Babies Born February 2008 #2

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Hi girls,

Sorry I have been gone so long, but Jake has had a tummy bug.

ashnant, Jake & Tara both had a cold before 6 weeks. Its so hard to relax when bubs is not well. I have been stressing for the last 4-5 weeks. Try using a room vaporizer with just water in it. I also angled up his bed so his head was higher than his feet. I dont know if someone has already told you this, but I thought I would say it just incase no one has.

Prama, How are ya going? Have you bought any bargins for bub lately? I went to DFO and got some great tops for this winter. He's going to look so cute.

Jacki, I use a special bottle, but thats no help to you. I found the drops not all that good. It wouldnt hurt to give it a try. At least Infacol smells and tastes good.

Jen, How's things at your house? Is bub handling the heat well?

Ambah, expressing is so time consuming. How's does the little guy handle the waiting game for mummy and bub's feeding?

Marie, How's Cree going with Zoey? I feel bad at times, like I should be spending more time with Tara. Its hard when bub's is sick and wants you all the time. Tara loves Kinder. Hows Crees dance lessons?

Esme, Jake sleeps stacks through the night, he sleeps for 3.5 - 4 hours. During the day is every 3 hours. I was the same as you a week ago. I just streched out his feeds during the day and feed him a little more each feed. Its hard to get anything done with 2 hourly feeds. It gets very depressing.

All is going well now. Jake has big smiles on his face now, and feeds every 3-4 hours. Im starting to get a life back now. Im taking some photos today with my SLR camera today. Ive got a big black sheet and doing some nakid shots of him in a snuggled ball. Im also painting a canvis for his jungle themed room too. The uni degree is finally coming in handy.

Take care girls, I really missed you all

XXxx

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I just posted a current photo of jake. His getting big now.

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:PI just posted a current photo of jake. His getting big now.

[Esme]

Hi girls,

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Thinking of all the mums with sick bubbies; hopefully they'll get better very soon!

Jacki - I noticed with Jasper's wind if I let him kick his legs on the floor he is much more relaxed and gets rid of a fair bit of lower belly wind. I know this doesn't help in the middle of the night though, just have to keep up the massaging... I have tried Brauer Colic Relief (all natural) didn't work for us, but I have heard some positive things about it. I bought the book 'Baby Love' written by Robin Barker. She basicly said that they are not really in pain, just getting used to the new sensations in their bellies...

2please - How do you stretch out Jake's feeds? Jasper goes off his head if we don't feed him the second he wants it and doesn't stop until he's drinking! He had a good night again last night with two 4 hour stretches, so hopefully he's settling down again. And what a beautiful little boy you have! They change so quick don't they?

I better go have some lunch before little man wakes up...
Hope everyone has a good day!

Esther

[Jacki]

Had a rough day yesterday with bubs crying and not staying asleep beyond 1/2 hour. Probably only slept 2 hours all day !
Slept like a dream last night but now that the sun is up he is back to waking all the time
I have posted a thread asking for opinions as to whether this behavour is consistent with the "6 week growth spurt".
What do you ladies think ??

Sorry no personals - gotta go and resettle DS !

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Esme, I just keep holding him and sometimes go for a drive.(Car works every time.) As Jake get closer to 6 weeks getting a routine gets easier for me. He hates sleeping at the moment. He just fights it. As for food, he right on time with every feed.(But is grumpy 1/2 hour before.)

Jacki, Yep I agree. As I said to Esme, he just wont sleep during the day. Its either a few little sleeps, or 1-2 bigger sleeps. Not much. 2 or so hours like you said. Very over tired. I will just keep plodding along till we make it to 6 weeks. Then we have teething to think of. ( Oh bummer )

[*MinKy*]

Just quickly, bit of excitement here last night...DS fed at 9pm , 1, 5, 9am.....felt soooooo good this morning!!!!! I know it wont be the same tonight and probably back to his 1-3 hourly sleeps....but at least we know he can do it!!!!

[prama]

Jacki, Esme, Karli
- lakshman has had days like that too, when he doesnt sleep during the day.
But his routine is mostly sleeping all day and then being wide awake from 5, 6pm till night and then he has trouble sleeping. he sleeps so much during the day that his feeding time sometimes stretches out from 3 hrs to 3.5 to 4hrs. and then he has his feed at 8ish 9ish at night and he sleeps till 2,3am. I;ve been trying to get him to have his feed at 10.30 or so so that he sleeps till 4. but because of his day time habit, it's all over the place at the mo.
I dont want to wake him up to feed cos he will fall asleep halfway, and rather do it by demand. plus, if i have a chance to have a nap, i keep thinking he's going to wake up soon and he doesnt, and im not rested.
I might go see the nurse at the ECC to see what to do or just let him be.

They keep changing their sleeping habits just to confuse the hell out of us dont they??

Karli - hope Jake is all better now.
I've bought a few things on ebay. I think being stuck at home at the mo, ebay is my escapism... not good!!
I'll try to go to the DFO over the long weekend, plus Pumpkin Patch is having a sale too.

[Roquen]

Hi ladies!

I am sorry for being so quiet, have been having a lot of visitors as well as a lot of work with Jordan!

My little man is BF really well, I can feed without the nipple shields now - although overnight I still use it as my nipples have been KILLING when he latches on!

He is 3 weeks tomorrow and so far overnight feeds 2 hourly, however most nights he has a stretch of 4 or 5 hours where he won't sleep, he isn't always necessarily crying but is awake. Last night was the worst, we did feed/bath/massage etc and had him in bet by 930pm, he woke at 1230 for a feed, then slept till 230am, then was awake right up till 5am, then woke at 6 and hasn't gone back to sleep yet (its 1034 am!). And yeah, a normal night meaning a feed at 1030, 1230, 230, 430, 630, 830am is still horrendous. I lost it last night ,was crying, just struggling a lot atm.

He definitely had wind last night, but its hard to know what to do when Ive finished feeding him 30 mins before and he is acting hungry and nothing other than bbs settles him! I worry if he is windy that feeding him is making it worse, but if I don't, he works himself up that much I think he forgets why he is crying and it just gets worse. During the day he often sleeps 4 hours in the morning till lunchtime so I get a chance to rest then at least.

Everything just feels all over the place still, hope everyone else is having a better time lol.I love being a mum but babies so need to come with a manual :-)