Babies Born ~ May 2013 #1

This thread is for parents whose baby was born May 2013. 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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Babies Welcomed
Ariana - Kayleigh Grace McLaughlin - 24th April
Rosetti -A beautiful little girl - 30th April
jellybean88 - Hadassah (Hattie) Anne Ballinger - 1st May
Glenglen - A beautiful little boy - 3rd May

Thought I would kick this thread off with a little list, can't wait to see it grow :)

Yay first in! Wide awake can't sleep

Oh a new thread!!
Things are ok here. Very stressful with DD being sick and forever jabbed with needles. I'm physically exhausted. My milk has come in already, she's feeding so well yet I hate BF :(

I'm with you on bf I hate it ! I'm tired dd has done nothing but cry I just want to sleep she is vomiting and pooping not staying on boob I'm ready to throw in towel already

Oh btw Name is Hadassah (Hattie) Anne Ballinger

I'm only doing it as she's sick and needs all the goodness she can get. 2/3 overnight feeds are formula though. But 90% is boob. Had a bad night with sleeping. Off for more bloods today and I'm praying they are good so we can go home today instead of Sunday/Monday.

When are you going home? Beautiful name btw!

I really want to share our name, but want to remain private as I've had problems in the past with information being taken advantage of. Happy to PM her name though :)

Mayby going home sat or Sunday depending on how bf is going I'd like for her to have the mucous out of her system too

Pm the name id love to hear it

My princess might be getting a lumber puncture now. Poor bubba is not well at all.

Awe Rosetti, I am thinking of you and your little princess. What a horrible start for her. I hope your doing okay too, it must be so hard. If you want to post her name you can change a few letters for symbols like i - ! or a - @ sort of thing, that is what I do. I would love to know her name too.

Jelly, Lovely name. Are they showing you ways to bring up the mucus? DD1 had it terribly and holding her down my arm face down and gently patting her back worked the best for her.

Aww rosetti such a beautiful name , hope everything is well poor baby having a rough start , what's happening with your kids? Have you got someone helping?

Kazzo: no help with mucous thanks for tip will try

My kids are now with their dad until Wednesday afternoon then with me until Monday morning.

Kazzo - I'm a mess but holding strong for bubba girl. Trying to keep positive.

Your doing such an awesome job rosetti you sound like super mum, how's the bf going? I'm starting to feel a bit better about it all

Wow I've just hit big boob day kaboom

We bf through the day and give formula top up if needed. I express at night and she gets EBM + formula each feed. I don't have enough EBM for a full feed each time yet. My boons are like melons today and so sore!! Hopefully she has a good feed at 8am to give relief!!

Her weight is going ok. From birth to 7am Wednesday (space of 26 hours) she lost 135gr. Weight yesterday 2 days later and she had gained 2grams but still within the 10% range she's allowed.

Dd got weighed last night she lost 230grams I think so down to 3.27 kg I think now hoping she starts to fatten up now

We are 3227 but hopefully a bit more today!
Just had her checked for jaundice again, levels dropping but she us going more yellow.
We escaped having to do a LP so far, just doing bloods instead. We find out tomorrow afternoon if we can go home or if we shall be staying longer. I want home to start our life as a new family. It's really bought DF and I so much closer :)

Yeah I found ds brought me and dh closer together especially cause I had such a rough time it was great having step up as a dad and husband when I needed it.

Thankful for him being so supportive and my 'pick me up' when things have gotten tough.

OMG my boobs are gonna explode!

Lol I know that feeling very well today.

How's dd today rosetti? I had a shocker last night dd cried for 2hrs straight and would have been longer if the nursery didn't take her for me she had bad wind prob something to do with her almost drowning in breast milk the previous feed

Not with the times today! DD is going much better, came home yesterday and it was such a relief. I have given up on bf, but tonight she was grouchy and latched on and sucked for dear life. Maybe ill give it another shot? My boobs are like melons and so hard...well before she had a good suck anyhow!

Hows Hattie going? Are you home now?

I recon give it your best shot you need to really know you tried I found knowing that I tried my hardest and had no other options helped me come to terms with it when I rely upset about not bf him but its entirely up to you sometimes ff is just awesome an convenient

Hattie is well we have her 1week checkup today we got home on Sunday the only issue is she screams from 8-12 every night so we are just exhausted and no rest during day cause we have ds to look after

This is definitely making me have second thoughts about a third child lol

Our witching period is 10pm to 2am. So draining as that's when I'm totally sleepy and frustrated. Nothing we do settles her, dummy gets spat, and I lose the plot lol
We have a check up in 2 weeks. This week I have lots of nurses come to me. Yesterday I had Monash Children's come (due to her being in SCN), today I have EPC for me and Friday we have MCHN, Saturday Monash children's is back again!
Yesterday she was weighed and only 20g off birth weight :)

Wow 20g off that's a great effort you must be feeding her well :) good job

Enjoying a rare moment of peace both kiddies asleep yay

Might have to take dd to dr tomorrow her stump fell off yesterday but its still a bit weepy is that normal? I can't remember ds one

Think my nurse said it would be a bit weepy and tiny amount of blood. Our thing fell off yesterday

DD weighed today, 190g above birth weight now!!

Well done! How are you both feeling?

Well I have an infection in my uterus so that sucks. Miss A is going great, hard to settle tonight with wind, will only Skeep laying on someone and not in bed! I'm so exhausted and just can't sleep

Yeah dd has bad wind every night too she is much better on infants friend now

Dd off to drs today her stump fell off fri and is still bleeding

How's Hattie going, Jelly?

Had 2 week mchn yesterday, Miss A is now 3.6kg, 50cm long and 35.5cm head. Sadly last night infectious diseases requested we go to Emergency as she has something yet again, and we are still here. IV cannula in her hand and blood tests taken

Aww rosetti your poor bubba

Hattie doing well she's now over birth weight was 3.6kg on Tuesday
How's bf going? I feel nauseous and anxious now whenever I feed and have woken up thus morning with a very very sore hard lump ouch

Ouch, mastitis?? Sounds like Hattie is loving mummy milk and going well.

Had to stop bf due to the AB I was on and even more so with the super strong AB I'm on now. Whilst I hate I now ff, I need to do what's best for both our health. She's thriving and that's all I can ask for.

We have now been discharged from hospital, was only in short stay unit overnight. Feeling sad that she's spent 8 of her 16 days on earth, in hospital. Hasn't been the best welcome to the world :(

I dunno I don't have fever or aches just really sore boob and lump, Hattie loves her milk such a guts liker brother was , I had to ff ds from day 4 due to an infection he thrived It was a really convenient option for us when we got a good system going and meant dh could help more when I developed PND

I should join in the May babies...

Rosetti - I'm sorry DD was in hospital again. I hope thats the last of it for you guys.

Jelly - Whats got you feeling nervous about bf? Sounds like your doing a great job. Ouch about the sore boob though. Have you spoken to a LC about your anxiety? I'm just wondering whats behind it.

DS is now 6 days old. He's pretty amazing. He has had a bit of wind at night, but I've got him on the infants friend and its helping. He is just fitting to our family perfectly. His older brothers love him to pieces.

BMW: ATM I think it's mostly hormones at play because I get anxious and nauseous during bf ill just leave it until at least 6-8 weeks and hope I feel better after the hormones settle a bit

Discovering that dd sleeps better on her side but I'm too paranoid to let her sleep on her side at night unsupervised interestingly also prefers her hands out so she can sleep with them on her face like when she was inside

Oh my goodness dh and I only got 2 hrs sleep last night poor dd had pains I think it was the chocolate I ate

Jelly - sounds like my day and night every day!

Babies Welcomed
Ariana - Kayleigh Grace McLaughlin - 24th April
Rosetti -Princess A - 30th April
jellybean88 -Hadassah (Hattie) Anne - 1st May
glenglen - James- 3rd May
Homestylemumma- Tal!tha - 8th may
BMW - Owen - 10th May
alice88 - A beautiful little girl - 12th May
MLR1901 - Kennedy Grace -12th May
Ella - Evangeline Faith Martin -13th May
Kazzo Jon@than Anth0ny -14th May
Tanyaya - Dane Jonas - 22nd May
Ladybirdflies - A beautiful little girl - 23rd May