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Snoopea - hahaha ur funny - the realestate pulled out the "big rigs" to go see him, and he has settled with our offer - im not sure if im happy or not - it really hasnt hit home yet! i think it will hit home when we sell our house and it goes unconditional!
How did Hayden go with his needles? hopefully he was a big stong boy and handled them well unlike my sooky Bianca - tho i can't speak i cried to! hahaha
hope Mia is doing better hon. xxx
well no wonder we struggled yesterday with the heat we hit 31 degrees which is an eight year record high (I know it doesn't sound hot in comparrison to your bigger numbers but Tassie has a different kind of heat a lot easier to burn due to the thiness of the ozone layer here or something so I've heard) well anyway we all survived and today is considerably cooler thanks for your suggestions ladies
need to go and poke my sleeping bear if I want her to sleep before 9 tonight
be back later love to all
had mothers group today and it was great! good to see im not alone in this world. Its funny.. u go around thinking u are the only one getting no sleep and stuff until u see someone with a bub too.
I was early to my MG so i had a talk with the MCHN there. I explained stuff to her and she is very concerned and decided we should weigh Mia while we are there. She has only put on 400 grams in 4 weeks :( (she was putting on 250 a week!) so this made the MCHN even more worried (they like them to put on a minimum of 120-150 a week). She wrote all this down and gave it to me to give to the pead on Tuesday. I also told her about the GP wanting me to start her on solids and oh my u shudda seen her face!!! it was priceless. pmsl! she said Mia does have a little baby fat on her so shes not all skin and bone but she doesnt want her getting that way so shes very happy that im going to see a pead.
My lil princess is sleeping now, such a big day but she was great! off to do some housework before matt gets home from cricket training so i can go food shopping... woohoo!!
Oh Hollye, that's great that you got to have someone look at her. Tuesday seems a long way away when you need help and reassurance. It will be interesting to see what the paed has to say.
HJ, CONGRATS ON THE ACCEPTED OFFER!!!!!!!! That's exciting! Hope your house sells soon.
We finally got our Chrissy pres last night and i am typing at our brandnew Apple Mac as we speak (or, 'as i type' anyway ;) ). DH insisted on changing the house around to accomodate it too, so we spent a few hours doing that last night.
Gotta go, bubs groaning for food and probably trying to eat his fingers. :)
Hollye - not long now till u get some answers! bet its been a long hard wait for u :hug: - so what is Mia's weight now?
Blizz - glad u all survived that horrible heat - i hate it when it reaches above 27! hahaha
1stBub27 - Thank you - we have a open house tomorrow - so fingers are crossed that we get a buyer! and woohoo on the new computer! how exciting! actually come to think of it i wouldnt mind a new one 2!
Tan - how are u going?????
Congrats on the house hj.:dance:
Snoopea - I have been wanting to get rid of the carpet in the living area for ages and we had a few fleas so it was the perfect excuse. Our pets aren't even allowed inside but in this heat the bloody things must be breeding like anything so we ripped up the carpet, vacuumed everything, pressure cleaned the patio(where the pets sleep), washed and frontlined them and thankfully I haven't had one since. It was hard to because I didn't want to bomb or use chemicals so ripping up the carpet was the perfect excuse to convince DH. We will probably just get floating floor boards, it's pretty exciting though and a good chance for a cleanout.
I ended up taking Olive to the doctors yesterday as she has still been not drinking properly and has had concentrated/smelly urine and not very wet nappies. They did a urine test which we should get back today and also wanted her to have a blood test. We decided to put off the blood test until we get the urine back. If that comes back negative and she is still the same we will take her to the hospital on the weekend to have it done. I don't want to put her through unecessary pain. The thing is that after saturday she doesn't really seem like a sick child. She is a bit off today but in general has been happy as larry. Will have to see what the results say.
I got the electric breast pump yesterday so have been trying to get used to that.
I feel kinda bad cause DH is looking after Olive at 2 so I can go and have a pedicure but i'm not sure I will be able to relax with all the stuff going on with Olive. It will be nice to do something on my own though as poor DH has been working lots lately.
Anyway enjoy the rrest of you day ladies.
OMG, my poor baby has a kidney infection! She must be in so much pain but has been so well behaved up until today except for the drinking and nappies so the nurse said I must have gotton onto it pretty early. I hope she hasn't inherited my kidney problems, I have hereditary kidney stones and get uti's quite regularly if i'm not careful. The doctors called today to go back in and put her on antibiotics and want her to have an ultrasound of her bladder and kidneys. Does anyone know if you can give 3mth olds pro-biotics? I forgot to ask chemist. So anyway needless to say that I had a pretty stressful day. Oh well back to bed, nite nite.
Hi Girls,
Olive'smummy - Poor little Olive, you must be so worried about her. The main thing is you found out early!!! I have no idea about the pro-biotics, sorry.
HJ - Yay great news on the house. Hopefully it wont take long for you to sell your house.
Tan - Are you back from MIL's yet? Hope you're well.
Hollye - Hope Mia is ok. Can't wait to hear what the paed has to say.
1st bub - Lucky you - new computer. I wouldnt mind a new one myself as well.
Gotta go, hi to everyone I missed.
Have a great weekend.
Olivesmummy-I have heard that you can give pro-biotics but I'm not sure what form they are in (ie. liquid etc) definetly ask the chemist.
Well we are also off to see the paed because of his eye, its still gunky and antibiotics and drops haven't fixed it. And its not fair for him to have it so off to the dr on Monday to get the referral.
Sorry no time for personals, have a good weekend all! :D
Hi girls!
Olivesmummy - poor little Olive. What a tough little girl to not be showing too many signs of distress! Good that you were able to pick it up so quickly too. Sorry, i don't know about the probiotics either. How's the electric pump going? Liam's preferring bottles ATM so I'm going to have to do some pumping to keep up I think. I'm trying to give him as much booby as i can, but like the saying goes, 'you can lead a baby to booby, but you can't make him drink'! :lol: He'll be so relieved when i give up and just go to bottle, but i will persist!!! ;)
Hippiemummy - I hope the conjunctivitus clears up with the antiobiotics. Poor boy. It's such a yucky thing to have. But i s'pose that doesn't bother babies too much.
HJ - how'd the open house go?
Those who had c/s, how is your wound now? Mine is still not healing up completely and comes open just slightly (like a cut on your leg might, nothing major), which doesn't seem right to me at 3 months (Liam's 3 months old today!!! yay!!), but how would i know?!
While I'm asking Q's, what sposies do people recommend? We'll be using them when we go down to Melbs in a few weeks as it'll be easier and lighter in packing. We used Huggies when he was newborn (with 'staining' poos ;) ) but i wondered if there's any cheaper brands that are good as well? Umm, I'm assuming we would go for the 'crawlers' since he's about 6.3kg? Infant seems like it might nearly be too small?
Hope you're all having a great day. Liam is sleeping up a storm right now and is 2 1/2 hours past his feed time. I keep checking but his chest is definitely rising and falling. (when do you stop panicking about that??!! ;) ).
Oh! Hey! Liam IS sleeping up a storm - I just heard thunder, there's one on the way!!! :rofl: hahahaha. (maybe i should try sleeping up a storm to stop the bad jokes and rambling...... :rolleyes:)
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re nappies - yep crawlers. Thats what Mia is in (they are still a tad big) and shes only just coming up for 5.7 kilos. I found the infant ones got small quick and were too tight. I think thats y they come in smaller packets (huggies). as for nappies go. I have heard the new Sorbie ones are pretty good and they are cheaper than huggies. I have also heard the Aldi brand ones are good and Snugglers. HTH
we brought a new car!! yay!! 2000 AU Ford Futura and its beautiful!
2 more sleeps till Mia's appoinment yay!!!
1stbub27 - The pump took a bit of getting used to actually. I had a really good Tommy Tippee manual pump but everyone convinced me to go electric now i'm kinda in 2 minds about it. I think the manual is quicker and not as harsh on the nipples but the electic is good cause you only need one hand and don't get RSI from the trigger action. My left breast has also decided that it doesn't want to be pumped at all anymore so am feeding off that side and hoping that my nipple doesn't get too sore.
Hollye - Hope Mia's feeding gets sorted soon, it's been so worrying for me with Olive and thats only been for a week.
Hi to everyone else. Have a lovely Sunday.:)
Hollye - WOOOHOOO on the new car! What colour is it?
1stBub27 - LOL - yeah i think u need some sleep too! as for the nappies - we use Huggies Bianca is still in the infant ones - she still has pleanty of room in them! which suxs cause u cant buy them in bulk - i have heard tho that the ALDI ones are really good - havent tried them yet - dont have a local ALDI -but if u try them let me know what u think!
Olivesmummy - so sorry to hear about Olive's kidney prob! its great that u were onto it pretty quick tho - hope its nothing too bad!
Hippie - poor bubba still havin the conjunctivitis - thats pretty yucky - are u massaging his eye area? when Bianca had a blocked tear duct that helped heaps along with saline - it might help with conjunctivitis also????
Tan - hello out there - how are u going?
Well thank you for asking everyone - the open house went i guess okay on sat - had 4ppl come thru 3 of which seemed intereset and asked questions - but no offers at this stage :(
Im sure someone will buy it soon! hopefully!
Bianca is doing well - she has been a bit grizzly lately and feeding every 2hrs?! must be having another growth spurt - but she never drinks the whole bottle - so not sure what the go is - she is watching us eat now days and making movements with her mouth as if she want some?! isnt she too young to be showing interest in solids?
I'm baaack. Just unpacking and washing, back later ladies! Hope you are all well - I have been reading and will be back later to chat cars,new computers, nappies, sick bubbies :hug:
Yeah!!!! welcome Back Tan! we missed you :hug:
its white HJ, that the only thing i dont like about it but hay we cant win every battle. Its on gas too which is a bonus and has all the mod cons in it which is nice also!
welcome back tan.
mia is still the same.. throwing up galore and drinking max of 60-80 mls. My poor lil munchkin. not long to go now... i hope they give me some answers....
1st bub I use the woolies brand nappies for the last few weeks I've been getting two packs for $20
hugs xoxo
Hm, ok, so the last couple of days ive realised that where my c/s wound seems to be 'coming open' it feels like there's stitches coming up underneath, like its being forced out by my body. Then there was a bit up at the surface of the skin. So this morning I pulled that out a bit and cut off about 2cm of it (it was stuck on either end so couldn't get anymore out). Then just now after my shower i noticed the end was stiking out further than what id cut it off as. So i thought id pull it out to cut off as much as possible, and it just kept sliding and sliding until a good 8cm piece came out. .....has my body just not dissolved the stitches for some reason, or did they use the wrong stitches? (coz they were stitched inside, so its not like i was supposed to have them taken out)...! Anyway, now i know at least 2/3 of the stitches have come out and should heal up properly now. I can still feel some on the last 1/3 so i guess they'll come to the surface at some point. ...did i mention the doctor who did my c/s had *****ed himself with a needle earlier that afternoon...? (a clean one, but really!!) . Hardly worth suing but its tempting. :) Oh and he said they should put me back onto the Synto drip after me and bub had reacted REALLY badly to it, to which the MWs forcefully said they REFUSED to do that.
Thanks everyone for the tips on nappies. I don't need a lot so that might count out the Aldi and Woolies packs if they're too big. I'll have a look (I'm such a miser now we're on 1 pay. :) I love it!)
Hollye, congrats on the new car!!! And on Gas too! Very nice!! We'd looked at a few Futuras to replace my little Lanos but thought fuel might be too much. Didn't find any on gas tho.
Apart from that I'm having problems getting Liam to BF. After having a girls night last Friday and him getting 2 full bottle feeds he screams and pulls away with BF now. Buuut, this morning I put my finger in his mouth which he sucked then slipped the bb in, so we'll see how long that trick lasts..... wish me luck!
1stbub - OMG I would freak out if my scar did that hun! From about week 2 when all my steri strips came off mine has been a clean red thin line and that's it - I do get a weird feeling on one side when I cough and sneeze - really sharp ***** of pain on the inside like something is pulling but after 3 mths I would have thought it was all healed - so odd.
Hollye - Gosh you have had a rough trot with Mia hun, must be so frustrating for you both - hope you find some answers too hun. :leap: Hooray for a new car!! Enjoy it!
HJ - Fanks love! BUmmer about the offers but all it takes is one remember! Hopefully it will sell soon! I told DH today on Skype that we putting this place on the market as soon as he gets home! :) He goes - OH ok. :rofl: He knows I am desperate to move!
Hippie - How is Banjo's eye going? I hope it clears up really quickly for you hun poor lil fella. :hug: A bit of an aside to your other post - James has been sleeping 12 hours for a number of weeks and just in the last few days it has been warmer so he has been waking for a feed at 3-4am - they know when they need more and will ask! :)
Olivesmummy - Poor Olive - I hope she gets well soon. :hug: Poor poppet. I haven't used an electric pump since leaving hospital but I LOVE my manual pump. I love that you can slow down or stop easily if you get sore, and you control the extent of the pull. Just make sure she is attaching really well on that side hun and you shouldn't get too sore. Reattach as many times as it takes to get her on right.
Not sure who asked but I have tried Huggies, Sorbies, Select (safeway) and Baby Love nappies. I love Huggies for nights (Izzy is a BIG wetter) and they never leak, Baby Love are ok too but occasionally leak. Sorbies are GREAT. Night nappy holds her big wees and I find the Safeway brand terrible - sorry AmandaJ. They are so thin compared to the others and they always leak. Having said all that, that's what I've used on Izzy -James has been in Huggies since he was born, I wasn't willing to risk rash like Izzy got as a young baby with Baby Love (she's fine with them now!) and he is in cloth full time now anyway.
Hello blizz, Leigh, Snoopea and everyone else I have missed! Can't read back muc further!
Well we had MG in the park today because the Neighbourhood house we go to didn't leave us the key! Kids had a ball but it was pretty warm! Both kids are in bed now and I will get the shell pool out later for Izzy when she wakes up. I've got all the house closed up for the warm week ahead! Off to clean a bit before one of them wakes up! Have a great MOnday all!
Hollye - white is good - it wont get as hot inside!!!
Hope u get some answers at the PEAD tomorrow - give Mia a big hug from me!!!
Tan - i can just imagine DH's reply to u saying ur putting the house on the market when he gets back :lol: how is he going in Canada? when is he due back?
1stBub27 - i would freak also if i had a c-section scar that did that - thank god i didnt have a c-section, i didnt cope well with my little scars from having my gall bladder removed while preg - let alone a big scar! hehehe im a woss!!! - is it sore at all?
1stbub-I would be really worried and I would be going to the dr's to get it checked. I was the same as Tan, just a thin red line and have had no problems with it. Worth getting it checked just in case.
Sorry for the lack of personals I really need to wash some dishes!! :rolleyes: Be back later!
Istbub27 - I use Seventh Generation bio nappies when I use disposables, they aren't the cheapest but are way better for the environment so I feel better about it and are really absorbent.
Tan - Welcome back! Re the pumping unfortunatly I pretty much have to express full time as Olive has a really high palette and short fenulum so damages my nipples every feed. Hopefully eventually she will grow out of this as she gets bigger but no matter how much I attach and reattach it doesn't make a whole lot of difference.
Hollye - Good luck tomorrow, hopefully you get some answers and a plan of action.
Olive seems to be doing much better. She is drinking pretty well again and is really good at taking her anti-biotics which I thought she would probably spit out. She will have the ultrasound wednesday so hopefully nothing to major comes of that.
Went shopping today with mum and Olive and tried on another hundred dresses for my sisters wedding. Finally found the one, yah. It's long black lace with a caul neck and a slip with a matching belt and will look nice with some black heels and the right jewellery.
I got my mum a big bunch of flowers today to say thanks for everything as she has been soooooooo wonderful and we ahve always been close but I appreciate her so much more now that i'm a mum too. She was also a godsend when I was in labour and helped give DH a break over that gruelling 50hrs of hell. She visited most days but was never over bearing, cleaned the house while I was in hospital, the list goes on and on. Does anyone else have a new appreciation for their mums or feel closer to them?
olivesmummy - what is your name? its easier to type ppls names i reckon. Yes i do feel more appreciative of my mum now that im a mum. It shows you just how much hard work they did do bringing us up and has made me look at my mum in a whole different light. I gave her a card from Mia saying "thanks for being such a great help for my mummy when i was growing in her tummy and wen i was in hospital, i love you nanny" and a big box of chocolates.. she loved it. re c/s scar.. mine i dont even notice but when i have an itch around it its still numb.. that feels odd. No opening here tho.. very thin line like the rest.
Mia's in bed.. im just chillin.... pead tomorrow! yay!! i just want some answers.. lets hope hes not a basket case and tells me not to worry.. its normal blah blah blah! coz ill be going to a different one, i KNOW somethings not right! got Mia some more singlets today (thats all she wears these days with a skirt or shorts) and it cost me $75! i wasnt expecting that! lol oh well..... she doesnt really like dresses, they seem to frustrate her a little.
OH Mia is holding her own bottle!!!!! only for a minute or so at a time but still!! wow!! shes growing up wayyyyy to quickly now. Soon we will be talking about solids.. that makes me a little sad...
Hi Everyone,
I did this big post and then my computer did something and I lost it grrrrrr. Will try later to repost.
For now everything here is good. Depression all gone yay and Meara is doing well. She still sleeps all night phewwww.
For everyone having hard times, keep your chins up and hopes positive. Hi to everyone else.
More later
Kim
Olivesmummy - B has a short fenulum aswell - hence why i had massive trouble breastfeeding! - but no one picked it up until after i had given up BFing!!! i was sooo upset about not being able to BF aswell - it was like my world had ended - i still get upset by it! what are u doing about Olive's short fenulum?
Hollye - goodluck at the PEAD today hope u get some answers!
Hollye goodluck at the pead today, I really hope that you get some answers.
BBL boy is wanting a feed.
hugs xoxo
hj - I saw a peadiatric speech pathologist and she said that hopefully as Olive gets bigger and her mouth grows she will be able to breastfeed without damaging my nipples but wouldn't operate or anything. Apparently sometimes they put a prosthetic palette in as well but Olive's wasn't bad enough for that. So that is why I express but I still pray that one day I can BF full time. I BF about one feed a day and some comfort feeding as well if the nipples aren't to bad. I can't wait to one day have normal nipples again! I would have given up a million times if it wasn't for all the brilliant people supporting me and my sheer subborness. Next time round you'll know alot more so don't be to hard on yourself.:)
Hollye - I don't mean any offence but I don't like to put personal details on the net which is why my name or town aren't on here. If Olive'smummy gets a bit annoying to type just call me OM. Like I said nothing personal it's just how I feel about it.
What time is the big appointment?
OM - thats cool :) and its at 4:30pm. Hopefully it cools down by then!, its sitting on around 42 outside atm.
whats a fenulum?????????????????????
Hollye - a fenulum is the piece of skin connecting the gum to the lip. If it's short it makes breastfeeding very difficult cause in my case Olive can't flange out her top lip when feeding.
still hot.. but about an hour to go!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pead says Mia has severe reflux. He has put her on Losec and wants to see her again in 3 weeks. He said to keep her on s26 but not to bother with the reflux one as it wont do anything. So now shes is being medicated.. hopefully it helps. tho he said it wont do much for her spewing. fingerscrossed she atleast drinks abit more. Im keeping her on s26 but moving to the s26 GOLD so even if she does spew most of it up she can keep abit down and its got more goodness in it.
Glad you got some answers Hollye - hopefully the medication works and she grows out of it quickly!
OM - Sounds like you are doing an amazing job with expressing and feeding Olive! I am so lazy, I said I would give J man a bottle of ebm every 2 days to get him used to it so that he doesn't end up a booby monster like Izzy and refuse a bottle til she was 9 mts old but I just can't be bothered... I really admire you!
Kim - Great to hear that the depression has gone hun, that is wonderful!
Im off to eat something, I have THE worst cold, have used a whole roll of loo paper on my nose today - nice hey. It was too hot to go out to the shops - in between I have ben drying out some huggies wipes and using those when my nose gets too sore.
BBL ladies!
Tan - Awww thanks alot, the support of BB helps heaps.:)
Hollye - glad to hear that you got some answers, hopefully the meds make a difference.
Olive has put herself off to sleep once yesterday and once today so hopefully we are getting somewhere with that.
We had clinic today and even though the doctor I saw said Olive will probably lose weight cause she wasn't feeding she put on 500g this fortnight and is in the 97th percentile for weight and height and the 95th for HC. She weighs 6.95kgs now. I can't believe how many cute noises she makes both happy and cranky, her personality is certainly coming out. We have the ultrasound at 10:45 tomorrow so hope all is well for my darling.
Nite Nite everyone.
wow 6.95 kilos!!! Mia is still only 5.7. but her issues havent helped that. Shes getting weighed again tomorrow so im hoping shes up to about 5.9
200 grams in one week... come on bubbi, u can do it!!!!!
Hey Hollye - glad u finally got an answer! and my gosh now im worried - u say Mia is 5.7kgs with her throwing up and her reflux well Bianca is 5.7kgs and she dosent have that problem! am i not feeding her enough?
The nurse at the chemist said that she is going to be a girly girl cause she is petit - but now im worried!!!
Tan - Awwwwww poor Tan - a cold is no fun is it - exspecially with 2 little rug rats! how can u get a cold in this heat tho?! hahaha
Olivesmummy - hope all goes well today - let us know how it goes as soon as possible!
HJ - I know it's ridiculous isn't it!
I have a very grumpy man here, he just won't feed. So odd, I try to attach him and he just screams, so I tried expressing a bottle and of course he won't take that either. Poor love - I wonder if he has a sore throat like I did yesterday and that is making him upset?:(
BBL
morning ladies!
I know I dont post in here often, I guess I dont have that much to say! Lol
All is going well, Im getting the hang of having a toddler and a baby... Eva is doing great - getting big and is moving around on the floor on her back already!
hollye - my friends little one was put on losec when she was about 3mths old and that helped her reflux heaps - but she also took her to a paediatric chiropractor and was able to take her off the losec completely so it might be worth taking her to one!
Hey has anyone heard from cheryl (csab)???
Hope everyone has a lovely day xo
Morning Sneaky - glad to hear that all is going well!!! nope havent heard from CSAB for ages i was asking that a little while ago - hope all is well - maybe we should put a missing persons post out to see if anyone knows how she is? ;)
Tan - hmmmm maybe James does have a sore throat aswell - pity u cant put honey in his milk to soothe it if he does! hehehe
HJ - dont be worried. They were only worried coz Mia was putting on under 100 grams a week. Mia is also petite, they have told me that from the day she was born. Im not fussed what she actually weighs but i would like her to put on 150-200 grams a week. I hope that makes sense.
yeh, i was gonna ask the same thing.. wheres cheryl? Might start a thread later and ask everyone..