Niamh - we posted at the same time hun. Not sure about vras but i find the bonds bf bras sooo comfy and really supportive plus they arent too $$$$$$
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Lea - i have the nuk newborn dummy for alicia and she happily sucks away. its the only one she took to of all the brands. Ali uses it to fall asleep on but then spits it as she converts to the land of nod ....Nice effort going shopping - DFO is great i love the sydney one ... hope you found some good stuff ....
Julie - ouch on your scar .... how painful it must be !! Have you noticed yor scar seems bruised? Mine is quite tender above the scar line and I have to wait for DH to come home tonight to take me to the dr to check it as it is also tender to touch ....
Belinda - sounds like you have a nice little sleeper there - 11 hours wow!!! Has scott gone back to work yet ??
Niamh - Welcome to our group! I hope you find support & friendship in here in the absence of your family - not that anything can replace family but you are free to moan away in here all you need to in order to keep sane!!
Kell - sorry to hear you have been having a tough time hun. All sounds so painful for you ... hope things continue to improve for you so you can feel like your old self again xo
Milly - hun more power to you for coping without dh .... you are superwoman!!! i love the bribe tactics but should be a fun show .... i got my blues day 4 i think but at night when everything seemed a thousand times worse - still does too lol !!! if only we lived closer then i could legitimately offer if you needed anything while dh was away just holler out .... xo
Danielle - how are you going milk supply wise now hun ?? hope things are improving? have you decided what you are doing for your birthday yet ??
We are going ok here. Really getting frustrated at the whole no driving no lifting things rule when I normally am so organised and have everything done ... hard to learn to rely on others so much .... DH working hard but hopefully home early today so I can go to dr otherwise waiting for weather to clear and i will walk down. Ali had sticky eye as well and nurses said the same about breastmilk as it is full of natural goodness !!!
Ali doing well - 4 weeks old next monday on dates cant believe how quick it is going. she feeds every 3-3.5 hours like clockwork and is gaining weight nicely. this morning she has been a little horror though. i feed her at 630 and she still not fully asleep she gets herself to the point of sleep then wakes up again lol ... aaargh lololol one of those days today ....
hope everyone going ok today. is everyone stoked about fathers day - i cant wait to spoil dh on his first one !!!
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Niamh - we posted at the same time hun. Not sure about vras but i find the bonds bf bras sooo comfy and really supportive plus they arent too $$$$$$
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Wow you have all been so busy...
No time for personals..sorry.
Thomas is tougne tied, evie was too so it doesnt suprise me too much. What was funny is that it took me two weeks to figure it out. My nipple was sore after feed and white and bent...but no did i think about it LOL... need more sleep - if to make logical decisions
Got an appointment in at a specialist tuesday, its a quick cut but do wish DH was going to be home.... oh well.
All kids slept well last night just not at the same timebut happy to know that we are getting there and wont have to give up one for adoption! LOL
i will write more personals later, am trying to get organised so i can have a sleep today
take care
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Milly I wouldnt be too hard on yourself as yes no sleep can play havoc with our ability to think logically ... still hope all goes well at the appointment and you get some sleep today !
Ali is finally asleep. I ended up walking to the doc who said my scar is perfectly normal and looks to be healing well so the pain and tenderness is more than likely the muscles repairing themselves but all good as nothing to worry about. I cant believe she stayed awake that long though. She finally went to sleep after another feed (this after chucking back the entire, I swear, 930am feed) ... so in desperation I went for the walk to the doc where she was asleep until screaming kiddies in the surgery woke her. When we got home she fed again at 1130 and has been asleep since 12 .... so lets hope this is a decent sleep as she was awake since 630 this morning or something like that ... still better during the day than at night ......
DH home early today too so at least I can get some rest time in ................
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Thanks Mel, I guess as the bubs get older we will have to get use to them sleeping less. Poor Ali being woken at the Drs but glad that your scar is ok and that now you dont need to waste the time your DH is home going to the Docs.
I slept from 10 til 1 yippy, Thomas makes so much noise....wonder how long it will be before i heave him out of my room. He resettles himself really well but at night i want to shut him up quicker so i try sticking a boob in his face, he then has a bit and we both fall asleep together....then he wakes and starts settling himself again but i already have the boob out so think he has just come off LOL then i look at the clock and its really been 2hrs LOL..... Where as through the day i hear him then before i can get to him he is asleep again........ Poor little man, he'll be having nightmares about boobs soon
Grace is due home from kindy soon and that means mum and dad will drop eve off too..... quiet was nice while it lasted
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Hi everyone, I'm lurking. I will catch up on personals soon.
Very tired & having big probs trying to get Tobias on the boob. Milk still there, cant pump any out anymore, he wont attatch either. I can still squeeze a bit out so happy milk hasn't gone. I called ABA but no meetings until the end of this month so about 3 weeks to wait, hopefully wont be too late by then.....
DD started swimming lessons today, I didnt have her enrolled through the colder months as she misses too many pre paid lessons when sick. Of course this year when she wasn't enrolled she didnt get sick but had I enrolled her she would have been sick for sure.
Tobias needs to have his belly button checked & his left hip. The ECHN came by & they're the things she wants double checked by a doctor. She said she didnt know if the clicking noise was coming from his left hip or knee so best to get checked. His belly button is sticking out a bit more than normal so needs to be checked. I also need to get a referal for circumcision (sp?) which needs to be done soon.
We're going out to dinner tonight for my birthday, I think MIL may have asked DH what we're doing for my birthday which reminded him about it, he mentioned it for the first time yesterday even asking what I wanted for a pressie, cutting it a bit fine as its tomorrow but oh well. So we're going out with his family, I would have preferred a nice quiet dinner out alone with DH but this will be nice aswell.
I hope everyone is well, sleeping as much as possible etc.
I promise i'll try to catch up properly soon
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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..
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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 reply
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!
belinda, i fed gab in the mothers room , they have comfy couches or gliders to feed in , but today i went shopping ( YES AGAIN... but i swear this time it was for fathers days gifts) and i fed gab in the cafe and on a couch in the shops and walking around office works
Hi , and welcome Georgi , hope your bub is going great guns . and i feel you on the mastitis .. and yes just be careful it doesnt come back, i expressed full time when DS was born for 2 months and had mastitis often ...
gabby is in the middle of colic hour right now ... i dont know if its colic / reflux or newborn behaviour ... she woke screaming from her nap and dh burped her , then she screamed just before she pooped .. then fed like there was no tomorrow then spewed it all up ... then screamed and arched her bag , pulls the legs in .. and spews and burps .. now has the hiccups ... now i have to change her suit coz it smells like spew and i dont want to be smelling it all night ..
milly , i have been giving her free range of the boob ... it feels nice to know i can comfort her .. my mum said i was spoiling her though .. i just ignored it ... she was also carring her around the shops for a bit and then said , " oh i better put her in the pram , dont want to spoil her now" , i was just saying to DH earlier this morning that i felt bad for having her in the pram for so long and olny picking her up when she cried .....she cried heaps today , probably coz she wasnt close to me
gotta go give some bed time cuddles to nixon ..
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Morning every one
How is every one doing now
does any one else feel like the slightedt thing would throw them in to tears im fine but the slightest thing throws me altogeather LOL
short and sweet booby time again
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I also cry over the smallest things. May have something to do with being exhausted?Morning every one
How is every one doing now
does any one else feel like the slightedt thing would throw them in to tears im fine but the slightest thing throws me altogeather LOL
short and sweet booby time again
Lea Tobias has times like that too where he cries & spews etc. I think the times he does it is when he may have a bit of wind but usually just when he's really tired & just needs to be wrapped tight & cuddled to help him get off to sleep. I hope Gabby passes the stage for you soon, its hard not knowing what they need!
Kellie Yay to the kids sleeping at the same time today! I hope it keeps up, makes a big difference especially when they are close in age like yours. DD got up about 2 mins after DS went down today but I think its easier when they're older as they can amuse themselves easier? Good luck with the weaning
Milly I hope you enjoyed the festival & you didnt do too much walking etc at least today the weather was better than yesterday for you!
Georgi Welcome to our group. I had sort of been following your journey & so glad all has turned out well for you. I hope he is home with you soon & the next couple of weeks dont drag for you.
Snowchickie Hope you got some good clothes while shopping
Melsta Glad to hear your scar is healing well. I cant believe Ali is already a month old!!!! I bet she's really settled in now
kellie: nixon still has a sippy cup of milk at bed time ... he is 2 next month, so i should be thinking about weaning him too .. apart from tooth decay(which he does not have but i worry about it) i dont really think twice about giving him a milk ..... it clams him down and makes him drowsy enough to make him sleep ..its still so nice to see a baby at 2 yrs old milk drunk
gabby was unsettled all night last nigh she slept until midnight and then fed about 6 times between then and 7 am ... soooo tired ..
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