Babies born February 16th-28th 2009 #2

[~Kaz~]

I didn't know about avoiding dairy. Thanks for that AJP. I love dairy so will have to watch it!

We've had a pretty good day here so far. Jacob has fed pretty well every 2-3 hours. I got 5 hours sleep last night (broken but still good) plus had an arvo nap. Got to chat to a gf on the phone. Had time to cook and eat dinner in one sitting . He's asleep again in the sling on DP and we're going to bath him when he wakes up. When I sleep and he feeds well, anything is possible!!

Hope you've all had similarly good days girls - thanks for the support yesterday. I think it all just got a bit full on for a while there.

[Ellie]

Hi Everyone! I have missed BB sooooo much! Our computer has died so I can only use Dh's work one every now and then...don't think they'd be too happy with him being on here lol!

Has been a long couple of weeks..Dh working 7 days a week and getting home at 7pm at the earliest 'sigh'. Finally saw paed on Friday and Anika does have reflux. Started on the losec and I am totally amazed at the difference in her already! I agree the feeding in an upright position and the cot on an angle all helps but thank goodness for the losec...feel back on track! And on cue...the boobie is required! Take care everyone! Exxx

[shellbell3]

Just quick pop in I am so tired! Em had lots wind pain again last night so was awake alot, trying to get her settled now but drops the dummy put every 15mins and starts crying but can't get her settled without it!

Too tired for personals will come on tomor. But AJP no spider story is funny! They scare the hell outta me!

[Olive]

shell have you tried some wind drops? sorry not sure what there called. hope you get some rest tonight

spiders ywp HATE them especially huntsmans, so here goes.
got up the feed millie around 1am-ish walked through the lounge turned on the lamp and kepwalking,
got millie and walked back to the lounge where i see a huntsman on the floor where id just walked i couldnt bring myself to go anywhere near it, couldnt kill it as i knew it would run away, it was between where i was and our bedroom, so i started to call for DH, our bedroom door was closed and he couldnt hear me, so after about 5 mins of calling out, sweating like a pig as i was soooooo scared i went back to millies room and called out to him through the monitor, he comes out and finally killed the bugger... creeped me out big time. ewewewwwwwwwwww yuk..the worst thing was it was in 'running' mode,well after all that it really isnt that funny is it sorry

[Heaven]

Hello everyone!!
Oh man, too much to catch up on as I've been away. Went to the coast and had a good time! Grace was a very good little girl while we were away. Well except for the screaming in the car on the way there and back, lol. And last night she slept from 9.30 - 3.30 and then til 7.30! Amazing!
She is still a bit fussy at feeds sometimes but good news Kaz, I think it was just a phase or something because it's getting a lot better!! I hope it gets better for you too soon!!
Hope everyone had a good weekend!!

[lilima]

Hi everyone,
I am around, but find it near impossible to get onto BB. It always seems to be crashing so I gave up!

E just will NOT self settle ever!! Overnight I can get her down at 8:30, and sometimes at the second feed, but sometimes she just will not go down again and I end up putting her in bed with me. During the day I resettle maybe a gazillion times.
Any advice????

[~Kaz~]

Hi girls,

Shell - sorry you're so tired atm. Maybe you are iron deficient too?
AJP - Hmm....maybe it will be funny in a few months or years time? I had a freaky experience with a huntsman in the toilet in the middle of the night when pregnant so I know how the shock can get your heart racing.
SJ - Glad to hear Grace has stopped the fussing. Jacob is still fussing a bit - not every feed, some are worse than others and he is STILL biting me. What's with that? Who bites the breast that feeds them? Silly boy. I hope that is a passing phase. He only does it on the left (problem) side and somehow it is still managing to heal so that's good. Oh a trip to the coast.....I'm jealous!
Meg - We have a bubba moe sling (which I can't really wear yet) but we've found Jacob settles very quickly in it. It depends how you feel about having E 'on you' all day and it's not a good one for night time unless you feel like pacing the hallway. Other than that, we've used the bouncer with some success and a dummy. Patting and singing is not working much yet.

AFM - We've had an up and down few days here. After the dream day in my last post, Jacob had a very unsettled night and day. Fed 9 times in 24 hours (normally he only feeds 7 times). We are demand feeding so just went with it. Hopefully he is putting on more weight and having some kind of growth spurt. Was more unsettled as well but generally feeding pretty good (aside from the biting!! ). I'm going to be leaving him tomorrow for a couple of hours cause I need to go back into work. I've expressed a fair bit of milk. Should be interesting to see how it goes (I'm not worried about him with DP, more me being away that long).

Hope you're all travelling well.

[Nai]

Hi all, still having internet issues - hopefully will be fixed this week!

Meg, I have no advice sorry - I feed J to sleep day and night as she doesn't self settle either.

Kaz, also don't have any caffeine within an hour of eating your iron rich foods - it leaches the iron out too.

Ellie, glad to hear Anika is doing well on the Losec. I think J is a bit refluxy - she is a very chucky baby Am going to see the GP this arvo so will see what she thinks.

AFM - I had the 2 girls all day Friday by myself. I got a 1hr break on Saturday when I elected to go to the supermarket by myself (told DP I needed to get easter eggs for DD1 so I couldn't take the kids, plus I wanted to have my first drive distraction-free). Then yesterday I had them both from 10am - 8pm alone AND had to attend 2 birthday parties plus do all the bedtime stuff myself. DP was off brewing his birthday beer - SO the question is this... what should I get as compensation for yesterday? (ok the girls were soooo well behaved and went to bed like angels BUT I am so not telling DP that!)