Babies born~April 16th-30th 2010 #2

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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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[Tan2705]

New thread - chit chat continues!

Oh and I am first!

[Bella Mia]

YAY, lets hope this one doesnt disappear.

[Kirley64]

bummer you beat me lol...i saw it this arvo but didn't have time as we were going out for dinner lol...
tan i hope you are ok xxx don't be so hard on yourself and cry if you need it i'm sure it helps!! i wish we all lived closer so we could help you. You do a fantastic job looking after your two little boys. i'm sure they are so proud of their mamma and one day they will be able to tell you that *hugs*. and i'm also sure that wayne is proud of you also and appreciates all you do!

Shona - i find william sleeps better when john puts him to sleep also! it is a conspiracy lol! if only john put him to sleep more often *doh*...we do have feeding to sleep happening again even for day sleeps now which makes my life sooo much easier!!

bella - no ebm for me atm to mix with food...i had borrowed my friends breast pump since william was born and brought a replacement one for her. the one she had had two funnel bits in it, a silicone one and a plastic one. the plastic one fit me better - but then the elbow piece that joins all the bits wasn't making a suction so we had to send away the whole pump and i have the new one to use - but it doesnt have the plastic funnel and the silicone one only pulls nipples! very ouchies and no milk makes mixing solids and ebm a bit hard!

lol at william trying to crawl! he doesn't do it when on the floor but when hes on our bed on his tummy he puts his arms out above his head, faceplants, then lifts his bum in the air and pulls one knee forward at a time. the he looks up at us again. it is sooo funny to watch!

anyway guna go, was guna to work at 8.30 and it's now nearly 9.30 whoopsie!

[shonalouise]

Well another thread and in typical me style I am a late arrival!

I don't really have too much to say today, just off to pick up take away pizza for dinner. Yum yum no weight loss for me!

[Tan2705]

Morning all.

October - scary huh! Christmas decorations are in the shops eeek!

Thanks Kirsty - I had a doc appt yesterday and I actually cancelled it. I know it is just stress and really didn't want to pay someone to tell me something I already know! Had a big chat with one of my closest friends the other night - sucks because the handful of close close fiends I have geographically aren't close *sigh* and phone calls are hard when you have a manic toddler. She put things into perspective and I am feeling a whole lot better bout myself and the roles I take on - which I am learning is far too many for just lil old me! I have relinquished some control - which is ubEr hard for me to do - and said yes to offers of help REPEAT TO SELF I am not super woman I am not supper woman - I would like to be but I am not super woman. So come Tuesday I have four lovely ladies - childless cause school will be back in and I don't need more litlle ones under foot - coming to lend a hand! Fingers crossed my ocd doesn't get the better of me and I don't lose the plot when they put the 'wrong' things together in boxes. Oh and we have a settlement date finally 25th of this month. Boys are enrolled in Kindergym and swimming lessons and waiting to hear back about what day playgroup is.

*uses best mother voice and shakes pointed finger* you are not leaving him to sleep on the bed and lounge now are you?! Things happen so quickly - not crawling to crawling happens in the blink of an eye - trust me lol Archer is everywhere and into everything!!! Keep up the good work Will!

Elliot still going great guns Shona? A finally did a no.2 so I think that made it 6 days all up and yes solids make nappy changes a whole lot more interesting HAHA I remember with Coop I had a full on panic attack and took him to the ED because I thought he had blood in his stools turned out to be the dragon fruit I had forgotten he had LOL Have you decided on a pump yet?

How is Taz Samara? Sleeps improving yet?

Best be off - planning on hitting the beach this morning the weather is prime! Enjoy your weekend mamas!

[Kirley64]

Yum yum no weight loss for me!

haha me either! i also had pizza last night!

October - scary huh! Christmas decorations are in the shops eeek!

I know it's crazy. This year has gone sooo quick!

Thanks Kirsty - I had a doc appt yesterday and I actually cancelled it. I know it is just stress and really didn't want to pay someone to tell me something I already know! Had a big chat with one of my closest friends the other night - sucks because the handful of close close fiends I have geographically aren't close *sigh* and phone calls are hard when you have a manic toddler. She put things into perspective and I am feeling a whole lot better bout myself and the roles I take on - which I am learning is far too many for just lil old me! I have relinquished some control - which is ubEr hard for me to do - and said yes to offers of help REPEAT TO SELF I am not super woman I am not supper woman - I would like to be but I am not super woman. So come Tuesday I have four lovely ladies - childless cause school will be back in and I don't need more litlle ones under foot - coming to lend a hand! Fingers crossed my ocd doesn't get the better of me and I don't lose the plot when they put the 'wrong' things together in boxes. Oh and we have a settlement date finally 25th of this month. Boys are enrolled in Kindergym and swimming lessons and waiting to hear back about what day playgroup is.

Good on you for getting ppl to help just enjoy the help and dont stress too much. it wont be packed for long and when you unpack it you can put it in it's own place

*uses best mother voice and shakes pointed finger* you are not leaving him to sleep on the bed and lounge now are you?! Things happen so quickly - not crawling to crawling happens in the blink of an eye - trust me lol Archer is everywhere and into everything!!! Keep up the good work Will!

Yeh i know i've seen with archer how quick they do things but im lucky in the sense that we only have four (five including bathroom) rooms in our house...lounge, bedroom/computer room, william's room and kitchen. so usually when he is sleeping i'm either right beside him on the bed or couch or i'm either watching tv or on the computer in the same room he is in. So i'm not really too worried. plus i've grown up with every kid my mum babysat always sleeping just on her bed and not one of them have ever fallen off. So im not fussed

Elliot still going great guns Shona? A finally did a no.2 so I think that made it 6 days all up and yes solids make nappy changes a whole lot more interesting HAHA I remember with Coop I had a full on panic attack and took him to the ED because I thought he had blood in his stools turned out to be the dragon fruit I had forgotten he had LOL

lol! yes their poo is the same as how it went in!! William had mashed sweet potato and stewed & diced pear yesterday. haha i swear the next three nappies i coulda reused the food haha!! the smell wasn't very nice tho!
*side note* William loves pear and shortbread biscuit. He has decided to chuck a tantrum when he drops it, mummy 'takes it off him' (mind you this is me picking it off his face and giving it back to him) or when it is finished! oooo oh what have i created! haha.

Best be off - planning on hitting the beach this morning the weather is prime! Enjoy your weekend mamas!

So how did that beach trip pan out? :P
I'm over this rainy weather also. bring back summer! and cant do any washing! argh i have so many dirty clothes!!

[Bella Mia]

Evening ladies

I hope you are having a great weekend, Tan i hope the weather stayed good for the beach as it has been rainy all day here. I think we are going to go to the museum tomorrow if it is fine as DD really needs to get out and about after our week of housebound. Taz and i have been sick with the cold and i have not had any sleep so it has been a boring week for DD.

Tan good on your for accepting help, it is sometimes a hard thing to do. I am like you and hardly ever ask for help but now i think of it like if someone else needed help i would be the first to be there. What goes around comes around.

Xmas decorations, i cant believe it my MIL works for IGA and she told me they have just placed there orders for easter. I guess xmas will be here before we know it.

I tried Taz on a couple of solids just ever now and then, he is so not ready. He is interested in watching and his little mouth goes but he just does not have it, which is fine by me for now.

Anyway definitely not weight loss here either after DP got a new BBQ for his b,day and tested it out with a yummy roast tonight followed by apple crumble so full.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[Tan2705]

About 3 minutes after I posted that it clouded over and got hella windy than another 10 minutes and we hit a torrential downpours! Hasn't stopped since *doh* we went and had cake downtown instead! YUMMO!

Apparently it was the hottest and wettest September for us up here since the late 1800s?! And they are thinking the cyclone season could start as early as next week - or so the paper said yesterday - seems we picked a great time to move down south!

Hope you guys are on the mend soon! Change of season has hit a lot of people I know real bad! Easter stock YIKES! A isn't ready for soldis either I don't think, is curious but just doesn't have the correct motions happening and like you I couldn't be happier lol too much effort for now!

Off to watch the footy at my folks - actually I am going to eat all the seafood they have than probabbly use their computer lol care factor for football is about a 5 outa 100 !!! weight loss is at a stand still here too! I heart food way too much but wayne is pushing to get married - I thought the bride to be was supposed to do that not the groom to be haha - so maybe I will think about getting into shape again once we move. a lot of things to do once we move it seems lol

Alrightie must try get everyone into the car without getting saturated! bfn

[shonalouise]

I am following everyones posts but we are busy, bust busy. Camping last night on a friends property, DH got blazing drunk and was too busy vomiting this morning to get the tent down, grrrr. He is in the bad books, although I still found the heart to give him an anti sickness injection when we got home. It was more so I could stick as rather large needle in his butt cheek than anything! Elliot has been hard work today, refused to go to bed, fell asleep on my knee at 9pm. Let's see what tonight brings. Enjoy the rest of the long weekend ladies

[Tan2705]

Your updates on fb are hilarious Shona! No long weekend here in qld - not that it makes a difference to me! Enjoy punishing your hubby!

[shonalouise]

thanks Tan, I have set myself a comfy chair out on the moral high ground, think i'll be there for a while!

[Kirley64]

lol shona~
i do hope elliot makes up for the day by sleeping all night though~~

[healthychick]

hello all, glad to see the thread still going -sorry still been so slack.. i can't believe it's october already either.. this year has flown by.. saying that, it's amazing how much life has changed since this time last year huh??

tan, where are you moving to? are you moving near DH? What's happening with you love? hope that coop is behaving himself these days and no more wierd & wondeful incidents ;-)

i agree re solids, Shea's poos look amazingly like pureed (thickened) carrot LOL!! and boy do they smell!!!

we cut back to two meals a day and dunno if it was coincidence but he's now opening mouth and eating it isntead of fighting me three times a day.. mostly sleeping through night from dreamfeed til anytime 4-5..altho DH had him on sat night ( i had a girls night away) and he slept til 5.45...typical!!! then for me this morning he was pretty much awake 3.45-5.45..grr!! am tired now..

ooh, tho can't stop for long (new weight loss challenge starting tomorrow so be flatout for next week or so) thought i'd drop in and tell you that DH decided to sleep back in our bed last night, curled up with me and basically said he loves me, misses me & about trying again.... only taken 7 mths! ah well, at least it's in time for our holiday to thailand in two weeks.. so i'm smiling today (but tired).. tho i think it'll still be a long road but hey i guess the patience has finally paid off.. that's what i get for marrying a much younger guy i guess... flips out occasionally.. hope everyone else's dh's & dps are behaving themselves too these days

ooh, i read about rolling, shea is rolling too.. mainly to right tho he went left once.. sitting up too and put him in walker and he's moving a bit (kicking more by default than intent i think..) i reckon it'll all get much more interesting from here.. reckon we'll need a playpen soon!

anyway ladies i promise to try get back on this week around the challenge sometime.. hugs to all & tan good luck with the move xx

[Kirley64]

shona, did you decide on a breast pump yet?
i'm having dramas - i'm going back to work christmas casual at jb hi fi again. i start in two weeks ! can't do as many hours as i did last year obviously but i need a breast pump still! guna buy one. hired one from the chemist for this week - however again i'm having the issues that it doesn't suction in the right spot on my boob to get much milk out. i just did my left side for almost 30minutes and i only got 60ml and it still feels relatively full!! *doh* it's soo frustrating! any suggestions?

[Tan2705]

Wow I got a notification - hi Anita!

Kirsty what kind of pump did you have that worked? I have a madela swing and it came with both a plastic and a silicon - is that what you are talking about?

Try a power pump to mimick cluster feeding might help Amer boob 10 minutes on 10minutes off thee times - or if time if short 5 minutes each. With the initial let down I always get the most milk than and the stop starting helps.

[Kirley64]

the hand pump i had was a medela harmony....and yeh it had the two funnels...but then the one i brought for myself from ebay *doh for once ebay let me down!* only had the silicone.
the one i've hired from chemist is medela lactina....it has the plastic funnel...but it's so slow at pumping and i think that is a combination for me not getting much milk. when you increase the 'speed' it just pulls my nipple more and then i get no milk at all.
my friend has a swing - are they worth getting? What kind of power pumps are there? and yes i also get the most milk in letdown...however i find it hard to get them consistantly when pumping...if i do one side and get letdown then do the other i can't usually get it :S...very frustrating...yet with william he gets like three or four per feed....
mayb i can just teach him to suck and spit into a bottle lol!

[shonalouise]

BUGGER!! I wrote a lengthy reply to everyone and it got lost in the abyss!

Kirley: I have not chosen a pump yet but looking at medela freestyle, looks good and portable. Depends on how much you want to spend. I have a friend about to sell her Medela Pump in Style, it's in a backpack and she swears by it, she's on the Sunny coast but wants about $300.

As for the rest of my post, well I haven't got time now, Elliot is starting to crack it! Last night was crap, not sure what's wrong with him