A couple of horrible days...

Both the girls Dad and I were struck down with food poisoning this week.  Besides feeling terrible for 3 days, I have only just managed to catch up on washing and housework... Sheesh! 

Sharing a bedroom...

So we did it... 

We shifted Bub's in to our Big Girl's room!  And... the transition was as smooth as smooth can be!  

Until a couple of nights ago Baby O had been in with us, we thought at 8 months it was probably time to move her out of our room.

We have a 3 bedroom house and have for a while debated whether the two girls should share rooms or sleep separately.  We talked about the pros and cons for ages, then decided to give it a go.

In the end we thought rather than moving them both and it going horribly wrong, we would just put Bub's into H's room.  Its a bit of a squash, but fine really!

H is happy with the arrangement... she has someone to share her room with, she no longer needs to sleep by herself while Mum, Dad and Baby O get to share.  

There are a few adjustments and compromises that need to be made, but overall it has been a great success so far and we are happy with our decision.  

Wake up has shifted to 6am, but hopefully it will shift back as they get used to sharing.

So... so far, so good.  We are happy with the arrangement as are the girls.  

Tonights debacle...

So I was on track to be in bed by 11pm, fairly unusual for me... I was quite looking forward to it.  

Bubs woke at 10.30pm or so, she was given her bottle - 210mls, was then changed, then popped back in to bed.

Dad was reading with the lamp on, and this proceeded to wake Bubs out of her milky slumber, he continued to read for 20 mins or so as she lay in her cot talking, squealing... wanting to play.

Meanwhile, I went in to check H... my usual routine, only to find she had wet the bed, first time in months!  I redressed her and transferred her into bed with Dad (who had by now turned the light off - but was still listening to Bubs babble away.

H went straight back to sleep (thankfully), whilst Bubs didn't.  I went back to H's room and began to change the sheets, so I could transfer H back to her own bed.  Bub's began to cry.

I went back in to my room, and took Bubs out of her cot (she had poo'ed), changed her for a second time and sat with her on the sofa, patting her back gently in the hope she would go back to sleep.  She started grabbing at my face... obviously wanting to play!

I put her back in to her cot... I needed to finish changing H's sheets, so I could transfer her back.  Once finished, I relocated H, and she went straight back off to sleep.

Bubs remained awake, Hubby soon bought her back out... possibly in the hope I would take over?  I'm unsure?  He then took her back to her bed, and tried to go back to sleep himself.  

I made another bottle - 120mls, which she later chucked up on me, burped her, and popped her back into bed, this time she remained quiet, and quickly fell into sleep.

It only took 330mls of formula, 2 nappy changes and 2 hours to get her back to sleep.

But tomorrow is another day! 

I'm back!

I know, I know, Its been quite some time!  You may have thought I had fallen off the face of the earth... thankfully I didn't... I am still here... I had just become lazy... and forgetful... but... I should get back to it. 
I think attempting to do a daily entry was hard, with two little ones... and a daily entry, slowly turned into every second day, or even more.

I have decided rather than doing entries regularly, I will just do them as things eventuate... that way you don't feel obliged to read every entry and there is no stress for me trying to remember to make an entry every couple of days!

Two 3 year olds playing in the car =

Having your ear drums blown out (well not quite) when you turn the radio on!  

This is what happened this morning.  

I should know better!  I had just forgotten that these two 3 year olds had been pushing and turning all the buttons and dials in my car yesterday!  

I just hope I have learnt my lesson!  

A little something for you to watch!

My girl amazes me!  Constantly!

She is a smart little cookie, very switched on when it comes to language...always looking for extension!   

She loves her art too.  

She received a new paint set from us for her 3rd Birthday a few weeks back, and yesterday we did a bit of painting.

I knew she could do faces, consisting of a circle for the head, hair, eyes and a smile, she in the past has drawn ears, but in the last week has just begun to draw arms and legs.  Her people are really coming along.  

I thought I would share a video with you. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UtNNYaxWKk

Enjoy!

Night wake ups! Arggghhhhh!

So its been a busy couple of weeks...

The little one is still coughing, as am I... but as far as illnesses go, that one was not too bad, just tiring, happening to 3 out of 4 of us at the same time!  

Apologies that I haven't really had the time to write.

I thought I would share with you the night before last.  A normal bed time by our standards... dinner, pyjamas, teeth and toilet, an episode of Peppa Pig, and into bed for a book with Mum or Dad before blowing the lights out.

I took the opportunity to get an early night after a busy weekend... Dad had worked late one night and had a bucks party the next, so I hadn't really had any down time.

At about 3am H woke... I toileted her (as she no longer wears a nappy), but she had great difficulty in getting back to sleep (very unusual).  We are in a routine where she goes back to sleep by herself... but for some reason this night she couldn't.  I was getting increasingly frustrated as I was so desperately tired.   After an hour of her Dad and I getting up and down, up and down to a pretty upset little girl, I changed my tactics, from being annoyed (which I felt rather guilty about the following day) and turned it into a positive thing.  

We have been have quite a degree of success with sticker charts, so while we cuddled I suggested that the next morning we make a sticker chart together.  If she could go back to sleep without calling out and getting so upset for the rest of the night, she could have a sticker in the morning.  It worked perfectly, I left her room and didn't need to return until she woke later that morning!  

That morning we drew a caterpillar... she helped, drawing the face and two legs on each segment of its body, and we stuck our first sticker on (thanks Sal!).  

With each of our sticker charts we work toward something... a ride on a miniature train, a trip to the zoo...  They are all very achievable!

What we are working towards on this one is a biggie!  Baby O will soon move out of our bedroom into her own and we gave H the opportunity to share her bedroom.  H jumped at this chance... I said that she wont be ready to share with her sister until she can go back to sleep without any fuss.   

So far it seems to be working.

Fingers crossed!