Babies Born March 2008 #3

[melbell45]

all girls: im in kariong, have lived on the coast for nearly 4 years and i work at gosford hospital.

Catherine: James is also very sleepy during the day, just wants to feed and go straight back to sleep, he get so mad if i try and keep him awake, just screams ! unfortunately i can't help you with the night thing as although he wakes 3rd hourly for feeds overnight he isn't unsettled for any long periods


Melinda

[teachmum]

Catherine your bub is just sorting out the difference between night and day. With my DD she thought 3.30 was when the day started! As she got older she worked it out but NO amount of interference on my part would alter her sleeping pattern. At about 4 months she started to get it together but didn't sleep through till 9 months. She's 15 and still an early riser (well for a teenager)

[LMS]

Just a quick question from a first time mum here... Lila seams to only get upset and cry when she seams to have wind. She stiffens her legs straight and arches her back then kicks her legs. Would this be lower wind?. It seams to be the only time she really gets upset and I am wondering if she is actually a very placid little thing and this is the only thing that gets her upset, or is his the behaviour of any baby who is upset, no matter what the reason.

[*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?

[Beatrix]

I mainly stick to BBH. cheap and easy.

I do have some home made ones and will prefolds with fleece covers too.

With wipes you can make your own as well, i cant remember what with but i am going to look into making mine as well, will prob be using one side flanette and one side terry towlling from spot light (which in thinner then normal terry)

No sure about what to use as the solution, have you looked at the nappy cino site i am sure that will have suggestions

[prama]

sj - i use bbhs too, the fitted ones. with the polar microfleece i got 1m at Spotlight. It was less than $10. I cut them up 12cm x 20cm. BBH recommend between 12-13cm x 20-23cm
Setting up a modern cloth system. You dont need to do anything with the edges. They are great, they seem dry when you take a wet nappy off. I wash them all together w the nappies every 2 days.

Going out so far we;ve used disposables unfortunately. I've got Eenee Weenes pants and pads which I should make use of more often. the pants are like disposable nappies and you insert pads that look like sanitary pads. they are flushable but we toss them in the bin. It;s biodegradable.

I know i feel guily using wipes like nobody's business. I;m reluctant to use something reusable for poo.. mainly cos it's a bit gross. But ive read girls using chux cloth and then dipping in water with sorbolene cream to wipe bub's bottom. but at the rate they pee now, that's a lot of cloth too. but i suppose you could wash the cloth after each use and then maybe not have to wait till they are 100% dry cos you're going to dip them in water again?

[Sammiejane]

Thanks Prama, going to look into the fleece.

At the hospital we use face washers to clean poo and wee from adults, they all get washed and then returned, i guess that is more gross as the next week you could be using the same one on someones face that was used the week before to clean poo - THAT is why i dont use facewashers in hospital when i am in!!! it meets the cleaning standards though.
I wonder if you could use the fleece as a cleaner too - i could buy one colour for liners and one colour for washers... humm

I use BBH when i am out, i actually have not used a disposable yet!
The AIO's are better for nappy bags thou, but less absorbent. we went out for the day and Molly did 2 poos and so i had to carry them with me, i take shopping plastic bags with me so just pop them in there, i did consider rinsing them under the tap in the change room, but figured i would do it when i got home!

Think i am going to check out the cloth nappy thread for ideas.

DH and DSS have just set up the activity dome for Molly, they insisted on hanging all the toys on it even though she cant play with it.
Oh and DSS is now picking her up and carrying her very carefully - a huge step for him and he is soooooo proud of himself (for those who dont know us well is 10 and only with us every other weekend). he also spent 20 mins playing with her and got the most amazing smiles from her. i got the v.camera out of course!!!

right off to hang washing and do the cleaning that DH promised to do 2 hours ago grrrrh

[shell_120308]

Just saw the photo in the Daily Telegraph of me for that mums and bubs class thing arghhhh I look so bloated and it was the worst photo of me There were alot better ones - not happy jan!!! My arms look huge, and i look soooo bloated - so depressing!!!!! Hubby said I looked great but I don't think so at all. Now I wish I never looked at it, just put me in a downer for the day. 1.5 weeks to go until I can get back into exercising. Bring it on!!!

We went out last night for 3 hours and it felt great to socialise with friends again. Mum looked after DJ and of course he had a 4 hour sleep while I was away haha always the way...... Tonight we are going out for a friends birthday drinks, but only for 3 hours again, so mum looking after DJ for us.

Sorry for no personals in too much of a downer from looking at that photo of myself. I suppose it just gives me more motivation to exercise. I am going to start up walking again, even if I am tired. I need to start some form of exercise. I will feel less down as well.

Shell xxx

[catherinemoses]

Hi all. Thanks for the tips. Been trying to keep him awake during the day, maybe I will just have to try harder! We are BF, occasionally I get him a bottle of EBM. I will try giving him some more food. Hopefully it will help. After my rant yesterday we actually had a good night last night. He settled really quickly after a feed at 4am it was very nice.

A question for you girls using MCN esp. BBH: How long do they take to dry? Do you hang them out or tumble dry them?

[prama]

Shell - hun, :hugs: sorry you're feeling down. it's not one of those things they tell about is it, when you learn about labour etc. I feel down about how I look too sometimes. Esp. when the clothes dont fit so well, and tummy's still wobbly. It was so much nicer when it went over a beautiful round preggy belly. Let's do Vanessa's class together and we can both motivate each other. I have 10kgs to make it to my pre-preggy weight. I want to lose at least 5kgs before I go to Malaysia in June.
Breastfeeding, what Ive been doing hasn't helped me lose weight either.
I'm thinking of doing Lite n Easy, since I'm not really BF-ing anymore. It will also give me more time, I seem to be rushing making something to eat, and end up eating late.

catherine - they do take a while to dry. Often I put them on in hte wash in the morning but with everything else dont get to dry them till about 12, 1pm. And it doesnt dry till the evening, I have to hang them in the back verandah and they dry the next day. I think it should be ok if you hang them early and if it's hot. i've tumbled dried them twice only so far, it says you can but on the website it says try to avoid.

sj - can fleece be used as wipes, they arent so absorbent. Maybe get some cheap face washers from Coles/Woollies? I think I might use them for wee, but wipes for poo. Maybe pre-make some water with chamomile or sorbolene in a bottle. that way dont need to make some each time we want to wipe their cute little bottoms...

[shell_120308]

Prama - I was starting to lose heaps of weight from breastfeeding and now it stopped, feel heavier now It is really depressing though. I have 9kg to lose to get my pre-pregnancy shape back again. I am going to start walking this week to at least make me feel better. That is great you are going to do Ness' classes Yep we will motivate each other.

[danniellabella]

I've discovered something...I've propped Jazz up on her rocker in front of the TV and she's happy, occasionally doing what I think is the start of giggling!

[Beatrix]

Dani- thats great!!!

Well Mj has discovered her hands!! Loves to suck them.

Shell- try not to be to hard on yourself, i always think i look horrible in pics. we are our own pwrse critic!! hope you have a good time tonight.

Prama- good luck with the weight loss.

Well ihave about 5kg to lose to get down to pre p weight and 10 to lose to get down to pre TJ weight now I have finished my family!!