Babies Born August 2007 #2

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HEY!
Sehra - Wow! 2nd grade! Thats fantastic! Congratulations!We don't wrap Jensen any more, it seems to be getting too warm up here to even wear wondersuits, but thats all he really has for bedtime. So he wears a wondersuit and a thin sleeping bag (from Target). He always hated having his arms wrapped- he loves them above his head! So he can't kick the sleeping bag off, so we're all happy. Jensen has been having colicky days, at one stage like a week straight. It'd start at 4pm and go thru til 9-9:30pm. He'd scream and scream and scream. Gets a bit much, and its terrible to hear him like that. He sounded like he was in pain and there was nothing I could do about it. We tried the Infants Friend before a feed so it could start working while he's feeding. I also found that when he was colicky or stressed out, I was never the one who could calm him. Apparently, it has something to do with that he can smell my milk and basically just associates me with food. *sigh* The last 3 nights have been fantastic! Fingers crossed it continues.

Rebecca - Jensen is the same with night feeds. Each time he wakes, which is like 2hr clockwork, he's hungry. I think thats the only reason he wakes most times. Most times, thats all wants, and he gets it and a gentle burp not to wake him and back to bed he goes! LOL @ the nappy changing! I don't have a penis so i don't know if I'm doing it right either! And I'm quick at the change - but sometimes just not quick enough! He gets it all over the change mat, but never on me! Normally he hates being undressed, even for a new nappy, but the last couple of days, he seems to be happy to air his area!

Neuri - I'm not sure when the smiling starts! Just before 4wks, Jensen started cooing coz he was happy and what I think was smiles for fun! But we're recording the official smile as at the 18/09/07 (conveniently 1mth to the day!). Shame he wasn't smiling at me tho. Me time? Whats that? Being on here is my me time. Anytime he's sleeping is me time. I have been walkin round the shops the last few days, so I guess thats me time. I did go to lunch with my mother and mil yesterday, but I had Jensen with me.

Sara - wow! 6cm in 6wks! Jensen's 4wks and he's grown 2cm When i weighed him Tuesday he was 4.8kg, 1kg up from birth. Good luck with your STAT. Which contraceptive? Means we'd have to be dtd.... lol No idea just yet. It was basically just timing and condoms before- or sadly, not dtd at all.

Kirst - Yes, the father should be able to figure out whats going on with the baby - but apparently Andrew wasn't programmed with that ability. He doesn't really know what to do. Basically when he comes home, he cuddles with Jensen, changes his nappy or bathes him - but all with my instruction. He's happy just to fall asleep together. Funnily enough the other morning I had Jensen in the bed with us, on a pillow between the pillows and went off to make Andrew lunch. Jensen cried and cried - LOUDLY - and even though Andrew had his arm around him, he slept right thru it and didn't notice til I came up and asked why he wasn't comforting him! I'm right up there with you with dtd. I was also up for it 2wks after, but Andrew wasnt too keen coz of the stitches. But today - well. Woo hoo. Least this way, if we had a problem we could tell the dr about it at the 6wk checkup! There wasn't really a problem, i think we just aggitated the stitches. We didn't use any protection, I have no idea when the fertile period starts again. AF hasn't arrived back yet & we're breastfeeding... what are the chances?!?

Ali - Jensen sometimes brings up thick milk - and sometimes a lot - but usually only after he's been a bit piggy. He seems to be ok.

Ok, now I've caught up with you....
On the 18th (1mth), we went to Twinkle Toes and got his hands and feet moulded and went to pixie foto. He's only this little once. How expensive is pixiefoto! I'm only going to get the free one that the voucher offered from the Bounty Bag. He did really well at pixie, coz he was nudie - and he hates that. Didn't cry much. Just fussed towards the end. Holding him for one of the photos, he happyily pooed thru the babywipe, thru my fingers and onto the satin prop. Fun. The Twinkle Toes gave me a voucher for a photo to go with the mould, so we did that yesterday. Another few nudie shots (they just seem to show how little they were better) and he was on his even better behaviour! It was fantastic! Oh! He's losing all his hair! He started going bald on his left side. He looks lopsed. Seems to be evening out with the right starting now. The big chunk at the back (which Andrew loving refers to as his mullet) doesn't seem to be going anywhere, which is good. I don't know if my milk is playing up. I can no longer just weigh them in my hands to find which has more, they're just floppy and baggy. He seems to feed ok, but I can't hear him swallow. Is anyone's babybrain still hanging about? I was wondering where Jensen's red towel was. He was given two from his Nana, the other was blue. I was so sure I put it in the basket to be washed. I was just out at the line now and realised... I know where it went... It wasn't red and blue towels, it was yellow and blue.
He's in the middle of a big nap now, 3hrs! Do I have a chance to go and put more washing on and hang some out before wakes? Maybe some more house work next nap. I'll quickly get it done now - coz he's waking up!

Thanks for hanging in there to get this far! I'll try not to have so much time between posts.