Born Oct/Nov 2015

Hey Louise,

Nope still haven't tracked it down and realized that that 10% voucher at toysrus actually is useless as its not on everything in the store!

So I won't be wasting my time going there will pop into baby city this weekend and get my last bits on Saturday. I'm sure I'll find it there!


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Hi Mommies!

You can most certainly "switch" their cycles back if it's out of sync...

They say you should start by making sure day = light and night = dark. So during the day, don't draw the curtains close to make the room dark. Introduce suitable "playtime" routine for day time. Baby needs to associate light with play and being awake.

At night, start with night routine: Bath baby, after bathtime do soothing baby massage, keep room dark with minimum light, play soothing music (I love my BabySense Sleep/Lullaby cd!) and whatever you do - do not PLAY!!! Make night time as calming and "boring" as possible...

And don't mix day & night time routine.

Elmarise cycles got switched at 2 weeks when DH went back to work. He would've come back home @ 6pm and then he would spend a full hour or more wanting to "play" with Elmarise & catchup on time with her that he missed during the day... So by the time I bathed her and soothed her, it all went out the door when Eban got home. So she started associating night with playtime...

It took much explaining to DH and to actually show him from various books that we had to set a routine. So we limited his "boring playtime" to an hour after work, then he bathed her and would give her an expressed bottle for feeding. That way he felt like he was spending some quality time with her.

It sounds stupid, but it's tiny things that can switch a baby's cycle...

I actually want to know from you new moms: did baby's awake time in the womb correspond with his/her awake time outside the womb? Cause so far (from 26 weeks) Larissa's womb awake time is quite managable... She'll be awake @ 9pm, 1am and then again at 6am... So that would be fantastic if I can get that hours after birth!!!! But I'm guessing it's wishfull thinking...

Lauz, did you manage to track down that Nuby nipple gel/balm? I've added a photo of it. I only saw now it's also Vanilla Milk flavoured... hmmm!

Aden - Good luck with your Grade R concert this week!!!! Take it easy momma!

Kimmy, with the winds & cramps, you should also try using the Probiflora pead powder sachets. It is amazing and you just put one sachet into a bottle feeding for baby a day. It's also tastes like vanilla and is quite sweet - like cremora. The drops are horrible in my opinion and 1/3 gets wasted anyway...





Have a great day mommies!!!

I'm prepping for photoshoot this afternoon - SO EXCITED!!!!

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Good morning Ladies,

Juanita love the photos! Glad the concert went well as well.

Louise is right about switching a babies cycle I have read about it. I think my baby sense app even has pointers on how to do it.

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Kimmy, i also sent my hubby to shops before i gave birth, and in the list i put "aircon for bedroom" on hahaha. He was quite amused!!

Also had a nice nap this afternoon, might get me through the night i hope!

Lm how would you switch the day and night cycles?? Keeping a newborn awake during the day isn't really a easy task. Larissa slept through a whole Disney concert, and the music was blaring to put it mildly!!

Oh btw concert was so cute!!! Teachers made so much effort and everything was really very organized!


Leandi is the one at the back on the left

I get her in once a month for a good clean & scrub... but other than that it's all down to me... will only be getting her back when I've got work again. Had to get rid of all the luxuries when I lost my job.

Glad baba is sleeping! For winds & cramps maybe try Lennon's Behoedmiddel. Worked like a charm for Elmarise! Never went back to Telement drops once I discovered that - and it's a fraction of the price.

Can't wait to get rid of this heartburn!!! Since my daughter's birth in 2009 I never had heartburn - untill now!

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Oh my louise, are you getting her back after giving birth?
Its just frustrating at this point i guess maybe i spoilt them aswel??

And as for my little man, he is sleeping now , but atleast he doesnt cry anymore , he was still adjusting.

Heartburn, ohhh dont miss it, my dr
Was even teasing me afer taking baby out that i must say bye to heartburn..

Kimmy, sounds like your little man has his day/night cycles switched... Maybe you should try to get his cycles in sync?

Good luck with the household issues! Since I lost my work I had to let my maid go, and it's been an uphill battle to manage everything with an unwilling hubby and extremely untidy 6 year old... Although it was pure torture for me, I punnished them since the weekend by just leaving their stuff where they left it or dropped it. Refused to clean up after them... now they're a bit more considerate.

Having my maternity shoot tomorrow!!! Looking very much forward to it... Hope we'll get some good images... First time using her, but she came highly recommended. Don't want to use the same old photographers we always use...

Just realised now that I haven't had any heartburn today!!! Hope it doesn't wake me up again tonight out of my sleep...

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