Oh what a night

I guess I only want to record this night because it was a hard one and it is a way I can remind myself that even when things do get a bit difficult I have the most wonderful little family.

My night started well little baby had her feed at 8.40pm while I watched the end of Glee. We then went straight to bed.

Two hours later I hear Sweetness cry out and both GH and I knew straight away something was wrong. Sweetness had thrown up, all over her bed and pillow. One of us strips her off and new pjs while the other changes sheets. My tummy starts making digestive noises now too.

Within 5 minutes Sweetness is sick again. Did I mention we only have two sheet sets for her bed. We hope that she has got it all up and put her into bed with us. We check on Princess and think it is strange she is wide away around 12.

Of course Sweetness has not finished and so our bed gets a new change of sheets. We realise we too only have 2 pairs and so I take Sweetness to the couch. Poor little thing is sick more times. Another check on wide awake Princess prompts Hubby to give her a dish just in case.

New baby is now stirring so I figure I should feed her while I am up but she refuses. Hubby takes couch with sweetness and after a few more episodes we bring her in to the foot of our bed on a mattress, blankets and towels. By this time we are running out of clean towels etc.

2.30am Princess is heard moaning. Clever little girl managed to get it all in her dish. One less sheets to change.

Sweetness continues to wake and be sick. Her last time at 3am.

3am also is the time new baby decides its time for her feed. I can not believe she has slept through 6 hours. Baby feeds and then decides rather than going back to sleep she would get me up again to change her clothes and nappy.

3.30am I am finally back in bed in hopes of getting some sleep.

Around 6 new baby stirs for another feed and Princess comes into bed.

Oh what a night!

I hope my dear visitor have not been infected too, so sorry if you have.

What we know so far

 
 

I thought I would keep record of what we know so far of our newest addition. Actually its not all that much but you are only 7 days old today but there is a few things we know.

1. You get the hiccups all the time. You had them a lot during pregnancy, in fact you actually got them while I was in labour (which made contractions even more painful).

2. Your excessive hiccups may be from the trait known to be 'a great sucker'. You had a great sucking reflect from the start. May be we need to tame this trait so you have less hiccups. Princess has also worked out how this can be used to stop your crying. First she stuck her finger into you mouth which made you happy but after being told by Daddy that her hands were too dirty she learnt that her nose could be used as well.

3. You love noise. Not necessarily making it yourself but it would seem the louder your sister are around you the happier and easier you seem to be able to sleep.

4.You like to be where the action is. This means that putting you to sleep in your own bed is already difficult. Hence you get put into your swing or rocker and you'll go to sleep amongst the cries and proddings from your sisters.

She's here

Ring out the bells, our girl is here.

She arrived after a not too long labour, although a little unusual, but I will maybe save that for another day.

Today she is into her third day on the outside and I am falling more and more in love with her with each cuddle and feed.

So far she seems to be a good baby, she didn't come out screaming like Princess but she hasn't had the quietest of cries like Sweetness either. So we shall see.

Not sure what else to say except that there is nothing like holding a newborn babe, I love it.

I'm still here and so is the bump

I know I haven't posted all month but...well...I just haven't had the enthusiasm to write much. You see I am a bit of a whinger at the moment (well I always have been but its much worse atm), so I think its best not to write much at all.

Not long now and Lord willing we will share so photos of what baby looks like once she is outside the bump.

Here is the before

Oh no not again

What is it with this little fella. He is having an overnight stay at the vets tonight. He has some kind of obstruction in his intestines and is having trouble passing it.
This morning he wasn't using his hind legs so we thought it was another tick but it was because it hurt him to much to pull his legs away from his tummy. Poor little fella should hopefully be alright in the morning, we are hoping. Our new addition Oscar will be lost without him.

Good comes with bad

The bad, with all the rain and heat our front flower bed has become overgrown with weeds. It's too hot for me to go outside and bending down was difficult a few weeks ago. But you know what that's ok because (the good)we had a friend come to visit because he/she felt that it was a safe place to hide.

Some are better than others at chasing away wildlife. Princess took the bear off of Sweetness and tried to give it to(or put on top and scare away)the lizard.







I know its a bit hard to see but as I said just as I was able to get some better close up pics, he was scared away:(

Just in case you thought I was missing in action

Hi, it's me, so you probably don't recognise me behind this rather large protruding tummy but it is still me. And the tummy well that's my baby and she is due soon(ish).

The last few weeks have been difficult in the sense I feel like I can hardly move, yes it has happened my walk has turned into a waddle, like a baby hippo. But as I can see from my marker it is only 57days now, I can do this, what choice do I have I've got to get my girl here as safely as possible.

My diabetes test came back good (second time round) and my blood pressure has dropped which is also good as it was high. So that is my present update on my physicality's.

And just in case you have forgot what the Princess and the Sweetness look like here is a little reminder.
Yes Princess has started back at Ballet, she is still loving it.
 
I just love them so much and as you can see they LOVE eachother too.
 
 
 

The little actress needed to make sure she showed you all her emotions.