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Yawn, spent too long online reading stuff and now I'm too tired to reply to everyone, but I just wanted to say:
All you girls who have refluxy babies, I honestly had no idea how hard it is for you. Just spent a few hours today with a friend and her daughter (6 mos) must have chucked about 8 times while i was there, it just kept on coming up, eww! How exhausting! So now I have such respect for all of you whose babies vomit loads, and am feeling really really lucky that S keeps his food down!
Caro yay on Michaels weight gain! The hammock looks nice.
Jo, yay on Nic sleeping through night. I can only hope Claire does it soon. Wow on trying to sit up, how clever!
Claire has now decided that she is going to grab everything possible while I am feeding her. So, she'll grab my boob, my flabby tummy, my hair, my face.. and PULL on it while digging in her nails. Sometimes she grabs my glasses and chucks them across the room.
She's been lying here saying googigoogigoogi for about 10 minutes. So cute.
I'm going to go to the health centre and weigh her - she feels so heavy and I definately notice it when feeding her now! I have started doing almost all her feeds lying down because my arms just start to hurt very quickly!
hope everyone is well.
Caro, what a shame. I thought with the hammock being a bit tilted it would be good.
Hello all from Tazmania! how r u all! it's freezing here!!! We're at Low-head, near georgetown... which is 40mins out of launceston! My mums back yard looks out to the bass straight! its gorgeous down here! sooo green! We're going to see the snow either this weekend or next! i can't wait!
As for the plane ride - i really shouldn't of worried, apart from the flight been delyed for 3hours because of technical difficulties (yes, really made me want to get on a plane then) but izzy was the perfect angel! in that 3hours jyst played, fed, slept... then when we got on the plane i fed her going up n she went straight to sleep, and i woke her up enough to suck on her dummy comming back down... i had quite a few pplcome up and say how gr8 she was!
oh and its terrible there is no bigbrother down here!!! :(
i mustgothe fire needs more wood! catch ya's later!!!
Caro – the hammock looks so comfy! I bet Nicholas would love one of those, but he sleeps so well in the cot, that I just can’t justify it now, reflux or not! It sucks that he hasn’t slept in it again though. Nics reflux wakes him during the day too. I found that putting him to sleep propped on his side (with a rolled up nappy behind him) helps as he just spits out the side of his mouth instead of choking on it. WTG on the weight too, at least he is gaining – that is my main concern with this bloody reflux.
Cass – Tasmania sounds beautiful. I would love to go and see it one day.
Nicholas weighs 6.3kg’s now! And he has continued his great sleeping at night. The only thing is that his day time sleeps have turned into naps and he is really tired by the end of the day, and very cranky. Most of the babies in the mothers group seem to be going through a similar thing and the CHN swears that all babies “grow horns” at 3 months! At least he is sleeping at night, so no complaints here!
JoMarie - as my CHN says, you can deal with whatever they dish out through the day so long as they sleep at night!
Kailee has started not sleeping during the day either, until about 4pm when she crashes out for a couple of hours but the rest of the day is just 20 minute cat naps. At least she is feeding properly now after having stuffed around with her bottle for so many weeks.
Karina - better batten down the hatches, cyclonic winds predicted to hit the coast from Wollongong to Newcastle tonight. Hope that you survive it!
Hi Gals, well I am typing this with my little princess in my lap as she just keeps waking up with these little squawks and cries:( not sure what is wrong too hot too cold in pain don't know. Also she has been feeding really frequently today which is bothering me as we are trying to kick the shields and I am worried she is not getting enough.
Anyway better run while she is sleeping as we have to pack for Brissie - leave Thurs. Oh and for those of you cloth napping or BF we have some cute t-shirts and keychains at nappy bucket under - what's new - bit's and pieces.
Will try and do personals tomorrow
Richelle, hope you guys are ok there tonight. Whats going on with this crazy weather hey! Claires doing only catnaps during the day too. and still not sleeping through the night !
Sarah, have fun in Bris!
Cass blob, yay on Izzy being so good on the plane! ITs freeeezing here at the moment, so i cant imagine what it would be like in Tas at the moment.
Jo, yay on Nic sleeping well at night!
Hello all...
Sarah - I hope Ariya settles for you. Grace occassionally lets out a little squawks/cry but then goes back to sleep. Not sure what it is either - maybe they are having a bad dream?! Have a good time in Brisbane. Saw the t-shirts - very cute. The keychains are gorgeous. Still thinking about getting a hautes - but cloth is annoying me a bit at the moment as Grace just doesn't sleep as well when she is in cloth. I am putting this out of mind though and persevering and hoping that I get that excitement back- I think using sposies in Adelaide for a week made me a bit slack!
Richelle - yay on Kailee's weight gain. It would be hard to go back to work. What do you do?
Jo - I was relying on chocolate and sweet things too. Have to say it has been easier than I thought. Each night I tend to have a glass of milo, the milk is good for me and the milo gives me that little chocolate hit so that I don't go mad and seek out a whole block of chocolate! Wow on the sitting up, Grace tries to do that too only she ends up curling up and rolling onto her side instead - still cute though. Yay on Nicholas's weight gain.
Karina - I know what you mean about them feeling heavier. Oh dear at throwing your glasses across the room. Grace is a bit of a wiggler at times and her arms can fly everywhere - I copped it in the face yesterday!
Caro - yay on the weight gain, you must be very relieved. Buggar about the hammock - could you sell it and try to get some of that money back?
Cass - well done to Izzy being so good on the plane. The view from your mums place must be magical. It is freezing here so I can imagine it is definitely freezing down there.
Well...we had an ordinary night again last night. Not sure if it is because she still hasn't pooed or if it is something else. She woke at 1.40, 2am then every 15-20 minutes after that until I fed her at 3am. Then she slept well until 8am - which is good but that 2 hours where we were up was horrendous! We have been giving her a bottle of EBM for her last feed lately and she's been doing this. When DH was on night shift over the weekend I didn't give her the bottle, I BF and she slept well. So I am going to BF her tonight and see - weird though as don't most babies sleep better after having a bottle because then they have definitly had enough - mind you, how do I know what is enough for her?!
Getting really frustrated with expressing. Trying to build up a supply in freezer in case we want to go out and my parents baby sit, as well as trying to get milk so that DH can have some special feeding time with Grace but it is so hard and tiring. I can no longer express after a feed as there isn't anything left, I'm lucky if I get 20mls. Which is a good thing because it means I am making the right amount for her, but bad when I want extra to freeze. Then when I express instead of feed I can only get 100-130mls at a time which is not enough for a whole feed! Was reading through some previous posts last night that Activite can increase your supply, thinking of trying this just so I can build some storage up in the freezer - I don't want to be bursting or anything.
Got a bargain today - Esprit had a sale on and I got 4 long sleeved tops for pretty much half price! Not bad for Esprit, which is usually rather expensive (well it is for a terry like me!!).
Does anyone else feel bad about spending money now that you are not earning it? I've always been very cautious with my money but when I did buy something I never felt really guilty as I was out there earning it and deserved to buy something nice every now and then. Well now that I am no longer earning it and DH is the one going to work I feel a bit guilty buying things for me. He tells me to not be silly and buy what I want but I still do, hope this goes away soon!
Grace slept beautifully in her cot yesterday afternoon - she slept for 3 hours straight. Unfortuantely, not having the same luck this afternoon.We will keep persisting.
Hope everyone else is well.
Caro, that sucks that Michael doesn't like the hammock. It may be that he isn't used to it. Oskar has had his from the day we got home, mind you he NEVER sleeps in it during the day. I think he did for about a week tops at first, but nope, only at night will he go down in it...if we're home during the day he wants to sleep on his tummy, so that's how we do it. I don't fight any more!
I also went through Oskar's clothes to work out what does and doesn't fit him... ahh they were sooooo tiny weren't they! I used to have to roll the sleeves up once on the 0000 Bonds wondersuits...lol.
Sounds like all bubs are putting on weight!! I did a little weigh in today at the baby group (get him done properly tomorrow) and he seems to be around 6.3 kg! Man, my little man is getting big!
Sarah, maybe Ari is having a growth spurt and it's unsettled her? I hope she settles again for you. Oskar woke up last night full on crying and I mean REALLY crying.. poor love. I had to feed him to comfort him cos he wouldn't stop crying. Can't wait to see you guys on Friday!!! :D OMG I sooooo LOVE those t-shirts!! How cute are they!
Karina and Richelle, how are you guys going with all your wild weather?? We have had sooooo much wind up here since last night (apparently it's from the same low down the east coast or something) it's crazy and FREEZING!!
Cass, we've had our fire going too cos it's so cold, pity that we have a 2 storey house and the fire is downstairs and most of our "living" is upstairs... I'm NOT going to keep going up and down to the kitchen etc!..lol..how lazy am I! Nah, it's too hard with the cat if I'm carrying Oskar cos he runs up and taps your feet or he stops bang in the middle of a step and you almost trip over him, so it's not safe unless you HAVE to.
Richelle, I think the same as your HCN... Oskar has never been the best day sleeper, but he's good at night (touch wood) so I just let him do what suits him.
Rachel, don't feel guilty hun!! You deserve something as well. I just bought some new jeans and a jumper and I bought a shirt a few weeks back cos I was just feeling so daggy and hadn't bought myself anything nice since before I was pg (other than a few maternity things which I obviously can't wear now!) and it was such a boost to have a couple of new things. Mind you they were all on sale from Target, but hey I LOVE a bargain! With the BF... the HCN in our baby group told us the following... the hind milk is the fatty milk and as the day goes on and your boobs are softer and you feel like there's nothing in there that's the real fatty milk and it becomes a matter of quality and not quantity.. the milk at the start of the day is more watery and sugary than the milk at the end of the day... so maybe the bottle isn't as sustaining at the end of the day?? I don't know, just throwing it out there. I hope you get a better night with her.
What a let down! No wild wind basically no rain... NOTHING!
Rachel - I work at a Caltex service station for the time being. Waiting till Kailee is 1 to go into day care so I can get my AIN training done.
Karina - Kailee is really playing up at the moment, yesterday she barely ate and just slept all the time, for the first time ever I woke her up to have a bottle because she had been so long between feeds. Today she is having half a bottle and not wanting any more till about 2hrs later she wants the rest. Weird child.
I hope that everyone else is well
Just a quick post - busy packing but we got our photos today - so gorgeous
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Sarah - your photo's are beautiful!
Sarah, you have a gorgeous family.
Went to the baby health centre yesterday and weighed Claire - She is now 5.2 kg. She feels alot heavier, so I expecting her to be more than that, but no big deal. We've just finished off our last box of newborn nappies and now she has her little bum in the infant size nappies.
Well I'm going to head off to mothers group now.
Love the pics Sarah!
Karina, what weight was Claire when she was born?
Oskar is now 6.3 kg... I can't believe it!! My little boofer and he's 60 cm long... he's certainly grown!! He was 46 cm born and he's put on more than 3.5 kg... today he looks like a little front rower in his jumper...lol.
I'm finding that now he's a little older he seems to do little chucks more often... just a couple of teaspoons in size but it's that yucky smelly milk chuck BLURGH... anyone else finding this? I'm wondering if it's cos he kicks and moves around more now than when he was little...???
Cass, Claire was 2.9 kg when born. I think she's 64cm now, born 48cm. LOL @ Oskar looking like a front rower, how cute! We have this jumper for Claire and her shoulders look massive in it too. About the chucks - YES - Over the last week or so, she has been doing more chucks. It is usually when I am changing her nappy. She has this pink pig picture which DH and I painted and its near her change table. She looks at it and gets all excited and wiggles, kicks, squeals and smiles, then chucks. Its really quite strange. It doesnt seem to bother her though and its not always after a feed either.. I just put it down to that she gets so excited that she chucks. lol
Rachel, how is Grace going? have you seen any poo yet? (the things we talk about as mothers!!) I hope she is ok.
Well, i didnt end up going to mothers group today. I walked there (at the pub a few minutes up the road) but Claire was really unsetlled and I hadnt been to that pub before and I coudlnt see anyone, and because she was so unsettled, I just went home again. We're all meeeting on the weekend at a local park to have lunch together and we're going to get all the dads to come along too so that should be nice.
Karina, wow Claire is growing so fast too! Hmmm maybe it is just the kicking around more ... cos he doesn't do it straight after a feed either and it doesn't bother him.
Well, he's discovered a NEW sound he can make... lol and it's NOISY!! He kinda yells and thinks it's very amusing. We went for a nice walk before and he had a nap and I felt good for doing something kinda healthy for me :D He's playing on a mat next to me at the moment and making his new sound...ooooh dear I'm gonna have a noisy boy...lol...well I better get to making some dinner soon and I have a new choccy mousse recipe to try but not sure if I'll try that tonight yet or not.
Still no poo!!! It has now been 8 days! Well...last night she did a very small runny smear of poo but nothing that I would clasify as an actual poo so still waiting. she is still happy and tummy is still soft so not too concerned, just feel sorry for my poor little girl. She is grunting all the time like she is going to poo, so she obviously wants to poo soon. Wondering if I should just give her some water anyway? What do you think?
So started taking some actavite today to see if it will increase my milk supply slightly so that I can get some more milk expressed to build up freezer storage. Luckily it is rather yummy (it was on special too!).
Had mother's day today at one of the mother's house for the first time which was really nice.Initially it was a bit weird not having someone run the group but then it was good as we all just chated and socialised. What a spread the lady put on that had it today - she has set a very high standard! We are changing to Friday's from next week as one of the ladies can't make it on Thursdays anymore. Fridays are definitely a day of blowout points! One of the mum's asked me today if I was on BB?! She saw Grace's name down the bottom, very funny.
Richelle, I'm having a bit of a silly day today, but what is AIN training?
Karina, did Claire settle down once you got home? What a disappointment for you.
Cass, Grace has always had little possits after her feeds but lately she has been doing real chucks in between feeds - the real smelly ones that are a bit thicker cause they've come from the stomach. Quite horrid, but she isn't bothered by it.
All our babies are growing up so quickly! Karina when Grace was weighed last time I was convinced before going that she was over 6kgs and she wasn't so I was a bit suprised too. I am a hopeless judge of size though!
She slept much better last night, but, I fed her at 1030 last night as we had been at my parents house and she woke when we got home and wouldn't settle. After the feed though she slept until 7.30 this morning so that was good. We have just finished our normal 5pm feed and she has just finished a bath and we will put her down but because she didn't wake until 7.30 she has only had 4 feeds today instead of her usual 5 so I suspect she will wake again before we go to bed for another feed. Hopefully tomorrow we will be back on track.