Babies Born June 16th - 30th 2008

[EJM]

Emma, I know what you mean about getting frustrated and having a bit of a cry yourself. Thats better than bottling it in! I keep thinking, how do people manage by themselves??? Sometimes when DH gets home from work it makes me relax just knowing someone is around to help. I have had an awful headache today (from being out in the cold for about 15min!!) and just let Byron sleep on me on the couch - that way I know he'll sleep longer, and I get to rest.

I think that at this age, doing anything that keeps you and baby happy is wonderful!

Satya, hope Brock continues with some big sleeps, Byron has had a few like that, but they are usually in the evening (about 4 - 10) I would rather the first night sleep to be that big! Every day seems to be different though!

Byron is dozing on the lounge next to me - using his little but trumpet as DH likes to call it, everything they do is so cute! Even that! hahaha

Hope everyone is enjoying their precious bubs!

xo

[shereejoy]

Emma, I know what you mean about getting frustrated and having a bit of a cry yourself. Thats better than bottling it in! I keep thinking, how do people manage by themselves??? Sometimes when DH gets home from work it makes me relax just knowing someone is around to help. I have had an awful headache today (from being out in the cold for about 15min!!) and just let Byron sleep on me on the couch - that way I know he'll sleep longer, and I get to rest.

I think that at this age, doing anything that keeps you and baby happy is wonderful!

Satya, hope Brock continues with some big sleeps, Byron has had a few like that, but they are usually in the evening (about 4 - 10) I would rather the first night sleep to be that big! Every day seems to be different though!

Byron is dozing on the lounge next to me - using his little but trumpet as DH likes to call it, everything they do is so cute! Even that! hahaha

Hope everyone is enjoying their precious bubs!

xo

yes I agree with you there. How do single mothers do it, with no help! Also I think TWINS omg, that would be hard too! I like you love it when Wade gets home, esp having a toddler to contend with this time too!

[jma]

Hi!

Flynn has just started to spew as well. His is overfeeding. He is such a guts sometimes. He is a sucker too which I'm now starting to differentiate between a feed or dummy time. He is also a bit stubborn (which he obviously gets from his father..lol!) and sometimes takes a long time to get the dummy into his mouth even though he really wants to suck on something. AARRGGHH, so frustrating.

My last child, Rory, was such a wonderful baby. Don't get me wrong, Flynn is a good boy but he has nothing on his sister. William was a happy baby, but a terrible sleeper. Rory was perfect all round. Fed brilliantly, slept thru from 2 weeks old, hardly cried and was always happy and smiling. Plus she was a bit sickly (croupe and always got everything that was going around twice as bad as everyone else) but was always smiling.

Flynn has just started the 'pick me up thing'. You know, he's fed, clean bum but starts crying and as soon as we pick him up, the mouth stops. Put him down and he starts screaming again. Poor kid, he doesn't get picked up half as much as the other two did, but sometimes I just can't pick him up. Will is building something and needs my help, Rory is into something and I'm trying to get dinner ready and he just has to cry. I feel terrible but I'm just too busy.

Anyway, had my rant. Flynn is crying, Will is sick, Rory is drawing on things and my DH is cracking the ****s about something.

Take care
Jean.

[shereejoy]

Ohhh Jean, big hugs to you.

I am also finding when Riley is awake he just wants to be held. Hard to do this when you are running house and looking after a toddler.

[*Beema*]

Morning

We had my grandpa's funneral Monday, drove nearly 500km in the day and Nakita was brilliant, hardly a peak out of her, I fed her before each big trip and she slept and talked for most of it, only started to get grizzly 2km from home!! She was very good throughout the whole days as well, she fed early though when we got home, so 9pm, 12 and then 4am, usually I have a 9:30-10pm and a 12-3am (somewhere in there) and then 7am or so feed, so the extra one took it out of me a bit. But she is feeding better on the Boob, I think my milk is easier for her to get, I think her mouth is getting bigger!! I am also weaning her off the nipple shields, and expressing is getting a lot easier, and quicker. Hooray for the Motilium and Oats and a growing bub!!!!

We have a weigh in today and I reckon she has put on weight easily, her face is filling out and she doesn't look as gaunt anymore, I didn't realise that she was so thin in the face until now she has rounded out more!! Her limbs are still all skin, but she will fill out in time!

Nakita has done a few projectiles mostly from drinking to much, she had a chucky day Friday, but hardly since, it is pretty funny cos it comes out the nose and mouth!!

Jean, I hope things have settled down!

Has anyone else not given bubs a dummy? We did use one while in SCBU while Nakita was being gavage fed to encourage her to suck, but havn't used one since. I did buy a couple the other day to take to the funneral just incase, instead put a bottle of EBM in her mouth!!

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Originally Posted by xxSerendipityxx
Ahh, vomiting.. I hate it, hahaha.. dont' mind if it's a dribble, but sometimes if you're holding bub up after a feed and trying to burp her and think she's ok, and then go to change her and she pukes everywhere, not fun!!

Yay looks like she's sleeping!! Although this happened to me before. She fell asleep earlier and I thought I would be able to get her into her bed but to no avail. I shall try again!

They are good tricksters huh! My boy is unbelievable, you think they are asleep and then whallaaa bright eyed and bushy tailed

Hehe Nakita keeps opening one eye at atime just to check who is around! Also you think she is aslepp but now wide awake wondering why have you put me down!!

Well must go, think I will drop into the office this morning...

[Serendypyty]

Sorry to hear about the passing of your grandfather

Nope, I haven't used dummies yet. My husband says that we should use them and we do have some in the house but I'm not really keen on the idea. I don't really want to use them unless we have to. The main reason being that some kids get so attached to them. I remember my niece used to scream her mum's house down for her dummy and wouldn't let up until she got it. I still remember the way she cried it too.. lol..
At my last clinic appointment I saw a girl who was around five years old who STILL had a dummy in her mouth... I felt like asking her mother what the hell was wrong with her.

Overall Josie seems to be settling without the assistance of dummies so I want to hold out as long as I can..

[satya]

Sheree - Hope Riley is doing well after his little ops. You are so right about going through a lot of clothes with a chucky bub. I have so much more washing to do than I expected - my clothes, his clothes, blankets, wraps, facewashers and bibs. He also has a bad habit of weeing as soon as I take the nappy off so if I'm not extra quick with the change I have wee all over it too. I also seem to spend considerable amounts of time cleaning chuck off the carpet, the rocker and the couch!!!!

Jean - I hope today is going better than yesterday was.

Beema - well done on the breastfeeding front. I have now officially given up. It just didn't work out. I wonder if it had something to do with my age but the MCHN said age has nothing to do with it. I am returning the pump to hossy this afternoon. It will be weird going back to the ward feeling so good, I could barely walk the last time I was there. We have given Brock a dummy. He was given one in the special care nursery as he just wouldn't settle one night and it was the only way he would be quiet.

I was really anti dummy before I came home from hospital but now I'm pro dummy. It helps settle him when nothing else works. He's not heavily reliant on it (yet) and usually finds it hard to keep in his mouth so when he does use it I have to keep placing it back in or he will cry. I used to be a finger sucker (two actually) and I think I would prefer Brock to suck something that we can eventually eliminate (can't chuck out those fingers). I kept my bad habit well past when I should've - I was at school and still doing it (at home). Luckily I didn't suffer any tooth damage.

Is anyone finding their bubs is noisy while feeding? Everyone is commenting on how loud he is when he feeds. I really don't know what's normal as I've not really been around a small baby before. I do admit he is quite noisy. He makes loud sucking noises and makes other noises that sound somewhat like a chook, other times pidgeon kind of noises.

[shereejoy]

Hi all, been missing in action for a week as we had paed appt and gyno appt in Mackay (3 hours away). Just a fleeting visit sorry, so sorry for no personals. I am following the Tizzie Hall routine for Riley and just started so trying to get it all happening. Really need a routine this time and a good one at that, having a toddler and all!

My appt went well, wound is had healed really well this time. Had a papsmear and find out results in 3 weeks. So hopefully it is still only low grade or even disappeared - NOW WOULDN'T THAT BE GR8.

Riley's appt didn't go so well. I have just been told by paed he has a heart murmor. This has really put a good run to a negative spin. Not only has he got a belly button hernia, tongue tie, hyraceal (fluid on the testicals), but now a god dam HEART MURMOR. Poor tyke. I need to do some research to find out if I should be worrying or not! I guess I am just guilt ridden atm! Wondering what I did wrong when I was pregnant. And also wondering if other things are going to pop up with his health in the future. I know I should be positive, but I just feel ordinary - like I have caused these things. Sorry for the downer gals, just needed to vent!

[Serendypyty]

Oh Sheree, sorry to hear about Riley's health problems but better that you find out now and are able to do something about it than find out in a few years time.. big hugs to you and your family... and feel free to vent, that's what we're here for!