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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.
Yes it is amazing how many Riley's there are huh.
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
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
Well done Jacob. Whahooo what a good boy for your mummy.
Hey gals.
I have major pains in my tummy and knew I would then spend quite of bit of time on the loo.
Something has upset me and I am not sure what.
I had a museli bar for brekky, a toasted sandwich for morning tea with a decaff coffee, and then spaghetti on toast for lunch.
I am sure it something I ate as I do have a sensitive gut.
Do you think if I am feeling horrible from whatever it was, that this would go thru my breast milk. I sooo don't want Riley feeling this way. I feel awful!
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 :D
Anyway, looking forward to discussing the many ups and downs of motherhood with you all.
Cheers,
Elle
Sheree - I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that kind of thing will not transfer through your milk. Hope you are feeling better.
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
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.
Taz - Congrats on Bondy's new MINING job! Yipee for you!
Fingers crossed for the FIFO - good money and quality time when he is home would be awesome. I wish Darren could get out, but we have until Sep 09 before he is free to choose if he will stay or go another 4yrs. Urgh....
We live an hour from Emerald. You will have to come and visit someday.:
Just a quick post, super busy atm with paperwork from our business (our Newsagency)....
but just came into brag..... SORRY gals but.....
My boy slept thru till 5am this morning.
My routine last night was 5pm Bath, 6.30pm Feed, 7.30pm Asleep, 10pm Dreamfeed, and then he slept till 5am. Whahoo.....
We heard him start to cry at 2am, and I said to Wade, ohhh 2am seems to be his time to wake!! And then Wade said just let him go for a minute and we will see if we have to go and get him. Sure enuf it was only a few little cries and then we never heard him again until 5am.
Gosh I can't believe it. Sleeping thru at 7 weeks old. Well we will see, 2nite is different night!
Feels promising though, you never know!
Hi Gals,
Bella had her 4wk check yesterday. My lovely family doctor was amazed by her progress.
Bella now weighs 4.5kgs, is 55cms long and has a HC of 39cms.
At birth she was 3.19kgs, 49.5cms and had a HC of 36.5 so she is definately growing well.
Her weight shocked me a little....fat little piggy she is at the moment. 3 rolls on one thigh and 4 rolls on the other.
Oh and she has decided that she can roll from her back to her side and almost makes it onto her belly. Not impressed, I am sure they are not meant to be rolling anywhere at 4wks of age.
hi all,
Taz: Lochie has finally gone, we had tried the sugar thing twice and it didnt budge, so back to coloxyl drops and bang yeseterday he went with a vegence, the poor mite screamed and screamed and then it was like relief and a nappy to knock your socks off.
He isreally unsettled today, just had some infants friend, did a big burp and several bottom rumblers and has fallen asleep in my arms, problem is he will wake as soon as i put him down.
Congrats on Bondys new job.
Naomi: thats great that Bella is doing so well.
Welcome Elle
I think when bubs is sleeping and feeding at the same time, my little fella can't seem to get this down, he wakes up too much!:
Hi again
So, we still haven't heard any more about Bondy's job but hey, this week should bring a heap of good news!
Tan - glad that Lachie finally went! WOO HOO! I know what you mean about the nappies though - when Jess finally went it was a horrid one... never thought I would be so happy to have a pooey nappy!
Naomi - that's great that Bella is growing so well. Fingers crossed that when Darren has done his stint he gets out too. Not sure about you, but I could see the army sucking all life and enthusiasm out of Bondy!
Sheree - yep, will definately drop in for a visit if we end up down that way!
Jules - dream feeding is what I got told when I was pregnant to encourage the baby to do. But, I couldn't do it (apart from the fact that Jess wouldn't attach anyway!)... the baby sleeps in bed with you and is permanately attached to you so whenever bub is hungry it doesn't have to cry or anything...just suck.
Jess is going great guns. She's full of smiles and coos which I'm still loving. She is great at chucking temper tanties when things aren't going her way (which is usually revolved around me not having the bottle ready NOW when she decides she's hungry!). Bondy's twisted around her little finger. She spun us out on Friday by rolling from her tummy to her back. She did it once, and Bondy saw it and I told him that a baby of not-even-6-weeks shouldn't be able to do that, so I put her on her tummy again and saw it for myself! I'm so proud!
I went out last night with a girlfriend of mine for dinner, drinking and dancing (this bottle feeding has another advantage - I can drink again! LOL) and Bondy stayed home and looked after Jess. They apparently watched Rambo 4 which I think was far more exciting for Bondy than it was for Jess! Bondy has informed me that next time I go out they're going to watch ALL of the Rambo movies - oh, what fun!
Anyway, gotta head off and get stuff done around the house. Hope you're all having a great weekend.
Talk soon.
Taz xoxo
Taz - I am so jealous!! Instead of drinking I am working... And with a head cold.
If you know anyone who can shoot, send them my way - I figure I deserve a bullet to put me out of my misery.
Oh and Darren and the credit card have become to friendly with each other. I thought it was the womans job to shop and spend... I am at work and I get calls telling me what he and the children have just purchased and I roll my eyes toward the heavens and pray to whatever god is out there listening that his credit card will explode into a gazillion pieces so that he can not buy any more crap for a house that has no room left.
Hi Ladies,
Just a quick post inbetween housework and Kindy pick ups.
Lachlan is going great guns, Stewart is working stupid hours at work and is never home . which is driving me insane as i am having to do everything on my own.
Lachlan is starting to get into a habit of feeding around 8pm then going down till 5 in the morning, although he does try and sneak in extra feeds during the day to make up for it. Yesterday i left him at home with Stewart for a few hours, he had a bottle of ebm and gulped it down. But i think he was still hungry and missed his catch up feed so last night he woke at 2 am for a feed. ah well we will get there. He is growing like crazy though .
well take care all i am going to use the peice and quiet to get a few things one while Lachlan is asleep