Babies Born ~ August 2012 #1

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If its alright I'd like to be in here. Although dd2 came early July she was due middle August so will be hitting the milestones etc at the same as these babies.

Me too :). DD2's milestones will be the same as for this group.

How are you doing OLP? :hug:

We're all good. Settling into our own routine and life now. Have yet to venture any further then around the corner to the supermarket. Love not having to answer to all the nurses in scn although I miss a few of them, least I had someone to talk to thier at midnight lol.

How's everything for you going? Happy your home?

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We're all good. Settling into our own routine and life now. Have yet to venture any further then around the corner to the supermarket. Love not having to answer to all the nurses in scn although I miss a few of them, least I had someone to talk to thier at midnight lol.

How's everything for you going? Happy your home?

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Yep, soooo much more relaxed at home, getting more sleep and so is DD2. I agree, not having to answer to nurses is awesome. DD2 was weighed today and has put on 180 grams in 3 days. So looks like all is well. We haven't taken her out anywhere yet.

Ahhh sleep I recall that!! Ha ha. Actually we had an awesome night last night. I don't believe in waking a baby for a feed at night so go by her and it's creating an awesome night sleep pattern. Normally she feeds between 930 and 11pm and then not another till between 2 and 3am then early morning

Are you breastfeeding? I struggle with it at times. Took a while to work on attachment - there were only a couple of nurses willing to help in the hospital. In the end I googled it at home and found out how to attach and we have picked up.

Do you treat day feeds differently to night ones? Day time we feed unwrapped, lights up windows open and we play and talk but night time we keep it quiet, wrapped up for feeds and very little light. We found this helped dd1 sort day and night out.

Hopefully we get a few more august babies soon.

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Are you breastfeeding? I struggle with it at times. Took a while to work on attachment - there were only a couple of nurses willing to help in the hospital. In the end I googled it at home and found out how to attach and we have picked up.

Do you treat day feeds differently to night ones? Day time we feed unwrapped, lights up windows open and we play and talk but night time we keep it quiet, wrapped up for feeds and very little light. We found this helped dd1 sort day and night out.

Hopefully we get a few more august babies soon.

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I'm exclusively expressing... no formula yet thank God, though my supply is dropping.

During the day we don't bother being quiet, she sleeps in her basinette in the lounge room, and when she wakes we totally unwrap her and be as active as we can. At night, she is in the dark in our room, we don't talk or unwrap her, minimal stimulation etc. It seems to be working :).

Last night she woke for a feeds at 8 pm, 12 am and 4 am and I pumped at 10 pm, 2 am and 6 am. Her sleep is getting sorted but I desperately need to pump on her schedule!

Posted a birth announcement lovelies xxx

Calling august baby mummies!!!!!!

How's everyone going and settling in? Hope your little angels are all settling in nicely for you.

Hello!
Sophia & Isabella born Friday 24/8/12. V quick labour and delivery. All up first contraction to placenta in 90 mins. Everything going amazingly well here. Girls initially v confused re day & night but last night managed 3 hourly feeds and straight back to sleep in Bassinette at bedside rather than wanting to be held and screaming as soon as put down!
Breastfeeding like troopers. Putting on weight. Big brothers doting.
Have been out for a 5km walk today. Felt it in my pelvis afterward!!!
Hope everyone else well.
Xxx

5km walk this soon after birth! You are keen! I was worried the relaxin would mean I was so loose I'd tear a muscle or something. I did manage a 6 km powerwalk today, trying to shift those baby pounds.

I was sore!! Will wear pelvic support for next few days!!

hey ladies :) thought id join in!!
walking! gah....im hanging out for chiro on monday. im still seriously so sore in groin, sac joints, tailbone, pubic bone etc from such a quick birth.....happy how are u not sore having 2 even quicker?! % had 2hrs 17mins from contractions to placenta! mind u ive been out n about almost every day since she was born except for the sat. I think it was more the afterbirth labour I had that hurt everything!! 30hrs of painful contractions 7mins apart! was sooo not fun!

as for sleep, dd is still quite sleepy having mild jundice. Im not wrapping her during the day cuz it will be hot soon here (n already is some days) n she just sleeps in bouncer/capsule/where ever. then at night I just unwrap her hands fir feeds n we leave a touch lamp on all night on low anyway. caved n gave her a dummy. she just wanted me as a dummy or to sleep on me all night (day time didn't bother her) but with the dummy at night now I can get anywhere from at least 3hrs between feeds. altho last night she slept 9.30-4.30!! prolly a fluke tho lol!

Hi,
Just wondering how everyone is going with their August bubbas? Joseph is a super relaxed little guy, sleeping and feeding well. He has been a bit unsettled the past two nights, ?wind pain. And has had green poop, can anyone explain the green poop? I am recovering well from the c/s, trying to get out for a walk each day with DD and DS. I hope everyone else is going well x

We're going well. My little one was 3/7 but 6 weeks early do should only be 3 nearly 4 weeks old. It's gone so fast. She's getting bigger and starting to stretch out at night which is awesome. Big sister constantly asking 'I hold it' or 'I hold baby' or my fave 'I do baby bed'. She slways wants to help

Hey ladies,

My little man is doing very well. 3 weeks old today and went 8 hours between feeds last night it was so good to get some good sleep :) He has issues with wind so we have had a few bad days and nights. DD is great with him, she's such a little mother hen its adorable.

I have to get a check up for him as his last hip check the nurse was concerned so i need a doctors opinion, he also has a umbilical hernia like DD did his seems not as bad as hers was but still need to get that looked at. So they have been a little worrying

Do any of your little ones have a birth mark? DS has a fairly big one on the back of his head and one on his right eye lid.

DD had a birthmark on the back of her neck, it just faded over time. It was quite red to start.

Re green poop : could be one of two things - my DS has an immune allergy to egg and his poo when frog green as a newborn/infant when i had egg and it went through my milk or if he ate something with egg. OR if you are breastfeeding which i'm assuming you are, it can be too much foremilk and not enough hind milk. usually causes tummy aches and green poo i believe. haven't had personal experience with that one though.

birth marks - are you meaning the stalk marks (the red ones?) They disappear over time apparently. DS had two on the back of his head from the way he was sitting in the birth canal apparently. they are meant to disappear over time, although his have just faded. can't see them now cuz he has grown hair. my friends daughter had one on her forehead, it disappeared after a few weeks. His actual brown birth mark is behind his knee and it didn't appear until he was about 18months. haven't seen one on DD. i'm assuming hers will appear later too. she is still quite tan/red.

All good here. 3 weeks corrected today. Not great sleep but that is expected. Short post because I'm on my phone. Hope all is well

All good here too. 2 weeks old. On holiday on Rottnest! Synchronized sleeping, feeding etc. gaining weight although still TINY!!!!
Both got snotty noses however thanks to older brothers & mummy & daddy.
Want to attach photo but can't remember how to do it without a moderator removing it!!!

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DD has a small dot that we were told would disappear but she still has it. I hope the one on the back of his head does fade its very red, the one on his eye lid my niece has one on the same eye lol

Does anyones bub choke on your milk? Dd2 does. Every now and again she'll choke and hold her breath. Freaks me out

My DS chokes while feeding quite a bit and then looks as though he is having trouble getting his breath back. I'm pretty sure it's because he is a little piggy, 5.4kg at 3weeks! Combined with perhaps a strong/fast letdown. He recovers quickly, so trying not to worry about it.

Dd2 put on a whole kilo in 4 weeks!!!!!! According to the nurse they only expect 600g! My early bird is making up ground

Hi gals,

Ah ... have been wondering if there was an Aug '12 thread. Glad I found it - and good to see some familiar "faces" in here!

DS3 is 4 weeks old tomorrow - can't believe the time has flown. I weighed him last Tuesday (3w1d) ... he was 5.7kg. No wonder he wants mummy's boobie milk all the time!
Like some of you have said, DS3 appears to choke on my milk - particularly on the right side. I'm putting it down to a fast flow/super let down and the fact that he's been snuffy the past few days (thanks to DS2's head cold being passed around the family).

I'd forgotten what hard work little bubbas can be, but I must say it's all worth it when I get a booming big smile. Totally corny, but totally true.

How many feeds a day are your bubbas doing

Hi ladies I should probably pop in here. I was part of the due in July thread but my little man came 9 days late :)

I'm cate, 27 and live in NSW. I have a 6.5yo daughter who is a type 1 diabetic and then a son who is 7 weeks today (different fathers)

I'm currently studying via correspondence both a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice whilst also being a single mum :)

DD's 43 hour labour put me off having children but DS's went swimmingly so I could be convinced to have 1 more (IF the right guy comes along)

Hope to catch up with you all soon :)

DS's stats
Jacob Louis Harrison
8th August 2012
3.25kg (7lb 1oz)
49cm long
36cm head

6 week checkup
4.6kg
56cm long
39cm head

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How many feeds a day are your bubbas doing

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Hi OLP
My ds snacks through the day and averages roughly 1000mls of formula in a 24 hour period
At night he feeds roughly 7.30pm, 3am, 5.30am, 7.30am then snacks for the following 12 hours

Hi All, welcome Cate :)
OLP, DS is BF and we roughly do 7am, 10, 1pm, 4 then 2-4 feeds between 6 and 8pm. Overnight varies but usually 2 feeds. Had our 4week visit on tues, DS is now 5.7kg, 60cm and HC 38.5 - bearing in mind he was almost 2 weeks overdue, he is still a big boy!! My main problem at the moment is 2year old DD, who has taken to biting me and refusing to shower or bath. She is mostly gentle with DS, but is really challenging me!

I hope everyone else is going well and getting a bit of sleep x

Awesome. My DD2 is also breastfeed and is 6 weeks corrected (12 from her birth date). She feeds at roughly 730, 1130, 330 and 730 with a 60ml formula top up at night to help her Fred stay down at night due to reflux and also get her used to a bottle as there are 2 functions coming up where she'll be looked after.

I was trying to remember what I did with dd1 tho as I used to give her her last feed at 5pm and she slept through till 7am

Hi all!

Just dropping in - DD2, my little Ava Elizabeth, was born 11.38am on Tuesday 21.8.12. She was very little but is chubbing up nicely on a diet of boobie juice :) DD1 is being a wonderful big sister and I'm learning to juggle two kids under two. Looking forward to sharing the journey with you all :)

Gee OLP, I think you just got lucky with DD1 sleeping those hours - wow! I'm amazed that I'm only getting up once or twice with DS overnight as DD always wanted to be awake in the small hours. Hi Purplepixie, I love your bubba's name - so pretty.

Thanks. I'll admit I fight for good feed times. I learnt with dd1. But she does like to be awake for a while and I do go with the flow. For example it took a long time after her 330 for her to sleep so I let her sleep abit longer so her last feed was later.

With dd1 I was back doing nights around this age and I gave her a feed at 5pm then shed sleep through so was thinking maybe she only needs 3 feeds but was unsure

Hi gals,

We've had a shocker of a week. DS3 has been battling really bad wind pain (no poo in 4 days), plus has had an ear and throad infection - albeit not a severe infection. He was unsettled from Sunday night through to yesterday. We've had 3 trips to the GP this week to keep an eye on his ear/throat, and yesterday I took him to a chiropracter. The chiro said DS3's pelvis was locked up a bit on one side, which apparently would impact on his bowel/gut ... hence, wind pain. Anyhoo, GP said today the redness in his ear/throat has gone down, so at least that's something. And he finally did a poo yesterday, and another today. Plus his wind seems to have settled. So FINALLY we have our happy little baby back!

As for feeds, we've yet to settle in to a firm-ish routine but DS3 would probably have 7-8 BFs in a 24 hour period. Generally DS3 likes a BF about every 2-3 hours. Overnight he wakes once or twice for a feed - I am getting a 4-5 hour sleep before his first overnight feed, then he'll wake 2-3 hours later for another go.

Re: over night feeds ... all kids are different - my DS1 would only ever wake once a night for a feed and starting sleeping through from approx 3 months of age, but DS2 starting sleeping right through the night from the time he was 3 weeks old. If only I knew how spoiled he made me ... DS3's night time waking initially proved a bit of a shock to the system. Cannot wait to start getting a full night's sleep again ... whenever that may be!

Welcome CKJ!

Hi Andie, that sounds rough! Glad to hear things are on the improve. Wouldn't a full nights sleep be nice.....

Hi guys!
James was born 26th August 3.61kg 53cm Breastfeeding. Nights are better than days. Roughly feeds 6pm in bed at 7pm next feed is 11pm & then 3am & then up at 7am. Feeding 3-4hrs during the day but wakes up constantly during his sleeps grunting lots n generally think he wants to be held or put dummy back in! Didn't think he would become so dependent on me/dummy to sleep already :(
He also has mild reflux & is currently on a low dose of Zantac & is a very windy baby hence the grunting. Am using gripe water, infants friend & infacol, can't say either one is doing the trick at the moment!
Having an 18month old & 5 week old is proving to be challenging esp when I am constantly resettling James through the day....but we'll get there.

This is a very quiet thread....

I wonder how all the August babies and their mums are doing?

I have no idea what happened to September, the days are passing so fast and I can't believe my DS will be 8weeks old on Monday! DD has continued to be a very loving big sister and the poor guy thinks his name is "baby brother" as that is all she will call him.... and it has caught on. We are still up usually 2-3 times overnight and he doesn't settle until around 10pm. But last night he slept from 10-5 - if only I had gone to bed at 10 when he did :wall:

Anyway, I hope you are all well :)

All good here!!!

Know what you mean. Weeks are flying by! DD2 has cut to 4 feeds a day and sleeping through (awesome). Can be fussy at breast at times. Still spewing up heaps tho. Loves to scream and make her presence known at about 5 every afternoon.

How's everyone else