Babies Born August 16th - 31st 2008

[Party-of-five]

hi girls
how is it that babies can tell the very moment your about to eat, shower or sit on the toilet!?
thanks lea for the sugar tip it was so nice watching lucy having a poo without looking like her head was about to explode mind you her nappy nearly did i couldnt belive that much poo come out such a small person
lucy is trying to make her own routine but everytime i think i know what shes doing she has a bad day but then seems to settle back into the same feed and sleep times.
oh yeah about the mum thing im 27 and still worry everytime she comes round that shes going to 'tell me off' for something...but i still love her to bits
I also get very bored at home thats why im so glad that i found this lovely bunch of girls to share my everyday stuff and worries with
bye for now
tasha

[snowchickie79]

oh and this is a really dumb question but the 6 week check up how does that go i had GD so when i make an appointment should i book the gtt and how much do the dotors normally charge for the check up

Niamh75 Didn't realise you were a fellow GD sufferer. I had GD with CHloe also. I had my 6 week checkup on Wednesday. OB did a pap smear and just checked all healed. I asked about the GTT as he didn't mention it and said that yeah I should probably have another test done as it was unusual that I got it. He gave me the thing to go get it done and said to go around the 3 month timeframe. Some people have said they've had theirs at 6 weeks and I assumed that also but OB said 3 months. I guess he is giving me plenty of time for my body to adjust back. Have you done any BSL's since birth? I did a few in hospital and they were all under 7 and I did one 1hr and 2hr after a bowl of ice-cream with topping and again under 7.

I have a question for the group about growth spurts. We had a rather odd day yesterday where Beth wanted to sleep all day. She was so sleepy that at one point I could barely wake her and I got all panicky and took her temp (normal) and starting googling symptoms. In the end I thought fine if you want to sleep then I will put you to bed (6pm), but when i was undressing her to change into a sleep suit she perked right up and became the baby I know and love, really alert and wanting to play. So then I thought perhaps she was too hot so I let her kick around on her play mat for 10 mins wearing just a body suit and socks. Anyway, the googling yielded sleepiness as a side effect of a growth spurt. Has anyone else experienced this?

And does anyone here follow a 'routine'. I have been letting Beth set the routine and it has been working for all of us, but I'm starting to think that I should get her now used to going to bed at 7pm instead of 9ish. I tried to start a routine today but because she was acting so oddly sleepy it didn't really work! Oh well I will try again tomorrow!
Erin

Erin - Yep have seen that Chloe got sleepy around her growth spurts. At 3 weeks she slept 11 hours straight and scared the #### out of me. I was poking her to make sure she was still breathing. Chloe loves "no nappy time" where I just pop her on a disposable change mat with her nappy off and she kicks and kicks like there is no tomorrow. Normally a wee follows and then when she starts getting a little cranky I dress her again and she is happy.

I haven't tried to set a routine for Chloe but I'm finding she is just making one herself. I note down her feed times as I was shocking in the beginning at remembering when she had fed and when she might be "due". And I can see a pattern now. If she wakes at around 4am then she has a different pattern than if she wakes around 7am but it's usually one of those times is her first feed and it goes from there. Because I am demand feeding it was just easier to do things as she wanted them and now she is putting herself in a routine which is great.

US - Well BF"ing is still an issue. I think my supply is now suffering because Chloe is not feeding properly. I have an appt with LC on Wednesday (was today but they had to change it). We had a shocker day on Wednesday after I had a chicken stir fry for dinner Tues night. She was up most of Wednesday with belly pains and no poo followed. I ended up sleeping on the lounge with her Wed night as she wouldn't lay flat on her back for more than 30 seconds without screaming in pain, and a blood curdling scream I might add. So yesterday we were much better. She had the afternoon with her poppy (alone without nana i might add) and he fed her EBM and a FF comp and they had a nap together then she came home and was all good. Then last night my supply was low so I had a 90ml EBM in the fridge and gave it to her. About an hour later she started screaming again and that was when I realised that half the EBM I'd expressed on Wed Night and half the Thurs morning so she'd gotten half a feed from the stir fry incident. Not happy jan and I felt so bad for her. I ended up giving her a full FF at 9pm to try and flush her out and voila!!!!! Mind you it resulted in her 2nd bath for the day and with mummy in with her.

This morning at 4am she fussed with BF and I had another 90ml EBM (from last night) so i gave her that and then she slept with me till 8.45am. I gave her 35 min BF at 9am but then she was fussing afterwards still even though she went to sleep on me so i gave her a 60ml comp FF and she finished it in record time, gave her another FF and she took another 30ml so I'm really not sure how much she is getting from the BF'ing at this stage.

I'm wondering if I'd be better of just expressing and giving her EBM and then a FF afterwards depending on what I've been able to express. At least I'd know what she was getting and would be less fussing with making up FF's etc.. So not sure what to do!

Sorry for long rant, my typing ers just took on a mind of its own!

[MrsFabuloso]

Well we had another horrible night. And being on my own was terrible! DH was on a night shift and the kids decided they wouldn't sleep again. I think they're communication with each other as to who's turn it is to be awake. When one went to sleep the other woke up. Lily was up about 4 times, once for an hour, Liam was up about 4 as well and once for about 2hrs. I just want to have more than 2 hrs sleep at a time!! I'm hoping tonight is better, DH is on night shift again...I'm soooo tired, only about 3 or 4 hrs sleep again. Thankfully DH is home for a few days from tomorrow. Might go to mums tomorrow and she can look after Lil while I sleep with Liam. Ugh this sooo sucks, I'm really not enjoying it at the moment.....so when does it get easier??
Sorry no personals again, am going to tidy up and go to bed...

[MrsFabuloso]

Hello ladies,

We had a better night last night, kind of. I was up a thousand times, but only quick trips for the dummy for Lily and feeds for Liam. And I went to bed at 7.30 which helped, mind you I didn't actually mange to get to sleep until 9pm cause of the kids...they're determined to not let me sleep, LOL! Though we did get a sleep in, until 6.45am, yay! A sleep in for us we're usually up at 5/5.30am.
DH is home for two days now so I get a bit of a break. He's taken Liam to bed now and Lily has just gone to sleep too. She's going to be up all night, but I just can't deal with her whinging cause she's tired, she fell asleep at the shops but only slept for about 20mins, soooo not enough for her when she's waking 5 times a night (no really it was 5 times last night, more than Liam, at almost 18mths....I really thought by now she'd be sleeping through ). So I have half an hour or so for myself, woohoo!!
I have my 6wk check up next week, I am going to talk to the dr about pnd. I'm a bit worried I might be getting it, or at least some kind of depression. Yesterday was a really horrific day for me and I spent the day in tears. Lucky DH was hoem, though he was meant to be sleeping off a 14hr night shift. In the end he only got about 5hrs sleep...more than me, but still, he has a highly stressful jod which requires him to be alert. (Not that mine doesn't!!) So he helped me calm down, and we had a good talk this morning. I feel better today, but still pretty fragile. I don't know if I can just blame sleep deprivation anymore. I mean I am stiil horribly sleep deprived, and that's at least half of my problem, but I still think it could be depression/anxiety/stress....something like that.
Anyway enough about me!!

Lea, yeah, my mum is pretty good when I REALLY need her. But if she would just see that she could help before I get to the end of my tether then I wouldn't snap, kwim?? And I hear you on the judgement thing, I have that big time, if she comes over I'm constantly makeing excuses why theres washing in the sink or the clothes aren't packed away.
Your routine sounde good, like you hve it down pat! I haven't managed a routine yet and can't get out the door before 10ish. I'm lucky to be dressed by then! I find it hard too cause I have to try to get the two of them down 3 flights of stairs, not fun... But yep I'm soo sick of being home too, and so is Lily, she's so bored of her toys and this place, she's turned into destructo-girl and just pulls stuff apart that she shouldn't. She used to do it before too, but now, OMG, it's anything she can get her grubby little hands on! But it's hard to find motivation when I have to get them both ready and downstairs, then upstairs at the end of it all!

Erin, yayyy @ coming home, I can't imagine the feeling. I love coming home after a short holiday, I can't imagine being away from Aust for so long!
That's excellent that Beth is growing so big. I love having bigger bubs, I thin Liam is going to be a chubba bub, he's starting to grow out of his 000 already and fits into some 00 and he already looks so big for his car capsule. I'm getting him weighed next wed just to see how big he actually is!
We have no routine here, except for DD'S bed time routine! I'm just trying to get through the days here, but at this age I generally just let bub tell me what he wants.

Tasha, glad Lucy's pooing better, ther's nothing worse than a constipated baby. Lily used to get it alot when she was having formula too, I used brown sugar too, works a treat and all natural!!

oookk, gotta go, that's all the time I get, sorry I missed some of you....Hello, and I hope you're all well.

[*charmalea*]

kel, i hope you get a break soon , and have a chat to your doctor , i did say i was getting worried about you , it my not me full blown depression , but it sounds like you need a bit of help ... and a whole lotta sleep ...
i cant believe liam is nearly out of 000 , i bought gabriella a 0000 yesterday as i have a huge stash of 000 and they are all too huge on her .. and i bought some more nappies for over night and i had to buy newborn still , but omg she is getting soo big .. i look at her and just see how much shes grown and its amazing .. and i kwym by lily pulling everything to shreads ... nixon does that too ..

speaking of wich he is awake now ... best go ..

hope everyone is enjoying their weekend .

[Nicambhar]

Hi girls, geez, it's been so hard for me to get on and have my usual daily BB fix over the school hol's. The kids are driving me insane - all I seem to be doing is washing, they use a damned new towel and set of clothes for each time they go into the pool. I kid you not I'm up to about 6 loads of washing a day. Hooray, Monday can't come around quick enough for me.

Arab is going great guns, I have been too slack to even weigh her but have to get her to the dr's this week as she has a red patch on her eyelid that I'm praying won't turn into a port wine birth mark. She has one already on the back of her head and at least it's covered by hair.

Take care in the heat all you Brissie girls. Talk again soon. xx

[kristi14]

Hi girls,

Once again its been days since i have had time to log on here. Its school holidays here and my days seem to be full of appts. I feel so bad that i cant keep up with whats going on with you all like i did when i was pregnant.

We have been trying to sort Chardonnay out, she's still very unsettled. We put her on AR formula and it didnt do anything, so we put her on S26 Soy formula and so farrrrrrrrrr she seems alot better. If this doesnt work then i will try goat formula as a last resort.

Does anyone's babies have spots on thier faces and heads? C does and she has very dry, scaly skin on her ears too, like exzema or dermatitis. Im wondering if she has a milk allergy and its coming out in her skin and with her being extemely unsettled with reflux symptoms. Its so hard isnt it, you just have to use trial and error until you find what works.

Im getting a bit closer to fixing my stomach issues. Got the biopsy results and i dont have the helibactor bacteria, which is sort of bad really cos if i did i would be on antibiotics now and be on the road to recovery. One of the biopsies showed white blood cells and the recommendation was to test me for celiac, which means no gluten if i have it. I had the blood test for that on thursday. I also have to go on a stronger antacid which means i have to stop breastfeeding I cant beleive that, i finally get breastfeeding working for once (even though its not exclusive BF, i still feed her every day) and now i have to stop it cos of medical reasons. But i cant not take these meds, we need to get the inflamation in my oesophegus down, so need the stronger meds to do it.

kel- I would ring up the ENT and plead your case with them to get Lily in earlier, poor little girl, i know how horrible it is, i went through 7 mths worth of it with Ren

I hope you are all well, sorry no personals, soooooooo much to read. One day i will be able to keep up.