Well.. Maya has finally exceeded her birth weight!!!! That's such a relief. I've felt like I've been doing something wrong with her feeds because she lost so much weight initially! But it looks like feeding on demand is working well. She put on 350 grams in 2 weeks. So now she weighs 4.2 kg, length 54 cm and head 37 cm.
I went to a mother's group meeting today as well. It was so nice meeting other mums in the area and seeing other bubs.
csab - That's great re Olivia's weight gain! She'll also exceed her birth weight soon.
SamiH - I'm off to see Andre Rieu. I bought tickets before I was pregnant. Though I must admit I feel a little guilty about leaving her so that I can go to a concert! I hope I can still enjoy it.
katones - Sounds like your little man is doing great in weight gain too.
PP - I hope Ethan settles down with his feeds soon hun, cant imagine being up so often feeding bubs at night. I hope you are getting some rest thru the day at least. hugs
Katones - Gee your little man Jack is doing well. What a wonderful weight gain. hugs
Itsme - Congratulations on Maya finally reaching her birth weight. Thats excellant news. Your right Olivia will reach her birth weight in no time. If you can believe I have her in a 6 zero romper at the moment. I have never seen a 6 zero before and when I found that I had to buy it just to see if it fits her. hehehe. Her 5 zeros are still a bit big.
Well as for Olivia, ever since she was in hospital she loved her sleep, so thankfully she is still having her 5-61/2hr sleeps at night, so she only wakes up once a night which is excellant. Yet I have to say compared to all of my others she sleeps a bit less of a night. My others use to go anywhere from 8hrs and up a night at her age. She just loves her cuddles, and I just love giving them to her. hehehe. I love her little gooos and gagas to and the way she has her lips puckered up as if she is going to kiss you. She has the most serious little look on her, it is just soooooo cute.....
I had a terrible afternoon and evening yesterday! Maya was mostly up (with a few short naps here and there) from 3pm till 11.30pm. She was unsettled and crying heaps (which is unusual for her). But she would eventually settle if I held her against my chest. I just couldn't put her down at all! I was wondering if the heat could have made her more unsettled than usual? It was a 35 degree day in Melbourne. I made sure she had more feeds because I thought she'd need the extra fluids. But even that didn't seem to calm her. Happily she ended up sleeping from 11.30 till 5.30 (probably because she was so exhausted!!) and I put her back down at 6.30 and she's still sleeping at 10.30.
Itsme - Your BF arent you? I have noticed with Olivia she is on the BB's every afternoon at around 3.30pm on and off until she goes to bed between 9.30-10.30pm, when she is building up my milk she is alot more unsettled and wont sleep just doses, until around midnight with her feeds on and off from 3.30pm as well. The next night she is back to normal until her next episode. She also relaxes alot more when I bath her just before her last feed before bed. She also wants me to hold her constantly of an afternoon. Its a wonder I can get dinner started and finished hehehe.
Itsme - Logan was very unsettled yesterday evening too - all the same things as you, would only let us hold him to settle, wanted more feeds but wouldn't really suck, it was very unusual. I put it down to the heat too. In the end we got him down to sleep about 10pm and he woke at 2:30 and then 5:30 for feeds through the night. He is much more settled at the moment.
See how we go today as it is supposed to be hot again.
Cheryl - I can't imagine how tiny a six 0 suit must be, Olivia sounds like a little doll compared to Logan. He came out straight into 000 clothes and has already got back to his birth weight in just over a week (4.34kg)!!
Csab...i think we need some more piccies of Olivia!!!!
Jack was staright in 000's and won't be in them for much longer i would say!!! He is over 5kgs now.. his birth weight was 4.2kgs...
i just can't believe how fast time goes now....
well i went out to the toy sale at target this morning... came home $500 poorer!! bought Jack a chrissie present and bought the older two (more likely hubby) a Wii for christmas... Jack was good and slept the whole time
csab - Yes I am BF and Maya also does the same thing. She is more unsettled in the late afternoon and evening, feeds more often and wants to be held more. But yesterday was particularly bad. Normally I can eventually put her down for a while, but every time I tried she started bawling. And normally I have her in bed by 8pm to 10pm but yesterday she was up till 11.30pm.
kylieb77 - Yeah I really think the heat caused Maya to be more unsettled. She's doing OK at the moment though. And hopefully the cool change will come soon!
Well I had fun this afternoon. Maya did sooooooooo much poop! It was all through her nappy! Then I went to change her and when I took her nappy off she did more poop and it shot across the room! So I've had fun cleaning that off the carpet and furniture!
oh yes Itsme.. the Lurvely squirting/shooting poos!!!! thank god we have floorboards!! i have lost count how many times Jack has shiat on the floor when i have his nappy off changing him and wees...
Itsme: There's an Egyptian Hieroglyphic for the unsettled time in the evening from dusk til midnight when a baby won't sleep. My husband and I call it "the egyptian hour". Personally I don't like it much, I never get to sleep when I want but it'll pass.
Csab: Wow 6 0s, where did you find such a piece of clothing? It must be the most adorable little thing ever!
Jude was weighed this week at 3.24kg so that's almost average birth weight (at 5 weeks, heheh). He's steadily putting on around 200g each week which is good. it amazes me how different babies can be born such dramatically different sizes, and I have no idea why Jude was so small. It will always be a mystery to me.
Katones - I will get some more pics of her done soon. She is just asleep all the time and when she isnt I am either feeding her, changing her, bathing her or trying to get other things done that I am supposed to do, like cook dinner. hehehe I will get out WII out of layby in the beginning of December. Have fun with yours. Have you put anymore pics up of Jack? Time really does fly, I still cant get over Olivia being 4weeks already.
Itsme - I hope you have a better night tonight hun with Maya. How was she today? Glad you had fun with the poop. The only time I had poop shoot out was when we were in hossy and I was changing Olivia, and I got some squirted on my face. So glad no open mouth. Thankfully it was only a drop. hehehe
Kylie - When I first saw the 6 zeros, I had to count it again just to be sure I wasnt imagining it. So then I thought I would buy it to try it on her and it fitted. hehehe. She is such a tiny bubba. If you have seen the baby born dolls, she is smaller than that in length and the doll is even bigger in width. The arms, legs and belly as well as bottom is bigger too. I had the baby born next to her one day and was amazed she was smaller than it. hehehe Logan is doing really well, thats a great weight gain too.
Kuraiza - It is soo cute. When I went to put it on her today, I thought that it looked smaller than when I bought it (thought it had shrunk in the wash) hehehe, but no, it fit her. I really couldnt believe that I found it, I didnt think they came that small. She has a few 5 zeros that are a bit big on her, certainly didnt think I would come across a 6zero thats for sure. How big was Jude born again? I am still amazed with how small Olivia was, and I keep getting stopped at the shops or where ever I go and get asked was she premmie. When I say no they are shocked. I cant believe how many people stop just to look at her. Thats really good Jude is putting on the 200gms a week, you must be so proud....
I got Julian weighted yesterday and he's now 3820g, he was last weighted on discharge on the 19th of Oct and he was 3310g so in just over 3 weeks he has put on 510g. His little head is only up 1cm at 34cm and he has grown 4cm since birth and is now 54cm. All is going well and I've noticed that he's starting to have more awake time which is nice as he's always smiling and yesterday he's started to make gooing noises, which is always cute.
Cheryl to answer your question from awhile ago about the comments on having 5, yep I do hate all the people that are saying to us "oh 5 boys, are you going to try for a girl now" or "how do you cope with so many". The worst is my mother, she just doesn't really make much of an effort anymore, she even forgot about Wyatt's birthday at the beginning of the month, how's that for a nana. Another thing the really ****es me off is people asking if DH is going to get the snip done now, like it's anyone's business but ours, arrgggghhhhh.
Amanda - I get so many people being gobsmacked when I tell them I have 5, then they go how do you handle that, you must be some sort of super mum. I believe they are actually thinking your just plain crazy. I have had some say, how they would have loved a large family and congratulate me, but mostly I end up with, so thats it yes!!!!! I shouls for fun say, nahhhh thinking of having some more!!!!! You would swear they were the ones raising the kids for us the way some of them react. So glad I am not the only one that feels that way. Sorry your mum didnt remember Wyatts b'day, I bet he felt that.
I have a MONSTER CHILD!!!!! he was fed at 4.30.. put into bed.. woke up not even 1/2hr later... picked him up resettled him... 1/2hr later.. wakes AGAIN!!! i have resettled him and now he is sleeping peacefully!!!! i was going crazy..trying to get dinner done before hubby gets home.
and ****...he did a poo middle of his feed and as i put him on the change table... he let a fart rip.. that i swear was louder than his dads!!! and went for about 1min....MALES.....
csab - She is doing better today. Unsettled of course, but not as bad as yesterday! I do think the heat yesterday made her even more unsettled than normal! It's hot again today (currently 34 degrees) but we have a portable air con in our bedroom and both Maya and I are spending all afternoon in there!
When my DH went back to work after parental leave he came up with the idea of helping me in the mornings before going to work. So he was getting to work at 10am and coming home at 7pm or later. After a couple of days of that I told him he needs to go to work earlier and come home during the unsettled time!! So now he gets home around 5.30-6, which helps me more.
wish my hubby would be here in the afternoons!!!! but he does VERY looooongg shifts at work so i let him get as much rest as he can... although last night i think Jack did not want anyone in this house sleeping....
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That's such a relief. I've felt like I've been doing something wrong with her feeds because she lost so much weight initially! But it looks like feeding on demand is working well. She put on 350 grams in 2 weeks. So now she weighs 4.2 kg, length 54 cm and head 37 cm.
Happily she ended up sleeping from 11.30 till 5.30 (probably because she was so exhausted!!) and I put her back down at 6.30 and she's still sleeping at 10.30.
And hopefully the cool change will come soon!
I will get out WII out of layby in the beginning of December. Have fun with yours. Have you put anymore pics up of Jack? Time really does fly, I still cant get over Olivia being 4weeks already.
So then I thought I would buy it to try it on her and it fitted. hehehe. She is such a tiny bubba. If you have seen the baby born dolls, she is smaller than that in length and the doll is even bigger in width. The arms, legs and belly as well as bottom is bigger too. I had the baby born next to her one day and was amazed she was smaller than it. hehehe Logan is doing really well, thats a great weight gain too.
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