Babies Born January 2008 #5

[hindonly]

Wow-looks like I'm the one to start the ball rolling,lol.

Jess-How is Jaylen going with the FF now??He will be alot more settled now if he wasn't actually getting enough from bf'ing Will you still be doing half & half? Glad to hear you've come to a decision about it all though- I know it was hard for you to consider!

BabyCarriers?? Whats everyone using? I'm considering buying one of those Ergos they're s'posed to be excellent but was hoping for some personal exp's/ recommendations 1st I've done a bit of research & they do sound good...Hmmm.


Jo - How you doin'? You still b/fing bub? Its a hard road isn't it! Its not as easy as some make it look!! And those women who are able to do it without any probs - I'm so envious of them! Lucky, VERY

Will check back in later . Gotta go - you know the story! LOL

[JCE0810]

Carol- No i've stopped BF my milk was looking watery so i thought it was best to FF Sophie. My BB's were a little sore yesterday (saturday) but i expressed a little to take away the pain/engorment but not enough to stimulate more milk IYKWIM. I got to 5 weeks so i'm happy with that and id rather know Sophie's getting enough and when shes not having a growth spurt shes much more settled, yesterday i fed her 5hrs then after that it was every 2 hrs and the feed i just gave her shed gone 4hrs. I actually layed on the lounge and went to sleep and Chris fed her at midnight i told him to wake me and i woke while he was feeding her but dozed off again he didnt seem to mind but he left me down in the loungeroom on my own all the lights off and took himself & Sophie upstairs to bed so i went up & woke him (he wasnt happy) and asked him why did he didnt wake me too and he said i wanted to sleep which i did but he still could have woken me, i woke up in the dark wondering what the hell was going on haha

[sazzafrazz]

Hi everyone,
Ive been off for a few days I think. Lots of pages to catch up on.

Celeste must be the smallest bub in here now... she was 3.5kg last weigh which was 9days ago. She had her biggest gain that week of 230g. All her other gains were like 160g... My nurse only weighs her, she doesnt do a measure. I will ask her I think cause I want to know her other measurements too. She is still fitting bonds 0000 and only just into some target 0000. Why do sizes vary so much? SHe has heaps of skimpy summer clothes in 000 that I dont know if she will get to wear!

I use a baby bjorn carrier. I didnt want to, even though it was given 2nd hand to me as I read it is bad for their back so I bought a sling but Celeste hates it. She really likes the baby bjorn and I find it really comfy. I only use it when I am doing the grocery shopping or such. Usually I just walk to the shops with the pram so I wont have her in it heaps.

She has lost most of her hair too. And it was beautiful dark red/blonde too. So pretty. It is starting to come back at the front as really light blonde now but she still has the original hair in that old bald man pattern at the back hehehe. She still has heaps of milk pimples too. I think it is from withdrawing from my hormones while still inside. She actually had a little period in the first week too, like coming off the pill lol. And her joints are a bit clicky still too like from the relaxin hormone in pg. I wonder how long till it all goes away? My spotting has finally gone now at 6 weeks so hopefully her hormones settle down now too.

Maz, I love nuttella and eat it with a spoon too. I have been really into it since the birth. I think I am getting the cravings now that I didnt get with pg. hehe. I have stopped having it in the house so I dont get any fatter.

How is everyone going with excercise? I walk with the pram everyday for at least 3km and have done since the day we came home. At first it was pretty slow but now I think I am up to my previous speed. I dont know what to do for my abdominals though. Having had a c-sect I wasnt allowd to use my gym ball or anything till now (6weeks) but am thinking of doing that stuff from now on??

Our washing maching died on thursday. Of course it had to happen with a load of dirty nappies in it!!!!! It was spinning dirty water out of the top of it all over the laundry floor eeeeewwwww. I was happy about it though as I have wanted to get a front loader for ages and now had an excuse and the baby bonus too. Got it the same day and have been catching up on washing ever since. Luckily I had some disposables someone had given us so I put Celeste into them just in case it was going to be days and days till it came. She still fits the huggies newborns but they seem to fill up too quick. She overflows them quite regularly. I think I prefer my MCN.

Our BF is going extremely well. I am soooo happy after the first two weeks which were hell in that department. I have found a much more comfortable position and dont need the 57pillows I needed at first. I have even fed in front of all the family and in a cafe and the pub dining room!!! Very proud of myself as I was dreading doing it in public. (or even in front of the inlaws) I feel like the first two weeks were the hardest, the next two a lot better and since then much much easier. It takes a while I guess for a baby to work out what she needs to do and for me to understand everything.

As for sleeping: Celeste feeds around 5pm and goes off to bed at 6pm . I wake her around 9pm or she would go for ages, then she goes back to bed around 10pm till around 1am, feeds again at 5am and back to bed till 8.30ish am. Sometimes she is hard to get back to sleep in the night and we are up for one or two hours but occasionally it is only 30mins we are up for. By we I mean me hehe, DH is always asleep! Then she is awake from her 8.30am feed for an hour or two where I do her nappy free time on a rug and play with her, read to her or whatever and around 11am she has another feed and will sleep then for a bit and I use that time to put her in the pram for a walk, do shopping, whatever. She has another couple of feeds and spends more time awake till her 5pm feed then back to the start!

Is it possible to have colic and reflux both??? I feel Celeste does, but neither particularly badly. I have her on Colic relief but havent given anything for reflux. I wonder if she has it or if it is the wind bringing up a bit of milk when a burp comes? Sometimes she will scream in her sleep and wake up crying and I find she has milky bubbles on her lips or has done a big spew in her sleep. It is definately the acid smell of vommit, not just 'spilling'. What do you think ladies?

Well, off to bed again for a bit I think while the washing machine does its thing and my girl is still asleep. Hope you all have a good sunday!

ETA: oooh forgot to say about the smiling. I swear Celeste is smiling in the photos where I am holding her just after she was born!!!!! She did give a fleeting glimpse of a smile at around 3days while looking right into my eyes but the doctor said it was "just a response". I dont know, I think it was real. Anyhow her first "real" smile that lasted more than a second was at almost 2weeks. SOOOOOOO gorgeous! I got one on camera within a day or two and put it on the thank you cards that I made. Since about 4 1/2weeks she has started to giggle a bit too. It makes my heart burst. I often think of the John Denver song "Annies song" that goes "you fill up my senses...." when I think of her. Anyhow, enough mushy mummy talk hehe.

[Mad Scientist]

good morning everyone!

Amy had an awful day yesterday. She was so unsettled. Every time I put her down for a sleep after her feed she would whinge. She had about 3 hours proper sleep all day and the rest was napping in my arms. Not sure why. I'm going to go buy some different formula today. Not sure whether to go Karicare or Nan. Might look at both of them and see the difference......Karicare was recommended.....but then again everyone raves about Nan......am just waiting for Amy to go to sleep after a feed this morning. She had a bit of bb and then half her bottle (I put 120ml in) and then pretty much fell asleep and wouldn't take anymore so I'm hoping she goes down. Just a question for ff mums, do your bubs wait 4 hourly or do you do small feeds more regularly? I seem to waste a lot of formula sometimes because Amy doesn't want it all. I guess it doesn't help that I'm bf too sometimes so I have no idea how much she's getting from that.....

Thanks to everyone for their bub's routine. Sounds pretty similar to Amy. Last night I fed her at 8 pm and she went down at 9.30 and slept through to her 3am feed. Prob because she was so tired after yesterday. Would love it if she made that her routine though. Got some unbroken sleep!

Jess - hope the ff is going well. His poos will really stink even with half half. I'm still getting used to them and we've been doing half half for almost a month now!

Carol - I bought a second hand baby carrier of a friend. It's no special brand but it does the trick. I'm going to brave the shops today with her in it....it's too tricky shopping on your own with a pram. I bought a bubba moe sling but she hates being cradled, even in your arms so it's no good for Amy. Some babies love them though. Wasted a bit of money but it was worth a try and it might come in handy for the next one......it seems a bit uncomfortable though......

Have a great day ladies. I'm sure I'll be back on here if Amy actually sleeps today. Someone told me that she was probably unsettled cos it was really windy yesterday. I find that I'm a little irritable on windy days so maybe that was it......? Who knows!?? Heheheh. chat soon xxx Luv Nik and Amy

[sazzafrazz]

Nik, I noticed all my customers were really grumpy on windy days, me too! Maybe that was it. Celeste was later in the day too when it came through here.

I talked to a friend who has 4 kids. Her 4month old hated his sling when little too but he loves it now that he can sort of sit up in it. She puts him with his legs in a frog style and he is supported that way by the fabric so can sit up. I am going to keep using the baby bjorn as Celeste prefers being upright but will give the sling another try later when she can sit in it.

[_JeSs_]

hello everyone!

FF going well, gave him a few bottles last night so i could have a drink lol and gave him one just then cuz my boobs are sore, BF him a few times last night, i think i might have to start more formula, i dont think hes getting enough from my bbs, wants to feed like every 1 & a half to 2 hrs lol... will still give him sum bb though i think.. LOL havent had a smelly poo yet YET lol
dont feel as bad as i did about giving him formula, mum and bub have to be happy and i wont be happy if i have to feed him every 2 hrs and my bbs are sore!
and even though i have only given him a few bottles, i feel like i have got 'myself' back?! if that makes any sence lol...

ok off to get the washing...

[_JeSs_]

by the way is it normal for them to spew more after a FF? he just did a projectile spew onto the floor lol... and yesterday he did as well...

[_JeSs_]

god where is everyone lol!

been giving jaylen bottle boob bottle boob 2day, cuz he just seems to need more, seems to be working well!

well i hope everyone is sleeping lol