Babies Born July 1st - 15th 2008

[~*Kris*~]

Hi all!
My little man Riley was born on the 1st July after 16 hours of labour, one day before his EDD and the day before his daddys birthday!
We have been very lucky as he is a total angel, very calm and got himself into a routine pretty much from day dot! put down to sleep at around 9-10 in his bassinet besides our bed, wakes for a feed between 2 -3 then goes straight back down for a sleep till around 6 when he wakes for cuddles in the bed with us till around 7.
I cant believe he is nearly 6 weeks old! It still feels like he was only born yesterday!
Anyway must go, hope everyones bubs are doing well and look forward to keeping in touch in the future!!
Kris

[shereejoy]

Ohhh another little Riley, congrats and welcome.

[Stars69]

Hi everyone,

Tan we had our bubs on the same day! I was at the hospital at 7.15 am as my waters broke at 6am exactly but it took them until about 4 15 to get the Caesar organised.

Gracie had a bad case of colic on Sat night, was so upset for her as she screamed for hours then I got her on some wind drops which seem to be helping!

Sheree sorry to hear about all of the problems with bubs. I am sure you did nothing wrong in your pregnancy it's just the hand we get dealt so don't be hard on yourself.

Hope everyone is going well I am so tired when bubs is active all day, she is so alert I don't get much done and not much time to rest!

Take care everyone!

Rachelle

[tan32]

Hi all.

Stars69: yeah we have baby birthday buddies.

I took Lachlan to get weighed today with the baby nurse at the local chemist, i was shocked, Lachlan weighed 5.260kg. Mind you he did have a wet nappy on. and he measured 56.5 cms no wonder he is growing out of his clothes. He is growing so fast.

It seems its our turn now for constipation, poor Lochie hasnt pood for a few days now, and although i know its common for breast fed bubs to go along time between poos, he is very uncomfortable and groaning an awful lot, he goes red in the face and all that comes out is some rather smelly air.
WE have been trying the sugar and water and also coloxyl drops, still no action. I think we will be in for a big mess when he finally goes again poor mite. He is really unsettled in the afternoons now, but still sleeping well at night so i can handle the i just want you to hold me for hours sessions.

[tan32]

Hi all.

Stars69: yeah we have baby birthday buddies.

I took Lachlan to get weighed today with the baby nurse at the local chemist, i was shocked, Lachlan weighed 5.260kg. Mind you he did have a wet nappy on. and he measured 56.5 cms no wonder he is growing out of his clothes. He is growing so fast.

It seems its our turn now for constipation, poor Lochie hasnt pood for a few days now, and although i know its common for breast fed bubs to go along time between poos, he is very uncomfortable and groaning an awful lot, he goes red in the face and all that comes out is some rather smelly air.
WE have been trying the sugar and water and also coloxyl drops, still no action. I think we will be in for a big mess when he finally goes again poor mite. He is really unsettled in the afternoons now, but still sleeping well at night so i can handle the i just want you to hold me for hours sessions.

[shereejoy]

Hi all.

Stars69: yeah we have baby birthday buddies.

I took Lachlan to get weighed today with the baby nurse at the local chemist, i was shocked, Lachlan weighed 5.260kg. Mind you he did have a wet nappy on. and he measured 56.5 cms no wonder he is growing out of his clothes. He is growing so fast.

It seems its our turn now for constipation, poor Lochie hasnt pood for a few days now, and although i know its common for breast fed bubs to go along time between poos, he is very uncomfortable and groaning an awful lot, he goes red in the face and all that comes out is some rather smelly air.
WE have been trying the sugar and water and also coloxyl drops, still no action. I think we will be in for a big mess when he finally goes again poor mite. He is really unsettled in the afternoons now, but still sleeping well at night so i can handle the i just want you to hold me for hours sessions.

Gosh I didn't realise bf bubs could go that long without pooing. Omg, my child grunts and groans and struggles and yet he still does so many a day it is not funny. I think when he poos he is releasing alot of his wind too! He just struggles so badly. Hope Lachlan poos for you soon hun.


Riley was also weighed today. He now weighs 5.54kgs at 6.5 weeks old and is 59cm long in length.

[shereejoy]

Gracie had a bad case of colic on Sat night, was so upset for her as she screamed for hours then I got her on some wind drops which seem to be helping!

It is horrible when they are that upset hey. What wind drops are you using?

[tan32]

Hi all,
Still no poos, well we did have signs of one yesterday but more like a skid mark in his nappy.

I had him weighed yesterday he weighed in at 5.260kgs although he had a wet nappy on so i would say around 5kgs, thats about a kilo in the last two weeks. He now measures 56.5cms so all good for 5 weeks old.
Well we are off to see the doctor about the no poo issue. I just dont think he is right.

Take care all

[satya]

Just thought I'd drop in to see how my old belly buddies were going. I can't believe all the Rileys!!!!! My little one is Brock Riley..... great minds think alike.

We had our first overnight sleep on Monday night. Shame it didn't happen again last night, had a feeling it would be a once off. I can't believe how much quieter our baby threads are compared to our pregnancy ones. Our bubs must be keeping us busy.

[shereejoy]

Yes it is amazing how many Riley's there are huh.

[sweetpea678]

Hi all,

How are you all going?

Reaghan slept from 950pm till 350am in her bassinet finally yeah it was great. The night before she slept with us from 1030pmtill 3am so they getting longer hopefully she will start to get a routine. I am getting her weighed next week for her 6 week check have not done any weighing properly since she was 11 days old.

cheers

[feeb]

Hi all,

I am so excited last night Jacob went down in basinet in his room from 11pm till 3-30am and then 5am till 8am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo lets hope he will keep this up!
hope everyone is well

xoxo

[ellemae]

Hi Ladies,
I'm a newbie to Baby Buddies and thought I'd introduce myself. I've just come over from July 16th-30th BellyBuddies Group.
I was due with my first on July 28th but Connor David decided to arrive early on July 10th at 6:08 in an emergency c-section (stubborn boy was breech). Weighed in at 7lbs 14oz (3570g) and was 49cm. He was in the special care nursery for the first 24 hours as he has fluid on his lungs and hypothermia.
Have had a little trouble breastfeeding as I have a fast flow and he drowns in it so attaching is difficult. I'm expressing at least 3 times a day for him and he's taken to the bottles of breast milk better than the breast.
Sleeping in his own room in a bassinett and is waking through the night at 10-11pm, 2-4am and 7-9am which we're very happy with. Sleeps fantastically at night but not very well during the day. But at least its not the other way around I guess
Anyway, looking forward to discussing the many ups and downs of motherhood with you all.
Cheers,
Elle

[satya]

Sheree - I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that kind of thing will not transfer through your milk. Hope you are feeling better.

[TaznBondy]

Hi everyone

Hope you're all going well with your little ones?

okay, most exciting thing for a lot of you who know me already - BONDY HAS A NEW JOB!!!! For those of you who don't know me, Bondy has been in the (stoopid) army for 6 years and after being messed around for a while now, he's managed to get out!

He got a call the other night - he's now got a job working on the coal mines down Emerald way (South east Qld - just out of Rockhampton!). He's at his medical at the moment and we've just got a couple of things that need sorting out before we have start dates etc. I'm so excited. Hopefully it will be a fly in fly out position at the moment but we'll consider moving down to Emerald / Rockhampton in a few months if he goes well and is enjoying it!

Tan032 - how's the whole pooing situation going? have you tried the sugar & water yet? I swear by it - Jess has had a few times where she is soooo blocked up and is grunting and carrying on. I give her 1/2 tsp raw sugar (apparently brown sugar works too) that has been dissolved in 60ml hot water (cooled down of course!) and within an hour, things are moving. BE WARNED: it's a real mess when it goes through, but the look of relief on Jess's face makes it worth it!!!

Jess is still all smiles and is as beautiful as ever. She's got a brilliant appetite on her - sometimes she will drink 125ml of milk (formula) and then some days she's got a growing spurt or something and will then cry because she's still hungry, and has been known to polish off another 125ml straight up! Wow.

She's now booked into day care for a couple of hours a week... gets her used to being around other people, and gives me a chance to do a bit more work which is good too!

That's about it. Hope you're having a great day. Talk soon.

Taz xo

[Naomi08]

Welcome Elle!

Tan - I hope that your little man unblocks soon. Not nice when they are all clogged up.

Sheree - I would definately suspect the decaf... What on earth were you thinking drinking unleaded? LOL (I am a naughty mummy who drinks short blacks and wonders why Bella will not sleep) - Fingers crossed you are feeling better soon honey it is not nice feeling off when you have 2 little ones to deal with.

Bella is actually sleeping pretty well at the moment, but the naughty little miss has worked out that bottles are much less effort than boobie juice.
Unfortunately I worked a night shift last Sunday and she had to have a formula feed and since she really mucks about when she is on the breast because I am sure that she knows that I will lose patience and give her a bottle if she keeps it up.

Thankfully my supply is still 100% and she gets covered in BM if she doesn't suck because it just keeps flowing once it has started.

Oh and her tear duct looks like it has cleared up HOORAY! No gunk for 2 days now!!

And yes, baby buddies is quieter than Belly Buddies.... must be because our hands are now full and our bellies are empty.