Babies Born March 16th-31st 2009 #2

Thanks Linda will try them out, Kodi flat out refuses any bottle & the heinz sippy cup.
I can see i'm going to have a tough time weaning her early if i have to, Kinda hoping my U/C will stay in remission till she's ready to wean.

mo, i would really advise you to try the sippy cups that have the soft straw.. i cant remember what brand.. i think tommee tippee. apparantly it is easier for breast fed bubs to take to a straw cup rather than the other kinds of sippy cups.

Thanks for the tip Hollo, will see what i can find next time i'm out shopping :)
I wish i knew you wanted an Ergo, i would of sent you mine. I never use it because it doesn't well on me. It's almost brand new as-well.

Double Post.

bugger mo, that would have been awesome! :-) oh well, you could always try and sell it on ebay or something. thanks for thinking of me!

hi again all!! been mia again hey!! things here are still going day by day, feed by feed! some days are really good, others are bad! I loo firward to her not being windy and spewy and hence tired all the time so we can get some bedtime ritusls happening!
havent tried a bottle again here! Im in kinda 'Ill just go with being needed and take her everywhere! or duck out between feeds! next bub i'll be trying a bottle 4 - 6 weeks I think!
when can u try a sippy cup? ones i saw in supermarket were for 6m+. we're going to darwin on sunday so I thining shell need to have water cause of the heat. I know I can just use a spoon

mrsC, you dont need to give extra water while you are breastfeeding until about 6 months old. i think FF bubs need it earlier though. having said that i dont think it would cause any major issues if you give bub some cooled boiled water earlier in a sippy cup/bottle.

Mrs C we have the same trouble with Kodi, We have to feed for 5 or so mins take her off burp her & then put her back on to finish her feed. If we let her have a full feed she chucks up so much.
Heinz & Pigeon have sippy cups from 4 months, you should be able to find them at a chemist :)

oh ok!! thanks Hollo!! Susie had a good sleep. 10:30 till 6, then 8 till 10! unfotrunately some overseas person rang us at 4am but there was noone there when DH answered then alarm went off at 4:50!
its really nice now Susie isnt pooping multiple times a day! loely not to have to rinse eery nappy before we wash it lol!
hows Hannah doing with recovery? all ok?
Mo - hope you can find a way to get Kodi to take a sippy cup or bottle, and that you stay healthy long enough to breast feed her as long as you want?
just a question, do people have a plan for how long they are going to breastfeed for?

My plan is to get to 6 months, Then we will see how i am health wise. Either way i don't think we will go past 12 months because i can't see my Dr wanting me off my meds for too much longer.

My plan is to get to 12 months, i go back to work when she is 11 months so ill see how it goes being away during the day.

I love breastfeeding her, if she weans herself off before im ready ill be sad!
However im not looking forward to her getting teeth, i could see her having a big chomp!

Do you a big hormone drop when you wean them off?

It is an interesting question. I think my goal is just to see how it goes. I *think* we will make it to 6months (more than halfway there) and I will be happy with that but I hope that we are able to continue to 12months. After that it will just be a day by day thing. I am not going back to work/study anytime soon so that will be in our favour I guess. I just don't want to put too much pressure on myself about it. Immy is starting to get her bottom front two teeth and is already sort of grazing them against me during feeding which is painful... not looking forward to full on bites!

Hollo - it has been great to hear about Hannah's recovery! It must be so exciting to see her gain more use of her thumb. I hope you love your ergo when you get it, I have just started using mine and it works well for us!

Mo - I hope your U/C does stay in remission but good luck with the bottle and sippy cup.

Our sleep has been generally good although, these last few days have been a bit of a nightmare because of the teeth thing. I was really worried about her because she just didn't seem herself, luckily we had her 4 month needles so I asked the doc what he thought and he was like come look in her mouth! I couldn't believe it haha. Hoping that it settles down soon.. it is so sad the little grizzles she has been doing. She had her needles fairly fuss free and is now 6.5kg! Her head hadn't grown between her last two check ups but thankfully this time it was a whole 3cm bigger. They didn't check her length which was a little dissapointing because I was very curious about that... might have to pop into the MHCN haha.

How many of us have started solids? The peadiatrician said she seems ready because when she takes things orally, she doesn't try to push it out with her tongue... if you know what I mean? We have some farex sitting in the kitchen but I do want to wait till this teeth business has calmed down a little and see how her nights are going then. She is still feeding almost 2hrly during the day and is now up many times a night... so lots and lots of feeds right now!

Hope everyone is doing well xo

Hi Guys,

I have been MIA as well lately, have got an exam tomorrow and then we head up north to visit family for a couple of weeks tomorrow night. I got a new ultra zoom digital camera and it was delivered today - so excited! Now i just have to wait for Alexandra to wake up from her nap so i can start snapping.

I'm planning to breastfeed for as long as possible. Going back to work when she is 9 months and don't really want to be expressing at work so maybe she'll be happy without a feed during the day by then and we can just do morning and night feeds. I'm a bit worried about teeth too - can see the bottom 2 starting to come up.

Mo - so good to hear that Kodi is doing so well and i bet that you are doing better too without as much stress

Hollo - Glad Hannah's op went well. DP was looking at one of the hipod car seats in target the other day. He was sold on the fact that it had drink holders and built in speakers for an mp3 players :D But i don't have any useful reviews to offer

MrsC - We have some sippy cups here that have 6mths+ on them but i reckon that they would be fine to use, haven't used them yet though because Alexandra is happy to take EBM from a bottle. Might try to start getting her used to them next time DP looks after her.

JB - Hope Immy's teeth start to settle down. Has she started feeding more because of the teething or has she always fed that often? We have just managed to extend out to 3-4 hourly feeds again, i was getting exhausted feeding at least every 2 hours

Hello strangers!!

I haven't read back any but I do promise I will as soon as I can.
Just had a question for you, which type carrier are the ones that the baby faces the world in? Noah hates the bubba moe he likes to see what is going on.

Will catch back up with you all as soon as my house guests from hell go & I have my house back.

not sure cause i am not a sling/carrier user (yet) but i know the baby bjorn is one where you can were bub facing outward.

Just quickly, Jo you can put bubs facing outwards or inwards in a Hug-A-Bub, Ergo they face inwards unless you put them on your back & of course the baby bjorn they face outwards as Hollo said.
Not sure about other carriers.

Great thanks Ladies -xx-

JB hope Immy's teeth come through quickly

Justine hope you had fun snapping pics of Alexandra with your new cam, I really want to buy a new cam.

Jo so nice to hear from you, Hope you guys are doing well.

Kell not sure about the hormone drop, but good question.