't get over how heavy the nappy is in the morning.....love to know how many wees are in there.
As for me - I am struggling with extremely sore joints - I wake up every morning and my ankles, knees, hips, shoulders are REALLY sore and achy - like i have arthritis....don't know what that is about - maybe i have Ross River Fever.
Anyhoo.....the Baby Einstein DVD isn't doing it anymore....bless the TV for giving me 20 minutes in the morning to eat breakfast and check the i'net.
Hope all is well with all the babes.
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Bumping us up the list - I guess we are all too busy having fun with bub's to update? :D
I'm feeling like we are in a solid routine at the moment - which is a little weird, as you expect a lot of change from week to week, but not so much for us. Tadhg is 5 mths old on Saturday - yay! I'm just enjoying the downtime before we start solids, teeth, rolling and crawling etc. T is still sleeping heaps, or at least resting in his cot. He seems to get overstimulated quite easily and after 1 - 1.5 hrs he wants to go down. So we get about 4 naps during the day of 1.5 to 2 hours, interupted with requests for dummy replacements and general chatter - then he goes down for the night about 7 / 7:30. Hoping we don't get night waking again, although i don't think he has woken me in the night (before 5am) since he was 10 weeks old. We weighed in at 6.15kg this week and 62cm, still a little bubba on the graphs - but going along nicely.
Sanchez - hope V goes back to sleeping through soonest! Do you think its because she is more hungry or just wanting to feed because she is awake for some other reason? The haircut is so cute, amazing how different bub's can be in the amount of hair! Interesting that V's morning nappies are heavy - maybe its from the night feeding - or does everyone find that? T's are often really light in the morning until he starts feeding, and a few times have nearly been dry - which is quite strange. Hope you feel better soon - i'm sure you thought you were over the achey joints with pregnancy!
Art - the cloth nappies sound very reasonable, glad to hear they are working well, asi think it can be hard to get the right fit etc when you start out. I realised i overestimated our nappy use when i found a spare box full in the spare room - oops. I hope T keeps fitting infant size for a while!!
Well a very selfish post - but I need to dash. Talk later girls
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Kelly I am willing to do an unfair trade of babies......you can have my hairy girl and I can have your perfect T! I am flabbergasted at his routine. I am so jealous. V was up x3 last night. I am notknowing why. She was up at 12, 2, 4 with only a short nap then wide awake at 5. I feel like I am back to newborn status.
I have no clue why she wakes, certainly doesn't self settle back to sleep....has a feed and then lightly dozes until the next one.
Maybe it's time to put her into a cot :(
I don't know......I am hoping I guess it gets better.
I reckon there would be at least 5 wees in her nappy.... Maybe I should change her nappy overnight....I wonder if her seeing is waking her up?
Something to trial.
Ps Kelly your boy is divine.
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Hi Girls
Izzy just rolled from back to tummy for the first time! Once she got it she wouldn't stop! Now she's too knackered to get it again and is cracking the right sads. It's so cute but so frustrating for her. She was so pleased with herself when she finally rolled onto her tummy though.
Sanchez - Violets hair is so darn cute! Love the pics on FB. As you would have seen in Izzy's pics, she is still sporting quite a bald noggen. I do love it though and it dries in a flash after the pool or bath :lol: The feeding overnight would suck! Izzy did have a feed at 4.30am the other night but that was the first overnight feed since her 12 week growth spurt. I would be a lost cause if I was in your shoes. Big hugs hon! As for nappies, we have used Huggies from day dot (they don't have Aldi in WA - bugger!) and Izzy is in infants and they are SUPER heavy in the morning. She is in the same nappy from around 6 til 6 or 7 though. We've just bought crawlers so I tried one last night and that was still pretty wet this morning. Lots and lots of wees!
Kelly - very jealous of your nice routine! Our night time routine is awesome but day time sleeps are still all over the place, have been since 15 weeks. :wall: Izzy did sleep for an hour in the pram this morning and has gone back to sleeping in the car so she gets a few cat naps here and there. She's done a few one hour sleeps in the cot in the past week to so I'm hoping it will all go back to 'normal' soon. Oh, did you go swimming?!
Nicola - I've left a carbon footprint too and will probably continue to do so. I seriously considered using MCN but I'm so used to the convenience of sposies that we'll just stick with them. They take up enough room in my nappy bag as it is (cloth would take up far too much room) and I like knowing that they nearly always contain her wees and poos.
Sangie - we move the weekend of the 19 Feb. Mum has been helping pack boxes already so we have done a fair bit already but there is still lots to do. It's going to be full on moving with a baby, that's for sure! Cute re: Ethan catching water in the shower. I've only showered with Izzy once and she did enjoy it but was a bit spun out by it all.
Art - I'm planning on getting a baby bath seat this weekend :D I reckon Izzy will love it. She really enjoys playing with the toys in the bath now. Cracks herself up! Oh yeah, she loves the jumperoo!! She's still a bit small for it so she sucks on the seat a lot. Hilarious. Izzy just hit 6kgs last week so that's double her birth weight at 4.5 months. Yay!! Amelia is such a cutie in all your pics. Both your kids are gorgeous!!
How's everyone else travelling?
We start swimming and gymbaroo the first week of Feb and I can't wait! Not only will it mean we have two outings planned for each week guaranteed (how sad is that?!) but I think both Izzy and I will really love it. I went to the compulsory seminar for her swimming classes last night (yes, a bit full on but they are awesome. Google 'Oceanic Waterbabies' if you're interested) and it was fantastic. Izzy loves our weekly trips to the pool and she's so active and determined that I think she'll really benefit from it. It's going to be so much fun!!
Day sleeps are still random so we're going back to sleep school next week. It's full covered by my private health insurance so I figured we may as well go again and see what tricks we can learn. She does seem to be improving though so I think a lot of it has been the fussiness leading up to Wonder Week 19.
Izzy is chatting lots and has started blowing raspberries the past few days which is super cute. She's a really smiley baby too (despite the lack of sleep during the day!) and people are always commenting on that. As lame as it sounds, I'm going to say it anyway, we are so in love with our little girl. She really is the apple of our eyes.
Speaking of the little miss, it's time she went to bed (she's fed and ready to go but has decided it's time to have a good chin-wag to daddy - adorable). I'm about to become the fun police again. :lol:
xx
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Hi girls
I am in here to vent a little......Violet is killing me! Our nights are getting so bad - didn't think they could get worse but they are.
I just don't know what's going on - she is up about 3 times a night, so I feed her but she never goes back to sleep properly. DH and I are getting less and less sleep.... I feel like I am a walking zombie.
We are still cosleeping but tonight I am going to put her in her own cot. Even if she is restless maybe I will sleep through it. It's worth a shot I guess- DH will be at work through the night so even if it is an epic fail at least it will only affect one of us!
I think it is the fact that we had it so good there for a couple of months which is why this is feeling tough. If I never had known how good it was for her to sleep through the night......:)
Hope everyone is fairing better than me!
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Hi Sanchez
Try not to stress. I know its hard knowing other babies at this age are sleeping through but not all babies are...if its any consolation Indi is still waking a couple of times a night eg. bed at 9pm wakes at 12pm and 4am and 7am..I also have my boys who sometimes dont sleep through so in-between Indi Im getting up to them. She is sometimes sleeping for 5 hours but it is rare.
Sleeplessness is something I have had to get used to over the past 3 years and can honestly say I have not had more than 6 hours sleep in a row in that time. You just have to try and mentally get around it and take deep breaths often!!! Coffee is good sometimes too.
Are you still wrapping V?? Maybe a move to the cot would be a good idea in her own room - so little noises are not disturbing either of you...we finally made the move a couple of weeks ago and I dont regret it.
Hopefully things will start getting a bit better for you..hang in there..parenting is such an awesome but trying thing isnt it!!
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Sanchez - that's really tough hon. So sorry to hear you're going through such a hard time! Babies are known to have a period of sleep regression around 4 months so it could be that. Have you got the book The Wonder Weeks? It's fascinating and makes the tough times easier to get through when you have an insight into what our little babies are going through during a developmental growth spurt.
What else can I suggest? Hmmm...:think: is she getting plenty of milk during the day? I pump it into Izzy during the day and think that is probably one of the reasons she sleeps so well at night. Just a thought though.
Is Violet still in a bassinet? If so, it could be time to move her out of it. We moved Izzy into her cot at 10 weeks, after our sleep school day stay. The middies there said she was probably getting a bit big for it and would most likely be happier in a bed where she could fling around in her sleep without waking herself up. They were right, she slept for 9 hours straight the first night! We also slept alot better too as we weren't listening to her noises all night! We have the Angel Care Sound & Movement monitor too which really gives us peace of mind.
Izzy has woken a handful of times in the past couple of weeks at 4am but has gone back to sleep straight away besides once when I had to feed her. She screams out which scares the hell out of us but she goes back to sleep after a few whimpers. Is it possible that Violet doesn't actually need you and you're getting up to her too quickly?
Have you tried going to a chiro? Izzy was going regularly leading up to Christmas for her reflux and it helped with all sorts of things, including sleep. I've actually just taken her back again today for an adjustment. A chiro that specialises in babies really can work wonders on little ones.
That's all I can think of for now. I hope that's given you some ideas. Know that I'm thinking of you and remember 'this too shall pass' :hug:
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Sanchez, how did last night go in the cot? I haven't got much to suggest (since I spent 5 months being woken hourly lol). Some babies prefer there own space rather than co-sleeping - I know that A sleeps much better in the cot but is quite restless and wakes often if she is in bed with us.
Taurean, I have had to put the jumperoo up to the next height because A was all bow legged because she was hanging too low!
A is growing way too fast. She is wearing size 0 body suits now. I am going to have to go shopping for her as she is only just fitting into her 00 stuff. She is 7.6kg and 68cm, which puts her off the chart for her height. She is wearing some hand me downs from DS that he was wearing at 9-10 months!
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I am dreading what the night holds for me!
Art - Last night in the cot didnt happen, every time i put her in there she woke up screaming so I gave up. She slept until 2.45am, had a feed and looked as though she was asleep but when i put her down she was up and ready for action. So thanks to the Fisher-Price automatic rocker and baby Einstein DVD she drifted off at 4.30am when he got home from work, the up for a feed at 5.30, and up for good at 7am. Not too bad i guess! I can't believe A is in 0! V is 7kgs and 64cm and she still is hovering between 000 and 00 i am finding.
Nicola - thanks for your calming words! V hasn't been wrapped since about 4 weeks - she is a tummy sleeper. I did try last night to put her in her sleeping bag and that frustrated her more because she couldn't move her legs as much so I ended up taking it off.
Taurean - I think she is getting enough milk - i demand feed and she is still having about 6-7 feeds a day. I am filling faster now she is having more overnight so i am sure supply is fine. She is still co-sleeping and when she wakes up she cries straight away (never used to do that) and so i pick her up and feed her. I will try tonight not to feed her and see what she does. I gave her panadol last night and it didn't make a difference.
I am going to sign off - vision getting blurry am so tired. I will write tomorrow.
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Sanchez - How did Violet go last night? The girls have all given you some great ideas, lets just hope that this is just a phase for Miss Violet and that she goes back to sleeping like an angel for you. I was going to suggest that maybe she is teething but if panadol didn't help then maybe not? Does Violet sleep well during the day? Hugs hun, I hope you can at least get some rest during the day.
Art - Ethan is in size 0 bodysuits too. The 00 ones don't do up anymore! He is in 00 for pants/tshirts though. He was 7.73kg at 4 months so not a little guy lol! He has quite impressive rolls on his thighs! I had to go out and buy 0 bodysuits too as I didn't have any. I thought we would get through summer in 00 but Ethan had other ideas!
Taurean - aren't the raspberries cute lol!
Well I can hear my little man now so i better go. Hope you are all travelling along well. Not much going on here - still struggling with day sleeps most days and hoping it improves fast!!!! Apart from that Ethan is such a happy little thing and is always grinning. He loves the Jolly Jumper and starts to giggle as soon as he realises I'm about to put him in it. Be back soon xoxo
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Hi girls, i'm in holiday mode - staying at DH's parents while he is working from their office during the day, as we have a wedding this weekend. Its fairly average weather which is good for T's sleeping but not so fun for walks etc in the day. Oh well compulsory quiet time! :)
Sanchez - big hugs, is there anywhere you can go to sleep school near you? Sounds like V has developed some really tricky habits there. I hope I didn't make you feel worse by talking about T's routine - babies are so variable aren't they. The only thing I would suggest is trying for some more day sleeps, even if they are short - its so easy to overstimulate the little ones and that could lead to not sleeping well at night. But I can completely understand that its not easy, especially when you are sleep deprived yourself.
Taurean - i am waiting to swim until we get back home next week - although i am now wondering if T will fit the swim nappies as they are for 7-12kg and T is only just over 6! What are you using for Izzy nappy wise in the pool? Hope the daysleeps keep improving, there are benefits to less sleep - its quite hard for me to go out of the house, T will sleep in the car and pram but not too easily (mind you we just did a 4 hour drive to get here). Isn't it cool to have a smiler, we get lots of comments on smiles and giggles too - they are made for loving, and making Mum's Dad's and Grandparents all soppy!
Sangie - woohoo Ethan! He's growing so well. A lot of little boys we know are packing on the weight too. At least there are lots of sales on at the moment for clothes! We still struggle to fill the 00 (3-6 mths) clothes, so T is in between 000 and 00, a lot of the pants just fall off him because he has a small waist and legs - eg can't fit pumpkin patch 000 jeans yet!
Art - A is just bouncing along huh :) Cool that she is enjoying her jumperoo, does she use her legs much. T loves standing up on my knees or in his exersaucer - he thinks he is so cool. I read this week that you can expect bub to sit up about 5 months - but once again we have no sign of that happening yet.
We may be doing well on sleep but when you sleep all the time I guess its harder to learn to roll / blow raspberries / sit up etc. I almost wonder if T was premature somehow (more than the 10 days early he was born) as he is so small and slow developmentally - but so happy and cute, and he is getting there just slowly :) We are still stuck on wrapping too - we have to wrap him for every sleep or he pulls the dummy out and still can't get it back in, and he wont sleep without the dummy. I think i need to invest in a bigger wrap soon!
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Hi all - thank you all for making me feel positive - makes me feel as if I have a team behind me cheering me on!
Last night was a little better - up x3 during the night - i didn't bother even trying her in the cot and i let her sleep in my arms all night. Not great I know - but at least we both got more sleep.
Kelly - there is only 1 sleep school around here, and apparently Violet is nowhere near in a catagory to go - or maybe i should say I am not in the catagory. For babies and women worse off than me. The up side is she is sleeping a bit more during the day....she is having about 3x 1hr naps which is pretty good for her.
My mum brought over some homeopathic tonic that i am supposed to drink 3x day - only 5 mls and will go through my milk and make bub relaxed and me apparently. Tastes like pure alcohol. I asked mum how much alcohol was in it and she said the man said less than a banana......? :o Does that sound weird to anyone else.....random! Anyway worth a shot i guess!
Oh Kelly i was going to say - Violet can only roll......she is way behind in the talking/laughing/rasberries stage - i guess they all do it in their own time.
Oh and i got one of those tommee tippee mesh sucker things and have been letting V have watermelon and mango. I'm not starting solids but i thought ii would give this a go so she can become interested in food.....mango = hard to get out of clothes!
Night all
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Hi, just popping in to say hi. I have just read through most of the last month and a bit and it's good to hear everyone's travelling fairly well apart from the sleeping issues. We are pretty much travelling the same sleep wise.
Frazer is now a hefty 9.2 kgs and is just starting to fit in size 1 rompers but mostly 0's for everything else. His 2 bottom teeth came in just after xmas and look super funny when he smiles. He has only just learnt how to roll from back to belly which was weird since he had belly to back mastered at about 11 weeks. He is loving checking out the world in his car seat in my brand new Mistusbishi Lancer Sportsback. We have so much more room for the pram and the shopping now it's great.
He is still having the lovely screaming fits late afternoon before going to sleep which is hurting my ears to say the least. At least he wears himself out I suppose. He is by far the loudest baby I have ever heard as yet.
Have just started introducing some solids here and there, nothing huge just trying to get him use to some different tastes. He doesn't have the tongue thrust reflex which is good and seems to want more but we will just continue to give him little tastes of things and wait a bit longer before introducing them as a meal. Farex did not go down well, though he loves banana, pumpkin and other veges. I am still having a break from BB'ing so please don't think I'm rude if I don't reply to peoples replies.
Hugs for all your bubs.
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Sanchez, any luck with sleeping? When she wakes at night do you get up to feed her or just flop out a boob in bed? It is such a pain when they won't go back to sleep. DS has been the worst sleeper ever, you have my full sympathy.
Kelly, A is wrapped too - I can only imagine the drama when I have to start getting her to sleep without it. You can wrap a 13 year old for bed, can't you??
Pooley, F is such a big boy!
Which reminds me of an important tip - banana stains! I only found this out when my little niece slept with a banana one night (?!) and squashed it on my quilt. It now has an non removable brown stain that looks like poo.
Also for anyone introducing solids, banana can cause a bit of blockage so go easy on it for a start.
Amelia is now sitting by herself. She looks very cute.
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Hi ladies!
Pooley lovely to hear from you. Sounds like you and Frazer are travelling along well.
Art - wow on Amelia sitting up already, clever girl. Ethan is so close. He can sit for a few seconds now and then slowly topples over lol! Poor thing tries so hard to stop himself falling.
Sanchez - how is it going with Violet's sleeping? Those mesh feeders are great. I remember DD loved watermelon in it too.
Kelly - I don't think T is slow developmentally at all, they all do things in there own time and it can literally happen overnight. He sounds so cute!
Yep I can vouch for Art's advice on banana, it can really clog up little ones. I didn't realise and fed DD banana for a few days in a row when she was around 7 months. Poor little thing got very blocked up. Has anyone else started solids yet? We haven't started yet, going to put it off for as long as I can lol! He is definitely interested in food but seems to be quite happy just on milk for the moment.
Hope you all have a great weekend :)
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Just a quickie as I lie in bed......
Pooley - great to hear all is well. Even though 9kgs is only a couple of kilos away from the other bubs it sounds so big. I fear having to carry a 9kg baby.....and as for the effect on my boobs :o
Art- PMSL wrapping a 13 year old! As for V sleeping.....she went down for the night at 4pm by the looks of it, only thing was she didn't have a nappyon so I had to eKe her to put that on so gave her a feed. For sure I am going to be awake at 3am watching baby Einsten! My middle of the night feeding technique consists usually of sitting up for the first one, then I am way too tired so attach her lying down for the others.... But she never gets as good a grip and gets fussy. With my new iPhone sometimes I do a wee bit of facebooking in the wee hours- ridiculous!
Thanks for the banana advice - I would so be the person to ruin the sheets! Yay for A being solo sitter.....so saw that coming after seeing that original FB pic!
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Morning girls!
Persies first....
Sanchez - glad you got a better night the other night. If co-sleeping helps then don't be worried about doing it - what ever works hon!! How was last night?
Sangie - Izzy is much the same when it comes to sitting. Quickly topples forward and kind of sits in a squashed frog sitting position. She'd be quite good at yoga me thinks! LOL! How's Ethan's day sleeps going now? Ours are improving again - finally! Sending day sleep vibes your way!
Art - I read your thread about your DS' bedtime issues. Hopefully the kiddy gate works. I feel for you. I love getting Izzy to bed early so I can have some down time with DH and a wine or two ;) I feel ripped off when she doesn't go down until 9pm which thankfully is very rare. I hope things improve soon, he's such a gorgeous looking little boy I bet it's hard to stay mad at him!
Pooley - Frazer is a growing machine! Izzy has the same issue with rolling. Had tummy to back rolls sorted weeks ago but now she can get onto her tummy herself, she seems too stable to be able to roll onto her back. It's so frustrating for both of us! I hope she masters it soon.
Kelly - don't worry about T not doing too much just yet. They are all so very different. My two nephews rolled about once each and that was it. Neither crawled or showed much interest in it until about 10 or 11 months then once they did it they got bored within a couple of weeks and decided to walk! Crazy. With regards to the swim pants, we use the Huggies ones with bathers over top as yeah, they are still a bit big for Izzy. I fold the top of them down too so they are a bit tighter around her waist.
AFU - the current score for sleep school is: Izzy 2 / Sleep School 0. LOL! She defeated them yet again but it was actually a really produtive day. I was given a much needed confidence boost which helped me push her a little yesterday resulting in close to a 2.5 hour morning nap! WOOT WOOT!!!
The nurse who looked after us on Thursday really brought Izzy's frustration cry to my attention which was a breakthrough. I knew the cry as she's been doing it when she gets stuck on her tummy or is overtired. I just didn't think to let her whinge a bit as we don't do controlled crying in our house. But as the nurse pointed out, it's not controlled crying. She's not distressed, just a little whingy and mainly because she still relies on me so much to help her out, to get her comfy, to get her to sleep, etc. She finds this terribly frustrating, especially as she is such a determined and active baby (they actually said she's 4 months but wants to be 8 months :o ) so sometimes she just needs to vocalise her frustration and anger then she'll be right. Well it works a treat. She got it off her chest for all of 5 minutes yesterday then off she went. She woke about 40 minutes later and had a few small whimpers then off she went again. I was thrilled! Understanding that cry has made a massive difference to my confidence and attitude in the past 24 hours and I feel like I have some sort of control (and freedom!) again.
We're busy packing this weekend. Only 3 weeks until we move - eek! We've done quite a bit already thankfully.
Gotta run. Izzy is calling!
PS: yes, banana is shocking for staining clothes. My nephews clothes are ruined from banana stains!
