is everyone that had a boy getting him snipped? those who already have boys??
we dont think we will get tom done but am still thinking??
Daneille you dont need to wait for a meeting to get help, call the group leader or hotline....dont wait!
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is everyone that had a boy getting him snipped? those who already have boys??
we dont think we will get tom done but am still thinking??
Daneille you dont need to wait for a meeting to get help, call the group leader or hotline....dont wait!
danielle , there are 24hr bf counsellers have you called them?? milly's right , dont delay
milly , nix is au naturel , we never even thought about it really ... but my sister got her boy done , i guess its a personal decision.. tbh i dont like the look of a baby boy's winkie that has been snipped.., i sleep with a boob out too ... but i find when she is next to me she sleeps for hours , and so far during the day she sleeps in the papasan cradle the swings from side to side ... so i am yet to get my butt into gear and find some settling routiens .... (did you get my pm ??)
i cant tell if gabby has wind or its colic... she screams after a feed , i tried a premiee dummy and a nuk , and wont take either . finally i have come to the realization that shes just not into dummies...
so to restore the calm , she goes on the boob again ... is it ok to let her suckle on my boob and not be feeding ?? am i doing her more damage , creating more pain ?? or am i creating a rod for my own back ??
hope you have a nice birthday danielle ...
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Hi girls,
Well, we are doing pretty well today. Went to the LC clinic today for some more help with bf. It was good. The LC I saw was the same as who helped me with Lily. She's really nice and helped me with some basics that I was doing wrong and it has changed everything! So hopefully this will be the end of my tears at feed times.
DH is trying to not give Lily milk in her bottles tonight. He's been weaning her off it, slowly putting water into it. I don't think it will change much, she'll probably just wake for water instead, LOL! The mchn referred us to the early support team for her sleeping to try to make things easier for me when DH goes back to work. She's coming on Monday, hopefully with some useful strategies.
I had about 4hrs broken sleep last night. I tried Liam in his cradle, so that DH could sleep in our bed for a change, he's been on the lounge since we came home cause he wont cosleep with the kids when they're so little. But I would like to get him into the cradle.Liam's day sleeping is atrocious!!! He's just not settling without me. He won't sleep in his cradle unless he's really dead asleep when I put him in there. Maybe I should ask the sleep lady on Monday. Luckily I got to sleep this arvo. I was seriously falling asleep when feeding Liam a few times today. We slept for 3hrs. And it was blissful!! Especially as today has been really cold, rainy and miserable in Sydney.
Our house is a shambles. There's crap everywhere, I need to wash up and the pile of clothes is multiplying in the laundry. Everyone keeps on telling me not to worry, but seriously there's some things that you HAVE to do, that you HAVE to worry about. Like washing clothes and dishes. Regularly. More regularly than I have been.....Things like mopping and stuff,fair enough you can not do for a while, but washing up, cleaning toilets, things like that, has to be done!!!
Anyway, got to fix dinner and Lily is sooking....
Done this the lazy way...just cut and pasted from other baby buddies. Sorry no personals. No time....not enough time in the day!!!!!!!!!
i hear you on that one kel!! my house was a dump , i got so sick of it today i spent about 2 hrs cleaning ... sooo much washing !!
i have a cradle , but atm its full of crap
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charmalea - Ah 5 hours of shopping, what bliss. What do you do to feed whilst you are out and about?? So far I haven't been out at the shops when Chloe is needing to feed. Today I visited my mum at a conference that her company was holding so I went upstairs to her hotel room to feed chloe (was held in a hotel) but wondering how to do it if I'm at the shops. Tomorrow I'm going shopping for new clothes, I'm in the same boat as you, everything I have is stretched, well mainly shirts and I want new jeans and shoes too. So if I'm gone longer than 2 hours, which I'm betting I will be then I'm wondering what to do about feeding Chloe..on wed i spent the whole day in bed .. it was soo nice , just me and gabby ... and then yesterday we all went into brisbane to ther dfo and shopped for about 5 hrs ... i really needed some new clothes so we went there , i know i will lose a bit of weight between now and summer but i really couldnt hang oiut in maternity tackpants till then !!
gabby is windy one too.. we tried happy baby newborn size but she just gags on them , so i'll try the premmiee size , or avent ....maybe even the nuk shape ...she needs something i get no sleep , i want to help her ease her pain by letting her suckle but she'll drink more and make it worse... i can her her tummy gurgling and i hate seeing her wince in pain
For the wind, have you tried INFANTS FRIEND.. It is ok for use with newborns and is a natural product. I use it with Chloe as she gets bad wind and upset belly and it calms her down really quickly and she nods off to sleep. Check out the name dot com dot au for more info. Chloe's belly does the same think you described, gurgles and she screams in pain pulling her legs up. When she can manage to pass some wind it helps but otherwise I feel helpless.
melsta - I'm going to get a Nuk dummy tomorrow. Chloe likes her Happy Baby ones but she sucks the absolute %%%% out of them and they have all gone flat. Maybe the nuk might be able to withstand her sucking.
Yes Chloe likes her sleep. Was really quite confusing at first as LC was saying at least 7 feeds per 24 hours, some were saying wake her every 4 hours, some were saying leave her to sleep but now I'm leaving her 6 hours max at night and then she is happily doing her 3-4 hours during the day and then wanting a feed. She really has been very good to us on the sleeping side of things. Granted I have only slept in my bed about 5 times since coming home and the rest on the lounge but that is fine with me for the time being. Easier for me to get up to her in the loungeroom and not disturb hubby.
Danielle_M HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!
US - Not much to report. Today we made a trip into the inner suburbs to visit my mum at a conference her company was running. She was proud and got to show off her grand-daughter so that was good. She was really good in the car, our longest car trip so far. Didn't cry on our way in and only a few little cries on way home until I pulled over and stuck dummy in. She was very well behaved.
Tomorrow we are trying a shopping trip for clothes for myself. I am kinda excited as really need some new stuff. Especially t-shirts. All my normal ones are stretched from my belly so don't look flattering. My jeans are fine as I wore my normal jeans the whole PG just used a belly belt but they are old ones anyway so going to plurge on new ones. Also need some new casual shoes. Didn't bother while PG as I had swelling in my feet and legs and didn't want to get wrong size that wouldn't fit after Chloe arrived.
Then in the afternoon we have some family coming to visit who haven't seen Chloe yet and then a friend is coming over for a visit so that'll be lovely. We really haven't had many visitors since we've been home. Hubby goes back to work on Monday so then it'll just be the two of us. Happily though hubby generally finishes work by 1-2pm daily but has an early 4am start.
Anyway chat soon..
Belinda
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Can I join in??
Hi Girls...
I've noticed that most of you were following my pre birth story, for those that don't just a quick run down from me.
My waters broke on Aug 13th, at 31wk + 1 day gestation. 15 days later I developed an infection & went into labour an hour later. My little boy was born on August 28th, at 33wks + 2 days. He is still in the SCN & will be for at least another couple of weeks.
I developed mastitis Thursday night & was terribly sick yesterday. I had a fever of 38.7 & boy did I feel it. My right bb felt like it was gonna explode. Now it's the nipple that's creating me grief. It's got tiny little bubble looking things on it. I'm not sure what it is. I will get the nurse at the SCN to check it out today. It's sore.
I'm looking forward to sharing our journey's in motherhood. This is my first baby so it's all a little new to me.
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Hi Georgi:
i use to work in NICU so i can imagine all the ups and downs you are facing at the moment. Hope your little man can come home soon!
Lea & Kel: thinking that thomas is getting thrown out of my room tonight! just too loud, into the crib and his own room might help me....feel bad for him though as the girls were in our room for much longer... i just cant be bothered listening to him att night and now that grace and eve are showing some promise i want my sleeo LOL
Kel: get you on the cleaning, everyone keeps telling me to stop too but i feel better if the place is clean so surely that is better than a messy house and cranky women!
lea: yes got your pm.....sorry no replyi have always been one to give my bubs free rein on my boobs, i have never found that they over eat or it makes it worse, i have only found that i stress if i listen to people say they are on too much or if i wonder whats wrong, rather than except they are in a boobie faze.... they can suck without making the milk come out.
Wonder how snowy is going?
Hi everyone else.
Us: going to try to have a quiet day at home today as taking all the kids to the redland bay festival tomorrow so will need all my strength LOL...
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Hiya ladies,
WOw, you girls can chat. I seriously don't know where you all get the time!!
Lea, yeah our washing pile has a life of its own. I just can't find the time to clean much at the moment. I'm sturggling with time, even with DH here! I have no idea how I will do it without him. Today has been a bit easier, for both of Lil's sleeps, Liam has been sleeping too, so we have had time to clean, though can't do any washing since it's raining cats and dogs here.
Georgi, welcome!! I have read some of what has been going on for you, though have not kept up. I hope your little one grows strong and healthy quickly.
I have mastitis too. Had fevers of 40degrees. And my bb was soo hot and sore. It is absolutely the worst feeling isn't it?? I hope you're on the mend. Be careful it doesn't come back though, it is apparently a very easily recurring infection.
Milly, I wish I had space for Liam to be in his own room, but unfortunately we live in a 2br unit. I don't want to put him in with Lily yet cause she has her own sleep issues, so he's with us, well me. I'm cosleeping at the moment and DH won't sleep with us, so he's on the lounge, by his own choice! I do wan't to put him in his own bed, but he just won't sleep there for long. His sleeping is pretty bad at the moment. I have someone coming to help with both of them on Monday.
We have had a pretty good day here. Lily and Liam have both managed to time their sleeps at the same time today, yay!!! I hope it stays like this.....not getting my hopes up though! But it has been a miserable day weather wise here, which always depresses me.
DH is trying to wean Lily off her night bottles. She did well last night, with not too much crying, hopefully tonight will be the same or better!
Ok gotta go, going to mums for dinner, yummo!
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