So I have been blogging a little less lately, and I guess that was because of some stuff that was going on that I wasn't really ready to blog about.
So we stopped well I should say I stopped TTC #2 a while back. This came about because DH just wasn't coping. I am sure he has some kind of depression but wont face it. Anyway he was never home, when he was he was sleeping, playing PS3 or on the computer. I let it go thinking, he is stressed out with work running your own business is hard and was looking forward to us relaxing as a family over Christmas/new year.
Well it wasn't meant to be, since he has been on his break, he has gone fishing for 12hours, gone to a mates to play games, sits at home playing games and yep you guessed it on the computer all the time. he goes out for hours on end and doesn't tell me where he is going. He sleeps for 12hours every night and at no point has he ever offered to help me with Tyler. He keeps lying to me, he is smoking pot again. The list is endless really.
Christmas day was nice as Tyler went down for a 3 hour nap so I could relax a little but as it was really windy out the back where everyone was sitting so I sat inside on my own with Tyler all day as he gets such a sore tummy from sucking in the wind. Not once did he come to keep us company. He fished, drank and socialised all day! Which he actually does all the time. When ever we go anywhere he leaves me with Tyler and buggers off to socialise or eat or drink or what ever really.
It came to a head two nights ago when he expected me to go to his mates place for dinner. Tyler had been screaming his lungs up for 2 days, I had had zero sleep due to him being upset and I am also not comfortable breast feeding around his mates. But when I said I wasn't going I was the biggest b*t*h on the planet. Not that I saw why it mattered I would be off in another room trying to feed and calm Tyler as its his witching hour and when he cluster feeds before sleeping, and DH would have been doing what he always does, off socialising.
So anyway we haven't really spoken since I am just the biggest b*t*h on the planet, a f*ck wit etc etc.
So I have left. I have moved in to my mums place until I can sort the sale of the house and find a place on my own. Strangely enough I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. DH wasn't interested in his family, he just wanted me to be there when he was ready to spend time with me or when he wanted s3x. I just couldn't go on like it. I get angry and start to take it out on Tyler by getting frustrated at him all because DH is off running around doing what he wants all whilst lying to me.
I have my little man and he is my life but it will just be the two of us for a while :)
So yeah 2012 will be a fresh start and the beginning of a new life for Tyler and I and I am going to make it happy, fun and enjoyable. Something it hadn't been in our house for a very long time.
Berry
Tyler
Blake
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Small steps forward
well I think we may and that is a very big may be taking a step or two forward. Although Tyler had a shocker night last night, and I have had about zero sleep he is actually in his cot and not crying and has been so for about 20mins! Record and also probably a fluke!
I can hear him sucking his hand from here though. He is used to feeding to sleep which is why he is probably doing it, he definitely isn't hungry well he shouldn't be but that doesn't mean anything lol! He can be a pig some days. He has already soaked through 2 nappies this morning from him overnight cluster feeding session.
Yesterday was a good day, I have two baby showers I am hosting in the next two months and I am getting there with both. My sisters if first on the 14th Jan and another friend on the 20 something of Feb. I am doing a pretty garden theme for them both to make it cheaper for me on decorations and things. I have so many ideas running through my head but I know it will be hard to pull it off.
I am so excited by my sisters pregnancy, sadly she lives in Darwin, but she is coming back on the 12th for her baby shower and she has asked my mum, Grandma and me to go to her 3D scan with her as her partner can't fly back with her due to work. He is flying in the next day but she didn't want to go alone. I am so excited by this. I can't wait to see her little one. Its due at the end of March and we will be heading to Darwin for the week, I know I am going to want to stay longer though!
I keep yo-yoing about this number 2. I really would like to loose some weight, but things keep making me clucky. Of course there are my friends pregnancies, but also last night I had my first pregnancy dream since Tyler was born. I dreamt I had a little girl, she had my deep dark brown eyes, and lots of hair like Tyler. I was like yay I have my little boy and girl, a dream come true. Shame it was just a dream but it definitely made me very clucky!
well the little man is getting more vocal but wow he definitely did well. Shame he didn't fall asleep!
I can hear him sucking his hand from here though. He is used to feeding to sleep which is why he is probably doing it, he definitely isn't hungry well he shouldn't be but that doesn't mean anything lol! He can be a pig some days. He has already soaked through 2 nappies this morning from him overnight cluster feeding session.
Yesterday was a good day, I have two baby showers I am hosting in the next two months and I am getting there with both. My sisters if first on the 14th Jan and another friend on the 20 something of Feb. I am doing a pretty garden theme for them both to make it cheaper for me on decorations and things. I have so many ideas running through my head but I know it will be hard to pull it off.
I am so excited by my sisters pregnancy, sadly she lives in Darwin, but she is coming back on the 12th for her baby shower and she has asked my mum, Grandma and me to go to her 3D scan with her as her partner can't fly back with her due to work. He is flying in the next day but she didn't want to go alone. I am so excited by this. I can't wait to see her little one. Its due at the end of March and we will be heading to Darwin for the week, I know I am going to want to stay longer though!
I keep yo-yoing about this number 2. I really would like to loose some weight, but things keep making me clucky. Of course there are my friends pregnancies, but also last night I had my first pregnancy dream since Tyler was born. I dreamt I had a little girl, she had my deep dark brown eyes, and lots of hair like Tyler. I was like yay I have my little boy and girl, a dream come true. Shame it was just a dream but it definitely made me very clucky!
well the little man is getting more vocal but wow he definitely did well. Shame he didn't fall asleep!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Tyler's First Christmas
Yesterday was Tyler's first Christmas and we had an absolute ball!!! Firstly his meds seem to be working again that or my Zantac that I am taking again is helping because he was such a happy and relaxed little guy yesterday!
I had to wake the poor bugger up. We did presents here, which I have to say we all got spoilt, and then went to my dad's mum's for Breakfast. I got to meet my cousins little ones, one born 3 weeks before Tyler and one, 2 weeks after him. Tyler managed at 10min nap, he was so tired he just collapsed.
Then we headed to my mums place here we spent the rest of the day. He had another little cat nap when we got there. Once he woke up he decided it was poo of the century time! I got covered in it. All down my leg all over the couch. Problem was I hadn't bought a change of clothes. OOPS!
We did presents and then he was so tired still that I put him down for a nap that lasted 3 HOURS! yep OMG 3 hours! I actually got to enjoy my Christmas lunch it was fantastic!
So we got Tyler a Jumperoo and it is brilliant! He absolutely loves it. He bounced around in it for AGES! I put him in it again this morning and he lasted about an hour before he started to get tired!
Not much else happening, can't believe its almost 2012!
Some pics
I had to wake the poor bugger up. We did presents here, which I have to say we all got spoilt, and then went to my dad's mum's for Breakfast. I got to meet my cousins little ones, one born 3 weeks before Tyler and one, 2 weeks after him. Tyler managed at 10min nap, he was so tired he just collapsed.
Then we headed to my mums place here we spent the rest of the day. He had another little cat nap when we got there. Once he woke up he decided it was poo of the century time! I got covered in it. All down my leg all over the couch. Problem was I hadn't bought a change of clothes. OOPS!
We did presents and then he was so tired still that I put him down for a nap that lasted 3 HOURS! yep OMG 3 hours! I actually got to enjoy my Christmas lunch it was fantastic!
So we got Tyler a Jumperoo and it is brilliant! He absolutely loves it. He bounced around in it for AGES! I put him in it again this morning and he lasted about an hour before he started to get tired!
Not much else happening, can't believe its almost 2012!
Some pics
Chilling in his space couch from Nanna
Jumperoo time! We had to put something under it as he is still a little light and small but once that was under it away he went
Our tree surrounded by presents
Again in the Jumperoo. Best present ever and I definitely recommend it if you have an active baby.
Friday, December 23, 2011
rough few days
Yesterday was the peak of a few very rough days. For the past two weeks Tyler's reflux has been playing up and getting worse and worse. He is on 2x3ml Losec a day and it just didn't seem to be doing anything AT ALL!
It got to the point where he was waking up crying in pain on Thursday night and I only managed to get a maximum of 3 hours broken sleep. So I had to go to the pharmacy to get a new script as I don't have enough to last me over the christmas long weekend. I thought hmm I will just have a quick chat to the pharmacist about it. Well he was a rude little so and so! he wouldn't listen to anything I had to say just flatly said, he is on a higher dose than most adults and simply it just wouldn't stop working! Jerk!
Anyway I got worried then as Tyler's cough is pretty bad so I though hmm better take him to the Dr. My normal GP is on holidays so I just went with anyone I could see. Well this Dr nearly got a punch in the face! My 3 hours of sleep didn't help things.
He listened intently to what I had to say which was good. He then checked Tyler out who although being very tired was distracted by the new environment and man talking to him that he wasn't crying! Anyway the Dr proceeded to tell me that as he isn't projectile vomiting and loosing weight that he doesn't actually have reflux at all and that its colic! He then continued to say that because this is my first baby I don't really have any idea and thats why its all so confusing for me. Oh and then he went on to say that Drs only prescribe Reflux meds to babies to actually treat the parents as they need to feel like they are doing something to help their babies and to put it simply some babies just cry!!
OMG what a F**King MORON! Over eating and gaining too much weight is a sign of reflux too! So is coughing, and crying in pain, and burping wet burps, constantly spitting up, crewing acid in the mouth, not being able to lie on his tummy or back because he brings up acid inturn spitting up and that causes him more pain, frothing at the mouth, fussing at the boob, throwing his head back and arching his back etc etc! but no this is just colic! Besides the fact that I told him the reflux meds had been working great it was only the last 2 weeks he has really started to go down hill again, and that I had seen a paediatrician about it and he changed Tyler's dose and also recommended starting him on Solids at 4 months! Yet he still insisted it was just colic and all babies just cough sometimes! AGH! Oh and thank you I can tell the difference between my sons cries of pain from reflux which is different to his colic cry and different from his tantrum cry! oh and don't let me forget that he also said that babies don't cry from reflux! hahahaha he was actually serious! Clearly he has never had any experience at all with a baby with reflux!
Anyway I came home and DH did some research whilst I was trying to put my crying in pain little man down for a nap. DH found a thing from a paediatrician in the US that said that the severity of reflux peaks at around 4 months of age! OMG that explained it. How hard was it for a Dr to tell me this??? At least I can now hope for Tyler's sake that it starts to ease off for him a bit. He may or may not be able to go off his meds but at least there is hope in sight. Its truly horrible seeing him in so much pain!
Something else I thought of was that my other Dr had given me a trial of a different reflux med for myself, Somac because my current Zantac doesn't work for the full 24hours and I get in lots of pain for about 3-4hours leading up to my next dose. The Somac worked great so I was going to contact the Dr and get him to give me a script but I hadn't got around to it, I had no Zantac left so hadn't taken any of that and had just been putting up with the pain. OMG I know why babies scream so much from it, it really does hurt like hell! Anyway all this was about when Tyler started being funny, so I grabbed the script of Zantac yesterday and already today he is so much better. So I am thinking that the amount of Zantac that goes through to my milk must help him too! The Somac mustn't go through as well and hence why it didn't do anything for him. So I will be staying on the Zantac if it helps Tyler I don't care about the few hours of pain, its worth it!
On another note I finally got Tyler to take a bottle of EBM today! YAY! So I am going to express a few more times today to see if it was a fluke or not, and hopefully we can get him back to having his 1 bottle a day and this in turn will mean other people can mind him for me whilst I do some exercise or something. At the moment he feeds too regularly to leave him :(
Christmas tomorrow! YAY. Tyler's first one! he is a little too young to realise what is going on but thats OK. I have spoilt him of course! hehe :) Hopefully the weather is cool again tomorrow as he definitely copes better in this weather.
Something else I have figured out, I can get Tyler down in his cot easily for his first sleep cycle. The battle comes when I try and put him back down for round 2!! he wont have a bar of it! So this afternoon I picked him straight up after the first cycle, patted him back to a light sleep, popped him in his bassinet and he has been down now for another 40mins! :)
Well better finish getting the stuff together to take to Nanna's this afternoon so I don't have to kart it all around tomorrow!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! :)
It got to the point where he was waking up crying in pain on Thursday night and I only managed to get a maximum of 3 hours broken sleep. So I had to go to the pharmacy to get a new script as I don't have enough to last me over the christmas long weekend. I thought hmm I will just have a quick chat to the pharmacist about it. Well he was a rude little so and so! he wouldn't listen to anything I had to say just flatly said, he is on a higher dose than most adults and simply it just wouldn't stop working! Jerk!
Anyway I got worried then as Tyler's cough is pretty bad so I though hmm better take him to the Dr. My normal GP is on holidays so I just went with anyone I could see. Well this Dr nearly got a punch in the face! My 3 hours of sleep didn't help things.
He listened intently to what I had to say which was good. He then checked Tyler out who although being very tired was distracted by the new environment and man talking to him that he wasn't crying! Anyway the Dr proceeded to tell me that as he isn't projectile vomiting and loosing weight that he doesn't actually have reflux at all and that its colic! He then continued to say that because this is my first baby I don't really have any idea and thats why its all so confusing for me. Oh and then he went on to say that Drs only prescribe Reflux meds to babies to actually treat the parents as they need to feel like they are doing something to help their babies and to put it simply some babies just cry!!
OMG what a F**King MORON! Over eating and gaining too much weight is a sign of reflux too! So is coughing, and crying in pain, and burping wet burps, constantly spitting up, crewing acid in the mouth, not being able to lie on his tummy or back because he brings up acid inturn spitting up and that causes him more pain, frothing at the mouth, fussing at the boob, throwing his head back and arching his back etc etc! but no this is just colic! Besides the fact that I told him the reflux meds had been working great it was only the last 2 weeks he has really started to go down hill again, and that I had seen a paediatrician about it and he changed Tyler's dose and also recommended starting him on Solids at 4 months! Yet he still insisted it was just colic and all babies just cough sometimes! AGH! Oh and thank you I can tell the difference between my sons cries of pain from reflux which is different to his colic cry and different from his tantrum cry! oh and don't let me forget that he also said that babies don't cry from reflux! hahahaha he was actually serious! Clearly he has never had any experience at all with a baby with reflux!
Anyway I came home and DH did some research whilst I was trying to put my crying in pain little man down for a nap. DH found a thing from a paediatrician in the US that said that the severity of reflux peaks at around 4 months of age! OMG that explained it. How hard was it for a Dr to tell me this??? At least I can now hope for Tyler's sake that it starts to ease off for him a bit. He may or may not be able to go off his meds but at least there is hope in sight. Its truly horrible seeing him in so much pain!
Something else I thought of was that my other Dr had given me a trial of a different reflux med for myself, Somac because my current Zantac doesn't work for the full 24hours and I get in lots of pain for about 3-4hours leading up to my next dose. The Somac worked great so I was going to contact the Dr and get him to give me a script but I hadn't got around to it, I had no Zantac left so hadn't taken any of that and had just been putting up with the pain. OMG I know why babies scream so much from it, it really does hurt like hell! Anyway all this was about when Tyler started being funny, so I grabbed the script of Zantac yesterday and already today he is so much better. So I am thinking that the amount of Zantac that goes through to my milk must help him too! The Somac mustn't go through as well and hence why it didn't do anything for him. So I will be staying on the Zantac if it helps Tyler I don't care about the few hours of pain, its worth it!
On another note I finally got Tyler to take a bottle of EBM today! YAY! So I am going to express a few more times today to see if it was a fluke or not, and hopefully we can get him back to having his 1 bottle a day and this in turn will mean other people can mind him for me whilst I do some exercise or something. At the moment he feeds too regularly to leave him :(
Christmas tomorrow! YAY. Tyler's first one! he is a little too young to realise what is going on but thats OK. I have spoilt him of course! hehe :) Hopefully the weather is cool again tomorrow as he definitely copes better in this weather.
Something else I have figured out, I can get Tyler down in his cot easily for his first sleep cycle. The battle comes when I try and put him back down for round 2!! he wont have a bar of it! So this afternoon I picked him straight up after the first cycle, patted him back to a light sleep, popped him in his bassinet and he has been down now for another 40mins! :)
Well better finish getting the stuff together to take to Nanna's this afternoon so I don't have to kart it all around tomorrow!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! :)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sleep or lack of it!
And no not for me, I don't care about my lack of sleep, but I definitely care about Tyler's!
Yesterday was a fighting match between me and Tyler and he won, OMG that boy can scream! I think its a bit of his reflux, but yesterday I knew he needed to do a poo and hadn't done one! I couldn't get him back down to sleep as his tummy was clearly giving him so much grief, I gave him two lots of Gripe water over the 2 hours I was trying to get him down, all he wanted to do was feed for comfort which I am sure was making it all worse! In the end I gave in and took him back to bed, I fed and cuddled him. He ended up sleeping/feeding for around 3 hours. When he woke up he did a massive poo! YAY!
He was still very tired though but had a bit of a restless night. Only up the two times but after the second he was very restless. DH took him this morning though so I could get a little bit more sleep which was nice of him. DH came and woke me up though as he got hungry, (Tyler that is! lol) so I fed him and he went to sleep for again 1 x30min sleep cycle! He woke up with a sore tummy again, constant burping, and this of course hurts his reflux. I fed him again and he did a poo but still wouldn't settle. So I gave him some gripe water and he wouldn't feed which is good, but OMG what a fight to get him to sleep. He couldn't even keep his eyes open but was being such a stubborn little turd! hehe
So now he has been down for 40mins still very relaxed and hopefully its this 2nd sleep cycle that does the trick and it lasts a bit longer! Although it took me 2 hours to get him back down so does that count as a 2nd sleep cycle?
This heat isn't helping he is such a VERY hot baby! I caved and turned the air con on again. After $1000 electricity bill the other day I was a little scared to but I have no choice. It doesn't help that the air con is in the lounge room which is a massive open space covering all our living areas, so it just chews the electricity!
Wow he just stirred and went back to sleep! Fingers crossed this is sleep cycle 3!!!
Well thought I would pop a photo! This was taken at around 11weeks so I need to find a more recent one! Can't believe he is nearly 3.5months old!
Yesterday was a fighting match between me and Tyler and he won, OMG that boy can scream! I think its a bit of his reflux, but yesterday I knew he needed to do a poo and hadn't done one! I couldn't get him back down to sleep as his tummy was clearly giving him so much grief, I gave him two lots of Gripe water over the 2 hours I was trying to get him down, all he wanted to do was feed for comfort which I am sure was making it all worse! In the end I gave in and took him back to bed, I fed and cuddled him. He ended up sleeping/feeding for around 3 hours. When he woke up he did a massive poo! YAY!
He was still very tired though but had a bit of a restless night. Only up the two times but after the second he was very restless. DH took him this morning though so I could get a little bit more sleep which was nice of him. DH came and woke me up though as he got hungry, (Tyler that is! lol) so I fed him and he went to sleep for again 1 x30min sleep cycle! He woke up with a sore tummy again, constant burping, and this of course hurts his reflux. I fed him again and he did a poo but still wouldn't settle. So I gave him some gripe water and he wouldn't feed which is good, but OMG what a fight to get him to sleep. He couldn't even keep his eyes open but was being such a stubborn little turd! hehe
So now he has been down for 40mins still very relaxed and hopefully its this 2nd sleep cycle that does the trick and it lasts a bit longer! Although it took me 2 hours to get him back down so does that count as a 2nd sleep cycle?
This heat isn't helping he is such a VERY hot baby! I caved and turned the air con on again. After $1000 electricity bill the other day I was a little scared to but I have no choice. It doesn't help that the air con is in the lounge room which is a massive open space covering all our living areas, so it just chews the electricity!
Wow he just stirred and went back to sleep! Fingers crossed this is sleep cycle 3!!!
Well thought I would pop a photo! This was taken at around 11weeks so I need to find a more recent one! Can't believe he is nearly 3.5months old!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
loosing my mind
I definitely feel like I am starting to loose my mind!
Tyler has gotten to a point of being continually grumpy because he flat out refuses to sleep during the day! He is so TIRED! He will cat nap OK but u can see he is still tired so I try and try and try to get him to go back down and nope! I try to simply resettle, I try picking him up and patting, rocking etc, I try feeding all does NOTHING!
So now I am trying to get him to simply go to sleep on his own. He is in his cot whinging away, not crying just whinging so I am going to leave him there. Its hard but I have no choice. I honestly don't know what else to do. Its starting to affect his development now because he is tired ALL the time he isn't doing any of the stuff that he used to.
I might go and buy that save your sleep book or something I honestly don't know. It isn't for me I don't care about cat napping or him being awake all day I do however care when it is clearly affecting him!
I think it has a lot to do with his reflux! It still there and still bothers him so much. He gets the hiccups constantly, he is coughing again and burping up wet painful burps. He is on 2x3ml doses of losec and its doing nothing. Dr said he will send him for tests when I go back in Jan so I think we will definitely be heading down that path.
Well he is now hysterical so I better go get him!
Tyler has gotten to a point of being continually grumpy because he flat out refuses to sleep during the day! He is so TIRED! He will cat nap OK but u can see he is still tired so I try and try and try to get him to go back down and nope! I try to simply resettle, I try picking him up and patting, rocking etc, I try feeding all does NOTHING!
So now I am trying to get him to simply go to sleep on his own. He is in his cot whinging away, not crying just whinging so I am going to leave him there. Its hard but I have no choice. I honestly don't know what else to do. Its starting to affect his development now because he is tired ALL the time he isn't doing any of the stuff that he used to.
I might go and buy that save your sleep book or something I honestly don't know. It isn't for me I don't care about cat napping or him being awake all day I do however care when it is clearly affecting him!
I think it has a lot to do with his reflux! It still there and still bothers him so much. He gets the hiccups constantly, he is coughing again and burping up wet painful burps. He is on 2x3ml doses of losec and its doing nothing. Dr said he will send him for tests when I go back in Jan so I think we will definitely be heading down that path.
Well he is now hysterical so I better go get him!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Growth spurt
I do have to admit I really don't like Breast feeding when the little man is going through a growth spurt! He is literally on the boob ALL day!!!! My nipples are absolutely killing me! He sleeps in 20min blocks wakes up on boob for about 2 hours another very short nap and back on boob!! Hopefully it's only 1 day this time last one was about 4 days. Very exhausting! This spurt will probable take him up to the 7kg mark, last weigh in on Monday he was 6.75kg.
Almost all of my Christmas shopping is done, just DH and my sister and her partner. I went a little over board for Tyler but oh well hehe!!! I wanted to but wasn't going to get him a fisher price jumperoo but Target had them on sale for 40% off so I just had too. DH wants to give it to him now but I told him he has to wait!!
I think I am getting sick. I feel really unwell today I had heaps of sleep, Tyler only woke up his normal 2 times but I feel like I have been hit by a bus. Hope my body manages to fight it off because I find getting sick such an inconvenience!
Not long to Christmas now YAY!! Exciting!
Almost all of my Christmas shopping is done, just DH and my sister and her partner. I went a little over board for Tyler but oh well hehe!!! I wanted to but wasn't going to get him a fisher price jumperoo but Target had them on sale for 40% off so I just had too. DH wants to give it to him now but I told him he has to wait!!
I think I am getting sick. I feel really unwell today I had heaps of sleep, Tyler only woke up his normal 2 times but I feel like I have been hit by a bus. Hope my body manages to fight it off because I find getting sick such an inconvenience!
Not long to Christmas now YAY!! Exciting!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
3 Months
My little man isn't so little any more. He is 3 months tomorrow. How fast has that time gone! He is doing a million times better now we are treating the thrush so much so he had a 2.5hour nap this afternoon. Woke up screaming hungry and hot but none the less a very long nap!
Unfortunately the house passed in today at Auction, not surprising really. Now we just wait and see. If it doesn't sell that's OK we just have to sit down and really nut things out.
Oh and I think I forgot to update but not pregnant lol I am sure I would have posted if I was. So I have cycled and not gotten AF! yay for me! I don't mind not getting that bfp I am really enjoying my time with Tyler at the moment.
We are having really good floor time now. With his reflux early on he couldn't spend much time on the floor at all but these days we can spend a few hours throughout the day and he is still happy.
He is such an active baby. He simply just never stops moving at a million miles an hour other than when he asleep. He never just lays there. He isn't overly great at grabbing at his toys he still tends to clench his fists and I think that's the reflux but OMG he LOVES his feet. He likes to feel everything with them. You can see him looking at them and wiggling his toes and concentrating on what he can feel. So cute to watch. I put his bunny at his feet in the car, he kicks up a storm but must absolutely love the feeling on his feet.
well some pics to finish off
Unfortunately the house passed in today at Auction, not surprising really. Now we just wait and see. If it doesn't sell that's OK we just have to sit down and really nut things out.
Oh and I think I forgot to update but not pregnant lol I am sure I would have posted if I was. So I have cycled and not gotten AF! yay for me! I don't mind not getting that bfp I am really enjoying my time with Tyler at the moment.
We are having really good floor time now. With his reflux early on he couldn't spend much time on the floor at all but these days we can spend a few hours throughout the day and he is still happy.
He is such an active baby. He simply just never stops moving at a million miles an hour other than when he asleep. He never just lays there. He isn't overly great at grabbing at his toys he still tends to clench his fists and I think that's the reflux but OMG he LOVES his feet. He likes to feel everything with them. You can see him looking at them and wiggling his toes and concentrating on what he can feel. So cute to watch. I put his bunny at his feet in the car, he kicks up a storm but must absolutely love the feeling on his feet.
well some pics to finish off
Sitting in his high chair at nanna's playing with sir-prance a lot and puppy.
mummy with her cool little dude! Look at those tubby thighs!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Sleepy wings
So our sleeping wings arrived yesterday so today we are giving them ago. He has been down for about 20mins and still sleeping very peacefully but we will see how long it lasts!!!
So I took the little man to the Dr yesterday to get a new script of his reflux meds. Dr said to take it up to 3ml 2times a day and can increase to 4ml if needed. If in a month its still no better to come back and he will send him off for some tests. IF he is anything like me though it will never go away. Dr gave me a referral to get an endoscope done as even though I am on medication it never goes away. I will see if I can be bothered to get it done though.
Also I think we found the reason why he has been so upset the last few days. I noticed that the base of his penis round the bottom of the head was a little red and also the pee hole too. I mentioned it to the Dr and turns out he has trush. now I have only ever had this once in my life when I was about 19 so I have no idea what it feels like but can imagine it might cause lots of discomfort and perhaps pain. So we have some creams to apply until it clears up. Poor little bugger.
I am hoping to get the chrissy tree up today but we will see. I have wrapped all of Tylers presents. Far too many really lol but I couldn't help myself. I got him a heap of those Lamaze learning toys. He is getting to the age where he can really start to use them now which is so nice to see.
I took Tyler to see his gf the other day. They are finally starting to interact with eachother. When lying on the floor they look at each other and hold hands and things. Very cute.
Well only a short one have to do the house work for the last open home before Sundays Auction.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
My happy little man is back
Well I haven't updated in a few days because my happy little man went missing for a bit. I think he may have just gone through a growth spurt but poor little bugger wasn't happy at all!
He wouldn't sleep, was feeding constantly only going about 45mins max between feeds and I would feed both boobs for around 45min-1 hour so it was all very exhausting. He would wake up from his mini cat naps screaming, he would scream trying to feed him and scream when I tried to put him down to sleep. One day it was from taking him out in the wind. OMG no one ever warned me of this. Never ever take a baby outside on a windy day. He took in so much air the poor bugger, it was excruciating watching him in so much pain.
Unfortunately he started cluster feeding in the morning too. So he was doing his routine of down at 7pm, feed at 10:30-11ish, again at 2:30-3ish but would be up at 4 and want to feed again. So I would put him into bed with me, (co-sleeping is something I never wanted to do) and he would feed and sleep till around 7am. Thing was because I didn't like the idea of co-sleeping, it just freaks me out, I am so petrified of something happening to Tyler. I have no problem with anyone else doing it or anything like that, it simply just scares me. Anyway I would put my arm up in a way I knew I wouldn't roll over and pop him on a spew cloth and in line with my boob. He would feed when he needed and come off to sleep and back on to feed. Clever little things they are. But problem was propping my arm up kinked my neck really badly. I was in so much pain on Monday I think it was. I could hardly move my head, I couldn't pick Tyler up without being in complete agony :( Its OK now though still hurts but easing. He was back to his nice routine last night, down at 7,up at 12pm and again at 3pm then I took him into bed around 5:45 for a quick feed before we got up around 6:10. That to me is a great night! I think he is just a baby with a fast metabolism and wont be one of these that sleeps through the night until he starts solids.
But as of yesterday ( i think the rainy cold weather has helped) he is happy talkative, playful and peaceful again. He is down for his morning nap now so we will see how he goes. I bought a new bouncer that he sits in really comfortably so he sleeps well in it.
I also bought him some sleepy wings the other day. I thought this might help him nap in his cot during the day. Its his arms that startle him and I didn't want to use his love to dream swaddle during the day as I want him to know that is for sleeping not his naps. We also bought a portable air-conditioner so we can take it into our room at night and then the nursery during the day. :) I definitely want to get him sleeping in his cot during the day. We are making progress in terms of just sleeping so that's a good start.
I think his lack of sleeping was affecting his development. In those 3 days where he was a mess he couldn't do anything. Couldn't roll, no playing jolly jumper as his head would just flop, wouldn't lie on his back or tummy, wouldn't grab his toys wouldn't talk to me. I was really worried. I am not worried how he is progressing in terms of any other baby, I do however worry when he goes backward from where he was. He was much better this morning but still not where he was. We are off to the Dr this morning to get new scripts so I am going to ask him then. He seems to always have his fists clenched again and I am not sure if its a sign of the reflux still. I know he still regurgitates painful wet burps, he doesn't have as much discomfort as when he wasn't on the losec but it definitely doesn't seem as effective as I thought it would be.
House goes up for Auction on Sunday. We have 3 interested parties now. Two who said they will be there on Auction day to put in a bid and one coming this arvo to do a building and pest. I am still very doubtful it will sell these people probably want to pick the house up for a bargain at around $600K but we wont be selling for anywhere near that. I would like it to sell though so we can move on and settle into a new place and have less burdens financially. DH is under a lot of pressure at the moment and I would like him to be able to take a step back and spend more time with Tyler. In this place he can't do that as we need a minimum of $4k a month just for bills and that doesn't include quarterly rates and things.
well he is up lol 20min nap again, he just did the biggest poo, it always wakes him up! but I have to get ready for the Dr and I want to go to Target to buy him yet another christmas pressie! Bad mummy! haha
He wouldn't sleep, was feeding constantly only going about 45mins max between feeds and I would feed both boobs for around 45min-1 hour so it was all very exhausting. He would wake up from his mini cat naps screaming, he would scream trying to feed him and scream when I tried to put him down to sleep. One day it was from taking him out in the wind. OMG no one ever warned me of this. Never ever take a baby outside on a windy day. He took in so much air the poor bugger, it was excruciating watching him in so much pain.
Unfortunately he started cluster feeding in the morning too. So he was doing his routine of down at 7pm, feed at 10:30-11ish, again at 2:30-3ish but would be up at 4 and want to feed again. So I would put him into bed with me, (co-sleeping is something I never wanted to do) and he would feed and sleep till around 7am. Thing was because I didn't like the idea of co-sleeping, it just freaks me out, I am so petrified of something happening to Tyler. I have no problem with anyone else doing it or anything like that, it simply just scares me. Anyway I would put my arm up in a way I knew I wouldn't roll over and pop him on a spew cloth and in line with my boob. He would feed when he needed and come off to sleep and back on to feed. Clever little things they are. But problem was propping my arm up kinked my neck really badly. I was in so much pain on Monday I think it was. I could hardly move my head, I couldn't pick Tyler up without being in complete agony :( Its OK now though still hurts but easing. He was back to his nice routine last night, down at 7,up at 12pm and again at 3pm then I took him into bed around 5:45 for a quick feed before we got up around 6:10. That to me is a great night! I think he is just a baby with a fast metabolism and wont be one of these that sleeps through the night until he starts solids.
But as of yesterday ( i think the rainy cold weather has helped) he is happy talkative, playful and peaceful again. He is down for his morning nap now so we will see how he goes. I bought a new bouncer that he sits in really comfortably so he sleeps well in it.
I also bought him some sleepy wings the other day. I thought this might help him nap in his cot during the day. Its his arms that startle him and I didn't want to use his love to dream swaddle during the day as I want him to know that is for sleeping not his naps. We also bought a portable air-conditioner so we can take it into our room at night and then the nursery during the day. :) I definitely want to get him sleeping in his cot during the day. We are making progress in terms of just sleeping so that's a good start.
I think his lack of sleeping was affecting his development. In those 3 days where he was a mess he couldn't do anything. Couldn't roll, no playing jolly jumper as his head would just flop, wouldn't lie on his back or tummy, wouldn't grab his toys wouldn't talk to me. I was really worried. I am not worried how he is progressing in terms of any other baby, I do however worry when he goes backward from where he was. He was much better this morning but still not where he was. We are off to the Dr this morning to get new scripts so I am going to ask him then. He seems to always have his fists clenched again and I am not sure if its a sign of the reflux still. I know he still regurgitates painful wet burps, he doesn't have as much discomfort as when he wasn't on the losec but it definitely doesn't seem as effective as I thought it would be.
House goes up for Auction on Sunday. We have 3 interested parties now. Two who said they will be there on Auction day to put in a bid and one coming this arvo to do a building and pest. I am still very doubtful it will sell these people probably want to pick the house up for a bargain at around $600K but we wont be selling for anywhere near that. I would like it to sell though so we can move on and settle into a new place and have less burdens financially. DH is under a lot of pressure at the moment and I would like him to be able to take a step back and spend more time with Tyler. In this place he can't do that as we need a minimum of $4k a month just for bills and that doesn't include quarterly rates and things.
well he is up lol 20min nap again, he just did the biggest poo, it always wakes him up! but I have to get ready for the Dr and I want to go to Target to buy him yet another christmas pressie! Bad mummy! haha
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Routine
So I have been thinking for some time that I would like to get Tyler into a bit more of a routine. Not like where every minute of my day is mapped out to exact times but more like, up at 5/6am, play time for a bit, mid morning cat nap, then a big afternoon nap, bath, dinner, story time and bed starting at around 6pm.
I need to establish a feeding routine a bit better. I think because he gets so tried because all he does is cat nap during the day that he constantly feeds, and I mean CONSTANTLY! Its starting to drive me bonkers. I have no problem breast feeding but I keep thinking my milk is running out but now I think its more to do with him eating little and often. Need to get him eating big less often.
I gave in today and put him down to sleep in his love to dream swaddle. I was trying to keep it so he knew between night and day and nap and sleep. But for this afternoon nap I needed him to start sleeping longer and he was sleeping OK on his tummy but no more than 30mins and when his head was in the wrong position leading to his nose being a little covered I would try and move his head and that would wake him right up. If I put him on his back his startle reflex would wake him every few seconds until he woke right up. He is now soundly asleep and it will be interesting to see how long he stays asleep for.
Hopefully doing this will mean we can get him eating a bigger meal when he eats too. I am still trying to get him to take a bottle but thats definitely a challenge. If he feeds 4 hourly though, bf wont be a problem. Its the every hour that he is doing at the moment that will send me to the crazy house.
I can't wait for this Auction to be over. I doubt the house will sell which is a pain in the butt because its frustrating having to keep the house clean, to have it inspection ready or to get it ready for an inspection. We have some again this afternoon which is good because hopefully they are interested in buying it but it meant that I had to try and feed Tyler, entertain him and listen to him cry while I tried to get it all done! Very hard.
I met the Brisbane/Gold Coast/Sunny Coast girls from my September due group yesterday. They are a great bunch of girls. We managed to talk for 4 hours!!!! oops. But due to that yesterday and the inspection the day before I haven't been for a ride in two days. Seeing as we have more people having a look this arvo I don't know if I will get to go again. Very frustrating. Auction is next Sunday so not long to go!
OooOO and if I manage to get him to start taking longer naps in the afternoon like 2 hours or so I would be able to do a work out in there too some days. Boxing or weights or something. There are the babies that will happily sit and entertain themselves but nope not Tyler. He loves playing with his toys etc but he wants company while he does it. Wants someone to talk to. Definitely an extrovert this child.
Final thing, I definitely think Tyler is right handed. He is already showing a clear preference for that hand. Will be interesting to see if he is. Of course its more than likely he is, both DH and I are and so it the majority of the population but its an observation I wanted to put down anyway.
I need to establish a feeding routine a bit better. I think because he gets so tried because all he does is cat nap during the day that he constantly feeds, and I mean CONSTANTLY! Its starting to drive me bonkers. I have no problem breast feeding but I keep thinking my milk is running out but now I think its more to do with him eating little and often. Need to get him eating big less often.
I gave in today and put him down to sleep in his love to dream swaddle. I was trying to keep it so he knew between night and day and nap and sleep. But for this afternoon nap I needed him to start sleeping longer and he was sleeping OK on his tummy but no more than 30mins and when his head was in the wrong position leading to his nose being a little covered I would try and move his head and that would wake him right up. If I put him on his back his startle reflex would wake him every few seconds until he woke right up. He is now soundly asleep and it will be interesting to see how long he stays asleep for.
Hopefully doing this will mean we can get him eating a bigger meal when he eats too. I am still trying to get him to take a bottle but thats definitely a challenge. If he feeds 4 hourly though, bf wont be a problem. Its the every hour that he is doing at the moment that will send me to the crazy house.
I can't wait for this Auction to be over. I doubt the house will sell which is a pain in the butt because its frustrating having to keep the house clean, to have it inspection ready or to get it ready for an inspection. We have some again this afternoon which is good because hopefully they are interested in buying it but it meant that I had to try and feed Tyler, entertain him and listen to him cry while I tried to get it all done! Very hard.
I met the Brisbane/Gold Coast/Sunny Coast girls from my September due group yesterday. They are a great bunch of girls. We managed to talk for 4 hours!!!! oops. But due to that yesterday and the inspection the day before I haven't been for a ride in two days. Seeing as we have more people having a look this arvo I don't know if I will get to go again. Very frustrating. Auction is next Sunday so not long to go!
OooOO and if I manage to get him to start taking longer naps in the afternoon like 2 hours or so I would be able to do a work out in there too some days. Boxing or weights or something. There are the babies that will happily sit and entertain themselves but nope not Tyler. He loves playing with his toys etc but he wants company while he does it. Wants someone to talk to. Definitely an extrovert this child.
Final thing, I definitely think Tyler is right handed. He is already showing a clear preference for that hand. Will be interesting to see if he is. Of course its more than likely he is, both DH and I are and so it the majority of the population but its an observation I wanted to put down anyway.
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