Babies Born May 16th - 31st 2008 #2

Hi everyone,

This my first time posting in this thread. I have been advised by lovely Jess and someone else to join. Well, here I am. Last week my baby girl was weighed. She is 6.4kg. I have been breastfeeding her since birth. She was born May 29th. I would like to know how much your baby weighs? Does your little one take a nap during the day? If yes, for how long? My little girl takes 1-2 naps a day. Less than 2 hours each. It is becoming harder because I don't have much time to study. Otherwise I have to wait til 8pm. From 8pm-12/1am she sleeps, which means I can only study at that time. Unless I wake up 6am to study while she sleeps. Yes, I am studying (to anyone who is wondering). Why am I studying? Because I want to graduate mid-year 2009, otherwise I will never obtain a degree.

Is there anyone else studying and raising a baby?

Morning.. Well did i have a rough night... Tiahna was great at first asleep by 8 but cos she and DS both had a 3 hour sleep from 2-5 i knew she'd be awake at least once this morning... She woke at 2 for a feed wouldnt resettle but after an hour she dozed off again.. the woke at 5 fed again the wouldnt resettle so its been an early morning.. Oh well...Cant really complain she's usually very good overnight...

Girll22-- YAY glad you made it... Tiahna was weighed on thursday and was 6.05kg, head 40cm and length 61.5cm. Tiahna only cat naps during the day usually, occassionally having a 1-2 hour nap but she does go from 8.30-6.30 overnight usally... Maybe you can get some study in while she's having play time, Tiahna will play for ages now, either in her cot talking to the moble and toys or on the play matt... she's starting to get a good hold with things so she's liking rattles ATM. What r u studying??? DO u have a DP to help out??? I'm a SAHM at the moment well on maternity leave- due to go back to work in Dec but thinking of asking for more time off...

Mis-Tree- Gosh i dont know how u do it alone.. But sounds like you have some great support from ur Mum and Sis... I dont see my fam so i kinds rely on DP and him fam... (even though there not too supportive.:rolleyes:) Sounds like ur having a rough time... MMMM chinese yummo... We had Beef strog and rice.... was gunna do vegies aswell but i made too much so out went the greens... oopppsss... lso it sucks you have to go back to work... 4 days is alot but i know we do what we have to do... i;m sure once u get in to the swings of things it'll be ok... Must be tough for seth going with Dad and having a whole new routine... sounds like you have the sleeping down pat... were doing the feed play sleep play Tiahna feeds every 2 hours so i feel like a dairy cow with boobs out all day... but its ok... reaching for our 6 month goal at least...

Well best be off, have puppies to feed, house to clean washing to take off (on the airer as it was raining) and oc course Tiahna is sooking with wind again today... (someone forgot to give her her zantac before her feed this morning... but she was so hungry i just poped her on the boob... GRRR now i'm paying)
Hope everyone else is well, Sarah its been a while hope Juliette, zander, DH and Urself are well....went through the chart i made ages ago, we lost a few again... hope they pop back in soon for an update... AliciaK, Principessa, Lismith25, Oldmate hope ur bub's are all well.... and anyone else i missed

Well yesterday was good. Work was slow so got to chill and get paid time and half. Went to ILs after work as Dh was there with the kids and ended up staying for dinner. The boys were so good the slept really well. This morning was an early get up at just before 7am. Jordan fell asleep whilst eating lunch so both boys are now asleep.

Girl22 Welcome and good on you for studying. I am planning on going back to tafe next year to study nursing. In regards to your questions. Liam was last weighed at 2 months and was 6 kilo. He sleeps for about 2 hrs in between every feed. He feeds, stays awake for about 2 hrs and then sleeps for 2.

Jess hope you get a rest in after all that housework. I put washing on line this morning only to pull it all off few hours later when it rained.... some of it now is on the clothes horse. I know what you mean about feeling like you should DO it.... LOL Bed for me now is all about sleeping however I have been awoken to DTD.

Mistree dont feel guilty about Seths good sleeps its nice to know that it can be done and that our babies should be getting to that point soon.

So its back to work tomorrow for me. Will try and relax for the rest of the day and get into bed early tonight.
Liam is now awake for his feed so better head off

Hi Deancey- Its always good when u dont have to cook... :D YAY on the boys having asleep... I wish i could be so lucky today... I've had 2 sooks allday long... GRRRR Hope work is ok tomorrow...

Tiahna has been sooking all day and jordan well he's not listening and there fore crying when he's introuble... No sleeps here for more then 15 mons at a time... Feeing every 1 1/2 hours today... Lots of dribbling and well thats about it.

The puppies are driving me insane... yelping allday long so DP and i are on edge with all the sooking going on...

About the ADULT time we have come to an agreement that well hope works ;) I know it'll be hard at first but i have to keep everyone happy... It just means doing things even when i'm not up to it or tired... comprimising is a b!tch sometimes... hehehe (after its all ok and were happy... :lol:)

Mis-tree, and Jess

I am studying Business (majoring in Human Resource Management). Miss-tree you are very lucky your baby arrived after you completed your course. My baby girl arrived 2 weeks before my first exam. I studied a little while in hospital, attended my first exam when she was 2 weeks. I had to defer the other one. She was 2 months when I sat for my next one.

Jess,

Interestingly, you said that. I did today, for the first time, studied while she had her play time. I was making baby noises with her from my study table. I probably managed to knock a few pages, nothing significant though. I do have a husband. He comes in handy a few weeks before exam starts and also when am attending my exams, he babysits. What does SAHM stand for?

Thanks for the welcome everyone else. If there is any advice I need regarding the baby, I will be coming here for it.

Girl 22 welcome, hamish was born 29th May also he weighs 6.2kg and sleeps well during the day usually in the morning he will sleep 3 hours and in afternoon 2 to 2/12 hours. At night time he sleeps mainly around 6 hours feeds then another 4, he slept all night 5 times and yes i am counting lol. SAHM stands for stay at home mum.

Jess - the dribbling is driving me crazy atm, have to put a bib on hamish at all times now or his clothes get soaked, he is forever sucking on his hands to and gets quite agressive trying to fit his whole fist in his mouth.

Deancey - glad work went well for you yesterday. i am thinking about studying again next year, not sure what i would like to fo though, not sure if i would like to further my nursing or not, its been awhile now.

Mis tree - hope you had a better day today, i know what its like to be a single mum, i split with my ex dd's dad when she was 18 months and his family made things tuff, but like you i had a great mum who helped me alot. you have done so well and now going back to work i hope it continues for you.

We have a good weekend did pretty much nothing, just relaxing around the house, watched a couple of movies and ate way to much chocolate, will have to try fit a walk in tomorrow. Hamish slept from 9 until 5 then to 9 so not too bad last night. I am not sure if he is teething but is dribbling like crazy and chews on anything he can get in his mouth and quite aggresively. I have only 2 nights of work this week so i can copee with that well, may have to work on fathers day but will find out tuesday.
What are you all getting for dads for fathers day?

Hey Mummas,

SOOOOOO tired today and not really sure why... i think its the tosing and turning all night long... Yesterday Was quite a blur, so much sooking in the house i really needed some sleep but when i get to bed i coudnt get comfy, even after DTD (which usually knocks me out after... lol... sorry TMI) Tiahna woke up at 3 for a feed wouldnt resettle for an hour but then slept til 6.30. would have been longer but DS was trying to get his DVD player back that i confiscated (spl)

Todays is the day i'm starting to put Tiahna in her room to sleep (i have been doing occasionally) I'm hoping it may help her get some more sleep in so she wont be so damn sooky... i just hope that it wont cause her to start waking up more at night... I need to get on top of the house work (my house is a mess). Plus i want to start droping some of this weight... the BF alone hasnt changed anything so now its time for the tread4mill (even if i stap DD in the carrier and get going) and some minor dieting.... (GP told me not to diet as my milk supply sucks already and if i diet too much i could end up with nothing very quickly) So its just cutting out the excess junk... No more chocy buiscut with Morning tea, i have cut down on the coke... used to have a glass or 2... picking up the water, and more veggies and fruit less carbs i guess... oh well all sounds super boring but i really have no choice i need the weigh gone.

Girl22-WOW at studying business... its great that ur improving ur skills thou... Must have been hard doing the exams while bubs was so young.... Its good you have some help. Also just wondering What ur bubs name was...hate saying bubs.... hehe Also how was ur labour, r u breastfeeding??

Abb- Hamish sounds like a gem...

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the dribbling is driving me crazy atm, have to put a bib on hamish at all times now or his clothes get soaked, he is forever sucking on his hands to and gets quite agressive trying to fit his whole fist in his mouth.

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I hear u... Tiahna is the same... Yesterday she was soaked from chin to bellybutton... worst part is she pulls on her tops and sucks on them too... :rolleyes: or even blankets... Have to be careful with fluffy stuff... She puts her fingers in so far she chokes and then keeps them in there while gaging... :wall:silly girl.

Havent even began to do shoping for Fathers day... MMMMM DP is looking at getting another car so maybe we can look into that... (but thats more of a family thing) He wants a new TV... last yr i gave him a bunnings voucher and said go for ur life... He was stoked.... spent all day at bunnings... hehehe not 2 sure. FIL always asks for gift vouchers... personally i hate them but he's very persistant...

abb and jess: jayda is the same. i have 2 towels rolled up on either side of her cot cause she used to wake up too much cause she was hitting her head or hands on the side of the cot.... anyways back to wat i was saying lol. every morning when i go to get jayda out of the cot i find her laying there licking the towels. i have been leaving bibs on her most of the time and she holds onto the bib and chews it. she also puts her hands so far down her throat she is always gagging or coughing. she is sticking her tounge out all the time ad making ahhhh noises.

IS anyones elses bub pulling themselves forward alot. everytime jayda is propped up or someone is holding her or she is sittin in her walker she pulls herself forward. the other night i had her sittin on my belly and she pulled herself forward so i left her to see wat she would do. she stayed sittin by herself for about 8sec then slowly slouched to the side then started p!ssin herself laughing it was so cute.

girl22: i was lucky i did cert 3 in bus a few yrs b4 i had bub it was hard enough then. Currently i have cert3 in bus, massage course, RSA and i am not using any of them lol. We r able to do cert 3 in childcare for free soon so i am thinkin of doing it at the start of the yr but only if it is by correspondence. i dont want to have to go to tafe 2 nights a week. the class would start at 530 and it is 1/2hr away as it is and DH doesnt get home till 630.

deancey: good to hear ur boys r sleeping well.

those with other children, how r the older ones coping with the new bubs? any jealousy yet?

well i dont want to jinx myself but jayda but yesterday jayda had 3 bottles were she didnt muck around and even had a 175ml with out a break in between.

when is everyone going to try solids? i am waiting till 6 months because she is on the HA formula at the mo so my midwife said to def not try anythign b4 6months.

Hi sass- When i went our GP appointment on thursd he told me i could start solids if i thought Tiahna was ready.... I was quite shocked as they changed the reccomendations to 6 months. My son was on farex from 3.5 months due to reflux. Because my milk isnt the best and i wanted to keep BF he suggested a small amount of farex to help settle the reflux also and to help fill her up alittle... Like i'm talking a spoon full or 2 at most. He is a great doc and i trust him with my life but am not starting the farex just yet. i did however start giving her a taste of certain foods like dip a dummy in to experience tastes. its not much on there but just enough for her to smack her lips over and feel like she's eating with us...
Also what is HA formula???

Tiahna is pulling herself up when she's propped up... I had a post about it a while ago... She pulls herself up and sits also then when u look at her she flops down.. hehehe even when laying down she's doing crunches... hehehe trying to pull herself up.

I dont remember who posted about squeeling but i think my reply may have bitten me on the butt.. Little miss has started dooing this little squeel thing thismorning.. Not bad, its quite cute but is definatly a squeel... she's getting so talkative, blowing raspberries (and bubbles... :cryinglaugh:) laughing its the best stage i think.

Anyone else's bubslike playing with their hair while feeding, or clothes. Tiahna has been playing with my hair for w few weeks now but today i had silky P.J's on and she was so fascinated by the feel and the teddybear pics on them... it was so cute... of course she was sucking on my shoulder while burping...

Jess,

My baby girl doesn't have your typical name. I am breastfeeding since birth. Here is a summarised version of my story.

Labour:
Gave birth on Thursday 29th,
Tuesday night- experienced period like pains for two hours only.
Wednesday from 8pm, I was having pains every 10mins. The pain never went away.
The pain lasted until morning. 6am still in having minor pains. Thursday 9am-12pm I slept through the pain. At that point, I was experiencing pain every 3 mins(contractions). I told my husband, who knew I didn't sleep during the night, said he will take me to the hospital, I refused, saying let?s wait and call our GP first. At 2:30pm- called my GP, she told me to make my own to the hospital, where she will meet me. She was an obstetrician also.

Arrived in hospital, the midwife told me I am not going home because I have dilated 7cm. I gave birth at 10pm. So all that time I was in pain, the pain really stopped when I wanted to push. My husband was with all the time. I couldn't have done it without him. He was so encouraging, I was screaming like a little girl whenever the midwife was checking me down there. I screamed and cried when my GP (who is also an obstetrician) broke my water because I thought I was bleeding :doh: She didn't warn me, Lol
I think I was pushing for 1 1/2. Everything went well up until some placenta was left inside and as a result lost 2 litres of blood, I had to go into theatre straight after birth. But the best thing was because my obstetrician knew the Nurses instructed them that I should have my own room and not share. I had my own room, double bed, so big and quiet under Medicare :dance: Because of my blood lose and having a blood fusion, they wanted me to stay until Monday night and leave on a Tuesday. I refused and left on Monday morning.

Girl22- Wow that must have been quite scary for you. But obviously things went ok... IKWUM about having DP there... mine didnt help much but it was good to see a familiar face... I was very quick 2h 16 min... and i beat u... hehehe Tiahna was born at 4.47pm... hehehe

What do u mean your girl doesnt have a typical name is it an unusual name?? We picked our name cause it meant Princess... And thought my DS could manage Tia if he couldnt say Tiahna... hehehe

Is the breastfeeding going well, I guess with you studying you can do some reading while ur feeding??

jess: HA is hypo allergenic. she is on the NAN HA. it is ment to be the closet formula to breast milk. we tried soooooooooo many dif formulas and they all made her majorly constipated and she was getting really bad craddle cap. my midwife told me that bad craddle cap can be a sign on a allergy. since we have had her on HA formula her craddle cap has gone away completly and she is alot settled and doing HUGE poo's each day or 3 or 4 a day :doh:

im taking jayda to a baby show on sat i am so excited so is DH suprisingly.

Hi all!
I found a few minutes to post, since I made DP take care of Aadi for pretty much everything except feeding yesterday, and I managed to get SOOO much done! And he just loved the time they had together, even though he was exhausted at the end of it. He still can't understand how mums do it.
Went to the GP on Sat, and since Aadi is a "happy chucker" and doesn't scream or arch his back, the Dr was very reluctant to prescribe anything and gave me a referral to a pediatrician at the Children's hospital. He said basically that I should just try and put up with the chucking and the very obvious pain and discomfort from the wind, and that just wasn't what I wanted to hear. I hate paying extra for a weekend consultancy to be told nothing helpful, so went and got Infacol anyway. So last night Aadi slept from 7:45 to 1:45, fed and slept immediately from then 2 to 5, woke up with a minor bit of grunting as usual, so I put him in bed with me for a cuddle and he slept immediately and didn't wake up till 7:15. YAY!!! Stuff the Dr, I cant bear to see my boy in pain. The chucking is another matter, but it's been less frequent so far anyway.
Ok, while the brain's still working...
mis_tree - Aadi squeals. It's so high-pitched it's painful! He especially likes to do it in the bathroom where the acoustics are best, and it echoes and bounces off the walls, and drives the neighbours nuts! :rofl: I encourage that because I can't stand my neighbours!
Way to go on your first poo-splosion! We haven't had one of those since I started using cloth nappies on Aadi. But I still ALWAYS take a change of clothes and several bibs every time I go out, but mainly coz he's a chucker.
Jess - yeah, Aadi likes to pull my hair, or just hang onto it, or chuck in it. I'd chop it all off if I could get my @rse to the hairdresser... um, adult time? WTF? no, seriously, it's difficult finding the right time, or just the energy. I lack the mental capacity to even have an adult conversation most days! Must be harder when your DP's working shifts. Also, I'm going to have Aadi's cot in our room when we get into the other house, but I don't think he'll have much trouble adapting as he loves sleeping in our big bed already, and he's outgrowing the bassinet thingy.
Girl22 - welcome! Good on you for managing to study and be a new mum. As mentioned earlier, all I can manage is blahblahblah... Just read your birth story - wow!
FYI, Aadi was born 22 May, and last check he was 6.3kg, 61cm long. Surprisingly, he's gaining weight well, even though he chucks so much. For quite a while he would only nap for 20 minutes at a time, and it's exhausting as you would know. He's now having a regular 45-minute nap at 9am, then another one around 12, and again at around 4. He usually sleeps from 8pm, but has woken up for a feed up to every 1.5 hours, depending on whether he's having a growth spurt! Some days he'll manage a 2-hour sleep during the day but it's random. Nights he was sleeping around 4-5 hours, then 3 then 2, but always waking at 5ish, grunting and sometimes crying, but only since he's stopped pooing at night. It took me a while to get this daytime "routine" happening.

Bec7 - congrats on your first outing without Cameron. It must have been great, but hard to miss those cuddles! Good luck with the swimming lessons, that's a great idea. As for foods to avoid if you think they're causing wind, a friend of mine told me to skip anything that starts with C and grows above the ground eg. cabbage, cauliflower, chickpeas, coffee. I'm not going to say chocolate, because that would kill me! Personally, I haven't cut out anything except caffeine, and capsicum, but that's because Aadi's already super-awake, and capsicum gave me cramps like a b!tch. Oh, and really pungent stuff like wild mushrooms and truffle oil... but that's not too hard to avoid, despite the fact I love them.
Abb - Hope you got your neck sorted out by the chiro! I put my neck out when I was 7 weeks pregnant, but didn't get it fixed properly. For the next 9 months I had the worst ear problems, and couldn't figure out why... duh. Also, Aadi is the same with the dribbling and knuckle-munching. I told him he's too young to be bulimic :lol: He is always in a bib when he's awake, and I have to change it frequently coz he's soaked, but I always take it off when he's asleep because he flips it up over his face.
Right, back to the boxes... argh! Enough babbling to bore you all for another few days, I hope!! geez NaNa, get a blog!

NaNa i havent treid to get an appointment yet although i know i should get it fixed, everyone else in this house goes, dp has appointment today so i will get him to make me one. It only really hurts late afternoon and night time and by then its too late to ring and make appointment then by he next morning i have forgotten about it again. I bet your sick of moving now. Maybe you can change this thread to NaNa's blog. lol only joking.

Jess & Girl 22 - i bet you both hamish was born at 12.28pm on 29th although he took 10 hours to enter the world.
Jess - hamish is always playing with my hair but mostly holds onto my necklace while feeding, i didnt have it on one day and his hand was searching like crazy for it, i think it is a comfort thing, its very cute. On the fathers day thing my dp bought a car the day we had hamish apparently it is hamish's car, good try, he is doing it up as a drag car, he is a car freak lol. He will think i am going to get him something for the car but i havent decided yet, i have bought Hamish a top online it is gorgeous has "I love daddy lots" written on it, he will love it.

Sass - hamish is always pulling himself up, he can sit for a good 30 seconds on his own now but has no intentions of rolling when on the floor. He is just happy to lay there, when on his belly he lifts his hand and looks around now its so cute.

We had a good night although i should start going to bed earlier, Hamish fed at 9.30 then woke at 5 and again at 9.30 so he is getting better now. Although i am still concerned about not having enough milk, i am having trouble expressing for work, i tried yesterday and only got 30 ml, i only have enough in freezer for 2 bottles now so i am not sure what to do. Have been drinking alot of water but it doesnt seem to be
helping much. Hamish is ready for sleep now so best be off.

heehee I can't stay away!
Abb - I forgot to mention, I went for a while without needing nursing pads over the last 2 weeks, and that was very unusual for me. I worried a bit that my supply was diminishing. Then the most ridiculous thing happened. I was suddenly finding I was engorged and getting "baywatch boobs" as DP called them, and couldn't work out why. Then I remembered DP had been making me hot chocolate a lot lately, and I asked what brand of stuff he'd got, coz I remembered he said he'd bought a different brand (my pantry is a shocking mess!). Aktavite!! I swear, it works! DP didn't believe me until I showed him the BF thread about it!

I cant stay away either its addictive and i really should do some housework, it is a disgrace atm. Aktavite thanks NaNa i will give it a try.

Question does anyone still wrap there bubs for sleeping?

Abb- Bugger you beat us both... :( hahaha.... i just got some maxalon tabs and after 1 dayt i woke up this morning with pornstar boobs, but i think i like NaNa's DH's discription beter "baywatch boobs" :cryinglaugh: But some people just arent good expressers either.
I've noticed some Mat Bras have the piece that goes over the top of the boob once you drop the cup and other just have the side peice... If i wear the one with thetop she holds on to it.... loves my necklace also but wont let go... As for the expressing try the activite recipie... Also try expressing after each feed that'll boost ur supply.

NaNa- i found the donnalix works well... (it has more active indredience then the infacol and infants friend) My son was a "happy chucker" so took ages for them to prescibe the zantac... GRRR this time i just practically demanded it... or just lie and say he arches his back... (google it find some symptoms and tell them a few and they might give you something... The wind can be a cause of reflux also...

Crap best be off Tiahna is screming from wind pain so i need to do some serious patting and give her a dose of meds poor darling...

DP would like to be referred to as "Hef" from now on... but I will not be going blonde any time soon! I had to express because Aadi was asleep and I was about to burst (painful like the first time the milk came in!) and I filled up the medela bottle twice in a few minutes! Scary.
Three doses of the infacol and Aadi has been an absolute gem! He's only chucked once today, as opposed to many times. We went out for a walk, and he fell asleep right on 12, and is still asleep in the pram now, an hour later. Had a good chat with my mum about the chucking too, as she's worked in the natural health industry for 20+ years, and she recommended a homeopathic treatment, so we've got the Brauer Stomach Calm, which is great too. Either way, everyone has a different constitution, and we just have to find what works for us. So far, so good! I just hope he grows out of it soon, rather than having to medicate for long.
Abb - I don't wrap Aadi anymore, although sometimes DP does. But I don't do it mainly because of the chucking thing... like I need more laundry!