Babies Born July 2007

Hi all

Mel - hehehe yes maybe you should get your mini pill script filled JIC my dream comes true!! DH is going to get the snip but until then I should also go onto the mini pill after all my slackness at going on it last time got us into trouble!! But look how perfectly that turned out. How is Jack going today? Hope he hasnt been too bothered by the plastibell (sp). BTW - we are all your friends.

Kylie - yay at finding the uly thread. I tink it wills tart to get very busy in here - will be hard to keep up.

Issis - yay for Jordans weight gain. What are you doing for his reflux?

Starfish - you are amazing to be back at work. I hope Diana been a bit more settled for you.

Kristy - I cant believe Maddison will be 4 weeks old next week - how time flies. We will be celebrating their first birthday before too long - scary!!

Relle - love your birth story. Thanks for sharing.

Me - Charlotte is still sleeping pretty well. I fed her at 9.30pm last night and then again at 3.15am and then again at 7am so I cant really complain. SHe is feeding well so fingers crossed it all continues. I was sorting through her clothes yesterday and putting them in the wardrobe and it is still weird seeing so much pink - good weird though!! I am going to buy a hug a bub sling today - I used a baby bjorn for O and J and am going to try the HAB this time - exciting!!

Hi to everyone else. I am loving dropping into the late July thread and seeing all of the action - it is very exciting!!

Have a good day
Jem

Zofia, great to hear that little Diana is now smiling how cute!! How did she go last night, any better?

Kristy, wow the later July thread is really starting to pump those babies out now hey, so exciting. How are the work men? SEXY?

Kylie, good to hear that Sebastian is doing so well. And glad to hear the Jaundice has almost completely gone. We were so surprised that Jack didn't get it, from all the bruising over his face after his speedy delivery. The Paed was very surprised before we left the hospital. I forgot to ask you do you know the food purchasing manager at the Mater?

Isiss, how did Jordan go last night? I hope his night before was just a one off.

Jem, how did your day go yesterday with just you and Charlotte? I would love a day on my own with Jack, just him and me, dreaming I think.:rolleyes:

Well, the last 2 night Jack has been really unsettled, ending up with me bringing him into bed snuggled up to me. I'm beginning to get nervous that it will end up him wanting to be snuggled all the time. Fingers crossed this magic juice coming from WA arrives today. His circumsision went really well yesterday. The bell should drop off over the next couple of days. But the doc said we applied the numbing cream really well as he didn't flinch a bit, and now the foreskin is dead so, he shouldn't feel any discomfort at all:pray:

Anyway must be off, going to go shopping for puppy accessories today, my sisters and I are buying my mum a pup for her birthday and the bits to go with it. It's very exciting as it's the dog that we will get a pup out of. Can't wait for that.

Hi to all the other July mummies, hope your all doing well, talk to you soon.

Hi Ladies!

I hope everyone is doing well. This will be a huge group once the latter half of July have all popped won't it!

Jem, it would be hard to get used to all of the pink stuff. Don't think I will ever have that problem! I keep meaning to get a hug a bub as well. There is a lady in Cairns that makes them for about half the price, I must get onto that!

Mel - I hope Jack starts to settle for you soon huni. We haven't circumcised any of the boys, not that we haven't thought about it, we just couldn't decide so we didn't. Have fun with the puppy shopping.

Kylie - I read your birth story for Seb - you did an awesome job hun! Glad to hear that his jaundice is clearing up too - all of my boys have had jaundice to some degree.

Isiss - what a bummer about the reflux, I hope that settles for you soon hun.

Kristy - I hope Maddison decides to start settling for you soon, and that the builders are extra HOT!!!!! I am hearing you on the adnoid surgery, Campbell has had grommits twice, adnoids twice and tonsils removed last time too - it is sooo frustrating.

Well we had a rough night on Monday night, but he was a champion last night. I fed him at 10is, then he went down the best yet till 5am!!!!!! then a bit unsettled till 6.30 and back down and is still asleep now, just having to wake him! I think we need to keep him pretty much awake in between his last 2 feeds so he is not getting too much sleep too early, which is also pretty much the routine we used to have for both of the boys as well.

I am going to have to go to a GP or something, cause I am pretty sure I have done something to my back and pelvic area. I think I may have osteoitis pubis, as it sounds very similar to my sister. Getting out of bed is still excruciating, but when I was pregnant just thought it was part of that.

I am feeling very house bound today, Rod is taking Campbell to the aquarium, so I will have the 2 younger boys, and am trying to figure out what I can do with them to get out! lol

Well I had better go, have a great day everyone!

Relle do you try to feed Angus the same times every day? I'm very curious as Charlee used to feed all over the shop, but I want to try and get Jack into more of a routine. He feeds approx every 3 hours during the day and 3-5 during the night. What routine have you got Angus on? You too Kristy and Jem, do you feed your babies same time every day?

Mel, I do try to feed him at similar times hun, just so that I know that I can fit all of his feeds in. Generally his feed times are around 4-5am, 8-9am 11-12pm, 3-4pm 6-7pm then 9-10pm somewhere in between those general times is when the feeds start.

Generally through the day it is around 3 hourly, but sometimes 2 and a half if he wakes and seems hungry, or sometimes 4 if he is having a good sleep.

Between the 7ish pm feed and 10ish we keep him out of bed and just cuddle or let him snnoze in his rocker then wake him 30 mins before feed for a bath right before the feed, or if he is still awake but getting irritable, the bath is a good way to string him out, but we have always done it at night, and our boys have all gone down really well at night.

Wow Relle - Angus is a little champ. How fantastic. Your "routine" is fairly similar to ours. Hope you back/pelvis is feeling better. I noticed you said Campbell has had grommits before - has they made any difference to him? The reason I ask is that we went to see a ENT specialist on Monday for Jesses ears - his are constantly infected - and he is recomending grommits. We havent made a decision yet as we want to find out a bit more about our options eg should we wait a while and see what happens .

Mel - we did have Tuesday with just Charlotte which was so divine!! We pottered about the house and caught up on bits and pieces and had a rest!! Love my Tuesdays. Has your magic potion arrived yet? Yes we generally feed Charlotte at roughly the same time each day. Like Relle we feed roughly every three hours during the day - sometimes it is a bit longer or shorter depending on how she is. At nighht the last feed is always 9.30pm and she is normally in bed by 10pm. She seems to have a bit of awake tie between 5ish and 7.30ish but is normally asleep when I feed her at 9.30 - she sees to feed quite well when half asleep. Its all a bit of trial and error isnt it until you get onto something that seems to work.

Me - got my hug a bub today. I really love it. I was going to get the black but really liked the navy with berry pocket. I took Charlotte for a walk in in this afternoon and she slept the entire time. It is really comfy to wear to I a glad I ended up getting one.

I had best run and go and eat some smarties and watch thank god you are here.

Take care everyone

Jem

Hi everyone

Just a short post from me today as I have an armful of Diana, so can only type with pne hand.

We had a much better night last night. Diana was a lot more settled and slept through most of the evening, then had a midnight feed, slept through until nearly 4:00am has another feed and slept through until about 7:00am.

This evening she is being reasonably quiet and settled too. Although that may stop soon as tonight is bath night and she hates baths, lol.

Have any of you heard of infant potty training? You can google it to read about it, but basically it involves communicating with your baby and looking out for signals they give you about when they need to poo and wee. When you see the signal, you take the baby's nappy off and hold them over a potty and let them do their business... I have decided to try it with Diana. We started today and already three times I changed her nappy to find it dry, held her over a potty and let her wee (the fourth time she ended up weeing on the changing mat, still three out of four is not bad). I will keep you posted on how we go.

Jem - the grommits were the best thing we ever did for Campbell. We did have to have them done twice though and also the admoids removed twice, and the 2nd time he also had his tonsils removed.

His behaviour, sleeping, eating, speech as well as hearing all improved dramatically after the surgery. The first tie the surgeon just put in grommits that were like a cylinder, then the 2nd surgeon we saw put in grommits that were still cylinder on the inside but almost like a cog wheel on the outside, so they are actually less likely to move.

Campbell went from having anti biotics basically every week, and he has not had one course since the surgery last november. I think that also speaks for itself. The grommit surgery is really minor, and that afternoon he was pretty much back to normal, and I would definately do it again in a heartbeat.

I hope that helps hun!

Diana - that sounds amazing about the infant potty training, I don't think I could do that with the other 2 as well, I would miss the signs for sure!

Hi girls

Sorry, have had a terrible couple of days with Seb and am at my wits end- pleasehelp!!

He feeds really well overnight, sleeps 3 hours between feeds. He has a 4-5am feed, and then he won't sleep from then on. He's fussy, unsettled, will give him one boob and he drains it and falls asleep. I put him down to sleep and he's awake an hour later with tummy pains and seems like he's hungry again. He sucks on his dummy furiously and if I offer him the other boob he takes it, drains it, vomits and then whinges with tummy pain again.

I have tried giving him a warm bath, some warm water, the dummy, rubbing his belly - I don't know what else to do. I'm so over tired and getting frustrated with him (which I know helps no one!).

Today he was awake from 4 am to 11 am (doing all of the things I described above), he then slept until 2pm, had a feed, went to sleep for a hour, and then woke up again.

Is this normal? it seems like his tummy pain is really uncomfortable for him, and I can hear the wind gurgling away in his lower tummy. He always burps really well though.

Any suggestions? We are seeing the GP tomorrow because I think he has thrush (he's got that white coating on his tongue and my nipples are a bit sore), do you think that might be a reason why he's so unsettled?

Sorry for the whinge - but I would really appreciate any help

G'day July Mummies!!

Isnt it so unreal to be in here??!!

Avaleigh and I arrived home this afternoon. She is absolutely wonderful! Our first two nights were rough, only got 2 hrs sleep both nights cause she was hungry and windy but luckily my milk came in yesterday afternoon and she is a totally different baby. We got 6 or more hrs sleep last night!! And OMG my boobs are huge.. LOL

Well, I am tired and hungry so I am off to have some dinner and rest before our next feed.

Congratulations Veronica!! Congratulations to everyone who I have missed with their birth annoucements.

I have had a pretty hard time over the last few weeks. I have had cracked nipples so haven't been feeding but expressing, then got thrush of the nipples and now have mastitis so between feeding, expressing then resting every 3 hours it takes it out of me.

Olivia won't settle much at this time, its an actual nightmare getting her to sleep. DH is in there now with her trying to get her to settle. We topped her up, but she is still screaming her little head off. It makes it hard when she does that when I have so much to do to feed her - its a long process of heating boobs, then expressing which takes ages with the blocked ducts, then cooling the boobs - I am up for a good 2 hours in the middle of the night.

Sorry to be a misery. I will be back to read all the annoucements and news over the next few days - hoepfully I can get myself right and get out of the house. All I want is to be able to feed my little one and stop this expressing nonesense - its so inconvenient for me!! I don't want to go onto formula - but if she keeps killing my nipples I think for my sanity and frame of mind I will have to :(

:hugs: to everyone!!

Floss xxx

Kylie and Flossie - am sending you massive hugs atm. It is so difficult when our bubs wont settle and cant communicate exactly what is wrong to us.

Kylie - you seem to be doing all the right things, but will try and think of something to offer you, sorry I have no advice atm! I hope the GP can offer you some relief.

Flossie - hon, if it comes down to it, and putting Olivia on formula will make you a happy mum then dont beat yourself up about it - a happy mum = a happy bub, and therefore is the right thing to do! Fantastic if things settle and you can continue on b/f but if not - Thats OK!

Veronica - welcome hon, so good to have you in here. Cant wait to hear all about your beautiful new princess!

Mel - on the feeding schedule. Ideal feeding times for me is 6am-10am-2pm-6pm-10pm-2am! This is perfect timing for me, but Maddison usually has other ideas - lol. If she goes 4 hourly then woohoo but she tends to wake and grizzle searching and sucking at around the 3 1/2 hr mark, even 2 1/2hrs sometimes. She tends to sleep much better during the day which is frustrating, so am trying to change that. Had a really really unsettling day with her yesterday, she seemed to have a belly ache (like Seb!), yet she burped like no lady usually after each feed. However by night she was fine, and we had a great 4 - 4 1/2 hrly night. She does vomit a fair bit though so will discuss this with the mchn, but I'm not worried by it.

To everyone else - apology for no personals atm, havent forgotten you, and will bbl to do so! xo

Welcome to the baby buddies thread Veronica. Glad to hear that you are enjoying Avaleigh.

Kylie and Flossie - hope your bubs are settling better for you.

Flossie - I agree with Kristy. If putting Olivia on formula eases your sress then it is the right thing to do for bith you and your baby.

At my end, everything is going okay. I am really tired (that's to be expected though lol). Diana is still feeding well although she does become unsettled in the evenings. Apparently this is common for many babies and it will pass soon. I have managed to put some updated photos and an updated journal entry on my site though, so that's good. I have also started one university course last night. I'll see how I go (nearly fell asleep in the lecture last night, but otherwise did okay).

Hi everyone.
Thought I had better join the thread, as I am now a mummy and no longer pregnant lol (it feels weird saying that after so long!).
My little bubba was born on 20th of this month (lol a day before her EDD!).
All is going well- she is feeding and sleeping well, which is a godsend!
Not sure how much i will get here though, but will try my best!!
Well off again for yet another feed!
xoxo

Hi all,

Thanks for your words of encouragement. I have had a good day and managed to feed Olivia 2 times today so hopefully if I keep it up and get her on right my nipples won't crack again.

Questions - Do the nipples tend to ach after feeding? Does anyone else experience this?

I will hopefully get on more time tomorrow to read this thread and catch up with everyone and you and your little bubbas are doing, hope you are all well.

My little ray of sunshine is sleeping (I think), she has been so good today.

Floss xxx

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't been in a while. Jack is still not settling very well. The magic juice arrived two days ago, but still hasn't really kick in, either that or it's not working for him. I hate it, he sounds to be in so much pain, and I have tried almost everything and nothing seems to really help except to hold and cuddle him. Which is all fine and well, except I have a 14 month old who is starting to get her nose out I think as she is becoming very clingy and sooky. And it doesn't make night times much fun either. He normally has a decent sleep at the beginning of the night, goes down around 9-10ish and will sleep for 3-4 hours but thats about it, very restless for the rest of the night.
Thinking about taking him to a doc next week for a referral to see a paed.

Anyway apart from this things are good.

Flossie, yey on 2 feeds for Olivia today, sounds very promising and progressive for the two of you, I hope things continue to improve for you.

Zofia, wow on going back to uni so soon. You go girl!! I don't know how you do it, really. Good luck!!

Kylie, I can sympathise with you. It's not much fun and breaks your heart when you can't seem to help them hey? Fingers crossed for you though, he comes good soon.

Veronica, congrats on Avaleighs arrival, can't wait to see pics of her.

Kristy, how are the bathrooms coming along? Thanks for your info, sounds similiar to Jacks feeds. He is normally every 3 hours during the day, and well 2-3 at night. Hoping things improve soon though.

Jem, how is Charlotte sleeping now? Still like a dream, I'm so jealous!!

Relle, is Angus still the perfect bub?

Take care lovely ladies,
Sorry if I missed someone, promise it won't happen again, must be off.

Hi girls,

I will try to do personals,but forgive me if they are brief, Angus is a bit unsettled and I am holding him.

Kylie - I hope Sebs wind has settled a bit. How did you go with your appt? Does he have thrush? I know the one time I Cooper had oral thrush it really affected his feeding as it hurt him to suck for very long.

Veronica - congrats on the arrival of Avaleigh. So great to hear she is doing well!

Floss - I am sure you probably have, but are you using Lansinoh cream at all? The other thing I would suggest is seeing a lactation consultant. There may be some small thing they can suggest to help improve her attachment to help stop the cracked nipples. I hated feeding Cooper that much, that it was far less stressful for me to fully express and feed him via a bottle! than to try and put him on the boob. It is awesome you managed a copule of feeds, you are doing a great job hun!

Zofia - I can't believe you have started back at uni. What are you studying?

Mel - what a bummer about Jack's wind. It is really hard to when you are trying to juggle everything. I found going from 1.to 2 harder so far than 2 to 3. Make sure you let us know how you go if you take Jack to the paed.

Well we have had a bit of an unsettled day with Angus today. I am very aware of needing him to be able to self settle through the day, especially when dh goes back to work, but as we are in a double storey house, constant trips up the stairs to put a dummy in, is also going to be difficult with the other 2 getting upto goodness knows what downstairs.

He is still having great nights though, so certainly can't complain. He is sooooo similar to Campbell. I stressed myself out to the max for the first 3 months of Campbell's life cause I was adamant that he woulde self settle and sleep when I wanted him too. he did learn - eventually! but I don't have that time now, so not really sure what to do.

He is still feeding really well and got weighed yesterday and had put on 300 grams in 5 days! lol little piggie!

Jem - how are you going with the 3 hun?

hope everone else is well, have a great night!

Hi girls

Just a quicky me so I will pop back in over the weekend and do personals.

Mel - big hugs to you my dear. - its tough isnt it when these little bubbas wont settle or you are having trouble feeding.

Kylie - big hugs to you as well - is Seb settling a bit better today? I found a CD called Sounds for Silence which has a lot of white noise/environmental noise like a dishwasher or washing machine helped Jesse settle.

Flossie - you are amazing persisting with the breast feeding - hugs. SOunds like you are doing a great job and I hope they continue to get better and better.

Veronica - congrats on the safe arrival of your princess Avaleigh. How is the feeding going - I saw another post of yours asking some questions about it.

Zofia - you are amazing going back to uni with a newborn - working as well. How do you do it???

Relle -thanks for the info re the grommits - we have decided to go ahead with getting them so he is booked in for 6 August. DH will have to be with him when he goes under as I know it will make me cry seeing him looking all scared and wondering what is going on. I will be there for him when he wakes up though. I hear you on wanting Angus to self settle - I want/NEED Charlotte to do the same - how are you going about it? Re your question how I am coping with three - I am doing better than I thought I would but I am dreading DH going back to work as I am sure things will come crumbling down.

Kristy - how is Miss Maddison going at the moment? Also how is the bathroom coming along - how nice will a new bathroom be - lucky you!!

Hi to everyone else - hope you are all going well and your bubbas are doing as they should.

Me - not much new to report. Charlotte is still sleeping pretty well - going from about 10pm at night until 3ish then waking for a feed and then goes off to sleep again until between 6 - 7 am. I am very thankful she is a sleeper (I am touching wood as I say that) cause Jesse hasnt been sleeping all that well - but that is probably becasue he isnt well AGAIN.

I had best run and go and eat some snack chocolate.

Take care everyone
Jem

OMG OMG OMG:dance:

Just quickly before we go out, just thought I'd let you know I'm feeling very optimistic today. Jack was a different baby last night. Put him down after a feed at 9:30pm, he woke at 1:30am, feed gave him the magic juice bounced on the ball down at 2:30am, slept til 4:30am, feed him again more juice more bouncing then down and he slept until 7:00am. Couldn't believe it. I'm hoping it happens again tonight:pray:

Hope things are well or getting better for all.

yay mel and yay jack. I am very happy for you and i have everything crossed that it continues. Good work!!!

good morning everyone.. I am typing with my left hnd with cuddling Avaleigh so bare with me with the spelling mistakes! hopefully today i can read over wht everyone has posted and get my birth details up too. We havent had much sleep since getting home and the visitors are keeping me awake during the day so i have said no visitors today cause i am sleeping!

Avaleigh is doing real goood. m/w came to see us yesterday and everything looks good. She is back today for the weigh in and with the way this one is feeding, she would have regained what she lost plus more. She is vrey unsettled between midnight and 5 am, i ended up giving her a dummy last night, feel like a bit of a failure but i was desperate... :redface:

well better go put bub down, have some breaky and have a snooze too. oh i have heard many of you mention that this thread id going to get busy, it sure is, i hgope we can all keep up!

Hi all,

Well after more tears, frustration for both me and Olivia I have decided to stop breastfeeding her. I am still expressing for until I can but the feeding is just too painful.

I rested them for a good week, then tried her on again for a good 3-4 days and they are grazed, cracked and bleeding again. I get frustrated when feeding her and she can feel that and that is not good for me or her.

I have tried, and I still feel like I am failing and letting myself and everyone down but I just don't feel I can pesist with it any longer.

My Mum said it happened with me, she couldn't feed me as I sucked to to hard and hurt her too much and that could be what Olivia is doing to me? It could be the way she is sucking that makes my nipples continuously cracking.

I have tried everything people have thrown at me to make the ok but nothing is working.

Sorry to burden all this again, I just needed to get it out.

Floss xxx

Hope you are all doing ok - Mel that is great the little Jack had a great night :)

Oh FLossie *hugs* times like these are hard but you gave it your best shot. *more hugs*

Name: Zyon Jaya
DOB: 26 July (40w 3d)
Baby #: 3
Time: 12:53
Weight: 7lb 12o
Length: 52cm
HC: 34cm
Labour: Contraction 5-7mins all day & went to hospital at 3mins apart 7:45pm, waters broke at 9:30pm. Totally natural birth at Angliss FBC, was an awesome experience!

Hi ladies, thought I had best pop in...

We are doing well & will try to keep up with you all...

Flossie, dont be hard on yourself hun...
I never breastfed Maddy, we are super close, she is healthy & happy... It is not the be all & end all!!!

Hi girls,

Wowo it is starting to get very busy in here!

Trace, so good to see you in here hun! I don't know about you, but I have found havign 3 not as bad as I had feared.

Jem I am the same, things are going quite well now, but waiting for it to crumble when DH goes back to work in another week. I am hoping that I will be more used to feeding Angus and dealing with the others by then that it won't be as bad. I am sure we will have our days, but at least we have a network of people that will understand! lol

Floss - you have given it everything you have got, and I think Kristy said it quite a while ago, happy mum = happy baby. You have given her a great start by giving her breast milk so far, any day is a bonus.

Veronica - good to hear you are having a visitor free day, rest up hun!!

Mel - Woohoo on Jack's night,:dance: I hope they continue to get better for you hun.

Jem - I was with Campbell both times he was put under, it is very difficult watching it. It was much worse for us the second time when he had his tonsil out, as the surgery is longer, they are in recovery longer and that was actually an overnight stay as well as a good solid 10 days of recovery at home. As mush as it was a really tough 10 days for Campbell, even that was still worth it, so I would definately say grommits are worth it as they are so easy for them to recover from, like I said, Campbell was up and running around that afternoon after the grommit/adnoid surgery.

Well my sister and family are coming this arvo, had better go, I have a slice baking and have finally caught up on all of my housework today! :dance:

Hi everyone

Veronica - glad you are having a visitor free day. I had to do that too. It gets so exhausting other wise. They say when you become a parent you have to learn to do everything with one hand, which includes typing I suppose. I am still having trouble operating the mouse with my left hand though.

Flossie - good on you for persisting with breastfeeding as long as you have. Hugs. Don't beat yourself up about it deciding to stop. The media does seem to portray breastfeeding as something easy and natural, but this is not always the case, so you have to do what is best for you. Also, if you keep expressing, your milk won't dry up and you have the option of starting to breastfeed again later on if you want (the Australian Breastfeeding Association has information on their site about this).

Mel - glad that things are going well for you and Jack. What is the magic juice you are talking about?

Welcome to the threat Blueflower and Tracey.

Thanks to all of you for your encouragement re me going back to uni and work. How do I do it? With lots of helf from a wonderful partner and an understanding boss. :) I am really grateful for all the support I get.

I am taking a break from infant potty training at the moment. I have Diana in disposable nappies, so when I was looking out for her pooing and weeing signs by the time I got her nappy off she had dirtied it a bit so it needed changing. As I was now changing her 2-3 times more frequently than before I decided that this wasn't cost effective and that I should put her in cloth nappies. I went and bought some cloth nappies yesterday, put Diana in them and lo and behold, they leaked when we went shopping and there was no toilet nearby. I thought that I had put the nappies on wrong or something so I tried again when we got home, and they leaked again. This time it was only a few minutes after a feed and I saw no signs that she even needed to go. So I am putting the potty training on hold until I work out what I am doing wrong with the cloth nappies. I still hold her over the potty when I change her normally though and most of the time she wees on cue, so I feel that the whole thing is worth perservering with.

Name: Avaleigh Jayde
DOB: 23/07/07 39w5d
Baby #: 1
Time: 2.18pm
Weight: 7lbs 12oz
Length: 51cm
HC: 35cm
Labour: Induction -> 3-4 cm dialated @ 39w4d, waters broken at 8am 39w5d, drip in at 9am, first contractions at 10am, epidural around 1pm, pushing at 1.40pm

Relle, My Hubby goes back to work on Monday, I told maddy to let her teacher know there may be a few late days next wk, he laughed & said.. "I dont think so, I saw your Mum having contractions at our meeting, she'll get you here on time!"

I am finding it Ok having 3 too, Maddy is a big helper though, Indah is accepting & fine with Zyon now too so that's all good!!
Well the nurse come this morning to check Zyon & do his heel test! He had only lost 85g since birth, my milk is well & truly in & man he is guzzling it down now, she siad it wont be long & his skinny long legs will be big chubby roly poly ones!!!
My blood loss has almost stopped too, but tha'ts normal for me (lucky I know)..

I hope everyone si resting & enjoying their bubba's!!!

I got a visit from the m/w today to check how much weight Avaleigh has put on the the clever lil girl is back to her orginal birth weight!! I am not surprised with that with the amount of feeding she is doing.

Im feeling exhausted, I know I shouldnt have but I vacuumed and mopped the floors :redface: yes I know, tell me off... Our male dog has gotten very territorial I think of his home and has been weeing inside lots. Naughty dog will be sleeping outside tonight.

Going to have a shower and have a lay down before my princess is ready for her next feed.

Flossie, I think you have done a wonderful job to breastfeed as long as you have. You should be proud that you have done so well so far. And FF isn't bad at all, just think the responsibility of midnight feeds isn't entirely on you now, you can share them with DH;). but really, you can always keep expressing while Olivia takes formula for awhile to keep your supply up, then one your nipples have fully healed you can try again, if thats what you want. Just try not to beat yourself up though, I think you have lasted alot longer than I would have if I were in your shoes.

Jem, Relle, Tracey, I'm handling 2 pretty well I think, DH has been back to work for a week now as well as uni, and I'm coping better than I thought I would be able to. Exam time will be interesting though. It's definately alot easier when DH is home, I just don't want to get too used to his help with uni taking up so much of his time. Fingers crossed it won't be too stressful on us.

Don't want to get too excited just as yet, but we put forward a contract on a house today. Won't be able to move until october, but fingers crossed the contract gets signed and we have our new home. Won't have far to move either as its in the same street as ours just about 100m up the road. Similiar style home, just bigger and on a full block, not as nice inside but we have some money aside for some cosmetic renos. But like I said don't want to get hopes up yet

I missed your post Veronia, do you have pics of Avaleigh yet that you can share?

I do Mel!! I will get them up now :)

Oh Veronica she is just soooooooooooooooo cute:p

Thanks Mel :) She is adorable and we are very proud!!

Just saw your pictures Veronica. Avaleigh is very cute!

Veronica - Just had a look at Avaleigh and she is adorable. I took a photo of Charlotte last week that I just love so I will put it on her website later today (not that I am bias or anything hehehehe).

Just added the latest photo of Charlotte onto her website - it is the one on the front page.

I will BBL to say hi again.

Good morning everyone,
It certinly is getting busy in here.

Have not been in for a few days as been having a tough time with Tyler, he seems to have alot of wind as my milk comes out so fast, i can hear the wind in his tummy as he is drinking and although he burps and farts like a trooper he still gets alot of pain and to make things harder he wants to feed evey 2 hrs as well. we might get 1 3-4hr sleep in a day, i realy dont know what to do, its realy starting to get me frustrated and stressed.

Better go he has just woken up after 20min and is screaming again.

Aww thanks everyone!! She is such a cutie and gets cuter every day.

We had a good night last night. Avaleigh was still unsettled but I decided to try the whole co-sleeping thing because she wasnt interested in her dummy. And it worked!! We managed to get about 3 hrs between feeds.

I think bub is starting to develop nappy rash but doesnt look like nappy rash that I have seen so not too sure. I've been putting cream on it anyways. Do different brands of nappies give bub more nappy rash than the others or are they all pretty much the same?? It makes me want to go MCN, but kinda lacking funds at the moment. I will see how it goes over the next few weeks.

Well better go and get myself in to the shower. Avaleigh's uncle is coming to see her for the first time and I look like death at the moment! LOL

Jem - That picture of Charlotte is absolutely gorgeous!

Roudys Mum - I am having the same problem with Avaleigh. She is absolutely perfect during the day but when the night time comes around all she wants to feed every 1 - 2 hours! We actually managed 3 hours last night cause I cuddled her all night. Maybe give him a dummy? In a thread I started yesterday, I was told that it can help with wind and also some sort of formula?? I hope you find something that works for you.

Roundy's mum I can sympathise, it's exactly what is wrong with Jack. I find keeping him still for around 10-15mins after a feed then bounce him upright on an exercise ball really helps. I also use Infants friends before his feeds (twice a day) and a chemists guys magic juice after his feeds (6 times a day) and it has helped alot.

Jem, she is just adorable, so precious!!!

Veronica, glad to hear you had a better night.

I'm hoping we have turned a corner with Jack, another reletively good night last night. Feel asleep after his bath (couldn't get him to feed) at 9pm, woke at 12pm feed, back down by 1pm, then woke at 4am, back down by 5 then woke at 7am, sorry I'm pretty happy with that.