Babies Born July 16th ~ 31st 2008 #7

[Trillian]

This thread is for parents who's baby was born July 16th - 31st 2008

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[ShootingStar]

Hey chicks..

Thanks for you support.
Im thinking of going back to the doctor about this. All day all i hear is something to do with vomit. Kristy said something about Keira to me today and i thought she said she was being sick. Nothing like it. DH did the same and same thing. Its nuts why im feeling like this. I know theres nothing wrong with it yet im so paranoid about it. And now i dont want to eat. Dont ask me why.. food is just making me feel blah.

Keira is fine today, normal old self.

Tenny.. 3 more big slaps for you! You are NOT A BAD MOTHER! Oh hun, there was nothing you could do to prevent that even if you tried. Elijah was just trying to be a good big brother and give his lil bro a dummy. Jesse does the same for Keira all the time. Accidents happen, especially with kids. Hayden will be fine. Lips and gums heal pretty quick especially in babies. Honey. Make sure you are looking after yourself ok. Do you have AF back? I think atm a few of us (me for one!) are going through a hormonal imbalance type thing, making us feel all over the place. I have a feeling thats contributing majorly to my anxiety. Are you taking any vitamins? MIL just got me on some and am hoping they help me a bit. Glad Hayden's rash is ok hun.

Yep we'll be TTC late next year. We want to have them relatively close (2ish years). My siblings and i are all 4 years apart and to me thats way too much. I want my kids to be great play mates. I was never able to get close to my sister as she was 8 years older than me and moving out when i got to the right age for that. And all my 4 year older brother use to do was bully me. Jesse loves Keira, he is such a great big brother to her.. and she loves him to death. I can see in the next years to come they will play so well together. I dont feel either of my kids get neglected, even though they are both angels.. all our kids are arent they?

Missy.. yep whenever you get here is fine hun.

Tasia.. how are you doing hun? I hope things start to pick up for you soon.

Mez.. oh Keiras pulling her dummy out all the time. Think theyre at that stage of everything goes in their mouth inc their hands.. lol though they dont realise theyre removing their dummy to put their hands in! Silly things! Just hang in there hun, she will come good. Her teeth may be irritating her making it hard for her to settle as usual. But youre doing a great job hun, keep at it ok.

Zee.. hmm sorry but that cant be normal. I would be going back to the doctor if i were you. Bleeding for 2 months aint normal. To me more sounds like your body is reacting bad to it esp if you are getting bruises too. I mean also, if your menstuating, how are they going to get your eggs?

Mel.. whats the rescue remedy? Oh hun you poor thing. Do you know whats causing your panic attacks. Theyre not fun hey. Im getting mine all day now.

Pixie.. no change in the pill as yet, though have only been taking it for a week so am guessing will need a month to really show much results? lol um whats a bumbo?

Tan.. oh yuck re the ****ies and their babies! Oh i hate them!

Ok i need to go to bed. Feeling crap.
Nite all.

[Arimeh]

Kel - rescue remedy is like homeopathic drops that you get in spray from a health food store. I don't get panic attacks now- but I used to get them. I still get them if I fly or go to concerts or something - too many people in an enclosed place gets me a bit blah!!

[Anastasia]

kel- Sweety, I'm oooooooooooover it, I really don't care anymore I don't have the energy.
take care of urself sweety. I don't know wat it feels like, but when i was pregnant with Jonathan I had anixiety attacks, cause I was describing the feeling to my sil's, bil & he said it's anxiety attack, i found it hard to breathe, my heart was pounding, so yeah.

[Tannis]

Mel: YAY your coming up!! Ummm not sure on accom, The Burnett Riverside is meant to be really nice but pretty pricey (so I've heard), I'll see if anyone here knows of a good place. Jayden is still coughing but not as bad, thanks Mehkelti's stats are great!!

SW: Thats great Alyssa went well for her check up. Woohoo for being organised! GL with the move!

Tasia: Ash has been crying in her sleep too, maybe it is bad dreams?? Thats great he slept til 7.30am in the end. My xmas tree will look the same haha. I'm sorry your DH is the way he is! Has he been like that since Jonathan was born or is he getting worse? Chris wasn't very involved (to say the least )in the beginning and although he'd ring me a million times a day he would never ask how Ash was or acknowledge her at all, its not normal! I would kill Chris if he said anything was more important than his kids! I really hope he snaps out of it soon or I will send Mel down there for a Mellie slappin LOL.

Tenny: Hope H starts sleeping for you during the day! Not sure what you could try, Ash is pretty good most times I can just put her down and tell her sleep and she goes off within a few minutes, other times (like tonight) it takes a while. YOU ARE NOT A BAD MUMMY AT ALL, I cut Jayden with nail clippers when he was 8wks old and it wouldn't stop bleeding, he also rolled off the couch around the same time there are probably heaps of things I have done but he survived it. Ohh I know that high pitched talking, Ashlea has been doing it every morning at like 5am for the last 4 or 5 days!!

No more TTC for me, not in the near future anyway. Chris doesn't want anymore but beside that, I'm not sure I could go through the birth again, definitely couldn't handle 3 under school age. I am more than happy with the 2 I have but I also know me and I will get clucky eventually haha.

Pix: Ashlea's book has a checkup at 4mths, might be different in different states.

Zee: Get checked out hun, bruising easy isn't good and get the rod out too if thats causing AF to hang around. I was thinking of getting it but Dr said that could happen...I just wanted something that wouldn't bring AF on at all LOL....too late for that now though! Lucas is a great weight!!

Mez: Have fun with you MG! Woohoo on TTC a bit earlier!! How exciting!

Kell: Hope you are feeling better soon hun! I wanted a closer age gap so they were good playmates too, my bro is 4yrs older and although I hung around him and his friends, I was only 14 and they were all 18 so I was doing everything an 18yr old was doing at 14.....I guess lucky I turned out ok but I wouldn't want my daughter growing up too quickly like I did.

Hi to anyone else I missed

I had the BF'ing talk tonight, it went pretty well but OMG there were so many ppl!!! I hate public speaking! They pretty much just asked questions or the LC would tell them a little of what I went through (just touched on things as we didn't want to scare new mummies to be!). I told the dads to be to be supportive (as chris wasn't and made it more stressful). I was only there for about 15-20mins and I got a bunch of flowers for coming. Everyone was in awe of Ashlea, one girl said she was really getting clucky now! Didn't think of some things to say until afterwards of course! I was quite proud of myself tonight I managed to cook a lamb roast (with rosemary & garlic) and ate it before I had to go.

Anyway this is a monster post....hope I don't lose it hehe

[Anastasia]

Tannis- lol i know mel would give him a piece of her mind & i wouldn't mind at all. lol. He has been getting worse since Jonathan was born.

[Arimeh]

I really hope he snaps out of it soon or I will send Mel down there for a Mellie slappin LOL.

Gee, am I getting a reputation of a hard ar$e or what? lol

[somewoman]

Kel - rescue remedy is like homeopathic drops that you get in spray from a health food store.

Also available from pharmacy and also in drops. You can add it to water to drink if you don't want the spray.

Or in my case, I add a few drops to the blankets in my cat cages before the cats travel Works a treat!

I have a friend who said she used to get MASSIVE panic attacks after the breakup of her marriage, and rescue remedy helped her immensely. It's only about $13 and seems to be worth a billion times its weight in gold.

[feeb]

evening all

Tannis well done on doing a talk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kellxx hope you get it all sorted out soon and feel better. hugs

[thepixie]

Well done Tan! Sounds like you did great - its not easy talking in front of lots of people! Re: the crying in her sleep, could it be teething? Beth was doing that when she first started teething.
Kel - I hope you feel better soon hon... A Bumbo is a little baby seat which holds them in a sitting position, there's a photo of Beth sitting in it here It's really good - since we got it the other night she is much better at sitting unaided without it as well, she can sit for five minutes or more without toppling over!
SW good luck with the big move....
Mel - everyone knows you're a harda$$!!
big to everyone, gotta run and shower and do dishes before the walk!

[Tannis]

Mel: Your a hard@ss hun and we love you for it! Haha

Thanks Feeb & Pix...Turns out Chris knows one of the dads that was there too and on his FB he wrote that they had a very very very long birthing class LOL.....It would be a bit boring for the guys I spose.

Pix: It could be teething actually, her hands were in her mouth when she did it last night but she was still asleep. Love the bumbo! Is there any warnings on it to say how long to leave bub in there for? I was going to get one but friend of mine said it was bad for their backs asthey aren't ready to sit yet (I know Beth has sat up though) but the way I see it is they can't sell it if its going to cause damage.

Staying home again today I think, although we might go for a swim later....its already 30 degrees here. Got to do some vacuuming today and clean up Jayden's toys so I can put the xmas tree up. Those with toddlers, how are they going with presents under the tree?? I think Jayden would open them so I'm not sure I'll put them under the tree until closer to the time.

[Jewel]

Morning.

Tan - I'm glad your BFing talk went great! I can't believe you were so organised and cooked a roast and ate it before you left.
He's fighting sleep so much. I know one of these days he'll sleep of most the day to catch up.
WOW it's hot there! It's suppose to be only 25 here today. Might go for a walk with the boys. Idk yet.
Elijah never touched the presents under our tree, and still doesn't. He gets into everything else so it's strange that he leaves them alone. Lol.

Kell - AF is due soon, unfortunately. I guess she's the reason I'm feeling like this. I've never been this bad before. It's so awful. I don't know why it's gotten worse. I can just see Keira and Jesse playing together looking so cute too. My boys will probably be all rough and stuff together. Ugh. Not looking forward to that. Boys and wrestling.

Pixie - Cute picture. She looks so comfy in the Bumbo. I'm going to have to show DP that picture so he can see how good they really are cause at the moment I don't think he believes me.

Mez - Have fun with your MG today at your place!

Thanks for answering the TTC question. I was just curious as always. :P
We haven't really spoken about whether we'll have another or not. We always wanted an decent gap in ages between kiddies and before Elijah just wasn't ready either. Aswell as seeing how things are moneywise too.

Pixie & SW - That's like us. We are really glad we waited that little bit extra for my sake aswell as Elijah's too.

SW - I didn't think I'd have another good baby either. I always thought I couldn't get one any better then Elijah was. I was sure we'd have a devilchild second time around but Bubbablue is so much better then Elijah was. *touch wood*
I guess it'll probably come bite me in the ass if/when we have a 3rd. :P

everyone else.

Thanks for the support re: the Ratbag making Bubbablue bleed.
I was so so upset about it yesterday. I'm glad DP was on his way home when it happened. I was crying my eyes out.

[Arimeh]

Morning guys

Tan - awww thanks.. nice to know my attitoood is needed around here - hehehe... are you guys doing anything on the Friday - week after xmas? days have changed now - coming to bundy on the friday - not sure what date that is... uhh....2nd jan? Congrats on your talk too - I'm sure you did brilliantly!!!! *mwah*

Tenny - its hot here too babe..yuckkoo weather.. was thinking of taking the kids down to the shops this morning - but Miss M is having an unsettled day (could be the shots yesterday, or that she still has a cough) so don't know if I will or not.

Pixie - uh thanks I think? lol... i've been looking at those seats, but really, do I really need another baby thing in this teeny tiny little house!!

Miss M was SUPPOSED to be asleep at 8 - I put her down and she started to fall asleep, but had a huge coughing fit, choking and stuff, so i had to get her back up, give her some water, and have only just put her back down. .and i can hear her singing so she is obviously not asleep!!!!! Damn vaccinations.. screw up our routine. lol

[Jewel]

The damn vaccinations do screw up the routines with us too.
Poor little mite and her coughing. Bubbablue hasn't got that much of a cough, thankgod. Elijah does though. It's awful and chesty.

[Tannis]

Tenny: Elijah is such a good boy! Oh 25 would be nice, its too late for us to go outside now cause its too hot, although we might go out for a little bit Jayden usually gets too hot and wants to come in anyway. Money is another reason I think we'll stick to 2 kids, although we should be ok with 3 we will be able to give so much more to 2....I think of our holidays to Melb when I have to pay for all of us 5 full tickets isn't cheap! haha

Mel: Not sure what we are doing then, I'll chat to Chris. I doubt we will be going away anywhere so it should be fine. Thanks re the talk. Hope Mehkelti settles for you, shots had put Ash out a bit too....still is, unless she is just getting pesty

I bought a toy hammock for Ashlea's room, I have pretty much only 1 corner to put it in, now I have to find the drill and the right drill piece to put it in. I just made the cot up too, can't wait til her room is done! We have 2 air con units in there atm though waiting for my niece's BF to install them in the kids rooms so I can't do much until that happens.

[somewoman]

Eeeek! Leaving in a bit over an hour to catch a plane. Last post from Canberra (unless work brings me here). Time to turn off and pack laptop =\

byebye beautiful house *sniff sniff* you have been very good to me *sob sob*

Adelaide - here we come =)))))

[Tannis]

Awww....so sad leaving! Hope you have a great flight!

[thepixie]

SW have a great flight and all the best for your big move! Hope it goes great and I'm sure you will find a beautiful place to live in Adelaide too!
Tan congratulations on doing so well with the BFing talk.... good stuff on getting Ash's room sorted out.... I want to get one of those toy hammocks for Beth - SW has one and that gave me the idea
Tenny re: DS1 hurting DS2 I think you're doing really well if that is the only thing that has happened so far! Hope Haydie feels better soon. Our Bumbo is second hand so the warnings are a bit rubbed off, mostly they seem to be about putting them on raised surfaces and supervision. Although I probably wouldn't leave DD in it for more than about 5 or 10 mins.... she gets a bit frustrated after a while and starts arching her back to try and get out. But OMG it has been so good for her sitting.
Mel - I know what you mean about the stuff overload.... we have been pretty good and then the Bear's parents decide we need a fluffy sheep which is like 1.5mx1.5m hello we live in a small flat and that could suffocate DD! We have to keep it in the lounge room cause there is nowhere else to put it!
Went on the walk this morning but wow it was so hot. Cooled down a bit now fortunately. Hmmm little madam has been asleep for ages and is a bit overdue for a feed..... do I wake her or not....