Lulu - yeah, and tonight is one of those nights I think! She went down at 7pm - woke at 8 and has been crying on and off for 1/2 hour now. She'll go back to sleep for 10 mins and then cry again... I wonder what it is about this hour!!
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Lulu - yeah, and tonight is one of those nights I think! She went down at 7pm - woke at 8 and has been crying on and off for 1/2 hour now. She'll go back to sleep for 10 mins and then cry again... I wonder what it is about this hour!!
gosh you guys are soo good with the personals. sorry im crap.
i dont really have any issues with baden sleeping. ive had the occasional bad night but put it down to his feeding issues. ive actually been worried he sleeps to much and im constantly asking keith if he thinks everything is ok.
anyway he sleeps in a nappy, singlet and bonds suit. i wrap him in a flanny wrap and then i have a heavy cotton blanket on the cot but its doubled over (in half) so double the thickness.
apparanetly if their tummy is warm then they are warm enough. you dont measure their heat by hands/feet. also if they are overheating they will have a red face, be sweaty and cry.
we have also co sleeped on occasion. dont want to get in the habit of it but i admit to enjoying it myself.
kristen im going to check out your new pics...
I'm way too scared to try co sleeping! It feels like everyone does it but us LOL. Not that it bothers me, I'm glad Nicky likes his bed (most of the time!).
We had a really good night last night, he settled well after each feed and pretty much went straight to sleep YAY! None of this "oh goody it's night time, I want company" business that we've been getting! Unfortunately that meant I didn't get my sleep in after the early morning feed ;), he'd had enough of sleep by then. But I'd rather that than be up in the night with him.
Nicholas sleeps in a singlet, nightie (sooooo much easier when I have to undress him for every feed), wrapped in either muslin or flannelette and tucked in with a sheet and light fleecy-type blanket. I put socks on him if it's a cold night. It doesn't sound like much compared to everyone else! But he seems fine, he's more likely to get hot than cold I think. Even the MCHN commented that he seemed to maintain his temperature very well, especially for a premmie.
I really need to update his website! I did get our birth story posted, but I'm very slow with the pics. I'm way behind with my emails too :rolleyes:. Was going to do it now, but I really need to express, and I think Nicky isn't settling very well ATM, so he might be getting up any minute! Better make the most of the time I've got LOL.
Have a lovely Saturday everyone, enjoy the sunny weather Melbourne girls!
Love Sez xoxo
Geez you lot were chatty yesterday! Going to try and read them now (while I have the chance) but not sure if I will get time to come back and chat. There are a few things happening today will fill you in later... when I have a chance to tell the whole story.
I know I said I might not be back in but I just had to
Lulu LOL I was out yesterday at the shops pricing a heater to go down the other end of the house near Isobella's room and I saw a friend and ended up being there longer than expected. Well while I was in Big W she woke up waning a feed and the mother's room was just too far away so I stuck her on the boobie while I kept looking!!!:
Haven't been brave enough to tackle the whole changing, feeding, settling in public yet.
WTG, that's great, I love it! I have fed in public (only once) and all we got were admiring looks! I was waiting to someone to have a go at me so I could let rip at them PMSL! It was really nice actually.:
Oh man, what a night, my first real scare as a mum. After I put Nicholas down after his late feed he was quite unsettled. We were in bed and he was grizzling, he started to work up to a full blown scream so I got up to him and he did a huge sick out of his nose and mouth. I picked him up and realised that he had so much mucous coming out of him (as a premmie, he has had a bit, but not this much before). He was struggling to breathe between cries, his face was going bright red and his eyes were watering. So I'm crying and trying to wake Andy, who was out like a light. I had Nicky on his side and I was trying to clear the mucous from his mouth with my fingers. I was just about to call an ambulance when he settled. It was the most frightening moment of my life. I called the MCHN 24 hour hotline, but they were fairly useless. I sat up with him for ages, I was so scared to put him down in case it happened again!
So sorry for no personals, my man is screaming again!
Love Sez xoxo
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Tanya
oh sez, mason had the same thing last night AGAIN! dont be scared hun... just help him clear it with your fingers :hugs:
Hello!!
Sez - You poor thing, how awful!! I always worry about things like that as Luke is quite a 'sicky' baby too. I was assured by many of the midwifes though that babies can't choke on their own vomit, even if they're lying on their back when they do it. It is quite distressing though. Luke did a massive vomit the other night that came out of his nose and mouth too - I just felt so sorry for the poor little thing. Take care.
Speaking of scares, Luke scared the cr*p out of me the other day. You know how they all have their funny little twitches that they do while their asleep, well usually I think it's really cute but the other day, after a feed, I held him a bit longer than usual and let him fall asleep on me while watching TV (I don't usually do that, he normally goes straight to bed but I think I just needed the cuddle). Anyway, he started the twitching, which is fine and doesn't worry me, however the twitching seemed to change and I was sure he was having a fit. Of course, my first reaction was to panic and in the process I scared DH half to dealth and couldn't even tell him what was happening. I was just sitting there crying, thinking he was having some sort of fit. Anyway, it wasn't a fit, of course, it was just a few twitches. I was so angry with myself for getting so worked up - what if something serious really does happen, I've just proven to myself that I won't cope with it. So much for all the first aid training that I've done!!!
Mel - Good on you for feeding in Big W!!! With all my excess milk issues, there's no way I could do that without milk squirting all over the place, I'm so jealous!! Looking forward to hearing from you again - sounds like you have an interesting story to tell???
Kristen & Danni - You're both so lucky to have your partners home with you for so long - DH has only been able to take two weeks off (starting from when we got home), so I've only got one week to go!! I'm so worried about having to do everything, DH has been amazing!!!! I'm sure all will be fine though!!
Sorry, that's about all the time I have for personals atm - very poor attempt, I know. I promise I'll get better eventually!!
Well, I'm still having a few feeding problems. My milk is literally squirting out everywhere now, it's so messy trying to feed. And poor Luke nearly drowns!! My right nipple is still KILLING me too. The nipple shield was working wonders but now I'm getting a little rash on my boob, from where the nipple shield sits, so I'm trying not to use it. The pain though is still really intense when Luke feeds on that side. I'm sure he's latching on correctly and my nipple doesn't look really cracked or sore but man it hurts. I don't know what else to do and am starting to dread feeding on that side. The other side is perfect though - how can that be?? If only they were both like that, all would be great - always the way. I've got the health nurse out for a visit tomorrow afternoon, so I'll see what she has to say - hopefully she comes when Luke needs to be fed so I can make sure he on properly!!
Hmm, that's another long post from me - sorry guys, I'll leave it there for now!! Hope all is well. I'm feeling a little light headed today - don't think I'm eating enough or drinking enough water - must change that!!!
Kelly xxx
Sez - that must have been so scary, you poor thing. These little ones are going to age us all I think. Glad it was nothing too serious.
Kel - I had the same horror with Isabelle thinking she was fitting. It was so different to her normal squirms. If you ever have any problems when Ryann is back at work please call me - I'm only 15 minutes or so away. I'm so lucky with Rein working from home - I'm trying not to "use" him during the day but its so reassuring knowing he's just upstairs.
Mel - good on you - that would have been funny to see. Looking forward to you coming back and sharing your news.
Well, we went out to dinner last night. Izzy was brilliant - tiny little grizzle until her daddy cuddled her, then she went right back to sleep in her pram. So nice to be out doing "normal" things with our beautiful little girl.
Its very crappy weather here today so I think we're off to the DVD store and then having a movie day at home. Hope everyone is having a nice and peaceful Sunday.
Oooh you guys are so chatty and I feel bad notdoing personals again - sorry, I am keeping up though - so good to get some insight. Im good today we had our first good night with a big sleep from 1- almost 5!! Wouldnt you know it though I was awake for ages and couldnt settle myself.
Anyway have been feeling pretty clueless still about everything - must be something about being a teacher and wanting to control and know everything! Luckily mum has been here to help and get us into some sort of routine and shes helping heaps. Izzy is so good she only cries when shes hungry and settles really well for sleep most of the time. Shes feeding about every 3hours on average - Kelly im having the same problems with my nipples too - they look healthy not cracked red etc, but I am literally in agony when feeding. I had the domiciallary(SP??) nurse come again yesterday and she thinks that we need a few adjustments with attachment - Im so huge and have lots of milk too and now Im feeding with one hand flat under my bb so that my nipple kind of flattens and its easier for her to get a mouthful IYKWIM....it has helped with the pain quite a bit but Im stil sore so not sure what to do. Im scared a nipple shield will cause more problems with attachment when I stop using them? I also dont want to express as Im already huge and sore.
Anyway ladies sorry for the selfish post - will try to get some personals done in teh next few day and really want to get my birth story done too - pheew so much to do.
Take care mummies and bubs!!!
Aw Tan, just had a look at Isabelle's gorgeous piccies - does she have a stork mark on her forehead? Mia does too!!
Hey Kristen - yep and on the tip of her nose!!! All from being posterior and mum having uncontrollable urges to push at 7cm!
Sounds like my labour!!!
Have posted my brith story if you guys are interested! Just sat down to type and got it all down somehow!
Izzy has been so unsettled this arvo feeding for 15 minutes and asleep for 1 hour at a time - how do you make a sleeping baby feed??!!!
Aww Tan I am still typing my post but now I have to read your birth story. Just pop Izzy onto your breast and she should start suckling away, if not then she must not be hungry.
Ok so maybe we are just as chatty as when we were in our BellyBuddies thread, lets see how good I am at catching up.
Kelly - I hope your incision is feeling better and you have managed to slow down, but if you are anything like me I will guess that there is only a minor improvement. As for the rash are you keeping a pad between your skin and your clothes? It does make a world of difference, if you do use one I would head to the doctor and see what they can do for it, no sense in having any unneccisary discomfort. Drink up that H2O as well, we can't have you fainting on us ;)
Heather - I will have to add that book to the shopping list, is it based on gentle parenting or attachment parenting at all or just lets you know the phases babies go through? So far my books include What to Expect in the First Year and New Babycare by Dr Mirriam Stoppard and next is Kidwrangling(sp?) I love Kaz Cooke's sense of humour. What would we do without our books?
Sezjm - :lol: at falling asleep BF, it is so easy to do that. Are you able to get out of the house even for a coffee at all? It is no fun being housebound, hopefully the 2 months fly by for you. Poor Nicholas with the vomiting last night, Noah did a huge vomit yesterday and it is scarey. Do you try to keep him upright for 5 mins or so after a feed?
Tan - How are your nipples feeling, any better? The Lanisoh is fantastic and having forgoten to use it for the last few days I realize how helpful it is. As for keeping Noah warm at night I have been co sleeping with him and just have him in a bonds suit because it is so cold in the house even with the heater on all day. How is your pain with the c/s?
Lulu - I sort of wish I never started with the co sleeping but I think I would stay awake with worry if I didn't so I see a few months of it going on at least, I try to settle him in the bassinet sometimes but he cries as soon as he is in it and I can't stand hearing him cry. Enjoy your movie day!
Kristen - Sounds like I have another book to add to the shopping list. Lucky you having David around for so long, I had Juz for a week but if he is home he is always on the computer playing his war games anyway so if I want help I have to call down the hall to him :rolleyes: some boys. Mia's photos look stunning! Your friend did a great job of them.
Lee - The worries are never ending, sleeping too little or too much? eating too little or too much? On and on the list can go. Don't worry about being crap with the personals, it is hardly easy to catch up with so many of us and little munchkins taking up most of our time.
Mel - Hope you are doing well :lol: at the public bf, I am terrified in case someone tells me off even though I know it is my right to bf in public.
Danni - I hope Mason is being a perfect little angel for you.
To everyone I have missed, I hope you are all enjoying motherhood and getting enough rest.
Hmmm now I have forgotten what I was going to say....I am still in the process of writing my birth story but I am seeing a lot of anger in it for someone who had an open mind knowing that I may not get what I prefered. I had a really bad day with Noah on Friday wanting to feed every 15mins I actually broke down and started crying myself and even said to Juz that I regret ever having a baby. I wish I had never said it as I know I don't really mean it, just the lack of sleep and a baby crying all day got to me. Things are much better today, he has spent most of the day sleeping, hopefully this goes on all night too but I think I am asking for too much there. Well my mind has gone blank for the rest of the stuff but this post is monsterous already anyway. Hope everyone is well!
Good Morning Ladies,
Yep it is almost 3am and I am posting. Well I have just finished feeding Isobella and currently have her lying asleep on my chest. I have a feeling that she gets reflux but she doesn't actually have any of it come out of her mouth. Which is worse as it sounds like it keeps repeating on her. So I have been trying to keep her upright for atleast 10 minutes after her feed and it seems to be helping and she is settling better. I know it then causes problems as she is almost always falling asleep in my arms; but it is better than her screaming and arching her back as if in pain. I am going to have to organise to see the quack and get it properly diagnosed though.
Now to fill you in on the other day. I am going to try and condense it as much as possible and I hope I don't ramble on too much.........
Both Paul and I had fallen asleep on the lounge the other night; about 1:30 I was woken up by Isobella for a feed. She didn't settle till about 2:30ish and I was still awake at 3 when Paul's mobile rang. It was his mum's mobile and when I answered it his Aunty (she lives in the same house as his mum) was on the other end sounding very upset and asked for Paul. My first reaction was "Is everyone alirght?"
She said yes but Paul's Grandfather had passed away. Well that was a shock. So I woke Paul up and his Aunty told him then asked him if he wanted to go to his grandparents house. The whole problem is that we haven't been to that house in over 4 years. Back in March 2003 his family had gathered for the grandfather birthday. Paul and I had had an argument that day and never went. But while everyone was there a massive argument broke out between the uncles and my SIL and my MIL.
Just a few months before this my MIL had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had been under going chemo treatment with a full hysterectomy (sp??) done only a couple of weeks before the grandfathers birthday, Well in the middle of the argument my MIL got very upset and was going to leave, my SIL followed her outside and when they got out the front my MIL collapsed. My SIL then raced over to see if she was ok. While she was leaning over her mum to see if she was ok one of her uncles came up behind her. My SIL turned around to look at him and as she did so he grabbed her with one arm and hit her twice with the other. Well my niece and nephew began screaming and then the Aunty that lives with my MIL got caught up in it trying to get my MIL off the ground. The grandfather threw a shoe at my niece and told her to stop screaming and then told my MIL, SIL and the Aunty to leave. SO he basically kicked them out. It ended up with the police being rung. They called Paul and I to let us know what had happened and being the protective person that my husband is he phoned his uncle and asked him if it was true that he had just hit his sister. Well the answer was yes Paul was shocked and told him he had no right to hit a woman. The uncle respomded with "she deserved it" and because Paul stood up for his sister both the uncles threatened to kill him. Bl--dy hot headed Italian family. The whole thing was a total mess that then ended up in court. So it was quite hard because before the argument my husband had been very close with the grandfather.
After the call we sat up for a little while before going back to bed. When we got up Paul phoned his sister up to see if she was still coming over (she wasn't going to be going to the grandparents house) as she was supposed to be coming over that day to get her car fixed by our next door neighbour who is a panel beater (someone had tried breaking into her car twice and had used a screw driver to put a hole in the both front doors to get in behind the lock) she said she still wanted the work done but didn't have a license as she didn't realise that she needed to renew it a the beginning of the month. So Paul went to over to get her and the kids and drove her car back to get the repairs done. So after not having had much sleep I was having visitors for the whole day. I then became the listening ear for my SIL and her reasons as to why she wasn't going to the house as if I needed to be convinced. She kept saying to me that she didn't feel anything with her grandfather passing away and that she wasn't upset. And to be honest I think it was kind of getting to her because she wasn't feeling any emotions.
Paul ended up going to a very brief time to the grandparents house and the rest of the family just ignored him and his mother. She ended up stopping in late that night and couldn't stop crying; she was a mess. Lucky for her she had just started speaking to her parents a few months ago. Can you imagine what state she would have been in if her father had passed without them having spoken.... she would have never forgiven herself. So it was a very emotional day for the family as it brought up a lot of feelings and past dicussions......I am not sure when the funeral is but I can see it is going to be a very hard day also.
Awww Mel that is terrible!!! I think Paul and his Mum did the right thing by going though and it is sad that the rest of the family ignored them. Blood is meant to be thicker than water but more often it is not and I know what that is like. Good luck with getting Isobella's reflux sorted, it is no fun seeing our bubs in pain :hugs:
Another bad night here, fortunately no choking/mucous episodes, but definitely not much sleep! I'll try to get back on later for personals :p
:hug: Danni, it's so awful and scary isn't it? I can handle the vomiting, but the choking on the mucous really freaks me out! Hope Mason is going well.
ETA Hugs Mel, what a tricky time. Good on Paul for being so loyal.
:angry: I am so upset right now!!! I had my Dr fax a referal to a clubfoot expert and it has been lost and another one has to be sent now. It is a 3 month wait to get an appt!!! Not only that Noah's foot is getting worse :crying: I don't know what to do :(
Oh, massive hugs Sarah, I can so understand you being upset. Is there any way you can get an appointment sooner? Like if you explain that his foot is getting worse? You poor thing, I hope you can sort something out.
The only way is if my Dr can mark it urgent but that isn't possible, I might look at physio in ther meantime but he really needs the ponseti method in order to fix it. I might see what can be done at the 6 week check up. Oh the stress of having babies!! Sorry to hear you didn't get much sleep last night, are you able to nap today or are you like me and cannot sleep in the day time?
Oh I can sleep in the daytime with no problems, just not today! Nicholas is asleep, but not really settled, my FIL is renovating our laundry (lots of banging) so the dog is outside which she doesn't like, so she keeps barking Grrrrrrrrrr.
Good luck with the physio, I hope it helps. Definitely see what they can do at your six week check, I really hope they can speed things up for you.
Sounds like we need to trade houses for the day, all you can hear here is rain on the tin roof, a great background noise to fall asleep to. Try to get some rest at least.
Speaking of rain, it never rains in Horsham, well not much anyway, it always seems to bypass here. Ever since Noah was born it has rained every day except for 2 or 3 days. How is that for strange. He better get started on that ark of his :lol:
Hey
Aww Sarah, sound very stressfull
i hope it all comes together for you
and can get an appointment sooner
Take care
Eve
oh no sarah...i hope they can do something for you :hug:
Sez: mason had mucous last night! that awful choking noise again...I hate it. :(
Mason slept beautifully last night but now wont sleep today again :rolleyes:
Mel - sounds like an awful thing Paul and his mum had to go through. Families really can make a mess of their relationships. I hope you find something that works with your Izzy's reflux. I'm having the same problems - my poor little girl basically doesn't burp so she gets a horrible build up of sick (that rarely come out), that creates wind problems that have to work their way out her bottom end. The poor little thing gets woken with the pain of passing explosive wind and poos.
Sarah - so sorry about Noah's poor foot. I hope the physio can do something to help before you get the appointment.
Sez -I hope you can find some quiet space to get some sleep.
Having another unsettled day today - had 1.5 hourly feeds all day yesterday so I feel like Isabelle is welded to me at the moment. I guess she's going through a growth spurt but that combined with reflux/colic is making it pretty tough to deal with.
Oh Mel - How terrible, you poor thing! As the others have said though, it's great that Paul was so loyal. Big hugs to you!
Sez - Isn't it always the way, after a bad night there's always something going on to prevent the 'catch up' sleep! I hope you manage to get some rest though - take care.
Sarah - Big hugs to you too, I can't believe the wait for your appointment is so bloody long!! I hope there's some way you can get in sooner but at the very least, the physio sounds like a great idea. Hang in there.
Danni - Glad to hear Mason slept so well last night, lets hope he settles down a bit for you this afternoon but I must say, I'd rather them sleep well at night and play up during the day!!!!
Tan - I must go read your birth story!! Hope all is going well.
Lulu - You're so lucky to have your DH home with you all the time!!! I love having Ryann here and don't know how I'll go when he goes back to work next week!
Everyone else - I hope your gorgeous bubs are behaving themselves and being good to their mummies!!!
Well, Luke slept beautifully last night. He went down at about 9.30pm and slept through until 2pm!! That's the best sleep he's had so far!! It's just a shame that I didn't sleep quite as well. I woke up at 1pm with a terrible tummy pains and spent the next hour on the loo (sorry if tmi)!! Thankfully all was ok by the time Luke woke up - I was so worried I wasn't going to be able to feed him!! Always the way, the one time Luke sleeps so well is the one time I'm not feeling well!! Not to worry, hopefully he'll do it again tonight for us!!!
Oh, we have a visitor, must go - will be back later!!
Kelly xx
lulu: grab some "Brauer colic relief" from the chemist. Its all natural and it really works on getting the wind out both ends. Mason loves the taste and it works instantly. I love it!
Kelly: luke is gorgeous!
Danni - I've been using the colic relief for a couple of weeks now. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't :( I feel so sorry for her. This morning she was crying for about an hour while she squirmed and kicked her way through the wind, and like Mel said, she arches her back and her little legs get drawn up to her chest. I've taken her to the doctor about it and basically its a case of hoping she grows out of it sooner rather than later.
do you give it to her everyday? ive found atleast 1ml every day hel[ps mason. rub her tummy clockwise and move her legs around like she is cycling :hug:
I can so see why they use sleep deprivation as a form of torture! :pray: really hard that we (all!) get a good night's sleep! I tried to nap this arvo, without much success. I'm not quite sure what I'm running on now LOL. I think it will run out by tomorrow though, so I'd better get some zzzzzzzzzzzs tonight! I think my premmie boy is starting to 'wake up'!
MCHN came today, Nicholas has only put on 20g this week, but as he'd put on 250g last week she's okay with that, says it's a good average for the fortnight. And he's feeding well and doing plenty of wet nappies etc. I figure as long as he's gaining, not losing, then I'm happy. It's my EDD this coming Saturday, I can't believe he will already have been here for five weeks!!!! And he still fits into all his 00000 clothes LOL!
Kelly, hope you're feeling better today, it's awful being worried about whether or not your'e going to be able to sit down to feed! I had a time like that in hossy (damn stitches!). Glad Luke was a good boy for you lst night, good luck for a repeat performance tonight ;)
Danni, you poor thing, I hope Mason doesn't do it too often for you, it's so awful. I have to say, it's made me a little paranoid, I have to check him if he's making a funny noise.
Sarah, it's funny you say that, we got our first really good rain the night I went into labour, and the one thing I remember really well towards the end of Nicky's birth is that it was raining outside! It's funny the things you notice :rolleyes:
:hug: Lulu, it must be hard when you're feeding so often. Does she take long to feed?
Time to go, all sorts of things are calling me LOL!
Love Sez xoxo
sez: Mason is just getting into some 0000s now! :)
Mason makes funny noises all the time. I hate it!
Yay, I love sleep! I left Nicholas and Andy on the couch last night and went to sleep at about 11pm...........Andy came and got me at 1.30am when Nicky wanted a feed, so I got 2.5 hours straight! I feel like a crazy woman being ezcited about that PMSL. Nicholas was a bit unsettled after that feed, but I got an hour (I think!) and then another 1.5 hours this morning. I can't believe how much better I feel! And he's having a good snooze this morning :) Hope you're all having a good start to the day too ;)
Danni, how much did Mason weigh at birth? Has he been gaining well? I guess it could be awhile until Nicky is in 0000s! I love his funny noises that he makes, just not when they're unhappy ones, or when I'm trying to sleep LOL. He is so cute when he's feeding, it's like he's trying to talk while he's on the breast!!!!!
Oh, and Nicholas is one month old today! I can't believe it, where did that time go???????
sez: you jinxed us!! This morning Mason had another mucous choking episode. I was beside myself :( his face went bright red, he was screaming (he never screams like that), milk was pouring out of his nose and he was gagging and not breathign!!!
OMG
thank god it was over quickly, and then I put him on my chest to sleep.
He slept like a champion last night too! Im loving feeling human again!
Sez: mason weighed 6 pound at birth and he is gettign weighed today :D
Oh Danni, you poor things! I really, really feel for you, it's just so scary. I try to remind myself that if he's screaming, then he can get air in. It's the inbetween bits that are truly awful :( (sorry if I jinxed you :redface:) Good luck with the weighing, hope he's piling it on :)
And yay for feeling human again LOL!
yes the inbetween bits are the worst!
Where abouts in melb are you?
Nowhere near you hun, I gather you're a westy? hehe I live out in Croydon :)