Go Em! And hj, go your boobs! Nice one!
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Go Em! And hj, go your boobs! Nice one!
Congratulations, hj, you are obviously doing a magnificent job!
We also had the MCHN today, Miss P is 4.5kg, a gain of 800g since her last weigh. MCHN was very happy with this gain. Miss P has also grown 2.5cm in length but I can't remember how long she is and I am too tired to get up and look! 50 something?? 56cm maybe?? We are still BF and comping with FF when required.
I also answered the PND questionnaire and scored 15 which is classed as 'borderline' depression. Not terribly surprised, I have been feeling rather teary and short-tempered. I also had PND after my DS which increases my risk this time around. Anyway, it has been a rough couple of days with Miss P not sleeping (and screeching!) during the day and my DS has been feral on top! DH went back to work yesterday after several weeks off and it was quite a shock to find myself home alone with three kids!! So, the plan is to take the test again in two weeks and see if things have improved and then decide on a course of action from there. I am talking about it to my family and friends and I am fortunate to have plenty of emotional support and people are now offering practical support also. I feel so fortunate and I am so in love with all my kids... it doesn't make sense that I feel so crappy.
I have wondered for the last couple of weeks whether Miss P is suffering silent reflux, I have watched her pretty closely and she is showing a lot of signs. The health nurse queried silent reflux today and so I have started her on infant Gaviscon. Apparently, I will see great improvement within 24-48 hours if reflux is our issue. Don't know if I hope it is not because I don't want the poor poppet to suffer, or if I hope that it is so that I can treat it and she can rest peacefully!
Sorry for the me me me post girls... just need to get it all out!
I hope you are all well and enjoying your precious bundles!
Audax, I have only just (in my stressed out, sleep deprived brain) figured out where you are! Stay safe, I will be thinking of you and your family.
Hey everyone!!
Oh my goodness.. It is so great to finally be back home.. We got stuck up in Hervey Bay at my mum's house when all the rain hit. Actually I was glad to be up there at the time!! So much rain!!! Luckily Beachmere doesn't flood, just isolated. Although the road leading into Beachmere wasn't so lucky.. a few houses got damaged. But nothing compared to Brisbane and Toowoomba.. So sad!!
So our house is fine thank goodness!! How about others that were in the flood affected areas? audax - where abouts are you situated?? Hope all is ok..
Great work with all the weight gains!! Little K is getting so BIG!! Will take him for his 6wk check on monday, bit late but haven't had a chance with all the crazy weather. Will be interesting to see how much he weighs.. I'm guessing around the 7kg mark!!
Sleeping has been alot better.. For the past week he has only been waking once for a feed, sleeping for around 5-6 hours in between.. During the day he still feeds every 2-4 hours. Very alert and active too.. Will have a 2-3 hour nap around lunch but thats it until night time. Which is okay at the moment but when DP goes back to work it will be a bit harder.
Well I am being summoned by the little one so will add more later :) Hope everyone is ok!!
Hi Ladies!
eza - 7kg!!! That is big! I was thinking my little one was a big boy - he weighed in on Tuesday at his 6wk appointment at 6kg on the dot, so will be interesting to see how your weighing goes tomorrow.
DS was 62cm long (!!) at his 6wk appointment, although I think the Dr. was a bit slap dash at the measuring. That's a gain of 9cm from his birth length.
nickle - how did you go with the Gaviscon - hoping it helped Miss P. Good luck with the PND - as you probably know it's best to catch these things early and keep an eye on things than let it get out of hand. Hope you have lots of support to help you out.
Audax - hope you and your loved ones are all safe and well.
AFM - DS has a nice bedtime routine (well the last 3 nights) going, and we have stopped needing 2 hour settling at nights, which is wonderful. Mind you, it isn't happening tonight - it seems he has forgotten he needs a last feed and is fast asleep - despite our jollying to wake him up! He is loving going out - we spent 5 hours at the Schutzenfest yesterday and he was great. Done lots of socialising with both kids over summer and it has all been relatively easy.
well the docs were all booked out today so have to make it for tomorrow.. was hanging to find out how much he weighs.. lol
I was planning to go shopping tomorrow but don't think I will now, KP (His new nickname..lol) will be getting his needles and I don't wanna be walking through the shops with an unhappy bubba.. I wonder how I will cope with it, Don't like seeing him in pain.. He pulls this face that makes you want to cry with him!! Bottom lip comes out an all!! lol
Is everyone else getting their bubba's immunised?? I don't know anyone who is against it and all my family have their kids done so I never really thought to read into it.. But have seen a few posts about anti-immunisation with researchers saying that it does more harm than good.. Just interested in others opinions :) My partner is definately all for it so even if I want to think twice about it, I would have an argument on my hands.. lol
Hi Eza, I had Amelia done last week - just have baby panadol on hand in case of temp, aches or pains. Millie was fine, just a little more yelling than usual so I gave her a minimal dose of panadol and she was fine. I understand your anxiety though. My DH knows a guy at work whose son had a BAD reaction, so my DH was very anti. I am aware of the risks and was watching DD like a hawk for about 24 hours afterwards, but my reasons for immunisation were: 1) when I was little we had family friends whose son was sick with leukaemia so couldn't be immunised. Every time chicken pox or any other basic childhood illness went through the school, he had to be kept home. Immunising my child also helps to protect kids who can't be immunised. 2) a good friend of mine contracted whooping cough in her last few weeks of pregnancy, and she and her little boy had to be treated with hardcore drugs before, during and after her highly medicalised birth. 3) You have to weigh up the risks - the risk of a bad reaction to the shots versus a severe case of a preventable disease.
I do believe that it is up to the individual, but I personally feel a really strong sense of social responsibility to have my DD immunised. Just my opinion.
...that said, we didn't do hep b at birth as we're not carriers and it seemed a lot for a tiny body to deal with, esp as her scheduled shots cover her from 6 weeks.
Hey!
I agree with purple pixie - I do think it's a social responsibility to immunise, but we also chose not to have hep B at birth. Happy to do all the rest at the required times though.
Going to do a post about breastfeeding dresses - keen to find one that's not a maternity dress - anyone know of any? I have lost all my preg weight and don't want swathes of material around me to "hide any bumps", but love wearing summer dresses and am finding my normal ones don't have enough bust room or are impractical for breastfeeding.
Hi Star, try queenbee maternity... it's a bit expensive but could give you ideas of what to look for? I bought the Brigette dress for a wedding when I was 30 weeks pregnant and wore it to bf at Christmas - I still have a small tummy but the fabric is not at all distorted to a 30 week belly shape. Even though I'm not bf anymore I will probably wear it for Amelia's baptism in March - for the price I had better get some wear out of it :)
I'm going to go shopping with Mum this week when she comes down... I have lost a lot of my baby weight but nothing fits - my shape has totally changed. My maternity pants fall down and I hear you on the excess fabric for the tops and dresses. Getting dressed in the morning is pretty depressing at the moment!
KP just braved his first needles!! He was sooo good, only let out one big cry on each leg. I cried more than he did :( Now I'm in paranoid mode incase he has a reaction.
7.6 Kg!!! No wonder my back gets sore!! Length is 58cm and H/C is 40cm. He is the size of a 3 month old!! I definately feel like a Daisy cow now :lol:
Ebay has some really cute nursing wear.. a few of them are reasonable but there are some pricey ones.. The nursing singlets I got fom Target were $40 each!! rediculous.
We will be immunising as well. I have an appt at the GP on Friday morning for it. I thought it best to check that my other kids are up to date with whooping cough and I have discovered that my DS seems to have missed his 4 year old shots. So on Friday Miss P has her 8 weeks, DS will have his 4 year olds and I will get a whooping cough booster (haven't managed to get it yet!). What a miserable way to spend the morning, will have to do something nice afterwards. My DD never reacted at all to her immunisations, DS was a bit febrile and miserable for 24 hours or so after. Hope Miss P is like DD!
My goodness, all these beautiful big bubba's in here! Miss P was only 4.5kg at 7 weeks. She is being weighed again next week. My DD is very small for her age but she was born small (5pd 10oz at FT). Maybe Miss P was born bigger but will be little like her sister?
I bought some nursing singlets at Target which only cost $16 but they're not great quality. I tend to wear a stretchy spaghetti strap singlet under whatever normal top I like. I undo my BF bra and pop my boob over the top of the singlet (out the neck) the pull up the outer top. I feel pretty well covered and discreet. I also have some great V-neck dresses and I just pop my boob (my boobs seem to 'pop' a lot!!) out the neckline.
Feeding is going well here. We don't have a routine, Miss P just eats when she's hungry. She has a couple of comp feeds (maybe 3 or so?) a day, after BF if she is not satisfied. She refuses the FF overnight and just has one or two BF's. We are co-sleeping so overnight is pretty easy. I am still giving her Gaviscon for what I suspect is silent reflux and it has made a noticeable difference to how settled Miss P is during the day. Having said that, the only place she will sleep during the day is in her swing or on my chest and even then she doesn't sleep for more than 30 minutes. If I put her in her cot she SCREECHES. I have also tried her pram, my bed, the couch... you name it!! She loves a sling and I have several of them but I have back problems and I simply can't carry her all day long. Anyway, as long as she sleeps at night I can cope. Perhaps she will eventually learn to sleep during the day!
I hope you are all enjoying your beautiful babies!
Ohhhhhh noooooo needle time!! i hate i hate i hate this time! but i guess its for the best!
We haven't booked ours but now that i have had the reminder i will be doing it as soon as the doc opens!
Is it really 2 needles? i can't remember that far back with Miss Em! i get DH to take them because im a major sook when it comes to needles!
Im worried something might be wrong with Miss Em..... all she does is sleep, sleep, sleep is this normal? Miss B never slept, and still dosent so im so not use to it!
eza - woot woot on ur big little man! hahahaha
star - did you find a dress?
nickle - good luck on friday - its sure going to be a big day for you!
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
Hello Mummies and Bubs!
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?