March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[AmyB1978]

Emma sucks her left thumb too

And Emma's middle name is Nicole too! Very similar names we chose there

That they are!

 

[baby_maybe]

He's a couple of recent pics of Ruben, he's 18 weeks now!
Sorry there probably quite big!

https://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/hayleymes/2616519505e3e2768ed9c134e9f4a1df.jpg

https://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/hayleymes/d2ec054a14c0c8da971e0fbe46d3decc.jpg

 

[sethsmummy]

piccy of seth and ethan and then one of seth in his new monkey onsie lol. xx

 

[rose.]

Lovely pics everyone! They have all changed loads. I will update some new ones when I get a minute

 

[sportysgirl]

Kte I hope Sophie is feeling better soon.

Skeet metanium cream is really good for nappy rash.

Anna, lovely photos of William he is growing fast.

rmsh1 Poppy sucks her left thumb and when she is sleepy she will fall asleep in her cot sucking her thumb.

kraftykoala Great pics your right the time does fly!

Rose, glad you had a good time away hope your milk supply sorts its self out now you are back.

Baby maybe Ruben looks so grown up!

Its a year today since I had my positive test what a year! Poppy is doing really well, she is sleeping from 10-5 (sometimes 7) most nights, but I still seem to wake up! We are off on our first trip away next weekend so hope it goes ok! Bet there will be loads to pack!

 

[rose.]

Thanks sportysgirl! Bet you will have a lovely time. I wish Alfie slept through - we get the odd 10-5 every now and again but normally it's 9ish til 2-3 and then awake again at 5.30-6.30 and then 8 or 9. Can't complain as he sleeps in so late but would be nice to get longer stretches soon

A few of our holiday pics...

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https://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n597/dbjconstruction/9A121802-D37E-4869-AB3E-CBD0F1715C65-1142-000000B0479538AC.jpg

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[kraftykoala]

Awww Rose he's so cute!!!

 

[AmyB1978]

Love all the pics, such cute babies!

 

[MrsChezek]

Yay for all the pictures!! Love 'em Such cuties!

So we put Hayden down on her tummy again last night and she slept 7:45pm until 5:15am...so she's back on her belly again tonight. We'll see if it works again and perhaps she just doesn't like sleeping on her back

rmsh1 - Hayden sucks her left thumb too!!! I wonder if that's like a norm of some kind...interesting. Anyway, I tried everything to get her not to suck her thumb to no avail I've learned to embrace it as it helps her self soothe which is really nice. I guess it's a worthy price to pay!

 

[MrsChezek]

Forgot to say, we're now in your boat AmyB! Hayden had a HUGE meltdown today...she was flat out MISERABLE all afternoon and evening We're with DH's family and they all hover over her when she's awake and try to make her laugh and talk to her and show her things and keep grabbing her and holding her ALL the time! I've tried to politely ask that she be given downtime but they ignore me. It's not my family so I think it's up to DH to enforce it but he doesn't. SO when she cracked this afternoon I just handed her to him and said here's your overstimulated and overtired baby and went downstairs to read. Took him 3 hours to calm her down and get her down for bed. I sure hope he's learned a lesson! What made me even more mad is that the last 2 days they were all complimenting her how she's so good and goes down for naps so well and stuff but as soon as she started crying this afternoon they all were making big eyes like she's crazy baby or something. They made her that way! Made me angry

 

[sethsmummy]

Argh I hate when people dont listen! Do they not realise these are our babies!!

I have a thumb sucker/chewer too. Normally loves his dummy but has learnt how to pull it out then he rams him thumb or as much of his hand as he can in there. Then he ends up bitting it coz of this teething and then thats major melt down time as he bites it really hard. Even hurt my figer letting him bite to try soothe the pain so I cant imagine how it felt for him.

Were off to my parents house for 3 weeks today. Those lucky so and sos are off around europe on their motorbikes and we get to goto sunny old lockerbie to house and cat sit. Although its going to be utter bliss having a garden for seth to play in and being near my nanna. AND add in this heatwave were supposed to get and its going to be amazing! If I remember everything anyway!!

Hope you all had a good night ladies! Xx

 

[AmyB1978]

MrsC, hugs to you! I hope Hayden has a better day today.

 

[skeet9924]

Ms c and Amy- that's so frusterating.. Hope your Los are better today

Afm: Carson just spent his second night in his own room. The first night went amazing.. Last night was not as good.. He woke up several times.. He was able to self settle a couple times but needed help a few other times.. I'm pretty tired today as I'm not used to getting up so much anymore but it's still going better the expected. His napping still sucks as he's only sleeping 30-40 min so it's making it difficult to get stuff done around the house. My oh works so many hours that I might as well be a single mom lol.. I have to admit I was very happy he worked super late last night as he got home at 4am just in time for Carson to wake and took over for me

 

[baby_maybe]

Skeet - glad the transition is going ok at the moment. Ruben sleeps very well at night, but rarely manages an hour at a time in the day. It does make it very hard to get things done or even to eat sometimes!

 

[Kte]

Sophie had a good night the other night which meant is was Chloe's turn to wake with nightmares!

Sophie also tries to suck her left thumb too.

Sethsmummy: Hope you enjoy the house sitting

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

Skeet-

My LO has slept 8p-7a for about 3 weeks now in his own room. And hasn't been taking naps longer than 30 minutes since about a month and a half old. It drives me insane! I can't accomplish ANYTHING. I have to decide at each nap what one thing I want to do--eat? shower? laundry? I've tried everything to get him to take longer naps. He won't do it. The only one he sleeps longer at is his first one

I understand the pain haha!

 

[skeet9924]

Thanks ladies!! I've even tried feeding him and rocking him to put him back down after the 45 min but he won't have it.. So now I just cope with it. My oh has agreed to wake up tomorrow morning with Carson!!! I'm beyond excited!! I have only slept in once since he's been born

 

[baby_maybe]

Hope you got a good lay in skeet

Ruben is really tired this morning, he did sleep for his normal 11-12 hours but it was so hot here last night that I think it disturbed his sleep. I could hear him stirring around on the monitor in his cot and when he got up this morning I could instantly tell he needed a bit more sleep. I've fed him and put him down for a nap, so just waiting for him to drop off!

 

[MrsChezek]

seths - hope you're enjoying your staycation at the parents house! Ethan has the longest lashes!!!

skeet - hope it's all good nights moving forward for carson! FX Have you considered putting him down for his naps on his belly? When we started that Hayden's naps went from 45 minutes to 2-3 hours! I know all babies are different but I thought I'd suggest it

Kte - love your new avatar! such cuties!! Hope you have a night off when both of them are happily asleep

It's 10pm here and I'm going to post some pictures on my journal and head to bed. I'm exhausted as it's been a crazy couple of days with family visiting. Hayden is getting so overstimulated and she's getting out of hand. Her latest thing they taught her is to shriek like a pterodactyl…she squealed a couple times yesterday when the breeze hit her at the beach house. It was a really hot day and it must have felt great cause she was super excited about it. Well, everyone laughed but then she kept doing it and they keep laughing and then kept moving her to various breeze areas. Now she just squeals all day…with delight, with frustration, and everything in between. She has a VERY loud voice so it's painful if you're holding her. Today, we went out to lunch and then dinner again and she would get the attention of the whole restaurant It was a nightmare! I've been trying to gently shush her and respond with a neutral face and whisper back at her as I heard that whispering will help them adjust their own volume but it's not working. I'm not sure what to do as it's really annoying and they just keep laughing and encouraging it even though I've asked them not to reinforce the behavior by laughing when she does it. Arg!

Anyway, yesterday she got to go on the beach for the first time and she loved it…here she is with her daddy:
https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/katzeyes/null_zpsaf1b36c2.jpg

And here is a latest portrait...I seem to take most of them in this high chair! I can't wait until she sits up unassisted as it will make for much better pictures
https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/katzeyes/null_zps4882cbdd.jpg
Chewing my fingers as I currently LOVE to do!

 

[rose.]

Aww lovely pictures Mrs C! I am not sure what to suggest about the shrieking - it is annoying when people encourage things you don't want them to!

Well, we have had a few nights in a row where Alfie has been waking like a newborn every 3 hours. Not sure if its the weather or a growth spurt or what!?! Last night he slept from 8.30-2 and then 2.30-6 and then had a really quick feed at 6 and slept until 8. So that was better. I feel like everyone else's babies sleep through now though and we just seem to be going backwards! :doh: we will see how much he weighs today, fingers crossed for a growth spurt as I don't mind feeding him loads for that