This thread is for parents who's baby was born November 16th-30th 2010 #1
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How's everyone sleeping?? We're pretty good for the most part but Miss P seems to think a Rave Party in our bedroom somewhere between the hours of 1 and 4am is appropriate behaviour!! I have had some stern words with her, bought a Grobag (she loathes being swaddled!) and hoping tonight is not a party night! Wish me luck...
Just a quick drop in! My DD arrived 15 days early on 18 November. I'm a first-time mum and the only breastfeeder in my family, so I hope you'll all be patient with my questions...
Nickle, our bubs could go party together. Ours loves to be swaddled, but kept wriggling out of her wrap and startling herself awake... so we got a Wrap Me Up - she sleeps so well in it and we can put her in the carseat or pram in it too. I hope you had a better time of things the other night!
purple pixie - congratulations and welcome!! This is also my first bub so am with you on the question asking!
Well Little K is 2 weeks old now!! eeeeek!! Seems to be going by so quickly! All is going fairly well.
nickle - i have the same issue also but at more acceptable hours.. usually between 6 and 10 in the morning he wont sleep, very alert and loves to look around.
Does anyone else have more milk production in one boob than the other?? My right boob becomes so full and engorged while my left doesnt. It still has milk but nowhere near as much! The size difference really bothers me. My mum had the same issue when she breastfed too. The nurse said that its quite common and as long as it doesnt affect how much bubs get than it should be fine.
The weather has been really hot and muggy here lately, and bubs seems to be a fairly hot and sweaty baby. lives in singlet and nappy at the moment, even at night. Loves his baths too!!
Hi girls, sounds like everyones bubba's are going really well.
Nickle - I'm glad Miss P seems better on the gaviscon. And well done on the bf'ing.
I am feeling very time poor at the moment and don't get a chance to get on here so just had a big read to catch up on everything.
Things here are going well. Campbell is on a roughly 4hrly routine but I can't wait for him to drop the 4am feed, it is killing me! DH is now doing the late evening feed which is great as I have been going to bed earlier which is helping with the sleep depravation. By this age Caitlin was already sleeping through!
Campbell had his last Ebm on Christmas day so is now fully on formula and he definitely sleeps better. He is doing well with his weight gain, at his 8 week appt he was 4.175g and 53.9cm.
I have just moved him from wrapping to sleeping bags as no matter how tight we wrapped him he managed to wriggle out and get the wrap all caught up around his head so now I feel more comfortable that he is safe when he goes to bed. He didn't like it the first night but seems to be ok with it now!
I have just started pilates to try and strengthen my pelvis & pubic region as hockey pre-season has started but I am still having the same problems I had just before and during my pg and the physio said if I go back to training as I am it will all just flare up again. I am really wanting to play so I hope the pilates works. Now that I am not bf'ing i don't have to contend with the relaxin hormones so fingers crossed!
I hope the others that were having pelvic pain are better now.
Anyway, this is getting a bit long! Am going to try and get in here more regularly. Hope you are all well. Jo
NICKLE - My little man is the same.. During the day will only sleep on me or the swing. I don't like putting him in there all the time but with DP back at work, I need the time to do other stuff.
HJ - I'm not sure about the sleeping thing. KP is the opposite! I feel that he isn't getting enough sleep.. He sleeps beautifully at night but during the day he will only sleep about a max 3 hours of naps all up. I do wish he would sleep more but as long as he is happy in the meantime and not grumpy then its okay.
JO - Great to hear from you! So glad that Campbell is doing well. KP loves being wrapped now. He never used to but we have had a couple of cool nights and now he won't settle at night without being snuggled up. He also wriggles out of them but I feel it would be too hot for a sleeping bag, unless there are some light clothed ones available, may have to look around.
Well I'm sitting at home patiently waiting for the new cot to arrive that I ordered online. Waited all day fri, then yesterday until finally I got a call back saying that it will definately arrive today.. I hope so, sick of sitting at home all day. Although I walked up to the docs early this morning.. KP has an umbilical granuloma.. got the silver nitrate treatment so hopefully it will shrivel up and fall off without needing a second treatment.
I am now exclusively expressing and it has made things so much easier!! I express around every 4 hours at the moment. Don't have the issues with wind and belly pains anymore. And with my big supply and very fast flow.. It only takes me about 10 mins to express a bottle.. Most of the time I am able to get extra so getting a good freezing stock up now Will come in handy for when i go to see rhianna next month. Planning on having a HUGE night with my girls!! So excited, can't wait!!
I think I have blabbered on long enough. Hope all are well
Wow, we're pretty quiet in here - we must all be busy with the bubba's!
hj, I'm not sure about the sleep either, but I suspect that as long as you are getting in enough feeds then you should just enjoy it!
eza, your poor little man and his umbilicus! Did the silver nitrate bother him at all? I had the silver nitrate treatment on my episiotomy after DD1 as I had an area of granulation... OMG!!! Wish I could have had an epidural for that, the OB had to peel me off the ceiling when he was done...
AFM, we didn't have any success with the Gaviscon and Miss P is now taking Zantac. She seems to be spewing more but it is not bothering her like it used to. She still sleeps really well at night in our bed, but she doesn't sleep at all during the day. At all. Yesterday she slept for a total of 20 minutes. OMG!! She is generally pretty unsettled unless I am cuddling her, and she will fall asleep in my arms... but then her little eyes pop open as soon as I put her down! Still, I keep reminding myself that she is sleeping all night (with a couple of sleepy BF's) so it could be worse! We did have a great day of sleep on Saturday, but then she screeched most of the night! I thought on Saturday that it must have been the Zantac kicking in but I think now it was probably related to her immunisations on friday... bugger!
I feel a lot better and brighter in myself and although I am finding it exhausting that Miss P doesn't have daytime sleeps I am very much in love with her and I certainly wouldn't send her back! Hope you ladies are all doing well!
ETA - we had the MCHN yesterday and Miss P is now 4.7kg, which the nurse was happy with and said her gain is fine!
Bub's didn't flinch once when the doc was applying it.. In fact he was smiling and laughing throughout the whole appointment! lol He is very cheeky when he wants to be! Especially at 4 in the morning. As soon as you peek your head over the side of the cot, a big grin comes over his face! Adorable yet soooo annoying!! lol
Well Miss Em is still sleeping like a trooper but am not worried anymore im going with the flow! at 8wks she had a check up and she is almost 6kgs so well and truely thriving and sleeping is not affecting her feeding so i guess all is good!
marknjo - that awesome that Campbell is on some sort of routine! i wish we had one! i think i might start writing down feed and nap time and see if i can work one out! also trying to get Miss Em out of wrapping cause she just unwraps herself but at this stage wont go down for her night time sleep without being wrapped! day time she is fine!
eza - is KP sleeping better during the day? and WOOOHOOOO on exclusive expressing! that is hard work! how do u do it?
nickle - how is Miss P going now? is she sleeping better during the day?
Well done on EE Eza. It is not as bad as people seem to think although you sound more committed than I was, I didn't get up to express overnight once my flow kicked in!
Depending on what time Campbell wakes in the morning decides his bedtime at the moment. He gets a bottle every 4 hours from when he wakes up. Usually he will be in bed between 7 & 8. We give him a dream feed between 10.30 and 12 and then he sleeps anywhere from 4 to 6 hours before he wakes for a feed. The 4 hr nights kill me! I've just given him a dream feed while typing this post and he has sculled 170ml so hopefully tonight will be a long sleep!
Had a busy week here. The little Miss turned 3 so we had 3 days of partying with different people! She had a great time which was great. And so spoilt by everyone.
As for sleeping bags, if you buy ones with a tog rating they come with a card telling you which one to use at what temps and what to dress bubs in. Tonight Campbells room is 27oC and he is wearing a s/s body suit in a .5 tog bag and is sleeping soundly. He hasn't even stirred during his dreamfeed!
Big downer on stopping expressing here, AF came back last week so sad!
Only 1 week to go until the little miss starts 3yo kinder she is growing up too fast! She has finally got TT which is great as no more having to change two kids bums!
It sounds like everyones bubs are doing really well which is great to hear! For those of you battling reflux, our paed told us to start using thickener in Campbells feeds and it is working great. He is a lot less unsettled after feeds and chucks a lot less!
Anyway that's enough of an essay. Little man is back in bed fast asleep and I am off to bed myself!
Well, I'm bright eyed and bushy tailed after nearly 8 hours straight last night! Noodle went from 8:20-4:00, and then 4ish to 6:30. I woke at 5:50 feeling like a new person! She's asleep in the sling now and my housework is done, and dinner is on! Wooohooo!
She has officially busted out of her 0000s now though No idea how much she weighs, with Christmas closures it was hard to get an appt, and with the floods the one we did have was pushed back, but we're going tomorrow, so should be interesting! She's due for needles this week, but I'm pushing it out to next week. I'm a total sook too, and not looking forward to it at all!
audax - I also have the house done and dinner on.. corned lamb in the slow cooker. mmmm.. love it. Although KP isn't alseep so had to entertain him in the bouncer whilst running around the house. Didn't manage the full night last night, woke at 2 for a feed then back down til 7 so wasn't too bad. Awww how cute! Noodle in 000's, KP is in 00's now!! He is long tho, I always get the face when I tell people how old he is.. How did you go with the floods? hope your house wasn't affected at all!!
I'm also not quite comfortable with leaving KP in the care of anyone. I have until june off work so will see how goes. May go back a little earlier. DP and I are going to Rihanna concert at the end of Feb so will be leaving bub's with someone, not sure who yet, all the fam are already fighting over who will look after him.. have already ruled certain people due to ferral kids which i don't trust around bubs (I mean ferral!! lol) and an unhygenic house (ALWAYS too messy and unclean). May even start an auction!! lol.
Hi all,
just a quick one from me too as Millie has also got the Mummy loves... on a REALLY hot day! She has her Dad's hot thermostat too so she's happy as a pig in poo and I'm SWELTERING!
Hope you're all well
pp - yes - I am over the hot weather! Who wants to cuddle a hot sweaty baby in this heat, lol!
eza - I'm wondering when DS will be into 00's. Hoping it's not too soon - I love his 000 wardrobe and to have to go out shopping for a whole new 00 set of clothes doesn't thrill me!
jo - bad luck about AF coming back. That sucks. But good that your DS is settling better now.
AFM - I am attempting "single parenting" (not really) for the next couple of weeks, as DH is away for work. I have scheduled people to come over for dinner each night, as well as a couple of overnight stays for DD. I find the 5-8pm timeslot impossible without help. DS is usually whingey and DD needs attention, feeding, bathing and getting ready for bed. More than I can cope with! So my visitors get dinner in return for lots of helping out, LOL!
Audax - sounds like you had a good day yesterday - love it when you feel so organised and things get done in the mornings. Hasn't happened for me recently, though. Thought this morning might be the morning, as DD is at occasional care at the kindy for the morning, but DS was having none of that. Guess he figured he had a chance at my undivided attention and so was lapping it up!
Sounds like the hubs are all coming along well. We have now dropped the night feed so are also getting a long stint overnight. We still give a dream feed at around 10.30 but he doesn't even stir when we get him up to give it! He then usually wakes somewhere between 6.30 & 7.30.
We had our 8 week mchc appt today and the little man is on fire! He has gone from the 10th percentile to the 25th percentile and weighs 6kg, 61cm long and head is 42. He has to have his 4 month injections tomorrow
We are starting to get into a better routine now that all of dd's activities have started back, I much prefer to have a routine! We have 3yo kinder on Monday & Friday mornings, mothers group Wednesday's, playball on Thursday mornings and swimming Saturday mornings! Tuesdays and Sunday's are rest days!! So far so good, Campbell has been quite portable so far which is great.
I have been seeing a physio and doing pilates to ease back into exercise (I don't want to stuff my pelvis this time) all is going really well and I am allowed to start running next week thank god! I have been dying to get back to exercise other than walking! If all goes well I should be right to go for the start of the hockey season - yay!
Hopefully all these bubba's keep doing great things and let us get plenty of sleep!
Nickle - I am still having issues with KP not sleeping much during the day. All I can get is roughly 2 hours around lunch each day (sometimes more, sometimes less). I also don't want to let him cry himself to sleep. Also how do you manage the movies??? We have been wanting to see a couple but I know that KP wouldn't allow me to sit through the whole thing, I would have to end up walking the isles!! And I feel guilty about leaving him with babysitters all the time.
I am going to see Rihanna tomorrow night with my sis and two of my girlfriends. DP got me tickets for my Birthday last year so I've had to wait 4 months!! DP is having a boys night at home so I decided to make a night of it as well.. Booked a hotel in the city. Getting a little excited now, Will hopefully be a good night. Just pray that KP behaves himself for nan! I have left him there a few times now for a couple hours while I do stuff, I'm hoping he feels comfortable being there.
Well I did my first Public Breastfeed last night!! Went out to dinner with FIL + DP and BIL + DP for my DP Birthday. I did take a bottle but we ended staying longer than planned so had to BF. Was weird at first, Luckily it was a cool night so I just covered with a blanky
I measured KP's length yesterday and he is 65cm!! I think he is going to be a tall boy! Althought both DP and I are quite tall so it doesn't surprise me. Is weighing 8.2kg now. But at least he is starting to even out and not look so chubby
I'll stop rambling on now and get on with my day.. plus KP is getting annoyed that I'm not giving him enough attention. Hope all are well
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so sad! 
face when I tell people how old he is.. 
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