Babies Born December 2007 #12

[Jus]

Hey Ella does the thumb thing when she's on bb too! Cracks me up..

Good question re the face-plant. One of the reasons I bought the ladybird is because she doesn't face plant b/c is raised off the ground. So is working her muscles even without having to fold her arms under her chest. So she can play with the toys on the floor. It's the longest she's stayed on her tum. I also do the rolled up towel thing under the chest on the floor & that helps too. She likes tummy time on our bed rather than the floor. sometimes I also put a rolled up nappy under her chest when she's on ladybird. Just depends.

Man, the moulting... has been going on here for a month, and my hair is really oily too. I knew about the moulting but not the oily.... anyone else?

Ella's just had a pretty good nap all on her own. Trying to regain my confidence in going with the flow, and ignoring all the voices in my head telling me the 'rules' about sleeping. She's been really windy lately (fluffing all the time, no poos) so dunno if that's part of the story???

Guess I'm stressing about time b/c the house is a dump (will remain so sadly), and I'm trying to get planning done for going back to work next week - only a day a wk, but am a teacher & lots to program. Good time to learn not to be a perfectionist. Keep it all in perspective.

Thanks again for the encouragement. Feelin much smilier already. Hope you girls all have smiles too.

[Michelle_k]

for nic and simon.

i cant imagine how scary that would have been.

havent even considered high chairs yet.

about to upload some pics of my fat lil chubb. she's in 0's already!!


take care everyone

[alicia]

Rach, please let Nic know we are all thinking about her. It is pretty slack of a hospital to do nothing when it is a little baby that is in trouble.

Olivia slept ok last night (10-6) but it is the first night this week that she has slept through. I think maybe she is having a growth spurt as she seems hungrier than usual.

Had an awfully stressful day yesterday. We are trying to organise a new kitchen and it was just frustration after frustration yesterday. I am never visiting a certain swedish mega-store again! Hopefully it will all be delivered today , then we just have to organise the installation guys. I was so excited about planning the new kitchen but now it just seems like a pain and I can't wait for it to be over!

[BekZ]

Hi I have been MIA. Sorry I have not read all the posts except for those re Nic and Olivia. Thanks Rach for letting us know what is happening. Send them our love, and get well vibes. I wonder if it is immunisation related?

Loren had her needles yesterday and I must say I am concerned about her reaction. She has had an ellevated temp for 24 hours and she is making a scary whinning noise all the time.

BTW her stats at 4 months and 10 days are w:6.8kg, l 63cms and h 40cm.

Ok now I might read the other posts.

[Nikki87]

hello everyone. Long time no see! Glad to see everyone is doing well and babies are growing nice and big.

Nic - I hope everything is ok with your little missy. Best wishes for you.

Summer is going great guns and is still growing length ways but not weight ways! She is now about 67cm long but only weighs about 6.3kg so she is long and skinny!!!

Sorry i haven't been chatting much. DH andi are in the process of selling our place and building so havent had much access to the net! Hope everyone has a great long weekend with partners and babies!!

[aussienic]

Hi Girls.. thanks for the well wishes..

We are home now well at my mums.. We had an appointment booked for Wednesday so we had to come up but either way we are closer to a bigger hospital so its all good..

just a recap on what happened.. She woke from her afternoon nap at 3:30 had a decent feed and we went grocery shopping. while shopping she brought up a little bit of milk so I wiped it away. It was a little unusual for her but not unusual for babies. she then brought up some more milk and then again 2 more times. I picked her up and noticed she was quite warm and pale so we decided to take her round to the Drs surgery expecting to be sent away with a paranoid parent look.. As soon as the Dr saw her he said this is a very unwell baby. He took one look and asked me to lay her on the bed and she was white and unresponsive. he started her on some oxygen and liften her legs into the air to regain colour. He then listened to her heart and said thats too low we need to give her some adrenline.. He left the room and came back relistened and gave her the shot.. He rang an ambulance as well in case she didnt recover.

she regained some colour and her heart rate went back up to 80bpm. It was 40 and dropping. A normal infants heart rate is around 120bpm.. The ambulance arrived and we were taken to town. they gave her oxygen and had her on a heart monitor. by now her heart rate was back to 120bpm..

not much was done to my satisfaction between then and when we left hospital. We got admitted by 8 and Simon went home at 9:30. Olivia went to sleep at 10 and sort of slept till 5. She woke every hour when they came in to monitor her but didn't need feeding till 5.. I was so shocked they didn't have her on a heart monitor overnight. and we requested an apneo monitor which they were happy to give..

I took her back to my GP today at 12. and he basically the hospital Drs were idiots. The hosp Drs said she had a vasal vagal ( i think) or just one of those things but was normal.. um I;m no Dr but yesterday was not frickin normall.. Anyways my GP has reassured me. he is going to investigate further. He said she may have had a seizure as she was twitching but if it was a seizure it could have been to do with the low heart rate and lack of oxygen.

Anyways I never want to go through that again. I wasn't scared till we were in the ambulance then I started shaking. It hit me then.. today the Dr told me that Olivia's heart wasn't just sitting at 40 it was dropping.. usually by that stage it can just stop so please say prayers or whatever good thoughs that she never does that again. I never want to see her looking the way she did

[alicia]

Oh Nic I am tearing up reading your post, not sure how you coped. I am sending you every bit of luck and love I can. Hope your little Miss is keeping well at the moment and that they can get to the bottom of what happened

[morgan78]

Oh Nic sending you & 'Liv huge and i hope you dont have to go thru anything like that again. will say a for you both.