Babies Born April 2008 #3

[Beatrix]

hey everyone just thuight i would pop in.

Had the scariest day yest, MJ had her first trip to the hosp. I was vacuming the floor in the longe and she was laying on the couch and ANnika was fussing over. Only i didnt realise Annika decided to feed MJ and put a 5 cent peice in her mouth. I saw her throw up and something shiny in her mouth, she was gaging on it got it out and decided i would take her down their just in case to make sure Annika hadnt feed her anything else.
She is ok, i think i was more of a wreck. the poor nurse and DR had to calm me down. I felt like such a horrible mum.

you really need eyes in the back of your head.

BW- thats great night your bubba had!!

Taruasa- i would recomend a vapouriser




question for you all, are your bubs holding their heads up??? i mean for how long. MJ can hold her head up but she flops all over the place, looking left to right and that. not very steady. i cant remember if this is normal or not

[Butterfly_Princess]

Beatrix Oh no im glad she is okay!! Must have been very scary!! My bub can hold her head up, but like you said not for very long and floppy all over the place, i think its just at the start where its not all that strong but strong enough to lift and be a bit floppy and out of control..sometimes if im walking with isabell on my chest she will lift her head to look over my shoulder and occasionally she will flop her head forwards which will sometimes hit on my collarbone so now i make sure she is positioned so this doesnt happen if she were to lift her head..
BW Ohh sounds like a fun night out. DP won me 2 tickets to some movie but i ended up giving them to my parents coz DP didnt wanna go with me to the movies and i didnt really want any one else to come with me coz i wanted that alone time with DP..*sigh*

Isabell had an awesome night last night. She has dropped he midnight feed..and now will feed around 9/10 and then go to sleep (once i get her to sleep lol) and will wake around 2/3am for the next feed, so gives me quite a good sleep..she has always given me long periods to sleep at night..but they are gradually getting longer and longer i think ive got a pretty good baby!! apart from the arsenic hour in the evening but most babies have that.

[Katstribe]

I sooo cant keep up with you ladies! But i love to hear how you are all doing. I decided i would join the may baby group so that i am going through the same things at the same time and not weeks later and would you believe they now have half month groups like our belly groups were! Sothe groups wont be as big which is great ( only cause its easier to keep up if there are less) and there should only be a few that need tochange groups if bubs come early or late, so you get to go through it all with the same group. Anyway that started as of the may groups so we are split into two there, i have found Lulu and beth so thats cool, mind you i have only just got my butt in there so havent chatted with them yet!

Anywya beatrix huge for you darl there is no worse time to discover that type of thing than now when your hormones are all over the place! I hope you have lots of people around you as the more support the better. I left my ex when i my 3rd was 10mths and that was interesting to say the least! But you are a strong woman and you will get through this!
Glad to hear that DD is ok after your big helper tried feeding her! They certainly keep us on our toes, dont think you are a bad mummy these things happen and we are only human!

Mummymeg hope all your health issues sort themselves out soon so you can continue to enjoy your little girl with worrying about yourself

Shelley thats awesome that BJ is doing so well, i always found with my others that the dream feed was a waste of time as my babies would stil lwake up an hour or two later as if they hadnt even had that feed. Then when i cut it out they were much better sleepers! So i havent tried it with Molly and dont think i will. Its great if it works but it just never has for me. Mine do much better without it.

There is way too much for me to catch up on but to those of you who have bubs with colds i hope they get better soon, definately get the little fess drops as they work a treat, and vapourisers also.

Well Molly is doing well, we seem to have a good night followed by a not so good night! On a good night i will get either a 6 to 7hr sleep from her 1 or 2am feed, but on a bad night we only do 4 to 5hrs of a night. So still not really bad but i am hopeful to have Molly sleeping through regularly by the time she is 6wks (fingers crossed) this is what i have managed with the others so that will be the case again!
Well Dh started back at work today, he does 2 12hr days followed by 2 12hr nights and then has 6dys off. So lets hope i get through the next four days! I was pretty impressed today though as i mangaed to go totown and do some minor grocery shopping with all kids (minus 17yr old DS) in tow!
Oh well best go cook tea i guess before they all think their throats have been cut!

Hi to everyone i missed

[mgm]

taurusa i meant to say vapouriser, not humidifier! for some reason i always get them mixed up...

[Sharon19270]

BW yes, tried half the amount and it was too thin, never mind. How much Zantac is BJ on?
Beatrix so sorry to hear about things with your DH, hope you are managing ok. Oh and that would have been terribly scary with Anika putting the 5c piece into MJ's mouth, you are so right about needing eyes in the back of your head.
Kat post wherever you feel happier, just please pop in here every so often, would love to hear about how Molly is doing.
Taurusa 'Fess little noses' is great for babies when they are all stuffed up, they don't like it very much though.
MummyMeg that's great that Isabelle has dropped her midnight feed, it always helps when you can get just a extra couple of hours sleep.

We went to Dr this morning as my poor boy was screaming in pain with every feed, you could tell he wanted his bottle, as he would be trying to suck but screaming at the same time so we got some Zantac, she only prescribed 1ml per day but so far it has made a big difference and he didn't even take the whole 1ml (spat most of it out) since the Zantac at 12.30, he has had 3 bottles 110ml, 140ml and 110ml and he still has to have his 10.30pm feed, once he realised that he wasn't going to get any pain while having his food he seemed to be a lot happier.

sorry for not doing more personals but there is just way too many to catch up on.

Have just added some pics to my gallery that my BF and I took this afternoon, and if I do say so myself, they are gorgeous! https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...00&ppuser=5397

[BabyWrangler]

Hi Sharon,
BJ is on 1ml 3 times a day...based on his weight at the time we went to the dr he could have up to one ml, he started off at 0.7ml for about a week and a half then we uped it to 1ml as he put on weight....
We are going to attempt to take him off it in a coupd of weeks as all his other problems have settled (wind, chuckies (except when he has the zantac, then the feed straight after, he chucks), and unsettledness)...will wait til after his shots though, don't want to hit him with too much at once!
Sharon with the Zantac, what we have taken to doing (because BJ ends up gulping and gasping and really worked up when he has it) is we stop feeding after a coupld of minutes and give it to him, then keep feeding, that way, he's still sucking when we put it in his mouth! He was due for it whilst we were out tonight and my boss gave it to him by slipping the dropper in while the bottle was in his mouth and squirting it in when he was drinking...worked a treat apparently!
We had our night out tonight, it was lovely, and the babysitter (my boss...well...ex boss), sent us sms's to keep us updated, and even a pic message too...made me much more relaxed....I've always done the same for him when I look after her kids too.

[Sharon19270]

BW I will be seeing the paediatrician some time this week so will ask him about the dose that he is on, but I suppose if 1ml once a day works then there would be no need to increase it, unless after a growth spurt it starts to wear off. my other DS had to stay on the Zantac until he was 8 months old, even though we started him on solids at 4 months (paediatricians orders) it didn't make a difference to his reflux, and I have a feeling Oliver will be the same as he has started out just like Jordan. Will have to keep your babysitter's trick in mind for when I give Oliver his next dose.

[Nettie]

Sharon - the photos look excellent -well done! He's so gorgeous!

We had a big day out at IKEA today and got a chest of drawers and change table top thingy... now just got to get time to put it all together!! We'll be getting their cot too, but it's not in stock until mid-june. Be really good not to have to change nappies on the single bed anymore..

We had a really nice time out with the SIL & her four kids (14, 13, 11 & 7) - we haven't had that much fun for years! Now I just need DS to sleep through the night tonight and my day will be perfect!!

You may notice i've changed my signature to show my 'real' name - Toni. I use Nettie online as a psudonym (sp?) most of the time, but it feels wrong now that I know you all so well! Feel free to call me either name - they both derive from my 'proper' name of Antoinette (but no-one calls me that!).

to everyone.

[Sharon19270]

Nettie thanks re the photos, we had so much fun taking them, even though Oliver peed all over my leg, it was then that we decided that it was time to get him dressed again LOL I couldn't handle having to change Oliver anywhere but on his change table, it kills my back when I am at someone else's house. It might take me a while to remember to call you Toni as I am completely hopeless with names and find that I usually have to scroll down through posts when I am doing my personals and your sig name doesn't show when I do that.