Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2008

[kylieb77]

Hi guys - I thought I would drop in to ask what you suggest to treat a red bum (nappy rash). Logan has lots of pretty liquid poos that i think are irritating him and would appreciate any suggestions. Maybe i need to persist on one boob for longer as suggested earlier. OMG - any suggestion for stopping him weeing all over himself every other nappy change LOL. The joys of having a little boy!

Blizz - thinking of you and hope you are feeling better. Glad you got onto it so quick. I don't have an over supply, didn't even get engorged when my milk came in. I think Logan was onto it straight away and didn't give me a chance. My boobs never feel really tight and I don't leak, but I suppose that could still happen as my milk only came in on Wednesday.

[PinkPalace]

Kylie - try to wash his bum with a flannel and warm water (not wipes) - and make sure it is dry before any thing else... A DRY BUM IS A HAPPY BUM!!!

And i loved curash zinc ointment for ashleys bum! you can get a zinc ointment from the chemist usually too which they make up and very cheap and it will also work wonders. I would coat it on and it would be gone in the morning.

Otherwise bepanthen is good - i use it too at times but find it takes longer to clear the rash up.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

OMG - any suggestion for stopping him weeing all over himself every other nappy change LOL. The joys of having a little boy!

Mia wee's on ME 90% of the time i take her nappy off.. it goes everywhere.. i dont know how they can hold so much liquid!! lol

[Georgi]

KYLIE I bought a pac of chux wipes, cut them in half, then I fold them up & place it over DS doodle as soon as I open his nappy. That way if he wees, the chux soaks it up. It works wonders. I also agree with PP, bepantham is good

KURAIZA Wow, really, your sister from Sydney.. How funny. I basically was my nieces 2nd mother up until I moved to QLD. So I was very fortunate to experience the first time mother thing with my sister. But I just didn't need to wake up for night feeds. It was a great intro to motherhood. I also went to a day course for routine & settling for babies (in Sydney), that helped immensely.

Heya Holly & PP... Hope you's are having a nice weekend!

[Moi]

Georgie - Thanks for letting me know about your routine. It sounds fantastic. I also exercise Maya, but my routine isn't as thorough as yours. And I tend to break things up - like one time when she's awake I'll do tummy time, another time massage, another time exercise, etc. Maybe having one set routine would better?

kuraiza- Expressing 40 ml sounds fantastic to me. The most I've ever managed is 20 mls and most of the time I just get a couple of drops. I really wanted to store up a feed but I can never find the time to express and when I do I hardly get anything.

Question: Has anyone tried both manual and electric breast pumps? I'm wondering if one is better than the other and how is it better? Does an electric breast pump allow you to express more milk? I have a manual one and I find it hard to use and it gives me sore breasts.

[belfie]

i've only ever used the electric ones and I find it great - it's a medela symphony (yellow). It's fairly expensive to hire ($115 a month) but it mimics a baby's sucking patterns (i.e. start with the little shallow sucks then go to longer/slower pattern). To start with I was getting 20 - 50ml but now I've got up to 190 ml, averaging 100ml (but I've been expressing a fair bit for many reasons too). I find this pump great.

I also tried a medela lacta something? Blue one.. but it was faulty (it's the older more basic one $80 hire/month) so once I realised it was faulty (first night home ARRGH!), I rushed out and just got the same yellow one that I used at hossie. There's also little more portable electric ones too that Medela make but i haven't tried 'em.

Also, I think you can hire through Mother's Direct/ABA at a discount if you've joined ABA.

Georgi, great suggestion on the chux wipes - our little man LOVES to pee as soon as his doodle is free! (haha that rhymed! Ahem! ).

Re nappy rash my friend uses Lucas PawPaw ointment (and her little girl did have very bad nappy rash) - X's bum was briefly a bit red, used some of that and it cleared up in no time!

[Helly]

argh... I really wanna post, but I've had no time! My little man is feeding ALL THE TIME at the moment, mostly cos I got cracked nipples (so much OW. Give me labour any day!) and I've had nipple shields in order to be able to heal up. So, feeding from them takes ages, and I can't pull him off too soon or my supply will decrease - so, until I learn to type while feeding, I can't regularly contribute.

I hate missing out on these first weeks with everyone! Boo hoo.

[kylieb77]

Blizz/Georgi - thanks for the suggestions, such a simple remedy but mumnesia strikes again and my brain has seemed to lose normal thinking capacity.

I have heard that bepanthan is good - but was given some curash so have been using it. I might give the paw paw ointment a go as it is natural. I have been using it on his chin as he has a little rash there from all the sucking he is doing!!!

Itsme - I can't comment on the expressing as I haven't had to do any of it yet. Logan is doing a good enough job of milking me - I feel a bit like a jersey cow at the moment. He slept this morning for at least 5 hours and then has fed on and off all afternoon, just got him down to a proper sleep again after a bath and more feeding!

Helly - Good on you for hanging in there, sounds like you are doing it tough.

[blizz]

OMG - any suggestion for stopping him weeing all over himself every other nappy change LOL. The joys of having a little boy!

I have found having a dry face washer or cloth near by helps I have just been placing it over his uncontrolled bits and this has stopped him squirting himself in the eye...he really wasn't impressed when he did this the other day!!!!
has got mumma and dadda quite a few times already as well.

As for me, feeling one hundred percent better...got on to the mastitis quickly and things went back to normal overnight...can still feel some tender spots and have been feeding as much as possible to keep the breast empty.


I am not intending to complain here as I understand that I should be counting my blessings but how much is too much sleep for a newborn????


Angus is having a total of two wakeful sessions one in the morning for about an hour and a half to two hours and then again in the afternoon where he has a session from 2-3 hours, the rest of the time he is pretty much sleeping often for a 5-6 hour block over night and about 2-4hour block during the day.

I have been putting it down to the fact that he has been feeding HUGE feeds and is just a contented little man, also that we are so much more relaxed this time around than we were with DD.
just wondered if anybody else had found this???
he seems pretty alert when he is awake and I swear his head nearly swung off his shoulders when my sil was holding him and I walked past talking to DH he was trying to see where I was as he was hungry.

Nothing else to report, hope everybody else is enjoying their new arrivals as much as we are enjoying ours....love to all Allie

PS will be in more soon DH is still on holidays and we are making the most of it so I haven't been spending much time on the computer, he has two more weeks before I have my first turn at being single mum to two children when he returns to shift work