I turn up at the MCHN for my 10am appointment and the lady goes are you such and such and I said no this is Ashlyn asnd she said I dont have you in until 12midday! I said well I was going to be coming last thurs at 10am and my daughter was sick so the lady transefered the appointment straight over to the same time following week. Her response was well I am so sorry maybe you can just pop over to the shops and have a coffee?! WTF have a 2hour coffee with my 5wk old DD when I didnt have the pram or sling! What a moron! LOL! ANyway so I just said I am not coming back today and booked in for next week. SO annoying!
Didnt go to mothers group either! I am a slacker. I just didnt feel like it and was in a bad mood after my morning. Will go next week.
Trying to think what else is happening with me but cant right now. DD has been quite good the last 2 days. SHe is smiling so much at me and has a few other rally funny looks that she does!
Jols- I am a dag! I old DP I bought it for my parents! LOL! Hope you and Millie had a good day out together. Heaven- i think choccie does effect them. My dd is the queen of lettign them rip (better out than in), you can hear her in the next room!! Hope she sleeps well tonight for you. Holly- that is great MIL helps you out one day a week. Do you guys get on well? Hope the chiro appointment goes well. Tarkine- I have a DP like yours when it comes to "oh she's a bit unsettled I think she wasnts some milk"! They just dont seem to get that they could settle them as well if they tried. With sleeping, I co-sleep with DD in the bed and DP is in the spare room. I have had him in with us a couple of times but it just doesnt work cause he gets the cranks as DD is so noisy with feeding and I refuse to get out of bed to feed her as it just wakes her up to much. I feed her in the dark, just the light from the power point light is enough. It works for us. We both get better sleep and I am not stressing about waking him up and more room for DD and me! My aim is to put her in her cot at about 12 weeks but will see how we go! Shell- thats a good weight gain! Hope you girls had a lovely day. Kaz- How are things with DP at work Hope you and master J are well. Laura- Hows the house going? Did DP's mate help clean everthign up and has Logan asked you any questions about it? Hope you have had a good day.
Ali - what a PITA.. not surprised you told them you'd be back next week.. hate it when people mess up appointments.
Shell - can I suck DH up with the vacuum cleaner? (hehe)
Alex has put on 260g each week - now weighs in at 5.5kg and is in the 75th percentile for height, so he's going to be tall.. don't ask me the rest of the stats, can't remember them.. another visit in a month.
Good news DH has a contract for 3mths - phew!! don't have to think about going back to work in June!!
Tarkine - yay on DH's contract!! Now you can relax a bit.
Ali - how annoying about the MHCN. LOL at you buying the CD and saying you bought it for your parents!
Holly - yay for MIL and I hope the chiro goes well. FWIW, my friend had a baby who was BF and gaining like Leon is. She just kept feeding her as normal and her DD is fine. She is 6 now and completely normal size - she was just obviously producing lots of good milk.
Shell - good idea about the vacuum!! I have used the hairdryer to settle Miss J but the vac is probably more practical. Hey I might even actually use it for it's intended purpose if I have it out
Heaven - I'm sure the chocolate does upset them a bit. However, I can't seem to stop eating it until it's all gone (I'm even eating DD1's - is that bad?)
AFM - I had a bit of an upset tummy yesterday so I missed exercise class but I did go to playgroup (not sure Miss J is really playing that much yet) and I went for a 5km walk this morning. I have yet another appointment tomorrow for that pesky umbilical granuloma. Hopefully it will be third time lucky and this will be the last time. We have our 8 week check on Monday and J's first lot of vaccinations
Ok - This has taken forever but I'm finally here for personals!!
Det - Thanks for your support with the feeding stuff hun! So sorry to hear about your Nan. I hope that tomorrow is ok and the twins cope alright. Hats off to you going to the zoo
Ali - Well done for entertaining! I dream about being able to do that again. 4 hours out of the house deserves a too!! Sorry you had an annoying morning - that would be a PITA without a 5 week old! Hope tomorrow is better for you. Things have been ok with DP back at work but Mr. J is pretty good during the mornings/early pm and it's around 5pm that he starts to get unsettled so I've still got DP here for the witching hours.
SJ - I had the same thing happen re: sore boob for a day or two and then it went away! Glad you had a good trip away.
Shell - Sorry to hear Em still has bad wind so regularly. Sounds horrible. She's gaining weight well though! Great idea about the vac cleaner - will have to give it a go!
Nai & Laura - Love the new avvys girls!! Lookin' good!
Nai - Great news on the pergola getting finished! 5km OMG!!! Well done.
Laura - How scary that you got raided! I hope Logan is not too traumatised. Sounds like they went over the top! Hope you're ok and that DP's friend has made it up to you guys.
Holly - What a PITA to have to feed lying down all the time! You poor thing. It's a pity you can't share some of L's weight gain with Mr. J!!! Did the paed think he would grow into coping with the fast flow?
OP - That's great that Isabel is doing so well with her milestones! I wish you were getting more sleep though. Hopefully it will pass soon.
AJP - Great weight gain there too hun! Hope Millie was ok today after her shots.
Tarkine - I think lack of sleep makes everyone a bit crazy! That was really good of you to give your DH a 6 hour break. Fantastic news that you can take more time off work. That's unreal. Great weight gains for Alex too.
Hi to everyone else! Sorry if I've forgotten anyone.
AFM - Jacob put on 280g last week. So all that feeding, then expressing, feeding and then expressing and then feeding and expressing some more paid off. I was so relieved. I think my supply has increased although it still seems to drop in the afternoons/evenings just in time for his unsettled period. The two are probably related. Does anyone else find this too with their supply dropping in the pm? I am still expressing but now only 3-4 times a day and I've dropped back the amount he gets topped up too as of today. We still need to make sure he puts on good amounts each week but I'd like to phase out the expressing as a regular thing asap. It really ties me to the house, esp. when his feeds take a minimum of 40 mins.
We've had a pretty good day here. I was determined to get out of the house after more than a week pretty much stuck here (aside from two occasions of getting out for a short period) and we went down main street for nearly an hour - first time I've taken him anywhere without DP too! Felt very independent. Can't wait to drive again - Friday week I'll hopefully get the all clear.
a quickie
still writing the eulolgy for tommorow and levi is all over me whilst i am typing lol
kaz- totally normal for low supply in late arvo/early evening-everyones does
your prolactlin level whilst is what makes our milk is at the highest between 1am and 3 am - so by late arvo it is at its lowest!
hence whilst bubs often cluster feed during this time and are unsettled as well
levi is now eating my arm so better go and feed again- been feeding since 5pm
mwah
Ok im not doing personals tonight as im having an early night.
i have had the WORST 2 days so far this year...
Yesterday i found out that my cousins dad passed away from a heart attack. He was supposed to be having a bypass soon and yesterday he had an appointment to get die put through (i think that is to see blockages??) anyway he postponed the app until monday because he didnt want to upset his daughter as it was her mum's (his ex wife) birthday yesterday also and they were going out for lunch. He died roughly around lunch time. all i can think of is that if he had of gone to his app he would still be here!! instaed we are having his funeral on monday
AS FOR TODAY...It all started when i had to go to the doctors at 3pm, i had to get bellas bum checked out (as some of you might remember from an earlier post) and the doctor said "ok yep she does have spina biffida, i cant feel the bottom of her spine and there is a gap where there shouldnt be a gap!!"
My heart dropped into my stomach, i felt soo sick and all i wanted to do was cry. He asked me if i had been taking folic acid throughout the pregnancy (well actually he was trying to imply that i hadnt taken it) and i said yes i took it religiously as well as iron tablets.
He showed me all these different diagrams and printed me out some information on spina biffida- he also said you need to see a paed right away and we also need to get some X-rays done.
Before i went to the paed i had to get bellas needles she was a little trooper though she only squealed a tiny bit when the needles actually went in...
Ok so i ended up at the paed's at about 4:10pm and sat in the waiting room until 4:45 and then i finally got called in, he checked everything out and said "nope she is completely fine"
WHAT THE HELL
Nai - 5km walk.. think I'll have to go back to bed.. feel exhausted already!
Kaz - way to go getting out of the house. I remember my first solo outing with Alex - had to feed him when I got him out of the car seat to settle (although he fed before we left home - a whole 20 minutes before hand), then feed him when I got back to the car. Both feeds took 40 minutes. Happy to report that he is now feeding a little quicker.. well sometimes. Now I just bung him in the car seat.
AFM - plan is to go out with MIL to a garden centre to look at plants (my version of retail therapy).. good thing the car is filled with baby stuff, so there isn't much room for plants!!
oh Laura I was in tears reading that and was so relieved when the otrher doctor said that no she was fine....well thank goodness. I cant believe that doctor making a massive statement like that!!! I would be making a complaint about him hun although I am sure it is the last thing on your mind right now. Give you r little Bella big cuddles from me and bug to you as well. Oh and that is so sad about your cousins dad. I hope your cousin doesnt think it is her fault. Even if he had gone to the appointment, he still may have had the heart attack. It is very sad though. You poor thing, you are having a rought trot at the moment.
Kaz- Great work on the outing! Good to start out small and build conficence, soon you will be driving J everywhere having little outings! You should feel very proud.
Nai- You are going to be in the best shape! I cant believe how well you are doing after a c-section!!! You have inspired me to get my butt into gear. DP is getting a mates (who is overseas) treadmill out of storage for me on the weekend. MIght make it a little easier to work out (esp in winter).
Shell- Funny you say that about the vaccum, the other day I vaccumed right past DD and she didnt wake up. I heard babies like white noise (like fuzzy tv station, hairdryer, vaccum) so will remember to try that next time DD is having one of her moments. At least my floor will be clean!
AFM- GOing to lunch with another gf today. I am walking up so will get a bit of exercise. Must go and get ready and get some washing hung out as well.
SHe is smiling so much at me and has a few other rally funny looks that she does!
Hope you and master J are well.
to everyone else.
So all that feeding, then expressing, feeding and then expressing and then feeding and expressing some more paid off. I was so relieved. I think my supply has increased although it still seems to drop in the afternoons/evenings just in time for his unsettled period. The two are probably related. Does anyone else find this too with their supply dropping in the pm? I am still expressing but now only 3-4 times a day and I've dropped back the amount he gets topped up too as of today. We still need to make sure he puts on good amounts each week but I'd like to phase out the expressing as a regular thing asap. It really ties me to the house, esp. when his feeds take a minimum of 40 mins. 
- first time I've taken him anywhere without DP too! Felt very independent. Can't wait to drive again - Friday week I'll hopefully get the all clear.
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