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t work for us then we figure something else out posted by pixxiee at 5 57 pm 2 comments friday april 30 2010 a year ago today a year ago things were very different in our lives rupert was about to leave to head down to rotorua to run a marathon and i was staying behind to work on month end at the office we had given up any thought of a baby and were working on our fostering papers and applications i was sad all the time deep down i cried whenever i heard someone was pregnant i never attended baby showers and i always envied my friends who complained about their children so at this busy time in our lives and this may be too much info for some that evening we had an intimate moment and that moment led to our little grace what a miracle what a blessing what a fantastic wonderful thing to happen i look at her and still can t stop marvelling about how lucky we were to finally have this dream come true she is so beautiful and so perfect and just so precious and according to the book so advanced rolling over to her side loving her tummy time and now working on hand to eye co ordination which seems to consist mainly of getting both hands in her mouth sleeping routines are continuing a few minor upsets but on the whole she is so much better and i am finding life so much easier when i know what to expect and how to deal with any changes so much so that i am leaving her with daddy tonight and heading out to celebrate the year with my work colleagues a year ago a moment changed our lives completely and i couldn t be happier posted by pixxiee at 2 35 pm 0 comments monday april 26 2010 sleep blessed sleep as i may have mentioned previously grace has been hard to settle and get into a routine what was happening was she would wake i would feed her she d play and we d have reading time then i would top her up and try to get her to sleep usually she wasn t interested so i d end up laying with her on the bed and feeding her till she dozed off and then more often than not she d wake up half an hour later crying and off we would go again nights were much the same as we were co sleeping so i d roll over and feed her quick burp and off we d go to sleep again as you can imagine things were getting a little tiring apart from the grizzles she is generally such a happy baby and it was getting distressing having her cry through being tired and not being able to settle her so last tuesday grace and i went to the plunket family centre for the day to learn about sleep and find out what i was doing wrong and how to break those habits oh my goodness the best day ever and i am so thankful we went firstly a nurse spent the entire morning with me watching what i did so i d feed grace until she didn t seem interested anymore then pop her down for tummy and play time this time however grace was weighed before her feed and in her first feed she only took 70mls so the nurse got me to feed her again keeping her awake and alert by tickling her feet and hands taking off her sleep suit so she was a little cooler even using a wet cloth on her body this time when we weighed her she was up to around 100mls so we put her down for playtime and then with the top up she was at 120mls how the nurse explained it was that while grace was getting all she needed in a day from me because of the feeding to sleep and feeding to comfort when she was overtired she wasn t getting it in one session meaning that when i put her down after a feed and play she was waking up hungry they also taught me some things to listen for when she cries to stop and evaluate what kind of cry she is making and to look at her body language before putting her to bed is she windy are those tired signs etc etc to say our lives have changed in the last week is a complete understatement she now goes into her cot for her sleeps all swaddled and comfy and she is sleeping between 2 and 3 hours at a time during the day she wakes up smiling and cooing and ready for a feed and i watch her closely to make sure she is actively feeding before we go onto playtime during which i watch her for those tired signs she is going down to sleep with either just a little rocking or a dummy though the last few sleeps i have just kissed her popped her in bed while she is still awake and within a few minutes of chatting to herself she is fast asleep the only exception seems to be when she is about to do a poo i can t settle her then but have learned the signs so last night after two attempts at settling i brought her out to sit with us during dinner held her while we watched tv till she got grizzly then took her to bed for some cuddles and comfort feeding an hour later the poo arrived our new record is just over 6 hours sleep during the night and last night she clocked up five hours from 10pm to 3am even better is how confident i feel the days just feel easier and it s not a constant struggle wondering how long she will sleep for and whether i can get something done while she is asleep and she seems so much happier and more content we took her up north on saturday to visit my mum i was a bit worried about getting her out of her routine and environment but needn t have she went down for two sleeps up there really easily had lots of cuddles from nana and apart from crying in the car on the way home hungry and the ear pressure from going over the big hills she was fantastic it was a really nice day and things just feel so amazingly good right now rupert and i are beside ourselves with how well she is doing i even had my first night home alone when rupes was on a business trip and managed just fine despite that afternoon being a bit rough with a poo coming on before i had really figured out the signs and how to deal with it so happy mummy happy daddy and a very happy and active grace she is getting so strong and even plunket were saying her movement is advanced for her age all that jumping around in the womb no doubt posted by pixxiee at 7 27 am 0 comments monday april 19 2010 red letter day this morning grace had her first sleep in her cot took me about half an hour to settle her but she slept soundly for 2 hours then off to plunket she is now 6 11kgs and 60cm long she is doing so great growing beautifully we came home back to the cot and she was asleep within five minutes but has since woken up and is crying i m just going in and out to calm her but she has to learn about sleep she definately needs it so onward and upward in the household posted by pixxiee at 4 07 pm 0 comments saturday april 17 2010 three months three months old yesterday the time has flown by and our little girl gets cuter by the day it was a tough day though as i had to take grace to the doctor for her immunisation shots i hate those but she was actually pretty good a bit of screaming and crying when the injections went in but i fed her straight afterwards and by the time we left she was back to her cooing and squeaking i ve never heard such high pitched squeals but she is doing them more and more and we have quite the little conversations on monday i took her to our work sales meeting she was really good showed her off to the 100 or so folk there and then took her for a walk before returning for the coffee at the end of the meeting she was happy and cooing right up to the end and then she cried all the way home it seems like every day there is a new thing to marvel at she grabbed her toy she rolled from her tummy onto her back she rolled from her back onto her side she looked at the pictures when i read her a book she stopped crying when i sang our song it s fascinating and wonderful all at once we are still struggling with her daytime sleeping she really is not interested in being on a proper schedule and will happily and sometimes unhappily be awake for four or five hours at a time last sunday we started giving her one feed of formula in the evenings which she took to with no problems so that s been lovely rupert feeds her while i express to keep my supply up today rupert took primary care of grace while i got some work done he bathed her and rocked her to sleep and read to her and took her out for a walk in the buggy we went to the mall this morning and ran some errands including getting her passport photo done she looked straight at the camera after a little coaxing so today has been a good day in that she has had some really good long sleeps which is fairly unusual for her having said that she was awake pretty much the whole time we were at the mall on monday she has her next weigh in and measurements and then on tuesday she and i are going to the plunket sleep centre to spend the day with the nurses i really just want them to see what she is doing during the day and get some ideas about how to transition her to sleeping in her cot and for them to see her when she is windy and fretful and to tell me whether that is normal or if there is something more i can do i figure every little bit of advice will help as for me i am doing ok though i have been really tired out this week last night i was so weary i went to bed early and rupert rocked grace to sleep in her bouncy chair before putting her in bed with me at 11pm it was wonderful getting a little more sleep i get grumpy when i am tired so i need to work on that a little more it s so not fair on rupes having me being snappy with him but all in all the worst day with grace is still way better than the days before we had her and things feel like they are gradually falling into place and becoming easier it s all pretty darn good really posted by pixxiee at 7 49 pm 0 comments tuesday april 06 2010 a very happy easter grace s first easter and no she didn t eat the bunny i did aunty cat arrived from perth on friday and we have had the loveliest weekend lots of eating and relaxing and reading and playing with grace cat and grace spent a lot of time cooing at each other which was lovely and cat and rupes took grace out for some walks so i could so some work so all in all a very happy easter in between playing with grace cat and rupert cooked up a storm in the kitchen so we have had some divine meals and snacks just lovely to spend time with catherine too and lovely that she loves grace as much as we do while cat was here i moved back to the bedroom with rupert we had a couple of good nights one not so great but mostly good grace slept for 5 hours at a stretch one night woke for a small feed and slept another 2 hours luxury she is getting very talkative too lots of squeals and cooing very cute though not so cute when she decides 2am is the best time for an hour long chat with mum we ll miss cat who goes home today but grace will be having her first overseas trip in november for cat and troy s wedding in fremantle so it s not really that long posted by pixxiee at 9 38 am 0 comments saturday march 27 2010 why i love the suburb where i live it s an interesting mix of housing from waterfront mansions to state rentals and is truly multicultural there are bush trails for walking or biking a huge park with an exercise machine circuit access to the water at high tide it s beautiful i love that i can walk on a sunday and hear the different songs in various languages from the churches and see the families all dressed up in their various sunday best that i can wander through the park and see people with their dogs groups of teens having a game of soccer or touch rugby older folks sitting on the benches in the sun all shapes ages colour and sizes there is a darker side though a couple of streets away is a known drug house i ve walked past there many times and watched cars arriving for their purchases and just along the walkway is a street that is my loop track when i walk out of our house down the coastal walkway up this particular street and then back down into our road and from one of the houses on this street a 2 year old has been injured so terribly that she is in critical condition in hospital with a man charged with assault and more charges likely this is a house i know i ve walked past it probably hundreds of times i think i have even seen the little girl who has been hurt and she will probably die or live with severe brain damage i cannot comprehend who would do this to a child i just can t it breaks my heart that in my community my own neighbourhood this could happen grace is ten weeks old today as i hold her and look at her perfection her wee smiles and her funny expressions i just cannot imagine hurting her yesterday she had awful wind pain she screamed and cried for what seemed like ages i walked her and rocked her and fed her and even had a few tears myself and i could understand how in frustration someone could shake a baby if they were exhausted and under other stresses but there are so many options available call plunket call a friend put the baby in a safe place and go take a shower or a break i don t know what the answer is i know that it does take a village sometimes to raise a child and maybe it takes a village to keep a child safe maybe it just takes us all keeping our eyes open and not being too scared to offer a hand if someone is under stress or calling the authorities if we see anything we can t keep hurting and killing our children grace is growing amazingly each day she feels a little heavier i am certainly getting my upper body workout she has developed a very mischievous smile accompanied by a sideways look it cracks us up but makes us worry about what kind of child we will be raising each day there seems to be new levels of alertness and play it s so wonderful to watch mostly she is very very good and easy but we do get the evening grizzlies or she will wake up with wind pain crying and yelling her head off who knew a wee thing could make so much noise still we are getting there and after a very good night she has just gone down for her morning nap with the minimum of fuss so today might be a good day rupert is off doing the motatapu rangitoto island marathon so it s a quiet day for grace and i i have some work to catch up on in preparation for financial year end next week so it is time to get moving on that posted by pixxiee at 7 13 am 0 comments tuesday march 16 2010 two months today our wee girl is not so wee anymore two months old today and at her plunket check up yesterday she was 5 03 kgs and 56cm long i hadn t realised how much she had grown until i held a friend s newborn boy on sunday it was fun going back to the hospital to see the cute new arrival and to see our midwives who were so helpful when we were there she really is just a lovely girl we have our times of crying like everyone but more and more we are able to settle her or at least work out what she wants it was a busy week a photographer friend came over to take some family shots which should be nice and we went to dinner at another friend s place on saturday night as well as having the neighbours come down here on friday night for shared fish and chips lots of smiles now and chatting away to me when she is in 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