Babies Born July 16th - 31st 2008 #2

[Tannis]

Awww the photos from Syd and Melb are fantastic....I will definitely bring my camera Mel, Who else is in QLD?

Mel: WOOHOO....See each day you are getting heaps more, you'll have her on EBM all the time soon! We are driving down 27/09 early morning for my nephew's 1st bday which is at 10am, then Chris is going somewhere to watch the AFL grand final so Saturday is probably better for me, I'll find out where he is watching it, it might be somewhere we can go with the kids too.

Tenny: I asked the LC about bathing she agreed that it doesn't have to be everyday or it can be, it really makes no difference...I'll just ignore my SIL, she always critisizes everything and her life is very far from perfect.

Pam: I feed Ashlea around 8 or 9pm she usually goes to sleep by 9.30pm then I wake her (or attempt a dream feed) around midnight then she sleeps through until 6 or 7am. I try to let her create her own routine but she hardly ever wakes up for a feed herself! Its basically a feed/wake/sleep routine but sometimes I feed her to go to sleep.

Belle: I hope you and Julia are feeling better soon! oxox

Rach: My 2 were/are the same with their feed, don't care where its coming from as long as its coming!

Feeb: WHat a good boy Jacob is for sleeping all that time! I think Ashlea would have too (if we were there)

Kell: How long has Jesse been in a big bed? Wasn't he in a cot overnight still or was that someone else? BABY BRAIN!! haha Jayden wanted us in his bed every night but I try not too incase I need to feed Ashlea at that time or I'm doing something else...we have just had a little breakthru with bed time this week...

Jayden, Ashlea and I sit on Jayden's bed and read a couple of stories the lst one is always "Time for Bed" by Mem Fox its a great book. When thats finished Chris brings a bottle for Jayden (I know he needs to get rid of it!) I kiss him good night and say I love you, he says it back then I tell him Ashlea is going to bed (so I have to take her), he kisses her and says I love you and I turn out the light and walk out. The 1st night he cried for a while, 2nd night, cried for 5mins maybe, 3rd night straight to sleep and same for tonight WOOHOO!!! We are finally back into a routine! Just have to make it a bit earlier than 8.30pm though.

Sal: WOOHOO on the weight gain! Thats huge!! I was told at our check up today that BF baby should gain 150-250g per week (more is better of course). Well done!

Missy: I'd love to meet up with all once a year...not sure how Chris would feel about me going haha. We usually go to Melb every year anyway as thats where all my friends and family are but Syd...don't know anyone there anymore. We should do it anyway!

everyone else

We had our LAST LC appt today WOOHOO! Ashlea has gained 530g in 2 weeks!! BF'ing is going great now and she hasn't refused since briefly on Monday. We are thinking she has a sluggish bowel but still not sure why when she needs to do a poo that she refuses the breast but not the bottle...She did her 1st big poo since Sat today and she hadn't refused prior to that as she normally would so maybe her system was a bit immature and is getting better now?? Her sleeping all the time too is just her and not because she is lathargic (sp?) like I thought. The LC said she'll leave it up to me when I come back to her which I dont need to now...She gave me a huge hug before I left and said what a great job I've done getting through it, it made me feel soooo good!! I can finally relax with it all now and just enjoy my fat sleepy baby. Well I'm going to get on the bike now then have shower.

ETA: I missed your post Rach, That is normal....most babies have a period of the day where they are really unsettled, usually dinner time. With Jayden it seemed ages before I got to have a hot dinner! I have been extremely lucky this time and *touch wood* Ashlea doesn't have a "witching hour"