Babies Born January 16th ~ 31st 2009

[runnermum]

hi girls,

It is lovely to hear some of you back on the forum. I look forward to reading how everyone is at least every other day if I can.

shellsie - don't feel back about the way you put your bub to sleep - at times when we are just so sleep deprived and cannot stand the crying anymore - we do anything that works.. i understand this!

Ren - I am so happy that the meds are working on Ava. I hope that your nipple heals well soon - it is very painful - I had this with my first born.

Jo - can i please ask - what do you do when your little one wakes up well before the next feed is due? I do try to resettle, but occassionally, it does not work and I want to give up!

Also, we were told by the nurse who came here that Amara needs to go back to bed/sleep straight away for her first sleep of the morning - so, i was told to wake her AT THE SAME TIME EVERY MORNING (between 5.30am and 6am) feed, then straight back to bed.......now we are finding in the last 3-4 days that she is unsettled and cries when put back to bed after this feed. Maybe the routine will just take some more time?

at least she is sleeping in her cot much more often now. Reflux is not too bad, she is having Mylanta on the advice of the nurse. but I have to be SO GENTLE after feeds with her so she does not chuck it all up!!

Orangefeather -t hanks for the advice - yes, we are doing all of that.

Has anyone had a spicy meal lately and found a reaction to bubs sleeping/unsettleness? Boy, did I ever!!! Amara cried and complained about that meal.

I wish I had time to figure out how to change my ticker......... Amara was 4 weeks yesterday...

[gypsy79]

Quick update from me pretty much just so I can brag - Max slept 6 hours last night! I fed him at 10.15 (after leaving him with MIL while we went out for dinner for a friend's birthday) and then I didn't get up again till 5.30!!!!! So it was a great night.

Runner - I just clicked on someone else's ticker, which took me to a website where I made myslef a new one, then pasted the code into my BB signature.

Shellsie - Max went through about a week where he wasn't sleeping as much too. I'm not sure whether he's better now or I'm just used to it But since then we sometimes have to put him to sleep in our arms too. Didn't used to do that, but hey - whatever works, right?!

Good luck to all you girls dealing with reflux, colic, etc. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be at times. Max has become a bit fussy at the boob - often pulling and squirming. I'm not sure if there's something wrong or just him. He also seems to get lots of tummy pains anmd farts a lot, but rarely cries cos of it, so I figure it can't be too bad. Ah, might mention it at the health centre next visit...

I had my 6 week check up today - all good! So I'll be able to swim when we go away this weekend for the long weekend. My physio has recommended not water skiing yet though - apparently that might be a bit too much for the old pelvic floor muscles. Also, my pelvis is still playing up a bit, so I think I'll just stick to swimming.

[Josephine]

Runner - im trying to msg you but it says your inbox is full, can you email me on justjo@iinet.net.au plse? I am having huge issues with the bellybelly website today, its taken me half an hour to get this message to you and some of the messages arent even appearing when i go to the forum....grrrrr

[Shanti]

Shellsie - I've had issues with my milk supply too and are BF, expressing, feeding EBM & formula.... mainly formula at the moment because I can't quite express enough BM to feed DD. We are getting there..... I'm determined to be exclusively BFing again soon... very soon. So glad I've had the help of my Lactation Consultant. My R nipple is healing too as it was so badly cracked so haven't been feeding from this side until it heals. Waaaay too painful.... (I have a BF thread in the BF support section if you want to read about my problems LOL) and don't worry about settling him.... sometimes we put DD down once she's asleep and other times we put her down when she's dozing off but still awake.... we just do whatever works at the time!

I put Ava on her tummy this morning and she was happily lying there on her playmat on her tummy for 20mins!!! She would lift her head, hold it up for ages and then turn and look the other way then turn look the other way. It was soooo cute. Got some cute pics.
She's so very strong.

My DH has been so wonderful and supportive (always is!) the last few weeks I don't think I could have done it without him. Before he goes to work he gets my lunch for the day ready, makes me breakfast, folds the washing or puts washing on, gets my pump ready for me to express and makes sure i have a shower! He's been so awesome I am just so lucky to have his support. All i can focus on still is getting my BF'ing right and sleeping!!!

Anyway Ava is having a nap and I think will wake for a feed in about an hour (seeing as she threw up the last one!!! ) so better go lie down while I can.

[DisGirl]

Ren, good work by your DH! I'm blessed with an awesome DH too, but unfortunately he can't help his work hours so I have wake up/breakfast and bedtime by myself which is a bit of a challenge at times.

Shellsie, I don't think I've ever put Jared down to self-settle in his bassinette! It just doesn't feel right to me, so I wouldn't feel guilty about cuddling your little one to sleep once or twice It's a common occurance here.

We've had a really good couple of days. Jared has been sleeping for at least five hours at a time at night and Ben is thankfully, still back to sleeping through too. Yesterday we managed a trip to the park, just the three of us. It was good actually because the England and West Indies Women's Twenty20 teams were playing down there so I got to see some of that - when I wasn't playing chasings with Ben I also did two loads of washing, the washing up and still managed a lie down for 20 mins in the arvo. Today my mum came over to give DH and I a few hours by ourselves which we haven't had since Jared was born. We were going to go to a golf driving range but it was too windy so we just went shopping and out to lunch. It was still lovely, although Ben hasn't had a sleep and is now being a grumblebum!

All in all though I am beginning to feel human again. I've been out every day this week and will meet up with friends tomorrow too. It makes such a difference to be out in the real world again

[Soph]

Dis - so good getting out and about again hey? We've been back in normal routine for about 4 weeks now. Very full on but kids need it. We have something on every morning - either kinder, playgroup or storytime or something and then stuff on most arvos too. IKWYM about dinner time being hard when it's just you - I dread those nights!

Ren - good luck with getting the supply up - you're doing an awesome job!

Gypsy - 6 hours - whoohooooo!!!

Jo - rolling over, what a clever bub

Runner - don't stress, routine will happen. Our bubs are still very new and sorting themselves out!

Sorry, i'll try and keep up with personals

H slept allnight in his cot last night instead of our bed - I missed him DH doesn't like him in our bed though, but i do!

[shellsie]

Just back from the MCHN, she seems to think he's hungry and has advised me to increase the amount of formula he's getting to 90mls, up from 70mls and change the formula to Nan as he seems to be throwing up quite a bit. He doesn't seem to be crying in pain, so unlikely to be reflux, but we'll see. She also thinks that him being unsettled is related to him being hungry. You feel so bad as a Mum when they're hungry, even though it's not your fault, so we'll see how we go.
We're off to massage class tomorrow and new Mum's group in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll feel more human and less guilty!!

[Shanti]

Just back from the MCHN, she seems to think he's hungry and has advised me to increase the amount of formula he's getting to 90mls, up from 70mls and change the formula to Nan as he seems to be throwing up quite a bit. He doesn't seem to be crying in pain, so unlikely to be reflux, but we'll see. She also thinks that him being unsettled is related to him being hungry. You feel so bad as a Mum when they're hungry, even though it's not your fault, so we'll see how we go.
We're off to massage class tomorrow and new Mum's group in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll feel more human and less guilty!!

Ohhhh Shellsie! I can totally relate..... DD has been starving for weeks and I had no idea!!! breaks my heart.... I had no idea she wasn't getting enough BM from me!! She seemed to be feeding well at the breast but turns out she wasn't sucking effectively!
What formula is he on? I've got DD on Karicare Goats Milk but thinking now we're going to change to Karicare HA (as advised by my Lactation consultant) because she seems to vomit up sometimes even when we feed her slowly in stages.....
You're doing well... it's not easy this baby business is it!!

Ava hasn't slept since 9am!! She went down again at 10:30am but woke 30mins later and then at 2pm but woke 30mins later.... FINALLY she's asleep and has been for an hour YAY!!! hehe I have quickly run around the house putting stuff away, wiping things down (milk all over the couch hahaha) and the house is looking rather decent again!!!!!

Disgirl - it's wonderful when you leave the house and get out and about isn't it?? I have been doing that more the last 2 weeks, makes me feel more human! Even just going to the chemist to pick up something is a big trip out for us and I feel great afterwards.....with Ben you would definitely need to keep him on the move hey.... they get bored so easily little ones.