Anjanette - Congrats on your baby girl! How great that you've both got a couple of months to spend together! Wow! Glad that everythings going well and she's settled in with you both so well!
We're going well...Ethan is my most placid child so far thats for sure! My 2 older boys are at times being more work than him at the moment! I'm so glad dh is home for a couple of weeks...then he'll be at work for another few and then xmas holidays!
He's still sleeping with me at night as I'm often too tired to get him settled in his bassinette, although he sleeps in it mostly for the day...
We did the food shopping today and he slept the whole time in the sling which was great! I never used one for the other boys...
I'm so tired though..think I've done too much today...my bodies aching...
It's very quiet in here - anyone would think your all busy with newborns - LOL! Chat later!
Hi all, im finally here.
Charli Isabelle Maddison Timms arrived at 1.14am Tuesday 11th Nov.
Weighed 8 pound 12.5oz or 3980g (exact same as Alyssa) delivered by the same midwife as Alyssa also. 53cm long, 34cm head circ.
All natural labour, no drugs, 5hrs and 18 minutes long. No stitches for me just a graze and we got to come home Tuesday lunchtime which was a big relief.
Milk has just come in today and bubs is doing really really well, feeding very frequently and sleeping really well in her own bassinette.
The nurse came today for a checkup, she has lost 270g since birth which isnt too bad, she has beautiful soft smooth baby skin and looks like her daddy.
Hope everyone else is well, i have posted a couple of pics in the gallery, hopefully will get a chance to get some more up soon.
Well, Ethan slept the whole night in his bassinette last night - with 4 feeds though, LOL! but happy that I got some restful sleep in amongst it as well...
Having a great relaxing day at home, had the housecleaner come in so my house is sparkling and now all 4 of my boys (including dh) are sound asleep - a miracle as my oldest hasn't had a day sleep in a looonnngg time but definitely needs it - he's asleep in our bed though so maybe thats what we need to do from now on if I really need him to sleep.
Ethans sleeping again all day...LOL!
How much awake time are your kids having? I just don't remember the boys sleeping so much! Ethans lucky to be awake for 30-45min including feed time and he's back asleep...I guess he needs it though!
Kirra - Yeah! I love your ticker photo - just gorgeous! So glad to hear your doing so well! Thats fantastic!
Thats so cute Krisvee, good to hear he's sleeping well.
Charli sleeps whenever she isnt feeding, she slept from 7pm til almost 5am Tuesday Night/Wed Morn, tried waking her up to feed her but she didnt want anything, just a sleep, i was getting a lil worried she might dehydrate so instead of catching up on sleep while she did i only had a couple of hours cause i was worrying. Midwife said today it was normal but that didnt help me the other night. lol
At the moment she feeds for 10-20 minutes and sleep for 30-60 and then feeds again.
Josef Thomas arrived Wednesday 5th Nov 5.20pm, we've been home since Monday.
Unfortunately my husband had to return to his fly in/fly out job earlier than we'd hoped due to lack of cover arranged by his work, so last night was the first night without him home.. but I decided i wasn't ready to be alone and stayed at my parents who live only about 6 houses down the road. I HAD intended to stay on my own in my own place tonight but now I feel like I'm wanting company so decided I'm going to walk over to mum's again after Josef wakes up. At least I can have a leisurely shower at mum's and know someone's there if needed! Last night was great because I got a bit more sleep than our horror Monday night (Josef, hubbie and I didn't sleep at all as JOsef was so unsettled with tummy pains/wind) and mum took him when he was unsettled after his 3am feed, so I could go back to bed, and he slept until I woke him at 8.30 ! why couldn't he have done that earlier in the evening hehe. Tho it's not good for him to sleep so long I guess as he needs to gain more weight - he lost 400grams while in hospital and only gained 75g of it before we were discharged. I have a feeling though he's catching up as he is feeding much better in the last few days. I was getting concerned becuase he was acting as if he was having tummy pains and was farting like a trooper, really often and loud/smelly. His last pooey nappy was saturday night and then we had nothing for days, but then last night he did 3 pooey nappies in 3 hours!! his tummy seems better now.
I'm going to get a followup appt with a lactation nurse to make sure I'm doing things right, feeding is a bit painful and i'm losing some skin off the nipples. But at least I know I'm producing enough because last night I tried out my expressing machine and got 90mls which I fed to Josef in a little medicine cup to give my boobies a rest !
My sister arrives from Melbourne tomorrow night and staying with me for two nights, so I should be in a better frame of mind to manage by my own by Monday hopefully.. then it's only two more sleeps til hubbie comes home!
I had my very first communal breastfeeding session today when two girlfriends visited with their 3 month olds! it wasn't as difficult/embarrassing as I thought it might be! Josef still need encouragement tho so it's not just a matter of slipping a nipple in subtly ! - so I'm not ready for cafe feeding just yet ! ;-)
Hope everyone is managing well and well done you more-than-one-bub super mummies!!!!
Deni- i feel for ya, Charli has graized both my nipples so i made DP go up and get me some cream, they are very sensitive and sore but i refuse to give up i toughed it out with alyssa and i'll do it again. Sometimes she's so frustrated and hungry she sucks really hard and gives me this look as if to say thats what you get for making me wait. lol. If i feed her before she starts crying though she's nice to me.
My milk is officially in and in full swing, poor Charli didnt realise and ended up throwing it all back up, she aimed right for between my boobs too. lol. Now she's fed, bathed and sleeping peacefully which i should prob be doing too, right after my shower.
Wow Sharon, you're a legend. My DP is home for the next 2 months and I don't know if I could do all this without him...what a sook I am. And my mum is staying with us too, at least for another couple of days.
Congrats on the milk coming in Kirra. Once mine came in (at about 4 days) the grazes got less and less, and now I'm completely healed (thank goodness for Lansinoh). Hopefully you're on your way.
Kristie, we've yet to experience our first explosive poo, our little girl is very ladylike and keeps them nicely contained in her nappy. Although I vaguely recall a pretty messy one DP had to handle on about day 3...
Katie was up a lot again last night, waking up every 2 hours and staying awake for 2 hours. Took her out to the shops for a bit this morning and she screamed the place down...hopefully it's worn her out and she'll sleep a bit longer tonight...but I'm prepared for anything
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