December 2012 - the fourth trimester is nearly over

[MaMaPo]

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Well done baby spotty!

Try it willyou let us know how he takes it!

Hi folks, glad to have found you! Lost track after the birth and over Christmas. Dd had a rocky start- hospitalised at 3wks old with bronchiolitis. Was in a week but now much better. Still has a wee wheeze but dr says that may last up to a year.
Bf going well, she's settled on 99th centile after born a respectable 8lb5!! If only my 3yr old would sleep through the night all would be great, dd is sleeping very well. Sorry for "me" post, off to catch up with your news...

utopian ds has got jabs tomorrow too, really not looking forward to it...

Ds went to sleep at 12.30 after playing and chatting for an hour and woke up a little after 6. Feel a bit out of sorts cos he was very clingy last night so I didn't get to do my end of day routine - dishes, sterilise bottles, disinfect changing mat etc Also not much support from dp, he crashed out early knackered after working overtime sat and sun.

Today is a new day!

Glad your dd is getting better Saphie, sounds like she loves her milk!

Well after going down at 9 ds woke at 1:30, 4:30 and up at 7 good job as I've got a really busy day: friend and her dd coming for coffee this morning, shopping delivery between 9&10, doctors at 11:45 then suzie songtime for dd this afternoon will hopefully manage a quick pit stop home for lunch beforehand.

Welcome back saphie, sorry to hear about the bad start but glad all is well now.

I am so of all the great sleepers. I shouldn't complain as when dd wakes its generally just to feed or poo then straight back off again but I'd rather she only did this since it twice, not 3,4 or sometimes 5 times

hales take each day as it comes, if you are not sure you want to give up bf then don't just yet, you can give up anytime-it will be much more difficult to start if you stop. I regret giving up with ds after I got mastitis, especially now I know it gets easier. Saying that, you have to do what's right for you and if it makes you miserable then its a no brainer.

Ooh mama that meal sounds gorgeous!!

I would be the size of a house if I stopped bf, am back at slimming world and its gradually coming off but I am being super disciplined on the chocolate/high fat front.

Chloe three wakings is standard for us so I feel your pain! I haven't list any weight with breastfeeding in fact I think I'm the biggest I've ever been my whole life

Hales I agree with Chloe, if you're not 100% sure it's what you want then wait a little bit. You can stop anytime but starting again isn't so easy. Maybe give it another week?

I don't know what's going on with F's sleep, he's been up at 4.30 the last two mornings, it's ruining me! I have the estate agent round at 11 to value the house, got to decide whether we are selling or renting the house out.

And I hate being employed by the NHS! I'm pretty sure they have ruined my pay (waiting for pay slip to arrive) and DH hasn't been paid at all. You would think one of the biggest employers in the world could get their shit together. At least now the diet is well on the way as I can't afford nice food!

Have a fantastic time Seconds.

That must have been scary Saphie, glad your DD is on the mend now.

12.30 - 7.00 .

Seconds - have a fab time. What are you doing while you're there? I hope going out to eat some amazing Vietnamese food. I miss it! Have a great recommendation if you want it.

Yay spotty for some amazing sleep! C has done consistet 3-3.5 hours, not too bad. However, I woke up around 2 feeling awful - nausea, headaches and cramps, and have been waiting to get properly sick. Nothing has eventuated so far and I feel very slightly better.

Eggs the nhs are always messing up my sister's pay, that's when they remember to pay her

Glad yo have caught up now, sorry to hear all the disrupted sleep and hooray for those who manage good nights. Im trying to sleep train my 3yr old as he's still up at night, but 9wk old is up 1/2 times a night has even gone all night (7hrs) on odd occasion but I do nothing differently. Seems that some babies sleep and some don't. Not that it's any consolation!

I have 40 minutes to get myself, dd and ds all fed and dd and ds clean nappies and out the house aaaahhhhhhhh!!!!

Oh and the nurse at the doctors, after asking me how often ds wakes at night and me replying every 2-3 hours, said, 'Gosh, that's quite a lot at his age isn't it?'

You would have been entitled to punch her for that comment.

spotty ignor that nurse, the hv told me to not let DS sleep more than 4 hrs. So if he went down at 7 then he'd wake 11 (after my bedtime) and 3 which is 2 wakings. And she was pushing for 3 hrs so there would be 3/4 then. These people love to contradict themselves/each other!

Spotty - how supremely unhelpful!

Just got the appt for Ns next lot of jabs - and an appt for DS1s pre-school boosters on the same day. That's going to be a fun morning

spotty - ugh, that's such an infuriating comment!!

mamapo i will graciously accept your vietnamese food tip. we'll be staying with relatives, showing off the baby, and also going on a little road trip just the 3 of us - haven't decided exactly where yet. On which note I'm a bit cross with the car seat hire place - I told MIL to order a newborn insert which she duly did, but when FIL went to pick it up the woman asked how old the baby was (nearly 3 months) said that people don't usually use them beyond 6 weeks, and didnt fit it (not FIL's fault as hadn't been part of the hiring so didnt know to question it). Um, I think we, the people who've been driving around said baby since birth, will be the judge of whether or not we still need it! At 6 weeks Z only just got back to his birth weight! It's too early to ditch the insert for him and he screamed the whole way home from the airport, which may just have been exhaustion but normally he loves the car and goes straight to sleep; he was in a more curled-up position than normal without the insert.

He's having a tricky first night but has finally settled in the bassinet (I let him cuddle next to me but didnt want him there all night as I am a bit worried about safety what with me being jet lagged and not having co-slept in this bed before). I did have to hold his hand to help him to sleep though - poor little dude.

Quick question - do you all still wash brand new baby clothes before using them? T is 9 weeks, will his skin still be that sensitive?

Aww seconds I often have to hold D's hand for him to get to sleep in his basket.

D finally fell asleep on me 20 mins ago and then the asda order arrived.i went to the door with him wrapped in a blanket and the lovely lovely delivery driver unpacked it all for me so I didn't have to wake D up. The littlest things really do mean the world sometimes.

I don't stacks because I am supremely lazy and probably a bad mother

I don't unless I'm putting a wash on anyway

Ds has been asleep all day

Seconds how annoying. Very that you're on holiday though

Seconds - how frustrating about the carseat! I hope you get it fixed up for him.

Best Viet food (in my opinion) is at Thanh Nga 9, on Victoria Street in Richmond. There are scores of Viet restaurants on Victoria Street but that one is the best. Minh Minh is also great and does some Lao dishes as well.

If you want some cool cafes and food, try Smith Street in Collingwood - that's my neck of the woods and I love it! Gertrude Street is just around the corner and is filled with excellent galleries, cafes, pubs and restaurants.

Hmm - road trip! Have you been up towards Daylesford/Mount Macedon/Castlemaine? Really pretty, some great food and wineries, and only an hour to 2 hours from Melbourne, an easy drive. (I am biased, I got married in Daylesford!) Otherwise the Yarra Valley is an easy distance and again, great food and wine. You can also go to Healesville to the Sanctuary and see all the Australian wildlife. Otherwise, the Great Ocean Road is always a beautiful drive and shouldn't be as hectic now that school has gone back.

I hope you have a great time! I am looking forward to my trip there more than ever...

Anyway, C had her BCG injection this morning. She howled, but recovered fast (much better than the routine jabs) and has been an excellent girl today with no pram-related screaming fit. Thank god! She has, however, completely rejected the dummy now and insists on feeding to sleep in the afternoon. Hmmm...

Stacks, yes still have been washing new clothes - not that many of them, so it's not too big a task.

OH on a better note: my post natal GTT was normal. BRING ON THE CAKE! BRING. ON. THE. CAKE.

seconds

mamapo we went to daylesford last time -
I loved it! We're thinking of going again this time and staying overnight. We might go up to the Murray as that was where my husband went on lots of holidays as a child. I went to healsville a few years ago; there is talk of possibly going to Philip Island again with my husband's cousin, where we went to a lovely animal park and also saw the penguins. Will check out your recommendations for other places. I think the road trip might involve ballarat too. We did the great ocean road last time although it was miserable weather so all I really saw was a great wall of grey and I was constantly afraid of landslips ESP as i saw little bits of earth tumbling down on more than one occasion. In fact they closed the road the next day.