Babies Born April 2008 #3

[bellelass]

Havent been keeping up, so much going on on this thread... Lila's been off and on. She had a little bit of a cold and I took her in for 2 mo. immunizations and she's been sick ever since. Kind of going nuts over the sleeping thing. Still doesn't sleep during the day, and when I spoke to a midwife the other day she told me to put her in her cot and let her scream, that she needs to sleep during the morning and the afternoon. Sorry, not doing that. She dozes in the sling, and that lets me get some housework done so ok. Pretty steamed at the GP in general because they sort of ridiculed everything I'm doing, from the cloth nappies to the EBM. Pfft. I hope everyone is getting more sleep than me, just had to poke my head in and say hello and that I'm thinking of you all- we're going through the same things and that thought really keeps me going at 3am.

[mgm]

grubi and fire, how come us c-sec women are the ones who seem to be carrying the babies 24-7?! (well not quite 24-7, but i did a log of our day recently and found i'd carried dd for over 8 hours). it seems so unfair, given the fact that we've recently been sliced through the middle and our backs aren't really up to the job.

fire i sympathise with your feelings of exhaustion, i have them periodically myself. i've also tried to get dd to nap on the bed, but last time it was so spectacularly unsuccessful that i decided to put it on hold for a bit. still, i feel really jealous of those who can use their babies' nap time to do things that i struggle to do with the sling on (clean, play with ds, sit in a chair and put my feet up!!). most days i eat all three meals with the sling on and sometimes i get SO SICK OF IT!

bw glad to hear things are improving.

all right gotta go jiggle this grumpy baby around. stupid cold has made her really unhappy and she's struggling to get to sleep.

[Taurusa]

Baby wrangler (this is going to sound very strange but) Congrats on the Poo!! Funny how these things make us feel better

[Sharon19270]

BabyWrangler Ollie can have anywhere from 80ml to 140ml, he averages around 620ml in a 24 hour period, for his weight though he should probably be on more but I think that the thickened formula fills him up more, therefore he doesn't need as much to feel full IYKWIM. I'm glad that the formula and reduced Zantac seems to have worked for you but sad for you because of all that EBM that you have in your freezer, but as long as BJ is happy that is all that matters in the long run. Oh, and woohoo on his poo! I was also going to ask if you had him on thickened formula and after reading on learned that you did Good idea to still see the Paed though.
sarah_dobbo2 I suppose if I was decorating a room for a toddler and a baby boy I would probably go for a car or plane theme.
Fire sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time getting Ci to sleep, other than getting a swing/rocker for the daytime sleeps or what BW suggested sounded good.
alittlegrubi sorry to hear you are having problems getting Greer to sleep too, it would be extremely exhausting and depressing for you.
bellelass your are not doing everything wrong, you are looking after your bubs the best way you can, there is no right or wrong way it's a matter of finding something that 'works' for you and your baby, and pffft to any Dr who tells you otherwise. for you too

Had a FANTASTIC time at the movies with GF today, the movie was just fabulous, would have nice if our other friends who saw it yesterday had told us to take a box of tissues because we needed them, I had to make 1 tissue last me the entire movie, well 2 hours of it and it looked very tattered and torn by the end of the movie. My friend hardly ever goes to the movies because she can't stand 'crinklers' (think chip packets) well we need not have worried about that, i'm just not surprised that someone didn't yell out 'will those 2 ladies sniffling and sobbing please shut up!'.

[Sequoia]

Sharon - I'm going next Friday with two GF's to SATC, then dinner and drinks afterwards. I am a huge fan but think I am more excited about wearing make up and heels instead of no slap and trackies for a change!

Janine -

SG
xo

[Fire]

Oh Steph! What a bunch of a$$es. Someone ought to inform these child "care" people that child development psychology long ago poo poo'd crying it out, for God's sake! They also should have told you she shouldn't get shots while sick. It takes a big whack on the immune system to deal with those injections, they need to be in top form to have the best chance of no side effects. Hugs to you, I hope Lila is better soon.

MGM, I hear ya, it sucks big time. But like my AP (vigilante) advocates keep reminding me, you can't "see" the benefits of babywearing. At least not immediately. It's all personal sacrifice up front. Unlike breastfeeding you can see that sometimes immediately cos your kid won't get sick as often (so they say) but with babywearing, it is just that extra attachment thing that makes all the developmental difference - cling to that when desperate, as I do! Still, even knowing that, I'd love to have a darn break anyway!

BW, we're getting those leg rocker things. lullababy. Thanks for the referral, I'll keep you posted on progress. I'm putting together a package "settling" deal for DS, and once I have it all together, it will be settling time around here! I'm getting white noise womb sounds, a sleeping bag, a wedge for the cot, a wedge for side lying (what are they called so I can search ebay for them), a new organic cot mattress (that has nothing to do with settling, but we are getting one), a silky blanky and a copy of the No Cry Sleep Solution, dammit! Time to get some naps around here.

I had tried a rocker but he told me to bash that. He seems startled whenever he isn't on a body. Poor little sod.

Last night was rough, he puked out of his nose and did the constant startle reflex thing they do when totally horrified. It was tough to watch. But afterwards he just tucked into some more boob, and then more, and some more please. milk hog. No wonder he pukes. I swear he eats more at night than during the day cos he uses it to resettle all night.

Thanks Shoe. I'm having an ok morning. Here's hoping I can keep it up (my mood that is, cos I can't bank on anything with Ci).

[BabyWrangler]

Hi Fire,
Does he have a dummy? you may find that will help him settle too (BJ has one, but he pretty much only has it at sleep time).
Try searching for anti-roll pillow there are a few different styles (we have 3 different ones that were given to us from various people!).
If you don't get too many show up, try just searching for pillow in the "baby" category.
If you want any help let me know (Im a bit of an ebay junkie!), just drop me a pm, or email me
shelley@lurgen.com

On a personal note for us:
We have removed Zantac from the mix completely. He'd had a dose about 4am yesterday and then I think we accidently skipped one, he's had a really good day, then when he had his dose at about 6pm, and it all went to crap, the crampy look, the crying, the not sleeping, the straining.
On much deeper investigation, hundreds and hundreds of people report the same reactions from their kids, and then have shifted to I think its losec?.
We are going to the Chiropractor this arvo to have him adjusted (chiros can work wonders for reflux apparently), and the Paed on thursday.
We are keeping him off the Zantac til thursday to see how he goes.
I think the lower does moves through his system faster though, because at midnight he went to sleep and slept right through til 6, I put his dummy in, he went back to sleep til 7:30, had a feed, was back asleep at 8:15, and now, at nearly 11am, he's still asleep!
Will have to see how the rest of the day goes!