Babies Born September 16th - 30th 2008

[Trillian]

This thread is for parents who's baby was born September 16th - 3oth 2008

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[SamiH]

First post woooohoooo

My little fella Zander was born on 25/09 at 8.58pm weighing in at 8pd1oz, 53cms long and after a totally natural birth.

Can't wait to see others in here soon too!!!! I know Belfie will be here soon with her Xander born on the same day - amazing!! I just fled hospital a bit earlier

[SamiH]

*bump*

I am sure there are others to join me ....

[belfie]

oops made it in at last you knew I'd make it in eventually!

My Xander was born 25th September at 1.35am.
Weight 7lb 70z, 51 cm long, head 35cm.

Gosh our babies have such great names!

[curl]

You are both so funny . If I was having a boy I would have been pressuring DH heavily for Xander as a name and that would have made 3 in the same group...priceless! All these Buffy fans, I was even joking to a gf of mine that I could name him Xander Harris but my DH wasn't going along with that part.

I finally got around to looking for the baby buddies thread. Thanks to Loralei being such a great baby and my carpal tunnel finally letting up a bit.

Loralei Grace was born 23/09/08 at 9.35pm weighing 3670gm (8lb 4oz), 35cm head and 50cm long.

Come on girls... where's the rest of you?

[belfie]

haha Curl, great to see you in here too. X/Zander is such an awesome name you clearly have good taste too!

Glad your carpal tunnel finally let you in and hope it's improving for you!

SamiH, sounds like things have been tough, hope you're feeling better.

I've been having some bf'ing hell, but have an LC coming tomorrow and think we're making progress (to summarise: inverted nipples/nipple shield/expressing... arrgh! ). Otherwise, he's just a little darling and sleeps & feeds like an angel. Very lucky and hoping that will last for a bit! We had a bath together today - was just gorgeous.

[belfie]

i'm just posting to keep our thread within cooee! We were on the second page

[curl]

Belfie, we are a sad bunch aren't we with not posting very often. Hopefully that will all change when our babies are cooperating a little better for us to sneak off to post something. I hope your LC visit went well and that your little man Xander is now feeding like a trooper on your newly healed bb's . Sounds painful and hard work from what you've said so good on you for continuing to try to bf. I haven't ventured down the bathing with Loralei yet, due to how I have to get out of the bath (long story cut short - bad knee).

SamiH - I hope you're doing great with Zander.

Hi to all you overtired ladies that haven't yet posted here

[belfie]

ok i'm gonna do what Hollye normally does... post the births: (the early oct births thread is going great... I'm so jealous )

Tazzy/Taz (sp?) - 18/09/08 - Shayla Amy - 8.50am
Gobblygook - 21/09/08 - #4 bubba - 12:45am at home in water
curl - 23/09/08 - Loralei Grace - 8lb 4oz
Chris - 23/09/08 - a beautiful baby girl - 2720g - 9.57am
Belfie - 25/09/08 - Xander Jordan - 7lb 7oz - 1:35am
Didispunk - 25/09/08 - Jorda May - 6lb 14oz - 12:46pm
SamiH - 25/09/08 - Zander ******* - 8lb 1oz - 8:58pm
cocopop - 29/09/08 - Josef Justice Bernard - 7lb - 9:57pm
CathieW - 30/09/08 - 9.00pm ^^^- Sam - 7lb 3oz -Hana - 5lb 10oz^^^- born 12 minutes apart
Angie- 30/09/08 - Madeleine Rose - 8.01am

Curl, thanks for the encouragement. The BFing sure is hard work! We're doing mostly ok. I still have some feeds where he just doesn't settle on the BB and gets antsy (two of those eralier today )so we go bottle, but on the whole, it's going pretty well.

Re the bath, s'one told me to make sure you have a handy DH or DP around. So DH hands you bubba and then you hand bubba out to DH once you're done. Then wriggle around & pull the plug, and stand up in a nice empty bath. If need be, you could wait until DH had dried & put down bubba then DH could assist you out. Don't know if that's doable with a dodgy knee, but i'll wish you luck anyways! I hope all your feedings and sleepings are going ok!

SamiH - good luck with the expressing & sleeping!

Cheers,
Belfie.

[gobblygook]

Zander was in our list for #3. Beautiful name.

I had #4 on 21st Sept at 12:45am at home in water. Very quick!
Now 5 weeks.

[curl]

Belfie - Great idea of making the list like Hollye. I went to post on our bellybuddy thread and its gone! So sad. As for the bathing with baby thing,I'll now have to wait until DH is back from Perth early December. He left yesterday for a work course and hopefully after that he will be posting off his ship and we'll have him home at nights (yippee!). So, I'm back in the single parent boat for the time being but at least the time should fly with the girls keeping me busy. If I'm not tending to Loralei or the other two I'm busy doing housework that hasn't been done properly over the last couple of months of my pregnancy. I washed the walls of the kitchen today (kids dirty hand prints), dusted high up spots in back room and Mr Muscled the bathrooms properly (couldn't abide the stink of it while pg).

Gobblygook - Welcome aboard the virtually vacant baby thread which is ours. Congratulations on your newest bundle. A water birth... way to go Gobblygook! Well done. Gobblygook, what kind of car do you drive with 4 kids? I ask this of all people with more than 3 kids as we have been tossing up whether to get a new car that fits more than 3 carseats and a pram.

See Belfie and SamiH Z/Xander is a fantastic name to be considered by so many! All these people with great taste.

[curl]

I had #4 on 21st Sept at 12:45am at home in water. Very quick!
Now 5 weeks.

Did you have a boy or girl? What did you name him/her?

[belfie]

Gooblygook - welcome to the group and congrats on the birth of your baby!

Curl - I am SO impressed with everything you've been doing! I've been taking it very easy as my recovery (episiotomy and small tear) have seemed to have done a bit of a backslide (waiting on swab results to see if there's an infection).... so frustrating not to be able to do much... but oh well, I guess I can't complain re having to lie around a bit!

SamiH - I know you're flat out like a lizard drinking. I hope Zander & feeding are going well. Knowing you, I'm sure you're doing brilliantly

Cheers,
Belfie

[SamiH]

I am determined to call in to say I am alive !!!

Belfie - yeah, pretty hectic at the moment, and Zander has decided to shake his routine just to confuse me so I am just trying to get his rhythm back, which means 2 days stay at home days for me to get his feeding/sleeping pattern right. He decided over the weekend he wanted to snack all day and we were in and about so I did, which meant not enough hindmilk (fat) so sleep cycles were short and then lots of windy screaming and vicious circle! So, I am expressing the next two days and giving him bottle to make sure he gets a balance of fore/hind milk and have had a win today - he is just stirring and has been asleep again for 2 hours - fingers crossed for a good night - otherwise you will find me institutionalised somewhere .............. hope your Xander is behaving himself - bugger about the epi - my tear and scar feels good thank goodness ....

curl - hi hun, hope you and your family are doing well too. It sure is busy, I try so hard to check in on here, and then something happens just as I am about to post ... I am going to continue to try, all I can do at the moment!

gobbly - welcome - #4 WOW - what are the age differences with your lot and did you just have a boy or girl?

More soon I promise - don't forget about me

[SamiH]

Curl - how on earth do you find the time to clean you oven girl?? I am in awe!!!!

Where are all our other friends?

Well, to our thread back to the first page belfie!

My hubby away this week so I am living in zombie land at the moment ...

[belfie]

here's a quick question (with the bonus of "bumping" us!). Anyone know if nasal sprays are safe to take with breastfeeding? I have a streaming head cold and the pharmacist assured me that the Sudafed 12 hr nasal spray was safe to take... but I'm sceptical! Anyone else know?

[curl]

Belfie, poor you! I feel for you I really do. That dreaded flu I picked up at the hospital visits wrecked havoc over my entire family and I was the only one not able to take anything. I was told in the past that nasal sprays are okay to use but I'm always sceptical too. My understanding is that nasal sprays are safe while breastfeeding. If you're uncertain ask another chemist or google the company that makes sudafed for more info. Ummm, I think.... mothersafe might have some info too, worth a shot perhaps.

[SamiH]

Hey, have we all abandoned our thread and are posting in Oct 1 - 15????

As long as we are all still together LOL