Had a great day today. Both boys slept for four hours, three hours overlapping - I had a two hour nap which was great!
Soph, I can only imagine what it's like with three. I'm trying to decide how long we wait now before #3. I guess I'll just go with the flow since it seems I can't fall pg while BFing (fell pg 1 month after Ben gave it up!).
Henry sounds like he feeds like Jared. We had a marathon 8 hour feed the other night. Thankfully days like that are few and far between for us!
Runner, it must be hard to find time with your little boy since he's at school. I feel like I don't spend as much time with Ben and he's here with me all day!
Shan, I just go with the flow with sleeps. If Jared is tired, he'll sleep and hopefully I can catch some z's too. As for BFing, we're now doing really well after a start that included cracked and bleeding nipples. My boy is a pig and drinks SO much. I've given him a few bottles of EBM and he has at least 100mls at a time when I do that. Leighton is gaining heaps of weight so he is definitely getting enough!
AJC, I hate immunisations! They get worse as they get older too. They look at you with eyes that say "Why are you doing this to me?" but luckily, it's forgotten by the time you walk out the door
Bon, well done on sorting out a good time for your bedtime routine! I hope you can get your health issues sorted out soon
Okay, gotta go. Got a squirmy bub on my lap and have to do something about dinner.
Caleb had his 4 week checkup today, he has put on 660 grams, grown 3.5cm around the head and grown 4.5cm in height so he has had a major growth spurt!! no wonder he has been grumpy lately, he has been working hard to become a big boy! hahaha
I'm still here!! I have been trying so hard to find the time to get online each day but every time I read through the posts and start to type, I literally have to feed again or attend to Ava. It's really hard finding the time to sit on BB nowadays and I knew that would happen anyway!
Ava is down at the moment after a nice big feed so I have some "me" time for the first time today YAY!! It's been VERY full on for us the last week..... just as I thought my BFing was going well, my nipples were just getting worse and worse and I started dreading each feed time so I started a thread in the BF section on BB 3 days ago and contacted a Lactation Consultant in my area and she saw me yesterday. She came to my house and showed me correct attachment (we've been doing it sooo wrong thanks to the MW's in hospital showing me differently!) and my nipples are on the slow road to recovery..... the pain has been a 10! Now it's about a 7 when she attaches.
Ava has still not regained enough weight to be at her birth weight and only weighs 3560g (birth weight 3660) so we are working hard to get her back to her weight and above.
I was expressing up until today to boost my milk supply as it had dropped from only feeding 4hrly and from ineffective attachment i think. Poor Ava has been so hungry and not getting quite enough
It's been a tough week but we are slowly getting there and I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with this BF. It sure has been hard but I am so determined to get it right.
The LC (lactation consultant) rings me twice a day and is seeing me again Thurs. If i had my time over again I would have had her visit me in hospital on day 2! Rather than wait 2 weeks but never mind.... better to get help now then never. I was nearly ready to give up and go to FF three days ago but I don't want to go down that path.....I am persisting through this pain and will get there!
Ava has been very unsettled during the days and hardly sleeps so it's been really hard finding any time to do anything other than hold her, rock her, and try to put her down. It's hard and can take up to 2hrs after her feed to get her to sleep and by the time she is down she is almost ready to feed again!!
I am now going to read through the last few pages to catch up!!! Just wanted to let you all know how Ava and I are going.
Hope you're all going well and not too tired (yeah right!!) and all getting plenty of support with your newborns.
I'm still here!! I have been trying so hard to find the time to get online each day but every time I read through the posts and start to type, I literally have to feed again or attend to Ava. It's really hard finding the time to sit on BB nowadays and I knew that would happen anyway!
Ava is down at the moment after a nice big feed so I have some "me" time for the first time today YAY!! It's been VERY full on for us the last week..... just as I thought my BFing was going well, my nipples were just getting worse and worse and I started dreading each feed time so I started a thread in the BF section on BB 3 days ago and contacted a Lactation Consultant in my area and she saw me yesterday. She came to my house and showed me correct attachment (we've been doing it sooo wrong thanks to the MW's in hospital showing me differently!) and my nipples are on the slow road to recovery..... the pain has been a 10! Now it's about a 7 when she attaches.
Ava has still not regained enough weight to be at her birth weight and only weighs 3560g (birth weight 3660) so we are working hard to get her back to her weight and above.
I was expressing up until today to boost my milk supply as it had dropped from only feeding 4hrly and from ineffective attachment i think. Poor Ava has been so hungry and not getting quite enough
It's been a tough week but we are slowly getting there and I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with this BF. It sure has been hard but I am so determined to get it right.
The LC (lactation consultant) rings me twice a day and is seeing me again Thurs. If i had my time over again I would have had her visit me in hospital on day 2! Rather than wait 2 weeks but never mind.... better to get help now then never. I was nearly ready to give up and go to FF three days ago but I don't want to go down that path.....I am persisting through this pain and will get there!
Ava has been very unsettled during the days and hardly sleeps so it's been really hard finding any time to do anything other than hold her, rock her, and try to put her down. It's hard and can take up to 2hrs after her feed to get her to sleep and by the time she is down she is almost ready to feed again!!
I am now going to read through the last few pages to catch up!!! Just wanted to let you all know how Ava and I are going.
Hope you're all going well and not too tired (yeah right!!) and all getting plenty of support with your newborns.
Renstar - I am so proud of you for persisting with the Breastfeeding - you will not regret it AND it WILL get easier and totally pain free soon!! I am so so glad you got a Lactation consultant to come to see you - she sounds great.
Our little Amara is 2 weeks old today! I have been out and about at the mall yesterday and had so many ohs and ahhs about her - I carry her in my sling where ever I go and it it is a wonderful way to go - I wish I had one when my son was born! I even had a lady from school ask me if I could sell it when I was finished with it - well, she did not even introduce herself and to be honest, Amara is just 2 weeks old and I feel quite attached to it like it is part of us....
I went to Mums and Bubs yoga class today - it was so relaxing, mostly because I was lucky because Amara slept through the class...may not be so lucky next time !!
Renstar - I am so proud of you for persisting with the Breastfeeding - you will not regret it AND it WILL get easier and totally pain free soon!! I am so so glad you got a Lactation consultant to come to see you - she sounds great.
Our little Amara is 2 weeks old today! I have been out and about at the mall yesterday and had so many ohs and ahhs about her - I carry her in my sling where ever I go and it it is a wonderful way to go - I wish I had one when my son was born! I even had a lady from school ask me if I could sell it when I was finished with it - well, she did not even introduce herself and to be honest, Amara is just 2 weeks old and I feel quite attached to it like it is part of us....
I went to Mums and Bubs yoga class today - it was so relaxing, mostly because I was lucky because Amara slept through the class...may not be so lucky next time !!
Hi everyone
Haven't been around much lately, Owen is keeping me very busy and I'm finding it a challenge to get things done some days. Seems like some of you other ladies are experiencing the same issues we are, like unsettled periods that seem to go on for ages when all they want to do is to be held or rocked and are wide awake. We had our first all nighter last weekend, where he was awake from about 10 pm until finally going to sleep at 5am, I was exhausted......
We have also had issues with my milk supply being almost non existent, so have been to a lactation day stay with lactation consultants twice now and they have me expressing a couple of times a day as well as topping him up with formula. I'm hoping I'll be able to exclusively bf him so am taking fenugreek tablets and intend to start taking Maxalon soon to increase my supply.
Hope everyone is doing well and coping with the tiredness
Renstar - glad to hear that the bf is getting sorted. One of my nipples is really starting to hurt and am also dreading feed time. may have to look at getting a lc to come and see me. i highly recommend a sling for settling and getting ava to sleep. leighton has been difficult to settle lately and just cries. as soon as i pop him in my sling he goes to sleep.
we had a better night last night with only a little bit of grizzling, although feel pretty tired today. dh is working long hours and it is his first week back. he just called and isnt going to be home until around 8pm.
sounds like a few of us having sleep issues,last 2 nights nixon playing up between 730pm-130am,wont sleep,overstimulated n overtired,tonight be the same as i cant keep the squirrel awake during the day...friend says common as its a growth spurt...i hope it mends soon...also read that i gotta get him to learn to self settle without holding or rocking..pffft impossible the last 2 nyts,warm nights knock him about too..makes me feel better getting on here knowing im not the only one going thru difficulties
Tomorrow we are going to my friends to get Nixon's professional baby photos done,its a freebie as ive gotten him about 10000 bucks worth of weddings to do..Next tues we are getting his feet n hands cast in bronze,they are huge so it will be a talking point at his 21st..hehe
SHAN- im not one of these mums whos a textbook mother but ill tell u go buy these 2 books,its the baby bible and explains so much when ur frazzled n dont have a clue
book 1- PRACTICAL PARENTING-YOUR BABYS FIRST YEAR,MONTH BY MONTH. i got it in big w,recommended by friends and is sooooo informitive
book 2- what to expect 1st year(same mob who wrote what to expect when your expecting)
trust me big help those books..
As for me i havent been the best,got my blood tests back today,severe anaemia.low iron,low blood pressure,thyroid levels thru the roof,low pituatary gland hormone levels,severe fatigue n body aches and in case i forgot to mention,sleep deprivation...
JO- how u going with the routine thing by tizzie,,im temtped to restart it and persist as best i can with the squirrel..happy one month to caleb...how quick is time going
im trying to buy a 2nd hand baby bjorn on ebay,eveytime i bid i damn well lose buy a dollar or sumthin....want to get one but not buy brand new,too dear
Anyway ladies good to speak to u all,keep up the posts it gets me through the tough times...
love bon
Well Son the routine with Tizzie only lasted two days before Craig stuffed it up and then Caleb had his huge growth spurt so we havent been able to get him back on track, in fact he only slept about a total of an hour today and yesterday was pretty much the same, i was so tired i was in tears and Craig had to come home from work today to help me cos i was exhausted by 9am. Standing over his cot patting and rocking and shushing him to sleep for 2 hours is exhausting, im not getting anything done at all! i can barely get his bottles made. And i dont want to start "accidental parenting" him with the baby bjorn or pram or car either (although when im at the end of my rope i do use them just to get him some sleep!) The only thing that keeps me going is he is still sleeping pretty much through the night.
He goes down at 7pm, we give him a dreamfeed at 10.30 he wakes at 2-2.30 for a feed and goes straight back down until morning (around 6.30-7am) so to be honest we have it pretty good for the nighttime, its just the daytime he isnt sleeping. My MHCN is sending someone over to spend the day with me, they are sleep specialists so im looking forward to that, once we get him out of being overtired and having a gassy tummy all the time we should be able to get the routine back up and running again cos it was working SO well!
anyway, my sisters due date for her baby is today but no word from her, im not gonna bug her but i cant wait to hear when my neice has been born.
well im off to bed, another early night for me!!
Hi all, you all seem to be doing so well. Fin is a dream, I'm not sure i'll say that next week when DH goes back to work, but at the moment we are having fantastic family time. Fin is fairly consistant with 4 hours between feeds and then one 5-7hr from around 9 pm. I'm slowly trying to move this to around 11pm so we get a good night sleep. It would also mean that Fin would wake up when DH needs to go to work.
I'm probably going to start as debate but have to ask. Has enyone else thought of circumsition for their little man?
I have just recieved all the info and am making my way though it. We are leaning towards getting it done.
Thanks Soniebin. Will try and pop out today and get them.
Well last night wasnt too bad, although already today he hasnt stopped grizzling. When he cries it sounds like he is in so much pain. I am at my wits end trying to work out how to settle him.
Runner - thank you I'm so glad I'm persisting with it.... had a few tears most days mainly cos' its so damn painful with my damaged nipple! It's slowly healing.... Just wish I hadn't waited 2 weeks before calling the LC! Never mind at least I'm getting the help now. Attachment is great now just need to work on Ava's sucking. She's a bit lazy at times esp on left side. We are still topping up with EBM every day.
Happy 2 wks Amara!! That's strange a lady would say that when you only just got the sling!!!! how annoying! lol Which mall? Tweed Mall? I can't remember what suburb you are living in?
Shan - yeah we have a sling! It's fantastic! My DH just loves it and when he gets home from work he puts it straight on and wears her! It's so cute..... definitely helps settle her at times. Are you breastfeeding? We found out DD was just crying in pain cos she was so hungry!!!! We are on 3hrly feeds strictly and demand feeding if she wants it before that.
My poor nipples are so used!! I hope you get more sleep tonight its awful when they are so unsettled hey
Well, the last 24-48hrs we have a new baby!! The LC says that Ava was crying so much because she has been so hungry and not feeding effectively at the breast (I had no idea until few days ago!!!) so we are getting there now and she's not hungry anymore. We weighed her today and she's put on 60g in 24hrs!!! YAY YAY!!!! That's a HUGE milestone for us after everything we've been thru lately..... still not her birth weight though yet.....
Ava's been easier to settle lately and we don't think she has colic or reflux now like originally was suggested. She's not as windy either so perhaps feeding more often is helping her wind? also we have more dirty nappies too as there was 2 days there without any!!!
Ok thats all i have time for.... sorry no personals again.... just no time! Thinking of you all and hope you are all coping okay with the tiredness.
Oh! Oh! Ava and I went on our first outing together yesterday! (to the pharmacy) and I was so nervous taking her in the car on my own etc but we did really well! It was no big deal after all that.
It's been hard not having my DH home with us during the week (he couldn't have ANY time off) and I've missed him terribly as we used to work together every day in our business!! So I just love it when he walks in the door and can help me out with Ava.
My stitches have finally dropped out and I don't recognise my own Vagina anymore!!! whaaaa!!!! And I STILL have pain in my tailbone! It must be so bruised!
Ok chat to you all later!! x
(I have a goal! To type my birth story Friday night!!! When Dh can hold Ava!)
Well done on taking Ava out by yourself!!! I remember when i first took Caleb out, i brought EVERYTHING wiht me, just in case haha but now its so much easier, you will get more and more confident with it. You and Ava seem to be coming along nicely now, its so good to hear that she has put on some more weight.
My boy is a fatty boom boom... haha, just joking, he now weighs 4.4kg and i can feel the difference in my back!
Went and bought the book "secrets of the baby whisperer" by tracey hogg yesterday and can i say after five days of Caleb not sleeping in the daytime he is starting to settle down today. Its a fantastic tool of figuring out your baby, how to know his routine and how to take the lead with it as well. Yesterday i was exhausted and cried and cried and Craig had to come home from work to help me out because as i said it was day 5 of him just not sleeping through the day and today he has had a 1.5 hour sleep this morning and is sleeping now (going on 1.5 hours) and ive been able to have a shower and do my washing for the first time in 2 days! Im feeding him every 3.5 hours because i have now learnt how to read and tell the difference between his "hungry cry" and his "tired cry"
They also have a website that gives you all the info you need so you dont necessarily need the book, not sure if we are allowed to post these but if anyone is interested the link is Welcome to Babywhisperer Homepage
He is still sleeping pretty much through the night though which is good, after his evening bath and feed he goes down at 7pm, i give him a dreamfeed at 10.30pm, he wakes at 2-2.30am and goes straight back down to sleep and will wake up around 6.30-7pm when we start the day.
right, now for me to go and have a lie down (im so excited i get to do this today!!)
This is my first post and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone in this group.
William was born on 27 Jan 09 by C-Section, 3.5kg (7lb 11oz), 50.5 cm in length. He has a big sister, Kate who loves her new baby brother so so much.
Nothing really out of the ordinary in our pregnancy or birth story. I had an elective C-Section for a number of reasons. I'd had one with Kate as she was breech, and although my Ob expected William to be breech also due to the shape of my uterus he seemed to like it head down. Unfortunatly, my stomach muscles didn't like being pregnant again and I ended up with the worst abdominal muscle separation that my Ob and Physio had seen (20cm). Therefore my Ob preferred to do another C-Section.
Everything with William seems to be going well at the moment, I had him weighed today and in the last week he has put on 325g, which is a huge relief as I had so much trouble BF with Kate. Now hopefully I can stop worrying if he is getting enough and just enjoy the experience! I'm sure that there will be bumps in the road, but I feel I am more informed this time round and will not be so hasty to switch to formula this time round. I will probably ask heaps of simple questions about BF babies, so please be patient with us!
The worst part for me now is all the physio and probably surgery that I have ahead of me to try and repair my abdominal muscles. This is particularly important as my job requires me to do a fitness test annually, which includes sit ups and push ups - so I need my abs together again!
I have all 2009 off work on Maternity Leave and Long Service Leave and am loving being at home with my two kiddies without the stresses of working.
That's our story at the moment, loving my family and life.
Shellsie - Try Blessed thistle to increase supply too - I find it works better than Fenugreek. Make sure you don't get Milk THistle though. Also try the activite milkshake in the increasing milk production thread. Really works a treat! Try not to go on maxalon or motilium if you can help it - I had to with Ned (he was quite sick at 3 months and supply had dropped dramatically as he wasn't feeding) and had to stay on it until he was about 18 months.....not good!
And to all those considering buying slings (sorry baby brain!) - LOVE LOVE LOVE my hugabub and totally recommend one. It is SOOOOOOOOOOO much better than a baby bjorn in my opinion - that hurt my back big time! I also have an Ergo which I am itching to use when Henry gets to about 6 months.
Rough night again last night....H was v windy and wriggle. All fixed itself but not until about 7am when he farted like there was no tomorrow and did a big poopa
ALl 3 kids down now.....bliss.....can't expect it to last long though!
Need to get some sleep myself but there is a show on ABC about raising bubs at 8.30 and I am v keen to watch it!
Soph - try infants friend for wind, my MHCN recommended it and weve been using it since last night, man the wind that comes out of my boy afterwards is crazy! and hes so much more settled today!
Had a good run with Nixon last night,he was starting to play up and gave him a bath with some eco organic baby bath from coles.knocked him out,lights out...slept well except for 3 -4 hourly wake up for feeds..
He was a bugger to get to sleep today.up from 915 til about 1pm,then back down til 5,came home fed him he couldnt stay awake so bedtime at 7pm,now here begs the question,will he stay asleep or wake n be feral all night cos he has enough sleep,will bath him only if he tired n overcranky,i think hes aching too as he is growing quickly,poor little mite..Am trying the self settle technique,we put him down n stroke his hair n face and it works...and hes been cranky as hell!!!!!!!!!!!
Today went to my friends n got his professional photos done(funny how im a photographer and yet i went somewhere else)but u see it from a different perspective and i enjoyed it,im not getting my family portrait done now til im feeling and looking better and DH gets a haircut n colors his greys(his words not mine)
Well we are gonna do the insane thing and sell up and move,time to move from my area for a number of reasons.mainly to be closer to family and 2nd to escape the warzone/building/development/pits beside me...am gonna build again,found my house today and the area i wanna move to,i must be freakin nuts and no im not having a post-pregnancy crisis...hehe
Jo- that book sounds great,can u sms me it and where do you get it? dont worry ur not the only one sitting over the cot crying ur eyes out,i did that and still do,except mines in the middle of the night,not daytime....Nixon sleeping roughly the same as Caleb,3-4 hourly..
ANYWAY HAPPY ONE MONTH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO MY SON NIXON AND TO SHAN'S SON LLEYTON,I HAD A CRY BEFORE COS ITS GONE SO FAST AND I LOVE HIM TO BITS.
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I'm so glad I'm persisting with it.... had a few tears most days mainly cos' its so damn painful with my damaged nipple! It's slowly healing.... Just wish I hadn't waited 2 weeks before calling the LC! Never mind at least I'm getting the help now. Attachment is great now just need to work on Ava's sucking. She's a bit lazy at times esp on left side. We are still topping up with EBM every day.
(I had no idea until few days ago!!!) so we are getting there now and she's not hungry anymore. We weighed her today and she's put on 60g in 24hrs!!! YAY YAY!!!! That's a HUGE milestone for us after everything we've been thru lately..... still not her birth weight though yet.....
also we have more dirty nappies too as there was 2 days there without any!!!
whaaaa!!!! And I STILL have pain in my tailbone! It must be so bruised!
but now its so much easier, you will get more and more confident with it. You and Ava seem to be coming along nicely now, its so good to hear that she has put on some more weight.
Now hopefully I can stop worrying if he is getting enough and just enjoy the experience! I'm sure that there will be bumps in the road, but I feel I am more informed this time round and will not be so hasty to switch to formula this time round. I will probably ask heaps of simple questions about BF babies, so please be patient with us!
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