Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008

hi every one,
ya know my grandfather clock that i bought bk in may that we put together the wiring was wrong on it so we got a refund today awwww:(:rolleyes:

Hubbie is making me tea TONIGHT>>>sausages gravy and steamed veg and potato mashed yummo:) We just recently got out of the pool. Its such a nice day that we thought we would brave it and it actually was nice in all that water not cold like i thought it would be. Josh was in his swing happy checking out all the birds (The kind with wings):p. fell asleep obviously not his thing hehe. We got the 3 year old out of the typical baby seat floating thing and with a ring it was great then we put that back and had him on us and kicking out to the side He had loads of fun me too actually:).

As for me..I had a very very disappointing trip to shops! None of my clothes fit me at moment except for PJ's and one pair of really warn out sport pants and a maternity dress and legging that i bought during pregnancy. (Gudism if you meet me on Thursday i am sure ill be in one of those two things) so it's wash and wear and thats it. There was nothing i liked at target, kmart or big w plus the price 40-50 each item oh my not my thing... i cant afford that... thats luxury for us. Rather save that cash or spend it on someone else. I think i am a 14-16 now. Weighing 8 kilo more than my pre preg weight. Would like to one day:cryinglaugh::rolleyes: get back to 72:) i was 72 before i went to nz and the mother inlaw fed us up good. Its hard to get clothes to fit right when you are broad and have large ribs and a sagging sausage. I also cant stand sleeves either so all singlets for me or something that doest cover the armpit up. Any tips??

Just a quick pop in.

Squidipa - are you planning on coming to the meet up in landsborough on wednesday? Just thought that it might be hard for me to get the car for three days next week (gotta go clinic on tuesday) so just wondering if you guys would join us up here instead? Its a great park..

Leash & Kel - you guys coming too?

Oh and Leash - the wii fit is AWESOME... :D

Morning all,

Thought I'd quickly pop in and check to see how you all are.

Kye has just been a big piggie and had 200ml of formula hehe

Have stopped BF - it just wasnt working for us. My milk was crap and he was getting so cranky. He is much happier and I am too so in my eyes thats all that matters! :)

He is 1 month old today :dance: - cant believe how fast the time has gone!!

Anyways back to bed for me, hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Sasha - OMG 200ml!!! crikey!!! Actually it sounds a lot like DS - by the time he was a week old he was having 120ml..... DD is lucky to drink that now!!! pmsl.... its good when they are good eaters :hug:

Morning all :hello:
Squidipa I know what you mean! i have been wearing the same four maternity tops for the last three months, cause they are good for breastfeeding, but it was a bit too warm for them yesterday.... and I realised that I have no other clothes that fit over my now-enormous 14DD boobies!!!! I used to be a 12B so obviously none of my pre-pregnancy clothes have a hope in hell! My stepmum is going to take me out shopping during the week though so that should be fun. Had a good day yesterday, took DD for a walk up to the shops with my stepmum, and went to MIL/FIL's house for dinner. It was good but DD got very agitated and overtired and didn't settle until about 11.30. She was really good overnight though, woke up once at 3, and conked straight back out after feeding.
:hello: mel, kel, sasha, rach, MM, new kel, leasha and everyone else - have a great sunday!

hey sahsa, thats great that you have found something that works for you and kye ultimately if you and bubs is happy thats all that matters altho kye will really start stacking on the weight now hehe thats good tho :)Congrats of the weeks you did BF. My 3 year old weighted 12 kilo at 8 months old hehe I never got past 8 weeks myself fully. I think josh has had lots of wind and thats why eh is so unsettled the last week. Might have to get some grype water for him.

Gudism i have no idea where landsborough is sorry but thats o.k:) im a bit funny about going places i dont know where is strange places and a strange state feels all so strange here for me :cryinglaugh:

When are you all thinking about starting solids at what age and why?

Squidipa - re: solids I think Kye will be starting them quite early. I dont think it will be long before formula wont sustain him enough. At a guess I reckon 4-5 months he'll be solids. I cant wait for that age, will be so cool for him to be able to experiment with different foods - textures and flavours!

Re: clothes yeah I am in the same boat. I dont fit any of my pre-pregnancy clothes now :( I pretty much wear a pair of pants or a skirt. Should be getting the baby bonus paid to me either tuesday or wednesday this week so I'm definitely going out and getting a few new items of clothing. I had a big clean out the other day and took a whole heap to the Lifeline shop. I have gone up to a size 12-14 in pants, so depressing LOL Have about 6kgs to lose which I know I WILL lose when I finally get off my butt and get active again hehe

Mel - he doesnt always take 200ml each feed usually has between 150-180ml but yeah the early morning feed (1-2am) I have noticed he wakes up absolutely starving!!
He must be like me and have a good metabolism.... PMSL :cryinglaugh:

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Squidipa - re: solids I think Kye will be starting them quite early. I dont think it will be long before formula wont sustain him enough.

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sasha.. this is what i have always thought too...the not sustaining...i have even been told by drs to feed them solids early as my kids were hungry. YET.. there is so many "don't feed them till 6 months" comets going round. and the whole they don't need it.... They don't get hungry for solids at that age. I am now lost now on what to think i have done a post on this to get other ppls opinions!!!!

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Have stopped BF - it just wasnt working for us. My milk was crap and he was getting so cranky. He is much happier and I am too so in my eyes thats all that matters! :)

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And sasha, that's all that matters, that you and Kye are happy! Well done for persevering as long as you did! :clap: BF works for some and not for others - no big deal really! :hug:

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sasha.. this is what i have always thought too...the not sustaining...i have even been told by drs to feed them solids early as my kids were hungry. YET.. there is so many "don't feed them till 6 months" comets going round. and the whole they don't need it.... They don't get hungry for solids at that age. I am now lost now on what to think i have done a post on this to get other ppls opinions!!!!

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Hey guys, my DS1 (9lb 1oz or 4.1kg at birth) started on solids at 2 months!! He point blank refused formula, and I just couldn't keep up my milk supply with his demand - plus it was too tiring feeding half an hour each side and only getting an hour break in between feeds 24/7 (yes he fed every 2 hours day and night for the first six months, even after I started on solids, but at least he didn't feed as long when he had food in his tummy! :cryinglaugh: ) The ECH nurse absolutely scolded me for it saying his gut was too immature to handle solids, but he had shown all the signs of wanting them - opening his mouth ready for a spoon and actually grabbing at food! I started him with custards and jellies in the jars and fresh pureed vegetables. It hasn't caused any problems and he is almost 8 yo now! With a typical 8yo boy's appetite!

None of my others started this young (and Veygas is nearly 2 months and not there yet either!) My DD actually didn't start solids til about 8 or 9 months - she just wasn't interested (but she crawled late and walked late and even talked late! :p )

DD2 was about 5 or 6 months old starting solids ... we'll wait and see when Veygas is ready! :)

But I think just watch for signs that they want more than milk ... I know there is alot of hype around "exclusive BF for at least 6 months" but again, you gotta do what's best for you and your baby, and if having solids makes them happy (which in turn makes us happy) then I say go for it!

Oh, and just an update on Veygas - when he was weighed and measured at the hossie before his surgery, he was 6.1kg and 59cm long (3.8kg and 50cm at birth) This was at 7 wks old. And he is doing really well, healing nicely and starting to settle down again!

Hi girls!

Big weekend for us.. out to a restaurant Friday night for a friend's birthday - Eli was excellent, slept in his stroller. Saturday night was the Qantas Film and TV Awards - black tie red carpet event rah rah (think Logies in NZ). Was fun and Eli was a good little boy for Dad, went to sleep in his portacot and took the bottle of EBM yay! Was sending SMS during the awards ceremony to check on him :) I am tired now though!!

MM - so glad to hear Veygas is doing so well now! Yay :)

squidipa/MM/sasha - I just realised I have no idea about solids etc, going to a class on this next month! It's like I prepared for pregnancy, labour and the first 3 months and then didn't think much about the next stuff haha.

Re: clothes - I fit some pants and tops but lots of the tops are too tight across the top part thanks to going up a few cup sizes... need to go and buy some but haven't had the chance yet so have been wearing a few tops over and over. Put away my maternity stuff today, felt momentous!

Does anyone feel clucky like they want to try again in about 8 months or so??? Or am I weird!

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Does anyone feel clucky like they want to try again in about 8 months or so??? Or am I weird!

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hehe i must be CrAzY :rolleyes: but yep me i do. Dunno why but yep totally CRAZY i know. Think cause i come from a large family that i must have one myself or else i dont feel complete. Ppl say if you have kids to feel complete you will never stop contradicting myself here but i gotta agree. I dunno how mom kept the house so spotless and clean and kept food in our tummies when everything was all good growing up. With 5 kids and our friends in tow. Congrats to my MOM!

As for me and babies i fear always will this be my last i dunno just before delivering i found a cyst attached to the vaginal wall. I told dr's and midwifes in hospital no one looked was just pushed off the topic. My sister has cancer of the cervix so i was and obviously am worried. Was told to get it check after bleeding at my 6 week check so gonna try to get it looked at this week.

In saying all that..... i fear what if Josiah is my last, Question is would i be happy with that I dunno. I don't think i would be. Yet, i cant even say when or what number would be enough. Then i think well with a ratio like what we had with Josiah, every year that ratio is worse do we even bother or not. Then i think we are put here on earth With an ability to have children if i want them shouldn't i just have them.... God says be fruitful!!! So hrmmm makes me question myself more. Then $$$$ can we afford it hrmmm. then i say Money in nothing all we need is LOVE now my heads off and singing do do do do Love Is All We Need! Love is all we need! Love is all we need! :cryinglaugh:
But then its like just cause i have the ability that doesn't mean every one whom can should. Also my abilitie comes at great costs to my health.

Then i am like gee woman get ya head outa the clouds 4 is enough isnt it and you don't exactly carry babies well in pregnancy. Fair enough kitty, i say to myself, that might be the case but Every pregnancy is Different and so are the symptoms. Then i wonder if i don't have time now heck what would it be like. I dunno where my mom found the time and energy to cope.

Sorry kiwi girl i just wanted to give a full answer lol!

I am getting an ultra sound to morrow as the dr is concerned over how much protein there is in my body when i dont eat high protein foods or much meat. Hope they find what ever is wrong with me :) If they cant find anything then w cant fix anything hey :)

Gonna leave the 3 year old with the ex while i get scanned and take josh with me!! I hope he sleeps.

Hey kel how are ya??? MT are you alright?

Evening Mums and Bubs

Haven't been on much last couple of days, had a bit of a crazy time... here's a bit of an update...

At my 8 week OB appointment (was supposed to be 6 weeks!) I was still uncomfortable and my OB found a stitch about an inch in that didn't dissolve, it was creating a ridge and was quite painful.

She gave me cream to see if that helped if not it would need to be removed

It didn't make much difference so on Friday I was booked in to get it snipped out - skin had grown over it partially.

The ob sliced it and got it out, but then I wouldn't stop bleeding, my clotting ability is crap atm!! 15 min and still flowing freely so guess what... she had to put another stitch in, she didn't want to but I wasn't going to stop bleeding anytime soon. This one dissolves in a about 2 days so hoping that it has dissolved by now.

Now I am heading off to get my platelets etc done, as 12 weeks into pregnancy they were 149 just below the bottom of the accepted range (150), then they just continued to drop to 112 @ 32 weeks, I was due to get another round of tests for my 34 week appointment (OB had decided to switch it up to fortnightly tests), as there were going to be implications in labour if they were below 100 but we didn't get that far.

Then Saturday...

After all my efforts in BF'ing and finally getting Nakita off the Nipple Shields on Thursday - still going strong!! I ended up getting mastitis

Started feeling like crap yesterday, left breast was burning hot, and painful in deep, had quite a few blocked ducts and I couldn't shift this one, ended up with a temp of 38.2 at 8pm

Then I messaged my MW to see if she thought it could be mastits, she called back and I went through it all and she said I needed to get seen that night, she tried my OB to see if she could do something as DR's would be shut, but she couldn't get hold of her, she was on call. Suggested to call WCH, they said they couldn't really take me as I was past 6 weeks PP - nearly 11 weeks now, but to try after hours surgeries and private hospitals.

I tried all the AH Surgeries, they were shut rang Wakefield Street hospital, was going to cost me $250 to just walk in the door most of which I wouldn't get back so after 45min I called back the WCH they said to come in as I needed to be seen, they would sort something out.

Got temp and BP done and did a "sample", Dr came in 45min later with results, she said mastitis was developing, we could chance it to see whether it continues to develop by morning or to start antibiotics right away, but it can flare up quickly and then we would both end up back in hossy, so we started the antibiotics! And I went home, lucky I had enough EBM for one feed, so I was able to leave N at home with daddy.

What a pain about there being no Dr's accessible in the evening, I felt so bad having to go into hospital, at least they weren't busy, medical resources around here are crap, I shouldn't have had to spend 45min on the net and phone trying to find a dr to see - was no point calling for a locum as that would have taken a few hours. Plus going into a normal emergency room I would have been right down the list! I was just lucky that WCH agreed to take me! Today I am feeling a lot better than death warmed up!!! I have to express after every feed and inbetween feeds if it starts to get painful. Alsp really glad we didn't leave it overnight!

Squidipa: re Soldis for bubs I replied in your other thread... but I am still going to think about whether we try based on her actual age or her corrected age.....and hope your appointments go well this week :)

Rachel: nup you're not weird... or if you are I am too!! I never thought I would be thinking about it so soon!! I'm not ready for the back pain, uncomfortable sleeping... and want to get used to Nakita first, but yeah, I keep thinking about the next pregnancy and what we will do differently to try and predict what is going to happen, hoping that I get to term, and just looking forward to the whole big belly again!!! Yay for the awards dinner glad you had a great night out! How were your bbs by then end - not too full I hope!

:clap::clap::clap: Sasha for the Bf'ing you achieved, I am sure that it has made a difference :) Just glad that you and Kye are both happy, that's the most important thing. 200ml - wow!! We are getting Nakita up to 100ml of EBM at her late evening feed, filling up that belly to try and get her to put on more weight!!

:cheer:HAPPY 1 MONTH KYE!!!:cheer:

I can fit into all my clothes, the only problem I have is with my fitted dresses I end up with the 4 boob thing happening cos they have settled back to 2 cup sizes bigger than my pre-pregnancy size, also my clothes need to be bf'ing friendly as I am doing a lot of feeding out and about and don't feel the need to show my belly to the world!!!

Yay Pixie, isn't it great when they just conk out after the middle of the night feed - makes a big difference hey!!

MM - yay for Veygas being so happy now, so happy for ya and him!!!

CM4E - yeah I don't mind if there was a good reason for feeding early, but half an hour before she was even due, and knowing that I was coming down (as she was on during the previous feed) We didn't even know about her first bath... when I went in on day 2 her hair was a fluffy and she had been bathed.... wish we knew could have been there or even be told... oh well no point dwelling, we just look forward to all the new firsts!!

Hi Leasha, Mel, The Bear and anyone else I may have missed!!!

This has taken me ages, must go express then finish DH's lunches and iron some clothes and go to bed!!

Vic honey - :hug: what a horrible horrible weekend you've had! Hopefully you are over the worst of it now and the mastitis is getting better and the stitch is dissolved and you won't have any more trouble. :hug: :hug: :hug:
CM4E (I won't call you Kel cause it will just cause confusion!) I loved that first bath! My baby was in special care for two days and it was so lovely when they unplugged her from all the monitors and let me give her a bath. She still had all the crap in her hair so it was lovely just washing it all out. She loved it too, and I still love giving her a bath.
MM - glad to hear Veygas is on the mend
Sash - happy one month birthday to Kye!
Rach - I think you're nuts! LOL people were saying yesterday "i hope your next one is a boy" .... err, give me a break! she's only five weeks old! I can see how as she gets bigger I'll miss her being so little but right now I'm happy with just the one. I think I'd like to wait a while before thinking too much about another one!
Squidipa, Mel, Leasha and everyone :hello:

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Does anyone feel clucky like they want to try again in about 8 months or so??? Or am I weird!

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I don't think you're weird - but hey, I have 4, and I want to start trying again, RIGHT NOW!! :cryinglaugh: I just wish we had the time to DTD, IYKWIM :p Plus with everything that I go through in pregnancy (low platelets etc) and all that we have been through with Veygas this last couple of weeks .... hmmm I think we'll just wait and see what happens!! ;)

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Now I am heading off to get my platelets etc done, as 12 weeks into pregnancy they were 149 just below the bottom of the accepted range (150), then they just continued to drop to 112 @ 32 weeks, I was due to get another round of tests for my 34 week appointment (OB had decided to switch it up to fortnightly tests), as there were going to be implications in labour if they were below 100 but we didn't get that far.

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Yeah Vic, I'm meant to get mine checked too, they were down to 90 when I delivered, but again, i had no haemhorraging (sp?) or excess blood loss (less than 500ml!) but the docs just wanted to make sue they were going back up again! They did last time so ... besides Veygas has been my main concern lately!

And what a bummer about the mastitis - hope it has cleared up and hope that stitch has dissolved too! :hug:

I'd really like to try for a home birth next time, but I think I am just in that "too high risk" category ... but then again, if I stayed at home in labour long enough, I'm sure it would happen!! :cryinglaugh:

:hello: to everyone else - sorry personals have been fairly non-existent lately but ... I'm a slacker, what can I say?? :p

Good Morning Everyone!

Hopefully (fingers crossed) I will be back on here daily (more or less) now as I have been missing you all heaps! We have a study downstairs, the only room in the house that is downstairs and it is off the garage so quite a bit chillier than upstairs. It just wasn't practical to keep going up and down the stairs with a wee bub so I just wasn't able to get down there even though I wanted to. That combined with Jett's cranky week it just wasn't happening, and I really needed to talk to you all too. So last week I spoke to DH and we went and got a laptop so I can have it with me wherever I am in the house with Jett. Now don't get me wrong, this wasn't a spur of the moment decision, we have been talking about it for a long time so I can help DH with his bookwork at home rather than going to his workshop (he is a mechanic with his own business), but DH knows how valuable this site and you all are to me for support when he can't be here. So he saw it as a worthwhile investment, and of course the cost can all be put through the business. So, here I am, back, rambling as usual, but feeling much happier.

I have just finished reading all the posts since I last posted and have really enjoyed hearing everyone's stories - especially all your birth emotion ones. So I thought I would add my one in. Because I had been hoping for a natural intervention free birth, and there I was with gels, induction and still no joy I cried as I was laid on the table for my c-sect. I cried for me, I cried for my baby and cried because I was just about to meet my baby, the happiest time of my life and there I was crying because it didn't go to plan and I felt so selfish. Then all of a sudden I heard his cry and I cried, they put him on my chest straight away and his crying stopped instantly as he looked at me and listened to my voice. So of course I cried again!! And having read what some of you went through, I feel like all my tears were all wasted. I didn't need to cry - regardless of how my birth worked out I knew instinctively that I had a strong baby who could cope with everything I was throwing at him, and I was right! He is still strong, both physically and emotionally.

The other thing I loved reading about was everyone's music for their babies. Jett loves listening to the Michael Buble CDs!! I listen to them a bit in the car (to keep my driving calm!! :lol: and I have put the CD on a couple of times while Jett is in his bouncer and I am doing things. But everytime the CD finishes he cries :doh: so needless to say the CD is really getting a workout these days! The other thing he seems to like is my singing, poor kid! So I sing a lot for him, mainly songs from a tape that I had as a small child called Hippo in my bathtub by Anne Murray. Songs like Animal Crackers, Teddy Bears picnic and You are my Sunshine. And a little bit of Hippo in my bathtub! But I don't know all the words anymore so there are a few la la las in the middle!! I have found that you can still get that on CD but I have to get it imported from Canada. I can recommend it as a good kids CD though, and a bit different from the usual nursery rhymes and the Wiggles!

So a little bit of catch up on what has been happening around here... Jett has continued to sleep well at night so there has been no problem there, but week before last, the day Jett hit 4 weeks he just kept crying all day. Not sleeping or settling and I couldn't get anything done not even a shower. At first I figured wind, so got some infacol wind drops but they didn't seem to work. I was getting to my wits end, crying along with him, especially as when my DH was home he was calm (and asleep) or if we went out he was calm (and asleep)! All I wanted to do was get on here and talk with you guys and it just wasn't happening. I couldn't even get out of the house some days so that wasn't even an option to calm him down. Then last Monday I had to go to a breastfeeding session down at the health centre and I got there about 10.30, but had been trying to get out of the house since 8 so of course I burst in to tears as soon as I got there!! But it was a blessing that I went, because there was another girl there with her son who had just gone through the same thing. We started comparing notes and it seemed we had the same story with our sons. We both She had been to the hospital and seen a paed so had all the answers! We both have an abundant supply of milk, and guzzling babies so that when we were feeding them they would empty both sides, which is about 200-250 mls all up, in one sitting. Far too much for tiny babies. So what was happening was acid reflux, which stayed in their throats because neither are chucky babies, so this was burning their throats. And because there tummies were getting so full they would open up and let undigested milk in to their gut where it would ferment causing big wind pains and big poos every nappy change which burnt their bums and resulted in nappy rash. No wonder the poor little man was screaming!! So the answer was to only feed one side per sitting, and feeding more often if he wanted it, but not more in qty. Keep him as upright as much as possible and a dummy for the acid reflux. And also half a ml of mylanta after each feed. Since doing all this he is a new baby. The nappy rash is gone, his poos have changed colour and there is less of them and he has gone back to being a happy baby. I have stopped the mylanta and he doesn't seem to need to be upright as much anymore as long as he has a good burp before lying down.

OMG - I didn't realise how much I have just rambled. I am so sorry everyone, but I really needed to tell you all..... I will stop now!

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Yeah Vic, I'm meant to get mine checked too, they were down to 90 when I delivered, but again, i had no haemhorraging (sp?) or excess blood loss (less than 500ml!) but the docs just wanted to make sue they were going back up again! They did last time so ... besides Veygas has been my main concern lately!

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Mine didn't get checked at delivery.... was all just too quick in then end and as it was VB and no drugs it didn't come up, not sure what my loss was afterwards...

MT - Welcome back on line :hug: Your birth emotions had me in tears, just beautiful.

Crappy weather here today, had the hugest hail storm this morning, the hail was small but was everywhere!!

Hoping my week gets better!!!

Hi all,

Just wanted to pop in and say hello. I have no hope in catching up since I last posted, but I have read everyones posts!
I am hoping to go and get Seven weighed today, as she is officially 1 Calendar month old! Crikey time flies!

Will try and come back later with some more in depth posting!

:welcome: back MT!! And don't apologise for rambling - I do it all the time!! :cryinglaugh: I remember the hippo in my bathtub - we had the LP!!! (omg that's showing my age now isn't it??) Do you remember "inchworm" and "morning town"?

CM4E - yeah, sometimes it's hard to catch up on everything that goes on in here!! :cryinglaugh: We're just a bunch of chatterboxes!! :p

Vic - that hail musta travelled down, cause on Friday, my dp said it was in brissie, we had it here yesterday and then you got it (wonder if it went diagonal and bypassed melbourne?)