Babies Born July 2007 #2

[Starfish]

Congratulations Fran and David on the birth of Alessia Georgia!

Veronica - yes, I do worry that I sleep through Diana wanting to feed at night, but I think that everyone is right that some kind of mother's intuition kicks in so that you don't do it.

Rebecca - I think that if you express for comfort reasons you can freeze the milk to give to Xavier later. I started expressing when Diana was about 2 weeks old, just to practice, and Stan started giving her the occasional night feed soon after that. I hadn't heard that you shouldn't do it before six weeks, but luckliy we haven't had any problems.

Tracey - where are you flying to? Are there any special things you need to consider when flying with a young baby? I want to take Diana to New Zealand for Christmas, but I have been told that the air pressure on take off and landing could be dangerous to a baby's eardrums. Is there any truth to this?? It seems unlikely, but I am kind of paranoid.

Well, Diana has been very alert tonight. Its so cute. Just before I was waving to Stan as he left for work and Diana followed my hand with her eyes and started waving too (I'm sure that it was involuntary, but very cute nonetheless).

[Meluchja]

CONGRATULATIONS FRAN What wonderful news. So so happy for you, can't wait to hear all about the birth of little Alessia Georgia.

[Tracey]

Zofia, we are travelling to Bali so the kids can have their ceremonies & to see family but mostly for a holiday & to relax! (hee hee yeah right!)
The change in air pressure can hurt babies ears as they dont know how to pop the air bubbles like we do, but having baby on breast at take off & landing will help as it is the sucking motion that pops their ears... I took Maddy at 9wks to Bali with no problems, infcat she has been on over 30 palne trips!
Definately by Christmas there'd be no probs, I think it's the first 2wks that airlines dont like to take babies, but I'll have Zy on the boob & I dont expect any trouble!!

Poor man had wind last night so cried then wanted to suck while i tried to burp him, eventually after an hour of trying to get burp up I gave him boob well then he vomited most of that back up... so he didnt have a great night, but still not too bad!!!!

[Kristylin]

Congratulations David and Fran on the arrival of your beautiful little girl Alessia Georgia!
What a tale you will have to tell her, so many people waiting to meet her - lol.

Maddison only has 6 feeds a day usually - sometime 7 or 8 but generally only 6. I have been expressing since the day I got home from hospital, and Chris give Maddison a bottle once a day (in which I express for the next day). I havent found it has affected me or her, but I must admit this time round, I dont feel so hard or engorged.

After two 5-6 hour overnighter's, Maddison has gone back to 4 hourly. Last night I had my first night out without her. I went to Gown of the Year. She is such a good girl usually, still sleeping and feeding but tends to be awake between 7-10 at night which was the case last night but Chris said he found it difficult as she was whingy (I usually sit with her and talk to her or massage etc during this time) and he was trying to organise the boys - hmm dont I do this most days!!!
I must admit, I yawned through the whole thing and couldnt wait to get home to my little girl.

Gotta run and take Jacksen to speech xo

[Enchanted]

Hi everyone,

I am just on here for a bit of a whinge.... my poor little man is sick He is an absolute angel though and is still feeding and sleeping well but he has a cold and is all blocked up! Last night when he woke up for a feed I found that he has conjunctivitis in his right eye the poor little man. He can't win!! It's not fair, he is too little

Hope everyone else is doing well, sorry I dont get on here much but still settling in at home and trying to organise the house (everytime I clean it DH messes it up again!)

Take care *hugs*

[Tracey]

Breast milk in the eyes & also a squirt in the nostril can help clear up a blocked nose!!!

I know it sounds weird but breastmilk is truly amazing stuff!

[Enchanted]

Thanks Tracey, I will def give that a try at the next feed!

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Thanks ladies on the feedback about the expressing. Like danielle little one Xavier is still feeding and sleeping etc, but he is a real snot nose. Although I don't have to worry about trying to get breast milk up his nose, he does this all by himself, lol. Problem is he gets so tired after feeding one side, he won't do the other side and then will only sleep for 2 hours. It's taking all my energy to cope with the frequency. I've been trying to change him to wake him up half way through to finish the feed, yet my efforts are being thwarted by Nathans well meaning help. He changes him before he wakes me up to feed.

Danielle, the Dom nurse told me to keep an eye on the colour of his snot, his temp, and that he was still pooing and weeing enough, and if any of that changed to go see a doc. She also suggested to help him sleep to put a litle vics or eukey oil on a cloth, put it on his bed, and then cover it with a nappy or a wrap or something (so it didn't touch his skin, and that the vapors would help him sleep too.

Well anyway it's a happy 1 week old to us here. and I have lost 8kg's. I'm halfway back to my pre preggo weight, and it's not like I've had the healtyest diet, more than happy to keep eating a few cakes and other baked goods still.

I tell you all though this whole business with centrelink and medicare etc is a right pain in the you know what.

[blueflower]

I'll vouch for the breast milk for conjunctivitis. It cleared up Kaetlyns and she was starting to get it in the other eye, so i gave it a squirt as well and alas, its all gone today. Poor little thing looks so cute with milk she dribbles and then I go and squirt her in the eyes! Milk everywhere!

I had a bad night last night. I had really bad stomach cramps last night. so bad that I couldnt feed Kaetlyn. We ended up at the hospital, but after 2 hours and only my obs being taken, the pain slowly went away, so we left (more for Kaetlyn as we didnt want her around sick people and children). It seems to me to be No 2 toilet pains, they were so bad I jumped into bed and curled up (like when I was in labour). Aaron was really worried. I think it is pain from not enough fibre and being a bit dehydrated, so today I will eat heaps of fibre and drink more water, and see how I go. The apin is still there, but no where near what it was last night. Aaron is going to find us a GP to go to in the area, as we dont have a regular one.

Well my preciousness has awoken for a feed, so best be feeding her, before the crys start!!!

Ohh just one silly question, how do you know when they have completly emptied one boob from milk?

[blueflower]

Bec you posted while i was typing

Happy 1 week old Xavier!!

[*Princess Kylie*]

I tell you all though this whole business with centrelink and medicare etc is a right pain in the you know what.

Heres a tip - you don't need to go to centrelink if you have internet access. Just jump on the family assistance website, fill in the forms there, and then take your baby bonus form into medicare and they will do the rest for you. I haven't set foot in Centrelink and have received my money.

[jemima]

Phew - just got rid of 10 three year olds from our house as it was Olivers 3rd birthday party today!!! It went really well but I am exhausted. I will BBL to say hello again - I have to deal with the clean up now - yuck.

Jem
XXX

[bridee]

Kingfubecca - I hear you about centrelink. It took me 2 days but I have finally lodged the form. My issue seemed to be that I have never in my life received any form of payment from centrelink so I then had to fill in a partner form as well, but in doing that I was providing info I new was irrelevant given we are not entitled to family tax benefit b. Anyway form is lodged so hopefully we receive the baby bonus soon.

We had a good night last night, Georgie is waking up every 3 to 3.5 hours for a feed but during the day she is not sleeping. She starts out happy enough to lay in her basinette but after a while she gets unsettled. Not really sure what to do.

I breast fed for the 1st time outside the house today. DH and I were at the local shopping centre when Georgie became really unsettled so found the family room and fed her. The family room was really quite nice and the other parents in the room were lovely, asking how old Georgie was and basic info. It was a good experience for the 1st time. Mind you in was in the parents room so it was not for everyone to see.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Hi there all!
Hope you're all going well.
Had a minor hiccup in Lachs nearly perfect routine last night, and daddy had to get up at 330am to try and settle the little tacker so mummy could get some sleep. It must have worked, as I didnt hear him again till 730. lol

ALl is giong great here. I am still loving breast feeding, even at obscure hours of the night/morning. I am coping really well with the broken sleep, but I have had practice in that area before. I used to have to get up for work at 4am, and could never get to sleep before midnight.
Oh and Adam and I feel like nan and pop as we have been getting to bed usually before 9pm. hehe

Yes I agree with everyone else with the crappy centrelink forms. I spent an hour on the phone to a bloke, before I could even fill it out. It's been sent, so glad that is off my hands.
I wonder how long it takes for it all to go through? I am sure being a gov agency, it will probably take 3 years!! lmao
And I am hanging out for these birth certificates too! We ordered one of the special ones.

I am also expecting some portraits of Lach any day now. We had them done at hossy. Mum has also arranged for us to have another sitting when Lach reaches one month... Lucky he's a poser. lol

Getting tax done tonight and taking Lach with us. He usually behaves himself when we're out, so I am hoping he sleeps until we are finished. I am not sure how we will go BFing in the middle of the accountants office! lol

Well, thats it from me. My angel is sleeping so while that is happening I'm going to catch up on all my net dealings.

Have a good day and night everyone!

I can't beleive my boy is 2 weeks old tomorrow! Time is flying!

Hugs
Nicky

[Kristylin]

Nicky - our payment came in no time at all so it shouldn't be too long before before you receive your bonus! The birth certificate didnt take long either - although you will probably receive the normal one first and then the commemorative one separately.

I have a huge headache - thinking I'm just stressing over Chris 30th party tomorrow night, in which Chris wasnt going to be coming home early tonight from work and we have done nothing - no food, no drinks (other than the slurpee machine which I organised!!) but I obviously made him feel bad cause he has just rang to say he's picked up the food and he's at the liquour shop picking up the alcohol and will be home shortly. Maddison is a little unsettled atm, but hopefully popping her dummy in will do the trick - mind you, I know picking her up will be an instant quieter but I know thats a huge trap.

Gotta go find something for my head = gee I'm being a real downer atm - sorry!

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Yes, Centrelink is a pain. I had to ring them and was on the phone for over half an hour before I was even allowed to fill in the form! And then it turned out that half of that time they were talking about some type of benefit that I wasn't even applying for because I knew I wouldn't be eligible . Most annoying. But once I had actually done the forms and handed them in the payment came in within about two weeks. So that was really good.

Nicky - we ordered a special birth certificate for Diana too. They told me it would take two weeks to arrive, but it only took about a week. I received both the commemorative one and the standard one at the same time in the same package.

Jemima - my hat off to you for hosting a toddler birthday party. I am finding one newborn enough of a handful!

Tracey - thanks for the info re flying with a baby. I thought that if you put the baby on the breast they should be okay but its good to get confirmation of this from someone with first hand experience. Thanks.

Kristy - why is picking Maddy up a trap? I have a sling and a baby bjorn carrier and put Diana in either one when she is unsettled. It's really comfortable for both of us and I can go about my daily business without worrying about what she is doing. Last night I was dancing around the kitchen cooking with Diana in the carrier. After a while I looked down and she had fallen asleep.

Danielle - hope you and your bub are feeling better. I agree with the breastmilk as a cure for all idea. And I hear you about cleaning the house only to have DH mess it up again! Grr. I hope you make him clean up after himself.

I had an insane day today. Didn't get much sleep last night. Diana was settled, but Stan was sick (if its not one, its the other...). I finally fell asleep in the early hours of the morning only to wake up at 9:00am (I was supposed to be at work at 8:30!). I quickly rushed around and made it in to work just before 10. Because of this I stayed back later in the afternoon, so everything I had planned for today has been thrown out by an hour or so. I was going to go to the bank to set up a savings account for Diana, but didn't make it. I'm now going to have to find a branch that's open on Saturday so that I can go tomorrow.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

[jemima]

Hi girls

well the hosue is back to some type of normality after Olivers party. Phew - hard work LOL but worth it!!

All is good here. Charlotte has thrush in her mouth and I am struggling to clear it up. I am using Nilstat (sp) drops at the moment so fingers crossed it clears up soon. Does anyone know how babies get thrush in their mouth - weird thing is I dont seem to have it on my nipples.

Zofia - sounds like you have been having a very busy time (you are amazing tobe back at work already!) - I hope you can have a relaxing weekend and catch up on some sleep.

Kristy - hope you are feeling better and that Chris' party goes well. Parties are great fun to have but stressful to get organised!!

Nicky - I hope Lachlan behaved himself at the accoutnants and you have now got a great tax return coming your way!!

Sara - I hope you are feeling better - you poor thing feeling so horrible.

Tracey - ditto on how amazing the healing properties of breast milk is. Amazing stuff.

Rebecca - woohoo on losing 8 kg already - but I hear you on still enjoying a few treats every now and then - actually in my case the treats are far too often!!

We dont have much planned for the weekend (thank goodness) so hopefully we can all have a lovely relaxing time not doing much at all - although that is rarely possible with two little boys to chase around. I have added some new photos to the kids website thingy for anyone who is interested. Dont look too closely at the one of the cake I made for OliverLOL!!

Ok I am going to go and sit on the couch and eat some chocolate - left overs from the party are a killer. My theory is to try and eat all the chocolate and lollies asap so it doesnt sit in the house for too long and tempt me LOL!!

Take care everyone
Jem

[Enchanted]

YEY! Oscars eye is looking better already!! We called the Drs because his eye was swollen and he gave us a script for eye drops. I tried the milk in his eye too.... something is working though!!

He is such a good little man even though he is sick, he has only been unsettled for about 20 mins all up today. My episiotomy is feeling much better but I feel like a stitch is pulling *ouch*!

I am yet to send off my Centrelink stuff... will get onto that next week when DH has gone back to work (it will give me something to do! )

I did have something else I wanted to post but I can't remember

I feel like I am getting into the swing of things now and am able to get on here more frequently so hopefully can catch up with you all properly soon! YEY!

Ed: I have lost all my baby weight!! Last Friday I was weighing half a kg under what I was before I fell pg!! I weighed myself 5 times all in different places around the house because I thought the scales must be wrong!!