Babies Born April 2008 #2

[Danielle]

Grubi: I had a similar day yesterday all Ryley done was scream alllll day long turned out he needed a big big poo and it didnt come until the afternoon he settled after that. He too was turning purple from screaming i was trying o keep my DD entertained and myself calm as well as Ryles settled, I need amillion arms hey!

Ryley seems to be waking at 2 am for a feed then he stays awake all morning argh! I am soooo tired cause it takes me hours to get him to sleep at t he beginnin of the night - he doesnt normally drop off till about 10pm if not later. I have to do all the night time stuff onmy own too cause DH drives an hour and half everyday for work so he sleeps out of the room and im just so drained! And no sleeps for me durin the day with DD, and still have to do all washing and cook tea put it in the fridge also gotta do shopping today, but DD is goin to daycare today so fingers crosse Ryles has a huge sleep and I get some in too - but he'll probably sleep the whole time we are out.

oh well off to pack Lilys daycare bag! after the day i had yesterday with both the kids as much as ilove her... ill be glad to see her go today gives mummy a break...

take care girls...

[Beatrix]

Welcome Jodie- another pretenter here, my little miss was induced 2 weeks eary. so she is the nana of the group. well done on your birth!!!

Danielle- oh the poohing!!!! such a struggle for them sometimes. we are having pooh explosions every 3 days which requires a bath and outfit change so much poo. i could so do with a million arms!!
hopefully you can get some more sleep

Grubi- how was your drink??? yummm clinkers.

Has anyone started to express to get a back up store?? My swing pump arrived yesterday and i am unsure when to pump??? do i do it after a good feed??? i dont want to take away heaps from her next feed.

Oh and does any one else baby have really stinky farts!!! omg this kid can do some whoopers

[mgm]

danielle i can definitely sympathise. last night dd was awake 2.30 - 6am. today i feel like a zombie (and a grumpy one at that) . my dh has a long working day and needs his sleep so he sleeps in another room and i don't wake him at night to help. some days i feel so jealous that he's slept and i haven't! hope you get some sleep while lily's out.

[alittlegrubi]

Jodie I say Pffft to you Dr too. I expressed for 2 months with DS and only BF at night, my supply didn't drop off so much as I had enough of expressing at work. As long as he is feeding 120-180ml per kilo per day everything is okay and if your milk does dry up just start formula. So far he is getting the goodness of your milk and not everyone can BF. My advice to anyone is do what works for you.
Nelle Greer did sound stuffy last night, and I'm feeling a bit like i'm getting a cold - so maybe it is that. We had another power chuck this morning, but we go through the night okay.
Beatrix Drink was great - like lolly water after not having anything for over 12 months now. I was naughty and had 2 glasses. DH joined me and he doesn't usually drink that kind of thing - it was nice. DH said he had meant for it to happen on mothers day but I went to bed early with the kids so he left it in the fridge until last night.
Danielle hats off to you - I'd be killing the 3 year old by now if I were in your situation. My DH sleeps in our bed and I sleep in a bed in the nursery so he gets his sleep for work - but he does the majority of the cooking and helps out heaps with the housework - I love him to death and would prefer he gets sleep at night and helps than us both be short tempered due to lack of sleep.
MGM I don't so much get jealous, but I get annoyed on the weekend when he gets to have a nap with DS or DD and I have to stay up with the other one.
We are off to get tongue tie cut this morning and I have the dentist this afternoon - so I am not counting on a sleep today.

[Sharon19270]

grubi aha, well, I hope you find the reason for the power chuck, would be a bugger if you had to give up chocolate though. Hope things go ok with getting the tongue tie cut and with you at the dentist.
Jodie welcome, I have to say, that if I was quite a bit younger, and we had a bigger house, I probably would go again, even with the knowledge that babies get bigger the more you have (well in my case they do) I would have another, yes, it was VERY painful and I thought I was going to die LOL but it was so worth it. I also have to say Pfft to the Dr who said you need to BF to bond with your baby, I haven't BF since day 2 and I can honestly say I don't think I have bonded any less with Oliver than a baby who is exclusively BF.
Nelle I have my shower at night too, just seems to make the day easier as it's one less thing I have to try to squeeze in.
Danielle Oliver did the same to me last night, although he wasn't fully awake, all he did was grizzle and grumble in his sleep, from 2.30am to 5am.
Beatrix we are lucky as we haven't had any nappy explosions here.
mgm my DH wears earplugs to bed, he has done for many years because of my snoring, but I don't expect him to get up to Oliver in the middle of the night because he job is very mentally draining, and if I need to I can always have a little cat nap on the lounge to try and catch up on sleep, and there is always the weekend, DH takes Jordan to tennis on Sat mornings so I can go back to bed after the morning feed (around 7ish) and then can sleep through till about 11-12 ish.

I have decided that this week I am going to start some light walking on the treadmill, my baby weight loss has now stabled, and I am 13kg lighter than what I was when I first fell pg, and if I lose just another 7kg, I will be thrilled, as that will make me 65kg and I haven't weighed that since I was about 22

[Nettie]

Hello & welcome to new members.. got really bad baby brain and I keep getting interrupted reading these threads that I can't remember if there are one or two new members or what your names are... sorry!

Powerchucking - my little man has been really upset & chucking during feeds, so we figured he might have reflux. Went to Drs yesterday who said he 'probably' had reflux and recommended we get Gaviscon infant to give him. We've been using the Brauer 'Stomach Calm' since Saturday afternoon which we think had just starting doing the trick, but thought we'd try the Gaviscon - so we did it for a feed last night and the poor bugger hated it. He bawled for at least an hour afterwards. We've decided to stick to the Brauer for now... he's so much calmer on it. He still chucks and sometimes gets upset over it, but it passes relatively quickly. He hasn't 'powerchucked' since the Brauer's taken effect.

Newborn phase - I agree with most of you. Can't wait for him to start being able to show his personality more... but he is soooo cute!

Better go - got a CYH appt this arvo and will be going to Centrelink to put in the 'baby bonus' form now that we've finally got his birth certificate!

Have a great day everyone!

[Zennie]

its been a shocker here too. have managed to steal afew hours sleep but am really feeling drained. i almost lost it when i discovered my mums dog had been in the nursery again and peed on my nappy bag and cot. grrrrrr and that hed pooed in the hallway. seems to be a little jealous of bub and started sneaking in when i go visit her and its not faiir on my dog to lock them both out cos hes feeling threatened(my girl knows better)Russell has barley slept in 2 days but is doing better today. seems to be farting and squirming heaps so think hes a bit backed up......

[shellbell]

quick visit - seems to be an epidemic of unsettled bubs!! Luke turned it on for me last night too and simply won't settle today. He has decided that the only place to sleep is in his rocker - so eventually I gave up and let him sleep there and I slept on the couch. He was happy as larry - I am sore from the couch!!! Have escaped for half an hour to salvage my sanity.

As for sex - we had a go on the weekend, was OK but I ended up a bit sore. Enjoyed the closeness with DH but not going to try again for a while.

Re expessing - my midwife said to express after a feed and not to do too much. I think the theory was that if I expressed too much I would increase my supply too much.

Sorry for no personals - will be able to do better when I am on line more!

[Sequoia]

Hi all

Sounds like a few of you need some sleepy vibes in here!

Had Baxter weighed yesterday and he gained 145gms in 6 days, yay!! I am so pleased, he has really turned the corner with his weight gain and I've relaxed too. We have my 6 week OB appt and his paed appt in Perth next Tuesday so if the paed is happy with him, I'll attempt to wean myself off the Motilium and fenugreek.

I called the dr surgery yesterday for his urine test results and was told it was all clear. I went to a First Time Parenting Group at the local hospital today and saw my MCHN and she told me the results were all clear after speaking with the practice nurse.

Then I get home this afternoon (after shopping with Baxter at Coles, in the rain! But that's a different story...) and the surgery called to say that the dr wanted to make an appt to see Baxter about the test results! So I'm just a teensy bit nervous but figure if it was urgent then they would see us sooner than his Friday appt.

Well, we had a really good night last night, he woke once at 2.45am then slept until close to 7.00am.

Getting him weighed again next Monday to ensure he is on the up and up.

Wishing you all peaceful nights!

SG
xo

PS - Nessa, I've been pumping after each day feed to build up my supply on the advice of my lactation consultant and I'm reducing it to 2 for some frozen EBM store. I find I get the most after his first two feeds of the daytime, ie 8.00am and 10.30am feeds. HTH.

ETA - oh and she said to pump for 5 minutes each side too.