Babies Born May 1-15 2008

[Sharon19270]

Just popped in to say that I am sorry to hear about your nan Lulu, sending big your way.

[Visitor7]

shaza - sorry, no advice for you, but hopefully kat's advice will help Tyler.

kat - Molly's weight gain is fantastic. I think Emily is around 5kg now. She was 4.2kg at 11 days, and is such a little piggy too. Loves her booby! She's fitting in 000 size clothing really well now. I'd rather Emily be chubby than skinny. Nina was always long and skinny, and it made things awkward, trying to find clothes to fit etc.

We had a fantastic night last night. She fed and 6pm, then went to sleep. Woke at 2am for a feed, then back to sleep. Then woke at 8am Nina woke at 8am as well, so I got a nice sleep in. I was up since 4am yesterday morning, so was a little tired last night. And she loves to sleep in her bed, rather than the bouncer or anything. She prefers being wrapped as well. I'm not sure if that will be a bad thing down the track or not, her preferring her bed to sleep. Aaahh well, we'll come to that later I suppose.
Well speak of the devil, she's awake and wants some attention. Have a good day.

sharon - hi sharon, how are things going with you?

[LuluHB]

Thanks everyone.

Shaza - Izzy had horrible reflux. She screamed all day every day for 15 to 20 hours. Kat's suggestions are good. Keep Tyler upright after a feed for as long as you can. Hard to do at 3am when you're just dying for sleep but the payoff is worth it. Prop the head end of his cot/cradle up so that he is never lying flat. Be VERY careful about what you eat. Dairy is a known contributor to reflux aggravation so its worth cutting dairy out of your diet completely (make sure you get a calcium supplement) and see if it helps him. You can try bringing it back in slowly, but watch for changes. Deep baths are great when he can kick around, but make sure you do it at least 30 minutes after a feed if you can. Chiropractors/osteopaths that specialise in babies can work wonders. I basically carried Izzy around all day either on my shoulder or in a sling and she had all her day sleeps on me. I tried zantac and losec, neither with any success but they have worked for others so take Tyler to see your paed and see what he suggests. Good luck. It is exhausting dealing with a reflux baby and very distressing when they're in pain and you can't do anything.

Hi to everyone else. Will be back later for personals.

[Sharon19270]

Jodi hi, we are going well, Oliver has bad reflux and needs to be medicated for it, but now that it is starting to kick in, he is starting to feed really well again, my Pediatrician called him a piggy though. How are things with you?

[Laranna]

Hi ladies, DS had a great night last night, and had a couple of big sleeps (3 hours!) between feeds. However, was a bit paranoid about maybe waking him to feed more since my worries with weight gain and milk supply. But he was back to 2 hourly feeds this afternoon.

Lulu - what sling do you use? I have an ergo but hadn't thought of using it to carry DS around during the day! Mostly once I put him down I try to put my feet up and sleep myself.

Had a friend of mine visit today and she brought lunch so that was nice! Some days I find I don't get to eat lunch until 3pm! I'm on baby time now

[LuluHB]

Sharon - sorry to hear Oliver's reflux is bad enough for medication. Great that he's responding well to it though. Hopefully his little body will develop quickly so he doesn't suffer from it for too long.

Laranna - I have an ergo too. Only recently got it - brilliant aren't they. For Izzy before the ergo I used a ring sling and a baby bjorn, depending on what I was doing. As for the feeding, I really think its ok to let him sleep and just feed on demand. Its not asb if he is danferously small or anything so probably better to let him find his own routine - and he's obviously making up feeds if he goes 2 hourly at times so I wouldn't worry.

[Laranna]

Lulu - I now have him in the ergo, he is being grizzly and wants to get at my boob even though his last feed was an hour ago. So I think I am about to take him out.

We were up most of the night last night. DS didn't really want to settle easily so this morning I was in tears. I was feeling so tired and then started thinking it wasn't fair that DP gets to go to work for a break. I wanted a break too! But this morning he settled and slept well so got a couple of hours sleep in between.

I have a question - how do you know when your little one just wants to comfort suck or really wants a feed?

[Visitor7]

laranna - with the comfort sucking/feeding, it really is hard to work out which one they prefer. What I do with Emily when she's like that, is put her on the boob, see if she wants a feed, she'll either have a drink, or suck, pull off, suck again, then pull off again. When she does this, I know it's just a comfort suck she's after and I offer my little finger instead (she won't take a dummy). But I always offer the boob first. In the later afternoon, she'll cluster feed for about 2 hours, then go to bed.