Babies born~October 16th-31st 2009 #2

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This thread is for parents who's baby was born October 16th ~ 31st 2009.

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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?
Baby Formula - What Manufacturers Don't Want You To Know
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 or formula.

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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[Stevie]

Just subscribing

I hope uyou all had a wonderful christmas.
Mine was very uneventful. But good all the same

[Rach75]

here too..........

9 weeks old and he slept thru had a feed at 7pm a shower with me at 7.40pm then we went fordrive to look at lights and out for it he was didn't wake till 5am

[Stevie]

YAY Rach thats sooo awesome

[Rach75]

I only commented to Jase last night after he was in bed that he would start soon Jack started at 10weeks, but then we both said jack would go down at 10pm not 7-8pm LOL and low and behold he did good thing too as I havethe sorest throat

oh and a hint for ya all, dont take painstop for kids then 2 hrs later drink a lemsip max drink OMG... didn't read on lemsip not to take with other paracetomal products well far out, I was so light headed today couldn't keep eyes open ended up sleeping with luke from 10am till 1.15pm feel less out of it now throat still sore though

[Stevie]

you poor thing
Im pretty lucky Miss Alissa has been sleeping through for weeks. We still have our nights tho but i cant somplain... plus she doesnt sleep much at all during the day I say that no while she's asleep ) lol

im so proud of myself, i was talking to my MIL about not geting anything doen anymore, she said to write a list and even if you dont get all the things done you will feel good about the things that i have got done. So last night before i went to bed i wrote a list of things i need to do/get/organise and i got most of the things done ive just been feeling so lazy and useless lately. and when im getting good sleeps with Miss A and i donothing else there is no reason for it. Im going to start exersing in the new year (yes i know i have been slack ) i also have only been doing my pelvic floor exersises properly (every morning and night) for the last week im just hopeing that i havent caused in permenant damage

anyway off to the IL's for tea when DH comes home he always looks in our fridge and cupboards and asks me if ive eaten anything at all. i eat at their place alot but they dont mind, they wouldnt invite me over there if they did i guess lol.
xx

[Kazmar]

Ok well a lot of posts since my last one! Hope everyone had a great and safe christmas
Mine was ok, sad but to be honest I just drank ALOT of wine and it seemed to get me through haha.

Lucy has been sleeping through for a few weeks. Goes down about 8-9pm wakes at around 4am for a feed then goes back down till about 9am Which is amazing as Annabelle didn't sleep through till she was 12months and still wakes on occasion!

Stevie W- The list sounds like a great idea! But dont beat yourself up to much is things dont get done. A real routine prob wont start till Miss A is about 5-6months Which is normal. And by the way you are FAR from useless your a mummy a very good attentive mummy

Rach75- What a great sleep Luke had! Hopefully he keeps it up! You poor thing feeling so tired after that mix! I wouldn't have even thought it would make a difference

Well Dp is playing golf and we stayed at mums last night because I really needed some laughs and all went well
Now Im chasing Annabelle around the house as she goes crazy. I dont allow any sugar really in her diet yet she's a NUTTER!

[Rach75]

Rach75- What a great sleep Luke had! Hopefully he keeps it up! You poor thing feeling so tired after that mix! I wouldn't have even thought it would make a difference

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yeah I should have read the box about not to mix with other paracetomal products I seriously coudl barely lift my head thank god jase was home to watch Jack...
omg luke is driving me batty i think he may have what i have he is pooping so much... and just plain miserable

[fi1980]

Hi everyone and Merry Christmas! Sounds like those that have posted had a reasonably good day. Mine was pretty good but full on as all of DH family has been here... 2 brothers, 2 sisters, partners, his mum & dad plus there are 2 kids and of course my little Leila. Most of them only stayed one or two nights but we still have his parents, one sister her husband and their 2 kids here so it is a very full, busy and noisy house! Leila is doing surprisingly well with all of the noise and stimulation. Everyone adores her so DH and I have to fight everyone else just to get a cuddle! Lucky I am breastfeeding so I still get plenty of time with my little girl.

Rach, hope you are feeling better and great news on the big sleep! Leila has been a really good sleeper for the past couple of weeks, usually going doing anywhere between 9-11pm and then sleeping for at least 6 hours straight but often 7 and once we got 8 1/2 hours! Makes a huge difference. Usually she wakes up between 4-6am for a feed so at that early hour I can go back to sleep again afterwards which is nice and keeps me sane!

Well I was mightly shocked today when AF arrived! Didn't think I'd see her for quite a while. I have PCOS and rarely get AF so I thought for sure while BF that I wouldn't have to worry about it. Guess I'll have to start on the mini pill that my dr gave me now

[rach2281]

Fi - oh no, horrible witch is back, tell it to go home lol. My friend suffered POCS, and after having her girl, she is "regular" to now.

Rach - aww hun, hope ypu are feeling better. yay on the sleep. Ive been pretty lucky to, Evangeline sleeps usually 8hrs from the moment i put her down.

DD - lol, gotta love kids hyped up on sugar.

Stevie - your a good girl, im still yet to exercise, i really can't be bothered.

A big to everyone else. well the kids got spoilt. Evangeline toys have taken over my lounge room, i had to pull down the xmas tree to fit them all in Last few nights she has been very unsettled, not sure why, but DH has been really good and takes her in the morning so i can get an xtra hr zzzz. He is such a good man, Other then that we all had a good xmas.

[Rach75]

well i feel like complete and utter crap luke i think has same thing poor baby, he did sleep over 8 hrs last night but then woek a hr after I put him down at 4am so from 5am till 6.30am he was crying a fussing while I coughed and hacked up a lung ... ended giving him some panadol I hate medicating him so young but if he feels anything like me he needs something, finally had a another bottle then him and I had a shower and got clean and comfy, finally got him to go back down aroudn 8.30am hoping he has a decent nap .... I need to do a few things to make this place feel livable again.. at least jack isbeing co-operative this monring

[Rach75]

spoke to soon he is up crying well having a bottle now...

[Kazmar]

Rach75- You poor things! A little medicine is ok in cases like yours and Lukes The more sleep he gets the better he'll be you too woman! So when Dh gets home take some time out.

rach2281- Hope your xmas was as good as it could be You would have been thinking of your angel princess no doubt yet have Eva here with you, my heart goes out to you. My heart was breaking all day for my dad so I cant even imagine what it was like for you.
Good to hear babies got spoilt! If you're anything like me you'll be broke now haha wish santa was true. So he could spend all his money and put all those damn toys together!

fi- Sounds like you had a full on xmas! You're stronger then I am couldn't deal with all those ppl in my house let alone the il's! haha
Im amazed I have af back too!

Girls I haven't stopped bleeding???? Its as if I have blead after giving birth for weeks! Then now its turned into my af??? Is this normal? I cant quite remember what happened after having Annabelle.
Lucy is doing well growing VERY quick!
Xmas was sucky and seems it may from now on. But the wine helped I got spoilt and so did my girls.
Nothing was said about my girls looks at the inlaws which blew my mind...maybe I was to drunk to realise haha
So all in all as good as can be expected. Where are we all situated? Are we all Vic and Qld?

[Rach75]

i had 2 big naps over the long weekend which helped but this cough is bugging me if i cough to much it hurts like blazes my fluid build up is playing up i feel like death warmed up... i will give luke some more panadol soon it will be 4hrs since i gave him any ... i can't take anything as all the cold/cough mixtures make me foggy


have you had your check up kass maybe a visit to dr to check out things you shouldn't still be bleeding

[ElleJay]

Where are we all situated? Are we all Vic and Qld?

W.A. here.

Be back later - we're going out to take advantage of post Christmas sales and shop for our NYE party we're having

[Stevie]

Kass: im so sorry to hear your chrissy was tough i had a very emotional and terrible christmas last year ( i ended up drinking a whole bottle of barcadi by myself ... SOO sick the next day )
Im QLD here... will have to make a date sometime to catch up with Boomba, i dont live near anyone else (oops and shades )

Speaking of Shades, how you goin there sweet? havent heard from you in awhile. xxx

Rach75 im sorry to hear of you and your little man being sick its sucks when its just one of you let alone both take it as easy as you can xx

I must be the WORST mother on the planet.. but Miss A got nothing for christmas off us she got spoilt by the rest of the family, but we are so broke and really she doesnt know... im super excited about next year tho

also Kass, Im with Rach, you shouldnt stil be bleeding, i bled til just over 6 weeks (and by then it wasnt even heavy, i didnt even have to wear a pad just a liner) i havent gotten AF yet and i know its been THAT long since ive seen her that ive kinda forgetten the little hints she gives just before her arrival but the last few days just been feelin a little bloated and crampy every now and then. one of my girlfrends got hers when her son was 2 months and she's got it again since and he's only 4.5 months, but she said he gets really fussy when she has AF, is this the same for everyone? or only some people? Ali hasnt been any different, at the moment im trying to get my supply back to normal and not giving her as much formula and so im feeding her more often but not as long (apparently this is better at boosting your supply than just haveing her on for ages and ages like i was doing last week)so far so good with that too btw i am feeling fuller sooner, i emailed ABA yesterday afternoon and explained my situationa and a lovely lady emailed me back this morning and gave me some really good info that has really helped me see things better
Im clearing out Miss A's cot today (its full of stuffed toys, ill take a pic and put it on FB, its all reptiles hehe except one bear that was DHs when he was little- which i think is soo cool) anyway so im clearing it out coz im thinking of trying her in her cot tonight, now she's only in the next room but i dont have a monitor yet, sometimes even when she's in the bassinet next to me i dont wake up right away when she yellingout that she's ready to be up (terrible i know) so should i wait til i have a monitor before i put her even further away from me coz i dont want her to have to start screaming and get herself all worked up for me to have to hear her and come in, thats not a good start to the day for either of us lol.

anyway am off to do a little housework, gotta love that lol
xxx

[Rach75]

luke has been in his own room from day one even with the monitor right next to me on full volume a few times i have notheard him

maybe try him in his day sleeps in there stevie glad ABA was helpful

well luke finally went to sleep at 10.45am *yawn* I ended up swaddling him real tight and then just holding him real tight against me he eventually dropped off he is in his room sleping soundly I unwrapped him a few minutes ago as its so so hot here real steamy hot everything is wet from the bits of rain we had over xmas and it just isn' drying I am trying to take it easy but its hard have so much to do, managed to get lounge re-organised and tidy and did floors made beds etc, rest can wait till tomorrow we are off to Agnes thurs for the weekend then we come home sunday and head back down the next thurs for a week *yawn*

[fi1980]

DM sorry you had a difficult time over xmas but glad the wine helped! Sounds like it will be tough for you at this time every year but it will get easier as time goes by.

Rach75 hope you and the boys are feeling better, sucks that even when we are sick we have to soldier on and never get any rest. Take care of yourself and your boys and don't feel bad about the panadol I'm sure Luke was very grateful, I would have done the same.

DM I'm about the same as you with the bleeding. Seems I haven't really stopped since Leila was born! I bled for over 6 weeks post birth, only really spotting at the end but it was still there. Actually I went for my 6 week check up and dr wanted to do a pap smear and I thought I'd finished bleeding but apparently not... poor dr discovered a fair bit still up there when she tried to do the test It seemed to stop for a few days, then bang AF arrived Let me tell you, I'm rather sick of bleeding!

I'm in NSW by the way, near Rach2281 My family is all in Melbourne though.

So I was being nice and trying to stay positive the other day when I said it was nice having all of DH family here... still got 6 extras here and I want my house back!!!! Leila is difficult every night because she is so over stimulated during the day and it seems like everybody just loves her during the day and wants to cuddle her and play with her then I'm left to deal with her unsettledness over night. I'm not sleeping enough and I'm over having my personal space invaded. I'm trying not to be selfish but I really just want this time to relax with DH and our little girl and not worry about other people or get annoyed with them because they are making too much noise or whatever. Plus everyone seems to go out and have fun without me and it is very frustrating. I had to pull DH up the other day and say "do you think perhaps tomorrow that I could have some fun too instead of sitting at home cleaning up after you lot!" They just race off here there and everywhere without even thinking that I might like to get out and do stuff, they don't even ask and usually go just as I've put Leila down to sleep. It's weird, like they think I must enjoy being stuck at home cleaning up while they go out and have fun We all went to the movies yesterday though which was good, still at first they assumed that I wouldn't want to go because I have a baby... grrr! It's not all bad though, mostly they are pitching in and we are sharing the cooking duties so I haven't had to do too much cooking or anything. I just want my house back that's all.

I'm exhausted after that rant! Hi to everyone, hope you are all coping well during this silly season