Babies Born April 2008 #3

[Katstribe]

Hi everyone

I figure its time i joined here. I know prob half of you from april 16-30th thread and look forward to getting to know the rest of you. My bub was due 28th April but she decided life on the inside was pretty cosy! So she stayed there until 12th May and nearly drove her mum insane waiting . So i know that really makes her a may bub and i will prob go introduce myself there too but as i went through my PG with half of you lovely ladies i would love to be in this group with you all!

So i look forward to making new friendships and catching up with all of you that i know.

Sharon what happened with DS living away from home? Did that not work out? Please don't beat yourself up you are not a useless mother at all, its just everything seems to go sour at the one time which is why we feel this way! You will get through it hun. I know exactly how you feel with eldest DS, ours likes to take the easy road too! If i find a miracle cure for it i promise i will share it with you

Sarah hun you sound like life is pushing your buttons a bit too! Hang in there, this first few months after having new bub are the hardest on our emotions. Definately do get DH involved more when he gets home, sometimes it just doesnt matter if they dont do it as good or fast as us, if it pains you too much to watch him just leave the room, because we need to accept any help offered at times.

Hi to everyone else and i look forward getting to know you all.

My little Molly is doing well, she is BF beautifully and is the ONLY bub out of all 7 of mine to NOT destroy my nipples in the first week! So BF has literally been a breeze and pleasure from day 1 this time round! She is sleeping well and generally only wakes once during the night for a feed and has had a couple of 7 hr nights already...

Ok well i have to go wash girls hair now so i will pop in again soon.

[shellbell]

Hi all,

Just dorpping in again to say hi. I shamefully haven't time to read all the posts properly - I have Luke on the floor and I have to go and pick up DH from work shortly - but I wanted to say hi.

Kat so pleased to hear that Molly finally arrived. I was watching out to see the announcement!

Sharon YOu are not a crap mum - you are a great mum and your eldest is just taking advantage of your generousity again!! Teh jealousy is only natural and he will get through it. Big hugs to you and I hope you are feeling better soon.

Sarah and babywrangler and tarnee big hellos!!! hope your little ones are behaving today!

As for me, Luke is doing really well. He is a big pig and wants to eat all the time but has been BF'ing beautifully. I uusually get about 6 hours sleep in a row each night with him so I really can't complain. DH is taking a while to adjust to teh fact that I am no longer at his beck and call but otherwise things are good. Will stop in again soon.

[BabyWrangler]

KAT!
Great to see you, no matter when Molly arrived, she's an April baby, just like BJ...she's just trying to be unique!!!

[Sharon19270]

sarah thanks, I know that there is just no pleasing men, just gets very frustrating for me especially when I am the only female in the house.
BabyWrangler LOL at your Ob saying that most people couldn't be bothered to express and bottle feed, he's referring to people like me
bellelass my 19 yo's life here isn't all that comfy, he moved out for a while but got asked to leave by the people he was staying with because he was lazy, we used his old room for the nursery and we only have a 3 bedroom house, so he is currently sleeping on a mattress on the floor in the office, with his clothes still in his suitcase, he is hardly ever home for dinner, and he has done his own washing for about the last 5 years as I refused to go rummaging through his bedroom to find dirty washing. Thank you for you advise, I was just having a bad day. Lila probably uses that 4th day of hers to catch up on the sleep that she misses out on over the other 3 days, it's frustrating, I know.
Katstribe yay, nice to see you here. DS was asked to leave by the people he was staying with because he was lazy, and he had nowhere else to go so DH and I weren't going to make him sleep in his car, so he has a mattress on the floor in the office. Lets that there is a miracle cure out there somewhere. That's great that Molly is doing so well with BF and you lucky bugger getting some 7 hour nights of sleep, the longest Oliver seems to go (occaisionally) is 5, maybe 6 hours but he still then needs his 2am feed, can't wait till he stops needing that one, I think I will start to feel a little bit more human when that happens.
shellbell it's nice to see you pop in here when you can, sounds like Luke is going great, and congrats on the 6 hour stretch of sleep at night, that would be sooooooooo nice.

After my crappy day yesterday I am going to try and be a little bit more positive today, that may all go out the window (including Oliver ) if he is unsettled again today. Had a talk with DH last night and he wants me to speak to someone about how i've been feeling, I think he is worried that I am getting PND and thinks that it is best to talk to someone sooner rather than later, so I will be taking Oliver to the community nurse on Friday and I might have a chat with her. He also said that if I am ever having a bad day I am to call him at work, and as long as he doesn't have any meetings he will come home and work from home.

I have woken up with a sore throat today, I really don't want to get sick, I am the type of person who hardly ever gets colds/flu the last time I had the flu (not just a bad cold like men like to confuse the flu with) was about 2 years ago, but if this cold progresses, it will be the 2nd cold i've had in 4 weeks.

Last night Oliver was such a good boy, but he was so cute, while he was getting his nappy changed he was 'trying' to talk, he had these cute little gurgling noises going in the back of his throat, and we have definitely been getting the odd smile, it's these little things that make up for the crappy days because it just melts your heart.

[BabyWrangler]

Sharon,
I agree, the smiles are a heart melter.
BJ gave us a few early on (at 3 weeks...which we assumed were wind til the health nurse saw him smile on day when he was looking me in the eyes, and she said they were real).
The other morning, DH was cuddling him while I got ready to go out and he got 7 in a row wile talking to him...oh my god so gorgeous.he just won't do it when the camera comes out....he goes all serious!
BJ seems to be almost trying to cut out a feed at night (which is great, but confusing!), he feeds about 9:30 or 10pm, then has been going through til between 3 and 4, then through til 8 or 9....rather than waking at 2 and waking at 6.
Whilst this isn't a problem, it makes mummy confused about trying to squish in another feed or not!

Also, we had him set to an 8:30pm bedtime which meant DH would see him for about an hour when he got home from work, just meant we had a late tea as we wait til he settles first before cooking and eating. BJ has decided on a 7pm bedtime....Poor DH doesn't get home til about 7:30pm!

[Beatrix]

Regarding Smiles they are absolutly precious!!! We have been getting heaps now (but Mj is a bit older then most) she has also now discovered hw to makes noises!! besides screming that it.

Sharon- wow you son sounds like my sister!!! same age as well. that must be what it is. hope you have a better day with Oliver today

BW- wow a bed time? lucky you. i have absolutly no routine at all.


Hello to all the new mums who have popped in Shell and Kat

well i best be cleaning the house while my older two are at daycare and Mj is asleep

[bellelass]

how do i get my baby to sleep during the day??? (have tried everything but letting her cry) is there something wrong with her that makes her stay wide awake from 4 am-9pm?? any ideas?

[Taurusa]

Morning all! I had a wonderful night with caleb, we decided to 'try' and get some sleeping happening. I got some settling techniques of a website and he has taken to them really well. I can not leave him when he is crazy crying, but if it is a grizzle then i can do that. But when the crazy crying starts i pick him up and settle him and then put him down. It says (the website) to turn them on their side and pat them till the crying stops, this has really worked!!!!! So excited about it... just 'dangerous' when you turn them back onto their back... just hoping they don't wake up again

[Sequoia]

BJ seems to be almost trying to cut out a feed at night (which is great, but confusing!), he feeds about 9:30 or 10pm, then has been going through til between 3 and 4, then through til 8 or 9....rather than waking at 2 and waking at 6. Whilst this isn't a problem, it makes mummy confused about trying to squish in another feed or not!

BabyWrangler - Baxter is 2 days younger than BJ and seems to be following the same routine ATM too. I've been setting my alarm so he doesn't go any longer than 5 hours overnight without a feed, but am wondering if I really need to?

Sorry for lack of personals. I just wanted to let you all know that Baxter put on 215gms for the week yesterday! Isn't that wonderful? After crappy weight gains, he is finally on the up and up! We still have his renal and bladder scan on Thursday but I am confident it will be clear. He is starting to really fatten up and give us lots of smiles.

to Sharon.

SG
xo

[MagicSeahorse]

Hi ladies. I'm new to this thread.
My name is Lisa, and my little boy Hunter arrived 8 1/2 weeks early, on 3rd April. Yes, he's due next week! We spent a week in NICU and 5 weeks in special care. We have been home 2 weeks, and feeling very sleep deprived.

We live in a rural area, and have to travel a very long way to go to a mothers group. Hope to swap advice and stories with you all.


Lisa

[Beatrix]

hi lisa and wecome!!!!

wow your little man was eagar to arrive!!

if you ever get to lonely i am always up for a chat on msn if you have it

mummynessa@hotmail.com

[mgm]

there's so much going on in here - i can't keep up! hello and welcome to all the new mums.

shoegal great news. i'm sure baxter will continue to do brilliantly. well done.

fire don't worry, you're not the only one whose baby doesn't sleep for long stretches. my deal with dd is this: as long as she goes back to sleep after her nighttime feeds, i don't care how many she has. (i reserve the right to renegotiate the deal as soon as i get sick of it, which will probably be any day now).

routines - we don't have one at this stage. she is changing daily so i just go with the flow. no set 'bedtime' either.

must go, have to sling tired dd to sleep. have a good night everyone!