Kaz- Well, now sometimes it's green, sometimes yellow, lol. IKWYM DD poops at least once everytime she wakes up, sometimes more!! I always think she's finished and change her and we have another explosion, lol, it's never ending. Good to hear you're feeling better, I'm about a week ahead of you and I can tell you I feel HEAPS better this week, normal now. So not long to go now! I am so glad DH was there when the m/w told me no hanging washing on the line for 6 wks The not driving thing is for insurance, so if you ring ur insurance company and they say you can drive before then you can if you feel up to it! Oh you sound just like me, I had to express off the left side for a week to heal up the crack But good news, it's all better now and I can use them both with no pain! lol. She's still better at attaching on the right though. It seems lots of ppl have troubles with one boob more than the other, and often the left, weird! Shell- With the lying down feeding I think before I was lying too much on my side and my bbs were too big and squishing into the matress too much so I had to lean back a bit, lol. Maybe that will help? Sorry you had a bad day yesterday, I hope you're feeling better today and had a better night! Good luck at ur appt today! Nai- omg 6km, wonder woman! tarkine- I think I may have got your order. Last night DD was an angel. Slept from 8-12 and then 12-4 then up at 6.30 but there was basically no resettling time for once. She just fed back to sleep. I don't know what was going on but I wish it was that easy every night!! Ali- I'm sorry you are feeling lonely I spose you've already looked at all the options, is there no way that DH can be home more?? Wish you lived in Brissy! I need some mummy friends! AJP- I have the hormone rash too! Lovely. laura- Hope you had a good night!! Nice photo, it's good to put a face to the name! Tracey- Thankyou for sharing your gorgeous girl, she is so beautiful OP- I try to get DD to go to sleep by herself but it never works, lol, she just lies there staring around and then gets over tired.
AFM- Feeding still going well, phew. Had a great night last night only had to wake to feed and she didn't need resettling, amazing, she just fell asleep on the boob. DH is taking friday off this week so I have a long weekend with him and we're going to the coast to visit family. Haven't been anywhere really yet, hope it's not to stressful!! But it will be good to get out!
Tracey, Milana is gorgeous- thank you for sharing!
Ali, it is so hard when you don't have your support around
AJP - I have the pimples too but on the tops of my arms and back!
Tarkine - don't worry about your order, A will probably be a dream toddler to make up for the lack of sleep now
SJ, glad to hear the boobs have healed and feeding is going well.
Laura, you look lovely - hope you had a great night!
AFM - yesterday Miss J rolled over!!! From her tummy to back - she did it 3 times and we got it on film - am I allowed to post a link???
Also got her granuloma treated this morning. They put the silver nitrate on it - it looks a bit ick now so I hope this gets rid of it. If not I have to go back and they will do it again.
Well girls, I have just discovered that DD likes to sleep so much more if she is on her side. I know you arent supposed to because of SIDS risk but she has such strong neck muscles and I think I am only going to let her sleep like this during the day when I can monitor more what is going on. Still finding it difficult to accept that I am using a dummy as well to settle her, I dont want to end up relying on it and like you said Heaven in my other thread, DP's family are anti-dummies. I spoke to my mum about it and she said thaqt we used them up until about 12months old and then she just cuts the ends of them so it wasnt the same to suck anymore and we lost interest in it.
I was so angry and sad with DP last night. He had lots of jobs to do on his one day off for the week but had promised me some family time....wellI call him as he had been gone for ages and I was loosing it at home and he was at a mates watching the formula one!!! GRRRRRR! I was so upset. He tried to make it up to me this morning and said that he would mind DD so I could go and have some time out of the house by myslef if I wanted (which I took advantage of), he still knows how upset I am about it.
Anyway some personals as I have been so slack lately
Nai- for DD2 rolling over!!! I cant believe how clever she is! Is that young to be doing tha. How is DD1 going? IS she all over her bug that she had? Heaven- How lovely that you are going to have a long weekend away together as a little family of three! How gorgeous. One thin I noticed about going out is how much longer it takes to get organised! I knew it would take longer but I have only ever been used to just getting myslef organised. Its amazing how much a little person needs and requires to get organised and out the door. It will be great for you to have DH there to help and build your confidence. OP- sounds like Isabel likes being a social butterfly! The sleep thing is so hard to get sorted. I have done so many things that I thought I would never do. I feel rather niave (sp?) but I guess it is one of those jobs that is learn as you go. I am going to get that book "The contended baby" (or something like that). Apparently it has good sleep routines and works quite well. Have onl heard good stories about it. Tarkine- Good to hear you are doing better. I find if I need to take the pram to the shops I am better off walking (lucky I am not that far). I find it a bit of a nightmare getting organised with getting the pram set up (my pram is so BIG) and then DD sorted and then the return trip back to the car. I guess with practise I will get better. I like your definitions of a good and a great day! I can relate!! Laura- Great that we are friends on facebook now I hope that Nath does something lovely for your birthday tomorrow. Anyone else who wants to be my friend on facebook can send me their details or i"ll send you mine via PM. It is nice having somewhere else to chat in the event that BB's server is down. Shell- How did Em go with her weight gain today? Hope the appointment went well. I need to make an appointemtn for this week. Kaz- dorry you had a teary day yesterday, Sounds like there were a few of us. I hope the leftie nipple improves. I hate feeding that side as well. Hopefully the expressing will help it heal up properly. I hope the thrush goes away for both of you as well.
Ali - interesting about DD sleeping on her side! Have not tried that with Isabel. I think as long as you're around it should be fine. That's really cr@ppy about DH disappearing to watch the GP. I was a bit annoyed at my DH yest as he actually went to the GP, then came home all grumpy and tired and was really short with Isabel. Like hello - I have had her all day, just because you've been out and are tired doesn't mean you can't help when you get home!
Nai - wow at little Miss J rolling over! She is very advanced That's great! Isabel wriggles but no rolling yet... Hope the granuloma heals up ok.
SJ - sounds like a great night last night! And yay for your weekend away this weekend and have DH there for a long weekend. Sounds fantastic.
AFM - finally settled Isabel last night at about midnight. Got to bed about 12.30am, woke at 6am going "Why hasn't Isabel woken yet?" and went to check she was still ok! She was fine - and then proceeded to sleep until almost 7am
6hrs sleep and I feel like a new woman. I don't know if it is the 6wk milestone thing - but everything seems to be getting easier, feeding is faster, she sleeps better during the day and at a night and is more alert and interactive. She still has unsettled periods but these are outweighed by the good periods
Busy day for us today. Isabel and I went to an Aust Breastfeeding Assoc meeting this morning, was there til lunch time, then went to the local shopping centre and then to the MCHN for six week check.
Isabel has stacked on more weight - another 472g! She is now 5.23kg and 59cm long. This puts her on the 90th percentile for both! Woot!
Nothing else exciting to report. Hi to everyone!!!!!
Sorry haven't posted much and might not for a while...just too tired and all over the place. I've been lurking a bit though. Once I get the energy to post I find that I've missed so much and it's hard to catch up and I don't want all my posts to be all me me me! HA like this one...
Tracey, I don't know you but I just wanted to say that Milana is beautiful and she looks so peaceful in that photo - brought tears to my eyes.
Anyway, I hope everyone is going well and bubs are settling in nicely. I'll try and catch up properly tomorrow.
Hi all, we had a better night last night, hopefully same tonight. Maybe its the lovely lavender massage she gets. Em has done well weight wise, worked out to be an average of 32g a day she has gained.
Tracey- she is gorgeous, thanks for sharing, I am thinking of you and hope you are all doing ok.
Laura- Looks like you made it to yr party! Cute pic.
Tarkine- Try get naps in when ever you can. Your right about getting outside, I feel so much better getting fresh air.
OP- Em won't settle herself either, I wait til she is really sleepy then pat her to try go off to sleep, sometimes works, in the evenings nothing works for long we have to carry her round to settle. Don't worry too much about it at this early stage they'll get there eventually.
Heaven- Yr weekend away sounds nice hopefully will be relaxing, prolly do you all good to get away.
Nai- Yay on rolling, Em is nearly there, tries to roll to her right, never tries the other way tho.
Ali- I can understand you being upset. Men somtimes can be inconsideret without meaning to, he prolly just felt he needed some him time without thinking about you needing some quality family time.
We put Em on her side alot but I put her more towards her back and her arm out so she won't roll onto her tummy. if that makes any sense. She sleeps so much better that way. And don't worry bout DPs family, you need to do whatever you need to do to get thru each day. Whatever works I say.
Holly- Hi. post whenevr you have the energy, hope all is ok and things settle down for you.
Lol I've missed alot desperate housewives writing this post. Em is asleep on my legs. If I lie or sit in bed with my knees bent she sits back in there and I rock my legs and she goes off tgo sleep. Not overly comfortable tho and very hard to type on laptop!
"Woe is me" post... went to the Obs for my 6wk check, she checked out my epi and is very happy with how it has healed, but I have other issues down there... I can't remember what the Obs called them but it is apparently due to "over healing" - I have these little pink lumps, which caused the funny smell I had noticed.
Apparently very common, nothing to worry about. But she had to burn them off with a chemical cauterising stick thing... which hurt.
So now I am sore, again. And to make matters worse, she says no DTD for another week.
DH is very upset by this. I know it sounds ridiculous to some of you who aren't even thinking about sex but its really important for DH - something we've discussed over and over and he's really struggling. Sigh.
Guess I'll have to make an effort to be extra affectionate for the next week...
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The not driving thing is for insurance, so if you ring ur insurance company and they say you can drive before then you can if you feel up to it! Oh you sound just like me, I had to express off the left side for a week to heal up the crack
But good news, it's all better now and I can use them both with no pain! lol. She's still better at attaching on the right though. It seems lots of ppl have troubles with one boob more than the other, and often the left, weird!
I'm sorry you are feeling lonely
for DD2 rolling over!!! I cant believe how clever she is! Is that young to be doing tha. How is DD1 going? IS she all over her bug that she had?
The sleep thing is so hard to get sorted. I have done so many things that I thought I would never do. I feel rather niave (sp?) but I guess it is one of those jobs that is learn as you go. I am going to get that book "The contended baby" (or something like that). Apparently it has good sleep routines and works quite well. Have onl heard good stories about it.
to AJP, Det, Megie, Ellie, Holly & Tracey
That's great! Isabel wriggles but no rolling yet... Hope the granuloma heals up ok.
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