Babies Born May 16th - 31st 2008

[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
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[{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.

[deancey]

hannahfroodoo I know what you mean about thinking about your diet. On the one hand I want to eat what I want but then I dont want to suffer the consequences. I ate dim sims yesterday and dont think they agreed with Liam at all, he was very windy last night. I am glad you had a better night, infants friend seems to have done something for the girls.

Sarah I dont think you should have been moving furniture but I am same as you, I cant help myself. I hate having to rely on others to do things. I have been doing washing etc, no vacuuming as yet but will get the broom out today. Thats great Juliette will sleep thru Zanders noise. Liam is pretty good although there are times Jordan is WAY TOO LOUD and he gets startled.

Well playgroup was good. It was so nice to get out of the house even if only to playgroup. Liam fed before we left so he slept most of the time we were there. That meant I was able to pay attention to Jordan and he had a great time. The mums bought Liam a turtle stuffed toy, so nice of them. Liam was passed around a little but I didnt mind.
I am surprised it wasnt as hard as I had expected. I guess if I had to feed him whilst we were there it would have been more difficult.
Are any of you going to put bubs on EBM? I am returning to work on 1st sept as DH is taking 3 months paid paternity leave. I only get 3 months paid leave also so we thought better 1 of us be home and get paid and I think DH will enjoy being SAHD for a few months. I was thinking of trying Liam on the bottle at 4 weeks. I want to get him really used to it before I go back to work. I thought if he has one every second day for 1 feed he should be fine by the time I am back. I only work mon, tues, friday and sat so will still get to spend 3 days at home with my boys.

hope you are all having a great day
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[NaNa]

just popping in quickly between loads of washing and walkies! So nice to get out of the house without being shrouded in icy fog all day.
I hadn't really considered changing my diet much, but after yesterday's fuss-fest and a fair bit of projectile milk vomit, I think I should skip the funghi pizza with taleggio cheese and truffle oil... just a thought! I don't know if it was the shrooms, the stinky cheese, or the stinky truffle oil, but I'll do us both a favour and go easy on it from now on! oye what a mess! In case you're wondering, milk does not make a good upholstery cleaner. Thank goodness for Ikea washable couch covers.

I had ouchy nipples for the first day before I left the hospital coz bubs was pinching a bit, and they hurt pretty bad when the milk came in, but Lansinoh helped immensely and I haven't had to use it since. I hope that you ladies suffering boobs-on-fire figure out what's causing it and get it sorted! That's excruciating. Pain is not your friend! Ask a lactation consultant or your MCH nurse, or maybe try nipple shields? I dunno...

I went out to the bellybelly centre the other day and picked up the cast I had done (at 38 weeks 3 days!). The centre's looking great. The cast looks amazing, and it was pretty hilarious when DP held it up in front of his tummy. It was pretty weird to see it up on the shelf in the centre, after they had loads of people thru there for the open day last weekend. So now they've all seen my bbs...
I need to think of something to paint on it now, to decorate it. When I have time. Haha! and I only have one bebe to look after...
Oh, and I've discovered one other important thing: There is NOTHING harder than a Bonds Easysuit. Just don't even bother, they are the stupidest things ever. Nothing easy about them whatsoever. Just my opinion, of course!

[lismith25]

Hi everyone can I join you, I kind of watched you all as you were pregnant but never got round to introducing myself. my angel Emma was born 17.30 Thursday 29th May 6lb 9oz or 2.93 kg so only an ickle girl considering she was 11days overdue.

And now a week later im stll exhausted, have ventured out only twice and one was a little traumatic....but i guess the confidence will come.

you all sound like you coping well i hope to get to know you better

Lis

[deancey]

welcome Lis and congrats on your baby girl, she is a tiny tacker compared to my giant 4.1 kilo baby
I am sure the confidence in going out will come. I was SO nervous with DS #1 going out. I spent most of the time in the parents room trying to stop him crying LOL. Just take it as it comes and try not to plan too much, its easier that way.

Well Liam woke for a feed at 4.30 and is already back asleep. I had to force the 2nd boob into him as he was so sleepy. LOL he is such a lazy boy.
off to eat tea, chinese food YUMMY

[Astrolady]

your new thread is at https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-2008-2-a.html girls

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