January JellyBean mummies

[lovealittle1]

Finally did my birth story. The link is in my signature. xx

 

[jojo-m]

Lots to catch up on but will do so when I'm more awake! Had bit of a moment yesterday, Corey flipped his sister out of her swing which is thankfully a very low travel swing and she was face down on the floor, I nearly died! Thankfully she was fine, not a mark on her just shocked and Corey ran upstairs crying when he seen what he had done. I'm so fed up of telling him to leave her alone, he unfastens her, picks her up and alsorts the minute my back is turned. I can't leave them alone for a second. I thought with a 4 1/2 year gap I wouldn't have this problem, that he'd be old enough to know better but it goes in one ear and right out the other! I'm hoping this has shocked him into leaving her alone now but really doubt it. Any suggestions? It's impossible to be with them constantly I do have to pee! I try take Corey out the room with me but he won't always come and don't want to wake Fearne everytime I go loo or kitchen x

 

[naomicourt]

I thought a two year age gap was tough but at least she is too little to pick bryce up, that would really scare me! Does he get to to help out with her when you are there? Choosing what to wear, helping with nappies e.t.c? And then maybe once you leave the room you could tell him that it's his job to look after his sister for a little while and make sure she doesn't wake up. Try and turn it into a positive request rather then a negative one. x


Bryce was so good last night! He went down at 20:00 and woke up at 1:30 and then 6:00!! Sooooo happy!

 

[Fraggles]

I thankfully can pop eldest in playpen when I need to leave the room. Not sure what to suggest Jo im guessing he's crious and trying to help so maybe getting him more involved with helping when you want him to

 

[jojo-m]

I've been doing that since she was born but he's usually at school most of the day and at weekends we do stuff. Most of time when I ask him to help he says no he's playing with his cars or playdough. If I say to make sure she stays asleep and to watch her he's straight in her face waking her up! Or picking her up. I can see he loves her and just wants to cuddle her all the time but he thinks he's a grown up and copies how I hold her or pick her up and he's not big enough!

Just keep hoping newness will wear off and he won't be bothered. Probably in 6 months when she's touching his toys ;-) I think in reality there is no good age gap only different sets of problems! Thanks tho!

Good one bryce, letting mummy sleep!

Fraggles you feeling a bit better today? Has Jacob settled down? X

 

[Fraggles]

Im ok Jacob slept better last night. HV jut been said I shouldn't be feeling sore, but I did with N too it took a while to settle down. Thing is if J is fractious one snatch at my nipple and its sore for days. She checked for thrush and we got the all clear and im not depressed either

N has started trying to give bottles to J if he cries he puches teddies on him too. Its cute but felt safer when he ignored him

 

[jms895]

Awww bless himk Fraggles thats cute!

Jo no advice hun as Caine is the same. Just grow some more eyes and arms?

Naomi thats fab!

Alexander slept 8 till 1 last night in moses then in bed with me and fed every few hours but that was ok.

 

[Fraggles]

Jacob wont settle in bed with me Although my last didnt settle in bed until a few months on.

 

[Mom 2B]

Lots to catch up on but will do so when I'm more awake! Had bit of a moment yesterday, Corey flipped his sister out of her swing which is thankfully a very low travel swing and she was face down on the floor, I nearly died! Thankfully she was fine, not a mark on her just shocked and Corey ran upstairs crying when he seen what he had done. I'm so fed up of telling him to leave her alone, he unfastens her, picks her up and alsorts the minute my back is turned. I can't leave them alone for a second. I thought with a 4 1/2 year gap I wouldn't have this problem, that he'd be old enough to know better but it goes in one ear and right out the other! I'm hoping this has shocked him into leaving her alone now but really doubt it. Any suggestions? It's impossible to be with them constantly I do have to pee! I try take Corey out the room with me but he won't always come and don't want to wake Fearne everytime I go loo or kitchen x

have you tried giving hiim timeout when he does pick her up or unfassten her? I had to do this with Tessa only once when she tried to pick him up. Luckily she is really amazing with him. Doesnt bother with him when hes sleeping. She loves tohelp get him dressed and cchange diapers. The only problem i have is lately she tells me "no, dont feed him:" but thats because she knows i cant get up and play with her.

I would also try having corey play with her. Lay a blanket on floor and put baby there and have corey show her some baby toys...like rattles and stuffed animals. tessa loves when we play with Quinn.

I know im not a whole lot of help as Tessa is amazing with Quinn. I was totally not expecting her to be this good with him.

 

[sar35]

there is someone on here that put a statement for the front page but i cant find it is there anyone that wrote something and its not there, just realised i havent written anything either!

Need lots of fingers crossed for a 4 bed house we can posssible rent provided the rent isnt too much more than we are paying now, its a friend of a friend but hopefully we will know by the end of the week, it means childminding is safe and Joe gets his own room and maybe I can have another baby

Fingers crossed!!

 

[jms895]

Fingers crossed hun!

 

[pinkie77]

Sounds hopeful Sarah, fingers crossed for you here!

Jo, my son can be the same and he's twice coreys age. I use the 'broken record' approach with him - just keep repeating the same thing over and over with minimum emotion and it usually works eventually.

 

[millward329]

Hi ladies, not been on in a while so have just read a lot of posts! I didn't know about the three week growth spurt just thought it strange that Michael doubled his milk intake and still only goes 3 1/2 hours between bottles. Maybe he will settle down soon as four weeks on Friday. He put another pound on this week so is now 10lb 4oz - little chunkster. My friend suggested not going to bed till 10 myself after giving him a feed then and I feel better for only having to wake up at 1:30 and 5:00 as next bottle was getting up time : )
Hope we all have good nights tonight.

 

[mum2be2011]

there is someone on here that put a statement for the front page but i cant find it is there anyone that wrote something and its not there, just realised i havent written anything either!

Sarah it was me who wrote something the other day. My profile has been playing up so up until monday I think it was it was taking ages to load threads and sometimes they wouldnt load. I will go through my posts and copy it into a private message to you so that it is easy to find. Just realised I havent done our birth story. There isnt much really to say about it other than it was very quick. Will do another post with it in.

 

[sar35]

Susie,Michael is so cute are you at home now ?

 

[sar35]

there is someone on here that put a statement for the front page but i cant find it is there anyone that wrote something and its not there, just realised i havent written anything either!

Sarah it was me who wrote something the other day. My profile has been playing up so up until monday I think it was it was taking ages to load threads and sometimes they wouldnt load. I will go through my posts and copy it into a private message to you so that it is easy to find. Just realised I havent done our birth story. There isnt much really to say about it other than it was very quick. Will do another post with it in.

done it

 

[lovealittle1]

Hi ladies. Not much to report here. Kieran has still been a very happy baby since going back on the probiotics. He is sleeping longer and going longer between feeds now which is nice. My DH has a horrible cold at the moment-praying mummy and Kieran don't catch it especially with our big journey on Friday. Any recommendations of where to shop in he UK for baby clothing? I love natural fibers btw. Also I need to get a dress for my BIL's wedding but need something that is BF friendly any shops that I should check out? I find that UK weddings are much more classy than Canadian weddings and don't want to feel out of place or look like the forigener. I'm also sitting at the head table. Eek!!

 

[pinkie77]

I think the growth spurt has hit eeek! Hardly been able to put my booby monster down today and she howled all the way down to the shops and back again like I was starving her . Sorry baby but mummy has to eat too, felt so guilty tho

 

[smiffy85]

Got my fingers and toes crossed for you sarah!

Catherine you could try mamas and papas or mothercare hun.

Sam hang in there with the growth spurt! They do come to an end....hugs!

Not a lot to report today. Toby has spent the day feeding and sleeping and most of his awake time has been spent playing under his gym or with me. He seems to like singin the rainbow song if I move his arms around in an arc shape lol. He still hasn't started smiling a lot but we have had the odd cheeky smile. Think I managed to capture one on my camera too

Wouldn't dare take toby with us to the cinema! Don't get me wrong he is a good baby but I don't think I would relax with him there with me! We've got my parents babysitting for us on saturday and jacks mum on sunday so we're thinkin of going this weekend!

xxxx

 

[pinkie77]

Yay for cheeky smiles and cinema dates Leanne! I don't think I'd go to the cinema just for me iykwim but it worked as something to do with the kids in this rubbish weather lol