Babies Born May 16th - 31st 2008

[mecil80]

Good morning mummies!!

well I will have to start paying more attenention to the boob sleep thing as my little princess has had 2 really shoking night sleeps. she woke at 10pm, 11pm, 1am then went down at 4am as she had really bad wind then woke at 5:30am, then again at 7:30am almost every 2 hours. Even during the day yesterday she fed every 2 hours, then last night she again had an attack of wind at 4am screaming until 5:30am, I do have one boob that is more full than the other and she slirps alot on that one so might be giving her wind, I will let you all know. She still fed every 2 hours though.

I am now trying a dummy to see if she is just comfort feeding or if she is actually a hungry hungry hippo that is she is making herself out to be!!

Does anyone else have 1 boob bigger than the other?? I have breast that gets rock hard when full and the other one never gets hard at all - still milk there though!

I am sure the big brother/sisters are just getting used to having another person to share their attention with it would be quite hard for them when they are so used to it being just them & you.

It sounds as though we have some very healthy babies all 4+kgs. My little one is now 4012grms so just passed her birth weight.

Does anyone else's baby have a pimply rash on their face? Zali has little red pimple looking things all over her face, it started off just under her eyes and now has gone all over her face and into her hair line. I thought they might be milk pimples but they are all red not white, she looks like a pimply teenager the poor little thing.

will chat with you all soon.

Cheers Mecil

[deancey]

Mecil the pimples are normal they are milk pimples. They will go away in time. As for the boobs my right is always fuller than my left and gets painful when full. SOrry to hear you had an unsettled night, its hard when they have wind pains and you cant get it up. Hope you are having a better day today.

Sarah I know what you mean about broken sleep. I was certainly used to having full night sleep with Jordan. It is a shock but for the moment I seem to be handling it ok. As long as I am averaging 6-8 hrs even if broken I seem to function ok.

Well today was 1st day alone but mum and dad came to help with Jordan. They put him in bath for me as I cannot lift him in and out. Dad, Jordan and I then played legos and cars all morning until lunch time. We ate lunch and now Jordan is asleep and so is Liam. So I will have a few hours to myself until Jamie gets home.
Liam has been very good today. He fed at 11.40pm then 4.00am then 8.00am. He fed and was back asleep all within an hr roughly so that was good. He then slept thru till 12pm and was back in bed at 1
I am finding that my lochia is really slowing down. I generally only have a bit whilst feeding at night, during the day I am getting nothing. Is anyones elses slowing already?

hope you are all having a good day
XX

[NaNa]

Well, it's about time I showed my face back here! I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to get near my puter in ages! My mum left yesterday, she's been staying with us for the last few weeks, and has been an absolute gem. While I lazed around getting bored, heavy and overdue, she took on all my nesting urges and cleaned my place from top to bottom, inside and out TWICE! And it didn't even need it... And she cooked, took me shopping, re-potted all my house plants, sewed clothes and slings, and gave me aromatherapy massages and acupressure twice daily up until the birth of Aadi, which was so easy now that I think about it (oooh, but you gotta luv that gas!). Maybe the hormones are making me forget, but everything's been great. Aadi sleeps 3-4 hours at a time, waking for maybe up to an hour for a feed, change and settle. I don't mind so much, and it's only now that he's getting to 2 weeks that he's having a little feeding frenzy and not settling so easily. So I had my first day-time nap yesterday. Having him in the sling in the daytime and sleeping in our bed at night makes it better for both of us, tho. I'm managing to get up and feed, change and settle Aadi without even waking DP, which he's pleased about as he's gone back to work. The midwife told me at the hospital to expect more frequent feeds at around this stage, so I'm prepared for that.

So we've been out and about, on the tram, train, to the city, restaurants, the museum, daddy's office (to meet the fan club!), shopping and strolling all over town. Breastfeeding in public has been easier than I'd imagined, though "parents rooms" are disgusting! What a joke.
I hear you all on the lop-sided bb thing! The right one just sprays like a fire hose sometimes, and I accidentally got Aadi in the eye last night - oops! - but at least it's good for the little bit of gooey-ness he had there! But one bb has always been a bit bigger than the other, so I figure it's normal. Also, I ditched those horrible maternity pads after a week. No surfboards in my pants, please! Not necessary.
The MCH nurse visited yesterday, but didn't bother to weigh Aadi (he was cosy and warm in the sling). He's feeding well, and doing great, so no point. Maybe next week. Right, off to the markets now. Gotta get me some snacks to keep by the bed for late-night feeds. I get SO hungry now and absolutely stuff myself, but I'm back into my old jeans, so it's all good!

[hannahfroodoo]

NaNa - Sounds like you are settling right into life with a baby. I'm envious!! And way to go on being back in your old jeans! I still have a long way to go before I reach that point...

Deancey - Sounds like Jordan and Liam are both settling in well. My lochia is the opposite - hardly anything at night but a little more during the day when I am moving about doing things. But still, it is very light now so nice and managable. No mad rush to get undies and a pad in place when I get out of the shower anymore. I hate that bit!

Mecil - yep, my left boob is bigger and gets more full and sprays more than the right. I had terrible cracks on the right that took 3 months to heal last time and have a massive scar on that nipple so not sure if it's due to that or just because my left was always going to be the milkier side? It gives me a little bit of a logistics problem with trying to make sure each baby gets equal time on the 'good' boob though!! LOL

Sarah - Right now, 5 hours of broken sleep is sounding luxurious! But I know what you mean - you very quickly get used to 6 hours or whatever you manage to get and then you miss it when it's gone! I hope Juliette returns to her former sleepiness tonight for you. I hate the way the MCN put so much emphasis on baby weight. It causes so much unnecessary stress for mothers IMO.

Nikki - Abbie sounds like such a calm, settled baby. I have heard lots of mums say #3 is a charm - do you think she's easier than your others?

As for us - I feel like I am coping far better than I did with the newborn stage last time. If I just had 1 baby, I'd be getting lots of sleep and just cruising. But there's two! eek! They seem to play tag-team and take it in turns to be unsettled. They were doing really well for a while but last night Hazel was unsettled from her feed at 6:30pm until she finally fell asleep at 2am. She was screaming with what I think was a sore, windy tummy. Then Imelda woke for a feed at 4:30am, got her fed and settled and then Hazel woke again at 6am. Then my toddler was up for the day at 7am. So I got a total of about 2 hours sleep.
My last baby never had problems with wind so I don't know what to do! I have tried every recommended position I can find - massage, walking etc etc. When Eleanor wakes up I think we are off to the chemist for some Infacol or similar - I can't take another night like last night!! Now just to figure out how to make it to the chemist with the 3 of them on my own...

[deancey]

Hannahfroodoo I used brauers with Jordan as I could never get his wind up. You give it before each feed and its meant to help. Maybe ask your chemist to see if they can recommend anything for you. WOW you certainly have your hands full with 3 little ones. I hope you do manage to get some good sleep in here and there.

NaNa you sound as though you are cruising along so well. I cant beleive how out and about you have been. Well done on being so confident too with the BF in public. I know I was paranoid the first time around.

Well today has been great although we have been up since 5.30am thanks to DH alarm and Jordan waking up from it. Liam slept till 7.30am from 4am which was good. I fed him and he slept from about 9 to 1. I have fed him and he is now back in bed. Jordan had a visit from his uncle this morning so he has played non stop all morning. He is also down for a nap which is nice.
I have to just put some washing in the dryer and then organise tea and I can relax for the day.
Off to playgroup tomorrow, my 1st outing with the 2 boys on my own. I am a little nervous but atleast there will be plenty of mums to go gaga over Liam so I am sure I wont get stranded.
have a great day everyone
XX

[mecil80]

Wow hannahfroodoo sounds like you have alot on your plate!! Hope you managed to get to the chemists ok, I just bought some infacol today as the last few days and nights bub has had the worst wind pains, I have put it down to my large family block of chocolate fettish and brocoli for dinner 2 nights in a row, so am cutting out chocolate and brocoli both of which I Love to see if that makes a difference I have also realised that my bircher museli I have eaten the past 2 mornings has dries fruit, so am going to stop that also and see what happens!!!

Deancey it is surprising how good you can feel after only having 6-8hrs broken sleep hey, I am waiting for the crash & burn....

How is everyone elses nipples?? Mine feel like they are going to fall off! So sore, the cracks have healed thanks to lansinoh but when she first latcehes on it takes my breathe away!! My left nipple then throbs for about an hour and if I bump it, wholly crap it hurts!! The joys of it all...

I had my first outing by myself & bub today, caught the bus and did the grocery shopping, timed it so we did not have to feed, bub was great, I carried her in a baby bjorn, she just looked around for about an hour, then fell asleep, very good. Felt great to be out of the house, first sunny day in a while.

Well I had better go and feed bub so then I can start on our dinner, pasta and sauce... NO ONION or GARLIC.....

Heres hoping we all have much better nights sleep than previos!!

Cheers Mecil

[deancey]

Mecil congrats on making your 1st trip out alone a success. LOL at eating block of choc, I did that and paid for it My boobs are ok. All healed up now. I would check you dont have thrush on nipples. When I was BF Jordan I did have similr pain and it turned out I had thrush and so did bubs in his mouth. If you check Zali mouth is it white???? Maybe see the chemist or doc.

Well tonight has been going ok apart from Jordan waking Liam with his loudness. Why dont 2 yrs olds understand "talk quietly" LOL
Gonna chill on the couch for a while, Liam due to feed at 9 and then I might hit the hay with him.
Heres to a good night sleep everyone
XX

[{sarah}]

when she first latcehes on it takes my breathe away!! My left nipple then throbs for about an hour and if I bump it, wholly crap it hurts!!

OMG I could have posted that exact same thing! Even down to it being the left one that hurts! No idea what that's about, but there is no white in Juliette's mouth so I just put it down to my nipples not being used to all the attention. Congrats on your first outing alone, we have't done one just yet, still got all of next week with Aaron home.

How did you go today Deancey? Other than Jordan being a bit too loud. Juliette ignores Zander's shouting, screaming, running round etc which is good. Though she does try to look for him when he talks quietly near her, too cute.

Wow, NaNa sounds like you & Aadi have been very busy in the last few weeks. I can't wait to be able to drive & get out a bit more. Though with Aaron home we've been doing a few different things.

Not a lot going on here. I finally got Juliette's room reorganised, I had the hammock out, but she wasn't a fan so I packed it away & rearranged everything back to how I wanted it. Not sure I should have been moving furniture around just yet, but I wasn't lifting anything, just pushing things around.

[hannahfroodoo]

Mecil - youch! My nipples have healed pretty fast this time - the pain is almost gone now - but I can totally relate after the breastfeeding experience from hell last time around! I hope it gets better quickly! Well done on getting out of the house. You're brave to try public transport too! Wasn't it nice to see the sun out yesterday!

Deancey - How did playgroup go? We have recently moved and I miss my old playgroup.. Sucha great way to get out of the house with little kids.

Sarah - You are going to miss your DH after having him home so long! It's so nice to have that extra pair of hands, huh? Don't go shifting too much furniture!!

I went down to the chemist last night after DH got home so I still haven't braved an outing on my own. I am trying the 'Infant's Friend' wind drops. I think they helped some? We had a better night anyway. Only had an unsettled baby from 11pm till about 2am so at least I got some sleep. I'm really loathe to start cutting out food since I hate the thought of limiting my diet for so long but I guess if this keeps up I will have to think about it... blegh.

[Astrolady]

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