This thread is for parents who's baby was born October 1st-15th 2010 #1
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Finally bought myself a camera, so now there'll be millions of photo's added aaaaaaall the time! I'm shockingly addicted to photography... can't afford it though, lol.
Clover & Vix - Thanks for your advice re the formula and about Noah. Really appreciate it heaps! I too think it must be the heat, he has been much better the last 2 days and has been sleeping better too (only waking for his usual 1am feed), although last night I gave him a top up feed at 10pm before I went to sleep and he slept all up from 7:30pm til 4:00am (he didn't really wake when I fed him at 10pm). Yay!!!
Clover - Yay on your digital camera and great photos on FB! You're quite the photographer there! Love the pics you have taken so far!! Noah weighed 5.19kg at 8 weeks and then 5.32kg at 9 weeks, then 5.57kg at 10 weeks. Sounds like Summer is gaining weight really well. Did I ever mention that I too use a nipple shield to feed Noah? According to the midwives in hossy there's nothing wrong with my nipples, but Noah doesn't open his mouth big enough to suck properly either and so they suggested a nipple shield. Seems to be working well and I don't have to worry about sore and cracked nipples.
Vix - Yay on Alannah's giggles, how adorable! I swore I heard Noah give me a little giggle the other day as well, but not a 100% sure. I'm sure he'll do it sooner rather than later though! lol Can't wait!! He does seem to be cooing more and it seems to be getting louder! lol Noah doesn't suck his thumb, he sucks his fist and tries to put his whole fist into his mouth sometimes, making himself gag! Funny to see the faces he pulls though...lol
Hello Nikki, Brydz, Raffy, Sparkles and everyone else!
AFM, had a really good night and feel pretty good this morning. My little monkey woke at 6:30am, had a feed, then we had a play and he just went back to sleep about 15mins ago. I have popped on some of his washing and just had some brekky (all in 15mins - I'm getting quicker at things while he's asleep! lol) Hopefully today is not as hot as it's been the past few days...
ETA - Forgot to say that I finally gave in and DTD, but man it hurt like hell!!!! Have read everywhere that it's normal, but OMG...at this stage I don't know if it'll ever feel NORMAL and NOT painful again!!!
hey ladies, sorry i haven't been posting, hopefully with a new thread i'll be able to keep up although with us going away over Christmas/New Year it might be a little tricky.
Not much new here..still have not had my ultrasound on my Thyroid...did I mention that last thread? Can't remember but anyways, my GP wants me to get one done and now I am freaking out! Hope to get it done later this week as DH is going to work a half day so we can drop the boys off and go Chrissy shopping.
Pretz - Glad Noah slept better for you last night. I forgot about Alannah and didnt go into until almost 9am this morning and there she was happily sucking her thumb and staring at her Disneyland picture on her wall. When I carry her she knaws on her knuckle on my shoulder and I swear she is going to knaw her knuckle right off one day.
Clover - ooohhhhh a new camera! We are buying ourselves a new one (from Santa) this yr. Just an upgrade of the Olympus we already have. What one did you get?
JCE - Good to hear from you. Where abouts are you off to for your hols?
Okay, off to tidy up whilst the boys are at MIL's today!!!! Girly day. I have a gf coming over this arvo for a cuppa.
Vix - its nothing special, but a huge upgrade from my 4.0 megapixel cheapo!
Its the Nikon Coolpix L22. Was only $94 I think & a 12MP. Would LOVE to get an SLR one day...
WTG Clover on the new camera! How is little Summer going now?
Vix - How scary with the Thyroid. Im sure everything is fine, sending you big hugs anyway Hope you enjoyed your cuppa and are having a nice girlie day!!
Pretz - Woo hooo on DTD!! Its a big step - sorry to hear it hurt. I dont enjoy it at the moment. But my libido was shot after I had Summer so I know it will return ... ONE DAY!!
AFM - Nothing new to report. Ben has his appt with the eye surgeon on Friday. Hoping to get some good news ... i.e. no operation!!! His weight has steadied out a bit, only put on 200g this week instead of the usual 250 - 300g. As of last Thursday (just before 10 weeks) he was 6.55kg, 61.5cm long and HC 42cm!! I know its going to slow eventually - one of these days!
Nikki: i noticed we had 7 of both just now when i looked at the list, we're very clever. I missed why Ben needs an operation but i hope the appointment goes well.
Vix: we're headed to Sydney for a few hours to do a few things and then we're headed to FIL's house at Ballina for most of our time away but also heading to Springwood, QLD to see BIL, SIL & their kids at some point too we haven't seen them since we moved from QLD to Cowra in August 2009. I'm going to be busy this week packing & cleaning the house as i'm not sure whether the real estate is doing an open house on Saturday or not as the house we're renting has been put up for sale, but i would have cleaned the house anyway especially as we wont be here for roughly 2weeks. Hope the ultrasound goes ok.
AFM: Ben is sleeping a minimum of 7hrs a night and has been for about 2weeks now. We're only getting up once a night to feed and i express either before or after Ben has had a bottle. I'm still giving Ben EBM 100% of his feeds and he's having 140ml every feed, i'm still demand feeding him so each day is different and he's going between 1 and 5hrs between feeds during the day, i've had a few lumps on the top side of my RH breast but nothing that massaging, a shower & expressing hasn't fixed although i still worry everytime. Ben is in mostly 000's although the smaller make ones are getting a little on the small side and he's in infant nappies although will likely put him in crawlers once i finish the infants of as the infants have leaked up his back a few times so i figure it's time to move him up in nappy sizes.
Vix - Sorry to hear about your Thyroid. I meant to reply about it last post I did, but my Mummy brain goes all blank sometimes and I forget everything these days! I hope and pray that it will all be fine and that it's nothing serious. I'm thinking of you! Hope you enjoyed your girly day with Alannah yesterday!
Nikki - Thanks honey. Yes, the DTD thing is not fun at all at the moment and I'm starting to feel terrible for DH! I'm not sure whether I should phone my OB as it's unbearable!! Yay on the 7 boys and 7 girls - we were pretty clever indeed!! lol Yay for Ben on his excellent stats, he is growing really well and you're doing an excellent job!
JCE0810 - Way to go on your Ben doing well too and growing well. You'll be coming to visit Qld hey? I live about 20-25mins away from Springwood so will be very close. lol Hope you have a great trip!
Hello to everyone else!
AFM, have had a really good day today with Noah and he slept real well the last 2 nights, I have started "dream-feeding" him just before I go to bed around 9:30-10:00pm and then he sleeps til about 4:00am (6 hour stretches), but feeling worried and anxious about getting him weighed tomorrow as I'm not sure he is gaining enough weight. When I saw his pediatrician in November he said that he should be gaining about 180g a week but he only gained 130g the week before and although he gained 230g last week, I'm still worried, especially when I feel like my milk supply is low and because he seems to be hungry ALL the time! After I get him weighed tomorrow I might give the pediatrician a call just to see what he says. My nerves are shot and I hate feeling this way. Anyway, sorry for my rant...
Well then, my monkey went to sleep at 5:30pm and I was able to have a shower, do dishes and cook a proper dinner so now time to have it WITH DH, WHILE it's still warm.... as that doesn't happen often anymore! lol
I'm such a dummy. Am using mobile
Ph & didn't realise a new thread had been started & thought nobody had been posting! Doh!
Glad to hear everyones bubs are doing well
Pretz- I still haven't dtd yet poor DP I'm just so nervous, I've never had a 2deg tear before & it still feels tender, although gp said it looked fine.
Madison also trys to put her whole fist in her mouth & gags too
Vix- hope all is ok with your thyroid.
Nikki- FX all goes well with Ben on Fri.
Hello to everyone else
AFM-Madison has slipped into a routine. Feeds roughly 4 hrly during day. Bath, feed, bed @ 7pm - sleeps til between 3:30am-4:30am has a feed, then back to bed til 7-8am. This has been happening for about 3 wks so I guess it works for her. Yay!
I can't believe how quick they grow! Madi has such a personality it's really coming out now- with her giggles & cooing. And she has this funny "fake" cry/yell thing when she wants you to look at her- she stops then smiles straight away when you do- cheeky monkey!
I had her weighed today & she's 5.95kg. I don't know how the infant nappies say 4-8kg, they barely fit her now???
Group Q: are all your bubs still just "batting" at toys? Madsion is doing this in her bouncer/floor gym etc, not actually grabbing them, I mean her fist is still closed. Is this normal? It's been so long I can't remember?
Beckels, Summer isn't even doing that yet. She still just stares at toys. She can talk up a storm though. Loves having a sooky chat to dh. Must be his deep voice. So funny to listen to. Sounds like she wants to cry, but she's just chatting. Like she's complaining about her day lol.
Feeding is getting better. Still a struggle, but we're getting there.
Last day of school for the year I hate holidays!! Jaz goes into year 4 next year & Bri will be in year 1. She won't be the youngest in the school anymore
Oh well, they're off to the pool & waterslide today. They should have a ball
wow feels likes its been forever since ive been on here. im having withdrawals lol
Vix - FX everything goes well with the thyroid stuff. will be thinking of you xx
Nikki - hope all goes well with Bens eye, will be thinking of you to xx
Pretz - sorry to hear DTD hurt. i no how u feel, i finally gave in and did it as well on sunday night. it hurt sooooo bad to start with, coz after my 3rd degree tear i to still get sooo tender down there. but with plenty of lube it didnt hurt for long, we event did it twice and even the second time it hurt to start with as well, but i paid for it the next day lol i was walking around like i had a carrot up my bum lol Cooper is sucking his hand as well, when he gets it in his mouth he full on goes at it. the other day he actually sucked his thumb properly, it was very cute.
Clover - yay on the new camera, ur pics on fb are gorgeous, well done.
JCE - enjoy your holiday WTG on bens growth to, they are all growing sooo quick.
Beckles - Madison sounds like she has a very cute personality there Cooper has the same routine, its been so good. and the added bonus is that DF is on holidays so i get up to cooper during the night and he gets him in the morning and i can sleep in till . . . whenever
GQ (to those with older children) - when did your other bubs get thier first teeth?? mum recons i had my 2 bottom teeth by 12 weeks. and the last few days Cooper has been sooo unsettled, had a lil temp and drooling like crazy!! could this mean hes getting teeth or is it normal?
Hi if there is anyone i missed - sorry i was a lil blunt on persies
AFM - not much to report here. we are going back and forth between our parents houses, and seeing friends during the day. we had all our mates over the other night for a few drinks and Cooper feel asleep on the couch at about 6.30 and we were all outside so i set up the monitor. but i had to laugh everytime someone went into the kitchen (which is right near the lounge) and especially towards the end of the night when everyone got alot louder, everyone was saying shhhhh you'll wake the baby. no one was used to it as my friends range from 18-21y/o and none of them have kids lol DF and i went out clubbing on friday night and left cooper with my mum all night. i ended up getting quite tiddled with my friends and at about 2am i was asking DF if we could go home hahah we ended up staying out at a friends house and i woke DF up at 6.30 to get him to take me home. i miss Coops soooooo bad. i had to laugh when we got home he was in bed with my mum and he was giving us the biggest stink eye lol dont think he was impressed that we left him for so long lol. it was soooo freakin cute yesterday my brother came up to my town for work and he rang to see where we were (he hadnt met cooper yet) so we went into town to see him, he gave everyone a hug and then took Cooper, i almost cried, my bro gets this really silly smile when hes really chuffed about something and he had that and he kept giving him the gentlest kisses, i get to see him again for a few days over christmas and meet his new girl. today we are off to see my best friend. i cant wait. she hasnt met cooper either, and is probably the only person in the world who doesnt have FB lol so she hasnt seen or heard very much about cooper besides what ive told her. but throughout my pregnancy she was very supportive and interested in what was goin on, cant wait til she actually sees him
anyway coopers starting to grumble so thats my cue to get moving. ill try drop in more often over the next few weeks.
ETA - notice how i said 'not much to report' and then wrote a novel. sorry :P
helloooooooo everybody. i'm still around. just have been lazy due to sleep deprivation and stress
clover -thats great u got a new camera. can't wait to see some pics u have to share with us
pretz -bugger that DTD was painful I can't tell ya if it is for me because I'm not doing it for a long long time yet LOL. certainly won't be happening with J ever again. LOL. how is little Noah? he is so cute. love seeing all the recent pics u post on facebook! growing up so fast.
nikki -gosh he is a big growing boy!! length wise Vin is not far behind him. he was 59cm at the last appointment at only 6 weeks old! my tall boy. its annoying because his legs don't fit clothes the same size as the rest of his body fits.. I think his head was 40cm too. so not far behind there either. LOL. Definitely not up around that same weight though. He was 4.98kg 2 weeks ago. Doesn't get weighed again til next Tuesday but i think he'd be in the high 5kgs cos he is getting real heavy.
jce that is great how well your Ben is sleeping!! I wish Vinny would be consistent. Some nights he sleeps 8 hours. others (like last night) he feeds every 2 hours. and others he just has the 1 feed about 3 or 4am and therefore has like 2 bits of sleep around 3-5 hours each.
beckels howdy! isn't it great when their personality starts to shine? Madi sounds so cute and cheeky! Vinny loves to giggle or smile at me when he spews on me. cheeky boy.
raffy not sure about what age teething usually happens but vinny has 2 obvious bumps in the middle of his bottom gum. and one to the side a bit. I said to mum I think he could be teething and she said no. i have no idea. my niece didn't get her first tooth til she was like 10 months or something. aww sounds cute that ur bro was so proud of his nephew. my bro who is 17 absolutely adores Vinny. he gets to see him a lot because i spend most of my nights at mums place.
afm been dealing with some issues with J and his mum. the dna results came back last friday. confirmed. obviously. and then I went over on saturday to get the birth registration form (its due in about a week) but he 'couldn't find it' and so I said i'd be back on tues. he told me he'd call monday and I said okay cool we can arrange a time for tues to come over and he didn't call monday. i drove all the way over to bendigo tues and couldn't get onto him (wouldn't answer the phone). i ended up coming home in a huge big huff. i rang bdm and they are sending me another form. i can send it off without him. unless he mails it to me before then. he messaged with a lame excuse 'we were outside' and told me 'its best to ring the night before' to which I didn't even answer that. he was meant to call me.
so after all that he may not even see V for xmas. he wanted him for an hour this weekend (before they fly overseas mid week for 2 weeks) and I said maybe. but i can't trust his word to follow through on a planned phone call. so no way am i leaving him there because who's to say i'd get him back? i told him its me and him, or neither. still haven't got a reply yet. will be interesting to see what happens.
gotta go. vinny is calling to me from the other room. his mobile stopped.
Hi all,
Pretz - saw on FB, great weight gain!
Byrdz - honey, you are doing great & only do what you feel is right regarding J having vinny etc. Mum's know best afterall!
Everyone else, hi!!!!
AFM - took Ty to the chiropractor on tuesday and she seemed really positive and reckons she can have him off his reflux meds asap...i hope so!! She said she probably can't stop the actual chucking but the pain assoociated, darn for that though, still lots of washing for me!! . The reflux formula has been making him constipated, so she said she stimulated his bowels and he went 3 times in the next 24 hours...YAY!!!! Go back again tomoro!! Will update after
I'm praying that I am able to do a proper post today while Noah is asleep (if he stays asleep for a while) lol
Beckles - Lovely to hear from you and lovely to hear that Madi is into such a nice routine there for ya. Noah has a similar routine. Feed, bath, feed, sleep at 7pm, has a top up feed around 9:30pm or 10:00pm and goes til about 4-4:30am! Then sleeps again until about 7-8am! Love that I get to go back to sleep with him. I hope for your sake that DTD doesn't hurt, although I too had a 2nd degree tear and thinking that might have something to do with it!! I haven't had the chance to phone my OB but if things continue to be this painful then will mosy definitely give him a call. As for your group question: Noah doesn't always bat at his toys altough he does it sometimes but even then I don't think hr actually knows he is doing it so I wouldn't worry if I were you.
Clover - Glad to hear that the feeding is going better. Hoping that it continues to get better.
Raffy - Sorry to hear that DTD also hurt for you but glad that the extra lube worked. Sorry for TMI but I used like half a bottle of lube and it was still unbearable... Guess we just gotta keep trying! Glad to hear you're having such a great time over in Perth visiting your family and catching up with friends.
Nikki - Good luck with Ben's appt tomorrow. Hope it all goes well abd it's nothing serious. Will be thinking of you both.
Brydz - Noah is going well thanks honey. I have my Mummy meltdowns of getting stressed and anxious over him not gaining enough weight which is so silly when I get him weighed and I worried for no reason lol I'm sorry to gear about J's attitude and for not phoning. I was hoping that once the DNA results came back that he and his family's attitudes would have changed and that theyd want to be more involved in his life! Huge hugs
Sparkles - Thanks honey! Yes I stressed for no reason. lol Glad to hear that your Chiro can help with Ty's reflux. That's excellent news!
Group Q - Is anyone else's baby very clingy? Noah has his moments where he will sit in his pram or swing for a little while but not long until he cries and wats to be picked up/held and when you put him down again he cries again. his goes on most days and I'm not getting much done... Any tips???
AFM, I was silly and stressed for no reason over Noah's weight gain as you girls would have seen on FB. Yes ge gained a whopping 430g since last Wednesday and now weighs 6kg's! He is now 62cm tall and HC is 41cm! Wow my baby is getting bigger by the day!! Went to physio yesterday and left Noah with my MIL and he was an Angel. Even slept for 3 & 1/2 hours while we were there. Think it might have been nice and cool there for him as she has nice breezes there.
Pretz - Sling it. Babies need to know you are around. Have the TV/radio going if it helps.
Summer is in my sling alot. She loves it & usually sleeps for hours at a time in it.
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Noah weighed 5.19kg at 8 weeks and then 5.32kg at 9 weeks, then 5.57kg at 10 weeks. Sounds like Summer is gaining weight really well.
Did I ever mention that I too use a nipple shield to feed Noah? According to the midwives in hossy there's nothing wrong with my nipples, but Noah doesn't open his mouth big enough to suck properly either and so they suggested a nipple shield. Seems to be working well and I don't have to worry about sore and cracked nipples.
Hope you enjoyed your cuppa and are having a nice girlie day!!
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I meant to reply about it last post I did, but my Mummy brain goes all blank sometimes and I forget everything these days! I hope and pray that it will all be fine and that it's nothing serious.
I'm thinking of you! Hope you enjoyed your girly day with Alannah yesterday!
Yay on the 7 boys and 7 girls - we were pretty clever indeed!! lol Yay for Ben on his excellent stats, he is growing really well and you're doing an excellent job!
poor DP
I'm just so nervous, I've never had a 2deg tear before & it still feels tender, although gp said it looked fine.
Glad to hear you're having such a great time over in Perth visiting your family and catching up with friends.
Went to physio yesterday and left Noah with my MIL and he was an Angel. Even slept for 3 & 1/2 hours while we were there. Think it might have been nice and cool there for him as she has nice breezes there.
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