Feb-May 2011 Mommies

hi girls

Claire I dont know how I kept sane...well I didnt...hence the anti-depressants! Shame it makes me sad seeing that video now

Cath I will post that video for you of him at the doctor does your phone take videos? its the easiest way to capture those moments

ok so girls who's babies are 4-5 months old.....
Matt will NOT reach out for a toy if he's sitting upright. He is just not interested unless its literally right under his hand then he'll grab it a little and basically just push it away. When he's under the playgym he'll grab the toys and hold onto them and knock them around etc....
does anyone's baby not want toys either when upright?? I think it's so weird!!
My friend's baby is 1 month older and she is constantly reaching out for toys and reaching for things off the table. Matt never does this...I realise ALOT changes in a month - but I'm a bit concerned. He ONLY wants to hold our fingers and bring them to his mouth. If I put a toy in his hand he does not want to close his fingers around it to hold it (unless lying down)

Hi Girls

So it seems like a lot of us have not been on in ages, so hi everyone I am going back to work 5 Sept so may have more "free" time on my hands. My boy really keeps me busy and the weekends are jam packed.

Lucy - I thought I was the only one with the cheap clothing problem. it drives me nuts....

Meags - I way prefer the second video - how did you keep sane????

Tazzy - I hope your household gets better soon including you. And whatever it takes to help babies sleep, can you imagine still having this when she is a toddler. Have you got the book Sleep Sense? really its a great investment.

Cath - I also found every 3 hour feeds and R sleeps 10 hours. so going to go back to that one.

Mistymom - ha ha all the sixes.

Libra - I hope your weekend is fab, going away is always great.

Kimika - hello, how is the baking business going? In a few years time I can see your business booming like Buddy from CakeBoss hee hee.

Ok I have to go - my screamer is awake.

Keep well all

Kimika, hi!! SOrry about the hair!!! Good Lord if that happened to me - my hair is so fine as it is!! must keep taking my hair vitamins! Glad reuben is well albeit not into sleeping at the moment! !!!
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Meags thanks for posting that lovely happy vid! What a cutie your boy is!!

Lucy, ja I agree my stuff from M&S has lasted SO WELL and even my woolies stuff is not as good quality but longer wearing than the Ackermans stuff I suppose go figure!? Also Naartjie is lovely but runs soooo small. When I was overseas the other day I bought 2 6-packs of 6-12 month rompers in the SOFTEST cottons!! The 3-6 months ones have lasted FOREVER and are so soft and cute and the colour lasts! So that's me sorted for the next few months!

Mistymom divine to hear your news- ja, I have 3 kilos preggy weight to lose which sounds great BUT it's the 10 I put on BEFORE i got pregnant that's really worrying me!!!! IN fact it's depressing me about but not so much that I've really done anything about it!

Tazzy sorry aout the sleeping thing. As I mentioned W's been sleeping through (like this wkend til 6h30/7h00) BUT (rightly or wrong, I think rightly!!) we feed him EVERY 3 hours and then he has a 10-11 hour stretch at night - EVERY night. when i stretch his feeds he doesn't sleep through so i'd read this in my midwife book and it's been working like a bomb - she said regular feeding (every 3 hours) makes for a happy baby that sleeps through and that has definitely been the case with little one.

Libra I can SO relate, william is still in our room in his cot (but always with us in the mornings and if i hear him stir at 3am-ish I'll take him into bed with me (naughty) and then at 6am-ish he is awake and ready for play time and first feed. But anyway I remember him fussing once in the cot next to our bed and i left it but then went to see and the blaqnket was OVER HIS FACE - in fact ALL the blankets! Another time I also 'left it' but then though agh let me go look and there he was (I couldn't see this from bed anyway it was dark) right at the bottom of the cot in the corner with everything over his face poor little thing! I know the feeling of being completely horrified and kicking oneself for not getting up immediateyl when he was moaning/stirring/sounding uncomfy!!

anyway! that's me! so happy tomorrow is a public holiday! william is VERY LOUD these days btu then also at time very serious and contemplative. Meags I LOVE that video of Matt on the paper sheet at the docs, please post it!! i must take more vids of little one - yesterday at mugg and bean (only second time he's been to a restaurant lol but it was v empty and nice) he was gonig CRAZY for the white serviette and wriggling and laughing and squealing it was TOO CUTE! must film it next time! i love it when his whole body WRIGGLES in delight!!!!!!!!

cath
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Kimika - vallergan forte is an antihestimine which makes children drowsy. I'm not one for medicating my girls though, but I know its in a high cupboard in case I do need it.

Is R still fussing at the breast? Amelia does, and I've just accepted it. She literally feeds for 3mins off each boob and that's that. And while she's feeding her legs are moving like crazy and she rubs her hands up and down my chest.

When should I be stretching her feeds to 4 hourly during the day?

My entire household is sick! I have Hannah at home today coughing and sneezing all over the place. And Amelia has a blocked nose to, she is battling to feed and is super cranky.
I've given her some calpol and put some Illadin drops in her nose.
What else could I do for her?
She actually starts breathing through her mouth once she's asleep. I remember as a newborn she wasn't able to do that.

Hi girls!!

Meags, I also dont know how you survived those few months.. but as time goes by the little ones do tend to get a bit easier.. That said, Reuben was a perfect little sleeper & feeder right up to 4 months and then only started his feeding strikes and short naps... so Im sure they go through developmental issues at times where they are more prone to bad sleeping & feeding. Sometimes I sit and wonder, why must it be the 2 most basic needs of a human that can become such a stressed issue?? I mean why not just eat and sleep as much as you can??? LOL But Matt is such a cute little sweetiepie Sorry bout the nanny.. cant you get a nice mexican lady to help you with houseword & Matt? They always seem so great in the movies.

Tazzy, glad the sleeptraining is helping. R sleeppattern is now non-existent. And Im horrible with letting them cry and Im totally weak to being persistant with something like that So now I end up sleepdeprived and moaning.. ah well.. Im too lazy to do anything about it so its my own fault What is that Vallergan stuff for?

Mistymom, well done on the great weight loss for you and the great weight gain for your little boy!

AFM: Doing well in general. R has had butternut, gemsquash and carrots and def prefers them over the rice cereal!

Oh and yes Meags, my hair is also falling out in bunches! Some nights I actually get a fright when I wash my hair!! And yes Lucy, its all over the house, everywhere and its so annoying! I remember after Pieter that also happened and then when I fell preggie with R it suddenly started growing back in bunches again! I had this huge fringe of new frizzy hair growing out and it looked horrible

I'm just popping in to say hi I've been one of those silent thread readers again.

Meags - so nice to hear that Matt is a different baby (well except for these last few day) have you had his ears checked for any infections?

I took Amelia to GP on tuesday to have her checked out before I started sleep training. He said she is a healthy little girl and should be sleeping better by now. Last week she was still waking up every 3hrs during the night (9,12 and 3) I just decided I really need some sleep.
He also explained to me that its very important for her to have enough sleep in a 24hr period. She is a very poor sleeper, day and night. She very rarely sleeps longer than 45min at a time.
SO (don't throw stones either) he prescribed some Vallergan Forte for her. I went and got it from the pharmacy but haven't used it yet. I thought I'd phone a good friend who is an anaethetist. She advised me not to use it unless I'm extremely desperate. So I've started with sleep treining and I seem to have made a little bit of progress. I cuddle and shoosh her until she is drowsy but awake. Then I put her in her cot and walk out. At first she was hysterical, now it just takes one or two times of going back in and placing her back on her side with her dummy back in her mouth and she'll drift off to sleep by herself.
As for the night feeds. She will without a doubt wake up at around 10ish. I refuse to feed her then. I pick her up, rock her until she's drowsy and put her back in her cot. She will sleep til about midnight. Then I feed her at midnight and she sleeps until 3 until another feed.
So baby steps but we're getting there.

So after I thought she'd finally enjoyed the taste of lactogen she now refuses to have a bottle anywhere near her mouth. I don't really mind as long as she breastfeeds properly after bathtime and no snacks during the night

I've also started her on some butternut and sweet potato. She loves it!! Even more than her cereal.