May08 - They're here...Now What Do We Do With Them? [Archive]

mirandaj

12-05-2008, 10:31

Hi Amanda, Hi HBP,

Glad to still be chatting to you both since the birth of our beautiful bubbas. I posted this in the due in thread but thought I would put it in here as well.

HBP: Don't worry too much about a birth story. Don't think I can write mine either. I'm just moving on and focusing on my little cheeky monkey.

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Hi Everyone,

Just got Liam to sleep so thought I�d come on and say hi.

Liam is usually a really good sleeper (sleeping between the 4 hourly feeds) but was really irritable yesterday and awake crying between feeds so had a bit of a stressful day yesterday.

DH was great though. He cooked me a breakfast in bed for mothers day and found a card that said �from your cheeky monkey� inside as I have been calling Liam �Cheeky monkey�. DH gave me my Oroton nappy bag early as I had such a difficult time.

Liam is asleep in the bassinet next to me and I am in bed with the laptop. I am glad I got a bassinet as with the c-section I find it difficult to bend so would not have been able to put him down into his cot. I can also wheel him between my room and the nursery depending how I feel. Getting him downstairs is hard though, need to get DH to help.

The pain from my c-section has got worse in the last couple of days so I am going to the doctors today for a checkup. Not sure If I was overdoing it a couple of days ago, but hurts to even stand. DH is not very helpful at night which is upsetting as somehow he doesn�t wake up � even if Liam is screaming. I call out to him if I need something � like painkillers, or for him to lift Liam, and he gets really irritable for being woken up, or forgets what I ask after 5 seconds and goes back to sleep. Not sure what to do as I need the help at the moment as I am so sore. It will be ok once I am a bit better and when he goes back to work as he will need his sleep, but while he is off and I am sore it is a different story.

Apart from that I am going well. Not feeling depressed like I was in the hospital and starting to get my life and body back. I am now able to wear non maternity tops but am still in maternity pants and will be for a while I imagine. I got some of those �Dr Rey�s� Shapewear from Target so will ask the doc when it is ok to wear them.

Breastfeeding is going well. Had the childhood health nurse out on Friday and Liam has actually put on weight � 400 grams since leaving hospital. They said at the hospital that he would probably continue to loose weight for about a week, but he didn�t. I had a cracked nipple but the nurse helped me with my attachment on that side and it has since healed. I was using Lanosolin or whatever it is called but did not find it very good. The Palmer�s one is better.

Don�t want to post a birth story yet as had a difficult birth, but did want to tell you all about something special that happened. I was really scared in the c-section and soon as I heard Liam cry and saw him, I started crying with happiness. When they took Liam away to be measured etc I was a little upset at first but guess what happened�. The anaesthetist had a slideshow of pictures of the birth and my baby on a laptop next to me, and played it with music. They were even videos of DH cutting the cord etc. It made it really special as although my bub had to be taken away and I was getting stitched up etc I still got to bond in a special way. I was crying my eyes out and th OB asked if I was ok, and I said I am just sooo happy. I am going to write a thankyou note to the anaesthetist as it was such a great thing he did that he didn�t have to do!

musicalmummy

12-05-2008, 10:58

Hi
i posted another thread then realsied this was here. can i join in, brady was born 3/5.
i'm having a few feeding issues, not enjoyign b/f and switching to bottle gradually. he's alot more settle now.
he awake. i write soon

happybunnypony

12-05-2008, 13:06

Hey Miranda!
Awww that's sooo awesome you got to see slides of the birth! I imagine it would of been pretty traumatic seeing bubs taken away straight after. Gawd what an overwhelming experience birth is eh?

I'm still getting over it, but now focusing on the here and now! AND am i doing the right thing!

Hey Musicalmummy!
Feeding was an issue for me, but i am using the nipple shields and i have found them awesome! Have you tried them?
It helped heal my nipples too, so when they are totally healed i will try re-attaching...

Keep us uptodate... i have no idea what i'm doing really... just taking it day by day!
:bee:

sillysideup

12-05-2008, 13:26

Hey May mummies! I'm an april mummy but just wanted to drop in say how good it is to see all those magical may babies arriving!!!

:bee::flowerz::bee:

musicalmummy

12-05-2008, 14:34

[quote=happybunnypony;2643620]Hey Miranda!
Awww that's sooo awesome you got to see slides of the birth! I imagine it would of been pretty traumatic seeing bubs taken away straight after. Gawd what an overwhelming experience birth is eh?

I'm still getting over it, but now focusing on the here and now! AND am i doing the right thing!

Hey Musicalmummy!
Feeding was an issue for me, but i am using the nipple shields and i have found them awesome! Have you tried them?

yep tried nipple shields but brady doens't really get much from them, was even taught by a lactation consultant hw to put them on properly.half my issue is that b/f is really taking up all my time and i don't even get to spend time with shaylah, 15mths.all of lastweek was spent crying uncontrollably becuase of guilt.
he knows when i'm on here, he's awake again

rynosmum

12-05-2008, 15:15

Great thread idea Amanda:thumbsup:

Well, I think I officially have a sleeper. Since leaving hospital and my milk coming in, she has been as content as anything. In hospy she was fidgety, wouldn't leave my arms, would take up to 3 hours to put down to sleep (didn't help when the middies kept just walking in and turning on the lights for no apparent reason :rolleyes:). I'm hoping she stays a little bit like this - DS was a good sleeper too so we'll see. She woke up for a feed last night at 10:30 (only as I was going to bed and wanted to change her nappy first), then 3:20am, then 7:30am. It may not last but considering I get up anytime after 5, it is giving me a chance to have a shower, breakfast, play with DS etc - all before she evens wakes up which is awesome.

MusicalMummy, what are the feeding issues that you are having? I am by no means a breastfeeding-pusher however if there is something about B/feeding which isn't working, perhaps we'd have some advice for you?

HBP, I posted about my nipple pain yesterday and as suggested by some of the girls, I am feeding through it. I tried a nipple shield in hospy but it was an odd shape and size and I just wasn't comfortable with it. I must admit though that feeding through pain isn't that comfortable either but it does appear to be easing off....it's still massively ouchie but I can breathe through it now. Hopefully all will be well in a few days.

Miranda, how did you go at the Drs today? Were they able to work out why you have so much pain?

I must admit, I had 40 stitches with the birth of my son but only 7 this time. These ones hurt so much more - I think it's because I'm nearing the end of a cold and keep getting coughing fits - it feels like my pelvic floor is about to fall out.:o

Bubs is sleeping on my lap at the moment whilst I sit on the couch with DS watching Scooby Doo (with my trusty laptop on the side:laughing:)

The hardest thing about this all so far is ensuring that DS feels like a part of the process and as special as he always has.

The easiest part is Siana (so far) - she is a pretty good baby and really easy to read (or maybe that's because she's my second...I'm not sure?)

The ouchiest part is b/feeding damage and stitches...:eek:

The most magical thing is this beautiful bundle of joy we have been blessed with - could just cuddle her all day:goodvibes:

musicalmummy

12-05-2008, 15:40

you are very lucky to have a sleeper. my shaylah was/is like that from day one too. she was a very routined baby. it was a shock to have a non sleeper, although he is alot better now, he falls asleep constantly (not always at night time).
b/f..i'm half the problem because i'm not really comfortable with it, . attachment is fine, the LC watched and said it was perfect. rady will feed for 40mins say and still be hungry 15minutes later.i'm happy with th edecision to go to bottle. i'm still doing some breast feeds, gradually diminishing them or my boobs will be too sore.

who here believes in routines for babies?flexible of course.

amandaw

13-05-2008, 07:52

Glad to see no-one ran and hid from me in this thread :laughing:

HBP - I learnt soooo much from the 2nd time plus Mummies in my August 06 thread - lets hope some of us can be as useful (even if nothing else to offer some alturnative ideas or to say ''nope it's perfectly normal that that is the 37th time that he's fed since 8am this morning" :p)...I know that I'll need it too as I'm sure that I bordered on PND with Charlotte...wasn't that she was a bad baby (in fact she was very easy when you hear about others) but it was the whole taking away from who I knew myself as...being very conscious of that this time, so that I can give all of us the best possible chance..
RM and I were both at the Wesley....question for you - when do you move, and where to? I know at the moment you are over on my side of town (and V8's here as well), but not sure if you're staying over here...

I'm actually really glad that I wrote up my birth story with Charlotte - you do forget (believe it or not...you'd think with all of that you'd never go back!!!)...I have a funny feeling that I left it a week or 2 (just to have time) then wrote it over a few days in Word before posting - gave me a chance to edit, reflect and add so that I was happy with the account. Not sure what I'll ever 'do' with it as such...not sure I'd want C to read it - may put her off having kids forever :laughing: Haven't yet started Mitchell's (or posted photos yet :o...will get to that) but I will do it I'm sure

Miranda - make it very clear in a non-confrontational way that you do need the help....I know that I tiptoed around DH (ie didn't feed in bed at night because he had to go to work next day...changed every dirty nappy...did every bathe etc) in the beginning last time - he always said that all I needed to do was ask for some help, but I just wanted him to 'know'.... this time I am asking when I need it (or giving him 2 options, knowing that he'll take a certain one, but at least I'm not having to do both) and it is a good thing. And that anethatist is worth their weight in gold!!!

RM - you are doing well there!!! Can I come and leave Mitchell at your place for a few nights so he can learn off your little lady!! I seem to struggle to get the wind out of M - he's a great feeder and then drops back off to sleep, but it's a restless one...last night was a much better night, but i wore my first dirty nappy ever :barf: and of course the one time that I thought...bugger it, I'll just change him on the end of the bed to avoid the risk of waking C!! All over my pjpants and the bottom sheet - YUUUUCCCKKKK!!! And I'd managed the dream feed on the one side too, so he wasn't even awake :hissy:

I'm also a 'feed through the painer' - for me it's just poor overuse - this big boy certainly likes his food - I only get the first 20 seconds or so and then it's gone so I can handle that. The coughing is a killer...though much better than the first few days in hospital

Just want to ask (cause not sure if it's wind related or normal - told you I'd still need everyone here) and most of the poohs 'explosive' - not sure if it's a by-product of me struggling to wind him, or if it's just normal as his digestive system works the whole thing out (or the Thai that I had the other night just maybe *guilty shrug*) ..I just don't remember it with C...

MM - I'm not totally huge on routine with babies this little - there's just too much new going on. In saying that I have a friend who swore by her's but it was really hard to hear her constantly turning down invitations to catch up etc because she needed to be home and quiet for her boys to sleep...I have no doubt that as I get to know his characteristics more I will have some sort of quasi routine (and hopefully it will fit somewhat with Charlotte's - not counting on it though!!) but will wait for a bit

amandaw

13-05-2008, 07:57

oh and RM - glad to see I'm not going nuts - when your birth announcement was made it was Sianna, but with one 'n' I was sure I'd seen differently, but wasn't sure if that was sleep induced delierium!! Will post correctly from now on :thumbsup:

Edited to add - now I'm really confused...I think you've posted it 2 diff ways - can you enlighten me so that I can do it right :rolleyes:

oh an would love to share wes stories - need a good giggle!

rynosmum

13-05-2008, 12:41

who here believes in routines for babies?flexible of course. Flexible is good at this age I think - what I need is a routine for me!:p I get up and have a shower before she wakes and play with DS but at about 11am today, I had Siana on my lap sleeping, the house was a mess, I was already a bit of a mess (my boobs are already leaking, the right one full on eck!) - so I put her in her rocker, cleaned the kitchen and lounge room, made the beds, took out some meat to defrost for dinner, put on some jeans and a nice top that now fits (although I still have about a 14 week preggy tummy), did some washing and took out the garbage. Even though we have a newborn, I still want hubby to be proud to come home iykwim - I think mym Mum must have brought me up with that '50's housewife guide...:laughing:

Back to your question though, I want a fairly regular routine at night if possible but am pretty flexible during the day - as long as she is getting enough sleep, either at home or in the car. I demand feed her so no set routine there.

RM - you are doing well there!!! Can I come and leave Mitchell at your place for a few nights so he can learn off your little lady!! I seem to struggle to get the wind out of M - he's a great feeder and then drops back off to sleep, but it's a restless one...last night was a much better night, but i wore my first dirty nappy ever and of course the one time that I thought...bugger it, I'll just change him on the end of the bed to avoid the risk of waking C!! All over my pjpants and the bottom sheet - YUUUUCCCKKKK!!! And I'd managed the dream feed on the one side too, so he wasn't even awake
Our white bedspread wore it's first yukky nappy change last night too....and in answer to your later question, yep - explosive poos are it. You can hear Siana's from the other side of the room:o

I'm also a 'feed through the painer' - for me it's just poor overuse - this big boy certainly likes his food - I only get the first 20 seconds or so and then it's gone so I can handle that. The coughing is a killer...though much better than the first few days in hospital

Absolute same - she sucks the life outta me! My left hand side is getting a little better - I fed off that one before and I even had a few pain-free moments once we were established. The right one though is hard, I'm dreading the next feed... I'm trying to air it at the moment as suggested by some of the other ladies - I just hope that the neighbours don't look through the window!!

Edited to add - now I'm really confused...I think you've posted it 2 diff ways - can you enlighten me so that I can do it right :rolleyes:

oh an would love to share wes stories - need a good giggle!
Heck, you're right! Even I'm spelling it wrong!!:o Siana - (See - Arna).

I thought it was going to be a day spa and it really wasn't. Some of the night midwives were quite odd, one coming in at 2:20 and turning on the light to wake me up so we could discuss pain medication - she said that she wanted to throw out my care plan as I wasn't taking pain relief.:confused: Another came in at 10:30 one night when I was putting S down for a nap and lectured me for an hour on looking after a baby - she even rated my answers?? Very odd. Food was great though and a lovely view!!

amandaw

13-05-2008, 13:25

okay, so I'm not going nuts!!! So it is only one 'n' (I figured that the birth announcement would have been right since it would have come off your text)

I had none of those experiences (just one weirdo who came and gave me all the instructions for the phototherapy unit...did question whether or not it should have been her job to keep coming back in and turning it down/checking his temp while it was established, rather than leaving it to me...and she was chewing gum....arg my pet hate, especially in a professional place of work!!). I do remember last time being awoken to have temp checked and medication, but that was within the first 12 hrs of birth so sort of understandable! Obviously I scored the laid back nurses (to make up for my lack of river views)!

Did they do anything 'extra' for mothers day??

happybunnypony

13-05-2008, 13:37

Mornin lovely ladies!

Miranda, i forgot to post yesterday that i hope you DH is helping you more. That's really not fair he wont even get pain killers...

It's hard to know how much to let DP help out... i feel bad if he has sleepless nights too but he's got some time off work, so it's nice for him to help when he can

BUT when he's back at work (which is this thursday), i think i'll take over night time duties full time.

Hopefully i can get some tips off these other mums who have babies who sleep during the night...!!
RM - what's your secret??

Gotta go... baby needs meee!!

rynosmum

14-05-2008, 09:42

Obviously I scored the laid back nurses (to make up for my lack of river views)!

Did they do anything 'extra' for mothers day??
Yes, maybe that was right:laughing: I ended up wanting to come home the day early just so we wouldn't have to deal with them anymore.

No, nothing extra for Mother's Day - not even someone to hold bubs whilst I ate my breakfast in bed! Better still, DH and DS came and picked us up then brought home Fish and Chips for lunch - I'm a cheap date :p

It's hard to know how much to let DP help out... i feel bad if he has sleepless nights too but he's got some time off work, so it's nice for him to help when he can

BUT when he's back at work (which is this thursday), i think i'll take over night time duties full time.

Hopefully i can get some tips off these other mums who have babies who sleep during the night...!!
RM - what's your secret??
I'm the same - DH doesn't have any time off work so I'm doing everything I can to make sure that Siana doesn't wake him at night. Then again, she's not a crying bub (unless she has wind or is getting her nappy changed) but she is a little snorter:p

Okay, I'll give you my extra extra special secret......LUCK! She slept last night from 10:00 (although once again took over an hour to get her to sleep in bed as she immediately wakes when I transfer her) to 4:30 this morning. She went back down at about 7am after a feed and a bit of alert time.

She is sleeping again now so I might just take out 20 minutes for a quick catnap myself:yes:

happybunnypony

14-05-2008, 10:30

Kayangel

14-05-2008, 12:54

Hey May mums, Gald to see we now have a birth thread. I will try to pop in and chat everyday.

Jaylen is an angel so far lol tho im sure the devil in him will come out soon enough, he wakes to be fed once a night and settles straight back down and he feeds between every 3 to 4 hours during the day.

Breastfeeding is going really well, im loving every second of it and havent yet had any problems.

My first time bathing Jaylen was very scarey, his so tiny, i thought he was going to slip out of my hands but im now getting use to it.

We havent got a routine yet but im not too worried about that.

As for me im recoving well from my c section, im back driving and going for walks, im also started to get my tummy back woohoo.

HBP- to answer ur question, i feed while watching t.v, while im on the computer and while im just sitting in a chair staring at bubs.

happybunnypony

14-05-2008, 13:08

hey Kayla!!!

Congrats on the birth of Jaylen! He came in just a day before Tyler!

It's amazing not having the preggie bellie anymore... i've got a little bit of flab to loose still, but don't think it'll be too long hopefully!

That's great you've had no troubles breastfeeding too! YAY!
Tyler is having trouble with one of my breasts, but i'm slowly weening him off the nipple shield on the other one now! :smiliedance:

musicalmummy

14-05-2008, 14:42

well RM, i was surprised Tyler slept for about 7 hours last night!! Mind you, i couldn't sleep that much, because i kept hearing him snorting around too, just anticipating him waking up each time! LOL!

My boobs were really full this morning so i had to wake him at 8:30! he's been out again all morning, i wonder if it was the Barley Soup i made last that zonked him out?

Has anyone done any research on the food we eat and how it affects bubs after a breast feed??

I had my first coffee this morning, i wonder if that will keep him up in the day time? We shall soon see!

Hows everyone else going? We got anymore May Mummies joining us?

Also a quessie: What do you do when you breastfeed? Do you do it in the loungeroom infront of telly, or read a book, or just stare at bubs and make sure he's constantly sucking right?
Last night i fed for an hour long session, luckily we were watching Entourage so i was occupied!

my brady sleeps all day too. no matter what i do he won't stay awake.i've just put him on the bottle yesterday full time. we are trying a lactose free milk as he was really really windy with the other formula when i was supp feeding.

Hey May mums, Gald to see we now have a birth thread. I will try to pop in and chat everyday.

Jaylen is an angel so far lol tho im sure the devil in him will come out soon enough, he wakes to be fed once a night and settles straight back down and he feeds between every 3 to 4 hours during the day.

Breastfeeding is going really well, im loving every second of it and havent yet had any problems.

My first time bathing Jaylen was very scarey, his so tiny, i thought he was going to slip out of my hands but im now getting use to it.

We havent got a routine yet but im not too worried about that.

As for me im recoving well from my c section, im back driving and going for walks, im also started to get my tummy back woohoo.

HBP- to answer ur question, i feed while watching t.v, while im on the computer and while im just sitting in a chair staring at bubs.

my dd(now 15mths) was like your bub. slept so well, fed at good intervals, woke once at night. everyone kept being so negative and saying o you wait and see, she'll change. she never did. stil the same even now. :smiliedance:

doe sanyone know how to get rid of the ticker down the bottom?

Kayangel

15-05-2008, 07:15

Hey, hope all mums and bubs are doing great, atm im feeding bubs, eating breakfast and on here, arent mums great? we can do so many things at once.

HBP- Im using a nipple shield too as i have short nipples :o, do u find it annoying having to use one? i do as i can just wack out my boob and feed him, i have to make sure i have a shield clean but the midwife said i would only have to use it for a couple of weeks.

Dont worry about the flab, im sure we would all have it and with time it will go :thumbsup:.

musicalmummy- Hey, sorry i forget to say welcome to May mums and congrats on the birth of ur bubba. :laughing: maybe Jaylen wont turn into a devil after all, i guess i have to wait and see.

happybunnypony

15-05-2008, 08:42

Hey Musical Mummie, to get rid of the ticker you have to edit your signature in your control panel :) You can get a new one with your bubs growing age or whatever you like :)

Kayla: Yeah i find the nipple shield annoying sometimes, but i am also glad that i can use it, and that Tyler can latch onto it and get a good milk supply. I think having it has saved me getting so stressed about Breastfeeding, as that was one thing that was worrying me before i left hospital. So even though it's a little hassle, least i don't have to fumble for 30 minutes trying to get him to latch onto a sore boob which would put me in tears! Does that make sense? hehee

Tyler has slept really well for the past two nights, last night for almost 6 hours and the night before he slept for about 7 hours!!!... is this okay for a wee buba? He doesn't seem stressed or anything... i hope he keeps up the good sleeping!

Any other new may mummies in here yet?
:flowerz:

mirandaj

15-05-2008, 10:03

MusicalMummy: Hi, welcome.

Amanda: My c-section scar has an infection. The dr put me on antibiotics and it is healing slowly but very painful.

Re the nipple pain I had a really bad nipple that was cracked in hospital (even though the midwives assisted me with the attachment and said he was attached correctly!) and it didn�t heal when I got home. Once the child health nurse came to visit though she told me I was attaching a bit too far to the side and he was dragging on my nipple (bloody midwives who said it was ok). Once I changed the attachment slightly it healed. She also told me to rub a bit of breast milk on them at the end of the feed, which seems to work better than the nipple creams.

Amanda & Rynosmum: I hear what you are saying about explosive poos. Liam did one while on my lap and I was patting his bum. The nappy leaked and it went all over my leg and hand. I too have been feeding and changing him etc whilst in bed as it still hurts me to stand and bend etc. My quilt cover is filthy. I will get DH to change it today as it is his last day off.

Rynosmum: Sounds like my hospital experience. I had people barging in all the time at all hours of the day and night. The catering staff were the worst. They would just come in and then leave the door wide open when you are trying to feed. I had three people barge in on my while I was trying to do a number 2. They also lost my chart twice and accused me of loosing it, lost Liams chart once, gave me another babies chart once, and wrote some bottle feeds on Liams chart that happened before he was born and he is breastfed. I came home a day early to get away from it all.

I don�t think I will have to do anything special to make sure Liam doesn�t wake DH up crying in the night. DH sleeps through it.

HBP: Since DH took me to the DR and found out I have an infection he has been very helpful. He still gets a bit agro though when woken in the middle of the night. Hope you are going ok today with your DP back at work. I have tried breastfeeding while watching tv in the lounge room but find it distracts me to much and then I miss Liams signs of when he is finished, tired, needs burping etc, so am better off when I just watch him.

Kayla: Glad to hear you are going well. Sounds like you have had a speedy recovery if you are driving again. Just make sure you check your insurance policy.

Kayangel

15-05-2008, 12:31

Miranda- my insurance doesnt cover me for 6 weeks but i cant stand not getting out of the house so im back driving and im fine. Sorry to hear ur still in alot of pain :hugs:.

HBP- Tyler sounds like his sooo good, it must be lovely having 7 hours straight sleep, lucky u.
I know what u mean about the shields they do make things easyer.

For those who have boys have any of u been wet on yet? :laughing:

rynosmum

15-05-2008, 13:09

HBP and Kayla, you are so lucky that the nipple shields work for you. I have one very painful nipple crack so used a shield last night for S to feed through, the amount of milk she was getting was so much less than without the shield so I had to end up getting rid of it. She was so fussy and hungry. When I put her on without it this morning, she gulped the milk down so I guess I won't be using them:(

Kayla, if you are uninsured, you might want to check that your CTP insurance will still be valid? Would be shocking in case you did have an accident and not only were out of pocket for your repairs plus the other party's repairs but then also for their medical expenses etc too? Just be careful with that one.

musicalmummy

15-05-2008, 13:15

i once said something to a friend about my roll of fat on my belly, she said its not fat its your roll of honour!!:laughing:

happybunnypony

15-05-2008, 16:38

Hey Miranda
OOh i hope your infection heals soon... doesn't sound too good. I thought i had it bad with my sorness in my butt area, but i imagine the recovery from a C-sect is a heck of a lot worse!

Kayla: i haven't been wet on yet, but he's done a pee when i've been changing him... got it all over his clothes and himself! :o
I also read your birthstory... sounded full on. I bet you are glad it's all over now!

RM: Yar i would eventually like to not do it with the shield, i try each day, and sometimes Tyler takes it but othertimes he doesn't. I might call a Lactation consultant to come out, i think it will be worth the $$ :)

I had an emo day today, i called my mum and she's full of advice like 'don't get up to feed baby at 1:30am, make him cry it out, you have to get them into your routine blahblah' that really upset me. I don't want to let my baby cry it out, not yet anyways... he's still a newborn and i want to cuddle him if he's upset and feed him! Just because she's had 8 kids doesn't mean she's an expert,... even though she thinks she is!

I have to be cool about it, and i'm glad she has advice, but sometimes it really digs into me... because she's really old fashioned!

Anyways my parents are coming up for a visit tomorrow, which will be good, i'm just going to smile at mums advice and not get upset over it anymore. It's not worth it.

I'm struggling to get into housework today... i haven't really done much since before hospital, but now that DP is back at work i feel like i should get back into the swing of things too... don't really feel like it though, i just want to chill and take things easy still. Like watch TV and sit on internet! hahaa :laughing:

Kayangel

16-05-2008, 08:21

HBP- Why would ur mum tell u to let tyler cry in the middle of the night? having 8 kids herself she should no that babies need feeding in the middle of the night. I think u would have to be a very hard person to lay there and listern to ur baby cry, i could never do that, i always jump straight up. u r handling things the right way just smiling and not causing any problems.

rynosmum- I cant feed Jaylen without a shield he doesnt get anything. Thanks for ur advice, i will make sure im careful.

Questions: What year will u all be starting ur May babies in Kinder? i have to send Jaylens Kinder enrolment form off but i dont no what year i should be starting him? :confused:

happybunnypony

16-05-2008, 08:39

Kayla, my mum is old fashioned! She said she would only do it once at 1.30am (apparently in hospital in the olden days they used to make mums feed their babies at that time)
She said after the first night of not doing it, bubs sleeps through the rest of the nights! LOL who knows, i think it's been so long since she's had kids her memory is foggy!

OMG do we seriously have to consider kinder enrollment already? I don't even know where i am going to be settling when he's ready for kindy...:confused:

Miranda: i found the midwives were telling me in hospital i had attached right too, but on my last morning there a doctor told me it was all wrong! :( So who knows! It did seem to hurt a lot more when the midwives were doing it though!

rynosmum

16-05-2008, 09:11

Tyler has slept really well for the past two nights, last night for almost 6 hours and the night before he slept for about 7 hours!!!... is this okay for a wee buba? He doesn't seem stressed or anything... i hope he keeps up the good sleeping!

I'm with you on this one. I changed Siana's routine a little last night just by bringing her bedtime forward by an hour and keeping her up more in the afternoon. It was also her first night in her own cot and room. After a big feed, she went down to bed in her cot fine and needed minimal patting etc, was asleep within minutes. She has been consistent with 5+ hour night sleeps and did 7 hours straight last night (9:30 -> 4:30) I put her back down at 5 and she had another hour then too. My only problem was breasts so engorged I couldn't even roll over in bed:o but she fixed that soon after waking. All babies are different and their sleep patterns can change dramatically. S doesn't cry very much - I don't let her get to that level of frustration I guess - so I will get up even if she is grizzly. She is content to sleep the rest of the time though so I'm sure that the bubs would be telling us if it didn't suit them:laughing:

Amanda: My c-section scar has an infection. The dr put me on antibiotics and it is healing slowly but very painful.

How are you feeling today? Are the antibiotics working alright?

I know what you mean about the midwives...I'm just about to write up my birth story and although it had a beautiful ending, it wasn't the way I had planned which disappoints me a bit. The midwives at my birth wanted to do it 'their way' but not with guidance from my OB.....I feel a bit sad about it - probably hormonal :o

S's umbilical cord fell off yesterday - earlier than I had expected. I think we knocked it a few days back and for a few hours I thought an infection was coming as it was quite smelly. That cleared up though and today it is gone - will keep an eye on it just in case.

Well, after yesterday's successful outing, I'm thinking we might have another short stint today so off now. Ry is home today and we've been playing all morning - he is loving his little sister which helps so much. He has a real ability to settle her when she gets a little grizzly - it's so cute.

I'm sitting here yawning - I was only getting 3-5 hours sleep per night when I was pregnant and now I just got 7....why the heck am I tired???

Oh, and get this - I put on 19kgs:eek: with this pregnancy (I'm normally 66kgs) and only lost 5 at the birth. I've just lost 4 more kgs in the last 2 days - Hooray for breastfeeding :smiliedance: 10 more to go....ugh....

amandaw

16-05-2008, 12:46

Are you seriously sending in Kinder forms Kayla?????? Not even on the list of priorities (though annoyed I forgot to take the birth certificate/registration certificate with me today to get a mate from school to witness it, so can't send it off yet - and need to have it sent off before I can do all the centrelink ones :rolleyes: (that's a new rule from when Charlotte was born...ie the fact that you have to have the birth registered before the BB will be paid)

I know I will have to eventually do the let cry thing....but C was over 12 months before I could do that to her!! You lot need to stop bragging now - I was excited to get 6 1/2 hrs sleep in 2 lots (9.30-1 and then 2-5.15) and and then I read RM's post :hissy: - hopefully I'm doing the hard9er) yards now, so when he's sleeping beautifully I can say that it's the pay off then. Do have to laugh though - DH got 8 hrs sleep last night and he's back in bed having a nap now!

M lots his cord too yesterday - there was a little bit of blood (which i don't remember with C), so I think that we may have knocked it too - he's not at all disturbed by it though, so obviously not in pain.

In the weight department - not sure how much I actually weigh (but then didn't know at the start of pregnancy either - doc and ob both looked at me like a freak when I told them that...apparently 'normal' females are meant to be a bit weight pedantic or something :laughing:) but back into my pre-preggy size 10 shorts so definitely not complaining here!! Just not quite so into my usual fitted singlets...will need to actually do something before I get back into them (well something more than walking around the shops and then treating myself to one of the 7 million things I sustained from - had a large mega choc shake and subway on my first day out of hosital and nearly made myself sick :laughing:)

musicalmummy

16-05-2008, 14:00

weight....hmmm. i'm kinda alright with where i 'm at but wouldn't mind losing a little bit.

does anyone have trouble burping their bub?it took 40 minutes last night, in the end i said to dh i'm just guna wrap him and put him down. so i wrappd him, lifted him up then he did the biggest burp/little spew and went to sleep.

today we get the step kids for the weekend. the girl is 9, boy 17. i told dh that from now on they are to help with housework eg clean up after dinner, feed dog, get washing in. DSS uses about 4 towels on their fortnightly weekend visits, so i'l be putting a stop to that. boys ...!!
we bath DS at 730ish pm, usually (last yr)it was like bonding time with DSD as we'd go in our bed to eat chocolate and watch friday night live, while the boys watched footy. i hope i can fit that in still, but its usually DS grizzle time.

Kayangel

16-05-2008, 16:06

amandaw

16-05-2008, 19:18

does anyone have trouble burping their bub?it took 40 minutes last night, in the end i said to dh i'm just guna wrap him and put him down. so i wrappd him, lifted him up then he did the biggest burp/little spew and went to sleep.

Yep that's us - but DD was the same, so we just persevere....sometimes I do get frustrated and just put him down anyway...obviously he then does wake up, but burps and goes back down, so it can be less stressful for me...particularly if I'm tired and ready to sleep anyway!

And holy heck Kayla...hopefully some of that juts drops off you feeding!!! I sooo wouldn't have the motivation for that...I can't exercise for excercise sake (one of those people who completely waste a gym membership :laughing:) - it's got to be part of a team sport or whatever (did play indoor soccer until recently)...that's why it's lucky that I teach (Dance is my first teaching area) because it's incidental exercise...not something I have to think about!!

rynosmum

16-05-2008, 20:50

In the weight department.... but back into my pre-preggy size 10 shorts so definitely not complaining here!! Okay, now it's YOUR turn to stop bragging:p I can fit into my size 12 prepreg jeans but that's not saying too much for the muffin top I'm carrying - I guess that's where my extra 10 kgs is hiding at the moment.:o Anyway, you looked pretty amazing before you even left hospital! Here I was - just given birth, fluid like the Michelin man, catheter bag and all...and you already looked great!! Not fair - really!

Oh, and I must admit, I went for the Chocolate thickshake yesterday. I had about half of it and honestly almost threw up. No more!:laughing:

does anyone have trouble burping their bub? Not so much, S lets out little ripper burps! I have noticed though that sometimes I'll put her down and she'll wake up later, fuss and then if I pick her up it will come out then. Have you tried putting him on his tummy over your arm or leg and patting his back? A girlfriend of mine swears by that one.

Jaylen is being a little devil today, he didnt stop crying from about an hour and kept hurting me everytime i put him on my boobies, i was so close to giving him a dummy. Hi Kayla, I read your other post about the sore nipples - I've just been through the same thing and you are right, excruciating is the word! Have a check on my thread in the breastfeeding section too, some of the ladies gave me great advice. The best was literally to walk around for the day with boobies out and airing, although it looked a little odd, the difference was amazing.

You said that you hadn't been taught attachment, you might want to google it asap or talk to someone at the ABA. It's essential to get attachment right otherwise you can do some real damage (like I did).

The most important thing is to make sure bubs gets as much of the dark area around the nipple into their mouth as well as the nipple. I actually still shape it for S, essentially tickle her nose with the nipple itself until she opens her mouth wide, then flick it back into her mouth - that way she gets a good wide mouthful of breast.

Good luck - hopefully you can fix it sooner rather than later.:fingerscrossed:

musicalmummy

17-05-2008, 12:07

i burp him over my knee, put him on his tummy, lay him on his back then pick him up, put him over my shoulder, pat him, rub hand around in circles, stretch him(lol), pat his little belly, give him water and sometime sstill won't burp. so i think maybe he doesn' tneed to and is crying for more feed so give him more food then he :barf:entire lot up all over me.

i was so confident with my first, she was easy peasy, i cold read her cues easily, but i have lost all confidence with brady and feel absolutely hopeless.

rynosmum

17-05-2008, 13:09

MM, don't feel hopeless - all bubs are different and I think some can be read better than others.

This whole thing is a challenge though, I breastfed my son really well but am finding it tougher this time. I bought formula the other day as a backup, I never had to do that with him. I haven't used it - only because I'm adamant that I can get the breastfeeding to work but it's harder than I remember because it hurts more than I remember. Lactation consultants tell me I'm doing it right but it doesn't seem like it. My supply is lower on the painful side as well which is obviously because I haven't been using that side enough...so now I need to try and boost supply without stressing S out.

I don't think any of us could expect this to be easy going but it's the unexpected things like the burping or the feeding which are the most frustrating as you would think that they would be the easiest.

What I'm trying to say is don't be too tough on yourself - it's like learning all over again.:hugs:

amandaw

17-05-2008, 13:38

RM - Not sure if you want/need to go down this route yet (if it's only one the one side), but the lactation boosting cookies are magic - and taste good to boot :laughing: I'm suprised DH didn't start lactating with the number he shared with me last time...will go and hunt out the recipe

Kayla - The absolute best thing I brought last time were the Advent Isis Breast Shells (if you're not so game to go with RM's airing since you're still at home :laughing:).... They are hard plastic cups (with a ring backing with a hole for the nipple)....I actually brought them because the constant contact between clothes/breastpads and nipples was starting to do me in, but then had the added bonus of being able to collect milk as well - I'd throw one in on the opposite side when I started feeding and it would catch all the let down...while it's just the watery foremilk, it was an easy way to 'express' and could be added to other milk collected...and meant that i had to do a lot less expressing which I absolutely hated (mooooooooooooo) - and that meant that I could leave Charlotte with Dh/Mum/ whoever for an hour or 2 without the added stress of being needed desperately for feeding...anyway rant over, but the were about $18 from the chemist and may be worth a look

amandaw

17-05-2008, 13:50

Lactation Boosting Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip & Flaxseed Cookies �

(Makes 6 dozen)

� 1 cup butter
� 1 cup sugar
� 1 cup brown sugar
� 4 tablespoons water
� 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal*
� 2 large eggs
� 1 teaspoon vanilla
� 2 cups flour
� 1 teaspoon baking soda
� 1 teaspoon salt
� 3 cups oats
� 1 cup or more chocolate chips
� 2 tablespoons of brewers yeast* (be generous)

Preheat oven to 180 C

1. Mix together flaxseed meal and water, and set aside for 3-5 minutes.

2. Cream butter and sugar.

3. Add eggs one at a time, mix well.

4. Stir flaxseed mixture and add with vanilla to the butter mix. Beat until blended.

5. Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and chips. Add to butter mixture.

6. Stir in oats then chips.

7. Scoop or drop onto baking sheet, preferably lined with parchment. The dough is a little crumbly, so it helps to use a scoop. Will make approx 72

8. Bake 8-12 minutes, depending on size of cookies.

*can be found at any local health food store.
*NOTE* IT MUST BE BREWERS YEAST, NO SUBSTITUTIONS.

musicalmummy

17-05-2008, 15:25

Jaylen is being a little devil today, he didnt stop crying from about an hour and kept hurting me everytime i put him on my boobies, i was so close to giving him a dummy.

Regarding Kinder, yes Jaylen has already got his kinder enrolment form, that i have to send off asap to get the kinder i want.

As for weight im hoping to lose 20 to 30 kgs.

Jaylen also lost his cord yesturday afternoon!

how come you don't want to give a dummy?

Hey Miranda
OOh i hope your infection heals soon... doesn't sound too good. I thought i had it bad with my sorness in my butt area, but i imagine the recovery from a C-sect is a heck of a lot worse!

Kayla: i haven't been wet on yet, but he's done a pee when i've been changing him... got it all over his clothes and himself!
I also read your birthstory... sounded full on. I bet you are glad it's all over now!

RM: Yar i would eventually like to not do it with the shield, i try each day, and sometimes Tyler takes it but othertimes he doesn't. I might call a Lactation consultant to come out, i think it will be worth the $$

I had an emo day today, i called my mum and she's full of advice like 'don't get up to feed baby at 1:30am, make him cry it out, you have to get them into your routine blahblah' that really upset me. I don't want to let my baby cry it out, not yet anyways... he's still a newborn and i want to cuddle him if he's upset and feed him! Just because she's had 8 kids doesn't mean she's an expert,... even though she thinks she is!

I have to be cool about it, and i'm glad she has advice, but sometimes it really digs into me... because she's really old fashioned!

Anyways my parents are coming up for a visit tomorrow, which will be good, i'm just going to smile at mums advice and not get upset over it anymore. It's not worth it.

I'm struggling to get into housework today... i haven't really done much since before hospital, but now that DP is back at work i feel like i should get back into the swing of things too... don't really feel like it though, i just want to chill and take things easy still. Like watch TV and sit on internet! hahaa

UGH housework. i know they say to not worry but how do you not when it gets so messy.

Are you seriously sending in Kinder forms Kayla?????? Not even on the list of priorities (though annoyed I forgot to take the birth certificate/registration certificate with me today to get a mate from school to witness it, so can't send it off yet - and need to have it sent off before I can do all the centrelink ones (that's a new rule from when Charlotte was born...ie the fact that you have to have the birth registered before the BB will be paid)

I know I will have to eventually do the let cry thing....but C was over 12 months before I could do that to her!! You lot need to stop bragging now - I was excited to get 6 1/2 hrs sleep in 2 lots (9.30-1 and then 2-5.15) and and then I read RM's post - hopefully I'm doing the hard9er) yards now, so when he's sleeping beautifully I can say that it's the pay off then. Do have to laugh though - DH got 8 hrs sleep last night and he's back in bed having a nap now!

M lots his cord too yesterday - there was a little bit of blood (which i don't remember with C), so I think that we may have knocked it too - he's not at all disturbed by it though, so obviously not in pain.

In the weight department - not sure how much I actually weigh (but then didn't know at the start of pregnancy either - doc and ob both looked at me like a freak when I told them that...apparently 'normal' females are meant to be a bit weight pedantic or something :laughing:) but back into my pre-preggy size 10 shorts so definitely not complaining here!! Just not quite so into my usual fitted singlets...will need to actually do something before I get back into them (well something more than walking around the shops and then treating myself to one of the 7 million things I sustained from - had a large mega choc shake and subway on my first day out of hosital and nearly made myself sick :laughing:)

men...hey think its ok to sleep all day hey!!

i'm trying to figure out how people quote from lots of peoples messages.??:confused:

musicalmummy

17-05-2008, 15:27

nearly figured it out but each tim ei try to quote HBP it ends up on the same page not underneath her quote IYKWIM

amandaw

17-05-2008, 18:54

MM- it should work by just typing outside the [quote] brackets....you managed it for the other 2 so not sure what the deal is there????.....also if you only want to respond to part of a persons quote, you just delete out the parts you don't want, making sure that the quote brackets stay

c'mon c'mon c'mon - keep checking back in to see if there's any news from V or Cassie or one of our other August Mummies who's also in labour...surely someone's got to crack soon :p...if V had Cameron between 5 and 6pm, he was born into one hell of a storm out this way!! Lucky she had planned candles :laughing: (didn't quite get to the stage of losing power, but only about 5m visibility outdoors and lots of flickering lights and TV, so not sure we were too far off it)

happybunnypony

18-05-2008, 10:27

rynosmum

18-05-2008, 13:09

RM - Not sure if you want/need to go down this route yet (if it's only one the one side), but the lactation boosting cookies are magic - and taste good to boot :laughing:

Mmmm very nice - I'll head out and get the ingredients this week. My supply seems okay now, she's getting it all over her :o and slowly the breastfeeding is getting more comfortable but anything that will boost supply has to be good :-) Thank you!

holy moly
Tylers good nighttime sleeping stint didn't last forever :(

Oh bugger HBP - that's not what I wanted to hear!!!:laughing: Siana seems to be going through a bit of a growth spurt and wanting constant feeding too (don't tell Amanda but she did actually wake every 4 hours last night:rolleyes:). Not every 45 minutes though - that would be doing my head in too.

The only things I can think of are milk supply - can you hand express easily enough or can you see the milk pooling as you feed? or even hear him getting some good swallows in?

When he feeds, is he trying to fill his belly or does he need something to comfort suck? Sometimes S gets frustrated - she's not hungry but needs something to suck to fall off to sleep. She doesn't love a dummy so she gets my thumb on those odd occasions.

Could he be getting cold at night? He might wake up because of that?

Sorry, I'm not much use but hopefully one of these things may help?:hugs:

amandaw

18-05-2008, 13:58

All good suggestions made by RM (particularly the cold thing...it's meant to get down to 6 tonight, so make sure everyone's snuggly and warm!) Last night they may have been a bit spooked by the wind and rain also - we had C up at 4.30 this morning (:rolleyes: groan....not that I got her out of her cot till 5.30) and I think it was just the wind moving doors etc in the house

My only other piece of advice (and a sucky one at that and one that I'm not great at taking myself) is ride with it :dizzy: While it doesn't sound particularly appealing, if they're not going to settle, then they're not going to settle and we might have to ride with that for a few weeks...meaning, have something to do (even if it's just reading/sitting on here/in front of TV) while they're up, and then use any sleep time during the day for you to have a rest too...doesn't sound entirely appealing I know, but at least that way you're sort of rested and better able to cope with the bad nights (I was in bed at 8 last night and got till 11.30 in as solid sleep - lucky because it was **** from 12.30 to 5 and then C was up :rolleyes: ARG!)

musicalmummy

18-05-2008, 14:34

holy moly
Tylers good nighttime sleeping stint didn't last forever :(

The last two nights he's been terribly restless and noisy. He was wanting feeds every 45 minutes... i just didn't know how to settle him... He's soo awake and alert at night, i was in tears by morning time :(

now this morning he's still quite unsettled :hair: feeds until he's asleep then cries when i put him down boohoo

sorry for rant.... does anyone have any help for what i should do?

don't worry, brady is the same. he's a great day time sleeper, i have trouble to even get him to wake up for feeds during the day. but once 11pm hits he's suddenly grouchy, whingy, windy, and won't sleep unless on me. its so tiring.i can't have a day time nap cos dd15mths is up, and when she's asleep he's awake. :hair:

musicalmummy

18-05-2008, 14:35

Kayangel

18-05-2008, 16:48

Hey everyone :wave:, hope u all had a good day? Today Jaylen and i went down to the dog club i go to and let my doggies run, bubs got to enjoy some nice sun after it pouring rain all day and night yesturday then Jaylen and i went shopping, i brought Jaylen some new clothes some smaller sizes 00000's as none of his 0000 outfits fit. On saturday bubs and i went to a pregnancy and babies expo which was alot of fun, there was so much information.

musicalmummy- I have nothing against dummys at all, i just dont think Jaylen needs one but if he ever does then i will give him one, i have a couple of NUK dummys on hand for him.

rynosmum- Thanks heaps for ur advice regarding the sore nipples, i let my boobies get some air and things are back to normal - no more sore boobs yay!

amanda- Thanks for that recipe, i will get the ingredients and make it up this week :thumbsup:.

HBP- Sorry to hear tyler woke every 45 mintures last night, i would also be crying. My fingers r crossed that u both get a better nights sleep tonight.

happybunnypony

18-05-2008, 16:56

Thanks guys!
Well i'm glad to hear i'm not the only one going through this! hehee even though when you have a grumpy baby it feels like everyone else has angels!

RM: mmmm I wonder if it is my milk supply with the nipple shield? I am going to express some today and if he's heaps unsettled after a feed give him a top up from the expressed stuff.

Amanda: yeah it could of been because of the crazy windy night... how weird was the weather!? We could hardly sleep because of the outside noise too!
Yeah i think it will be a matter of riding it out too. Lack of sleep is killing me, if i could get comfy in the couch to feed and sleep i might do that... least then it would help DP get sleep!

MM: yeah a midnight help chat sounds great! I try to stay in the bedroom at night and feed him there but it's pretty boring i find! haha and i['m soo sleepy too, i just keep hoping this is the last time i will have to get up for him, but it never is!

amandaw

19-05-2008, 07:05

Sorry - just a random pity post (no need for anyone to take notice - just need to whinge for a change:rolleyes:)

We're doing really well here - 2 weeks old and Mitchell has a cold!! :dizzy: Seezing, coughing, snuffles, blocked nose...the lot...and there's absolutes stuff all you can do with them at this stage!! He was sooooo unsettled for 5 hrs straight last night...so much so that I even went out in my Pj's and drove randomly round the streets with him (kept having this vision on me being pulled over and just handing a screaming baby out the window to the police :laughing:)...all to no avail!! Made DH go and sleep in the spare bed (which is in M's room, but he;s in ours at the moment, and I didn't want to go down there because it's next door to C's room and the last thing we needed was both of them up!!) because it's his first day back at work today , so he really needed the sleep

Anyway - he's asleep now (:hissy:) and I've actually managed to start some housework, so hopefully it'll be a better day...anywho - pity post over...feeling better already ;)

rynosmum

19-05-2008, 07:51

Argh.....my lovely sleep and boasting ability is gone!!!:hissy:

I thought I was doing the right thing last night by waking her at 9pm for a top up feed. Well she then had a sore tummy, a couple of dirty nappies and was just generally unsettled until 12. Then we had a wake-up at 3 ('til 4) and 6. What the????

Amanda, driving around in the middle of the night....heck, you must have been desperate. Poor you and poor little M.:hugs:

Kayla, great to hear the airing worked!:yes:

happybunnypony

19-05-2008, 11:58

YUP i'm feelin the same way = no sleep!

Amanda: oh dear a cold already! not good. i feel your pain! I haven't done the drive in the middle of the night yet, i hope i don't get to that stage. Last night i just sat alone in the darkness of the loungeroom to calm Tyler down before bringing him into bed with us. I still couldn't sleep but least it calmed him down.

The doctor thinks he could be overstimulated during the day and that keeps him up at night? Who knows. We have had visitors practically everday since we had Tyler and i can't believe i'm saying it, but i'm kinda over them! LOL I just want to get into a routine with bubs because in the long run it's just going to be us.

I'm also thinking of making a rule to have no visitors after 6pm... and that they don't stay too long too. Some peeps just want to hang around forever and i find it really draining.

Kayla: wow sounds like you guys had a great day out! I saw the dog walk on TV and would of loved to take our dog, but the thought of doing that with bubs was too exhausting! haha
By the way, are you living by yourself or with your parents? I hope you have someone nearby to help you with Jaylen when you need it.

Ryno: it's hard to know if you should wake sleeping bubs or not sometimes!! ooh what to do!

Has V8 had her bubs yet? spose i should check out the old May threads!

musicalmummy

19-05-2008, 12:40

We're doing really well here - 2 weeks old and Mitchell has a cold!! :dizzy: Seezing, coughing, snuffles, blocked nose...the lot...and there's absolutes stuff all you can do with them at this stage!! He was sooooo unsettled for 5 hrs straight last night...so much so that I even went out in my Pj's and drove randomly round the streets with him (kept having this vision on me being pulled over and just handing a screaming baby out the window to the police :laughing:)...all to no avail!! Made DH go and sleep in the spare bed (which is in M's room, but he;s in ours at the moment, and I didn't want to go down there because it's next door to C's room and the last thing we needed was both of them up!!) because it's his first day back at work today , so he really needed the sleep

Anyway - he's asleep now and I've actually managed to start some housework, so hopefully it'll be a better day...anywho - pity post over...feeling better already

pity post understood.my dd just got over hand foot mouth, i hope ds don't get it.
isn't it funny, mags say to sleep rather than housework, but i would do house work first.

Argh.....my lovely sleep and boasting ability is gone!!!

I thought I was doing the right thing last night by waking her at 9pm for a top up feed. Well she then had a sore tummy, a couple of dirty nappies and was just generally unsettled until 12. Then we had a wake-up at 3 ('til 4) and 6. What the????

Amanda, driving around in the middle of the night....heck, you must have been desperate. Poor you and poor little M.:hugs:

Kayla, great to hear the airing worked!:yes:

have you tried the dream feed?i used to do it with dd, was wonderful. but ds...nup. he will not drink in his sleep. bugger!!

Hey everyone :wave:, hope u all had a good day? Today Jaylen and i went down to the dog club i go to and let my doggies run, bubs got to enjoy some nice sun after it pouring rain all day and night yesturday then Jaylen and i went shopping, i brought Jaylen some new clothes some smaller sizes 00000's as none of his 0000 outfits fit. On saturday bubs and i went to a pregnancy and babies expo which was alot of fun, there was so much information.

musicalmummy- I have nothing against dummys at all, i just dont think Jaylen needs one but if he ever does then i will give him one, i have a couple of NUK dummys on hand for him.

rynosmum- Thanks heaps for ur advice regarding the sore nipples, i let my boobies get some air and things are back to normal - no more sore boobs yay!

amanda- Thanks for that recipe, i will get the ingredients and make it up this week :thumbsup:.

HBP- Sorry to hear tyler woke every 45 mintures last night, i would also be crying. My fingers r crossed that u both get a better nights sleep tonight.

00000 how tiny!! ds in 0000, and bonds are 000.

YUP i'm feelin the same way = no sleep!

.

The doctor thinks he could be overstimulated during the day and that keeps him up at night?

my ds wakes at night but sleeps all day, so definately not over stimulated here.

i'm so tired i thought i'd have a nap...then he woke up. now he's sleep in my arms.

is anyone else still teary or am i abnormal?

Kayangel

19-05-2008, 17:37

Jaylen had his 2 week check up at the health centre this morning, his going great everything is normal and his put on a excellect amount of weight, his now 6 pounds 7 oz's.

amanda- Poor Mitchell, im so sorry to hear he has a cold, i hope he gets better soon, my nearly 2 year old niece has a cold so im keeping Jaylen away till its gone. I hope u and M both get a better nights sleep tonight.

HBP- I live at home with my mum and my 2 older brothers, my mum is a big help its so wonderful having a pair of extra hands. I know what u mean about vistors im so over it too.

MM- Nope, im not teary! i have never been more happier in all my life. I love being a mummy!

musicalmummy

19-05-2008, 18:27

yep i love it too but for some reason i keep crying. today i've been ok. its late at night when i'm alone and feel helpless when poor brady is crying.

i think brady needs bigger nappy's, he keepwetting through his.

Kayangel

20-05-2008, 07:25

MM- I have the same problem, Jaylen wets though his nappies sometimes at night, im using huggies newborn nappies but he wouldnt be too big for them. As for crying its totally normal, a mother gets very stressed having to listern to her baby cry and not be able to do anything.

happybunnypony

20-05-2008, 08:23

MM: don't worry about the crying. I have found i did it a fair bit after coming home from hospital.. .mostly in the middle of the night when Tyler couldn't be settled :(
I think it's a combination of hormones, not enough sleep and well having to deal with a newborn. :hugs:

Hopefully i'll have a few days to myself till the end of the week! Should be visitor free until saturday! :smiliedance: LOL! Sounds mean, but everyone has come in the daytime and wants to stay for hours and hours and i haven't had a chance to get anything done around the house! AND also work on a routine for bubs! I think that's really important at the moment!

Hows everyone else doing?

I'm changing up a bit and putting Tyler in his Cot in the daytime so he gets more used to it, rather than have him out in the loungeroom with me. Does anyone else do this?

musicalmummy

20-05-2008, 08:57

yep brady is in cot during the day. i actually trialled him in there last night and i slept on the lounge in there. he slept better. so wil do it again tonight to make sure its not a fluke.

does anyone bottle feed?i do and i was wondering if those that do if hubby ever does it? i was tryin to get sleep last night and dh couldn't even offer to feed brady. i know he has to work in the day, but i've got 2 babies to care for and feel i can't even do that properly due to lack of sleep. is that selfish?

Kayangel

20-05-2008, 09:41

regarding where bubs sleep - Jaylen has been sleeping in his cot in his nursery both day and night but yesturday i brought a bassinet so i will be putting Jaylen in that to sleep of a day and sleeping him in his cot of a night.

PrincessJasmine

20-05-2008, 10:43

Ahh... so this is where you're all lurking now! The rest of us are hanging out to join you. Vee and Cassie will be joining you soon with their new bubba's, and Bel will be the next to have her little bundle. Sounds like you're all doing reasonably well, apart from sleep deprivation!

Just wanted to put my 2 cents in....having baby sleep in a bassinette near you during the day is a good idea. They soon get used to household noises and learn that at night things are quiet. I'll be wheeling our bassinette into the loungeroom during the day.

rynosmum

20-05-2008, 12:18

MM, about the hormones etc. Not to say that first bubs are easier but with your first bub, you can dedicate so much time to them. With your second, you are constantly trying to balance time with both of the kids and you don't get to focus 100% on your newborn. It makes things so much more difficult so I'm not surprised that you are getting a bit teary. The times when I feel my worst are when my son wants my attention and I can't give it to him 100% as I'm settling/feeding Siana. I've tried to do more things with him whilst she's sleeping and also to take her out into the garden in the afternoon so he can run around and play whilst I'm there too so that is helping a bit.

My husband doesn't get up in the night, never has and probably never will, not even when I go back to work. Then again, I am hoping to get a nap in about 1/2 an hour when Ry goes down for a sleep so I try and balance it with that. I can't expect him to be the breadwinner on minimal sleep, even though sometimes it would be nice.

Siana was up at 12 and then again at 3:30 last night. She is more alert now and hasn't slept since 7am but went down about lunchtime - hopefully she'll sleep better tonight?:confused:

Her umbilical cord is still crusting with a little bit of blood (even the the cord came away a few days back). I took her to the Dr yesterday who says that there is no infection and to bathe it in salt water - I just freak out every time I see the blood.:(

Cindye, S is asleep in her cot now. I actually let her sleep in different areas. Cot during the night then rocker, bassinet or cot during the day, depending on what suits (even her capsule if we are out and then she falls asleep in it by the time we get home). Ry could always sleep anywhere - he's still the same - so I want to get her to be pretty flexible too.

Yay for no more visitors for a few days - although they mean well, I know what you mean!:yes:

amandaw

20-05-2008, 12:30

Mitchell will sleep everywhere and anywhere during the day - it's just the nights!!! I found it really useful last time that Charlotte wasn't in too much of a routine so that she didn't have issues when we wanted to do something - Mitchell will sleep in his rocker, on a mattress on the floor, capsual, pram and bassinett so far, so all's good there.....we don't yet have the cot up, because we're still trying to decide whether or not to move C to a big bed, so M can have her cot in a few weeks (and hopefully by then he'll be more settled since their rooms are side by side) or whether to put up the extra cot we've been given (but I'll still wait due to the closeness thing)

And yep PJ - we're here, but I think everyone whose over here has been flitting back and foward anyway...just lots of people who haven't made it back on since bubs arrived

Kayla - obviously doing well to have put on nearly a pd in 2 weeks :yelclap: I didn't take M down last week, but will this week, more for interests sake than anything else

and MM - tears are definitely less than last time, but taht wouldn't be too hard. Sleep deprivation is an absolute killer and you do feel so hopeless in the middle of the night, especially trying to keep bubs quite enough to let the other family members sleep. I know my DH is a real grumpy bum when he's tired, so I was really paranoid last time, and did felt guilty waking DH, but ypour man does need to know that you need some help. Maybe you do just need to ask him.... have an agreement as to which feed he will so...that way he should still get a solid 6-8 hrs behind him (I would always still wake first when DD creied, but I'd just prod DH until he moved and he always did eventually :laughing:)

Oh and i'm definitely of the opinion of never waking a sleeping baby (that's alright...mine don't sleep anyway :laughing:).. with C, I was waking her to feed and the health nurse actually asked me how I ever epected her to be able to go long stretches (6-8 hrs, then eventually overnight) if I was teaching her to disturb her sleep?......Makes sense really, though a total contridiction to much of what you'll read.....she was good at the dream feed though, so that did help if I wanted to do a top up before I went to bed in the hope that she wouldn't wake

And RM - I know you have Ryan's b'day to organise, but do you think after that, and once V8's settled and back on line, that you'd be up for a Brissie meet?? HBP and I are (and not sure who else is a Brissie mum???)

Kayangel

20-05-2008, 15:55

PJ- :wave:

rynosmum- Is It true that babies shouldnt be left in capsules too long? I always worry about how long Jaylen has been in his capsule for.

amanda- The health centre nurse was shocked at how much weight he had put on!

Sorry gotta run bubs crying!

rynosmum

20-05-2008, 16:22

rynosmum- Is It true that babies shouldnt be left in capsules too long? I always worry about how long Jaylen has been in his capsule for.

I'm not sure - it certainly doesn't look comfortable and I make sure her head is straight up, not bent on the side. I wouldn't use it all the time but if she's comfy in it and gets an extra half hour of sleep on the odd occasion then I don't think it would do any harm.

Oh, and Amanda..absolutely - sounds great :D

20-05-2008, 20:47

c'mon c'mon c'mon - keep checking back in to see if there's any news from V or Cassie or one of our other August Mummies who's also in labour...surely someone's got to crack soon :p...if V had Cameron between 5 and 6pm, he was born into one hell of a storm out this way!! Lucky she had planned candles :laughing: (didn't quite get to the stage of losing power, but only about 5m visibility outdoors and lots of flickering lights and TV, so not sure we were too far off it)

Yep was in labour at the time, it was awesome!! Roaring outside and i was certainly roaring inside the house too! The midwife and doula arrived just before it all started to get wild and crazy! And yeah the candles were good lucky we didn't lose power though!

Just wanted to give a run down of the last few days.

Cameron pretty much just feeds and sleeps and when he's awake he just looks around, seems very content which is a total change from Josh. I am finding i can't sleep cause i have so many thoughts racing through my mind, and cant switch off, even though bubs is sleeping and i should be aswell! LOL So am only tired cause of that. We went out to the shops today with the boys and it was pretty hectic, but Cameron really was fine, just had to feed him a few times on the go. When he got in the car he was crying and Joshy said, mummy tell baby stop screaming! It was so cute and funny! But then on the way home Joshy was holding Cameron's hand in the carseat, it was too cute. Cameron only cried while getting in and then he was fine, he also only really cries when he gets his nappy changed. Otherwise, he doesn't really cry much, i think i just respond to him before he gets too upset anyways which is good.

Ok, i think i have blabbed enough, i have to make our bed as i finally washed the sheets after i gave birth on them! lol There wasn't any stains though thankfully! But yeah, have the midwife coming around tomorrow to chat about the birth and check on Cameron and i need to catch up on more housework, thankfully after we did a big lot of shopping today that's one less thing i have to worry about for another week or so. :D

Hi to everyone else! Lovely reading about how everyone is going with the new little bundles!

20-05-2008, 21:01

And RM - I know you have Ryan's b'day to organise, but do you think after that, and once V8's settled and back on line, that you'd be up for a Brissie meet?? HBP and I are (and not sure who else is a Brissie mum???)

Just saw this message too, sounds like a great idea once things are settled :D

Also not sure if anyone has had a look, but i do have a link in the announcement thread to a whole heap of pics of my homebirth if you wanna check it out. :)

musicalmummy

21-05-2008, 07:59

[quote=V8;2671884]Otherwise, he doesn't really cry much, i think i just respond to him before he gets too upset anyways which is good.

i was like that with my dd and plan to be like it with my ds when i can. sometiems its harder cos i changing dd's napy or something.
anyway what i wanted to say was wen my dh's parents were stayin with us a few days last year FIL says o you alwasy rush to that baby don't you, never give her time to cry, and relly mocking the fact that i was molly coddlin her. i justified it with well i want her to grow up knowing her needs will be met and she will feel secure.this year they stayed in our house to look after dd while we were on our honey moon and they said out of 6 grandkids she is the best and easiest cos she's happy to be on hown, not demanding etc. i put it down to running to her every cry.:yelclap:

happybunnypony

21-05-2008, 10:01

Hey Vee! Good to have you here! Congrats on the birth of Cameron! :yelclap: I'll have to look at the old thread for pics of the birth! I can't wait to hear about your birthing experience too!

Kayla: yeah we read that it wasn't good to keep bubsin capsule for too long also... i think because there is that slight curve in the seat... but as long as he's okay it should be fine.

Hey PJ :wave:

MM: Yeah many parents seem to want bubs to cry it out! LOL! i'm finding my feet still and figuring out what i want to do, but i think getting to bubs before he's frantic is a great idea.

Tyler was a hungry boy last night, he fed almost every hour from 6 to 11pm.. and was quite unsettled... then when we were in bed he woke up every 2 hours! LOL! I'm getting used to the night time feeds though, it's not too bad, it's much easier now that i'm starting to feel better and can move around more (previously it was hard as my butt was soo sore! haha)

Kayangel

21-05-2008, 17:07

Vee- :wave: Good to see u in here. Congrats on the birth of Cameron. Im off to find the pics of ur birth.

HBP- Do u have a capsule for tyler?

happybunnypony

21-05-2008, 17:35

vee: i couldn't find your link to your photos, can you post it in here too please? i'd love to see them!

Kayla: yeah i have a capsule that we take out of the car, he slept really well it in when we first came home from hospy, but after i read that, i decided to not keep him in it too long..

He loves his swing that rocks though, i put him in that in the morning when he's awake and it sends him to sleep.

Just wondering, do you guys put your bubs down when they are awake after a feed, or do you wait until they are asleep either at the boob or by rocking then put them down?

Kayangel

22-05-2008, 09:02

HBP- I have the safe and sound capsule, i try not to keep him in it too long but i find i have so much to do out so its hard but he sleeps great in it so i guess its not doing him harm.

To answer ur question- I put Jaylen down when his awake so he learns to put his self to sleep.

rynosmum

22-05-2008, 10:51

Just wondering, do you guys put your bubs down when they are awake after a feed, or do you wait until they are asleep either at the boob or by rocking then put them down?

If it's later than 8pm or before 6:30am or around 11am I'll feed her or rock her to sleep but if it's during the morning or afternoon, I generally put her in her rocker, on the playmat etc whilst she is still awake. As she starts to tire, I'll move her somewhere to sleep.

She's sleeping well during the night again (last night 9pm - 4am) so the current routine is working well for us. She is truly awake from about 6:30am - 10am when I try to get her out of the house for a while, then will generally be in deep sleep from 11am - 2pm. At 3pm, we'll be in the yard or at the park with DS so she's generally awake then until 6, snoozy through until about 8pm (although she loves her relaxing bath at that time), then down to bed anywhere from 8:30 - 9:30 after a big feed.

She won't dream feed which is a bugger so she has to be fully awake before she will feed. During the day, I will wake her if I think she needs to be fed but not at night. She doesn't cry when she wakes, just starts snuffling a lot which is a pre-cursor to the grizzly hungry cry.

A more post-partum question to you all - if it's not TMI, how is your post-partum bleeding going? Mine was all but finished but came back two days ago. I don't have any pain so don't think it's an issue but find it amazing that after I have a 'gush' :barf:, the next day, my stomach is smaller again so it appears to be the last of the uterus contracting. I'm back to looking like someone who has a few kgs to lose (which I do) rather than someone with a preggy tummy which is great - just wondering though, how long will this go for? I honestly can't remember how long I had it for after the birth of DS?:confused:

Also not sure if anyone has had a look, but i do have a link in the announcement thread to a whole heap of pics of my homebirth if you wanna check it out. :) I saw it the day you posted:D Awesome birth story and fantastic photos!! You did so wonderfully well!:thumbsup:

PrincessJasmine

22-05-2008, 11:39

Sorry to bother you new mums....Kayla, would you like PM me your number so you can announce my birth/labour? My net is going to be down until after the baby is born, as of Monday so I wont be able to let you know when baby arrives.

RM, would you like to PM your number as a backup? I know Kayla that you're usually not online Sundays so if baby comes on a Sunday I'll PM RM (if she's interested) but any other day the honour of announcing will go to Kayla....hope thats ok with everyone and makes sense...again sorry to hijack the 'new mums' thread. There just isn't much action in the 'due in' section the last few days.

I hope all the mums bubbas are doing really well :flowerz:, hopefully I'll be joining you very soon. Something tells me I'm going to be overdue though....

rynosmum

22-05-2008, 12:10

RM, would you like to PM your number as a backup? I know Kayla that you're usually not online Sundays so if baby comes on a Sunday I'll PM RM (if she's interested) but any other day the honour of announcing will go to Kayla....hope thats ok with everyone and makes sense...

Fine by me PJ!:yes:

If on Sunday, I'll post but any other day, Kayla will do it.

I don't mind who does it - let's just get this bubba out!!:p:hugs:

I'll PM you now.

22-05-2008, 12:24

Hey Vee! Good to have you here! Congrats on the birth of Cameron! :yelclap: I'll have to look at the old thread for pics of the birth! I can't wait to hear about your birthing experience too!

Vee- :wave: Good to see u in here. Congrats on the birth of Cameron. Im off to find the pics of ur birth.

Thanks sweetie!

vee: i couldn't find your link to your photos, can you post it in here too please? i'd love to see them!

Link to my birth story (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=179237)

Link to my pics (http://vee81.spaces.live.com/)

Rynosmum - I am on day 5 now i guess PP and the bleeding has really slowed down and i feel the same as you like there is no more uterus left, my tummy is much smaller today. The pains on feeding were horrid though, took heaps of panadol for that.

Kayla - I need a basinette or something too, something to go into the cot to put Cam in for naps, he has been sleeping in the rocker this morning and slept for quite a while.

Had a few unsettled nights and last night was terribly hard with Josh aswell and we both ended up in tears, felt like a very bad mummy, but all is good today, just getting used to it all.

musicalmummy

22-05-2008, 12:53

i'm trying to put him down awake and with no props as thats hw dd learnt to go to sleep. he likes cuddles though,and cos he has bad wind pain it often keeps him up.so then by my constant rubbing of his back he falls asleep while bringing up wind.

musicalmummy

22-05-2008, 12:55

If it's later than 8pm or before 6:30am or around 11am I'll feed her or rock her to sleep but if it's during the morning or afternoon, I generally put her in her rocker, on the playmat etc whilst she is still awake. As she starts to tire, I'll move her somewhere to sleep.

She's sleeping well during the night again (last night 9pm - 4am) so the current routine is working well for us. She is truly awake from about 6:30am - 10am when I try to get her out of the house for a while, then will generally be in deep sleep from 11am - 2pm. At 3pm, we'll be in the yard or at the park with DS so she's generally awake then until 6, snoozy through until about 8pm (although she loves her relaxing bath at that time), then down to bed anywhere from 8:30 - 9:30 after a big feed.

She won't dream feed which is a bugger so she has to be fully awake before she will feed. During the day, I will wake her if I think she needs to be fed but not at night. She doesn't cry when she wakes, just starts snuffling a lot which is a pre-cursor to the grizzly hungry cry.

A more post-partum question to you all - if it's not TMI, how is your post-partum bleeding going? Mine was all but finished but came back two days ago. I don't have any pain so don't think it's an issue but find it amazing that after I have a 'gush' :barf:, the next day, my stomach is smaller again so it appears to be the last of the uterus contracting. I'm back to looking like someone who has a few kgs to lose (which I do) rather than someone with a preggy tummy which is great - just wondering though, how long will this go for? I honestly can't remember how long I had it for after the birth of DS?:confused:

I saw it the day you posted:D Awesome birth story and fantastic photos!! You did so wonderfully well!:thumbsup:

is that the gush feeling?the uterus?

AdysonsMummy

22-05-2008, 13:40

22-05-2008, 14:02

Hey Adysons mummy. :wave: I had my second bub 5 days ago at home, going quite well so far, a few hiccups which is to be expected.

I am so stoked today Cameron's poo's are getting more sloppy and yellowy! It's a good sign that my boobs are working and he's getting what he needs! Last time i had no idea about that sort of thing, i just want to feel more confident breastfeeding this time around.

We seem to be having some unsettled times though at night, through the day he's fine, he doesn't really have much awake time, but later at night he seems to want to feed on and off for about 5 hours, he'll scream and want to get back on and get off and on and off and on, i don't think it's wind and we try to wrap him, pat him, rock him but he just wants boob. So i've been putting him to the boob but it is quite exhausting at the hour of night he does it, i don't mind if he does it at an earlier hour. This is the only time he's unsettled though mostly he just feeds and sleeps quite contently. Is anyone else getting this? I just wanna know if i'm doing the right thing. With Joshy he was a windy baby, but Cam doesn't seem to be at all, and Josh was just a constant screamer, at least Cam is content most of the day so i can handle it, it was just hard last night when i was feeding and Joshy wanted this and that and only wanted mummy to do it, poor thing. So i found that hard, and the night before when Cam had his feeding frenzy it was from 11pm to 5am, so i only had about 3 hours sleep yesterday, but 8pm i completely lost it and had a meltdown and so did Josh, was not pleasant. Managed to get DH to hold Cam for an hour while i slept and it made it ok to get through the night of unsettledness he eventually settled last night at 1:30am after being grizzly since 8pm. SO yeah this is the only time he's really unsettled it's just hard to hear them cry and think am i doing the right thing? YK?

Sorry that was long. I have a headache should go and try and sleep while bubs is napping.

musicalmummy

22-05-2008, 14:08

Hi all,

Would love to introduce myself and bubs.

New first time mummy to Adyson born 6 May 2008. 2 Weeks and 2 days of "Oh mi god!, what possessed me to do this!"

I had a c-section, due to xrays showing bubs was too big to fit through my pelvis, and she would have broken my coxic bone had I had a normal delivery!

Recouperating slowly, hard without good sleep....

Nice to meet you all....;)

welcome!!:yelclap:
hw big was bub?mine was nearly 9pd. i have the softening of the levic ligaments throghout my pregnanct which was painful but in teh end a god send cos dr said if i didn't then i'd had to have had cesarean cos he so big.
sleep would be great!!

AdysonsMummy

22-05-2008, 15:32

welcome!!:yelclap:
hw big was bub?mine was nearly 9pd. i have the softening of the levic ligaments throghout my pregnanct which was painful but in teh end a god send cos dr said if i didn't then i'd had to have had cesarean cos he so big.
sleep would be great!!

:wave:

Adyson was 7pound 4ounces. I also had the pelvic softening and was having physio 2-3 times a week since feb. I also had severe morning sickness up until delivery.... Now I can eat normal again!!!! :smiliedance:. My pregnacy was a nightmare. I ended up in hospital because I lost 5kgs in a week!

We live in Brisbane, while all family lives in Sth Aust. I have been feelign a little isolated and lonely, even though my husband has been fantastic! Great to have people to chat to.:ecomcity:

I am currently have breastfeeding probs. Sore nipples. Adyson has small mouth and we never learned to latch properly in hospital. And due to it being freezing at night, I have been expressing and giving bottles through the night. I would love to succeed in breastfeeding long term, so today I'm about to try nipple shields! Cross my fingers...:fingerscrossed:

happybunnypony

22-05-2008, 16:38

Hey Vee; we have had similar with Tyler, unsettled for ages and wanting boob, will feed for while, then pull of, cry and want it again! :rolleyes: This goes on for an hour, he seems asleep so i put him down, then he wakes up upset again - Step and Repeat! LOL!

I"m trying new methods though, today he has had some great sleeps, i hope he continues through the evening... It's almost the witching hour though (6pm is aproaching!) and who knows how long he'll be up, till he wakes up!

Hey Adysonsmum: nice name! :)
Have you tried using a nipple shield for breastfeeding? I found in hospital i had trouble getting bubs to latch on and ended up with really bruised and sore nipples, then i started using the shields and they're great. Although i want to eventually abandon them, they are helping me feed him on the boob! :)

rynosmum

22-05-2008, 16:56

Hi AdysonsMummy and welcome!! A few of us are in Brisbane so hopefully we'll all get a chance to meet up at some stage.

I had a stack of breastfeeding issues in the first week or so and it's my 2nd baby so you'd think I would have had it right by now!:o

Do your nipples hurt just on attachment or right through the feed?
Can you see any grazes or abrasions on them?
Are you using a soothing cream like Lansinoh in between feeds?
Have you tried any different attachment methods (like turning the baby around and facing their feet to the outside and around your side instead of across your chest (the football hold)?
When you are attaching bub, are you making sure that he is getting as much of the breast as possible (not just the nipple)?

Hopefully the nipple shields will help - unfortunately I had no success with them.

When you can get it right, breastfeeding is great. It's not difficult in the long term but getting it working in the early days can be. Remember, it's not just you learning but your baby as well. As I can completely support, every bub learns differently too so it's not always straight forward.:yes:

rynosmum

22-05-2008, 16:59

Oh and Vee, we had exactly the same when Siana was just a few days old. As she was morphing across to real breastfed poos (strangely enough I also felt the same satisfaction when I saw the first mustard seeded nappy :p), it was like her tummy was a bit upset so she was amazingly unsettled.

Same thing yesterday - just on and off constantly. I must admit that I finally gave in and gave her a dummy at the end as I didn't want to give my nipples another hammering and I knew that she had a full tummy by that stage and was just looking for a comfort suck. She was asleep within 5 minutes and the dummy was immediately spat out.:yes:

happybunnypony

23-05-2008, 07:17

Hey RM: re postpartum, im still bleeding :(
However they said when i was in hospital that my uterus had practically contracted back to normal after just a few days! weird!
And i'm surprised at my preggie bellie too, it's almost gone, i too just look like i need to lose a few kg's! I haven't weighed myself, not really into that, but i'm happy with the progress.

It just seems fairly flabby at the moment, anyone got any hints to get rid of the flab (without exercise! hahahaa):laughing:

Tyler was really unsettled for a few hours last night (between 6 and 9ish) then we put him to sleep at 10:30 and he only woke up once during the night! YAY! :yelclap: lets keep this going on!

Kayangel

23-05-2008, 07:19

Today Jaylen and i are off to get his kidneys check so fingers crossed everything is perfectly fine tho i wont get the results till wednesday.

Everything is fine with Jaylen and i expect one of my nipples are again hurting, i was in tears last night that it was killing me that much but i bit my finger and got though the whole half hour he was on that side. Jaylen is a perfect sleeper he goes down at 6pm then wakes at 11:30pm then 3:30am then sleeps till 7:30am.

It seems funny that yesturday was my due date but ill have a 3 week old on saturday! Time is going so fast.

Vee- Have u tired to find the "my little beds" they are great, Jaylen loves his.

AdysonsMummy- Welcome :wave:, Im Kayla 18 and first time mummy to Jaylen who was born on May 3rd!

rynosmum- Sounds like u have Siana in the perfect routine. How is ur little man going with Siana?
To answer ur question- I have stopped bleeding, i said goodbye to pads yesturday after 2 weeks 5 days of bleeding.

HBP- We posted at the same time! Yay for tyler only waking once. I also havent weighted myself, im wanting till my 6 week check up to see.

rynosmum

23-05-2008, 11:34

Yay HBP!! Sounds like our little ones are copying each other. S was perfect last night too - went to bed at 8:30 and slept through until 3:30 this morning, then back down until 6:30. No complaints here at all!

Not sure how to lose the flab without exercising. I went for a walk yesterday but my stitches (or where they were) is still quite sensitive so no more walking for a few days until that feels better :o

Kayla, Ry is great with her. I still don't have a shower etc though unless I can see her or someone is watching her - just in case - although Ry has been awesome so far and a great helper.:yes:

It sounds like your pain is similar to mine from the first week. You mentioned once that you hadn't been shown correct attachment in hospital, have you managed to see a lactation consultant as yet? When mine were that sore I dreaded every feed and thought that they would never improve - I think I had poor attachment in the beginning which caused my issues. Check out this page (http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/attachment.html) - it looks pretty good and may help. It's so hard to get the nipples feeling better that prevention is better than cure. Ouchie for you :hugs:

amandaw

23-05-2008, 12:24

Well blerg to the lot of you (said in the nicest possible manner or course, :D cause I don't really mean it)

Am quietly going nucking futs :laughing: i have basically been holding M continuously since 11 last night ...and he's been constantly grazing since 3pm yesterday...grazing, cause there's no time in between to 'recharge' so he can have a 'real' gutbusting feed (even with all those cookies yum!). Have manged to put him down twice, where he's lasted about 20 mins before screaming cause he's wet through :hair: The only way i can seem to settle is on my chest and that's doing me in...I just want to be able to put him down!!

2 hrs till DH is home - thank god!!

happybunnypony

23-05-2008, 12:29

ooh dear Amanda! that's full on!
Have you tried feeding lying down in the nightime? I have been doing that lately, and my bubs seems to nod off easier when he's doing a lie down feed..

I hope your hubby can help hold and settle bubs down!

Just a question: I'm wanting to go out with bubs, do you wait until he/she wakes up and give them a feed then go out and do what needs to be done, or do you just get them in the car or pram at anytime that you are ready to go and hope they don't wake up in the meantime.. Or if they do, feed on the go?
Or any other ideas?

I've been wanting to go out for a while but Tylers been sleeping his head off this morning, i don't wanna wake him up though! LOL

mirandaj

23-05-2008, 13:14

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been MIA for a while. DH went back to work and it has been very hectic here. I have been stressed I am doing the wrong thing etc. It is a relief to come on hear and see that we are all in the same situation and it is not just me. Wish I came on here a few days ago when things were really bad.

Liam now wants a feed every 2-3 hours and it takes an hour to feed/play/change/put to sleep so I only get 1-2 hours in between. By the time I drift off to sleep I have to wake again soon.

Liam�s cord came off about a week ago and he is putting on weight nicely. We went to the clinic this morning and he is now 4.1kg so putting on about 250 grams a week. They like to see at least 150-200 grams a week. He has been pretty good but unsettled on Tuesday and REALLY unsettled Wednesday. He would not stop crying all day. Today he has been quiet so now I am worried he is to quiet � lol.

The weekend was very full on as we had visitors on Saturday then went to the baby expo on Sunday. I went last year and it was a lot better. This year less samples and more hard sales pitches. I still came away with a lot of freebies but had to scavenge for them.

It has been tough as my washing machine has finally broken. New it was almost had it for a while. Dh gets paid monthly so we can�t buy one til next week so I have been hand washing everything. I have to do some cloth nappies in a sec that have been soaking in nappysan overnight (I use disposables but use cloth for burping and on top of the change mat).

DH and I have been getting along ok. We have had a couple of arguments and he gets a bit grumpy when woken up at night. He is helpful and supportive during the day though.

My caesarean scar is now healing nicely and the infection has gone.

Weight: I have lost 12 kg since having Liam. Most of that was Liam and the fluid etc. Have lost 3 kg in the last week as walking everywhere due to c-section. I hope to loose another 10 kg. I am 12 kg bigger than my pre pregnancy weight now, but I figure I need the extra 2 kg as breastfeeding. I was a size 8 before falling pregnant and am a size 12 at the moment. Lucky I have lots of size 12 clothes as I was size 12 a few years ago. I am still wearing maternity pants as the stretchy tops are more comfy with my scar.

Kayla: I have been wet on hundreds of times already. At first he kept getting DH and not me but now he has got me a lot to. I have been pooed on more than DH though.

MusicalMummy: Love the roll of honour name for the fat roll. I will think of it as that from now on.

I too have trouble burping Liam as he bashes his head around and is hard to hold up with my c-section. Like Rynosmum suggested, I now put him on his tummy on my lap and rub his back for about 10 min.

I have been really treary at night as well. One night I even rang the Tresillian 24 hour line. It was good just to talk to someone and have them assure me that everything is ok.

HBP: Don�t worry about me having a sore belly. I think I would rather a sore and cut belly than a sore and torn area down below. The only thing that is difficult is not driving and lifting things. It does hurt when I sneeze, laugh or cough though.

I have been getting lots of unwanted advice from my mum and mother in law as well. My mum thinks I am breastfeeding Liam too much but the breastfeeding assoc and child health nurse said you can�t overfeed a breastfed baby and to feed them whenever they want it as they have little tummies.

I feel sorry for you with the feedig every 45 min. The only thing I suggest is put him back on the breast he just came off if it doesn�t seem like he is on there for long enough. He may not be getting to the hind milk which is more filling than the foremilk. Make sure he has drained the first breast before offering the second.

Good question about whether to wait for bub to wake before going out. I am wondering the same thing. I am waiting to go for a walk.

Where Liam sleeps: At night he is in the bassinette next to our bed. During the day he is in his portacot in the lounge room. As he is a bit small for the portacot I have him in one of the Moses basket type things, inside the portacot.

AdysonsMummy: Welcome. Congratulations on Adyson�s birth. I had a c-section as well for so know how you feel.

rynosmum

23-05-2008, 17:07

i have basically been holding M continuously since 11 last night ...and he's been constantly grazing since 3pm yesterday...

Holy CR@P!!!! Since last night? Okay, so please ignore my TXT this evening asking if you were okay as I hadn't seen you online in a while :o No doubt you are yet to get a chance to even check your mobile. Do you think he's already going through a growth spurt? S has had a couple of unsettled periods (4-5 hours where she is grazing) but nothing like that at all. How do you keep sane? Are you sane?:p

Honestly though, do you need anything (okay, apart from sleep....)?

Just a question: I'm wanting to go out with bubs, do you wait until he/she wakes up and give them a feed then go out and do what needs to be done, or do you just get them in the car or pram at anytime that you are ready to go and hope they don't wake up in the meantime.. Or if they do, feed on the go?

Hey HBP, I generally wake S first and give her a really solid feed before we go anywhere. If she wakes whilst we're out and is unsettled, I'll just feed her on the go - generally in the front seat of the car although also just outside KMart the other day (which was weird as a 20 something guy came over and sat right next to me whilst I was feeding her....not sure why as after a while he got up and wandered off - perhaps the view of a baby suckling a boob isn't as good as just the plain ol' boob :laughing:)

It is a relief to come on hear and see that we are all in the same situation and it is not just me. Wish I came on here a few days ago when things were really bad Rest assured that just when you think things are really really bad, someone on here is going through or has gone through the same thing. Bub Hub is keeping me sane at the moment - I never had it when Ry was a baby so it's great to share ideas - I've forgotten so much! You sound like you are doing so very well and so is Liam!

amandaw

23-05-2008, 19:37

Holy CR@P!!!! Since last night? Okay, so please ignore my TXT this evening asking if you were okay as I hadn't seen you online in a while. No doubt you are yet to get a chance to even check your mobile. Do you think he's already going through a growth spurt? S has had a couple of unsettled periods (4-5 hours where she is grazing) but nothing like that at all. How do you keep sane? Are you sane?
Honestly though, do you need anything (okay, apart from sleep....)?

sane...who said motherhood had anything to do with being sane :laughing:

I did see the text - was just in the middle of baths and dinner for Miss C so hadn't replied - was lovely to be thought of though :goodvibes: thanks! I'm on here at least twice a day, but often when I'm feeding, so typing isn't always easy...I'm soooo not sure why he's been this way for the last 24 hrs (if I'd had formula in the house he would have had it last night just to see if that was the issue!) - he's managed to put on over half a kg in the 2 weeks since we left hospital, so this boy might be on a continuous growth spurt!! God help my boobs :p I've been letting him graze today - probably not the perfect solution cause he hasn't had 'the' big feed, but hoping that he'll manage to adjust my supply to his liking. I think the other problem is that he'd much rather be asleep on his belly, but I'm too paranoid to do that for long periods of time without supervision...can't wait till he's strong enough to roll himself over!! Had a few tears this arvo, but generally sane...just had to walk out of the loungeroom away from DH though - he gets frustrated pretty easily when he's tired (as we all do, but :rolleyes:) but it ends up just making me feel resentful towards him and protective of the bub (he was the same with C too, so I just learnt to deal with it to save the issues)...and on what I need...well a wet nurse would be handy:laughing: No all is good - a cr@p 24hrs so hopefully tomorrow can only go up from here (and hopefully because of the **** day today he'l sleep blissfully through the night - not counting on it though!)

HPB - i would totally depend on where I was going and how much I had to do with C. Last time I was very much a 'feeding room' person - can tell you all the good ones (or more importantly the ones to avoid) here on the northside :laughing:, where as this time, I've already whipped them out in public twice...guess I'm probably just better at being discrete! I even had to pull over in a carpark last week because I got stuck in traffic on my way to Chermside and there wasn't a chance that he was going to sto screaming without a feed (was overdue admittedly poor bugger)

Miranda - I would die without my washing machine! Got any laundromats near you???

23-05-2008, 20:32

Amanda, massive hugs for you, what a difficult time you have had. :( :hugs:

Kayla - my mum managed to get me something, it's similar to a tetra snuggle bed, but a bit cheaper and my mum is getting it for me, so that will do, but i did really like the look of yours too had a search but couldn't find anything. Goodluck with Jaylen's kidney tests.

OMG, i still have total baby brain and forgot what i just read now! lol

I just bought myself some winter breastfeeding jammies online cause my IL's are coming down next month and i want to be able to feed discreetly and comfortable with them here. There's a good website called nursingwear.com.au for breastfeeding tops etc if anyone is looking for stuff like that.

Also Cameron is still going well, he lost his cord stump last night in bed, we went out to the shops and he just fed in the pouch and slept, then he was on and off for a few hours and settled at 11:30am, woke again at 2:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30. It wasn't too bad, just that when he woke at 2:30, i didn't get back to sleep till after the 5:30 feed, so he had a big sleep around lunch and i had a decent sleep then too. I tell you what though he is soooo less stressful than Josh, Josh was a screamer, change his nappy he screamed, get in the car, scream the whole way wherever we go, scream at every feed, scream when he's unsettled.

My gosh Cameron hardly every screams and when he does it's cause i can't get to him in time or am busy with Josh, but he has a build up scream which is good i can get to him before he gets too upset, Josh just woke up screaming his @ss off, so i must say i am enjoying things a lot more this time, i don't mind the sleeplessness i just can't stand the screaming, so thank goodness he's not as bad as Josh, i feel kinda guilty for saying that, but we had such hard times with Josh, i wouldn't change him for the world, but geez looking back it was really hard.

I'm with those on the sore boobs department, they are taking a bit of a toll, but i'm pretty sure attachment is ok, just painful, i am managing to just feed through the pain as i know i'll eventually get used to it.

The weight issue i think i lost 10kgs so far, probably have a good 20 odd kilos at least to lose, but not so worried about that right now. Need to start getting out and walking, but i really want to get myself a sling rather than the pouch. Plus it'll be great to go walking as it's so expensive to drive anywhere at the moment we hardly leave the house unless it's absolutely necessary, and the fact that the logistics of 2 kiddies is much harder to get out and about than just the one!

With going out too, i just put him in the car whether he's awake or asleep, if he's awake i'll feed before i go, if he's asleep i just feed him there. Managed to do that after the 3rd day and fed him on the go a few times at the shops it was fine. But i am lucky i have DH to help entertain Josh at the shops while i get what i need to done with Cameron.

Anywho, better go trying to get into a bed time routine with Joshy and he was supposed to be getting his bed time story a half hour ago. :D

musicalmummy

24-05-2008, 08:42

i'm going to write a longer reply to everyone's posts soon, but dont' have time jsut at the moment so please no one think i am snobbing them and being self centred.
just wanted to know if anyone has set times to feed lay sleep, or if they even floow that or jsut play it by ear. dd was so easy it was like she was in this world before and i did feed play sleep from day one and she adjusted straight away putting herself to sleep. ds on the other hand isn't the same. he doesn't like a mid mornign sleep, will sleep for a stack at lunch time, then again in the evening he's awake. til bed time after his bath,
i wonder to myself is it really that important. like with dd i stressed continously if she wasn't asleep within the time frame she was meant to be, makng it very hard for me to go out to friends houses etc. but with ds i'd be :hair: continuosuly if i tried to follow the same routine??? i think i'm talking in circles.
i think my point is...what defines a good baby? does it matter if they follow a schedule or not, so long as they are happy and not constantly screaming?

amandaw

24-05-2008, 12:50

I think you've answered for yourself in your last sentence....one that's content enough not to be driving everyone nuts :laughing: I think routine could be wonderful, but you don't want to stiffle the rest of your life - especially with no. 1 needing love and attention too, so take it all as it comes

As for us - better night last night and then today, so was obviously something up...feeling a lot better today!

Oh and meant to post this the other day, cause I think it's cute ....was posted by someone here in bubhub, but I saved it so that I could reread once Mitchell arrived...needed it the other day!!

Dear Parent

I come to you a small, immature being with my own style and personality. I am yours for only a short time; enjoy me.

1 Please take time to find out who I am, how I differ from you and how much I can bring to you.

2 Please feed me when I am hungry. I never knew hunger in your uterus, and clocks and time mean little to me.

3 Please hold, cuddle, kiss, touch, stroke and croon to me, I was always held closely in your uterus and never alone before.

4 Please don�t be disappointed when I�m not the perfect baby that you expected, nor disappointed with yourselves that you are not the perfect parents.

5 Please don�t expect too much from me as your newborn baby, or too much from yourselves as parent. Give us both six weeks as a birthday present-six weeks for me to grow, develop, mature and become more stable and predictable; and six weeks for you to rest and relax and allow your body to get back to normal.

6 Please forgive me if I cry a lot. Bear with me and in a short time, as I mature, I will spend less and less time crying- and more time socialising.

7 Please watch me carefully and I can tell you those things that soothe, console and please me. I am not a tyrant who was sent to make your life miserable, but the only way I can tell you I am not happy is with my cry.

8 Please remember that I am resilient and can withstand the many natural mistakes you will make with me. As long as you make them with love, you cannot ruin me.

9 Please take care of yourself and eat a balanced diet, rest and exercise so that when we are together you have the health and strength to look after me.

10 Please take care of your relationship with each other, for what good is family bonding if there is no family to bond to?

Although I may have turned your life upside down, please realise that things will be back to normal before long.

Thank you
Your loving Child

mirandaj

24-05-2008, 16:14

Hi Ladies,

Things have been going well with me in the last day or so. Liam has been quite settled and feeding every 3 hours. 4 at night. I have expressed some milk so DH is going to do the 3 am ish feed tonight which I am looking forward to.

We are also going to the drive in tonight. That way we can go to the movies and it doesn�t matter if Liam cries or needs a feed. I can just feed and change him in the car and he can sleep in his car seat.

perhaps the view of a baby suckling a boob isn't as good as just the plain ol' boob )

Rest assured that just when you think things are really really bad, someone on here is going through or has gone through the same thing. Bub Hub is keeping me sane at the moment - I never had it when Ry was a baby so it's great to share ideas - I've forgotten so much! You sound like you are doing so very well and so is Liam!

Sorry Rynosmum I have forgotten the name of your new bub.

Funny what you said about men and the sight of a baby breastfeeding. My DH seems to get excited by it and wants to touch my boobs. Think it might just be that he has not seen my boobs this much in any given day before lol. It will seem a bit strange and creepy to have them touched by a man now.

Glad to hear bubhub is keeping you sane as well. Think I will come on each day for a bit of a sanity check. DH doesn�t mind me hanging out on here all day either as he knows it is good for me to talk to other mums. Believe it or not there is a 3 month waiting list for the mothers groups around here, so I need bubhub and you guys!!

Feeding on the go: I have done baby change room feeds but none out in full on public yet. Have also done a feed in the car and standing up in a change room that had no chair. Don�t feel confident to do full on in public yet.

Amanda: Not sure if we have any laundry mats around here but DH�s parents live 10 min away so I will probably go there tomorrow and do some washing. I have hand washed Liam�s stuff as they are small but need to do our stuff badly. All my clothes have baby spit up all over them.

V8: I tried my pouch but Liam seems too small for it even though he is bigger than the start of the weight range for it. He flopped about and looked uncomfortable so I am going to get a sling. Dh�s work gave as a gift voucher for an online baby store so we are going to use it to buy a sling.

I�m with you that I don�t mind the lack of sleep but can�t handle the screeming either.

musicalmummy

24-05-2008, 20:20

ok i'm finally trying to reply to other posts lol.
i have bub asleep on me. he sleeps great upright as it also brings up his wind. does anyone else do this? he will not self settle ever. :hissy: i'm creating a bad habit.

amandaw- ds likes to sleep on his belly but i won't let him at night ime. better to be safe.

ryno'smum- dummy's are a godsend. i found out from CHN they are good for sids cos the sucking stimulates something in their brain while they are sleeping which keeps the brain more alert, and also it can help with reflux bubs. something about the acid in the stomach.

kayngel- sorry i've missed something about jaylens kidneys. is he ok?btw 3rd mat...great day. ds born then too

hbp- i bottle feed so if i go out i gottamake sure i always have something prepared. i find at this age they stay sleeping when moving from car to pram etc. its when they're older its harder. i personally wouldn't do it all the time but every now and then won't harm bub, otherwise you'll become a prisoner in ya house.

mirandaj- :hugs: you poor thing no washin machine. you must feel like living in the olden days.

mirandaj

24-05-2008, 21:41

MusicalMummy: Yeah I do feel like i'm in the olden days - at the moment I am doing cloth nappies by hand (I use disposibles, use the cloth for burping etc). I lie on the lounge with Liam luying upright across my chest on his tummy and he loves it. I also lie him on his tummy on my lap for about 10 min after feeding and it seems to help with the wind.

mirandaj

24-05-2008, 21:42

Kayla: Sorry forgot to say that I hope Jaylen's kidneys are ok. Let us know the result.

mirandaj

24-05-2008, 22:31

By the way does anyone know how to email an administrator? I want to change my user name and read in the "How To" that you have to email an administrator, but now sure how to do that.

musicalmummy

26-05-2008, 13:31

how does everyones houses look?DH told a friend of mine we were broken into and thats why house was messy :(

26-05-2008, 15:16

Hey Ladies

Pretty quiet in here, how's it all going?

Cameron has been ok. Last two days we have had unsettled periods through the day with constant feeding, and then another period at night of constant feeding. Nothing else settles him but boob, which is fine, but it's taking a toll on my boobs, they are pretty sore! But i am hoping that this is all normal. He's finally gone down for his afternoon nap that should last a few hours, but then he'll be up again most of the night feeding on and off.

How is everyone else going??

rynosmum

26-05-2008, 16:47

MM, my house is okay but that's because I am extremely anal when it comes to cleaning the place. We get visitors every day or so so I spend time after I have put the kids to bed giving the place a once over. It's pathetic, I should be sleeping but I can't relax until it's tidy. After S has had a big feed in the morning, I'll put her in her rocker, make sure Ry has his breakfast and then take the rubbish out/clean the kitchen/stack or unstack the dishwasher etc. Hubby has been away for a few days so I'm looking forward to him coming home :thumbsup:

Vee, my boobs were extremely painful for the first two weeks and have really only settled down this week - they weren't ready for constant feeding but are getting stronger now. Let down is still painful though - I don't remember it being so stingy with DS but it is certainly noticeable now.

I'm pretty lucky with S, she's a pretty placid baby. She will only cry if extremely frustrated (overtired, sore tummy etc) otherwise she just uses a few grunting noises. DS has a little baby doll that he is feeding etc tonight, we've had to put a nappy and singlet on it - too cute:valentine:

My biggest issue right now is time. DS's birthday is on the weekend and I am catering for a family party as well, all of the relos want to see bub so I am taking her to the older ones so they can meet her, I still have a few girlfriends trying to tee up a time for us to get together which is great but we're already double booked on Thursday....honestly, I just want to get to the shops and buy a pair of pants that fit...:o

Dinner's almost ready - I'd better run!:wave:

amandaw

27-05-2008, 08:33

how does everyones houses look?DH told a friend of mine we were broken into and thats why house was messy

:laughing: Sorry did have to laugh at that!! Mines' okay this week, but purely because I put the pressure on DH to give me a decent hand oover the weekend - his Dad is coming up this Friday and I knew that I wouldn't get it all done otherwise..it's certianly not spotless by anymeans, but at the stage I wouldn't be embarrassed by drop in visitors

Oh just thought of one thing I did when we had DD (we were in a smaller place and it wasn't all open plan)- daily I would go around the house and pick up anything off the floor and toss it on the dining room table...that way there was only one messy room in the place......I would then make it a 'game' to clean x amount off the table every time DD went down....mind you, you couldn't see over the dining room table, but at least it 'tricked' me into feeling okay about the housework

Hey Ladies
Nothing else settles him but boob, which is fine, but it's taking a toll on my boobs, they are pretty sore! But i am hoping that this is all normal.

I was about to say RM and I had the same, but she answered for herself! Mitchell is definitely a big feeder, and it's taken till this week for my boobs to learn to cope...I went onto the net and found the 5 different baby cries (was promoted heavily about 18months ago, just when DD had got out of the 3 month time frame which it's apparently usefully for :rolleyes:) yesterday in an attempt to try to understand this little lad of mine - and still couldn't do anything but stick a boob in his mouth to stop the yowling :laughing: I'm not too concerned by this though - I wasn't great with the wait it out with DD either and feed/payed/changed/patted to sleep on demand, and she's one of the most placid, well rounded little kids I know (no tantrums yet, but I'm sure they'll come)...I definitely don't believe they can be overloved..even if it does mean it's tougher on Mummy for the first 12 months!

Mitchell's such a hard winder...last night we had 2 1/2 hrs of screaming as I tried to uproot some deep deep wind from him - swear the neighbours thought I was torturing a cat or something :p...took 33 mins to get the first gutteral burp out, then 34 for the 2nd and then a series of little burbs and spews for the next hr or so *sigh*...

Miranda - go to the main forums page, and down the bottom you will find a list of all the mods in hot pink...not sure which ones exactly are administrators, but would imagine that 'bubhub' is, so give that a go...what's the plan for the name change??

Let down is still painful though - I don't remember it being so stingy with DS but it is certainly noticeable now.

My biggest issue right now is time. ....honestly, I just want to get to the shops and buy a pair of pants that fit...

:laughing: that's why I suggested a meet after his party (not that I knew exactly when it was or anything!)..I'm soooo looking foward to going shopping, but have decided to wait till closer to spring - I have a fairly extensive winter wadrobe (I love dressing in winter) and figure that everything I own will be spewed on for the next few months, so have written a list of all the new things I want/need ready for the warm weather to come...bring it on :laughing:

And gald I'm not the only one feeling 'stingy' - I'm sure let down didn't feel this way with DD (it was tingly, not stingy) and I was wondering if it was normal yesterday...probably if I'm not the only one!

Okay, being yawled at, so will lose my 2 handed typing ability! See ya!!

amandaw

27-05-2008, 08:52

Burped and back down - a nice change!

Have continued on from V8 and started an arrivals list over here (so that we can keep it current with hopefully any new mummies we find along the way!)...hopefully what I've said makes sense, but please feel free to criticise :laughing:...

FIND BIRTH LIST HERE (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=180281)

happybunnypony

27-05-2008, 10:22

Hey Mummies!
i'm pretty exhausted! Little T has been pretty fussy and whingy lately! I really don't know what to do. I used to be able to give him booby and he calms down, but the last few days he'll take booby but then he'll even get sooky on that!
Should i not be feeding him as much?

When their arms and legs are frantic and moving heaps does that mean they have lots of wind stuck and i should be burping?

The whole burping process annoys me! LOL WHen bubs feeds to sleep i don't wanna wake him for a burp because then he'll never get down again!

I'm starting to stress i don't know what to do to make my bubs nice and content.

Last night as i was consoling T for hours and hours i wondered how on earth you ladies with Toddlers can cope with bubs aswell? The thought of having a poor little one around to look after too would be a mission!

amandaw

27-05-2008, 10:50

When their arms and legs are frantic and moving heaps does that mean they have lots of wind stuck and i should be burping?
The whole burping process annoys me! LOL WHen bubs feeds to sleep i don't wanna wake him for a burp because then he'll never get down again!
I'm starting to stress i don't know what to do to make my bubs nice and content.
Last night as i was consoling T for hours and hours i wondered how on earth you ladies with Toddlers can cope with bubs aswell? The thought of having a poor little one around to look after too would be a mission!

:laughing:That's why she's still in day care - as much for her sanity as mine!! Do have to talk to her carer about cutting it back to either 2 or 3 days though

Yep that is lots of wind...and the really deep set stuff that it took forever to get out of M last night. It is really painful doing the burping when they're sleepy, but go for long relaxed slow strokes up their back to try and keep it calmish - it can take a long long time!(but then again, I'm also the one with a windy, unsettled baby, so maybe RM has some better advice :laughing:)

This may help....it's the 5 baby cries I mentioned in the previous post...it does make some sense and you can definitely hearthe sounds, though their advice on what to do doesn't actually always work (ie feeding can actually help M to burp because it displaces the air that's already there)

Cry #1: Neh="I'm hungry"
"Neh" is the "I'm hungry" cry of a newborn. It is based on the sucking reflex. A newborn has a strong sucking reflex, and when they combine this reflex with a cry the result is "neh". When you hear this cry, nurse or give your newborn a bottle.

Cry #2: Owh="I'm Sleepy"
The cry to express tiredness is "owh". The "owh" sound is based on the yawning reflex. The first "ow" sound can be long and pronounced. When you hear this cry help your baby go to sleep. We always found that the more tired our babies became the harder it was for them to go to sleep. Look for other clues of sleepiness: rubbing the eyes and yawning.

Cry #3: Heh="I'm experiencing discomfort"
The cry "heh" is used when a newborn is feeling discomfort. This sound is different than the "I'm hungry" cry because there is a strong "h" sound at the beginning. If you hear this cry in your newborn, they may need their diaper changed or be put in a new position.

Cry #4: Eair="I have lower gas"
When babies have lower gas pain they often pull their legs towards their chest and make the cry sound "eair". We always found that when our newborns had gas they liked a bit of pressure on their tummies. We would either lay them on our legs perpendicularly and rub their backs or hold them in the elbow of our arm with our elbow supporting their head and their legs straddling our arm. (Be sure that your babies head is always held securely.) This can also be a good time for a baby massage with slow circular motions on your baby's tummy. Gas tablets or medicines never worked for our girls.

Cry #5: Eh="I need to burp"
You'll know when your newborn baby needs to burp if you can hear the "eh" in his/her cry. This cry is short and is repeated over and over; "eh, eh, eh." When you hear this sound gently place your baby on your chest with their head over your shoulder and gently pat them on the back.

Helpful Tips
Your baby's cries are identified easier during the pre-cry stage before the baby become hysterical. Try to Listen, Decide and Act before the cries becomes too difficult to distinguish.

React to the dominant word. If you hear more than one word being said, pay the most attention to the most dominant sound/word.
If you can't understand the cry, change the position of your baby; e.g., put them over your knee, shoulder, or on your lap.
It's natural for babies to use more words than others. Don't worry if some words aren't being said as often.
Listen for the distinctive sound in each word, e.g., the "N" in "Neh".
If you can't understand the word and feel distressed, just comfort your baby as best you can and listen for the word next time.

Another thing that may be worth a try to help with gas is either Infacol (not sure if this can be used before 4 weeks though..it'll be on the bottle)/infant's friend/gripe water - they'll be at your chemist and while I wouldn't say they worked everytime for C, they did certainly help sometimes

sammum

27-05-2008, 11:54

Hey Amanda great idea for a thread. Although, it's taken me ages to get on. I would love to do a personal g'day to you all but am terrified I'll get halfway thru and Anouk will wake up and I'll accidently delete the message (have done this twice in the last week - arrggghh!!).

Amanda, what'd you think of the Wes? I noticed a big difference between this & last stay with DD1. Seemed to be even more short-staffed and have more mum's (I was in a shared room - without a room-mate for 2 nights, which used to be completely unheard of). Don't know if they left me alone because of short staffing or because this was my 2nd bub, but I rarely saw a nurse - had to buzz for everything.

Have my gorgeous MIL staying with us so the house doesn't look like a bomb has hit it ... yet. She leaves in a couple of weeks and I keep warning my DH to expect a huge difference!

Feeding is going ok - sleep is not too bad - only problem area is managing my DD1 while feeding DD2. She's at daycare 2 days a week so they're my 'days off' - I know, I'm very, very lucky - where I can concentrate soley DD2 and me.

27-05-2008, 12:51

Vee, my boobs were extremely painful for the first two weeks and have really only settled down this week - they weren't ready for constant feeding but are getting stronger now. Let down is still painful though - I don't remember it being so stingy with DS but it is certainly noticeable now.

I'm pretty lucky with S, she's a pretty placid baby. She will only cry if extremely frustrated (overtired, sore tummy etc) otherwise she just uses a few grunting noises. DS has a little baby doll that he is feeding etc tonight, we've had to put a nappy and singlet on it - too cute

Cool, hope they do settle down too, but yeah the constant feeding is a pain, but at least it's only once or twice a day, i can cope with that. Lucky i have DH here though, otherwise i have no idea how i'd have a chance to get a shower or my lunch ready. C is mostly pretty placid too which is fantastic. Ry sounds so precious!

Last night as i was consoling T for hours and hours i wondered how on earth you ladies with Toddlers can cope with bubs aswell? The thought of having a poor little one around to look after too would be a mission!

Yeah i don't know how others do it either, I am fortunate to have DH here, otherwise the washing would never get done, probably wouldn't get dinner on, things like that. I am glad that DS is 2.5 he does understand mummy is busy with baby etc, but he doesn't always wanna wait either!

With the wind Josh was very windy too, so we spent many sleepless nights with him screaming. Thankfully Cam isn't windy, it's such a horrible thing hearing them scream in pain. :hugs:

Anyone got their baby bonus or birth certificate yet? I am posting mine today.

Anyways gotta try and get lunch and typing with one hand while feeding takes forever! lol

Take it easy everyone!

amandaw

27-05-2008, 12:54

Great to have you 'back' Sam! That's another Brissie Mum we can add to the list for a get together in a few weeks if you're interested

I can remember when I first got into the August thread with DD, that I'd only check in once a week or so and there'd be 20 pages to read!! I used to then type in Word as I read through them and then copy and paste over...that's before i discovered multiquote :laughing:

I actually found the Wes more attentive this time....but then I felt very (in fact too much for a first time mummy - was glad I'd done the antenatal classes then) very left alone the first time.. I spent my first 1/2 day in one of the double rooms by myself and then got transferred over - on my first couple of days it was very quiet and there were about 10 rooms empty with their doors open (including the one next to me which meant I didn't have to even share the bathroom :D) but by the final day it was chockers...obviously lots of mid May babies!

sammum

27-05-2008, 13:19

Yeah i don't know how others do it either, I am fortunate to have DH here, otherwise the washing would never get done, probably wouldn't get dinner on, things like that. I am glad that DS is 2.5 he does understand mummy is busy with baby etc, but he doesn't always wanna wait either!

I know what you mean - I honestly have absolutely no idea how I'm going to manage when my MIL goes back home. Having a 2.9 (3 in 3 wks) yr old that can go to the toilet by herself, wash her hands, etc. is good. Although, it is great :no: how she waits until I'm feeding to be at her most disruptive.

Anyone got their baby bonus or birth certificate yet? I am posting mine today.

Posted mine off last Monday but nothing yet. Will let you know.

That's another Brissie Mum we can add to the list for a get together in a few weeks if you're interested.

Oh yes please! Count me in!

I actually found the Wes more attentive this time....but then I felt very (in fact too much for a first time mummy - was glad I'd done the antenatal classes then) very left alone the first time.. I spent my first 1/2 day in one of the double rooms by myself and then got transferred over - on my first couple of days it was very quiet and there were about 10 rooms empty with their doors open (including the one next to me which meant I didn't have to even share the bathroom :D) but by the final day it was chockers...obviously lots of mid May babies!

Perhaps because I had the c/section first time they were keeping a closer eye on me - seemed to be always someone walking in. This time the ward was absolutely chocker-block. So, they probably gave first priority to c/sect & 1st time mums, which I think makes sense.

AdysonsMummy

27-05-2008, 13:20

Hey Adysonsmum: nice name!
Have you tried using a nipple shield for breastfeeding? I found in hospital i had trouble getting bubs to latch on and ended up with really bruised and sore nipples, then i started using the shields and they're great. Although i want to eventually abandon them, they are helping me feed him on the boob!

HBP - :wave: Yes I have since my last post tried the nipple shields, and they are fantastic! I used them for a couple of days, now I'm back to breastfeeding without them. Yay. I think my nipples are finally settling down!

Hi AdysonsMummy and welcome!! A few of us are in Brisbane so hopefully we'll all get a chance to meet up at some stage.

I had a stack of breastfeeding issues in the first week or so and it's my 2nd baby so you'd think I would have had it right by now!

Do your nipples hurt just on attachment or right through the feed?
Can you see any grazes or abrasions on them?
Are you using a soothing cream like Lansinoh in between feeds?
Have you tried any different attachment methods (like turning the baby around and facing their feet to the outside and around your side instead of across your chest (the football hold)?
When you are attaching bub, are you making sure that he is getting as much of the breast as possible (not just the nipple)?

Hopefully the nipple shields will help - unfortunately I had no success with them.

When you can get it right, breastfeeding is great. It's not difficult in the long term but getting it working in the early days can be. Remember, it's not just you learning but your baby as well. As I can completely support, every bub learns differently too so it's not always straight forward.

RM - Hiya:wave: DD wasn't attaching properly all the time. About 1/4 of the time she gets lazy and won't open her mouth properly, and she starts the sucking motion before my boob is even in her mouth! LOL. We have had some fights:( to get proper attachment. I sometime use the football hold or lat hold, depends on DD's mood!

I was using Lansinoh on my nipples or airdrying them with hindmilk smeared on them, but what I have found works the absolute best is Lucas' Pawpaw Ointment! It works soooooo fast!!! Tis great for nappy rash and on caesar scars too!!!

I was previously worried it would never settle (breastfeeding), but it seems to be going well now...:fingerscrossed:

Last night as i was consoling T for hours and hours i wondered how on earth you ladies with Toddlers can cope with bubs aswell? The thought of having a poor little one around to look after too would be a mission!

HBP - I agree!! I would not cope if I had a toddler aswell!! How do you miracle mums cope!!

I had a really tough day yesterday. I have learnt the hard way not to over indulge on sugar!! I had a bender with sweets on sunday night and DD was so buzzing all day yesterday, wanted to feed constantly for 24 hours, and only went to sleep for about 30 mins in total (10 mins here and there). :hair:
I have cut out sugar totally today and she is a complete angel!:angel:
I don't dare drink coffee!!

amandaw

27-05-2008, 15:47

I have cut out sugar totally today and she is a complete angel!:angel:
I don't dare drink coffee!!

:laughing::laughing:

amandaw

27-05-2008, 19:38

Oops V - I'm an idiot...just went back to the May birth announcements group and accidently clicked on the first page (rather than the tick) and realised that you'd already been compiling all the births (*where's the hit-ones-self-over-the-head-with-a-brick icon* :laughing: :doh:)...I do apologise for basically starting the same over here....The mods have already made it a sticky, so at the end of the month would you mind me copy and pasting it over here (giving you all the credit of course!)

Once again, big apologies!! :flowerz:

rynosmum

28-05-2008, 07:11

I have found works the absolute best is Lucas' Pawpaw Ointment! It works soooooo fast!!! Tis great for nappy rash and on caesar scars too!!! Funny, when mine we're really hurting at their worst point, I tried salt water baths and paw paw ointment too and that really was when I saw the turnaround. The only thing is that I was cleaning it off before feeding and that was a little painful.

that's why I suggested a meet after his party Ahhh...I see!! Well his party is on Saturday, then we have a family gathering (for his birthday) on Sunday, then it is his actual birthday on Monday....lucky little boy. I'm going out today to get all of the ingredients for everything I need to cook although not sure when I'll get a chance to cook..:confused: Anytime from mid next-week I'm good for a catchup.

When their arms and legs are frantic and moving heaps does that mean they have lots of wind stuck and i should be burping?

Last night as i was consoling T for hours and hours i wondered how on earth you ladies with Toddlers can cope with bubs aswell? The thought of having a poor little one around to look after too would be a mission!

Yep, I find that that is exactly what S does when she is windy - she goes a bit red, face screwed up, little arms and legs punching and kicking. I then try about 6000 different methods to get it out of her tummy. I find that if I put her down without burping her, she will be up earlier with wind pain so when she falls asleep in my arms, I move her to lie up with her head on my shoulder and keep rubbing her back gently...she eventually nods off there and lets the wind out.

I hate it when they are almost asleep though and fill their nappy....you have to change it and start the whole process all over again!

Having a little one at the same time as a newborn is more challenging but I'm finally starting to get the hang of it. It's important to give your first child some one on one time as well which immediately means that you miss the ability to sleep during the day. I'm with Amanda on that, my son is still in daycare (pre-prep) 3 days per week. He loves going which makes it easier but it's the only time I get to actually recharge a little.

Amanda, what'd you think of the Wes? I noticed a big difference between this & last stay with DD1. Seemed to be even more short-staffed and have more mum's (I was in a shared room - without a room-mate for 2 nights, which used to be completely unheard of).
I found the opposite for some reason, I had two nights where midwives came in and were quite annoying:p One turned on the lights at 2:20am to talk to me about my care plan and was quite annoyed that I wasn't having my medication? She didn't understand it was because I wasn't actually in any pain? Another came in at 10:30 one night and stayed for a full hour and a half quizzing me on how to look after a baby - when to rock, what would I do in 'this' situation etc - it was the strangest thing....

I only called on them a couple of times...I was actually hoping that they would leave me alone more:laughing: I had a beautiful midwife by the name of Alison though who was absolutely awesome and came to visit every day.

Cool, hope they do settle down too, but yeah the constant feeding is a pain, but at least it's only once or twice a day, i can cope with that. Lucky i have DH here though, otherwise i have no idea how i'd have a chance to get a shower or my lunch ready. C is mostly pretty placid too which is fantastic. Ry sounds so precious!!

DH came back at about 11pm last night so tonight will be the first night that we've all been together since last Wednesday....thank goodness!!!! I got a migraine yesterday just after lunch and luckily DS was at daycare but S was a bit unsettled and I was trying to get her to sleep so I could get some sleep as well. I lasted until about 8pm, got the kids to bed and went to bed myself. I still have it in the back of my head a little so hopefully an easier day today and DH can help with bath and bed tonight.

Hehe, Ry was feeding his 'baby' last night and all I could hear was 'ouch ouch, that hurts'. I looked over and he was pretending to breastfeed and closing his eyes saying 'ouch, ouch'....whoops:o was I that obvious when I was in real pain? :laughing:

Bugger, I haven't sent off any of my forms yet - must do that this week. I bought stamps though so that's a start, right?

Okay - the honeymoon is over. S is now getting up every 3 hours at night....what's that about?? The worst part is, it's not so much that she's hungry but she seems to dirty her nappy and that wakes her up (true little princess - she can't handle a dirty nappy).
She's been doing this for the past 2 nights....eeek!

happybunnypony

28-05-2008, 09:17

Hehe, Ry was feeding his 'baby' last night and all I could hear was 'ouch ouch, that hurts'. I looked over and he was pretending to breastfeed and closing his eyes saying 'ouch, ouch'....whoops:o was I that obvious when I was in real pain? :laughing:

OMG that is sooooo cute!!! LOL!! love it!

Do you think that the screaming in pain sound (after you've done a big breastfeed and nappy change) is just wind?

Man i was holding T for about 5 hours last night! sheeeesh!

amandaw

28-05-2008, 12:10

So you 2 just got a baby honeymoon while Mitchell just decided to throw me in the deep end :p....4 hrs sleep for me last night :rolleyes: I'm actually suprised the neighbours haven't turned up to see who's torturing the cat for hours on end..it's funny though _ i'm a lot less disturbed by it this time round than I was with Charlotte - With her I'd dissolve into tears feeling useless because I couldn't help my poor baby who was obviously distressed by the whole thing...this time round I think 'right oh boyo...you got it in there, now you have to deal with me getting it out so we can both get some sleep'...mean Mummy I am:p So HBP... its' probably hurting you more than it is T

For me, I found that while I luuurved the smell of the pawpaw ointment, it didn't do a huge amount for me, and C didn't like the taste of it and would pull off during feeds - owie

Ry sounds like he's going to be very very spoilt!! I'm already planning for C's birthday and it's not until August!! But I'm like a big kid myself...love picking and making the cake, invites etc etc etc...mind you, have got friends son's first birthday this weekend and don't know what to get him! Walked round the shops in an absolute daze this morning looking for some inspiration, cause I'm just not sure what he actually has/needs/isn't too practical so I can still be the fun friend :laughing: Any suggestions???

I hate it when they are almost asleep though and fill their nappy....you have to change it and start the whole process all over again!

I had a beautiful midwife by the name of Alison though who was absolutely awesome and came to visit every day.

Bugger, I haven't sent off any of my forms yet - must do that this week. I bought stamps though so that's a start, right?

I hate more when I've just changed a nappy 'just in case' in the middle of the night (ie wet, but not drastic, so think I'm buying myself some extra sleep) only to have him fill it 1 minute later...I always wait for at least 3 grunted outbursts too, cause I'm too scared I'll wear another one ...oh and I'm sooooo sick of being spewed on...this has only started in the last 48hrs...thought we'd got away without a refluxy baby this time, but looks like I was wrong :hissy:

My favourite midwife was pommy Jo - I think she'd come in to make up the bed most days, just so she pretend she was doing something useful to cover just coming to have a chat!

And Medicare form.. check.. (I actually took it straight in to them today and it was all entered automatically on the computer and I was given temporary medicare documents with Mitchell on the them just in case it's needed)....she said there's probably going to be a 3 week wait on the baby bonus because there's a bit of a backlog (staff said you'd like to think it'll be shorter, but she doubts it..).....birth certificate...filled out, witnessed etc, but has been sitting on the bench for 2 weeks now :laughing: Should actually put it in the post!

AdysonsMummy

28-05-2008, 13:45

For me, I found that while I luuurved the smell of the pawpaw ointment, it didn't do a huge amount for me, and C didn't like the taste of it and would pull off during feeds - owie

My favourite midwife was pommy Jo - I think she'd come in to make up the bed most days, just so she pretend she was doing something useful to cover just coming to have a chat!

Oh gosh, glad I don't have DD pulling off, she doesn't seem to mind? Hope it stays that way!:smiliedance:

I also had my bub at the Wesley? This means we were in at the same time!! :laughing: Cool!
I had a run in with a particularly pushy midwife who manhandled my boob and my bub while trying to force my bub to "Latch". It left me quite bruised and in tears with a quite distressed bub. Then she told me off for using the 'Johnsons Wipes' we were given for nappy changes, saying they have too many chemicals and my bub would just end up back in hospital for skin irritations! I found it hard not to tell her to bugger off:banghead:.

I hate it when they are almost asleep though and fill their nappy....you have to change it and start the whole process all over again!

:yes:Yes I know what you mean!! I had to change DDs entire outfits last night because both nappy changes resulted in her weeing on the change table (and thus herself) and the second time it was the yellow stuff aswell!! I almost ran out of outfits warm enough for her to wear! Being so cold, by the time I had changed her she was wide awake and grumpy!
DD is only wearing 00000, so I haven't bought heaps, as she won't hopefully be wearing them long!

rynosmum

28-05-2008, 13:50

Do you think that the screaming in pain sound (after you've done a big breastfeed and nappy change) is just wind?

Man i was holding T for about 5 hours last night! sheeeesh!

Hmmm...possibly. What does he look like when he's doing it? Generally S only has two 'in pain' type screams. One is when she is in pain with wind, like you said, which is when the redness and the punching and kicking happens. She seems to soothe a little as I move her around to try different ways of burping her.

The other is if she stays awake for too long during the day and gets overtired where it's more just a high pitched scream. She did it again today, I put her in her rocker and can't sooth her until I pick her up, cuddle her for a while and talk to her - she just gets so upset. Finally her little eyes close though and she nods off whilst I'm holding her.

i'm a lot less disturbed by it this time round than I was with Charlotte I'm exactly the same. With Ry, I was so down on myself if I couldn't soothe him, would take him home from wherever I was if he was unsettled, would get so amazingly frustrated at night when I couldn't settle him down....but it seems different this time. She is easier though I must admit.

I'm just not sure what he actually has/needs/isn't too practical so I can still be the fun friend :laughing: Any suggestions??? I wonder if you can't think of anything because you're so darn tired!!! What about a....shell sandpit? Man, I can't even remember what a 1 year old would like! I do remember though that Ry loved his shell sandpit at 1.

Funny about the spewed on comment. Nothing like a bra full of warm milk spew at 2:30am:laughing::o I actually just finished cleaning the couch, now waiting for it to dry....

Pommy Jo was lovely! :yes: I only had her once but she was so very nice and made up my bed too - she really was a good'un.

I'm a sucker for parties. DH just asked me why I spent $50 on items for two cakes and why I didn't just buy a cake....Well, because my little boy ASKED me to make him a cake - I only wished he'd picked one a little bit easier but never mind.:rolleyes:

Wait until DH sees the lolly bags I've made up. He'll flip! We are doing minigolf so they are little coloured tin buckets with crayons, stickers, whistles and a couple of lollies in them. They are sooooo cute!

Okay, still have headache and Siana is asleep so I'm off to get a quick nap in before I pick up Ry.

:wave: Have a lovely and hopefully restful night everyone!

rynosmum

28-05-2008, 13:57

I also had my bub at the Wesley? This means we were in at the same time!! :laughing: Cool!

Wow! I was in there from the 8/5 until Mother's Day. Amanda was there from hmmm maybe the 5/5 until 9/5 (I might have it a day out...).

What room were you in? I was in 14 I think.

Bugger the midwife about the wipes. I didn't get any wipes, only the dry ol' chux rags. I sent hubby out to get some J&J wipes the first day. Trying to wait for someone to finish with the bathroom so you can wet a chux wipe to clean up a sticky meconium poop was just plain silly :p

I wonder why some of the midwives are so cranky and set in their ways. I had a pushy breastfeeding one last time and it really didn't help with the experience at all. I find the 'graveyard shift' ones to be the worst though - most of the day ones seemed lovely.

AdysonsMummy

28-05-2008, 14:13

Wow! I was in there from the 8/5 until Mother's Day. Amanda was there from hmmm maybe the 5/5 until 9/5 (I might have it a day out...).

What room were you in? I was in 14 I think.

I wonder why some of the midwives are so cranky and set in their ways. I had a pushy breastfeeding one last time and it really didn't help with the experience at all. I find the 'graveyard shift' ones to be the worst though - most of the day ones seemed lovely.

I had a caesar on the 6th @ 7:30pm and that night stayed in room 16. It was a double room, but I was the only one in there, hated it cos my husband couldn't stay with me:no:. But in the morning they moved me to 21, a single room. I was discharged on Mother's Day too! Left at 11am...

I met Pommy Jo, she was definately my fave! She caught me going to get a cup of tea from outside room 16, but insisted on getting it, and brought me bikkies and chocolate too! :bee: What a treasure!

THe worst part about being in hospital was those damn stockings!! Someone had to help me put them on everyday after I had a shower, I had ones that went all the was up!LOL!:D When the midwives saw what I was requesting they usually frowned, twas a real pain!

amandaw

28-05-2008, 14:21

I also had my bub at the Wesley? This means we were in at the same time!! :laughing: Cool!
I had a run in with a particularly pushy midwife who manhandled my boob

We would have been... I was on room 8 (Rynosmum had by far the better view!!) Do you know who the midwife was...I had an Asian midwife called Norma when I delivered DD and she was like that *shivers* very overwhelming for a first time mummy!

So that's another Brissie mum :smiliedance: I think that's 6 of us now (and obviousy the only ones with too much time on their hands and here in the new thread)! I'd love to arrange a meet sometime soon...where are you located AdysonsMummy (and you too Sammum if you read this) V8, HBP, and I are all northside, RM is central (I'm thinking you may be central/west-southside Sammum since you are good mates with Alli, but maybe just a big presumption)....any day suits me and I'm happy to either host or travel anywhere...anything to talk to real adults :laughing:

I wonder if you can't think of anything because you're so darn tired!!! What about a....shell sandpit? Man, I can't even remember what a 1 year old would like! I do remember though that Ry loved his shell sandpit at 1.

I actually just finished cleaning the couch, now waiting for it to dry....

I'm a sucker for parties. DH just asked me why I spent $50 on items for two cakes and why I didn't just buy a cake....Well, because my little boy ASKED me to make him a cake - I only wished he'd picked one a little bit easier but never mind.:rolleyes:

Wait until DH sees the lolly bags I've made up. He'll flip! We are doing minigolf so they are little coloured tin buckets with crayons, stickers, whistles and a couple of lollies in them. They are sooooo cute!
!

oh - I wanna come to Ry's party :hissy::laughing: What cake are you making him? I went simple last year (balloons) because we tied in in with C's christening, but already eyeing off the cake books this year for something very girly...I just need to have 10 kids so I can make all the cakes I like!

I think he may have a sandpit, but did actually look at gardening implements...C loves to go outside and pick up the real rake or broom, so was looking at a little wheelbarrow, spade etc etc - I know it's something C would love and something that it probably doesn't matter too much if he has more than one of (since being outside it'll perish and die eventually anyway)

And have to say I love our leather lounge for that exact same reason...and not having carpet in the living areas...can just wipe everything down

amandaw

28-05-2008, 14:27

They caught me going walking too...at 7am about 4 1/2 hrs after I delivered DS...I was walking down to get ice and they nearly jumped on me for doing so....but I know I was soo much better off after going for little walks after having DD, so just wanted to start off early

Ot really is a small world when you consider that out of the 6 brissie may mums, 4 of us were at the Wes (Sammum was there a week later than us)...who was you ob? RM and I discovered that we were seeing the same one, and even often had appointments only an hour or so apart :D

mirandaj

28-05-2008, 14:47

Hi Everyone,

Liam keeps crying then when I go up to him he is back asleep. It is very frustrating. Had an ok time today. We went for a walk to the shops and back, and Liam was very settled til we got home this afternoon.

MM: My house is ok, but only because my mum is coming and cleaning it once a week at the moment.

Rynosmum: Hope the party goes well. Can�t believe you will be entertaining already. Don�t think I could manage that!

Amanda: Thanks for the advice on the name change. Thinking of LittleLsMum as we call Liam �Little L� sometimes. Thanks also for the info on the different cries. I have printed it out and will give it a go. I do notice that Liam�s hugry cry has a distinct �N� sound.

AdysonsMummy: I was just wondering this morning if there is anything I can use on my caesarean scar. I may try the pawpaw cream then.

Pooey nappies: Liam also sometimes poos a few minutes after I change his nappy, or whilst I am changing it � just after I have cleaned the area and put the barrier cream on so I have to start again.

28-05-2008, 15:29

Hey Ladies

Rynosmum - Sounds like Ry is going to have an awesome party!!

With the meetup, i am thinking Chermside would suit, what about everyone else? The bounce and play is a good place, we were there yesterday though and the other playground was closed for repairs, so it's just the bounce and play, which is kinda better as it's all closed off so the older kids can play while we are with the little bubs. Let us know what you ladies think. :)

Amanda - I agree it's so much easier to deal with unsettledness 2nd time around. Last night was our worst night, C woke at 3am and didnt settle properly for a decent stretch until 9am, so I was very tired today, we slept until about 2pm. hehe.

Gosh i hate typing one-handed, wish i could write more but feeling rather slack! lol

Chat again soon!

28-05-2008, 15:34

EmsMum72

28-05-2008, 16:19

Hi there,

Well I can 'officially' join this thread now seeing as my little (well very big actually) man, Lincoln, was born a week ago tomorrow :yelclap:.

I haven't read any of the posts, just wanted to touch base. We got home from hospital on Monday and I've had a massive 6 hours sleep the past 3 nights (3 hrs Sun nite, 2 hours Mon nite & 3 hours last night). Lincoln basically wakes up every 1 or 2 hours during the night and wants (.) :rolleyes:. I am so exhausted. I'm sore from my c-sect and my whole body is sore from tiredness. On the plus side, DD is being wonderful, helpful, caring and giving me lots of cuddles which is awesome :thumbsup: and DH is being SO helpful (if only it would last forever, but I'm making the most of it while I can ;)). I will come back in a few days when I'm hopefully feeling more human, have stopped crying at the drop of a hat, and my son is sleeping better. Will also post pics then.

I can't remember the first week being so tiring with DD, but I'm sure it was. It's funny how you forget about all the negative things down the track after having a baby.

I hope everyone is well, and that your babies are behaving themselves.

:wave:

happybunnypony

28-05-2008, 16:26

hey mel! good to have you hear... i'm surprised there isn't more may mummies, but i'm sure they're all verrry busy!!

I've pretty much had bouts of being in tears the past few days. When T screams and crys it feels like anything i do is the wrong thing :( makes me so sad i can't help him, i have no idea how to make him stop!

He started hating on the dummy a week ago too, but i've just started him back on it again and today i've just started using a sling. It's going to kill my back, but hopefully less than carrying him everywhere. So far he seems pretty content in it! fingers crossed he likes it for a while and will ease the crying...

ANyone else use a sling with their bubs?

28-05-2008, 16:45

HBP - I bought a bubba moe sling the other day, haven't got around to using it yet, it seems really like a lot of material for a little bubs, but i will try and give it a few goes around the house as it will make things easier, especially with DS still using the pram, i can carry Cameron easier then in the sling.

Emsmum - You poor thing! I hope Lincoln settles into more of a routine which involves more sleeping! lol That's so cute about Emily helping. I am lucky i can sleep in the day cause DH can watch DS, but DS has also been watching lots of tv lately and generally amusing himself.

sammum

28-05-2008, 16:45

It's important to give your first child some one on one time as well which immediately means that you miss the ability to sleep during the day. I'm with Amanda on that, my son is still in daycare (pre-prep) 3 days per week. He loves going which makes it easier but it's the only time I get to actually recharge a little.

I totally agree. My DD1 is still in daycare 2 days a week and I call them my days off. I think I’d go insane without these couple of days to get some shopping done. So much easier with just the bub.[/font]

I found the opposite for some reason, I had two nights where midwives came in and were quite annoying One turned on the lights at 2:20am to talk to me about my care plan and was quite annoyed that I wasn't having my medication? She didn't understand it was because I wasn't actually in any pain? Another came in at 10:30 one night and stayed for a full hour and a half quizzing me on how to look after a baby - when to rock, what would I do in 'this' situation etc - it was the strangest thing....[/font]

I only called on them a couple of times...I was actually hoping that they would leave me alone more I had a beautiful midwife by the name of Alison though who was absolutely awesome and came to visit every day.

You poor thing! What’s with the waking you up at 2.20am?? And what’s with the quiz at 10.30am. It’s bizarre how different the experiences have been.

I'm already planning for C's birthday and it's not until August!! But I'm like a big kid myself...love picking and making the cake, invites etc etc etc

Yep, can totally relate to that! I’m planning B’s birthday already, although it is only next month. Was going to do a biggie with her chums from daycare etc, but just can’t stomach all that work so I’m just doing the relies so I know they’re a lot more diplomatic when things aren’t perfect than a group of 3 yr olds.[/font]

thought we'd got away without a refluxy baby this time, but looks like I was wrong

You poor thing! I’m sure you’ve heard and tried everything, but thought I’d mention the baby massage that I’ve heard (but no one I know personally) can help a little with reflux and colic?

I also had my bub at the Wesley? This means we were in at the same time!! Cool! I had a run in with a particularly pushy midwife who manhandled my boob and my bub while trying to force my bub to "Latch". It left me quite bruised and in tears with a quite distressed bub. Then she told me off for using the 'Johnsons Wipes' we were given for nappy changes, saying they have too many chemicals and my bub would just end up back in hospital for skin irritations! I found it hard not to tell her to bugger off .

Yikes! You poor thing. What’s with these mad midwives who just slam a baby and a boob together and think it’s being helpful! I also got in trouble for using the Johnson Wipes (which we were also given by the hospy)!!

Wow! I was in there from the 8/5 until Mother's Day. Amanda was there from hmmm maybe the 5/5 until 9/5 (I might have it a day out...).

I wonder why some of the midwives are so cranky and set in their ways. I had a pushy breastfeeding one last time and it really didn't help with the experience at all. I find the 'graveyard shift' ones to be the worst though - most of the day ones seemed lovely.

I was in there from the 10th to 14th. First 2 nights in bed 28 (shared room) and then 2 nights in room 9. Not a bad outlook actually.

I agree that the graveyard shift midwives are generally less friendly than those on the other shifts. But then, I’d hate to work that shift too.

I met Pommy Jo, she was definately my fave! She caught me going to get a cup of tea from outside room 16, but insisted on getting it, and brought me bikkies and chocolate too! What a treasure!

THe worst part about being in hospital was those damn stockings!! Someone had to help me put them on everyday after I had a shower, I had ones that went all the was up!LOL! When the midwives saw what I was requesting they usually frowned, twas a real pain!

Funny, must have missed Jo – can’t remember having any Pommy nurses at all. I remember those awful white stockings from last time. I remember walking out of the bathroom one day with these stockings on a band around my belly (given to me by the physio’s for my c-section scar) and I hadn’t brushed my hair and was generally looking a complete fright. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and just wondered whether Angelina Jolie ever looked or felt like this. Ha!

So that's another Brissie mum I think that's 6 of us now (and obviousy the only ones with too much time on their hands and here in the new thread)! I'd love to arrange a meet sometime soon...where are you located AdysonsMummy (and you too Sammum if you read this) V8, HBP, and I are all northside, RM is central (I'm thinking you may be central/west-southside Sammum since you are good mates with Alli, but maybe just a big presumption)....any day suits me and I'm happy to either host or travel anywhere...anything to talk to real adults

I’d love to do a catch up. I’m located on the central/east-side (used to be a west-side girl). I’m happy to travel.

They caught me going walking too...at 7am about 4 1/2 hrs after I delivered DS.

I was completely the same – I felt so much more human when I got up and walked around.

Ot really is a small world when you consider that out of the 6 brissie may mums, 4 of us were at the Wes (Sammum was there a week later than us)...who was you ob? RM and I discovered that we were seeing the same one, and even often had appointments only an hour or so apart

My OB was Nikki Whelan, but A was delivered by Steven Cooke as Nikki wasn’t on that weekend. He seemed nice enough. Who did you and RM have?

amandaw

28-05-2008, 17:00

With the meetup, i am thinking Chermside would suit, what about everyone else? The bounce and play is a good place, we were there yesterday though and the other playground was closed for repairs, so it's just the bounce and play, which is kinda better as it's all closed off so the older kids can play while we are with the little bubs. Let us know what you ladies think. :)

I cannot for the life of me think what/where this is...what has C been missing out on (did notice the one upstairs is closed)

amandaw

28-05-2008, 17:06

My OB was Nikki Whelan, but A was delivered by Steven Cooke as Nikki wasn�t on that weekend. He seemed nice enough. Who did you and RM have?

We both saw David Hill, but M was delivered by Nikki...spent weeks agonising the fact that i was due around the two long weekends (neither of which David was on) and just missed out on having david back on by 24hrs...she was good though, but not the same as having 'your' obstetrician..in fact my first thought when she walked in was 'what good's she going to be if it needs suctioning' :laughing: she's certainly little, but great

mirandaj

28-05-2008, 17:12

Welcome home Emsmum!

I have ordered a sling online and am waiting for it to be delivered.

Kayangel

28-05-2008, 17:17

Hey May mummies :wave:, sorry i havent posted in few days i have been slack.

Jaylen and i have been going great! his been so good for his mummy, he still only wakes once a night which is wonderful as i never feel tired tho im sure this wont last forever. Jaylen has now started smiling, its so beauitful to see, he gives the biggest smiles. I am loving being a mum, i love cuddling my little man and snuggling up with him, i cant stop staring at him his to beauitful.

Regarding Jaylens Kidneys he has to go for a MUC 2morrow which is where they inject die into his penis which goes upto his bladder to check if his got reflux, poor little bubba i feel so sorry for him having to go though all these tests. :crying:.

Rynosmum- Thanks for the information! I have been to see a lactation consultant and she said there is nothing wrong with my attachment :rolleyes: so im not sure why i was feeling so much pain? things are feeling alot better now still a little sore at some feeds but most of the time its fine. Gald to hear Ry its being a excellect big brother to Siana. I hope he has a wonderful birthday im sure he will as it sounds like u r making everything perfect for him.

HBP- Most of the time i will feed bubs then go out but if i have to be somewhere eg. a appointment then i will just pick him up and put him in his capsule.

Miranda- Sorry to hear about your washing machine. Gald to hear ur scan is healing nicely, its hard to belive i had a c- section 3 weeks ago, i was told not to lift anything heavier then my baby for 6 weeks but i have been lifting the capsule in and out the car and also lifting the pram in and out the car, where u also told this?

Amanda- Sounds like u have been having some hard times, sending u lots of big hugs hun :hugs:.

V8- Gald to hear ur mum got u something for cameron's bed :thumbsup:. Thanks for wishing me luck with Jaylens kidneys. I wish i was like u and more comtable with feeding in public but i hide away if i can but if i cant i feel :o.

Musicalmummy- All babies are good there are no bad babies. 3rd of May is a great date i was over the moon when Jaylen was born on May 3rd as i have a thing for 3's! Jaylen has dilated kidneys, a few more tests and i should no weather everything is ok.

Mel- Welcome home! I hope u start getting some more sleep soon! Em sounds like a great big sister.

28-05-2008, 17:27

Kayla - Aww your poor bubba, i hope it all goes well with Jaylen's tests. And yeah the thing for Cam's bed is awesome.

Amanda the bounce and play is upstairs at Chermside, just behind the other play thingy with a cafe attached to it. :thumbsup:

happybunnypony

29-05-2008, 12:25

Ooh Kayla, good luck with Jaylens tests today! I'm sending good :goodvibes: to you guys!

Vee: i haven't seen the buba moe slings, i'll have to look at them.

We took Tyler to chermside to get a pram today, my Dp was holding him and he was getting all sooky so i put him in my sling and gave him the dummy and he nodded off and slept the whole time! YAY! :smiliedance:

rynosmum

29-05-2008, 12:45

Hi there,

Well I can 'officially' join this thread now seeing as my little (well very big actually) man, Lincoln, was born a week ago tomorrow.

Hey Beautiful Mel! I posted to you the other day but lost it all when I pressed the submit button - haven't had a chance to repost but just wanted to congratulate you again on the safe arrival of baby Lincoln....gorgeous name by the way!

You're funny - you said that you were so tired because you've only had 6 hours sleep - well you must be as I think the hours you wrote added up to 8 hours :laughing: You poor thing. How are you feeling today?

I've pretty much had bouts of being in tears the past few days. When T screams and crys it feels like anything i do is the wrong thing makes me so sad i can't help him, i have no idea how to make him stop!

HBP, don't be too hard on yourself - sometimes it's really hard to know why they are crying and remember that crying is really Tyler's only way of communicating with you - it doesn't mean that you are doing anything wrong at all.

...I had an Asian midwife called Norma when I delivered DD and she was like that *shivers* very overwhelming for a first time mummy!

I think that was the same one who came in with the late night lecture to me! Yep, she was certainly....full on:p

oh - I wanna come to Ry's party.What cake are you making him?

Are you sure? 10 x 4 year old boys with golf clubs? It could be a little bit of a disaster - especially given the weather today:rolleyes:

I'm making him the Pinata cake from the Women's Weekly Party cake book. I give him the book every year and he chooses the cake he wants. Last year it was a ladybeetle which was really good. This year, the cake is easy enough but the chocolate dome over the top might be something that does my head in.....:hair: The child gets a hammer and breaks the chocolate dome to get to the cake and lollies....eeek!

I am doing balloon cupcakes for the kids party and the pinata one is for the family party on Sunday.

With the meetup, i am thinking Chermside would suit, what about everyone else?

I'm not too familiar with Chermside shopping centre so just let me know what the playcentre is near and we'll be there. Ry is 4 though so what ages can use it? If it's a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, it will just be myself and Siana.

Regarding Jaylens Kidneys he has to go for a MUC 2morrow which is where they inject die into his penis which goes upto his bladder to check if his got reflux, poor little bubba i feel so sorry for him having to go though all these tests.

Good luck with Jaylen's tests!!! Let us know how you go.

Good to hear that the breastfeeding is going well. Mine are a bit ouchie again today - I think it's just hard work on them you know, every now and again they will get a little sore.

:wave: to everyone else - I'm on day 3 of my migraine. It's subsiding today so hopefully I will be back on track tonight. Off to try and sleep. Ry is home today and both kids are asleep:smiliedance:

AdysonsMummy

29-05-2008, 14:33

So that's another Brissie mum, I think that's 6 of us now (and obviousy the only ones with too much time on their hands and here in the new thread)! I'd love to arrange a meet sometime soon...where are you located AdysonsMummy (and you too Sammum if you read this) V8, HBP, and I are all northside, RM is central (I'm thinking you may be central/west-southside Sammum since you are good mates with Alli, but maybe just a big presumption)....any day suits me and I'm happy to either host or travel anywhere...anything to talk to real adults

We are at Morningside (Central-East?);)

It really is a small world when you consider that out of the 6 brissie may mums, 4 of us were at the Wes (Sammum was there a week later than us)...who was you ob? RM and I discovered that we were seeing the same one, and even often had appointments only an hour or so apart

My Ob is Gino Pecoraro. Love him to bits! He's so funny! And quite the celebrity I hear:D.
I remember him in the c section singing " I know what you got, I know what you got....:raspberry:." He was teasing me! Making out he was going to keep it a secret. LOL... And then they started talking about Big Brother!! :laughing:

Hey Ladies
With the meetup, i am thinking Chermside would suit, what about everyone else? The bounce and play is a good place, we were there yesterday though and the other playground was closed for repairs, so it's just the bounce and play, which is kinda better as it's all closed off so the older kids can play while we are with the little bubs. Let us know what you ladies think.

Chermside is fine for me, Im relatively close to the Gateway Fwy. As long as I get to miss peak hour traffic! Though I won't be drinking coffee....I hope they serve something else equally as evil:devil:!

Im sick of all this cold weather! My nipples keep shrivelling up and hurting! I thought QLD was supposed to be warm and sunny!:confused:

amandaw

29-05-2008, 15:50

I've joined the ouchies again today as well... been wearing the niplle cover thingy's today as can't stand the thought of anything touchong them and too cold to air them out :laughing:...though can say that we actually got a good night last night - still awake 3-3 1/2hrly, but did manage pretty much straight back to sleep after a feed which was a nice change!

AM - My SIL is seeing Gino at the moment...why's he the celebrity??

RM - That cake looks really cool (I'm bad..I have one kids cookbook, but just colour photocopy others that I like...mind you i think I did most with DD in mind, so may have to start again for all of DS's birthdays!)...and I think they'll all still have a ball!!

From what I gather, where V is talking about is upstairs near Rebel and the movies, so should be easy to find

Anyway...I think someone wants attention...C's sitting her on the computer table, hitting me on the ehad with a DVD, but saying oww before she brings it down :laughing: funny child!! Had a :goodvibes: note in her bag today..FDCer is new to the scheme in our area so still has fortnightly visits by supervisers...and apparently the head honcho thought C was quite advanced with her ability to mimic animals, dress (or usually that's undress!) herself, follow instructions and do puzzles...makes you feel good, even though I know it's probably just a feel good exercise...I'll take it though :laughing:

29-05-2008, 17:14

Hey guys - Yeah brissy mums the playcentre is upstairs at Chermside near the movies and Rebel sport, very easy to find. I'm happy to do it any day really, and i guess most would want to meet before lunch, maybe 11am or something, but i'm happy with any time too, as long as it's not too early! lol

Amanda - Glad you had a better night last night, it's nice when they just settle straight away.

HBP - I got my bubba moe sling from Bubs baby shop at Strathpine. I tried it out today with Cam, he hated it, so we just carried him around everywhere. But i still gotta figure out the logistics of wearing it. That's awesome that Tyler settled straight away in the sling while you did shopping. :D

We had a horrid night last night, well it wasn't too bad, but i literally got about 2 hours sleep. Cam woke very frequently, fed and as soon as i put him back in the side-car, he'd wake up straight away. And still all he wants to settle is boob. So yeah mine are very ouchie too and i agree it's very sucky having sore boobs when it's this darn cold too!

We also spent over 3 hours at the shops today i had heaps of errands to do and the grocery shopping, boy it was stressful! Joshy was naughty and kicking and hitting kids at the play thing outside woolies, i was trying to breastfeed while push the trolley and do the shopping, and then i had to bring Josh in the shops to settle him down while DH took Cameron, gosh it was so hard juggling both of them, then we got in the car, DH gave Josh his bottle and when he opened the bottle milk went everywhere in the car, i was so annoyed, and both kids were screaming. I was :hair: :hair: by the end and thank god we got home and i am not cooking dinner now just having leftovers! But yeah crazy now it takes about 3 hours just to get stuff done at the shops. I don't know how anyone can do it solo with 2 kids, i seriously just wouldn't cope with going to the shops at all!

Also we went to the chemist to weigh Cameron and he weighed a little over his birth weight, but he had full clothes on. But anyways, i was happy as he did lose weight after birth and now he's caught up and he's nearly 2 weeks so it's all good.

Hope everyone else is going well. :D

amandaw

29-05-2008, 19:46

V - was that at North Lakes at the clinic in Soul Patterson (I think...near the big newsagent and where Com bank was?)...what did you think of the nurse (marie??)... I used to think the one I had with C was a bit of an old fuddy duddy, but at least she seemed interested, and was really thorough in her practice and questioning...I took M up to the NL one last week and she literally filled out the card, weighed and measured him and said okay good....there was no-one else waiting, yet she didn't do anything like check his hips/where cord had been ....anything - didn't know if she was just over it (was towards the end of the time she's there) or whether i should look to see if there was another one around....

AdysonsMummy

30-05-2008, 10:35

AM - My SIL is seeing Gino at the moment...why's he the celebrity??

Gino is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Ob at UniQueensland, Federal Councillor and examiner for The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ob & Gyn. He is also the resident expert in Cosmopolitan and New Idea Magazines for Ob & Gyn. In the Winter 2007 Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine he had this 5 page spread on 'Yikes Is this normal? 14 Bizarre pregnancy side effects' :laughing: If you google his name you get lots of stuff he has participated in!

Don't know where he finds the time! He has like 6 kids of his own......:D

Taken from the following website:- � Women's Health Education and Research Society Inc. 2004 - 2007
Gino Pecoraro

Home (http://www.whers.com.au/) > Speakers CV's (http://www.whers.com.au/speakerscv/index.php) > Gino Pecoraro

Gino is a gynaecologist in private practice on Brisbane’s Wickham Terrace with a special interest in menopause and endometriosis. He works at Mater Mothers and Royal Women’s Hospital as a visiting obstetrician and is actively involved in undergraduate and registrar teaching. He is an examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists where he is a senior examiner for the Diploma and a regular examiner for the Membership. He is also a senior examiner with the Australian Medical Council.
He has a keen interest in medical journalism and writes for a number of women’s magazines including New Idea where he is the resident gynaecologist. He is the regular “Morning Medico” on Radio 612 ABC in Brisbane and starting in February will host fortnightly talk back sessions available statewide on women’s health issues. He gives lectures to interested GPs and women in the community with many sessions televised to rural women’s groups via the “Women’s Health Queensland Wide” network.

Kayangel

30-05-2008, 16:56

Hey ladies, Where are all the other May mums? there are more of us that have had bubs then wats in here. I think im the only one in here not from brissy hehe feels lonely.

Jaylen had his MCU done yesturday and omg it was the most horrible thing ever, i had to hold his arms straight up in the air while a nurse held down his legs while the doctor injected dye into his penis, my little boy screamed and screamed it broke my heart, i had to fight back my tears, my could hear him all the way from the waiting room screaming. There was good news at the end of it tho the results came back that he doesnt have reflux (urine going into his kidneys)

Question- What size clothes is everyones bubs wearing? Jaylen has now grown out of 00000's and now fits into 0000's YAY.

AdysonsMummy

30-05-2008, 18:46

Jaylen had his MCU done yesturday and omg it was the most horrible thing ever, i had to hold his arms straight up in the air while a nurse held down his legs while the doctor injected dye into his penis, my little boy screamed and screamed it broke my heart, i had to fight back my tears, my could hear him all the way from the waiting room screaming. There was good news at the end of it tho the results came back that he doesnt have reflux (urine going into his kidneys)

Question- What size clothes is everyones bubs wearing? Jaylen has now grown out of 00000's and now fits into 0000's YAY.

Sounds horrible! Glad to hear the results were negative! :smiliedance:

Adyson is still wearing 00000s:no:

musicalmummy

30-05-2008, 19:06

:hugs:kayangel. that'd have been terrible.
clothes...ds nearly fully in 000. he's already 4.3kg.

we're having a bad time. something surely is wrong with my little man. we've tried lactose free formula, now on soy which is slightly helping the wind pain but he has deeper issues. the CHN watched him today after a feed and wants him to be assessed for silent reflux.

i'm sooo tired averaging 4-5 hours of broken sleep. its to the point where i cry just thinking about hw am i going to get a good sleep.
poor dd is missing out and i feel so guilty, so i booked her in for an extra day care day whic made me cry again.

a friend popped over to get her breast pump handle back, i opened the door and bloody cried again. she came straight in took ds and told me to have a shower for time out.

i love my little man to bits and i so hope we can get something to fix him.

30-05-2008, 20:15

Amanda, i just went into the chemist and weighed him, didn't go on any day to see any lady. I will probably just take Cam to the GP when he's 6 weeks old or something.

Cameron is in 0000's but they are really not going to last him much longer, i also think he'll be out of 'newborn' nappies soon as he's already over 4kg anyways.

Kayla - Your poor little man, that would have been horrible, glad to hear that he is ok though.

Isaac's Mummy

30-05-2008, 20:43

Just sticking my head in to say I WANT TO JOIN THIS THREAD :banghead: :hair: :laughing:

I know, I know an EDD is just that - ESTIMATED - and I've said all along I thought I'd go over....but I just want a baby. All this baby talk. I want mine here already!

You can all remind me I said this next week when I'm not sleeping and my boobies are sore and the house is a pig sty and all I can do is complain!!!

So lovely to hear that you're all settling into life with your magic May babies, and I hope to be back here in a few days with some questions and updates myself :D Hoping to SMS you this weekend Vee - but baby may have other ideas :rolleyes:

30-05-2008, 21:39

Hoping to SMS you this weekend Vee - but baby may have other ideas :rolleyes:

Yes, that would be lovely, no pressure of course! ;) :hugs:

Kayangel

31-05-2008, 06:28

Today i have decided to have a day at home just cuddling up on the couch with Jaylen watching movies and maybe having a sleep, it will be a nice change from going out everyday.

AdysonsMummy- Ur little girl must be tiny. my little boy was 5 pounds 10 oz born and is now 6 pound 7 oz, ur little one must be even smaller. How much was she at birth?

MM- Im so sorry to hear u r having a hard time, i hope ur little man can get some help asap, sending u lots of hugs :hugs:. Ur friend sounds lovely.

Bec- I hope u will be joining us all very soon :D.

meegzz

31-05-2008, 08:05

Me too me too i wanna join here too!!!!

Its getting lonely in the other thread... come on out baby i am so over this feeling of being a whale....

Question how is everyone going with loosing weight after bubs i know that it is probably not high on peoploes priority lists but i was just wondering how hard it can be... i hate diets so am just plannin on eating healthily, breast feeding and daily walking or something if i have time :laughing:.

Kayla - The test sounds horrible but it has delivered great results so that is fantastic!!!

Another Question I was going through bubby clothes as i have washed them all now regarding size i have a feeling that i definately need some more 0000's everyone told me earlier to not spend much on 0000 and get 000 but i dunno, has everyone started off in at least 0000 i know kayla and adysons mummy have both been 00000.... it doesnt matter as we have planned a spree for after bubs is born for some colours as everything here is yellow and white haha - i suppose i will see soon.

One more thing message to my baby - Please come out so we can chat to all of these babies and mumies - i wouldnt mind if you came out today or even tomorrow but soon please :p.

Much love to all the mummies and bubbas and awaiting mummies hehe xxxx

AdysonsMummy

31-05-2008, 09:27

AdysonsMummy- Ur little girl must be tiny. my little boy was 5 pounds 10 oz born and is now 6 pound 7 oz, ur little one must be even smaller. How much was she at birth?

Strangely enough she was 7pd 4oz at birth, but only wearing 00000? Im sure she'll be in 0000s soon....

amandaw

31-05-2008, 10:01

Just sticking my head in to say I WANT TO JOIN THIS THREAD :

And we can't wait to have you in here...and you too Meggzz - it's been pretty quiet over here too recently! Just be patient - only a few more days I'm sure!!

Amanda, i just went into the chemist and weighed him, didn't go on any day to see any lady. I will probably just take Cam to the GP when he's 6 weeks old or something.

Cameron is in 0000's but they are really not going to last him much longer, i also think he'll be out of 'newborn' nappies soon as he's already over 4kg anyways.

Fair enough - I went when the CHN was there - didn't know you could weigh them yourself :laughing: I've already stocked up on bigger nappies - I hated having to change C 7 million times a day, so love the fact that we get longer out of the bigger nappies (except obviously when dirsty, though he tends to cluster those together so that's all good too.

i love my little man to bits and i so hope we can get something to fix him.
All I can offer is :hugs:...M gets major, major tummy wind pains that I have to massage out - feel really sorry for him because he's obviously in pain, but seems to struggle burping, so I have to get it out later..poor little sausages!

Question how is everyone going with loosing weight after bubs i know that it is probably not high on peoploes priority lists but i was just wondering how hard it can be... i hate diets so am just plannin on eating healthily, breast feeding and daily walking or something if i have time :laughing:.

Another Question I was going through bubby clothes as i have washed them all now regarding size i have a feeling that i definately need some more 0000's everyone told me earlier to not spend much on 0000 and get 000 but i dunno,

We're using a combination of 0000's and 000's depending on what it is - we do only have about 5 0000 outfits though because they don't last long - maybe just get a couple of colour specific ones after bubs is born - I really only 'dress' M if we are going out, otherwise it's just all in ones because the're simple and I don't get frustrated when he spews/wees/poohs on them continuously :laughing: And I wouldn't worry too much about weight - I think most of us feel like it as fallen off to some degree - I'm about 2kgs above pre preg weight, and am fitting into most of my pre pre clothes (though don't quite look as nice with the little bump)..and I've done nothing yet...will have to start doing something though so I don;t turn into a couch potato

EmsMum72

31-05-2008, 13:30

You're funny - you said that you were so tired because you've only had 6 hours sleep - well you must be as I think the hours you wrote added up to 8 hours You poor thing. How are you feeling today?

:laughing: well there ya go - say no more! LOL I hope your migraines have gone away. You make me tired just reading about how happy and energetic you are. I am totally stuffed. Every time I sit down I nearly nod off, bludy ridic!!

Jaylen had his MCU done yesturday and omg it was the most horrible thing ever.

That must have been awful for you to watch, and for Jaylen to experience. I nearly cried when they pricked Lincoln's heel and sometimes cry when DD gets immunisation jabs so I can only imagine how awful that must have been for you. Glad to hear that the results were good though, and that he doesn't have reflux. Linc is in 0000's, but won't be for much longer. He also occasionally wears 000's but they're a bit long for him.

i'm sooo tired averaging 4-5 hours of broken sleep. its to the point where i cry just thinking about hw am i going to get a good sleep.

I'm with you ... I dread night time because every night feels like a dream. I wake up several times a night to feed then sit on the couch and stare at infomercials (even though we have foxtel :confused:) then before I know it I wake up, having nodded off for 5 mins or so. Totally bizarre! Hope things improve soon.

Just sticking my head in to say I WANT TO JOIN THIS THREAD

Me too me too i wanna join here too!!!!

Jeez, hurry up Bec & Meegzz :p

All you lucky Qld ladies being able to meet up. Hopefully we're coming up early next year for a holiday so I'll have to catch up with you all then.

Well, as I said earlier I'm totally stuffed. Lincoln now sleeps about 3 hour stints instead of 2, so I guess things are improving slightly. I've had a couple of 'blue moments' and there was tension in the house the other night (first time since having Lincoln) when DH was just telling DD off for no reason (well, she hasn't been listening but this is a huge adjustment for her too, and he just was annoyed - but then instead of just telling her to try harder next time to do what he says blah blah, he just stayed grumpy at her all arvo/night and snapped at her about stupid little things) so that made me cry.

We haven't really ventured out of the house as yet (I can't drive and there's no way I'll survive 6 weeks without going out, I'm going stir crazy after just a week). We are off to my friend's house this arvo though because she picked up Emily this morning so she could have a play with my friend's 2 daughters. Then we'll have maccas on the way home, and tomorrow we'll go to the library and the park as a family.

DH has been terrific, but is starting to get stressed because he has so much work to do and is still trying to do as much as possible on the home front, and with the kids. :hair: Hasn't been too bad otherwise. I've also lost all of my pregnancy weight (10kgs), Lincoln is 9 days old today and his umbilical cord clamp fell off last night. He's so smoochie and such a chubby cutie patootie!

Well I'm off, DH has gone to do the shopping so I'd better pack the nappy bag for Linc.

Hope everyone is well, and that you're all getting heaps more sleep than I am (but don't rub it in if you are, LOL). Ciao

musicalmummy

31-05-2008, 14:38

I'm with you ... I dread night time because every night feels like a dream. I wake up several times a night to feed then sit on the couch and stare at infomercials (even though we have foxtel :confused:) then before I know it I wake up, having nodded off for 5 mins or so. Totally bizarre! Hope things improve soon.

Jeez, hurry up Bec & Meegzz :p

All you lucky Qld ladies being able to meet up. Hopefully we're coming up early next year for a holiday so I'll have to catch up with you all then.

i'm a nsw mum so i can't do the meets either and i can't see us getting to qld any time soon:no:

Strangely enough she was 7pd 4oz at birth, but only wearing 00000? Im sure she'll be in 0000s soon....
my dd was 7p6 and was in 0000 for ages but they were way too big for her.

i stil can't figure out hw to quote only certain parts of ppl's messages and have it come up in the blue rectangle :confused:

musicalmummy

31-05-2008, 14:38

o i did it, must've been a fluke.:smiliedance:

rynosmum

31-05-2008, 14:41

Hi Everyone!:wave:

Well, Ry's party went well - after a shaky start. We did minigolf and it was pouring with rain this morning and we were so lucky - we took the kids all to the cafe first (for waffles - YUM!) and then did the minigolf after that. The weather cleared up for them all to finish which was awesome! I kept S in the Baby Bjorn and she slept the whole time. Ry had a lovely day with his little friends except for at the end, as we were walking to the car, he accidently let go of a foil balloon I had for him and he cried his little eyes out. Poor little darlin'.

Tomorrow we have the family party at home. Ry wanted the 'Pinata' cake which is a cake with all sorts of lolly treasure on top which is then covered by a dome of chocolate which is decorated with M&M's etc. I found a picture of it here (http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=43918). So after debating it to myself for a couple of days, I've made it and it has come out really well. Just need to make some mini hotdogs, fruit and marshmallow skewers and basic ribbon sandwiches in the morning and we're all done. Not too much effort this year (well, apart from the cake:o).
All I had to make for this morning were the party buckets and some cupcakes so it's all pretty good.

Siana is in 000's in most things, 0000's still in pants though - her waist is tiny. Bonds wondersuits are smaller so she'll be heading to 00's there very soon.
I haven't had her weighed since 10 days after she was born so will need to find a chemist with scales this week - now that everything here has calmed down a little.

I have lost just over half of my extra weight (10kgs but still have 9 to lose). I feel pretty yuck because of it and am still wearing my maternity pants (but normal tops). It is slowly moving but not as fast as I would have liked :no:

S is doing 5 hour sleeps at night at the moment which is fantastic although now Ry has started getting up at night?:confused: He came in twice last night so my night was - 10pm sleep, 12 Ry came in as he needed to go to the toilet, 1 Ry came in as he couldn't sleep, 2:30 - 3:30 Siana up, 6:30am - Siana up.

So now, I'm off to have a quick nap before she and Ry wake up!

musicalmummy

31-05-2008, 14:43

You can all remind me I said this next week when I'm not sleeping and my boobies are sore and the house is a pig sty and all I can do is complain!!!

:rolleyes:

we'll complain along with you :)

Question how is everyone going with loosing weight after bubs i know that it is probably not high on peoploes priority lists but i was just wondering how hard it can be... i hate diets so am just plannin on eating healthily, breast feeding and daily walking or something if i have time :laughing:.

weight...i'm too tired to even eat proper meals. the onlt time i do is breakfast when sit down and feed dd16mth her porridge. i'm sure the weight will fall off that way, although eating copius amounts of chocolate won't help :p

musicalmummy

31-05-2008, 14:43

wasn't a fluke after all :smiliedance::smiliedance:

amandaw

31-05-2008, 15:09

Well done Musicalmummy! :yelclap:

Don't stress about the not being in Brissie thing - there really are a whole heap more May mummies out there who are obviously taking time away from BH while they get to know their little bundle...you may find that there's one 'just around the corner from you' when they return

(But speaking of which, when is good for a meet? I was thinking maybe next week (after the long weekend..just to give people another week to settle in) but won't be able to do the Tuesday that week as have my 6 week check back (a bit early but ob on holidays after that)...any other day suits just fine though ...)

Hmmm waffles - sure beats my weetbix!! Poor Ry with the balloon - it just makes your heart melt when it's all those little things that are important to them. Hope that he had a great time anyway, and that the weather holds off for the family event tomorrow as well!

musicalmummy

31-05-2008, 15:34

31-05-2008, 20:53

Me too me too i wanna join here too!!!!

Question how is everyone going with loosing weight after bubs i know that it is probably not high on peoploes priority lists but i was just wondering how hard it can be... i hate diets so am just plannin on eating healthily, breast feeding and daily walking or something if i have time.

Cant wait for you to join this thread either! With baby weight, i am pretty much down to my pre-preg weight too, although i started off heavy cause i never lost weight after Josh. At least i can wear my old jeans though and fit most of my old clothes which is good. I'm going to try and lose about 20kgs anyways as i said i was heavier to start off with. I think i need to just watch what i eat, breastfeed and go for walks too and see how that is to start off with, i hate dieting too! lol

Fair enough - I went when the CHN was there - didn't know you could weigh them yourself :laughing: I've already stocked up on bigger nappies - I hated having to change C 7 million times a day, so love the fact that we get longer out of the bigger nappies (except obviously when dirsty, though he tends to cluster those together so that's all good too.

:laughing: I am not sure what the go is either, just went and saw that there were scales there so weighed him! haha Poor Mitchell with his wind pain, it's truly horrible. :hugs: I definately had problems winding Josh but Cam doesn't seem to have that problem thankfully.

I'm with you ... I dread night time because every night feels like a dream. I wake up several times a night to feed then sit on the couch and stare at infomercials (even though we have foxtel :confused:) then before I know it I wake up, having nodded off for 5 mins or so. Totally bizarre! Hope things improve soon.

Poor thing :hugs: Its hard hey, i only had one night where it was unusually awful and i was watching discovery home and health! lol Hope you are able to get some rest in the afternoon. Glad hubby is helping out and i'm sure Emily will get used to it all, it does take time though it's a bit of an upheaval for them.

Hi Everyone!

Well, Ry's party went well - after a shaky start. We did minigolf and it was pouring with rain this morning and we were so lucky - we took the kids all to the cafe first (for waffles - YUM!) and then did the minigolf after that. The weather cleared up for them all to finish which was awesome! I kept S in the Baby Bjorn and she slept the whole time. Ry had a lovely day with his little friends except for at the end, as we were walking to the car, he accidently let go of a foil balloon I had for him and he cried his little eyes out. Poor little darlin'.

Oh, that is sad he lost his balloon, the party sounded great though, i was thinking of you today when it was raining again, hope that your day was good. The cake looks fab, you are amazing! You sound like things are going really well with Siana. :thumbsup:

(But speaking of which, when is good for a meet? I was thinking maybe next week (after the long weekend..just to give people another week to settle in) but won't be able to do the Tuesday that week as have my 6 week check back (a bit early but ob on holidays after that)...any other day suits just fine though ...)

I'm happy for whenever, will have to bring DS and probably DH aswell he doesn't like being left at home alone! lol

We decided to go up to my folks house so i could get some new clothes for DH, his wardrobe desperately needed new clothes. We managed to get quite a few things which was great, bit of an effort though had to bring my mum so she can entertain Josh and in between Cameron when he wasn't feeding he was sleeping so he was excellent at the shops. Josh was a bit of a poop, he wanted to press the button on the elevator but he didn't get to so he chucked a fit all the way to the car and then wouldn't get in his seat and kept yelling 'joshy push button'. So i asked DH to run back let him push the button and come back! So that was the only way we could calm him. So frustrating at times, bless their little souls though!

I am glad we are at my mum and dads for a bit, it's a nice break and they spend lots of time with Josh which is good cause it's hard when i have other things that i need to get done. Tomorrow we have friends of the family coming up to meet Cameron, so that should be good, pity the weather is so rubbish.

Hi to HBP, Miranda, Cassie, Kayla, MM and everyone else who is a tad absent at the moment.

AdysonsMummy

01-06-2008, 10:29

we'll complain along with you :)

weight...i'm too tired to even eat proper meals. the onlt time i do is breakfast when sit down and feed dd16mth her porridge. i'm sure the weight will fall off that way, although eating copius amounts of chocolate won't help :p

Would love to eat copius amounts of chocolate! But it's bad for the breastfed bub so I hear....:no:

Hope things are sorted real soon for your little one! Its horroble watching them in so much distress...

EmsMum72

01-06-2008, 11:16

Hi there :wave:

Just thought I'd share that although Lincoln woke every 2-2.5 hours last night I actually managed to get 7 hours sleep :eek: the most sleep I've had since he was born. I went to bed at 9.30pm and felt shattered this morning when I got up (having been up with him 4 times overnight), but feel relatively 'normal' atm.

AdysonsMummy, I'm with you on the chocolate front. I'm hanging out for a huge block of Cadbury Dairy Milk and have been trying to find an opportunity to sneak out of the house on my own to buy one (or else DH will lecture me, ha ha) but it hasn't happened yet. Not a bad thing I guess because you're right, it does affect a breastfed bub, so I'll try and abstein.

Vee, sounds like being at your parents is just what you need. Bit of an escape and help with Joshy while you concentrate on Cameron. I'm trying really hard not to always be holding Lincoln so Emily doesn't get jealous and resentful, but it's hard when newborns are so dependant. Aagh, it will sort itself out. Glad to hear that everyone was well behaved at the shopping centre. We haven't tackled a shopping centre yet. The thought of that is very daunting.

RM, glad to hear that Ry's party went well and I hope his home party does too. Good on you for going to such an effort with a newborn as well. I guess though, you just do what you have to do don't you. Ry deserved to have a lovely birthday, even though you had a newborn, and you just do what needs to be done to ensure that he has a wonderful day. Good on you, supermum!

We were supposed to be taking DD to the library and the park today but it's really cold outside, too cold to take Lincoln out, so DH will take DD and I will stay home with DS and fill out heaps of paper work and do some house work. The thought of me having to get his capsule in and out of the car freaks me out a little, should have a few trial runs before DH goes back to work next week. I was a rebel last night and drove my car (naughty Mel) just to Maccas so I could have some 'me' time. Got home and realised that they hadn't put any chips in the bag :rolleyes: DH wasn't happy, so went and growled at the manager.

Anyhoo, gotta go and do a few things, promised DD we'd make truffles.

Quick question though! How often does everyone's baby do poos?? Sorry if TMI, but my DS pretty much does 1 (and huge farts :laughing:) after every feed, a mustardy yellow one. Does this sound normal, I can't remember Em doing so many!! :confused:

Angroc

01-06-2008, 12:25

Hi EmsMum,

I am from the April thread and thought I would be able to help you with your question re poos :)
When Poppy was just a couple of weeks old she was pretty much pooing every nappy. She is 6 weeks old now and poos 2 huge ones in the early morning and has a couple throughout the day. So I guess to begin with new babies have heaps and as they get older not so many. My GP said that is completely normal. I hope that helps :)

Kayangel

01-06-2008, 15:41

Today from 10am to 2pm all Jaylen did was feed and grizzel on my boobies just the day im sick :crying:, his now up and feeding again. I have thought about just giving him a bottle but i no i would feel to gulity maybe a dummy would help? :confused:. I just want him to stop being so hungry, my poor boobies cant handle him feeding so often and so long.

On another note, i was talking to bubs dad today and his decided not to ever have anything to do with our son, he wont even sign the birth certificate but i want his name on it so will be taking him to court in order to make him sign. His also not paying a cent for Jaylen.

Mel- Jaylen poos at every feed aswell as does massive farts.

musicalmummy

01-06-2008, 16:29

Today from 10am to 2pm all Jaylen did was feed and grizzel on my boobies just the day im sick his now up and feeding again. I have thought about just giving him a bottle but i no i would feel to gulity maybe a dummy would help? . I just want him to stop being so hungry, my poor boobies cant handle him feeding so often and so long.

On another note, i was talking to bubs dad today and his decided not to ever have anything to do with our son, he wont even sign the birth certificate but i want his name on it so will be taking him to court in order to make him sign. His also not paying a cent for Jaylen.

Mel- Jaylen poos at every feed aswell as does massive farts.

a dummy is great. babies have a natural sucking reflex. just make sure you stll know when to feed him.

jaylen's dad doesn't sound like a nice person. hugs for you!!

Hi there :wave:

Just thought I'd share that although Lincoln woke every 2-2.5 hours last night I actually managed to get 7 hours sleep :eek: the most sleep I've had since he was born. I went to bed at 9.30pm and felt shattered this morning when I got up (having been up with him 4 times overnight), but feel relatively 'normal' atm.

AdysonsMummy, I'm with you on the chocolate front. I'm hanging out for a huge block of Cadbury Dairy Milk and have been trying to find an opportunity to sneak out of the house on my own to buy one (or else DH will lecture me, ha ha) but it hasn't happened yet. Not a bad thing I guess because you're right, it does affect a breastfed bub, so I'll try and abstein.

Got home and realised that they hadn't put any chips in the bag :rolleyes: DH wasn't happy, so went and growled at the manager.

Anyhoo, gotta go and do a few things, promised DD we'd make truffles.

we had a bad night too. dh and i did 3 hrly shifts as ds was so unsettled. we've put him back on the lactosefree milk, and took him off soy today and he seems more settled.

how about i eat all the chocolate for all the b/f mums???

sux about the chips. did you get free ones? i once demanded a free coke from hungry jacks cos i thought witing in drive thru for 10 minutes was a bit ridiculous.

Kayangel

01-06-2008, 16:36

ARRRR JAYLEN WONT SETTLE!! he hasnt had a more then a hours sleep all day :hair:. I tired a dummy but he wont take it keeps spiting it out.

MM- Jaylens dad is an *******, i can honestly say that im happy his not going to apart of my sons life.

rynosmum

01-06-2008, 17:07

Would love to eat copius amounts of chocolate! But it's bad for the breastfed bub so I hear It is? Whoops ... why? :o

[B][I][COLOR=darkorchid]RM, glad to hear that Ry's party went well and I hope his home party does too. It did go well and he had a ball :yes: Can you believe though that he smashed the Pinata cake but then didn't want to eat any? Not even with ice cream!! He has asked for pancakes for brekky for his birthday tomorrow though - he is loving his birthday week:D You're right - you just do what you need to do. It was important that he saw his birthday as a special day.

Oh and S poops every feed, sometimes twice...:rolleyes:

Oh, that is sad he lost his balloon, the party sounded great though, i was thinking of you today when it was raining again, hope that your day was good. The cake looks fab, you are amazing! You sound like things are going really well with Siana. They are - it is going really well - I feel so blessed because it took so long for us to get here.

Glad to hear that your folks are helping out. I must admit, I'm feeling so much better having DH home - a bit of help is awesome.

Today from 10am to 2pm all Jaylen did was feed and grizzel on my boobies just the day im sick, his now up and feeding again. I must admit I use a dummy on the odd occasion that S seems to be 'comfort' feeding. When I know she has been getting ample milk but just wants to suck. She will soon let me know if the dummy isn't satisfying (that is, if she is still hungry) and I don't use it after dark as I don't want her to associate it with night time.

Must go now - holding bub and typing one handed is doing my head in :hair:

Seeya all!:wave:

rynosmum

01-06-2008, 17:11

ARRRR JAYLEN WONT SETTLE!! he hasnt had a more then a hours sleep all day :hair:. I tired a dummy but he wont take it keeps spiting it out.

I find that S will only take it when she is relatively calm. I put it in then gently tap the end with my fingernail until she starts sucking. She won't take Nuk or Pigeon though...only Avent. Sometimes you need to try a few.

Is there anyone else who can hold him for a while? He sounds like he is overtired and therefore frustrated. If he can smell your milk he might keep being agitated. :hugs:

Kayangel

01-06-2008, 17:23

Rynosmum- My mum took him for a while and also gave him a bath now his back feeding hopefully after this feed he will finally go to sleep. I tired to give him a NUK dummy, i might get him another brand 2morrow.

mirandaj

01-06-2008, 22:10

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I have not been on it a while. I have been flat out and I�m sure you all have been too.

My little boy is one month old tomorrow. It has gone so quickly!

Liam is really unsettled and just screams and feeds between about 6 and 11 every night. We just got him to calm down and go to sleep but only because DH is holding him. At least during the night he sleeps for about 3 or 4 hours at a time so I only have to get up once, and then get up early at about 6:30.

Kayla: Sorry to hear about Jaylen having to have another intrusive tests. It is for the better though so he can be properly diagnosed. I hope all is ok. My c-section scar is infected yet again. This time I went back to my ob. He asked if I have been cleaning it with antiseptic. I haven�t been because he never told me to. Wish he did in the first place. I have been now and the infection is clearing up. I have just started driving again, seems to be easy enough and doesn�t hurt. I have also been lifting the pram in and out of the boot. Mine is 6.5 kg. It hurts a bit to do it, so I am only doing it when I have to. How much does your pram weigh? I am not from Brissy either. I�m from Sydney so feel lonely too. Sorry also that Jaylen�s dad is a jerk � you are right that you are better off without him in both your lives.

Baby clothing size: Liam is in 000. He has been since he was born. He only fitted 0000 if it had no legs in it, if it has legs he was 000 as he has long legs. Now he is 000 no matter if it has legs built in or not. He has been out of newborn nappies for a week and a half now as they are too small length ways. I am getting �Infant� size, although they are a bit baggy in the width. I have not had Liam weighed for 2� weeks now. He was 4.1kg then.

MusicalMummy: Sorry to hear about the problems you are having with feeding. I am in Sydney as well. Perhapse we should arrange a Sydney meet up.

Issacs Mummy & Meegzz: I have not read the due in thread so not sure if you had your bubs before the end of May, but even if not you can both be honorary members of the May thread as we all went through the waiting together so you are both one of us.

My weight: I�m about 8 kg off pre pregnancy weight. I am guessing this as I hav not weighed myself for a little over a week. The weight seemsd to be coming off easily just breastfeeding and walking with the pram. I still have a bit of a bump, but it is from loose skin. I have an overhanging flabby belly. Does everyone else have this? I am not sure how to get rid of it. I am still wearing maternity pants also (partly because they have elastic waist so more comfortable with my caesarean scar.

EmsMum: I know what you mean about every night seeming like a dream. I wake up to Liam crying and am not sure if I just fed him, or dreamt I fed him, or if it has been a few hours since I fed him. It is very confusing. I suggest going for walks with the pram to get out of the house. I only just started driving again, but before then when I was still sore I had DH set the pram up in the house so I could just put Liam in it and go for a walk. It stopped me from going crazy. Liam has been doing a poo after or during every feed also. It is starting to reduce though.

Rynosmum: Glad to hear the birthday party went well. I am also impressed that you put on a party for Ry. I can�t even manage to cook dinner for DH and I most days.

AdysonsMummy: I have been eating heaps of chocolate each night. Probably explains why Liam is so unsettled each night.

Angroc: Hi. Thanks for the reassurance about the poos. I have notice Liams poos are getting less now and was a bit concerned. Also my mum was saying he was pooing to much and I believed it was normal, so I am glad I am right that he is ok.

Hi to everyone else I have missed. Hope you are all going well.

Kayangel

02-06-2008, 08:48

Jaylen had the best night woohoo :yelclap:, he slept from 7:30pm till 10:30pm till 3:30am till 8am. Now lets see wat today brings :rolleyes:.

Miranda- Sorry to hear ur scar got infected again, i also wasnt told to wash mine in antiseptic so i havent, i have just been washing it under the shower. umm im not sure how much my pram weighs, i would have to look in the book but im now fine with getting the capsule and pram in and out the car. Are u trying for a VBAC next time?

sammum

02-06-2008, 10:04

sammum

02-06-2008, 10:07

Jaylen had the best night woohoo :yelclap:, he slept from 7:30pm till 10:30pm till 3:30am till 8am. Now lets see wat today brings :rolleyes:.

Just saw your post Kayangel - this is great! Have just read it to Anouk so she can try and match that. See how we go :laughing:.

happybunnypony

02-06-2008, 10:53

Hey Guys!!

Sorry for lack of posts! I've been on here, but not had chance to write.

I had a bit of an emotional breakdown last night... little T was crying his poor lungs out, and i was trying to settle, nothing would work. :no:

I've been feeling down on myself because i haven't been able to get T to settle into the cot. At night time i have started to co-sleep with him, and my partner has been sleeping on the couch. I feel bad about this, but at least my DP is getting a good sleep, but i worry i am paving a bad path for the future and wont be able to get him into the cot :(

At the moment whenever i put him in his cot he gets a sooky :( and we have to pick him up to cuddle back to sleep... then it's feed time and we go through the process again!

Does anyone else co-sleep? How do you find it? I might try and get one of those things you put in the cot or bed that is a bit snugglier... not sure what they're called though.

Kayla: :hugs: Sorry to hear Jaylen was unsettled for ages, but that's great he got a good nights sleep last night! :smiliedance: Lets hope he keeps up with the good sleeping!
Dammn i can't believe Jaylens dad! That's terrible he's like that! I'm sure if he met Jaylen he would change his mind instantly and fall inlove with him!

Adysonsmum: Whats the deal with Chocolate? Are there other foods i should be avoiding? I'm not sure on this?

Mel: hahaa yeah i have really needed some 'me' time lately. I went to the shops for 10 minutes the other day to Woolies! Very exciting!
I'm thinking i might start expressing so i can go out for a longer period of time... like a few hours and get a facial or massage.

MM: YES eat some chocolate for me please!

Sammum: Umm yes when we figure out how to detach our breasts i'll be signing up for that for sure!!

Rynosmum: Hope your migrane has gone! That sounds terrible! Luckily i have just had light headaches after the labour, but they seem to have gone for now! lets hope they don't come back!

Heya to everyone else! :wave:

sammum

02-06-2008, 13:50

One child sleeping & other playing - have 2 minutes to myself Hurrah!!

HBP - just want you to know that I think your response is absolutely normal!!! I remember a few nights with Bella wearing down the floorboards in our house trying to settle her down. We tried everything!

At one stage I even put her down in the cot, closed the door and went outside for a few minutes just for a break. It didn't make a difference to her, but I felt just a little less like loosing it when I went back in.

I am not really into the whole co-sleeping thing because I'm worried that they won't be able to sleep in the cot. HOWEVER, I remember doing it a number of times with Bella and I am doing it almost every night with Anouk after her mid-night feed because it's the ONLY way I can get some sleep before Bella wakes up. Even with this, I have to feed her every hour (lying in bed - bit ouchy on the nipples, but better than getting up). So, you are not alone with this!

BTW, even with the occaisional co-sleeping with B, we've NEVER had a problem getting her to sleep in her cot or bed.

We have the snuggle bed (Tetra brand) that we use in A's cot. Their advertising suggest using it when co-sleeping. I would love to use it like this because then I guess there's less of a difference between the big bed & her cot. However, A likes to feel someone touching her, so this doesn't work for us. Besides, we end up with B in our bed from 5.30am (it's either that or get up), so there's just no room for all of us plus the snuggler bed.

Kayla - haven't read far enough back to see your post about Jaylen's dad - but it doesn't sound positive. I'm sorry!

Adysonsmum - what's this about chocolate? It's the only thing keeping my sanity so I hope you don't mind but I'm going to pretend this was a dreadful, awful mistake - ah denial, such a great place to live!

Mel - I know what you mean. I have cleaned my breast pump and bottles ready to start the expressing - a facial or massage would be just magical!!

Rynosmum - OMG, I couldn't imagine having to deal with a new bub and a migrane. I hope it goes away right NOW!!

OK, screaming baby is getting hard to ignore (she was asleep when I started this) and B is just too quiet ... very scary.

S xo

mirandaj

02-06-2008, 14:24

Hi Everyone,

I'm about to go to the shops to get out of the house, but thought I'd come on for a quick update.

I too have only been away from my bub and had time for myself for 10 min on Friday since he was born. I went to get petrol and to the bottle shop. Yah. I have bought tickets to go see the Sex And The City movie on Thursday so I have been madly trying to express enough to go, but with Liam feeding every two hours I am constantly feeding or expressing, and am running out of milk. I only have 1� feeds but would like to leave 3 or 4.

Kayla: I think I will just have a cesarean again next time. I don't think I could go through all the labour only to have a c-seaction again. I had a 16 hour labour then cesarean so it was quite traumatic and tiring. Plus my bub was too big for my pelvis so not sure if I will have the same problem again. What was the reason you had a cesarean?

Bel1978

02-06-2008, 17:49

:wave:Didnt know this thread existed .

Was my labour the quickest.. im still in shock i was expecting another 8 hours or so.. and not even a graze.. some one said i was made for giving birth.. hmmm nope.. last one only 2 bubba's for us..

Some pics

Pics of baby Jarvis as requested :laughing:

1st Bath in Hospital

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/bel1978/May08004.jpg

Sienna Destroying the Bounty Bag while Visiting

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/bel1978/May08029.jpg

Going Home Day

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/bel1978/May08055.jpg

Who said its wind.. he can Laugh

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/bel1978/May08074.jpg

Im a mean Mummy...

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/bel1978/May08075.jpg

Both babies are asleep will catch up with you all soon when i get a minute... as i have a million things to do...

mirandaj

02-06-2008, 18:54

Thanks for the photos Bel. Love the last one. Welcome home and to this thread.

02-06-2008, 19:28

Bel, loved the pics of Jarvis and Sienna, loved the smiling photo, so awesome!! How did you go with breastfeeding? Did they say you have no prolactin?

FAK, so can't type much more atm. :wave: Everyone!

sammum

02-06-2008, 19:45

Absolutely gorgeous photos Bel.

Reminded me that we didn't get our Bounty bag from the hospy - bumbed that I missed the $10 voucher from Target.

V8 - so can relate to the interuptions of little people. I have had an exceedingly good day today - hence the number of postings. First time in over a week.

Hope you are all well!

S xo

amandaw

02-06-2008, 20:11

Just really quickly, cause one handed...but I know the foods I had to avoid (because they tended to set Charlotte's poor windy tummy off) were chocolate (well large amounts of it), corned beef/silverside, coleslaw (cabbage) and beans (baked beans, beans in minestrone soup, and kidney beans in that great layered mexican dip :crying:)....apparently other fods that can be issues include acidic foods (tomatoes-which I think M has an issu with - oranges/grapefruit/pineapple etc)...sure there's more but thats all can think of off the top of my head (hope it helps someone!)

Anyway off to bed soon (hopefully) - had to go down the coast today in that absolutely horrific weather to help my parents finalise their moving house...they're out, but their poor new unit is overflowing with all the garbage that Mum didn't get time to sort properly :rolleyes:

oh and have been very guilty of co sleeping (or rather falling asleep with M on me :o) over the last 3 nights...anything to help keep it quieter while FIL was here

anyway...will catch up on the rest tomorrow

amandaw

03-06-2008, 09:42

YEAH - 2 more may babies have decided to make their appearance :yelclap:

I think that means we're down to Meegzz, IM, Pixie...haven't yet heard anything from Ametrine, but SURELY something's happened since last Thursday!

Kayangel

03-06-2008, 09:44

:smiliedance:PJ HAS HAD HER BABY GIRL!!:smiliedance:
Details in the announcement thread!

Jaylen went to the health centre yesturday for his 4 week check and guess how much he weighs?? 7 pounds 13 oz wow! his getting to be a big boy now!

Sorry cant do personals atm, got to go settle bub! be back later.

Kayangel

03-06-2008, 10:24

ok, im back to do personals! Bubs is sleeping next to me in his bassinett. :valentine:.

HBP- I dont co- sleep with Jaylen as i dont want him to get use to sleeping with me, of a night he sleeps in his cot, i give him one side, change his nappy and burp him, give him the other side, burp him again and put him in his cot awake and he goes off to sleep his self doesnt cry or anything. I no its hard but dont be too hard on yourself babies cry and most of the time its nothing their parents are doing wrong. Tyler is lucky to have a mummy like you, ur doing a great job with him :hugs:. In Jaylens cot i have a thing called "my little bed" here is a pic http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w183/kayangel69/Jaylencot2.jpg
It has 2 rolls each side of bubs so they cant roll over, it supports them and keeps them snug, Jaylen loves his there great.

sammum- A quick run down on Jaylens dad, he left me the day after i found out i was pregnant he went back to his ex who has to 2 kids that arent his, he denys Jaylen is his, he wont sign the birth certificate and never wants anything to do with Jaylen. I am going to get a DNA to prove Jaylen is his and to claim child support to help raise my son.

miranda- I had a cesarean because each time i had a contraction bubs heart rate dropped, he was getting stressed so they had to get him out fast, he would have died if i didnt go to hositpal when i did. I later found out the cord was wrapped twice around his neck so each time i had a contraction it pulled tight. I would love to try for a VBCA next time.

Bel- Welcome! love the pics! so cute.

mirandaj

03-06-2008, 11:49

Awww poor little Jaylen. I'm glad he is ok.

Thanks for the news about PJ Kayla.

That my little bed looks good. I have Liam in a bassinette beside our bed at the moment. I will probably move him into his cot soon as i want him to not get to use to being in our room and it is a shame not to use his beautiful cot.

mirandaj

03-06-2008, 11:53

Forgot to say Liam was unsettled last night after his 12 midnight feed and was screaming for a few hours. Only slept for a couple of hours last night so tired. Been sleeping in between feeds today.

Liam had his one month birthday yesterday.

EmsMum72

03-06-2008, 12:06

My son (:)) has his first cold already, and his sister has it too. Lincoln was awake at 11pm, 1am, 2.15am, 3.30am, 4.45am, 5.30am and 7.30am this morning, sneezing his little head off. DH had a wonderful sleep :rolleyes:

Speaking of DH, he's gone back to work today and I think it was time - we were starting to irritate each other, and he was annoying me because he keeps telling DD off for really little, petty things and I feel sorry for her. She's had such a major change in her life too, and she just looked really sad when he told her off for about the 6th time last night, so I gave her cuddles & told her everything will settle down in a couple of weeks time when we are in more of a routine and aren't all so tired. The poor love!!

About eating chocky when pregnant, I think it's ok in moderation, it's only if you eat a whole 250g bar every day that it can be bad for the baby, what with the caffeine in it and I think it can cause the baby to be unsettled and not sleep. Also, hubby saw something on ACA last night that said to avoid orange juice as it can make bubs unsettled! With Lincoln drinking so much I'm SO hungry all the time. I just eat, eat, eat!

Anyone take Elevit during pregnancy? Are you still taking it now? I took it prior to and during pregnancy, but haven't taken any since birth as I ran out and have been too lazy to get anymore. Anyone taking any other kind of multi vitamin??

Well Lincoln got weighed by the health nurse yesterday and he's put on 400g since coming home from hospital, so he's doing really well, nearly weighs 4.5kgs :eek:, no wonder my back gets sore lugging him around, LOL! He's got his 'official' 2 week check up on Friday so they'll measure him, check hearing & weigh him again then.

Kayla, sorry to hear that Jaylen's dad is being as 'charming' as ever (NOT). Sounds like he needs a good kick up the backside, jerk!

Anyway, better go and hang out with DD for an hour or so while Lincoln is asleep. She misses me 'so so much' apparently ;)

p.s. congrats to Liam for turnng 1 month & Bel, I loved the pics of Jarvis - what a cutie!

mirandaj

03-06-2008, 12:15

Thanks EmsMum. You poor thing being up that much last night, makes my winge seem petty, and poor Lincoln and your DD.

I was taking Elevit during the pregnancy, but have now switched to one called Multi-Preg, as it has more Omega3 in it for brain development, and some other thing that is good for motor skills development if mum takes it during first 3 months of bubs life and breastfeeding. It has less Folate but I don't need that now bub is born. DH thinks we had a big baby because of all the vitamins I took whilst pregnant. I started on Elevit 3 months before we conceived as I had a miscarrage.

EmsMum72

03-06-2008, 13:50

makes my winge seem petty.

I started on Elevit 3 months before we conceived as I had a miscarrage.

No way, whinge away. Surprisingly I feel quite good today, although am starting to fall in a bit of a hole now.

I also started on Elevit 3 months before we conceived as I had a miscarriage too, perhaps that's why I also had a little budda! :confused:

rynosmum

03-06-2008, 13:56

Emsmum, you must be exhausted!!:sleeping: Holy heck! That's a marathon!!! I wish I lived closer - I'm sure that Ry would love a playdate with Em.

I know what you mean about the snapping. Ry gets that too when he's really not dong too much wrong, apart from being a 4 year old boy...then we sit back, realise that we've snapped and apologise - it's hard sometimes isn't it? He is trying so hard to be good:thumbsup:

I take Elevit when I remember :o and am also having Sustagen drinks and heaps of fruit and veges.

Bel, that smiling photo is gorgeous. I need to upload my photos so I can take some more!

Amanda, if you need to cosleep at night then do it, it makes them so much more settled. We're lucky that S took to her cot well but there have been times when I've been tempted (apart from the barrage I received in the hospital for doing it and from my hubby!)

Well, our news....I've been getting some ongoing pain in one of my breasts which appears to be thrush. We went off to the Drs this morning and have come home with some topical medication so hopefully we'll see an improvement over the next day or two. The thing that worries me the most is that the Dr said that Siana may slow down feeding as it becomes too painful for her....I hate that she might suffer from this :(

The good news is that she has put on stacks of weight and is up to 4.5 kgs! I was worried about her weight gain a couple of weeks ago but for no real reason - all is good there. She is also using her little voice now and experimenting with different sounds - it's so beautiful.

You know, I'm getting sleep but I'm exhausted - I don't know how some of you living on wake-ups every 2 hours are managing to cope...:no:

Kayangel

03-06-2008, 14:14

Sounds like he needs a good kick up the backside, jerk!

:laughing: Can u do it for me?

Mel- Sorry to hear Lincoln has a cold, poor little bubba, have u put some breast milk up his nose? i heard its the best thing for a cold. Sounds like Lincoln is doing really well putiing on 400g thats excellect:thumbsup:. I am taking blackmores pregnancy and breastfeeding gold.

miranda- I like using both the cot and bassinett, gets bubs use to sleeping in different places.

rynosmum- Sorry to hear u have thrush, wat causes it?? i hope it doesnt have to much of a effect on Siana.

Question: How much awake times are everyones babies having?

Bel1978

03-06-2008, 15:25

waking times... in our house every one is awake.. Jarvis will go to sleep sienna will wake him.. then sienna is asleep jarvis will cry and wake her... but both are asleep at the moment which is rare...

He wakes for about 20 mins at a time usually sleeps an hour or so then stares around the room.. he is so much more alert and awake then sienna was...

musicalmummy

03-06-2008, 17:53

Hey gorgeous ladies,
I am so sorry
i haven't had a chance to read the recent posts, but
i will sometime soon (I hope). Am really struggling with the 2 kids AND I have my MIL staying. She is fab, but my DD1 often only wants me & DD2 only needs me (until I find time to express OR find a way to detatch my breasts :rolleyes:). Any tips on how you're managing this challenge would be great. I'm sure kids have ESP so that the minute 1 sleeps the other one wakes up.

Hope by & large you're all coping.
S xo

i understand the 2 kids thing. dd is only 16mths and i am finding it so hard. i ended up putting her in for an extra day care day as i feel so guilty i can't spend quality time with her. may only be short term til i get my head around 2 kids. Dh helps alot with her, she's a daddy's girl.

Hi Everyone,

I'm about to go to the shops to get out of the house, but thought I'd come on for a quick update.

I too have only been away from my bub and had time for myself for 10 min on Friday since he was born. I went to get petrol and to the bottle shop.

quote]

yep i've hardly had time away from DS. he's bottle fed and i still feel attached!!

[quote=EmsMum72;2719581]Speaking of DH, he's gone back to work today and I think it was time - we were starting to irritate each other, and he was annoying me because he keeps telling DD off for really little, petty things and I feel sorry for her. She's had such a major change in her life too, and she just looked really sad when he told her off for about the 6th time last night, so I gave her cuddles & told her everything will settle down in a couple of weeks time when we are in more of a routine and aren't all so tired. The poor love!!

!
poor little darling. you poor thing, its hard to not feel bad for them hey

miranda- I like using both the cot and bassinett, gets bubs use to sleeping in different places.

Question: How much awake times are everyones babies having?

mine stays awake heaps. when dd was new born i stuck religioulsy to the whole make sure they only have 1 hr of awake time for each feed cycle. but DS doesn't agree with that theory.

is anyone here routine anal? i was with dd but i'm findign poor ds is just having to take ech day as it comes and sleep when he can. i feel terrible for it.

i am so tired. we had a good night last night but i'm still tired.
i had a dream i was having to go to hospital to give birth but we realised my tummy was too flat. how silly.

03-06-2008, 18:54

rynosmum

04-06-2008, 07:37

rynosmum- Sorry to hear u have thrush, wat causes it?? i hope it doesnt have to much of a effect on Siana.

Question: How much awake times are everyones babies having?

I don't really know what causes it. I think that it is always active in a bubs mouth and that it transfers to the breast through any cracks or abrasions (which I had a couple of weeks ago). It also grows in a moist environment and I guess the fact that I always have massive amounts of milk and wear breast pads, it's not helping. The Dr suggested that I express from each breast and then go without breastpads but it just doesn't work. Bubby drained each breast just an hour ago and already they are leaking again. Good for bub but not so good for healing...Argh...:hair:

We're certainly having more awake time than we were but the routine does vary. S wakes at about 6am then feeds and goes back down until about 9. She then stays awake for a couple of hours and goes back down at about 11 - 2. She stays awake until 4 then back down until I wake her at 6:30pm. After feeding, bath, cuddles etc, I try to put her back down at 8:30 then she'll sleep until about 1am then down again at 2am until 5:30/6ish.

is anyone here routine anal? i was with dd but i'm findign poor ds is just having to take ech day as it comes and sleep when he can. i feel terrible for it.
I was routine anal with my DS but S does have to work in with us to a degree. Funny thing is, she seems like she's calmer because of it so I'm not so such that it's a bad thing. How she sleeps in the mornings and evenings when DS is jumping and running around I'll never understand but she snoozes soundly :sleeping:

we had such a lazy day, we didn't even get out of our jammies! I would so much LOVE a day like that but every time I'm not dressed by 7am, someone will always just rock up on the doorstep unannounced so I don't risk it.:thumbsdown: We have a very social street, hubby works from home and gets deliveries etc all the time and friends will drop in if they are going past so....yeah....it's not great for a relaxing day :no:

Well, we have 3 kiddies parties to go to over the next week so as soon as S wakes up and has another feed, we'll head off to the shops.

Must send off S's birth registration forms, thank you cards....oops, must WRITE thank you cards...:o

amandaw

04-06-2008, 07:56

Hi everyone :D
I gotta remind myself to find out about uni as i'm pretty sure i'm enrolled in a subject next semester which is like either this month or next! so that will be keeping me busy!

You might find you've got until the end of Julyish...I think they've only just started exam block and then there's usually a 2 week holiday...you will be a busy girl!!

And RM - just for you (did post in the other thread too, but just in case you don't got back there ...)
It was purely the fact that I realised belatedly, that V8 had been keeping up to date with all of the births over in the other thread (I only ever checked on the new ones, didn't go back to the first page :doh:) so in what started out feeling very organised and clever, ended up with me realising that I was just an idiot :laughing:...V8 and I have already agreed that I'll just cut and paste the list over once our final babies come out to meet us ....sorry Mrs Rynosmum :laughing:

Gee I wish that Mitchell had a day that even resembled Siana's!!! I suck with routines at this stage, because it stresses me out if something happens and he won't settle/sleep/ehatever - I think it took us to 6 months or so for C to fall into a routine and that's when I started to introduce solids and the bottle for 2 of her day feeds (since DH sent me back to work when she was 7 months, and we couldn't figure out how to start him lactating :laughing:)

Had a crappy day yesterday, so all dressed up today to go and check out the stocktake sales :D...not that I actually need anything, but actually getting dressed and getting out will hopefully stave off the boredom!

happybunnypony

04-06-2008, 08:23

Hey All

well i'm totally struggling. I just don't know how everyone else is handling things so well.

I spent pretty much all of yesterday just crying my eyes out because i couldn't calm him down.

I feel like i'm soo attached to T 24/7.
He wont sleep in his cot, he cries constantly during the daytime, no matter what i do, he sleeps for about 10 minutes in the day on me then will wake up crying :(

My back is sore, i have a constant headache and i'm on no sleep :gloomy:

Kayla: Jaylen sounds like a dream! You are verry lucky

Vee: WOW Uni, i can't contemplate anything other than baby at the moment! what are you studying?

MM: I tried to get into a routine in the early stages but it's totally out the window now. Since we have had so many visitors routine went out the window

Bel: i don't know how you manage with two babies!!!

RM: OUchies that thrush sounds nasty! How long will it last?

Mel: haha that's good your DH is going back to work soon. You can't live with them can't live without them!

Miranda: i wish i had of gotten a basinette now... i don't really have a proper sleeping spot for T during the day, as he wont take to his cot he now is used to sleeping in peoples arms... Which makes it really hard when i'm by myself :(

Bel1978

04-06-2008, 08:36

DH has taken sienna shopping.. toys r us have nappies on sale.. also we tried the Aldi brand for sienna as the huggies are getting too small and she is already in the 13-18kg which is rediculous as she is 10.5kg so i tried them as i was told they are good and they are.. will have Jarvis in Huggies till 6 mths then Aldi as well...

BF went down the drain the hospital said as mentioned i may not have prolactin.. when we took him back to the lactation nurse she wasnt happy.. as they have no actual proof for that conclusion.. so in the end he is on Nan HA sienna went ok on formula and im sure Jarvis will too... He was weighed yesterday and is 4.0kg so he put the weight back on with the formula and in the end thats all that matters... Sienna weighed 10.5kg and is 74.5cm.....

DH goes back to work next week so im hoping sienna, Jarvis and i do ok... sienna wants to pat him as she can see me burping him.. I put jarvis on a bit of Infants friend as I didnt get any sleep last night because of his wind... he is quiet for the moment so i might try and get a shower in....

just read... as for managing ask me next week!!!! if i can rid of the wind problem jarvis sleeps well.. as for no sleep at night.. as you remember sienna only just started sleeping more then 2 hours so im used to it...

EmsMum72

04-06-2008, 11:05

I know what you mean about the snapping. Ry gets that too when he's really not dong too much wrong, apart from being a 4 year old boy...then we sit back, realise that we've snapped and apologise - it's hard sometimes isn't it? He is trying so hard to be good

Well, our news....I've been getting some ongoing pain in one of my breasts which appears to be thrush.

Well at least your hubby apologises if he snaps. I always say sorry and feel really awful if I tell Em off for no real reason, but DH is like 'well she has to learn, she has to start doing what she's told and listening to us' :ecomcity:. Jeez, give the kid a break, Linc & I have only been home just over a week, it will obviously take time. I spoke to hubby about it last night, told him that it upsets me etc. The hard part is that whenever hubby or I are sitting down with Linc Em basically wants to sit on us to be close to him, and just smothers everyone trying to give him kisses/cuddles and it's like 'move back a bit honey' and then she gets all upset and says 'you don't want me??' Little heart breaker she is. :(

Hope the thrush clears up quickly. Can't be nice for either of you, but I'm glad to hear that Siana is putting on weight. I can't believe the routine you already have going on, and OMG at being dressed by 7am. You just amaze me more and more everyday RM! ATM I'm bathing Linc in the mornings because a) I can't go anywhere and hubby's still running Em around, and b) it just seems to hard in the evenings as DD also has a bath at nights. Does your hubby bathe one of them, and you do the other?? We have a routine in that DS has a nap in the mornings, and one in the afternoons but the times vary, depending what time he wakes in the mornings.

Mel- Sorry to hear Lincoln has a cold, poor little bubba, have u put some breast milk up his nose?

Question: How much awake times are everyones babies having?

I haven't tried the breast milk up his nose Kayla, I'll have to give it a whirl. Breast milk is awesome for anything! ATM Lincoln sleeps for about 3 hours and is awake for approx 1.5hrs.

musicalmummy, I'm really not anal at all with this baby. With DD I was extremely so, but heaps more relaxed this time. When DD whimpered I went running, if she was sleeping I wouldn't let friends hold her etc., but poor DS - I get to him as soon as I can, I let friends hold him when he's sleeping (luckily he just continues sleeping). I've only left the house once, with DH & the 2 children. Haven't managed to go out on my own yet because I still can't drive, and the idea of putting the capsule into the car is a bit daunting!

I went to get petrol and to the bottle shop. quote]

Off to the bottlo 'ey? That's what I like to see :laughing:

[quote=V8;2721399]we had such a lazy day, we didn't even get out of our jammies! I gotta remind myself to find out about uni as i'm pretty sure i'm enrolled in a subject next semester which is like either this month or next! :eek: so that will be keeping me busy!

It's fine to have lazy days Vee. I have managed to get myself dressed every day, but have had plenty of lazy days. I'm actually hanging out to get out of the house, and to spend some money. I haven't been shopping for nearly 2 weeks. I miss the fact that it used to be so easy going to the shops. Used to just strap Em into her booster seat & go, now it's back to putting a baby into the carseat/capsule, waiting until it's awake etc., so much harder now but having him here is well worth it. Good on you for going back to study, you will definately be a busy lady.

Must send off S's birth registration forms, thank you cards....oops, must WRITE thank you cards...

Yeah, I've gotta do that today. Haven't even thought about thank you cards. Did you get thank you cards with a pic of Siana on the front, or are you just sending thank you cards that you can buy from a newsagent?

Had a crappy day yesterday, so all dressed up today to go and check out the stocktake sales ...not that I actually need anything, but actually getting dressed and getting out will hopefully stave off the boredom!

Have fun shopping amanda!

well i'm totally struggling. I just don't know how everyone else is handling things so well.

I spent pretty much all of yesterday just crying my eyes out because i couldn't calm him down.

I feel like i'm soo attached to T 24/7.
He wont sleep in his cot, he cries constantly during the daytime, no matter what i do, he sleeps for about 10 minutes in the day on me then will wake up crying

My back is sore, i have a constant headache and i'm on no sleep

Sorry to hear that you're having a tough time HBP. I'm sure this isn't what you want to hear, but it does get better. When I had DD I was so overwhelmed, I didn't leave the house for 4 weeks but I eventually started feeling better, and DD became more settled so I started walking every afternoon. After a feed I'd take Emily for a walk in the pram to a nearby shopping centre, where I'd buy a raspberry crush drink from Boost Juice, have a little walk around the shopping centre (sometimes) and then walk home again. It really did make me feel so much better, and the fresh air was great for both of us.:hugs:

DH goes back to work next week so im hoping sienna, Jarvis and i do ok... sienna wants to pat him as she can see me burping him..

I'm sure you'll be fine without hubby. You might struggle at first, but when you get into your own little routine things will be ok. That's so cute how Sienna wants to pat him, Emily does that too - only she pats him quite hard, especially if I'm not in the room :rolleyes:

Well I managed 7 hours sleep last night, fabulous, it was broken but 7 hours none the less. DD will be home from kinder soon and I've decided to take the kids for a walk to the nearby supermarket, instead of going in the car. Thought it was too cold, but our pram is full covered so Lincoln shouldn't get cold. Might get some stuff to make cupcakes with Em, and some chocolate mmmmm!

Talk later!

04-06-2008, 13:51

You might find you've got until the end of Julyish...I think they've only just started exam block and then there's usually a 2 week holiday...you will be a busy girl!!

And RM - just for you (did post in the other thread too, but just in case you don't got back there ...)
It was purely the fact that I realised belatedly, that V8 had been keeping up to date with all of the births over in the other thread (I only ever checked on the new ones, didn't go back to the first page) so in what started out feeling very organised and clever, ended up with me realising that I was just an idiot ...V8 and I have already agreed that I'll just cut and paste the list over once our final babies come out to meet us ....sorry Mrs Rynosmum

Gee I wish that Mitchell had a day that even resembled Siana's!!! I suck with routines at this stage, because it stresses me out if something happens and he won't settle/sleep/ehatever - I think it took us to 6 months or so for C to fall into a routine and that's when I started to introduce solids and the bottle for 2 of her day feeds (since DH sent me back to work when she was 7 months, and we couldn't figure out how to start him lactating)

Had a crappy day yesterday, so all dressed up today to go and check out the stocktake sale...not that I actually need anything, but actually getting dressed and getting out will hopefully stave off the boredom!

Yeah, i just rang uni, forgot to ask when the semester officially starts though, silly me! lol But i am now able to log onto the uni website, so i can check out the info on there, and yeah i found out i am enrolled in a subject this semester, just the one, so should be fine! I study externally and find it pretty easy, plus they are pretty leniant when it comes to extensions and things like that, so i'm not too phased! :D Looking forward to it actually!

Have fun at the sales, i am preparing myself to get to the shops tomorrow! Today i was happy i at least got dressed and have done some housework! lol

Hey All

well i'm totally struggling. I just don't know how everyone else is handling things so well.

I spent pretty much all of yesterday just crying my eyes out because i couldn't calm him down.

I feel like i'm soo attached to T 24/7.
He wont sleep in his cot, he cries constantly during the daytime, no matter what i do, he sleeps for about 10 minutes in the day on me then will wake up crying

My back is sore, i have a constant headache and i'm on no sleep

Vee: WOW Uni, i can't contemplate anything other than baby at the moment! what are you studying?

I'm studying a Bach of Social Science, majoring in Human Resource Management.

Would you try either a sling with Tyler or even one of those rocker swing things? Just so that you can give your arms a break and hopefully soothe little T man. :hugs: It's very hard in the early stages, i can tolerate the no sleep, or broken sleep, but the screaming and unsettledness really drives me up the wall. Thankfully second time around C is much cruisier than Josh ever was! This too shall pass...

DH has taken sienna shopping.. toys r us have nappies on sale.. also we tried the Aldi brand for sienna as the huggies are getting too small and she is already in the 13-18kg which is rediculous as she is 10.5kg so i tried them as i was told they are good and they are.. will have Jarvis in Huggies till 6 mths then Aldi as well...

BF went down the drain the hospital said as mentioned i may not have prolactin.. when we took him back to the lactation nurse she wasnt happy.. as they have no actual proof for that conclusion.. so in the end he is on Nan HA sienna went ok on formula and im sure Jarvis will too... He was weighed yesterday and is 4.0kg so he put the weight back on with the formula and in the end thats all that matters... Sienna weighed 10.5kg and is 74.5cm.....

DH goes back to work next week so im hoping sienna, Jarvis and i do ok... sienna wants to pat him as she can see me burping him.. I put jarvis on a bit of Infants friend as I didnt get any sleep last night because of his wind... he is quiet for the moment so i might try and get a shower in....

just read... as for managing ask me next week!!!! if i can rid of the wind problem jarvis sleeps well.. as for no sleep at night.. as you remember sienna only just started sleeping more then 2 hours so im used to it...

I think it's also hard to BF second time around when you have such a little one still needing you so much, i find it hard with a 2.5 year old needing me and i can't do anything cause i'm breastfeeding. I'm sure it'll all be fine when your DH goes back to work, and that's so cute about Sienna patting him.

Well at least your hubby apologises if he snaps. I always say sorry and feel really awful if I tell Em off for no real reason, but DH is like 'well she has to learn, she has to start doing what she's told and listening to us' :ecomcity:. Jeez, give the kid a break, Linc & I have only been home just over a week, it will obviously take time. I spoke to hubby about it last night, told him that it upsets me etc. The hard part is that whenever hubby or I are sitting down with Linc Em basically wants to sit on us to be close to him, and just smothers everyone trying to give him kisses/cuddles and it's like 'move back a bit honey' and then she gets all upset and says 'you don't want me??' Little heart breaker she is. :(

Hope the thrush clears up quickly. Can't be nice for either of you, but I'm glad to hear that Siana is putting on weight. I can't believe the routine you already have going on, and OMG at being dressed by 7am. You just amaze me more and more everyday RM! ATM I'm bathing Linc in the mornings because a) I can't go anywhere and hubby's still running Em around, and b) it just seems to hard in the evenings as DD also has a bath at nights. Does your hubby bathe one of them, and you do the other?? We have a routine in that DS has a nap in the mornings, and one in the afternoons but the times vary, depending what time he wakes in the mornings.

It's fine to have lazy days Vee. I have managed to get myself dressed every day, but have had plenty of lazy days. I'm actually hanging out to get out of the house, and to spend some money. I haven't been shopping for nearly 2 weeks. I miss the fact that it used to be so easy going to the shops. Used to just strap Em into her booster seat & go, now it's back to putting a baby into the carseat/capsule, waiting until it's awake etc., so much harder now but having him here is well worth it. Good on you for going back to study, you will definately be a busy lady.

Yeah, I've gotta do that today. Haven't even thought about thank you cards. Did you get thank you cards with a pic of Siana on the front, or are you just sending thank you cards that you can buy from a newsagent?

Have fun shopping amanda!

I agree having lazy days are good. In the first week of having Cameron i was up and about each day being busy, cooked silversides and lasagnes and all sorts of things, now i'm just like getting DH to either do dinner or help as Cameron starts his cluster feeding around that time which makes it hard. So DH has to bath DS and yeah help with dinner etc. I agree too it's so daunting going to the shops with two kids, but i think Joshy is getting a little frustrated being in the house all day long, can't even go outside as it's too wet to play in the yard. We plan to get some shopping done tomorrow though and get outta the house! Housework day today, so doing washing and cleaning the floors.

Thank goodness the sun is coming back out, i hope it's sunny tomorrow!

Sorry to hear that you're having a tough time HBP. I'm sure this isn't what you want to hear, but it does get better. When I had DD I was so overwhelmed, I didn't leave the house for 4 weeks but I eventually started feeling better, and DD became more settled so I started walking every afternoon. After a feed I'd take Emily for a walk in the pram to a nearby shopping centre, where I'd buy a raspberry crush drink from Boost Juice, have a little walk around the shopping centre (sometimes) and then walk home again. It really did make me feel so much better, and the fresh air was great for both of us.:hugs:

I'm sure you'll be fine without hubby. You might struggle at first, but when you get into your own little routine things will be ok. That's so cute how Sienna wants to pat him, Emily does that too - only she pats him quite hard, especially if I'm not in the room :rolleyes:

Well I managed 7 hours sleep last night, fabulous, it was broken but 7 hours none the less. DD will be home from kinder soon and I've decided to take the kids for a walk to the nearby supermarket, instead of going in the car. Thought it was too cold, but our pram is full covered so Lincoln shouldn't get cold. Might get some stuff to make cupcakes with Em, and some chocolate mmmmm!

Talk later!

Lillybelle

04-06-2008, 13:52

Hi to all busy new mums! :wave:
Sorry I have not been around for ages. I didn't realise this thread existed till last week (maybe we should put a link to it over on the Magic May Mummies thread, if it isn't already there?) and of course we have been very busy settling into family life with our first bub. DH went back to work after only a few days at home which I wasn't very happy about but on the other hand he is a contractor and only gets paid when he is at work so at least it means there is more money for me to spend...
Harley is doing really well and we have settled into a nice routine. He is formula fed (due to my meds) and we feed 4 hourly. 7am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm, 11pm & 3am. It is working well and he sleeps well between feeds after about 20mins-1hr awake time after his bottle. He sleeps in his room in his bassinet. For the first 2 weeks we had the bassinet in our room at night but have since moved him back to his own room and he is alot more settled in there. He is a great sleeper and normally wakes about 5-10mins before his feed is due. He does get some belly pains and his face goes red and he kicks his legs but since giving him the Baurer Colic drops he is a lot better. He was a little constipated at first and we started giving him 30mls of water and this has sorted it all out now. He does 1 big wet poo a day and this is quite manageable and we have had not had any leaks yet.... but have had a few wee wee showers :laughing:
I have been going to Early Parenting group each Tuesday morning. It is run by the local early childhood centre. It goes for 12 weeks and then we all get split off into our Mother's Group. There is about 12 of us so far which is growing each week and we all go for coffee and lunch after-wards for an hour or so. I am so happy to make some local friends as we have only lived here for 1yr and till now I didn't know anyone around here. I have made a couple of friends now and 1 of the girls and I have been going for an 1hr walk with our bubs and prams for a nice walk to the lookout, that I didn't know existed. I am happy to start getting some exercise to start compensating for all the chocolate and other **** that I am constantly eating.
H also loves his bath and shower which is good as this seems to relax him. When he gets out I lie him on the change table (in the bathroom under the heat lamps) and he has naked tummy time and I massage baby lotion all over and do some bicycle legs to help him with his wind.
As for the thank-you cards I have ordered some on-line from Vista print which should arrive any day. They are a large postcard size & I have used the pics that the photographer took in the hospital and added his details. On the back I have left a space to write a personal thank you message. Here is what they look like-
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh280/LillyBella75/Harely%20Finn/58920bf8.jpg
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh280/LillyBella75/Harely%20Finn/8e6dfbae.jpg
OK I had better go now and start preparing H's next bottle as he will be awake any minute now...
Hope you are all well and enjoying your new bubs. I will make an effort to get on here more regularly and also do some personals to. Yep H is now awake, right on queue! Talk soon

amandaw

04-06-2008, 15:58

HBP - have pm'd you :hugs:

rynosmum

04-06-2008, 17:10

..sorry Mrs Rynosmum :laughing:

Well that's okay....just this once :p I hope you had a good shopping trip today! S and I went out yesterday and I picked up a pair of black boots, a new pair of jeans (I still don't fit into my pre-pregnancy ones well enough so can't wear them - my maternity stuff is too big and non-maternity is too small - darn it) and a couple of tops. Noice

Hey All

well i'm totally struggling. I just don't know how everyone else is handling things so well.

I spent pretty much all of yesterday just crying my eyes out because i couldn't calm him down. HBP, I'm so sorry that you are going through such a hard time - it sounds like he is a real catnapper. I think you said you had a sling - have you tried him in that during the day and does it help? DH didnt take any time off with S and doesnt get up during the night - it can take its toll.

The thrush is already a little better today :smiliedance:

so i tried them as i was told they are good and they are.. I used Aldi with DS - they are really good:thumbsup:

You just amaze me more and more everyday RM! ATM I'm bathing Linc in the mornings because a) I can't go anywhere and hubby's still running Em around, and b) it just seems to hard in the evenings as DD also has a bath at nights. Does your hubby bathe one of them, and you do the other?? Don't be amazed by me - I do it out of 'need' more so than ability:laughing: If I don't shower by 7, I know I won't get one until lunchtime. I wash my hair at night and then my morning shower is only a couple of minutes. Once I'm dressed I just feel so much more alive and motivated to do other things. If I sit in my PJ's the day just runs away from me.

We were supposed to have a plan where Dh would bath S, then he started doing R instead, last night he didn't do either.... He is similar to your hubby (in fact the comment your DH made is so similar to that mine would). Drive you nuts but you love them anyway. He hasn't changed one nappy yet although put on S's first one in hospital and says that therefore he's done the important one:confused: He does love her though and will give her lots of cuddles and play extra with Ry so I can't complain.

I have thank you cards from the newsagent but want to do up one in Publisher - I did one when Ry was bron and it came out really nice - I have the right photo now, just trying to find the time....

musicalmummy

04-06-2008, 18:11

Hi everyone :D

How is things? Things are ok, we had such a lazy day, we didn't even get out of our jammies! lol I think we needed a relaxing day after spending a few days at my folks. Plus this morning i had such a painful headache so wasn't up for doing much. Cam and Josh are going well. I gotta remind myself to find out about uni as i'm pretty sure i'm enrolled in a subject next semester which is like either this month or next! :eek: so that will be keeping me busy!

How is everyone else settling in? So exciting that more May mummies are having their bubbies, even if they did hold out till June. :P

WOW i like the sounds of your day!!

Hey All

well i'm totally struggling. I just don't know how everyone else is handling things so well.

I spent pretty much all of yesterday just crying my eyes out because i couldn't calm him down.

I feel like i'm soo attached to T 24/7.
He wont sleep in his cot, he cries constantly during the daytime, no matter what i do, he sleeps for about 10 minutes in the day on me then will wake up crying :(

My back is sore, i have a constant headache and i'm on no sleep :gloomy:

!

we have the same baby???mine is referred to a paed so hopefully we get in soon. it is sooo tiring. i really empathise with you:hugs:

Don't be amazed by me - I do it out of 'need' more so than ability:laughing: If I don't shower by 7, I know I won't get one until lunchtime. I wash my hair at night and then my morning shower is only a couple of minutes. Once I'm dressed I just feel so much more alive and motivated to do other things. If I sit in my PJ's the day just runs away from me.

.

yep i have to shower by 7am or i won't get one til night time.

i hate when visitors come over, i'd rahter go to their place. i feel too jumbled up in my head when people are here.

we've got DH's kids from tonight til monday. i've done up a chores roster for them to help out more. DSD really likes it, DSS isn't here yet.

crossing my fingers i'll sleep tonight.

Bellas_mummy

05-06-2008, 08:22

Hi girls,

Great to hear how you are all going. I hope you are getting more sleep.

We started out until this week with Annabella waking 100 times during the night and we couldnt settle her.

Now DH is back (was away on work) we have her in her own room now. She wakes at 730am and i try and get up first to be organised. Then during the day i let her feed and sleep whenever she wants as long as she feeds at least 3 hourly. Then we bath her around 830pm feed around 930pm then bed around 10pm. She then sleeps till around 230am, feed and straight back to bed until 730am.

She has done this 3 days in a row now and i really hope it stays this way because i am coping much better.

During the day i use the baby carrier a lot just to keep her happy. When she is unsettled i also feed laying down in bed and if we are both lucky we fall asleep doing it.

How sad is this but my sweetie has just fallen alseep and i think i might have a little rest too, who knows when it will happen again;

Have a great day everyone.

sammum

05-06-2008, 10:41

Hi all,

Hope you are all having a great day. Things are pretty cruisy at this end.

Kayangel - I'm so sorry about Jaylen's dad - I totally agree with the other posts that he is a complete loser. Thank heavens Jaylen has such a fantastic mother! I loved your tip on changing nappies between sides as A keeps falling asleep so I never give her a good feed. This should wake her up! As for the VBAC - I desperately wanted one with Anouk & was really lucky that the stars aligned making it possible - not the least of which was a fabulous, supportive midwife.

Bel - can totally relate to the awake times in your house - it's definitely an all or nothing situation.

MM - I have DD1 in daycare 2 days a week and I have my MIL here (DH is working). I am seriously considering increasing DD1's daycare days to 3 (if the budget allows it). I totally agree, that this is helping with the good 'ol motherhood-guilt as DD1 LOVES daycare.

Miranda - I know what you mean about getting some time out. I've started trying to express so I can skip one feed and go to the movies or a facial.

V8 - I think you are incredible! 2 kids and a uni subject !! I can't even bear to think about it. Good on you!! I know what you mean about BF with a 2 yr old around - Bella always choses this time to throw a tantrum or do something particularly naughty.

HBP - I'm so sorry to hear how you feeling. It's so hard with babies - I just wish they could tell you exactly how they're feeling and what they wanted. Funny though, now I have an almost 3 yr old that does just that and I wouldn't mind it if she kept some of that information to herself :laughing:. I know what you mean about feeling like the embilical cord is still attached - I'm hoping that when I get this expressing thing organised I'll have more freedom. I'm sure you've tried everything, but I thought I'd just mention that one of the things that seemed to sooth DD1 and is working with DD2 too is skin-to-skin contact. I lie down (and also used the Baby Bjorn carrier with DD1) without a top on and have my DD in just a nappy and then put a wrap around us both. I also tap her nappy lightly in a rhytmic fashion (like a heart beat). This seemed to work for me.

EmsMum - Did the breast milk up his nose work? My DD2 is getting a cold (a little gift from DD1 :cool:) and am thinking of giving this a try.

TTC - I am sending good routine vibes your way :flowerz: so hopefully Annabella will keep this up! I love my baby carrier because it seems to do the trick for settling and I have 2 free hands. I have tried the lying down to BF and so far it's working, but it's not entirely comfortable - how's it going for you?

AM - I live in Morningside too (not far from the police station). Perhaps we could organise a catch up in the park.

Amanda - would love to do a catch up at the play area. It's probably best if I can bring DD1 as it sounds like she'd really enjoy it - I have her on Mon/Wed/Fri, as she's in daycare Tue/Thurs.

Better dash - screaming my DD2 is subtely (NOT!) trying to get my attention.

S xo

amandaw

05-06-2008, 12:22

Okay Brissie Mum's will put my foot foward and say how does next Wednesday or Friday sound for a meet - I'm more than happy whatever day, these days obviously both suit SM (and would give V's DS someone to play with)....RM it would come down to if you want to bring Ryan or not, HBP - could be just the break you need! and AM???

rynosmum

05-06-2008, 13:09

After all of my routine talk, S decided to throw that all out the window yesterday :o. She couldn't settle during the day and so would constantly feed, then nap for 10 minutes and then wake up crying. I wondered if the oral thrush was affecting her? I ended up giving her her bath at about 7:30 last night and a big feed and she fell asleep soundly....until 4:30am!!! I couldn't believe it - I woke up expecting it to be about 11:30 so it has certainly recharged the batteries. She's back sleeping again today although was pretty much up all morning (from 7am - 12) so I don't think our sleep tonight will replicate last night :laughing:

Her bath really settles her. If she has wind or is generally just out of sorts, I give her a long bath (with J&J's Bedtime bath) and she calms right down - does anyone else find this?

Amanda, Wednesday is better for me although I can possibly work around Friday as well if that suits everyone else better.

Lillybelle, you are doing so well! I love the cards too - how long did it take to get them made?

MM, Good luck with having the whole family together! You're amazing, I'm not sure that I could cope with any extra kids right now!:no:

musicalmummy

05-06-2008, 13:48

step kids are being ok so far. the 9yr old is helping and looooves her chores roster.DH was very helpful this morning, normally he leaves evrything up to me to get the kids ready for school but he did it all.

my little fella has oral thrush too. i've been using nilstat. it got worse when he was trying soy, but is clearing now we're off that again.

i mopped the floors today :smiliedance:. i really feelike i've achieved soemthing!how sad is that.

mirandaj

05-06-2008, 13:57

Hi Guys,

Just had a really quick skim through the posts as about to go get my hair shampooed cut and blow dried. I am sooo excited as I feel like such a dag lately. My mum is going to wheel Liam around in the pram whilst I get it done. Tonight I am going to sex and the city. I have two and half bottles of expressed milk and am leaving Liam with DH. Even though I know they will be fine I am still nervous as havn�t left Liam yet. Has anyone else left there bub yet?

Liam was really unsettled yesterday � was feeding hourly and not sleeping. Today he is really sleepy and feeding every 2.5 hours. Must have been a growth spurt?

Sorry not many personals.

Rynosmum: Ouch thrush on the boobs doesn�t sound very nice, sorry to hear that you have it.

Lillybelle: Welcome and glad to hear you are going well. I am jealous. My area has a three month waiting for mothers group and nothing before hand so I feel a bit isolated. You are lucky.

EmsMum72

05-06-2008, 14:31

If I don't shower by 7, I know I won't get one until lunchtime. IOnce I'm dressed I just feel so much more alive and motivated to do other things. If I sit in my PJ's the day just runs away from me.

I can totally relate to that! I feel so lazy if I sit around in my pj's and don't shower. I usually have a shower at some stage in the morning.

He hasn't changed one nappy yet although put on S's first one in hospital and says that therefore he's done the important one:confused: ..

DH has changed about 5 nappies so far. He's so happy to have a son, so I keep reminding him that if he is 'so happy' he should change more nappies, LOL! He's very good at burping DS though, and at calming him down (not that he cries much really)

EmsMum - Did the breast milk up his nose work? My DD2 is getting a cold (a little gift from DD1 :cool:) and am thinking of giving this a try.

It helped a little, made him sneeze about 10 times :laughing: but seems to have dried the boogers up a little. I'll put some more up there tonight. Goodluck, hope it works for you.

I ended up giving her her bath at about 7:30 last night and a big feed and she fell asleep soundly....until 4:30am!!!

What a good little girl

Her bath really settles her. If she has wind or is generally just out of sorts, I give her a long bath (with J&J's Bedtime bath) and she calms right down - does anyone else find this

No, unfortunately. It worked a treat for DD, but DS hates the bath. My health nurse told me to stop using the J&J Bedtime bath because Linc's skin is quite flaky on his legs so she said to steer clear from anything perfumized for the time being, so it's just water for us.

Tonight I am going to sex and the city. I have two and half bottles of expressed milk and am leaving Liam with DH. Even though I know they will be fine I am still nervous as havn�t left Liam yet. Has anyone else left there bub yet?.

Have a great time, I'm so jealous, I can't wait to watch this movie. Enjoy yourself and try not to worry about Liam, I'm sure DH will call you if there's a problem.

Well, we've just been for another walk and took Em to the park. It's amazing how much better a walk can make you feel, especially when the sun's shining :flowerz:. Link woke every 2 hours last night, but he's not feeling the best. I'm exhausted now, but want to stay up late to watch the final episode of Lost (god knows when I'll have time to watch it if I tape it), so hopefully Link goes to sleep at 7pm(ish) and then wakes at 10(ish) and goes down at 11.30pm(ish) that would be perfect as Lost finishes at 11.30pm :laughing:

Anyway, gotta run. DD is hollering at me to make a cake, so I'll go and do that while Linc is asleep.

Hooroo!

amandaw

06-06-2008, 08:16

I recorded it...not sure when I'll watch it either, but the way M was last night I wouldn't have been able to hear a blimmen thing :rolleyes:...and I think I've discovered why....(warning - sorry in advance for the :barf: factor)...We just had an explosive nappy that instantaneously had mustard yellow dripping out the feet of his all in one :barf: gross!!! And had C round going yuuucckk yuccckkk - as if I couldn't work that out :laughing:

amandaw

06-06-2008, 08:21

A little scared (and I know this'll sound odd) but today is the first time I have the two of them all day by myself - let's see how we go!

But in a positive start, got the letter which said the my baby bonus is in - I only took the form in to Medicare last Thursday :yelclap: And I'd forgotten that I'd get more FBT, so a small double bonus!

Oha nd got M measured yesterday - he put on over 600g (632) in a fortnight :eek: So it's obviously not lack of food that's keeping him awake :laughing:

Brissie Mums - have pm'd you all

Miranda - how much did you leave in each bottle?? I have a feeling ta this stage it's only 60 or 90 mls, but can't actually remember - have just been freezing mine in 30 or 40 ml lots at the moment, cause that way I can use them as top ups if I feel drained, or can add them together for a full feed if necessary - not looking foward to the 6 wk growth spurt mark so trying t stockpile a little now in advance!

Anyway, off to be Mum - sure I'll check back in for some sanity time later :wave:

amandaw

06-06-2008, 10:34

2 kiddlies down at once :yelclap: though C's just gone down and M's starting to stir, but still 5 mins free!

Obviously everyone else is having constructive days and I'm in here talking to myself... though spose it beats wandering round the house doing the same :laughing:

Hope Pizie and Hazy are both well, and even better - labouring!! I'm shocked to see 2 July babies here already - talk about jumping the queue :eek:

06-06-2008, 11:56

Hey ladies - Just wanting to say hi have Cam asleep on me so cant type much but just thinking of you all. :wave:

rynosmum

06-06-2008, 13:12

A little scared (and I know this'll sound odd) but today is the first time I have the two of them all day by myself - let's see how we go!
You'll be fine, although a little ragged....DH didn't take any time off when S was born and I've had a few days (and nights now) with just the two of them - it seems to get easier although I still struggle at bathtime and bedtimes and trying to cook dinner etc.

We went to a 3yo birthday party this morning and I took both of them for the first time - something I've been dreading... It was actually pretty good. Ry was on his best behaviour (how the heck did that happen?:p) and S slept in my arms, fed nicely and then stayed alert but quiet in her capsule....at least until we got to the car:laughing: Both have just gone to sleep now so I've got a couple of hours of quiet time.

But in a positive start, got the letter which said the my baby bonus is in Oh bugger....still havent done mine. Should do it now, huh?

We just had an explosive nappy that instantaneously had mustard yellow dripping out the feet of his all in one
Ewwwww!!! Did he quieten down after that? Poor little fella.

DH has changed about 5 nappies so far. Okay, DH has changed a nappy now - I feel much better :rolleyes:

How's Linc feeling today? Was he able to sleep any longer overnight?

Hey ladies - Just wanting to say hi have Cam asleep on me so cant type much but just thinking of you all. :wave: Hey Vee!!! Lovely to hear from you - there's something wonderful about a cuddly baby. I had S asleep on me before but had to get up to get the phone so put her in her rocker. Came back and she was asleep - awesome - that NEVER happens!

Well, my baby is officially BALD! That's right ladies, BALD:eek:. In the past 2 days, all of the hair at the front of her head has fallen out. I told DH yesterday and he didn't believe me and then he looked at her last night in absolute amazement. I'm hoping it will grow back lighter. Does it generally come back lighter or darker when it falls out?

Amanda, what did you buy at the shops yesterday?? I wore my new clothes to a lunch with a client (and my hubby) and Siana. I felt so very grown up wearing high heels and pants without an elastic waist :laughing:

Oh, and I may not be able to make it on the chosen day after all (so so so sorry). Something has come up at DS's daycare and I may need to be there. Tell me though, how big is the playcentre thingo and what age can play on it ? (if I can get there with DS).

musicalmummy

06-06-2008, 13:41

I recorded it...not sure when I'll watch it either, but the way M was last night I wouldn't have been able to hear a blimmen thing ..and I think I've discovered why....(warning - sorry in advance for the factor)...We just had an explosive nappy that instantaneously had mustard yellow dripping out the feet of his all in one gross!!! And had C round going yuuucckk yuccckkk - as if I couldn't work that out

:barf::barf:poor you!!!

A little scared (and I know this'll sound odd) but today is the first time I have the two of them all day by myself - let's see how we go!

how'd ya go?i got 3 here atm. 2 every other day. its hard work. one down, one up, 2 crying together, but i love em both heaps!!!

Hey ladies - Just wanting to say hi have Cam asleep on me so cant type much but just thinking of you all. :wave:

my dude asleep on me too. its where he sleeps the best

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Well, my baby is officially BALD! That's right ladies, BALD:eek:. In the past 2 days, all of the hair at the front of her head has fallen out. I told DH yesterday and he didn't believe me and then he looked at her last night in absolute amazement. I'm hoping it will grow back lighter. Does it generally come back lighter or darker when it falls out?

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my ds nearly bald too.

step kids are here. got a call from dSD school....she has nits :hair:. DH picked her up.

going t my sisters for dinner tonight. DH suggested i just take shaylah and leave brady here. its funny cos i used to stress out leaving shayl cos i was worried he wouldn't follow the routine and she'd b all out of sorts. but since brady is all over the shop it doesn't matter to me now. its good actually cos it doesn't stress me as much. :smiliedance:

amandaw

06-06-2008, 14:42

Has gone suprisingly well today - but Dh will be in for a shock we he gets home and sees the house :laughing: Mitchell's been sleeping in the loungeroom, so C and I sat on the kitchen floor and made scones....so there's **** everywhere - luckily he's going to a mates place tonight for the footy, rather than the mate coming here...only had about 2 hrs with the 2 of them awake together so sort of felt like it was cheating!

RM :crying: but you gotta!! At the moment it is only you and V8 who have replied...so maybe not too late to change - when will you know about DS's daycare event??

Lillybelle

06-06-2008, 16:14

my little fella has oral thrush too. i've been using nilstat.
Harley had thrush not long after we got home from hospital. I had him on the Nilstat drops for a few days and it did not help much. I went to my GP and she told me to get the Daktarin gel. I would rub it into his tongue and the roof of his mouth 4 times a day. He really liked me doing it and would try to have a munch on my finger. Anyway the thrush was completely gone in 3 days. So this might be worth a try. Apparently the drops aren't as effective as they just swallow it down and it is meant to be gargled in the mouth for a few minutes.

I wondered if the oral thrush was affecting her? Harley had is quite badly but thankfully it did not stop him from feeding or upset him much at all.

Her bath really settles her. If she has wind or is generally just out of sorts, I give her a long bath (with J&J's Bedtime bath) and she calms right down - does anyone else find this?
H loves his bath. I then give him naked tummy time, do some bicycle legs and a massage with baby lotion. He then sleeps very well afterwards.

Lillybelle, you are doing so well! I love the cards too - how long did it take to get them made?
I takes about 2 weeks for them to arrive. You can pay for faster shipping if you want them sooner.

During the day i use the baby carrier a lot just to keep her happy. When she is unsettled i also feed laying down in bed and if we are both lucky we fall asleep doing it. I have only had H in is baby bjorn twice so far. He does seem to like it. My back gets really sore after only a few minutes. I think I will have to get it out each day for a few minutes and build up the time so my muscles can get use to it.

Tonight I am going to sex and the city.
How was the movie? I am looking forward to seeing it soon
Has anyone else left there bub yet?
We have been out for dinner twice now, without bub. Once for DH birthday and then 2 weeks later for mine. My parents live downstairs so I gave him his 7pm feed and then took him downstairs and we had a reservation for 7.30pm. We have a pub, a Thai restaurant, a pizza place and Caf� across the road so we just walk over there. That way if H is distressed I could be at home in less than 5 mins. Luckily though he sleep happily both times and we got home by 9.30pm and Mum & Dad did not hear a sound out of him.

My area has a three month waiting for mothers group and nothing before hand so I feel a bit isolated. You are lucky.
I love my Early Parenting Group. It is the highlight of my week. Great to talk to all the other mums and we go around the circle and say what problems or concerns we have and the RN's write them all up on the board and then answer all the Q's at the end. It is good cause the mums with older bubs have normally already been through it and can offer support, advice etc. It is also helpful to know that you are not alone and that others are also experiencing exactly the same things. They bring the scales so we can all weigh the bubs. We then all go out for lunch which is really nice.

Well, we've just been for another walk and took Em to the park. It's amazing how much better a walk can make you feel, especially when the sun's shining :flowerz:.
It has been raining all week here in Sydney and I have been really missing our walks. I met my friend across the road today. We had lunch together at the pub and walked around Coles. Literally up and down every aisle! Not quite the same though. Also H wasn't very happy about it and was crying a lot. I ended up picking him up and when that didn't work I then changed his nappy, in the stroller in the the chocolate aisle... I am sure the security people watching on the cameras would have thought I was very strange.

In the past 2 days, all of the hair at the front of her head has fallen out. I'm hoping it will grow back lighter. Does it generally come back lighter or darker when it falls out?
H is starting to loose his hair on top, the back is quite long though. It does look like his hair is starting to come through blond now. He has blond eyebrows and eyelashes... they are almost invisible.

Lillybelle

06-06-2008, 16:28

Hope everyone is doing well and that your babies are bringing you lots of joy and not to much stress (and sleep deprivation). I still can't get over how beautiful he smells. I am constantly smelling the top of his head and I also love giving him kisses on the lips. :kiss:
We are heading up the Central Coast tomorrow to have lunch with friends and then will drop in and visit all my scrap-booking friends as they are having an all day crop (first one that I have not been to in years!).
A quiet day at home on Sunday. Need to start decluttering and cleaning out the junk room and the sleep-out. My sister and kids (who live in New York) are coming over to stay for 2 weeks at the end of the month. I haven't seen my niece and nephew for nearly 12mths and can't wait to see them. They also can't wait to meet their new cousin. We will be playing a lot of dress ups as my sister has sent over a huge box of gorgeous outfits from Baby Gap and the like.
On Monday (public holiday) we are having my new friend from mothers grp over for lunch so that our hubbies can meet each other. Her little girl Charlotte is so cute. She is 6 weeks old and only now weighs 3200gms (Harley is 4wks and weighs just under 5kgs). She was born at 38weeks and only just over 2kgs.
Oh by the way, my Baby Bonus arrived in my account today. :yelclap: Just in time as I have been having a bit of an Ebay spending spree this week! :D
OK better go now, the bottles need cleaning and sterilising- AGAIN!!!! :(

rynosmum

07-06-2008, 07:04

EmsMum72

07-06-2008, 12:17

RM, sorry to hear that you're not feeling the best. Men 'ey? Jeez, how could you 'forget' that you'd invited the neighbours over. Is he the one whose lost brain cells from pregnancy? Don't you love it how they get to sleep in, and we don't. I remember looking at hubby sleeping peacefully every time I went into my room this morning (I was up about 4 times with Linc, once for 3 hours) and thinking 'ggggrrrrr'. From what I remember Em's hair grew back darker, but every baby is different and Siana may go blonde (I know I did as a youngster).

Lilly, even though you're only walking through Coles at least you're walking and getting some exercise - good on you. Lucky you getting your baby bonus, I only lodged mine late last week so hopefully it won't take too long.

amanda, sounds like you coped quite well without DH. Well done!

Hi to everyone else, how are you coping? hbp, hope you're feeling a little better - haven't heard from you for awhile and you sounded really down in your last post. I hope things are starting to look a little brighter for you.

Linc had his 2 week check up with the health nurse and got alot of ticks in his maternal health book, and a gold star. He's put on about 600g since leaving hospital and is now weighing in at a very healthy 4685kgs. He still has a cold and he kept me up most of the night last night (think I managed 4 hours sleep). He just wants to feed all the time (growth spurt?) and my (.)(.)'s are SO sore. He'll fall asleep on me, but then fuss about and wriggle around when I put him into bed, or he won't burp properly and then wakes with the hiccups or a pain in his belly :rolleyes:. The health nurse said this pattern of inconsistent, irregular sleeping should settle down in the next couple of weeks and he might start sleeping well at night, but not during the day. She said it's a common newborn thing because it's so quiet at night time, so if they do wake up they freak out because it's so quiet. Might leave the vacuum running overnight tonight :laughing:. He's finally asleep now after having a restless morning. We survived our first outing (me & the 2 kids, hubby's at work) this morning, grocery shopping. Went off without a hitch :yelclap:

Well, just wanted to say hi. I'm gonna go and have a :sleeping: while Linc is doing the same. Seeya!

07-06-2008, 13:41

You'll be fine, although a little ragged....DH didn't take any time off when S was born and I've had a few days (and nights now) with just the two of them - it seems to get easier although I still struggle at bathtime and bedtimes and trying to cook dinner etc.

We went to a 3yo birthday party this morning and I took both of them for the first time - something I've been dreading... It was actually pretty good. Ry was on his best behaviour (how the heck did that happen?:p) and S slept in my arms, fed nicely and then stayed alert but quiet in her capsule....at least until we got to the car:laughing: Both have just gone to sleep now so I've got a couple of hours of quiet time.

Hey Vee!!! Lovely to hear from you - there's something wonderful about a cuddly baby. I had S asleep on me before but had to get up to get the phone so put her in her rocker. Came back and she was asleep - awesome - that NEVER happens!

Oh, and I may not be able to make it on the chosen day after all (so so so sorry). Something has come up at DS's daycare and I may need to be there. Tell me though, how big is the playcentre thingo and what age can play on it ? (if I can get there with DS).

Wow, i don't know how you do it with two kiddies by yourself, i am no way near brave enough! lol How is the nipple thrush going Rynosmum, i think i may have it, but no visible sings just feeling itchy and yukky, going to try and get to the doc on Monday. I also have pain in my stomach, it's a weird pain so i'm hoping i don't have an infection or something, but i definately think i'll check it out on Monday.

How fast did you guys get your baby bonus, i think we went to Medicare on the Wednesday and by Friday it was in our account, how fast is that? That was awesome.

Today we went shopping and bought Cam some 000 winter stuff, he's practically too tall for any of the 0000 stuff now. Will probably get him weighed at the doc too just to see where he's at now that he's 3 weeks old.

Just wondering, i know its probably close for some but do you have to go to a 6 week check up Post Partum, i can't for the life of me remember what they do. Plus i never really saw my GP much through pregnancy i guess i should just go, but wondering what it's for. Anyone know?

Rynsomum - Hope the party went well with both kiddies, and i hope you can make it to the meet, i'm happy with Friday aswell and i'm pretty sure the playcentre will be fine for your DS being 4. It's just a big jumping castle with slide and some cushion things that they can play with and build things with. It's not massive, it's really just the jumping castle and that's it. So if he likes that sort of thing he'll be fine, i also know it's about $3.50 for Joshy's age, but it may be more for older kiddies. Also do you think you got a cold from this weather? I thought the rain wasn't coming back till next week and i just washed all this new bedsheets, doonas, pillows etc, and now they are stuck on the line wet! Hope you dont get the flu really bad.

Amanda - Sounds like you are going pretty well there too. :) Let us know if the meet date changes. I hope i'm not coming down with something, i feel rather ikky at the moment, going to the doc on Monday hopefully if i can get in just to check things out.

Lillybelle - That's great that your parents can help out and you and DH get some time alone, i think that's awesome if you can do it. Sounds great that you are meeting others through mothers group etc, it does make a lot of difference realising you aren't the only one going through certain things with bubs.

Emsmum - Goodness you did well taking both kiddies shopping by yourself. We only just manage with DH and I doing the shopping! lol Sorry that your little man is not well, hope he gets better soon and you all get some sleep. And grrr at your DH too, if DH hears DS2 through the night, which is rare as he is pretty settled DH will come in and check on us. More often he'll go and change nappies through the night so i don't have to get out of bed. He really is a great help.

MM - Sounds like things are going well with you too, and it's good that you are a bit more relaxed as far as routines, i never had any routine with DS1 as he was just all over the shop, DS2 seems to have his own routine which is a nice change, it's so interesting how different babies can be.

Anyways, better go and get some things done. :)

Take care all. :wave:

EmsMum72

07-06-2008, 14:57

Emsmum - Goodness you did well taking both kiddies shopping by yourself. We only just manage with DH and I doing the shopping! lol Sorry that your little man is not well, hope he gets better soon and you all get some sleep. And grrr at your DH too, if DH hears DS2 through the night, which is rare as he is pretty settled DH will come in and check on us. More often he'll go and change nappies through the night so i don't have to get out of bed. He really is a great help.

I wanted to have a 'trial run' with both the kids this morning because as of Tuesday hubby will be back at work full time so I'll have to take Em to swimming, kinder & gymnastics, along with follow up drs appts, health care appts & another glucose test to check that I don't still have diabetes :rolleyes: no rest for the wicked. Lincoln has been great in the car so far, just sleeps, and also slept the whole time I shopped this morning :yelclap:. Your hubby sounds like a very helpful guy, you're very lucky that he's so involved. Gosh I jump up out of bed as soon as I hear Linc because I know hubby needs to sleep for work the next day (not that he's been working much the past 10 days or so, just habit I guess, I did the same with Emily - meanwhile I'm a total zombie).

Any of the breast feeding mums feel like you're having the life sucked out of you? Lincoln is basically feeding every 2 hours atm :crying: and I feel really lethargic, guess it's cause I'm sleep deprived too and maybe it's because I'm not taking any vitamins?? :confused: I just feel like I have no energy. I put on 10kgs during this pregnancy and so far have lost 15kgs, not that I'm complaining about losing weight.

I just had a 1 hour nanna nap on the couch and now I feel much better, also got to have snuggles with Em :D

I can't believe how much more washing there is now that we have another little person in the house. My house always looks like a chinese laundry, clothes everywhere, and every day there seems to be a full laundry basket of washing to be done. I just can't get on top of it, especially when it's cold & miserable outside.

Is everyone washing their babies daily? I tend to bath Lincoln every 2nd day, and on the alternate days give him a top & tail wash just with warm water & a face washer.

I was very naughty and ate heaps of chocolate the other day. I wonder if that's why my little man is very unsettled atm?? Might steer clear from lots of chocky for awhile. :yes:

OK, off to hang out some MORE washing on the clothes airer. Chicken kievs, mashed potato, steamed carrots & cauliflower and peas for dinner. Mmmmm

07-06-2008, 15:20

Hey Mel - Your dinner sounds lovely!! I was going to make a quiche but feel like rubbish, i feel like pizza!! And some chocolate would be nice too. lol. Gosh you won't be having much time to rest as of Tuesday, oh i forgot it's a public hol on tues, so can't see the doctor bummer! That's great about the weight loss, but the feeding every two hours is hard. We mostly feed every two hours here too, sometimes three, but can be every hour too. I'm annoyed at the rain too i have so much washing to do. I think i do have nipple thrush, but also worried i may have an infection, starting to get flu-like syptoms now aswell. :hair: Why cant doctors bulk bill on the weekend its so annoying!

EmsMum72

07-06-2008, 16:12

Hi Vee,

I hope you don't have nipple thrush, or anything else for that matter. I'm also starting to think I might have something going on with my (.)(.)'s, especially the left one. It's so sore, and if DD leans up against me or something brushes past them they really hurt, even in the shower this morning, the pressure of the water, hurt :no:. I was also coughing this morning and thought to myself, I hope I'm not getting mastitis.

We have a public holiday here on Monday, hence the reason I'm not starting all the running around until Tuesday. Yes, life will be very hectic for the next few weeks until school holidays.

I'm glad I'm not the only one feeding every 2 hours. It's all just so unknown atm isn't it? No sense of a routine etc., drives me quite batty really.

Yes I wish doctors bulk billed on weekends too. Take care of you, and :fingerscrossed: you and I both are not coming down with something!

07-06-2008, 16:27

:hugs::hugs: 4 us both, let's hope it's not anything too nasty!

amandaw

07-06-2008, 16:39

Why cant doctors bulk bill on the weekend its so annoying!

I'm 90% sure the one on Anzac Ave, Kallangar (corner of school rd??) does - had to take Charlotte there once when she came out with this weird rash...could be worth a shot!

Would we prefer to change the day for the meet?? Sammum has replied for Wed, but isn't planning on bringing Bella, so is Thursday a better day (while Ryan/Bella at Daycare) or Friday if you want to bring Ryan too??? Haven't yet heard from HBP or AM, so hopefully they read here....

Been up since 2.45 this morning :rolleyes: Just got M down and C woke up to start the day...Did an hour of gardening which made me feel so much better - just to be out of the house - but sure it'll be an early one tonight

07-06-2008, 16:54

Amanda, cheers for that, i might have to look into it, i seem to be getting worse as the day goes on.

Sorry to hear you had a terrible night sleep wise last night, hope you enjoy your early night and have a better day tomorrow.

I'm happy any day really for the meet next week, i'll be there, as long as i aint really getting worse!

rynosmum

07-06-2008, 17:23

Don't you love it how they get to sleep in, and we don't. I remember looking at hubby sleeping peacefully every time I went into my room this morning (I was up about 4 times with Linc, once for 3 hours) and thinking 'ggggrrrrr'.
Yes...he also had a sleep this afternoon when Ry slept - unfortunately S didn't have her midday sleep today and has been unsettled all afternoon so I've been with her - no sleep here:sleeping:

Glad to hear your shopping went well! It's always good when it's not as stressful as you dread it will be:p

How is the nipple thrush going Rynosmum, i think i may have it, but no visible sings just feeling itchy and yukky, going to try and get to the doc on Monday. I also have pain in my stomach, it's a weird pain so i'm hoping i don't have an infection or something, but i definately think i'll check it out on Monday. It's a lot better now although I'm still using the drops just in case. When I got it, I was getting serious stabbing pains underneath one breast, regardless of whether I was feeding or not. My nipples were also extremely sensitive - something just felt 'wrong' - it wasn't mastitis as I didn't have the flu symptoms but felt extremely sensitive. It didn't hurt to feed but it felt like it was going to iykwim.

I hope you can find a bulk billing doctor before Monday - can you try some of the medical centres?

Otherwise, check out my thread in the general health section - Punkbaby recommended some cream there which is over the counter so you could pick it up tomorrow.:yes:

Gosh I jump up out of bed as soon as I hear Linc because I know hubby needs to sleep for work the next day Me too - although maybe I won't in the morning :devil:

I agree about the no energy thing - I find though that the days when she is unsettled, I'm the worst as I just get so tired. She will feed constantly if she has the chance to.

I still bath S every day just because it makes her very relaxed and easier to put to bed - she seems to sleep longer if she gets a bath before bed.

Would we prefer to change the day for the meet?? Sammum has replied for Wed, but isn't planning on bringing Bella, so is Thursday a better day (while Ryan/Bella at Daycare) or Friday if you want to bring Ryan too??? If Thursday would suit everyone else, that would be great. Ry has a short attention span so I'd rather do it on a day when he can be occupied elsewhere so I can get a chance to drink my tea :laughing:

Wow, you've had a huge day! I hope you get some good sleep tonight.

becskids

07-06-2008, 19:35

Evening Ladies,

Sorry have not posted, but been busy with 4 kidies.

Just have a question, Nathaniel had lost 13.1% of his birth weight (any one else had this problem?), been up to hospital a few times and have to go again tomorrow.(Long storey and very emotional) He was BF but on thursday when got home from hospital he refused the boob. So he has been on formula, b milk has died down so any suggestions on now how to increase my milk??

Sorry no personals have not had time to come on hear since I had Nait, would love to get 5 min to my self!!!!!. Don't know how some of you girls do it.

Thanks, hope all have a lovely evening
bec

amandaw

07-06-2008, 20:44

:wave: Becskids - That must be a bit concerning for you :hugs: - i didn't have an issue...in fact M put on weight before we left hospital and hasn't stopped feeding since :rolleyes:
I'm sure theres plenty of people better qualified (and more passionate and informed) out there in the big wide world of BH, but just a few ideas...let him feed as often as he likes - perhaps after say a half a bottle feed just so he doesn't get frustrated, express-express-express - more milk gone means more is replaced, lactation cookies (recipe in BF section on here as a sticky or early on in this thread - they're yummy I promise - have already been through 1 batch and planning on making another tomorrow), adding flaxseed or brewers yeast to anything (milkshakes, cereal etc), have a beer or vegemite (both have brewers yeast apparently), drink plenty of water.....think that covers all I know

RM and V - how about I pm the others and see about Thursday then - would be nice to have everyone being our first meet :smiliedance:

Unfortunately still up - he just won't let go of his iwnd. Thought I'd done a really good jump, put him down and ran a bath, only to have him awake and yawlking - Dh took hm, but not quite so relaxing when you can still here the cries :rolleyes: Currently upright asleep on my..not sure I'm game to put him down, but I need to!

mirandaj

08-06-2008, 00:07

Hi Everyone,

DH has agreed to getting up for the next feed, so I am just defrosting the bottle then going to bed. So just on while defrosting so sorry there is not more personals.

I had a great time going to the Sex and The City movie as was the first bit of time to myself since Liam was born. Mum and I went for a cocktail first which was nice. I could only have one as breastfeeding (had 6 hours until needed to feed again, as left 2 and half bottles).

DH was good looking after Liam on Thu but had a bad day at work on Fri so wasn�t very helpful or supportive, and was actually a bit of a jerk. He yelled at me in the middle of the night because Liam was crying, and made Liam cry more. Poor Liam was traumatised.

He is really tired tonight, but I don't care. He can get up for a change!

Amanda: Liam is drinking about 120 ml for each feed. I am putting 150 ml in each bottle just in case. I too am freezing it in 30 ml lots, as I have the specially made trays that I got from the breastfeeding association and each �cube� is 30 ml.

MusicalMummy: That is strange that your baby�s hair has fallen out. I have heard of that happening though. I wonder if Liam�s hair will fall out too?

Lillybelle: Hope you have a nice time up on the Central Coast. I am from the Central Coast, but live in Syd now. I thought the Sex And The City Movie was good, but it just wasn�t the same as the show, as it was 3 years later. I wish it was back in the time of the show. I�m also not sure if I liked the ending. It was very funny though. Your early parenting group sounds excellent � I am so upset we don�t have one here. That is a good idea to go to dinner somewhere close. I might try that and leave Liam with my mum.

V8: I read somewhere that you don�t have to go to you 6 week check up, or can just go to GP. I am going to go though as had a complicated delivery. I also have already been to my GP for a check as I thought 6 weeks was too long to wait.

sammum

08-06-2008, 09:00

If Thursday would suit everyone else, that would be great. Ry has a short attention span so I'd rather do it on a day when he can be occupied elsewhere so I can get a chance to drink my tea :laughing:

:iagree:. Thursday is great for me too.

I haven't had a chance to read everyone's post yet - sorry Anouk screaming but Bella is at the park so jumped on-line quickly.

Brissy mums (sorry non-Brissy mums, I'm sure this is getting very annoying!) - I was thinking of going to the Sex & The City movie when (if?) it is on at a babes and arms session (Wed 10.30 at Birch Carroll movie theatres). It's not on next week, but thought I'd keep an eye on their website and when it is on I'd go - I'm assuming it'll be on in the next few weeks. FYI, I'll take A and will arrange for B to go to my mums.

Better dash, A is screaming the house down and I'm starting to worry that the police might arrive any second to see if she's being tortured!

amandaw

08-06-2008, 10:23

Firstly apologies for the typing in my last nights post - absolutely atrocious!! (But too lazy to go back and fix up for those who haven't already read it :o:laughing:)...hopefully you can still make out the ramblings

Looks like we're definitely on for Thursday for 5 of us...haven't yet heard from AM.....HBP - I'm assuming that we can all just look out for other 2-4 week olds :laughing: I know what Katrina and V8 look like (from V8's photos) - maybe we'll work out a better system before then (Don't have my BH ribbon anymore either - maybe I can tie something on my pram - I'll be up there earlier than that as I'll just continue on from dropping DH at work)

Anyone heard anything from Pixie or Hazydayzinmay.... poor buggers! Come in meet us May babies - Mummy did mean May 08, not 09!!!

Glad you enjoyed your free time Miranda - the longest I've had was the 10mins it took me to walk into Target and purchase a present last week (while DH and FIL were at Gloria Jeans with the pram) but man did it feel liberating :laughing:

Isaac's Mummy

08-06-2008, 10:43

Just sticking my head in here to say :wave:! I can finally come and chat with you ladies - even though my little princess decided to hold out until June to join us.

Don't have much time, cause we're getting ready to go down town for the first time with both babies, but we're all doing really well. Only stayed the one night in hospital with Charlotte - was over it by the Wednesday night so asked to come home. There's just something about having to share a toilet and a shower with two other ladies AND their partners :barf:

Charlotte is being the perfect little angel - sleeping constantly, feeding well and not keeping us up TOO much at night! Isaac absolutely adores her - just wants to kiss and cuddle her all the time, which is cute, but he's not particularly gentle OR co-ordinated given that he's only 20 months old, but he's getting much better.

I just want to say I'm very jealous of all you Brissy ladies getting to catch up. We're hoping to get up to Brisbane in the next couple of weeks, so if that happens I'd love to meet some of you.

Gotta run. Need to brush my hair before I leave the house :laughing:

Back to catch up with you all later.

amandaw

08-06-2008, 12:49

We're hoping to get up to Brisbane in the next couple of weeks, so if that happens I'd love to meet some of you.

Would definitely love to :thumbsup: Glad to hear that things are flowing smoothly for you atm.....My C's really cute with M too - she claps her hands twice, then holds them out for him when she wants a cuddle (which she shares with me holdng him really)...then eyes him off like he's some sort of bug :laughing: She's also the first to run in when he wakes up crying...gees wish I had the enthusiasm...mines more of the 'oh surely not yet' variety response! :p Mind you we had our first incident this morning - me feeding M and C tried reefing him off - even daddy coming to play wouldn't placate her - hope it's not signs of things to come (hey where's the lip quivering icon gone????)

musicalmummy

08-06-2008, 13:37

Well I'm a little cranky this morning as DH 'forgot' that he invited the neighbours over to watch the footy last night. I was in my PJ's, they woke up Siana and it then took another 1.5 hours to get her to drift off to sleep.

We have a 4yo birthday party at 10 and a 5yo birthday party tomorrow. I have a sore throat so the start of a cold but DH is sleeping in :hair:

I really hope the kids don't get this cold....:no:

Cranky, cranky, cranky...:p

that sux!!

The health nurse said this pattern of inconsistent, irregular sleeping should settle down in the next couple of weeks and he might start sleeping well at night, but not during the day. She said it's a common newborn thing because it's so quiet at night time, so if they do wake up they freak out because it's so quiet. We survived our first outing (me & the 2 kids, hubby's at work) this morning, grocery shopping. Went off without a hitch :yelclap:

i hope what the child health nurse says is correct!

grocery shopping with 2 kids!!wow, i'm not grocery shopping with 2, too hard!!

Is everyone washing their babies daily? I tend to bath Lincoln every 2nd day, and on the alternate days give him a top & tail wash just with warm water & a face washer.

nearly very day. we do night times though after dd is in bed, so if he wakes after 9pm he doesnt' get bathed (unless he's been a whole 2 days without a bath)

Hi Vee,

I hope you don't have nipple thrush, or anything else for that matter. I'm also starting to think I might have something going on with my (.)(.)'s, especially the left one. It's so sore, and if DD leans up against me or something brushes past them they really hurt, even in the shower this morning, the pressure of the water, hurt :no:. I was also coughing this morning and thought to myself, I hope I'm not getting mastitis.

i wonder if i had nipple thrush. my boobs were so sore, part the reason i gave up feeding. i told nurses how sore they were, and how he had trouble latching on and not one of them botheredto think about thrush.

we had a bad night last night. little man was so unsettled. by 4am i was over it and made DH take over. i couldn't handle it and i didn't want to not like DS. i felt so sorry for him and so stressed though cos i couldn't help him.poor bugger.

step kids is going well. a few hiccups and massive fight with DH the first couple days but we ironed that out. :smiliedance:

mummajugs

08-06-2008, 17:25

hi everyone

just popping in to say hello, havnt had a chance to come on until now.
kyra was born on the 2nd(monday) and is now nearly a week old.
she is doing very well and is just so precious. im definitly on cloud nine!
just a quick run down on things...
i started to be induced on sunday morning but nothing happened... so waters were broken at 9am monday morning, nothing happened... so drip was started at 930am. labour was only an hour and 35mins... Kyra was born at 1105am. i went from 4cm-10cm dialated in 10mins and only had to push for 10mins... was very very painful, i must admit because everything was happening sooo fast... i was begging for an epidural, but in the end, the anethetist didnt make it in time... bub was born.

I have been breastfeeding, but she has been making me extremely sore and am constantly bleeding. so i have been expressing as of yesterday and when my (.)(.)'s feel better, i will be putting her back on the breast.
she is a wonderful sleeper and only wakes twice a night.

i hope everyone is doing really well with their little ones.
i look forward to sharing motherhood with you all!
x

meegzz

08-06-2008, 18:11

Hi girlies..
Firstly thanks to Corie for announcing my little mans birth!!!!
Just thought i would update you all....
Hunter was born on the 5th June and he is doing really well he wouldnt take to the boob as he doesnt use his tounge and bites with his gums way too hard and completely ruined both my nipples in 1 day so he has been on formula and is doing really really well!!!
He was 7 pound 13 ounces and was born at 12.24pm it was an 11 hour labour start to finish and all went very smoothly oh and he was 49cm long!
Here are some pics:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii211/megan777726/Bubby%20things/Hunter003.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii211/megan777726/Bubby%20things/Hunter041.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii211/megan777726/Bubby%20things/Hunter024.jpg

All is going fantastically we came home yesterday arvo and he is so much more settled at home than he was in hospital!!!
Hmmm love him to bits and so am on cloud 9 right now hahaha
Rory is a very proud daddy i will put up some more pics when i have a chance tomorrow including some pics of me and hunter and rory too!!!
And i will do a big catch up as i still have so much to read

Hope everyone else and there bubs are doing great!!!!

Much love to all xoxox

08-06-2008, 20:47

Hey Ladies.

Great to see IM, Meegz and Mummajugs finally in the May chat! Congrats guys, you all did awesome.

Love the pics of Hunter Meegz!

Mummajugs - Wow your labour was pretty quick that's awesome!

IM - I would love to meet you and Isaac and Charlotte when you come up to Brissy, i'll definately be in that!!

Rynosmum - Cheers for that, i definately think it's thrush. Rang the doc at Kallangur (thanks for the suggestion Amanda), but they didn't answer their phone, so anyways will try and get into my doc on Tuesday. I just spent $150 on natural therapies like aloe vera and stuff to try and get rid of it. I know i could have probably got that daktarin stuff, but i don't like that it's sticky! lol So yeah have been rubbing this stuff on my boobs etc and taking aloe. My (.)(.) are very itchy, and i have cold and flu like symptoms, plus the pains in my stomach are still there, they are almost like afterbirth pains, so a bit ouchy! Thankfully Cameron is not overly unsettled he's still his cruisy little self thankfully.

IM - Josh is still pretty hesitant about Cameron, he asks for everyone else to take the baby so he can have his mummy back, it's cute, but a bit sad at the same time.

MM - Sorry you have had a hard time with your LO, and i agree it's very stressful in the first few weeks with a screaming baby. Glad that all is better now and things aren't too stressful with your stepkids there.

Miranda - Sounds great that you got to go out and see the movie and have some time to yourself. I got to go to the bank today by myself left Cameron and Josh here with my folks and he woke pretty much when i got back home, so it was good timing. :D It's so much less stressful second time around, i wish i could have gotten away from DS1 in the early days (i know that sounds bad) but he was such a clingy baby, i literally couldn't do anything for myself, mind you, he's 2.5 now and still a bit like that. :rolleyes: :laughing:

Becskids - I agree with Amanda, great suggestions there, not much more i could say to help, but hope you work something out. :hugs:

Hi everyone else, especially those that haven't been on in a while, hope your bubs are going wonderfully! :D

mirandaj

08-06-2008, 22:14

Hi Everyone,

Not much new with me. Last night was ok, but Liam woke up a few times. DH did the 3 ish feed with a bottle of expressed milk, but I woke anyway. Can�t sleep through Liam crying.

Went to the drive in again tonight, to see Sex and The City Again with DH. Even though I have already seen it Dh hadn�t and we wanted to get out of the house, and needed to go somewhere we could take Liam.

Big Hello to Isaacs Mummy

Musical Mummy: Sorry to hear you had a bad night last night

Mummajugs: Great to hear from you. Congratulations! Wonderful to hear you had a short labour once things started moving along for you. Sorry that you are having breastfeeding problems.

Meegzz: Great to hear from you also. Welcome to the thread and thanks for the pics.

I am very jealous of all you Brissy mums meeting up. Anyone in Syd want to meet?

happybunnypony

09-06-2008, 09:18

morning lovely may mummies!

sorry for my non presence on here in a while. been laying low. had a REALLY stressful and sad week last week. Felt i couldn't handle things, mostly because i had been on my own when DP goes to work :( And little Tyler would just cry and cry from overtiredness! :(

Does anyone elses bub cry from overtiredness? Even if we pop him in his cot before he's grumbly he will still cry boohoo
He doesn't want to sleep, but doesn't know how to get himself off to sleep :( poor lovey...

Except he sleeps famously at nighttime!

This weekend has been good having my partner home to give me support. I've just been wanting my mummy this past week.

Hiya to IM, Lauren and meegs! Great to have you girls in here. How is PJ doing? has anyone heard?

Sorry for no personals... trying to get life back on track, i know it's going to be a while!

Can't wait for Brissy meet up though! Looking forward to it... bring your ear plugs girls!
:flowerz:

09-06-2008, 12:10

Hey Miranda - That's great that your DH helps out, but i am the same, can't sleep through when the baby is crying.

HBP - Sorry that Tyler has been quite unsettled. I can understand your absence, glad that your weekend was better with your DP home, and looking forward to meeting you on Thursday too. :)

Just a thought Brissy ladies, anyone want to bring a camera, are we happy to get some pics taken of the babies and us? Then we can share them here with the other May mummies. :)

EmsMum72

09-06-2008, 16:09

Just a thought Brissy ladies, anyone want to bring a camera, are we happy to get some pics taken of the babies and us? Then we can share them here with the other May mummies. :)

You must have read my mind Vee. I just logged on specifically to ask if you guys could take some piccies of your little get together. I'm so jealous I'm not in Brissie, and would love to put faces to names of who I chat with and to see all your gorgeous babies. :yelclap:

hbp, glad to see a post from you. I was getting a little worried about you cause you hadn't posted in awhile, but can totally understand why you haven't. Hang in there, each day will get better and better.

Welcome to the remaining ladies (mj, meegzz, IM) who have now joined this thread and welcomed their precious little bundles. Loved the pics of Hunter meegzz.

musicalmummy, hope your DS is sleeping a little better. My boy slept 7.5 hours last night, but in 2.5 hour lots (I was up twice during the night to feed), so he's getting better. I actually feel semi normal today.

Today we had relos over from NZ who came to visit. DD and I cooked chocky brownies and DH cooked a bacon & egg pie (YUMMO). They bought Lincoln some goodies. He was pretty well behaved, they couldn't believe how big he is. I have to remind myself sometimes that he's only 2.5wks old, not 3 months. He can pretty much hold his head up straight, and is very alert for his age.

Tomorrow I have to take Em to swimming, so that will be interesting actually having to be somewhere at a specific time, luckily her lesson is at 11am so I should be right for that, but kinder will be interesting on Wednesday morning, I have to have DD there by 8.30am :eek:

Well I'd better go and do a bit of tidying up before Lincoln wakes up.

Kayangel

10-06-2008, 03:00

Hey May mums, just popped into say im thinking of you all and hope everyone is going well. Sorry i havent been in here much, i have had so much going on atm. I hope to be back to do a big post today.

Bel1978

10-06-2008, 07:42

Hi all sorry i have been MIA would love to say having two young babies is good but its been a complete nightmare lately... sienna has been sick and jarvis has soo much wind.. they both slept well last night nut after a week of 2 screaming babies we were living off panadol..... took sienna to the doc.. complete waste of time he gave her medication for adults incase she had a migraine then tummy tablets incase her tummy was sore.. hmm nope im not giving her adult medication just incase some thing is sore.. i think it was a virus she slept well and seems ok now... Ive been sleeping on the floor in Jarvis's room to let everyone else get sleep.. DH goes back to work tomorrow so im hoping to start sleeping in our bed soon to get some routine back...

hope you are all well, will read the last million posts when i dont have a baby on my lap.... have to catch up om who had bubs in the last week...

amandaw

10-06-2008, 07:55

Except he sleeps famously at nighttime!

Can't wait for Brissy meet up though! Looking forward to it... bring your ear plugs girls!

I wish I had a night time sleeper (or just a sleeper in general...though in saying that he has managed to settle himself a few times over the last 24hrs - only lasts 5 mins till the next bout of wind, but still!)

And more than happy to HBP :laughing: - let's see if they are all sympathy cryers (C was...if we were in a changeroom and there was a bub screaming, it was on for young and old :rolleyes:) I actually suggested to DH that he get some so that he could sleep through - I don't think he thought I was serious, but if it stops the huffing and puffing when M wakes, it would make me feel much better...silly man!

Just a thought Brissy ladies, anyone want to bring a camera, are we happy to get some pics taken of the babies and us? Then we can share them here with the other May mummies. :)

Can do, but maybe someone else should bring another as backup...just in case :o

I have to remind myself sometimes that he's only 2.5wks old, not 3 months. He can pretty much hold his head up straight, and is very alert for his age.

I'm a bit like that - when I took him up to school at a week and a half, the office ladies thought he was about a month old already due to his strength and alertness - he really drills you with his eyes when he's awake and calm

Well off to the obs today for my check up - not six weeks till next week, but he's on holidays then...Dh is a bit excited - he takes this as the all clear...keep dreaming buddy :laughing:

cindye

10-06-2008, 07:58

Hey - I found you all! :detective:

I was thinking that my placenta brain had recovered - but obviously not! (Doesn't really help that I haven't been on here in ages) Can't believe I have 25 pages of posts to catch up on!

Well, Bella was one month old yesterday. It's so hard to believe that she was inside me so recently. She's such a big girl that my tummy must be like the Tardis! She was weighted last Thursday and is almost 5kgs. She's feeding well, and is really calm and contented. We've had a couple of really unsettled days (and nights!) but I think that's mostly to do with what I've eaten. Otherwise, she's been sleeping well and only waking up once a night to be fed since she was two and a half weeks.

Here are a few pics (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/album.php?albumid=91).

Hope everyone has a great day - will have to do a bit of reading to see what everyone is up to!

Ciao!

rynosmum

10-06-2008, 09:06

Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of days - I have been ill with the flu, an unsettled baby and hubby brought home a new puppy!!! Is he mad? :hair:

Actually the new puppy is gorgeous, extremely placid and not very much trouble at all. DS loves him and pretty much spent the whole day in the yard yesterday playing with him. I have told DH that he is responsible for him though so he's doing all the cleaning up and feeding etc.

Righto - onto personals:

He yelled at me in the middle of the night because Liam was crying, and made Liam cry more. Poor Liam was traumatised.
My DH did that once when Ry was a baby. It scared him as much as us and I assure you, he changed from that point onward for the better. I hope your hubby sees the error of his ways as well. It's not very supportive is it?

I was thinking of going to the Sex & The City movie when (if?) it is on at a babes and arms session Sounds good - let me know when it's on - depending on the day, I'd love to come.

Charlotte is being the perfect little angel - sleeping constantly, feeding well and not keeping us up TOO much at night! Congratulations Isaac'sMummy - it's great to hear that Charlotte is doing so well!

kyra was born on the 2nd(monday) and is now nearly a week old.....I have been breastfeeding, but she has been making me extremely sore and am constantly bleeding. so i have been expressing as of yesterday and when my (.)(.)'s feel better, i will be putting her back on the breast.
she is a wonderful sleeper and only wakes twice a night.

Hey MJ - Awesome news on the birth of Kyra - wow what a quick labour - I thought mine was fast at 2hours! How are the sore (.)(.)'s going? A few of us went through a fair bit of pain in the first couple of weeks as well and shared some advice earlier in this thread - maybe some might help?

Congratulations too to Meegz on little Hunter!

Does anyone elses bub cry from overtiredness? Even if we pop him in his cot before he's grumbly he will still cry boohoo ......Can't wait for Brissy meet up though! Looking forward to it... bring your ear plugs girls!

Yes, yes, YES!:yes: Generally the only time she really does cry is when she's overtired. In fact, right now I have her in her rocker and am rocking it with my foot as she is so tired but just can't go off to sleep. I generally hold her and feed her until she falls asleep then put her down to bed or if I rock her a little she'll nod off. She fell asleep on her own before but Ry gave her a lovely kiss on her head when he left which woke her up immediately:crying: We're heading out soon as I have an acupuncture appointment so if she doesn't nod off now, she will in the car...hopefully.....otherwise it may be a very short appointment:laughing:

are we happy to get some pics taken of the babies and us? Then we can share them here with the other May mummies. I'm a bit overcautious about posting photos of myself or the kids online but I don't mind if they are just to email to the other May mummies (otherwise I'll just sit out).

Tomorrow I have to take Em to swimming, so that will be interesting actually having to be somewhere at a specific time, luckily her lesson is at 11am so I should be right for that, but kinder will be interesting on Wednesday morning, I have to have DD there by 8.30am

Ahh good luck with all of that!!! I'm sure it will get easier for all of us! I hope!:thumbsup: