wow kel congrats on your cousin's little girl another play mate for Charlee & Jack!
poor little girl missing a toe... i wonder how that happens? At least its the smallest tow yeah? i would think it would play a lesser role then the big or 2nd toe? Do they think it could hinder her development in walking?
Yeah i wanna do some hand/feet prints b4 Nixon grows too much, so what sort of stuff did you use to do it? dont wanna use something thats hard to get off!
Jess- sorry to hear you and the kids are sick. Hope you all get better soon. 37.8 is pretty high isnt it. I know i was told anything over 38degrees should be taken straight to hosp.
Sorry about Patrick, Jess
Happy one month, Niall and Aneta!
I'm wearing Oscar again and his head is hanging back and he's a bit asleep - his head doens't flop too far back, he's already got great neck muscles! Because of my non-experience with newborns I didn't even notice his strong muscles until my SIL said it. Then the maternal nurse commented on it, so I gotta be happy that he can carry himself even when I make a clumsy pick up of him!
Lactation consultant appt was really good. He fed well from both sides, the little bugger, but the appointment was good if only to show me that I feed better in a straight backed chair. He also has a small measure of tongue-tie that we may end up doing something about - this is what's causing the ridges and cracking in each boob (one boob has ridging and the other has slight cracks!). All in all, glad I made that appt and when I see the maternal nurse tomorrow I hope to report successful feeding. The tongue-tie is really mild but I'd rather not have ridges and the subsequent vasospasm. I'll see how we go.
I tells ya what, though, if there is something that's not going right, PLEASE don't wait until distress sets in - act on your early perceptions, get advice and nip it in the bud before it becomes a big problem! Tulip, you're a bit like me in that you'll accept a certain measure of pain until it becomes unignorable before doing anything about it (remember SPD? Seems so distant now, huh?).
That reminds me, Tulip, how are your nipples going since the post where you mentioned the soreness? May I just heartily recommend getting yourself to a lactation consultant (should be one in your MCHN network), even if you think the problem is going away? I put it off for days because during the day it didn't seem so bad and when I needed to call (when we were having our last feed before bedtime, being detached in a panic from the pain and then having a teary breakdown) it was out of hours and the consultant's advice unobtainable! If it was just a 'me' problem I probably still wouldn't have done anything about it, but my boob pain affects Oscar so I can't afford to disadvantage him in order to be a martyr to pain!
Oh, going to experiment with a new system - get ready for bed, change nappy, feed in lounge room THEN go to bed. The LC suspects that the get ready for bed, change nappy and feed in bed thing may not be working for us and that a change of location of the last feed might have Oscar more settled and settleable for bedtime. Nothing like bouncing ideas of someone who's career is babies!
I have laundry to fold whilst the rice cooks and DP prepares dinner...
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