Hi Ladies
Sorry I havent been online since Sunday, I was working away this week (will explain later)....
Bean - I cant believe you still dont have a bathroom! I just couldn't cope! How did you enjoy your meal at the Harvester? A new one just opened up in our City last month, and we went there last weekend for my Mum's birthday. Yummy! Sorry to hear that your HV upset you with the comments about Nate's head. Im sure if he starts sleeping on the opposite side for a while, things will return to normal. Good luck for Nate's scan next week!
Amber - A belated Happy 4 Months to little Grace! So glad to hear that she is doing so well at daycare. How lovely that she enjoyed her time with her Grandpap. Sorry for being dumb - but what's a "saucer"? Glad to hear that you enjoyed your girly day with Grace, and that she coped OK with her jabs. Wow, 16 lbs! what a chubby little lady!! Thanks for the info on the weaning.
In answer to your question about combination feeding - I have been doing it since Christmas. When Freya had her 2 month growth spurt, I couldnt keep up with her demand for my breastmilk, so I introduced formula. I do a few different things on different days: 1.Sometimes I mix my expressed milk with some ready-made formula together in a bottle. 2.Sometimes I breastfeed her until she has emptied both breasts, and then give her a 2 or 3 oz "top-up" from a bottle. 3.Sometimes I breastfeed her for all of her daytime feeds at home, but feed her formula when we are out-and-about, and for her night feeds. I can understand you not wanting to have to introduce formula at all - I didnt want to either - but when your baby is hungry, and you cant keep up, you have to do it! Good luck whatever you decide to do...
Imp - ooh, how exciting that you are now NTNP! you are one brave lady! lol. Sorry to test was negative, but at least it made you realise what you really want. And well done you for getting back to your pre-pregnancy weight! I am 23lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight. oops. but i gained 56lbs when I was pregnant - and Im only supposed be losing 1 pound a week due to breastfeeding, so its gonna take a long time! Regarding the haemorroids - I didnt have them during pregnancy, but got them during my labour/birth. (Thats what you get for 80 minutes of active pushing! lol.) They were painful in the beginning, and bled a few times early on. But they dont bother me at all now...
Kizzy - wow, Georgie is doing well with the "food experimentation". I saw a piccy of her on facebook with food all around her face! It did make me laugh!
Grand - sorry to hear about your sleepless nights. Freya is also going through "month 4 sleep regression". She wakes up every hour some nights. Its so exhausting, isnt it?! Regarding having other people feed your baby - I started expressing my breastmilk when Freya was a week old, and let OH give her bottles. After about a month, I extended that to allowing my Mum and MIL to give a her bottles of my milk. Gradually over time, I have introduced more people to the list, such as my brothers and friends. Perhaps you can start gradually, starting with your DH, and then the Nanny?
Neffie - Glad to hear things are continuing to go well with Coco. How do you feel about being home alone with her now your In-laws have gone home and your DH is back at work? Im so sorry you are struggling with your decisions to find a suitable daycare for Coco. I hope you find the perfect establishment soon.
Vix - Libby seems to be doing well with the weaning. Are you supposed to reduce their milk intake when they start eating?
SamB - good to hear from you Hun. Glad to hear you are feeling much better now the meds have kicked in. Hope Jessica isnt suffering too much with the teething.
AFM: As I said above - sorry I haven't been around all week. I have been working. My actual job is teaching at a school for children with special needs. Well, one of the children who was in my class last year needs looking after at his home for 2 weeks. His parents have gone to a family wedding in New Zealand, and didnt think it was suitable to take him with them. He has severe brain damage and is confined to a wheelchair, so it would have been unfair to take him on a 24 hour flight, and make him stay in an unfamiliar environment for 2 weeks.
Anyways, his parents asked if I would move in with him at their home while they were away, caring for him before and after school, and throught the night. Well I didnt feel like I could say no. But I did ask if he could spend the 2 weekends at a respite centre, so that I could have a break. So I am currently at home for the weekend. But Monday-Friday, both last week and next week, I was/am working away. I take Freya with me, but my OH stays at home (it is quite far from his work). It has been a very tiring week, having to care for a disabled child, and a 4 month old baby. But it has been very rewarding too. Sorry for the long post, just wanted to explain my absence.
In other news, I got Freya weighed, and at 4 months, she now weighs 13lb 12oz. We havent been doing the weaning religiously. Just offering her baby rice mixed with breastmilk every other day. She loved it the first day, but I think the novelty has worn off already! So we are not in a rush to move her on any faster.
Hope you are all well Ladies, Babies, and Bumps
xx
my meds have kicked in and now getting out of bed isnt a struggle anymore and i have so much more patience with Jessica luckily as she has some horrible days with her teeth i can feel 2 hard squares on her top gum!!
