Babies Born August 2007 #2

[neuri]

Welcome to the new members!

Sara, what a touching moment at the nursing home. I got a little misty eyed when I read it. I can't imagine my bub sleeping from 8pm to 5.30pm. U r lucky. When Willa sleeps for a long time, I tend not to catch up on sleep as I get too excited abt having free time to do stuff and be with DH. Oh and good luck with your course!

Claire - ouch on the scar! Better take it easy so no more heavy lifting! I've been told the hardest thing in the world is to tell a new mum to NOT do so much. After being so large in my last 3 mnths of pgs, I was so keen on doing more around the house when I was able to.

Kirsten - The way I see it, we do so much hard work bringing a baby into the world that we're allowed the time to just live a little. Frankly I don't get how some other new mums manage to look so well groomed. If it makes u feel any better I look like a bag lady half the time. I put on 25 kilos when pg and still have a ways to go. And what a sleep from Laura, when oh when is that going to happen for me! *whinge*

Sehra [/B]- Don't feel badly. Babies mess themselves and half the time they don't even seem to notice. It probably bothers us more than it does them. Due to being lazy once, I found out that Willa had been sitting around in a hot, full, poo-e diaper for hours when I just thought she was being a sook. I forgot that I hadn't changed it at the last feeding. Felt bad about it too but babies are very forgiving :P

Ali- great news about Em's weight gain. Bubs can bounce back so well.

Rhiannon - Sorry to hear about your DH's nan. I hope the transition goes ok. Abt exrpessing, do you mean 120ml from each?? Cos if so, wow, wonder boobs!

Well i had a great day yesterday. Arranged for an arvo of babysitting with MIL who live only 10 min walk from us. I packed everything and wheeled Willa down there only to discover I had forgotten her bottle of all things. MIL drove me back to mine to get it. Looks like remnants of placenta dimentia. It was supposed to be ab arvo of relaxation as I hadn't celebrated DH's birthday with him. So what did we end up doing? DH did some call out work and I cleaned our place! It was great tho. The dustballs on the floor were so big they were scaring my cats. And not good for the baby to breathe in either.

Regarding clothes, Willa is still a 000 but she's started on 00 because its such a struggle getting smaller neck holes over her head. She just screams the house done, so we chuck on larger tops. I reckon she's about 5 kilos now.

Ok, off to hang up curtains now. Got some guests coming round this evening. I'm so straved for adult convo!

Neuri

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Kristen, I understand why you feel bad but please don't. Firstly your bubs is perfectly healthy and some of the other bubs may have been younger. there can be heaps of reasons for a difference in size. No as for you don't frett. I'm not at a comfortable weight, Hell I didnt even wash my hair this morning, I just wet it. Today I made a small effort and wore jeans instead of trackydacks. Now all those other mums probably missed out on either valuable sleep time or mum and bub time getting ready. I think that after a few meetings you will find some of them will stop going to so much trouble.

Sehra, aw no, but don't feel bad. she would have told you if it was bad. It probably made her feel heaps better.

Alison, glad to hear things are getting better. yay on the weight gain. I hope you do get your little girl home soon. Nice pram purchase too!!

Rhiannon, things sound like they are going really well for you now. I hope the good times continue.

Sara, there is an council run imunisation session on monday here so i'm going to that. I am sure it was a laugh. I think xavier has been laughing for a while, but only at his plains.

Neuri, yay on getting some you time even if you did clean. But at least when your tied up again you won't be wishing you could clean and you can focus on other things.

Ok so we had our 8 week check up today. Xavier is now 5.4kgs?? I think and 59 cm long, and as per usual they checked his testes and yep still there and there are still 2 lol. Xavier had the best sleep last night. He finally did it. went to bet at 8.45 and didn't get up until 6am, I think I beet you sara

Well I hope everyone is looking forward to a good weekend.

[Turkish Delight]

Good evening All,

Ela has been very naughty tonight as she has been extremely hard to settle. I might have had something to do with it though! I went to the hairdressers at 1.30pm and couldn't return home til 7.45pm! I have hair down to my bum, so you can imagine to get regrowth coloured then the foils re-done, then wash, blow wave and straighten takes me about 3.5-4hours each time i go to get my hair done! I put her down twice and now she is in my bed sleeping, she cries every now and then but have vowed to let her settle herself as my arms are aching from rocking her. Hubby took care of her when i was out and had a hard time settling her too as she had wind pains and was hard to settle. Oh well, looking after her for one day won't hurt him, we do it 24/7!

Bec- what a sleep! Hope you went down early too so you could also enjoy some of that fab shut eye. 5.4kg? Wow! Ela is having her 8 week check on Tuesday, so i'm really looking forward to see how much she gained.

Sara - re: the crampiness with the IUD. I was going to have it inserted a few years ago, but got afraid when my GP told me about the crampiness assoc. with it. He said it was the uterus trying to expel the IUD out as it recognises it as being a foreign object. I'm such a sooky la-la (as Devrim would say) when it comes to pain so i never got it inserted. Hope you feel much better now though.

Ali - great to hear that lil Emma is much better.

Kirsten - hope your feeling better today

Hope all that i have missed out on in responding too are doing well. Better go and get some sleep.

Good night.

[corrblimeybabe]

Hi everyone, sorry I have not posted since my first one...Cameron seems to have turned into the devil child and has been unbearably grizzly and unsettled for the past day or so. I think it is his 6 week growth spurt thing kicking in a few days early!
I have had very little sleep, as he was waking for feeds every 2 hours on thursday night, and on friday he seemed to have alarm bells that rang just as I fell asleep and he would wake up and kick off. The only way he would sleep is in the hug-a-bub with me sitting upright!

My scar is fine, the open bit is not too bad, but he says I have pulled one of the ties inside and that is why it is hurting so much. He told me off for lifting and reminded me I needed to be taking things easy!!
Cameron had his 6 week checkup too (a bit early as doc is going on holiday) and his UTI was just a freak occurrence, nothing present that might have caused it.
He is now 6.3 kg, 60sm long and his head circumference is 40 cm!!! Doc told us he is above the percentiles for his age and will stay like that forever!! he said he is a monster of a baby and is just going to be huge!! (both me and his dad are tall, and both our families are known for breeding big babies)

Sara: with the Merina I had cramps and bleeding on and of for a few weeks after having it inserted, but after about 2 months I stopped having periods at all. I would occasionally get spotting but on the whole it was the best contraceptive I have ever used. I am going to get one put in again until we are ready to have baby number 2.
If anyone is concerned about how long it takes for fertility to return to normal after having one removed, I had mine taken out in september and was pregnant in october!

Me and hubby were watching something funny on TV last night and both laughed...a couple of seconds later Cameron did a "hahaha" noise, so we laughed again and he seemed to repeat the hahaha noise.

What is everyone's secrets to getting their babies to sleep so long during the night? I am lucky at the moment to get a 3 hour stretch before he wakes up demanding the boob!

Oh well, best go as my boy is making his hunger noises!! have a good weekend all.

Clairex

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls,

Alison - Fingers crossed that Emma does'nt lose any more weight. I hope she is home to her family soon.

Nueri - Yes i do count myself as one of the lucky ones. I was acutally thinking yesterday i wonder how i would have coped if Colby slept like Briley did at that age. Briley was every 3 hours almost every night until she was 3 months. Then she started to sleep-through more often. I too prefer to spend my spare time doing stuff at the moment. Most of the time its cleaning the house, then i spend the rest on here until the girls wake up.

Bec - Good on you mate!! So how many hours is that then.....9h 15m!! Good sleep! Colby has been going down closer to 8 now. We bath her with Briley in the big bath most nights at about 7.30pm and she is red eyed and ready for a feed and bed after that. She is getting too big for her baby bath now so she loves laxing out in the water of the big bath! I'm going to get Colby's needles done next thursday. She will be 8 weeks on the wednesday so i don't think a day is going to matter. Good to hear that Xav is growing well. Also good to hear that both his testes are still there! I wonder where they though they were going to go?!?!?

Sehra/Claire - I have been getting some period type cramping here and there but its the bleeding thats the worst at the moment. I was so worried yesterday i called the hospital about it. Ofcourse no-one wanted a bar of it and just said go and see your GP if your worried. But yeah, i have been bleeding quite heavily since monday. I thought i was only meant to spot. According to the mirena booklet you can spot or bleed like a period with pains for up too 3 months! But i am pretty sure the Dr that put it in said that if i bled for longer than a month too go and see my Dr. I better not bleed for month! I will speak to my Dr about it when i take Colby to get her needles i think!

Claire - Good to see you still around! I think some of us are just very VERY lucky to have babies that sleep through. Don't jump the gun though....you are at the 6 week mark now and Cameron might just follow suit!! Gosh he is a big boy is'nt he! Would love to see some pics of him!

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well.

I was reading through the our Belly Buddies forum lastnight. Jeez i whinged heaps did'nt i!?!?!? I suppose at the time i had reason too. I was also trying to track down all the girls that were in there with us. This was the list:

Sconeonamission - Bubs born 18/8 - August Baby Buddies
l2ettlez - ?????
Kunfubecca - Bubs born 3/8 - August Baby Buddies
Sehra - Bubs born 1/8 - August Baby Buddies
Bridee - Bubs born 26/7 - July Baby Buddies
Monnie - Bubs born 21/8 but has'nt been around! Hope she and bubs are well
Hope - ??????
Renee Elizabeth - Bubs born 30/7 - July Baby Buddies
Lil MG - Bubs born 31/7 - July Baby Buddies
Kirst11 - Bubs born 20/8 August Baby Buddies
DanielleC - Bubs born 27/7 - July Baby Buddies
Sportychick - Bubs born 30/7 - July Baby Buddies
Tanya - Bubs born 20/8 - August Baby Buddies
Lanaktb - Bubs born 16/8 - August Baby Buddies
Fig - Bubs born 15/8 - August Baby Buddies
Dianeandross - Bubs born 10/8 - August Baby Buddies

Did i miss anyone??? I can't believe 5 of us went in July!! Thats a lot hey! And i think i was the one with the earliest EDD. Oh no so was Danielle! She was also due on the 3'rd! I still can't believe i had a due date baby.

Well there is'nt much to report here. Not doing much this weekend. Might go into mums for a BBQ tomorrow afternoon though. What's everyone else got planned???

Anyways...just realied im hungry!

Hope you are all well...

BBL

[Kirst11]

Just popping in to catch up on the goss and say hi.

I had a great day yesterday. DD1 went to daycare, and DD2 and I headed out for coffee with a girlfriend. It was so nice to get out with a friend rather than by myself or with the girl/s. I've found that when it's just me, or me and the kids I'm spending SOOOO much money. Bad Kirsten!

I have an agreement with DH that I can use a portion of the baby bonus to buy some new clothes. We did this after my last pregnancy as well. So I've been having a very nice time just buying, buying and buying. And I've been buying some clothes for the girls too, as DD1 will move into a size 4 soon, and DD2 a 00. Bugger that DD1 was in 00 just as we were going into a Melbourne Autumn - those clothes just won't cut it in a Sydney Summer.

Well, my boobs seem to be drying up. I am having trouble keeping up with all the expressing, looking after two kids, and trying to get some time to ME, so I'm not expressing as often (not by choice, it's just circumstance). And I'm having trouble with blocked ducts and stuff, so I think that the express/bottle run might be over. I have over-expressed though, and we have about 2 weeks worth of BM in the freezer, that with the aid of a bit of forumula, we will make last another month or so.

I think that Bailey has had more BM than Ardyn had though. Ardyn had 10 weeks supplemented with formula, and Bailey has had only BM for 6 weeks so far. We are going to start using forumla supplements and see how it goes.

Right I'm off. Got to do some washing.
Later.

[sconeonamission]

Sara - I was in the August belly buddies...

Dinner is just about ready - bless the grandparents! BBL

[sconeonamission]

Claire - I totally understand about the sleep. Jensens like that too occasionally. Lately he's been waking for his feeds and deciding its play time! I just look at him and force myself to think... he's only little once.. and I'll never have kids again. But when morning comes, that last thought goes right out the window! lol Wow he's so big! Jensen is 6wks (by day, not date) and is 55cm, 4.9kg and 37cm head circ... Every says he's so tiny, I don't think so... but hearing about everyones kiddies, he does seem small. We met a 7wk old today and she was sooo much bigger than him. The doctor and health nurse didn't have a problem with his size, so maybe theres not... I'm gonna have to ask at our next appt. Jensen also sleeps for about 4-5hrs first up at night, then wakes every 2 - 2.5hrs. Can almost set my watch by it!

Kirst - How are you feeling with giving up expressing feeding? Still can't believe everyones baby is moving up to 00's. We ended up using the baby bonus to keep us going while I'm off work. I worked it out to be financially sustained for 5 mths. Only thing I didn't factor was groceries. whoops! Oh well, what little I get from Centrelink can go towards that!

Neuri - Lol no no not 120ml from one side - but the right side always contributes the most to it! Round about 90ml just that side alone.

Well, I got the washing done today. Mind you I was over at Andrews parents place, and had other ppl to entertain my lil monster. Like I was saying to Claire, Jensen has just started this habit where he wakes for his midnight feed and is awake for like the next hour! Then, coz he's been awake for an hour,he'll have a lil snack and go back to sleep himself for another 2 hrs then do it all again. I'm so tired from it. There was a photograph stall in the shopping centre, with a $3.95 entry fee for baby competition. You get a free photo with it too. Jensen was asleep, so he was a lil more pliable. And oh so cute! Even the photographer ladies thought so too! This is where we met the 7wk old girl. Compared to her, he WAS tiny. Depending on how I'm feeling during the day, at different times, I'm either ok about it, or I worry that I'm not doing anything right. ATM - I'm so so. If I wasn't doing anything right, I'm sure I'd see something other than his size - right? Every evening from 4, Jensen gets edgy. He doesn't want to be in my room, or the office but somewhere where I'm walking round and he can see different things. I think he just likes a different scenery.

Someone was saying something about getting their babies to sleep well at night? I can't get Jensen to sleep long at night, but I do know that if I bath him between 6-7:30 (with J & J baby bedtime bath), followed by J&J bedtime bath lotion to moisturise and relax.. he feeds really well and sleeps really soundly.

This might sound a really weird question - Has your partner tasted your breastmilk? From the breast? What did they think?

Better be off... got a big day tomorrow. Gotta visit a friend for his birthday early, then one of Andrews friends who's dying to finally meet our baby (his 2nd is on the way) and then we're off to a 2nd birthday - it takes about 1.5hrs to get there, and it starts at 11! Before all that, I actually have to make my self look a lil decent!

Catch up with you all soon! Hope you all had a great weekend!

[sconeonamission]

Claire - I totally understand about the sleep. Jensens like that too occasionally. Lately he's been waking for his feeds and deciding its play time! I just look at him and force myself to think... he's only little once.. and I'll never have kids again. But when morning comes, that last thought goes right out the window! lol Wow he's so big! Jensen is 6wks (by day, not date) and is 55cm, 4.9kg and 37cm head circ... Every says he's so tiny, I don't think so... but hearing about everyones kiddies, he does seem small. We met a 7wk old today and she was sooo much bigger than him. The doctor and health nurse didn't have a problem with his size, so maybe theres not... I'm gonna have to ask at our next appt. Jensen also sleeps for about 4-5hrs first up at night, then wakes every 2 - 2.5hrs. Can almost set my watch by it!

Kirst - How are you feeling with giving up expressing feeding? Still can't believe everyones baby is moving up to 00's. We ended up using the baby bonus to keep us going while I'm off work. I worked it out to be financially sustained for 5 mths. Only thing I didn't factor was groceries. whoops! Oh well, what little I get from Centrelink can go towards that!

Neuri - Lol no no not 120ml from one side - but the right side always contributes the most to it! Round about 90ml just that side alone.

Well, I got the washing done today. Mind you I was over at Andrews parents place, and had other ppl to entertain my lil monster. Like I was saying to Claire, Jensen has just started this habit where he wakes for his midnight feed and is awake for like the next hour! Then, coz he's been awake for an hour,he'll have a lil snack and go back to sleep himself for another 2 hrs then do it all again. I'm so tired from it. There was a photograph stall in the shopping centre, with a $3.95 entry fee for baby competition. You get a free photo with it too. Jensen was asleep, so he was a lil more pliable. And oh so cute! Even the photographer ladies thought so too! This is where we met the 7wk old girl. Compared to her, he WAS tiny. Depending on how I'm feeling during the day, at different times, I'm either ok about it, or I worry that I'm not doing anything right. ATM - I'm so so. If I wasn't doing anything right, I'm sure I'd see something other than his size - right? Every evening from 4, Jensen gets edgy. He doesn't want to be in my room, or the office but somewhere where I'm walking round and he can see different things. I think he just likes a different scenery.

Someone was saying something about getting their babies to sleep well at night? I can't get Jensen to sleep long at night, but I do know that if I bath him between 6-7:30 (with J & J baby bedtime bath), followed by J&J bedtime bath lotion to moisturise and relax.. he feeds really well and sleeps really soundly.

This might sound a really weird question - Has your partner tasted your breastmilk? From the breast? What did they think?

Better be off... got a big day tomorrow. Gotta visit a friend for his birthday early, then one of Andrews friends who's dying to finally meet our baby (his 2nd is on the way) and then we're off to a 2nd birthday - it takes about 1.5hrs to get there, and it starts at 11! Before all that, I actually have to make my self look a lil decent!

Catch up with you all soon! Hope you all had a great weekend!

[corrblimeybabe]

Rhiannon, funny you should say about the J&J baby bedtime products. Cameron had a bath this evening with the bubbles and I massaged him using the moisturiser. It only took us 10 minutes to settle him to sleep (has been taking upwards of an hour) and he is sound asleep now!!

I have tried my breastmilk (curiosity got the better of me) and was pleasantly suprised, it was nice and sweet but a bit watery. Hubby thought I was being revolting and he refuses to try it. It made me think about why people are so appalled about trying milk that is specifically designed for and produced by humans.

I have been reading about "dream feeding" as had seen people talking about it but did not really understand what it was. Now I know I am thinking of giving it a try tonight if I can catch it before Cameron decides to wake for a feed. Does anyone here do it, and if so how successful is it in prolonging the sleep period over night??

Oh...the man has just woken up best go and settle him.

Sleep well everyone!!

[Kirst11]

Rhianon - as far as giving up the boob thing, I'm fine. I aimed for 12 weeks of breastmilk, but she'll keep getting it until 10 weeks, just like Ardyn. I have to do what's best for all of us as a family, and at the moment I am feeling more stressed trying to get her the breastmilk, and I tend to push my stress onto others, so then DH is stressed and the kids are stressed....etc. etc. She'll be fine, and so will I. Thanks for asking though.

Well Bailey got her first formula feed tonight before she went to bed, and we haven't heard a peep from her. We usually get some grizzles between 7:00 and 8:30, but we've had nothing. I think that it may have done the trick. She slept really well during hte day too. It could have something to do with mummy being less stressed because she had daddy home for support (oh, and that he let me sleep in this morning).

Life is good.

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Sehra, no time like the present for the men to get a hold on this looking after bubs business. I figure the sooner nathan starts the quicker he'll learn. Did you express for hubby to feed her. one thing nathan does is he screws the top of the bottle on too tight (boy tightness like when they do it for a bottle in the fridge, making it impossible to undo) anywho by putting the top of the bottle on too tight it makes it harder to suck and they get wind worse. and I got 7 hours of sleep. I think that's good. I hope the check up goes well.


Claire sounds like you have a basketballer on your hands there. Lol you won't be able to hide many things on the top shelf away from him for long. With sleep I have just been lucky. Xavier started telling me when he was tired and wanted to sleep so I made sure he got what he wanted. eventually I guess he is just slowly getting used to longer and longer sleeps.

Sara, this might make you laugh. It seems danielle and I did a little switch a roo. Xavier was due to arrive on the 27th of july yet arrived on the 3rd of august. She stole my dues date


Rhiannon, a few weeks ago xavier had a f=very similar sleeping pattern to what you described for jensen. He has been increasing it gradually though. I'm sure you will find jensen will do the same.

krist, yay on the sleep in, that's fantastic. I'm glad that you are happy with how everything is going and your family is happy and healthy too.

Trying breastmilk? I have to say it weirds me out more than anything. claire your right we shouldn't be appauled by it because it is made for us and well bubs dont complain. I still find it a little freaky that I produce milk

Well we had a pretty good day today. decided to get some infants friend gave him a little with his lunch time feed and got a huge burp, and then had better burps than usual for all his feeds until he went to bed. So I think he just needed one really good burp to clear things out.
I also bought today a medicine dispenser that is a dummy and bubs sucks on it. I'm wondering if anyone has ever used these? I thought it might be handy because Xavier might be less likley to send the medicine back my way if he was feeling a bit chucky iykwim

Night, I'm buggerd - oo did you all know that k-mart have their terry suits(like wondersuits) on special for under $5 this week. They are pretty good still for something that will be peed, pooed and spewed on.

[Ilithyia]

Hi girls,

Welcome Kim! Nice to meet you. Congrats on your little man.

Just poppin in quickly to say hi. My cousin suprised us yesterday by arriving from Adelaide! She just jumped in the car on thursday afternoon after deciding that her and her boyfriend wanted a change! Wish i could make split decisions like that!

Anyways....might be back later for personals.

Hope you are all well.....

[shell_l_d]

Lots of posts in a short time

Oh Kirsten, hope ur feeling more upbeat. We were lucky with our mums group (Holly's) coz we all get along so well, i've heard others from other mums groups having issues where some talk behind others backs etc, I hope urs isnt like that. Dont b silly, theyre prob feeling the same way, i felt alot bigger than most in my mums group too, it can take months to loose it all, hang in there, they're prob a really nice bunch of ladies. It doesnt matter if uve got the biggest or the smallest baby, so long as they're healthy Holly was always the smallest in mums group, theres a few pics in my www from when she was under 6mths & shows shes smaller, but by gees after the formula, she is now the biggest girl in the group & as big as some of the boys in the group, hehe. I only wear foundation unless going out, but other mums in our group had all the nice makeup on.
Cheeky Laura trying to stay than come out, hehe.

Wow Sehra, that'd b a pain having to sit there so long. Speaking of hair, i need my regrowth done too, sux having greys. I found my first few grey hairs at 21yo, no thnx to my dad.
Ur being too hard on urself, dont b silly, bubs dont hold a grudge. Lanah has done that too, mainly whilst im changing her or have just put her down, they'll let u know if theyre uncomfy. Both Holly & Lanah have woken up b4 crying coz theyve vomitted & r lying in it & i wonder how long theyve been lying in it b4 they cried to let me know.

Claire hope ur resting up. Good wrap on the mirena, its sounding like a really good option to me too. No real secret, both bubs just started doing it by themselves, some do & some dont. When my obgyn asked how bub was sleeping & i said great sleepin thru he said i dont know how u get them to do that, hehe.

Hehe Bec, yeah they have to check testes to c if they've descended & think also to make sure no hernia's.
Oh & as for the dummy, they work like a charm for some bubs, but others wont have a bar of them (like Lanah & Holly), but if they do like the dummy, u can have problems with waking thru the night crying coz dummy fell out, just some info i got from other mums in my mums group.

Wow Sara, so they've moved interstate just like that? Good on 'em. Hmm, could come in handy as a babysitter too, hehe.
Oh & there's also about the same amount of us that were in the due in late Aug thread too.

Rhiannon, i'm sure ur doin fine. But if ur worried, just get him weighed weekly at ur CHC or chemist, that's what we did with our 1st. Also u can check against the growth charts in ur blue book. Holly was around the 15-20% for weight until I put her on formula at 6mths, then she just filled out, hehe.

Kirst, WTG on the sleeping.

Welcome & congrats Kim. Its great to c LTTTC success stories. Heheh on the willy, yeah I heard the same story from a mum in our mums group (Holly's).

Ali, PMSL at the nut freezone comment. WTG on Emma's weight gain, thats fantastic. Hope u get out early Sat for the long wkend. A double REVERSABLE pram, that is cool. OMG that is a bargain, what brand is it, ive heard Phil & Ted prams are very pricey, is it one of them?

WTG Rhiannon on getting back to pre-preg weight, I still have 7.5kg to go, havent lost any in last 3-4wks but havent really been trying, doh. & then have another 2kg to get back to pre-Holly weight & another 3kg to get back to pre-wedding weight. So id ideally like to loose 12.5kg, but i sooo procrastinate about trying to loose it. I really want to loose at least some by time we go on hols with whole mums group (10 or 11 families) end Nov.

Sara, from my understanding, the needles are due at 2mths (calendar months, so by date, eg: 14th of mth) not 8wks (by day). Anyhow it doesnt have to be entirely accurate (eg: on the 14th) but close to the date.

[alioops]

Hi all.

WE R HOME!!!!!!!!! got discharged yesterday early arvo.

Shell, The pram is a Bertini steerable collection. Emmaljunga also make 1 called the cerox. it doesn't fit thru our front door unfolded tho! we just take the kids inside then worry bout the pram. Sarah is really gentle with Emma so we dont have problems with attacking thankfully. the woman i got it from had a toddler that attacked her newborn.

Re BM, DH reckons it's buttery / sweet. all gone now tho! Em is really different now that she's eating enough. she goes 3 hrs then 5 hrs @ night, thankfully the 5 hrs is the last part! We put her in bed awake so she doesn't think we have deserted her when she wakes. we have never settled her off to sleep but always allowed her to do it herself, we dont want the problems we had with Sarah!

Kim, b very careful with not contracepting. u dont want 2 b reading a positive tester with a little bub on ur lap like I did. having a bub can iron out some fertility probs, even male 1's.

Emma will b weighed again 2morrow or wednesday. doubt it will b 2morrow coz of the public holiday but . going 2 fun footy match btw old crows n port players 4 charity 2morrow. They call it the slowdown n we go every year. Lleyton Hewitt n Guy Sebastian n a few other celebs play n they have lots of family stuff. it supports children's hospitals etc.

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Welcome kim, I too have washers and towels and all sorts of things hanging around, I'm just too slow. I don't pay enough attention

Shell I am trying to avoid the dummy, but he just wants something to suck on and if I have to choose boob or dummy I'm choosing dummy because he chucks if he eats too much. I have been trying if he spits the dummy and grizzles and is half asleep to just move the dummy out of the way and pat/stroke and shush. My nieces are dummy Dependant and I don't want that.

Alison, yay on being discharged that's fantastic. Glad to hear things are going so well now. You do have a good girl if she goes down without a fuss though. I remember our first night home, we tried to put xavier in his cot and he was like no way man and screamed. He eventually went in a few hours later.

Xavier had his first time away from me yesterday. I only got a little teary. We went to the movies and he spent a couple of hours with Gran. thankfully he was a good boy and is welcome back.

[sconeonamission]

Good morning everyone!

Claire - Dream feeding - I used to do that when Jensen was a lot smaller and we had our nights worked into 2hour shifts. I woke before he did, anticipating it, fed him and put him back to bed and he was none the wiser.

Rebecca - I'd have to find short sleeved, short legged suits now. I don't know about every one else, but it's been getting hot here lately. Not really using the wondersuits anymore. I dont have washer beside the change table, but prolly should, as man - that boy can pee far!

Kim - Welcome to you and Hayden! DTD - no we did before 6wks, roundabout the 4th week. Its different than before, prolly from the stitches but (TMI) its better now!

Sara - Your cousin moving up - potential babysitter?

Shell - Lucky you with your girls not using a dummy. Ours is a lifesaver, and is only used to settle and maybe fall asleep. Once hes quiet enoug, or asleep enough, I try and take it out. However, if he doent want it, he'll spit it as far as he can! I didn't want to use one coz I dont want a dummy dependant child. However, had i not used one (started day 3), I would have lost it. There was no sleeping when we were in hospital, by either of us. My sister has weened her 11mth off his dummy about a mth ago, so when the time comes, I'll just ask for pointers.

Ali - Welcome home! Great to hear Emma is doing better! Hope you had fun at the charity event!

That sleep pattern I mentioned is getting worse! Last night was terrible! With being sick too (I have a headcold ) it wasn't easy. Jensen slept last night from maybe 7:45 to 10:30 - then it started. I fed him, early, then tried to put him back to bed to which he screamed. So i tried to rock him to sleep and his eyes were shut, so back we went. Woke himself up with the startle reflex when I put him down. Tried again - this time wrapped up, woke coz he couldn't get his arms out. This time he was happy just to look around. 1230, 1, 1:45, 2:15, 3:30, 4:30 He woke up. It took about 10 mins to make sure he was asleep, or at least on his way. He fed at most waking times. At 3:30 Andrew had him, and kept him quiet for a few mins. He was happy just to look around and smile and gurgle at me. At 4:30 enough was enough, so i got him to sleep - that took an hour, arranged a pillow between our pillows, set him down and cuddled him face to face, and he was right. He's asleep there now, and I'm not far off it! Andrew was great about it all last night. He can get a lil cranky if he wakes up at night. He woke round 7:30 for a few mins then slept til 12:30. Hes back asleep now.

Jensens 2mth needles will be on the 18th, 2 calender mths. Not looking forward to it. Do you think its a good idea to hold off feeding til after theyre done, so I can calm him with it? They say to do that for 2hrs before his circumcision, so after the procedure, I can calm him with it. EEEK! Thats next Monday.

Oh! We had to borrow one of my sisters cars, as ours overheated. We were 1.5hrs from home, just before going to the 2yo's party. Andrew was p!ssed. We have a 1995 Range Rover. The overheating can be 1 of 2 things. Either its just the head gaskets or we've cracked the cylinder heads. Option 1 is more preferable, or something cheaper & easier to be fixed would be even better. Option 1 is a $5000 job, whereas Option 2 is a $10,000 job. Damn luxury 4WD. Either way, its a 3wk job.

Better go and hang some washing and do some shopping! Hope your all well.

[KirstenFleur]

A quick one, and I'll do personals later. Today has, thus far, been divided into Good/Bad.
Good: I got a decent sleep and woke at 6.20am, as did Laura.

Bad: She resolutely refused to go back to sleep after being fed, preferring instead to KEEP FEEDING dammit.

Good: She dropped off and I got into the shower.

Bad: Then she woke up, and panicked (I think) and I was standing in the loungeroom wearing slippers and a baby and nothing else. And dripping.

Good: We eventually made it into clothes and out the door and into the car, to visit my old work.

Bad: We were running late.

Good: We were only 5 minutes late, thanks to many green lights.

Bad: I wasn't supposed to visit until tomorrow! I am such a dill.

Good: They were delighted to see us anyway, and I'm going back tomorrow so that I can see the people who don't work today. And there will be cake.

Bad: it isn't like I need cake.

Good: Laura had another first while we were there!

Bad: it was her first huge vomit. Ye gods. I didn't know her little tummy could hold that much.

Good: it was me holding her when that happened, rather than any of my colleagues.

Bad: see above.

Good: We made it back home and through a bath (both of us) and into her bassinette to sleep (her) and I've got a bit of housework done, and a few bills paid, and the car booked in for an urgently needed service.

Phew!
So, how has your days been?