Babies Born March 2008 #3

[prama]

danni - hope jazz is ok.. lakshman makes lots of noise in his sleep and he has mucous still. but the paed said the noises are ok, and he's fine. go get her checked, jic.

jade - you could use the fitted ones for all your kids cos they fit all sizes, better than AIO. you just need different size covers.

sj - hope DH is better now, you too.

bron - thanks.. lucky it was just excema, i was worried when paed said he has sensitive skin that it might be lupus....

shell - hope your milk builds up. for the first checkup, we werent contacted by the ECC, we just turned up at the centre.

i did something very stupid yesterday, i thought id try to feed Poopy without a nipple shield. It was at the end of the feed and thought by now my nipples would be better, so i gave him the nipple without the shield for the last couple of minutes. then they hurt so much, it was excrutiating. it was so painful all night, i had to take some panadol. i cant feed him on the right breast now, im feeding one side and expressing the other. giving him a bit more formula.
Today i tried the right side again with a nipple shield but its still so painful, damn, now feeding is taking even longer. cos i have to feed, formula and then express.. im so annoyed with myself, i just thought after 4 weeks it'd be better. im starting to get worried there might be some bad damage.

hi everyone else.

[prama]

oh forgot to say re uploading pictures. i had some large pix, about 800k but managed to save them to a reduced resolution and got them to less than 100k. i have irfanview, you can download the viewer for free, just google irfanview. you can then choose to save it at different resolutions.

[danniellabella]

That's it, I'm not giving water to jazz anymore to help with wind. It does nothing initially but then a few hours later it gives her terrible dihorrea and makes her spew little bits of water.

[all girls]

I think i have a cold, my head is killing me i feel like i have a terrible hangover. Doesn't that suck! I hope my body is good and gets rid of it super quick..

We are going well here, still loving every second with Summer, i am so in love with her, she is growing so quick i wish there was a pause button to slow it down. Just feeling a bit down, my family and friends are so slack and it really gets to me sometimes.

Hope you are all having a good day, we are off to a mini fete at the school so hopefully the sun will stay out for a while, it is pretty windy and cold and some clouds are on their way.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Sorry to barge in on your thread girls but i saw jade's post abbout BBH -
Jade the BBH website currently has an up to 25% off sale on nappies.
Also the BBH eBay site is selling AIO's for $15 no postage - a bargain if you're looking at getting AIO's.
I'm just starting out too and am getting some AIO's for when i run out of sposies (i have two boxes of crawlers still unopened). Im going to keep using sposies at night though cos i dont trust cloth yet, lol.
Your babies are all coming along beautifully girls!! I love all the pics

[shell_120308]

Prama - the community nurse can't come out to see me until next week Wednesday arghhhh so thinking of just going to the baby clinic up the road, just means I will have to make sure DJ is all rugged up for the walk. The lady on the phone said she would get the nurse to call me and maybe they could come earlier but I don't like my chances. I just have so many questions that I need to ask, probably just better off going up to the clinic. Might hold off for a bit in case i get a call....

Trina - hope you feel better

Will talk more later when i get time xx

[robbo3]

Hi March '08 mums and bubs...fabulous to be able to join you all on the "other side" ....

To introduce myself.....I am Hayley, mum of 4 beautiful children aged 5.5y, 3.5y, 2y...and of course my March '08 bub "Ari James" who was born on the 16th (his EDD) after a 3 hour natural labour, he weighed in at 9lbs (4080g), was 52.5cms and had a 36cm head. I had placenta issues...it didn't want to come out but other wise my recovery has been great (no tears etc). I live on the NSW Central Coast.

All is going really well with us...we had the clinic nurse visit at 16 days old and Ari weighed 4640g, was 56.5cms long and had a 37.6cm head....woohoo for breastmilk .....breastfeeding is going well obviously and I am enjoying having a bub at my breast again (DS#2 weaned 3.5mths ago).

We use cloth nappies which is also going well. We use fitteds and covers, although he is so big a lot of his newborn fitteds are getting on the small side . I also use cloth on my 2 year old but mainly use pockets and AIO/2s on him.

I am a big fan of baby wearing which is fortunate as Ari only sleeps when he is with me...so far we love our Bear Hug Baby pouch, wrap and sling . We co-sleep at night and generally get a good 4-5 hour sleep in there somewhere and then a 2-3 hour one...he settles straight after boob which is nice (he has not had the day/night confusion...yet).

OK well as you can imagine I am busy with 4 kids but I will try to keep up to date...

Cheers Hayley.

PS. on a mucousy bub...my DD was born quickly (7minute 2nd stage) and was quiet rattly etc I did take her to the Drs a couple of times to ease my mind (they did nothing, lol) but she did just eventually grow out of it....I hope your bub improves soon.

[*becstar*]

Hi girls again, I still need to do a proper intro hopefully a bit later tonight....

Just wanted to ask, anyone who is BF, are your bubs pooping ok? I ended up taking Jake to the drs today, he hasn't pooed since Monday! He never has been a great pooer, once every 3 days?? I only took him today 'cos he was teribly unsettled yesterday with tummy pains, but since is ok today. Dr said he was fine, not clogged up and that he is just in a minority of babies who don't poo much. Anyone else got the same thing happening?

Anyway I feel terrible for crashing with no intro, so will promise to get back in tonight and do one. Nice to see a few of you already in here from our old belly buddies thread

xxx

[Sammiejane]

OH Jo, im sorry that i didnt say anything, was feeling so crappy this morning and didnt read the posts properly. I am glad that you had a great day and you got spoilt... Mark certianly earned some brownie points with the ipod!!!

Shell, got some gripe water today, gave it to Molly with her feed before popping her in bed, will see how she goes - she seemed tolike the flavour, which brand did you get, there seems to be a few out there, i bought the one that was alcohol free.

Becstar, Molly Jane can do 5 or 6 in a day and then miss a full day, she is more unsettled when she doesnt go too... hense the gripe water, infacol didnt work, infact i think that she was worse - althou she pooed more.
Apparently BF babies can go up to 8 days without a poo, they just use everything from the fed and only wee... i cant imagine what it would smell like after 8 days thou

Picked up 12 more BBH today and 6 covers (4 small and 2 med), i should be right for a while now!!!

[*becstar*]

Thanks SJ. I am dreading the poo when it comes......

Ok I made it back but am typing one handed so apologies in advance.....lol.

Well like Hayley I am from the 'other' March thread. Jake was born 2 days over his EDD after a S & S. We had an all natural drug-free 5 hour labour, no real complications to speak of. No tears or grazes. Even though Jake is no. 3 for me he is the first one I have BF, and BF was an issue in the past for me so I'm very stoked we have even made it this far. Feeding is going well now all the cracks and blisters have gone. At Jake's weigh in on Monday at 13 days he had almost made his BW back (weighed 3.075 at birth, was 3.06 at check up) so I was happy with that too! We are also doing the MCN thing this time around at the moment using prefolds. Apart from being still slightly jaundice and our 'poo' issue all is well! Jake is such an easy baby and the kids are having no problems adjusting. Almost makes me clucky for a fourth....Anyway thats about it for me, I don't seem to get on here as much as i would like and I am hopeless at learning and keeping up with everyone. It took me 9 months to learn everyone in our little half of March thread so this whole of March thread is onna take some real effort on my part! I look forward to getting to know you all.

xxx

[AndiE]

Hi everyone,

Gee, I only managed to get on BB every couple of days and there is always lots to catch up on in this thread. Comforting to see that some of the issues I'm having are similar with the rest of you - guess it means Cam must be 'normal'.

BFing - I managed three BFs today (). Not sure if this means we've finally got BFing sorted, but I feel like we turned a corner today. Of course, tomorrow we might do a u-turn, but here's hoping. He's managed one- two BFs a day during the past week, but has been given EBM via a bottle (80-100ml) otherwise, because he wasn't interested in the boob when it was offered. Anyway, Cam is being fed approx every 4 hours. More due to his demands, rather than any routine I've tried to start! My milk supply dipped again a couple of days ago, so I just made sure I rested up, ate properly, drank lots of water and took fenugreek tablets. It was back to 'norm' the next day.

Formula - When my milk was on the decline last week, I bought some formula, for just in case. When I've given him a bottle before my bedtime (around 9.30-10.30pm), he sleeps for 5-6 hours. Definitely think it helps them sleep, and imagine it's to do with formula being a slightly thicker consistency (so it sits a little heavier in their tummy). Dunno, but just a thought.

Poo - Becstar ... my delightful little boy let fly at 3am this morning with a mega runny poo. If I hadn't been standing in front of him at the changetable, I think he could easily have 'hit' the wall on the other side of the room. Instead mummy wore half of it. It was totally gross, and I couldn't believe how it came flying at such speed and force out of his tiny butt (sorry, TMI????). Thank God for DH, who was only lightly sleeping. He continued to change Cam while I cleaned up. Cam poos approx 4-5 times a day - sometimes it's only a little bit, other times there's heaps. I've been eating a little bit of chocolate (leftover easter eggs) during the past 3 days and I'm convinced his poo is runnier because of that.

Sleeping - Cam is sleeping well at night. He goes down ok after his final night feed (9.30-10.30pm), although sometimes it takes a few trips into his room to restart the lullaby/night light thingmebob attached to his cot (it stops after 10 mins) and replace his dummy. Anyway, he's then out till approx 2.30-3.30am and goes down again reasonably easily after that feed till 6.30-7.30am. Admittedly, on those nights where he doesn't settle well, I bring him into our bed as he sleeps really well with us. Not a habit I want to get into, but I hear babies don't form habits until after the 3 month mark. He sleeps ok during the day too. I find he's generally awake for approx 90 mins (when he's fed, changed etc) before he starts to doze off. He'll then sleep for up to three hours. Gives me a chance to potter round the house a little bit, or rest/express etc.

Ah, my sweet boy is now awake and starting to fuss for a feed. I'd better make tracks. Have a great weekend everyone.

Cheers, Andie.

[teachmum]

Welcome to all the new girls.

Poo - Paddy can go 8-10 times a day! When Mitch was a bub he wouldn't go for days.

EBM - Gave Paddy a go on the bottle, my other two refused to drink from a bottle at all. He seems to like it, anything to fill that tummy. How much EBM do you give your bub as one feed? He had 120mL tonight while I dropped Mitch at his social. When I got back he emptied 1 breast and then the other one 30 mins later. I think I'm going to have to leave 240mL to be on the safe side.

Slings - I use a hug a bub which is a soft wrap style. Took some time to get used to tying it but very comfortable, I can't was the ones with straps n clips they hurt my back. I just bought a ring sling and am practicing using it. Check out the baby wearing section, some sling aren't very good for bubs spine so do your research.

MCN - Just got some new itti bitti nappies. They have snap in boosters and waterproof minky outer - so cute and absorbent. I'll take some pics soon so you can see how cute they are.

weigh in - Paddy has obviously thriving on my bm. He weighed in at a hefty 5200g. He's putting on about 300g a week on average! Such cute chubby little arms and legs.

[india44]

Just a quickie as Will is due for a feed sorry no personals either. Just wanted to say that Will only poos every 4 days or so and he is bf and ff as a top up He has the most disgusting wind though and is constanlty farting or burping so at least thats not such an issue. The griipe water seems to help him get rid of this. I do stress abit about the poos not being so often ut am constanlty told or reaing that babies can go up to 14 days then do one big poo. As long as is doesnt distress him I guess i just have to live with it and clean up the mess in the end *L*