Babies Born December 2007 #9

[morgan78]

hi been a while as we have been settling into our new rental - lots of room for Alex to spread his toys all over

aussienic - is it a worry if they go that long?????? Vicky general goes a week between poos & i didn't think it was a prob - should i be concerned.

Trish - i hear u on the washing - it never seems to end. I hope that Brandon improves with the help he's being offered

We went and hid at the shops today as it was soooooooooo hot & had to resist buying clothes for the kids

question - is it normal for babies to have a week when they dont put on weight - we've had to monitor Vicky's weight gain & last week she put on 200g and this week she has put on 30g. She is still feeding 10-12 times a day sometimes more, plenty of wet nappies and she is happy - dosen't sleep well during the day tho but is having 5-7hrs at night & then another 2-3hrs after a feed early hours of the morning - she has grown 5cm in 4 weeks & head grew 2cms??? I'm just strarting to stress again as she's really little (3.6kgs @ 8 weeks)

[Trish]

Morgan, it is normal for bub to have a slower week occassionally. Although 30 grams is a very small ammount to gain. Did you weigh her on the same scales ? What about her clothing ? As long as she is stil weeing and pooing fine and is happy enough I wouldn't stress too much. Just try to offer her boob as much as possible. If she looks at it sidewards give her some. If her weight gain doesn't improve then I would be waking her at night too. Sorry prob not what you want to hear.

Abbey was very slow to gain at first, she was sick and we had feeding issues. I was told to put her on formula but that was not an option for me. Stick to your guns and your boobies will serve both you and Vicky well

Nic, have you tried some boiled water and brown sugar in a bottle (or cup) for Olivia. Seriously it works. Helps them to poo. That's what I was told to give the boys when they were little from the MCHN.

Hope the heat settles down for you girls in sunny QLD. It was nice and warm here today, not too hot. The rest of the week including the weekend is going to be around 23 degrees and raining. Damn it. Girls party on the weekend, going to have a very soogy yard with too many people in and out my house. Not to mention the bloody jumping castle we have ordered for the day. Buggar, poo, bum.

[aussienic]

Morgan: BF babies can go up to 10 days without pooing.. It is just different for me as all my boys literally pooed at every nappy change or feed..

Glad the move went well.. where abouts in QLD are you again? Bris?
I have been monitoring olivia's weigh gain too. She put on 200g in 14 days and as one of the girls from here told me it is quite normal.. I am not sure about 30g though. It might just be the scales too. I would look at the overall picture and go from there. She seems to be growing and sleeping very well.

Olivia is still sleeping 3 hours now. I think she needed it especially after such a hot day. funny thing. We had a rooster in our front yard this afternoon no idea where it came from...


Trish: I have been told too but I am just not sure. It isn't bothering her as much this time but she will still have big screaming fits pass a lot of gas and been again.. I just don't want it to become an issue as she gets older and starts solids.. I am getting annoyed at myself for all my thoughts being revolved around her poo but it is very distressing when she is screaming in pain and i dread poo days kwim


oh and jacob was trying to feed Olivia the other day lol.. I got some pics and a video. so adorable.. I hope my boys remember the days of me breastfeeding so when they grown up and have kids they can help and encourage the mothers of thier children to breastfeed. Silly I know but just one of those things I think of

[morgan78]

Trish - we go to the same chemist every time but her clothes are probably different. I am trying to stay positive but am a typical mum & stress about everything - She had better start sorting herself out as i only get 5 hrs sleep max a night and no nanna naps during the day.
Aussienic - np that's what i thought but there's soo much conflicting info at times. We are just outside of ipswich so it was at least 39 degrees here.
That is really adorable of Jacob - great 21st photos too

Thanks both of you for your replies.

[aussienic]

ouch thats pretty hot.. It was 35 here today but they said it felt like 39 and that I believe.. the humidity is killing me lol.. I want last weeks weather back

[Trish]

Nic, funny you should say that about Jabob. Tehya did the same thing today. I left her sitting on the lounge next to Abbey. Game I know. Anyway when I came back in she was leaning over her with her top pulled up trying to give her booby. Was sooo cute. Shame I didn't have the camera handy.

BBS, Abbeys starting to have her nightly scream fest.

[alicia]

Hi all,

Just checking in. Good to see you back Trish but sorry to hear B is still giving you a hard time.

Olivia discovered her foot today! She was sitting on me on the bed and suddenly looked down at her foot then followed up her leg with her eyes and back down again. You could see it dawn on her that that weird thing was actually attached to her She did the same thing when she discovered her hand.

On the whole feeling pretty grumpy today. Cleaned out the laundry (which is like our storage room as well) to burn off some energy/grumpiness. It looks much better now.

[alicia]

Oh no Lara, hope your little sumo baby () is ok. Poor little bub I try to remember to throw a blanket over the capsule on hot days hoping that helps (not sure it does) but I often forget...

[xtml]

little Mylo got a bad burn on his leg thanks to the metal clips on the seatbelt- you know the tongue that goes into the groove to lock the seat belt... well they got insanely hot while the car was parked in the sun so when we put him in it touched his legs and burnt a big blistering burn on him. I tried really hard to not let it touch him but i failed: while i was busy holding one side off him and dousing where it touched his arm with water, the other side was under him burning his leg. i thought it was safely under his clothes but i was wrong. he was screaming his head off, not because his arm got burnt, but coz his leg was still burning. once i pulled it out from under him he stopped, and then i realised. i felt so bad i cried. when we got home i put aloe vera on it and rang 13health, they asked me a heap of questions and said get him to hospital emergency immediately. they said it could be life threatening, so to check he didn't stop breathing on the way, carry a mobile phone incase we needed to stop and call an ambulance and to watch for this and that... terrified we raced him to emergency, where they looked at him and said it's a superficial burn, aloe vera is good, keep it clean and here's some cream. moral of the story, cars get really hot, those clips can be dangerous, and a baby's skin is so thin.

but now the drama is over, all is good. he's sleeping alot after all that. they weighed him and he's 5.8kgs! he's gained 2.5kgs in 7 weeks. little sumo baby. i love him so much i could melt. (assisted by the crazy queensland heat)