Babies Born July 2007 #3

Hi everyone

Oooh, I am so jealous of all you ladies whose babies sleep through the night. Diana generally goes to sleep around 10, wakes up for a feed around midnigh, then wakes for the next one at 3-4. I think she has slept through about 3 times... Otherwise she is still a great baby, although she has been throwing up a LOT the last week or two, i.e. pretty much after every feed and in between. I hope that she is still gaining weight. Last week she was almost 4.5kg, so I think that she is. :)

Rebecca - I have been using the Swisspers things for cleaning Diana when I change her. They work really well.

Jessikah - Ouch about the coccyx. I bruised mine one and it was agonising so I can't even imagine what it would be like to break it! :cry: Hugs. I don''t really have any advice for the pain. Have you been prescribed anything?
Diana used to scream blue murder every time I changed her nappy, but she seems to be calmer now. I find that if I drape a towel or a wrap over her tummy when I change her she is much happier, as apparently babies don't like to be fully naked.

Veronica - I hear you on the cute clothes. I too am waiting until it gets warmer so that Diana can show off her little outfits.

Tomorrow we are going to look at the proofs of the photos we got taken last week. I hope :pray: there are at least a few good ones.

Good night everyone.

Hi Girls,

Fran - I'm so glad to hear that Alessia is feeding better. When you attended the clinic,dDid you get any great b/f'ing tips that could help our babies sleep longer?

Jessikah - It gets better - I promise (((( Big hugs )))

Well I'm exhausted I can hardly keep my eyes open ... just wanted to pop in and say hi.

xo Dee.

Well I am exhausted tonight

HI all.
Dee... you must have been exhausted... you wrote it twice!

Not much to wrte, Kaetlyn is unsettled tonight. just keeping ymself busy between trying to settle.

My 2nd degree tear was okay by 2 weeks. bleeding stopped about then as well.

Had a great night sleep last night - went to be at 8.30 fed at 1am then again at 7am then slept till next feed at 11am!!! bugger that tongiht will be a bad one thoguht!!!

Jessikah, I had a bt of trouble this time with #2's due to pushing hunched over a beanbag..
My saviour has been 2 Metamucil Fibrecaps (I cant take Metamucil powder I just gag) & Brekky Juice the extra Fibre 1, I now am going without trouble, but I know from pushing that I totally bruised my ... passage & it was VERY painful... If you arent already trying something like that I'd say give it a go...?
OUCH regarding your coccyx! I have no advice!

Zyon fed at 7:30pm, then I put him down & he woke at 10pm, so I fed him & rewrapped him, as he likes being really warm, then he woke at 1, but took forever to feed & settle & went back down at 3am & then woke at 5:30am, is fast asleep again now!

I cant believe he has gained over a kg from his birth weight in 4wks!!!

Gonna try to do some baking etc today... Gotta keep Indah entertained!

morning all,

well yesterday xavier decided he was being to well behaved and decided sleeping was overrated, at least in his own bed, but in mums or dads arms was fine, or on the couch beside one of them was fine, and then later in bed with them, this was also fine!!
I'm a little weary now. But nathan was a blessing, when he took over at about 4.30 this morning, and I got to shut my eyes properly. Now he's gone to work.

Jesikah, with the formula, I asked about what sort, 'cause I know that when I was a bubs I developed an allergy to the cows milk based formula and ended up on soy, then my 2 nieces both ended up on special formulas, and in retrospect mum thinks this is why my sisters used to scream blue murder as she puts it when they were babies. Looks like we might have in inherited intolerance in our family

fran, yay on 24hrs, like Dee said, any good tips. I've been using all the tricks to wake him mid feed, and nothing. then as soon as we hit the bed, wham eyes wide open and lots of noise

Tracey I was over a bean bag and I don't think that buggered up my #2s. the drugs they shoved up my bum for pain relief after the stitches did though.
I was lucky hi fiber food and lots of water fixed me right up.

We are 3 weeks old today.
Xavier entered his first competition too, the sunrise fathers day one, :lol: surely a 3 weeks old can enter?? well mine did. There are some great prizes. laptop, lcd tv, camera, clothes, smelly stuff something else, can't remember what. you just enter on the website and say in 20 words or less why your dad is great.
Xaviers daddy is great 'cause even though he has to work he got up at 4.30 this morning so I could sleep, what an angel.

*** Just got back from our MCH appt. the little piggy is now 4.3kg's (born 3.6) and is 55cm (born 52cm) and only 3 weeks old. She thinks the poor little dear has a little thrush, not just nappy rash though. so now we are using an anti fungal cream.

Hi ladies...again just a quick one before my little miss wakes up for her dinner. I hope everyone's bubbas are being good to their mummas. Alessia has decided that she wanted to cluster feed today, so my nipples are red raw, but I'm trying to my best to push through the pain...I want her to stay on the breast!

We took Alessia for her first shopping expedition today...she slept beautifully all the time we were out. What a champ! :)

Okies...best be off...talk soon!

Hi everyone,

Well I'm a little sad to say this is my first post since Noah was born, but also excited to finally be on to catch up. I have been very busy with having Phils paretns over from NZ and his brother over from Afghanistan (he's in the army and serving over there at the moment.)

Well I will have to post my birth story soon but basically I had a pretty good birth for those of you ho knew everything that was happening prior to birth I managaed to avoid c-section....just! I had a vaginal wall tear but no perineal tear. Noah had to go to special care for a little while when he was 14hrs old but all was ok. I have to do my little brag now (i'm sure you ladies all like to do the same with your little miracles) Noah sleeps all through the night 7,8,9hrs everynight! I feel very very lucky he is an amazing baby I feel so blessed.

Anyway it's almost Noah's feed time so I'm going to go check birth stories and see how many of you have posted your stories

Rebecca – ooh , I hope that you win a prize for the Sunrise competition, that would be very cool. His weight gain is great, but not so good news about the thrush, I hope that it clears up quickly for you.

Fran – well done on getting through a full day of exclusive b/f. I don’t think that you can ever be prepared for how difficult (and painful) b/f can be until it happens to you, but well done for persisting. I keep hearing that it’s supposed to get easier once you get to 6 weeks, which for me seems to be the case – had some horrible times over the first 3 weeks in particular, but I’ve just persisted & it’s definitely getting easier for both of us.

Tracey – Zyon’s gained over a kilo? That’s fantastic. But poor little man with his sore bottom, I hope that the cream is working for him (think you mentioned Bepanthan – I’ve been using the sample tube from the bounty bag & am very impressed with the results)

Jessikah – you poor thing with a broken coccyx, it can be so painful.

Flossie – your determination to express for 3 months is really admirable, and big hugs to you, because I would be devastated if I had to give up b/f, so I feel really sad for you. And I agree – Olivia is just gorgeous.

Dee – I hear you on needing a massage – next to having someone cook dinner for me, this is on my list of things I’d really really like at the moment. Hope you haven’t been badly affected by all the rain that QLD is getting at the moment – it looks unbelievably awful up there at the moment.

Jas – you lucky, lucky thing getting such long overnight sleeps from Noah & good to have you back!


Well, that’s about all I can manage with personals at the moment – I started typing this post at around 3pm, and 2 feeds later, a trip to Safeway and a fairly long screaming session (Liam, not me, although I was tempted), I still haven’t finished. We’ve had a good week all things considered – Liam’s putting on weight steadily, he was 4.11kg at Tuesday’s weigh in, and we had our first Mother’s group session which went well. It was just so nice to be out of the house for a couple of hours & having other new mums to talk to was also really good. And I’ve managed to get out for a few walks this week, which is just great. We don’t go far, but it’s better than being stuck inside all the time, and slowly we’ll build up our staying power.

Anyway, that’s about it from me , I’m going to see if I can get a small bit of sleep before the next feed.

Hi all,

Yay fran you are doing a great job!! my sis gave me a tube of stuff she wsn't using anymore called marcalan, it's great on the nipples. it is kind of like lipgloss but with out all the flavors etc, but is safe for your nipples and for bubs. But if your worried about aleissia not liking the flavor you will be able to use it inbetween feeds, and maybe wash it off before she feeds, iykwim

Jas Welcome back. Firstly ouchie, but yay you didn't have the c-sect. Good to hear everything is going well, where do I get one of these 7 8 and 9 hour sleeping babies??

jan I hope we win too, don't think so though. lol for the time it took to post. I've gotten close to taking that lon once or twice myself.

Well it looks like the thrush has already started clearing up with the anti fungal cream. his little bum looks so much better already. We definetly have had to give the wipes a miss for a while. Ended up buying some homebrand make up removal cotton wipes, they are easier than cotton balls. and we are just using warm water. It's a bit of a bugger in the middle of the night though, but i don't want to make it worse.

Hope everyone is getting lots of rest over the weekend while partners and hubbies are around

hey everyone

hope all is well with everyone. excuse the typing - got avaleigh falling asleep in my arms. things for us are looking good. i went out and bought brauers colic releif and stomach calm on thursday night and we have improvement already. I am giving the colic releif to avaleigh after feeds and i instantly get burps out of her and i only give her the stomach calm when she has thrown back up her feed (still trying to work this one out). She had a really good sleep last night from 11pm to 4am. but after 4am she is a little unsettled because she cant bring up any burps cause she falls asleep straight away, but the colic relieef is getting them up for her. im still sleeping on the couch and avaleigh is in her bassinette, im only doing this because i am too stressed about her wakung jason up, he is working so hard these days that he needs his sleep.

well enough blab, just waiting for my mum to come and then we are going to go look at some center peices gfor my wedding. wedding oplans are going well with the help of my mum.

WOW! I haven't been able to get on for the last few days and look what happens! I can't possibly remember everything I have just read!

Does anyone else's bub get into what seems like a nice, predictable routine for 3 days or so and then change it on them?

Oh I am sooo happy with my little princess!! She has managed to fall asleep ALL BY HERSELF!! Thats a big step for us cause she only falls asleep in my arms and then wakes when she is in her bassinette. But she fed and I cuddled her for a little bit and gave her some of the stomach calm and then put her down cause I was hungry. I wanted to see what she would do so I left her and she grizzled a teeny tiny bit and now is asleep!! What an improvement :yay:

Yeah Veronica for Avaleigh falling alseep. It is such a momentous occasion!!! I remeber when KAetlyn started doing it as well.

We went to the Paediatrician yesterday for Kaetlyns 6 week checkup (at 5 weeks though). she is going really well. he was impressed with her strength and allertness. she is putting on good weight- which was my main concern. yesterday she was 4.56 which was exactly 1kg heavier than when she was born.

I asked him about feeding Kaetlyn throughout the night- as she seems to be sleeping all the way through and was having to wake her for feeds. If i over slept, she would go more than 5 hours without a feed.
He laughed at me, and said, 'you have a very good baby and are lucky that she does that, as that is what many parents aim for with their baby.
So the result is, let her sleep as long as she wants during the night, but during the day I will wake her for feeds, and still aim for 6 feeds in 24 hours, but I am not going to stress if I only get it 5 feeds- as she is doing really well, and I am sure se would let me know if she is still hungry!!

Also, for the bubbas with dry skin- he told me not to use Johnsons and Johnsons :( stuff (it smells so cute!!!). He wants me to use QV wash for her as it is soap free. He said if we combat her dry skin now, it might stop her getting excema later on.

Well thats enought from me tonight- might pop in later on, not doing much tonight.
Ohh and we are going to a friends bubbas first birthday tomorrow!!! shouod be fun!!

Hi everyone...I am officially a feeding machine! *lol* Alessia must be going through a growth spurt b/c she is feeding at least every 3 hours...a far cry from her 4 hourly feeds which stretched to 5 overnight. My boobies are sore, but coping somehow :)

I'll try and attempt some personals whilst my little one is having a nap :)

Veronica Oh yay for Avaleigh!!! That's great news that she was able to fall asleep by herself. If Alessia doesn't fall asleep on the boob, I have a mini-panic b/c I know it will take her longer to fall asleep by rocking/singing/patting her. She's fallen asleep by herself a couple of times, but she must have been really buggered. Well done also for getting the wedding organisation under way...you're a super mummy!

Sportychick Oh there's no such thing as routine in this house! *lol* I've been noting down when Alessia feeds to see if there's any pattern, and the pattern is 'there's no pattern' *lol*

Rebecca I've been using Lansinoh for my nipples after each feed and also expressing a little extra breast milk and rubbing that in too...hopefully I'll see some improvement soon! Yay for little Xavier's thrush clearing up!

Jan Well only 3 and half weeks to get to the magic 6 week mark for us!! Well done for Liam's weight gain too! The weather has been lovely lately...I was tempted to take Alessia out for a walk in the pram, but decided not to cos she was sounding a tad raspy and I didn't want to risk her getting a slight chill. I know what you mean about starting something and having to come back to it hours later too!

Jas Yay! Welcome back hon! Oh I am so jealous about the overnight sleeping *hehe* Well done Noah! It makes it so much easier to deal with the unsettled periods during the day if you have a little extra rest under your belt :)

Tracey Wow at Zyon's weight gains! You have extra strength boobie juice! *hehe* I hope you've been able to get some more rest today! *hugs*

Sara I think Alessia is the same as Kaetlyn...when she's had an awesome sleeping and feeding session, I know the next period will be the total opposite!

Dee The only tips I got from the breasfeeding clinic that I found personally helpful, were to make sure that Alessia was grabbing as much areola as possible when first attaching...I have massive basoombas and it's so hard to make sure she gets the right parts in! *lol* I also learnt another burping technique...by laying her on my lap and swaying my legs from side to side, whilst patting her back. I find that helpful when she doesn't want to sit up on my lap. Apart from that, not much else help...sorry! Hope you've been able to get some more rest!

Zofia I hope you're happy with the proofs of Diana! We're wanting to have some professional photos of Alessia done...just need to find a good photographer!

Jem Sounds like you've got a good little thing going with Charlotte there! I guess 3rd time around you're able to anticipate what's coming next! That's why I can't wait til with #2!

Relle What a champion sleeper you have on your hands! I had to chuckle a little when I read that Angus sleeps better than his older brothers! *lol*

Okies...that's where I have to end this post...my dinner is ready! Gees I'm going to miss David when he goes back to work on Wednesday! Talk soon everyone!

hi all,

Veronica. it sounds like you guys are getting somewhere, your perserverance has certainly been well rewarded.

Sportychick, Routine, whats that? Sometimes we have good days, and then bad days, but I don't think I would call it a routine.

Sara, we still haven't used any sort of soap or baby wash in the bath. We are just using water, and then I moisturise his feet with sorbalene. But then we've also had to ditch even the sensitive wipes for water and cotton. Your another person i'm jealous of. we seem to be averaging about 4 hours through the night, and the closer we get to morning the shorter the time gets.
We too are off to a first birthday party tomorrow, don't know how long we will be there though.

Fran, congrats, it's great to hear. you are soiunding like your self again, so you must be feeling less stressed as well. I know what you mean about when david goes back to work. But I survuved when nathan went back. The morning when he was leaving were a lilttle hard for me if i hadnt had any sleep, but I got through. You have been so strong already I know you will be fine.

Hi there everyone.
I've been popping in to see how you have all been going, just havent had the time to sit down and report on the happenings here!


Hi Jas and welcome back!!

Lach was 4 weeks yesterday!! woohoo! milestone one complete! I have been breastfeeding for that long with relatively no problems. Yay for me.
lol
He has been settling really really well. I am only having to go in and check on him once or twice after I put him down. He is also only waking twice a night for feeds, which I can def handle! So its all going really well.
He's now 1kg over his brth weight. comming in at a whopping 11 lbs! hehe
He no longer fits in 000 bodysuits. they are too short for him. He just kicks open the popstuds.
He has also now outgrown the bassinette, so tonight, we give him his first night in the cot! I thought it would take a little longer for him to jump to the cot. Tonight will be interesting!!!

I breastfed for the first time in 'public' yesterday! well it was at a friends house, but there were lots of people there. Granted, I did go inside into a room on my own.... oh ok. So this I have not conquered yet.... I dont care who sees my boobies, I just worry about the backlash which is sad but thats reality:(

We are probably heading to Wagga next weekend! Lach's first big trip/holiday.
My sister has just started a new job at a new hospital, and she only saw Lach the day he was born. She is missing him terribly! Hopefully, we can con her into having some cousins for Lach!!!! he he doubt it, but shes rather clucky after all the pics we sent to her.
So its about 4-4.5 hours there from here... We should only need to make one stop for a feed and change on the way.
Thats the plan anyway... we'll see how well that goes.

anyway,best be off. plenty of housework to do. now that i have bragged about the little one, he has decided to make a mockery of me, this explains my sudden change in typing speeed. lol

hope u are all going well and enjoying motherhood!!
hugs

Hi Ladies

Just popped in for a quick read before making a dash for the shower,lol my time is very limited today. Ethan had a bad night last night with his wind, i tried everything to get it up but he didnt want to part with it and since 4am he has been waking every half hour screaming, we managed a small burp just before he went to sleep again, but he is so tired he falls asleep within minutes of picking him up, then he wont burp!! I have a real bad tooth ache too so all i wanted to do was sleep lastnight....we ended up crying together, lol!!

Yesterday my mum came over and said that she would like to take ethan to her house for a few hours so that i could get some rest, boy it was a hard decision to make, but i got his nappy bag and bottles ready with a big lump in my throat and as soon as they left i cried my eyes out!! He was only gone 3 hrs but i missed him heaps. I should have used the time to have a sleep but there was so much house work that i wanted to do, and i did and feel heaps better for it. Dh flew back to work for a week 9 days after me and ethan came home from hospital then came home for 5 days now he has left again for two weeks, so im finding it really hard to get anything done, but ethan is slowly starting to settle a bit so it will all be ok soon enough. Mum said how about she has ethan for a few hours every saturday afternoon and i laughed and said its to hard to let ethan out of my sight right now, maybe once every two months!!!

Any way, sorry no personals again, hope you are all doing ok and enjoying your little bubba's. I'm off for a nice long shower...as long as ethan allows any way lol!! Btw, i have put some new pics on ethans site.

Jessikah :)

Hey everyone

Hope you are all well!!

I parted from Avaleigh for the first time today!! Jason and I went to see The Simpsons Movie at the Goldclass cinemas and mum had her for about 3 hours. It was good to get to the movies!! Jason asked if I was OK with leaving her and I said yes. hehe I didnt even think twice about it, does that make me a bad mum?

Has any one DTD since giving birth?? i decided I was ready and Jason and I had a go at it last night and HAHA I was not ready at all. It still hurt down there!! I didnt think that it would take this long to heal up properly, my tear is still not fully healed so maybe that is why it was sore??

Avaleigh has been real good. She is managing to sleep in her bassinette and that is a huge achievement for her and it means that I can get some me time now!

Well better go, my roast dinner is nearly ready.