Babies Born April 2008

[Sharon19270]

just popping in quickly to say hello to everyone, I know some of you, but will obviously get to know you all over time.

My little (well not so little) man is 2 days old, we started out BF but after only 24 hours my nipples where bruised, bleeding, blistered and causing me pain, and many tears, so I made the decision to switch to bottle feeding and he is going great, he is a little porker and has close to 100ml each feed.

Not sure what else to say at this point, will try and get back on in the next day or so and attempt some personals.

TTFN

[Sequoia]

Woot! Sharon, welcome!

Yay on the arrival of Oliver, he looks adorable!

Not much to report from my end, Baxter feeding well and I resisted the urge to get him weighed today, will save it for Monday.

Time for bed for me as my darling is asleep.

SG
xo

[Butterfly_Princess]

Hey Sharon!! Congrats on your beautiful baby boy and welcome hehe.

I just uploaded one of DP's photo's he took of DD today. Its such a wonderful photo

[Nettie]

Hi there

Just introducing myself to this thread..

Liam's doing brilliantly and we're starting to learn to go to bed when he does!! Got the community midwife coming Monday morning and then we're off to see the Dr (condition of his discharge from hossy) - but other than that, we're just living life!

Liam sleeps in a bassinette at the end of our bed. We have a 'safe and secure' sleeper thingy for the bed, but it doesn't give us much room, so we're reserving it for when he's particularly restless.

He usually sleeps around 3 hrs at a time and is taking anywhere from 50 - 80 mls per feed. I'm expressing BM as he has a cleft palate and hasn't been able to attach to the breast. My supply is going well - got in excess of 150 mls this morning (from both) - which is probably enough for 2 feeds!

We're off for a walk in a minute to the shops as the cats are out of food and we need supplies for us!

Don't you just love how your baby smells??

[Zennie]

Evening everyone

Good to finally take a mo to catch up.

Well ... Russell is doing well, his jaundice is almost gone and hes an absolute pleasure.
As for me i am recovering from C-Sect , Dressings came off today and my scar is healing well. still have limited feeling in the general area and my stretch maks hurt the most but otherwise ok

As for BF - my tits have never been so huge and hard. how long do the tender nipples last???

[Sequoia]

As for BF - my tits have never been so huge and hard. how long do the tender nipples last???

Hey Zennie, congrats on the arrival of Russell, hope things are going well.

My nipples have really only become a lot less tender in the last day or so, and Baxter is just over 2 weeks old. I am vigilant with the Lansinoh which makes a HUGE difference for me.

Nettie - well done on the expressing. I think there is another BB member call PurpleMama (?) whose little boy had a cleft palate and she exclusively BF'd (I think?!) for at least 6 months.

SG
xo

[Nettie]

Nelle! My little Liam has a full head of hair (will post pics soon, I promise) and I just love smelling it! Maybe I'm just strange

It depends on the surgeon, but most cleft palates are operated on between 9-12 months of age. I haven't attended my first appointment yet with the 'cleft clinic' so I'm still a bit 'green' at this stuff yet!

Shoegal - I've already found PurpleMama and have begun chatting with her about our clefty babies! But thanks for the info!

I must say, expressing mustn't be as hard on your boobies because I've had no trouble at all! Sometimes I get *****ling feelings in my nipples when it's time to express, but other than that, no trouble at all! Having said that, I've only been at this around a week!

Can babies get hayfever? My little Liam sneezes a lot... but that might be to do with the cleft palate too - dunno!

[Nelle]

You might be right Nettie, because I know what really screws my boobs is when bub has poor attachment and I don't notice - and you can't get poor attachment with a pump can you!

As for the sneezing, I know Silas sneezes when he's got milk up his nose. Pretty common for babies to get milk up their noses while feeding. In fact, Silas has a cold at the moment, and I think the milk up his nose is a good thing, helps clear him out. On the down side, it means sometimes he's feeding on a tummy full of mucous...ideal spewing conditions.

I was going to bed wasn't I...

[Nelle]

Don't you just love how your baby smells??

What, like spew? :P

Starting to get my head around Silas and his spewing, River was a two bosom boy, would feed one side and then the other, but I think Silas might be a one side at a time kind of kid. I feel like he's not getting enough, but I've got friends who've fed their kids one side per feed, so I'll just have to get used to the idea. But yeah, the spewing seeeems to have lessened since feeding him from one side at a time. Probably too early to tell for sure though.

Just come back from the inlaws and I'm exhausted. Might do the last feed of the night and head to bed.

Big welcome to the girls who've introduced themselves!
Nettie, that's great that expressing's going so well, when do cleft palates get fixed?
Zennie, how old's your bub now? (you need to update your ticker!) I think my milk settled around 1-2 weeks. Can't remember...but we're almost at week 4 and it's been settled for awhile.