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Cass i live at waterford west...
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hope u ladies n bub doing well
Cass i live at waterford west...
Rachel, sometimes I wonder if they do find these things amusing!! I reckon they do...lol. Like today Oskar wanted to sleep on my chest and as I was walking around with him I looked in the mirror to see his face and he had this tiny little smiley look and I thought yeah you know you get what you want huh!!...lol The only thing I can suggest with the BF is maybe check out the link on BB for some of the tips they have listed there?? I think that Oskar favours the right side a bit more cos he ends up playing a bit more on the left and attaching then letting go then attaching and letting go... there's milk there but I dunno why he does it.
Sara, what's the rotovirus vaccination?? That's awesome how well Ariya is doing!! There are some gorgeous pics of her!! It'd be great to catch up with you when you come down to Brissy!!
Hey Caro, how's my little man's birthday buddy Michael going?? How are you going??
Sasha, they do it sooooo fast too don't they!! It's kinda amusing though.
Cass, we should do lunch in town or something one day when the kidlets get a little bigger cos at the moment Oskar would want to stay attached to my boob!!
Well, yesterday it was so nice we decided to drive to Bribie Island and have some lunch. Oskar went to sleep and let me have lunch then decided it was his turn. So, we went and sat on the grass under a big tree in the shade and looked out over the water and he had a feed. Not a big deal really except that it was the first time EVER that I've fed in public...I was soooo proud of myself and I said to Andy if anyone says anything I will tell them it's legal and he has a right to eat!! hehe. Then this morning I decided I wanted to go to the markets which was fun cos I haven't done that for so long. I know where I'm going to buy my plants from later in the year!! Soooo cheap for things like big birds nest ferns and cycads etc compared to the nursery!! Had to cut the markets a bit short though cos it was quite warm and Oskar got thirsty and there was nowhere to sit and feed him so we went back to the car and I fed him there before we went and grabbed some groceries and came home. We've had a busy weekend for the little man. Last night he did a 6 hour stretch, I was very proud of him!! He's been asleep now for almost 3 hours (only cos he was sleeping on me then I transferred him to Andy cos I needed to go to the toilet) so I'm hoping he'll wake up soon so I can bath him, feed him and then he can have a LONG sleep again. I'm a little afraid now though that he's going to have a long sleep now cos he's been asleep so long!! Hope not cos I don't think he'd do it twice in a row in the same night.
I must say - March has produced the most gorgeous babies!~!~!~ I've been looking at pics! and I'm in love with all the babies hehe! So cute!
Cass - Yea sure that sounds good - Izzy's like that! Although went to the pub for dinner the other nigh and she stayed asleep the whole time - which didn't please my friends coz they wanted to hold lol!
Well done in BF in public! I've done it a few times, but still feel a bit self consious (sp?) some times... Just hate getting the stares!~!~ But like you said it's perfecttly legal and bubs has to eat! I'd rather see a BF baby then a screaming one!
Hi everyone.
Cass - WTG on Oskar’s 6 hour sleep! And your first BF in public. It is quite daunting isn't it? I was really nervous the first time as it can take a bit to get him attached properly and so on, but I think it gets easier doesn't it?
Sasha - I have dropped off to sleep feeding Nic as well. I can't imagine what it looks like, but luckily I am usually up on my own at that time of the night.
Sonia – what is the problem with Kaiden’s eye? When my DD was a baby, they thought she had a lazy eye, and we have just kept an eye on it over the years. Last year, we took her to a specialist as I also wear glasses, and he said she has Dwayne’s Syndrome, which looks like a lazy eye, but she actually can’t turn her left eye to the left. It isn’t a muscle thing, it’s a brain thing so there is nothing we can do about it, but it doesn’t affect her day to day, but she will never be a pilot! I hope everything is ok with Kaiden’s.
Saram – The pics of Ariya are beautiful. She looks like an Angel.
Rachel – I gave Nicholas his first massage tonight, and he loved it. He was really quiet and wide eyed. As for the expressing, I have only ever been able to express 25mls at a time. I don’t know how to make it any easier, but good luck!
As for us this week, Nicholas has had a couple of shocking nights. He must of spewed up some milk, then inhaled it, as he was coughing and spluttering and couldn’t breath, his face went bright red! DH ended up taking him into the shower to see if that helped, which it did luckily. He did this two nights in a row, so then we had him in bed with us as I was worried about him. I have taken to giving him 1 BF each day, usually in the late afternoon, so we have some nice quiet time together. Since I stopped fully BF, my BB’s have settled down, and after having two really engorged days (very uncomfortable!!) I found it a lot easier to get him attached. I know my supply is now low, but it is enough to settle him, and I am still happy to keep doing both for now. Tonight, I bathed him, gave him a massage and then a BF and he is sound asleep and has been for a few hours.
I got 3 smiles today!!! I was so excited, as he has smiled at his daddy, his Grandma and his Parge (Grandfather), and I was beginning to think that he didn’t like me! He gave me the biggest smiles today and I think he is a lot happier now since the medication for his reflux has started to work, and his tummy is full. He has started to finally put on weight, but I will have to weigh him tomorrow to see how much he has put on.
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Hi,
I haven't posted in this thread before, but my son was born on 11 March so I've been lurking in the background reading your posts! Everything is going ok with us at the moment. We've had major breastfeeding issues, but the pain is a lot less now and I'm hoping one day we can have a pain-free feed! I suppose the other difficulty has been getting used to being a mum and a 24 hour a day servant to the young man. Before the birth, I'd really enjoyed my independence, so it's a bit of an adjustment being at DS's beck and call.
Caro - I generally burp Joseph by using the over the shoulder method. But what I find works best is to sit him up on my lap and stroke/pat his back. Sometimes, to get a really good burp he needs to lie down first before using one of these positions. As for vomit/possets - Joseph doesn't do either - pretty lucky, huh?
A quick question - does anyone use a routine to feed their bubs? Our DS had developed night owl tendencies - he'd be awake from about 8pm to 2/3am on a regular basis, which was driving DH & I crazy. But since Saturday, we've put him on a routine where he feeds every 3 hours from 7am to 7pm, then we have his bedtime ritual (bath, massage, feed), then a dream feed at 11pm, then feeding on demand through the night (usually twice). From 7pm to 7am we keep him in his room with the lights turned low so that (hopefully) he'll realise that it's night time. I think it's working, but would be keen to hear whether anyone else uses similar routines.
Oh, and the other thing I wanted to ask was... How are you ladies doing with your post-preg weight loss? I started out pretty small, so put on a whopping 20kg during pregnancy. 6 weeks after the birth, I'm about 7 or 8 kilos above my fighting weight and very keen to lose my doughy belly! Thinking of starting back at the gym this week, but very hard to find time!
Cass, it's funny how they do the opposite huh! Today we went shopping and Oskar slept for most of it...so unusual!! I'm not complaining cos I got to stroll around instead of rushing off the change his nappy or feed him or something..lol.
Jo, I hope that Nicholas is ok. I hate it when Oskar does the little spit up thing and then sounds like he can't breathe and is about to choke. I usually pick him up and pat his back.
Caro, I generally do the over the shoulder and pat on the back for burping. Today my friend told me that the midwife told her that BF bubs don't "need" to be burped. I don't know how true this is cos the other night Oskar did wake up after about half an hour cos he needed to burp. I picked him up, he burped and went back to sleep. I haven't read the post yet, Oskar has decided to wake up but I will get to it.
Firstkid, welcome. Oskar has always been not a good day sleeper but seems to know when it's night. I am trying to encourage a 5-6 hour sleep each night so I've taken to bathing him around 6 and feeding him around 7 then down for sleeps.
Got to go, some little man wants my boob NOW!!! lol
wow I go away for a couple days and miss so much chatter!
cass, thanks so much for the offer of the talk. i think we're ok now.
lol that Oskar pooped in the bath with your Dh, how funny. yay for breastfeeding in public!
sonia, i hope kaidene eye is ok . the last 6 weeks have gone so fast havent they!
jomarie, i sometimes massage claire after her bath.. but not often as she also is not so keen on being naked! we're usually still feeding 3-4 hourly at night, really looking forward to when she sleeps through the night!yay on the smiles, arent they just gorgeous!
rachel, someone suggested expressing after a hot shower, but i suppose that would be the same as a warm compress..? I can only get milk if I express by hand, and even then its a very small amount - i get nothing with the pump.
sarah, wow ariya is growing well. we're not getting the rotovirus vax. I dont even know what it is! we're just going to get the ones the gov tells us to. oooh what beautiful photos youve got.
bec, how cute that sebastian was smiling and watching you dance! its soo cute when claire smiles too. still trying to get a picture, but i am always too slow!
caro, we burp using the over shoulder thing. I find it easier than the sitting up position. claire spews sometimes, but its usually aftre i have fed her - say 10-15 minutes after. i'll feed her again if she looks like she wants to.
firstkid, hello! we dont have too much of a routine yet except that we do a bath in the evening, then feed then put her in bed to sleep. I've lost my pregnancy weight, but i only put on 5kg so i lost it as soon as she wa sborn. i do have the squishy belly though - need to work on that!
ok, well off to have a shower though - feeling sweaty!
Hello all, hope you are all doing well Ariya is having an off day who knows why so trying to post quick. Thanks for the compliments on the photos we thinkshe is just gorgeous but I have to second what someone else said all the March babies are just beautiful, we are all lucky mums!
Karina - meant to post to you that my DH had a bit of trouble adjusting when we had DS due to the fact that soooo much of my attention went to the baby, not to mention I was too tired to be very romantic and he found BF a little daunting at first. It took maybe 6mths before we had truely adjusted to our new life. This time round he is having problem coping with having 2 kids but I am finding it very amusing as I though I would have trouble not him. Hope things are OK with the two of you.
Ozzy - love to catch up when we are in Brissie!
Firstkid - welcome!! i lost 15kg straight up after the birth and I'm now doing battle with the last 15 which is much more determined. I never really lost my belly after #1 so I am much more determined this time. I havr found the secret rto be not to wait until everything else is done, grab a dvd for home or a treadie or something and just jump in. i do my exercise during ari's first sleep in the morning usually in my pj's cause if i wait to get out of them i would never get around to it :-)
Caro - well done on the BF!!!!!! Keep at it. i had a similar journey wirh DS so if you feel like chatting
Gota run someones up again
OK she's gone back to sleep - I really don't know what is going on with her at the moment!
Jomarie - that is wonderful that you can still have that special BF and that Nicholas is gaining weight now and woohoo on the smiles!
Ozzy - the roatvirus has just been added to the schedule for babies born after 1 may so we have to pay :-( but rotavirus is that horrible vomiting virus and with me being a teacher and having DS at school we usually get at least 1-2 bouts a year. DS had it twice between the ages of 1-2yrs and it was horrible as I had it as well and it was just a big vomit fest. i am thinking of getting us all immunised :-)
OMG.. I am having trouble with Kaiden, he just wont go down to sleep, he is sooo hot and has a rash on his tummy and back. I dont know if its my milk causes his troubles or he is just over tired hardly had any sleep.
SOrry for not being able to talk to individuals finding it hard to get on the computer at all. He is crying again.. Girls i dont know what i am doing wrong.. WHy isnt he sleeping.. .. How do i know if he is getting enough milk.. DO i cuddle him to slepe, do i leave him to cry himself to sleep.. :-(
Kaiden has a speck of something in his eye which is embedded waiting for Paed to call me to tell me how to get it out..
Welcome Firstkid! Glad you decided to post :)
We haven't really got a routine so much as just letting S choose his wake/sleep times since he has always had a fairly good clue about night and day, or maybe that was just luck! So he just wakes at night to feed, then goes back to sleep and his playtime etc is during the day. Mind you he still has moments when he doesn't think he needs to go to sleep and we know different! That usually happens around 9 am-ish and around 7pm.
I put on 18 kg during the pregnancy, I was horrified LOL but weighed myself at the chemist the other day and I've lost 12 kg. Wouldn't mind losing another 8. But I'm just taking it easy, trying to walk lots and I have to get my butt into gear and join the yoga class I've been meaning to take for ages.
Caro I read your journal and gee you've had a rough time with BF! You'll need a month of sleep-ins to get your sleep back (guess that probably won't happen for a few years tho LOL) Good on you for persisting. We burp over the shoulder, sometimes though I find if he's not burping I give him tummy time and that helps. S is fully breastfed but he REALLY needs to be burped, whatever the research says! But I haven't tried formula so not sure if it would be worse. OMG he had a massive spew today, so gross, and yes, I had to feed again him about half an hour later :rolleyes:
Karina, how are things going - sorry I didn't ask earlier, I went back and reread your post because obviously I didn't read it properly before. Sometimes DH has a problem coping as well. And it can really p*** me off if I've had a rough day with S and he comes home and thinks that because he's working he can just relax when he gets back here - well of course I want him to relax but I also need a bit of sanity time, you know?!! We have had some 'discussions' about this ;) and actually he apologised. I think a couple of the guys at his work may have talked to him about it.
Ooh, ooh, our cloth nappies arrived (Mandymac) and they are so cool, but I definitely need covers, otherwise they leak right through onto his clothes - stays dry next to his skin though, which was great. S seems happy with them and they are not too bulky. I just ordered a Baby Beehind tonight (Bamboo) and can't wait for it to come.
Well, I'm going to try and give a dreamfeed and nappy change and then make M's lunch for tomorrow...
Sonia, if S is like this I just cuddle. Letting him cry himself to sleep doesn't work for me and just seems to upset him. If he's got a sore eye maybe that's what's giving him grief? Don't feel guilty giving him lots of hugs, he might just need it... you poor thing, hope he gets to sleep soon.
Hi Sasha
Thanks mate. Lastnight he had a great night sleep but tonight different story, he is now asleep but on his tummy, this is the only way i can get him to sleep sometimes, i know i shouldnt have him on his belly but when he is comfy this way i have to. I have a monitor on so that is giving me peace of mind, he is also in a grobag so he cant kick off his covers which wakes him up as well.
I have just put a photo on my signature, hope it works.
I agree with the cuddles, I cant let him cry himself to sleep it just doesnt work for me.
Sara, Oskar has off days like that too. I hate those days...lol. You feel so exhausted cos you have tried everything and it just doesn't seem to help. You know I was watching Kerry Ann this morning and they had this doctor on and they were talking about gastro bugs...and funnily enough he mentioned the rotovirus...and I was like...oooooh ok, now I know what it is...lol. Apparently though this one only affects kids and adults get a different one which I can't remember if there is a vaccine for. I am not sure if we'll get it, I will have to chat to DH and to the doc I think.
Caro, I read your post and a huge congratulations on persisting and overcoming with BF. You have done so well and should be extremely proud of yourself honey :D
Sonia, what kind of mattress do you have?? When Joshua was little I had one of those tetra tea tree mattresses which they could breath through should they bury their face downwards. Sometimes I think that babies are just like us with how they like to sleep. I like to sleep in that half belly/half side kinda position. I hate sleeping on my back!! I hope you get Kaiden's eye fixed up for him soon..poor little love. I can't let Oskar cry himself to sleep...firstly the longer he cries the more worked up he is (like when I go to the toilet and he wants me...lol) and secondly I can't stand it, it upsets me too much. I usually give him a cuddle and sometimes it's just a burp, other times he needs a nappy change and then sometimes it's just that he wants to snuggle and have boob. I've slept with him in his hugabub and me propped up (half laying half sitting) sleeping cos he wouldn't settle any other way.
Karina, offer is there anyway hun, even if it's just to chat :) I think Andy has moments of not adjusting and I try to consciously remember this although sometimes I forget and I just take over, but I have to ask him to do things so that he feels useful and involved...even if it's hanging out Oskar's clothes.
He is currently asleep on my lap...lol...only way I could get on the computer. He seems to like to sleep on me or in my arms during the day, but he'll happily sleep in his hammock at night. Very strange, but I guess it is better this way around than the other!! If we go out he's fine in his capsule or pram though... funny little fella!!
Better go, I have the cat DEMANDING his dinner and Oskar has just woken up cos his dummy popped out and I leant down to get it and woke him...lol. Take care and shall speak again later :D
Gosh, it's so hard to get on here nowadays. Have been reading but have not had time to post. Unfortunately don't have time to do personals today either as Grace is lying awake on floor with nappy off and is bound to crack it anytime soon!
We are, like everyone else, plodding along and getting what we can done (when we can). Grace is still fussing on the right breast and i really believe it is due to a slow let down. There is definitely enough milk there. My GP thinks it might be that too, we had our appointment today and he was doing breast exam and I got letdown on left side but not right, but when hand expressed it is flowing fine. Must be frustrating for her, as it is for me! I will keep persisting and hope that it fixes itself soon - funny that it has only bothered her in the last week or so though. Check up went well - everything all good. Booked into mothers group today which starts at on May 10, looking forward to this as I don't really know anyone in this area so it will be good to meet local mums.
Jessica, will you be going to mothers group? I'm going to the Han**** drive centre on May 10, would be good to meet you if that is your closest and if that is when you are meant to start too.
Ooops, someone wants attention.....bye!
Forgot to say i've put some photos of grace up. link is in my signature. have to agree that everyones baby's are absolutely gorgeous.
Sonia, I'm sure you arent doing anything wrong. K is probably simply having a cranky day. Claire has them too.. I cuddle her to sleep when she is overly cranky and let her sleep on my chest for a while or in our bed... or I put her in my Baby Bjorn or pram and take her for a walk which calms her down, then when I get backk home, I feed her and this seems to knock her out for a while. Sometimes a nice warm bath helps too. I have worried about Claire not getting enough milk too (i never really feel "full" kwim?, and dont always feel a let-down) but I was talking to the nurse at the baby health centre and she told me not to worry about too much/too little milk , as long as she is still having wet/dirty nappies every day and is putting on weight...but if he has a rash, maybe theres something iritating him, an allergy or something, or maybe his eye is hurting? - can you visit the nurse or GP? Hope he settles down for you. I think it should be ok to have him on his belly, if you can see him to ake sure he is ok. He's so cute by the way! I do agree all our March babies are beautiful!
Sarah, i think that is what mght be bothering my DH - this parent thing is so not what he is used to, so its probably a bit overwhelming at times for him.
Bec, im looking at getting into a yoga class too! I went while pregnant, and was going to start again after Claires birth, but they told me I had to have had my 6 week chekup and I just havent got around to booking the class just yet. I loved doing yoga when I was pregnant. We're doing better now - thanks for asking - I think DH just has bad days.. combination of this whole new overwhelming experience called parenting, and work is really getting to him. We had a big talk the other night which I think has helped.
Caro, i have had people say to me that Breastfed babies dont need to be burped, though I dont agree.... If I dont burp Claire, she gets cranky after a while and as soon as I burp her she is happy again. She'll do a real ripper of a burp then go back to sleep or ask for more booby.
Cass, thanks so much. I might just add you on my msn anyway lol. We're doing heaps better now. Just a talk has helped lots. looking forward to him being home with me tomorrow.
Rachel, my mothers group is great - i was worried it might be dodgy but I have really enjoyed it so far and a few of the other mum only live a few streets away from me so that is nice. Its is good to meet othe mums in the area. Hope you have more success with your right breast. lol that sounds dumb, but you know what i mean! wow youre game to leave Grace nappiless - Claire seems to do a wee or poo when I take her nappy off, so I'm not game enough to let her go without just yet lol! Grace is such a cutie!
For those of you who are doing Cloth nappies: how many did you get?
Gosh i think i have got a haemmoroid. man it hurts! i am going to try to get to my doc on thursday or friday and see what I can do. I'm feeling a bit constipated.. have some laxative here but it has a warning about using it while breastfeeding, but its really vague and i want clarification from my doc!
I've got Claire asleep in her rocker next to me. Its been pouring rain all day and its really cold, so she is all snug in her sleeping bag thingy in the rocker. She looks so peaceful! I was going to go in to work and show her off, but then I couldnt be bothered because of the rain. I could just look at her all day!! oh wait, i sort of did... lol
I hope everyone is doing better today!
Hi Girls
Today got a phone call from Paed and he said to come in so the Eye Dr can take a look at K's eye. Went in and the Dr removed the object, still have no idea what it was. Now have eye drops for it as it has left a bit of an impression on his eye so hopefully with these drops he doesnt get it infected. He slept through the whole thing even with Dr poking the bud in his eye.
Cass not sure what mattress we have. We have just put him into his cot though, outgrowing the bassinet. He is really cranky tonight again, screaming everytime we put him down on this back, he falls alseep in my arms, anyways Dh put him on his belly and off he goes straight to sleep....
Does anyone else put bubs on their tummy to sleep.... i feel so bad for putting him on his tummy because of SIDS but if this is what he finds comfy I want to do it. I have the monitor on which sounds an alarm if no movement or sound is made.
K is getting his 8 week needles on monday, very scary i think i will cry when he gets them seeing him in pain is going to be horrible. I start mothers group next thursday cant wait.
Thanks for your advice girls. It sounds like are all still finding our way through motherhood. I wouldnt change anything for the world, K is the most beautiful little angel.
I say to that the March babies are the most adorable.. hehe
Going to go and check on the man.
THinking of you all.
Love Sonia.
Sonia, I wouldn't stress too much..like you said you have the monitor and he can probably lift his head to change sides now anyway?? Oskar will sometimes bury his face right into my shoulder when he goes to sleep on me and manages to breathe somehow.
Karina, that's cool, I think my MSN addy is in my profile?? If not, just pop me an email or ask me here...whatever is easier.
Oskar is on my boob right now ...how unusual...NOT...lol!! He seems to be doing 5-6 hour sleep most nights now which gives me around 3 hours straight sleep (which is better than 2!) cos he goes to sleep too early!!
Can anybody tell me if they'd be concerned about time spent with someone who isn't getting their baby immunised?? I am not sure if their baby puts Oskar at more risk IYKWIM?? Particularly before Oskar has started getting his needles, so far he's only had his first Hep B.
Hi Cass
Trying not to worry about putting K on his tummy. The monitor certainly keeps my mind at ease. He lifts his head and turns from 3 weeks of age so no worries on that front.
I am not really concerned about having K around others that arent immunised. K has been around other babies who havent had their needles yet and all is ok. I guess its just a personal thing really.
K is sleeping at the moment I really should be getting some rest myself but rather be on here talking to you guys.\
Love Son
xx
Oskar is sleeping on my lap at the moment. He likes to sleep on me during the day.
Sonia, the baby I'm talking about is 7 months old...and I do just get a bit concerned at times...like whooping cough and that kinda thing. I will have to have a chat to the doc if I remember...Oskar will be getting his needles in a few weeks.
Oh that old.. Well yes you will have to ask the Dr about that, i must look into that as well, is it a close friend that has the baby?? Can you talk to her about it??
Yeah it is a close friend. I remember when she first told me they weren't getting him vaccinated, I was shocked and I had to really hold my opinion cos I know they have the right not to have this and they have the right to have their opinion. She isn't getting it done cos she is a carer for a guy who had a severe reaction and is brain damaged because of it. When I asked the midwife about this she said that ingredients which were used (the ones which were causing most reactions like that) that long ago aren't used now and the vaccinations are made up differently. So, I do understand why she isn't, but I still don't agree with it because a simple case of the chickenpox if he's not vaccinated couldn kill him! Right now though I'm more worried about whooping cough or the likes. He doesn't go to daycare so it shouldn't be a huge issue, but I am still worried.
I wouldn't know what to say to her about my concern :( I don't want her to think that I think badly or anything, I just don't agree that's all.
Yeh i agree with you and also would be hard to say something. Maybe just limit the visits with Oskar and her little one. Its a hard situation your in, I am hoping all my girlfriends have their litle ones vaccinated.
I am going to take K to a Bowen Therapist (like a Chiropractor) to check him out just in case K's back is sore and thats why he wont go down on his back.
Cass - I had a friend that went deaf because of an immunisation she had... But that was when she was a toddler so 20years ago, the advances in technology and medicine that we have today make immunisations so much safer then not having them... Does your friend realise this? Not to mention all the other children she's putting at risk... Sorry i know it's a personal choice, but...
i agree with Sonia, maybe you could try talk to her?~? Otherwise i would proberly limit the visit, up untill oskar is immunised...
Sonia - I'm going to do the same with Izzy - Hope k is fine :)
And for everyone else, hope your all doing well, i would reply more, but lil missy has woken again, and all ya'll replies are on the other page and i forgot what ya's wrote lolz!
Take care,
Cass
Caro I'm very much the same with attachment/gentle parenting but we also have decided to vaccinate, there really is a lot of info out there Cass if you want to google it but it's hard to find unbiased info (people are either very much for it or very much against it and there's not much in between!). I would be worried too about whooping cough etc. I had it when I was 13 and it's not something I would wish on anyone, especially a little baby.
Sonia glad to hear you got K's eye fixed, bummer that he has to have a/b but you certainly don't want an infection! Isn't it weird the stuff they will sleep through? I'm sure I'll be upset when S has his needles, he goes next week.
I'm trying to give S lots of tummy time since he favours his left side very strongly and is developing a flat head!! I've tried so hard to stop it, but everytime he goes to sleep he turns his head to the left, and I'll gently put it back to the right only to go back later and see that he's turned back again! :rolleyes: But it seems to be improving - we are doing lots of stuff like when he lies on his back, talking to him on the right side so he has to turn to look at us, etc. I also made him a mobile with some coloured circles to try and get his attention over to that side.
Went to parents' group for the first time yesterday. Great to meet some other parents - I only have one good friend with a baby and she lives in a different town, plus her baby is about 3 months older than S, so it's not quite the same, yk?
Kind of annoyed at my sister. She told my mum she was worried about me - which I guess is kind of nice that she cares but also it just annoys me because she doesn't think I'm coping and that I should be out more doing stuff. We're such different people; I have really enjoyed staying home with Sebastian a lot over the last 8 weeks, getting to know him and working out a kind of routine. She's much more keen on going out everyday and night and socialising, and that's not really me. Not that I don't like making friends or meeting them or whatever, but I'm just a bit more of a homebody. Also we have very different parenting techniques, and I think she's judging me on what she does, mind you her first baby was 6 years ago and I think she might have forgotten what it's like to have your first one. Oh, I'm just whinging a bit, I know she means well but it's frustrating, yk? As if I'm not capable of deciding what I want for my baby or whatever. Grrr. When I was over there last my brother's g/f was visiting and I kind of felt like they were talking down to me a bit because they've got older children... ANYway, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing, it works for us and they can stick it somewhere else! So there!
Hopefully it's sunny here tomorrow, I need to get some washing dry! Am seriously considering getting a dryer - never thought I would, but it's going to be so difficult to dry stuff otherwise, especially since I want to go over to cloth nappies fulltime eventually.
take care everyone!
Hello, just popping in to say hi, Ariya is finally asleep and I have an assignment due in tomorrow. OMG my house is such a pigsty I can hardly stand it. anyone else having housekeeping issues? I feel bad asking DH to help out as we have an understanding that when I'm not working I happily look after the housework but I cannot keep up at the moment! DH is starting to make comments about it so I am feeling really bad :-( Add to that I had a couple of days of bleeding and I think that's what was making Ariya so fussy as I think my milk dried up a little, it's back in force now and the bleeding has stopped - hoping it's not AF already - that would be my luck. OMG i am so jealous of those of you that have cold rainy weather :-( it's still so hot here
Sonia - I always put Ari down on her tummy - it is the only way she will settle, DS was the same. I am taking her to the chiro as she is fussy on her left side also but I think it's also because she has a strong startle reflex and wakes herself up when she is on her back. At night we cosleep and she sleeps on her side mostly but she can also roll over by herlself from back or front to her side but as long as K can lift his head he shouldn't have any trouble.
Ozzie - the4 vac shouldn't be too much of a problem as the rate of vaccinated children in Australia give protection to those unvaccinated, I would make a point of not going over if there is an outbreak of measles etc in the community but generally it should be OK. also your BM will offer protection until Oskars own vaccinations kick in
Karina - i love my clth. I have 12 terry flats plus 1 berry plush, 1 baby beehinds 1 bumgenius pocket some pilchers and a couple of snappis. we use cloth all day and disposables at night and when out and about. I am just buying nappies slowly and building up my stash - it's addictive! i do do a lot of washing but they all go in the dryer and as I buy more I should have to wash less.
rachel - those pics of grace are precious, she is so cute and soo much hair :-)
sasha - sorry to hear about your sister, it's hard when other people think they know what's better for your bub. It's so good that you are strong enough to stick to your guns. i love staying home too so I completely understand. I love my dryer, I bought it when DS was 6wks old and we were living in Maryborough where it rained everyday! def a good investment
OK gotta run - so much to do and so little time :-(
OK gotta go do this assignemt
Sonia – glad K’s eye is all fixed. Can’t believe he slept through that! Grace doesn’t really like being on her tummy, she’s getting better but definitely wouldn’t sleep on it. Yeah, the needles are not going to be nice to see them get. Can’t let grace cry herself to sleep, it breaks my heart! I didn’t think you were supposed to let young babies cry it out?
Karina – glad to hear things with DH are working themselves out. You have my email so feel free to email anytime if you need to. Grace does wee and poo with her nappy off. We put a mattress protector underneath her and a flat nappy and clean her as needed, she loves it. She’ll smile and coo away, sometimes she cries when we put her nappy back on! We only have flat nappies at the moment and we have 36 which allows washing every second day plus use for a vomit catcher etc. am looking at getting fitted though because she really wets these and usually needs to be changed after 2 hours or so, therefore she’s not in them at night. Ow, I had a haemorrhoid the other week, it cleared up but owe!
Cass – Grace is the same. Will not go in cot during the day but no probs overnight. Strange huh. I’ve done the hab prop also! Whatever works I say. Yay on the longer sleeps, just need to push it back a bit later now? I probably would be worried about the immunization thing until at least Oskar is immunized, what a hard situation you are in. I had whooping cough when I was 15 ( I had been immunized it just didn’t work) and it was really scary, I definitely wouldn’t want a small child to have that.
Bec –Haven’t heard of mandymac nappies..where did you order that through?
Welcome Firstkid and congratulations. We have a loose routine with Grace. We feed 3hourly through the day (9am to 9pmish) then let her call the shots. I always make sure that she has had 6 feeds between midnight and midnight. We have done this from early on and we have routinely got 6 hours of sleep overnight since she was about 3 weeks old. I actually got 7 hours sleep the night before, was blissful. I put on about 18kgs during the pregnancy and I’ve lost 12 kgs since Graces birth and definitely want to lose more ( I was in the process of losing weight when I fell pregnant so want to get to pre pregnancy weight initially and then more), I have given myself 6 -12 months as I don’t want to overdo it, kwim?
Jo – how is the massage going? I’m glad your first one went well. I did really well with the expressing the other day, I expressed in the morning instead of the night and managed to get 90mls! I was very happy, didn’t work the next morning though. Will keep persisting, need to get some bags to store the milk in as I’ve run out of the containers. I could stare at Grace smiling all day it is so cute, yay for your first personal smile.
Caro – I burp on my lap and support Grace’s head at the front under her chin, but when she is finished I put her over my shoulder to keep her upright for a while. Well done with everything you have gone through.
Sarah - thanks, I think she is gorgeous too. Yes, she was born with that amount of hair it is just longer now!
Have to go and have a shower now as Brother in law is going to arrive shortly from Adelaide. I’ve tried to respond the best I can in the time I have, sorry if I have missed anything. Hope everyone is ok. Try to catch up soon.
Bec - I have that with my SIL. Sometimes I feel she says things to me and Im not sure if I am taking it the wrong way but it feels like she is talking down to me beacause she has two boys and been through it all, I like to get advice off her but then i like to make my own decisions.
Sarah yay for Claire also liking it on her tummy, K lifts his head and changes from side to side so not really worried there, only thing i sort of worry about is if he vomits and has his face in it.
Rachel: - not sure about not letting young babies cry it out, i guess its up to each parent, K screams if i dont feed him straight away i let him settle a bit before putting him on the boob cant get his way all the time.. hahaha.. But i dont like to let him cry when i put him to bed, he mainly just grizzles and thats if he has wind *and he has alot of that.. He eats way to fast.
Kaiden slept lastnight from 9.30-3.00 this morning.. SO HAPPY, he is soo happy in his room on his belly, i am now used to the Tic noise the monitor makes with each of his movements, it like i have him in the room i do miss him being in our room but I do prefer him to get used to his cot IYKWIM. We co sleep in the mornings from 6.30-9.00 then we get up and have breaky and feed him at 9.30 then go for a walk back in time for a bit of sleep then feed him again at 11.30 then maybe head out for the day or stay home, i do like staying home but it can do my head in and have to go out and meet some friends or go to my mums, dont like to go to the shops to much because i dont have the money to spend.
Well off to sort out his room i have clothes everywhere, sorting them into sizes and what i have washed and what i havent washed.
Hope everyone is well.
Love Sonia
xx
wow u gals i m finding it hard to get on these days with my 4 kids , and i get lost behind with all your chatting i will tyry to do personal replies but it will take me forever to catch up today
but welcome to firstkid, i put on about 20 kgs to ive lost about 10kgs, but still have another 10 to go hbut my belly is a reall prob still, its really fat and gross making it hard for me to wear anything still in my maternity clothes which are a little to big but yet all my other stuff is to small i reaslly want to start walking but im so exhausted with everything between 4 kids and house cleaning im finding that just a bit 2 hard yet
im really worried as i m a matron of hornor in september, so i feel extra stress about the weight
Taylens really good today he slapt from 8 to 3am last wat a dream but i watched biggest loser last nite so i didnt get the whole sleep my own fault oh well ,
all babies are lookin real cute in your pics
talk when i can
Savina
Evening...
Lastnight well this morning the monitor alarm went off and i bolted out of bed, ran to kaidens room fell over on our concrete floors and bruised my knee luckily stopped my head from hitting the ground. I have been feeling dizzy all lastnightand early this morning so probably didnt help that i got up so quickly.
Today Kaiden has been on my boob most of the day, im finding he is sleeping for about 1 hr then wanting a nother feed.
Can i ask how much everyones bubs are having?? When you express how much?? And how long are they staying on your boobs for at one time?
Sonia, i hope your knee feels better soon. Claire loves booby too. I wouldnt have a clue how much she is having, but she has some every 2 or 3 hours. Smoetimes overnight she might go 4 hours. She will stay on anywhere between 10 minutes and 30 minutes. I dont do both boobs, I just do one. When I express, I dont get much at all - maybe 30 mls and it takes me sooooo long just to get that amount. I express by hand because I just cant get any sort of seal with my pump so nothing comes out at all. I also find i just need to get out of the house - just a walk is good enough for me! I dont like the shops either, I'm a bit poor atm (2 cars up for rego within a month of each other!!) so I cant buy all the cool things I see! thats great Kaidens eye is better - what a champ that he slept through the whole thing!
Cass, to be honest, i would probably be concerned about Claire spemding too much time with unimmunised children, especially if there was an "outbreak" of something. We've decided to immunise Claire, and we're going to have her 8 week vax done next week. I personally dont know whether I'd say anything to the parents of the kid though - I am not so good with words and would probably just end up sounding really insulting and losing a friend! so sorry, cant really give you any advice on that one! I totally respect that some people dont want to immunise, plus there is talk that there is a link between immunising and things like autism, though I dont know how much research there is in that, so I'm sure people have their reasons for not doing the immunisations.
Savina, wow 8 pm - 3 am, thats a great sleep! Ikwym about missing sleep due to TV. I always say just till the next ad break then I'll go to sleep, and before I know it an hour has passed and I'm still watching TV. lol. Good luck on your wight loss journey, I'm sure youll look great for this wedding later in the year.
I'm really tired today but i just cant get to sleep! I took Claire into work yesterday to show her off and she was so quiet until the second I got in the lift, then she started screaming, and didnt stop till I got back in the lift to go home... she mustn't like the office or something. lol. i dont blame her! it was nice to say hi and catch up though.
I love Claire! I've taken so many photos of her - always got a camera in her face lol. I finally got one of her smiling lol, well DH did actually.
We're taking Claire on her first big drive tomorrow - we're going to the hunter valley (about an hour and half to two hours drive from our place) to visit hubbys parents for his mums bday. I hope we go ok, might have to make a few stops along the way i think!
take care everyone!
Just a quick catch up glad to see everyone is doing well.
savina - good on you for getting on here at all with 4kids, you sound like you are doing a brilliant job
sonia - ouch1 hope your knees feel better, was everything OK when you got in there! Ariya had a couple of boobie days and is just settling down now although she has gone ack to 1.5- 1hr feeds this arvo as it has been stinking hot today. i think there is a growth spurt or something around 6wks cause I can remember mt sister telling me with DS not to feel bad if I felt like ditching BF around 6wks as it feels like they are constantly on the boob (which is how I am feeling right now :_)
Caro -woohoo on the weight gain!!!!!!!!!!! Know how you feel about that precious BM it's worth more than gold!
To everyone else hope all those gorgeous bubs are doing great!
Hi all..have a few minutes and thought I'd pop in and say hi before I go and work out what modern cloth nappies I want to buy. We had another good night, fed at 7.30pm and woke at 4.30am. Really can't complain, but have had an ordinary day today. Grace has been really irritable and cranky today. She has had moments where she has worked herself into such a state that her face is bright red and her eyes are all puffy from the tears - it breaks my heart as it was a cry that I had never heard her do before. She is SO overtired as she didn't sleep between her 7am and 10am feed which she normally does so I think it has taken it's toll. Hope we have a good night as I am pooped. Had another child health nurse appointment today. Grace is now 5.24kgs adding another 660grams in the last 2 weeks! I can't believe how quickly she is growing, she is 58cm long now. I'm tired because I walked there which was a 25minute walk and then afterwards I walked another 25 minutes to meet DH and BIL for lunch and had to walk really fast and sing at the same time as she was crying her eyes out. It is the biggest walk i've done since having her, I am so unfit! I had to stop singing because I was puffing, luckily she had fallen asleep by now. I must've looked stupid almost running with a pram holding a screaming baby and me singing 'here we go round the mulberry bush' but not knowing all the words so making them up as I go. It worked at least.
Sonia - I have had to take Grace away from the boob today as she has cracked it and not feeding well so I have had to hold her up and give her her dummy and let her calm down - she hasn't liked that either. It's so hard isn't it? I could never leave her to scream in the cot. Mind you, as I said above, she was screaming in the pram today and I couldn't pick her up but I just made sure she knew I was still around and she eventually fell asleep. I was talking about this with my BIL and the problem is that no-one really knows the best thing to do and you need to do what you feel comfortable with. I hope your knee feels better soon you poor thing. What a fright you would've gotten when the alarm went off. I assume K was ok. This was the reason why DH and I decided not to get a movement monitor as there are times when babies don't move and the alarm would sound and I would FREAK OUT! But that's just me. Lucky you didn't hit your head. In the last day or two Grace has started to get her full feed in about 15 minutes, sometimes 25minutes, not sure how much she gets but her weight gain indicates that she is definitely getting enough. As for expressing, i was getting 70mls a time but lately it is really variable, especially depending on the time off day I do it. I was getting 30mls but I managed to get 90mls last time I expressed, very variable.
Oh...a while ago I posted that I had been told you give 20mls/kg of EBM - this is not correct, it changes as the baby grows, sorry.
Karina - I know what you mean about the photo's. We have taken over 650photos in 7 weeks! Thank goodness for digital. One day I took 100photos as I was just clicking away! We will be very thankful in years to come that we have them. Good luck with your drive and enjoy the day.
Caro, yay on michaels weight gain, must be a relief for you. Maybe Grace has the same problem as she has put on approximately 300g per week and she possits alot too, very messy business. Oh, my heart goes out to you, I too would be devastated if I had dropped the EBM, it is such a task to get it, especially after midnight!
Take care and have a great weekend.
Last night I came on and wrote a lovely big reply with personals and all...I went to post it and it had kicked me out so I had to resign in...but it wouldn't let me!! GRRR...so I gave up in disgust! So, obviously now 24 hours later I can't remember most of what I said!
I do recall this... I agree with everyone on the immunisation issue. For the risk of a severe allergic reaction is less than the child having a severe case of chickenpox, measles etc..and either having a lifelong problem from this (deafness, blindness, infertility etc) or even possibly dying.
Karina, there is not actually a proven link with autism etc. I've read quite a lot of different things, but I do think that our life today without polio and the likes is a lot better than what it would've been 50 years ago. Good luck with your trip!! I have to stop just going an hour away sometimes cos the little man decides he's hungry! All I can say is I'm glad that I don't have to plan ahead and have to decide how many bottles I may need. We're also photo mad.
Sonia, I hope your knee gets better and that you feel better too!! I take it that the alarm was a false alarm?? I couldn't tell you how much Oskar gets from the boob. During the day he can feed anywhere from 1 - 3 hours between a feed. Keep in mind though that they also want the boob if they're thirsty from being a bit warm or something. He will feed usually within 30 mins but has been known to want to just stay attached and use me as a human dummy...lol. If I am just at home then mostly I oblige this and just let him stay there as he's happy.
Savina, that's an awesome sleep!! I know what you mean about tv at times. Sometimes I really want to watch something and know that I should be in bed cos I'm tired...oh well, cest la vie. Other times I'm good and tape it...lol ;)
Caro, I'm so glad to hear that my birth buddy's little man is doing so well now!! It's such wonderful news. He's such a special little man. I haven't actually made a decision on if I should or shouldn't say something to my friend. I am a firm believer in the choice to or not to, however having said that...I don't think that not immunising is the right thing unless of course you have suffered a severe reaction and needs further discussion with the doctor then.
Oskar smiled his first real smile on Wednesday and today I managed to get a photo of it...it is just so beautiful, he melts my heart. He had a bit of a bad afternoon today though and just wasn't a happy camper. He's been asleep now since about 8 though. I'm touching wood whilst saying this... but he's been doing really quite well at night and going up to 7 hours (usually around 6 hours) between his feed and then about 3 hours on the next one, so I'm really only having to get up once a night then he's up around 5:30am but I do stay in bed with him for at least another 2 hours even if I have to have him attached to my boob so I can have a bit more sleep. This morning though I did try him on his belly even if it is naughty and he went to sleep almost straight away for about an hour and a half. I felt ok with this decision as he was next to me and he can lift his head really well cos he does this when he's asleep on me.
Anyway, shall leave it there for now, will speak again soon. Take care until next time :D
I tried to edit, but for some reason it wouldn't let me.
Caro, I forgot to add that I would've bawled my eyes out if I'd dropped BM. I haven't acutally expressed as yet. I have a pump but haven't done it. I wouldn't use it atm though. I am afraid of letting Oskar so much as have a bottle once yet cos what if he likes it better than he likes my boob, then I'd really cry :(
Rachel, that's like Oskar was today. We were in the car and the poor little mite was crying and worked himself up so much and he even had little coughs in between his cry every now and then and he also had the little shaken cry sound (don't know if that makes sense). I went to pull over in a park and was driving to find a parking spot and he fell asleep so I leave and thought I'll get fuel on the way home as he's asleep now...well, he woke up and then cried all the way home (about 10 mins) and I was talking to him and telling him I was still there and my heart was breaking and I just wanted to stop and hold him but I knew it was better if I just got home. He then spent the rest of the day (from about 3:30pm) in my arms until he went to bed. Oh apart from having a cuddle with dad for a little while and his bath.
Hey ladies...
Took izzy to the nurse today regarding her unsetlling week, and nurse has put it down to thrush an bad wind!~! Didn't put much weight on - only 70grams... but we're hoping that's because of unsettled week , and she puts more on next week... Still going to docs and chiro just to double check my monster is A'ok!
Scarest thing happen tonight! I tell you i have never been so scared in my life! Driving out to my mums, and was on the straight 100k/hour stretch and a car went past and hit my mirror which smashed my window and showered glass all over me and izzy. I pulled over to the side of the road never been so scared in my life! The other car didnt even stop! I was only 2mins from mums house so i went there. there was glass everywhere, my hand and face got most of the blow... AND very very Thankfully izzy was unharm~ Didn't even wake her!
But i quickly chucked her in the shower with me and made sure she wasn't hurt anywhere... Then the police came and took details - but because i couldnt get rego for the other car, there's nothin they can do...
I've been in car accidents before... But just that chance izzy could be hurt, was the most scarest thing! i freaked! i was a mess! still am... Still pulling glass out everywhere too!
So thats my night, i'm going to go lay with my izzy... night girls!
Woohoo finished my assignment - at last! Now if only I can get my house clean everything will be perfect :-) DH and I had a bit of a heated discussion about it yesterday but hoping things have settled now. I feel like such a bad mummy as I have bween staying up late doing this assignment and Ariya has been staying up too - have no idea why she changed her routine, mayube she can tell I'm not in bed but anyway... she slept from midnight to 6am (that's our longest iin ages) and is now curled up in bed with dad. Hoping we get back into routine though, don't really want to be staying up until midnight every night.
Cass_blob - OMG so good to hear you are OK. i can't believe the other car didn't even stop. Having kids in the car makes driving so much scarier.
Caro - i thi8nk babies like there tummy because it stops them from waking themselves up with the startle reflex and it can also help them pass intestinal wind as it relaxes the bowel.
Ozzie - Ari hates the car and does that everytime we go driving - it hate it! Actually I'm lying we have had a few trips in the last couple of days where she was a bit more settled but it doesn't last for long. It's so hard isn't it. But if you've got to get somewhere, you have to get somewhere. And congrats on the smile!
Rachel - have fun buying your nappies. have you seen the new one from Jamtots (make berry plush) called kangasomething (looks good) I just bought another pocket a haute it think it's called amd looking at getting some hemp flats. I am loving cloth! Would have loved to have heard the song you were singing :-) we were told at Gymbaroo that it's good to change the words of nursery rhymes, so technically you were doing something educational :-)