Just wondering - has anyone heard from Feathertop? I dont think she has been online since she had Angus. I emailed her the other day, and havent heard back from her.
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Just wondering - has anyone heard from Feathertop? I dont think she has been online since she had Angus. I emailed her the other day, and havent heard back from her.
Morning Ladies,
well had a pretty unsettled night last night. Normally Lachie will have his last feed at aroun 12-1am and sleep through from 6-8am, i brought some new teats for his bottles that had fast flow teats on them, so i didnt have to go buy more bottles, it took him over about hour and half to feed him on and off at his 9.00pm feed, then by 11.30 he was demanding another bottle, so gave him his normal bottle and he drank that within 20min and fell asleep, by 12.30 he was getting fidgety so hoped into bed with him. (normally i stay up til is last feed), well he slept through his last feed and woke up just before 4am. But is now (thankfully) back asleep, but im awake!!
I dont think the teats where good ones, they were tommee tippee ones, orthodontics for the standard bottles. They are different style to what we use, so that may be the problem. We use the avent and closer to nature tommee tippee teats and bottles, which he loves (reminds him of the boob).
I have one more bottle with the new teat, will try that at his next feed, and if it takes over an hour to feed him again, i wont be using them again. He falls asleep after about half an hour of drinking, its like a real chore for him to drink!
But i supose thats how we learn, trial and error, guess i'll be going out today again to get more bottles. We have 6 atm, but it just means if at any stage he wants a top up feed etc i have to wash bottles that day, where as if i have atleast another 2 bottles, i dont have to stress about cleaning bottles if he has a top up feed at any stage, especially during the night/ early morning. Like now i had to wash and steralise bottles b/c the only one he had left was the one with the new teat, and if he doesnt want that next feed i have no bottles ready for him iykwim
Have been thinking about my labour/birth and talking about it to a couple of people, and have realised that it really wasnt good intervention, and that if they did their job properly and checked my dilation i could of had Lachlan just on gas, without him or i being in destress.
When they gave me the epi, they didnt even check to see how dilated i was!!
Before they gave me my epi, the contractions were less then 30secs apart and they still gave me the epi! my contractions had really slowed down after that, then an hour after they gave it to me i was finally checked and told i was fully dilated, half hour after that i was told to start pushing, i was pushing for 3hours!! They decided to check me again to find out he had turned and was face up, making it impossible for me to birth him naturally without help, so i was offered to wait (but only allowed a 15min waiting time), forceps, or a c/section. Both rick and i are petrified not knowing what to do, i was tempted to wait, but after pushing for 3hrs i wasnt game enough to risk my chance of putting Lachie in distress (although he was already was, and nobody told me) so after a quick discussion with the other nurses that were taking care of me we opted for the forceps, they gave me a epi block, incase forceps didnt work for a c/section, by the time we got into theatre (about half hr later), they were about to begin and people started cheering and yelling "he's turned, he's turned!", thank god i thought, i can have him naturally (per say), to hear the Dr say "we can now use smaller forceps"!! WTF, i was to out of it to say anything, and just wanted Lachie in my arms now. After some pushing, i thought he was out, i started to panic, no screaming, nothing, to hear "we have to get him out this push, NOW" well did i push, i think i would have pushed all my insides out with that push (not that i could really feel where i was pushing too LOL), i hit panic the Drs voice was concerning when he said that. Next thing i knew my baby was here, screaming his little lungs out, they asked if i wanted to see/hold him (had put a screen up incase of c/section) i said yes, as soon as he was brought to me, i lost it cried like ive never cried before, i was crying that much i barely even touched him lol, managed to put my hand on his head and say welcome to the world son, and rick then cut the cord and he was taken away to be weighed and measured etc, its the 2nd time in our relationship that ive seen rick cry.
I ended up with an episiotomy (sp?) and 3rd degree tearing. I wish i would have waited he would have turned and i could of still had the chance to have him normally, but what i really wish is that they checked me before the epi!! I know this for next time, and i will make sure they do things properly!
I was in hospital for 5days, came home thur arvo, by sunday when hossy nurse came out to check stitched etc, found i had a wound breakdown, a part of the tear had lost its stitches so was open, lady told me to go back to hossy, so off we trott back to hossy, they looked at it packed it sent me home, saying a nurse will be out everyday to repack it!! Nice, just what i need a freaking wound breakdown!! To top it off right near my bottom hole too!! Made doing no 2's interesting!
Doing much better now, wound was 1cm deep 2cms wide, its now only mm's deep and wide, only need to be checked once a week and doesnt need to be packed.
Well there you go, i have written part of my birth story lol, it was just interesting and me me angry to realise and find out what really went on. I didnt know thay hadnt checked me prior to the epi, was so out of it on gas i didnt care per say! lol If i knew i would have made them iykwim, never mind hind sight is a great thing!!
Celsie: Would love to hear about the "wonder weeks" prehaps you could email me with some of the things they told you.
Thats great to hear about Caelebs weight gain.
mumoflewis: hope you got a better nights sleep sweetie! Thinking of you
Deb: no i havnt heard from feathertop, prehaps she just enjoying time with Angus and family, i know it took me a while to get back on here even after we did get home.
Hi ladies
I'm starting to get a little worried about Mikayla. She didnt sleep at all last night and seems to have a really upset stomach. Since about 9pm last night you can hear (and feel) her stomach gurgling and she just screams in pain - she's thrown up just about everything she's eaten since then and is therefore always hungry. I tried to ring the local clinic and had to leave a message but they still havent called back!!
I'm at my wits end - neither of us had any sleep and I just cant stand to see her in pain. One minute she's calm and the next she's screaming!
Does anyone know if she'd still be too young to give her something for the wind??? Maybe I should go up to the chemist and see what they suggest? Can you go to see a GP if you havent received your new medicare card with bubs on it yet???
I just dont know what to do!
Teepee
I went to the GP without Lewis having medicare. He charged me and told me to keep the receipt for when his card comes through, so no problem.
You can use Infacol wind drops on newborns, it makes all the little air bubbles collect together and they burp big burps of air so it doesn't get trapped. Could it be something you have eaten as you are BF? Maybe it's colic? Hard to say isn't it.
Lewis still only had 2 hr sleeps through the night. He also had a 50 minute sleep and was making really bad noises in his sleep. He must have had tummy ache because when he woke up he did a big sloppy green and yellow poo! I changed his formula from Karicare to S26 but have since read S26 isn't that popular so I may have to swap him back.
Hi everyone,
My computer had to be fixed thats why i haven't been on. Hope your are all doing well and so are all the babies:)
Tina - i have got infants friend i think. Aiden doesnt have a huge problem with wind, but, apparently, it helps calm them abit as well..
Dont try gripe water. Its cheaper, but, smells horrid. Aiden hated it.
I hope Mikayla is feeling better soon.
Tina - if she still hasn't settled by this stage, I'd give your local hospital a call and ask to speak with the midwives. Explain to them how Mikayla has been. I'm sure they'll offer you some explanations or perhaps, even get you to bring her in. When Caeleb was 2 weeks old, he came up with a funny rash. We rang and the midwives said we could bring him up. There was nothing wrong, but they'd rather you call then stress out.
I hope she's better for you really soon. Do you have anyone near by who can come be with her for an hour or two so you can DH can get some sleep?!?
Celsie. xoxox
Tina - Big Hugs to you.
First of all are you breast feeding or formula feeding? If you are formula feeding maybe the formula does not agree with her. If you are formula feeding which one are you using?
If breastfeeding i would say she is a very windy baby which is unfortunate. There is not much you can do my darl it is a waiting game until she grows out of it and can get her burps and farts out herself. The only thing is to try and relax her so she can get her pains out, maybe try and give her a bath, change her nappy and hold her legs up and push gently towards her head, sit her up and pat her back firmly but not too hard, stand up with her lying across your arms face looking to the floor and pat her back while walking. Just some suggestions which you are probably already doing anyway ;)
I can understand your frustration and you must be exhausted, may i suggest to you as well to ask a family member or friend to come around during the day to look after your baby while you get some rest at least.
My cousin had a shocking time with her son he had bad colic and nothing could help him until he grew out of it. Her mum came round every day so that she could get sleep as she was so sleep deprived and down in the dumps which is completely normal when this is the case. I will ask her what she did and how she coped and get some more tips for you.
The only other suggestion i can make is buy a Babypapsan cradle swing for her this will rock her to sleep and give you some time out for a little while at least. This works wonders for my 2nd bubba.
Anyway if want to ask any questions about how to handle something me being a second time mum i can give you some tips that have worked for me in the past and now. Ask away any of you if you have a query.
We are all here to help and support each other as well as give advise of what has worked for each of us.
HTH. Chin up it does get better and it is all worth it in the end!
jen :)
Hi TIna,
Mackenzie has a bad wind problem and I have been using brauer. I got it from the chemist and it has done wonders. It helps them get there wind up. I only use it at night cause thats when I find it the hardest to get it. It use to take me ages to settle her after a night feed but after useing this stuff she is feed and back to sleep within 40 min. GIve it a go and hopefully it works for you.
Hi everyone,
I have just skimmed through to try and catch up on everything. Hi everyone that has joined since I last posted. It has been ages.
DH has been working 80 hour weeks the last couple of weeks so it has been quite hectic for me. Tyler has been feeding 2 hourly and not sleeping much inbetween if at all. He does 3 hourly through the night after not going to sleep until almost 10pm. He also fusses a lot so it takes up to an hour to feed. Yesterday he fed almost hourly. I think it is the 6 week growth spurt. Today has been much better and I think because there is more milk there due to feeding so much yesterday he hasn't fussed much either and feeds are done in half an hour. Hopefully things will get easier with the feeding now.
I tend to change nappies at the end. My little guy poos his nappy after almost every single feed. If he does it near the beginning of a feed I will change half way through.
I was also told about the wonder weeks. There is one at 5 weeks. If you look up the child and youth health website they have the details on there. I suspect that along with a growth spurt is why Tyler has had a couple of unsettled weeks. At least that is what I'm hoping. I think his longest stretch without a feed so far is 4 hours and that has only been twice.
MumofLewis - you're not the only one not wanting another one straight away. As you can see there is 3 1/2 years between our two and I got pregnant straight away so it was planned that way. 3 years would have been good as well but we were moving interstate and timing wouldn't have been great. I had wanted them closer before having the first but personally I couldn't have coped with an age gap of less than 2 years. So far the age gap is working for us. Dylan just loves his younger brother and reads him stories, plays with him and can't wait for him to get a bit older. I have friends with kids closer together though and they all coped fine.
Anyway off to play games with Dylan whilst Tyler is sleeping. He wants some Mummy time :)
Yesterday, Aiden was feeding like every 90min to 2hours, and for like 10min at a time. DIdnt know what was going on, bb's where like jelly - i dont think he was getting anythign out after a while, so, when Darren got home, i went to the shops & got some formula. Feed him it at 9.30pm, he drunk just short of 150ml!!! Then absolutly crashed out. I was hoping he would sleep for ages, but, nope, tru to form, work up 4 hours later. Feed him bb milk ,cause by that time, things where rock hard, and then again at 4.30am, and he has been great today. At night now, he goes back to sleep like a little legend after a feed. I think i have been up, feed him, and back to bed, him sound asleep, within 45min. Thats not bad i think.
So, on the whole, most days, is about 4hours between feeds if he is asleep, otherwise, about 3 hours if he is awake. SOmetimes at night, will go 5 hours from the start of 1 feed to the next.
Sarah - Thanks for posting on what forumla you had Lewis on, otherwise, i would of have no idea what to get. I got the karicare gold. And i had no problems giving it to him, and no after effects. Since i know have the tin, and i think i read it has to be chucked out after 1 month, will probably do a formula every night, for Darren to feed, and if i go out for a long time, take formula with me. I hate b/f in public.
Sometimes now i will change Aiden during the feed, if i have to swap sides. But, he does hugge farts :) while feeding sometimes, and, while mostly its just air, it worries me that if it isnt, i am putting him to bed with a dirty nappy.
Speaking of which, i have to cut back on my sultana bran for breaky. He had been doing lots of #2's, so, i have to wonder if thats the cause. Today, only toast for breaky, and have had no #2's, just more 'skid marks'. Sorry for description.
Tina -how is Mikayla today? Any better? I hope she has settled down for you.
I have decided to wean Aiden at 6months, and then Darren wants to start trying again at 10month...will see, still no plans for birth control anyway, we dont want to go back onto the pill, and he hates condoms, so.... But, i am looking forward to a couple of months of being the only one relying on my body, and not having to worry about what i eat or drink. And besides - i dont want teeth chomping on my bb's. I dont enjoy b/f all that much as it is, without adding teeth to the mix.
Anyway - enjoy your weekend!
Hi,
Debbie - Sounds like Aiden loved the formula! 150ml thats' great! Lewis drinks about 100-120ml usually but sometimes I think he would have more.
I had another long night with Lewis, up at 2am, 5am and then he slept at 10am. This afternoon I took him for his first walk around the block. He fell asleep which was great, until he got home and opened his eyes straight away. That was at 2.30pm and he dodn't go backdown until 8.30pm tonight. My SIL came to help me settle him as I was exhausted! I'm off for a sleep now. DH is off for the next 3 days so he is going to do the night feeds which I am looking forward to. He does 12 hour shifts Wed-Fri so that is a long day for me. Oh well, I keep trying to be positive and think there will be a routine soon enough and I will get a bit more sleep!
I have put some more photos on Lewis's webpage if anyone wants a look:
Password: password
email: sarahchance2002@yahoo.com.au
Keep smiling everyone!
Hi all
Things havent changed much for us. DH was up with Mikayla from 10.30pm to about 3.30am this morning as she just wouldnt settle and he wanted me to get some sleep. I'd be totally lost without him!!
Jen thanks for the tips. I have tried most of those but not bathing her when she has wind - I might give that a go. She is on both BM and formula (NAN HA) and tends to bring both up without fail! I bought some Infacol today and also some S26 formula for babies with reflux. I tried giving it to her but as its thicker than regular formula she couldnt suck hard enough to get any :( I might have to change the teat on her bottle so it comes out easier. The midwife from the health care clinic noticed that when she does bring milk up that its very phlemy - she said that it would be because she was overdue and would have swallowed a fair bit of amniotic fluid which will take a while to get out of her system completely so this might be contributing to her upset stomach.
Sarah I think I'll go to the GP tomorrow so that she can be assessed for lactose intolerance - apparently my mum didnt BF me for long because I had a slight intolerance - worth checking it out I think. You mentioned Infacol - Have you used it?? It says from 4 weeks and Mikayla is 3 weeks today - I assume it would be OK to use anyway?????
Better go cause have family coming or lunch.
Will BBL - Take care xx
Hi Teepee,
Yes I have used infacol, the pharmacist says it is fine. I put less than 2ml in though. It makes a huge difference to his burps.
Lewis's sick was really phlegmy aswell until about 2 days ago. I thought it was from the antibiotics but he was overdue awell so maybe it's the same reason. It's suddenly gone thin now.
Poor Mikayla, I hope you find out what's bothering her soon. Maybe it is the lactose. A friend of mine's baby was allergic to breast milk would you believe.
Hi Girls,
well sounds like everyone is enjoying ther little bundle of joys! :D
Tina - I am doing the same as you breast and formula. I think though i am going to change to just formula as she seems to settle better on formula than the boob sometimes. She tends to be so fussy at times that it ends up being a bit of a fight and i just give in and give her formula and she is content and fine. My first DD was a boobie girl and could't get enough so i have breastfed successfully once but this time round its a different story, i have milk and my boobies are all fine, not sore no cracking nothing but just a fuss pot child who latches on, latches off and plays around alot. :rolleyes:
Be careful with the S26 as Shayla tends to get constipated on that one - i have switched to Karicare HA - AR all ages for babies with regurgitation and at risk of allergies. I have been told though that Karicare gold is a good one, i have not used this one so not sure but getting a tin today. I am also getting some wind drops that you can buy in Woolies i can't remember the name but you put some drops in the bottle and bobs your uncle the farts and burps come out great and you have one settled baby! I will let you know the name of the drops when i get them. Otherwise i hope it is getting better for you and you are getting some sleep as well. Thinking of you and once again if you need to ask anything i can try and help you..... Even though i am a 2nd time mum i think i am still learning i think we will all still learn no matter how many kids we have LOL!
In reference to changing nappies i do it before a feed or if she is still awake after a feed then i do it then as well if wet or dirty.
Hi to everyone else and BBL
Jen
Hello
My name is Bree i had a baby on June 23rd and was wondering if i could join your group??
I used the Belly Belly forums through my pregnancy asking a lot of questions, conversing with Alan and generally reading posts. I havent really posted before but thought that this seems like a great group of mums with bubs the same age as mine.
If you dont mind me coming on board i will post about me and bubs.
Thanks for reading.
Bree
Welcome breeby!
well here i was thinking the soother and infacol were the answers to my prayers... then the last two days ashley has been screaming anywhere up to 4 hours in a row.
I wonder if panadol should be used in this case or if that is just too much?
Princessmya - is it possible that Ashley has reflux? Caeleb had a shocker the other day. He wouldn't feed properly on boob or on the bottle. It was like he had something wrong with his mouth. It wasn't till he threw up a little bit and it went down his cheek and went red, that I realised that it was stomach acid. Poor baby. :(
I hope Ashley sorts herself out soon. Good luck!
Celsie. xoxox
thanks Celsie.
She hardly ever vomits, so im not sure.
She is asleep now *bliss* and has been very good usually so im not sure.
She seems to settle best after an - TMI ALERT- explosive poo and i mean there is soooo much of it - enough to fill 2 nappies. So i guess i assume all that crying it her belly hurting until that happens?
:(
Ah yes... I know those "explosive" nappies all too well! Built up lower wind is so painful for them. I found this on the infacol website:
It probably said that on the box, but it got thrown out before I read that. :doh::
For best results Infacol should be given before each feed for several days, as it has a progressive effect, but don't worry if you forget one or more doses.
Continued usage may also help to prevent further build-up of wind.
Celsie. xoxox
LOL - Explosive Poos, glad Lewis isn't the only one with that endearing habit!!:lol:
Welcome Bree, did you have a boy or girl? And is it your first baby?
Mum2cheekygirl - I tried S26 gold this time but will be changing back to Karicare as it has made him a bit constipated. I compared the ingredients and they all seem the same but there must be something different in there.
I have upped the amount of formula I'm giving him as he was draining every bottle of 120ml. Last night his sleeps went up to 3-4 hours so I think this is a good sign. Fingers crossed the same happens tonight:pray:
Morning everyone,
Wondering if anyone has any tips for me. I put Mackenzie down after her last feed which is normally around 8.30 and she sleeps through to around 2.30 3.00 but after that feed it takes me forever to put her back to sleep. Once feed and buped I put her back into the cradle and she screams. I then pick her up and she stops. I try putting her back down but same story. The only way I can get her back to sleep is to hold her a pat her bum. I have been told by a number of people this is not a good habbit to get into but at 4am I am willing to try anything. Any helpful hints would be great.
Hope all your babies are doing well. :D
Danielle
Hi Girls
I have finally attached some photos for you to look at only got 2 there at the moment..
Hope you are all finding things a bit easier now
Love Meeg
Little Lee Anthony's photos
http://www.pregnancyweekly.com/album/myalbum.asp
danielle - as far as im concerned what ever settles them early on is fine.
Ashley had to be sat upright to fall asleep for an hour last night. wouldnt sit over shoulder nothing!!!
Sometimes ill bring her into bed over night so i can rub her back or pat her bum until she falls asleep (which sometimes can take 30-40mintues) because she is grimacing so much from belly pains).
even thou i do this, she will still most of the time at night let me put her in the cot and she will take herself to sleep so she hasnt learnt any habits....
AWWW The poor little sweety :(
Hi everyone
Hope your week is off to a good start.
Meeg - I tried to look at your photos, but it seems to ask me for log in information. Am I doing something wrong?
Danielle - I think that you are doing the right thing in settling Mackenzie to get her to sleep. I find it annoying when people comment on "bad habits" when your baby is still so little. When she gets older she will learn to settle better on her own. I mena, she is still only getting used to being out in the big world. Diana is only five weeks old and already I am noticing that she is settling better. The first two weeks she wouldn't go to sleep at all unless I was holding her. Now she is okay with being put into her bed after a feed and going to sleep on her own (most of the time). So I wouldn't worry about what other people say. You do what you feel is right and what works for you. :)
Re nappy changing - I usually change Diana in the middle of a feed or beforehand if I am trying to feed her quickly before going out somewhere. She hates getting dressed/undressed and hates her nappy being changed, so I try to always give her some boob afterwards to settle her.
Morning all - wow - heaps to catch up on
Sarah - love teh photos of Lewis, they are all growing up so fast...
Megan - i cant access your photos, asks for email & password as well :( was so looking forward to seeing some photos of Lee.
Danielle - what you are doing is fine. If it works for you, then stick to it. My theory is that i would rather sit up and nurse Aiden to sleep, then to try to put him down and have him scream and get upset. I have a little book somewhere that i got from the hospital, and also they have them at the community health centre, it pretty much says that at this age, we cant spoil them, as they are to little to understand. All they know is if they are happy, or sad. Its our job to make them happy, and when they are sad, to figure out what it is. Its how they learn to trust us as mummys and daddys, cause they will learn that if they are unhappy, then mummy & daddy will make it all better. Later, worry about spoiling, now, just do what it takes.
I find that Aiden does settle well at night, so, have very few rough nights, and thankfully, when he does take a while to settle, its at 9 - 10pm, when we are still up anyway, not at 4am when i just want to go back to sleep. Touch wood - so far, so good.
Explosive nappies OMG! :) We went thru a stage i think on Friday, where i had about 3 - 4 nappies where it was down the legs. Eeew. So, i didnt have sultana bran for breaky for 2 days, and no poop at all. So, back to sultana bran, and now 1 really bad, smelly, runny and orange nappy a day. Thankfully, he seems to do it while i am feeding him, which is good, i can hear him going for it.
I think we have had a slight case of reflux. Had a couple of feeds in a row where Aiden would throw up afterwards. But, he is not upset or anything. I just go in a check on him, and notice that he has been sick. Annoying. Scary abit as well, what if he chokes etc on it, so make sure his head is always on his side.
So, to combat the problem, when i bf him, he sucks constant for about 10min, and then starts to stuff around. Once he has had his fill, after the first 10min, we have a big burp session, and then some more. Sometimes will change his bum as well, espeically at night (so i can feed him to sleep). I used to mistake his crying and thrashing abit for being frustrated at not getting enough milk, but, now i think it was wind. And also have now jacked up the front of his bassinate by about 5cm. His mattress was propped abit already, but, since i have started burbing him during feeds, and propped his bassinate up, no more spews.
I had noticed that after feeding, if we held him, or put him in his bouncer, he wouldnt be sick, it was just when he was laying in his bed.
Has had formula 3 times now, the karicare gold. Only for his night time feed. Works wonders at knocking him out. Feed him at 9 last night, took him a little while to go to sleep, about 30min, then he woke at 1.30, again at 4.30, and then slept thru till 9. The night feeds are only about 15min, but, must be just enough to top him back again, and send him back into lala land. He is pretty good at putting him self off to sleep. But, he is awake during the day alot!
Oh, i weighed Aiden yesterday, weighted 4.15kg. His birthweight was 3.585kg. Doesnt seem like he has put on enough weight. What do you think?
Debbie,
i think aiden is doing fine, just keep an eye on his wet nappies, as long as they r coming out then he isnt dehydrated.
A lot of the time bubs loose weight the first week or two so he might have put on more than you know.
i know ashley is piling it on! lol
birth - 2.66kg, 4 weeks - 3.82kg, 6 weeks - 4.04kg
sorry - hehehe
m3egm@yahoo.com.au
meeglee
Very cute Megan. You did well to get a photo of him smiling!
Debbie - Aiden's weight seems fine. Lewis was 4.08 at birth, then down to 3.70 5 days later, then up to 4.1 at 2 weeks. They like them to have regained their birth weight by 14 days so I wouldn't worry.
I'm having a paranoia attack today because I just can't seem to settle Lewis. I feel like it's me not him because DH seems to be able to settle him okay and yesterday we went to his grandmothers and she settled him in about 5 minutes after I had tried for ages. I try everything, look for his tired signs, then wrap him, cuddle him until he's calm and then put him in his bassinette. He then just unsettles again. Or he will be fine if his dummy is in but cries every time it comes out and then I spend the next hour putting it back in again. It gets so tiring, this morning it took him about 2 hours to settle, by which time he was hungry again. And the same now. He dropped off at 5.30pm but then woke again and now won't go back down.
I don't now what I'm doing wrong. I feel like he senses my impatience and anxiety. Does anyone else have trouble settling? It's usually not as bad during the nigth because he seems more tired.
P.S great photos Megan, he's a cutie!
The smiling one was a fluke i didnt even realise it until i printed the photo.....
And thanks yeah i think hes pretty special.. :)
Meegm - Lee is absolutely gorgeous!!! I'm so proud of us June girls. All our babies are so good looking. We're so clever!
I've added the rest of Caeleb's photos from his shoot onto my myspace webpage:
http://www.myspace.com/truthsandtales
Will try to add them to the babies online site too.
Sarah - I sometimes have the same problem with Caeleb. I think it's because he sees me as "booby milk machine". :lol: LOL - I think he can smell it or something, because he doesn't do it for anyone else. Good luck sweetie.
Celsie. xoxox
Sarah, Celsie is right.
Lewis can smell your milk, thats why you can have problems settling him. When Aiden is really upset, i give him to Darren to settle, and he does it no problems. It hurts me, cause it makes me feel like i cant do it, but, its not my fault, or your fault. And they can sense when we get upset, so, try to take a deep breath, and smile and talk happy to him, and at all times, remind yourself that you are a good mum. :hug:
I guess its just that they get upset, but, are to little to realise why they are upset, and when they smell the milk, they just assume that they are hungry, and go for it. I also think, that, perhaps, then what happens is that they get a to full a stomach and that makes them more upset.
Celsie - also agree - we are a clever bunch arnt we :lol:
I have been trying to work out for days how to put photos up but still cant. Can someone pls tell me how I do it:rolleyes: Thanks
Hi Girls,
well i have uploaded photos on my site it is below, just click on the link:
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/aprilmum/
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Everyones Bubbas are adorable!
Well in regards to putting bubbas to sleep Danielle78 do what works best for you i can not believe people are telling you that is a bad habit, my gosh some people should keep there mouths shut! :angry: angry for you. Don't listen to any of these people as you are the best judge of mackenzie and it is mothers instinct of what your baby likes and dislikes!
Everyone else seems to be going great guns! :clap:
In regards to me and Shayla all well at our end. I am taking Shayla to the doc today as she seems to be a bit clogged up in the nasal area and last night she had a bit of a cough and you could here her all clogged up. I hope all is ok with her. I put some Euky bear rub on her clothes and raised her cotmattress as well, seemed to work a little but better to have her checked over and all of that. Her big sister has a runny nose as well so she probably caught it off her!
She has been doing explosive poos too and so runny! then this morning she did one and it was a little bit firmer so i don't know. She is having breast milk and Karicare gold with infacol drops! Maybe this is the problem??? Anyone else have this problem.
On another note as well she is mainly breast fed but i thought breast milk was suppose to make your bubbas not catch colds etc etc!!! Maybe this is all an old wives tale? Any thoughts on this.......
Anyway better be off to get ready and organise the kids for the doc. Will BBL to give an update of the outcome.
Jen :D
Hi everyone
Megan, Jen and Celsie - love all your photos. Very cute. I will post some updated photos on my site in the next few days.
Jen - sorry to hear that Shayla has a cold. I'm not sure if breastfeeding is meant to prevent bub catching a cold. Maybe it helps them get over it quicker? Diana is exclusively breastfed, but a few weeks ago she had a bit of a sniffle too. Still, she didn't seem overly distressed by it and got over it within a few days. Hope Shayla does too.
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.
Hi :grouphug::grouphug:
Sorry bout that will start again
Hi to all the wonderful mums and the beautiful bubs
Hope you are all doing well and getting some sleep. Well Im doing ok its good to know that Im not the only one with a bub that doesnt sleep much during the day I was talking to a mid wife the other day and she said that bubs that stay awake are goin to be smart as they are taking lots of stuff in dont know how true it all is. I love how keyonte is a lil mum she has been really great with imogen some of the my friends told me i would have lots of trouble with her but she has been really good she knows that imogen needs mummy and she is always there to help me when she needs her nappy changed. I really would have liked to have b/f immy but not matter how much water i had i could only ever get 20 mls so it was best to put her on the bottle she was really easy to b/f keyonte didnt even want the boob when she was born and i was a lil sad that i had to stop but i know that i shouldnt be sad about it, immy is putting on weight now and looking good. Immy is 6 weeks old today it has gone so fast.Well i hope to chat to you all again very soon take care of your beautiful bubs and yourself:grouphug: