Gassy smiles

Week seven, and this saw a change in a few areas of Finlay's life. From the sart of the week we had him waking up every 2-3 hours and taking about an hour to settle afterwards due to congestion and gas,(by the way, the doctor said that the congestion may be due to the fact that I had a precipitous delivery and probably due to the fact that the amniotic fluid had not been properly squished out of his system, the congestion can evidently last for weeks, so it seems that although there are definate advantages of having a quick delivery, these come with its disadvantages, which for me lasted 6 1/2 weeks). By the end of the seventh week his congestion suddenly disappeared one night and he began to lengthen out his sleep to about 4 hours. The gas and constant pooping is still present, but this week we were pleased to see gassy little smiles from him!!!

It seems that babies suddenly grow in spurts. I can honestly say that sometimes I put him in his crib in the evening and by the time his next feed is due, I go to him, look at him and swear that he has grown and changed.......feels heavier too.


James is having to work such alot these days,as I am on maternity leave and still haven't received any benefits as yet. He leaves early in the morning for either the fire dept or to do roofing and at the moment we are lucky if we get one day off together. However, as frustrating and challenging as this maybe I am aware that it is a necessity and we are aiming for a family holiday in Sept.
There are times when it can be extremely challenging caring for two children single handedly and my children are well behaved. The challenges seem to arise first thing in the morning when they both seem to wake at the same time and Finlay needs feeding and Heather is hungry and eager for her breakfast., often having to pee and poop in the potty.Also challenges occur at dinner, bathtime and storytime, as at some point during that time Finlay needs feeding or changing or just needs holding and I feel that I am unable to attend to Heathers needs fully, she either wants more food or wants down from her chair.or needs to be rushed to the potty or wants up.Then there is bathtime which is fine if Finlay is sleeping, however is challenging if Iam attempting to bath them together, or feeding Finlay, or Finlay needs attention. The worst time seems to be at storytime, when we are settling down for a story and again Heather seems to become more boistrous, stalling for bedtime and and wanting to go on the rocking horse, wanting to bounce around or go and see Finlay in his crib, she often uses the potty to stall the bedtime routine, but what do you do when she says that she has to go? You can't just ignore it just incase she does actually go, and often she does squeeze a little pee out. I find myself almost loosing the plot and have to remind myself that it is not there fault and have to count to ten and try to keep my patience. I am trying to figure out an alternative bedtime routine inorder to make it less stressful when I am on my own.......I'll let you know!!!

Some advice to those who are going to be mothers for the first time as well as a second time....I had a stomache bug yesturday and decided to go to bed after settling the kids for the evening, so I was in bed by 8pm, which I have never done this time round. Thankfully Finlay didn't want to feed until 12 mn and I had had 4 hours of uninterupted sleep.....and I still had the rest of the night to go.

So girls, if you can, get to bed when the kids go. That's if you can leave the dishes, the washing, the tidying and looking after your husband!!!!!

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