Babies Born April 16th - 30th 2008 #1

[Tarnee]

Hi Everyone,

On the nappy issue - we have discovered Coles - Babylove nappies (on special last week). They are a little more bulky than the huggies but we have had NO leaks at all. (We normally always get a pooey leak with her weekly poo). Charlotte is in the 6 - 11kgs and my bank account is loving the savings. I didn't think I would ever convert from Huggies but I really like these. In fact, I am actually having to change her less often too 'cause they are so absorbent and can hold more and she shows no signs of nappy rash or anything so they must 'feel' dry too.

Wrapping issue - a child health nurse yesterday to me to wrap her until whenever. Charlotte would definitely wake herself up in the night with her hands if she was left unwrapped and at the moment it is helping to keep her warm too. On the nights that her hands get free they are like ice cubes! She definitely sleeps better night and day if she is well-wrapped.

Charlotte had her 4 month needles this morning - didn't cry for the first one and only a little for the second one. I asked my GP about her tongue-tie - he said not to worry about it at the moment but he didn't really get a good look at it. I have already made an appt with the tongue-tie doctor so I think I will trust him to assess it properly and decide whether or not she needs it snipped.

I also asked the GP about how 'spewy' she is - and predictably he said, 'she will grow out of it - it is normal'!! Well, if it is so normal, why don't I see every other baby spewing as much as she does?? I am so frustrated! Just because she is a good weight and not grizzly, no body will take it seriously.

The reason that I am so worried is that I feel like it will affect her development - she is lucky to spend 5min a day on her tummy - cause everytime I put her down, she spews, face plants in it and gets fussy about it. She can't go in her walker without continually spitting up and the jolly jumper is just as bad as putting her on her tummy. Even when I hold her over my shoulder or facing forward, it makes her sick. Any pressure on her tummy and up comes the milk!! We go through about 7 bibs a day and I don't change them until they are really wet. Please tell me - IS THIS NORMAL???

Anyway - end of rant. Sorry everyone.

On a brighter note - isn't it funny how so many people are coming back to the thread (myself included)?? Obviously we are all getting used to life with the little ones!

[alittlegrubi]

I have already made an appt with the tongue-tie doctor so I think I will trust him to assess it properly and decide whether or not she needs it snipped. I also asked the GP about how 'spewy' she is - and predictably he said, 'she will grow out of it - it is normal'!! Well, if it is so normal, why don't I see every other baby spewing as much as she does?? I am so frustrated! Just because she is a good weight and not grizzly, no body will take it seriously.

Tarnee The paed at the hospital said the same thing about Greer's tongue time, it would stretch over time and she was gaining weight so don't worry about it. We also used to have spews, but that seemed to settle and be caused by my over feeding. If you are worried maybe ask the paed when you get the tongu-tie looked at. Or go to an alternative medicine like naturopath or osteopath to see if they can identify what is causing it. Just because they are gaining weight doesn't make them ok in my book.

For me... we have nappy rash from hell and nothing seems to be making it any better. I'll be trying cornflour and beatrix' s suggestion of opsite flexifix if the no nappytime today doesn't work. Tried bicarb and water last nite, didn't help. Must say though giving her panadol meant she only woke at midnight and 7am last night, just goes to show she doesn't need those extra feeds.

[Vixstar]

....back!

tarnee - also just wanted to say that our Paed told me about a 'thickner' thatyou can buy which you give to bubs just before (or is after???) they feed to help them 'keep it down' so to speak. When Bailey was little I used to go through two or three tshirts myself coz he would puke on me all the time. I would also get through each day with an ugly burp rag on my shoulder too...very trendy. I never thought to ask anyone about it butdid this time in cse Noah was the same and was told all babies have reflux just diff degrees of it. Don't worry about the tummy time...i think its over rated personally.

...anyways, was thinking about it all ove the past hr or so and just wanted to tell you about the thickner stuff. No idea what its called though.

Okay - lunch time.

Have a BEAUTIFUL day everybodeeee.
xxxx

[sarah_dobbo2]

Grubi: I thought Wyatt had really bad nappy rush when he was like 2 weeks old. It didn't matter what I put on it, it wasn't healing after 4 days. So I took off to Dr. and told me he had a funglie infection. Got some cream put it on and within a 3 days you could see the improvments. It was a sore you could see. Have a try, you can buy cream at chemist over counter.

Wyatt is doing wonderfully. I must take him to have him weighed. I keep putting it off. It's being so WINDY and COLD over the last few days. Snow on mountains....

Anyway DH and I had HUGH fight last night, about me wanting new kitchen. He got so mad about it, he slammed BedR door. So me being stubborn packed bags and tried to put kids in car, and he stopped me to talk about it. He listed his reasons why he wants to wait, when I told him when ever he wanted something he get it's me I'm not allowed to have it. (am all teary and kids come out) "Cos a new kitchen is not going to make $110ph. Anyway when I calmed down we sorta talked more about it. But I know it is not going to happen, and that is what is disappointing.

Anyway he said if I can find him a new/used excavator for under $150,000 and they have what he wants then I can have kitchen. So this morning got on net and found 11 with what he wants. We'll just have to wait and see, but he will make excuse about all of them. and if not, he can also but a new work ute, with left over money. Men they just can't seem to do these things. He has been looking for the last 3-4 months for on, me I find 11 first go.

Anyway Sorry about ranting on here... No-one else will listen to me...

[alittlegrubi]

Sarah I tried an antibacterial cream on one side to see if it made a difference since cream worked overnight on DS earlier in the year, but it too seemed to make it worse.

Hope you get your kitchen, I just paid $500 to get new taps in both bathrooms - no more drip drip in the night yippee!!

We have been nappy free most of the day and it is looking better. Can't believe how many wees and poos she has done, you don't notice it with a nappy on, but in 7 hours we have had at least 8 wees and 6 poos. She seems to have pain associated with the poos and they are runny so I'm thinking that she might have a mild gastro or something. Earlier she had two farts before a small poo and they stank - being exclusively breast fed I'm thinking it's a tummy bug. Will still get covitol from chemist tonight and something for her tummy - bauers relief of one description or another I think. Also bought some baby acidophillous to give her.

Thanks for reminding me Nettie I'd forgotten to make a 4 month appointment time. I know Greer is big, but will be interested to hear what the MCHN says.

Welcome Vix, I didn't mean to ignore you, just finding it hard to do much with Greer screaming hte house down of late. So I've been keeping my post to the bare essentials.

Sharon Jordan looks great. Did I ask, did you answer, did I miss it? How did your scrapbooking retreat go?

Oh and another thing.... I saw BPA free bottles in the BigW catalogue last night for around $20 for 3 - might check it out tonight.

[bellelass]

Grubi- been poking around in this thread and read about your battle with nappy rash. Don't know if you've tried it as such but it may help if you put her in the sun during no nappy time. That cleared lila's little bottom up straightaway when nothing else was working. Now I change her about every other hour (cloth nappies hold the moisture next to the skin) and slather her with zinc barrier cream before bed or put on a sposie. Hth...

Sarah- its good to vent, esp about DH sometimes. I read part of a book about baby-proofing your marriage before I had Lila and one of the things they warned of is that you'll still fight over the same sorts of things you fought about before, but it will generally be more intesne because you're both more invested in the relationship/more stressed in general/sleep deprived, etc. Knowing that has helped me maintain focus when we have had a few dust-ups in the past few months.

Hello everyone else, hope you are well and fine.

[alittlegrubi]

As usual Steph always helpful advice. Got a little sun time in this afternoon. Went to chemist and have bought a zinc and castor oil cream for tonight and ordered the covitol - but won't be in until 4pm tomorrow. It's looking better for the no nappy time. Like I said seems to be some tummy pains too so I got infants friend for that. Thinking it might just be a reaction to the fact that I had orange juice on Sunday and then me swapping treatments so frequently that made it really bad. Hopefully it clears up soon. Apparently need to stick to one treatment for 2-3 days. Will be doing no nappy as much as possible with zinc and castor oil or covitol of a night until it clears.

[Tarnee]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I have calmed down a bit now. I asked DH if he thought I was over-reacting about the 2 issues and he said 'yes'. So I asked him if I should just drop it - and he said 'no'. hahaha - talk about getting someone to do your dirty work. He very kindly said that I knew her best and that I should do what I think is right. So I will get the tongue-tie doctor to look/assess her and only do the snip if he thinks it is necessary. If he says not necessary or to wait then I can live with that cause that is his area of expertise.

In regards to being spewy - I think that maybe I just wanted to know what it was and today the doctor said that it is 'reflux' whereas in the past I was told that because she wasn't grizzly then it wasn't reflux and that she was just eating too much. I know about the thickener - not sure if I will try it or not - will look into it some more. Although it might also help stretch her out to 4 hourly feeds during the day (only just moved to 3 hourly from 2 hourly!!).

The spewed-on tally for me today is 5 bibs (good), 2 of my shirts (average) and 3 pairs of my pants (very bad)!! If I don't laugh about it, I'll cry!!

Good night everyone.