Routine Vs No routines...

ShannonMcCatholic said:

I am excited for you!! I think it is awesome that you feel that way about breastfeeding...many women feel overwhelmed by that thougght.

I think even with a new baby you can develop a rhythm to your day, which will be of great use to Susan as well. In fact if you can develop a bit of a rhythm to your day before baby-it might help Susan transition. But again something like: wake up, have breakfast, clean table (Susan helps), craft time, outside play, TV time-- lunchtime, booktime, naptime...etc.

In there- just nurse babe whenever he's hungry..and of that scheduleisn't working because say craft time coincides with a nurse a thon everyday--switch TV time and craft time.

Part of the challenge of the first few weeks is precisely the one of "organising" baby--that task is made simpler if you have a pretty good rhythm to your day.

Can I urge you to make it a quest to learn how to nurse lying on your side--to me that is the single most important tool in making breastfeeding work LOL!

Your sleeping arrangements sound great--and leaves you with lots of options to decide what's working best--remember not to put guilt upon yourself for whatever choices you make--the right choice is where everyone gets the most sleep-at least in my opinion.

ooohhh I can't wait for you to have your baby!!

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I bit the bullet last night to talk to DH about the sleeping arrangements for when the baby arrives, I wasn't sure how he would react, but he was really good about it. We used to have a lounge thing which we had between our bed and the wall when DD was in with us most nights, and it gave us extra room, so we talked about how to set it up again, on DH;s side this time. We just need to get something to go underneath to boost it up a little as we have a new bed now and it is a bit higher. I was so relieved, mainly becuase I wasn't sure how we would fit DH and I plus the baby plus DD, as she has been spending a bit more time with us lately, and she may also be a little more like this when the baby comes, not sure how she will go with the transition

I'm really excited about it too!! I just have to move a few things around to get my rocking chair into the bedroom, and although I alread have a sling, I'm thinking about getting another kind, just so that we have a couple to try out.

I';m not used to using a sling, as I didn't really use one with DD, but do they sleep all the time in one? I suppose when they are newborn they will sleep most of the time anyway?

I feel like this is my first time again! It has been so long since Susie was a baby...She started preschool today....Even though she goes to family day care twice a week, we added one day of preschool to get her used to a larger group of kids (She starts kindergarten in January) and as a lot of these kids will be going to her school, so she will have some friends already. We had a special dinner last night, she made rissoles (her choice, probably becuase she gets to get her hands all gross!)
So we dropped her off, and even though it is only one day a week and only preschool, it is sad for me! DH doesn't really understand, but it is one step closer to school! Which is one step closer to growing up!

I have thought about homeschooling, but it isn't right for our family at this time.
ANyway I guess I have gotten a bit off topic here!

I will start to incorporate some sort of flow to the days that we are at home together, it will also help me with my housework routines, and she is at the age where she loves to help, so there is stuff that we can get done together.

I bought some flower seeds that we are going to plant too, so that should be really good! And she loves craft!! (I'm not that good at it though, generally her stuff is better than mine!)

I have been looking around the GCM website and it looks great! They have heaps of advice about gentle discipline which is good for a 4 yr old, but I can't register until the beginning of June.