Thanks Mecil - I can twist left and right and put my foot on the floor comfortably so I should be okay to drive.
Deancey - I am with you on not wanting any more children. After 2 boys, chances are we'd probably end up with 3. I really happy having 2 boys! I planned to have my 2 children before turning 35 and I have made that - JUST - with a little time to spare. Good on your DH for getting the referral for the snip. My DH won't. It will have to be me because I don't want to be on the pill forever!!!!
Sarah - YAY on the public breastfeeds. It took me months before I fed in front of anyone with DS#1. Second time around I am not so embarrassed. First public feed was 2 weeks ago on a park bench near a busy footpath beside the lake with everyone walking past - I can be discrete!!! Quantities for bottles - rough guide according to Robin Barker, author of Baby Love, is 150ml per kg of body weight per 24 hours for babies under 3 months - so divide that by the number of feeds per day - anything from 60ml to 240ml. Another rough guide is 120ml to 150ml for babies 4 to 8 weeks, 150ml to 240ml for babies 8 to 12 weeks.
LMK - congratulations on getting some sleep.
I haven't had to wake bubs for a feed but I wouldn't let him go more than 3 hours during the day - he is a regular 2 hourly feeder so no need. He sometimes feeds more often because he is so unsettled - but he sleeps okay at night. 2 x 4 hours last night
Jess and Sass - snap on the colic. I am trying some natural colic drops - seems to be working a bit as he is not quite as bad - plus I am trying to drink lots of chamomile tea too - it is meant to help!!!
I always found the best time for expressing is early in the morning when prolactin levels are higher and there is more milk. I have been really slack at expressing this time around as I prefer to sleep because I get no other rest during the day.
Sarah & Deancey - do you still find it painful to cough or sneeze? I do!! It feels really tight around the scar. Do you think things are tighter second time around?
jess: the only way i get her to sleep for so long is to put her to sleep in the bouncer and she stays in it for 2 or 3 hrs then i put her into the bassinet that is elivated at one end.
wat sizes r everyones bubs in now. jayda is nearly out of her 0000. there r only the big 0000 that fit her now. and has anyone noticed how small the bonds suits r. she wa sout of the 0000 bonds suits at 2 weeks but all the other 0000 brands were fitting.
it really sucks being back at work so soon i wish i had more time with just jayda
Yep Sassy, Bonds tend to be a small make & both of my kids have been a size bigger in them than their other clothes. Juliette is in 000 now & I don't think the ones with feet will last her very long, she has big feet so whilst they fit everywhere else, the feet are a bit squishy!
Ticklish, sneezing & coughing isnt o bad for me now at 6 weeks. I think still about a week ago it was a bit tender.
Hope last night was ok for you Deancey.
Madame Juliette slept really well last night 10.00pm - 5.15am which was lovely but not so lovely on the boobs LOL! She then did a power spew five minutes before having to take Zander to preschool so that was fun! All over the lounge & herself, noice.
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