Babies Born August 16th ~ 31st 2009

[~Trish~]

Hi Nadine! Sounds like you have been doing it a bit tough. I'm glad things are settling down a bit for you, it will get better and better, I promise! Swings are great aren't they? Our swing was a lifesaver for DS2, it gave me that little bit of extra time to get things done. I also love our Baby Bjorn atm, I can get dinner, etc. finished while Alana sleeps (it's her fussy nap hour so it's easier just to wear her LOL). I too feel sorry for my boys, I'm always telling them to be quiet! It doesn't really work though .

All is going pretty well with us, I contacted a baby sleep Dr via email regarding day naps and he gave me some advice that so far is working well. I was struggling to get good day naps out of Alana and I don't have time to rock her off to sleep and go in and out of her room all the time because I have the two boys to supervise too. He gave me great advice, including not keeping her up more than about 40 minutes at a time. If babies get overtired they are much harder to settle off to sleep and they don't sleep as deeply which keeps perpetuating until they barely sleep and are really unsettled. Since changing my ways she has been sleeping so much better and I am feeling much less stressed.

I'm looking forward to longer stretches of sleep at night though! Last night I fed her at 8:30pm and she didn't feed again until 3:30am, then again at 7:30am. Our best night yet, hooray for only one overnight feed! I won't hold my breath that she'll do it again tonight though LOL! I hope she is learning to go a bit longer though, I might start feeling human again sometime soon.

I have put my business on hold atm, but I'm still operating online (processing online orders). It has been so busy for some reason! I'm getting at least one order a day which is such a pain because I have to package it and get it posted. And lots of people want to come in and pick their goods up which is another pain again! It's so hard to coordinate feeds and sleeps around customers, especially when they don't show up or are really late, grrrrrr! So somehow I am still running a business amongst all the chaos, it's ridiculous, but I don't want to shut the website down because it will take a long time to build things up again later. Poor DH has heard me rant and rave about it a lot

I hope everyone is doing well, come and post in here when you get the chance!

[koru]

Hi all,
I've been very slack about posting in here haven't I? My excuse is that posting in two threads is so demanding! tee hee
Seriously tho: today is my 6 week check with my GP. I'm pretty sure what I want to do on the contraception front (will give the mini pill a whirl and see how we go with that) but vaccinations are doing my head in! I really wanted to delay any til after 6 months but this whooping cough outbreak has thrown a monkey wrench in my carefully researched plans. If it came a single shot it'd be a no-brainer but the triple vax is the smallest combo it comes as - or we could go the whole hog with the 6-in-one (which I'm loathe to do). Does anyone know if you opt for the 3-in-one combo over the 6-in-one that is on the national schedule whether you still get it for free or cos you've deviated from protocol you have to pay for it yourself?
I'm also very slack at doing personals I know - sorry I do read all your posts!
Slackness number 3: I STILL haven't written my birth story! Must do it before all the details get lost in a haze......I can barely keep up with my emails and a bit of posting with the few minutes I can snatch on the computer these days......

[Doing my best]

Hi all,

Hope it is so quiet in here cause everyone is enjoying their little bubbas.. I can't believe DS is now 8 weeks. Where has the time gone?

I am starting to function without Nanna naps now. DS seems to have dropped the 10ish feed at night, so at moment, down about 5.30 - 6, then up anywhere between 1 and 2, then 3 hrs after that.. Until he thinks of a better plan, I am enjoying it..

We have lots of smiles and goos and gaas.. For me, I forgot the simple pleasures of a newborn. DD loves having 'Baby'. Always wanting to nurse, and stand beside the change table. She also loves putting the dummy in his mouth every time he cries (and take it out so he will cry and she can fix him, LOL).

DS loves bath time, and anything else that involves DD. As much as she is full on, he smiles when she is near dancing and stuff, he cries if I put him the bath without her, LOL.. Think they are going to be good friends.

Almost time that I can go to bed (am recording something for DH cause I forgot to set the timer). And who knows when I will pop back in. Seem to be forever in a mountain of washing (2 in cloth nappies) and life and social gatherings are just so much busier with 2.

Hope to hear how you are all going soon.

[~Trish~]

Hi everyone!

Great to hear from you Heather! It is hard to believe our bub's are 8 weeks old already isn't it?! Your DS sounds like he is going great . DD loves her brothers too, especially DS1, she will instantly stop crying and start chatting if she sees him LOL.

Alana is going great, sleeping for 8 hour stretches overnight which is soooo nice! I put her to bed for the night at around 7pm, give her a dream feed at 8:30pm and she usually wakes up at 4:30am for another feed, then up for the day at just after 7:30am. I am very happy with that, especially because I have two other kids to look after during the day

Well, she's just woken up so I'd better go feed her. Take care everyone!

[Nadine]

Hello ladies,

How is everyone doing?

Well it is hard to believe that Mia will be 3 months old next week. I am kind of glad though that the hard times have past. We still have no routine as such because Mia still feeds smaller feeds but more frequently (even though she is formula fed now) so slotting her into a routine is a bit difficult. She does have her 2.5-3hrs sleep in the mornings though and the afternoon consists of smaller sleeps or one 1.5hr sleep and a 40min sleep.

We only breastfeed at night now and even then she will have a bottle of formula to top her up. I tried everything (even a supply line) but nothing would get her to latch on during the day. So I made peace with it and she is now mostly formula fed (my supply is slowly dwindling). AF has returned too as a result. Yay, NOT!

I am also pleased that she has been sleeping in her cot at night for 5 nights now. She didn't care one bit, which was good. Now we have our bed back LOL (although she was no dramas in it).

And height and weight wise she is in the 97th percentile (like her sister). At 10weeks she was 62cm long (so she is startign to wear 00's) and yesterday she weighed in at 7kg with only a body suit on. Little fatty. Thing is she doesn't nearly reach the recommended intake of formula a day, so I believe genes have kicked in a bit. Her daddy (although being very thin now) was a chubba as a baby. And he was fully breastfed.

Kayla is going well. Just being a typical 3.9yr old *sigh* PMSL.

[~Trish~]

Hi Nadine! Long time no hear LOL. I'm glad things have settled down with Mia now. Well done on persisting with BF'ing for as long as you did! Wow, she is a great size! Alana was 5.35kg and 60cm at her 2 month check.

I've been chatting a bit in the early August thread, you are welcome to join us in there if you like

All is going good with us. Alana is sleeping well and is a very happy, chatty little girl. She is starting to laugh and she is very social. She has a huge gummy smile for anyone who will talk to her. She came down sick with a nasty cough and cold recently which affected her sleep, but luckily she's back to normal now.

I hope everyone is well!

[mad4e]

hello ladies
i have finally found some time to get on here and see how everyones been going.

congrats to everyone and there beautiful new editions and glad to hear that everything seems to be going well.

Aiden is now 3 1/2 months around 66cm long and almost 7kg.
he smiles at everything, loves laughing and playing with daddy and for the last 2 weeks has discovered how to grab toys, its so cute i could watch him all day.
Also for the last week and a half we have been on formula due to me no longer mking enough milk for the little piggy , but has taken to it with no problems so all is good.

Still waiting for Aiden to sleep through the night


As for my birth story.. it was pretty quick, i had started getting contractions at 5:30 friday morning ( had no braxton hicks through out pregnancy) by 3pm they were about 6-8 mins apart, at 4:30pm we went to the hospital, was hooked up to check the babys heartbeat was for 20 mins, went to the toilet.. water broke.. midwife came to check how things were.... i was fully dialated and was told if i felt like pushing to go ahead... 55 mins later at 6:55pm Aiden was born


i betta get off now .. feeding time plus my mind has gone blank :P oh well.

LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST XMAS AS A FAMILY