Babies Born August 2007 #2

Feels like I haven't posted in ages. It has been, I guess!

Sorry for no personals this time round. Will return with a more meaningful post! Been hectic week with doing errands that have been put off since Willa was born (such as chasing up MIA claims with MBF they'd rather I forgot all about!).

I haven't got my period yet but am very over the bleeding. This is Week 6 so I'm thinking it should start to lessen? I hope so. Still haven't made my doctor's appt for my check up yet. Sigh.

Willa has a bad night of reflux last night. Full on screaming and refusing to sleep until past midnight. DH played her his favourite Queen albums and then gave her a head massage. Dunno what that has to do with reflux but it worked a treat and she calmed right down. Today she's cranky pants from being tired. House is a complete disaster zone. Funny how everything just falls to the wayside when you're dealing with a screaming bub.

Ali, I'm sure your little girl will be fighting fit in no time at all. I'm astounded by how resilient these little babies are :)

hugs to all,
neuri

Oh bgr Kirst, kick him in the butt, hehe.

Great news on the sleep in Rebecca, hope u get heaps more to come.

Great sleep there to Sara. Bugger, i just went to obgyn checkup today & got minipill, i shldve quized him bout the mirena, sounds like a good idea. The minipill works straight away (well after 6hrs) but doesnt stop u getting AF.
I havent tried the shower, i was always too scared with Holly, hehe.

Neuri, u might wanna get an iron BT done to make sure u arent iron deficient if continues too much longer. With Holly, I bled to 7wks then got AF at 8wks & finished by 9wks. Obgyn had said if still going by 10wks then may need D&C, but didnt. When she was 4mths I got an iron test coz was still run down/tired & found to be iron deficient aneamic, so just had to take a 3mths dose of iron tabs to fix it up. Hope it stops for u soon, would be a PIA.

Well Lanah is definitely smiling, no huge ones yet though, got few more smiles today & some pics which I'll update shortly. Oh I said Holly was last to smile in mums group, what I meant was last to giggle, but it doesnt matter as they do things in their own time, I really dont care when they do things but just hang out for the 1st smile & 1st laugh milestones as like u said Kirst, they melt ur heart. ;)
Taking Holly to GP tomorrow to try to get this excema or whatever it is sorted, going to ask for allergy testing to be done, as its got me beat.
Lanah slept from 10:30pm - 6:45am this morning so still sleeping thru thankfully, wakeup time just varies a bit. Holly woke with a nightmare at 3:45am, poor darlin, thats bout the 4th time i know of in last 6mths.

Hey! I thought I'd pop back in. I'm here most days.. I'll explain more after the personals.


Kirst - oh dear with your husband. What ended up happening? Rebecca is right - it's not fair. My husband isn't too bad. However, he can't hear Jensen when he's asleep, and Jensens crying/screaming. Andrew comes home, its dinner time and Andrew holds him and cuddles him (sometimes to sleep) while I eat and then he's in bed, not long followed by us. Then in the morning, Andrew cuddles him for about 10 mins before he heads off to work. So he doesn't get a lot of time with him. So I have to deal with everything.

Shell - Smiles are iminent! Jensen start smiling just before he turned 1mth, but they were small that I wasn't sure. They could have been mistaken for wind, but looked different, iykwim. But his official smiled was 1mth to the day! Only it wasn't me that he smiled at. :( Its hard to stay mad at them when they smile at you!


Rebecca - Xavier is sleeping thru the day too? Everyone seems to be fairing better with the sleeping. Must feel good to get some time to yourself when he sleeps during the day, and woo hoo a sleep-in. I can only imagine what thats like! We seem to be cluster feeding too, but there's problems... explain shortly.

Sara - I hadn't heard of the mirena either - i thought it was like the thing that they put in your arm... but I was wrong! I've had the suggestions of having a shower with him, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to relinquish his babyness yet by showering him! So far, I've had a bath with him, but he hated that too. His nanna (my mil) bathed him tonight. He cried but then he seemed to like it! What on earth am I doing wrong? Jensen also seems to hate being on his belly, unless of course he's really tired and needs to sleep and then he'll go to sleep on his tummy. He hates to be on his back too. I can't understand - hates being on his back and his tummy, and really really likes to be cuddled up to me like I'm a tree and he's a koala. Not looking forward to having AF back.

Neuri - I was under the impression that your loss could last up to 6wks. My loss has stopped (at around 2 wks) but I seem to have a slight discharge that I can only assume is some sort of loss, but it doesnt look like blood. Go figure. Could quite possibly be my stitches weeping or healing or something. I totally understand the colic thing. It's a nightmare. I will have to try the head massage with him.

Well. Where do I start? There's a lot I'm going to say here... Ok, feeding problems. I think there might be something wrong with my milk. My bb's don't get full like what I hear you girls get. Mine are 18E and look terrible. They don't look or feel like theres any milk in there, and when Jensen tries to feed, he doesn't seem (to me) to be getting anything. The mw in hospital said that when they're feeding properly, you can't hear anything coz they're latched on tight - but you can hear them swallowing. Occasionally, I can hear that. Also, he latches on fully, sometimes it seems like just the nipple, and you can hear drink drink squeek from where it sounds like hes sucking in air as well. He sometimes be hungry, so I try to feed him and he SCREAMS - just wont take that side. So, we try the other side, and he SCREAMS. Just wont feed. Other times he latches and sucks and then makes crying noises while he sucks and then pulls off and screams. Today I had to feed him while he was sitting up. After every day feed he brings up a bit as well. When he does feed during the day with no problems, its only for a few mins. He doesn't feed much during the day and during the day he doesn't really sleep either. He'll have maybe in total an hour of sleep - but like a koala in a tree on me. Move him and thats all over. He can have about 10mins of quiet time where he stares at nothing. If he's not sleeping like that, he's crying. I totally admire those of you with 2 (or more) kids who can keep a house. With Jensen like this, I can barely get anything done. In the morning after Andrew leaves, he naps for long enough for me to do the dishes, maybe put a load of washing on. I end up having to leave him cry to hang out washing. Today I put him into the kapoochi and hang the washing out with him - where he went to sleep. He hates being naked - including changing his nappy. So every nappy change is a challenge. Changing his clothes if his nappy doesn't fit properly (we're using babylove infant 4-8kg and they seem a bit big) and makes a mess of them is even worse. Bath is the absolute rockbottom. The nappies (babylove) give him a bad nappy rash and he gets the little gel things from the nappy on him (who knows why - I change him often enough). I thought about not using that brand any more, but I've got whats left of that packet and 2 more packs of 48 left :(. When I'm finished them and the 3x 48 packs of huggies infant I have, we're going to see how we go with cloth. I try and get stuff done during the day, buy really dont go far. Mainly I try and talk to my sister on msn. I've been trying to fold and sort his clothes and organise his room for about a weeek now and I don't get anywhere. After reading all of the above, We have no problems at night. He feeds fantastically. Sleeps well. At night it's a dream and I can't wait til he sleeps thru the night on a regular basis so I can have a break. If I wasn't so exhausted at night and desperate for intelligent adult face to face conversation, I could finish what I started.

I'm sorry if that sounded like a rant, but I wasn't trying to make it sound like that. I really just needed to get it off my chest, coz to be honest (and don't tell my sister or Andrew), I don't think Im coping.

Changing the subject before I log off -do any of you use Facebook? Its like a community (bit like myspace). You have a list of friends and only your friends can view your photo album and yeah. Just curious. Coz if you did we can see each others pictures as well as hearing about our kiddies, we can see them too.

Better go, Andrew is pacing the floor to go home. I'll be back tomorrow !

Sorry again gals, no personals. I just want to explain about my DH.

He is normally the BEST dad. For the last (about) 6 weeks of my pregnancy, whenever he was home he would take Ardyn and leave me to do whatever I wanted. Whether it be go out, sit and read, sleep...whatever. When he is home now, he does the same and leaves me to look after Bailey. Although sometimes I do miss Ardyn, and wish that he'd take Bailey so that Ardyn and I could have some time together just the two of us. This incident was a 'blip', but it just happened to be a BIG blip.

As far as sleeping is concerned, when it was just Ardyn, I was fine to do all of the night feeds as I would just rest when she did during the day. But now that I can't do that, I am so run down having not slept more than 3-4 hours in a stint for the last 5 weeks. This , and the 'incident' and I went ballistic.

So today we have had a good talk. He has agreed to do at least a couple of night feeds a week (I love the bottle) which will give me a chance to get at least 6-7 hours in a stint a couple of times a week. He is also MORE THAN AWARE of how stupid he was on the weekend, and understand and accepts why I'm pi$$ed off.

He also now understands that I need time with Ardyn. That although he thinks that he is helping by taking her and being 'superdad' it actaully makes it harder for me during the week, as I am the bad guy with all of the rules, and never get to do any of the good things. In fact she told me that she wants dad to put her to bed becasue he's fun and I'm not....noice!!!!!! So this weekend I'm going to get more time with Ardyn.

It's all good. I just slapped him across the head a couple of times.....LOL.

Hi all,

Neuri, my bleeding stopped at 5 weeks. Everyone is different, but there is no need to worry unless you are experiencing pain, clots, fever or an increase in flow. If you do get concerned talk to your gp or ob. But I hear you on being over it. I'm hoping because mine went for so long it means I'll get a longer break before af. I hope you do too.

Shell, I love the night sleeps, not sure if we are going to get many more day sleeps. all i wanted this morning was more sleep and I wasn't allowed. He was tired, but wouldn't sleep and screamed when I left him. So we ended up having a bath together.

Rhiannon,
Xavier doesn't often sleep through the day.
I read everything you said and don't be too hard on yourself. I'm 16dd and since 6 weeks I haven't always been able to tell xavier was drinking. One thing you can try is do a little self expressing just before you put him on that way you know for sure there is milk (just for your piece of mind). I only feel "full" now if he's gone longer than an ordinary feed.
We have had a few cuddle days where all he wants is to sleep on me. If I don't let him or put him in the hug a bub he becomes overtired and wants to eat all the time. then does what you described of attaching, sucking a few times then screaming, or not attaching at all. Similar to us when we are really tired we eat to compensate iykwim, so i figure on those days any sleep is better than none, and I get comfy on the lounge or put him in the carrier. It also means that if I can get him to sleep for a few hours when he does wake up he is actually hungry and has a proper feed and we are on the way to correcting his overtired.
Nappies: I've found (because Xavier seems to have a tiny bum) when we first go up a size in nappies we need to go for huggies for about a pack. They seem to be tighter than the other brands, but then he grows out of them sooner. I know it seems like a waste but if the nappy is leaving gel all over him stop using them. Donate your leftover open packet to the salvos and see if you can return the other un-opened ones.

Krist, men they just don't seem t get it, they mean well but sometimes it causes more havoc. I've been getting quite annoyed with nathan too and I've only got the one, and he doesn't drink so I won't get one of those little blips. It sounds like you need a good full night sleep to get you fully recharged. Sometimes he is doing me a favor and taking xavier when all he really wants is a cuddle, and then nathan will put him down and he'll start screaming and Nathan will just sit there, and I'm taking proping xavier on our pillows in the bed between us and letting him scream right next to me while nathan does stuff on his laptop, then I end up having to pick Xav up and console him because hes so distraught. Nathan just doesn't get sometimes that all he needs is a cuddle and you don't just ditch him because it's inconvenient to you.
that sounded like a big pile of gobbley gook, but I guess what I'm saying is that we all have our issues (no matter how trivial mine are) and we are hear for you to share these with so you can let off some steam.

Now what I wan't to know is who told Xavier 6 am was play time huh?? Grr all I wanted to do was sleep.

Rhiannon, I'm sorry you're having such a tough time at the moment. Granted I'm not expert, but Willa does pretty much the same thing at night. Whatever problems I may have feeding or settling her in the day time for some reason its all fine at night- sleeping and feeding. We only have occasional dramas with her fussing at the breast, as you've described with Jensen. And as I posted earlier, I reckon its silent reflux because she pulls a face when she swallows and sticks out her tongue like feeding is uncomfortable. She brings up a bit and then gets really irritable. To me it seems like she's suffering from regurgitated tummy acid. So she hates lying down and will only settle when being carried upright. Does this sound like Jensen?

But then this doesn't happen at night. Some day times she sleeps 3 hours or 4 hour sleeps, other times theres only short naps where all I can do is put a load in the dishwasher. We also get the 10 mins of staring into space quiet times and then constant crying. I am hearing you totally about not being able to get things done. I'm a neat freak and it really use to bother me, but now I just tell myself that all this fussy periods will past. It's not a life sentence and that my sole job at the moment is to mother my bub. So I feel less guilty about not having any food in the fridge or that DH might have to re-use his work shirt because I haven't done laundry.


If Jensen is feeding ok at night then it doesnt sound like a supply issue? Have you tried expressing to see how much you can get? If not reflux then maybe its just general day time unsettledness. Willa fight the breast when she has an air bubble and needs to be burped, or when she is focussed on getting a big poo out and that she can't spread her attention to feeding. I only figured these things out thru trial and error.

There's always an lc to speak to if you feel its a bbs issue. But It doesnt sound like tongue tie or suction issues if he's ok feeding at night. Hope the fussy period passes soon for you!

Neuri

Oh and I just started a facebook account, under Sonia Pedemont. What name are you under Rhiannon, I'll add you. All my kiddo fotos are posted there.

Neuri

Morning girls,

Rhiannon - Ok where do i start. First of all, don't for one second think that i am lecturing you or talking at you. I am just offering some advice honey. Its up to you wether you want to take it or not. But i will always be here to offer a shoulder to lean on or some advice if you need it. OK!

Personally i think you are expecting to much of yourself so soon. This is normal though. I think all first time mums try and be supermum. Well i know i did anyways. You have to remember that you are a first time mum and that it takes time to adjust to motherhood. Jensen is only 5 weeks old so you have barely given yourself any time to adjust at all. YOU WILL ADJUST!!! Trust me. I have been there too.

Secondly, don't worry about the house being untidy. It happens. I am a clean freak and just hate to see my house being messy so i know how hard it is to leave it messy. But you have to do it. You can't try and do 100 things at once. You will burn yourself out WAY to quick. I have taken to just do bits and peices during the day. If Colby and Briley are content for 5 minutes i just pick up a few things off the floor or whatever. If i put a load of washing on i leave it until i have another spare minute to pull it out and put another load on. Sometimes if things are really hectic i just pull the washing out, leave it in the basket and put on another load. Then i hang it all out later on. Have you tried putting Jensen in the pram and taking him out with you while you hang the washing out??? I do that and Colby usually loves the outside time. But mostly i clean the house at night time. When the girls are in bed. Or when Briley is in bed and Brent can take Colby for me.

With the nappy problem, if you think that the Baby love nappies are giving Jensen a rash, get rid of them. Change to another brand. If you have a sh*t load of Baby love nappies maybe sell them. Put them on Ebay or advertise them in your local paper. You can use the money to buy a heap of Huggies nappies or whatever. When you change Jensen's nappy, is there a mobile or music toy on the change table that you could use to distract him?? The mat on our change table has little bears and chickens and stuff on it and Colby loves to look at them. Also above the change table on the wall there is a tweety bird thingy hanging, she loves looking at this too. If all else fails, just try and get the nappy change time over as quick as you can.

RE: Bathtimes - Now i don't want this to come across as if i saying its you thats the problem ok. But do you think that because Jensen does tend to play up at bathtime that you might fret about bath times and become stressed and tense??? If so, maybe Jensen is picking up on this and thats why he cries. Babies are pretty good at picking up when a mums is stressing out and therefore they stress out too. Do you think this could be it??? Have you tried singing/talking/smiling to him while he is in the bath?? Colby used to be the same. And she still has her moments. I worked out that i have to feed her before she has a bath. She is normally hungry when she wakes up in the morning so i give her a feed and leave her stomach to settle for about 20 mins then give her a bath. She is usually content after this.

RE: Feedtimes - From what you have described, i think he might have wind and thats why he is screaming and stopping to cry while your feeding. I find that when Colby has wind she wants to feed more often. I think she thinks that by drinking more the wind will come up when i finally burp her. Do you feed Jensen one side then stop, burp him and give him the other side??? This is what i do and it seems to work fine. You also might find that the reason he is'nt sleeping so much during the day is because he sleeps so much at night time. How long does he sleep at night??? During the day Colby normally goes down between 10.30-11am. She then sleeps for about 2 hours. Then wakes and is awake for another 2 hours and so on so forth.

RE: Sleeping position - Have you tried sleeping Jensen on his side??? Colby won't lay on her back unless she is awake and interested in something. Almost all of the time she goes to sleep on her stomach but occasionally prefers to go to sleep on her side. When she is on her side i just roll up a cloth nappy and chock it behind her back so she can't roll back onto her back. Most of the time she just rolls herself back onto her stomach when she is on her side the cheeky thing!

If you are truly concerned with all that is happening, go and see a CHN. I think that Belly Belly is as good as any CHN for getting advice though. Post a thread in the Baby and Toddler General Discussion forum. I am sure you will get plenty of other advice from the girls around here.

But the main thing is too take it easy on yourself.You are doing a great job. Get Andrew to help out as much as he can. You are both in this together. Can't he do some of the cleaning when he gets home??? I make Brent help me out! Even though he does get the sh*ts when i ask him to do something sometimes!! I don't care though. I need a helping hand too.

Well i hope i have'nt blabbled on to much. Like i said before, i am and i am sure everyone else is, here for you if you ever need any advice. I might not be an expert but i will try and help out as much as i can. :)

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Shell - What does Holly's skin look like?? I have been having some issue with Briley's skin for ages. It feels really roung and bumpy on her arms, legs and face. And just recently she has been getting red blotches around her mouth. At first i though it was her skin being burnt from eating acidy tomatoes. Then i thought i was a ring worm as it was dry in the middle. But then my mate Shell, said that it might be excema. Shell's sister works in a CC and a boy there had it bad too. That boys G'ma said to try 2 drops of full cream milk and 2 drops of olive oil in the bath with them everynight. Well apparently this boys skins is smooth as now. Apparently the milk helps the skin absorb the oil. I have'nt tried it yet as i have'nt been shopping to buy any olive oil. But i am going to give it a go. Maybe you should too. I will let you know how it goes. If you try it in the mean time, you let me know how it goes.

Bec - Yeah its a spin out how in sync Colby and Xav are at the moment. Def got a period here. I started bleeding properly lastnight. Has'nt stopped either! I think every woman is different in re: to when their period comes back. Since Colby has really started to sleep long hours during the night my period signs have really stepped up. And now they are here. I am a little confused at how i am bleeding when apparently with the mirena i am not meant to be bleeding at all! Might give the nurse at Family Planning a call and see what she says.

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well.

This has turned into a HUGE post! I think i might come back later and tell you all how we are going!

Talk then...

Hi gals,

Can I please join your thread?? My little girl was born on August 25th at 12.16am via emergency c-section. She is growing beauti***lly and is now over 4.3kgs!! She has breast refusal issues so im expressing and giving formula top ups!

Hope all your little bubs are doing well and I look forward to catching up with you all over the coming weeks.

Lisa

Of course you can join us Lisa. Welcome.

Ok I'm going metal tonight. it's after 9 and Xavier is still awake. He's normally been asleep for ages by now. He has been cluster feeding all afternoon, like every hour. I'm getting so frustrated I've expressed ('cause I have no idea how much he's actually eating) and giving him to nathan to feed. hopefully he will go to sleep soon.

Hi Lisa! Congrats on your little girl!

Bec - We had a pretty hectic afternoon here too. I just kept giving Colby sips of gripe water in a bottle and she seems to have settled off that. We had a bath at 8.30pm, fed for 15mins and she has crashed. Have you tried giving him a bath??? Might calm him a bit.

Well i am really tired. So i might hit the hay i think.

Hope you are all well...

Ni night.

Growth spurts occur also around 6 weeks right? Becca, Willa has been cluster feeding as well around the arsenic hours. I remember this happened at 3 weeks for us.

Today was very good, probably because she was so tired from her colic last 2 nights. Had looong naps and went down without too much fuss after bath at 8.30pm.

Ali, I remember you saying not too express bbs too much, just do it until they're comfy. I think I went and over did it the other night because my bbs have gone crazy. What's the usual amount that can be expressed at one sitting? I got 100 ml out and there was still plenty left in them I reckon. After this, they got all massive and really really sore and started getting all excited and spraying on poor Willa when she had her feed. Was quite a sight.

Still no smiles yet! When oh when will it come. Plenty of half smiles, though she does do smiles in her sleep.

Night all,

neuri

Hi Lisa, welcome!!

I have to log in more often - I can't keep up! I never get to log in these days. :(

Hey! I"m on Facebook too (a real newbie) and have added you both.

Hi all!

I used to be a part of the "Babies due August 1-14 2007" thread, and then I actually had my baby and fell out of cyberspace. So now I'd quite like to get back into it, if I may!

My darling daughter Laura Rose was born by caesarian on the 11th August, weighing in at 4.2kg or 9lb 6oz in the old money, with a head circ of 38cm(!). She was exactly one week late, and I'd been in the hospital 3 days prior to that, hoping that she would descend. Alas, even the night before she'd moved higher up under my ribs than she had been!
Since then we've gotten the hang of breastfeeding (have we EVER- I spend half my life with one breast or another waving in the breeze), nappies (nappy services RULE), interpreting one "waahh" from another, and generally getting to know each other. Laura has bright blue eyes and a very round head, and I think she is the most gorgeous baby ever to grace this planet. However, I am aware that there are those here who would disagree (ie. everyone with their own baby!) so I won't enter into discussion on the point. ;)

Anyway, it's good to be here again. :)
Oh, and we visited the MCHN (is that the abbreviation?) for Laura's six week checkup, and she now weighs 5.8kg, is 58.2cm long (up from 52.5cm at birth) and her head is at 41cm. And she's wearing 00s. I met two eight month olds in the waiting room who were the same size! Is my baby really so gargantuan in comparision to everyone else's? She looks so beautifully the right size to me, I can't tell...

Kirsten

Hi girls,

Just giving Briley a bath and will be back for personls!

Good to hear from you Kirsten! Big bubba there!

BBS!

Hi all,

Sara, crazy little midgets copying off each other again, I don;t know. I ended up handing him over to hiss dad, expressed a bottle and got right out of the picture. MIL bought tea around too which was good. He didn't go to sleep till 10pm (which is so not normal. Already had a bath I didn't really want hi having another. He just constantly wanted food 'cause he could smell me.

Neuri We are approaching 8 weeks, he didn't do this at the 6 week mark. Smiles will come soon.

Kristen congrats and welcome. You sound like you have one very healty little girl there. Xavier is 8 weeks on Friday and is only just wearing one or 2 00's mostly still 000's depending on brands.
Good to hear your both doing so well, :lol: I too feel like I always have a boob hanging in the breeze.

Evening ladies,

Ended up getting distracted with tea. Plus Colby wants to be glued to by boob from about 5pm until bedtime. Which mind you in half an hour early tonight at 8pm. I am waiting to hear her start crying at any minute now!!

Bec - Xav must've just been that little bit hungrier hey! Colby has her days like that too. How's he going tonight??

Kirsten - Good to hear from you hun. Congratulations on Lauren. She, like Colby, was a big bubba! Forgive me but i have forgotten...but you were booked for the c-sect??? Why were you in hospital 3 days prior?? Complications??? Can't wait to hear your birth story. We are'nt quite into OO's here. Still wearing some OOOO. Even though Colby is such a chubby bubba she is still quite small IYKWIM. Lauren seems to be growing like a champ! 5.8kg's already!. Last time we had Colby weighed she was 5.69kg's. That was a week ago. Our girls seem to be very close in measurements don't they! Colby was born 9lbs 7oz, 52cm and her HC was 35cm. I'd hate to think what Colby would've grown to had i been overdue!

Neuri - As Bec said, the smiles will come! They are worth waiting for!

Well we have had one chatty little girl here today. Colby and i went into town and i had to go and see my mum at her work. My mum works in a nursing home and i quite often take Briley in there for all the oldies to fuss over. So today i left Briley at home and took Colby. Well the oldies went ballistic! Aswell as mums workmates. I was quite proud to hear everyone say how beautiful she was. Makes you happy to know that you are'nt they only ones that think they are beautiful! :lol:

When Briley was first born we took her in aswell and mum showed one of the residents her. We were all standing there watching as this lady was pretty frail and she started crying. Ofcourse we all started getting watery eyed too. I think Briley being so young must have upset her. She was almost at the end of her life and here was this newborn at the start of hers. Was a touching moment to all of us.

Yeah so anyways...back to Colby. So yes, she has been a chatter box all day. Talking to all the old biddies at mums work. Then when we got home i put her down in her bassinette for a sleep and she was chatting away to herself. Ofcourse when i tried to get it on my camera the battery was flat! :wall:

Well don't think there is much else to report. I have made it to the end of this post and Colby is still asleep!! :dance: Might get an early night myself!

Before i forget....Has everyone posted their Birth Stories??? I love reading them and there is no new ones!!

Hope you are all well.

Night!

Hi Kirsten, good to see you back!

I had one of 'those' days today. I think that Bailey slept a whole hour and a half to two hours all day, and when she did sleep, it had to be on me. BUgger, but she sems to be sleeping quite well now.

We have a grinner here, and the smiles are adorable. Her cries and coos are definitley different and she is reaching out to touch toys around her too. We're still in 000, but then again Bailey is only 5 weeks. If she keeps putting on weight like she has been, she'll be in 00 in about 3 weeks. I must go through all of Ardyn's old clothes and work out what we have and what we need.

Nothing more to really tell. Ardyn is in daycare tomorrow, so hopefully mumma can get a bit of rest. Fingers crossed.

Hugs to you all.

Hello, my name is Claire and my son Cameron was born on 22nd August. Can I join your group???

I have posted the birth story in the birth stories bit.

Today we go and see the paediatrician to find out about his UTI he got at 2 weeks old. All the tests have come back clear so far so at least it is nothing too serious.
I have also done something stupid and lifted heavy thing yesterday and now have a small hole and a lot of pain in my C-section scar, so have to try and get in to see my obstetrician today!!

Looking forward to getting to know you all
Claire:D

Morning girls,

Claire - Ofcourse you can join us! Welcome and Congratulations on your little boy. Fingers crossed that all goes went well with the pead yesterday/today (the times on here are way out so i am not sure if you posted today today or lastnight!!). Ouch @ the scar! You really have to take it a bit easier!!

Kirst - Colby is already wearing some of Brileys old clothes. I was organised a long time ago and gave them to a friend her was expecting. She ended up having a boy so they came back to me. Luckily cause Colby turned out to a girl!!! I am still going through Briley's stuff now and keeping the good stuff. She grows so quick its not funny!

My little miss slept from 8pm to 5.30am. So she did'nt end up waking up afterall! I was naughty and did'nt go to bed to 9.45pm though! I really should've made an early night of it but i always get caught up surfing the forums!

Well not much planned today. Just have a few things to do around the house.

Hope you are all well.

Rhiannon, could it be colic or reflux during the day maybe? Have u spoken to ur CHN? Is he putting on weight ok? Maybe the CHN could weigh him b4 & after a daytime feed. They're there to help & u can ring them anytime u have a problem. Dont feel bad about asking for advice, being a parent can be very hard, esp with a 1st. Hope u get some answers soon.

Oh no Kirst, bet that would've broken ur heart hearing Ardyn say that. Hopefully some mummy & Ardyn alone time will bring her round quickly. ;)

Sara, it's like small red bumps like a rash and gets dry/flaky & angry red blotchy looking. It gets around her mouth/chin/nose/eyes.
Well GP said it's too soon to get allergy testing done for Holly as most dermatologists wont do them this young. They are scratch tests & so toddlers usually scream. I told her that it gets aggravated after certain foods but hard to pinpoint. She just said avoid the foods that appear to be causing a problem (think berries) & to keep using the prescribed Elidel cream (cortisone free) until it clears up no matter how long it takes & when/if it starts again, to use Elidel again & use sorbelene in between & only bath with soap free natural type products like sorbolene or natural instincts. I only use sorbolene on her anyhow. After stopping giving her the blackberry jam that MIL gave us, her face has cleared up more again. GP gave us another script for Elidel which she has to phone to get permission for so its subsidised (only subsidised for kids) & she told them it was peridontal (means around the mouth she said) dermatitis. So will see how we go, I was too scared to use the Elidel for long periods of time but GP said its fine. The day before I bought a 500ml bottle of Alpha Keri Oil to use in the bath as our other bottle is nearly run out, but I'm only using that on bub in the baby bath. Holly showers with me. So that ratio of milk & oil is that for a full-sized bath?

Hmm Sara that is weird, could it be that that period was already on its way (the lining was built up) b4 the mirena was inserted so u still ended up getting it?

Ali, I tried to ditch the nipple shield yesterday, but ended up getting few more blisters, Lanah's still not attaching correctly so back to the shield temporarily, might try again today.

Hi again Lisa. Hope everythings going well.

Rebecca, cluster feeding is perfectly normal the CHN told me when Holly started to do it. She said it's bubs way of getting in lots of the fatty milk to help fill bub up to prepare for a long sleep. Lanah does it too, I just keep putting her on til she seems satisfied, just takes a bit of getting used to to figure out how many feeds he/she wants b4 bed. It is a pain though coz its usually around dinner time.

Welcome & congrats Kirsten, bubs vary greatly in size, I wouldn't worry, so long as she's healthy, have a squiz at the growth charts in ur blue book. Holly was smaller than Lanah & so some of Holly's clothes dont fit Lanah. Lanah is in 000's at moment but some are getting bit small, depending on brand. The bonds wondersuits are small sizes & she's still wearing em at night but close to growing out of them. I have Holly & Lanah's weigh-ins in my www - Milestones.

Sara, why is it batteries always go flat when u really need em. I tried to get some cute shots of Holly the other day but battery went flat.

Welcome & congrats Claire. Oh no on ur c/s scar. I got told that there's 17 layers that are stitched so ur not going to do any serious damage but just do what u feel u can do, but dont overdo it. I drove both times around 2wks & this time started netball at 3wks, & was lifting Holly early too, but only coz my body felt like it could. Told obgyn bout netball & he said it was probably too early to do something like that but i said i used my judgement & felt good. Pretty sure I took it alot easier the 1st time. Recoveries vary person to person too. Hope its nothing serious.

Welcome Claire. Of course you can join us! CONGRATULATIONS on your bundle.

Well after yesterday when Bailey wouldn't sleep during the day, I have taken the step of moving her from her bassinet to her cot, and have used the same techniques to get her to sleep that we used with Ardyn - just silently patting her until she relaxes. No eye contact, no noise, nothing. It seems to have worked so far. Although I'm not too fussed about her not sleeping well during the day, as she's still sleeping well at night.

Oh! I spoke too soon. There she goes!
Off to do some more patting.........

Hi all,

Xav was much better yesterday. I think he's a little piggy, and I think i've worked him out. even when he's full he wants to keep eating and I think it's just to suck on something. so popped a dummy in last night and he fell asleep out like a light until 3.30 this morning. plus we are onto our second nap of the day today.

Krist you don't know how right you might be about being in 00's in 3 weeks. Xavier is starting to get into some 00's now.

Welcome claire

ok i'm typing one handed and have a bub hanging off my boob so thats it from me today

Hi all.

Today is not a good day. Permission to whinge?

It was the First Parents Group meeting today, the one that the MCHN organises, and I'd been really looking forward to it. I get so lonely here with just Laura Rose, even though she's the light of my life. I wanted to meet other adults and TALK and be friends with people...
Anyway, there were 15 or so other parents and babies, and we all sat in a big circle, and various babies started wailing (and stopped wailing, and were fed, and were changed, intermittently) and the MCHN talked to us about changes in our bodies/minds/emotions and then there was a bit of "free time", where we all chatted while babies kicked on the floor. It wasn't bad.

So why am I so unhappy?

Because I was the fattest person there, and because Laura Rose was the biggest baby there, and because I'd only made it into the shower and clothes half an hour before the meeting and was consequently really aware that my hair was wet and tied back. And because everyone else seemed to be slim and lovely and have makeup on. Even if some of them looked as though they hadn't slept for a year, I was still the least attractive person there. With the biggest baby. I have no idea why Laura's size is bugging me.
Oh well.
Tomorrow maybe things will be better.

What I really really want is just two hours completely to myself. Maybe to go to the gym or to have my hair cut. But I don't think that's ever going to happen.
End self pitying rant.
Anyone who wants to offer sympathy or, alternatively, to slap me with a wet fish and tell me to get a grip, will be happily listened to.
Kirsten

Hi Ladies and a warm welcome to all the newies.

Today, i felt like the worst mum ever. I sobbed over it too. Put Ela in her cot whilst we ate dinner and washed up. She was fine watching her mobile, playing and kicking around. Once finished doing the dishes i went in to her room to check on her and she was dozing off to sleep when i noticed she had thrown up and was lying in her mess. She had vomit all on one side of her face, her hair and the sheets. I felt so bad and began crying. Hubby got her ready for her bath whilst i sobbed. He said that she smiled at him, but how would i ever forgive myself for it?? I apologised to her at least a dozen times.

Kirsten- you got me all teary again. i know exactly how you feel. I would love to go and get my hair done but just don't have the motivation to do it. My mum keeps nagging me about my eyebrows and how they need a pluck, but why should i do it? I don't go out anywhere. I have made plans to get my roots done tomorrow (after 12 months, you can imagine the root length!) but i'm really waiting on how my mood is tomorrow. I too, admire other mums who have the energy and motivation to put on make up and dress up when they go out shopping but i am always last to get dressed when we go out anywhere so i don't bother as DH, Devrim and Ela are waiting in the car for me. I guess we need to snap out of it. Easy said then done. I am really afraid of getting PND again, so i try to think positive as i'll be returning back to work P/T in November and will then have to get dressed, pluck my eyebrows and put on lippy. Please stay positive and if need to go and see your GP. I know its hard being a first time mum but believe me it does get better. Some people may be pretty and slim, but its whats inside that counts. So what if Laura is a big baby? She is healthy isn't she?

Have to go now as Devrim is throwing a tantrum and hubby is yelling at him.

Hope you feel better Kirsten :hug:

Hi All!

Welcome newbies!

Neuri, I expressed till i could lift my arms without pain, sometimes 60, sometimes 10. My milk is now dry as have been supressing 4 a few days.

I would express n give her the bottle if I didn't have Sarah to think about too, but the nutritionist said she need the higher calorie formula so we have 2 put more scoops in than the tin says.

Rhianon, is Jensen still gaining weight? that is exactly what Em was doing b4 we ended up in here - yes still in hossy! I tried babylove nappies on Sarah n switched 2 huggies as soon as possible coz she leaked thru every single 1!

on to the exciting news... I got my fantastic double reversible pram yesterday! Its better than I thought it would b too! Em is now 4kg finally. she has put on a kg in just over a week! we should b home either sat or sun.

Evening girls,

Alison - Great to hear that Emma is doing well. The pram sounds cool! Where'd you get it from and how much?? I am so over mine. Its so heavy but i need it cause it has a toddler seat. It was only $170 at target!

Sehra - Ohh hun. Don't feel bad. Colby does this all the time. She always cries though when she has it caked all over her face. Esp because she sleeps on her stomach. You do sound like you need an hour or two to yourself. Is it possible?? Surely DH could watch Ela for a while. That was really nice of your DH though.

Kirsten - You have just had a baby honey! Its ok to look a little plain. I don't wear make-up unless i am going out on the town! Don't let other peoples images make you feel insecure about yourself. It takes time to get back to how we were before. As for Laura, a chubby baby is a healthy baby. Like i said to you, Colby and Laura are almost exact measurements. Try not too worry so much hun.

Shell - Briley's rash does'nt sound a serious. And yes i think those measurements are too a full bath. Not quite sure actually. I will tell you when i give it a go!

Well i am off to bed girls. Wanted to be in bed by 9pm but its 9.14pm!

Hope you are all well...

Ni night!

Sara, new my pram is worth $1200. I got it on Ebay 4 $300 including freight. not easy 2 find tho.

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to Lisa and her lil girl!
Bec - Jensen seems to cluster feed when he's hungry, mainly at the witching hour and its a madhouse. He's still carrying on during that time, but I find if we move around and distract him, when he does eventually go back on, he feeds well. Also, we've found the same thing at night - Andrew cuddles him coz of the mummy milk bus!
Neuri - Oh! with the colic. For now, we seem to have passed that! I think Ive narrowed it down to what might have caused it, or at least contributed. Salami (who could resist after 9mths?), Tea and softdrinks. When I express, I express til they feel empty, but with the size that they are, I doubt they're empty. I can get 120ml out of both. The more your body thinks bub is feeding, the more you will produce (apparently).
Ali - Wow at your pram! What a score!
Kirsten - Welcome back! Congrats on Laura! Jensen was 3820g (8lb 7oz) 52.5cm with a head circ of 35. It was a VB, and he was a week late (lucky me). Yesterday (tuesday) at our 5wk checkup, he was 4.9kg(starkers) 55cm head circ 37. He's growing well. 00's ! Wow! Every baby is unique. Despite saying that, a few of the other girls have said they're babys are there too, but Jensen seems to be in 000's, even some 0000's! Really depends on the brand. Don't worry about your size, or what you (or your baby) look like compared to others. You've just had a baby. Yes, so have those others, but everyone's unique. I feel totally insecure around other mothers, my size is an issue to me too, but my insecurity is that others will see that my nervousness (at everything!) and wonder what on earth possessed me to have a baby.
Sara - I've posted my birth story! If I ever remember any more, I'll be sure to add it.. I'm forever being reminded and remembering stuff ... Like I really procrastinated with making a music CD to play. On the way to the hospital, we were listening to 4kq (a classic hits [60's, 70's & 80's music] radio station here in brisbane - I'm sure they have the equivelent everywhere else). When we were finally taken to the delivery room, I got Andrew to see if the radio worked, it did and we listened to that through-out it all. It was some how relaxing/comforting listening to something other than what you would have chosen for a CD and what you heard your parents listening to (or if your older - you listened to) when you were a kid!
Kirst - Jensen had been having real trouble sleeping thru the day. After I posted that big post, he slept in the day the following days. Crazy lil monster must know what I'm thinking.
Claire - Welcome to you and Cameron! Hope things went well at the Paed! How's your injury?

Sehra & Kirsten (everyone really) - STAY POSITIVE!

Just gotta say... Wow at the 00's! The 000's I put Jensen in seem to be WAY too big! I thought 000's went to 3mths and 00's from 6. But, just thinking they also do say 000 up to 6kg, so yeah. ok I'll shut up now. Things have been going great here since my last post! I get really upset when he's upset and he's frustrating me no end. There's been no more colic episodes (fingers crossed) but he gets whingy and cries for no reason... He thinks he's hungry but wont eat. So I have to distract him, which for him is just leaving the bedroom or office and walking round the loungeroom or front verandah.. any change of scenery. Today I was ready to hand him over to just about anyone, but remembered at the dr today, I have 1kg to go to be back to pre-preg weight (I had lost that one, but alas, it found me again). So, we went for a walk. It was supposed to calm him and make him go to sleep, but instead he was enjoying it - like he was sight-seeing. He was good after that. He had his bath round 7. J&J baby bedtime bath - what a great thing! He has that, feeds and its right off to sleep! We're trying to get him to sleep in his own room, at least during the day, but he likes cuddling. Oh well, the older he gets the less he's gonna wanna do that so I better make the most of it. Tried tonight, for at least til we went to bed. We let the cats in and had to shut his door and that was the end of that. Came and cuddled with Andrew.
We had our 5-6wk checkup. Jensen's doing wonderfully. I got the dr to check my stitches (tear and episiotomy), and they're not fully healed. She's advised us not to dtd for a few more wks yet. I had to let her in on the fact that we've already done that, and was probably the reasont the stitches were the way they were. We must have just agigtated them. I don't think she was impressed. Baby brain kicked in and I forgot to say to her that I wasn't well. I'm losing my voice (and depending on the time of day - lost my voice) with a headache and incredibly sore throat - which doesn't help when you've practically gotta yell so someone can hear you. Also, Andrew came home with some bad news. His nan, who his parents were caring for - they live with her as live-in carers in her house while we live in theirs - now has to permanently live in a nursing home. Her infected heal wasn't healing and is now gangrenous. So... where do we go from here? Will have to discuss everything with Andrew's parents this weekend. :(
We're slowly making the transistion to cloth. The Babylove nappies were giving him a rash, so were sending them back for a refund - which'll be used to buy at least one (pff) cloth nappy. My Tax Return's in so I'm gonna go shopping with my sister and buy some clothes that make me look better (and coz she disgrees everytime with what i wear).

I can't think really right now. I'd better be off to bed, Jensen's due to wake up shortly for his middle of the night feed. Anything I've missed will have to wait!

Goodnight!

Morning girls,

Rhiannon - You sound like you feeling a lot better than your last post. And like your finally adjusting! Well done honey. Good on you for going out and shopping for youself. I hope you have a wonderful time with your sister. I'm so sorry to hear about Andrew's nanna. I dread the day when my nan gets that old that she can't take care of herself. Good on Andrew's parents for taking care of her. I will try and track down your Birth Story! I probably have read it, but like you i tend to forget things!!

Ali - OMG!!! Well it want to be made of gold for that much. Good on you for getting it for $300 though. Little bargain hunter you!

Well if you go from the day that Colby was born she is 8 weeks old today. Therefore she is due for her needles. But i have decided just to count her months on the 3'rd of every month rather than the fridays. Its just too confusing. I did'nt know wether to take her in today for her needles or next wednesday. I ended up deciding next week. What are you going to do Bec???

I can't believe almost 2 months has gone by already! Time just goes to quick these days. You can barely enjoy your kids as kids now! And we only get older!!! Scary thought! Oh well i think of it like this at the moment....the older i get now is the closer i get to having another baby! I'll probably have a different outlook once i'm all done in that department!!

Colby is still sleeping like an angel at night. Our morning feeds have been getting earlier though. She woke up for a feed at 4.30am thismorning and 5.30am yesterday morning. Don't know what the go is there. She is really starting to be a chatter box in the afternoons. Yesterday and the day before when Brent walked in the door from work, at that exact moment when she heard his voice, she would start calling out!! Like to get his attention from Briley or something. I thought that was beautiful!

Lastnight i was in the shower and Brent was about to pass Colby into me. He was crouching down to Briley and showing Colby to her. Then when he passed Colby up to me she made this sound that sounded EXACTLY like a laugh!!! She was in a position where i could'nt see her face properly so i could'nt tell if she had a smile on her face. We were like..."Did she just laugh?!?!?" I guess we'll never know!! Totally spun us out though!

Well we are heading into town today. Got a few errands to run. I am sending of the final documents for my application to UniSA for Midwifery. I really REALLY hope i get in. Its a very tough course to get into though. Not sure if i have told you guys previously but i am doing my Doula course at the moment. Got my first module yesterday!! So i finally well on my way!! I am feeling a lot of emotions about it all at the moment. Scared being one of them. I guess i am just worried if i will be confident enough to support a labouring woman!! I suppose most people probably have these feelings at first. I will adjust. Its my passion!

Anyways, better get going. Have 2 little girls to get ready before myself!

Hope you are all well.

BBL!

Hello again!
Thanks everyone- you're all right, I've just had a baby (who is gorgeous and the healthiest bub you ever did see) and need to go easy. And, if I am going to keep eating everything that wanders past, I should wander past the apples and tomatoes rather than the cheese. :)
I'm much happier this morning- Laura must have been tired, because I put her in her hammock at 10.30pm (awake, but showing tired signs) and didn't hear a peep out of her till 6.20am. Yay for a decent sleep! Yay I say!

Sara, Colby's pretty darn close to Laura, you're right! The little laugh you described made me smile- I've heard things from Laura that could nearly be a giggle, but I'm not sure yet. To answer your earlier question- I hadn't planned a caesar at all, but at the last checkup (4 days overdue by then) Dr Yeoh found that Laura had moved UP from the last appointment and he couldn't feel her head through an internal at all, so I was admitted for observation in case the waters broke and the cord prolapsed, an unfortunate thing if it happened. Three days later, she'd moved even further up (I think she was trying to be the first baby ever to leave through her mother's ribcage) and we gave up on the idea of her coming out the normal way and had a caesar. Oh, and during the op I could feel the 2nd surgeon pushing hard on my ribs (I was thinking "I'm not dead, why is he performing CPR?") and it turned out that Laura had STILL been trying to move up, and he'd been shoving her back down. :)
On another note, good luck with getting into the midwifery course-I really hope you make it, we could do with more midwives like you!

sconeonamission and kirst11, it's good to be back! scone, sorry to hear that the Babylove nappies were hurting your poor little boy's bot! Not good at all. :( I've had Laura in cloth from the beginning, aided by a nappy service. The first week I was washing everything, and then my auntie bought us the service for six weeks, and I was all gloomy that it was going to end... and then DH bought another 12 weeks. Without telling me he was going to. And I'd only made him scrape one bucketful of nappies!
Oh, and I'm so terribly sorry to hear of Andrew's Nan. I hope she'll be all right, and that the options presented won't be too grim. :hug:

Sehra, :hug: back to you. Thanks for the sympathy/empathy! It's an awful feeling, isn't it? And I hear you on the terrible guilt thing. The number of times I've castigated myself for being irritated that Laura is crying... I'm glad that Ela smiled at her daddy when he was giving her the bath though. Sounded as though you needed somebody to give *you* a nice bath, preferably with bubbles and a glass of champers. I've organised with my DH to have 2 hours on Saturday morning to myself, and I'm going to go to the gym! Still don't *want* to make the effort, but am forcing myself. It will be good, I am determined. Would you be able to organise something similar with your Mum/DH?

Hi Claire! Congratulations on your little boy! Do post the vital stats, I'm curious!

Hi to everyone else- I've been posting this with Laura on one bosom or the other and I *think* she's now going to sleep again, which is my signal to scamper out of the house (with her! I'm not leaving her behind, in case anyone was wondering ;)) and I'm heading to the shops to buy various birthday presents for various people.
Contrast with my last post, eh- I repeat, it's amazing what a good sleep can do! I don't even care that my hair is wet (again!) it'll dry, and if I'm smiling I'll look all right. And Laura's officially in the top 100th percentile for *every* measurement, which makes me grin. See, she really is a big girl!
Tee hee.
See you all later!

Kirsten - Glad you see that your feeling much MUCH better today. Its amazing what a good nights sleep can do for a mother with a newborn! And thanks so much for thinking that i'd be a great midwife. I really appreciate it. Cheeky little Laura obviously did'nt want to come out!!! Mummy was too comfortable on the inside!

Well i am meant to be in town but Briley decided she wanted to sleep much earlier today. Colby has'nt woken up yet either but i can hear her! I better go and have a shower before she wakes up properly!

BBL!

hi all,

drs have just been in. Emma has lost 100g which is fine bcoz she didn't have the nasal tube 4 the 1st time last nite. if she doesn't lose anything when she gets weighed tomorrow morning then we can go home!!!! missing being able 2 snuggle up 2 DH n fall asleep. Im going nuts in a nut free zone! (paeds ward is allergen free zone) lol.

re immunisations, my gp is on hols so we r getting them done @ 9.5 weeks. DH is comng with me coz Sarah is due 4 her shot @ the same time. we will do Sarah's 1st.

Re contraception, I have an appt with clinic nurse on thurs 2 discuss implanon. hopefully we wont get anymore nice little surprises till we r ready 4 them now! DH is glad he wont have 2 either remind me or wear protection coz he 4gets 2. but even when u r protecting, Emma is proof th@ if they r meant 2 b here they will b.

We have 2 come back in 2 weeks 4 a weigh in @ the paed clinic. clown drs r great! they r so good @ keeping the toddlers amused! and me! 1 of them has a sign saying 'out of my mind, back in 10 minutes' lol!

gtg get clothes out of the dryer!

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

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!!:clap:

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 :lol:

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Dinner is just about ready - bless the grandparents! BBL

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 -:redface: 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!