Babies Born December 2007 #4

[*Ali*]

Early start for us this morning, Tori woke up at 4am and just wouldnt go back to sleep, she is cutting her last eye tooth and it is really bothering her, then Liam was up at 5 and did a couple of HUGE poo's- I have finally just gotten them both back into bed but Im not tired now. I did get 5 hours sleep in a row though, and then a couple of hours more a napping before i got up just after 5.

Has anyone got a baby with reflux? We are beginning to think Liam might have a slight case of it- he has started to doing the back arching and leg pulling after a feed, makes a little circle mouth and pokes out his tongue, and sometimes when I am feeding him he will pull off and go back on 4-5 times per feed?
Anyway I going to ring my MCHN shortly (who is also a lactation consultant) and see what she thinks, and ask what I should do to help him out.

Anyway better make use of the quiet time in my house while it lasts.

[Harri]

hi everyone.....

for the last 2 hrs i have a bub permanently attached to my boob!! we've had 100ml from a bottle AND boob!!! every time i go to put her in bed she whines and makes sucking noises... which she does when she wants food! i put her on the boob and she sucks like she hasn't eaten in hrs!!! dont know where she is putting it!?

Ali - Chrissie has been doing the same thing... lots of stretches and fits and grunting.... could this be reflux??

nic - sounds like the nights are sorting themselves out for you!!

lauren - glad you had a good time... i'm trying to decide whether or not to go to mine in Feb..

louise - glad your dad is ok!

trish - that's great about the swimming.!! can't wait to get Chrissie started!! we have a fisher price swing too... the rainforest one..

suse - welcome!!!!

[Freya]

Sorry Im being a slacker with keeping up in this thread - Ive been out and about the last 2 days so no comp time. But Ds is at daycare and I ran errands this morning so I have 5min to myself.

Im curious to see what your MCHN says about the reflux Ali because Rips does the same thing, and often gags as well but I was putting it down to a strong let down/flow of milk. I never thought reflux because I think projectile vomitting etc when I hear 'reflux'. Please let us know what she says!

Bindy, Haroula - if its supply issues your worried about re BF then I can 100% recommend drinking 2 glasses of Aktivite a day - my milk has been flowing like the Nile since I started drinking it 3 days ago. Ive also bought some Blessed Thistle tablets as it helps promote milk flow. Just a suggestion

Trish, yay on the swing bargain! I love my FP ocean wonders swing - so handy when they want some movement but we dont have time to be human rocking chairs.

Hello to everyone else!

Saw the MCHN for our 2wk check up - Rips is doing great! He's 50cm long now, hc is 36cm and he's 3380g, so gained 260g in a week - Go Mama's milk What a champ! She also said the 'jaundice' has disappeared which is a relief (not that I think he ever had it.) She commented on how well I look (and how skinny ) and I told her looks are deceiving lol Im tired and could do with more than 2hrs of sleep at a time but Im coping, I have too. Jett's settled down a bit as well, not so many tantrums/naughty moments and he's not crying so bad at bedtime anymore. Yesterday he was all about baby - kept giving him kisses and cuddles which was cute.
Today has been nice without Jett to chase after though, running errands was a breeze. I got some groceries and bought some clothes for Jett (Target is having a sale on summer clothes so might be a good idea to layby size 1's for next summer! And a 20% off sale on baby and nursery.) Ive put him in care tomorrow too for a few hours as I think part of his naughtiness is boredom, he's used to seeing friends kids once or twice a week and going to daycare for 5hrs on thursdays. My g/f and I are going out to lunch.

Anywho enough of my boring prattle, its almost time to pick J up and Rips is sucking away on the boob. BBL.

ETA - Trish - yay on the swimming too! Its a relief when they take to swimming like fish, Jett is the same - absolutely loves it and does really well for his age.
Ali - Yeah the bassinette is the only place I can keep J away from bub and even then he stills tries to climb it. Im thinking of picking up a playpen too but my DH is worried about him climbing it.