Babies Born ~ June 1st - 15th 2011 #1

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This thread is for parents who's baby was born June 1st - 15th 2011

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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 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?

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 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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[Kaydee]

Hello!
My beautiful DD Amelie was born on the 3rd and I thought I'd get this thread started!

[Mum2twoBoys]

hi..
My little man was born on the 7th June, nice to meet you kaydee. hope to share many a happy story together and help each other with lifes little mysteries.

[Emzi82]

Hi to you both. My DS was born the 3rd of June also (2 weeks early). He is our first and Im obsessed with him already, lol. How are you all going?

[Mum2twoBoys]

emzi william is my first too.

we are doing well with bf. only have small amount of pain in one nipple at the start, burning tingly sensation as the milk first starts coming.

most nights we are getting around 6hrs of sleep, but occasionally he is restless and will not settle. so that we cant sleep as he wants to be cuddled and rocked constantly. we are co-sleeping but when he is restless wont let me sleep between feeds, which is exhausting. have to co-sleep as he will not sleep in bassinette at night at all.

[Emzi82]

I get the same tingly sensation when milk comes in. Chase is similar at night time. I think he has his days and nights a bit muddled atm as he sleeps great during the day but when it comes to night he is wide awake. Always around 1ish and then he wants to start the day at 4:30am which isn't too fun! He is feeding 4 hourly during the day and then 3 hourly at night. Ive found the best way to get him to sleep is to bounce up and down on the exercise ball. Has worked the last 2 nights anyway. Im already looking forward to the stage where he sleeps longer than 3 hours at night!!
Hope all is well x

[Mum2twoBoys]

yes william likes to be bounced up and down too. i have started to pump, because the initial let down of my right side makes it flow too fast and my little man chokes and splutters. he ended up coming off and it was flowing like no tomorrow.

[Kaydee]

Hi to you both!
Amelie is doing great. 3 weeks today. She is sleeping so well, she usually wakes every 3-4 hours during the night. Going down at about 9-10pm. Some nights we have been so lucky that she has slept 6 hours. BF is going well, I had some emotional problems at the beginning as I had such a hard time with DS (sore nipples, sickly feeling whilst feeding) and I was terrified it would be the same. I fed DS for 4 months and was so happy when I stopped. I still get the sickly feeling, but nipples aren't cracked or so sore this time around.
Do any of you find that you are always being asked how you feed your baby? Breast or bottle? I'm finding everyone I talk to who have kids ask me this question!! But most of the time it's "you're not breastfeeding are you?" When I tell them yes they seem surprised! Maybe because these people didn't BF? I don't know. I actually get quite annoyed as it's really none of their business and I was so close to bottle feeding at the beginning I feel like if I was bottle feeding I would feel like the worst mother in the world having to answer that question (not that I'm against that at all!!) and then maybe having to explain why. I hate the focus on how your baby is fed - it really shouldn't be an issue, as long as the baby IS being fed. If you know what I mean?

I hope you are both doing well!!

[Emzi82]

Yep Ive started to express as well, also so my hubby can give Chase 1 of his feeds as well and to build up a bit of a supply in the freezer for down the track.
Kaydee- Sounds like u r going great! How old is ur DS? I get asked the feeding question all the time as well! None of their business really. I thought ppl would be all for breastfeeding but Im surprised how many ppl went with bottles instead. Personal choice I guess.
Do either of u have a routine that you are going to follow or letting bubs work out their own? I'm such an organiser and person that always has my set routine, haha. Bit difficult with a newborn. A few friends are the same as me and are surprised I havent started him on a set feeding and sleeping routine yet. I still think he is too young and small to start any routine yet. Any thoughts would be great!
Hope u both have a great weekend

[Kaydee]

Do either of u have a routine that you are going to follow or letting bubs work out their own? I'm such an organiser and person that always has my set routine, haha. Bit difficult with a newborn. A few friends are the same as me and are surprised I havent started him on a set feeding and sleeping routine yet. I still think he is too young and small to start any routine yet. Any thoughts would be great!

I was thinking about this the other day, but I'm finding amelie is slowly slipping into her own routine. It would be nice if I could influence this as I like routine also. I do think they are too young now to have set times, maybe in a couple of weeks?

As for expressing, I feel like I only have enough milk for the baby and not enough left over to express! I suppose the more I try, the more milk I'll produce.

Emzi, my DS is 5. It's going great with 2 kids, but I do have to watch when DS is around her, I'm still not sure if i can trust them alone. I've caught him holding her nose shut a couple of times (!) when I asked him why he did it he just says she was going to start crying and he wanted to stop her. Hmmm. In general he is great with her. He even loves having a cuddle before bed, telling her about his day and reading a book together. He even asked us if we could "make" another one, so he can have 2 sisters. lol.

[Mum2twoBoys]

kaydee - i still have sore bb, especially if william is being silly and wont attach properly, it especially frustrating at 9pm. my right was cracked from early on and is still trying to heal. congrats on giving it a second go after having trouble your first time around. just ignore others opinions, everyone has their own ideas of whats best.

i think breast is best but if you cant do it, it is better the child has a mother who is calm feeding them than one who is struggling with bf.

emzi - no routine here, figure he is still basically a newborn. maybe after 6 weeks i will start to try a routine, and get him to sleep in bassinette.

i have now expressed twice to try to lower the pressure, otherwise it chokes him. so will probably do it once a day, in the morning. and slowly get a freezer stock so if i am really tired dh can feed him and i can rest.

afm - so nervous about next week, will be all on my own as dh goes back to work. will see how sleep goes.

[Kaydee]

afm - so nervous about next week, will be all on my own as dh goes back to work. will see how sleep goes.

Don't think about it too much! I actually have a theory that when I'm really nervous about something it all goes well, but when I'm not, something goes wrong! I'm sure you'll be just fine. I am also really nervous, my Dh is already back at work but he travels a lot for his job and will be going to China in a couple of weeks (we live in Germany) for over a week. It will be my first time really alone with 2 kids. We have no family around to help out. All my family are in Australia and the inlaws live 500kms away! I might have to ask a couple of friends to keep me company every now and again so I don't go crazy!!

[Mum2twoBoys]

thats what i have done, busied myself with friends. my mother is unwell and cant drive, and both of my inlaws have passed away. and we only moved to kilmore 2 years ago and i dont know many people. looking forward to joining the local mothers group.

[Mum2twoBoys]

not much routine, as it changes depending on his mood. but have a rhythm with hiscrying, and knowing whats wrong. he normally feeds 2 hourly during day 3 horly at night. has awake times at 7-9am, 12-1pm, 3-4pm then anywhere between 6-10pm which makes dinner difficult.

have learnt that he starts getting over tired at 6pm, so have to darken the room and keep things quiet, and give him plenty of cuddles. he also gets wind pain at this time.

he has definately started to interact more, with smiles and coos. along with watching me pull faces etc.

now dh is back at work i feel as though william and my relationship has gotten stronger, spending lots of time together and getting to know one another, which i think dh misses. but he likes to give him cuddles and kisses as soon as he gets home.

went into work on monday and all the ladies thought william was gorgeous, of course. and going in tonight to show him off to the night shift workers, my co-workers whilst pg.

gosh its hard to type when you have a baby in your arms lol.

[Mum2twoBoys]

william was 57.5cm and 5.37kg on monday at his appt, he is in the 90th percentile, so he is a big boy.

had issues last week with bf, william startled and pulled my nipple with him which reopened the crack that had almost healed. which led me to have a teary breakdown. so stopped feeding on affected side for couple of days and feeling better now. went to bf day stay on wednesday as it has still been hurting when feeding, and it turns out i wasnt attaching properly. he wasnt getting enough breast tissue, and was mainly sucking on nipple, which is why ive been having so much pain. so now i have to point my nipple into his soft palate which is helping tremendously.

he has been really unsettled this week, so i though id try starting him on a sleeping routine. and so far so good, started yesterday afternoon. just by how things are going today, i might have been keeping him up too long, missing all his tired cues, making him overtired and not easy to settle. and i might have been interrupting his sleep, as apparently sometimes because of their sleep cycles they just need to be resettled, not gotten up when they wake up. so today i have been maintaining 3 hourly feeds instead of 1.5-2hourly, and if he wakes between i settle him back to sleep. following the eat, play, sleep method. and have changed my feeding routine, to feed on one side, when he falls asleep, burp him and change his nappy then try him on other side.

[berrme]

Hi ladies, I am going to join in here if that is ok, though it seems pretty quiet in this group too. Looks like most people had their babies either in early May or late June.

Alice is my 3rd bub, 1st DD. She was born on the 30th May, 8 days early. She was 2.9kg and 50cm at birth. Everything is going fine, she is growing rapidly. We had our 6 week check on Wednesday and she is now 4.8kg and 55 cm long. That is a jump from the 10th percentile to the 75th. My boys grew really fast so I was hoping Alice would be a little slower to stop being a little bub, but it looks like I am going to lose on that one.

BSK, glad you have sorted out the BFing problems. Because I have large breasts I have always had to grab my whole areola and shove it into the baby's mouth to get the attachment right. It is easier once bub gets bigger and they can get their mouth open more.
I have also had to be stricter with Alice and her feeding. She would happlily feed every 1 1/2 hours, but I am trying to resettle instead of feed each time. It is really hard because the boys think she needs to be picked up every time she cries so they rush into the room when they here her and she doesn't even get a chance to settle herself again.

Hi Kaydee and Emzi82. How are things going for you guys?

[Mum2twoBoys]

welcome berrme, glad to hear that alice is putting on weight well. im hoping my next wont be as big, even though they say your first is generally smaller, but honestly cant think of having a baby larger than 9lbs 6oz.

william is starting to learn to feed correctly now, but think he does have trouble opening his mouth enough and he keeps wanting to tuck his chin into his chest which makes attaching difficult. i am lucky in the respect of this being my first as i dont have other children to worry about, we will see how it goes next time.

afm - i have started bleeding again, and dr seems to think i may be having my period already. i am so disappointed, i was really looking forward to going without it for a little while longer. not bad for someone who is demand feeding, generally 2-3hourly, and rarely has a 4 hourly feed.

[Mum2twoBoys]

have my 6week dr appt on thursday, and bubs is next monday. and start going to mothers group on wednesday, looking forward to meeting other local mums. as i dont know many people in my area, and most of my friends are 1.5hrs drive away at least.