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tanya- i know wht u mean abt going to the movies. we used to go every fortnight and now ive only been once...took dragon to watch the keanu reeves movies (forgot wt its called). he was in a sling, wanted bf at the start and slept all the way thru. lucky!
thanks girls.
I did buy some formula and it is in the cupboard ... just in case.
He fed on the boob at 9 and 11 but they were really deflated so it was easier for him if that makes sense...
i am wondering if i can express the morning and then feed through the day? will he get enough do you think?
ANyhow E is asleep, i am having lunch. DD has had some nurofen and is much cooler to touch now - hoping the fever stays away for a few hours..... she is watching iggle piggle lol
teru - posted to day for you!
and as for movies.. the last movie i saw was happy feet.. when prgenant with ashley lol.... mmmm what does that say about kids and movies!
I am actually tempted to try a babes in arms session with E one day with A is in FDC
pp- im not sure whether i can handle a mum&bubs session tbh, the other screamin babies lol. lucky dragon is easy, but might get SIL to watch him when she moves back down so we can go on a lil "date". she wouldnt even hav to do anything as its his sleeptime then!!
if u find he bf easier after expressin then give that a go. ive done that several times & hasnt come across any probs so far. so long as they suck u'll make enuf (im pretty sure anywyz) in that way u hv ebm handy too. good to hear that he fed this morning. its tru that its much easier for them when its soft :D
I need to remember to have a bottle ready for the morning so i dont have to wake up 20 minutes early to express in case DS wake iykim..
He still only take 100 ish ml though a feed... kat, hollye... and the others how much is your bubs taking and how often?
you never notice when they are BF
not sure whether it works, but u could always chuck him on if he wakes up while u expressing?! jst a thought :P
PP - Mia does about 60-80 mls each feed (but throws most of it back up) for her weight (5.72) shes meant to be having 143 mls (5 bottles) or 173ml (6 bottles).
Mia had her MCHN 3 month check today. She has only put on 20 grams in a week :( so the MCHN wants to see her again tomorrow. Mothers group tomorrow again yay! and bishop is coming here at 4pm to talk to me about Mia's baptism.
teru - i could put him on if i had expressed enough first so he doesnt get the let down :)
Hollye - woohoo for the bishop! we have decided to wait until winter to get ethan done, it is just oo hot atm
HOw is mias development hollye - is she meeting milestones? Its hard because ashley was the same with weight gain as you know. (not as little as 20gm but i weighed her monthly as it was doing my head in and watched her development instead).
Hopefully after a few doses of losec she will pick up in the feeding.
Oh i found a good article for you too.. will send the link to your msn re: formulas.
any luck with jobs and moving?
PP - X takes about 250ml EBM but only feeds 4 times a day (and is a smidge older).
pp -yeh we are doing the christing in a couple weeks coz we want to move so we want to make sure we do it here before we go. Now i have a new car, we are saving to move. Its great, we are putting away about 100-150 bucks a week. Which is good. Thanks for the article, its very interesting. Yep Mia is quite advanced in her mental development. The MCHN said she is already doing some stuff she expects to see in a 4-5 month old. So that easers my mind abit. More than likley shes just gonna be a little kid. She is getting longer, a good 1-2 cm a week and her head is growing (40cm atm). so shes doing good in every other aspect.
PP ~ Jack is drinking between 160-210mls at a time :D
200mls water and the 4 scoops of powder..which makes up the 210mls.
and is having 5 feeds a day
teru - That's great that you can take Dragon to the cinema. I don't think I'd be able to do it with Maya. She doesn't like being in the dark, unless she's asleep, and she is hard to settle to sleep. I'm thinking of trying one of the mums and bubs sessions, though I know what you mean about other bubs being there and crying. But it's the only way I'd be able to go see a movie.
PP - If Maya does a long sleep, I express a little from each bb before putting her on - otherwise it's too painful for me and she chokes on the let down. That seems to be working for me.
belfie - Wow.. a bit of patting and straight to sleep. That's great for you. I wish I could do that. I still have to rock her to sleep. Sometimes she does wake when I put her down and I can pat her and she'll fall asleep straight away. Which I'm happy with because earlier on I had to pick her back up and start rocking again!
Maya's awake so gotta go. Hi to everyone I missed!
thanks girls - your bubs have great amounts!!! :) we will get more as he spaces them out i guess. he is just used to 2 hr feeds on the boob i guess.
Hollye - $150 is great!!! i think i need to head back to work soon 1 day a week to bring in some $$. it is getting a little harder :(
I think mia will be like Ashley. I mean she is 20 months and 11kg :) ive seen 10 month old babies bigger than her!! lmao.
I mean ethan is more than half her weight at 14 weeks lol!
Tanya - i think i will give that a go for the morning for sure!! :)
Well ethan is due to wake soon so i might try put ashley down lol (one at a time is easier than 2 sometimes).
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I am not looking foward to going back to work..well i will look foward to the money BUT not the time away from bub...
am going back in April :(
lol well DD refuses bed ... so playschool it is.
I told work i was having 9 months off and will be back in july. I had 9 months off with DD too.
It will only be 1 day a week (maybe 2 if i feel up to it)..so it isnt too bad.
I think it is good that DH gets a full day with the kids lol
i am going back to the same roster i had before maternity leave...
7.30am-12.30pm and afew hrs every 2nd weekend :) and Jack will be heading off to his nannies whilst i am at work during the week and with daddy every 2nd weekend.
ive got a yr mat leave, but thinkin of goin back when we come back frm o/s. i wrk at the cas & its p/t roster wrk but they give special consideration for parents so prolly wrking 1day a week. i dont like the idea of leaving dragon but we gotta make $ somehow! i should grad soon (sittin my exams nxt mth) so wanna look into bookkeepin frm home. any1 hav any idea hw to go abt it??
anywyz im goin for a nap then should really hit the books!!
I can have up to 18 months off UNPAID maternity leave BUT because i finished in August last year i took my holidays i had and ALL of my long service leave which paid me up until after i had Jack...I originally said i would go back in April and that is when i am going back even though i can extend my leave i am not going to..we have too much debt that needs to be paid off quickly...