Babies Born July 2007 #3

Hey Mel

the fireworks sounds like great fun. Enjoy.

So happy to hear that Jack has improved since the lactose intolerance diagnosis. yay for the sleeping as well.

We have been trying to get the eczema cream that was on Today Tonight but it has sold out everywhere in Adelaide. They arent even sure when they will be getting stock in next. Let me know how Charlize goes with the cream. Both Oliver and jesse have it and I am struggling to keep iin under control with the cream I am using at the moment. Poor things.

Have a good weekend
Jem

Hey Jem, we were lucky enough to have a friend who's local chemist still had a few jars left. But if you go onto the today tonight website and search it or I will email you a link to their website and you can order some that way and get it delieverd. I have a bottle of order too, as I placed the order before our friends bought us a bottle. It's so nasty isn't it. Have you found it is diet related. I have decided to put Charlize on Soy milk as well, as I read that dairy foods can worsen the rash. Luckily she likes the taste. Anyway will send you the link via email now.

Take care.

HI there all!
Just a quick pop in to check how you are all going...
VERY VERY tired here... looks as if the little guys may be developing a bit of colic....
So we had a bad night.

Veronica, yes I beleive I have already had a period. Looks as if I o'd within 2 weeks of giving birth. SUcks
:(

Hope you all have a great first fathers day tomorrow! I can't wait to give Adam his first daddy pressie!!!

Enjoy everyone!!
HUGS

Hi everyone

Diana did a poo as well as a wee in the potty tonight! Woo hoo! I am so proud of her. She is such a clever baby. :D I think that the infant potty training is beginning to work. Yesterday I went to change her nappy and it was completely clean, so I held her over the potty and she did a wee. :clap:

I still haven't gotten my period (thankfully), although I did get some period like pain the other day... Hope it stays away for a while yet.

HI all,

Zofia, lots of things make me cry more now than they did before bubs. I hope it's homones, i'm not a fan of being emotional.

Veronica, great to hear avaleigh is doing so well, the ticker pic certainly looks like she is, what a gorgeous smile. You need to treat yourself to some nice things everynow and then, besides how could you tell avaleigh she couldn't get dad a plasma screen for fathers day :lol: Hey you might be able to claim the camera as a business expence on tax next year ??? just a thought.
Period, what a nasty word that is. No I'm still spotting too, but it's only been 4 weeks for me. feels like an eternity!! at least it's not painful like my period.

Jessikah that's terrible news about the accident. I bet your glad hubby is on his wayback though.

Jemima yay for surviving, next week will be a breeze now!!

Mel great to hear about jacks improvement.

Nicki, I hope it's a one off and not colic. maybe he's just had a bad day??

As for us, Xavier has now gained 1kg, grown 3cm and head size increased by 2cm since birth. and no wonder his head is growing everyone keeps saying his perfect. :lol: I think people are either just biased or being nice though.
We took a trip to ballarat today to wish pa a happy fathers day, and xavier thought he would be a perfect angel all day, so we'll see how the night goes now.
Better go and do some things before he wakes again for another feed.

Happy Fathers day daddy's !!!
(I have to remember that I need to get up tomorrow morning instead of making Nathan)

Hi Rebecca,

Rebecca - well done on a trip to Ballarat. Hope your night was ok. I'm out and about tomorrow so will have to BF out, change nappies the whole thing so should be interesting.

Zofia - what an achievement to get Diana to wee and poo in potty. Your persistency has paid off.

For us, we had went out for lunch today for Fathers Day - just the 3 of us and all went well. Georgie slept in her pram the whole time so there was no oud crying interupting the restraurant. Out and about for the day so will be the first time of being out of the house for longer than 1-2 hours. Hopefully Georgie will be on her best behaviour. Meeting mum and dad for part of the day so mum will be more than happy to nurse her if required. I'm also seeing a paed. physio tomorrow who will hopefully help Georgie turn her head on both directions and allow her to sleep with her head facing either direction. At the moment she won't turn her head to the right and will only sleep with her head turned to the left which has resulted in a flat side of the head.

Hope everyone had a happy fathers day, quite in here today so I guess everyone is having a busy day.

MUMMY MEL, I just pm'd you.

We have just spent the day in at royal childrens with Zyon...
The thoughts are that he is lactose intolerant, I want to continue breastfeeding, but can you e-mail me about the results you've had & stuff?

thanks!

Hi everyone,

Hope you've all had a lovely Father's day - especially those who are celebrating it for the first time.

Zofia - I'm massively more emotional these days, it's really weird. And a bit more squeamish too for some reason - I used to be able to watch any medical show on TV without batting an eye, but these days my stomach turns really easily. And anything with kids in it just makes me want to bawl, so I tend to not even watch. Am hoping that I'll get over it at some stage.

Rebecca - sounds like Xavier is doing really really well. Hope your trip didn't upset him for the night, but it's nice to make the effort for his Pa.

Bridee - well done on being out for most of the day, that's something that I haven't been able to tackle yet (unless we're visiting family, which is a bit different), Liam just gets too unsettled. And I always have to follow "out" days with days at home, to reset him IYKWIM. And good luck with the paed tomorrow, interested to hear how it goes for Georgie.

Mel - it's great that Jack's improving, and I'm so impressed at your will power with food. I'm a walking disaster - if it's junky I'm just eating it, just haven't been able to find the discipline to stop the rot, although I did make a big pot of vegie soup today, so there might be some hope.

Nicky - how's Lachlan going?? Do you still think it's colic? Liam's been heaps more unsettled too, but I'm hoping that it's just the start of the 6 week issues, and that it will be over in a couple of weeks.

V - woo hoo for the plasma, just don't tell Pat!! He's a bit keen to get one too, but I'm sticking with the lines that we don't need to spend the money on it yet given that we've got a perfectly fine tv at the moment. And it's great to hear that Avaleigh is feeling happier.

Well, that's about it for me - I'm so exhausted at the moment, cos I think I'm looking after Liam's evil twin. Where I've had a pretty easy baby for the first 5 weeks, he's been pretty feral at times over the last week. He's become really fussy at feeding time, will be absolutely starving, but just fights me when I try to get him to latch on. It's amazing how strong he can be - it would be impressive, if it weren't accompanied by piercing shrieks. And he's decided to stop sleeping as much, even though he's really tired, which means that I spend considerably more time holding him, and not getting anything done (not that I was getting much done anyway, but it's been even less). All you girls who are getting more that 3 hours of sleep at a time are really really lucky! And, the most upsetting thing is that he smiles at Pat (not a lot, but he still does), but barely gives me any eye contact at all (at least this is what it feels like), so I'm starting to think he doesn't like me, except for the fact that I'm a food source. And he's smiled at my mum too, so it's not just Pat. Have had a few moments over the last day or so where it's been really hard, cos not sure what I'm doing wrong with him to make him so miserable with me. I'm sure it's just my imagination, but it still makes me feel a bit sad, cos I just want him to be happy & content.
Anyway, that sounds like a massive whinge, it’s probably not as bad as I think it is, & I’m sure it will improve.

And 6 weeks for me tomorrow - which means that finally I can drive again - woo hoo!! The end of being house bound and completely dependent on Pat to take me places.

Hi All,

I second the feeling of feeling very exhausted! The past 4 days have been pretty action packed and I am looking forward to starting a new week and hopefully it will be a quiet week!

We had dinner at mum and dad's tonight for fathers day. I must admit, I forgot to say happy father day to Jason this morning! HAHA I didnt get him anything so totally forgot...

Jan - oh hugs to you. I know how you feel about our bady's not smiling at us. Avaleigh is the same! She never smiles at me and I feel like I am just a food source at the moment as well. I hope Liam turns back in to the angel he was cause I know what it feels like to have an unsettled baby - I've had one for 5 weeks now!

Tracey - oh no about Zyon being lactose intolerant. What sort of signs does a lactose intolerant baby show?

Bridee - good luck with BF out in public tomorrow!! I havent really done it yet.. oh wait, I had to BF outside Harvey Norman in my car on Thursday night! Thats as public as I have gone..

Zofia - YAY for Diana doing a poo and wee in her potty!! That is truly amazing. I never would have thought of trying that with a newborn. Well done!

Hello to everyone else! Hope you are all well...

Avaleigh has her 6 wk check up on Thursday. Its going to be amazing to see how much she has grown as we have not had her weighed/measured since she was 5 days old. She has been a bit of a screamer the last few days because she is constantly getting pulled in and out of her car seat and taken everywhere and is so tired but just cant sleep for a long time during the day. At mum's I had to hold her and keep patting her bum to settle her! Maybe she is going through a growth spurt.. I hope it settles soon cause it is really exhausting me!! She is under her play gym at the moment and very quiet, :crossfingers: she's asleep!

Well I am going to go get an ice cream and settle down on the couch. I really shouldnt have an ice cream cause I had cake at mums and I am trying to lose weight.. .but I think I will feel better after an ice cream!

Doh - I just read about lactose intolerance and it makes me think maybe Avaleigh has this... why do I reed in to things??!!

Zyon pretty much has screamed after falling asleep on breast, til his next feed..

After discussing it with the paed, it seems that when I drank a lot of the Aktavite drink the next day or so it started & it seems that the overload of dairy has scarred/affected his gut, so every time I feed him & have had dairy in my diet it re affects that part of his gut, & it causes pain, plus these diahorrea type poo he has had.
But it's more likely the protein in the milk that is upsetting him, more so than the lactose..
It takes up to 2 wks for the dairy protein to be out of my system, so it's gonna be a long haul..
I have stopped any dairy in my diet (as of yesterday when we had the problem diagnosed!) so I am pumping & actually dumped over 800ml of my milk last night alone! Then I gave him alternate bottles of a lactose intolerant baby formula, I guess it's still early to see a change as such..
But as we go away to Bali soon, I want to get him more settled, but once the dairy is out of my system & he's gut heals as such, then I can exclusively breastfeed again & leave the dairy out, but once he is a bit older I can slowly introduce it again & see if he is over the intolerance which happens in babies under 2!?

A girlfriend had the same thing after her son got gastro from child Care as it scarred/affectyed his gut everytime he had dairy he would vomit & be sick.
But as Zyon wasnt vomiting I wasnt sure whay he was so terribly distraught! Whether we held him or not he screamed that ear piercing painful scream 24/7!!!

Some days were better & when i oook back now I can see I didnt have cheese or yoghurt the days near there!!!

Firstly, big hugs Tracey. You're doing so well with Zyon, it must be so hard to see him in pain, but we all know that you are a fantastic mum and you are doing everything to help him that you can. 800mL pumped is an awesome effort! I'm trying to build up a stash for when I have an MRI next week (I get injected with an agent that gets excreted in breast milk) and it's so hard for me to get 100mL!!

To everyone whose bubs are unsettled, also sending you out big hugs. We've had a few busy days here. Alessia has decided to (apart from cluster feed almost ALL day!) stay awake for long periods of time...she'll just lay in her cradle and watch the mobile...or lay in the port-a-cot and watch the TV out the corner of her eyes! She's such a cheeky bum! I can't complain though, she had an awesome sleep last night...went down at 11:30pm and woke up at 6:00am...it was great, but again I got a bit sad when David went off to work today...boy I'm a sook!

Breastfeeding wise, my right nipple is trashed...I've rested it for 2 days and just pumped from that boob, but it hasn't improved...I don't know what to do!

Fran, just keep pumping from that breast & leave it out of your bra to dry & heal, rub some expressed milk on it & just let it air dry...

It will get better, says me who is having a crap time & everyone's telling me it will get better!

If Alessia is feeding heaps more she is building up your supply, so I'd let her feed as often as she wants too, then you'll notice that when you pump you'll get heaps more.. I get about 150ml in about 3 mins of pumping 1 breast, but I know Zyon was cluster feeding last week..

Good Luck, breastfeeding my last baby is SUPER important to me ATM!

Tracey sorry to hear about little Zyon. But like I first thought with Jack at least now we can work on getting them better IYKWIM. It will be a week on wednesday since Jack results came back, so hopefully we will start to see some big improvements soon. Like you said somedays he is better than others. But I have now cut out all dairy from my diet and Jack in on lactise drops. Have they put Zyon on a lactise supplement?
So I guess if after two weeks with me off dairy and him on these drops if he is still now any better we might have to look at lactose free formula, but fingers crossed we won't have too. How is the supplement feeding going? that must be exhausting, how long will you have to do this for. My doctor didn't tell me to do this but Zyon sounds much worse than Jack is ATM (poor little guy). I will message you a little later:)

Jan, hugs babe. Sounds like your going through a tough trot ATM. I hope he goes back to his old ways soon. Just out of curiosity, is his mouth coated with a thick white substance like milk? Just thinking that the issues with feeding sounds similar to those a friend had when her little girl had thrush in her mouth. Just a thought though, I don't want to scare you or anything. I just know it wouldn't be you. I also know that when Jack goes through a growth spurt he is fussing on the boob. Hope things improve today though and you get lots and lots of smiles:)

Rebecca, yey on the big weight gain!! You must be doing a fine job there.

Zofia, little Diana sounds very talented on the potty, good on you for being persistant with it.

Veronica, it's because your a loving and caring mother why you think Avaleigh might be lactose intolerant. It's perfectly normal for you to want to make her better IYKWIM. As you know I always thought Jack had colic. It wasn't until I took Jack to my doc for his 2 month needles that she noticed his poos, and moaning and growning that she though it may have been this. But I was always told his poos were normal my MCHN. He would always have poos in his nappy real wet froffy ones that smelt really sweet. And he would always be unsettled after a feed with bad wind pains (which is why I thought it was colic). And then sometimes he would have big vomits as well. Which I now know the pain was caused by his bowels struggling to digest the lactose. Which pretty much would feel like when we get food posioning and then the runs. Poor little thing hey. The bad thing is though, that all this going on for nearly 8 weeks could have left him with bowel damage. Hopefully this isn't the case. Hopefully he will be completely normal in about a week and a bit. But if not I need to take him back to see her, so she can see if it's still under control that is causing the pain or wheather it is bowel damage that is causing the pain.

Bridee, fingers crossed you get some relief for Georgie from the physio today. Can't wait to hear how you go.

Anyway ladies, must be off. Jack is just waking.

Hi to everyone I didn't have time to say gid'day too. BBL

Take care.

Mel I was told by a GP & MCHN that his stools were fine too, but I never really believed them & I am angry, annoyed, upset at myself fore not trusting my instincts!
Having stopped all dairy does Jack seem better & what is the lactise (I'll google it!)
I was not told it can harm their bowel, infact the paed told me other than causing a tummy ache it wont harm him??

Can you let me know about the lactise & also what your doing to have calcium in your diet still???

Thanks heaps!

Hey Tracey - what sort of dairy stuff are you taking out of your diet? I might see if I can do the same and see if it helps settle Avaleigh a little better as I heard dairy can cause reflux.

Mel - Avaleigh used to have those frothy poos when she was about 2 weeks old but she doesnt have them anymore. I think I am going to ask my doctor for a referral to see a paed at our next appointment with him. Nothing has really improved since we went and saw him at 4 weeks so I would like a paed to have a look over Avaleigh and hopefully get her in to a much happier baby. Dont get me wrong, she is happy and the Brauers mixture is helping, but I know she can be much more better.

Well it is meant to be 27 degrees today so the plan is to have a shower, feed Avaleigh and take a walk to the beach. I think its going to be a pretty long walk so I will need to take water for the dogs and I might even need to feed Avaleigh somewhere along the way. I wonder if my pram will be able to go on the beach sand cause I know the dogs will want to have a swim in the water when we get there.

Well better go and have a shower while Avaleigh is occupied under her play gym and not crying!

Tracey, the lactise is the bacteria that breaks down lactose. That is what our little boys aren't producing enough of. The drops he is on is called Lacteze, I just picked them up without a prescription from my local chemist. The drops are made of glycerin and lactise. HTH. Re the calcium, I'm still taking the blackmores multi vit. but my chemist told me to take extra calcium tablets just incase. Jack is still in alot of discomfort but he has improved alot since I have stopped my dairy intake. So veronica, I'm now on soy products only and I have also cut down on my sugar intake. He is back to his 7 hours night sleeps just still very unsettled during the day. But definately a big difference already, just fingers crossed it continues this way.

hmmm I think I am definitely going to try and get rid of dairy in my diet.. I dont have much dairy I dont think.. I have milk with cereal and I would say that all... Oh and milk/butter in mash potatoes, the occassional ice cream... so I dont think I really have much dairy in my diet. the one thing that I am really sus on is the rash that Avaleigh has had for maybe 2 weeks now.. It started on her face and it now down on her neck and chest, has any one elses baby had it real bad?

Mel - how are you finding the taste of soy?

Sorry guys I'm stupid it's not lactise its called lactase, sorry.

V, soy's not too bad. The icecream is yummy