I am stoked to be a part of a baby buddies thread!! Shane was born August 3rd!! he was 2 and half weeks early- but he is doing really well- no special care or anything!! It will be great to have some feed back from people with bubs all the same age!! Cant wait to swap stories!!
He dropped a little bit of weight the first few days and came close to getting jaundice coz i was bfeeding- but he wasnt attaching properly- once we figured out how to do it right- he put it right back on!! His levels for jaundice where slighlty high- they nearly didnt let us go home until they settled- but his colouring was good- so we got to come home and were just told to keep an eye on him- and he has been looking good.
We have our first early childhood appt on tuesday the 19th- so i will see how his weight etc is going then.
He is a great sleeper- his best sleep was 5 hours!! averages about 3-4 usually. I am doing ok with the emotions- we had a bad night the ther night- he was so upset for no apparent reason- and had his first real howl- it nearly brke my heart and i did have a little cry- but then yesterday he was over it and i had my happy baby back!! Happy baby = happy mummy!!
He hates having his bum changed though!! Thats usually the only time he really howls!!
Beema.. Yay on the weight gain!! My boy loves his little chucks and he has been drooling in his sleep!! too cute- he ends up with this milky line down his cheek!! He is 00000 too- except for his bonds wondersuits- he fits the 0000- i wish all the clothes were the same size standard!! its so gard- some 00000 are too big- and some 0000 fit him!! lol All his "cute out fits" are too big- so he is stuck in wonder suits till he grows a bit more!!
KiwiGirl... Cries are much better out then in- let loose if you feel the need!! It feels funny when the milk comes through!! The mid wives kept asking if mine had come through yet in the first few days and i was like "im not sure" they said- "oh you will know!!" and sure enough on day 4- WOAH huge hard bulging boobies!!!!!!!Then when Shane had his marathon 5 hour sleep my boobies were nearly bursting coz they needed to be emptied!! lol We are getting into a good routine now- using both sides each feed- but alternating a bit too- coz he likes to have a nibble at the end of feeding to go to sleep. I am really enjoying breast feeding although DH is feeling a little left out coz he cant help there.. i am going to look into expressing soon so that he can help a bit with feeding- but im not 100% sure how to go about expressing- i heard a horror story from a friend who said she dried up after trying to express- i dont want that to happen- so i am going to do some research first.
Mel... LoL at your poor house!! I did my first tidy up while DS slept yesterday- he kept making little noises so i kept running to check on him thinking- just sleep a little more- I have nearly finished the lunge room- then the kitchen!! I never quite got to the dishes!! i am very lucky- my DH has taken some time off work to help us out- i had a c section- so i am on light duties for the next few weeks!! I am blessed with two perfect boys!! A big one and a little one!! Mum has visited and she has done alot of things for us too- made curtains- decorated the bassinette- lol but when she visits its all about gooing at the baby!!!
Mountainmummy... Lol glad to hear i am not the only one who does dishes in dribs and drabs- just have plates to go today (yes plates = a whole load!! its been a few days!! ) and my clean clothes are taking over the spare bed as we speak!! Glad i can shut the door on that one!!
I am sooo happy to meet you all!! Happy resting ladies!! i forget to do that during the day- and then regret it when i hear those cries at 2am and even more when they start again at 6am!! I will learn eventually before i totally wear myself out!!
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