Babies Born February 2008 #4

[Jacki]

We are still wrapping DS but he gets his arms out within minutes so think I will be shopping for a sleeping bag soon (any recommendations anyone - some are so expensive!). I have started always putting him to sleep in a gro suit as the have nice and tight arms so the sleeves don't ride up. I usually get up to feed around 4.00am and his little hands are freezing but he doesn't seem to mind. We have started using a column heater in the room to take the chill off.

Thanks for the replies on the dummies. I thought it would be earlier that they could find their dummies at night. Bumma!! Think I will start trying to limit use of his dummy as I guess there is no way of getting him to 'self-settle' while he uses one. I don't like the thoughtof getting up all the time during the night to replace a dummy for the next 6 - 9 months !!

[jenjams]

We still wrap Amber too. She does get an arm out and when we get up for the night feed her little hand is freezing. I cant imagine her sleeping without being wrapped yet. But we will get there. We do have a sleeping bag for her.
We also use a dummy. She only has it for her day naps (if she does sleep) If she does have it in at night she will spit it out when asleep and will stay asleep at night without the need for it.

We are turning 11 weeks tomorrow. Where has the time gone! They learn so quickly. It seems Amber is changing every day. She is taking more notice of the animals now and is getting better with tummy time. Her head control is great too.
Amber in the past week has rubbed off a lot of the hair on the back of her head. I wonder if it will change colour!

I hope everyone is doing well too.

[danda]

Hi All,
We are still wrapping Zoe, although she is still only 8 weeks old. I think she hates it, but I know she wakes herself up if i don't. She does have a dummy, but i don't really have to put it back in once she has gone to sleep.
She has just recently started screaming when i put her down to sleep. That's my biggest challenge at the moment as I haven't had trouble settling her before now.
We went away for the Anzac weekend but only managed just over 24 hours away from home. I got mastitis on the first night and we had some antibiotics at home (which i didn't end up using last time when i had a blocked duct) and a thermometer, so we came home early to fight it off. I was SO sick and man is it painful. I am feeling heaps better now...i am out of bed anyway!! I still have a very sore boob though.
Anyone know if some people are more prone to blocked ducts than others. I've had two in the first 8 weeks and i am not very happy about it!!

[Jacki]

Jen - I have NO IDEA where the time has gone. Luke is 12 weeks tomorrow !! (He has also managed to get a lovely bald patch at the back !!)

Danda - so sorry to hear about your ruined weekend away. I'm not too sure but think that some people are more prone to mastitis because people I know who have had it generally have it more than once (however not as frequent as you you poor thing !) Hopefully you DH is being great and spoiling you !

Speaking of spoiling us ........ I wonder if my DH realises that Mother's Day is around the corner !

[prama]

I've been trying to keep up Lakshman's tummy time, he just doesnt want to try.. he lies there and doesnt want to try to lift his head. instead he kicks his legs like he's trying to crawl. he happily lifts his head when he's on my belly. i'll go ask the nurse at the ECC next week

I only wrap him at night at bedtime. during the day he happily sleeps in his little bouncer, unwrapped.

danda so sorry your weekend didnt work out as you hoped. so sorry about mastitis. that sux.
i get lumps on my right breast cos im not feeding there at the moment, just once a day. i express whenever they come but it doesnt get rid of it completely unless he feeds off it. but it's very painful now, lots of needle/shooting pains...

we had our first mothers group today, it was great fun, we just chatted and chatted and chatted. heheh exercising my mouth more. well what do you expect when you get a group of women together who are stuck at home most of the time and have little adult casual conversation. there were 4 boys and 3 girls between 7 weeks to 4 mths. we also had a video on sleep and settling, we hardly watched it cos we jsut didnt stop talking!
one of the mums' lives up the road from me, and we going for a walk on friday morning. that will be nice!

Thanks everyone for the lovely ACA comments xoxo

gotta run and do his bath.. long day tomorrow.

[*MinKy*]

Hey everyone!!!

Ash....love the new pic of Alexander!!! Love those fat little wrists!!! Gorgeous!!

Prama....Noah sounds like he has the same tum time as Lakshman, Noah looks like he might get up and crawl if his head wasnt so heavy!!!

Danda...I hope the mastitis clears up soon hun!!! Take care!

Jacki...I cannot believe that your little man is 3 months old already!! Wow, I can remember when we were talking about big bellies and coping in the heat!!!

Jen...what animals do you have? So sorry of you have mentioned them previously? Thats so awesome that Amber is noticing them already!!!

Kat...So sorry hun to hear about your DH dramas.. I hope that you can make the right decision for both you and your gorgeous children....dont think of him...think of you guys...you deserve the best !!! We are hear if you need to chat!!!


Oooohhh I know that I have missed replies....I apologise!!!!!

I hope that you are all happpy and healthy!!! I do pop on and read up in how you are all going!!!

Here everything is going well! Noah is now fully FORMULA FED....there..I said it..lol... I wasnt filling him up enough...I would feed him for about 15 min and he would come off all frantic ...so we would make him up a bottle and he would have an extra 80-120mls....so yep I was guessing that its game over for us!!! But thats okay..I made it to 9.5 wks with him and 9 with DD and she turned out beautifully so I cant complain!!

Big hugs to you all!!

[Jacki]

Hi Minky
Those boiling hot WA days without air conditioner (thanks DH) seem so long ago now. Now I am whinging that it is too cold !!

Question on breastfeeding - how long does your little one feed for? Lately sometimes DS is hardly on there at all (5 minutes) then starts to nod off and get sleepy and I think that he has hardly fed but he doesn't complain and want to feed again soon. What do you think? Is he just a fast drinker?

[jenjams]

Minky- we have 2 cats and a dog. The animals have been paying more attention to Amber too. They are all going up for a sniff.
Jackie- Amber feeds really quickly too. I still feed on both sides. I reckon 5 minutes a side is what she goes at. I always try and reattch her but she keeps pulling off so I switch sides and she drinks again. They do apparently get better with feeding as they get older so maybe Luke is like that.

I put Amber in front of the bedroom mirror yesterday and she just laughed and laughed at herself. It was so cute.

[*MinKy*]

Jacki, I agree with Jen, I have read that by now bubs feeds may get shorter as they are getting better at sucking and drain the breast faster! If he is happy enough, I probably wouldnt worry....Noah after a feed would pull off and hit my chest with his fist and cry and we would both get hysterical..lol..hence another reason we swapped to formula!

Jen, thats so cute that Amber was laughing at herself yesterday! I bet it sounded gorgeous!!!

[Sueby]

Hi Everyone,
DD is asleep so time for a quick post.
Minky my DD is ff as well I had trouble with my 2 boys so didn't think I would last too long. She is going great guns though sleeping well day and night so I am sure we did the right thing.
Danda - yes hope the Mastitis clears up it is awful poor thing.

Has anyone tried orange TimTams OMG they are just the best. I know my wobbly belly doesn't need them but they are just sensational, I have had to ration myself to make them last longer.
Hope everyone has a good night and the bubs sleep lots!!
Sue

[*MinKy*]

Bugger !! Sue why did you have to mention Orange Tim Tams...lol..now I am going to have to buy some...So much for getting rid of this belly!!!!!

[Jacki]

I saw the Orange Tim Tams in the shops a week or so ago and resisted. Might have to give in to temptation next time I go shopping !!!

Thanks for the feeding replies. I guess when he takes longer he is just mainly suckling so I thought he should be feeding for longer. Little bugga!

[Esme]

Jenjams - Jasper smiles at himself in the mirror too! So cute, isn't it?

Jacki - Jasper likes to take longer then necessary too; maybe just comfort sucking... I can tell by whether he swallows or not.

Who started about orange timtams??? Lucky we live out of town; too far to the shops at the moment!!!

[Sueby]

Hi Girls,
It was me who started the Orange TIM TAM thing SORRY!!!!! LOL but you will love them.

DD is just gorgeous, smiling happy talking and sleeping really well. One bub out of three isn't too bad!! We haven't had a laugh yet but I don't think it is far off. Haven't put any new photo's up for a while as photoshop playing up.

My DH is going to a conference in LORNE for 2 Days next week which means he will be away for two nights and not back until late the next night. LORNE is special for us as that is the first placed we ever went away together and the real start of US!! AND I won't be there!! Bummer. Who organises these conferences anyway surely somewhere in Melbourne would have been just as good he he half his luck.

Have a good day it is wet and miserable here and I haven't had the boys today DS1 had Kinder and DS2 at Grandma & Pops. I am making the most of it!
Sue

[Bun]

Hi guys,

Sorry it has been so long since I have written but I have been sooo busy and DD has been sleeping really badly. I think she may have been going through a growth spurt as she has been really unsettled and feeding lots and not sleeping! I am sooo tired right now.

DD is getting so chatty these days, she never shuts up! And she smiles and giggles heaps which can make my heart melt even after another night of no sleep!

Mmmm, think I might have to try the new tim tams too!

sueby - DH is going away for a week soon for work. Not sure how I am going to cope!

jen - I always put DD next to a mirror and sometimes she just stares and other times frowns at herself!

jacki - I remember those hot days only too well and now I am finding it too cold too! Hard to keep DD when she gets an arm out no matter how tightly I wrap her. She doesn't seem to mind though.

DD is screaming again so I had better go. I will put up a new pic of her soon, she looks so different now, she has grown heaps!

[Jacki]

Sue - sorry to hear your DH is doing away. Luckily mine never has to go away for work. I think I would fall apart if he did. If he is ever late from work I start to panic !!!

Bun - must be something in the air. DS is also eating heaps and not sleeping. I only usually feed once at night and had to get up twice last night (just about killed me !) and then today I went up to Innaloo and he didn't sleep in his pram ( I was there for about 5 hours ). Now trying to get to him to sleep without much luck - he is just so overtired !

[prama]

hehe.. all this talk about tim tams. has anyone tried the Lindt dark choc w chilli, you can feel the bite right at the end.. it's very sneaky!

is anyone's bub teething yet?
lakshman has been drooling a lot more but i dont see anything in his gums. i didnt even thnk of teething.. just trying to cope day to day is hard enough.. i read up on drooling and they said it coud be a sign of teething..

[*MinKy*]

Hey Prama, I had a look at Noah this morning as I thought that he was teething too because of his excessive drool...but I couldnt see anything happening...just big gummy smiles!! This is the first time I have really noticed his drool, so I wonder if this is just the time they start?

Not much happening here, went to a friends place tonight and had my first alcoholic drink since I fell pregnant! Felt weird...but I am sure that I will get used to it again!!

Hope you are all having a great weekend!!