Sticking Together Crew

[AmaryllisRed]

Wanna see pics, stace!

I think Cassie already went back to work a while ago, hence the not being around much? We miss you, Cassie!!

Blah blah blah... starting to feel better... stomach bug seems to be gone or just about. And I'm able to move around better. Last night one time when Sam woke up, I used my abs to sit up in bed like a normal person would! I was like, hey, wait! It's been a long time since I did that.
Can't wait 'til I'm allowed to exercise and drive and stuff again. But it's already been two weeks and only four more to go. I know it will go fast. I'm just impatient.

I had just read the same thing about poop and going for a week!! I thought that sounded crazy!!

 

[Traskey]

Oh, I want to see pics of all these lovely baby rooms too!

I remember Cran saying that J could go ages between poos and he is bf.

 

[sspencer99]

I will post pics once completed hopefully tomorrow
Xx

 

[QueenVic]

Speaking of growth spurts ! Is there one around 5-6 weeks aswell as H has been a right terror this week, stopped sleeping so well through the night, he's slept about 3 hrs and then in 1hr chunks and the last couple of days he's been so unsettled and hungry in the afternoon aswell, bless him

We're still bf but doing 1 formula bottle a day, usually at night but if I have to go out in the day I'll take it then, makes me feel a bit more relaxed
I just don't have time to express anymore ! Maybe when he's back to 'normal' (ha!) I can try again

I'm not sure about work yet, originally I said 1st June but that seems a bit close now ! I will do some work from home though as we have lots of ideas in the pipeline for the business

Stace can't wait to see the nursery, loved doing ours and seeing the end result !

Don't talk to me about poop... we are having poop EXPLOSIONS this week, this morning was a straight into the bath and outfit change situation, just after Steve left for work...it seems to be a running theme, H saves them all for me

 

[AmaryllisRed]

I know I've read about a six week growth spurt. Sounds like H is right there.

Sam pooped out the top of his diaper last night. Middle of the night outfit change number one. Then he spit up all over himself. Number two. Lovely, huh?

 

[Sun_Flower]

I think it goes 2, 6, 8, 12, 16 and then 24 growth spurt wise?

Eden's doing well, think she's going through a bit of a growth spurt as she's eating and sleeping loads - she's 14 weeks but was 2 weeks late so that'd put her bang on 16 weeks which is about right?

I got made redundant so I'm hoping if OH can get a decent job I can be a SAHM for a while. I'd probably go stir crazy eventually though so might go back to college or get a part time job before we have number 2 xx

 

[AmaryllisRed]

i sort of hated being a sahm until thomas was a little older... i actually worked pt when he was 7 mos to 18 mos... then i hated work and fell into the sahm gig and plan to do it until our youngest, whether that's sam or not, is in school.
i have to say, i'm loving it now. with just thomas as a baby i was quite bored but no chance of that now! and i looove being busy.

 

[Sun_Flower]

Ideally I'd love to be able to stay at home until our youngest is in school, as I'd love for all my children to have un-interrupted Mummy time - if I can find things to do and have friends I can meet up with I think it'd be fine, I think my only problem would be being stuck in the house every day xx

 

[lilrojo]

I love being busy too will be more so next year lol

first outing just the 3 of us went well, bryce slept the whole time

stacey his room is green, will post pics this weekend or mon

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Ooh, yay for Bryce sleeping the whole time. Probably made for an easy outing.

Raych-- do you drive? or live in an area where you have things you could walk to? It would be hard if you had to stay in the house all day every day.
I'm going crazy already and it's only been two weeks!!

 

[lilrojo]

Yeah we go a bit stir crazy too.. but as Eden gets bigger you will like it more.. as she will be more and more interactive.. wait till she is walking.. or crawling.. lol then things get interesting.. I wish we lived in a busier area but we dont..at least we have a playset in the back yard and we live on a dead end so we can play.. oh and we have a sandbox.. should be a fun summer..

Yes the outing was nice and quiet.. thats how i planned it too.. we left right after he ate.. worked out perfect..

So we put the crib together and put that back in his room.. then put the bedding on.. now its just the huge changing table, fil is helping move that back... and then i can finish it all up.. cant wait..

walked on the treadmill too.. is nice to get back at it..

 

[sept10]

I'm due back at work on the 24th of september but i will have built up a lot of annual leave by then which i'm still entitled to even though i've been on maternity leave so i can use that and not go back to work till beginning of november!!! so that will be 9 months in total...can't really imagine ever going back at the moment as darragh just takes up every minute!!

a week without poo seems wrong somehow but anyways darragh is back to 2-3 a day now...and mainly over night oddly!!

i know how you feel bout the outfit changes ladies...darragh is the master as he spits up a lot of milk after feeds so a bedding and outfit change is often required...i think my worst was 3 sheets, 3 sleepsuits and 2 vests in one night!!

Vick - am so jealous that you can get harry to take a bottle, expressed or formula and get out and about - Darragh is still refusing to take bottles really!! was hoping to go back to hockey training next thursay but won't be able to leave darragh with his dad unless he is taking a bottle of expressed....and i know what you mean about finding the time to express as darragh is not really on a proper day routine...sometimes its every hour, then every two or three.....thankfully over night he is a bit more settled with a four hour, followed but a 3 hour and then maybe another 3 hour is i'm lucky or a two hour gap!!

ordered a nursing cover ..babybubu..for breastfeeding in public/friends houses etc...hopefully will show up today...will let you know if its anygood.....

 

[Sun_Flower]

I don't drive - well, I CAN drive but haven't passed my test - I always seem to run out of money just as I get to my test, life seems to get in the way! lol. At the minute I live close enough to places that I can get out and about, plus I can get the bus/ train places - we're only 10 minutes away from the beach by train, which will be nice in the summer, there's a park at the end of the road, and a couple more in town.

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Wow, that would be so nice, to live within walking distance or public trans. We don't actually live that far from the main strip here, but it's not suitable for walking-- no sidewalks or crosswalks and it's four lanes and people drive fast. So couldn't live without a car and a license.

Can't wait 'til the weather breaks for good and we can buy our swingset and then spend summer days in the backyard!! Logan, sounds like you have similar plans.

I only have two sheets... we need more... One night I had to put a blanket on the mattress instead of a sheet because he spit up or peed on both that we have.

Haha he was just fussing and I thought I was going to have to get off here and pick him up and now he's asleep... such a happy baby, seriously!

 

[sspencer99]

hey all very busy day day for me finishing off the nusery washing and house work
sooo im now in bed

rach ur soo lucky being soo close to the beach
id die without my car thou i culd not imagine getting the bus or trian i hate the feeling and i have panic attacks if i cant sit down

heres my lovley handy work lol

 

[AmaryllisRed]

awww stacey, it's lovely!! and very nicely neutral for #2... and 3 and 4 and 5...
except for the pink girliness in the drawer.

is my math right that you wrote that at 7 pm? haha get your rest, mama!

so i got a shower this afternoon and gave sam a sponge bath this evening... which apparently requires that he spit up an entire feed all over both of us!! down my shirt... ick... so much for being clean.

and my boobs are leaking again. i have to check but my cabbage might have gone bad. maybe too much cuddle time? can that happen?

 

[lilrojo]

beautiful stacey

 

[Sun_Flower]

We've measured Eden this morning 3 times, and we keep getting 64cm... which would mean she's just above the 99.6th centile for height!?!?! I knew she was madly long, but that's mental! We're measuring from the top of her head to her heels?

 

[sept10]

Love the nursery Stacey - well done!!

Jen - Darragh has done that to me soo many times now...spit up down your bra is not good especially when you only realise it got down there at the end of the day!!! haha!!

 

[Traskey]

The nursery looks lovely Stacey