August-September 2010 Moms

blessed, try no carbs... No bread, pasta, rice etc... I also cut out sugar. It definitely helps...

When Evan was about 2 - 3 months old I had reached my pre pregnancy weight. I think it was from stress and sleep deprivation. We moved house My scale then died and I havent weighed myself since then. I think i've lost more weight because all my clothes are too big on me now... Lets hope xxx

Charnenay, I took him to the Dr again last saturday and he'd gotten another viral infection. He seemed so much better so I stopped the cough mixture etc because I dont like that he was on meds for so long. His breathing was clear this afternoon when I picked him up and there's been no coughing so I will monitor him again...

Sho, some of you ladies really have LONG days! I contemplated going down stairs to study @ 5am but ended up sleeping in instead

Wow ladies - early bird catches the worm hey

Charnenay - No i go back to bed and get up at half 4 maybe 5... if she slept till 5 though i'd have to get up earlier! but then again we are alseep earlier too so i guess it evens out

Trouble is hubby and i work from 7... so while i get off at 3:30 and miss all the traffic it is an early start

JanineK - good to hear i am not alone
Phew!

Hi Ladies,

Willem's schedule (more or less - he dictates)

+-4:00 - milk - breast fed
7:00 - milk - breast fed
8:30 - rice cereal
11:00 - milk - 200ml expressed breast milk
15:00 - milk - 200ml expressed breast milk
19:00 - milk - breast fed

Then sleeps till 4 am again (somedays - others its 3:00, and some even 5:00 )

Still busy with introducing the solids - should add another cereal feed in the afternoons soon, and then veggies mid-day.

Charnenay - I usually stay up after the 4am feed , and I only leave for work at 7:40...

Willem tends to think that 4am is a GREAT time to play , I just found that that last hour or less sleep makes me more tired that anything else - which ends up with me snozzing the alarm once to many come 6am .

Must say though - the mornings he drinks 3am - BACK TO BED!

Kerry - do you stay up after the 3:30AM feed!!!??? Good grief, that's an early start. Aren't you exhausted?

Charnenay, believe me i tried that, she won't drink more milk in the day, she chose her routine and try as i may shes haning in with it... i tried giving her an extra feed at 9 and even though she took it she still like clockwork woke up at 3:30...

but its fine coz we have to leave at 5 to drop her off at MIL to get to work on time so its all good.

Girly, I don't think the teething stops until all the teeth are out Once it starts, it's here for the next few months. Emily struggles some days and then other days not at all. WE put the Amber necklace on last nights, so I will see how she does over the next few days. My mom has a tummy bug, so I sent her home and dh is babysitting Emily today because I needed to come to work!! Will leave early to go and rescue him though

Amazing how different everyone's feeding schedules are. Here is Emily's:

6:30AM - 150ml Formula
8:00AM - Cereal
09:30AM - 150ml Formula
12:30PM - 150ml Formula
13:00 - Rice Rusk and/or Fruit
15:30 - 150ml Formula
17:00 - Veggies
19:00 - 150ml Formula

She then sleeps through from 8PM to 6:30AM.

Cols, hope Evan gets better soon. I would take him back to the doctor if I were you or maybe even just contact your paed and let him know that he has finished the antibiotics and its been 2 weeks and he is still not better. Then rather hear what the pead says to do. P.S - those little nappy changing bag looks really cool - think I will get me 1. Thanks!!

Kerry - perhaps try and increase her milk feeds during the day and she might drop that night feed.???