Babies Born April 2008 #3

Hi all,

Wyatt is the same, he has a bedtime. Along with other kids and me. He has free willy time around 7-7:30pm then striaght into bath. Maybe a little bit more playtime with siblings or Daddy when he is home and clean. Then Wrapped up, have his boobie and off to bed/moms shoulder to fall asleep on then into bed.

I have started putting hot water bottle in his bed to warm up, 'cos he was waking up soon after I put him down. It has helped. He goes down from 7:30-8:30 wakes around 1:30am for quite sleep feed, then back to bed I might have to get back up around 4:30-5for another top up then he's sleeps until around 7am, which is when I get up.

However I tried the patting on the back and it just S**T me, 'cos I was standing their for 20-30mins then he was wide away. NOT impress, as I was tired.

Have been home 2 days in row, not have to go out during morning, and both boys are starting to settle down more. DS know's when I am putting Wyatt down to be quiter, and when he is put down we can do something together. Wyatt has been down since 9am so I am expecting him to wake up soon. DS went to bed for his nap at 12noon, so PIECE AND QUITE at moment. Sort of washing machine going.

Anyway will chat latter on.

Sarah

Hi - thought it was time I joined in here, I pop in to read now and then.

My DS2 was due in May but I was induced at 38 weeks so he arrived in April (like lots of the other May babes did!). Just to introduce myself, DS1 (Dylan) is 2 1/2 and Jonah was born on April 28. He is such an easy bub in contrast to number 1, I only have to get up to feed twice overnight and he always settles back down quickly. We live in Adelaide but am currently in Melbourne staying with my folks for 2 weeks while my DH is away for work.

Anyway - this is a really busy forum so it will take me a while to get to know you all, but I look forward to sharing this exciting time with you all.:D

hi to the newies!

i'm thinking of trying a later bedtime, cos Ci is unsettled until 8pm anyway. maybe some floor time? dunno, he doesn't seem to want anything but to expel his built up energy (by crying, being bounced, sucking furiously or whatever), so it may not work. but he is so sleepy all day.. maybe i should force awake time by 5 or 10 minutes each feed cycle.

steph, good ideas here for naps. have ou got a fitball? you'll hate me for it in the long run (all babies i know settled this way are hard to settle any other way), but it is a god send to getting a baby to sleep. i bounce here in front of the puter until he's out (I also use a sling...i'd be pus without one).

Goooood Afternoon ladies!! Hope we're all doing well. Just thought i'd check in and give a bit of an update, havent been on much of late. Ava-Jayde is doing FANTASTICALLY I got her weighed the other day and she is 4 kilos now!! AND she has been sleeping anywhere from 7 - 8 1/2 hours a night!!! AND she holds her own bottle now LOL she's great. im so glad i dont have a screaming baby all day.

Alittlegrubbi very jealous of your sleep routine... hope mine comes in time
Sharonso hard not to make eyecontact cus i think he is so cute and just love looking at him LOL! except in the middle of the night when i think my eyes are closed any way!
Dee Nice to see i am not the only one to make the jump over to here :)

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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!

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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.

:hug: to Sharon.

SG
xo

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

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

Hello eveyone! Wow, lots of newbies - welcome to you all! :p

Hi Kirsty!! Nice of you to join us!

Liam's grown 2 cms in the last 8 days and has put on another 240 gms. Such a clever little boy! We started our 'parents group' today which was nice. I already knew two girls there so it was very exciting!

We've decided to begin a formula feed of a night (last feed before midnight) to see if that helps with the sleeping through thing and because I'm not keeping up with my milk (for the newbies: my baby has a cleft palate and can't attach to the breast so I exclusively express breastmilk and feed via special bottle). I'm expressing at every feed, but I'm beginning to not get as much out as he's taking in. So we're working our way backwards at the moment. :( I'm working on things to build up my supply better, but it's hard going and I'm waiting until I see the Dr on Tuesday next week. I've also ordered some herbal tea through the health food shop that was recommended to me by a mother in the parents group.

Can't stay (sorry for no personals). Got a casserole in the oven and am going to lay down (Liam's asleep) while it cooks! Every minute helps, right?? ;)

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!

Nettie!! DO IT its amazing, ava-jayde has a formula feed at 9.30 after having both boobs and she sleeps 8 1/2 hours its GREAT i started this after a week and a half of her waking every 15 mins at night for a feed i was exhasuted

Welcome Lisa, Kristy and Dee - look forward to chatting.

Nettie you have been doing an amazing job exclusively expressing for this long :clap: you have given Liam the goodness he needs and comp feeding - part BF, part formula will meet his needs and yours. Have you thought about trying to express every 2-3 hours even if Liam isn't feeding?

Taurusa a sleep routine will come, it will change many times before it is set in concrete.

Fire I find that the later bedtime routine helps with Greer staying asleep through to the otherside of midnight allowing me to get a good 3 hours of premidnight sleep which is such better sleep than after midnight. Also it is DS's sleep time so I get to cosleep with him and he doesn't miss out. For you a later time might give you the chance to sleep with DD until she falls asleep as well as helping with Ci.

Sharon hope you enjoyed your PJ day. If your feelings aren't so much PND as sleep deprived stress coupled with situation with the oldest DS, I found that working out what was causing the stress was half the battle won for me. YOu do need to talk to someone about your feelings, but be prepared that you will need to do the majority of the work to fix it.

COLOR="darkorchid"]Beatrix[/COLOR] hope things have improved a little for you and DH. We are doing well, I had a drama this morning as DH didn't get up early enouhg to get DS ready for daycare so I said I'd take him in... changed both kids nappies this morning DS had the biggest poohy nappy ever.. it is bin collection day so I took the nappies out to the bin already on the verge, came back and DS had locked me out of the house. DD was crying by the time I coaxed DS into unlocking the door again so I had a talk with DH about needing to ensure that he could get DS to daycare.

Shoegal I can understand why you would be wanting to ensure Baxter gets his feeds in, but as long as his weight gain continues next time you have him weighed I wouldn't worry about it - get your sleep, he'll let you know if he is hungry.

Got to go get DS into the bath now that DS has insisted on an early feed and has fallen asleep.

Zennie that's great that Russell is contented most of the time.
sarah if I was doing the patting on the back thing, I would only do it if he was crying, and then once the crying stops, the patting stops and i would leave the room.
dee73 welcome to our 'not so little' group, i'm looking forward to chatting with you.
Fire good luck trying the later sleep time with Ci, did it work?
kirsty_lee I would love 7 hours of sleep in a row at night, would be sheer bliss.
Taurusa I know it's hard not to make eye contact, like you said, much easier at night because I usually feed him with my eyes closed so that I don't fully wake up too.
Shoegal thanks for the hug. And way to go Baxter on your weight gain :dance: what a clever boy you are.
LisyLee welcome to the group, your little one certainly didn't want to keep baking did he.
Nettie that weight gain for Liam is great, I hope you manage to increase your supply for him though.
mgm I have given up on forcing a routine on Oliver but he seems to be setting himself one anyway, which is fine by me.
alittlegrubi I loved my PJ day, and to top it off, DH come home to have lunch with me too, which was lovely. I know that whatever my 'problem' it will be me who has to work to 'fix' things but at least I will have lots of support from DH and best friend.

Oliver had a good day yesterday, he seemed to want to catnap in the morning, then he had a feed at 10.30 with a nappy change in the middle and then he had more of his bottle which meant he had all up 130ml which is quite a lot for him but I think the nappy change woke him up more because with the thickened formula it is hard work once it starts to cool as it goes really thick so it tires him out, and so he falls asleep while feeding so he doesn't get all he needs. He then slept from 12 noon till 3.30pm had a bottle at shopping centre after we had picked up Jordan from school, had 80ml and went back to sleep while we did a little grocery shopping, we got home in time for bath at 5pm, at 5.15pm he was screaming for an other bottle and he had 110ml and he was back in bed at 6.15, he was sleepy when I put him down and he sent himself off to sleep. Now it doesn't seem to matter what time he wakes for his early morning feed he will still wake at around 6.30am for another bottle, then 10.30 for his next one and then he seems to go through until 3.30, he then has a bath at 5, another (top up) bottle at 5.30, then his 10.30 sneaky feed so he seems to have his own little routine going atm.

Crikey I really have blabbed on, congratulations if you made it through all of that, I will shut up now :D

Hey ya'll,

Thought I might stick my head in and say g'day.

My gorgeous boy Noah was due onthe 3rd May but at 8.9 pounds / 4040gs he just plain and simple ran outta room in my belly. I am only a wee five foot nothing! I wasn't very big so I guess he was well and truley rolled up in a ball! lol

Noah ended up arriving on the 29th April via c-section. No complications, I was labouring well and made it to five cms before the little man pulled back out of the canal and sent me insane - he went posterior! Little bugga, DS#1 wasthe same but posy from the start of labour. I remember with Noah feeling a foot up under my rib all of a sudden and just back pain! Oh well, he is gorgeous with BIG LOUD lungs!

He is most likely our last bubba, feel kinda sad about that, like the last finale has been sung IYKWIM!!! Anyways, a GF said to me last night, never say never! My OBGYN has told me that next time, no labour but an elective c-section as I simple have trouble giving birht. I am fine with that decision as I gave both births my best shot.

With two monkeys under two, not sure how often I will be popping in but will do so as often as possible. The poor puter will go into melt down with all the forums I belong to these days. LOL

xxxx:D

hey vix!!!!!!! welcome hun!

Hi All,
I'll try and catch up with personals later, but just quickly,
Sharon, if you need to talk drop me a message!!
Benjamin has been breast feeding again (YAY!) the past couple of days, rather than having the expressed milk.
I've managed to stop him in the middle of the feeds and get him to take a little of the thickener in gel form.
The Zantac tends to make him chuck a little, I think its cause of the way he reacts when he takes it, it kind of takes his breath away (it has a strong peppermint smell, so I assume it also tastes that way), and then he just gulps and stuff for a couple of minutes!
Other than the chucks after the Zantac feeds (3 times a day), the feeding seems like it might be back on track which is great!
Im hoping to get my supply up a bit more to make sure he's getting enough milk, am drinking lots on milk, water and orange juice, and taking Fenugreek tablets.

Went to first new parents group today even though I'm not technically a new parent, didn't get much out of it last time since I went back to work after 4 months. Of the six that attended, 3 had c-sections including me. One Elective, one emergency (me), one non-elective 5 hours after being told to go home and pack her bags due to pre-eclampsia. A fourth had pre-eclampsia and gave birth at 35 weeks and the fifth has a blood disorder that made her birth story sound horrific, the last one was a natural birth.
I'm amazed at how many people seem to have had birthing experiences that were not what they had planned within this month of births.

Our normal routine has been thrown out by today's meeting so Greer has fallen asleep on my chest as I type and I am keeping myself going with a caffine fix - naughty I know.

Gotta go put on Wags for DS. Might pop back later.

BW - warning on the OJ - it can irritate bubs. Apparently citrus can give them a gut ache... Just worth thinking about.

Had a great day out today and caught up with some friends - very nice!

We did the ff last night and it didn't make him sleep any longer :( but we will persist! I've also lowered his basinette flat again as he seems to really enjoy laying on the bed or floor lately so I'm wondering if he'll sleep better laying flat again. Worth a shot! His 'spills' seem to be less frequent now so I'm not so afraid of laying him flat.

Better go - he's waking for his next feed (the ff one)... will catch up again later!

Thanks for the warning Nettie, I'd heard that also, but BJ seems ok with it...maybe because I was drink 2lt a day of it when I was pregnant!
I'm sticking mainly to the milk and water for the next few days anyway to really build my supply up...pumped bother sides last night and got a combined total of 60ml! Scared te hell outta me, I don't wanna dry up yet....but then this morning I got 200ml from one side, admittedly thats form overnight, but still, much more positive result!!

We tried a FF before bed last night (after a me feed!), and BJ still went his usual 5 hours, not that I'm complaining, 5 hours is great!
It was kind of comforting too that he kept refusing the formula and making his "GACK" dry reaching noise...nice to know he prefers me (mind you, he DOES have to get used to formula sometime!
Had ff at 10pm, BF at 3am, and woke at 7, put his dummy in for a sec while I got myself sorted, and he fell asleep again (hence me pumping one side...was gonna 'splode!)

BW yeah, oj is bad for reflux as it messes up the acid or something. I haven't had citrus since I gave birth. A local naturopath told me to make rice pudding for rich milk - rice, milk, vanilla, nutmeg, the usual suspects... in the oven. BTW, keep in mind what you express is nothing compared to what baby pulls out. They are much more efficient, and they communicate with the boob/brain to create exactly what and how much they need, incl immunities to things they're exposed to (which an expressor cannot do). I am a fountain, LOTS of milk, but when I express, you'd never know it. that hind milk is a trickle, and the breast is never empty. As long as they are sucking, they are getting drops of the richer milk as the body keeps making it while they're feeding.

Just hoping to help you feel better about your milk supply, although building it up never hurts.

I'm in trouble, so I'm seeing a lactation consultant today or tomorrow. We've got some issues that aren't resolving. One is his clicking fussing feeds that end in screams almost every feed. It has been suggested it could be a hidden cleft palate so I'm having his mouth looked at also.

had bad anxiety yesterday arvo but doing better today. I loaded up with supps.

Fire - fingers crossed for you. Feel free to PM me if you have concerns about the cleft palate thing. I'm somewhat of a 'new expert' now!

Having a yukky ultrasound today to check if I still have 'product' in my uterus. So am currently drinking my 1L of water. Will head into the shower in a minute so I'm presentable as they do an 'internal' probe *eek* :wall: Then see the Dr on Tuesday to find out what this pain is. Thankfully I've finally stopped bleeding!

Have been giving Liam ff for the last two nights but he's not sleeping any longer...

Just been handed him by my DH so must run!

Im back, Im back, Im back!!!
Sorry, i went mia for a while, couldnt keep up with all the posts and DD wasnt sleeping much during the night, so just gave up for a little while..
Soo..whats news?? (I know i can go read the millions of posts ive missed but atm i have limited online so cant really..)
Isabell is doing wonderfully..she is now sleeping nights and days..its AWESOME..although there is a period between about 3pm-9pm that she is determined to stay up, but thats nothing on the 6am-9pm i had before..and as long as i dont push sleep on her during this time frame she will be a happy chatty smiley baby..which is just the way i love her :) apart from 3pm-9pm is usually the time i like to have dinner, watch my tv shows and catch up on intranet..but hey isabell and i can watch my shows together, and im sure i could have a big lunch while DP is here to get me til 9pm when i can have dinner. And the rest can wait til 9pm...(i could have dinner but if i put her down she will feel like im trying to get her to sleep, even if i put her in her rocker in the kitchen so she can see and hear me..) and once she is asleep i usually have a 5-7 hour sleep gap :cheer:
I love going into her room and having her smile up at me..its amazing!!
Me..i went to docs for mine and DDs 6w check up..and it turned into a appt just for me because do cfound some fungus that started growing on me while my immune system was down and my hormones were raging and he also told me my mole is most likely cancerous :o so next thursday i have to go back for isabells 6w checkup, get my mole cut out..and have my pap (which i dont really want to have, thinking of not getting it done and having it next time, seems a aweful lot to be doing next thursday any way..)

Meg, and others that have wakeful babies, what do you do with them at those times? DS only has short wake times but I'm stumped as to how to keep him from crying/whingeing about it. So the 5pm - 7pm wake is a nightmare of having to carry and bounce him (he hates the sling at that time) and figure out what he wants when he won't sleep but doesn't seem happy awake after about half an hour. he just wants dh to walk and carry him over his shoulder and distract him.

Nettie, how'd you go with the US?

Meg, so happy for you! you sound perky and cool bananas. :D

Fire During her short wake times, ill talk to her and give her some tummy time once a day..once she starts yawning though she is straight into bed. In the long period where she is awake, ill talk to her, watch TV with her (ill sit her on my lap to face the tv and ill hold her little hands, she loves the news), listen to music, show her DP's beautiful photography that he has up around the house, and im thinking maybe ill take her for a drive or a walk see if that will maybe make her a bit tired or drowsy.. she does get very unsettled towards the end but i think thats more coz i kept trying to put her down when obviously she doesnt want to (even though she is falling asleep on me and yawning every 10seconds lol)

Afternoon all,

WEll everything going great with kids for once. Have changed Wyatts clothes over from 0000 to 000. Only have to buy a few going out outfits and another pack on bodysuits which I uses for singlets.

DH is COMING HOME 2NIGHT.

It will be lateish, but I will let kids stay up and see him. I can't wait, god I have missed that man, regardless of his smell socks, and LOUD snoring. This has been the longest we have been apart from one other in 7 years. The second longest when I had Wyatt.

Well I better go just thought I would yell is out to someone.

Cheers

Vixstar welcome, I look forward to getting to know you.
BabyWrangler yay on Benjamin back to BF again. Thanks for the offer to msg you if I need to talk, I may take you up on that offer if I start feeling stressed and overwhelmed.
alittlegrubi that is quite a few pgncy that didn't go to plan, in most situations I try and hope for the best, but PLAN for the worst lol
Nettie I really don't think you can make them sleep longer at night if they aren't ready, I have noticed that Oliver is having a little bit less every few days of his feed at the 2am feed so I am thinking that he is getting to the point where he doesn't really need it, I also usually get up to him when he is just grizzling so think I may actually wait and see if it turns into full on crying before I get up and give him bottle. How did U/S go today?
Fire hope you are feeling better after your anxiety episode the yesterday.
Meg nice to see you back, Oliver usually sleeps really well during the day and night, just has his unsettled period (although not every day) between 5-7pm, I am lucky that my DH has been cooking dinner for us all lately, I feel quite spoiled.
sarah I usually get really excited when DH comes home after a long business trip, a few years ago he was working over in the Solomon Islands and he would usually be gone for 4 weeks at a time, then home for 5 days then back over there again for another 4 weeks, I don't know how people go being married to someone in the armed services.

DH had a job interview yesterday, but the only thing is, is that we would have to move up to Proserpine QLD if he does get it, I would love to move up north but would miss my BF so much, DH said that he could commute, ie, fly up Monday morning then fly back Friday night, but I think I would miss him too much and would think it would be even more stressful for me that way, than if I had to say goodbye to my friends. It will be a tough decision if he gets offered the job, he has to make it to the second round of interviews first though.

I have decided to try Oliver on the mixture to thicken his formula, instead of the pre-made stuff as I think it is just too thick and it is making him tired to have to suck so hard once it starts to cool, the food thickener says to use 2 scoops per 100ml, he is on 150ml so I will just use the 2 scoops for now and see if it is any easier for him and if it stops him falling asleep while only half way through his bottle all the time.

Sorry for the long posts everyone, just can't help myself sometimes and just keep on jabbering on :D

CHecking in for today. Been a great day today, Ava-Jayde is over her growth spurt which has had her awake and crabby and feeding constantly for the past 2 days. She's back to her sleeping for 3-4 hours and waking for a feed. She was only awake today for about an hour or so. Unfortunately AF has come back now so im dealing with cramps, so bloody annoying. Hope you's are all well!!

Hi all

sharon - leaving your BF could be tough, especially when you have kids and really need your support structures. do you know people in proserpine?

sarah - all the best for your reunion with DH! and well done for managing without him. i would be a frazzled mess after just one evening without my DH at home.

mummymeg - sorry to hear about your medical troubles. it's hard enough looking after a new baby, let alone having health issues... hope you're free of them soon.

fire hope you're feeling better. did you see the LC today?

DD had her 2 month checkup today (a week early) and has gained over 650g in under 3 weeks, so she's doing well. the green poo saga continues but only during the day - nighttime ones are normal. weird. in any case she's thriving and doesn't seem to have tummy troubles.

have managed to make a banana cake today (in stages - measured out ingredients at various times in the day, then mixed them this afternoon). actually i shouldn't say i've made it yet since it's still in the oven (i might forget about it and discover it burnt to a crisp later!) but it feels like an achievement.

Ohhh MGM Im so jealous! I looooove banana cake!!

Hi all,
well...Sharon, have you tried a faster teat for Oliver? That might help.
Not sure what thickener you are using, but we have been using the Kariecare thickener for Benjamin's EBM, its 1 scoop per 100ml, and I think it thickens more in his tummy, it does make the EBM a little thicker to look at, but he never seems to have trouble getting it out of the bottle, or getting drowsy with it.
I've found though now that he's back BFing, the only time he tends to chuck majorly is after the Zantac...the rest of the time theres the odd spit up, which I class as normal (the ones that basically just dribble out and look like bird poo...without the black bits of course!).
The past 2 days BJ has mucked around with his arvo sleep (typically its been at about 2:30 after his feed), and not fallen asleep until about 4pm...very frustrating cause he then has to be woken at 6 for a feed and medi, and then when he gets tired at bedtime (which keeps getting earlier, now at 7pm), he sleeps for about an hour, then wakes, and won't re-settle until after his 10pm feed! I know its not cause he's hungry at that time cause yesterday I tried feeding him from me, and some EBM and he wouldn't take either!!

Oh well...off to wake for a feed and medi!

Just a quickie as DS is grizzling...

U/S went ok. Didn't have to have the internal component and the girl reckons everything looks fine (no product, etc). Will see the Dr on Tuesday to find out what it all means!

Kirsty - you give me hope for us! Liam seems to be having a growth spurt at the moment - awake HEAPS, almost only cat-napping through the day and eating LOTS. My EBM isn't keeping up (especially as we were away from home yesterday and I missed about 6 hrs between expressing). However, I've come to peace with the fact if I don't have enough milk, he can have formula. I'll do my best as see where that gets us. I'm pretty proud of 6 weeks of expressing anyway. Will try now for 8 weeks - little steps! I'm hoping this unsettled time finishes soon. He's been like it for about 3 days now! Some feeds are only 1-2 hours apart and he's having up to 100 mls a feed! Some feeds are only 60 mls, but mostly around 70 - 80. Heck! No wonder I'm not keeping up!

I am so sick of doing dishes (bottles, expressing cups, etc)... I'm not sick of nappies, washing clothes or feeding etc. but am so over doing the washing up! My hands are so dry!

Anyway - enough of a whinge from me... DH & I are going to watch a DVD together while Liam's feeding/playing/sleeping whatever!

Nettie I sometimes feel like it is groundhog day!! Like a horrid case of dejavu (sp?)!

Fire mummameg Caleb also loves watching the tv, i sit with caleb on my lap or walk around with him and if he isn't screaming, i don't change what i am doing for anthing LOL

kirsty_lee I am so not looking forward to getting AF again, I really didn't miss here for the 9 months of pregnancy.
mgm we know no one up there, the closest I would have to relo's would be an uncle and aunt in Rockhampton. My mum and dad are only 15 mins drive from me atm but in a few months time they are moving to Tasmania for the remainder of their retirement. I was talking to DH tonight and because we always have heaps of 'points' on our Amex account that we can transfer over to qantas so I would be able to fly down to Sydney a few times every year and me and kids can stay with BF. One person who would hate us moving so far away will be MIL, for me though, she is the one person I will NOT miss :cryinglaugh: Oh and I have to agree with Kirsty yummo to the Banana cake, it is my fave.
BabyWrangler I bought the Karicare thickener, he has been on the Karicare AR formula, but it really thickens up once it cools down (he likes his bottles heated really well, to the point where most people are shocked that he likes it so warm) the teats he is using are actually designed for use with cereal, they have a cross (like this + ) type of a hole, anyway, the 2 scoops of the thickener seemed to make it thicker than the pre mixed stuff, so we will stick with what we where using (would you like a free tin of thickener?) These bubbas of ours just constantly like to keep us on our toes, as soon as we seem to be settling into a routine that works, wham, they decide to change the rules!
Nettie glad the U/S went well, and yay to not having to have 'dildo cam' :o ('scuse the french)

We are off to the clinic nurse tomorrow for a quick check up, will be interesting to see how much he has grown, then later we are off to get his hands and feet done, it will be nice to compare him and Jordan as Jordan was 5.5 weeks when he had his done too. I finally got around to getting some pics printed off today too.

Sharon My DP cooks dinner for me too, when he is home, which is awesome, but he works one week on one week off. He is awesome :)
mgm yeah tell me about it, i reckon its payback for having an awesome preg, labour, and getting away with no stretchmarks too!! Its just amazing how i didnt even think anything of the white transparent dots on my tummy (i hadnt noticed them even) and the doc tells me i have a fungus..and then he check my back to see if its there too and he tells me my mole looks dodgy..haha. Banana cake!? I love that stuff, esp when its home made, nice and warm with butter, omg..*drool*

So tonight i took Isabell for a drive to hopefully relax her to get her to sleep. It worked kind of. Although i only got her down at 9:30pm.
She is still in 0000, but not for long, she fits into SOME 000 though, but its not a perfect fit like 0000. Im amazed coz she is getitng to be quite the chubba lol.
She loves me, i can see it clear as day, when she talks to me her eyes light up, and when she smiles she isnt hiding it at all, its this awesome huge toothy (ehem gummy) grin, that kinda ends in a little 'laughing' action, i wouldnt be surprised if she starts laughing soon lol. I just cant get over it, its like she is excited to see me 24/7 lol. I cant wait til DP is on his week off so he can experience all this.

Morning Mummies,

DS#1 is captivated with Play School for the min so I thought I would jump online.

Feel awesome today, fed Noah at about midnight last night and he did now wake up again until just before 7am!!! Fed again, poohed, f@rted, smiled, cooed and crashed again. (Noah that is not me! LOL) YAY!

Went to the chemist after lunch yesterday and had him weighed as CH prob won't see me until he is about 6 weeks for the first visit.:rolleyes:Anyways, he is now 5.48kg, came home from hospy weighing 4.20kg. Now 58cm long!!! No bl**dy wonder his clothes are right in length but his sleeves are always a bit long.

Play schools over now so must go and entertain DS#1.:lol:

Have agreat friday ladies.
xxxx

Hi all

well saw the surgical gynae on wed and all is well, however despite BF it appears Af is back after 12month break (apart from MC and D&C). So not happy!

Russell is driving me insane this week . Dp has been away and its been really cold up here and Russell refuses to sleepin his bassinett between 12 and 8 am and wakes up to feed every 2 hours when in bed with me , then gets grizzly cos hes tired. my throat s so sore from singing him back to sleep last 3 nights. NOt sure if its cos of the cold or Dp being away that hes so grizzzly.

He also keeps falling asleep at the boob while still feeding and i dont know that he is getting enough. woke him up after 7pm feed and he wasnt interested, but was hungry again at 8:30. would love him to go back to 4hr sleep cycles. hes just all over the joint atm. how do i tell hes getting enough and encourage him to sleep longer at night?

Hiya all,
My little fella is still wearing 0000 clothing...He is only just fitting into his Pumpkin Patch newborn size clothes well. Some of them more than others, some are a little baggy, and the ones I shrunk in the drier are just now (at nearly 8 weeks) starting to get a little short!
We are off the MCHN on monday, it will be good to see how he's going...to us, he feels like he weighs well over 5kg now (was 3.125 born, 3kg when we left hospital). He's still fitting into newborn huggies too!
I tried a fitted cloth nappy on him yesterday and they are still too big (picture Steve Irkel from that early 90's tv show!)...so we are still in sposy's....he got really upset when he tried to sit up for burping in the clothy, changed him into a sposy and we were all good to go!

He's feeding off me like a trooper now again, I'm thrilled, no nipple sheild or anything (back when the reflux and colic started, we swtiched to nipple sheild so I didnt drown him, and then eventually bottle feeding....back onto me completely now, except at bedtime, we top him up with a bottle of EBM sometimes...


Sharon: Have to you tried half the recommended dose of thickener?
I may have mis read the label, but I'm sure my karicare says 2 scoops per 200ml, so if Oliver is having 100-150ml, maybe jusy put one scoop in? I found when BJ was on bottle, I'd do one scoop to each 125ml bottle and that was fine...he didnt have trouble drinking it, and it stayed down...
Zennie: I got AF again at 6 weeks, had to cancel my 6 week post natal (which included a pap smear) because of it...wasn't happy either...but so be it I guess...least I know my "bits" still work!

morning all... this one handed typing is a little slow LOL :0

we weighed caleb this morning and he has put on 470g in a week.... this sounds HUGE does any one know on the net where i can get info on 'normal' weight gain for infants???

He eats a lot... bottle fed, eats 100ml karicare every 3 hours. Have tried to stretch him out, but the most i can get him to is 3.5 hours.

just checking in,

thinks not well her. DH and i have seperated for good. he has taken all his stuff and left. long story short i found records of msn chaats with girls who work through web cam shows and him talking smut and trying to use our credit card to view these shows, was final straw for me.

will be mia for a bit, trying to deal with all the changes

mj is doing well though