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Hi all
Sorry no personals at presant. Couple of questions.
First just want to say that Liams hearing test is on 20th October so wont know anything till then.
Oh he is such a beautiful baby. He is so good. Besides chucking abit he is perfect. he will have his last feed around 10.30 - 11pm and wont wake till 3 or 4am. Its good as DH is still up at the 10-11 feed so I go to bed about 9 and he feeds Liam then I do the early morning feeds. Oh he feeds within 1/2 hr then ill hold him upright for 20 mins (so it settles to stop him chucking as much) then put him back down. He will then wake about 7-9 so im pretty happy with that. He doesnt cry with any pain and ive evern stopped using the infant friend. He burps like a champ. So im feeling pretty happy with how things are going but cried all weekend as I kept thinking about his hearing. As Kell said and thanks for that hun, He is probably just use to callum's noise. I hope so anyway.
Ok the couple of questions: How much is the bottle fed babies drinking?? Liam is on 120-130mls.
Is the babies born roughly 6 weeks ago smiling lots. Liam has started smiling a little but has been doing windy smiles for about 4 weeks.
Liam has also started to follow me around with his eyes and head. This happened on saturday.
Are you ladies giving your babies tummy time and how is that going??
Ok well better go as my 6 weeks check up is today with my ob and no dought he will want to do a pap smear...awwww gross. Better go trim...:cryinglaugh:
Take care all and bbl
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Hi everyone,
Well we've had some hard nights over the weekend but I think the medication is starting to work (fingers crossed). Izzy is still not sleeping very well during the day only 1 hour here or there. But when we have to go out she is a total angel and sleeps the whole time :doh:
Missy - Isabel is having 120mls of formula at the moment but will increase it soon to 150mls and see if she will drink it all. She is also smiling with big open mouth smiles now for 2 weeks and is starting to goo (which I'm over the moon about). Oh I do give her belly time when I have her on the change table after I have changed her nappy so that I am at her level and I can praise her for lifting her head up. By the way Liam looks so handsome in that outfit ;)
Kell - Oh sweet I really do hope that Jesse is feeling better real soon, it's horrible having a sick child in the house.
Kristy - I hope Isaac is better soon too sweet and good on you for cleaning the house and making sure your germ free when touching the twins or yourselves.
Taralee - Welcome to the group sweet!
A BIG :hello: to Zee, Mel, Pixie, Tannis, Tenny, Tasia, Jess, Feeb, Belle and anyone else that I have missed.
I'll BBL as my little one is sleeping so I'm going to have some lunch.. and ME time
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Hi all have had a crap weekend Jacob still has cold, yesterday and last night was the worse he was basically only sleeping and hr up for an hr and when up grizzly and cranky. So i am soooooooooooooooo tired today ended up sleping on couch with him for 2 hrs thats most sleep he has had in 24 hrs. Using fess drops hard to use and he hates them. Still on Losec but who knows how much he swallows and how much he spits out, it makes me want to cry when he chicks and gags.
DH is off work today sick so i have 2 sooky males at home.
Ayapi glad meciation is starting to help izzy.
Missy i am sure liam is fine and he is just used to noise, huge hugs to you the stress cant be easy for u.
Gudism hope you are feeling better soon. Glad you had some nice time with your mum.
Tannis hope fenugreek works for you it upset my stomch so i had to stop it but i think supply is ok now, however i can not express thought when i do all i can get is 30 mls max whether he has just fed or not. (i know i have milk as he vomits enought)
taralee hello and welcome i am another one who stayed in this group even thought baby was not born at dates for group.
kristy J hope the twins didnt get gastro and hope that issac is better.
hello to everyone else
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Hi girls
Ok, how do you do it with 2 children or more? my first day alone and I feel I was going in circles, so hard to even eat, ended up with cold hot chips lol.
Kell - is Jesse ok??? been waiting to hear back from you, I am thinking of you and Jesse...
Kristy - gee I hope Isaac feels better soon honey and the boys dont get it too or you... big hugs.
Missy - aww that outfit is gorgeous! so are your boys sweetie.
Tara lee - welcome! great name! my little girl is called Tara!
Feeb - big hugs mate I know its hard when they are sick I hope
Zee - I cant get onto the other site anymore:( can you pm me your details and when it is we would love to come and see you and catchup.
Mez - thats great to hear your antib's are working for Izzy sweetie. Tara only slept an hour today during the day. but is having a long sleep now which is great.
Tannis - how you doing sweetie? 100mls on one side is great, I cant get that :( I can get about 80mls on left side and about 50 max on my right, my right boob is the dud one lol was when feeding Julia too.
Pink - how you doing with BF hon? sending you big hugs.
Tenny - Ive been asked so many times if Im having more than 2 lol. I actually said when I was having my c/section this time I would do it again in a sec LOL. My OB thought is was so funny!
Mel - how you doing? I hope all is well hon, and you are having great time with your mum.
Tasia - how ru and Johnathon today?
Pixie - chocolate? OMG im so hungry right now I could eat a horse!!! How ru Beth n Bear doing?
Jess - how you doing???
SW - sweetie thinking of you and let us know how you are when you have time... Will PM you too.
Take care girls.
Bel
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am i in the right group? lol
Sorry, am still trying to get to know everyone and your babies!
Feeb - sorry to hear you're having a rough time. have you tried a vapouriser? they're fantastic, you can pick them up at the chemist around $40 or so. hope you get some sleep :(
Ayapi - did you enjoy your 'me' time? goes all too quick, doesnt it?
Missy - can't help with your questions, i'm afraid, except that chino's started smiling. try not to worry about the hearing test. when evie was about 6 weeks old, i was holding her when i set off the house alarm and i was standing right under the screamer. it frightened me and i screamed and couldnt run away from the noise quick enough. i ran to the other room of the house and put evie on the bed and she just looked at me like i was an idiot. it was like she hadn;t heard a thing. i was absolutely devastated. i've since found out that there are sounds babies a) can't hear: and b)don't sound as offensive as they do to us. In the end, i dropped a baking tray on the tiles behind evie to see if she reacted, and she did. Having said that, evie has now taken to screaming and squealing for attention, and chino doesnt react to any of that whatsoever...so try not to stress hun, i know it's hard tho
I got chino weighed today and he's put on 600gm in 2 weeks, then threw up on the nurse and just smiled at her! what a monkey!!!
Thanks for welcoming me :)
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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 ;)
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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
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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 :doh:). 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 :dance:. Had her on a few times today, again to help my supply.
Hey to everyone else.
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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 :hug:
Mary- Hey sweety, I really hope that the medication has worked, It has to work so can meet up in a few weeks :hug:
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
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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. :dance:
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...
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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.
:welcome: to the group Taralee!
Kell: Hope Jesse is ok :hug:
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 :hello: to all I missed oxoxo
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