Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008 #4

[squidipa]

hey girls!

just a quick note, i haven't read your messages yet but all is well with us. eli is now 8.94kg and 66cm long as of this morning. only interesting thing of note this week is he's currently at 4 days of no poop!! i'm hoping he goes soon... but have heard up to 12 days can be normal.

i'm pretty upset over my friend's child about to die of cancer, probably will be tomorrow so so wrong for anyone to go through that kind of death and pain

xox

congrats on the weight and length he is gong to be such a big healthy boy
I a, very sorry sorry about your friends child i honestly don't know what to say bar from sorry Big hugs!

Pixi if i walked 10k i would be in sooooo much pain even a full day on my legs is too much aching swelling pains yesterday was my full day and i am still rootted!

SB good luck packing hope u get it all sorted soon.

sasha good to read another sleep threw yay!

Joshie lost 70 grams since Wednesday :'( he s feeding this week 7 or 8 feeds daily, i am on those tablets but it seems that my left boob feels fuller some what than right hrmmm any thoughts?

Vic josh is below the 3rd percentile line in weight, when i realized this last night i started freaking out he weighs 4700 and is 15 weeks!!! i am glad tests are being done but sooo freaking out as he is below and they didnt see that at the pead or maybe they did the second pead did say some thing to first pead about keeping him in hospital then looked at me and said but she has other kids so go figure are they really concerned too??? what would happen if they did admit him????

[nagromeyk]

Hi again!

Well went and had K weighed this morning - a gain of 440 grams in two weeks, right on what I thought it would be.

The past week I have been documenting his feeds just to keep track and he has never had any more than about 1000ml a day and he still puts on 200 grams a week LMFAO....

Hes off the chart for everything now - length, height and head circumfrence

I am starting to realise he aint ever gonna fall into the "average" baby category hahaha

Anyways must go as he is cranky...dunno why; hes just had a 220ml bottle... little piggie!

ETA KYE NOW WEIGHS 8.3 KG

[mountain mummy]

Hi all,

I'm answering posts in the order they're posted in, so bear with me!

Pixie - good luck with organising and packing with a baby!! Go the Bear-brained scheme!! LOL!

Kel - pmsl ... yeah, Mel and I were a bit crazy last night ....

SB - good luck with YOUR packing etc with a baby!! And hope the move goes smoothly for you ...

Sasha - good luck with the weigh in! And don't be paranoid - you guys are tall!!

Pixie - hhmmmmmm my secret past .... well it just kinda slipped out when I was chatting to Mel ... but when I was younger (so much younger than today ... but I digress) anyways, when I was ALOT younger, I used to be one of those chickys on the other end of the phone on the numbers that mainly desperate guys ring LOL! But hey, it paid the bills, and all I had to do was talk on the phone!! LOL!

Squidipa - when Master V was admitted for his surgery, I stayed a) because of breastfeeding and b) because we live so far away from the Children's hossie. However there was one bub about the same age who was there all by himself and it was so sad - for the 3 days we were in there, I saw his mum twice for about 15 mins each time Don't know what he was in for though

Sasha - what is average anyways???

Mel - I'm having that typing prob we were talking about last night! LOL!

As for me, I have spent the day dragging two littlies around a myriad of houses (yes house hunting by myself sucks hard!) and had to be back in time to get the other two!! And it was 30+ degrees all day everywhere I went!

Anyways, must start getting the kiddies ready for baths and bed! WOOOHOOOO and hopefully I can sleep (and not still be awake at 2.30am in the morning!)

Big hellos to everyone else!

Mwah xxxx

[squidipa]

should i be freaking out guys about joshies weight below the last line???
also josh has pooed 3 times today and thats not normal]and also on Tuesday night normally he poo's every 4-5 days could it be a reaction to these tablets?? do u think he could loose weight cause of it? since Wednesday the scales are already down 70 grams and that was before 2 of the poos today he was weighed i hope he is k as i said i am freaking out!!!

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and another real watery poo!
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[Arimeh]

Squidipa - Miss M poos at least twice a day, sometimes 3. I don't think its abnormal for babies to poo that often.

MM - how did the house hunting go?!!?! Did you find something??? We might move down there if the meeting with the IL's goes really crappy tomorrow.. hehe... I doubt there would be jobs down in your area for us though

Sasha - well done mate - woohoo!!!! great going

Better get to bed i suppose - DH is hounding me to go to bed - don't think it has anything to do with ME specifically, more the fact he wants to sleep in the new bed!!!!! typical...

lol

[Indadhanu]

Hello all,

I've been reading, can't for the life of me remember what has been said though, except...

squidipa, I really hope they find what is causing Joshie's slow/no weight gain.
Jazz poos 2-3 times a day (except yesterday, when she did one... Josh must have gotten her poo vibes!), so not abnormal. We gave her panadol the other day WOAH yuck, we got some icky messes to clean after that! Most babies have that reaction though don't they? Gross slimey greenish poo (because, of course, you all wanted to know ).

Ok, I have a question. I kept a sleep diary for Jazz the past few days... she is sleeping 10-11 hours out of 24. What do your babise sleep? 8-9 of those hours are between 8pm and 8am, the other 2-3 hours are during the day time (which means one MEGA cranky baby!). What the heck do I do? Should she be sleeping more? Yesterday I was in tears with her she was just so tired but wouldn't sleep and I was banging against brick walls with everything I tried... I wanted to yell (not at her, but just yell), I ended up growling (not at her, but just in general you know) but it scared her and then she screamed louder

She's not sleeping at night again. For the past two weeks shes only slept through twice... (and even then 'sleeping through' means waking at 4am), all the other nights have been 1-2am wake-ups, but she doesnt even give me a sleep n, its back up at 4.30-5ish So thats not helping me stay calm, I'm absolutely frazzled (along with Shel telling me I should do more during the day so she can come home to a clean house...). So I'm stressed because she thinks I'm not doing anything.

Well, the conversation went like this...
Jazz was screaming (a regular occurance these days) and I was hiding from her (also, fairly regular when Shel is home)... Shel got the absolute *****s (after holding her for 10 minutes, if that) and came in and said "look, would you take her and settle her down" and so I said "well why can't you do it!" and so she starts getting angry, saying "look, I just want 10 minutes to myself, I've been at work all day (!!!!) and I just want to relax and all she's donig is f---ing screaming at me, just take her", so I took her and said "i don't think its fair that you get frustrated at her screaming for 10 minutes when I am listening to it all day (slight exageration ), and then you just pass her to me, don't you think I'd like a break?" so she said "well I don't think its fair that I work all day and you stay home all day and I really can't see what you do all day!"

Oh no she didn't! *imagine me one hand on my hip, the other hand out with my finger pointing... like some woman no the Jerry Springer show!*
EXCUSE ME, SEE THIS, THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER AND SHES STILL ALIVE, THATS WHAT I DO ALL DAY
so I said "well I'm supermum or super housewife, I can't do both" so then she starts on "if I was home all day BLAH BLAH BLAH" (tuned out as I was trying not to throw everything i sight at her).
BTW, being supermum means being a super housewife, in case anyone is wondering (according to Shel...).
Ok, so I could possibley do more. But now I'm stressed, because instead of being able to sit down in quiet while Jazz is not screaming her head off during the day I feel like I need to clean. Of course, I still come on BB, but I feel like I should be cleaning. So now I feel like a slack mummy

A stupid door to door saleperson came round... Jazz was crying and I had just finished crying so obviously looked a mess.. I opened the door and was polite and said "hi, i'm sorry but if you're selling something I'm not interested" and he goes "oh, well, I'm not really selling anything...", so I say "look, whatever it is, now isn't a good time" and he goes, "well, I'm from Intergral Energy and I could save you money, I see you're a low energy using household...", dunno what else he said cos i just shut my door on him and then the curtain. What a d!ckhead! I tried to be nice... he's just lucky I showed restraint, because my patience was just about zero... There were a few words I consdered using... mostly norti words lol... Should have yelled at him but I was scared that Jazz would scream louder...

Steve Irwin Day at the zoo today, everyone wish for rain so its not too busy for Shel! If she comes home with the *****s today and decides she needs lots of "quiet alone without Jazz or me time" I'll probably end up killing her.
(Don't get me wrong shes allowed "alone time", as long as i get exactly the same amount... which I never do).

Hmmmm, vent much? Sorry guys, just needed to get it out!

[Arimeh]

Leash - its not easy to keep a clean house and look after a baby. And I'm all for procrastinating!!!

How about you try to get a system in place that works for you, so the place looks neat? I don't know about you - but I have a bag in the lounge room aand one in the kitchen that i throw junk in that doesn't belong in that area. If I get a chance at the end of the day, I'll put some crap away. But tthe fact is, the areas look neater cos there is nothing just lying around.

As for Shel's alone/wind down time - why doesn't she put her mp3 player (or equivalent) with headphones on - put Jazz in the pram - and go for a walk. She won't hear the screaming and the walk would do her good. Just a couple of suggestions?

Oh - and for the sleep - Miss M sleeps around 10/11 hours at night - and has naps after each feed - so probably 4 hours on average during the day, separated into 1 hour blocks. I usually put her down 1.5 hours after a feed, and she goes to sleep without too much trouble.

I'm sorry you are having a rough time at the moment. I can always come over and look after Jazz if you wanted to - say - RELAX or CHILL OUT - without doing the housework

Tell Shel that she lives there too - so if the place isn't clean enough for her high standards - perhaps she should start lifting her own fingers to help. Or I could come over and tell her that for you

OK what else is happening... DS has woken up with a chesty cough and a high temp this morning (is currently on my lap so I'm typing with one hand) also his doodle is really red and looks a bit swollen... something ain't right down there.... think I have to take him to the docs this morning. DH is having a sleep in this morning - DD is waking up, I can hear her hiccups from the loungeroom where I am...lol

See yas all later - Leash - let me know if I can be of any assistance - cleaning/minding/Shel bashing - whatever