Kelly, so sorry to hear Tara having a tough time. Lyla was a bit like that when she has her immunisation. When we went for her 6 month immunisation she spat out the vaccine. The nurse had to pinch her nose and pour it down her throat. Immunisation gets harder when they are older so watch out.
Smithy, how are you traveling girl. Has your little on sorted out with the constipation?
Hi Grub, Murph and everyone else.
AFU, we are doing well. Lyla is somewhat recovered from her cold. Thanks Marcellus for the tip about the steamer, I almost forgot it as we didn't have to use it by the time she reached 3 months. Lyla is so very active. She gets so exciteable, her who body shakes and she would make this panting gurgly sound. It makes me laugh every time. I find that she is increasing engaging and attend to our conversation. She would start babbling upon me looking at her... so very cute.... oh the joy of motherhood!
I'm having a very quiet day at home because I've got the flu on top of a cold as of last night - still in pyjamas (it's 12.30pm here) and no housework - DH is working at home today to help me out. DD is asleep and I'm happily ensconced on the couch.
Kelly - how did the results from your ultrasound go hun? I hope that everything is okay and that you're not in too much pain Hope Tara is a little more settled so that you can get out and enjoy your birthday celebrations! One thing I thought I might mention is that when bubs are going through a growth spurt they can be very unsettled/grumpy and sleep a lot more - this happened with my DD. In the lead up to her growth spurts she would feed a lot more to increase my supply, but then she would act really tired and unhappy during the growth spurt - she'd sleep heaps more during the day. Babies produce the hormone they need for growth during sleep (which is why they sleep so much anyway!) so the extra sleeping could be growth spurt time for Tara, as well as recovering from those vaccinations. Hope things settle down soon.
Kahlan - glad to hear Lyla is improving - my DD didn't get her first cold until she was about 5 months or so, so it was a bit of a shock for me! We got there with lots of snot sucking (lol one of those bulb things) and another tip that really helped us was to have her cot/bassinet tilted at an angle to help with draining mucous from their nose/throat to help breathing easier. Another thing I've done as we don't have a vapouriser is just simply to put a bowl of warm water under her cot - it evaporates as they're sleeping (especially overnight) and just helps keep the air in their room moist.
Greenslw - hang in there! I know it's so stressful to have a baby that is distressed with poo. My DD was shocking in the first 3 months. She had bucketloads of wind despite lots and lots of burps and so much winding and she seemed to have so much trouble eliminating, despite mustardy, runny normal BF poos. So much grunting, straining and screaming! I read information that made heaps of sense to my as to why my DD was having that much trouble eliminating both poo and wind (often needing assistance) that says that some babies have trouble coordinating the muscles required to eliminate. They have to tense their abdominal muscles whilst relaxing their pelvic floor muscles (we all have to do this to eliminate) and some babies haven't got the hang of this and have to learn it over time. Often it is associated with babies that have been born via c/s as being squeezed out of the birth canal seems to help with the process of babies becoming aware of their bodies. How was your DS born? In any case, I can tell you that it definitely improves. By 3 months she was so much better most of the time, and by 5 months she was able to poo/get rid of wind without any distress at all. Some things that helped us in the early days was massaging tummy (in a clockwise direction - the same way the bowel moves), lots of bicycling legs (helps to stimulate the bowel) and drawing knees up to her chest whilst on her back when we knew she needed to poo (this actually helped to teach her to release her pelvic floor muscles and really made a difference over time). I'm sure you'll see huge improvement over time, even though it feels like such a long time now. Glad to hear he's got great weight gains - that was something I kept telling myself to help feel better about it - my DD was putting on weight so well, and was so healthy despite it, and we would get through the difficulties in time. Thinking of you
Smithy - thinking of you and little Charlie, hun
Phew - long post guys (on the right day I'm sure I could beat all you ladies for post length!! )
Murph glad you went and did some girly stuff gota love a chick flick, Lincoln has a dinner radar.
Kelly so sad when they're unsettled, I'm not looking forward to immunisations.
Kahlan glad Lyla is betta
Acacia thanks for the ray of light. DS was VB, no CS here, but that does make sence. he screams when I do any of the rubbing and leg things, I persist for a while but doing squats seams to be great to settle him, and good for my legs.
Well not only does DS have wind he has thrush! great ha, well he seams to be getting happier already. He hasn't slept for more than an hour in a couple of days I'm getting distressed, so off to the GP tomorrow. But hopefully with some medication on board he'll settle more, then with more sleep we can all cope with the wind better.
I've only had 2 hours the last few days cos DH takes baby after his 8pm feed so I can sleep. Not sustainable. But last night after wind woke him up I settled him and he slept for an hour I'm hoping this is a turning point.
So I'm finding myself wide awake and energised at the moment so sad on only 3 hours sleep. but it's a relitive isn't it.
I'd love to share an image of DS but it's not working.
green - you are doing a great job. i hope lincoln settles down a bit with the sleeping soon. I found Ash liked me bouncing (gently) on a fit ball... might help if your legs get sore lol.
acacia - it was good to read your advice. it wasn't for me but was so reassuring with what you said about the wind getting better.
kahlan - i'm so glad Lyla is feeling better and i loved to read about how interactive and fun she is! i can't wait for the babbling and giggles
kelly - have a great birthday tomorrow love! and hope Tara is more herself today.
murph lol ... i think its a baby thing... "oh, mum's bum just hit the toilet seat, now would be a great time to scream to high heavens'' and "oh, mum is attempting to eat, better crack it bit time''. lol. i'm sure Ash has a spy cam in his room.
hi marcellus, neptune, smithy, megan, BG
Poppy - how are you going? has the feeding settled down a bit?
afm - we are pretty well. i'm glad the weather has cooled off Ash is still having bowel ouchies but not at every feed and i suspect a little bit of reflux as i found if i feed him while he straddles my leg, he is much better. Getting him weighed tomorrow and i'll be interested to see how he's going... his 000 outfits are getting very small already and he's only been in them a couple of weeks!
So some feeds are a real battle, others a breeze wtf?? He slept from 7pm to 3am straight actually to 5.30am but I did a ''dream feed'' at 3am when i woke up and he drained one boob and went back down for a couple more hours. He only really wanted to poo, nappy change and a snack at 5.30am and is back asleep now
he discovered his hands yesterday and they've been in his gob most of the time... so far down his throat he was making himself cry! lol. he's also discovered mummy's face is like, really, really fascinating and tries to touch it (resutls in lots of bangs and punches lol).
Funny thing happened the other night. Ash woke up for a feed, crying and I jump out of bed like usual. Barely awake.... unfortunately the wind had blown our bedroom door shut. Should have really opened my eyes lol.. BANG walked right into the door. DH laughed his butt off hhhmmmm so i made sure the door couldn't blow shut last night. It made me realise that i am completely driven by instinct. i'll be dead asleep, he'll cry out once and before i know it I'm in his room only just waking up lol.
have a great week ladies.
and raspberries on all little bellies
aww thank you girls for thinking of me in your perrsies your all so clever lol it means a lot to pop in and see my name hehehehe
me on the other hand still not enough time to catch up im reading through the posts but as soon as i go to do perssies my bubba girl knows im sure and start stiring but i promise to try in a couple of days .
were going uummmmmmm ummmmmmm well ok i had to change formula yesterday to the S26 AR THICKEND FORMULA as im getting no sleep LIKE YOU GREEN LOL and i was feeding bubs every 2.5 3 hrs and am just exausted,had a few good crys over the past few days then take charlie to be weighed and our nurse says OH NO LUV YOUR OVER FEEDING HER SHES GOING TO GET SO FAT i was like well what the hell am i suppose to do if shes hungry
then she says try and hold her off for a while and keep her awake then feed her
YEH RITE SHES 4 WEEKS OLD AND IVE TRIED THAT LADY im not stupid we try and play with her ,burp her omg we try everything..so any way the new formula is working a bit better i actually got 4 hrs last night so thats ok ill keep plodding along.
you would think i knwe what i was doing after already having the 4 girls BUT NO I HAVE NO CLUE LOL ,its like im learning all over again so any suggestions girls im so open to them .
anyways better go now ill catch up soon thanks all so much for thinking of me once again take care all and big hugs to each and every on of you
oh hang on and charlie said to give you all KISSY KISSY AND A NOSEY NOSEY
Smithy, unless you're force feeding her then I really don't think you can overfeed a baby I know sometimes when they have reflux they like to eat more as it helps them feel better, although the extra milk ends up making them feel worse. Does she take a dummy? I know it may be different with formula, but 2-3 hour feeds sounds very normal to me.
Green - hang in there. Thrush makes them so unsettled and uncomfortable. Once the meds kick in thiings will be a lot better I'm sure. Do you have thrush also?
Hope your face is alright Grub!
Hope you're all better soon Acacia.
Happy Birthday for tomorrow Kelly.
DS is fine - he's had 2 nights in his big bed now. I think I want my baby back!
Hope everyone else is doing well. Hugs and kisses for you lovely babies
Grub...I was going to comment on Ash finding his hands on your FB pics. Jazz only found hers really with enough control to keep them inher mouth at between 14 and 15 weeks. Life gets so much better with hands Wait til he learns to "booby rake" to get that feed to her mouth.
I can't remember what else I wanted to say
Oh yes, for tomorrow, in case I don't get back in time, big huge happy birthday greetings to Kelly
Hope Tara is a little more settled so that you can get out and enjoy your birthday celebrations! One thing I thought I might mention is that when bubs are going through a growth spurt they can be very unsettled/grumpy and sleep a lot more - this happened with my DD. In the lead up to her growth spurts she would feed a lot more to increase my supply, but then she would act really tired and unhappy during the growth spurt - she'd sleep heaps more during the day. Babies produce the hormone they need for growth during sleep (which is why they sleep so much anyway!) so the extra sleeping could be growth spurt time for Tara, as well as recovering from those vaccinations. Hope things settle down soon.
I read information that made heaps of sense to my as to why my DD was having that much trouble eliminating both poo and wind (often needing assistance) that says that some babies have trouble coordinating the muscles required to eliminate. They have to tense their abdominal muscles whilst relaxing their pelvic floor muscles (we all have to do this to eliminate) and some babies haven't got the hang of this and have to learn it over time. Often it is associated with babies that have been born via c/s as being squeezed out of the birth canal seems to help with the process of babies becoming aware of their bodies. How was your DS born? In any case, I can tell you that it definitely improves. By 3 months she was so much better most of the time, and by 5 months she was able to poo/get rid of wind without any distress at all. Some things that helped us in the early days was massaging tummy (in a clockwise direction - the same way the bowel moves), lots of bicycling legs (helps to stimulate the bowel) and drawing knees up to her chest whilst on her back when we knew she needed to poo (this actually helped to teach her to release her pelvic floor muscles and really made a difference over time). I'm sure you'll see huge improvement over time, even though it feels like such a long time now. Glad to hear he's got great weight gains - that was something I kept telling myself to help feel better about it - my DD was putting on weight so well, and was so healthy despite it, and we would get through the difficulties in time. Thinking of you 
Smithy - thinking of you and little Charlie, hun 
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I'm hoping this is a turning point.
but it's a relitive isn't it.
but i promise to try in a couple of days .
i was like well what the hell am i suppose to do if shes hungry
ill keep plodding along.
Wait til he learns to "booby rake" to get that feed to her mouth.
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