Oh Cathie you poor thing, I hope tomorrow is better for you. I quite often spend the day in my pjs, so don't feel bad about it.
Georgi - we're using up the last of the newborns tomorrow and then he's going into the infant ones. I felt really sad when I picked up the larger size, he is just growing up so quickly, my little baby boy growing into a bigger baby. Why can't they stay tiny babies forever? You are doing really well with spacing your feeding out, Connor is still feeding every 2 hrs during the day, and then generally goes to bed about 6.30-7ish, with a feed at 10-11ish, then he'll go through to 2-3ish and then 5-6ish, and then when I put him down after that feed he'll sleep through to about 8ish so I make sure I go back to bed after the 5-6 feed and get a few extra hours. I've tried the whole changing his nappy in the middle of the night thing but it doesn't make any difference, he just falls asleep again as soon as he is remotely horizontal.
DH and I had a date last night! My parents babysat and so we went to the cinema - I missed Connor so much, but it was great to get out and feel like an adult again. Plus we've been up to the city today and I went mad in the Pumpkin Patch sale (I've got to have a girl next time, the clothes are just sooo gorgeous). Connor had his 8 week immunisations today and I think I found it more distressing than him to be honest. DH came along just to comfort me and hold a tissue for me to cry into. Apparently it does get easier, but I hated seeing the big needle go into him and him get so upset, even if it was very briefly.
Ooops, someone wants their 10pm feed. Have a good day tomrw ladies x
MADB - Yeah he's very settled. He feeds well and sleeps well. He's a bit whingy when he's awake, thankfully he's a good sleeper. I remember DS didn't poo for 7 days & at his 6 week check up I told the paed and he told me to come back to him once it was more than 27days cause that was the record for his clients. Basically, he wasn't concerned. You're keen wanting 3 or 4 kids. I take my hat off to you! We are definately done with the two kids. For sure
CATHIE - Oh no, sorry bout your bad day. I hope today is better. Byron is in the process of TT too. He's doing wonderfully but does have accidents. Yesterday morning he pooed in the potty then 30mins later weed on the floor. Then he did a poo in his undies later in the arvo.. Grrrrr... Hope today is better for you
KAZBAH -That's the way I do feed... It just came naturally that way. I only feed lying down on the right side cause my left nipple is dodgy and its hard to get the right attachment lying down. Eden hates his rocker, which is a bummer. DS1 loved it. It's hard to get much done while he's awake then
PICKETTY -Yeah Edens good with routine. I'm thankful that he takes a dummy cause if I need to extend a feed I just give him a dummy. Yay on your date. That's great. Girls clothes are so much better than boys. It's really hard to get nice boys clothes. I hate that Eden is growing so fast. I already miss that newborn littleness
Well I went to weight watchers yesterday. I'm really happy with their BF program. I have a nutritional background but didn't know much about diet & BF but their program ticks all the boxes. Eden didn't sleep all morning cause we went out to WW then to medicare & did some groceries. He's not use to being out of the house for such a long period of time (I really need to get out more). Got home at 12, fed him, he went to sleep & that was that. He slept all night. He's back asleep now too.
Kaz – Great news on Will’s weight gain!! You’re doing so well.
MadB – Thanks for sharing the pics of Miri!! She is just soooo adorable!! Sounds like Miri is getting her night time sleeps down pat, that’s excellent!
EJ – Love the new username, confused me at first though!! Haha. How’s Harper doing? Sounds like things are getting better, I am so glad!! Don’t worry, I’m sure the smiles aren’t far away for you. When she threw up a whole feed did she feed all over again? Probably a stupid question but I’m finding Jacob is throwing up a little bit lately and am never sure if I should just keep offering it to him or if he’s full..? I think I’ll be moving Jacob into our room when I get home, out of the lounge room as I think there is too much movement in there that he isn’t sleeping well through the day. Glad Aidan had a great party, you did a wonderful job on the cake!! How did the osteo go?
Picketty – Great weight gain for little Connor there, well done! How lovely you got to have a date, good on you for being strong enough to leave him home, I’m hopeless still...went to get my eyebrows waxed and made mum come with me so she could watch him in the room
Hey Cathie – all good over here thanks, slowly getting things under control! (for the time being at least..). Good luck with the scan for Charlie. on the nappy cream – gosh sometimes I often wonder what I would do if I had more than just Jacob, he keeps me busy enough for now!! Hope your day improved and you got to have a nice long well deserved shower...
PP - at the zumba ... I really want to give it a go but I am soooo uncoordinated! I just don’t know if I’m willing to suffer the humiliation... Glad you’re enjoying yourself – it must be nice to have some time for just you. Hope you’re having a great time with your mum.
Georgi – Glad you are feeling better, what a rough time you’ve had lately!
Sorry for the short personals, I'm on mums computer while DH rocks Jacob in the pram...We're doing really well, Jacob has been on his best behaviour up here. Mum got a cot for the room I stay in and he's sleeping so well in there!! He's stretching his feeds to roughly 3 hours now!! I am so happy about that. Occasionally he has a few fussy hours where he feeds every hour but it only lasts 2-3 hours and it's late in the afternoon before he goes down for about 3-4 hours. We saw the peadiatrician and he was SO impressed with Jacob (so proud ) he said he had good focus and was really alert. He said his weight gain was over the top and I could be feeding two babies but he was happy just the same Jacob now weighs 4710 grams (another 335 grams in 7 days!) He checked for oral thrush and said there is absolutely no sign of it so no more treatment!! Very happy day for us. Oh and on a funny note he said "you have a beautiful little boy there, you need to know that you're doing a great job... he just has a little temper on him!!"
Anyways, better leave it there - I must get going. Hope you're all well xoxo
Last edited by Jules84; January 22nd, 2011 at 09:48 AM.
Cluster feeding in the evening can be great when it lets them go longer between feeds Jules. Glad your pead was impressed (should be!)
Someone asked about the wet bag...? IT's PUL, yeah. If I do another I'll have to put another layer on it - the back of the PUL is soooo slippery to sew. I made a little change mat with PUL on the back yesterday too.
Sorry agian ladies, haven't been able to update or even read your posts, as been in hospital. Hi to you all, hugs to your bubs.
Matteo and I are now in our local hospital, we have been here for 3 weeks now. Back when we were in the NICU at the main hospital, I couldn't stay with him, and was only spending about 2 hours a day with him. But here I can stay in hospital with him in the samne room as me, in a cot at the end of my bed.
He is now in a proper crib and is off his monitors apart from the one that alerts me if he stops breathing.
He is off all his tube feeds and is fully breast fed now. The the Chubber has put on lots of weight over the last few weeks, he was 1.84kg (4lb 1oz) at birth and is now 3.09kg (6lb 9oz), he likes his food.
We should have been home as of Thursday, but on Wednesday night, after having his 6 week old immunisations during the day, he was really ill and had a Apnoea attack, where he stopped breathing, luckily we were still in the hospital and his alarm sounded to let me know he had stopped breathing. I had just done my CPR training that day, so had to put it into use, I was so scared.
He is now been monitored, but is OK now.
Home should be Monday or Tuesday.
I have invested in a respiritory monitor for home, to alert me if he has any more breathing issues. It is called the BabySense II, it is great. It's a bit like the Angelcare, but apparently better.
OMG BUTTERFLY - That must've been frightening for you having to do CPR on Matteo. Oh love, so glad he's ok. I bet you can't wait to take him home. What a journey for you hey. Sounds like he's doing great. My DS1 was just on 6 pounds when we got to take him home from the SCN
JULES - Wow sounds like Jacob is doing fabulous. Yay on the feeding 3hourly. I have heard that babies settle more around 6 weeks.
MADB - Are you using cloth nappies?
Well Eden hasn't pooed for at least 4 days. He seems to fart all the time but nothing else. I really hope there's some action soon cause he does get a sore tummy sometimes. He kept waking from around 3am to 6am this morning, moaning & grunting. The poor mite.
God how scary BF!
But it's wonderful to hear the progress your little man is making - won't be long now and you'll have him home I hope.
DD gets a bit unsettled before a big poo. I think a lot of the grunting and struggling overnight is due to that - she'll finally unload around 5 or 6 then can sleep soem more. too bad mummy has to get up.
Just lost my post but it was only a whinge anyway. I'm so tired i just have to go to bed but i'll try and catch up with you all soon. Only just got Harper into bed about 15 min ago after hours of trying to get her in there and stay there. Her belly is still really bothering her and i'm so frustrated and not being able to help her.
MadB - having time to sew...I'm impressed!! Oh and Jacob fills his nappy every morning about the same time!! He won't sleep until he finishes and then has a nappy change, can take quite a while to pump it all out (charming!!) He's done some major beauties today though...wow...for a little dude...
BF - Gosh how scary for you, but sounds like you did a wonderful job under pressure, Matteo is very lucky to have such a quick acting mum. Sounds like he's doing really well with weight gain - I'm so pleased for you that he's fulling breast fed now! No more sterilising bottles!! YAY! Fingers crossed you have him home with you very soon!!
Georgi - Any action in the nappies? hope he doesn't leave it too long for you or it's going to be a whopper! Dumb question - do you know he has a sore tummy by all the grunting? cause Jacob grunts SO much...his pead said that some babies are just born grunters...but I wonder if it's his tummy..? Sounds like you and Eden are both doing well. How Byron loving his new little brother?
Kaz - How was your day with Will and Pip? Hope you're all doing well!!
EJ - sending many hugs your way, hope you had a better day with Harper today. Feel free to have 'a whinge' any time... that's what we're all here for, to support each other!! If you ever need to have a chat you can always send me a message on fb, (as if there's time these days though hey!!) You'll get her sorted soon I am sure of it. You're on the right track, hang in there.
As for us...we got home today, big day on the road, our six hour trip now takes seven and a half hours...which probably isn't too bad... Jacob has been such a good boy lately I just really hope that it lasts!! I was wondering how long (those BF'ing mum's out there), do your little ones feed for? Jacob seems to be shortening his feeds and when I change him and put him back on he reluctantly takes more and quite often throws up quite a lot of milk...I wonder if this means he's full? I also wonder if he's shortening his feeds to around 10-15 mins can that affect my supply? I know I have tonnes of milk at the moment but worry if he feeds less I may start to have problems... any ideas? Sorry, I may just be being stupid but I am happy with our progress and I'd be so sad if I did something to stuff it up! Typical newbie I think, worrying about everything...
Hope you all had a great day and have a good night with your bubs! xoxoxo
DD's nights are... variable She's a grunter too. I don't think she's in pain, maybe just still getting used to the different sensations of digesting stuff.
EJ, whinges are always allowed in here.
Jules, DS took 1hr+ to feed at first. This gradually decreased to 20-30 minutes by the time he was 3 months old. Then, around 4 months, he was suddenly done within 2-3 minutes - it was almsot overnight. I freaked out and tried to force him to have more, which resulted in breast refusal. Turned out it's quite a common thing at that age as they get more interested in the world around them (less time for comfort sucking I guess). Anyway, my point is that he was fine - they can get all the milk out very quickly as they get bigger and stronger.
I'm going to be selfish again girls, i'm so sorry but it's all i have time for. My time for peace and quiet is now and it's so late and i'll be so tired in the morning when everything has to begin all over again. I will calling for a dr appt first thing in the morning because... i don't know if there is any fix to what Harper is feeling right now but i need to feel like i'm doing something for her. Right now i am so confused and tired and frustated that i'm not. I'm her mum and i should be able to fix anything for her, a hug and reasurance that i'm here should be enough shouldn't it?? It just does nothing though, my poor girl is so tired, yawning and falling asleep only to be woken by a burp and the gastric juices that just won't leave her alone. I'm listening to advice and reluctantly trying a few other things but i wish i wasn't giving her anything at all other than my milk. At the same time i feel so responsible for her feeling like she does because i'm the one who feeds her and it's obviously effecting her. Anyway vent over i must sleep.
EJ. Sorry to hear things are still so tough for you (and your little girl)
The only thing that helped us with DS was to keep him upright pretty much all the time. I slept sitting up in bed holding him for weeks. I also had him propped upright in the pram with rolled up nappies to stop him from sliding over. He just couldnt' lie down at all.
Hey ladies,
EJ - Big hugs for you I don't know what to say and if I could help you in anyway I would. I just feel for you sooo much and you also have 2 other children to look after.
BF - OMG wow how scary for you, Yes all parents should know CPR.
MadB - hello
Jules - I'm glad Jacob is such a good little boy ..... YAY
Kaz - Hello to you Too
PP - How's little Millie ? I love Millie it is such a cute nickname.
Georgi - When the action comes you will sure know it
AFM
Well I have decided to look for a playgroup this year for the twins as they are such a handful I think they are bored. Well charlie boy has been great, sleeping eating and having a cry every now and than. We took the kids into Sydney on saturday to the history Musum as Lily wanted to have a look at the dino's and than we walked down to darling Habour and was all ready to go to the Aqurium and than we looked at the prices. $29.99 for Adults and $17.99 for kids no matter the age, can you believe it so we just walked around and had some lunch. We had a great day..
goodness cathie, that's so expensive! dh has finally got agreed to a birthday pressie - friends of the zoo membership for the year, i can see it being something the whole family will enjoy. only have to go 3 times and it's paid for itself. glad charlie's been good for you.
ej - sorry you're having a hard time, hope the docs can help. like marcellus, i slept upright with pip on my shoulder for the first 6 weeks of his life - he didn't have reflux though - and found a good recliner made the world of difference to my sleep.
as for us - will is having his stormy period right on track before the 5-week developmental leap. these past couple of days we've really seen differences - he's looking around, making eye contact and smiling at us. plus he's starting to reach for toys on his playmat. so exciting
) he said he had good focus and was really alert. He said his weight gain was over the top and I could be feeding two babies but he was happy just the same 
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