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« Reply #795 on: October 09, 2005, 18:25:50 pm »
hannah, it is so nice to hear about you and sophie.
The chat starts at 10pm for me and I am in the atlantic timezone, so I think you are in the easter timezone ao it would start at 9pm for you I think.
Rley is doing superb with her solids, she woofed down 6tbsp for her breakfast thing morning, and then 1/2 jar of peas and carrots for lunch. She has apples and bananas for her next meal.
I have found today that she does good with her solids and then an hour later her milk, be it me, ebm or formula.
I need to get her back on a routine I have been a little slack lately.
Is anyone going longer than 2hrs for A time. We are experimenting right now with what is a good amount to extend to, 2 1/2 hrs worked good today , so I think I will try that for a few days or so and see how I go.
Well I guess I should go and enjoy my long weekend, no family around so no real celebration thingy for us, simply enjoying having dh home for more than his usual one day off a week!
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« Reply #796 on: October 09, 2005, 21:52:28 pm »
(((Hugs))) to you, Judy.  I'm just impressed you TRIED to go for a walk with 4 lo's, so 10 minutes is better than I would have gotten.
(Btw, I think I have a short attention span and can only comment on the post directly ahead of me or a few ahead if I'm feeling more alert.  I'm not trying to be rude...just baby brain big time!  Sorry!!!   :oops: )

We went for Ryan's first trip to the pumpkin patch today.  HOW FUN!!!  I think I'm going to try to post some pictures in the photo gallery later.  We'll see if that happens or not.  We all had the best time...we being Ryan, dh, mil, fil, and me.  We got one big family pumpkin and a cute baby one for Ryan.  It made me all nostalgic, b/c last year we were there thinking, "Next year will be so fun with our baby.  Will it be a boy or girl?" I sort of missed that excitement.  No...not baby fever yet, but I can see why some people want to have them right in a row...already our kiddoes getting so big!

Hope all the Canucks (sp?) had a Happy Thanksgiving and that everyone else had a great weekend.  Welcome, Hannah! 
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« Reply #797 on: October 09, 2005, 22:44:25 pm »
Hi everyone.

We're back from dinner and I have to say that Cole stole the show!  He had two decent naps at home...then off to dinner.  It was at our friends parents place.  And it was a FEAST!  Cole was so great.  they had set up an old high chair for him and he sat the whole 35 or so minutes while I ate without any fuss.  Chewed on his teething ring and a wet washcloth and just hung out.  He looked totally cute in a new button down, vest and khaki pants.  I'll post a pic later.  Also, he slept for the first time in his pack n play since sleep training.  He's only slept in his crib and stroller.  The room was fairly dark and I draped a blanket over top too.  He went down in about 5 min.  A bit of crying but mostly babbling.  Then he was great before we left too.  Our friends had their boxer their and he wasn't afraid of him at all.  I am just so proud :D

He surprised me again today.  There is something to be said at this age going by the clock.  he woke up at 6:45 so I thought our schedule would be all thrown off.  He normally is up around 6:00 and goes down at 8:00 for first nap (30-45 min. later than normal) Well, wouldn't you know he was really tired at 8:10...less than 1.5 A time and he went down without a peep for 1.5 hours.  Same with the next two naps, shorter A time but asleep according to the clock times.  hmmmm, interesting. 

Lisa...I was thinking about this while getting ready today.  If your little one used to get up at 7:00 and go down for nap at say 9:30, and now he's getting up at 5:45...are you trying to put him down at the same 2.5 A time? therefore 8:15?  That could be why he's not settling...because his body is used to being awake at this time.  Maybe if you stretched him closer to his normal clock time he might settle better? Just a thought.

Naomi, our typical A times are 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:30...when he wakes at normal time.  HTH

Judy-sorry about your night and day!  boy oh boy you sure have your hands full.  Was DH with you on the walk...or was it just the 5 of you?  JUST the 5 of you...that's is CRAZY...hope tomorrow is better.

gotta go.  So full from dinner at 2pm that I don't have to cook-yay.  DH is studying so i'm going to curl up on the couch with a hot cup of tea and watch Finding Neverland.

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« Reply #798 on: October 09, 2005, 23:41:07 pm »
Hi Traci,  yes I have been taking into account the different A time so putting down earlier but it always seems the way that as soon as I write on this page, things go back to normal.  J woke around 4am and DH patted back to sleep, he then woke at 5:00 and I patted but I also changed nappy and covered him with blankets (although it is spring here, earlier mornings can be quite chilly) and he slept until his usual time of 6:50am!!  Not quite sure what to make of it all. 

I was also thinking of brining his sleep forward 30mins at night, although he doesn't show any signs of being tired this timeof night.  I guess because there is a lot of going on with dinner,bath etc.  I thought tonight I would try something slightly different and see if it works.  I will give him his usual bath at around 5:30pm and take him into the lounge only to say hi to dad and make his bottle, so hopefully just after 6pm I will take him in his bedroom and give him his bottle in there, let him have some quite play in the bedroom for awhile and then cuddles and see if this calms him down a bit.  Can only try. 

Thanks for the response though, I think my little spirited koala bear just needs some tweaking.

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« Reply #799 on: October 10, 2005, 00:16:03 am »
Hi Everyone

We have had an horrible weekend and a particularly rough night last night.  I don't really want to post about it in any detail because I'm trying to have a few moments of denial at the moment.

Just wanted to come on here and say I'm very  :cry:  :cry:  :cry: , so tired and frustrated.  I knew that this was the very best place to come for support so here I am.

Judy, I read your post about if your twins had arrived first, they wouldn't have any siblings.  You couldn't pay me to have any more children!  My hat is off to you mums with more than one or who are planning to go again - it will not be happening in my house  :cry:

I feel the love already everyone, thanks for listening

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« Reply #800 on: October 10, 2005, 01:11:52 am »
:(  Jo.  I felt EXACTLY the same after having Nathan.  I swore to anyone and everyone that he was now going to be an only child.  As he got older and things calmed down I did change my mind.  :)

Well I shouldn't have written about Danielle sleeping through for those two nights.  Last night it was back to 2.30am from 4am the night before... :?

I keep forgetting to try the rice cereal...I really don't want to do solids since she isn't into it, but I know if I don't keep trying it probably won't get any better.

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« Reply #801 on: October 10, 2005, 01:16:16 am »
Oh Jo :(   I'm so sorry you're feeling down.  Sending you big hugs from the other side of the globe.   Hope things turn around for you soon.  You've been through so much with your little guy it only makes sense that you're frustrated and exhausted.  Just know that you're doing the very best that you can and that's all you can ask of yourself.


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« Reply #802 on: October 10, 2005, 01:42:29 am »
{{{{{{HUGS}}}}} to you, Jo!    Sorry for the bad weekend.  I know you've had a tough go of it with all the illnesses and everything.  Know that we are all thinking of you and sending such positive vibes your way.  I know it's cliche, but this too shall pass.  They have to start sleeping through sometime before their 10th b-day, right?   :lol:   Lots of love and (((hugs))) from here!
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« Reply #803 on: October 10, 2005, 01:46:40 am »
LOL!  That's what I'm counting on Kate - if he doesn't start sleeping through I'll have to ask him to move out as soon as he turns 18...

Thanks Nikki and Traci as well!

You know, being a full time working mum I don't get to mothers groups or health nurses etc.  You wonderful people are the only people who are always there with understanding, love, a shoulder, an ear, a helpful hint...
I hope you all know how grateful I am to have found you all.

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« Reply #804 on: October 10, 2005, 07:05:44 am »
Ankie-don't beat yourself up too much abotu the falling.  I swear every mother I know has had their lo drop/fall at one time or another.  We haven't had an incident yet, but I'm sure that it will happen sooner or later, no matter how careful we think we are.
Richelle-hope your mastitis is doing better.  My SIL had it and she said it was very painful, so I am sorry. 
Judy-great job on getting all 5 of oyu out for a walk!  very impressive considering that I was 30 minutes late today for meeting my girlfriend at the flee market and it was just T and I! :oops:   I swear my tardiness is just getting worse and worse!

Anyhow, I am finally posting a picture!  sorry it took so long.  the first one is the picture we took the night before my last day at work.  I taped it to the front a card with the words "goodbye, I'll miss you!" printed inside for all my coworkers/friends.  they got a kick out of it. 

Updates here in our house...Taylor is rolling around like crazy!  It is the cutest thing to see.  She rolls front to back and vice-versa multiple times.  We are now having to spread out a couple of her blankets so she doesn't roll on the carpet (we have 2 dogs).  when she starts crawlign we are going to have to vacuum everyday! :roll:
Nights are pretty much back to normal after 1.5 weeks of developmental stuff (I'm assuming it was the rolling thing) and her cold.  so down to bed at 7:30 and up around 7-7:30 am.  We have moved her df up to 10:30 now though after she kept waking up for it.
someone was asking, but we too have stretched out Taylor's A time to 2.15-2.5, although her first A time is usually max 2 hours still.
stranger anxiety has kicked in, but mainly just with men?!?! :?  :?:   she does the pouty lip and then screams the last 2 days when men talk to her (ie, the neighbor, dh's friends, BIL).  anyone else experiencing the same thing???
Lastly, we started officially on solids yesterday!  pears first (we know she can do rice cereal because we added it to her bottles for months because of her reflux).  she seems to like them a lot, but isn't quite eating much yet.  I'm sure as we progress I will have more Q's.  Is anyone reading Super Baby Food?  I started reading it and was a little shocked about the whole super porridge thing...brewers yeast and liver oil? :shock:  :?  :?:

T was so cute today...after teh flee market we went to lunch with my friend and she was on her best behavior...my friend let out a sigh of relief to see her behaving so well.  She had come to visit my several times in the first 12 weeks of her life and every time I filled her in on the "joys" of parenthood and she said she was SCARED to DEATH of having children after hearign me tell her how hard it was.  funny how i had forgotten how hard it was until she reminded me!

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« Reply #805 on: October 10, 2005, 07:44:40 am »
Crikey, where do I start. I think the best way to cover everyone is....

{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}

to EVERYONE.

It looks like everyone either needs a hug because there's been a hard night or two, or you deserve a hug for good news!

The last few days have been going well for Daniel's naps, generally 1.5 -2h for the main 2 naps and 30-45mins for his end of day catnap. So I'm wrapped with that! Nights are still pretty unsettled, waking around 2am then again about 5am. I've tried wake to sleep 2 out of the 3 nights (missed my alarm one night) and so far the first night he slept an extra half hour, but thismorning he still woke at 5.10am. But I left him and went back to sleep until 5.45am, so that was good. I fed him, then back to bed and sleep for another hour.

I managed to persuade DH to look after Daniel thismorning from 7am so I could have some extra sleep. Well, I went back to sleep until 10am! Daniel woke then too after an hour or so nap, I got up fed him etc until 12noon. Then he went back to bed and i fell asleep on the couch. The two of us had a 2 hour nap! I obviously really needed it. 5 hours sleep more than normal today for me.

I've cranked up the heater in Daniels room tonight so his room should be about 18 degrees, and put him in a light polar fleece s/shirt and the big difference for tonight is I've taken him out of his sleeping bag. I have a feeling his night sleep became worse when I put him in the s/bag which coincided with a few days later going on holiday to Auckland. I put all his night wakings down to the Auckland trip and sharing a room which disturbed his sleep, but I've just had a  :idea: moment that the sl/bag could be making him feel restricted. Perhaps he's wanting to move around more than he can in the bag. I know this could cause wakings of course, if he can move, but hey, what have I got to lose? Well, I will know in a few hours time I guess.

Not sure who was asking but as for Daniel's awake times now, he's about 2-2.25 awake each time. I thought he could do longer and sometimes he does, but 2 hours is about ideal this week. Also, I think it's the time/clock thing that helps. Lately he's been down to sleep between 8.30 - 9am and then his next sleep goes down between 12-12.30pm mostly. Sometimes it's as late as 1pm, but things are definitely more consistent. So I'm relieved about that.

Andrea - love the picture.

Ankie - I've donked Daniel on the head while getting him in the car a few times, and hit him with the spring from the jolly jumper. Oh dear, I sound terrible! I do take care... honest!

Well, that's enough from me. Now we're back from being away I'll be able to keep up again.
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« Reply #806 on: October 10, 2005, 11:33:40 am »
Hi Everyone! I cant believe how much I love this site. I have not read the Bw purely because of financial reasons so i have read as much as i could on internet and have been chasing librarys all over the place. But what i am gathering in bits and pieces is all so relevent. Marli was an absolute %#@! for 3 days :x  and would not nap so i went back to basics. I was thinking how bad a mother was by not recognising her cues but she doesn't give out to many until it is too late. I have toned down her A time and limit her activities by giving one toy and not pushing her under her gym with toys everywhere. The difference has been pretty amazing . I have always had touble getting her to eat as soon as she wakes from a nap and is usually ready about 1/2 hour in or when she is ready for bed but today for some reason everthing just gelled :D . And My baby became the happy little girl i knew she was.She has been so overtired i couldnt even get a smile from her! From what I can gather is Marli is a spirited baby??Had a great experience today, I was walking bub waiting to pick up hubby when a lady with a 2 yr old asked if i'd have a coffee with her as we were both just killing time, I was shocked and a little embaressed.I had a lovely afternoon and made me feel guilty that i have never reached out like that. its so easy to get caught up in your own bubble when if you look around and swallow your pride you might just make a great new friend. we are planning to meet at a play group in the area this week.. Just a turn in my day i didn;t expect.

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« Reply #807 on: October 10, 2005, 14:16:56 pm »
Hi everyone,

Jo - Big Hug!!  I do know how you feel - sometimes between work and trying to figure these los out, much less just mother them is so overwhelming.  Sometimes I LONG for the days of comng home from a long days work and kicking it with my feet up and a glass of wine!! LOL - those days are LONG GONE and of course you are right that it is so nice to have these ladies as I don't have time for a moms group etc...

Ankie - don't fele bad.  I was bathing Sophie the other night and had her on her belly washing her back and i didn;t realizes I had her face in the water - yikes :oops: !

My mastitis feels alot better, I caught it early with the antibiotics.  I ended up having 14 people over for turkey dinner - it was great but I am beat today - probably not the best way to spend my day off, oh well!

Judy - I still can't get over taking the 4 girls for a walk, hats off.  I have trouble getting dh and Sophie out the door much less 4 los!

Hugs to everyone else - and if it helps inspire those waiting on solids - sophie has slept straight throught the night(730-630) 17 days in a row :D

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« Reply #808 on: October 10, 2005, 16:33:37 pm »
Hi Debprins - and Richelle, if I haven't said hello and welcome to you both yet.  Nice to hear from you.

Glad to hear Canadian Thanksgivings were fun - you've made me anxious for ours here in the US.  Traci - I want to see pictures of Cole in that getup - sounds too cute.  Nice of him to show off for the family/friends.

Jo - Hang in there!  I looked at your lilypie and Fraser is 6.5 months - at 6.5 months, Katie went completely wacky - not sleeping as much, fussy, waking at night - I still don't know why - she has one tooth and one on the way - developmental stuff maybe - it was right about when she started moving more - but anyway, I just did my best for a few weeks and she's more or less back on track now - with longer awake time too - so maybe that was it.  Just do your best to ride it out, stay as close to on track as you can and if Fraser's anything like Katie, he'll get back to normal (whatever that is) soon. 

Ankie - I feel like I have bumped Katie's head on more things than I can count - that and during the summer when she was just in a onesie, I pinched her leg in the stroller buckle - how bad did I feel when she had a bruise on her leg for the next week - and then I did it again  :shock:  a week later.  Haven't done it since though.

Awake time - around 2.5 - 3 hours around here. 

Andrea - that's a great picture.  I just love it!

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« Reply #809 on: October 10, 2005, 19:54:26 pm »
Hi,  well something made a difference to Daniel's sleep last night. He went to sleep at 7.10pm, woke at midnight for a small feed, then back to sleep until 7am! Yay! I went in at 4.10am and did the 'jiggle' for wake 2 sleep, so maybe that's helping. Who knows??? Who cares??? So long as he improves. I fed him for 5 mins last night, so I'm going to try reducing his time feeding at night to see if that helps too. Should I be doing 5 mins for 3 nights, then 4 mins for 3 nights etc? Or do I drop 1 minute per night?

Deb, it sounds like things have got back on track for you. That's great, isn't a nice feeling when you sort things out. Don't feel bad about not reaching out, you've been really busy just being a mum. But now that you've been 'touched' when the time is right I'm sure you'll do the same for someone else.

Daniel is 6 months old today, so we celebrated by having Vanilla Custard for breakfast. He loved it. Ate about 2 teaspoons worth. That's a lot for him! Now, I just need to get him eating his veges better.....

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