Babies Born July 2007 #5

Hi all,

Zofia, the tv is great huh!! Xavier like it also, but not if he's already too cranky or having a cuddle day.

Jan, Yay on the long sleep. Isn't it annoying when you still wake up though. I hope Liam isn't sick, and sorry to hear you are. Lol I had to change our sheets last night 'cause I leaked all over them on Wednesday nigh.

Jan, Veronica and Fran, I hope you all start getting some nice long regular sleeps.

Aw Fran you poor thing. Is there other things you can do to boost the supply. Like tricking your bbs with expressing ??? I've been expressing 1 bottle everynight after he goes to bed and I didn't do it the other nite then at 4am I felt like I was going to explode.

Well I got nothing here. Very boring morning

Fran- I was reading on BB that if you take aktavite it increases your supply the next day- you buy it from suppermarkets near the milo. I know expressing increases mine. poor kaetlyn had been sprayed at the last couple of morning cause ive been expressing after she has gone to bed and by morning, my Boobies are as hard as steel and poor thing cant empty them!

Zofia and Bec- We love the TV here to! even when we face Kaetlyn away from it she turns her head to see it! Even though she looks nothing like her father she sure has got his TV habits!!!

Well Kaetlyn has been moving around heaps- she now somehow manourveres herself off her shepskin off the rug and ends up on the wooden floor- not sure how, but she finds it hilarious and is always laughing when I go to rescue her. I guess well have to start making sure her straps are done up on the ricker shen we leave her in it. Who knows where she will end up!!!

Congrates on the big sleeps for the bubbas- hope you are all catching up on sleep while they are having big ones as well.

Well off to hopefully finish this gown (ive been precrastinating cause it is the easy bits to do now and i know it wont take long)!!! will post a piccy when its done. I brought a cute little pink dress for afterwards yesterday, but i think it might be to big. will try it on at the next 'outfit change'.

Thanks Sara - I have been drinking Aktavite (1 glass a day cos don't want to do dairy overload) but haven't found it made much difference. I'm always worried when I put Alessia down for the night, that she will wake up soon after and need a feed so that makes me not want to pump...ah it's a vicious circle!

Fran - I could be wrong on this, but I think that I've read that it's virtually impossible to run out of milk supply, as baby feeding triggers creation of more milk anyway. If you keep your fluids up (ie plenty of water), then if Alessia did want to feed soon after you've expressed, you'd probably be okay. I'm trying to build up a store of EBM for the wedding we have to go to, and also struggle to find the "right" time to express, given that Liam wants to eat whenever it's inconvenient, so I sometimes just do a small amount (ie 20 mls from each), just to keep things going. Maybe this would help you to build up your supply?? without draining you in case Alessia does want a feed straight after.

I'm super impressed at any of you who are considering DTD. The most we can manage is the "go to bed" step, we're both just so tired atm. Last night we were both in bed by 8.30 - pathetic!! At least we're both on the same page I guess, must be hard when one wants it & the other doesn't. Hopefully we'll get our act back together one day though.

hey everyone! Just uploaded pics of my wedding dress up on... Wedding - BellyBelly Member Photo Gallery

Hi all,

Sara, You have a little mover and shaer there, I love that she thinks it's funny. Xavier is a very serious baby, but he's a little younger than katelyn. I hope he starts laughing and smiling more.
Can't wait to see this dress!!

Fran, you could try having your activite with soy milk. the activite will overpower the soy taste iykwim. Don't worry if you express and then she needs some more milk, you can always give her what you have expressed. Have you noitced any patterns in her sleep. Or like jan said even a little bit in between each feed. I do just like sara does and wait until xavier goes to bed each night. He has really fallen into a pattern that once he goes to bed after tea that's his long sleep, even if it's as short as 5 hours.

night all, heres to weekend sleepins

Hi ladies

Im going to type as fast as i can tonight as ethan keeps demanding my attention!!

Veronica- WOW!! Your Wedding Dress is gorgeous, Im so excited for you:) Not long to go now! What a nice sleep avaleigh had lastnight hopefully she will get the timing right soon.

Fran- Hi hun, glad everything wnet well with the OBs and paed yesterday. Sorry to hear your still having some supply problems, unfortunately im no help there my supply was fantastic, ethan just didnt want it! Hopefully the maxalon helps, if you take it. I took maxalon all through my pregnancy to help my m/s!

Bec, Zofia & Sara- Lol, loving the TV here at the moment to!! Ethan loves music, so he is usually quiet when Australian Idol is on!!

Jan- Sorry to hear you have the flu. What a great sleep from Liam, what a good boy! Yes hopefully it is the start of something regular :) I constantly check on ethan if he sleeps longer than usual too, not that it happens very often! Im with you on being to tired to DTD lol these days its like bed is only for sleeping!! I still feel pretty bruised down there too (sorry TMI!!). I am currently Out Of Order for a while longer!!

Well as for me im feeling pretty good tonight, still exhausted though but it wont last forever, i hope lol! And AF has returned! Damn lol. could have waited a little longer!

Ethan is doing well, he had his immunisations on wednesday, it was so sad, my mum came with me and she held ethan while he had the injections, i couldn't do it :redface: i felt too mean, poor little man was asleep when they did the first one and his little face screwed up and he dropped his bottom lip and cried :cry: only for a few secs though, he fell asleep before they did the other one too so it was the same again. He had panadol 1/2hr before having them. Unfortunately the immunisations caused him to get a fever and his temp got up to 39.5 degrees so i had to to take him to the hospital at 4.30 thursday morning and they put him on a drip for 2hrs as he wouldnt feed & got a bit dehydrated then they let us go home at 7am when his temp reached 37 and by 10pm lastnight his temp was back to 36.4 YAY! And he has been a very smiley boy all afternoon, Even when he bumped his head on the floor!! I went to the toilet while he was laying on his play gym and when i came back he had wriggled his way across the floor and just as i reached down to pick him up his head fell foward and bumped on the floor.

Any way ladies I am being "called" rather loudly as its feed time, so will hopefully pop back tomorrow.

Goodnight :)
Hope you all get some sleep. I wish ethan would sleep longer than 3.5hrs!!

Tears ~ Poor Ethan, that must have been so scary for you. Lucas is due next week for his vacc’s. Good to hear that he is all better now.

Squishee ~ Glad to hear the co sleeping is working well, how is his feeding now? Sounds like your little one loves his cuddles. It’s amazing how at such a young age their personalities really show. Lucas has the odd day when all he wants is to be cuddled, but usually after being spoilt by his dad on the weekends so mondays are always tragic here.

When we were co-sleeping Lucas slept up on our bed, but in a baby carrier. He also slept in it during the day on the couch; I could just pick him up and move him. Maybe something like this could be handy for you as you can snuggle them in really well to sleep, but have them close enough so they know that your there. It would also be handy to put into the big cot. I was given mine but I've seen them at target.

Ngala ~ LOVE THE DRESS! And wow at the amount of milk Avaleigh is drinking! She must be growing into a big strong girl.

Rebecca ~ Very jealous of your abundant sleep. Please do share your tips!

Jemima ~ Hope you are feeling better hun, I bet you will be on your feet and well again in no time.

Mel ~ I’m not on any contraception but I do have a prescription for the mini pill. I was going to wait until AF to arrive to take it but I'm undecided as I'd also like to chart my cycle again for natural birth control, but I need AF to show up first for that too. So haven’t quite decided. I wouldn’t mind falling pregnant again though, not that I really should so soon, but if it were to happen I’d be happy.

Blueflower ~ lol dummy duty that’s great, hope you had a good rest. That’s such a cute pic of Kaetlyn in your ticker, what a beautiful smile!

Janno ~ I’m usually in bed my 7.30pm! Nice to meet you and your big boy Liam! Lucas is only 3.7kg (his corrected age is 4 weeks) but it already seems as if we could go up in nappy sizes!

Flossie ~ Lucas is mostly FF and breastfeeds once or twice a day still. The book Save Our Sleep by Tizzie Hall explains how you can adjust the times by 10 minutes to make up the time???…way too complicated for me but you might be interested as everything sounds like its going so well for you so you may find it easy. The longest stretch Lucas usually sleeps at anytime is between 7pm bedtime and 12am. Then he wakes at 2am and 4 am and always has ever since we brought him home! I don’t really mind too much but it would be good to get through with one less feed at least!!

On the home front...

Everything is well here, I've been getting into the gardening and enjoying the sun and things being more settled after a crazy few weeks. I've also been tackling the things around the house that I've been putting off for ages, and catching up with little things I have not finished like sending off the thank you cards which I need to do!!

Hope everyone is well and *big love*. I have not posted for a bit but I've been reading all the updates and it sounds like there is lots of things to look forward too, like the weddings! I also have msn if anyone would like to add me feel free.

I really should try and go back to bed!

night!

Hi Everyone :)

Here's hoping your all having a wonderful saturday. Its very quiet in my house at the moment but i will enjoy it and not complain too loudly!!

Well unfortunately my wish for Ethan to sleep longer than 3.5hrs lastnight did not happen....he woke up every 2 instead!! Lol but he wasnt sad or grumpy when he was awake he would just have his bottle, nappy changed a little cuddle and back to bed, so he was awake for 45mins - 1hr each time. Suprisingly though i feel great, only a little tired. Ethan is asleep now, has been for 1/2hr not sure how long he will sleep for but he was awake for 2.5hrs before he did go to sleep.
I had to go to the loo earlier and ethan was wide awake so i popped him in the nursery under his play gym and turned the music on and was expecting him to cry by the time i shut the door but he didnt and 1hr later he was still happily laying there playing and talking!!! He has never done that before:clap: But then he got tired and had enough so i changed his nappy, put him in his cot and off to sleep he went. He really has been an angel today. Just hoping he wont sleep for hours and not want to go to sleep tonight.

I just ate a very late lunch while i did this and now im going to go do some house work and hopefully i will get most of it done while ethan is sleeping. The house work has been pretty neglected lately Lol!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and i hope you all get some nice sleeps.

Hi girls...just a quick one from me b/c the lap top battery is about to die. I had a routine pap smear at my 6 week checkup and since then have had about 2 1/2 days of bleeding. Not heavy like a period, but definitely enough to require a pad. I'm not sure whether this is AF or just routine bleeding after a pap smear. The bleeding is very reduced today, which would be unusual if it was AF. Just wanted to see for those of you who've also had a pap smear, whether you had significant bleeding.

Hope you're all having great weekends! As tired as I am, I can't complain about Alessia's 8 hour sleep last night :)

Hey everyone!!

HAPPY TWO MONTHS OLD AVALEIGH!!! hehehe I cant believe my little girl is already 2 months old!! Time flys by way too quickly!! We're going out for lunch today so I am going to put Avaleigh in this cute dress that mum bought her!

We had people round for a BBQ last night and I had my first drink in over 2 yrs!! I felt it by the second drink hahaha I made sure I expressed out enough milk for Avaleigh and then I was on the couch at 10pm expressing more out and dumping it!! Avaleigh slept til 5am this morning which was great but then woke up at 6.30am - sure does not know that Sundays are for sleeping in!!

Fran - I was meant to get a pap smear at my 6wk checkup but chickened out! LOL I need to go soon.. I doubt it would be AF, maybe your cervix is just really senstive from after the birth but not sure!

I need to go in and Avaleigh's shots this week.. not looking forward to it!! Hopefully she will be a brave girl and it not faze her at all.

Hi all,
Just a quick pop is as Kaetlyn is waking up.
I have finished the gown!!!
SHe stayed alseep this morning to let me finish it and just stirring now (i only just finished it to).
I have put some photos of it in the gallery for you to see. just click on the link above!!!unfortunatly the photos dont do it justice and it lookes better in real life
Have a greatday all
xoxo

hi all

Veronica, love the dress. I think it will be great on you, and looks perfect for a summer wedding. Happy 2 months to avaleigh, wow time goes fast doesn't it? It feels great to have a proper grown up outing huh?

Jessikah, Sorry to hear that Ethans immunisations wern't much fun. I don't know how I'm going to react yet :} I'm a little worried i won't be able to hold myself together. But I am definetly stoping to get some baby panadol before he has them just in case. I hope he starts sleeping longer for you soon.

August moon mum, I have no secrets, I just do as I'm told by Xavier. He says his hungry I feed him, he says his tired I put him to bed. He does not like sleeping while there is daylight, yet anytime after about 6ish if he goes to sleep he will then go for 5-8 hours. I think he just knows it's sleeping time. One thing I do do is that he only wears wondersuits at night. They are his jamies.

Fran yay for the big sleep. I have not had a pap smear because I had one last august. That smear did bring on af though so maybe if it was close the pap smear did something, but maybe as verronica said things are still a little sensitive.

Sara, Great job on the gown, it looks fantastic. I'm sure she will look beautiful in it and you will be able to cherish the dress and pass it down when she has her own kids.

Well so far so good this weekend. Xavier still sleeps at night, just can't get him to sleep in his bed during the day. Plan to perserveer a little next week and maybe structure a sleep time in for every morning and afternoon. Problem is he falls asleep on me after every feed.

AHHHH I think I am going to rip my hair out today!! Avaleigh has been VERY FUSSY at the boob today!! She has been feeding every 2 hours and only for 5 mins or so because she gets annoyed and starts crying. I hope that this is just a growth spurt and she will settle back down cause I am seriously thinking about giving up breast feeding if she continues like this. I know its probably silly to think like that but it really makes me uptight and I dont look forward to feeding her! Jason does think she is a lot bigger today so maybe it is a growth spurt....

Hi ladies,
Again don't have much time, but just thought I'd pop in to say a quick hello.

Veronica, hugs to you babe. I'm sure it's just the fustration talking. We get some of those day too around a growth spurt. We are going through another now. Jack is waking up earlier and wanting to feed non stop all day. I just keep telling myself he will be back to normal in a day or two. Hang in there hun, your doing a great job. Maybe just try to relax and use it as an excuse to laze around for a day or two. Oh and Happy 2 months birthday Avaleigh. Can you believe Jack will be 3 months in a few days!!!!!

Rebecca, sounds as though you have on very content little man there, but I know it's cause he has a great mum.

Fran, I haven't had a pap smear this time. But I remember having one done at my 6 weeks post checkup after having Charlize. And from what I can remember it made me bleed heavier for a few days. I still hadn't stopped spotting from giving birth, but it definately did get heavier.

Sara, the gown is beautiful, your a pro. What date is the christening?

Jessikah, I'm sending lots and lots of hugs your way. I know you might not believe this, but things do get better. And I just want to tell you that I think your doing a wonderful job, and your a fantastic mummy. I know with me, I sometimes let my fustrations get the better of me. But I always keep trying to remember to tell myself when I'm nearly at breaking point, that it's just the fustration that is making me feel like I can't do anything right. That is my best advise hun, just take each day one at a time. You never know what tomorrow might bring. We all have a good days and our bad. Take care of yourself hun, and I'll have my fingers crossed that Ethan starts to sleep better soon.

A_m_m, yey for getting some time to spend outside. Can you enjoy some of the sunshine for me too. I haven't had time to scratch my bum lately, with this house and DH uni and all. I can't wait until it's all over. Have I told you before, we conceived Jack before AF returned. We were trying for a small age gap, but we just thought it would take a little longer. But we were thrilled when I got a positive result. Oh I hope you have one soon, I really miss the excitement of a pregnancy, he he he.

I have updated the kids website, if you want to look. I sold our fish tank today, and took our fish to the aquarium to get credit for. I can't wait until we get settled in our new house and we can get a bigger one. I miss having them to look at already. I have had alot of shopping to do lately, with things for the house. Today I spent nearly $1000 at bunnings. Bought a mover, blower/vac, snipper etc. Still got alot more to get too, I LOVE SHOPPING.
Anyway, I'm off it was only meant to be a quick one, Doh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey everyone!!

today is a new day so lets hope that Avaleigh is going to feed better cause it was really doing my head in yesterday. She did manage to sleep from 9pm to 6am!! Thats a massive sleep. I checked on her at 3.30am when a storm went through and she was still asleep

Mel - We've gotten rid of two tanks in the past 3 months and are now just left with the saltwater tanks. So happy we got rid of the freshwater cause Jason was just over it and not cleaning it!

Wel better go see Avaleigh, she's awake in her cot

Hi all,

Veronica, sorry to hear avaleighs fussy, but I'm sure she'll come around. Yay on the great sleep though. Lots of food and needing big long sleeps sound a lot like the hard work of a growth spurt, I'm sure she will come good again with the feeding.

Mel Thanks, but I think we are all great mummies, we just need to be reminded so Every mum is a great mum!
I love shopping too, isn't it even better when you have an excuse to go crazy and not feel guilty about how much you have spent. Enjoy making your purchases and playing with your new toys ;)

Well tried a little over the weekend to get Xavier to sleep during the day the best I could do was he was content to stare at the walls in the cot at mums house for about half an hour. Then the craziest thing has happened. Xav slept heaps last night, but had 2 little breaks 15-30 mins at 2am and then at 5.30am. He then slept till about 8.30-9ish. all up about 13 hours so far. he was up for about an hour and after just one little grizzle has happily gone back to bed for almost an hour now. I'm stoked, and shocked, and I just heard a grizzle lol well can't complain:lol:

V - Love the dress!! When is the wedding again, Sorry I am so forgetful!!

I am so bad at doing personals sorry!! I will try hard this week.

Rebecca - I have a bit of trouble getting Olivia to sleep during the day also. She has broken sleeps which I suppose is better than nothing. I shouldn't complain as at least its not the night time she has trouble. Hope he gets better, its all trial and error really isn't it?

Mel - have fun shopping!! Do some for me, its still sore for me to walk around and stand up for too long so haven't been on a good shop for ages :( Went to get a friends son's birthday present the other day and had to shop really fast so I could get back home to sit down :( Its improving a little though. My DH wants to buy a new house soon so I hope to have fun house shopping soon. When do you move?

Pap Smear - OMG with all the dramas I have had down there that is the last thing I want to get, but then the cervical place sent me a letter saying its over due :( I am going back to the Dr on Wed so will tell her, she may do it then but I am over having things shuffed up there sorry TMI

August Moon - thanks for that! I might give that book a try.

On a me front, Olivia is doing well although she hasn't pooed since Thursday night!!! She has had 2-3 forumlas a day, she is on Karicare Gold and I just hope that is not the problem. She isn't in pain so I don't think she is constipated. I am having issues with her formula feeding as she throws SO much of it back up. Yesterday at her midday feed I went through 2 bibs and they were both covered in spew :( My parents go away overseas on Saturday for 4 weeks so that will be a shock to the system as I speak to them almost every day. Dad told me only emergencys as it will cost too much to call them all the time :)

Well, must go and do some stuff before Livvie wakes from her very light sleep ;)

Floss xx