Naomi.
It is hard with the little ones, SOmetimes i wonder if we all just worry too much and that babys get upset and cry etc and they will grow out of the wind/reflux whatever?
My dr yesterday said that i am wasting my time with infacol and infants friend, that they are useless (i am not trying to start arguments here girls - just repeating what he said).
I havent given any more gaviscon because she hates to swallow it - even in warm water!!
I have put her to bed in her bouncer chair in the cot - lol- looks awkward but what can you do?
Do you think there is any physical damage to be caused but sleeping her in this? I might put a post up for the professionals......
It is hard isnt it, and it sucks they dont come with a manual, or even guidelines!!
I have tried Lactogen formula last night, mil came over and grabbed some saying how much it helped dp's sister's little one (she a member of bb amym) when he seemed to feed all the time. Well i know your not supposed to assume anything after one feed but i would have thought i would have seen SOME difference, but nothing, and he still had another feed 2hrs later!! Im using up the bottles of s26 ive already made up (1 left) before i give the lactogen a proper go. Spoke to Rick about it last night and said if this doesnt work, will with a thickner a go, and if that doesnt work we can put it down to him being hungry and def going through a growth spurt.
I cant believe how quickly i can get annoyed at Lachlan, just mainly in the mornings, even if he has had a good 6-8hr sleep. I told him to shut up serveral times this morning, not that he was crying but he was whinging, grunting, moaning and groaning, like he normally does, nothing was wrong thats just how he is sometimes. In the end i put him to bed awake and went outside (with the monitor) and had a coffee to calm down.
Then i get massive guilt feelings about what i did, even though i know i did the right thing by putting him down (in a safe place) and walking away, its not his fault, he just prob so over tired as last few days he hasnt slept much, he caught up on some sleep yesterday but not enough, I shouldnt get so angry and annoyed at him and i hate the fact i feel like this, he sleeps 6-8hrs at night so i dont know what im really complaining about either. (although he will wake or stirr a couple of times).
I know its normal for me to get annoyed with lack of sleep and fustration at not knowing what to do, but it still doesnt make me feel anybetter.
I sent Rick a msg when he left for work this morning, as he got annoyed at me too this morning as he was running late and blamed me (long story about his sleeping patterns), normally i dont let it affect me and he will always appologise when he's realised what he done, but knowing he had no credit left on his ph, i knew he couldnt reply and loved the thought he had to stew on it for a bit.
I wrote: Your angry, Lachlan angry, both at me, you should have let me go when i was going to go the other day, you both would be happier without me as i cant seem to do anything right by either of you!
I felt better as soon as i sent it, knowing its not true. Rick annoyed at the fact he was late and not at me, and Lachlan annoyed at being over tired and not at me. Im doing the best i can, and they are both better off for having me here.
I wish i could believe that all the time though.
ok vent over lol
Princess: it does seem awkward, but if she is sleeping then it cant be that bad. I doubt anything bad will become of it, babies are often resiliant (sp?) and can sleep in the worst looking positions without any after effect. The only place i could get Lachlan to sleep yesterday was in his swing while it was swinging, he slept in there for all of his sleep yesterday, and his head kinda on an angle, but i figure, if it get sore he knows how to move, and he did, changing his head position a few times, waking up having a stretch and going back to sleep. So i dont think there any health problems related to this, unless they slept like this for a yr or so lol
But will be interested in what others have to say
Apparently they grow out of reflux around 3months!!
I agree Infants friend doesnt seem to do anything neither does gripe water, but i have heard others swear by them, so i think its individual cases iykwim
I feel your grumpiness and frustration. DH is so wonderful but in the mornings when i am sooo grumpy i let out my frustrations on him, i can be such a b*tch sometimes ... i dont know how our husbands put up with us. But they do, and somehow they understand we dont mean the things we say.
i try and be very aware when frustrated with dd crying, and find if i hold her close and tight it helps, like she kniws that i am tired and grumpy but not her fault iykwim. When i feel guilty and dd falls asleep with me and has her little hands hanging onto my shirt or necklace it makes my heart melt and i feel like all the sleep dep is worth it.
Hang in there - you are doing so well, just remind yourself it wont be like this forever. you did the right thing by taking a break and putting him where he was safe, letting him cry while you cool down wont hurt him.
Last night dd did the most amazing thing!!! After her bath at 6pm.... dh put her in her cot flat on her back, and she slept until 630am..... she has never done that!
mind you i was awake from 1 waiting for her to wake up and my bb's hurt like hell...lol
The only time i seem to get fustrated with Lachlan is in the mornings, i think its cos all i want to do is sleep and i cant, but i dont get fustrated with him all the time either, just when he been whingy. I can handle when he is crying or is happy, just not whingy 1st thing in the morning. Like you said, it wont last, then i'll regret getting angry at him and that he is grown up to quickly.
It is amazing what our partners put up with, but then i think its payback, for all the crap of theirs we have put up with LMAO!!
My heart melts to when they hang on to you, its just the sweetest.
ooooo wow, congrats on Ashley sleeping so long, its great when they do that. And flat on her back too thats great.
I hear you about sore bb's, i remember that, thats one thing i dont miss about BF!! lol
Hey to everyone else, where are you all?? Hope you are all doing well and that you cute little bubba's are being good!!
Hellooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Taking a rare moment before having to be milky-moo-bar-mummy again!!
Oh Naomi & Princessmya!! You girls are so wonderful and amazing!! I am proud of you both with all that you are both sharing - you truly are wonderful mummies!! An dit is so true that it's all worth it when they give you the most precious snuggle - DD#2 nuzzles her face into my neck!! Awwwwwwwww
I've been having a really bad parent stint to the point I smsed DH and told him I suck at being mummy to our girls!!
DD#1 is really trying my weary brain with tears atm that I am finding my fuse is almost non existent it is that short!! But thankfully, have had the best day in a loooooooooooooong time today.....so am treading cautiously and hoping that we are onto something good.....:fingerscrossed:
DD#2 has decided to not go as long between her 10pm feed and the next now.....poo! She was going til approx 5.30/6am and now barely gets past 4/4.30am which I guess is great, EXCEPT I am awake from about 2am, listening to her snort and fuss but remain asleep! Feel like I have gone backwards and am getting less sleep again......bottom!
Just looked at time, will need to duck off and feed shortly so am hoping will bbl - which could be anytime in the lives of mummies with newborns hey?!?!
Although, funny thing today - am amazed I found it funny but DD#2 did SUPER-poo so had to do emergency bath!! OMG!! How far up her back it went!!!!! So instead of fussing with all bits'n'bobs that I usually get organised for bath time, just filled up bathroom sink and bathed her in that! She was so precious coz she watched my reflection in the mirror with big smiles!! Kinda like, "Thank you mummy for de-pooing me, feels much better, ta!!"
Anywhos, better dash, but like I said, hopefully will bbl......take care lovlies!!
Oh and naomi, you made me laugh when you said your munchkin was being a 'bum head'!!! ROFL!!!
Oh and would love to hear from you girlies who also have toddlers as well as your newborn.....coz like I said, I've been having a bad parenting stint that I even asked DH to keep DD#1 & I in separate rooms the other day coz just listening to her whinge and cry for no reason was making my brain fry!!!OR is it just me?!?!?!?!?!
Charly - I can only just manage with Lewis so I admire you having 2 little girls to look after! I'm sure you are doing a brill job. You mothers of 2 or more bubs deserve medals, I think Lewis will have to be at least 4 before I attempt to have another one!!
I am exactly the same as you though, I wake up and listen to Lewis's noises at least an hour before he actually wakes up! When DH asks me in the morning what time did he wake, I always make sure I tell him what time I woke up first so it sounds more dramatic!
Sorry I've been MIA. I have been here and reading all your posts, I've just been struck down with a terrible cold/flu thing for the past few days and haven't felt like posting. I've been expressing into bottles, so family members can feed Caeleb. I don't want him to catch this! I feel so bad, because I know that he must be missing me... but, what's worse?!?
We're all smiles and giggles all the time now. He makes my heart melt constantly with those huge gummy smiles... but I guess you all know what I'm talking about. How lucky are we!!!
Sorry for the "selfish" post. There's been so much chatter in here, there's no way I could catch up on you all.
Oh Celsie!! I am so sorry to hear that you got sick!! Like having a newborn isn't challenging enough!! It completely sucks I know (had my turn 2weeks ago - did the same, expressed so others could feed DD) So am sending you - big healthy vibing ones!!! Take care lovely!! Btw, don't apologise for *selfish posts* - I think considering what we have all been through and what we are all currently going through, *selfish posting* can be just what the doc ordered sometime - so we're all entitled to our selfish moment..................or ten!!!! ....I know I'll be making my fair contribution every now and then!! hehehe!!
Hope you are all doing well - won't post long as the 'good day roll' with DD#1 started and ended yesterday so she is currently glued to my lap and now have to go hang out washing - wakadoo!!
Am trying to keep up with all the posts though so will bbl!
Thanks Charly!!! You're such a gem. I'm actually feeling a little better today. My Dad is home with me, helping take care of Caeleb. It's interesting, considering that the last baby he helped take care of was me! LOL - But, he's trying his best and I really appreciate it. DH was going to come home from work, but Dad insisted he'd be okay.
I don't think taking care of a new born and a toddler would be the easiest task. I can only imagine how draining it must be for you. Well done you for being a "Super Mum!". I hope I'm just as good at it as you are one day too!
How many of you girls with older babies have had the dreaded 2 month shots at the doctors??? I've got to take Caeleb next week and I'm terrified. I'm tossing up whether or not to let him have the Rotavirus vaccine. One of the side-effects is a twisted bowel. I know side-effects are rare, but that one just worries me too much. I had rotavirus as an 18 month old. I was very sick, but I survived. I just don't know if it's worth letting him have the vaccine if that could happen. What do you all think?
Okay, must go express some more. My bb's are about to burst!!! LOL
Charly - I understand you on the newborn and DD#1 situation as you no i have one little girl who is 16mths old and a 6 week old now! And Ahhhhhh!! It can be so frustrating and sometimes i feel as if i am favoring one over the other as DD#1 can try and make me feel bad! NEVER EVER THINK YOU SUCK AT BEING MUMMY TO YOUR GIRLS you are not at all. It can be so dam hard some days i have a saying to people when they ask how are things and i say to them " I don't have time to fart let alone anything else" That then puts a smile on my dial and i have a chuckle to myself! I had tayneesha in for day surgery last week she got grommets in her ears she was a good little girl but it has been hectic for me the last 6 weeks with everything and on top of that Tayneesha is getting her 4 eye teeth through and i am completely over that too! it has been two weeks and nothing yet just red gums and her sooky whinging and stinky teething nappies and so on and so on AHHHHHHHH!!!
Looking on the bright side though I am fortunate verty fortunate that DD#2 sleeps well at night she will go to bed at 10-10.30pm and sleep till about 4.30am - 5am in the morn have a feed and then sleep more so this makes it alot easier that i can get sleep. I am not sure what your DD#2 sleeps but i could not imagine having less sleep than i have with a toddler my hat goes off to all of those women who can do it. I think i would just die!
DD#1 adores DD#2 and cuddles and kisses her all the time to the extent that sometimes it is just over the top so i do as well have to move to another room and close the door just to feed her otherwise i get a tanty happening as DD#1 wants to feed her and do it I have to laugh and it is rather cute.
Celsie - Hugs to you and hope you feel better soon it must be draining for you at the moment. I wouldn't even want to get out of bed. With the needles with my first daughter number one it was horrible i hated it but i got an inner strength from somewere and new that she had to have them otherwise she would get sick. She did cry for a bit so i fed her and she then fell asleep for a good 4 hrs or so. I would get the vaccine done but it is your decision at the end of the day maybe tel the doctor what happened to you so he can discuss it in more detail with you.
Hi all, just popping in to say hi quickly. Have been very busy with Angus since his birth nearly 6 wks ago, looks like he's a reflux baby. We had a bit of a scare when he didn't gain much weight then lost a little one week and projectile vomited a lot - worried it was something really emergency serious. But looks like just bad reflux.
I don't know how people manage to feed their babies in public, Angus writhes, and grabs my nipple, and kicks so I have great difficulty positioning him and end up spending aobut 5 mins with the boob out before I can get him on. Was at a friends house with her 8 wk old the other night and she popped her on under the shirt in about 2 secs flat, no flashing, no writhing, etc - man, that would be nice!!! Will have to practice to see if I can get more adept, but perhaps just have an active little boy and there's nothing I can do!
I can hear him waking up now off to feed him. Hello to all, lovely to see how you are all getting on and to know that we're all not perfect - isn't it comforting to hear someone else has been through the same things?
BF in public is hard! and something i am not yet a pro nor comfy doing... i have done a couple of times and yes feel like i am flapping my bb's in the wind...
Having quite large bb's (10f pre-preg) dont help either as they get hard to put back in a bra with a breast pad - need 2 hands to master, which means putting dd down in her pram with my bb's still flapping in the wind!.
Not to mention my let down squirting so i have to take dd off so she doesnt dribble down my shirt or choke and let it squirt off in a tissue/pad before putting her back on.
Could you imagine how much of a 10 minute feed involves me fussing over my bb's without dd attached.. not something i can do on a bench outside kmart!!!!
ATM still prefer t o feed in a parents room/ backseat of car etc... hopefully it will get easier. i hope angus calms down with the refkux.. big hugs, those projectile vomits are scary!
sorry girls if tmi! :P
A wonderful insight of a day in the life as princessmya's bb's!!! lol
Thanks Jen! You're a Super Mum too! I take my hat off to you girls juggling a newborn and a toddler.
Feathertop - I hope Angus grows out of his reflux. I was a a refluxy (not sure if that's a word LOL) baby and my Mum said I was 100 times better once I was able to sit up. :hugs:
PrincessMya - You poor thing. I only have small bb's and I find breastfeeding in public hard! It is embarrassing though. Although, I think I'm almost at the point of saying "who cares... they're only boobs, every second person in the world has them... there's nothing to see here... move on!!!" LOL
Caeleb is stacking on weight. He put on 320 grams last week. I have him weighed every friday. He's finally getting cute rolls of baby fat and chubby cheeks. LOL
LOL - You girls and your bb stories! That's one part of breast feeding I don't envy! I never knew it would be such a drama getting them in and out!
And you're right, it's not the best thing to be doing outside K-Mart, wrestling your bb's back into your bra, you never know who's going to walk past at the wrong moment, probably an old school teacher or ex boyfriend!
I took Lewis into my work today to meet my colleagues. He was such a good boy, he got passed around about 10 people and didn't make a sound! Just stared at them all.
Last edited by MumofLewis; August 8th, 2007 at 08:21 PM.
aaahhh I dont envy not breast feeding when it come to kmart lol
I've fed once, but was in parents rest room. Was worried someone would see more then i was willing to share!! Considering I have big bb's (E cup) i would have let them hang out to get him attached and when finished!!
Well i finally got my films developed, so i have added more to Lachies website, a few are newer ones some are from back in the hossy, hope you like, my fav one is his nudy time on the floor!!! AAHH I love my bubba
Well Ricks alarm is going off, better get him up before he wakes Lachie!!!
I'm a huge McLeod's Daughters fan. During my pregnancy, I watched every series on DVD back to back... even though I've seen every episode.
Last night, when the music to the opening credits started Caeleb turned his head right around to watch the tv and was GLUED to the screen. My Mum tried to talk to him (and got in-between Caeleb and the tv) and he SPAT it! LOL
Havent been on for a bit. I have been checking in occasionaly and reading posts, but, have been so busy.... so has this thread. Wow, hard to keep up with.
Feathertop - great to see you back! Have been wondering how you & Angus have been.
B/Feeding in public. NO CAN DO! Will not even feed in front of family. When i have been at shops, have always used the parents room. At friends, i will take EBM & Formula. We are both more comfortble laying down to feed.
I am actually seriously thinking of goign completly EBM. Aiden feeds fine when bbs are full, like during the night, and first feed in the morning, but, during the day, its hopeless. He gets so frustrated cause it doesnt come fast enough for him, and, also, i dont think there is enough. I have feed him at times, for like 45min, and, after that, he can still drink another 40 - 50ml. On Saturday night, i feed him from 5.30 till 6, and at 7, he drunk 140ml of EBM. After each feed, i express, to try and get more milk happening, but, i dont really think it is. So, i have been manual avent pump, and now want to get an electric one, as i imagine it to be alot quicker to use. ATM, feeding, changing, pumping, sterilising etc, can take up to, and over and hour at a time, and some days, that all i feel like i am doing.
He has 2 formula feeds a day. Yesterday, only 1 thou. I have got him going to bed at 10, sleeping 5 or 6 hours, then waking, feeding, and then sleeping another 3or so. So, i am back to about 7hours sleep a night. I want to try and get him to bed a 9. Have done well, we have gone from going to sleep at midnight, then, going to bed at 11, now its 10, so, will start on 9. I think he is nearly ready. He is awake nearly all day now.
Thanks a million Sarah for your suggestion of a musical swing. He spent a couple of hours in one on Friday at Michelles place, and on Saturday, i went and brought one. He loves it. I said to DH last night, batteries are far cheaper then a shrink! I have been so much happier now, i can put him down, and he will stay in it, happy as, cat napping, for a couple of hours. In the afternoon, not so happy, but still, i can get what i want done in the mornings, and then playtime when he is ready.
Oh, Aiden is now 4.81kg, and, 59cm. Put on 660grams in 2 weeks. Nurse says that i shouldnt be needing to top up his feeds with formula, but, then she turned around and said that he is a little underweight for his height. It didnt make sense, annoyed the crap out of me. Obviously I DO NEED to top up his feeds with formula if he is a little underweight?? Silly woman. I will take him back for his 3month check, and then, might not worry about going back after that. Will just go to my GP. They bulk bill for kids under 5 anyway.
ok Just got back from Dr's for 6week check up, boy my bubba is a big boy LMAO
Weight
Birth: 8lb 9oz (3870grams)
2weeks 2days: 9lb 1.3oz (4120grams-440grams in 1wk 4days)
6weeks 2days: 12lb 4oz (5557grams!!!) now in the 70% percentile!! 20% above average!!
Length
Birth: 51cms
2weeks 2days: 53cms
6weeks 2days: 58.5cms (in the 70% percentile!! 20% above average!!)
Head Circumference
Birth: 36cms
2weeks 2days: 37cms
6weeks 2days: 40.5cms (in the 90% percentile, 40% above average!!)
Dr kept saying how perfect he looked, how strong he was, how alert he was, how advanced he was, and Lachlan lapped it up and just beamed smiles back at the Dr!!!
Feel like I have gone backwards and am getting less sleep again......bottom! 
- big healthy vibing ones!!! Take care lovely!! Btw, don't apologise for *selfish posts* - I think considering what we have all been through and what we are all currently going through, *selfish posting* can be just what the doc ordered sometime - so we're all entitled to our selfish moment..................or ten!!!! 
....I know I'll be making my fair contribution every now and then!! 
hehehe!!
so she is currently glued to my lap and now have to go hang out washing - wakadoo!! 
I'm actually feeling a little better today. My Dad is home with me, helping take care of Caeleb. It's interesting, considering that the last baby he helped take care of was me! LOL - But, he's trying his best and I really appreciate it. DH was going to come home from work, but Dad insisted he'd be okay.
it has been two weeks and nothing yet just red gums and her sooky whinging and stinky teething nappies and so on and so on AHHHHHHHH!!!
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