Babies Born March 2008 #3

[Beatrix]

thanks for the welcome girls!!!

so here is a post patrum (sp) question. are any of you still bleeding?/ sorry TMI but i am stilll having large red gushes everynow and then and i think by now with my other children i had stoppeed or it was at least brown.

[melbell45]

hi girls,

thanks to the responses to the question about monitors and wind problems, India44 what did you mean about setting it off a few times, are they false alarms or have you forgotten to turn it off before you take the baby out ?
james has been a little bit more settled the last 2 days, has times when he seems to be in pain with it but not as much, he still likes to feed every 3 hours at night, havent got any of those long stretches some of you girls are getting !

welcome Beatrix ! i still have a little bleeding, enough to wear a panty liner each day, its so annoying now ! and it is still bright red and times but no gushes.

allgirls: im also on the central coast, so thats 3 of us on just this list !
Melinda

[catherinemoses]

thanks for the welcome girls!!!

so here is a post patrum (sp) question. are any of you still bleeding?/ sorry TMI but i am stilll having large red gushes everynow and then and i think by now with my other children i had stoppeed or it was at least brown.

Hi Beatrix. Congrats on your baby girl! My bub is nearly 4 weeks and I am still spotting (can go up to 6 weeks is that right?). I would be a little concerned about gushes. I'm pretty sure it should be slimy/mucusy and not bright. I'd get checked just to make sure nothing was wrong, but that's just me.

[AndiE]

Hi gals,

Thanks for the posts re: sticky eye. I thought Cam's sticky right eye had improved (he hasn't had it in the past couple of days), but this morning it's back and his right eye is quite gunky. But, as he's still feeding well and isn't running a temp, I'm going to continue cleansing it with saltwater and putting a little EBM in his eye afterwards. I don't want to rush off to the GP and be prescribed antibiotics if it will eventually clear up on its own.

Cam is now BFing most of his feeds, although I express at least one or two bottles a day so (a) daddy can give him a feed and (b) so he continues to be happy to feed from a bottle. For the most part we've got BFing sorted out, although he sometimes still takes a while to latch on and gets cranky. It always amuses me how, when he's getting ready to latch on, he opens his mouth wide and moves his head from side to side really quickly (obviously trying to find the nipple). Can anyone relate?

Poos - I'm still changing approx 3 pooey nappies per day.

Wind - Not sure if Cam suffers bad wind, but occasionally he's an unhappy chappy and I blame wind. He farts like a trooper though, so at least he's getting rid of most of it.

Sleep - Ususally he sleeps for 2-3 hours during the day, and he can sleep for up to 4 or slightly more hours during the night. Mind you, last night was a bit of a mess ... he fed at 2am, and from about 3.30am onwards has refused to settle. Thought he'd sleep after a feed at 5am, but he's still been a bit unsettled. I'm blaming wind, for lack of there being any other obvious cause.

Slings/carriers - I've got a babybjorn but not particularly confident with wearing it yet (as bub's only now just big enough to sit in it). My sister raves about her sling, as do some of you gals. Sounds like it might be a good alternative to the carrier.

Bleeding - I'm down to a very light discharge. I only had heavy bleeding for about 3 days and I wish I'd known that post partum bleeding (for me, anyway) would be quite light as while pregnant I purchased quite a few packs of maternity pads (including the yucky matress-size variety) ... and they're now sitting in my cupboard unusued.

Monitors - DH and I have an Angel Care monitor. It works well, although we can't have the parent monitor in our bedroom as it's too close to Cam's bedroom (and the monitors need to be several metres away from each other, otherwise there's bad static on the parent monitor. However, as Cam is in the bedroom next to ours we can hear him very clearly. Our parent monitor is in our kitchen/lounge area.

A comment about baby change rooms at airports etc. What is the go with stinky baby change rooms where mums are expecting to sit and BF amid the stink??? Was at Bris airport picking up my parents the other day and Cam needed a change. Thank God I didn't need to BF him as the smell in the change room was atrocious ... I doubt the nappy bins had been emptied in some time. It was just yuck and it was the quickest change I could manage (which says something given Cam did a 'poo shooter' while I was changing him and I had to change his nappy twice. Thankfully the change rooms at my local shopping complex are better!! I kinda get that it is hard to keep the air 'clean' in these rooms, but I don't think there's any excuse for the nap bins not to be regularly emptied. Hmmm, enough of my rant!

Hope those of you who have been teary and/or emotional are feeling better and ditto to anyone who is going through difficulties with their bubs re: BFing/sleeping etc.

OK, Cam is still a bit unsettled and is now fussing. He's probably after another feed so I'd better go see what's up.

Cheers everyone - have a good weekend.
Andie

[shell_120308]

DJ is nice and settled this morning and I have been able to do a few things around the house and sit down and relax Yipeeeee hopefully he will get a few good sleeps today.

Andie - re: breastfeedintg - DJ does the same thing, he moves his head from side to side and has conversations with my breasts it is funny but also frustrating because it can take him a good 2-5 mins to latch on and properly suck. Even when he is sucking he is still making loud noises. Hence why i won't breastfeed in public haha too embarrassing haha

Trina - the infacol drops seem to be working for DJ, I did see the Donnalix drops in chemist and almost bought them. It seems to settle, just have to continue with Infacol drops. Hopefully soon he won't need as much. Oh and on weight, I feel the same way, I can't wait to exercise again (2 more weeks to go !!!) feel bloated and all I ever do is eat!!! so hungry!!!

SJ - fingers crossed for you so you can go over to see your friend next year

How long are you all b/f on each breast?? yesterday I breastfed 20 mins on each side and then he was still hungry so did another 10 on each, then still unsettled and needed another 5 mins arghhhh Mind you this morning he only needed 10 mins on each side.

Beatrice - welcome and congrats

Cheers
Shell xxx

[Beatrix]

hi all

well what a crappy night we had last night.

Millana decided she wanted to feed every 2hrs!!! omg i am so tired. but it was only the second really unsettled night we have had since coming home.

I have the midwife coming out this morning to weigh her as they were a bit worried as she wasnt back up to birth weight at 2 weeks.

We are breast feeding well here, great attachemnt but she takes for ever to feed. like 45min-1hr.
slowly getting quicker.

Andie- Millana is the same gets to excited trying to latch on and ends up taking forever.

[danniellabella]

When I was pregnant, my hair was great and I had hardly any fall out, now it's falling out all over the place. Anyone else experiencing that?

[melbell45]

Danni: it hasnt happened to me this time yet but with my DD my hair started falling out in large amounts from about 6 weeks post partum, it was everywhere and lasted for ages too ! heaps and heaps would come out in the shower and the vacuum cleaner would get clogged with it all over the carpet too !

Melinda

[*becstar*]

Girls, I am so tired and just can't keep up with you all! I just wanted to post for AndiE about sticky eye. Benji had sticky eye for the first 9 months! Given he wasn't BF so we were just cleaning it with saline/boiled water but it lasted a LOOOOONG time! His was also said to be a blocked tear duct and it eventually got better over time as he grew. As you say if it's not causing a temp or anything I wouldn't worry, all you can do is just keep cleaning it. Hope that helps.

xxx

[Sammiejane]

KANDA - i reckon that it is lower wind. Molly Jane does this too, she rarely cres at anything else either... i think she has just started to squawk when she wants a cuddle, but from what i have heard this is not a bad baby thing, they actualy really need the cuddle, not just want it if that makes sense.

TRINA - thats a big head!!! you poor thing

re the bleeding. mine stoped a week and a bit ago, but this would be different to VB girls bleeding.

re the sticky eye, my god daughter (who left yesterday ) is 11 months old and still gets sticky eye occasionally due to a blocked tear duct, they just keep it clean and massage under the eye gently. It doesnt seem to bother her.

I have noticed some really big changes in Molly Jane this week.
- real smiles at us when she recognises us.
- laughing at her mobile
-sucking her hands for comfort
- more alert during the day stays awake longer and take interest in more things around her
I am sure there are more, but we are not picking everything up... she certianly is deveolping a little personality thou.

I was saying to DH i feel like i could eat her, i mean she is just so yummy (not in a cannibalistic way ) when i kiss her head i nible, with my lips, mmmmmm i am so in love with her (sorry guys!!!)

anyway have a great night

[prama]

SJ - hehe i know what you mean. i love the smell from the top of his head, that baby smell, it's so intoxicating.. he likes it when i kiss his itty bitty nose.
i love that pix of molly jane, she looks so contented!

his good routine of sleeping from 11pm to 5am is gone! he's waking up in the middle of the night now. just when you think you have it down pat.. sigh!

[Sammiejane]

Yeah we had a good thing going, but with friends being here it has sort of stuffed up a bit...

forgot to mention that i posted some more pics, i love the one of her in her tummytub...

Prama you mentioned about the liners... did you do anything with the edges? i am using flushable ones at the mo, but would like to swap and only use the flusables for outings.
What should i get?
How are you doing with the nappies, you got BBH too didnt you?

[Beatrix]

SJ- with fleece liners you dont need to do anything, just cut up the fleece as easy as that. just go to spolt light and get 1/2 metre of micro or polar fleece and you will be set

I use cloth too.

I also love the baby smell and want to nibble Millana!!!

Kanda- most babies do get discomfort from wind, most times it displayed by arcging and bringing their legs up to their tummy. does she have trouble brining her wind up after feeding??? if you want to try a natural product to help i used infants friend with all my children and it worked fantastic.

[Sammiejane]

he he i can just imagine all our babies with little nibbles out of them, like a chocolate

Can you tell that there is CRAP on tv (IMO)

Beatrix, what type of nappies do you use? will give the liners ago, then have to switch to something for cleaning as i feel really guilty as i plough through the wipes.
maybe face washers? what is everyone else using? Heard that camomile tea is great to wet the cloth... any suggestions?