Babies Born August 2007

[Ilithyia]

Rhinanon - Great to hear from you hun. Good to see that Jensen has put himself into a routine this early. Don't be shocked if it changes though!

What your describing abour Jensen's crying habits sounds like evening colic. Briley used to have the same thing. She would start at about the same time and scream unconsolably till about 9pm. You might like to try some sort of relief for him. I just used Gripe Water added to Briley's bottles and that seemed to help. Their is also other things like Infants Friend which Kirst has said is good.

I hope something helps for him soon.

Well i better go and try and get my little girl ready for bed. She is calling out for mummy for some dinner now.

Ni night girls.

[kungfubecca]

Hi ladies,

Sara I think we're working on a spurt too, either that or he was just really unsettled today. Xavier wanted to eat hourly, yes hourly!! although it was quite warm here today also, so that may have had something to do with it. Although even when he has crazy days at night when he goes down anytime from 6pm onwards he goes for the manditory 5 hours and then we are back to max 3 hours and once 7 am has arrived we get down to 2 hours. I think he worked out his days and nights, I just wish he knew nights went for at least 8 hours.
RE the midwifery, I think you sound like you have given it a lot of thought. Just go with your gut. You may be able to defer for another year, you might get special consideration being a country girl, 'cause your pretty much a gurantee to stick around in a rural area iykwim. But you could do the dola bit and return to mw in a few years???

Krist it sounds like you guys are becoming quite a well oiled machine. I hope everything continues to go so well for you.

Rhiannon, Jensen sounds like he is doing similar things to what xavier was doing a few weeks ago. I think if you hang in there his sleeps will graduly increase in length. We too had a really screamy baby the other night, I could do nothing for him, he actually tried to keep eating, but chucked (little piggy wasn't even hungry) the only thing I had left was that he was tired, so I had to just put him to bed with a dummy, and a few sooks later he was asleep. We got 7 hours that night, poor little thing was really tired.

RE the infants friend and gripe water etc. do you just go and ask at a chemist for them?? I wouldn't mind having some on hand as there are some times of the day Xavier just doesn't want to burp.
Thanks

[alioops]

I understand the wind issue, I burp Emma 1/2 way between each bb and when i swap bbs and after the feed. she burps @ least 4 times per feed. if i don't do this i also get an arsenic hour or four. Infant's friend is good for almost anything. I hve used it on sarah 4 constipation. U may also find th@ burping regularly during the feed means less vomits as putting more milk on top of the wind just forces the milk up with it iykwim.

Emma is over bw and we are trimming a bit off the nipple shields every day, soon they will b nonexistant. Sarah is also getting more upset @ me 4 feeding emma n not cuddling her. do u have the same problem sara? I'm just glad i'm not my Nanna. she had 5 under 2 @ 1 point. (2 sets of twins 11 mnths apart n the oldest single 16 mnths older than 1st set!)

Must go 2 bed now, hope I get sum sleep n wen Emma wants food she doesnt muck around 4 45 minutes! Night all!

[Kirst11]

Hey Sara, I'm heading back to Uni next year too to do my nursing degree. Maybe we can support each other through it? I figure if I go part-time for 6 years, I'll be able to then work when the kids are at school. It's a nice thought to be able to be ME for a spell rather than MUM all the time.

Re Infant's Friend vs Gripe Water - they both contain similar ingredients, but just be aware that GW ontains alcohol and IF doesn't. My SIL is a pharmasist and she has used IF for all 3 of her kids as a cure-all for wind/reflux/colic type of stuff, and swears by it. More info at Infants' Friend Oral Liquid - Colic Mixture including online ordering details if your chemist doesn't stock it.

Sara, I am so jealous that Colby slept for so long.......but I have to keep reminding myself that she's almost 3 weeks older than Bailey, and considering that's basically her whole life right now, I can't expect too much.

I am sitting here with Bailey asleep on my chest typing with one hand, waiting for the MCHN to arrive. I hope she's not late......I've got places to be!

[kungfubecca]

Hello hello Hello,

Well the other day I decided I was just going to be tired all the time and let this boy put himself into a routine, and last night he gave me a great present.

He slept from 8.15pm till 4.20 am (8 hours) then went back to sleep by 5am till 8.30am. I got at least 8 hors of sleep myself. I'm so happy!!

[Ilithyia]

Morning Girls,

Was about do personals but lil miss has woken up for a feed.

Be back soon.

[mistyeiz]

HI all,
and I agree with krist, nothing wrong with spoiling in the first 3 months. there is a july mummy that just had her 5th child and she has co0slept with all of them until 12 weeks, and they don't have any bad sleeping habits

i try to sleep with ella in bed....coz sometimes those early morning feeds can be SUCH a drag but nup, the cheeky monkey wont have any of it! lol anyone tried feeding while lying down...?

[mistyeiz]

Hi all,

Well I think this little man has started to put himself into a routine. I've noticed him favoring certain times of the day for feeding, and last night he slept for 7 hours, that's a first, and we are getting more smiles now too.

becca, when ur bub sleeps that long.....who do ur boobs feel? yesterday i went out with my mum n left bub at home with DH. he had fed her abt 60ml when i walked in the door. so i continued to feed her but she didnt drain my left boob much. n since then, my left boob has been engorging so frequently that it hurts!! i try not to pump coz the more i pump the more will be produced....dunno wat to do now.

[Kirst11]

If your boob is engorged, you need to drain it completely, and then contintue on as usual with your feeds. It will come good again.

[mistyeiz]

hhmm.....i've just finished my feed with ella. i personally dont think it's totally drained so i should pump it all out? i'm just afraid that if i drain it all, my body might think that ella wants more n hence, the extra milk which means MORE engorging....? or am i just paranoid??? :P

[alioops]

From personal experiene with both girls, expressing till u r empty will jst make more, expressing till u r comfortable will not. all my mw's agreed with this. I will go check in the platinum section with Barb tho. brb

[Ilithyia]

Kirst - Thats cool that you are going back to uni too! I hear you on the ME time! That's mainly why i want to go back. And for something to fall back on when the girls are in school.

We will have to support each other if i decided to go ahead with it. It will be good to have someone in the same boat as i. Are you planning on doing midwifery or just nursing??? Your right re: age and sleeping. I'm sure Bailey will do the same when you reach 5-6 weeks. Fingers crossed anyways!

Bec - You can buy the gripe water for the supermarket. The Infants Friend i am not sure about. Probably have to pick that one up at the chemist. Looks as though your little man has def put himself in a routine. After lastnight i think we are almost there too!

Alison - We are'nt having any issues here with Briley being jelous or sooky when i hold Colby. She is a month or so younger than Sarah though. That might make a difference. I have noticed though that when she gets into trouble she takes it out on Colby. Not all the time but. She does things like pulls the blanket off her or smacks her head or something like that. Lastnight she tried to pull Colby clean out of the rocker! Briley is still a little young to understand how fragile Colby is i think.

Misty - I find that when Colby feeds more often the next couple of days i tend to make heaps more milk. So i think that if you completely empty your boobs your body will think that bubs needs more and you will end up making more milk. Have you spoken to a lactaction consultant about this?? You have been having over-production all along have'nt you?? I would speak to a LC if it gets too stressful and painful. Like Alison said, i would be just expressing enough to make yourself comfortable. Good luck! Oh and we are sleeping up 7 hours a night and i don't have any problems with my milk either. I think your just a milk machine!!!

Well we had another lovely nights sleep here. Colby slept from 9pm till 4.15am again. That must be our routine i think. Then Briley woke up at 5.00am and decided she wanted to stay awake!! So i put her in our bed as i usually do but she kept crying here and there. When she did Colby would stir straight away!! I kept just shoving the dummy back in Briley's mouth trying to keep her quiet so she would'nt wake Colby! Lovely are'nt i!

Not much planned for the day. Might go into town later when Brent gets home. Its easier to drag him along. Not that he likes it one bit!!!

Hope you are all well...

[kungfubecca]

Hi

Mistyeiz,

I am too paranoid to have xavier in bed with us, but sometimes have him sleep on hubby's side (when he's left for work) so i can get a few more minutes shut eye in the morning. I have fed while lying down, and if you get in the right position it can be good. Good for your nipples too, to change positions

Sometimes I have felt a little engorged after he has had a long sleep, and often I start leaking too. It is, you will be happy to know becoming less and less though, 'cause yay we are at 6 weeks today. What I did was "favor" to a certain extent the engorged one. like every second time if that makes sense, but not for ever, just to help settle it down. I've also expressed just enough to get rid of that tight feeling eg 20ml. And massage is sometimes helpful, or just letting them drip on a towel sounds grose I know but can just give you that little relief.

If you do finish a feed and you don't think it's totally drained, make sure you start on that side next time and your body will start working it out.

Happy six weeks old to colby sara. and was there some one else born on the 3rd, I can't remember

[Ilithyia]

For those that have MSN...Do you mind that i add you to my contacts??? You all can add me if you like!

Oh and i forgot to add in my previous post that i sometimes lie and feed Colby in bed. Sometimes its the only was i can settle her. Works a treat for us!

Bec - So they are 6 weeks today??? I was trying to work it out on the calandar today. Why do the tickers say a different thing i wonder? Oh and

HAPPY 6 WEEKS XAVIER!!!

[alioops]

Go 4 it Sara,

Re expressing, just checked in platinum section sum older threads. Barb reiterated the 'only till ur comfortable or u will make more'

[Ilithyia]

Have added you Ali!

[kungfubecca]

Sara, feel free to add me sara.

Um, your ticker, I had a similar prob with my pg one, it was on american time??

Could that be the reason

[Kirst11]

Re expressing, I emptied myself on the advice from my doc, and that worked for me.

Sara - MSN, did you add me? I haven't received the notification that someone had added me. Feel free to add me if you want though (and anyone else) The address I use is kirsten_deforest@hotmail.com