Babies born ~ October 2012#1

This thread is for parents whose baby was born October 2012. Congratulations!

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Helpful Articles
Breastfeeding FAQs
Is My Baby Hungry?
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?

Helpful Forums
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids


Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Helpful Articles
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Helpful Forums
Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum


Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Helpful Articles
Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Recommended Reading List

Helpful Forums
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Slings and Baby Wearing


Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Gentle Parenting Forum

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Hello October mummies! Anyone there?

Hooray baby thread! Has anyone birthed in Oct that wasn't from the belly buddy group?

I'll make a list once we get some mummies in here!

Yay we have a baby buddies thread! AP - our babies are already one week old today, can you believe it? I'm getting all sappy and sentimental haha... happy one week Mr Z and Miss H :heartbeat:

I know Cattie, it only gets worse, trust me! Sometimes I tear up over the fact DS1 is 2 already!
I've copied your list over, we get to update it tomorrow!

:bellyrubs: Baby Buddies October 2012 - Babies born :bellyrubs:
~Serenity~: Miss W born 14th Aug
thirdtimelucky: Miss L and Miss R born 11th Sept
OceanPrincess: Mr. B born 2nd Oct
AngelPants: Mr Z born 9th Oct
Cattie: Miss H born 9th Oct
Janie71: Miss K born 10th Oct
Frangipani Lou: Miss G born 11th Oct
carr2walks: Mr H born 12th Oct
computethis: ??
cocolove: ??

Nice work! Love it AP :)

B is two weeks today!! Time flies!

Hello ladies, thought I'd post so this thread isn't so dead hehe! Happy 3 weeks B, and happy 2 weeks H and Z! I actually often wonder whether H was meant to be born on the 10/10 (we kind of sped up the whole process...) but then I think, maybe not I probably wouldn't have lasted another 24hrs!

Anyway hope everyone is well, or at least coping ok with the feeds and lack of sleep xx

It's 4 in the morning and I'm a pumping again!! Morning all!! Xo

Morning FL! Go you good thing!!

Not a terrible night here. I really think I need to go to bed earlier...

B still asleep right now and I managed to get him back into the cradle by about 4.30am so that's not bad.

I need to jump in the shower before they all wake up...

Happy 4 and 3 weeks B, Z and H! I wonder how long I'll be counting weeks for lol. Hope everyone is holding up ok today, seems like a lot of us had a tough night.

Apart from the slow feeds (which involves a lot of chuck up!), things have been ok here. Can't say I'm used to the night wakings and sleep deprivation, but at least it's not freezing at night lately which helps. We are chewing through nappies though, it's ridiculous! Looking forward somewhat to starting the mcns, I feel bad for all the waste we're producing!

4 weeks already! Gone so quick.

We are chewing through nappies at a crazy rate too! But we're in cloth so that's sort of ok. So much washing!

Cattle how are you going without DH around?

Yeah time flies - a month ago we were still all hoping our babies would come soon hehe! And I find it surreal to think, a year ago we didn't have dd, and now... here we all are!

OP - Has ds1 started toilet training? You're washing nappies for two, I guess that would be a lot of nappies! How many newborn nappies do you have? I took out my osfa yesterday and think I could probably use them soon if I button them up to the smallest. We'll see how we go I still need to buy some liners. Hmm also do you think I could just wash them with regular clothes if I maybe rinse them before? I don't have enough at the moment to really justify washing them alone!

Life without dh is ok, I try to work him to the bone from the moment he comes home to the moment he sleeps though hehe! Unfortunately for him bubs has been most unsettled around 8-10pm, which is exactly when he would be watching her while I try shower etc. My mum has been coming around everyday too, there isn't too much she can do but it's still nice to have a bit of company. Thanks for asking :)

How are you doing looking after two older ones with the new bubs too? Have your in laws been taking them a bit more? Have you found it harder to manage compared to when the other two were newborn?

Oh no I didn't get any updates! Blah I am operating in a haze of tiredness at the moment. I am pretty sure I got the most sleep last night since Z arrived but I feel worse!
Cattie, I do the same thing. DH has a list of things to do when he walks in the door lol!

AP - glad you got more sleep, is the family all well again now? Lol our poor dh's! ;)

Time for my weekly post - we're gonna be bumped off the sticky and hard to find soon! Wow four weeks has past, I can't believe I haven't had a full nights sleep in four weeks lol.

We're generally doing alright I think. Main problems are pee leaks at night (trying to resolve this by putting a cloth shell over the disposable) and a lot of chuck!

Hope everyone else and their bubs are doing well :)

What brand of disposables are you using Cattie? Are you checking to see that the edges of the nappy around the elasticized part that goes round her legs is not tucked inside the nappy? Let me know if I'm not making sense and I can upload a pic.