Hi everyone, had the community midwife come round today and Larissa is now 3760 compared to 3580 when born and is 52.2 cms compared to 51 when born... shes grown so much in less than 2 weeks but is still in nb clothing! I've been having a few difficulties getting her to settle when she wakes for a feed in the middle of the night. I'm usually so shattered by that point that I'll call asleep comforting her but if shes not in her cot then she isnt crying and I'm so worried she will wake everyone else in the house up. She's really good apart from that, I think living with so many people is a real disadvantage as they practicallly pick her up all the time, dp is awful for waking her up in the morning then passing her on to his parents - it would be great if he let her sleep in or if he was waking her to see her himself but it bugs me a little that he does this! I just think shes going to get too used to people fussing over her all the time and that will make it hard work for me!
I do formula top ups or sometimes full FF bottle...but seeing though Zach HATES formula its a rare thing....its booby or EBM for him...fuss pot!
I use Karicare Gold as well, no vomits, same stuff i used for the girls.
Deb i hear ya on the sore nipples babe....but i think good thoughts while feeding and push the pain to the back of my mind....not sure if it helps or not. I had a good cry last night.
Amanda good luck for the u/s tomorrow, im sure it will go fine.
Kirsten yay on the good outing....the train platforms are useless in Melb....they should be level with the trains not higher!
TOnight is Zachs turn to not settle...fed at 830 and now wont stop crying no matter what i do
Well I feel pretty good today. DH did the night and early morning feeds so I went to bed at 9.30 and woke for JD's 6.30 am feed. so thats a great night sleep, thank god! I am sitting here pumping away so JD has a bottle before his ultrasound this morning. I am a bit nervous about it. He will probably scream and cry. so will take a bottle of my milk and a formula just in case I need more to settle him. So far still no poo. His last poo was Sunday night and it was a beauty. But I just googled it and some babies can go a few times a day to just once or twice a week, so that has me settled a bit. THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE AND BB!
Ok better go boobs are empty now, so will get JD's gear all ready so we can just out the door hopefully without too much disruption.
P.S. Last night after his fed he wouldn't settle again. So when DH came home he tried to settle him while I started dinner but he wouldn't which is very strange as he loves his dad. We burped and cuddled and played and still no luck. So we wrapped him and put him in his cot shut the door and let him cry for about 30 minutes. He would calm down and then start up again. Not really full on screaming all the time though. We ate our dinner and then thought well thats 30 minutes lets see if he has worn himself out so DH went in and got him and placed him on his chest and no more than 5-10 minutes later he was out like a light! So we let him stay on DH chest for about 30 minutes before putting him back in his cot.
Is this called controlled crying or something, is it ok to do this at this age? I really dont want to teach JD that he needs us to cuddle him until he falls asleep. I have to go back to work part time after 3 months and full time after 6 months so this cuddling till he falls asleep thing is not going to work for us.
Kim-yeah your telling me I feel a little scared getting off then on. Hope Zach settled down for you Ryley like that also and it takes a awhile to settle him down and its worst now its hot..
Puppies-glad things are going well..
Steph-glad Larissa is going well..
Plc1805-yeah Ryley is like that and sometime won't settle.
Hello to everyone else..
Well the MCHN just come to place and just left and Ryley now weights 3680grams and he head has grown from 32cm (birth) to now 36cm and he has a bit of thrush on his tongue so going to get some NilStat drops today for him but other than that he is going well she said and he is growing beautifully. And I feel much better and feed him ever 3 hours I thought it was ever 4 hours but he is waking up before that now so I'm happy and feel more relaxed. I think the mattress that came with the cot looks brand new and hardly used so I am going to use it.
Hope you all are well.
Kirsten
Last edited by RyleyMummy; January 20th, 2009 at 10:23 AM.
well we are back from the ultra sound and it went well. JD behaved like a champ. I was worried about nothing. I am looking forward to taking him out and about a bit more now. Will see what Pedi says about his results when we see him in a next few weeks.
Anyways, I am just on cloud nine since this morning went so well.
Great news Amanda! So Pleased everything went well and you feel good about it.
PLC - thanks for the advice. Things seemed to be back to normal last night, so feeling much better about that. I guess when things are going so well it's easy to think something is wrong when bubs has an off day/night.
Kirsten - how sweet of your brother to buy you a cot.
Steph - must be hard having a house full of people. Maybe you should put some 'rules' in place. Like you said, you are the one who will have to deal with any problems that may arise. Can you talk to your DP about it? Hope you can work it out.
Kim - I look forward to reading your birth story.
Big hello to everyone else. I'm so pleased that everyone seems to be doing so well.
We had our 2 week check up today and Harrison is going great! I am so lucky to have such a good bub.
Is anyone else a bit down about their post baby body? I'm by no means stressing about it, but everytime I get dressed it is a struggle to find things that fit me! I complained to DP yesterday and he said 'Honey you have just had a baby' I said to him 'The baby was in my stomach not my thighs and butt!' LOL... It's silly I know, but I can't wait to be able to get back into the exercise and do something about it! I do have amazing boobs though I guess I should make the most of them while they last!
I guess I should make the most of them while they last!
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