Babies Born ~ August 16th - 31st 2011 #1

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Feeding Support:

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Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?

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

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Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum



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Cuddle Me Mum
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Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing


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Hellooo??? Anyone there???

How are we all coping? And how are our little Leo babies?

The twins are doing so well, looking like coming out of SCN in a couple of days! They're so amazing <3

Hi StawberryFields
Congratulations on your twins! Thats so exciting! Are they home now?
I will be back to read your birth story- I'm currently writing my own (trying to remember everything eek!)
I wonder how many people will end up in this thread? My belly-buddies group was so quiet! (DS was 8 days late so I've ended up in here :) )
I am trying not to spend too much time online, so will pop in every now and then :)
Cheers
Loz

Thanks! And same to you for your DS!

We're all still in hospital, they will be in here for another 2 weeks, hospital policy pretty much because of the gestation they were born at, and I'm still here why they try and sort out my pre-eclampsia which is proving pretty difficult. But the main thing is were all doing well. DH is getting lonely at home though and the dogs apparently miss me something chronic - I miss them too!

My Belly buddies group was really active then everyone started dropping off and it got down to like 4-5 people. I mostly stalked because a lot of the time what I was going through was quite different and I just didn't feel like posting towards the end, it was just all too hard - especially since nothing interesting was happening anyway!

Our girls are here a good 5 weeks early so I've ended up in a different baby buddies group to my belly buddies too so who knows how it will be in here!

I'm online a lot at the moment being stuck in hospital and all, but I highly doubt I'll be on too often with two newborns to contend with!

Hi ladies

Our little girl was born at 40wks and 5 days on 22/8/2011
She is just beautiful :) We are enjoying our time as a family of four... its certainly busy around here :)

Hello :)
looks like the 22nd was a busy day all around, our little girl was born then too, exactly 41 weeks.
Hope everyone is settling in and enjoying some snuggles. Hopefully be back soon! :)

Looks like it was a big day for baby girls!

The twins are still in hospital until they don't need their tube feeds anymore, and I'm now at home because the hospital needed the beds...it feels weird to be home without them :(

I miss them but its okay because I know they're not sick, just skinny and a bit lazy! If they keep them in there much after when they're taking all their feeds from the bottle though I'm going to start getting really upset... I mean if they're just there to then fatten up why can't they do that at home and I bring them in for weighs, you know?

They finished their first whole bottles yesterday so the doctor thinks maybe next weekend! I hope so! :pray:

How are things going Jo?

Are Serena and Claire at home with you yet? :) thinking of you all....

They're still in the hospital :( But the doctor said this morning what the procedure was to bring them home and she hinted we were very close so fingers crossed for this weekend!

How's your little one going?

She is just gorgeous , way more alert now though .. first week all she did was sleep now we have heaps of awake time and she is trying to hold her head up and hug... She is getting alot of hugs and kissesf rom DS , He is in love with her :) Which is Great !!!

Oceanna , is breast feeding very well and on demand and I am practically healed :) So happy as last time with DS I bled for 8 weeks post partum and haemorraged too but this time I think its nearly over now :) So YAY!!!! Loving every moment of life atm the only problem is time goes too quick :( and they grow up so fast ...

Thats awesome! I love seeing older siblings coo over babies, my nephew was like that when his little brother was born last year, it was so precious!

Our girls are getting very alert too, gaining lots of control over their heads, they look around as if they're never going to get a chance to see that room ever again!

And... they're trying them on all bottles today and the doctor said we should be home by Tuesday at the latest :D :dance:

Hi ladies!

Thought I'd join you in here. My little Zac was born 13 days overdue on 18th august. He's the most gorgeous, placid little man and is busy stacking on the puddin'... He's 3 weeks old today and has already put on 1200g! Loving him to pieces! He's supposed to be my last but I'm getting that urge to have another one already!

I've already 'met' Lozzy and Catetay from our belly buddies but I look forward to getting to know the rest of you!
Congratulations everyone xx

How is everyone going this week?
StawberryFields I'm glad to hear your girls are happy and alert, thinking of you as you prepare to bring them home!
Stoked- haha thats awesome weight gain! nice work :) congrats again on Zac!
Mum2Ramone- so great that you have healed so quick! I am not sore there at all now, but pelvic floor still fatigues and still a bit of bleeding.
catetay- hi!!

I must say I'm struggling a little. This is my first and gosh its a steep learning curve! I'm dealing better than I thought with the tiredness, but I think EJ has the dreaded "reflux", and I spend all my time worrying about it!
He's been heaps better last few days actually, as I implement more and more strategies that I read about. (Being vigilant about keeping his head higher than stomach at ALL times)
But I am really struggling with "awake time". I know he's only 3 1/2 weeks, and there will be time to sort it out later, but it seems all his awake time is spent with him getting distracted and cross at his belly grumbles or hiccuping violently, or just staring at the wall. sigh. sometimes he will still be sleeping even 4 hours after a feed, then have a feed and right away he's giving me tired signs. Other times I try to chat to him but he wont look at me, or he is constantly frowning and grimacing as his belly gurgles away. Then he'll scream and be impossible to put to sleep, as if he's overstimulated. Other times he won't sleep at all, but he's yawning so I dont want to overstimulate him, but then he just sits there calm and awake and stares at the wall and I waste all this awake time.
He did give dad his first smile last night (typical, I spend all day with him, then he smiles at dad) so I guess he is happy sometimes, but I am worried that he wont grow up happy if he is always in pain! I just want him to be a happy content little baby.

I've got an appointment with my lovely GP tomorrow so I'm sure she will set me straight, but just thought I'd share with you guys how I'm feeling, especially as some of you have had kids before! Any reflux issues? I keep going to post a thread in the main forum, but every day is so different, I'm never really sure exactly what the problem is!

Wow time has gone quick... Hope all the little precious babies are doing well and their mothers healing well :)

We are just enjoying every day , She sleeps alot so Im enjoying hanging out with DS when she's asleep and having alone time with her when she is awake of a night....

She makes the funniest noises shen she is sleeping. She is feeding very well ( breastfed on demand) but she still looks so tiny. She was her birthweight at a week old .. 2680 grams and its been another week since then so I wonder what she weighs..

Are you still all having midwife check ups etc or are you just waiting for the 6 week post partum appointment?

Also when do you think itS safe to start trying to tighten up these stomache muscles ? 6 weeks? I didnt have to do anything last time but my body is a bit less forgiving as I get older ;)

Just popping in quickly to say...


The girls are coming home today! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

I'll be back later for a less self centred post when I'm not on my phone lol

Hope everyone is well xo

Congratulations Strawberry Fields !!!! Have a Great day....

Stoked - Hi and congratulations on the birth of Zac. I love his name :)

Not sure about reflux/colic.. DS had pain and would cry alot so I used Gripe Water from the chemist its non alcoholic and soothes their pain in the belly and helps them poo....
I will get some this time as DD is whinging alot too and sometimes hard to settle.... Give that a try. it worked for us :) it was about $6....

Suprised not to see any of my bellybuddies here. Guess they are too busy at the moment :)

hows everyone going ?

OMG M2R - I just seen this thread! I was wondering just yesterday if there was a thread like this (everyone else has one LOL)

Our little girl was also born on 22nd August :)

Heya to all the other girls in here :) Hows everyone feeling?

Going great here :)

Oceanna has put on lots of weight... Shes 3.64kg now at one month old. Up from 2680g at a week old

How is everyone doing? Maybe we need another fb group to keep this group 'ALIVE" lol

I really need to do sit ups. My back is KILLING me because of my weakened stomach muscles (I have scoliosis so i need to ensure my tummy muscles are strong to minimise my back pain). Do you think its too early? Go Oceanna! Thats an awesome weight gain! We had A weighed today too. shes 4.1kg :)

oh no, I thought I wrote a post on here the other day- I must have never finished it! haha I think that sums up this whole new baby thing- I've got unfinished tasks lying all around the house!

I'd totally be up for a facebook group if someone wanted to start one- I've not been in a bb one before, does someone know how they usually work? I dont come on here often, whereas I'm on fb continually!

Hi MissM- congrats on your little girl! I am with you on the scoliosis and back pain! I have been wearing a corset thing to hold me together, cos my abs separated heaps. I'm back to the physio on monday for 6wk checkup- hoping she'll give me some exercises to get rid of my belly flab too! I'm struggling to keep up the pelvic floor squeezing but I really feel the need for it, I can acually feel everything sagging when the muscles fatigue! not nice!

Strawberry Feilds- yay for your homecoming party!! Hope they are settling in well.

Wow everyone's babies are still even smaller than EJ was when he was born! He was born 4kg, was 4.2kg by 2.5wks and I suspect has put on a whole lot more since! Weigh in on tuesday :)

Well I decided to go with the reflux meds. Hard to tell if they're helping. He seems to be bothered more by gas pain now. Reluctant to try wind drops even though they're all natural as its just more and more stuff thats not breastmilk going down his throat! All the symptoms seem to fit oversupply syndrome (I have a LOT of milk) so I'm posture feeding, block feeding etc etc - hopefully that helps soon. And I'm told 6 weeks is the magical mark where the breastmilk gets in sync with baby's needs so fingers crossed!

but he is certainly changing all the time. We have finally had a few smiles (although he is getting a reputation as the baby with the cute little frown haha) and gosh, I thought maybe by 6 weeks we'd have a bit of a routine forming naturally but no such luck! His feeds are so unpredictable, anywhere from 1.5 to 3.5 hrs apart. How is everyone else going in that regard?

Hi Lozzy - Oceanna feeding is still all over the place, She is quite the little piggy.... She is so active though, hardly sleeps of a day but will pretend to sleep if I hold her :)

PM me and we will start a group on fb I think , this thread is too slow....

Pm me if you are in this thread and would like to be part of our Facebook group.....Also I have added girls from our belly buddies thread as they haven't joined this thread coz they aren't on bb much anymore and a few had bubs at start of august or September, but we are all going through the same stages with our babies at the moment, and more ladies means more chatting so........ Pm me :)

Hi all! Just thought I'd pop in and say hi...must admit I spend most time on the fb page, it's quick, instant and so helpful. Given how slow our group was Lozzy! My girl was actually born on the 9th but I wanted to see how the bellybuddies girls were doing! Congrats to you all, glad the twins are home, which hospital were they in?

Anyway have to get ready for mums group. I recommend joint the fb group if you can!
Kel

To the girls in our FB group- I am still around and haven't blocked anyone. I deactivated my account. Not sure yet when or even if I'll be back. I come on BB for somewhere I can post my stupid litte poems and stuff atm but other than that, I'm just on my phone and txting as nessassary. I am letting you know this so everyone knows not to worry about not being able to get me on FB or incase anyone thinks I'm being mean and blocking people. Reality of it is I can barely deal with RL let alone FB atm.

I love the fact that I have been deleted from our group. Thank you so much for whoever did so and those who have blocked me. I so feel the love. So much for being a place for support! Someone gets a bit depressed and you decide that they no longer deserve to be part of the group. BTW, thanks for the support which I would have liked to help me deal with my PND which I have been diagnosed with and have started counselling for.
At least not everyone in that group have dumped me as a friend so thank you girls that are still around.