This thread is for parents who's baby was born June 1st - 15th 2009
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Hi BD! I've been too shy to be the first one to post here (lol) - my little girl made her grand entrance on 4 June. Can't believe she is 2 weeks old already!
Hello All Natalya Marie was born on 13th June and surprised all of us by being 2 weeks early - I was totally unprepared for her!
She also seems to have her body clock all mixed up...and seems to have lovely long sleeps during the day and is restless at nightime. Hopefully that will all settle down soon.
Look forward to sharing our babies journey with you all.
Welcome to all the newbies who have joined the group...so many beautiful babies.
Natalya had her 2 week checkup yesterday with the MCN and it is inevitable by the looks of it that she is going to be a chubber bubba like her big sister was - she put on just over 700 grams in under 2 weeks! And is now just over 4 kilos. The MCN was asking me what I have in my milk! The truth is she is just a gobbleguts.
Her brother and sister still cant get enough of her, poor thing is going to be spoilt with love which isnt a bad thing I suppose.
Great to hear everyone is going well and welcome to those who've just joined the thread...
And a big hello to joey who I remember from the ttcaml thread So glad to see everything has gone so well for you - congrats on the birth of Lily. She's absolutely gorgeous!!
Lila and I are doing well - still having 2 or 3 feeds o/night but the last couple of nights she has been settling well after each feed meaning I can pass out as soon as she is back in her bassinette (thank goodness). I can't tell if she's gained weight since the check up but she's definitely grown longer - now too long for her 0000 jumpsuits and can't stretch her legs when she's wearing them.
Jenushka - How cool that we're in the same thread again!! And our bubba's are one day apart. Good to see your little one is gaining weight.
Ang - Hope your bubba soon discoveres the difference between night and day! A globber guts is good!
Alloy - Great to hear that your bubbas are healthy and strong. They will be home with you in no time I am sure.
Monique - Congrats. Where in Brisbane are you? We have a few mums / preg ladies who meet up every now and again. We are on the northside. We would love you to join us.
Lolly - I had the same feeding probs as you. Expressing is a great idea. It saved me. It took about 2-3 days before I started feeding again and within a week they were brand new and you would never have known. Hope they come good soon.
Alioops - Good to hear your bubba is gaining weight. Well done.
Kylie - Well done. I am so jealous to hear your birth story!! If you just click on your ticker it will take you to the web site where you made it and then you just find the birth ones instead of pregnancy ones and put in the info and then copy the link that they give you and then go into your profile and click on signature and alter the one from your original. Hope that makes sense - a little sleep deprived on this end! As we all are I am sure!
Eliskirsty - welcome. I had the opposite problem to you. My bubba wouldn't fit into the 0000 that I bought, she was straight into 000!
AFM - Lily went 5 hours between feeds, then 4, then 4 last night. So lets hope that she keeps that up. If we can time her going to bed with me that would be great, but doesn't happen. So last night I was woken at 10, 2 and 6. Then DH took her so I had another one and a half hours kip this morning. She usually goes back to sleep within an hour of waking at night, so that's nice. I am going to bed at 7.30-8.00pm-ish, so I can't figure out why I am tired, cause from 7.30pm to 6.00am is 10 and a half hours, less the 2 and a half hours she was awake, gives me 8 hours sleep ??? Sure, I'm used to getting 9 or 10, but that should do me, surely?!? Perhaps it will just take some time to adjust.
As for day time sleeps, she hardly sleeps at all. And I have figured that our little princess doesn't go to sleep when being cuddled most of the time, so I have to put her down and let her cry herself to sleep for anywhere up to 8 minutes. I feel really bad doing that, but she won't sleep any other way. Or if she falls asleep while feeding or being cuddled, and then I put her in her basinett, she is awake within 20 mins (but usually 5 or 10 mins). So I just thought I'd add that in case anyone else was having the same problems - and my Lily still loves me even though I am a horrible person to let such a young baby cry herself to sleep (and she will also put herself back to sleep by doing it this way too). Something you're not supposed to do with them till they're about 4 months old. Oh well, they're all different I guess.
Take care all and don't forget to have a nana nap to keep yourself sane!!
Hi Joey, I am in Bayside region of Southside Brisbane
I can't believe that most of our bubs are already nearing the 1month mark (if not just over!)
Sadly we are no longer BF'ing, it seems my milk has found somewhere else to go. Never mind, Miss C has taken nicely to the bottle & seems more content now between feeds, which gives me more time to do things & spend time with her older siblings.
We got our first bout of proper smiles this morning while laying in bed! I sent a text to DP to announce the proud moment, only to be told promptly "I got a smile last night" LOL.. It's funny that he didn't mention it to me then but anyway, I won't "rain on his parade" LOL
So far Miss C is sleeping 6 hours through the night & is feeding every 3-4hrs during the day.
I can' beleive your buba is sleeping 6 hours at night. You suck!! LOL :P That's great though. No worries about BFing, it's good that you have more time between feeds. I know the month has just flown!! Keep an eye on the meet up section and you're welcome to join us if you ever feel like driving out this way.
ha! you wouldn't beleive it... she slept last night from 5.45pm till 12.15am - 6.5hours!! i had her in her own room forthe first time last night too, so perhaps that made a difference. it meant that i didn't hear her unless she was crying, so perhaps she woke a couple of times and went back to sleep, where normally i would have gotten up to feed her. but we did also have a full on day out and about yesterday, so maybe i just wore her out. let's see how she goes tonight?? Ask miss c to send over the sleeping vibes though, just in case.
Monique - I'll take some of those vibes too!! The last few days Lila has done a 5 and a bit hour stretch but sadly it's been more like 4pm - 9.30pm. If we could just push it back a liiittle bit further. Lucky you though - enjoy!
joey - hope Lily had a good night last night and you are slowly adjusting to lack of sleep. I know when you add up the hours it can sometimes equal a fairly good night's sleep but getting woken through the night means you're not getting all of the deep sleep you need. That's my theory anyway
quick afm - got a great big gummy smile from Lila while I was bathing her on Sunday night and only a couple of fleeting ones since then - meanwhile i'm looking like the biggest lunatic constantly laughing and smiling at her to try to get her to do it again!!! Popped her on the scales at the chemist yesterday and she is now 4.01kg (her birth weight was 3.25kg). Happy with that
Just thought I'd add my two bits as well. I had a little girl on 4th June also. 3.18kg's 48.5cms, via elective C-Section (she was a breech baby, stuck right up under my ribs).
Interested to know how your babies are progressing, how sleep is going and feeding etc.
I didn't have a chance to join any mothers groups, so would be interested in keeping in touch with other Mums who have babies around same age...
Hello and welcome Jo! Congrats on the birth of your little Erika - she and my Lila share the same birthday Hope everything is going well for you...
Been ages since I've posted - hopefully there is still someone around?!
Update on us - Lila is 12 weeks old now and still going really well. I had a hair appt last weekend (feels so nice to be refreshed!) and dh was going to give her a one-off bottle of formula but she wouldn't have a bar of it. Luckily I'd bought a pump the day before and had a little bit of EBM for him to offer her, which she guzzled happily so it's obviously not the bottle that's the issue, but what goes in it! I've been expressing once a day to build up a bit of a supply to give myself the odd bit of freedom, and also plan on giving her EBM when I have to go back to work (probably March-ish) so it's good to get it into the routine.
She is down to 6 feeds a day, sometimes 7, and has done a few 9.5hr stretches overnight but mostly her big stretch is 6-8 hrs. Still hanging onto one feed between 3-4.30am then 7.30-8am then a big sleep which is great to let me get ds organised for the day. Aside from witching hour every evening she is still a star at self-settling - we're very very very lucky
She's still a petite bundle, has only just reached 5.1kg but is going to be a tall girl we think - already 60cm.
Otherwise just chugging along enjoying my time with my kids and have started ds back at swimming lessons. Now he's 3, I don't have to get in the pool with him which is GREAT, but it does feel really good to be getting back into the swing of things
lolly - we're using disposable nappies. Love the look of the MCN though, wish I'd known about them when ds was a bub so I could have built up a collection then! Re how long between kids - it's around this time when things start to settle down a tiny bit that you can even start contemplating another bub! so I can see where you're coming from.... I was enjoying ds so much as he went from bub to toddler that I wasn't in a huge rush ... originally we started trying again when ds was about 18 months and have now (sadly after going through 2 m/c) ended up with a 3 yr 2 mth age gap which is working really well for us. There is adv and disadv for every kind of age gap though - GL with whatever you decide. Great that you are feeling so positive about being a mummy
Can't wait to hear everyone's updates - I expect them all to come flooding in now (lol!)
Hi all!!! Sorry I haven't been on, I have been too preoccupied with finalising everything for my wedding in 4 weeks time
Lachlan is plodding along nicely, he'll be 12 weeks on Monday. He now weighs 6.5kgs and is 64cm long - I definitely think he's going to take after Daddy (who is 6"9). He is sleeping on average 8.5hrs every night, and has had a couple of 11hr nights also (which of course frightened me, and I woke up twice and tickled his nose to make him wriggle so I knew he was OK!) He's having 6 x 190ml bottles every day, and also a 60ml bottle of water most afternoons. The main issue I'm having at the moment is addressing his flat spot on the back of his head, I'm trying desperately to give him as much tummy time as possible and get him used to sleeping on his side, fingers crossed
Sorry if I go AWOL again, but it's getting to the business end of preparations now, hope you and your bubs are all well
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Natalya Marie was born on 13th June and surprised all of us by being 2 weeks early - I was totally unprepared for her!
...and seems to have lovely long sleeps during the day and is restless at nightime. Hopefully that will all settle down soon.
And is now just over 4 kilos. The MCN was asking me what I have in my milk! The truth is she is just a gobbleguts.
LOL
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