was an ok night and morning. Been quite a difficult arvo, but hay, take the good with the bad. Still Bfing here, usually for one full feed a day. the rest is formula. I think its time to bump up the amount to 150mls too as 100mls doesnt seem to be sustaining her for very long. I think about 120mls will do her but its just not possible to do that so we will be wasting abit for a while.
HJ - i dont know if i could handle a night all alone, tho DP doesnt help me at all during the night so i guess it wouldnt be any different. If anything i guess i would like having the bed to myself as Mia doesnt take up that much room
KimB - howdy fellow pre elampsian (is that even a word?). Love the name btw
re needles - im totoally for them. As far as i see it there is a reason they are given and if she fell ill with something i didnt immunise against i would feel awful. Im going to go get some baby panadol before then just incase she screams when she gets home coz it hurts. Better to be prepared i say.
I survived my first night alone with Bianca without DH!!!! and........... it wasnt that bad!
For once she didnt scream and cry for hours on end! she was actually quite good! and i didnt have too much of a problem putting her down in her cot - she went too bed at 2230, woke up at 0115, back to sleep at 0200 and back up again at 0600! now i was kinda hoping she would sleep in until at least 0700 but hey, she didnt scream and carry on so im not complaining!
If felt weird being home of a night time with B and no DH - sounds funny but for the first time i actually felt like a mum!
Hopefully tonight will be just as good if not better! i am tired today so hopefully i get a bit more sleep - but we will see -
Hollye - I have to give Bianca 150mls also cause 100mls wasnt cutting it - she will drink about 110-120mls and occassionally will go thru the whole 150mls - so we are wasting a bit of formula as well - but oh well just part and parcel of it all i guess!
Why dosent your DP help u during the night?
I think u would handle being alone during the night just fine - ur a pretty tuff cookie - look at everything u have gone thru already and not once have u given up!
Also i have already popped into the chemist to get some Childrens Panadol - thought now that she is 1mth old we better have that on hand since we have already made a few trips to the chemist!
I have noticed our thread has been a bit quiet lately! we must be all busy with our little bundle of joys!
Mia's oral thrush doesnt seem to be going away which means shes not sucking. She will down about max 50mls in her bottle and its just too sore to suck anymore. So off to the chemist i went. Got some more Nilstat and some baby panadol. Just gave her a dose of panadol and shes sound asleep and sucking on her dummY! she wasnt sucking on thaat either coz of the pain. Poor little munchkin. So it has been a rough couple of days. I went and got some heinz nurture formula too so ill give that a go.. was only $18 and after i brought it i seen it at big w for $12.. oh that always happens. The BFing seems to be phasing out. Frankly with all her other issues atm i just dont have time! We will see how it goes. Mum wants me to try the NAN formula but i can only find it in the GOLD variety, does it come in a normal one??????
anyway off to have a veg in front of the telly.. or not.. shes awake again.. ho hum
HJ - he works over 40 hours a week and i kinda feel bad asking him for help anyway and if i do he just gets crabby.. oh well.. ill just deal with it.
HJ, well done...I'm so glad the night went well for you.
My DP doesn't do nights either, but that's mostly because I'm breastfeeding. There's nothing he can do so why should we both be sleep deprived. We also have a deal that he takes her to settle more during the day to give me a break...or let me take a nana nap. He is struggling with the amount of noise she makes during the night though, all the snuffling wakes him up. We're contemplating moving her into the next room, where we could here her cry, but not so much of the heavy breathing. I'm not sure about it though, I find all the noise reassuring (and it doesn't wake me up as much)...SIDS is always at the back of my mind.
Hollye - Poor little Mia!
I did the same thing with formula the other day - brought 2 cans at woolies cause they were on special - only to find it cheaper at kmart! go figure!!!!
As for u question on NAN formula - i have only seen it in Gold also!
and now i understand why DH dosent get up! best not to have a crabby partner! hehehe
fussy - its good that ur partner does his share during the day to give u a break!
im as parnoid about sids as u are - however we started Bianca off in her own room straight away - cause i knew i would find it hard moving her out - but we had a baby monitor - now im a bit more relaxed and the monitor is off - but i still find my self waking to check on her or just lying in bed until i hear a sound from her!
i would so love to sleep her on her belly - cause she loves it - but the whole sids thing is freaking me out!
1stBub27 - that meet up with ur friend would of been interesting! going from no bubs to you both having bubs! and yeh for Liam being on his best behaviour! and funny u have been holding ur breath also! im still holding mine as i have had 2 good days with Bianca so far and have really enjoyed it! - however im still worried that it might be the calm before the storm (hope not).
As for baby brain - i have it bad - and i think it is starting to annoy DH a little - apparently u never lose it completly!
I dont have my 6wk check up with my ob until next year - and by than i will be further along than 6wks - was wondering if maybe they made a mistake and if i should call them and check - does it really matter when u have it?
Hope ur ceaser wound heals quickly!
Sorry to be MIA for so long. Funny how you can be soooo busy and yet feel like you haven't done much, with a bub.
Went to the Dr today as a small bit on my ceasar cut started weeping and bleeding just a little last night (sorry everyone! Hope ur not eating). They weren't too worried about it, apart from the fact it's happened close to 6 weeks, but my 6 week appointment is next Monday so I've got antibiotics and we'll see how it is by then. It's a little sore and I'm back to not being 100% comfortable with things like bending down, and reaching over for things. DH goes back to work next Monday too, so that could be interesting.
We did our first day trip on Monday to Gympie (1 1/2 hrs away). One of my best friends who now lives in US was back for a visit with her husband and 6 month old. It was the 1st time everyone got to meet each other. What a change from old times, now that we have bubs, prams and hubs in tow! It all went well. Liam travelled well and coped with the heat pretty well too. Actually, he's been really good lately and I'm starting to stop holding my breath and just enjoy it all.
On the feeding, I've decided to go 1/2 BF and 1/2 FF which I feel a lot happier about than just doing 1 exclusively ATM. Didn't end up calling ABA just because I was so tired I couldn't think properly the next day and as soon as I think I have a problem it sorts itself out. I'm currently doing a quick BF then topping up on FF - but no matter how much BF he has still has at least 100ml Formula, and sometimes the whole 150ml recommended. We got him weighed today and he's put on 1kg in 3 weeks, so is around 4.7kg now. YAY! My nanna dropped round today too and was amazed at how much bigger and heavier he was since just last week!
I was wondering if anyone else was suffering from baby brain! I'm terrible. So vague and so unable to focus. ...that does go doesn't it?
HJ - I'm so happy for you that things went well with Bianca last night! I get the whole 'feeling like a mum for the 1st time' thing. I keep looking at those calm mums with a couple of kids and wondering if they felt so out of place with their 1st.
Did anyone see Oprah today? It was about overwhelmed mums. There were some scary stories about child accidents etc, often brought on by baby brain moments. But the positive thing I got from it was that you should always focus on what you are doing NOW, if you are in the present then things are less likely to get on top of you or go wrong. Easier said than done I know, but I really thought that it was an important concept.
Nope didnt see it - and by the sounds of it im glad i didnt!!!
and i couldnt agree more - with our baby brains we really should concentrate on one thing at a time!
I am SO excited!!! James took his first bottle of EBM today without a fuss!!!!!!!! It's huge for us here because Izzy was attached to the booby til 8 mths ( and I mean not ONE bottle in that time! )so I didn't get a break for a looong time but today I went and got my hair done and just before I went I said to DH maybe I should try to express and feed him that and it worked!!! :cheerL: Very excited! Gotta go because we are paying for our internet at the mo because we are over our limit and its excy but I was too excited and wanted to let you all know!
to you all who are having a rough time and Yay Hj! Thats great! See I am reading!
Fussyboots,
I saw Ophra today, it was so sad. It's crazy to think what baby brain, being stressed and the pressures of being a mother can do to some people. It makes you appreciate what you've got and take a step back from it all. Speaking of telly, i've never seen so much! I've always worked fulltime and can't believe how much crap is out there. I am especially sick of pro active and windsor pilates ads Agggggggggg.
It all went well. Liam travelled well and coped with the heat pretty well too. Actually, he's been really good lately and I'm starting to stop holding my breath and just enjoy it all.
I get the whole 'feeling like a mum for the 1st time' thing. I keep looking at those calm mums with a couple of kids and wondering if they felt so out of place with their 1st.
It's huge for us here because Izzy was attached to the booby til 8 mths ( and I mean not ONE bottle in that time! 
)so I didn't get a break for a looong time but today I went and got my hair done and just before I went I said to DH maybe I should try to express and feed him that and it worked!!! :cheerL: Very excited! Gotta go because we are paying for our internet at the mo because we are over our limit and its excy but I was too excited and wanted to let you all know!
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