Well we thought Andrew was doing really well with his sleep and now…he goes down at 7 wakes at about 12 for a feed then again at 3 then well lets just say mummy doesn’t get much sleep after that, it must be at best every half hour he wakes and at worst i don’t even get back to bed before he screams for his dummy, we think he’s teething too, I’m knackered not much else to say really but yay we’ve gotta start weaning him soon, that should make nappies more hmmm… interesting, who’s betting daddy stops doing the occasional nappy when that slice of fun starts, no bets needed thanks folks I can more or less guarentee the odds.
Quick update over sorry, no time for more at present as the child needs attention, now wheres that bonjela ????? oh how my priorities have changed.
Be back soon x
July 31st, 2007
Andrews new wieght is 14lbs 10ozs
July 30th, 2007
…take things I read to do with babies with a pinch of salt, but this time I thought I’d give it a go as I had nothing to lose.
On a site I came across I found a comment, ‘can’t get your baby to stay asleep for long lengths of time?’, very true i thought especially in the night, basically it said that babies struggle going through the process of changing from light to heavy sleep and this is the time when they either wake briefly or scream out like they’re in pain, most people I’m sure do as I did, have an instant reaction to rescue them before they get too destressed, well it said to leave them as long as you knew they wern’t due a feed and just to comfort them and omg it works , in the last three weeks he’s slept like an angel, only waking for 2 feeds at 12.30am and 4am and for the last 5 nights he’s only woken once around 2am.
The only problem I have now is at night I worry about SIDS, the thought of losing him terrifies me, I’ve cried myself to sleep the last few nights and the 2nd night he slept through I thought my worst fears had come true, when I opened the curtains which usually wakes him …nothing, I thought ‘just keep youself together go and see if you can hear and see him breathing’ but I could’t and just as i stood up from his cot wondering if I should touch him the cot creaked and he jumped, I’ve never been so happy.
Its scary to think that something could happen when were asleep and we’d only find out when it was too late. I know I’ve got to stop thinking like this and it is only at night I worry about it ‘cos I can watch him sleeping during the day, but I can’t wait ’til he’s past the 6-12 month high risk age, I know you shouldn’t wish their lives away but its for my own sanity, Im grateful of the extra sleep, I really am but if I could be certain he would be ok I’d sleep so much better, but I suppose thats children for you, always worrying you from the day they’re born all the way through ’til they’re all grown up and it doesn’t stop there I guess.
Anyway on a happier note he’s really smiling now we’ve got some lovely pictures, I’ll have to ask Steven to put some up on the site, he’s trying to sit up on his own too, (thats Andrew not Steven) usually when I’m trying to feed him along with battleing with him to keep his bottle in his mouth, as he’s trying to get hold of it but only manages to pull it out and then proceeds to get upset.
So keep checking back and I’ll try and blog as often as is humanly possible and of course add some very cute photos.
Catcha all very soon x
July 22nd, 2007
Andrews new weight is 13lbs 7ozs.
July 12th, 2007
