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tanya- will do. im nt sure whether im looking forward to the plane trip or not but we'll see hey! i usu fly back on the midnite flight but dont think ppl would b too happy if theres a crying baby. decisions decisions...btw we use cloth most times, majority of mine are osfm pocket nappies (Bumgenius, happy heiny, green kids, haute). where abts in melb r u??
ETA- cant remember who has the overall obsession, but surely u have the eenee reversible ones?! im lookin at gettin dragon a set...
Tanya...
YEP cloth bummed boy here....
we use
Baby beehind bamboo fitteds/hemp fitted with minky/fleece covers
Itti Bitti's (AIO"s)
Fiona Jill Fitted's
Baby beehinds Magicalls (AIO's)
Wild Child
I am having huge BB issues with the upgrade, I get the random question and I don 't have quick reply thats if I can even get here!! Apparently they are working on these kinks in the system, don't forget me girls!!!
(oh and for those who don't get random questions the one I had to answer to post this is:What planet do we live on?)
tanya - we are cloth here too. I have tried heaps , now we are back to basics baby beehinds, Itti bittis. and sposies for DH.
PM me if you like. i have a few other brands i am selling :)
Georgi - i have had ...
color of grass
what goes oink
opposite of hot
what planet do we live on
and now, type the word frog
Zander is trippin' now guys LOL - he has just started to follow his hands with his eyes like WOW MAN, what are these things on the end of my arms --- :ROFL:
Arrrrgh. BJ woke for a feed at 1.30am, I went back to bed at 2am, didn't get to sleep till 3am then he woke at 3.20am and every half hour thereafter. Man I'm so tired. He hasn't had a night like this since he was a newborn.
We have mothers group today. I haven't been for weeks so I thought I better go. But gosh, I'd love to sleep!
Random questions: Weird!
georgi - our house alarm went off due to a black out and DS woke at 3am! and didnt go back down till 4 and then up at 530 when DD woke... that is 2 5am starts for DD in a row!
I hear you on needing sleep!!!
Hahah X is doing the same. Every car trip he is obsessed with his feet... just stares & wiggles them... and during feeds, it's his hands (or I should say - his mittens - X doesn't get to have real hands yet lol).:
Sorry to hear you guys are short of sleep, I'm crossing fingers for you that tonight will be better. Oh and loving BJ Georgi. That's the only reason Xander is called Xander... so I can say that X marks the spot! (ok so maybe not the only reason ;) )
I can't post on BB at all atm (yes I know that sounds nonsensical in a post)... but on MY PC I can't. So I'm sitting in DH's BIG chair, looking at the BIG desk and the HIGH monitor... I feel like a 5 year old at daddy's desk!!!!
hehe so its not just my weird child that loves to stare at his feet when i put him in his bouncer. He looks at them wide-eyed and giggles when he sees them move. He has a little obsession with playing with his fingers too, thats when he's not too busy suckin on them haha
i just weighed Jack quickly whilst i was out shopping...
in a t-shirt and IB cloth nappy..and he weighs 6.82kgs..hmmmm me thinks he is a BIG bull....
he has a fascination now with pulling his clothes up (tshirt/bib) and sucking them....and when i sit him up on my lap..he stares at his feet..soooo intrigued by them moving...
teru - I live in Brunswick. Where's Ardeer?
hollye - How'd your appointment go today?
I didn't realise that those with cloth nappies would have several different brands. I should probably go read some of the cloth nappy threads to see which brands people prefer. But I'm feeling too lazy!
Yeah Maya has also discovered her feet. They do sometimes entertain her in the car. Also for Christmas we got foot rattles (little socks with rattles sewn on). They are very cute and when they are on her feet she reaches out to them.
Someone at mother's group said yesterday that she was told as soon as her son can put his foot in his mouth is when she should try for her next baby. hehe..
It's currently 40.5 degrees here. :( I would have loved to go to my mother's air conditioned home again but I'm still too scared to drive there after Maya's hour long screaming episode! So we are holed up at home. She's been quite grumpy today. Then again so am I! I really hate it when the weather is this hot!
havent had appointment yet!! its at 4:30. 1 more hour to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tanya- ardeer is sunshine west. this head is driving me mad as well, esp when bf...theres SO many nappy brands, im being overwhelmed by them even now but do pop into the other threads to see what other ppl say...u'll need to see whether u want:
* something sized or will fit her majority of her nappy life
* something quick to dry or thats irrelevant
those should start u off in ur nappy hunt...the girls in the cloth nappy thread are very helpful :D
you gotta be fast in the cloth nappy thread!!! lol as we talk talk talk nappies....
Hollye good luck at your appointment!!! let us know how things go hun
:yeahthat: we start a new thread every week i think. skip a day & theres PAGES to read lol
ETA- omg dragon nearly shatt on me :( he wanted a feed, but wanted to feed BUTT NAKED so off goes the nappy...1st came a fart, then another so i thought better slide something under. lo & behold out it came...so i took him to the basin & rinsed his butt. while all this was going on, he was happily suckin away!!
ROFL teru...that will teach you :p
i reckon it is easily quicker than a week going through threads in the cloth nappy thread.... lotsa nappy talk....
Well dd is sprouting a 39.1 temp and i have been on the phone for almost 4 hrs to insurance trying to get a better deal!!! well so far saved $80 so better than nothing :)
I am going to buy formula tomorrow.
I gave a ;little more of BF a go and he coughs, chokes and splutters. So today i have exclusively EBM fed him and he is good. Going for regular 3 hr feeds with little vomitting... so ... there is only going to be so long i can ebm for guess.
Teru - ta babe! ;)
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.
pp - u cant BF at all????? why are u expressing???? sorry. u have prob said but i prob missed it.
pp- no hurry, take your time ok?
kat- he wouldnt stop crying until i took it off lol
LOL Teru.... must be a boy thing Jack loves no nappy time.....
PP no good about the temp...what insurance you trying to get cheaper???
Hollye.. at least you have some answers....i hope things get abit better...be very careful with any formula that is GOLD....has abit more iron in it which can cause BAD constipation!!! and nice green poos
well she has the runs atm katones.. lol but yeh i know about the constipation but she also has water throughout the day and that seems to soften things.
Hollye - good o for some answers, You know the losec will dissolve in a little water before you pop in the bottle :)
I am expressing during the day (BF last at night and first time in the AM)... bascially watching him struggle with the fast let down and lots of milk is distressing. He is much happier with the bottle. so i am expressing. He is having about 120ml every 3 hrs atm.
I am going to get some formula tomorrow as a back up in case i dont have milk one time.
Kat - doing all our insurance, managed to get it down by $80 so happy with that so far :)
Teru - will post tomorrow
thx pp. im looking for car insurance atm too...its so annoying!!
nah doesnt go in the bottle PP. I know it does break down in water and i have to give it to her with a syringe with 2mls of water. Do what is best for ethan hun and if thats putting him on formula just do it. U have been great giving him BM for so long and u should be mighty proud! I know when i was stuffing around with BFING, EMB and formula it becomes abit much. But yes, expressing too much does lower your supply dramatically. But it wont dry up. So even if u express and formula feed him and then try and go back to full bfing when hes abit older and he can handle it more? just throwing some idea;s out there.. i wish i was wtill BFIng :(
teru - :lol: lucky you thought to put something under Dragon at the last minute! Yeah it's awful BFing in this heat!!
I can barely keep up with the babies born thread sometimes so I dunno how I'd keep up with the cloth nappies thread. Probably by the time I finally get around to researching cloth nappies Maya will be using the loo! :lol:
Oh I used to sometimes go to the cinemas in Sunshine! Though I haven't been to the cinema now since September last year.
Hollye - That's great that you got an answer. I hope things get better. :hug:
PP - You've gotta do what's best for the two of you. :hug:
Hi to everyone else!
Maya has been so unsettled the last couple of days. I'm thinking it's from the heat?!
Morning all... We went to the clinic yesterday & I had BJ weighed. He's 7.1kg! He's averaged 195g gain for the past 6 weeks. Though I know that he's only averaged 100g for the past 3 weeks. He's just not feeding properly. He fed at 6.30pm then woke crying at 6.15am. He fed for only 4 mins! You'd think he'd be starving after 12 hours. He's happily playing under his Gymni so he must be fine.
He went to bed at 7.45pm but woke at 10.30pm, which is not like him at all. I couldn't re settle him, though I didn't try real hard. I thought he must be hungry so I put him on & 2 mins later (when my milk let down) he fell asleep. I guess he just needed to be settled but cause he has never woken at that time I just didn't know what to do. I had only just got to sleep myself. I went to bed around 9.30am. After putting him straight back down I went straight back to bed and couldn't get back to sleep. So annoying. Just as I did, he woke again crying. This was around 11.30am. He re settled himself so I didn't need to get up but I was just imagining he was doing this for laughs. Then DH woke me when he got home from work at midnight, then again when he came to bed at 1am. Then finally peace & quiet. I still tossed & turned a fair bit but at least I got SOME sleep after that.
Oops.. Gotta go & change a exploda poo. BBL
hi girls (typing 1 handed atm)...
tanya - heat can dusturb them for sure, i have E's aircom om even overnight on 25 degrees and he has had a couple of good nights:)
well i expressed 300ml this morning and e took 100. i remember Ashley took afew weeks to take decent amounts.
i am going ti buy some formula today - going with the amcal brand , i used it with ashley too so confident using it :)
oh geez, I've tried to post sooo many times *sigh* oh well hopefully this one will work!
PP - just wanted to say GL hun, it's tough trying to work out what's best for you both, but I'm sure whether you BF or express you can do it and make it work... and as others have said, if you express at least you leave the door open for getting back to BFing if you want. Plus your volumes sound great!
Georgi - awesome weight gain!!
Tanya - I reckon the heat for sure, it's been stinky hot!
Hollye - oh I'm so glad you got some answers and hope the Losec work well for you and MIa.
Teru - hope things are going a bit better for you :hug:
Katones - :hello: how's your gorgeous cloth-bummed boy?
SamiH - hey slacker, where are you? ;)
Had our last "structured" mother's gropu yesterday, did baby massage which was fun. Then X was over-tired and I was really hoping I could get him to sleep on the mat there... pat pat... soothing voice... pat... and off he went :dance:. I was so thrilled, and he looked just beatific sleeping in the middle of all these mums & wide-awake babies. I really appreciate how lucky I am that he goes to sleep pretty easy, I dont' know how i'd cope if he was difficult in that way. I think I'm a spoilt mummy.
We're having a quiet week otherwise, catching up on housework & stuff, and staying out of the heat!!!
my beautiful cloth bummed boy is doing great :D thanks for asking.
was asleep last night by 9.30pm slept til 5.45am fed and went back to sleep til 8ish....fed at 9.30am..and is back asleep now :D
He is doing so well on the goat formula, soo much more settled and no constipation probs :) such a happy bubba
Hi ladies,
Twins are fantastic they are the best babies ever. Sam is 6kg and Hana is 5.6kg. They smile and laugh and it won't be long before Hana rolls go girl. Sam just likes to lay their and watch his sister do all the work. The nurse said yesterday that Sam should be holding his headup better, he will when he is ready all children develop at different rates Love. Anyway I hope everyone is going really well.
Cathie
Glad all is going well CathieW....
very true they all develope at different rates....and you can't force them till they are ready...
keep up the good work :D
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You answered for me hun, so much trouble getting on when I want too, and then posting sucks, at least the random questions have gone, but whats all the stuff at the bottom now - usually I am very good with change, but I dont have the time to trawl forum info to find out.
Me too re the sleeping X/Z's - Z is good too, even at home he grizzles, I wrap, I cuddle and his eyes roll back without any crying so into the cot still awake and that's it :) Lucky ..... but heck I need it at the moment with school holidays and a part-time absent travelling husband - can you tell I feel a bit stressed :ROFL:
Hugs to you all - BBL when found out what this stuff is.
Hi all been a slacker and then when I go to post I can't or it won't, ahhh well given me time to do more things. Today and tomorrow I'll be getting the last things before kids go back to school next week, ah it will be bliss in my house again.
Hollye good to hear that you finally have some answers, hopefully the losec will help.
PP big :hug:, it's so trying to make the decisions that are best, but you know in yourself what will be best for you and E and if it's formula and do it, you are a great mummy and a wonderful person.
hugs xoxo
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