Babies Born April 1st-15th 2009 #1

[Celsie]

Hi girls!!! I can't believe it's taken me this long to find this thread.

Anyway... some of you already know me, due to being Belly Buddies, but for those of you who don't...

My little princess Zahley was born on the 13th April at 12:05pm. 7 pounds, 3 1/2 ounces. 3 1/2 hours of active labour and about 10 minutes of pushing. This was my first birth experience without an epidural... She was a week early but is absolutely perfect. The first thing she did when she came out was start chomping on her hand, so no real surprise that she's an expert feeder... loves her booby! This is my second baby and second lactation and I found it so different to the first time with my DS. Still difficult for those first couple weeks, but we pushed through and have come out happily on the other side.

I also have a DS Caeleb, who is 22 months old. He adores his new little sister and just wants to gives her loves and play with her all the time. It's hard for me to explain that she can't play yet... doesn't seem to bother him though. I caught him trying to put on some bunny ears on her head the other day.

Can't wait to get to know you all and your little ones of course.

[fallen_angel]

Hi Everyone!!

I'm a newbie! Just joined up the other day.

DH and I welcomed our second beautiful boy to the world on the 7th April via
Elective C-Section. He weighed 9lb 40z. was 53cm long and considered quite tiny compared to his big brother who was 10lb 3oz. born.

These days my little man is 5 weeks old tomorrow and is just an angel. From birth he has slept through most of the night, last feed is at 11pm and the next would be about 5am. He's always so content and quiet and is the ultimate dream baby. My first was also quite easy but suffered "pyloric stenosis" from a week old, which resulted in him almost losing his life due to major weightloss from throwing up all his food. The problem was fixed when he was 6 weeks old and recovered shortly after. So far with number 2 he hasn't done any power chucking just yet which we are ever so pleased about.

DH and I have thought about trying for a girl but we've decided we're both happy with our little men and will be stopping. We like to tell ourselves that "two's company, three's a crowd" in order to remind ourselves of our decision. Whether or not we keep to our word is another story LOL!

Well that's it from me for now...I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

[Celsie]

Angel! Looking forward to getting to know you and you two precious boys.

Well, my little girl has yet ANOTHER cold. Her 2nd in just four weeks. I feel so sorry for her.

Zahley was weighed this morning and has put on 1.2 kilos since leaving hospital, so we're really happy about that. I'm not surprised, her little cheeks get bigger and bigger every day!

How is everyone else going with this new little bundles?

[fallen_angel]

Celsie Thanks for the welcome!! Aww your bubba...hope she gets better soon. There's just nothing worse than our little ones getting sick. Strike me down with it all you want but not my babies! lol!
When #2 was born we were all sick with the flu, he got a little bit of it but basically slept through it all. We're hoping this helps us to stay away from it for a little bit longer this winter. YAY! For an excellent weight gain... she's doing well. Oh and can i ask..how did you think of the name Zahley? It's such a beautiful unique name. I love it!

AFM : All going well here, My little boy is snoozing while he big brother is trying his hardest to wake him up. Thank god he sleeps through everything!

[Darcy's_Mum]

Hello... I'm a new first time Mum to Darcy, born 10th April by emergency CS. I'm stuck at home with not much support around so thought I'd jump online in one of my spare minutes as I heard the forums here were good. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas about my sleeping issue... Darcy doesn't sleep much at all. In the 24hr period from 5am Tuesday to 5am Wednesday he slept 6.5 hours in total. He's not an unhappy baby, just very wakeful. He's now bottlefed, as I wasn't sure how much he was getting on the breast & thought he may have been hungry, but he's eating far more than most babies his age (150mL per feed, sometimes 180mL) & isn't searching around for it when he's done so I think not. He doesn't cry much, doesn't have "colic", isn't particularly windy, & is generally a happy little boy... he just doesn't sleep! He napped for 1.5 hours yesterday in total (15 mins here, 30 mins there etc) & then only slept 5 hours last night. He wakes most mornings at 2am & is ready to play. We've tried putting him to sleep later at night, but that just means less sleep & then he catches up during the day. I've also tried a "sleepy" baby formula but it made him constipated. My midwife who does home visits says it's normal, as does my doula, but I have read that new babies typically sleep between 16 & 18 hours a day. The longest he has ever slept in a day is 10 hours. Any ideas? My husband & I are rather desperate! Thanks.

[Megan]

Welcome Angel and Darcy's Mum.
Angel, it sounds like your new little bundle really is a little angel with his sleeping habits overnight! Maybe he could have a word to my DS and let him know how it's done!!

DM, sorry this is all new to me so not sure about the sleeping thing. I would think that if he's happy then it's not really a problem but I don't know for sure. My DS certainly hasn't slept 16-18 hours per day apart from his first few days in hospital. He is awake a lot more now at 5 weeks. He usually has two periods each day where he doesn't sleep between feeds. Thankfully though, he is quite happy to lay in his cot for a little while and entertain himself.

Celsie, poor little Zahley having another cold. It's not fair. I hope she is on the mend.

Noah is going really well. DH went back to work this week so I am on my own but so far so good. The first night was a bit rough (DH works nights) and it took forever to get him to sleep and he was awake every 2 hours for a feed. Much better night last night and he woke at 12, 3.30 and 6.30 so I can handle that. MCHN appt yesterday and he put on 820g in 2 weeks, so he now weighs just over 4.5kgs so I think all my worrying about breastfeeding and whether he is getting enough is not needed! Everyone comments on his chubby little cheeks now too. He's adorable. Loving every minute of it.

Those who had c/s, how is your recovery going? My scar apparently is barely visable (according to DH) but I still have a bit of discomfort. Sore tummy muscles and if I do a bit of housework or washing I really pay for it later in the day. I just want to feel normal again.

[fallen_angel]

Megan Don't you just love there chubby cheeks!! All the best to kiss hehe! WOW! Well done little Noah, he's doing very well. I'm a c-sectioner... this was my second and oh so much more painful second time around. Part of the reason why I'm just not willing to go for number 3. My scar is looking a little red in areas but i think it's just from the hair growing back from where I had to shave it. I was told it would take a little longer then last time to heal because of scar tissue already there. Apart from that all is well in that area. Do you have the over-hanging skin sitting on top of it? LOL. I do and it's horrible having to lift it up just to see how it's going Oh and i'm also still getting the sore stomach muscles when I over do it and this is 5 weeks on

DarcysMum Hi there! Welcome to parenthood lol. I'm on number two and it still doesn't get any easier working out our little munchkins. Do you swaddle(sp?) him to get him to sleep?? After learning all my mistakes with number one I'm a little bit more switched on to it now... When I want bub to sleep I make sure it's just after a feed...I only give him what he asks for...if he stops crying for it, i stop feeding him. I found with an overfull belly of milk it made him alot more unsettled due to wind and just the uncomfortableness. I change his nappy to make him feel better and then I wrap him up nice and tight in a soft blanket and pop him in his cot, it imitates being in the womb.
I give him the dummy if he's having a little trouble drifting off or I put on his mobile (just a wind up musical mobile) or with #1 i put a little radio in his room and that worked a charm. I don't hear a peep out of him until his next feed. For the early morning feeds, i repeat it over and even if he's still wide awake I put him back in his cot, fed, changed and content and go back to bed myself. I found it helped get #1 in a routine and let him know that these early hours are to not play but to sleep. He's doing well so far with it, I'm only up for an hour during the night and he's back in bed.
Just a few ideas in there. I love working these babies out LOL... For some reason it's a good little challenge for me. HTH hun..hang in there...your doing a great job!
Oh and I formula feed my bub too. He has about 120mls-160mls every 3 hours, during the night it's 4-6 hours.

Now... to work out the mind of a 2 year old ?? LOL!

[Mad Scientist]

Hello... I'm a new first time Mum to Darcy, born 10th April by emergency CS. I'm stuck at home with not much support around so thought I'd jump online in one of my spare minutes as I heard the forums here were good. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas about my sleeping issue... Darcy doesn't sleep much at all. In the 24hr period from 5am Tuesday to 5am Wednesday he slept 6.5 hours in total. He's not an unhappy baby, just very wakeful. He's now bottlefed, as I wasn't sure how much he was getting on the breast & thought he may have been hungry, but he's eating far more than most babies his age (150mL per feed, sometimes 180mL) & isn't searching around for it when he's done so I think not. He doesn't cry much, doesn't have "colic", isn't particularly windy, & is generally a happy little boy... he just doesn't sleep! He napped for 1.5 hours yesterday in total (15 mins here, 30 mins there etc) & then only slept 5 hours last night. He wakes most mornings at 2am & is ready to play. We've tried putting him to sleep later at night, but that just means less sleep & then he catches up during the day. I've also tried a "sleepy" baby formula but it made him constipated. My midwife who does home visits says it's normal, as does my doula, but I have read that new babies typically sleep between 16 & 18 hours a day. The longest he has ever slept in a day is 10 hours. Any ideas? My husband & I are rather desperate! Thanks.

Hi all,

Things are going well here, although I think I'm getting mastitis which isn't fun. Have had a really sore boob since yesterday afternoon and started to feel ill mid morning. I just feel like I'm coming down with something. Boo. Apart from that everything is going well. Skye had a frantic feeding day on Monday and then yesterday afternoon settled down and everything is back to normal now (touch wood!). She's waking twice a night, usually about 11 and 3 which I'm very happy about. It varies what time she wakes up in the morning. Amy usually wakes her up at 5am. Gotta love it! All in all, Skye is such a gorgeous baby. I'm so happy. She's pretty easy to settle and feeding quite well. Not piling on the weight but putting on enough so that's a relief. Last time was a struggle.

DM - sleeping...hmmm....Skye has never had the recommended amount. It's a myth with that amount of sleep for newborns! Amy never used to sleep that much either. She naps during the day and doesn't sleep a huuuuge amount during the night. It is normal. If he's happy that's the main thing. I know everyone says that but it's true. The night time thing is different. Sometimes they take a while to get used to day and night. Is his room really dark during the day?

Ok, I have a crying baby. Sorry to miss everyone else. Will try to get on here again soon xxxx Luv Nik