Babies Born November 16th ~ 30th 2008

[Jakabella]

Hello All!

I know that Isabella was bron in December but all my bellie buddies are here so im gunna sneak into this threat instead! SHHH

Bella is just a wonderful baby! She is so placid and nver really cries unless hungry or nappy change. She is smilling all the time now and she squeels and giggles and just generally talks to us all the time! Its great to interact with her!
She loves getting on her play matt and kicks and even rolls onto her side!! She is jsut SO special! We love her to death!!

She was 3.6 kg when born and at her 4 week check was 4.6 so a nice 1 kg gain over a month! She is now 57 cms long and above average in all her charts so I am very very happy with that!

My milk never came in so she is fully formulatr fed and thriving on it! She has just started drinking 150ml per feed and sleeps approx 3-5 hrs between feeds at night and sleep off and on during the day so I am very very happy with that!

I hope everyone is doing very well and I hope to check in to this thread when I can!

We had troble with wind to at the start but once we found Infacol we have had no probs at all - I just take her feeds slow and burp her a few times each feed and that works really well for her.

Nice to be back!

Kate xox

[~Raven~]

Hi all Rachel and Kate good to see you in here!

Had 6 week checkup today! All is well, stitches have healed fine. Feels like a chapter has closed in my life seeing as I'll probably never see my OB again. I got a bit wistful talking to a lady who is due next week.
Had a chat about PPH and while I'd like to know why it happened exactly I am happy enough to have it put down to one of those things. Not having any more babies so it really doesn't matter in a way. Poor clapped out old uterus

Gotta go boy fight

[minimatron]

Hello all you busy mums out there,

Just thought I would pop in seeing both my girls are asleep. We are good. Rebecca had her needles on Friday and was a bit grizzly after, but slept most of the day. Last night was great...we went to a bbq and she was awake the whole time and I fed her at 11pm when i got home and she slept til 6am, then til 9am. Oh I feel good after a decent sleep.
AF arrived for me on Thursday Its been yuck and I have been very miserable and teary. I still feel nauseous at times, I was on the pill for all of 5 days then came off it coz I felt yuck and I still feel a bit yuck. I did a pg test at the gp and it was negative...am wondering if I should do another one...even with af here. Any thoughts??? I suppose I should go back and see my gp for a check up.

Rebecca had her hip review on thursday and we have to go back in 6 weeks to check the left hip as it has some rounding to it. Hopefully it will fix itself up.

Ok take care all, happy Sunday.

[~Raven~]

Melissa. Hope you're feeling better. Those hormones are terrible for the first few AF's. I always had issues when I started up on the pill again too. Glad to hear Rebecca let you have a good sleep
So is the hip OK for now then? Sorry I don't know much about hip problems.

Update from me...Ruby has that awful rash on her face ATM She's been sleeping through really well but for the last couple of nights has been a bit hard to settle during the day and at night she's not bombing out till nearly 11. Not sure if it's got something to do with me eating too much chocolate or it's a growth spurt. I can't find my Wonder Weeks book to look at what developmental stage could be doing it either.
DH has got some guts and gone and visited a vacectomy clinic! Got his first appointment on Feb 13th

[littlelalla75]

Hi ladies,
hope u are having a good weekend. my day started out fine then i was hit with full on flu like symptoms - achey all over, shivering, goosebumps etc. i am praying i dont have mastitis again - i only just finished antibiotics about a week ago for the last bout! ochre has not been sleeping well atm so im probably run down. he is averaging about 2.5 hours of sleep blocks thru the night. do they go thru growth spurts at 8 weeks? ochre had the rash on his face too - i think it's just hormone rash. his has cleared up already. sorry for no personals ...i am just too tired today. hello to all the new members on this thread

[Skyeblue]

Hi everyone!

Mini- Maybe go to the dr? I went on the mini pill and felt SO SICK so I had to go off it after a few days. I got AF on Sat so not preg. We are just doing the Withdrawal method at the moment though.

littlelalla- i hope you get more sleep soon, poor thing

Raven- I felt really sad leaving my OB aftr the 6 week check too. Felt like that chapter of my life had closed too, even though I know I will be back there one day. I will just miss going for all my check ups and all the lovely staff there etc

We have to have another ultrasound on Mia's hip on Feb 9th. Like Mini, there is some rounding on her left hip, so need to get it checked!

Hope everyone is well and is getting some sleep. I wish I was right now but Mia is wide awake and ready to play! grrr.

[minimatron]

HEy all...well it was only one night of good sleep then back to the usual and I am so tired and grumpy today, I have yelled at Olivia already a few times and its just past 10am......not good!!!

Sam- will just have to wait and see with the hips...its much more promising than Olivias hips were at all, so good I suppose.

Laura- hope its not mastitis again.

Sky- Good luck with Mias hip review, it sounds very similar to Rebeccas. Yes the pill has made me sick...think I might just do the withdrawal method too...

ok..Olivia pulling at my leg have a good day

[mumintraining]

Hi Ladies,

Lucus and I are hidding from the heat in the office today - we've put the portable a/c in there as its the coolest room besides the bathroom. His fast asleep in his pram and not fussing which is the main part.

Well DH is off doing training for three weeks (he does come back on weekends but his a wreck so no use at all). Thank goodness my mum's come down to help or i'd be rather emotional right now.

Finally got the courage to DTD, no idea how the jokes are supposed to be true but I'm tighter now than before???? WTF its going to take a while till that feels ok again. Still sitting with the mini pill prescription and not sure if I want to take it or not. I was kinda going to let nature decided when I had bub number two as it too a while to fall pregnant first time so I didn't want to get all worked up with TTC #2.

As a result I was just going to DTD and see as I am breast feeding and last time my naturally high prolactin levels where what stopped my getting pregnant (and thats one of the main hormones ATM in my system as you know). I kinda feel like I should be trying out for the worlds biggest idiot awards as that would be hard work but when is it ever easy raising kids.

There are pros and cons all ways and I really just give up trying to "get it right" if I do then my kids grow up close together and I take a hit or they are further apart (still can be close but not the same way) and I get a break but have to do each stage for longer. I guess if I had had a hard labour and recovery I would be more reluctant.

Other than that Lucus is eating well and putting on weight, still tiny and not on the charts but his trying hard to catch up - with some luck he'll get there sooner rather than later.

Thats it for now - someone wants a nappy change NOW!

[Smoz]

hey everyone long time now speak...just a quick catch up glad to hear everyones bubs are venturing into that longer sleep stage even if it is only once off for now...

...Soo tired on this end. Tallon sleeping wonderfully (feed him at 10:30 then doesn't wake till 6am on average) but Theo has started the nightmare stage and is waking at 3/4am screaming so am getting no sleep.....

Also looking to move as have had an attempted break in (whilst we were home i think getting up to feed tallon must of scared them off) and our tyres got slashed friday just gone...all because i called the police on our neighbours because he was threatening to stap a guy walking through the ally behind our townhoue....dont konw how they knew it was me but its the only explanation we got....good job DH was driving otherwise we would of crashes as both back tyres blew out as we were going onto the freeway at 80km/hr

Marriage is on the rocks....start counselling this friday who know what will happen. Though being a single mum is seeming quite appealing atm.

Tallon is getting better at feeding will get him weighed tomorrow and see how he went with weight this week as it feelsl ike he's put on heaps...if i can get him to gain 150gr a week ill be happy regardless of what the CHN says (she wants 180 - 200) but we are getting proper gorgeous giggles now its just magic

[Misskylie]

Hello everyone!

Thought I'd pop in and say hello.

Zane had his needles last Friday. He cried when the needle went in, but once we left he was fine. He was a little unsettled that night, but now hes back to normal. I noticed that ever since he had his needles hes had green diarrhea. If he still has it by tomorrow I'll speak to my doctor.

Well Zane is now 6.2kgs 58cm long and his head is 42cm.. hes growing so BIG!!!
Hes been sleeping through since the 3rd week so I've had it pretty good He sleeps a good 10 hours a night and doesnt even cry in the morning lol.

Hope your all doing well.. the babies in this group are gorgeous!

[minimatron]

Hey Kylie, the immunisation nurse said to me that a side effect of the oral stuff is diahrrea.... just thought I'd let you know. Hope it clears up soon

[jovi]

Hi Bellly Buddies,

Thought I'd pop in and say hello, not a lot of time for posting these days but occasionally get a chance to read how everyone is going.

Smoz - OMG that sounds frightening, glad that no-one was hurt. Sorry to hear that things have been rough on the home front.

All going well here, Willow is growing really well and starting to develop her own little personality and growing very quickly. Had her needles last week, seemed to cope ok a little bit whingy and a few red spots but otherwise no major reactions. Is already over 5kg (5.1 last week). Lots of smiles now which is lovely. Sort of sleeping through still have to establish a feeding routine as I just feed whenever she wants it which seems to be at very different times every day.

Gotta go take care girls.

xJo

[Boo Boo]

Hey girls, sorry I have been AWOL, will type quickly before Finn wakes up.

Smoz - how scary for you, hope you can find somewhere else to live without too much drama as it can't be nice for you guys with all that going on. Also, good luck with the marriage counselling.

MissKylie - wow on Zane sleeping so well, we are still getting up to feed a couple of times a night....

All is well here, just hectic and hard to get a chance to post but that is life with a newborn

Okay wishing you & your bubs sleepy vibes for tonight.

Laurin x

[Misskylie]

Hey Kylie, the immunisation nurse said to me that a side effect of the oral stuff is diahrrea.... just thought I'd let you know. Hope it clears up soon

I thought it might be. Thanks for that hun

[Leigh26]

Hi Girls,

I just wanted to pop in and say hi to my old belly buddies - I still miss you girls.

Kylie - Zane is so cute. Hope the diarrhea has settled down, poor little thing.

Laurin - Glad to hear you and Finn are going well, love his name by the way!

Smoz - Sorry things aren't going to well with DH. Hopefully things will get sorted out in marriage counselling. How scary the attempted break in and your tyres being slashed. Lucky no one was hurt. Good luck with the move when you's find a new place.

Jo - How is Charlize liking having a baby sister? My DD1 is the same age as Charlize and cant get enough of Lara. She is a really good helper for me too. Sometimes I think she thinks she is Lara's mum

Hi to everyone else I missed, hope you and your bubs are all doing really well!!! They are growing so quick aren't they. God I remember when we were all going for our 12 wk scans. I actually do miss being pregnant sometimes - think coz I know Lara is my last baby.

Better go, take care!!!

[jovi]

Hi,

Leigh - Charlize loves her little sister to bits but I do have to be very careful I don't turn my back as she can be a little too "loving" with her cuddles etc. She has her own "babies" and follows around doing the same things that I am doing with Willow (including putting the doll to her bellybutton to give her baby "miwk" - suckling noises and all!!)

Had my 40th birthday party this weekend and both girls behaved beautifully, was a little worried that Willow might be cluster feeding all night but after a few cuddles she slept through. She absolutely refuses the bottle though (EBM) so had to make sure I stuck with the de-alcoholised wine.

Does anyone else have any trouble with BF babies taking a bottle of EBM? She won't take a dummy either. I have tried a couple of different shapes of teats but even if she is starving hungry she will just push it out of her mouth or gag on it. I had no trouble with DD1 with either a dummy or a bottle so not sure how to approach this issue (had my Mum (former maternity RN) and a friend both trying to feed her also over the weekend but no-one had any success. Am really keen to hear all suggestions, have been trying on/off since she was about 2 weeks old!

Better go sounds like Charli has got out of bed (yet again) ...some nights it's after 9pm before we can get her to sleep *sigh*.

Take care,
xjo

[SSmiles]

Hi! Haven't been here much lately but thought I'd drop in with an update. We visited our paediatrician yesterday for the 6 week check (she was 9 weeks yesterday actually) and everything is going well. Kaitlyn is 6.45 kgs (put on 1.5 kgs in total), 61.5 cms tall/long and head is 39.8 cms. She's growing very well.

He also told us that he'd give us a referral to a skin specialist to talk about her port wine stain birthmark later this year...I'm already curious and interested to hear what they'll have to say (it will mean a trip to Sydney but well worth it).

Sleep is another story though...Kaitlyn isn't sleeping much at all... She generally sleeps twice in a 24 hour period...about 2am to 6 am then 7 am to 11 am!! We just can't get her to sleep during the day more than 5-20 minutes here and there... It's sooooo frustrating!!!! I don't know what to do with her... DS was a bad sleeper but at least he'd sleep bits and pieces each day...she barely sleeps at all. We're currently trying settling her by patting/rocking her in the cot but after 1.5 hours she's still screaming with no signs of settling...it's so hard... We've just gotten her on Losec (DS had 'severe' reflux) so perhaps that could be something to do with it...if so then I hope the Losec will kick in soon. Has anyone got any ideas of how to get her to sleep? I'm sure this heat (40C+ but maybe 25C inside) isn't helping either...

Anyway, that's my whinge for the day...sorry! Just don't know what to do any more and it's getting to me... Hope you're all doing well and that the bubbas are all growing well too.

PS Jovi - my DS wouldn't take a bottle or dummy...we tried and tried and tried with him for months on end. DD will take a bottle eventually but isn't excited about it and won't take a dummy. I'm making sure we give her a bottle every day or so just so we can keep her going on it and not get stuck like we did with DS. Good luck, I don't have any suggestions except that if you get her to take it then make sure you continue with it.

[minimatron]

Hello all,

SSmiles- sorry to hear about your troubles. Hopefully the Losec does help a bit. Rebecca cat naps a lot, but some days she will sleep during the day for a few hours. Its hard when you have a toddler around coz all you seem to be doing is tryig to settle.

Leigh- good to hear from you. My dd1 also likes to help but I have to watch her like a halk. Her loving cuddles smother her face and shes so excited about pointing at her eyes she almost pkes them out. Shes also started to try and carry her...not good. But all in all she loves her to bits and am glad I have this age gap.

Jo- Happy 40th birthday, gald you had a good night. Sorry no help with the bottle feeding issues as Becca takes hers no probs. In saying that I cant get her to have a dummy either...but I'm not to fussed with that, she just sucks her fist instead.

Kylie- hows the diahrea going?...not yours, lol~!!

Us- we are going good. Olivia has dropped her day sleeps so am finding it a bit tough as Becca still wakes up during the night. Becca smiles and laughs and makes the ooh sound ...its so cute. She wriggles all oer the floor too, which is new for us in that Olivia had been in her hip harness for 5 weeks at Beccas age. Its so different having a baby that can move its legs around and is not confined to its back!!

Well, hope everyone is well...its so hot here, am hoping it cools soon