Babies Born August 16th - 31st 2008

[snowchickie79]

these hydro gel discs seem popular, must go check them out..

ok , i dont know what to do , do i give a dummy or not , gab is very windy , she'll feed but gulp down air and then cry in pain , nothing works and she is only settled when she is on the boob , about every 20mins and then just sucks , not feeds.. she will fall asleep , and if you take her off , she'll wake when you lay her down then she needs boob to settle again ..

ihave a dummy here , a hienz baby basic one , its a 0-6 mth one but its huge , she gags on it and its really firm , so i guess i have to dtry another or , do you think this is a phase that will passs,

me soo tired

charmalea - Yep the hydro gel discs are great. A+ recommendation. I got mine at BigW. Woolies don't seem to stock them but BigW had them last week for $5 or so a box of 12.

Chloe has had wind also and she will happily fall asleep without dummy when she is "milk drunk" but we've found it very calming for when she is unsettled but not hungry. We found the larger dummies would catapolt out her mouth when she sucked and so the cherry shaped were best and we just got her the Happy Baby dummies ($3 or so for pack of 3) and she likes these ones best. A few have gone flat but at $3 a pack i'm happy to buy more when she needs them.

Belinda we had our babies the same day & only about half an hour apart!! LOL Congrats on your beautiful baby girl

Danielle_M - Oh how cool and thanks for the congrats.. Nice to know someone else who was going through it at the same time as I was.

Melsta - Yep very small world. When I saw Alicia's name I knew it was you..


US - Well we hit a BF snag yesterday, my milk supply dropped dramatically. I went to OB and he gave me script for motilium so see how that goes. One day I was overflowing, next day zippo..Bizarre is all I can say but as a result Chloe has been quite unsettled. Hubby goes back to work next Monday which I'm dreading. I'm trying to work out how on earth I'll do things like take a shower or make myself food as at the moment hubby is comforting/settling Chloe while I do these things. Going to be a whole new juggling act. Hopefully she is more settled by Monday and hopefully my milk comes back with avengence and then i'll be happy.

[*charmalea*]

hang in there belinda , you will fall into a rythm that works...i remember with nixon , i hung out in my jammies all day ...

gee i have a boob monster .. i had just settled and fed gab , layed her down , picked up the laptop and she starts screaming .... nothing but the boob settels her ..

anyone elses bub a spewer too??? spew spew spew all day every feed ...

im off to bed early , was walking around today and felt like i was peeing my self...i was feeling really faint too ... my bleeding was reaqlly heavy and my tummy was tender....i dont think im getting enough rest..i seem to be busy .. tomorrow im staying in bed, but i feel bad im not with nixon enough... argh mothers guilt

[Niamh75]

Hello Mind if I join in

I had my little girl just a week ago today and she is great a real good baby its me thats not so great seem to be a bleeding sore girl bits crying mess when do those baby blues hit

I guess it is because im so far away from my family they are all in Ireland really missing them think a early night is in order That will sort me out for sure LOL

Sorry for the moan a minute post

[*charmalea*]

moan away Nimah , its ok .. baby blues can hit around day 3-4 and last a short while ... but any longer than 2 weeks i would see a doctor , it may lead to pnd .... try going for a 20min evening walk to get out of the house and get some fresh air it will be good for you , dh and Eireann ..

im glad you popped in her actually , i was stalking your pics in the gallery as i noticed that your little girl has got "back" ... meaning she's , er "quite a big one " .. i even stalked the B/A to find her stats ... ( no wonder your girl bits are sore )

have you had your 1 week check up at the doctor , if you still have heavy bleeding its best to get it checked .... but try and rest as much as you can ....
What did she weigh at birth??? and can you share the height and h/c too ?? we'd all love to know ..

and how old are your boys ?? i bet they are keeping you busy too ..


arrrgh what the hell has happened to my left boob !?!?!?!?!?! its sooo engorged i cant even get my sore red stinging nipple to come out ... i am too scared to pump as i dont want to empty it and then get engoreged all overagain ...
every time gab suck at it its like hot pokers shooting through it ... and its tender to touch around the nipple area , im hoping its not thrush ... im sitting here with my boob out giving it fresh air ... i think i did something to it when i had a washable breast pad in and left it too long ... ( i knew i should leave those things alone till my milk selltes and im not leaking ... i couldnt help my self , they are too soft ) and last night i could sleep with my right boob out and gab would latch on herself and i wouldnt leak .. but my left ... oh i dreaded that feed ...i dont know if i should just to to a baby clinic to see a nurse or a doctor for it .... had to take panadol for the pain

[MrsFabuloso]

Hi girls,

sorry I've been mia, I haven't been well for a few days, with mastitis. It seems to be settling now though, no longer too feverish and I seem to be able to function today! Liam got his first bath in about 3 days today, LOL. I just couldn't do it before I felt too crappy.
BF is going ok besides the mastitis. It's not as painful as it was a few days ago, though my right nipple is still pretty badly damaged. Liam loves his booby and has been on and off every 3hrs or less. I don't know if he really needs that much milk, but it seems to be the only thing that settles him. I try to burp, jiggle, pat, wrap, dummy....but only booby works.
Ok gotta go, I hope you and your bubs are all well!!

[Niamh75]

*charmalea* thanks I felt so down last night couldnt think of my mam and sisters with out crying feel a lot better today a good night sleep helps I think ill be watching my self dont want it to go on any longer im flattered you looked up im so slow hadnt put up any of her stats and i must do my birth story make an intersting read lol oh for your sore boob if you do express dont empty it as it fills up quicker try expressing a little before you DD feeds to ease the pain it will ease off when your body adjusts to the baby needs I had that on my last baby so uncomfortable it does settle just keep feeding though

Any way Eireann was 8lbs 8 and a half 3865kgs
length 50
H,C 36 (on the bigger side) lol I felt every bit of it worth it though

i had a check up with the health nurse yesterday and she is 3559 now has grown 2 cm but her head measured 35 cm that normal may to do with the bit of weight she lost
my bits feel a little better today still swollen feels like pressure on them having showers helps though so ill get there

I asked the health nurse about her belly button the cord bit hadnt fallen off and it was a bit smelly and I dont think water is working on it but she said it was ok any one use any special powder on it to dry it up im a bot worried its hurting her

and she has a sticky eye this morning any thing I can get for that

kellieem you poor thing I got that with my DS when he was about 4 months old never felt so sick but it went after antibotis I remember i had to put my ds on a pillow and hold his hands so he couldnt touch my boob the pain when he first latched on I remember it went quick though and I was able to keep BF so I was happy with that sending you get better quick vibes

[*charmalea*]

squrit breast milk into her eye its great for it ... and her stump, hmm waht about salt water ...im not sure about the cord , but i know they get a bit smelly befoer they fall off ... was erieann born on the 26th ???

[Niamh75]

squrit breast milk into her eye its great for it ... and her stump, hmm waht about salt water ...im not sure about the cord , but i know they get a bit smelly befoer they fall off ... was erieann born on the 26th ???

Yep the 26 at 21.21 Ill try the breast milk her cord fell off after her bath this morning so hope thats the end of it poor little thing

oh and i forgot to say my boys are 7,5 and 2 busy little monkeys but they have been great with Eireann love her even my 2 year old i was so worried about him but all he wants to do is kiss her its so cute