Babies Born April 2007

This thread is for parents who's baby was born in April 2007

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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:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

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:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

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
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum


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Congratulations Caro on little Michael! What a gorgeous piccy in your ticker!! Hope your going well...sounds like you're getting plenty of sleep (hopefully it stays that way for you!)
Hope to join you in here very soon!

Just thought we should jump in the thread!

Matias (Mat-ee-as) was born on 2 April. He is now 6 days old and doing really really well. He has been the most adorable newborn in the world, we reckon! So far, so good anyway. :-) For the first days before my milk came in he was the most vigorous sucker and I was in a lot of pain when feeding him. But it seems to be much better now I have milk. In fact he got his first breast milk squirt in the face this morning! Happy Easter!!

Thanks Caro! Great that you will be joining the April group.
Hows it all going with Michael? Is he settling in well?
Will be fun to see the girls pop in with news of their babies soon....

Congratulations Deb!!! It's all so exciting!! So glad he's feeding well! Hope you had a great easter!

Hi Girls,
As you know, Olivia Grace was born on Sunday 1st of April at 339pm.
She hasnt been home a week yet and shes really hard to settle, especially at night. She seems to feed for about 2 hours and still be hungry and doesnt stop screaming. The one thin I have found to work is her sleeping with us, which we didnt want to do, but for our own sanity at the moment, its the best thing to do.
Shes also very hard to burp and gets hiccoughs all the time. I ended up giving her some gripe water last night which she hated and so did i! I dont know if that did the trick or if it was the feed or the co sleeping, but she slept for 2 hours.
Am hoping it gets better from here!
Looking forward to seeing you all here.
Love Melissa

Congrats Melissa!! Sorry to hear you're having a rough time. I know something we did in the early days was to put some phone books under one end of Louis cot and that helped with his little tummy a bit! Hope she settles for you soon!

Sorry to hear your having dramas with settling Olivia. I know the story, as it sounds like what we had with Alex. Quite a different baby to the one we have now with Matias - who is (so far) a good eater, burper and sleeper. Do whatever it takes to get some rest, if that means co-sleeping, just do it and don't feel like you're doing the wrong thing. You are doing what it takes to be rested and to have your baby rest as well. Hope things settle soon for you.

Thanks for that. I have actually found that co-sleeping works to settle her in the early part of the night, then I put her back to her cot. She actually lost weight and it really upset me coz I had felt like I was feeding and feeding and nothing else. I am supposed to top her up with expressed milk after feeds, but finding it difficult to express enough and my bbs feel empty. What to do!
The nurse is coming back tomorrow to weigh her. I hope it is good, coz I hate crying all the time.
Other than that, all is good.
Hope you are all well
Love Melissa

We've got our first nurse visit tomorrow, so it should be interesting to see if Matias has put on any weight. He sure is eating enough, so I would be surprised if he is less.

Mel have you tried having a dark beer or glass of wine at dinner time to increase your supply? It should also help to relax you a bit, if you're feeling stressed. How much are you expressing? I have been expressing about 60mls a day and freezing it for now, as I seem to have an over-supply..mind you I am allowing myself one glass of wine or beer at dinnertime.

I like the idea of a glass of wine:)
I expressed about 80mls last night and then when it came to the next feed, there was nothing there and she got really upset, so I ended up having to give her the expressed stuff, which is pointless. I'll wait to see what the midwife has to say. At least I got a great sleep last night, 2 lots of three and a half hour stints. It was so good:)
Well Cherie had a boy... all of our April buddies have had boys, except for me!!!! Must have been something in the water......
Have a good day
Love Melissa

Good to hear your got a proper sleep Melissa. Good girl Olivia for those long sleeps overnight!:clap:

The nurse visit went really well. he seems to be a normal functioning little boy, which is always a relief. My DH was concerned there was something wrong with him because he is so placid! Its just such a difference from our older son, who really gave us a hard time. Also Matias weighs 4.1 kgs now, so he has gained 400 grams in the last 10 days. He is going to be a big boy, we think.

wow 400gms in 10 days!!!!
Olivia put on 70gms in 2 days which was great. we got her ultra sound for her hips and it looks like she will need a harness. just waiting for an orthopead appointment next week. Anyone know about harnesses for clicky hips? Also we are off to the lactation clinic on monday to get off the sheild, hopefully. I was also thinking about topping her up with formular....any advice on that too!
This is such a learning curve, at least i am still sane, bar the crying on and off!!!!
Well, i hope you are all well
love melissa

How are you and Olivia going Melissa? Hope alls well - keep us up to date.

Matias is doing fine. So no real news to report. I have been peed and pooed and vomited on a few times so its all as it should be I guess :redface: Nights are spent up and down a fair bit and he sleeps quite a bit during the days. I have managed to accumulate a stock of expressed milk already, so am stopping expressing until I need it again. Seems silly just to pump and throw away.

How is everyone else going with their new babies?

Hey girls!!! It's so exciting to be finally posting in here :)

Our little (well, not so little ;) ) boy Jambin Eli was born last Wednesday, weighing 4860g (10lbs 11.5 oz), via c/section, which was not the original plan, but we have a beautiful healthy boy to show for it! I cried when they pulled him out of my tummy and I heard his first cries - one of the most emotional experiences of my life.

I've had a little hiccup - have popped one of my internal stitches from the c/s which has torn through muscle and is sitting on a nerve. I'm getting around on a wheelchair, and taking morphine for pain relief (sooo worried about what it might be doing to Jambin, even though the obstetrician has reassured me that it's OK, but I think it has to be better than not breastfeeding at all).

Jambin is breastfeeding really well - we have a few problems sometimes interpreting what his cries mean, and when I try to feed him he scratches my breasts and latches really hard, then pushes away - but at other times he feeds beautifully and falls asleep at the breast.

Melissa - we've definitely had quite a few tears here too. So many people had said to me how easy newborns are, how they sleep 18hrs/day (liars!!!), and how you get to spend the first week home from hospital watching DVD's, and it doesn't seem to be happening that way with us. Jambin has periods where he is really unsettled and will scream and scream - sometimes we can figure out quickly how to stop him crying, and other times it takes us over an hour. Please tell me this is normal someone - I'm having a hard time thinking I'm not a terrible mum for not being able to interpret what he wants quickly.

Re: topping up with formula, I'm certainly no expert, but the reading I've done, you will need to make sure that you don't reduce your own supply by topping up (since breastmilk is produced on a supply and demand basis). Hopefully the lactation consultant will be able to give you some good ideas.

Anyway, time is precious when Jambin is asleep (as he is now) ... so I'm off to spend some quality time with DH.

Hey Cherie, congrats. Sorry to hear you are in pain, hopefully you will get better soon. I know what you mean, it is not easy when they cry all the time and you cant work it out. I went to the lactation day stay yesterday and I was in tears for most of the time. Olivia wont latch on properly and she chomps down on my nipple when she does latch on and it hurts really bad. I have scabby nipples, they get stuck to the nipple pads i wear:(
So we decided that I will express every 3 hours and feed her that way, BUT I dont have enough supply for the amount they want me to give her, so Adam and I decided to give her formula evry 3rd or 4th feed, a chance for me to get ahead in expressing. The only thing is she throws a fair bit of it up. So I dont know what to do. I see the MCH nurse tomorrow, hopefully she will help me out a bit better.
The midwife yesterday thought i was depressed... i dont think so, just tired and frustrated and upset that I cant seem to satisfy Olivia and also feel like a bit of a failure not being able to breast feed so easily.
Today I feel much better coz I got sleep... its amazing what lack of it can do to your emotions!!!!
Anyway, am going to look up some info on the feeding stuff. Take care all and looking forward to seeing some of our newest mums in here.
Love Melissa

Yeouch @ chomping on your nipple Melissa!!!!! How is the expressing going? Are you planning on hand expressing or using a pump? I hope your appt with the MCHN went OK yesterday. You are NOT a failure ... we are all just learning to get to know our little babes, and they are getting to know us. None of us are going to be able to do everything perfectly after only a few short weeks, so be nice to yourself :hug:

We are having sleeping issues ..... not during the day, but during the night. During the day, we have feed/cry/play time, then he'll go down for naps of a couple of hours. But during the night it's a totally different story. Two nights ago, he was awake continuously from 12midnight - 4am, and then last night was awake from 12midnight - 3am. I anticipated that I would be awoken regularly during the night with a newborn baby, but I honestly never thought I would be spending 4 hours continuously awake. By the time I settle him to sleep, the sun is just about coming up :wall: Last night, we finally managed to get him to sleep using a dummy, which I have been trying to avoid since we used one at the hospital and I noticed that we started having latching problems with breastfeeding. When I stopped the dummy for a few days, the latching improved. I honestly don't know what to do about it :(

On a more positive note, DH and I took Jambin on his first outing today. We went to the library to return some books, and then to the park for a quick walk around. DH carried him in the Hug-A-Bub, which was really cute. We went for a walk this afternoon, using the pram for the first time too. Hopefully we'll have tired him out a little bit and we might get some more sleep tonight.

Melissa - ouch! your poor nipples. Are you finding the formula is helping at all with settling Olivia? Hope things are okay over there. As Cherie said, don't be hard on yourself. This is such a new experience and something that no-one can ever really prepare you for. You're doing really well!

Cherie - if it makes you feel any better we've had a few nights like that where Matias has been awake between 12-4. When I spoke with the MCHN about it, she said everyone reports the same thing, and not to worry about it. I hope you're able to rest at other times.

DH has gone back to work this week, so I'm on my own again. Getting some rest is difficult, as there are always tonnes of things to do eg I am washing and washing! But TBH I am so used to sleep deprivation, I don't really notice any difference.

Matias has been quite clingy today and feeding pretty much all morning without a break! Thankfully he is resting now, so I hope he can sleep for a couple of hours and give his poor tummy a rest (and mummy too)

Oohh .. .good luck with being on your own this week Deb. I'm a bit worried about when DH goes back to work ... he's working from home for 2 weeks before he goes back to his actual workplace, so that will give me a bit of taste of how it will be to manage on my own.

Hi ladies

I hope i can join in.

My baby boy Kaan arrived Friday the 13th April (2 weeks early). (2.9kg and 49cm)

It seems all he does is eat and sleep at the moment. Guess i should enjoy while it lasts.
I am breast feeding, took a few days to get him to latch on correctly, i was initially topping him up with formula but now that my milk has kicked in i have stopped that. Now it seems he cant get enough. Feel like my breasts are gonna explode between feeds - have expressed a couple of times but he still wants the boob after the bottle - so it seems pointless. Anyone know how much mls a baby needs?? I expressed about 80mls and he still wanted more.

He sleeps when he isnt feeding for most of the time, very placid. Is this normal???

How is everyone else doing?

Its such a learning curve.

Welcome Sammy, and congrats on the birth of baby Kaan :)
My bubba sleeps most of the time between feeds during the day ... although nights are a different story lol. I'm pretty sure it's very normal for a newborn.

We had a much better night last night ... he woke twice for feeds during the night, then again at 8.00am this morning. We managed to get him back to sleep within an hour each time, but had to resort to using a dummy. I have been a bit hesitant about using one, as I think his latch went downhill after we tried it the first time, but we've used it the last two nights and he still seems to be feeding OK. The paediatrician did tell us not to let him sleep with it in his mouth, so we still have to stay awake until he's fully asleep, then take it out of his mouth, but that's still much much faster than our 4-hr dummy-free settling 'routine' that happened on a couple of nights.

I've started getting afterpains when I'm b/feeding ... really really severe ones that take my breath away. I haven't had any up until now, so not sure if I should be worried about this. I've also noticed that my tummy/uterus is really tender all the time, and I have to sit down and stand up very carefully, or it hurts. I'm going to keep an eye on it and ring my OB if it keeps up.

Hi!

We're home! Going well although I'm waiting for my milk to come in so Dylans a very hungry little boy! Seems to be like most of you - sleeping better through the day than at night...He's a good feeder though which is good. My nipples are very sore though just from the continous feeding...like a million times a day.

Cherie - I've had bad afterpains as well...even got some painkillers for them yesterday but they've calmed down a lot now...(so funny - I didn't have anything through the labour and then had panadeine for after pains - lol!!) Not sure about the tender tummy - The only time I have is if I need to go to the toilet?? and then it seems to put pressure on everything down there..

K - going to get off this computer!

Hi!

LOL on the bigger photos...I'll get there! hehe.

Louis is doing really well actually. Just had our first kind of difficult experience where Dylan was crying getting his nappy changed and Louis woke up early from his nap and was really upset. Dylan was due for a feed so I couldn't give Louis the cuddles I normally would. Luckily dh is home...He's being very loving and gentle though..no signs of jealousy as such just yet!

My husbands home for 2 weeks though so that will make things a lot easier!

I think my milk may be on its way in - I'm starting to get some little let down tingles and actually had a bit of leakage! Also Dylan only fed one side before falling asleep again so hopefully soon...

i finally found you all!!

Am trying to type one handed and am straining my neck and shoukders :(

very tricky trying to find time for bb and i feel like im missing out majorly. Hoping to get my prince into a good routine soon.

he sleeps all day...and i mean all day and last night he slept through the entire night (i had to wake him to feed).

ok gtg its time to open the milk bar again!

Wow Danni - sounds like your doing great! Yep - you can expect bb to be on the backburner for a while!

Caro - I had a bit of a meltdown in hospital with Louis but was ok once home...hopefully I'll be ok..I'm definitely a touch sensitive but haven't had any tears yet!
Thats great that your hubby had so much time off!

K - bit of tidying up and then I'm off hopefully to get some sleep...we'll see!!

Just thought i would look to see if there was a born in april thing and wow there is and a heap of people alrady in here!!

My princess charlotte was born on the 12th and so far i rally cant complain, she was a little one 2.6kg but has been putting on about 100gms a day since birth so i think i am goingto end up with= a buddah. She is a good feeder - both sides every feed andthen will sleep for 3-4 hours! SO much easier than her big sister was who wanted to be fed every hour day/night!
Last night was a crappy one though, she decided to feed every hour and a half, but only taking one side and i wasnt able to wake her to go onto the second one!

Must be off - i look forward to getting to know you all better in the coming days/weeks/months/years!

Yay, another girl baby in the April group..... thought it was something in the water, being surrounded by loads of boy babies!!!!
We have had a busy weekend, on Saturday we were out for 10hours and I ran out of nappies, lucky I was at SIL's, she had sterile bottles and nappy liners!!!! Yesterday we were driving home from my parents and Olivia decided she would scream for dinner, so we pulled over in the servo and fed for 10 minutes. I knew we should have fed her b4 we left, but Adam was keen to go. I got upset coz she was upset and Adam was a bit tense. Well that was the first time I cried in 3 days.
As for the blues, I basically had cried everyday until last thursday, so 2 and a half weeks!!! Lots of stuff to do with feeding, but now we are slowly working it out, I am a lot more calmer!!!!
I have very sore bbs today, maybe coz I fed Olivia again, hoping she would latch on, but she has no idea and my nipples burn. I worked out it feels like a chinese burn when she sucks away, so now I will only breast feed her if absolutely necessary... although she still is getting plenty of EBM.
We are looking to get a different pram, coz the bertini bidwell I got is way to heavy for me and the umbrella stroller we borrowed- Adam always hits his feet on it because he is tall. So we were looking at the beema q or valco-any ideas? Adam is 6foot and has a long stride. I want something easy to fold and not too heavy to put in the car (Honda CRV). I should have researched this a bit better!!!!
Well I could rabbit on for ages, just wanted to welcome and congratulate you all who have had bubs recently.
Take care
Love Melissa

Jambin is asleep at the moment ... so just jumping on quickly. I tried to breastfeed and BB yesterday, but he seems to sense that my attention isn't totally on him, and gets really fussy and keeps pulling off my nipple. So I am going to have to restrict my BB time to when he's sleeping.

DH has gone to work today, for a half day, and then will be working from home for the rest of the week. It's the first time I've been alone since Jambin was born, and I was pretty scared, but so far so good .... I'm not looking forwards to when DH goes back to work full time - I'm hoping that I feel a bit more competent by then lol.

Melissa - great to hear that you've had a few tear-free days and are feeling calmer:hug: I had a seriously bad case of baby blues in hospital, and still have a few tears ... usually of a nighttime when I've been trying to settle him for hours and he still won't go to sleep! But things are slowly improving I think.

Cindy - welcome and congrats on the birth of Charlotte! I hope you manage to squeeze in a nap today to make up for not getting much sleep last night.

Danni - enjoy Mason's sleeping!! Jambin sleeps all day ... and is awake all night *sigh*

Kristie - I hope the '2 under 2' thing keeps working OK for you. You are going to be one busy lady when your DH goes back to work! I was the same with my afterpains ... I had an induced labour where I literally couldn't even feel the contractions (but ended up having a c/s anyway)... and then these afterpains take my breath away.

Caro - lucky you and having your DH home for 5 weeks! My DH managed to get 2 weeks off, then 2 weeks work-from-home (he's an animator, so all computer based anyway), and I think I am sooo lucky to have him available for that long. I'm really interested in your long post about your b/f journey when you get time to post it. Hope you're enjoying little Michael - he's a gorgous little treasure!

Hi!

I think maybe we've got Dylan asleep in his basinette! He just doesn't want to be away from anyone...hopefully it gets a bit easier once he's done it once - I remember Louis didn't want to sleep in his cot either to start with...

Cindy - Thats great Charlotte is still gaining so much weight! I have a midwife visit today so will be interested to see how Dylans going - hopefully he hasn't lost anymore - on discharge he was had lost about 185g...

Melissa - Wow - what a huge day out! You must have been sooo tired! I hope you get some rest and the tears clear away for you. I know exactly how you feel. I really struggled with Louis...
My nipples are very sore too - I have been putting on lansinoh cream to try and help...they will toughen up!
I've got a valco jogger pram and it's really good...haven't tried it out with the toddler seat yet though!

Cherie - I've never mastered the typing and feeding thing...hehe. Yep - I'm quite nervous when the time comes for dh to go back to work...Oh well, I can only do what I can do! The house will probably end up looking like a bombs hit it...hehe.

K - better get Louis some lunch - hopefully he'll have a nap soon so maybe I can get one as well...dh is asleep on the couch - he's slept more than me the last couple of days - that might have to change very soon! LOL!

we only just woke up! Mason was awake from 12:30-3:30 crying the whole time...poor bubba, we didnt know what to do!

Hi All,
I have met some of you in Belly buddies and here I am finally in Baby buddies. I gave birth to my little one last Wed (is it already 5 days?!?) and we are now at home and settling into the routine. I am loving being a mum and think my little boy is just the bees knees. Anyway nice to meet you (and re-meet) you and look forward to chats.

i burp him with his head against my chest or my fingers under his chin iykwim?

If he posettes, i do keep feeding...he will reject me if he doesnt want any more.

Why do they posette? Something about the muscle in their asophagus (sp) not working properly until later in life and it doesnt swallow everything

Hi!

Aaahhh - the washing! hehe. forgot how much stuff we go through! Dylans nearly used half his wraps, singlets and suits all in the last 24h with sick and poo's! hehe.
Milks in as his poos have gone mustardish! hehe. No engorgement just yet so cross fingers...
He's finally letting us put him in the rocker for some sleep as well which is handy!
Also managed about an hour nap today which was bliss!
Midwife came and visited and everythings great...he's got a touch of jaundice but mild so she's not worried. He also had his heel ***** test but he was bf so it didn't hurt him which was great!

Danni - You poor thing...it's so hard sometimes...at least you got a sleep in!

Caro - I just play it by ear...if he sicks and wants more I give it to him and if he's content I leave it...(ditto Danni with how...)

Krysalyss - Glad to see you in here!

Wishing you all lots of sleep tonight...I think it's a bit of wishful thinking at this early stage!

Hi everyone,

Just watching Mary leaving hospital with the new princess and she looks so relaxed and beautiful - I don't think I was looking quite so pretty when I walked out!

We had a sleepless night last night. Maybe because Matias slept the whole day yesterday. He has been a bit fussy at the breast for the past few days, I m hoping it doesn't escalate into colic - which Alex had from the start. So far, Matias has been a very peaceful baby and easy to feed and burp.

Think I'm going to get a nap in now while the baby is sleeping.
Great to read all your posts and hope to do some personals soon!

Hi!

Deb - Hope you get a better nights sleep tonight! I don't think I've ever been graceful - LOL!

Caro - A friend of a friend just had a bubba in england and was sent home after 6h and it was her first! (also after 1 1/2 hours of stitching apparently - thats just cruel)

Now for some photos - please visit my space dot com slash krisvee
I've added a few on there!

Dylans having his first sleep in his bassinette!! Woohoo!!!

hwy guys im really worried that my breasts are not hard or full anymore...Ive been expressing 4 or 5 times a day and my last time I only got 80 mls from both breasts and normally I get 150... Please pray that my milk doesnt disappear...Mason really needs it :(

I'm sure all will be ok Danni! Just make sure you're getting rest and drinking lots of water!

Danni, not to worry, that happened to me, but now I can express up to 150mls again.
Princess Mary did look lovely and I agree, I didnt look so good coming out, but then again I didnt have the world watching me, so I was happy to leave in a pair of tracksuit pants and a big daggy top!!!!
Hope you are all well, I should go sleep before Olivia wakes up again... she was such a good girl last night sleeping 4 hours straight!
Take care
Love Melissa

oh Kristie, your kids are so cute!

Gee I must be blind!! I was looking for this thread the other day and couldn't find it and today I see it...

Hi to all our April Baby buddies and all of my old belly buddies. I'm being called so will be back later