Babies Born July 16th - 31st 2008

[taralee]

Thanks Belle, you posted as i was replying. Does Tara have a middle name? taralee is my first name, all together, one word and tara's not a name you hear a lot! so good on you

[pmccask]

Hi girls
I've been MIA for a while as Belle won't go in her bed during the day. She will sleep in the hug a bub if I walk around with her, but that's my best chance. Nights have been going well though, so I'm confused. Needless to say I don't get much time for forums, or anything for that matter! My MIL has been a sanity saver and just holds her sometimes so I can go to the toilet!

Sounds like lots has been happening, hopefully I can have a read and catch up some time soon. Just wanted to say we haven't fallen off the planet and I hope everyone is doing ok. The last 6 weeks have definitely been the biggest learning curve of my life, as I'm sure lots of you will understand.

Take care girls
Pam

[*PinkLilly*]

Missy - DD has been smiling for about a week now. I was actually surprised cause I didn't think they smiled this early, but she only does her big ol' gummy smiles when DH or I talk to her after a feed. She looks so adorable when she does! The midwife at the clinic saw her do it (about a week ago now) and marked it down as a milestone reached.

Bel - BF still not going so well . Have got the fengreek tablets but I think they are upsetting my stomach, but will persavere. Just spoke to DH and asked him to take me to the doctors tomorrow so I can get a script for motilium (can't drive as I had a c-section). He wasn't happy and thought that I had given up (mind you he has been sitting here watching me try to express several times tonight ). Also tried to put DD on the boob - just to make sure she would still attach - no use going through all this just to have her refuse the boob - and she went on fine . Had her on a few times today, again to help my supply.

Hey to everyone else.

[Anastasia]

Hi all

I had a good weekend hope u all did as well. Jonathan is doing really well eat, sleeps & playtime only for a little while, I'm so in love with him, he's my angel, my prince, my everything, I love being a mum, just like the rest of u mummies

Tara- Welcome to the group hun

Belle- Hey sweety, Jonathan & I are doing well. How r u & Tara going?

Feeb- Sorry that you had a bad weekend. Poor baby Jacob I really hope he gets better soon

Mary- Hey sweety, I really hope that the medication has worked, It has to work so can meet up in a few weeks

Missy- The oufit is sooooo gorgeous & so is Liam. I'm giving Jonathan 100mls every four hrs, but I will increase it in a week or so depends if Jonathan wants more. I do burp Jonathan but sometimes he doesn't want to burp so I just leave it, & when he does burp I'm happy. I give Jonathan tummy time everday on the floor he pushes his head up & now he's starting to roll on his side I'm like WTF LOL. Jonathan has had wind smile for about 2 weeks now, LOL it's so cute I'm even trying to snap pics but he stops. He does follow me with his eyes & head, If I'm not there he'll cry his lungs out. Oh & yeah Jonathan does chuck a little when I put him down as well I asked the nurse & she said it's normal but he hasn't been doing as much as he used to. Speaking about 6 weeks check up I have my check up 2m I better go shave the whole lot LOL (TMI).

Kristy- Oh poor Isaac, I hope he gets better. Gastro yeah no, not looking forward to that.

Zee- If it makes u feel any better, my DH didn't take any time off work as he has his own buisness, so it did not bother me at all.

Tannis- Conjunctivitis aaaaaaaaa I used to have them alot as I used to be a child care worker (not anymore) Poor Ash & Jayden. Um why did ur SIL get a fine?

Mel- Yeah that doctor was a moron, glad he's not ur local doc. Hope u feel better soon sweety, how's both ur little one's going?

Hope u all have a great nite xoxoxoxoxox

[jessicakate]

Good evening lovely ladies and the Bear!! oh and all the bubbas too.

Well the weekend was ok, I've already forgotten what we did, not much obviously. I'm sure that you are all finding that one day pretty much blurs into the next. I rarely have much idea what day it is, except that I use a diary to mark the times that I bf and what side I started on etc. Georgia is currently sitting on the couch with her daddy, and is awake like she is at this time every night, I still can't quite figure out why this is her preferred time to be awake, but at least both me and DH are home at this time to share her.

Tasia - hi there! I'm really glad for you that you are really loving the motherhood experience, and that Jonathan is doing so well.

Pink - good on you for perservering with the bf, it sounds like you have the patience of a saint. Keep putting her on, even if you dont think she is getting much cos the more she is on, the better your supply will become. apparently everytime you try to increase it (by feeding more regularly) it takes a few days to become a more permanent thing. Oh and the only other thing i can think of is try to keep drinking lots of water. that helps too. Sorry if you have had that advice a million times, I missed most of this thread so far so not sure what other conversations you have had about it.

Hi Pam - don't worry if you can't pop in much, just jump on when you can. even if it is just to give yourself a bit of sanity after walking Belle around all day. hang in there, she will sleep better eventually.

Taralee - wow 600grams is a lot to put on. he must have been having a growth spurt. and yes you are in the right group. we all had due dates of 15th to 31st of July, but some of the babes were impatient to get out, whilst a few others were way to comfy inside to greet the World within the timeframe. we had such a nice group though, that everyone has stuck together despite the actual birth dates.

Belle - lol about your cold hot chips. I'm really good, how are you?... besides the going in circles feeling.

Feeb - poor Jacob and poor you, you must be exhausted looking after him if he can't get any sleep. good on you for crashing on the couch with him. Sending you a big hug, and some get better vibes to J. I am sure he will be better soon, and you'll be able to get some more rest. Is your DH much help?

Hey Mez - I guess Izzy is just a social butterfly, you'll just have to take her out everyday so she gets some sleep. so how was the 1st birthday on the weekend? did the skirt fit her?

Hi Missy - bfing so no idea how much milk she is getting. it is a bit disconcerting sometimes cos you can only hope that your body is making what she needs. Also Georgia is only four weeks, but we are getting windy smiles, as well as some real smiles sometimes. she seems to like communicating on her change table so I get a few there, and she talks a bit there too which I love. She also follows our voices with her eyes and tonight DH was standing behind me talking, and then he moved and she turned her head all the way around to look at him as he walked away, and then followed him back as he walked towards her. such a simple thing but we were excited. I give her tummy time when I remember it, and she has a very strong neck already so I don't fuss too much if I forget. Also she doesn't always like it, so if she starts to cry I turn her back over.

Mel - yeah I do feel blessed with her. I'm glad you have had your mum with you. they are such a help aren't they? I hope you are feeling a bit better. How many more weeks til you have to go back to work?

I better not write anything else or I'm gonna take a whole page up. lol. but hi to everyone else I missed... Tan, Zee, the Pixie, Kristy, Tenny...

[Tannis]

I'll try to do personals this arve....

We have a Dr's appt this morning for Jayden, his eyes don't look that bad this morning but he still has a horrible cough so will get that checked out.

to the group Taralee!

Kell: Hope Jesse is ok

Missy: Only wind smiles here...I think, a couple of times she has smiled but it could be wind smiles. Ashlea will drink about 120ml if I give her a bottle.

BF'ing has been going great (still painful though), she refused yesterday morning (can't remember if I mentioned) but other than that she has attched no probs.

I had Ashlea weighed last time we saw the LC and she is now 4.06kg up 260g in 1 week....she had been having EBM though. This Friday should be good hopefully as she has only (so far) had the 1 bottle so I'll get a better idea how much I am feeding her.

Ok time to get Jayden's brekki, have a shower and get 2 kids ready to go out! Will try really hard to pop in later and do proper personals to all I missed oxoxo