Babies Born May 2007 #3

[Beach Mama]

Apologies for the mammoth post.............

Danni - girl you are gorgeous and your family shots are going to be sooo special and beautiful with your two boys!! Good luck hun! By the way you are a life saver - Isabelle LOVES her floor gym!!! Forgot all about it!!!

Sarah - glad Juz gave you a break for a bit - poor Noah with his plaster -does it bother him?? And I hear you on the smoking too hun - Al gave up the day before she was born and he has had one cigar and one cigarette since, when he and the boys went out the other week to "wet the babies head " We dont co-sleep though so I would definately be more upset if we did.
I love Halls Gap we stayed at the eco hostel there a few years ago and did heaps of walks - it was great - not sure if Id be up to hiking with Izzy though!! Although Al could back pack her i guess!!!

Tara - big hugs babe - hope the mastitis clears up quickly for you Hope you are feeling better today!

Alex - yay for Toby! What a champ!! Feels great hey!!

Mel - 4 hours - thats great - its so good when you get some rest and actually feel human with these little monkeys isnt it!!!How did the 21st go??? Hope it wasnt too cold for you all..

Kristen - glad your MCHN app went well- its such a relief to find out these babies are actually getting enough milk and growing!! I think with the mothers group- they are at the centre for a few weeks and then its up to the mums to organise it at each others houses etc?? Does that make sense? Mine havent started either and they havent told me when they will- need to find out this week because Im really keen to get out and have some adult interaction during the week!

Huge to all the othe mums and bubs - hope you are all keeping well and bubs are being angels!!!

Well we had a HUGE day yesterday - at the Queen Vic market = and then dropped dad off a soccer - went shopping and were out form 930-4 basically!! She was sooo good - either in her carrier or pram and just fed watched or slept! A bit grizzly when we got home though- am using the Brauer colic relief to see if it helps her wind that I find impossible to get up with burping etc...

??So a question for you all......for the last 3 nights she has gone down at between 6-7 and slept for - wait for it .....anywhere from 6-8 HOURS - OMG... I woke up at 3am the other night (morning)and realised she was still asleep and my boobs were KILLING me - I had to get up and express and while i was she finally woke up after 8 hours for a feed...after that she goes back for another 4 hours.

So question - should I be setting an alarm to express during this time so that Im not going longer than 4-5 hours between a feed or expressing - I have lots of milk right now but am scared that these big gaps (providing they keep up) will affect my milk supply???? Really not sure as have read that you shouldnt go longer than 3-4 hours?

At home we still have the same dilemma of not sleeping for more than 45mins -1 hour - but its so much easier to deal with when i get such a great rest at night.

Anyway like I said before - Danni reminded me that I have a floor activity mat forgot all about it - and she is LOVING it! She doesnt seem to like her bouncer much, only for short periods but she has been happily gurgling and kicking away on the play mat the whole time ive been typing......wouldnt you know it - shes grizzling now so better go!
Have a great Sunday ladies and bubs!!