Very excited to have you join us Charlotte and like Kaz said your little Hannah was extremely tiny. I hope she's doing well and growing beautifuly. Welcome xoox
.... I'm procrastinating... Just talked DH into have pizza tonight (not that that was difficult) so now i don't have to worry about dinner ... Off to do that bathroom...
Welcome Charlotte. How's your tiny little girl going?
Jules, DS was only doing 1-2 per week at that age, compared to 10+ early on. It's quite normal as their guts get more efficient they store the leftover up for a while before needing to poo. Nice huh?
That's a great weight
The ergo is really comfy and you can back carry at that age too. I piggyback DS in it sometimes and he's 3 (though small for his age admitedly)
Georgi, I guess he'll be fine if it's only a couple of days. More likely he'll refuse the bottles and make up for it when you get home. Oh, sorry, don't want to jinx you. Anyway, he'll be fine. Even if he does decide he likes bottles just don't give him any for a while and he'll get over it.
I am soooo hoping the hammock helps with day sleeps. I try to resettle, just doesn't work. sometimes she'll doze in my arms for a bit, but she's still not really sleeping. A few times she's slept about 1 hour in the ergo. That's the best we can manage - half the time it's barely 20 minutes. I'm trying not to stress about it, but it's getting worse and worse and I can see her taking after DS now. Not fair!
Oh well, I survived 2 years of sleep deprivation before, I can do it again. It's all fine after it's over
Hannah's doing good, most of time. :-) she's about 8lb 8oz now. Hehe, probably around some of your bub's birth weight!!
She has been a bit off today. She's doesn't want to sleep, she doesn't want to stay awake, she thinks she's hungry and won't eat.
Think she's just over tired.
Her sleeping pattern isn't working today either. She usually is up for 60-90 minutes and sleeps for 2 1/2 hours. But she's only sleeping for about an hour today and then wakes screaming and is back in bed after about 40 minutes. Mildly frustrating. Maybe I need to change her routine?? I've only just started this one, though!!!
Keeping an eye on it, as it may be reflux and its hurting her. Will probably give her surgeon a ring on Monday and see if she needs a bigger dose of ranitadine/zantac.
It was a while yet last year before I found out I was pregnant. I knew within a couple of days, but didn't get a positive test until Mothers Day. Which was kind of suiting, I thought!! That made me about... just over 3 weeks I thought. Very faint line, but definatly there!!
Hannah doesn't poop as much as she used to. Gotta keep a close eye on her, tho, because of her Gastroschisis. If she doesn't poop, it could mean a blockage in the bowel. She went 4 days this week without a poop, so we gave her one dose of Coloxyl and Man, does that stuff work!!! Been good ever since.
She's started talking, which is quite cool. Only over the last week, if that. It started off as just a goo, and occationally a ohh (lol). But I'm listening to her talking to herself in bed at the moment.
Smiles galore!
I know she'll be a bit behind compared to your bubs.
I'm not sure where I belong when it comes to these threads....
I think I'll stay here, tho!!
You're most welcome to post here Charlotte! You probably will find that developmentally Hannah is a bit behind to begin with, but that's to be expected. Sounds like she's growing very well indeed!
Their sleep/awake cycles change very rapidly in the first 3-6 months, pretty much week to week. And then they have little phases where they're more unsettled, sleep less, eat more, or otherwise out of sorts. It's pretty much ongoing. Best to just go with it - enjoy the ride!
I'm not familiar gastroschisis. I take it it's a problem with the bowel? Is it something that will correct itself with time, or will she always need to take care of it?
"Gastroschisis refers to a (full thickness) defect in the abdominal wall, adjacent to the umbilical cord insertion, through which extrusion of the fetal bowel has occurred."
She had a 6mm whole in her belly, and when she was born all of her small intestine and part of her large intestine was out.
Her bowel may come normal, it may not. Its better than it was.
If you thinking of your bowel, its like a big tube. And the movement of the bowel is like it being squeezed from one end to the other.
Hannah's bowel, although it rarely does it anymore, tends to get 'confused' at times, and will go backwards for a little bit causing her to vomit a large amout if its just after a feed.
And there's always a chance that there may be a small blockage, too. Which is why we need to keep an eye on her nappies. And always checking her stomach to make sure its soft.
Because it gets bulgy more solid and theres no poop it means there's a massive problem/blockage where the bowel isn't working and its swelling up.
So little is known about gastroschisis, which is amazing because its occurs in 5-10,000 live births. Nearly always in a mother under 20. No cause is known yet.
Hannah's basically normal now, just people keep thinking she's a newborn until she smiles and starts talking to them.
Or they ask how old she is and I say 3 months and they don't believe me.
Gastro-babies have a slow growth rate, and are generally small forever. So, although DP and I are tall people, Hannah may not be. She's fairly petite now. Small body, but with long legs.
She's recently moved to OOOO clothes, but Targets clothes are too small for her now. Massive size difference when compared to Kmart. Kmart 0000 are just starting to fit. But she tends to wear alot of pants. She's taken to wearing 000 pants because she needs the length.
Thanks Charlotte! I just found your other thread and read through it all so I'm up to date. You and little Hannah have been through so much already! She sounds like a pretty amazing little lady
Charlotte what a challenging beginning you have had with Hannah. I have seen cases of Gastroschisis on tv before. Sounds like she is a beautiful petite little one. It really is great to have you with us
I'm off to bed early tonight, Harper has gone down really well and i did put her in her sleeping bag. It fits her much tighter than previously so i hope she's happy in it.
Georgi - Sounds like Eden's weight gain is going well too! Jacob was four months (16 weeks) today. Do you count the months by the date each month or by weeks? Probably a stupid question... Gosh, one a week - what that must be like!! Jacob was like 10+ dirty nappies a day at the beginning and I'm estatic to have just one/two a day normally
EJ - Poor Aidan!!! I'm so glad he's feeling much better. Poor little cutie. That's great Harper behaved like an angel for her babysitters I think you have nothing to lose by trying the sleeping bag....at most you'll just have a few extra wake ups? Which at this point, isn't such a big deal anymore. Harpers nights sound very similar to Jacobs... Oh and I just read the post about you putting Harper to sleep in her sleeping bag and I'm too lazy to adjust my post hehe. Let us know how her night goes!! GOOD LUCK!!
Charlotte - Welcome to our group!! So excited to have you here! Gosh, Hannah was a little bub! Sounds like you've hard a bit of a rough start there, I'm glad things are improving. Look forward to getting to know more about you and the lovely little Hannah. Good luck with the routines...I still don't have one here, I just go with the flow, Jacob is setting his own little routine it seems. But just when I think I have him figured out he goes and changes it on me!! Cheeky little monkeys they are.
Well ladies, exciting news to share here!! Forgot to tell you all that yesterday Jacob rolled from his tummy to his back three times!!! I kept putting him back to see if it was a fluke!! Poor little tiger looked at me the fourth time like I was losing my mind hehe. Next bit of exciting news, a wonderful lady has posted me an MCN to try!! I am so excited!! We're going to give it a go tomorrow....given how excited I was to receive it in the mail I'll probably end up being another converted mother!! My poor mum and dad, I fill their bin with disposables each time I'm back there (the council has given them the most pathetic little bins) and she's hoping I like them so she can buy some to keep there!
I'm off for a shower and bed while I still can! Hope you all had a lovely day. xoxo
EJ - How'd harper go in her sleeping bag? So are you saying that you don't wrap her?
I am thinking I might try to stop wrapping Eden cause he keeps coming out of it & I am wondering if that is why he is waking during the night. He is stirring for around 10mins then going back to sleep. This morning I went in at 4am as he was stirring a little more so & he had one arm out flapping around. I was always a really good wrapper & didn't have this problem with DS1. Is everyone elses bubs wrapped?
CHARLOTTE - Welcome! Of course you can join in here, we would love to have a new addition. My DS1 was nearly 7 weeks premature & I joined the August group but found that I couldn't relate to them & the stages of their babies so I ended up going to the group of the date he was due. For me, that suited better cause I could relate more. Whatever works for you of course. Sounds like you've had a rough journey
MADB - Lol, thanks for the jinx... I've expressed this morning & will give him a bottle to make sure he will still take it. It's been about a week since he's last had one. He'll have another on Monday when I go to work so by Tues he should be fine with it. How'd the hammock go?
JULES - I count the months by calendar months as there is 4.3weeks in a month and the immunisation goes by months too. Yay of the rolling. Very exciting. And no doubt you'll be a converted MCN user. I don't use them, but know many that do & just love them
So now I think Eden's night waking has nothing to do with his feeding as he fed really well each feed yesterday but still woke at 4am. So for now I have just accepted that he's going through a stage & just hoping it passes soon. Though next week I won't be so concerned as DH will be here to get up to DS1 when he wakes & I can sleep in! I didn't have too much trouble getting back to sleep this time which is great. Plus, DS1 woke at 6 instead of 5.30 so I got an extra half hour
Jules it was horrible seeing Aidan unwell like that, he's only ever had gastro once and that was when he was about 18 months old. Luckily yesterday was nothing like that. I did sleep Harper in her sleeping bag and she had an exact same night as the night before so that's good. It didn't change the lengths which is not what i was trying to do it was to just save the tangle. Yes i was a little hesitant in that i just didn't want to compltely confuse her and make her have a really interupted sleep but she was fine. Enjoy the cloth Jules, it's not hard to get addicted
Georgi up until last night Harper was wrapped every sleep. I'd wrap her using a cot sheet placed down lenght ways and fold the top over and tuck her arms in (the angle wrap i think they call it). I could get her all nice and snug initially and her day sleeps were not an issue but the nights were getting to be, by the morning and after a few wake ups for feeds she'd be all loose and in a bit of a mess. So yesterday i thought i'd try the sleeping bag again. It's tighter on her than it was before and just as snug as the sheet and there was no difference in her sleep from using it. Last night.... who knows what tonight could bring. I just put her down for her morning sleep and she went down without an issue.
Charlie boy was wrapped until after his 1st birthday, it was just a sleep association that he loved and it took a while to get him out of it. Actually from memory i went to sleep school with him at 5 months and they told me to wrap him, before that i'm not sure that i was. So he was a bit bigger and the sheet wasn't as oversized for him.
Well little miss is waking up from her 40 min, i'm going to go try and resettle her. I'm sure i'll back later girls.
will slept just fine last night, the night before was a bit unsettled. just gorgeous though! he's changed so much in the past 2 weeks - he's watching us as we walk around the room, following us with his head. Plus lots of smiles and grabbing at toys and people! Such a good time to bring him up here to meet the family although my cousin did try to feed him "bananas" lollies! I took a very, very deep breath and merely said "hey Stace, he's still on the boob for feeds!" as I reminded myself that they didn't see Pip at this age, and they won't see us for another year if not longer. *sighs* My uncle bought Will a set of "blinky bill" australian mint coins! just gorgeous!
Good luck on the sleeping EJ!
OK, time for lunch, this post alone took the best part of 3 hours to write!
don't get much value for 3 hours, do you I know the feeling.
eeps at lollies - not the best first food, hey? Sounds like you gys are having a great time.
OO, lucky duck Jules - Fluffy mail!!!
How's the sleeping bag going EJ?
Well dD is in the hammock for the first time. Only took an hour to get her to sleep. But that's to be expected when you try something new. Fingers crosse.d She actually slept 75min (!!!) in the ergo at the pool this morning. Now I promised myself I wasn't going to get all obsessed about sleep.... and here I am again
Miri isn't reaching for thigns yet. She's grasping her hands together and staring intently at them, so perhaps it's not too far off. She's always trying to sit up when I'm holding her, but poor poppet just ends up flopping around.
Eden's been crying for 10mins trying to get to sleep. He did this last night too. I ended up getting him up for an hour or so before feeding him to sleep. He's never done this before. I hope it's not a habit he's gonna get into. Poor lil mite.
EJ wow Charlie was wrapped till late. My sisters first was wrapped till around 12 months too. DS1 was weaned around 4.5months which is when I'll wean Eden too. I think he may even be ready now, but I'm not
KAZ Was your cousin serious feeding him banana lollies? Surely she was just kidding???
MADB Yeah Eden is always trying to sit up too. What's with that??? Hope the hammock works
So in the time it's taken to type this..... He's asleep..... Yay!
Georgi - Maybe Eden is going through a growth spurt too? Either way I think it's meant to be normal for this age...? Who knows, they always have us guessing! Yay on him to sleep! Jacob has been asleep for 15 mins and just woke for a few more little pats on the butt and he's gone back to sleep..for now. He'll wake for a feed (which I do in the dark in his room) in the forty mins or so. Oh and I'm a wrapper here too....Jacob gets wrapped for every sleep in his 'wrap me up'....which he just loves. There is no way I can get away with not wrapping him, he's super active and wakes himself up constantly with his hands.
EJ - I'm so glad the sleeping bag didn't change things for the worse. At least it'll make things a little easier on you! Having to fix a sheet and re wrap her every time would be slightly painful!! I love the wrap me up, one zip and it's all done!!
Kaz - So glad you're having a lovely time....LOLLIES!!! gosh that is hilarious. How old is your cousin?? Surely it was some kind of weird joke? Lucky you were around to stop that one!!
MadB - How'd the hammock go? I really hope it works for you, so you don't need to end up obsessing over sleep. I think it's normal, sounds like we can all get a bit that way. I think it's more the fact that we know how much it affects them and hate to see them so overtired.
I'm exhausted tonight, hoping for an uninterrupted dinner (DH is making a big beautiful salad as I type) and then one more feed for the little man and off to bed for the night!! Hope you all had a lovely day with your beautiful bubs! xox
Ah, she slept in there for 40 minutes. Looked like she might resettle, but nup. Very tired and unsettled this arvo. 3 hours later she's finally asleep again. I think she's due for a poo
Last night she wasw grunting and farting so much It woke me up so I put her back in her cot. When she woke later she was sideways - she's a little boot-scooter. I think DS was quicker developing fine motor skills - I'm sure he was grabbing at thigns by now. But Miri seems more into gross motor skills. I find it so fascinating how they do things at different times and are better or worse at different things.
I must I must I must go to bed earlier But I just downloaded the new season of Being Human...
MADB - I love the development differences too. I love comparing the boys for some crazy reason
JULES -I was wondering growth spurt but he's not feeding more often or having more in volume either. So huh, who knows
Eden started stirring around 4.30am, by 4.50am I was over it so I got up to feed him, and once again, he's out of his wrap & done a 180 turn in the cot. He seems to do this alot. I don't know what to do about this wrapping situation. I am thinking of cutting a muslin wrap in half, so I can just wrap down his arms and them wrap him in the kiddapottomus over that. I'm gonna give that a go tonight and see.
Not much on today. DH is working again so I'm home with the kids. Might do a bit of shopping.
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... Off to do that bathroom...
I'm so glad he's feeling much better. Poor little cutie. That's great Harper behaved like an angel for her babysitters
I know the feeling.
gosh that is hilarious. How old is your cousin?? Surely it was some kind of weird joke? Lucky you were around to stop that one!!
- she's a little boot-scooter. I think DS was quicker developing fine motor skills - I'm sure he was grabbing at thigns by now. But Miri seems more into gross motor skills. I find it so fascinating how they do things at different times and are better or worse at different things.
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