Been MIA in here a bit lately. Being a mum of 2 under 2 is hard work!!! I must admit i am quite enjoying it though. Definetely makes the days go quicker!
Well things are going pretty well here. Colby is doing really well. We kinda have a night routine now. She feeds on and off up until around 8.30-9pm and then sleep through till 4.00am. We then have a feed and back off to sleep till around 8.30am. We do have the occasional night where Colby wont settle till around 11.00pm though! Those nights are killers! We had one of them lastnight!!
Colby is starting to smile heaps now too. It takes her a while to work it out but if you just sit there and talk to her she will give you one. She looks really different when she does smile. She is really starting to get a lot of control over her neck now. She can hold her head up on her own when you put her over your shoulder. Last night my mum had her laying on a pillow on her tummy and she was lifting her head and chest up looking around. Colby was "cooing" to mum aswell! I can never get her to do it but my mum can. She could do it with Briley too!
Feeding is going not too bad. She is still feeding really well but vomits a lot of it back up. We went to the footy the other night and i had expressed a heap for the night but brought a tin of formula for back up just incase. Mum gave her some BM but she vomited that up so mum tried her on the formula and she drank the lot without spewing and went to sleep straight away. Ofcourse this gave me a bit of a complex and i thought that maybe she could'nt tolerate my milk. I am going to speak to the Dr about it at our 6 week check-up. I thought maybe it was reflux but i thought reflux was like power chucking though. Maybe not???
If need be i will put her on formula. I don't have a problem with it at all. Briley had to be switched to formula at 4 weeks cause she would'nt latch properly and therefore not getting what she needed. She is perfectly healthy. BUT....i really wanted to BF for as long as i could this time. I can tell that she is growing fine as i notice she feels little bit heavier everyday!
Well i don't think there is much else to report. I am doing well. Starting to get a few pains back though. I was having some issues before i fell pregnant with Briley. Dr's thought maybe PCOS. Was booked in for laparoscopy and hystercoscopy but fell pregnant both times!! Must mention that to the Dr at the 6 weeks check-up too!
Sorry for the lack of personals! I am so far behind on them i can't catch up!! I will just have to pop in everyday to keep up with you guys!
SARA - There is nothing wrong with ur milk. formula is thicker n there4 less likely 2 come back up. as long as she is gaining weight it doesn't matter how much she chucks.
Every1 else seem 2 b doing xactly wot they should b, following bub's lead. the earliest i will start a strict routine is 6 weeks or even later. we have a very loosely followed routine now but coz of all the issues we had with Emma's weight i really dont care i she wants shorter gaps btw feeds.
Emma has reached birthweight n is bak on the boob, with the aid of nipple shields! she gets weighed again 2morrow.
I second that Sara there is nothing wrong with your milk. It sounds like Xavier and colby are doing some very similar things (well they do share a birthday) He too does little chucks, sometimes just after he has fed, he doesn't care so I don't care, he certainly isn't going without. Little bit of smiling for us, and he chats a little, but only sometimes. I've noticed he's started smiling in his sleep, it's so cute.
We are slowly looking at a routine, but I think it will be for me more so than xav, he seems to be taking care of his own routine, it's only when mummy buggers it up 'cause she wants to do something that Xav gets all grumpy and crazy like.
The little chuckies are normal girls. Bailey does it too, and I'm not at all fussed. Ardyn had full-on reflux (projectiles all the time), but as it didn't fuss her, we didn't let it fuss us. So the little possits (sp?) that Bailey does are EASY! Ardyn had to wear a bib 24/7, went through about 6 a day, and at least 2 changes of clothes.
As long as they put on weight, don't let it bother you. Your milk is fine Sara. Don't stress hun.
I'm with you Ali. Happy letting Bailey take the lead. I feed her when she wants to be fed, and she sleeps when she's tired. The only time that we have a definite routine right now is at bedtime. I have to otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep Ardyn to hers. And I think that routine at bedtime is ULTRA important anyway. It sets them up for a good night's sleep.
At the moment, Bailey gets up from her afternoon sleep anywhere from 3:30-5:00 depending on what she's done throughout the day. Ardyn feeds at about 5:15. Bailey has a bath at about 6:15. If Ardyn decides not to bath with Bailey, she has a bath at about 6:45 when her dad gets home. Bailey is being fed at 6:30/6:40 to be in bed at 7:00 and Ardyn is in bed at 7:30.
We don't hear from Ardyn until at least 7am, and we hear from Bailey at about 11:30-12:00, 3:00 - 4:00 and 6:30-7:30.
I am pretty happy with the way things are going, and won't try to dictate a strict routine for at least a couple of months. We never really did with Ardyn, she just put herself into one around 12 weeks. As Bailey is #2, we will need her in a bit more of a routine a bit quicker though. But from what I understand, subsequent children tend to get into a routine quicker anyway, because they have to. Would that be right Tanya??
I think It's right as we have tried 2 keep sarah's routine the same n emma seems 2 b happy 2 fit round that but will b properly getting her on routine around 6 weeks coz thats wen sleep cycles start.
Thanks for all the encouragement with the BF. I am VERY determined to keep it going as long as we both can.
Well i might have worked out the problem with Colby's wind and posseting. I think it might be potato of all things. A few weeks ago, the day after a roast meal, i noticed that Colby was always windy the day after a roast. I wondered wether it was from the oils and fats from the roast or something else. I have'nt been eating much potato lately other than at roasts. Then on sunday night i mate idaho potato to have with dinner and lo and behold, we had a really bad windy day and night lastnight. Does this sound silly or what??? Potato giving a baby wind???
We have our 6 week check-up on the 21'st of September and i am going to ask the Dr about it then. If the posseting continues i think i might go and see a CHN sooner. We had a terrible night lastnight. Colby just would'nt settle till after 11pm. I know it was the wind but.
Ali - Great to hear that Emma's weight is back up! I must go and get Colby weighed this week. Have'nt had her weighed since she was 3 weeks. I'm sure she had put on some more though. She def feels heavier!
Kirst - Briley was the same RE: routine at 12 weeks. She was 12 weeks to the day when she first started her routine. Bath, feed and bed an she would sleep through all night. Colby is chopping and changing at the moment that is too hard to try and put her in one. MIL just tried to tell me i need to stop demand feeding her! Reckons it will take up all my time if i continue this way! I know my baby and what she needs! Glad to hear your adjusting well to it all. I am quite proud of myself too!
Bec - I still can't believe there were so many babies born on the same day. Must have been something in the air!!! Glad to hear that things are going the same at your end. Esp since they are the same age. It will be good to compare notes won't it! Although every baby is different.
Well better get going. Colby is starting to stir and needs a bath and feed before Briley wakes up for her sleep.
Starch is very bloating. does she do it with pasta as well? chips etc fill me n sarah up more than a non starchy meal. could b getting it thru ur milk...
U can weigh her @ the chemist urself 4 free if u just want to check. re the wind, have u tried winding her mid bb? she will cry but there's less milk on top of the gas bubbles if she stops regularly to burp, n there4 fill up properly.
Emma just got weighed again (mw don't want her going backwards again) n she is 80g over bw. going 2 start cutting nipple shields b4 nxt feed so she stops relying on them.
Sara, wow potato, I love potato it's one of my faves. One possible reason could be that potato turns to sugar very easy in the system, so maybe she's getting too many sugars?? I don't hold back with the foods I eat, 'cause i'm boring enough already, so I can't see any correlation between the bad times and what I eat.
Xavier will be 6 weeks this Friday, and he has already started putting himself in a routine. in the evenings between 7.30-8.30 he decides it's deep sleep time. then he will sleep for 5 hours min and then wake up. Problem then is he will only do 3 hour stints after that, so I'm trying to make him feed again late in the evening.
Ali - I have eaten pasta since i've had her so i can't relate the 2 yet. Yeah i will weigh her this week when i go into town. Oh and yep i do stop half way through a feed and burp her. Then i put her on the other boob for a feed. Always done that.
Bec - Yeh i love potato too! Its usually a veg that we have with every meal. I sure am going to miss it! I wondered if it is only baked potato though. We are having mash tonight so i will def tell tomorrow if it is just potato itself or if it is baked only that is giving her the wind.
Ok i have a question for you all girls,
Has anyone's AF come back???
Well, i bled after Colby's birth up until about a week ago. Then this afternoon i went to the loo and wiped and i have bright red bleeding. I think that i might have my period already. Is this normal???
I have been getting some period like pains which i thought were associated to my other problems. But now i think it might have been period pain. Since i noticed the bleeding that pains have gotten a bit more frequent.
Surely i should'nt be getting a period back already! Colby is only 5 weeks old and exclusively breastfeeding!!
I bled for 6 weeks after Briley's birth then at about 8 weeks my period came back.
Sara, I haven't got af back yet, and hope I get a few more weeks before I do. My after birt loss has only just finished as well, but I'm sure I have either just ovulated or am about to ovulate, so I am expecting it soon.
I was hoping to be one of the lucky ones that takes a while longer for it to come back.
I find it amazing that it seems like our bubs are doing about the same sorta thing, in terms of feeding and sleeping. I guess I shouldn't be surprised seeing as they're all about the same age. Willa does the cluster feeding thing in the evenings too followed by a night feed at around 4 am, then probably again 7am or a little later. She also just started having long sleeps at night - 5 hrs last night which was amazing, but DH and I went to bed at 3am because we were so stoked to have some downtime to ourselves It feels like years since we were able to watch a movie or TV show freely.
Sara - interesting about the potato! I'm curious if there are any other trigger foods for wind? So far I've heard cabbage, nuts, spicy food, caffeine and choc. To think that something as simple as what u have for dinner can end up giving a baby an upset tummy.
And also, how can you tell if its wind that had the baby crying and not something else? Every now and then I notice Willa arching her back and appearing to strain as if she's constipated, but I know she's not cos her poops are nice and soft. She usually ends up passing wind at the end of these 'bouts' and is fine later, but is this what you would call wind?
What do you ladies do when your bubs suffer from wind?
Neuri - I know that Colby has wind when she has a high pitched scream in her cry. She also wants to be constantly held and if you put her down she screams big time and gets hysterical. I know straight away thats its wind when i hear her cry like this. I tend to just keep feeding her to try and bring up the wind or just constantly pat her back to try and bring it up. These are the only 2 ways i can stop her from crying.
I found that it took a while to understand babies cries. But after having Briley i kinda picked up on it straight away. You will get the hang of it soon. And then you will be able to tell if Willa has wind, a dirty nappy, is hungry or just wants some attention. Its an amazing skill to have i think!
Colby went to bed at around 9.30pm lastnight in our bed. Brent and her were laying there face to face and she just crashed! She woke up for 2 feeds though. One at 2.30am and then again at 4.00am. She slept pretty much the whole day yesterday so i was suprised she went down so early. Maybe a growth spurt???
Well today will be the tell all if it is the potato that is giving Colby wind. We had mash potato with our dinner last night. I am still a little unsure as to wether its just potoato or baked potato's. We'll find out today i guess. I hate having to take the risk of giving her wind but i really need to know as potato is a LARGE part of our diet.
We are going to head into my mums for the day i think. I did'nt want to go into town until either tomorrow or friday but if i go in today i don't have to! I live 40k's out of town so i try to make the town visits once a weeks only. Plus its really hard with 2 littlies.
Neuri, it still amazes me that all the bubs do similar things, but as you said they are all similar ages, we should expect it. I too am struggling with the cry's All I know is if I've done everything he must be tired!! Although if I then try to put him down and he screams bloody murder, then he has wind still.
Sara, let us know how you go with the potato. So far I think I've eaten most of the list of windy things that neuri listed except cabbage, yuck! And I certainly go to town on the potato. Although I have decided to limit my dairy, and have supplemented a little soy milk into my diet.
Yay for us we had a nice 7 hour stint again last night, a few more and I might start believing it's a keeper. then we just have to start working on the 8 hours. Although I know I will just be getting my sleep back and feeling good and the teeth will start coming in, what's a mummy to do?
Well our routines are getting pretty good over here.
The same thing seems to be happening most days, so it's getting quite easy to organise myself. I just wish that she'd sleep longer at night (don't worry, I know it will come). But at least when she wakes to feed she goes straight back to sleep without a hitch. So feeding only tsakes about half an hour.
Our night time routine has changed for the better though. Ardyn has decided that she wants to bathe with Bailey, so I have them both bathed and in the PJs by the time DH gets home. That means that he can feed Bailey while I start our dinner or play with Ardyn, and then he still gets half an hour with Ardyn after Bailey goes to bed.
As for wind, we found that Bailey seemed to be suffering a bit.....not sure whether it was wind/colic or reflux...........but she had the same screaming, inconsolable cry that Sara mentioned, along with a red face and blue lips, and bringing her knees up around her chest. That's definitely a 'pain' cry.
We add "Infant's Friend" to her bottle, and it seems to have done the job. We haven't had any problems since.
Well i think we might be hitting our 6 week growth spurt here. For the past 2 days Colby has pretty much slept and ate the days away. Lastnight we had a GREAT night. I put her down at 9.00pm and she slept through till 4.15am. It was lovely. Would've been even better had Briley not decided to wake up at 2.15am!!! You can't have everything though i suppose.
Well i think i might have sorted the potato issue. I definetely think its baked potatos that give her wind. We have had mash and boiled potato lastnight and the night before she has'nt budged the next day. No wind problems at all. I did buy some gripe water just incase we have another bout though. I'm not really game enough to try and find out if it really is the baked potato though. I don't want to go through a day and night like that again if i can help it!
Not sure if any of you know but i was at uni at the beginning of the year doing my Bachelor of Nursing. I am planning on becoming a midwife. I had to defer this year because of complications with the pregnancy. So as it is close time for QTAC applications shortly, i am expecting a letter from the Uni asking if i want to continue or not. I'm still undecided but i think that i am just going to do it part-time external. I don't want to be taken away from the girls at all. But i still want to do something for myself.
So....i have decided to do a Doula course and do that as much as i want to. Once i have comleted the course and will be a qualified doula, i will be able to charge for the births. So that is a way for me to still be able to do what i love (midwifery) and bring in a little income for myself.
I am also going to speak to an acedemic advisor about what i should do re: going back to uni part-time external or part-time on campus. I really don't want to flood myself with uni but i still want to work my way towards my dream.
Hi girls! It's been ages since I've been able to get in here, but Jensen seems to be awake more during the day and demanding my attention. I do manage to read my emails, which has any new posts from this thread. So, Ive been reading up !
Jensen has put himself into a routine... He'll feed at 6ish (conveniently - dinner time and the time his daddy gets home from work), then again between 7:30 and 8:30 and he'll sleep thru til round 11:30-12. If I'm lucky he'll go back to sleep til 2 and be up 2hourly for a feed. But either at the 12 or 2 o'clock feed, he can wake up and just decide he's not going back to sleep for an hour or so (funnily enough - always longer, never less than an hour). That gets hard. I just want to sleep and he wants to be wide awake. (I'm so lucky that right now, he's asleep behind me in his swingamajig. Fingers crossed it'll stay that way til I'm finished in here)
We have been having a few problems tho. Jensen, for the past few nights, has been screaming uncontrollably for hours. It seems to start about 5-5:30. It can start out that he's hungry, but when i put him to the breast, he takes a few sucks and starts screaming into it. At first, I thought it could be that he wasn't hungry like I thought he was, or that that breast just wasn't good enough and he wanted the other. Nope, not there either. God forbid - breast refusal. Quick nappy change - coz he hates nappy change time, or any time his body is exposed to the air - and that doesn't help. He's not too hot or cold. He wants cuddles. But still, thats not enough. It's exhausting for all of us. It gets to me that I can't comfort him, I just dont' know what it is. Eventually he settles down.
Sometimes, he's just over-tired/over-stimulated or over-hungry.
He hates the bath with a passion - even more so than being undressed or nappy-changed.
Another thing is, he's taken to favouring the right breast. I have to feed out of that one til the left one is massive and then, maybe, he'll take it. I'm going to have to start expressing that one - I don't want any problems.
He also doesn't like being on his back. Sometimes all he wants is to be sitting or standing up looking about at the world. He'll cry incessantly til you change him to that position. Doesn't help if your out and about.
He sometimes fights sleep. You can see the lil eyes blink really slowly. We have a snuggli (a baby pouch)and the other day he wouldn't settle either by walking round with him or cuddling which normally send him to the land of nod, I stuck him in that and *snap!* he was out. Go figure.
On the bright side tho, he's started feeding -at times - for longer! Previously, it's only been 5mins, but we're getting up to 10 now! Can't be too bad for him - yesterday (3wks 4d) he was 4.82kg and I have 1kg to be back at my pre-Jensen weight - tho you can't tell by looking at my mummytummy!
Jensen also has v. strong legs and neck - he's had since birth - and hold his head up best he can when he can. Doesn't much care for tummy time, but we'll work on that. He's started coo-ing and even smiling - tho the smiles could just be co-incidences.
(omg this is long!) Just before I hit submit, on the subject on AF. I don't have mine back yet, and not looking forward to her appearance, but I hear the first one back is worse than the norm. My loss seemed to end at about a week and a half, with just now what seems to be blood from my stitches. I was told they take the full 6wks to heal. Great.
Sorry, I seemed to have harped on about my problems... I wont be so long between posts now, and will have less negative things to say!
Last edited by sconeonamission; September 13th, 2007 at 06:14 PM.
: I forgot something!
Reckons it will take up all my time if i continue this way! I know my baby and what she needs! Glad to hear your adjusting well to it all. I am quite proud of myself too!
It feels like years since we were able to watch a movie or TV show freely.
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