count me in Kitt3n - I'm up for a meet and greet any time you are.
Laura - WTF is with the family deciding to pop on over for a couple of weeks!! - you may or may not remember but my sister decided to do the same thing 3 days before my due date - it was all too much and I was soooooooooooo relieved to have my house back.
LOL about siblings being interested in the bowel movements - the other day Zahlia was doing a massive no.2 it took 3 nappies and 30 minutes for her to finish - but the funniest thing was that BJ was at her bum level encouraging her along - "you can do it Zahlia" - "you're such a pretty bubba" "Good Girl"- lol - in the mean time DH and I are trying not to wet ourselves with laughter
Hi all, hope you had excellent Christmas' mine was very quiet one which I really enjoyed.
Well I am tired, my 4 yr old has turned into a constant whinger, it's doing my head in. I try to be as patient as I can but when I am running on only a few hours of broken sleep there isn't much there. I am not sure if she is worse since Elise came along or if she seems worse cause I'm tired. DH thinks it's just me.
Miss Elise is well, she has been a bit windy today and yesterday but is generally good at farting it all out without too much complaint. She has been a little fussy in settling though, which is fair enough poor little tum gives her grief but once she has it all out she drops right off. Just means I am not getting much else done that I want to around the place, which I find frustrating but need to let go a bit, I can only do so much.
No real routine here yet, she is all over the place with her feeds my poor boobs don't know what's going on. Sometimes she will feed every 1-2 hours sometimes 3-4 and rarely 4-5 during the day. Last night she wouldn't settle til 5am after waking at 330 for a feed, then she did a champion fart and nodded off.
Can't wait til a few weeks hopefully she will sleep for some longer periods around that 6 week mark.
LOL Dianna kids say some funny things, DD says some really funny things sometimes, I wish I could remember them all.
Merry Christmas all for yesterday. I hope everyone had a great day and Santa was kind!!
Update on how Lily is going, she is still sleeping between 6 and 8 hours straight a night, then she feeds and sleeps another 3 hours. It is wonderful. We had our first clinic visit on the 24th and she has put on 700grams, they said that normally they hope babies will put on 150 - 200 grams per week, well in 2 weeks ands 3 days from coming home from hospital she had put on 700grams - which is lots, they are very happy though, they couldnt believe how well she is doing and how placid she is, she just slept pretty much the whole visit and didnt cry once with all of her tests etc. I guess the hardest thing for me at this point in time is dealing with family. Normally it is ppl complaining about MIL insrtead it is mine that is the problem and trying to make life hard for us. Everything seems to be a huge competition as to who sees Lily most. Oh well, i keep trying to bite my touge......... have a funyy feeling i wont be able to for much longer.
Anyway, those who are going away have a safe and enjoyable holiday, and to everyone else, keep safe and enjoy everything. We are hopefully heading away for a couple of weeks......... very much looking forward to it.
Hi ladies!
Yaay! i finally found you all! And have got some time to actually post!! Wow girls - your babies all sound like such good sleepers!! Is it a girl thing i wonder??!! Ochre sleeps well - just not long enough. He is only sleeping in 2-3 hour blocks still. He feeds (breastfed only) every 3 hours and it whacking on the weight gain now too. He did 500 grams in a week then 300grams the next 3 days. He's now graduated to crawler nappies too! Life is very busy with 3! I'm finding my second DS is affected most by ochres arrival...i just dont get the time to be with him like i used to. His big brother has been amazing though and keeps him entertained. Ochre has developed the lovely milk rash on his cheeks. Any of your babies got that yet? I'm loving the Brauers colic relief and Infants Friend too. Doesn't matter how many burps i get out of him though he still farts like a champion!! Where do your babies sleep in the day? I'm wondering if ochre has got his nights and days mixed up. Do you all wrap your babies for sleep time? I'd love for Ochre to sleep longer but i dont see it happening soon. since he has hit 5 weeks (the big growth spurt week) he is ravenous at the breast...his sucking has gotten a lot stronger and he is feeding 3 hourly in a 24 hour period. i have a wonder week coming up (week 6) and i 'wonder' what that will bring hehe. xx
Wow ladies I'm so jealous of your gobbly bubs! I could of said the same thing about Belle only a few days ago, but since then she has turned into a screaming, refusing to eat little monster! For the first 2 weeks she was a dream, eating and sleeping lots, but the last 3 days have been a nightmare. She latches on to the breast for a few sucks then pulls off screaming. She gets so worked up that feeding is impossible and I have to rock her to sleep. It's breaking my heart to see her so hungry but not eating. I have a dr appoint on Tues so I think I'll take her along to see if there's anything she can suggest.
I've tried the Brauers Colic Relief but it doesn't seem to work. Are you meant to give it to bubs before or after a feed?
claire - oh you poor thing! i know how frustrating and worrying that can be. i had the same problem with my second son. at about 8 days old he just started refusing to take the breast and i couldn't work out why. in the end we figured it out - he hated the Lansinoh nipple cream i was using. the minute i washed it off and presented him with a clean nipple he was back to feeding normally. i hope u find the answer soon hon. about the brauers im not sure - i have given it before, after and during a feed. if anyone knows if there is a 'proper' time to give it i'd also love to know xx
Laura our bubs must be on the same schedule, 2-3 hours is the most I get too.
No milk rash as yet here, I don't think Abby ever got one either.
During the day Elise either sleeps in the rocker or on someones chest lol she's a bit spoilt, depends on how much I have to do around the place and if I am looking for an excuse to get out of it
At night she was in the cot next to my side of the bed but she was waking every hour - hour and a half, wanting to be settled again, so I've ended up co sleeping since last night. Had the best night last night she fed at 11 then woke at 230am then again at 630 and then at 10am so I got a few good blocks of sleep, feeling a bit more human today.
Claire I'm not sure if there is a proper time to give it, I've given it to Elise twice, once just before a feed and the other time was about an hour after cause she was super windy. Such a hard thing to know what to do and very trying on the patience, I hope she is feeding better for you today.
Anthea I am very jealous of your 6-8 hours sleep, I hope she keeps it up for you.
Good Luck with your mum, I hope she comes to her senses soon.
I am going to take Elise to get weighed tomorrow, it's been over a week now and I am curious to see what she is up too in her measurements.
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