Babies Born August 2007 #2

[Turkish Delight]

Hi Girls and welcome Kim.

Bec- i don't express. I fed Ela before i left and told DH to make up some formula if she gets hungry. By the time i got home mt breasts were ready to pop, so Ela had a very good feed but had some wibd probs which made her very unsettled but once she slept she did well. My hair looks great, people want to touch it and ask me if its extensions!

For those who haven't tried Infants Friend - i recommend it too. I give it to Ela before her last 2 feeds for the day and she seems o.k in the wind dept. Highly recommended. She doesnt mind the taste now.

Ali- great to hear that Emma is doing well and that you are both at home. Don't blame you for missing her. I miss Ela when i leave her with mum or hubby for a few hours. Cuddle her and kiss her a lot to make up for lost time!

Ela's needles are due today! There's an evening council session on tomorrow night, i shall take her to that. Geez, its tough to let someone inflict pain on your bub but its gotta be done.

Rhiannon - if you don't mind me asking, why will you get Jensen circumcised? For health reasons or religious beliefs? Just curious. Good luck for next week. Bugger about the car though

Kirst - my boobies were drying up at one stage and was topping Ela up with formula. I breast fed Ela a few more feeds than normal per day for a few days and my BM came back with a vengenance. I don't top her up during the day any longer only at her last feed before her night sleep as she liked having a full belly. Good luck!

Claire - geez you have a mighty big boy on your hands! Try putting Cameron on a routine before bed. Ela has a feed at about 5pm, then a little nap. She wakes and i give her a bath at about 7-7.15pm, massage her then feed her till she has a full belly. She is usually knackered after her feed, i wrap her up and rock her a little and she's asleep by 8.45-9pm max. Devrim was a real terror and nothing worked to get him to sleep! He still hates sleeping today and he's 5! Some kids aren't interested in sleep and are more active. Good luck, but the routine thing with Ela works wonders.

On Sat. night we had friends over about 15 of them! Ela was very unsettled with the noise and had trouble sleeping as her routine was out of wack. She finally slept around 11.30pm, woke at 6am for a feed then slept from 7am till 12pm! It was the best sleep i had in ages. Last night she slept from 8.30pm till 9.45am this morning, with an hour of feeding and changing at 4am. I prayed to God when i was pregnant to give me a child who would sleep as my son was a horrific sleeper and my prayers were answered. She definitely knows the difference b/w day and night now.

Kirsten - LOL What a day! Hey, we all need cake!

This has been such a long post. Take care all and wishing all of you a good nights sleep

[shell_l_d]

Oh no Rhiannon, both options sound bad.

hehe on the dripping Kirsten.

xlnt sleep catch up Sehra.

[corrblimeybabe]

Hi everyone,

Rhiannon: Sorry to hear that Jensen has been keeping you up all night...hopefully it is just a growth spurt and he will settle down soon.
Have you tried the "Sounds for silence"CD? it is a CD of various samples of white noise. It is not the best thing for grown-ups to listen to, but it works wonders (most of the time) to help settle Cameron
Also hope you feel better soon.

Kirsten: your day made me laugh! Enjoy the cake tomorrow!

Sehra: Going to use your night time routine and see how that goes, we have been a bit slack up until now on that front

Ali: pleased to hear that Emma is out of hospital and doing well, it must have been a very stressful time for you.

We have had an OK day today. Cameron and I went shopping, and obviously he kicked off just as I was trying on all my selected clothes!! but I managed to get what I wanted without abandoning the shopping trip
He screamed and screamed in the car on the way home, it was horrible not being able to do anything to settle him. He was as red as a beetroot when I got home and he had tears in his eyes (made me feel like "evil mum")
I was not able to get an afternoon nap today because he wouldn't settle in his cot, only on me or in his rainforest swing. Oh well, who needs sleep anyway!
He is having 4 hour gaps between feeds today, I hope it continues through the evening and night!
Oh and my attempt at dreamfeeding was a disaster, it was a challenge to get him to take the nipple, then he fed for about 5 minutes and lost interest.

That's about all!
Claire

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Rhiannon, it won't be long before we have to ditch wondersuits as Xavier is a very warm baby. But for the moment they are his jamies.
Bugger on the car. Sorry you had such a hard night. As you mentioned it's getting hot there perhaps Jensen is hot and isn't comfortable enough sleeping?? maybe check the temp in his room/bed and you could wrap him in muslin instead of flannel and use some cooler suits? Just a thought.

Kristen, all I can say is go to bed and rest up for tomorrow. I took xavier into work the other day and he spewed on a co-worker, I'm over it. But they never made me cake, I'll have to mention that!!

Claire, nice to go shopping isn't it, not so nice when it doesn't fit in with bubs plans. I feel bad when I can't console xavier in the car. Clair I have only once accidentally dream fed xavier. it was about 15 mins before he normally wakes up, he was starting to stir and the only reason I did it was that my boobs where rock hard and leaking everywhere I had to or they were going to explode!!

[alioops]

Hey,

Em got weighed again this morning, up 80g. v good n mw was happy. couldn't get CYH as public holiday, der. my friend had a baby girl this morning! 8lb15!!! this friend is quite petite too! they named her Georgia. I cant believe she's heavier than Emma is now!

Bit annoyed that i have to watch what i eat more now as i am not bf but now i have good pram have been walking every day, well yesterday n today... i promise to do it tomorrow too! also not looking forward to AF coz bf makes it stay away longer.

Slowdown was funny, 1 of the celebs got the umpire to show him how to kick on the angle he was on, and he got the goal! they need to put it bac to adelaide oval next year as aami stadium is not good with prams n babies, they dont even have change tables! Guy Sebastian didn't even get a touch! Lleyton hewitt hasn't played since marrying Bec Cartwright. btw their little girl looks heaps like Sarah!

Re Dummies, we took the dummy away in 1 night with Sarah as she had a blankie that she used as more of a comfort than the dummy. We will get rid of Emma's dummy b4 she turns 1 and after her fixation with her hands is gone. I can't stand seeing kids suck their thumbs!

Re immunisations, yea having a feed afterwards will calm them down, even if they r not due for 1 they will take a little snack usually. Panadol is good too.

Re Dreamfeeds, Em needs to be awake or she wont suck, her main prob with weight, but thankfully she will settle down again straight away.

Re DTD (i know tmi but ull get over it) would have been sooner if not in hossy but managed to get proper DTD last night. No interruptions! trust me thats hard with 2 under 18 mnths!

Re wrapping, Sarah hated being wrapped. the cyh nurse told me that all babies love being wrapped, then i showed her! Em loves it tho. I use Huge muslin squares as cant wrap tightly enough with anything smaller. these r pretty much half a cot sheet! 120mm by 120mm. have 2 get sum 4 my sister... gotta write a list

we aren't having probs with wind as much now coz 1) we burp her multiple times thru the feed, 2) she doesn't get as much air in with the narrow necked bottles as she would with breast or wide neck bottles, 3) when she does have wind we use brauer colic relief.

Re peeing, yes girls do it too, they just don't get enough distance usually n end up getting their clothes. i always have the new nappy underneath n get the old one out of the way asap. she is usually only uncovered for up to 30 secs while i wipe her.

Wow, long post! gtg feed em!

[Ilithyia]

Hi girls,

Been MIA a bit in here lately. I've got a cousin from Adelaide staying with us at the moment. Her and her b/f moved up here and needed somewhere to stay until they got jobs and a place to live. So i have been helping them out with job searching etc etc.

If i get a chance later on i will pop back on and do personals.

Not much report at the moment. We are all good.

Hope you are all well.

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Kim my hubby laughed when I got all teary, and between the tears I was laughing also as it feels kind of foolish. But I also felt it necessary to point out that it's different for me and that I haven't been away from him since he was born, and even before that. He technically had not left me in about 11 months iykwim

Alison, it's really great to hear things are improving. Xavier hates being wrapped as well, he punches his way out of the wrap. We have heaps of muslin for when the weather heats up, but I doubt they will be used for anything other than shade

Well we had immunisations today. a little bit of screaming but whipped out the boobs and all was good. I have to admit I made him wait for his feed till after them. It meant the liquid went down better. (there is a liquid for rotovirus sp) he guzzled that down he was so hungry, none of it came back up.

it's been 4 hours since them and nothing too drastic has happened no temp yet, fingers crossed he doesn't get one.

Oh well better go and do some things

[alioops]

bec, when sarah had her 2mnth shots she was 1st appt of the day n didn't get a temp till 10hrs later. b careful n make sure u have panadol in ur nappy bag.

[Turkish Delight]

Hello,
Ela had her 8 week weigh in today. She put on 1kg in a month. She is now 5.5kg. The MCHN was quite impressed! Ela is very good on her tummy and she holds her head up and looks around. The MCHN was really impressed at that too. She said that i ditch the night formula top up as she doesn't need it (as in weight wise) so i'm going to give that a try tonight.

3 hours to go fo her to receive her needles. I was going to give Ela some Panadol prior to the shots, in hope that they will start working by the time she gets the shots. Does everybody's council offer the Rota Teq vaccination? I saw it that infants under 4 months will receive 1 of 3 shots today at the MCH Centre. It protects against diarrohea.

This morning i had real trouble BF Ela (and still am), the milk is not coming out, if that makes sense??? My bb were bulging after 6 hours sleep and once she woke, she couldn't get the milk to come out. I had to express and then give it to her in a bottle. I've had two feeds since then and its the same. She gets cranky when sucking and my bbs are still quite firm, as there is milk in there. I don't know what to do. It's as if she has forgotten how to suck. The LC at the MCH centre said that it could be b/c my bb were too full ?? I don't know. If i have to express, i will ditch BF altogether.

I will post a thread in the BF probs section too.

Take care all.

[alioops]

did u try xpressing a lil bit 2 soften ur nipples then re-latching?

[cruemum]

Hi all!
Jensen took 3 steps yesterday!!
All by himself. With Mummy, Daddy, Big brother Austin and Uncle Andrew watching!
Not a camera or video camera in sight, damn it.

Hope everyone's little one's are doing great.

[alioops]

congrats hunni but i think u clicked august of the wrong year

[corrblimeybabe]

It seems that Cameron is well and truly in the midst of the week 6 growth spurt and it is a nightmare.
The day started off well, and we went to our local ABA meeting. He got quite grizzly there, but I managed to settle him and it was ok. Get in the car to go home and he starts crying...and well basically if he has not been feeding then he has been crying and in total I think he has had 2-3 hours sleep all day.
He has been feeding lots too and feeding for ages.
Hubby has finally managed to get him to sleep (no crying for 5 minutes now) but I am painfully aware that he is going to want to be fed soon and will be waking up again!
How long does this growth spurt behaviour last? is it for a whole week, or less or more????

Oh I spoke too soon....he has just woken up and i think he is hungry. Hope everyone is having a better day than me!

Clairex

[cruemum]

sorry guys I posted in the wrong August post! was supposed to be Aug 2006 not 2007!
but Hi anyway

[Turkish Delight]

Hi All,

Bec & all - I realised last night that i had mastitis. There was a lump on my left breast that just never went down when i was feeding Ela throughout the day. The pain was also toe curling, since i know the symptoms, i ended up going to a clinic at 10pm last night for medication before all the other symptoms crept in like shivering, fever, hot and cold. The Dr. agreed with my diagnosis and put me on antibiotics. I expressed milk at 11pm when i got home to relieve my breasts as Ela had slept at 9.30pm and wouldn't be awake for some time. The pain isn't as bad now, but the lump still sits there. I will express again tonight, a few hours after Ela has gone down to sleep. The MCH nurse warned me about mastitis yesterday with milk building up and sitting in my breast as Ela sleeps for such long hours at night. Oh well, i guess i have put up with the pain for 1-2 days. I had vowed not to express but i guess i have to.

Ela had 3 needles and one oral medication last night. I think i cried more than her! She did very well. We got home and i gave her some Panadol, bf her and put her down and she slept.

Claire- Ela has growth spurts just like Cameron and hers last for 2-3 days where she'll constantly want a feed and be grizzly. Hang in there!

Take care all

[alioops]

oh no!!!! have u spoken 2 mchn about how to reduce without accidentally making more? it's hard 2 understand sometimes, i had a mw sit with me and tell me when to stop.

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls,

WOW! So much to catch up on!

Claire - Sorry to say hun but that stage can go for up too 2 weeks!! I think it was from 6 weeks to 8 weeks for us. Mind you that 2 weeks does go pretty quick. Good luck with it all hun. You might be luckier and it might not last that long for you! Here's hoping! I understand what you mean about leaving them crying when you are driving. Colby seems to HATE the car! We live about 30k's out of town and if i leave going home to the wrong time then boy do i know about it! Colby will scream the whole way home most times. Its horrible. She is normally red aswell with tears in her eyes. It would be harder for me to stop and sooth her than it would be to just keep driving home. Gosh you have yourself a lovely sized little boy there!!! Good to see he is growing nicely.

Bec - I am totally against giving Colby a dummy. Although we have turned to it at time when she was totally unsettled. But lucky for me she does'nt seem to like them! We gave Briley a dummy and now we can't get it off her. Its a savour at times though. Esp now she is cutting her molars. I think i would go crazy if it was'nt for it. But yeah i have learnt from Briley that i'd prefer not to give Colby a dummy. Glad to hear the needles went well. We are going for ours tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing how much she has grown again!

Alison - Glad to hear that your home hun. Fingers crossed Emma keeps putting on weight now. Are you fully forumla feeding now???

Rhiannon - We actually left BOTH the girls with Arrissa (my cousin) on sunday. Brent and i had too go and pick up our horse in his ute! Luckily for her she had her b/f and he took care of Briley while Arrissa looked after Colby. She coped quite well actually. I don't think i would do it again though. I felt too bad about dumping the kids on her!! Sorry to hear that Jensen's routine are'nt going to well. It all takes time honey. Sucks about the car!!

Sehra - How'd you go with the BF issue??? I was going to say the same as Alison. I found that when i was having over-production Colby had a bit more trouble latching on. She always did and after a little bit of sucking the nipple would eventually soften. Good to hear that Ela is growing lovely. Colby is really good at lifting her chest up too when she is on her stomach! Probably because she sleeps on it i suppose. How'd the needles go??

Kim - Hi Kim! Welcome! Congratulations on your little boy. What were his stats at birth??? I know exactly how you feel about falling pregnant again! I would love to have another baby soon but it just would'nt work out! The same thing happened after i had Briley. We started TTC when Briley was 4 months old. I thought i would take a few months as we had'nt been using contraception for quite a long time before i fell pregnant with Briley. So yeah i thought the same thing would happen this time but i fell pregnant on the first go!!! Not the kinda age gap i had planned but nevermind! Like Alison said, maybe sometimes a pregnancy irons out any conception problems!! DP and i also DTD before my 6 week check-up. I think it was about 5 weeks. We have'nt been able to do it since though cause after i got my Mirena put in i have been bleeding heavily! Lucky for both of us its just starting to settle down!

Kirst - Good to hear that the formula is working for you! Some babies just need the forumla i think. Briley was the same. We b/f for 1 month and then went onto the formula. At 3 months to the day she started to sleep through. Must have been the full tummy! Hope you had a great day shopping for yourself!!

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well

No that i have taken so long to type this, littlest miss is awake. She has been asleep since about 8.30am thismorning! She is sleeping very well at nights now. She sleeps from 8.30pm to 7ish most nights. She slept from 10ish to 8.15am the night before last!! So she is sleeping on average 11 hours a night.

Ok better go...she is hungry!!

BBL!

[alioops]

Yes, Em is on concentrated formula. she is looking better everyday and will be weighed again in about an hour, gtg wash bottles!