Welcome everyone! I am glad our little group is growing.
Miss Juliette is doing very well and seems to be feeding well just like her sister did. We have our visit to the MHCN tomorrow so I will be interested to see what she has to say. Although J is content to sleep in her basinette during the day for a couple of hours at a time she seems to be less settled at night. Maybe she has a bit of night and day confusion. She does seem to sleep better when she is in the bed with me so maybe she is just an advocate for attachment parenting
Nai - Seems like they all like to do that. I never thought that I would let a bub in bed with me, as J never did, but at the moment I will do whatever gives me a break.
Hi all just popping in quickly.
Gave birth to Emily Rose Lillian on 28th Feb, just snuck in here, lol.
Thankfully much faster labour than with Ash!
Just got home today and very teary, those baby blues drive me nuts!
Shell - It's part and parcel of a newborn. I have been teary today as Emilia is unsettled, and listing to my own baby cry really upsets me.
Funny that Emilia was nearly Emily. Then we both would have had Emily Rose!!!
hi girls
thanks for all your warm welcomes
well...my milk has come in, that's for sure!
my boobs are like two huge hard rock footballs. they are absolutely killing me. dh can't believe the size of them. it's making it quite hard to feed atm as he's having trouble getting the actual nipple in his mouth...oh well, just gotta get through this stage. hopefully it all settles down a bit in the next few days.
does anyone else's bubs seem really windy? jimmy seems to have a lot of wind pains. does anyone know what to do about it?
woot welcome to rainly and meg!!!
we have lots of 'rose's' here!!
shell good to hear your home, i had the blues last week too!!
rainy i went to an E cup when milk came in has settled down now though, millie had issues attaching as well.
ETA rainy what hospital did you have jimmy??
Last edited by Olive; March 2nd, 2009 at 05:51 PM.
My milk has been starting to come in this arvo which is good. Emily was very unsettled last night but the midwives took her out so I could sleep, they said its normal til yr milk comes in. I felt I could've done with an extra night in hospy.
Rainforest- Maybe try bending his knees up and down, I used to do that with Ash, or try burping more often during feeds?
OceanPrincess, I did find the birth a bit stressful - mainly the car ride and making it to the birth suites (it's on the 5th level and down a million corridors - ridiculous!). I had a contraction while waiting for the elevator and everyone just stood back and made way for me! It was actually quite embarrassing.
Leon is back to his birth weight as well - it's such a good feeling knowing that he's getting plenty of milk.
Megie & Nai, I am really doing the 'whatever works' thing at the moment with sleeps. Leon loves sleeping in his snuggle bed though which is so good coz it's the only place besides on me that he will sleep - will not have a bar of the crib or hammock. He has started sleeping really well the last 2 nights, I'm putting it down to my milk coming in. He goes to sleep pretty much straight after a feed and then sleeps until the next feed, usually 2ish hours or he'll wake up sooner if he's done a nappy (he can't stand being in a wet/poopy nappy for even a second!). So really, he hardly has any wake time that's not feeding or burping/settling. Is this normal?
shellbell - I was really teary and emotional on day 3. Leon wouldn't sleep (hadn't tried the snuggle bed yet), I was so tired coz he was just attached to me and wouldn't settle unless on me. Boobs and bottom were (and still are) sore and together with no sleep and painful feeding I just cried and cried Feeling a lot better now though and I hope you are feeling a lot better tomorrow
Rainforest, not sure about wind pain, I hope it eases for little Jimmy. My boobs are so sore and hard and lumpy too. Last feed, Leon was due to feed on the right side but just would not attach which was unlike him, I think it might have been because the boob was so hard or possibly the smell/taste of cabbage So after trying for ages to attach and him getting so worked up I just stuck him on the left and he fed fine but now the right side is still so full that I'm scared of the next feed
Wow that was a big post! Had to quickly get on here before he wakes up and he's stirring now.
has settled down now though, millie had issues attaching as well.
Feeling a lot better now though and I hope you are feeling a lot better tomorrow 
So after trying for ages to attach and him getting so worked up I just stuck him on the left and he fed fine but now the right side is still so full that I'm scared of the next feed 
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