Babies Born January 2008 #8

Hi Everyone,

Loren thanks for the advice I may give blessed thistle a try.

I don't seem to be able to keep up with Francis and feeding. I think I am just really tired as well. At night time I sometimes ask Brett to take him out of the room when I am trying to fall asleep. I feel bad because I know he wants his booby on tap but I can't go to sleep when he is lying next to me and I know he is about to start wriggling around and making noise for a feed, I get anxious about it and it generally happens that way, when I am about to close my eyes he wants another feed. Throughout the rest of the night I am fine waking for feeds.

Thanks everyone for your advice on BF, even though I have done this 3 times before each bub is unique and while posting and reading posts I am learning new things about mothering and how others cope with parenting. I guess that is what I like most about BellyBelly, and I like taking to new people too :redface:

Karen xx

Hello everyone

I've been reading the updates via email on my phone but it's been a while since I posted!
Hope everyone had a good long weekend!

Amelie has been pretty good...just over 6kg now (which is still pretty light but growing on the 25th percentile)...
She was fully breastfed until yesterday... Over the past few evenings she has been little unsettled and I got a feeling that my milk wasn't enough for her towards the end of the day... so after much deliberation we gave her about 125ml of formula (S-26) as a top up. She took it well but wanted another feed before sleeping and woke up once to have a short feed... so..hmm.. dunno what's going on there.. I think we'll try giving her the same again tonight.

Yeah so like Karen I'm keen to increase my milk production...My mum says drinking soy milk helps so she bought me heaps of dry soy beans for me to soak, then boil then blend to eat/drink... been too lazy to do it but I think I should start eating it more regularly..only problem is.. it makes me very flatulent and I think makes bub the same too haha...

Otherwise...still getting stressed here and there by people's comment saying she's light blah blah So those of you who have bubs over 7 kgs just on breastmilk - you are so blessed!!!
On the positive side.. she doesn't hurt my back and is developing well otherwise...I know a mum who gave birth to a girl 10 days before me and she's already 10kg w/ teeth just on breastmilk!!! All bub's diff eh?

Oh I have to join the what was it?.. the 'not rolling yet' club?? She loves tummy time and have rolled onto her side.. but haven't officially rolled onto her tum or other way yet.

Have any of you done a long drive w/ your bubs yet?
We are planning to drive Syd-Mel next week.. some people think we're crazy but we're gonna give it a go!

I better go and do some tidy up.. dear Am's sleeping hihi yayayayayayaya!!

Love to all mums & bubs!

Moonsun

we are having a grizzly day here. i wonder if my mood is affecting bryce, as i am really ticked off with our builder, and the tiler. he used the wrong colour grout, and the wrong tiles in some places - argh. get over it loren.

karen - i found that when i co-sleep with Bryce he always wriggles around hunting for boobs, and wakes for a 2.30 feed. i now have him in his hammock beside me and he sleeps from 7.30 - 6 almost every day. it is really lovely to have him in bed with us, but he i can just reach out and give him a swing if he wakes up - which is usually only if he has to fart.

madelon - i am also getting kiss/eaten here. my brother has nicknamed bryce the 'snapping turtle'. he has also started pinching, and grabbed my [rather glamorous] sister on the face and wouldn't let go. she was mortified. not sure she'll ever hold him again.... at least it wasn't the hair he grabbed. he he.

Hi Everyone,

Francis saw the Health Nurse on Tuesday and he has moved down two percentiles since birth. However she doesn't think he is starving, she has told me to persist, take the meds for 4 weeks this time and keep going with BF in the meantime. She does want me to do a day stay at the clinic though. Huge drive for me...

I took him with me to the GP yesterday because my 7 year old had an ear infection upon picking him up from school (he didn't tell his teacher that his eat hurt), after she checked out my eldest I told her that Francis needed his immunistions next week and I had booked him in, yet she said that he can't have his injections next week because he hasn't been gaining sufficiently. So same thing as last...comp feed him. Which I did last night.

I am a little more than frustrated about it because I am told different things. I know I should know what to do myself and do it, however that would be continuing with BFing and I am put off sticking with it now on the off chance that I am starving him, DP's mum has already said that I am putting my needs above Frankie's and I am beng a selfish mother who is going to cause her baby neurological damage.

DP thinks he is fine and not hungry for more than what he gets from me, because he won't take more than 50ml of formula in a day. So I am boggled why he is not gaining more that 100 odd grams a week (av).

Francis is now 6.15kg 2-3 weeks ago he was 5.85kg, I would have to go back through and read my posts. I know that isn't good enough but I feed him all the time. He is happy and smilely. He is not week or lethargic and his frontonelles are not sunken, so I don't know why the doctor thinks that he is starving.

It is really annoying and I am pretty upset about it because I want to do the right thing by my son and I have always thought that breast feeding was the best thing and that it was easy (at least it had been for me and I took that for granted). Now I feel like I have to change my way of thinking because I am now one of those that can't do it because my milk supply was not good enough.

I still want to be a part of growing my baby I don't want to lose that connection, I feel heart broken at the thought that I am not able to do it anymore because of my milk or lack there of, it just feels so unfair.


Hi Loren - I am going to put him in his rocker next to the bed after feeds from now on as I gave him to my partner last night after a feed and he put him on his chest and fell asleep himself, the next minute Francis was on the floor crying...he is ok though. It does help if they are not constantly lying next to you because they do smell the milk.

Karen

Oh Karen, hugs for you hon, you sound like you need some!!

He certainly doesn't sound like he's starving, what with the happy & the smiley & all, & if he's got plenty of wet nappies too... I know it's easy for me to say but if I were you I'd be quite happy to go with what the Health Nurse recommended - did the doctor say why he thought he was 'starving'?! That is a pretty big statement to make without any explanation & the MCHN wouldn't gamble with your sons health if she had any doubt that he was getting enough nourishment.

Have you posted in the bf problems & support section? Barb would have some proper advice for you - as opposed to my general well wishes! Good luck, whatever you decide to do will be for the best, I'm sure. :hug:

I don't think I posted about this here, but Punky sat up by herself for the first time on Sunday! I was so proud, you'd think nobody had ever sat up in the history of the world lol. I'd had her propped in the corner of the couch when she leant forward & stayed there!! Then yesterday I had her on the floor & I let the dog in & Punky rolled over twice to get a better look at the dog... she hasn't done it again though... perhaps I'll let the dog in again tomorrow lol.

Gross moment today though - heard a huge bang outside this morning & left Punky in her room on a towel where she was having nappy free time while I went out to investigate... when I came back in there was poop on the towel & she'd managed to 360 in it & it was all over her babylegs....!! :doh: Eeewwww... I think she did it on purpose 'cause she loves baths so much hehehe. ;)

Hope everyone & there bubbas are all woo-hoo & yee-haw! (aka, going along smoothly... :lol:)

Hehe QueenMab, pmsl! I know it's not funny if you have to clean her up with all that poo everywhere, but it certainly made my day start with a smile! Sorry!
Fingers crossed she won't do it again tho.

Have a gr8 weekend everyone!

Hehe QueenMab, pmsl! Not funny if you have to clean the mess up tho, but it does make a great story! Pray she won't do it again, but it certainly gave my day a good start!

Have a relaxed weekend everyone!

Blimey I havent been in here since Harvey was a few weeks old, not time to do a long winded post so I'll just say Hi & Bye lol

Hey everyone remember me?? :D

I got a message from Kate and it prompted me to pop in and see how everyones doing? Maz I sent you a message a while back to see how you and Mat where going, you musn't have got it..

I've had a look through some old posts to see if I could speed read myself caught up :lol: but just like always I forgot everything :wall:

luca is doing well he's now fully FF I just kept getting sick and run down and he obviously wasn't getting enough from me because I was having to feed him about 4 times in the night and every 2 to 3 hrs through the day, just wayyyy too much for my popor body to handle so now he averages 6 to 7hrs through the night from about 8pm till 3am and then wakes up in time to help get the kids ready fro school :lol: atleast that's this week anyway :doh:

Poor Luca as much as he's strong and happy he's had conjunctive itus and 2 colds in his short life already and passed them all on to mummy of course :doh: I'm wondering if the pregnancy had made me so run down? I'm taking a multi and eating properly but still can't seem to get well, I guess i just have to ride it out..

Anyway that's all I'll post for now or you'll get sick of me :lol:

Karen, sorry to hear about your issues with Francis. I am sure Francis won't look back on you if you chose to FF and think you failed him. You are obviously a very good Mumma! Would you consider FF'ing if it's getting really hard? I know we are all different chicks with different Bubs and the like but I had a good go at BF'ing Madeleine for 3 weeks and then she was FF after that. Like I said, every situation is different but she has been fine on formula, she has thrived a lot and it's been good for my sanity, I have never felt bad for FF her let alone feelings of letting her down. She's being fed well so that's all the matters to our family. I really hope things get better for you though, my thoughts are with you. If you really want to continue with BF'ing, talk to Barb on the BF Support Panel, she might have some advice for you.

Joralyd, good to hear from you! Glad Luca is well :D

Vic, that's great that Scarlett sat up on her own! Madeleine did this recently too! I had to laugh with the exploding poo thing. Makes me not want to take off Madeleine's nappy!! But hey SH** HAPPENS, hee hee.

Moonsun, we've driven an hour with Madeleine in the car. We haven't turned her seat around yet though even though she's 10kgs, just better to leave her rear facing for as long as possible with some of the things I've read. But we leave after her feed so she sleeps most of the way. I never drive on my own with her that far though, at least if she cries, I can hop in the back with DP driving, if she screamed for an hour, I would go bonkers!!

Well Madeleine sits up pretty well now with a nice straight back but sometimes will go sideways. She is quite rashy around the mouth ATM, maybe because of the dummy and the saliva all the time. I haven't had the best couple of weeks with her. She has been constantly waking through the night, used to sleep right through, I must have been so spoilt with her because she will wake and stir so much and has even resorted to an early morning bottle again!!! Her cheeks are super red, she's chewing heaps and she is really grizzly. I think she may be getting her top two teeth, her bottom ones came through at 4 months so we're just waiting to see whether that's it!! Hard to know when they are so little, wish she could tell me!

She's also on solids now, has rice cereal/fruit in mornings, pumpkin/potato at lunch and some chicken soup/fruit early evening, loves her food and is a real little guts.

Hope everyone else is well.

Belinda and Madeleine xx:p

Hi everyone,
Good to hear everyones updates, sorry I havent the energy to reply individually! I read the daily updates on email, and thats about as much time as I get on the computer at the moment.

This week has been a struggle for me, Addie has decided to become a complete cuddly mums girl and only wants me. She has never been a big day sleeper (20-40 mins at a time) so I dont get much done when she sleeps!! (shower, eat etc come first!) It was so good to be able to hand her over to Dad when he got home, but she doesnt want him at all! As soon as he is holding her- she looks at me, her eyes fill with tears and she starts crying with this expression that says "how could you hand me over!!" She is feeding a lot and doing more comfort bb sucking that ever (still fully breast fed) though we have started solids a couple of days this week.

Has this happened to anyone else? She is not bad in the mornings, and is still pretty happy, just doesnt want to be put down. I use my carrier all the time!

Oh well, at least I feel wanted! Better go have to check email, facebook, bb etc etc!!!

Hawksey, yep, Madeleine is the same. I don't get much done through day but when my DP is home, he takes her so I can at least do some things. Even to go to toilet I have to put her in bouncer outside door, it's so weird how I can't even leave her sight without her crying. She is definately a Mummy's girl. What is she like when you shower? Madeleine stays in her bouncer in front of shower door and likes watching me, does your little one have a bouncer? I normally give her a toy or something to play with whilst I am in there.

I know what you mean though, I think at this stage, they definately go through a sooky stage of always wanting Mumma!

Good to hear from you, Love Belinda xx

Hi Bindy! Showering this week has waited till she has fallen asleep for her first nap. That hasnt been till 10am some days. I must try the bouncer in front of the shower screen- I havent been putting it where she can see me!! Her attention span with toys is shorter than usual too. I hope it is only a short while!!
Last night she went to bed at 7pm, woke at 8.30, 10.30, 12,(we fell asleep on the couch but as soon as I went to put her in her cot she woke- finally to cot at 1am) woke 3.30 (I gave her panadol then and she finally went back to sleep at 4 and slept till almost 8.) So we are all tired and grumpy today. I hope this passes soon! (oh and each time DH went to get her- she cried harder and I had to get her anyway!)

Better go, hope you have a good day!
:hug: Mary

Mary, Madeleine's attention span with toys is short too, she gets really frustrated with them quickly. Well Madeleine slept at 7-9pm, then fed half bottle at 9pm, slept from 9-10pm, had rest of bottle then slept until midnight...woke and restless, then woke again at 3am, went back to sleep then fed her at 4.45pm plus nappy change (screamed) then slept until 8am....OMG! I am hoping this passes soon, we are tired today and she's really grumpy today and refusing her solids a bit. I hope you get some rest today.

Hello~

Belinda - Hmm longest I've done alone is about 45 min drive.. and wasn't so pleasant! But that was a few weeks ago and for the last couple of weeks she's been pretty good in the car... I just hope that she'll sleep most of the way and I don't have to sit w/ her at the back! Poor hubby tho - what's he gonna do every time we stop to feed? Hehe.. he says he'll study for a certification or something.. what a good hubby...:)

Karen - Sounds like we are kind of in the same boat...Am takes 130ml of formula after a full BF...which makes me think if I produced more milk she would've drank much more and gotten much fatter... I keep getting comments like "oh she's so tiny.....all bones...." but she doesn't look unhealthy at all...just smaller than others around the same age...

Wa it's just so amazing how different all the bubs are huh?.. some are sitting.. some aren't even rolling yet (mine).. some 10kg.. some just over 6 (mine)...

Q for Melbournians! - I'll be staying in the CBD for a few days - where are the parents rooms? Are they good?
Also is there a parents room at touristy places like the 12 Apostles?...Dandenong ranges? Puffing Billy train?....
Any tips will save us soooo much trouble and time! :D Thanks in advance!

Also, have anyone still going through the phase where your hair's still falling out by clumps?
I've been going through it for 2 mths now and srsly don't have much hair left...:(
I don't know whether this is normal or it's excessive and I should see a GP...

Have a good week guys!

Hi ladies!

Not much news here. Amy still isn't rolling but she sat up on her own today. Lost her balance after not long but still, she sat! I'm so proud of my little premmie!! I think she may have a bit of a cold cos her nose is a bit blocked and she keeps coughing. It's just a dry cough though so hopefully it doesn't get too much worse.

I'm sorry I don't have time for individual posts. Amy has been grizzly too although has settled down in the past couple of days. The health nurse said she's teething but still no sign of the little things. She has a rash around her mouth too every now and then. Definitely cos of the dribble and the dummy cos it clears up overnight and then comes back through the course of the day.

I'm so sorry I can't do a long post. Have a million things waiting for me to do. Hope everyone is well. I'm sending good sleep vibes to those who haven't been getting any (me included!!). To those mummies who have light babies, soon your bubs will be on solids and it will all be a thing of the past. Some babies just aren't meant to be on the larger side. I TOTALLY understand the stress you are going through. Formula isn't poison though. It took me a long time to come to terms with ff Amy but now I wish I had started earlier. In the end, sometimes the benefits of formula outweigh the benefits of breast milk when there just isn't enough no matter what you try.

Enough from me. Off to do some washing....and maybe brush my hair!! :redface: Moonsun, my hair is falling out too. It's not abnormal. My friend had the same problem. Hers was coming out in clumps. Her hair was thin to start with and got really thick when she was pregnant. Now she's back to normal and has her thin hair back. Her bub is 7 months old now.

Luv Nik and Amy xx

Moonsun: We drove for 5 hours straight when we went up for our wedding & honeymoon and that was when Bodie was 4 months. He is great in the car, slept most of the way. We stopped only when we had to feed him or stop for petrol! Hope your trip goes well!
Oh and on the hair situation, I had pretty long hair but had to cut it above my shoulders the other day because it's getting thinner & thinner. Not good! Wasn't really falling out in clumps though.

Nik: Yay for Amy sitting up by herself!

Tiff: Of course we remember you! hehe That's no good about you & Luca getting sick, you poor things. Hope all is well now.

This week Bodie's been rolling over non-stop! As soon as I put him on the ground, he rolls from his back to his belly... but then can't get back to where he started! Funny little man he is.

Is anyone going back to work next year? I'm on maternity leave from work for a year and am thinking of going back for 2 days in January. Not sure on child-care with him only going to be 1 year old at that stage but I guess 1 day a week's not going to hurt, and interaction with other kids will be good. I've just heard some stories from people that said they just put them in cots? Might go and check some Child Care centres out next week. I'm going to miss him sooooo much when I go back.

Better go and get dinner ready.

April & Bodie (Aka 'The Boadster') :)xo

Hairless ones- my hairs still falling out too :redface: it's not as bad as it was a couple of moths ago though so it's slowing down thank god! I've also noticed I now have these little spikey new hairs around my hair line so must be new hair growing back YAY!! hope it grows fast he he.

Nik- Luca's not rolling much either it's strange though he can sit up un assisted for while and if he wants something and can't reach it he does this catterpilla thing with his legs on his back and man can he move :o

I got Luca a walker the other day and he just looooves it he's actually able to move around with it already! it's good because he's able to sit up with the older kids and interact with them, I have to take a picture lol it's very cute!

Hi Ladies and bubs,

Mary, Billy has become the same - very clingy and cuddly. I kinda love it.

Oh, my hair's falling out big time. I don't have that much to begin with either - it's quite thin and fine... dammit! I just got Mum to cut about 15cm off it. I'm hoping that will make it lighter and healthier. Looks ok.

Billy has started rolling from tummy to back however it looks more like "tipping" - not rolling. ha ha ha... I think he's getting a tooth, bottom, left middle. I can feel something but not sure.

It's too cold to sit at the computer today. I shall be back later.

Love to all.
x

Lune, yes hair was coming out in clumps for first 5 months! Only last couple of weeks it has stopped, perfectly normal I've heard....I was vacumming all the time, LOL :lol:

Nik, Madeleine also has that rash around mouth that comes and goes. I agree with you on FF.

April, nah I'm not returning to work, going to be a SAHM.

Madeleine had not been sleeping through the night (waking 12 times some nights) for 3 weeks! Was soooooooooooo tired. Saw the nurse, she's teething big time and has all signs. However, was not drinking enough milk (only 100ml per feed) and was snacking (as on solids also). So I cut down on solids and now she's drinking 220ml per feed, making her fuller for longer. I only started cutting out solids at night time too and she slept through last night, let's hope she does it again tonight, perhaps solids at night were upsetting her. Who knows...maybe it is all developmental too.

Bought a BUMBO SEAT too for Madeleine, they are fantastic and she loves it!

Ooookkkkk....off to have some dinner (I know it's late but DP just got home as he's been at firemen union meeting about hours or something)....so we're having beef curry. I bought a slow cooker, best thing I EVER DID! YUM....stuff cooks all day and the meat turns out brilliant after hours and hours of cooking

Hello to everyone else, hope you're all well :dance:

Belinda and Madeleine xx

Punky's got some teeth!! Sooooooo cute! (if a little painfull if she tries 'em out during a feed.. ouch!!)

I remember reading about the hair falling out thing when I was PG but nothing like that here, maybe it should've though - it's very 'peace & mung beans' looking atm, stoopid centre part lol.

I agree about the cold Kate... brrrrrrrrrrr!!!

HELLO lovely Mummies and Bubbies,
Its been absolutely AGES! Ive missed reading about one and all. Good to read all are doing soooo well. (just took me HOURS of reading :lol:) The different stages of all the little ones is amazing.

Well.. the latest from us.
We arrived home from our overseas trip on Sunday. Boy we had a brilliant time. It was so good to see my dad hold and get to know his grandson after all that time!!! Brought tears to our eyes. My family in both Dubai and Holland where fabulous. I miss them so much!!! If only Europe was closer and cheaper to get too.

Joshua was brilliant the whole trip. Our routine was all over the shop. But he handled that well and we managed fine. Even being in and out planes.. cars and peoples arms.. the little man wasn't worried! I'M SO VERY VERY VERY PROUD OF HIM! The only drama we had in regards to flying was the home trip. Flying from Dubai back to Brisbane via Singapore. We where not allocated the bassinet seats as per normal and what we paid for!! Lucky enough we where moved, thanks to some very understanding people the first of the 2 flights. Other young babies where not so lucky!!! :( But the second flight (same plane) no one wanted to move and give up their "extra" leg room. So my little angel was in my arms the entire 8 hours. Needless to say .. he was less than happy about that. It sure made his sleeping, his farex eating, and our eating a challenge. Not too mention our own rest. We got through it.. but very cranky!

Since arriving home, the little man has been the most unsettled in the whole trip. Jet lag is hard enough on me as an adult... Joshua just didn't know night from day anymore. Today is the first day of normality. He slept through better!! Making me more rested too.

I gave him a bottle of formula for the last feed before bed. As the last couple of weeks he seems to need more. Started him on the farex while with my parents in Dubai. BOY did he gobble that down like a little trooper!! But I found in the last couple of days/nights he still wants more from me than I seem to have. Starting to feel the loss of our close contact and bond. And at the same time looking forward to a little more "freedom". Being able to leave him with family while we go out for a nice dinner!! Goes to show for every negative there is a positive.

Other than that.. we are trying to get back to normality. DH lost his license so im driving him too and from work. We are looking to move by the end of the year. And I have this burning desire to organise my house and life completely! Go figure. So busy busy busy little bee!

Might leave my essay at that. Look forward to reading more news and adventures from you. Take Care.

Tascha

Hi everyone!

Welcome back Tascha, hope Josh is settling back down into Aussie time nicely! Glad you had a wonderful time!

We have had a much better week, Addie has settled down a lot with the clinging, and happy to go to dad again (except when she is really tired or hungry!!) So I am happy about that. No teeth, so dont think it was related to teething!

We are going well on our start onto solids, still having farex once, now twice a day, introducing a new mixer every few days. We have tried apple, pear, sweet potato, carrot and today was banana! Everything has gone down well with her being so bright and alert and interested in the food- the mouth is open for evry mouthful and she looks for more even when she has finished!
She still has just as much boob as before, I had really started to notce her feeding more frequently and not seeming satisfied with just the milk, so it has been better on the little solids we are introducing.

Well hope everyone has a great week. Will check in when I can!

Hugs
Mary and Addie

Hey Tascha, welkom terug! Yep, lots to catch up on hey?! Glad you had such a great time overseas. It is too far and too expensive tho huh? I so desperately wanna visit Australia again but there's no chance in hell with my pay :(

Well, not much interesting too report here really, we're slowly introducing solids here as in giving Sander a bite of our food so he will learn about the different tastes. BF will be the main source of food for him. Whenever we have bread, we give him some to chew on, he loves that. I gave him some mashed banana out of a jar today, he hated that! He was obviously thinking I had gone bonkers trying to feed him that!
DH give him a bit of boiled egg, he hated that too.
His sleeping is somewhat improving but it still very much up and down with him.
He loves to stand on his own two feet, and only needs little support with that! Very proud of him. He still won't roll but enjoys tummy time.

My hairloss seems to have settled thank God.

Well that's about it from me!

Hope everyone is doing well! Can you imagine that it was just about 5 months ago we still had to start this journey with our bubs??

Vic, you got teeth too? Us too! Nik, did Amy get teeth too? I saw something on your f/book wall about it.

When is B's tooth actually gonna stick out and be useful? Poor little man.

HI EVERYONE!

ps. Mary - good work on the solids!

HAPPY 5 MONTH BIRTHDAY BILLY B and SOPHIE LOUISE!

Love Kate & Ocean

HAPPY 5 MONTHS JOSHUA
LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM
:hug: YOUR MAMA

:happyforyou::happyforyou:

Bodie's turned 6 months today!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE MAN! xoxoxoxoxoxo :confetti:

Hey Girls

HAPPY 6 MONTHS to Bodie!
HAPPY 5 MONTHS Joshua!
HAPPY 5 MONTHS Billy B!
Mary, that's great about solids with your little one.
Tascha, good to hear you are both well.
Vic, well done Punky on the teeth!

Hope everyone is great, things here are good, trying to get Madeleine into a good sleeping routine but not stressing about it anymore, am trying comfort sleeping as it's a nice gentle approach.

Love Belinda and Madeleine xx

Happy 6 months every-little body!! We will be there soon!!

Good luck with the comforted sleeping Bindy, glad you are feeling more relaxed about it all.

Punky has only just started to sleep all the time unwrapped - she used to sleep ok occasionally at night unwrapped but never during the day, twice yesterday though I went in to find her on her tummy with her legs sticking through the cot rails! Had to take pictures of course lol. She's loving playing with her toes etc when she wakes up & I'm loving the extra time I get to stay in bed before she wants me hehehe.

Hello ladies

another slack tart here...hope everyone is well. Look at how much these gorgeous babies of ours have grown. WOW

Im sorry ive been so slack...well its not actualyl being slack, I find it hard to read how well everyone's babies are doing sometimes when we are behind IFYKWIM..please dont take that the wrong way.....but it can be a bit depressing at times.

mateauz is doing well and his physio is astounded to how well he is actually going. she told me it wont be until he is 12 months old that we will actually have a proper picture of how much his Cerabal palsey has effected him. He is still weak on his left hand side but not as bad as he first was. He is just staring to roll onto his side and favours it right hand side more then anything. He grabs at stuff and is starting to like his tummy time. He can hold his head up in small doses but then it gets to much and its back onto his back. I cant handle him crying...it kills me. I think he has been through enough without having to cry in pain. He is only little...he'd be only about 6 kg (Im going to weigh him shopping tomorrow :) ). He sleeps well...from 7 until 7 but has been wkaing the last 2 nights so im taking it he's having a growth spurt. He eats lunch and tea and has one bottle of formula at night. Other then that he still is BFing although it can be tough with his tongue (CP kids have a larger tongue and can find BF harder) and we usually fight and scream until thinks hit their groove. I bribe him with a dolip of honey on my nipple and he takes it easier ;)

Anyway enough of my crapola. Going back to read and catch up on everyone. Vic I cant wait until monday to finally meet you babe. I am so looking forward to it....even Kate and Jen are going to stalk outside hehehehheh

ok be good people

Vic, I use a grobag, works great. Glad Punky is sleeping better at night though.

Maz, I am so glad Mat is doing so well. He sounds like a little trooper, so glad he is rolling a bit now.

OH my god i havent been on here for ever!! been catching up with a few of the girls in facebook though :) !
From the little bit i have read, everyones bubbas seem good! Jay is great, started him on farex the other day, god he scoffs it down lol loves it! About a month ago he weighed 7.9kgs, lil chubba lol! And hes in 00 clothes now, god they grow up so quickly!! And hes rolling over as well, thinks hes the best when he does lol... i will put a few recent photos in my gallery... if there still is one, i just looked up and i cant see the link for it
Hope everyones well
xx
**edit** put a few photos up in my gallery

Jess, great to hear from you. Glad Jaylen is doing so well, they certainly do grow up quickly!!
I will PM you about your address on facebook, I am on it too!

Hey everyone!

Maz: don't wanna worry you but as far as I know bubs aren't allowed ANY honey untill after their 1st birthday. There's a chance of them getting botulism which can be life treatening!

Isn't that what sailors used to get?

Wasn't that scurvy Kate?! Botulism does sound pretty sinister and/or medieval though.... I read that too about the Honey, but figured Maz has 'been there, done that' with 3 before hand.

Bbrrrr... sooooo cold here today - stoopid pilot light went out on the heater & have been trying to light it for ages...!! It says to hold the button down for 15 seconds - longer if it goes out the first time... my limit is about 3-4 MINUTES & the bloody thing still goes out!!! Grrrrrrrr!!

Someone in my family used to put honey on their baby's dummy years ago and they were ok so never heard of botulism...sounds sinister I agree with Vic!

Hi Ladies

Botulism is what they inject into all the movie stars and celebs faces to keep them wrinkle free and smooth as a baby's bot bot. Otherwise Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium found in the environment (even in your vacumn cleaner) and rarely causes a problem but it can do if aspirated (it is one of the most dangerous neurotoxins and can cause botulism). And yes honey can potentially contain botulinum...

Maz an altenative to honey would be a bit of sweetened yoghurt, I don't think there is any lactose in the yoghurt because it has all been broken down by the bacteria in the whole yoghurty transforming process. I just tried a little Greek yoghurt today with Francis and he liked it.

So...Hi everyone I hope everyones bubs are doing well. By the looks of the little pictures in the signatures it looks like they are all smiles. Very Cute!!! :)

Francis is still booby feeding...problem is without the meds for lactation my supply dries up a couple of days after I stop the meds and then he is hungry and I have to start topping him up on formula at the end of the day. So I am taking the meds for the recommended 4 weeks. I have lost count how long I have been taking them. I was never instructed by the doctor how to take them as she didn't have a clue, but she prescribed them because the health nurse recommended them to me. I know you have to wean off them but I have no idea how to do that either. Geez "mothercraft" advice from the med experts can be really slack :rolleyes:

Francis isn't rolling yet but I don't trust him and his wiggly ways so he has two cushions surrounding him on the bed if I have to leave the room. He is smiling heaps and blowing raspberries. He likes to grab for everything too. He has Farex in the morning and at night sometimes either that or a stewed fruit. Some days he may not ask for solids but that depends on my supply, if I can keep up with him, he generally just has the Farex in the morning. I feel like I have done my best to continue breastfeeding and I am proud of my efforts so I am not sad that he has started solids two months too early - the health nurses frown upon it. But I am happy that he is gaining some weight and that is all that matters.

I start back at uni this week. I have had a great time chilling out with my new baby. Now I have to hit the books again and not all my attention will be on Francis I feel a little sad.

Better get to bed now and try to close my eyes for a couple of minutes before Francis wakes up for his feed.

Check in soon
Love Karen
xxoo