June mums with bub #3 where are you?

[branjie]

Where are my due in June with bub #3 buddies? TwoBlue, Torrie, 2pink, Belinda, Grace, Chanel Kel, and all the other names I can't think of right now, where are you? How are you and your families of 5 going? I miss you girls.

[2pink 1on way]

Sorry for not replying before i didnt see this thread and i dont post in the other thread cause i feel i get lost in there.

Everything is going really good here.

I started toliet training DD2 but gave up after 2 days cause she just isnt getting it at all.

The girls really like Will and play with him all the time now, but when DD2 wants me and i am holding bub she tells me that Will has to go to bed now adn when i say no she says will go into bouncer, its cute.

Not much else is happening around here, Will isnt sleeping though at all like the girls were at this age, but it doesnt really bother me cause he is my last and i know it wont last for ever.

So how are you and your family going?

[branjie]

:wave: Hi TwoPink! Great to hear from you. Glad your girls are loving Will, although I know how hard it can be for the older ones when bub seems to take up so much time. From what I have read, boy babies can be a bit more clingy, and have more sleeping issues than girls. Having said that, my Annabelle was sleeping through, but seems to be getting up twice a night now. I've also fallen into the trap of feeding her off to sleep, it's so much easier than holder her, or having her in the cot while she cries to sleep. Is Will in your room, or in his own room? I'm thinking of moving Annabelle into her own room in a week or so. We had our other two in our room for longer, but I'm a bit sick of sneaking around and whispering in our room. She's a light sleeper and I think she's sleep better in her own room... maybe?? We're painting her room tomorrow, so I'm pretty excited. We're doing it pink, with a girly border. Now I'm finally convinced she really is a girl :rolleyes:

[2pink 1on way]

Yeh, Will has had some sleep issues so i took his dummy off him for sleeps now and i found that he doesnt wake as many times at night for me to put the dummy in. It took about a week and he now only cry for 1 to 5 mins before he goes to sleep. I have the Tizzy Hall book and follow her routines. But if he wakes in the night i will use a dummy.

I put Will into his own room about 3 week ago i couldnt stand all the noises he made when sleeping which was much earlier then the girls i kept them in my room until they were nearly 6 months.

Will was sleeping through about a month ago then stopped. i dont know why i tried not feeding him and resettling him but he just screams.

I still get very excited that i can buy boys clothes something different then the pink. lol

[branjie]

When I had my first one, someone told me there is a reason why babies start waking in the night again at about 4 months. Something about different dreaming patterns or something?? Anyway, it's happened with all three of mine that they have start sleeping through, then around 4 months they start waking up again.

I tried the Tizzie Hall book, but I couldn't follow the strict nap times with kindy and school runs. I did try and work it with the times changed a bit, but I couldn't hack leaving Annabelle to cry. Initially she'd only cry 10 mins, but then it got longer and longer, I don't think she's ready for it. Controlled crying didn't work with my other kids until they were around a year old, by then it only took about 3 or 4 nights and they were sleeping through, and not crying when put to bed.

Annabelle's room is looking really good. I have to wait for the paint to be fume free, and she'll be in there. Will be great for her day naps, as there is a roller shutter in there, and it will be nice and dark, our room is really bright during the day.

O.K here's my last ramble. I think Annabelle got up 3 times last night, and I've been up since about 5:10am. I'm sooo tired!

[Chanel Kel]

Branje I found you again! phew...are we all still posting?

I can't believe its nearly 7 months (shows how long its taken me to be able to come back on line) must confess I got addicted to facebook in between. Anyone else on there to join me in chat room there?

Whats news mums with bubx # 3? I'm enjoying my no. 3 and my family so so much!!:yelclap:

[branjie]

Hi Chanel Kel!!!!!!! Nope I'm not on Facebook. Don't want to get hooked :). I'm really enjoying life with our bub #3 too. Isn't #3 the best? I think she's an easier baby, but I also find that I don't have to worry about every little thing as I've been there before and know what to do. I can't believe how much my two older kids love her as well. Very glad we (well I) decided to have a third one.

Hope everyone's Christmas went well, and you're all surviving the school holidays. I'm loving not having to do the kindy and school run. Kids aren't driving me too crazy most days which is great too.

Would love to hear how all the bub #3 girls are going.

[belinda]

Hello how are you all???

well its been very busy since having Eva but all is just wonderful.. Eva is a mummy's girl real bad she not to fussed on daddy LOL... but the older 2 just LOVE her to pieces...

Luke started school this year so thats been a big step in life aswell and having the 2 girls at home is really nice...

ummm cant think about much more im still sleep deprived LOL she wakes for partying everynight and stay up for hours :cool:

Chanel- kel im on facebook add me if you want i love facebook....

Branjie- how is everything with you? how are you coping with 3 kids?? hope your well...


Well is anyone game enough to go back for NUMBER 4 lol

hope everyone is well sorry it took me so long to see this sorry...

[branjie]

Hi Belinda! Great to hear from you! Glad to hear your older two love your bub to pieces. It's the same here. My second son started school this year too. It's been great hehe. I've actually got both older ones at school now, so it's pretty cruisy around here. I'm finding easier with three than I did with one or two believe it or not. So, yeah I've been thinking a lot about a #4. DH is still not keen though. Will see if he gets clucky when Annabelle starts walking. That stage is when he has become clucky in the past. Still, don't like my chances though, sniff sniff.

I'm going to try teaching Annabelle to sleep though the night without feeding in the night, starting tonight. Bit scared, wish me luck......

[2pink 1on way]

Hi everyone,

My DD1 has started preschool this year and loves it as well, but it only goes for 2 1/2 hrs everyday, so it seems to make my life harder, but its great for her.

Belinda you poor thing still being sleep deprived, i am really lucky that Will sleeps from 7pm to 6.30am (i follow the Tizzy Hall routines and it works great, and i have even taken his dummy off him)

Branjie how did it go with teaching bub to sleep through the night, hope it worked for you.

Everything is going really well around here although extremly busy all the time, except right now its sleep time. best part of the day when the younger 2 sleep from 1 to around 3.

My hubby is wanting no 4 he keeps saying things like if you really really want another one i will let you, my reply i dont want anymore he says but i will let you, you would love another baby around here, i say no, 3 is enough for me his reply we will see when will starts walking.

So i can tell he wants another but i am not so sure, it means a new car, the kids will have to share a room and more harder work for me, i think i will stop at 3. but i wont let hubby get the snip until Will is 5 just incase.

[branjie]

Hi 2pink great to hear things are going so well. Great that Will is such a great sleeper. Yeah preschool is a pain when you are trying to get a bub to have day naps. No sooner do you drop your kid at preschool, and you seem to be heading right back there again. I think half days are the best for the child though, my son used to get so tired, I can't imagine how tired he would have been if I sent him there for full days. Wish our hubbies could swap ideas re. having another one. I can see why it would be hard for you though, as your children are closer in age. With two at school, one at home is almost too easy for me. One more would be good company for her. Still, hubby doesn't think he could handle it, so it looks like I'm just going to have to put up with having an easy life for the next 5 years. Lots of one on one time, doing crafts, going to the shops etc. I'm trying to look at the bright side of not having another one. Wish I could turn off that cluckiness though.

Don't be strangers 2pink, belinda, and chanel kel. It's great chatting to you guys, and seeing what you're up to.

P.S I caved in on the whole not feeding at night thing. If I don't feed her at night, I basically have to get up with her at 5:30am. The last two nights I've fed her again and she's slept in until 6:30-7am. Will try again in 2 or 3 months.

[2pink 1on way]

Branjie - i still get clucky all the time especially that all my friends are having babies at the moment and they are so little and make my baby look so old, but then i just remember the morning rush of getting all 3 fed breakfast and dressed, hair done (2girls) and out the door at 8.30, my eldest is good at getting herself ready but at 4 she still needs some help. Then to get all three in their car seats and do them all up to get to school get them all out of their carseats to drop DD off to come home put bub to bed clean up the mess from the morning do washing ect then wake Will up to feed him as soon as he is finished feeding (sometimes cut short i am still breastfeeding so cant do it in the car on the way there) we are off to school again get everyone in and out then in again to come home for lunch when they finish lunch i let them have a 45 minute play until bed (the younger 2) ahh relax time and play with DD1 then it starts to get crazy busy again once everyone wakes up, dinner time is the worst, then bath all 3 together get all dressed play and story time then into bed at 7pm so i can clean the house to start again the next day, DH is not much of a help, he usually gets home at 6.30 or sometimes once they are in bed, yes he does help out but i do most myself cause he is too busy paying our large mortgage.

Sorry for the rant but this is the thing stopping me from having 4 and looking at my washing and ironing pile its now huge i could only imangine how big it would be with a family of 6

Oh yeh on top of doing everything we have to stop and go potty as DD2 is toliet training not fun but going ok at the moment

Have to now take all 3 shopping now, and that is hell, with everyone always commenting your got your hands full dont you.

but i love my life at the moment and love all my kids ages, but i think i would be pushed over the edge with one more, if i has 2 then a big gap i could possible have another 2 but not the way i did it, 3 under 4 can be hard work

[branjie]

Jeepers yeah that'd be tricky. Do you have Coles Online where you live? I have had my food shopping delivered most of the time since I had Annabelle. When my other two were babies I used to go food shopping at night once they were in bed. I wonder if either of those would be an option for you?? It's pretty rare for me to take on all three at the shops.

[Chanel Kel]

:wave:
Glad to see you are all back on and chatting. Well my little girl is now 10 months, I can't believe I will have a one year old soon!! Where has the time gone?!? Oh...I know busily! hehehe. I have VERY much enjoyed baby no. 3. You know what to expect and for me having older kiddies (5 & 4) I have been able to enjoy her as a baby, because I had my other two close together. Luckily, also she is a good baby (phew!) needed when you have two others really. My eldest started school this year and that's been a help, and my son has started day care for 3 full days a week-which he needed to (he was needing to learn to socialise with other kids and learn to share-thats been an interesting settling in period I must say!!) So although this time around I'm staying at home with my bubs (normally I've returned to work with my other kids at 6 months due to financial reasons) luckily this time around I've been able to stay at home and continue too-yipppee. My no. 3 Charlotte has been sleeping through since 8 months (THANK GOODNESS) because I was well and truly ready to get full night sleeps back. I just dropped her feed early morning and let her settle back herself back to sleep and she did-voila! Thank god. Being a bit older with this baby (early 30's compared to late 20's), I have noticed the sleep deprivation creep up this time.

Apart from the early busyness on the days that my eldest has school and little man has daycare. I get them ready for schools (husband does school run and I do daycare) and lunches packed and then I can start on making beds, get washing done, hung out etc then sit, relax enjoy baby no. 3, then prepare for the evening rush and dinner preparations....gee my life sounds like GROUND HOG DAY!!! lol.

Oh and call me mad, but I've also signed up this semester to get back into completing my Law degree and am actually enjoying it. Mind you last week my daughter started Easter holidays, I had her home, My son home and Charlotte and had to finish my assignment and submit it-it was full on noise around me, but hey I got it submitted-phew! oh and another mad thing is that I elected to be my daughters class coordinator (which coordinates social events for the mums and dads to get to know eachother). I know it sounds mad but it doesnt demand much time. Maybe all this stuff is my way of keeping busy, because I'm used to working full time! Though I'm loving be a stay at home mum now.

As for your discussions about a no. 4 baby. Not for me. I'm certainly busy enough with 3 and predict in the future when them all at school I will be then too. I think a fourth might tip my husband and I over the edge!! lol. When I just had two, I always had this 'urge' for one more. I certainly don't have that now (and I had that urge by now with my last two) so thankfully I feel that my family is 'complete'. I'm very happy with my gorgeous 3.

Well I think I've written way too much, sorry about that. Glad to hear from you all and lets keep in touch!

xxxx:smiliedance:

[branjie]

chanel kel you are a busy girl! I can't believe you've taken on study and being the class coordinator. Sounds like you're very organised though, and you're coping well. Great that Charlotte is sleeping through.

Being a bit older with this bub, DH and I are noticing feeling our age I'm sorry to say. My hips are also causing me trouble which is a problem that has continued on from the last pregnancy. Seeing the physio Tues. So, as much as I'm still clucky, maybe my body is trying to tell me it's had enough :rolleyes:.

Hope everyone has a great Easter!

[2pink 1on way]

Hello ladies,

I was having a bad day the other day, thanks for the advice branjie but i do love shopping, i think its the getting out the house that i love not the shopping with three kids, and they are really good at shopping i think i have trained them well lol.

Chanel Kel wow a law degree and three kids you sound really really busy to me, i used to work at a law firm and one of my bosses was working and studying part time, god she was busy all the time then she had a baby whilst she was completeing the end bit (college thinggy) and she was so busy and that was with only one kid, she got herself a nanny and a cleaner in the end.

I dont want to go back to work until Will is off to school, i do really enjoy staying at home, i am a classic 1950's house wife lol, i even have the cute apron with flowers and frills, hubby thinks its funny, i love looking after the kids baking cookies and having a clean house, i love being able to teach my kids things, my 4 year old is now reading cause i have time to teach her i dont think i could if i was working and juggling everything.

I am still youngish so the lack of sleep hasnt really been an issue for me, i think my body could hold up a few more pregnancies i just dont think i could look after so many kids all day every day, i always had a feeling that i wanted 3 and i now feel complete, i just feel sad sometimes that i wont be pregnant or have a new born again but i will have to get over it.

All my friends are having their first babies at the moment and i do get a bit sad but then happy as i hand out all my baby things.

I am very excited cause i am going out tonight for a girls night out yay,hubby will be home to feed and do everything with the kids all i have to do is give Will his last feed so my boobs dont leak all night then i can party.:yelclap:

[branjie]

2pink I'm a bit of a 1950s mum too. I don't think I'll go back to work until my youngest starts school, even then I'm planning to be a kindy assistant or something so I can do school hours only, a couple of days a week or so. I've even planted a veggie patch and got back into using the breadmaker in the last week. I'm sure lots of people would like to be as lucky as us to be able to stay home, although many prefer to work which is fine too of course. I hope you had a good night out.

Hope everyone else is coping with all kids at home in the holidays. I have a cold so I haven't done any amazing outings with the kids lately. Just trying to keep up with everything around the house and keep the older ones from waking bub up during nap times.

[belinda]

hi all :wave:

i keep forgetting to come back here lol...

hope you are all well and the kids are well too??

i seriously cant believe our babies are nearly 1 ARGHH eva started walking at 11 months so she is nearly running now so she keeps me busy now... I would love to have 4 kids but hubby says NO and then everything changes bigger house bigger car and thats to much stress at the moment!!

At the moment we are thinking about a move the business Hubby works for has just gone in to recievership (i think thats what its called) basically gone broke so he will probably be out of a job very soon and when there is a shortage in his trade already its going to be HARD to find work arghh...

what is everyone getting bubs for there birthday?

we will be in cairns for Eva's first birthday as Hubby's brother is getting married that weekend!! so our presents will have to fit in to a suitcase!

2pink- how everything going havent spoken on facebook for AGES.. did u move house or u still in the same house? mortgage to pay suck i want to win the lotto lol.. also hope your night on the town was good!

chanel kel- wow going back to study well done your brave i dont think i could handle studying and looking after 3 kids lol... good on you though hope its going well..

branjie- hope you and your family are well? im still clucky too but its such a huge jump from 3-4 i think lol...