Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008

squidipa - glad you got some antibiotics into you, weird the dr didn't check your scar... sounds like you're getting more on top of things too which is awesome :) Did the midwife say anything about the 70g? Have no idea what is normal or not with growth amounts.

Leasha - glad Jazz is getting better with her sleeping! I saw your photos in the gallery - so cute!! I haven't had the lopsided boobs but I find it's kinda nice and reassuring when midwives say this is completely normal and nothing to worry about. Father's Day... unlike me DH isn't a big one for set days like birthdays etc he prefers things done on random days... but I think I might buy him some lego from Eli - he has been collecting it for when he's older and pretesting it hehe but we haven't got any in a while cos it costs a bit.

Mel - let me upload a pic of Eli in cloth today :) Keep forgetting!! Will you move areas if you sell your place?

Vic Eli's getting weighed and measured tomorrow.. at 17 days he was 4.99kg!! I'm guessing 5.4kg for tomorrow. He's getting heavy. Not sure about length.. maybe 59cm?

Eli's fever has gone but he's still a bit unsettled - fed every 2 hours last night and today... hopefully he's goes back to 3 hours tonight! That one hour makes a big difference.

Hi everyone else... typing one hand is slow!!

Hello everyone!

Well as promised I am back again to post and to say:

:cheer: Kye is two weeks old today :cheer:

Omg I cant believe that two weeks has passed already. Seems like just yesterday I was thinking of ways to bring on my labour.... lmao

MM - I am hearing ya on shocker nights. I've had a couple lately. The whole day yesterday too was a bit of a write off aswell. Kye just would not settle and in the end we figured out it was cause he had wind. Poor fella, here we are thinking he's hungry but no had a real bad bout of colic. I went to the chemist and got a bottle of 'Infants Friend' and boy did it make a difference. He only woke twice during the night to feed and even had a 4 hour block which is so not like him. He settled awesomely well afterwards too, yay!! I am slowly starting to get a routine happening one which is allowing me to get some more sleep which is always a good thing!

KG - sorry to hear Eli has a temperature :hug:

Squidipa - 70grams doesnt seem like alot for just over a week. I would be checking with your MW and seeing what they say.

I am changing Kye onto 'infant' nappies. He has already outgrown the newborn size!! Havent even been through one of the three boxes I got so have put them on ebay :lol: hopefully someone will buy em (put them on for $25 a box which I thought was reasonable) Have also put on a few of his 0000 Bonds suits which he has already grown out of but yeah they havent sold :(

Anyways time for me to eat while the man is sleeping, I am starving!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Good afternoon Mums and Bubs

I got a screaming headache :( So am going to try and keep this short.... :rofl:

Hmm up at 7, feed and change bubs, friend arrived at 8am, we went to the markets at 8:30am took Nakita for her first trip to the markets, got a heaps of fresh fruit and vegies and free ranges eggs, came home, cooked bacon, eggs and hashbrowns - well started my friend had to help as I needed to feed again.

Finished feeding now I am on BB for a few minutes!!! Half an hour until next feed so need to dry some clothes, stack the dishwasher, clean pump equipment, shields, and hopefully have a shower, hoping Nakita sleeps after the next feed then I can work!! A friend is having birthday drinks but I can't be bothered today, we had a big catchup with them last week so just gonna hang at home...

Squidipa, don't stress too much about the weight gain, it can be very up and down, as long as you have a lot of wet and pooey nappies, Josiah is settled, then just keep going hun, ring the nurse if you are worried, they may jsut get you to bring him in for another weigh in a bit closer together this time. Nakita only put on 80 grams this last week, and I am not worried, will weigh her again in another week and a half and if it hasn't gone up by a good figure then we will go from there. :hugs:

Happy 2 weeks Kye!!!

:woot: Nakita is 2 months old - OMG!!!!! LOL Rachel, she in just over half the size of Eli!!!! :rofl: I reckon his mumma's milk is pretty good stuff!!

Hooray for the new bra's mums - nice to treat yourself.

Nakita has been more settled, although not at this minute, the hiccups get her really upset for little tike, she really hates them!!!

Huge :hugs: MM, I hope he doesn't require surgery, don't feel bad there is nothing you could have done to prevent it :hugs:

The Pixie, do you only use the dummy after a feed to settle her? I am terrified of giving Nakita a dummy as I don't want her to get addicted :lol: but I hear you with the hanging off the boob!!! There is a limit to how long we can stay attached!!

Hooray for sleep Leasha!!! My boobs are lopsided, plus I always get more from the left than the right, one had always been slightly bigger than the other - pretty normal I think

Sorry for the rest of ya, must run or I will miss out on my shower!!!

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Squidipa, don't stress too much about the weight gain, it can be very up and down, as long as you have a lot of wet and pooey nappies, Josiah is settled, then just keep going hun, ring the nurse if you are worried,

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there is 4 nappies a day abouts and very rairly are they fully wet. I rang the child health clinic to try to talk to nurse but obviously being Sunday nothing left a message. I then rang 13 health talked to nurse whoms aid i honestly dont know about baby birth weights so he gave me a number to call. The number was uselss as it wasnt for my area couldnt get through.


Kiwi girl... the dr was blinking useless. he said go see the nurse in next room to be weighed. The nurse tried to weigh baby fully dressed:wall: and i said no i want it done properly as he has a tongue tie and want to be sure he is feed correctly. They did the weight and she walked off i asked her to write it in back of book with other weights and she did but said nothing. In a rush with the 3 year old playing up we left as nurse was busy with another patient and walked off. Got home and looked in back off book. then this morning relaised hang on there was a check up in the book where they wrote his weight on the 22nd that was this morning when i realised and calculated crap thats not much of a gain:wall:. So no midwife didnt even add anything up she just walked off.:rolleyes:

Im glad Eli is a bit better :)

SASHA.. i would return the box's of unused nappies to shop where ya got them from they will give you store credit for what ever the amount is they are at at time of return if u dont have a receipt. Once i bought 2 full boxes at a garage sale and returned then to big w and got 60 for them when i only paid 5 each good hey. The lady said im intitaled do do that they cant refuse me.

Joshie is restless i guess it could be the antibiotics. For some reason me and hubbie are more sick today than yesterday strange. I have folded about 5 loads of washing today and all the 3 years stuff in cupboard. i have pulled out his size 2's and 1 items and bagged them up for josh. Along with all the new ebay stuff we got. sorted in sizes and bagged them up with a lable. I did one lo bought it back in MAY and still have not done it. i LOVE my new bra its fabulous i have defenetly needed it if i am getting this exited about it hey.:dance:

I am very very very unimpressed with a 70 gram weight increasement none of the other kids were like that so it brings up questions???? are i not feeding him enough? he still has a funny nose poor man. And has been skipping the early morning feed. this is not uncomon as by 8 week all the kids skipped that early morning feed. He does wake but just wants a quick suckle of the dummie. He eats most often on average 2 -3 times in 3 hours.

Well gotta scoot my back sore from bending over doing the dishes the sinks to blinkin low grrr

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do you only use the dummy after a feed to settle her?

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Since we've cut back on the length of the feeds, we've started using the dummy to settle her as her appetite is clearly much bigger than her stomach can handle!

We're also using it if we need to delay a feed, so if we're out somewhere and it isn't convenient to BF and she's woken up and starting letting us know that she is hungry then we'll let her have the dummy to let her start sucking on something and stay calm.

We're trying to limit the time that she has it, as it's not something that we're keen on either...

Squidipa - Don't panic over the weight gain, some weeks they will grow heaps, and some they will go backwards. Remember that a feed will weigh >80g so the weights are only accurate +/- 100g or so.

Thanks the Bear :) We will keep going the way we are at the moment, but I would be interested to hear how you go, I have spoken to DH about your methods too and we are going to keep it in mind, I have a couple of premmie dummies which would do the job should we need them!

Squidipa, I change Nakita 6-7 times a day, usually halfway through a feed, (as she gets a bit worked up if I do it before, chucks up if I do it after, and she usually poos not long after waking or partway through a feed, so saves me getting sprayed with poo or wizz :rofl:) I would say of those nappies 6 out of 7 are pooee, about the same wet, some not very wet, maybe just 1-2 are very wet. she has 7 feeds on average a day... Our MW if very happy with this number and variety!!

You mentioned wetness but not poo? If there isn't much poo, perhaps he is constipated? What are his legs doing, does he bring them up to his chest, perhaps windy? Sorry for the million questions just trying to see what could be happening.

Also when was Josiah weighed the last two times, before or after feeds, also how wet/pooey was his nappy before each weigh-in, just wondering if he had just emptied his bowels before the second weighin and not the first (can make a pretty huge difference. I wouldn't be too concerned though about the figure itself, just more about whether his bowels etc are working well or at least the same as they were previously with the larger weight gains. Sometimes bubs will poo and wee more than others so doing comparisons can be misleading as well.

Well off to make a cuppa and cut up some bun as I hear little miss starting to stir right on for her 4pm feed - gee she's a good alarm clock!!!

hey vic thanks for your post dadda is doing bom change so gotta type quick .... he does do poo's every bom change pretty much so. Normally weigh in has been 1 hour or more after feed.

born on 31 weighed 3410
discharge weight 4 th aug 3230
13 august weight 3340
15th aug weight 3430
22 aug weight 3640
30th aug weight 3710

gotta scoot vic to feed josiah.

Hello everyone

I have a spare moment finally

Squidipa- which doctor did you go to? I can't believe how hopeless they were. Big :hug: I wouldn't worry too much about the weight gain. I also found 1300 health to be hopeless :rolleyes: How are you feeling today?

Vic- LMAO about being sprayed wth pooee and wee I haven't experienced that one yet *knocks on wood* I saw the new pictures of Nakita she is soooo adorable

The bear and Pixie- Allegra has been doing the same thing over eating and spewing it back up. Is there a trick to get bubs to take a dummy? Allegra will suck but then spit it out I have tried two different shapes of dummy and both get the same result spat out or she dry reaches.

Sasha- HAPPY 2 WEEKS how funny is it that we have the same milestones again HAHA. I can't believe he is in infant nappies already!!!

Kiwigirl- I hope you get longer breaks between feeds

MM- :hug: chicky don't feel bad how are you going?

Leash- YAY for Jazz waking up twice a night bet you're feeling a lot more human :cryinglaugh: oh and I have to put my hands up for the lop sided boobies too hee hee

Mel- I hope the house selling isn't too stressful for you, Isn't the childcare situation silly I had trouble getting Cadence into a new center when I wasn't happy with the one she was in.

Sorry if I have missed anyone.

Allegra is the best baby she is now sleeping through the night we go to bed around 11 then she wakes up and 5am Cadence was a wake up every hour baby!
Does anyone elses baby do the noisiest pooee's? OMG Allegra cracks me up I never knew such a big noise could come from such a little person :rofl:

Kel - She was a little reluctant at first, the trick seems to be fool her into thinking it's genuine...hold her as though she is BF, warm the dummy, even express a little milk onto it...if she is dry retching then chances are then it's gone under her tongue.

And we're with you on the noisy bowels...the wake up routine starts with a good stretch, then the sound of the nappy filling that can be heard from the other end of the flat...finally the eyes open and the search for the next meal starts.

Hmm...home made english muffins and seville orange and calvados marmalade this afternoon....what to make for dinner?

Kel, maybe the dummy is too big? make sure it's a 0-3 month one? and yeah we have been holding it in her mouth until she tries sucking on it.... And how lucky are you with Allegra sleeping through! you must be loving it! What a great baby!
Beth's nappies are always pooey - every time I change them which I guess is about 8 times a day? Today when I was undressing her for a bath she actually hadn't pooed in her nappy which was the first one in ages... mind you she pooed on the change table straight after so she made up for it LOL!
We weighed DD again today she is up to about 4.2kg so i think that is another 400gm from the last time we weighed her. I think she had her 3 week growth spurt a bit early because she was a bit overdue.
Squidipa all the books say as long as they are going through plenty of nappies and putting on weight (i think even if it's a small amount) then it's all good. You would worry if they were losing weight. But if you're still worried maybe you should find another doctor.
Had a lovely sleep this afternoon thanks to the Bear :) and the homemade muffins were amazing too when I woke up.
Still very snotty though, this cold is a shocker.
:hello: everyone - sorry brain is not working too well today!

hey kel, yeah coping a bit better sleep helps so much but weekend is over so back to no sleeping so hrmmm. Josiah does the loudest noises to me and bubbles crack up laughing haha. As for the dummie we use the avent 0-3 months and it's the flat orthodontic type i put breast milk on the teat and i wriggled it a bit in the mouth and held him close and he started to suck. How you going with the balancing sweet???

thanks everyone for your support.

i went to the drs kel on morayfield rd that new huge center.

Josh is VERY restless today cant seem to get him down down enless holding him i am hoping on some sleep tonight

thank you for the tips on the dummy i'll give them a go

Squidipa- Wow that center is only new I thought they'd be good. The balancing has become easier now that Cadence wants to be involved more with Allegra cracks me up though she wanted to help with a nappy change and as soon as I opened Allegra's pooee nappy she starts dry reaching and her eyes water up

Pixie and the bear you guys eat so well mmmm home made muffins

Morning all,

Yep its 2:00am I woke up thinking Kye would only do 3 hours but hooray it is stretching out to 4 hours, so happy!! He has been quite broken in his sleep patterns the past couple of days so 4 hours is a huge deal to me!! Have had two pieces of toast with marmite and am drinking a Milo while I wait for him to wake up. I dont think it will be long as I can hear him stiring at the moment.

Squidipa - I managed to sell my NB nappies. Money was deposited yesterday so yay, $50.00 for me - gotta be the easiest cash I ever got :lol: I also sold my nappy stacker too as I've been finding its just a PITA hanging on the wardrobe door. I have the nappies on the change table shelf at the front instead, much easier and less hassle!

Kel - you're so lucky Allegra is sleeping from 11pm till 5am. One day I know we will get there too hehe

:hello: to everyone else!

Must go, the man is waking up!

Hi everyone :)

Took Eli into my work today, everyone wanted a cuddle and he was so well-behaved and happy :) He went back to his old routine of waking every 3:15 last night (yay!) and he seems back to himself totally again.

Here's a pic I took of him yesterday in fuzzibunz nappies.

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the homemade muffins were amazing too when I woke up

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YUM! I love homemade muffins.. the ones in the stores these days are more cake-like and too big!

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the sound of the nappy filling that can be heard from the other end of the flat...

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Hehe - same here, gee they are loud eh!!

Hope you are all well!

Hello posting 2 days in a row WOOOHOOO

Kiwigirl- Eli is so cute!! He sounds like a real cuddly baby

Sasha- I still can't believe Kye has gone up a nappy size already Allegra is still swimming in the new born sizes. YAY for getting the extra hour of sleep time do you find he is more awake during the day?

I'm sooooo happy I can fit back into my jeans and do up the buttons wooohoooo. I still have the pigment line (forgot what it's called) on my belly so still trying to keep my tops covering my belly I hope it goes before it heats up and i'm exchanging jumpers for swimmers but i'm wanting my new bigger boobies to stay :D

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I'm sooooo happy I can fit back into my jeans and do up the buttons wooohoooo. I still have the pigment line (forgot what it's called) on my belly so still trying to keep my tops covering my belly I hope it goes before it heats up and i'm exchanging jumpers for swimmers but i'm wanting my new bigger boobies to stay

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YAY! It's such the nicest feeling to wear your old jeans eh? I can wear two of my old jeans and am LOVING it :D I have some others I need to lose more weight to wear, but they were too tight for me when I got pregnant with Eli anyways. I still have the pigment line too - wonder how long it lasts? Want to wear a bikini if poss this summer!!

Haha I'm liking having bigger boobies too, since I'm normally on the smaller side.. tried on a summer dress the other day in Dotti and was like WOW, I'm hanging out of this dress LOL!!!

kel love ya pic on ya ticker

Kiwi girl i showed hubbie Eli's pic and he was like wow a big boy :) very healthy in deed!!

Sasha congrats on 4 hours of sleeping make a big diff hey :)

Mummy tummy where are you??

Cant remeber think it was MM whoms aid that the antibiotics made bubs restless thats exactly whats going on here.
I got 3 parcels today and one i had to go collect. the collected thing was papers to sign legal stuff. I got my planetarium today, My sister send me a whole lot of stuff like..
Towel and bibs and this awesome 3 piece cream thick size 0 outfit Reeboks and other shoes and more clothes. One of my favorites is a sailors costume in Royal velvet with matching hat:)

I sent some pics of to the family today so cant wait for them to get them. hardly had anytime with hubbie today. Oh yeah and the last parcel was something i got in deals direct for christmas for DD ist a make your own beaded watch. Got my medicare card to but Josh has his own card as there is just to many of us haha. he is EXTRA special!
Hubbies making sure im getting all my antibiotics so that GREAT think in end might do bubs good as his snot this morning was greenish.

Kel good on ay being back in ya jeans. due to loosing 10 kilo already my boobs dropped down to 16C oh bugger but doesn't mater i must be like 14 up top of body and a 16 on hips the last lot of weight is there. its not budging but i am not exactly trying. Hubbie is dropping weight good hey Good on him i am so proud of him. I can put my old pants on but cant do them up. I hate this sagging sausage i got hanging of the bottom of my tummie. I guess ya gotta expect that after 4 kid and if ya dont work out with 3 c sections hey :(

Josh is wide eyes and laying in bouncer grr the 3 year old got snapped playing int hat today. Does any of your kids play up REAL BAD under ya nose when your on phone??? GRR the 3 year old does. Oh josh is upset now gotta go see doesnt take long. bet eh just wants a huggle

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Haha I'm liking having bigger boobies too, since I'm normally on the smaller side.. tried on a summer dress the other day in Dotti and was like WOW, I'm hanging out of this dress LOL!!!

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PMSL!!!!
I can't wait to go summer clothes shopping.
Has anyone else got those new bonds outfits (Allegra is wearing hers in my ticker pic) that don't have the buttons but pull down at the back? they reckon that it's suppose to be less disturbing to baby when changing but I find them to be a pain to get on and off

Sorry Squidipa I'm such a slow typer hee hee yep Cadence plays up to she did big time last night. Does your three year old get growing pains? Cadence woke us all up crying saying ouch and grabbing her knees I'm thinking it's growing pains