Welcomeback MAcca - You are doing so well with your DH away.
I am so tempted to get some MCN. A local girl uses peapods and is happy with them, jsut for at home. Which I think is what I would do. I have 6boxes of huggies to use first though . I stocked up when we were in the city and they were on special I. Durig my pregnancy I really wanted to use them but am glad I haven't yet, I would not have managed in the early days at all. WE are on rainwater so I need to make sure we have lots of water before I commit. I won't wash them with other clothes, I know others do but that is not for me. Plus we have a front loader and it takes 2 hours to go through. Sometimes I have enough trouble keeping up with the normal washing.
Hi Bec, Andie, Laura and njd and everyone else.
We are feeling much better. I am still coughing though and a bit of a runny nose. E didn't seem to get it too bad but I think I will buy a vaporiser when we are in the city.
He hardly slept yesterday, was out all day, so only had 3 or 4 catnaps of 30mins during the day. he slept from 6-8, had a feed, I topped him up with formula then he slept till 12 where I resettled him, should have fed him then. E woke again at 1, had a feed then 550am. WOOOO. That is a really good night for us at hte moment.
I forget who asked but E is spending much less time at the boob, sometimes will only have one and if I try to attach him to the second will scream. I leave him a while and he will usually have more. He is abig boy, he knows where it comes from . So funny as soon as I pull my boob out he is frantic and will latch on even if I am not ready. I have learnt to get in the right position first.
When he was last measured almost 2 weeks ago he was 6.98kg, length 66cm and HC of 44cm. My all in one 00 suits will only fit for another month or so. Some not even that long.
i dont have time for personals now but have 2 questions to ask
firstly James has started biting me while on the boob, at first i would sternly say NO to him and take him off and his bottom lip would drop and he would start screaming but now when he does it he thinks its the funniest thing on earth and does it as soon as i put him near it, does suck at all just goes straight to biting so i take him off and put him back on and he does the same thing over and over, its to the point he is having formula beccause he wont suck on boob just bite, any advice ? im sure his teeth are probably moving aorund but geez there is only so much a girls nipple can take !
secondly he has a tiny little freckle near his elbow, has had it for about a month and i dont know if i should be concerned about it, his skin has never been exposed to sun so i dont understand it, any thoughts on that ?
Mel, I am clueless on the biting but am interested in seeing what others have to say. Jake has done it to me a few times and I'm expecting it more and more as he teethes. The freckle.....hmm...I wouldn't be concerned unless it is raised or getting bogger or anything. Only because I know Ben and Chloe have got freckles in places I know aren't exposed to the sun. I guess they just happen!
Laura, yay on Sam rolling too Sam must be a funny fit or Jake is really a OSFM () cos I've never had any trouble with any of those. In fact Jake wears BBB's to bed at night.I love my BG's, like you said not very cute but they are so easy and great for DH's and babysitters. I use mine a lot in the mornings when I'm foggy, LOL. Would love to see a pic of the Baby Legs? i haven't tried these yet but am thinking on them....... Have you been to Nappycino?
Luey, glad you are feeling better. On MCN, I don't find it too much extra washing, most days I do two full loads (I have a big 8kg washer too) and then a small nappy load. I can get away with washing every 2nd day but my nappy bucket is over flowing! Depending on what you use determines the washing amount too. All-In-Ones are obviously bulkier and take up more washer room but I find if I use fitted nappies and covers then my bucket doesn't fill up quite as quick cos I don't need to wash the covers each nappy change, I just interchange two all day. I guess as water is an issue even if you just used MCN a couple of days a week so you only had to wash them a couple of times a week instead of every day you would still notice a difference in your wallet!
Jo, glad Isabella is doing well and that she has packed on so much weight! lol. Jake packed it on too when he went to formula. Your trip home sounds lovely, I'll bet you are looking forward to it. Best of luck for Riley Friday. Even though it's a fairly common surgery it is still hard to see your child in hospital, so for you.
Andie, you know I am SO ignorant!! I had no clue that HRH was even here!! I had to read your post a couple of times then ask DH!! On the 'boob time' Jake is the same and it was worrying me. Ever since we have relactated he has NEVER fed for 20min, not even both sides. He will feed for maybed 15 minutes all up and sometimes not even that much. If he is still on there it's only cos he is comfort sucking and not the big deep sucks for milk.
Anyway, that's it for me, I'm off to try and get the house in order before I top up Jake for the night. I'm returning all the pump equipment to the LC soon (I bought one myself off ebay v. cheaply!) and I would love to do/give her something relatively inexpensive but special to say thankyou for all her amazing support. I was going to include a pic of Jake but I was hoping one of you would have any ideas?? I don't wanna go OTT as it is a professional relationship and her job but I need and want to show my appreciation.
Bec - I gave my LC a card that had DS foot print on it and wrote it too her from DS (using my left hand for effect ). She loved it. Wasn't too over the top but at the end of the day while your relationship with your LC is a professional one it is also personal. Hope you find something.
Bec - sorry for the cryptic post about HRH ... sometimes I'm too smartar$e for my own good ! I've found that Cammie is now averaging 3 x 20 min BF a day, but will only feed for approx 10 mins on the other two feeds (daily total of 5 x BFs). He's happy enough in between and that's the only reason I'm not going down the path of solids just yet.
Mel - can't help you out on either question. I've had Cam give me a sharp pinch on the underside of my boob a couple of times (makes me squeal like a little girl!) but have yet to experience a bite. Cam's got a freckle on his tummy that appeared a couple of weeks after he was born. Paed saw it and wasn't concerned.
Luey - sounds like you're shopping for 0 sizes too. Cam's now in 0 all-in-one suits, but still fits 00 tops and footlegs trousers ok. How our babies are growing !!
Jo - hope all goes well with Riley (am sure it will). Isabella sounds like she's gorgeous. Cam's rolled once with no sign of a repeat. Glad to hear things are ok at home too.
Hi laura, njd, all-boys, macca and co.
Question from me ... are your bubs still facing backwards in the car? I don't think Cam's ready to turn around yet - I understand they need to have really good neck control and be approx 9kg before facing forwards. Those of you with older kiddies ... does this sound right? we're driving down to Adelaide in mid September and I'm tempted to turn Cam around, but not at the risk of serious injury (or, God forbid, worse) just for the "sake" of us seeing him a little more easily from the front seat.
. I stocked up when we were in the city and they were on special I. Durig my pregnancy I really wanted to use them but am glad I haven't yet, I would not have managed in the early days at all. WE are on rainwater so I need to make sure we have lots of water before I commit. I won't wash them with other clothes, I know others do but that is not for me. Plus we have a front loader and it takes 2 hours to go through. Sometimes I have enough trouble keeping up with the normal washing
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Sam must be a funny fit or Jake is really a OSFM (
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I had to read your post a couple of times then ask DH!! 
On the 'boob time' Jake is the same and it was worrying me. Ever since we have relactated he has NEVER fed for 20min, not even both sides. He will feed for maybed 15 minutes all up and sometimes not even that much. If he is still on there it's only cos he is comfort sucking and not the big deep sucks for milk.
). She loved it. Wasn't too over the top but at the end of the day while your relationship with your LC is a professional one it is also personal. Hope you find something.
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