At Murph's insistence here are my recent photo's of Tara from this month..Login | Facebook
Murph, Jazz will soon start smiling all the time for you, Tara was a bit slow off the mark and it was so hard to catch the brief smile she would give us and then all of a sudden she started smiling at everything, she is now sort of laughing... she has the mouth action going but is still not quite there with the associated sound.
As for Jazz being unsettled, Tara was the same after her immunisations. It zonked her out the first night and then for about a week afterwards she didn't seem her usual self and was unsettled sleeping and at times just being a cranky pants. It doesn't help that the immunisation time coincides with the 8 weeks "Wonder Week" stage either. So much our little ones have to go through.
I can't believe how much Jazz has grown although compared to my big chubster she is such a tiny angel. Tara is now in 00 clothes, the only 000 left are dresses but even they won't last much longer. We weighed her 2 days before Xmas and she is a huge 5.5kg, with her next MCHN visit sheduled for another week away it wouldn't surprise me if she is double her birth weight or close to it (3.2kg's).
Oh, now for the good and bad... Good news is that Tara is now a fantastic night sleeper, she is sleeping somewhere between 12-13 hours which is probably longer than recommended but I let her wake herself up so she is not miserable plus she generally only seems to have 1 big nap during the day every other sleep is a power nap only.
Bad news is that I am trying to find ways to help with her reflux, any ideas would be great. After every feed we always have vomit, sometimes just a little and other times so much that both Tara & I end up with a change of clothes. It can vary from just a bit of overflow (ie: undigested formula) to large chunks of partially digested formula, we have even had instances of chunks of formula in a clear fluid (like saliva). We have her propped up to sleep and hold her upright for a good 1/2 hours after feeds, but we still get something come up even 1-2 hours after feeding. She doesn't seem to suffer from any pain from the reflux (as she sometimes smiles afterwards when she still have vomit in her mouth), just the constant vomit associated when she eats. She is already on Lactose Free formula, so I don't know if I should be adding thickener to her formula what would you all recommend the best plan of attacked as I'm paranoid everytime we go to someones house that she will puke all over there furniture etc..
Hi Kelly,
woah, I couldn't do the 12-13 hour sleep even if Jazz wanted to. She still needs to feed through the night and if she doesn't she gets dehydrated. Last night she slept for 9 hours and I woke up at her feed times but she didn't so I let her sleep through. She woke at 5, had a short feed, then all three of us had lovely big sleep-in together in our bed. Unfortunately there was a tell-tale sign in her nappy in the morning (urates). have you had them at all? It's like crystalised uric acid I think and it's an orangy, blood-like colour. It may just be a problem with small babies. I learnt all about it in hospital when I got a tut-tut from a nurse when I explained it. I haven't had it since but at least I recognise it and will wake her for feeds if she sleeps through tonight.
Today has been great and all seems back on track....and....drum roll please....we got smiles!!!!!!! Oh happy day, lots of gorgeous big cheeky grins at everything, including the dog. It's hard to catch one on camera but got a bit of phone footage. What a heart melting moment. So relieving to see her making those connections and we both saw at the same time so we couldn't deny they were real. can't wait til play time tomorrow
Sorry about your problems with the reflux, you might find some other threads talking about those issues if no one gets back to you soon. I am fully breast feeding so I don't have the same problems but i hope you get help for your lovely girl.
I've had a look at the reflux forum and am going to ask the MCHN on our next visit. I don't know if the reflux has been caused by Tara having a bit of a cold and she has been trying to get all the yuck out of her system or if it is a long term problem.
As for the nappy issue after her long sleeps, no problems so far... As she is only awake for about 12 hours a day (less if you take out her daytime sleeps) she is feeding every 3 - 3 1/2 hours so she seems to be well hydrated and all we get are very heavy wet nappies in the morning and they don't have an overly strong smell either. I think she either takes after her daddy and loves her sleep, or she is still trying to get over this cold she has had and sleep is the best medicine for her.
I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and looking forward to NYE with bubs tonight. I will be having a quiet one, maybe with a glass of champagne and just about to head out to buy the prawns to marinate!
Murph and KellyD - your girls are soooo beautiful.
KellyD - I hear you on the reflux. Adam has been having the same problem ever since 8 weeks. He seems to have a pattern though, and it is only during play time when he gets excited and he seems to lose most of his milk. At night time when re-settling it doesn't seem to happen, so I think his problem has got to do with movement.
Adam is a little champion and I am so in love with him. I can't imagine life without him and don't know what on earth I was doing before. I think he is coping well with life so far and I feel very blessed and lucky.
He is 10 weeks old now and would weigh approx just under 7kg - he was last weighed at the GP 2 weeks ago and he was 6.6kg . His weight gain has slowed down now. I always wanted a bald fat baby, and I sure got one!
100% formula feeding now, lost my milk through just expressing at 6 weeks. The guilt has now passed, but I really suffered for a while. Now I just feel happy that he is healthy and happy and that I gave it my best shot, but that he wasn't getting satisfied and was wrecking my nipples (just like he has wrecked a few teats on bottles). He's a destroyer! He is sleeping very well too, with the occasional bad night.
Hello to everyone, and I hope you are all enjoying your little bundles.
wow Neptune - my little bubba only hit 7kg at 6 months! i love chubby little bubbas though - so cute! Emerald isn't overly chubby - but she's also not super slim! she has fat rolls - they are just little ones!
not a lot happening here - E is trying to crawl, teething, rolling heaps - lots of stuff going on so we've had some sleep regression. but it's not too much of an issue - she is mostly a very happy baby and is a joy to be around. she has so many words already (her latest is "kiss" - when she is supposed to be feeding and knows she is going to fall asleep but doesn't want to, she will come off the boob "kiss kiss" - giving her a kiss means she delays the inevitable bed time - but how can you NOT lol?)
Wow Neptune,Adam is such a cutie and such a big boy as well, and I think Tara is getting big but she is nothing compared to your boy. Sorry to hear that b/fing has stopped for you, but now your poor nipples can heal and as you said he can take it all out on the teats now.
Tara had her first feed today with Thickener in her bottle and I gave her some Infants Friend before the feed and so far so good, nothing has come back up and she actually had a very happy morning playtime with lots of smiles and no regurgitation. I'm hoping this may solve her reflux issue, especially as we have a wedding to go to on Sunday and I was paranoid that she would be a cranky pants the whole day..
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