LOL J - I know what YOU were up to this time last year hehehehee
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LOL J - I know what YOU were up to this time last year hehehehee
Naomi - I am pretty sure it was next weekend a year ago CJ was conceived, celebrating our first year in Melbourne! Is weird in a way that seems so long ago almost a different life, but on the other hand the year seems to have flown by.
Alot of you have seen on facebook but hooray because CJ is now allowed baths again, her left hip has gone from severe to mild/moderate which is really excellent and her right is now fine. I am very happy with the way it is going and so were the docs and she loved her first bath in 5 weeks yesterday - she did cry when first got in of shock I think because she had forgotten but then loved it. They can't say yet when can take it off but I think when we get back from UK will prob be allowed to just have on overnight.
Had MCHN appointment today, they were impressed with her head control on her tummy which was good, but I have come home annoyed as usual because of various comments about her weight. Without brace she is 6kg - which is a gain of 600g in four weeks, that sounds fine to me and the nurse even said that aim for 20g a day, well if you say 28 x 20 that is 560g so that again is fine. However she seemed to think she should be gaining more, but surely not all babies who are born big stay big (she is 75 percentile now). As soon as she heard CJ was sleeping through 8 till 7 she said that is why and I should be waking her or giving her a dream feed - I am not convinced however, surely she would wake if hungry and she has woken up about 6 once or twice in the past three weeks for a feed. Nurse also said was worried about my milk supply, but surely if the lack of night feeds was going to have an affect would have done by now as is coming up for 4 weeks she has been sleeping through. I sometimes express at about 10:00pm before going to bed but am not always. I think part of the issue is I don't really keep track of feeds and the MCHN are always asking how often I feed her, I just feed her when she wants it which varies according to time of day and how long her naps are, but is never more than four hours apart and often as close as an hour and a half in the evening. Her last feed is also a big feed because she has about 60 to 90ml ebm from a bottle and then tops up for 20mins on boob. Also if we are out and about e.g at the footy her last feed is much later 10:30 or so. What do you think I don't understand why all the low weight gain comments when 600g in 4 weeks seems pretty reasonable to me? I am going to post in the breastfeeding thread and if people in there say should wake I will. I have more faith in here as at least on here people realise all babies are different.
(Sometimes I do wonder about MCHN though, today was a different one, and the normal batty one had written down Cerys is 12 months and today's didn't realise she wasn't 12 months until she asked about repeat hearing test and I said well isn't due till 12 months.)
Kat - I read your birth story, never apologise for writing too much, was a great read and alot of what you said echoed with me.
Happy Birthday Jacinta
Cathy, Snacks, Naomi - I have tasted my breastmilk a couple of times, I can't bear the thought of throwing it away all the effort I put into expressing it so if CJ doesn't finish a bottle which is quite rare I just drink it! It just tastes a bit like sweet milk to me (I hate sweet milk mind you, I have water on cereal because I can't stand how the sugar in cereal makes the milk taste, and won't have milkshakes at all - I just love milk but not if is sweetened at all) next time will have a bit more of a think if there is any other flavour in it.
Hello and Welcome Bek
Nicky- When you went to see an osteopath about Allira's head, how do you go about finding a suitable one. CJ doesn't have a flat spot (in fact MCHN said what a nice round head she has) but her right side is a bit forward (I prob would never have noticed apart from brace docs pointing out) so if you look down at the top of her head her forehead is not completely straight across. She doesn't appear to have a preferred side and moves her head loads when she sleeps but I am thinking might want to get it looked at just in case.
Hi to everyone else, hope all are doing well.
Vic - sounds like the MCHN is being a bit too text book - Baileys weight gain has 'slowed' a little -between 23/7 and 18/8 (3 weeks) he only put on 240gms but then in another week he put on 190gm in a week (once he even put 360gm on in a week!!!), so it depends on scales, whether they've poo'd, fed etc. As long as CJ is gradually filling out her clothes, car seat and having regular poo's and wee's I'd say she's fine and it sounds like your milk supply is PERFECT. If you are able to express milk then thats proof alone your supply is good!! As for the advice of waking CJ for a feed - sorry but that sounds like BULL**** - my mantra is never wake a sleeping baby, if CJ was hungry she would wake herself. It sounds to me that you are doing a fabulous job, your milk is great and your beautiful daughter is growing healthily!
I want to go and smack your MCHN around the head for making you worry and doubt yourself! The fact that she couldn't tell that CJ wasn't 12 months tells me she knows little about babies - the is a VERY BIG difference between a 3 month old and a 12 month old, she should be able to tell just by looking at her
Naomi
x
Hi everyone!!
Vic - I actually called my MCHN and asked them who they would recommend. It would have been just as easy to call up a few osteos and see if they had a peadiatric osteo on staff.
The osteo I see is fantastic, and Allira has improved heaps.
Your MCHN is taking the weight thing a little too seriously. lachie was a 9lb baby. He gained well for 8 weeks, and then dropped off. He went from 90th percentile down to 25th by about 4 months of age... BUT he was always gaining weight. My MCHN was fantastic and wasn't worried about him at all. He wasn't even sleeping longer than 2 hours at a time.
Allira sleeps 10 hours a night and there is no way I would be waking her up. It sounds like you and CJ are doing a fantastic job!!
If she's gaining weight, is pretty content while awake, having plenty of wet and dirty nappies, then I don't see a problem.
Yay for being able to have baths again! That's excellent news that CJ is responding to the treatment so well.
Naomi -It would also be about a year since Allira was conceived aswell! How weird! haha.
How nice of your boss to take you and Bailey out! I am heading out for lunch this weekend with the whole family which should be interesting...
Glad to hear you had a good night away. I can't wait until DH and I go away in October..... I'm hanging out for it. I'm sure my folks are pretty excited to have the kids too.
Happy birthday Jacinta!:dance:
Amy - yay for the sleep!! That's great, I hope it continues for you!
These 2 year old are a cracker hey! Natty sounds hillarious! Lachie has become the family parrot BIG TIME. He's hillarious.
uh oh.. someone wants a feed. Sorry I didn't get finished. I will pop back when I can. Osteo tomorrow.
xxoo
Naomi: WOW! I love Bailey's first pic! I'm sorry about him picking up that extra feed again. Hopefully it is just short term and he will drop it (and another) again in the near future.
I was really excited about the bicarb thing - applied two coats over two days and she's only got a few stray flakes now! Yay!
LOL @ the thought of what we were all getting up to last year. I think Phoebe was conceived at a weekend away (the first weekend in Sept) at a lighthouse down south... staying with our parents! PMSL!!! I had thought we'd missed the O boat but DH was keen, even with his dad in the next room, LOL. I had to do the walk of shame to the bathroom afterwards (dressed of course, but still) and walk past the living room where my dad was sitting doing his sudoku. Ah. Romance. ;)
Vic: I am with Naomi: I want to smack out your MCHN for putting doubts in your head. Listen to yourself, hunny - you are totally right about your feeling that she's put on plenty of weight. And there's nothing wrong with your supply either - that is just cruel and unnecessary to put that seed of doubt in the mind of a BF mum. CJ is thriving, she's gaining weight, she's doing everything she should be. Good on you.
And woohoo @ the bath! So glad CJ's hips are improving. :)
Nicky: Hope osteo goes well tomorrow. I am keen to find one near me too. Have you been to a physio or chiro before? If so, how does the osteo compare? I want one to have a look at me (my hip is buggered) and also a look at Phoebe (she does something funny with her arm - her left arm sits further back when I pick her up... hard to explain).
I've got to get to bed, I think. Phoebe went down almost an hour ago and I've had my dinner... Its early but if she does go for a good stretch I don't want to miss too much of it, LOL! When did my life get so EXCITING?!?!?
Morning Ladies,
Snacks-LOL you doing the walk of shame past your dad...hehehe. I can just imagine it! Ah the joys! Hope your hip is ok honey.
Naomi- Loved your pic of Bailey:) I think we concieved about the 4th of sept which is 5 days after we got married:) It was whilst we were on Honeymoon in Malaysia and staying at a hotel called the Datai. DH kept saying he wanted to call the baby Datai to remember, mind you he was only kidding, lol. Funny everyone remembering what they were doing.
Vic- I agree with everything said. I think most health professionals would tell you that you don't have to follow the curve on the graph as long as you don't flatten out and it's always going upwards then you are fine. Some people just can't stand the idea of babies sleeping thru the night! I swear I have met more than i ever thought i would. they r the ones who take evil delight in telling you your life is gonna be a misery when you become a parent and seems somewhat disappointed when it isn't like that for you. Your doing fine with CJ. and you have both had extra hurdles to cross since you began the adventure. Don't let the nasties spoil it for you.
Jacinta- Happy b'day for yesterday! I hope the good wishes from everyone cheered you up and you have had a better day than you thught you would.
AFM- Well I think Jemima is started a wonder week or she is just trying to catch up for having had a few off weeks with her cold. She is feeding all the time and not sleeping as long. Mind you she is still getting 7-10 hrs every night it just isn't the consistant 10hrs like she was. I don't have great hopes for today as she has already drunk me dry. you know the way you sometimes feel flat chested by the end of the day? Well it isn't 11am and I already feel like a pancake. I am trying to drink lots today cos I have let it slip recently and make sure i eat well... ahh the joys. Hope it is ok today. Apart from that we r well. She is doing really well with her tummy time. she keeps her whole chest up off the ground for about 10-15 secs at a time now and will do it over and over with a silly grin on her face if you get down to her level. She tires out pretty quickly tho.
Anyway I must go and try to feed again
Love to you all
Bella
Ooer, Sorry Jacinta, forgot to wish you a happy birthday yesterday! Happy birthday! I hope it was a good day.
Bella: DH photographed a wedding at the Datai :) It was just after I found out I was preggers with Natty. He rarely travels out of Sydney for weddings, although increasingly more people are getting married in the Hunter Valley (up north west from Syd) but that year he had a wedding in Fiji and I joined him - we left on my birthday and I found out I was pregnant on that trip (it was a DAMN good holiday, LOL!) and the following Thursday he had to fly out to Langkawi for anther wedding. Was crazy. But he said it's a beautiful hotel (dunno about it as a name though ;) ). Cool that J is doing well on her tummy! Phoebe is hopeless, LOL. She sometimes tries to roll onto her tum but never makes it over. I'm hoping that if she learns to roll over onto her tummy that she might enjoy staying there.
DOH - my frigin pram broke - so annoyed, I somehow managed to squeeze it in the car (it wouldn't collapse and we were at the shops), hoping DH can have a look at it when he gets home and fix the problem, otherwise I will have to send it away to be fixed and be pramless
Just needed to vent....... Ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Oooh 500 posts - I talk to much!!
I mean 501
Well 502 now LOL
well now u've got 504 lol
j is wearing his first mcn yay!!! we shall see how it goes lol
only took me 3 months thanx for all the birthday wishes i had an ok day not the worst birthday either
Aw, what a pi$$er about the pram! Hope your DH can fix it. :crossfingers:
No Go, I have to take it the the 'Pram Doctor" tomorrow on behalf of Britax, if I take it back through Target I'll be pramless for 2-3 weeks - Britax told me they'll assess it and fix it if possible or replace it (the warranty has a disclaimer about 'normal wear and tear' so worried they'll pull that on me, I would have though that the pram would last longer than 4 months)
The Pram Doctor is the other side of Adelaide, so about a 70min drive each way - SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O annoyed right now
Sorry to hear about your pram Naomi... what a bugger!
Jacinta - so sorry i didn't get to do this on your bday - but happy belated bday hun!
Naomi - hope the pram is fixed quickly for you - we dont use our pram out and about all that often (probably cos we dont' go out often and too damn crummy here for walks outside!) but i'd be lost without it still! ooh, and if 500 posts means you talk too much, i have a serious issue lol
been reading heaps but not posting - back to that introverted grumpy wench thing - DH had about 15 hours with us last Friday - apart from that, he's been gone since last Tuesday and not sure when he will be home - we're hoping tomorrow, but he's only coming as far as the border with the load he has on now, so could end up anywhere. really struggling, and i guess i tend to withdraw a little in this thread for some reason. i still post in general chit chat, but not here - go figure!
anyhoot - for us - E seems to have come through her wonder week ok - after a couple of REALLY bad days, she just snapped out of it on Sunday - was like a new child! she still hates tummy time (though i've taken Kat's hint and turned the mat towards the TV so she is a little better with it. lol) she is so much more chatty now - well, maybe not MORE, just more vocal with her chatting - talking to DH on the phone all the time.
got her ears pierced yesterday. have been wanting to do it while she's young cos my niece was older when she got hers and was constantly asking for them to be changed too early, ended up with infections and things. E was a trooper - watched the ladies really intently while they dotted her ears and things (sitting on Granma's knee) then mummy held her head from behind while they did it. she got scared and cried, but it wasn't a pain cry, it was a WTF?? cry lol. she calmed down with some boob. poor poppet had sucked in heaps of air though from the fright, so a couple of hours later, we had another screaming session while she tried to get rid of it all from the other end. my poor niece (almost 5) was worried about what was wrong with the baby, so i had to explain to her about her pain - then E let rip hugely, and calmed down straight away so her cousin understood what i was getting at. we've had a couple of tears first couple of times i put the spray on her ears, but last time last night and again this morning, nothing. she lets me turn them, still slept the same as normal, doesn't appear to be hurting at all... and she looks so sweet! not that she didn't before, but ykwim! lol
yay I just booked my flights!!!! I'm coming to melbourne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wtg bella!
Fabulous Bella!!! :) Cant wait to meet you!