Babies Born December 2007 #4

[kitten2b]

well yesterday was an eventful day.

we woke up at 6.30am to Sofia's grunting and groaning as she had not pooed in 3 days but was farting like a trooper. At 7am my dad woke up with the worst all over body red rash I have ever seen. The Drs accross the road open at 8am so he was going to wait until then an see my Dr but 15 minutes later he fainted on my DH and I called an Ambulance, after 6 hours at the hospital he was diagnosed as having a mystrey alergy and dehydration. He is ok now. Other event was Sofia and her poo, omg I never thought something so little could make so much mess, it was even between her toes (sorry if tmi). But on the good side rather her do it at home than in the car on the way to Forbes.

well better be goiing, am going to mum and dad's today instead, so by the time I am on next I will have coped with another 7hr car trip.

[Buzzie]

Just popping in to say good morning everyone!
Had my first mothers group meeting yesterday was soo good.. there was 3 others from the same hospital and we all had emergency c/sect so was good to have a chat to them all! Ash was the youngest there but was twice as big as most of them hehe.
Im off to the hospital to catch up with all the people from my antenatel classes tonight.. im sooooo excited to see them with all there bubs!!

Hope everyone is doing well. im coping so much better on my own than i thought i would here. ohhh ash is awake....

ps... I LOVE INFANTS FRIEND!!!! LOL

[aussienic]

Louise: Glad your dad is ok.. I bet that was a bit scary.. and eww at the poo but i have to say been there done that!! more then once.. I only wish Olivia would do it.. maybe not to that extent tho I was feeding Jacob once and I felt a warmness on my legs and I thought it was wee but oh no!! It was poop and it went EVERYWHERE.. all over my brand new couch thankfully it didn't stain but my goodness we laughed and laughed as I stood in the middle of the lounge room literally dripping with poo and Jacob was screaming cus he was rudley interrupted when feeding..

Lauren: I am glad you enjoyed your mothers group.. Have fun with the antenatal mob its great to hear you are coping so well..

Well after worrying we had a good night Olivia did stay up till midnight and woke at 5 or I should say I woke her I jumped out of bed cus I haven't gone the whole night till day break without being woken in months. between pregnancy pees and Olivia. and she had moved in her cradle and was squished up against the edge so I moved her and woke her but she was only up for 15 mins then we both went and cuddled up in my bed till 8

Morning to everyone else

We are off to finish school shopping today.. oh the fun not!! I am smart or lazy whichever way you want to look at it I handed the book list to the newsagency and I willpick that up on monday. I just have to get about 5 things I didn't want to get from the newsagency makes my life easy... i can't believe the holidays are almost over. Even tho Eth bugs me some days as all kids do from time to time I miss him so much when he is at school

[*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!!!!

[*Ali*]

Haroula Im not sure, I am not even completley sure it is what is wrong with Liam as he doesnt seem to scream too much which is usuallly involved with reflux. I asked the MCHN and she said it is more likely to be wind issues and to persist with burping etc and if it gets really bad to take him to the GP.

I am thinking of hiring a baby hammock to see if this helps to keep Liam asleep during the day as he keeps stirring and I am spending half my day rocking him or wiggling the bassinette to get him back to sleep.

Does anyone else with a baby and a toddler have to keep the baby out of reach? Tori is so active and boisterous that the only place i can put him down without gaurding him is in his bassinette. I am thinking of getting a playpen to put him down in o can get 5 mins to go to the toilet etc when he is awake.

[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.

[littlelara]

Hi guys, I can't remember what it was like with my first, but this feeding 1.5 - 2 hourly (esp at night) is seriously doing my head in! Does anyone know how long it lasts before they can last longer between feeds?
Oh, and XTML? My little one is supposed to have come 2 weeks early but he's all peely too.
Hope all's well with everyone

[xtml]

today is a good day! no mastitus, no car crashes, no trips to children's emergency, just the usual night of nearly no sleep, loads of nappies and sore nipples. I was so grumpy when olly (2 yo) came in to wake me up for the third time at 5 am, that i did a full body worm off the bed (flyingup inthe air, DH tells me laughing) and went to sleep in his little bed for the last 30 mins before i had to get up. it was just enough sleep to make me ok to drive the car (i'm scared of another accident). now mylo is asleep, olly's at daycare, i'm going to try to sleep. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

oh yeah, happy to get the photo message about lisa's baby this morning. yay for lisa: the december belly buddies group is officially bellyless.

[Harri]

Ali - yeah Chrissie doesn't cry either... so i'm not sure that it's reflux...probably just wind, and she DOES have difficulty burping some times!...

[aussienic]

yay for the last of the December mums to be bellyless.. congrats Lisa..

Great day here.. nothing like retail therapy to make you feel good

BBL for personals

[Harri]

hey ladies... for some reason when i posted i didn't see those other messages!

Anna - is Activite like Milo...? do they both work the same way...?? my DH think i'm crazy...says i have heaps of milk as bubs is pretty satisfied when comes off the boob her eyes roll back in her head! LOL

Sounds like Ripley is going great guns!!

xtml - glad you had a good day lara!!

[QueenMab]

Hi everyone!!

I am going to be lurking in here as well is in the Jan babies as I can't possibly not keep up with what my darling belly buddies & their babies are up to!!

My stoopid phone doesn't get photos but I assumed it was a message about a baby when I saw it was from Lisa, I'm so happy for her!!

I was just trying to read everybodie's threads, then Lara I read yours re 'loads of nappies' & realised that I still have a load of nappies in the machine from this morning!!! Oops!! Better get them on the line before Miss wakes up, I hear on the monitor a bit of grumbling so I better hop to it.

So hello to all the late Dec baby buddies, I love you all lol. Hi also to the other ladies whose thread I am crashing lol... promise I won't be too annoying, looks like a pretty active thread I won't every be able to keep up!!

Bindy, all is going well here with the BF, nips a tiny bit sore but that is my own fault for letting her keep going when she wasn't attached properly because I was too tired to do otherwise, but apart from that I am loving feeding her & even said to DP that I just would not be able to cope if I were formula feeding, or even expressing for that matter as BF is just soooo freaking easy, I don't even have to get out of bed lol. I would die if I had to get up at 2am to measure & prepare formula etc, although having your partner able to help with feeding would be a plus. Definately do what is right for you... crying (for you!!) at every feed does not sound like fun.

Haroula, congratulations on your outing! Our first trip out & about is tomorrow, to the doctor for Scally's doc check... so that's about a 35min walk in her pram, luckily it's not supposed to be hot... but I hope it doesn't rain!! Atleast she's used to her pram bassinet as it is her regular bassinet too... I can't believe how nervous I am about taking her out of the house!!

Anywho, if I don't hang out these nappies soon they will be there till tomorrow so I'll go... I'll probably be back tomorrow to try to sift through the thousands of posts!!

....hmm, okay, so before I could post Scally was awake & now it looks like rain so.... bugger, bugger, bugger!!

Haroula - I can't BELIEVE Chrissie is already 3 weeks old!!!

[Harri]

QM - glad to hear all is going well with you!! ! I was nervous first very outing on our own, but it went real well and the nerves soon go!

Yeah i can't believe she is 3 weeks old!! time is so flying!!! next week she will be a month old already!! i can't believe it!... and she has grown so much it's getting harder to hold her when BF, i need a pillow now...!

You better keep dropping in to see us! We'll miss u otherwise!

[suse]

Hi lovelies!

Haroula, Ali and Anna - I get the same thing with Euan from time to time. He hasn't chucked for ages now, so I've been putting it down to wind (he is a verrrrrrry gassy baby). He doesn't necessarily cry when he does all of these things though. I've actually been wondering whether his really bad days have actually been overtiredness rather than the wind pains that I've been thinking it is, because he never sleeps much on his really stroppy days. But then, I also have trouble burping him at times, and these are the days that he tends to be the grumpiest, so I think it could be wind. Hard to know sometimes... I'll be interested to hear what you find out Ali.

Louise - sorry to hear about your dad - I'm glad he is OK now. Hope the ambulance officers treated him well (my dad is an ambo!!). You have me worried though - Euan hasn't poo'd since Tuesday. It's been nice just having wet nappies for a change, but I am afraid, so very, very afraid of what will eventually come out. I keep expecting to hear this loud exploding sound and find baby poo all over my walls. Eeep.

Lauren - YAY on mum's group. It's great that you kept in contact with your antenatal class too - I had a bunch of boring people in my classes, not one person was interested in keeping in contact. I think they thought my DP and I were a bit weird though. Pffft. Apparently there is a 'parent's seminar' thing at the CHC on Mondays which I assume is in lieu of an proper mum's group - I'm a bit peeved because I was told by the hospital that the CHC would organise a mum's group for the babies born in a certain month - but no, this doesn't happen. I'm only annoyed because the parent's seminar thing started two weeks ago and the MCHN didn't bother to tell me, even though I've been going weekly to get him weighed. So hopefully I might meet a few people there but I was really looking forward to a mum's group.

Nic - great poo story! I shouldn't laugh, but I am!! I'm glad you had a good night's sleep.

Trish - WTG Tehya!!! You do have a little Olympian in the making - what a star! Good one too on the swing special!

Anyone I missed - HI!!

Well, we've had a good day today. Euan went down at 11:30 last night, and slept till 7:00. Noice. I was starting to despair that after getting us used to these nice long night sleeps he was going to continue behaving like a normal baby and only sleeping for a few hours at a time. He then went back to sleep when I got to the shopping centre after dropping his dad off at work at 8:30, and slept through two different stops being put in and out of the car seat and the sling, finally waking 15 minutes after I had got home at 11:00 and made lunch for myself. Had a little feed, a bit of a play and a nappy change, then a bit more of a feed, then back to sleep at 1:00. WTF!!! It's now quarter to 3:00 and he's still asleep. I even got an hour's sleep. Wooo Hoo!!!

Just woke and is now happily chomping away at a boob, so it's back to one handed typing for me. Now would be a really good time to evolve an extra set of arms...

I think the little bugger is making up for all of that sleep that he hasn't got over the last couple of days. A definite pattern is emerging here - insomnia baby for a couple of days, then one day of nice but active baby, then sleepy baby. It's a shame, because it's my DP's days off tomorrow and Saturday, and Euan will probably cycle back to insomnia baby somewhere in those two days.

I finally got a mobile for his cot - it's the TinyLove Symphony in Motion one, and some other cot toys. I'm sure he gets so bored in there, I get this mental picture of a prisoner rattling his cup against the bars of his jail cell whilst a harmonica plays mournfully in the background...

Anyway, monster has fed and gone back to sleep again - methinks this is good opportunity to get cute photos of him sleeping on his fluffy rug whilst he is in such a cooperative mood.

TTFN...

[Deltadawn]

Haroula - Good going on the day out! I was supposed to have a day out solo the other day but at the last minute my sister popped over and she same with me which I was so happy about.

Ali/Haroula - I thought Fraser had a touch of relux too but now I think it is just wind as it comes and goes too quickly for it to be reflux. Infants Friend has almost stopped it anyway so try it (only $8 from the chemist) and see how it goes.

Aussienic - I know what you're saying about having a happy baby! It is great! Fraser has been so happy for the past two days (thanks to IF) that it is ALMOST like not even having a baby in the house.

Trish - Go the Olympian! Careful what you wish for though. I was a swimmer for 14 years and my parents hated the 4am starts. It was them that tried to talk me out of going training every morning using excuses like wind, rain, cold etc. The happiest day of their life was when I got my licence.

Kitten2b - What a day you had yesterday! I hope your Dad is OK. How very scary for you.

Buzzie - I love IF too !!!!

Littlelara/Xtml - Fraser was 4 days late and peeled too but it only lasted a week and he is back to normal now.

Yay Lisa !!!! I hope to see you in here shortly rather than the January thread .... we missed you. It is so sad that our active fun happy thread is now obsolete. I wonder if any of us will be in the same Belly Buddies thread next time around (for those of us who plan for a next time).

[Roryrory]

Jeepers so many posts!! No way I can keep up

xtml or Suse (I forget who - blush) I think our boys share the same birthday? And xtml I love the family photo of your Olly "patting" Mylo.

QM BF is so much easier than expressing - I am trying to fit it in ATM to prepare for return to work and it sucks

Kitten that is awful about your dad and I think I am in for a poo like Sofia's - Ollie hasn't done one for 2 days!! Flynn was a regular 3 a day boy from the start so this is all new for me

I have been buggered all day cause Ollie has been feeding two-hourly since about 2am this morning - hope it helps the poo out.

[suse]

Hey Aurora - that would be me!! Ollie was born on the 28th November, right? But for some reason my ticker is a day behind.

I finally got the monster poo - OMG it was scary. Literally dripped off him when I took his nappy off. Luckily no leakage - I love my MCNs...