Ava has put on 240g in just 6 days!!! She now weighs 4390g!!! We are doing so well with Breastfeeding now... and almost exclusively Breastfeeding. I'm very proud of us for persisting through all our problems with it all.... and finally I don't feel any pain in my right nipple when she attaches! It's only taken 6wks
I can't believe my little girl is 6 weeks!!!!!!!!! how fast it goes.....
DD is sleeping well at night.... her last feed is usually 10pm and she sleeps until 3 or 4am!! We are very happy with that and hope it continues for a little while.... it's great getting 4hrs sleep in a row. Makes all the difference. She doesn't sleep for long during the days, however sometimes she may sleep for 2-3hrs and that's great it gives me the chance to rest or do stuff around the house.
Jo- we have the same wrap! They are great! Ava gets out of any wraps too but that one.... she's such a fighter LOL!! I want to buy another one.
Orange - thanks for asking about me hun! I just haven't posted in here for a few days as I find it hard time-wise! When Ava sleeps I quite often am resting myself OR doing house work. We've also had a few appointments lately. Today we have our 6week checkup! And gotta have the dreaded papsmear however now it doesn't seem too bad considering everyone has seen my 'hoo-ha' already i've given birth!!
That's wonderful Dash is sleeping so well!!!
Jo - sorry to hear Caleb needs Losec. We had Ava on the tablets for a week then stopped them.... turns out she doesn't have reflux anymore!!!
Runner - oh no!!! I'm sorry to hear Amara isn't sleeping and is vomiting up alot... definitely sounds like reflux if she's crying in pain all the time. you poor thing. you must be tired. Did you get prescribed anything? Losec?
Shellsie - just saw your post. I've been going through similar tough time to you with regards to feeding,..... I've been expressing and taking fenugreek tablets AND motillium to get my milk supply up as i lost it a week ago when DD wasn't feeding properly and i didnt realise my supply had diminished until we realised she'd lostweight. (all good now tho after hard work!!!) i would spend my whole day either feeding, settling or expressing sooooo draining!!!!! Are you taking fenugreek and motillium aswell? It works wonders my milk was back within 24hrs..... i was expressing every 2-3hrs also. keep up the work it will be worth it. if thats what you want to do. I'm so very proud of myself for persisting with it all and soon we'll be exclusively BFing..... almost already are now..... it's taken 6wks of hard work but its worth it.
Sorry ladies i havent been on here,been going like a mad idiot getting my house ready for sale,its officially on the market,we did have an offer but now we got 3 lots of people fighting it out who wants it and maybe more after today when it goes on realestate.com and paper
Well i havent heard from sleep school and i dont need it anymore,my boy has done an about face the last 3 days or so,,he now goes straight down and sleep...we got a SIDS recommended wedge and we been putting him on his side and its lights out in minutes...
Last night he slept all the way thru from dreamfeed at 11am and woke at 630am then went back to sleep til 730am..1st time i had to wake up n go see if he ok..i cant stop bragging about the EASY thing by secrets of the baby whisperer,has saved my life,that and the wedge pillow
He has been a bit on the off side,has a rash and i thought was excema but its viral,is over the worst and better,went and seen 2 doctors to check he ok and all good,poor thing has shocking cradle cap,like a good little italian boy he is poor thing getting doused in olive oil.. anyway thats it for me,got things to do
am off to the beach for a few days for some R&R
cheers bon
Hey all, I've been catching up with everyones posts then the boy cries and I never get to post. So here we go.
We have our follow up appointments with cardioligist, and Peadiatrition (sp) this week. Makes the boy really unsettled as the prod and poke him. That said we are now sleeping 9pm - 4am fairly regularly. During the growth spurts we get a 12 or 1 wake up too.
Quick question do people still have to hold up the baby's head? Fin's neck is so strong. We only hold it cas it makes us feel better, but he doesn't need it any more.
aww Mel, love the pic of your wee man!
We havent had to hold Calebs head up for weeks but we still like to anyway, just makes me feel more secure knowing my hand is there. glad you got to eventually post!!
Hi ladies! Good to hear from you all, some of you have been MIA, but it's easy to understand why.
So glad to hear some of the other boys are starting to get chubbier! I was going to take J to the clinic yesterday to ask some questions (well about Ben actually), but decided not to in case he weighed in over 6.5kgs, which is very likely. Nah, that's not the real reason we didn't go, but it was in the back of my mind!
Soph, so glad I'm not the only one with a tummy sleeper! J still sleeps on his back at night, but during the day it's all tummy. B, DH and I all sleep on our tummies so it's no surprise really.
Runner, sorry you've had such a rough time. Hopefully the Gaviscon will really work with Amara. Poor little thing. Good luck in the run this weekend. You'll be able to get there on time, just set as much up as you can the night before. I've found that's the only way I can be up and out of the house before 9am!
Bon, yay, on the sleeping!
Ren, well done on breastfeeding. You've done really well there. Are you using cloth nappies on Ava yet? I'm using them about half the time on J. I have some more Baby Beehinds on order, but apparantly there is a nation-wide shortage as one of their trucks caught fire and they lost heaps of merchandise! So, I don't have enough to have both boys in cloth full time. Ben wins because of his sensitive skins so J is still just part time. Have found the flushable liners pretty awesome.
Mel, we haven't supported J's head since the first week. He's a strong little bugger. B was the same and was sitting unsupported at five months' old. Wouldn't be surprised if J is the same... besides, he has the added fat rolls on his legs to help keep him stable
Had an amazingly busy day yesterday. Went shopping then to my SIL's for a couple of hours. Also managed two loads of washing, the washing up, cooking dinner and the ironing - all while DH was at his second job so I'm pretty proud of that. Of course I'm totally wiped out today though! Lucky the boys had a good night last night
hi Ren,
thanks for your thoughts. It has been hard, but everyone here has had some difficult times, all worth it for our beautiful bubbas.
So proud of you re Breastfeeding - I am very lucky in that way, both times.
Hey, guess what? I just entered my first running race post baby!! Yeah! it is this Sunday - an 8km fun run. Just getting there on time and getting hubby, son and newborn daughter there ON TIME will be the most amazing thing, and not the race itself!!
She now weighs 4390g!!! We are doing so well with Breastfeeding now... and almost exclusively Breastfeeding. I'm very proud of us for persisting through all our problems with it all.... and finally I don't feel any pain in my right nipple when she attaches! It's only taken 6wks
how fast it goes.....
I just haven't posted in here for a few days as I find it hard time-wise! When Ava sleeps I quite often am resting myself OR doing house work. We've also had a few appointments lately. Today we have our 6week checkup! And gotta have the dreaded papsmear however now it doesn't seem too bad considering everyone has seen my 'hoo-ha' already 
sooooo draining!!!!! Are you taking fenugreek and motillium aswell? It works wonders my milk was back within 24hrs..... i was expressing every 2-3hrs also. keep up the work it will be worth it. if thats what you want to do. I'm so very proud of myself for persisting with it all and soon we'll be exclusively BFing..... almost already are now..... it's taken 6wks of hard work but its worth it.
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