Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2008

[Georgi]

Hey girls.. I've been busy entertaining my nieces & sister so haven't had a chance to get on BB.... Great to see all your bubs are putting on weight. I didn't go to the clinic on Tuesday so I can't report anything though I know he's put on a heap, he's so heavy. My sister calls him the chubber. He's so chubby.

I can't help but brag..... Byron slept through the night last night... Yippee.. I hope he continues to do so. After a massive vomit at 9pm last night (from taking in wayyyy too much booby juice), he fell asleep at 9.15pm & woke at 4.50am. The funny thing is I kept waking up wondering if he was still breathing. I would wait to hear a grunt or grizzle from him before falling back to sleep lol. I can easily get use to it though.

He's been quite settled the past few days. He's not crying as much.

Speaking of the egyptian hour..... Byron is unsettled from around 5pm till he goes to bed. Luckily DH has been home this week (working day shift) so he keeps Byron entertained so I can cook.

Gotta go & change a pooey nappy... Mwah!

[Moi]

Georgi - Feel free to brag. How nice to get some extra sleep! Oh and thanks again for sharing your play routine. I've started incorporating some of the things you suggested and Maya loves it.

PP - That's a great weight gain. I hope Maya continues with her good gains!

katones - Yeah sometimes I feel bad cos my DH comes home and I shove a screaming baby at him. But then he works in an office and gets to sit all day, has coffee breaks and takes a long lunch break. And he doesn't have to care for someone else all day long. Plus I let him sleep at nights. So thinking about that makes me feel less guilty!

Well yesterday Maya just wouldn't go to sleep till 11pm! But then she slept until 4am and after putting her back at 5am she slept till 8.30am. I was so exhausted at 11pm though! I was ready for bed at 9pm but couldn't go to bed till she was in bed. I read somewhere that babies get more and more unsettled until they peak around 6 weeks and then they start getting more settled. I've noticed that her unsettled time is increasing and getting worse. So hopefully it's going to peak soon and then start getting better!

[1MOREPLZ]

omg i just weighed Ds on the wii fit (lol) and he was 4.6kg!
That means 1.26kg in 5 weeks!!! chubber :_)

LOL the Wii fit scales are WRONG!!!!! hubby got on and they said he was 96kgs...hmmm me thinks NOT!!!! also did the same for hubbys uncle... although maybe your are right???

[1MOREPLZ]

well i sure did have a monster child yesturday...

bathed him at 8pm ready for his 8.30 feed... do you think he would sleep after being fed?? NOPE!!! he stayed awake til 10.30ish... but then slept til around 2.30am i was to tired so i lay in bed and fed him.. he finished one side and fell asleep..and so did i with the lamp on i woke at 4.30 and turned the lamp off...he then slept til around 6.30am so i lay in bed and fed him my rock booby that he didn't feed off at 2.30am.. and he went back to sleep til after 9.

[SamiH]

Must be all the greedy boys putting on the weight! Zander has also put on 1.45kg since his birth - but he is long also 58.5 so doesn't look overly chubby, until he pulls his chin in and it triples

Itsme - Andre Rieu - woohoo - have a wonderful time - and try to enjoy your night out! I haven't noticed a huge change at 6 week mark - but maybe my life is just a bit too hectic to notice - but Zander hasn't seemed to have an unsettled period of more than an hour really so I am praying that continues - specially with my husband travelling - it would be really hard if he cried for a few hours and still trying to get the other two fed/bed/read/sleep etc.

Georgi - brag away, Byron has had a little head start on the outside world - I am hoping by Christmas Zander will be "sleeping through" - or just so I can get a 6 hour stretch of sleep - so that's about 8 hours between feeds But Zander seems to go into his night time sleep around 8pm too - which fits in well with the other kids, but would be nice if he would feed once more around 10pm

Cheryl - I can't believe how teensy Olivia is - but it takes all kinds to make up the world so I am happy to hear she is putting on weight and doing well

Having said things are good - at our clinic appt yesterday I did tne PND questionnaire and came out the top of normal - but dunno how. I think the questions are tricky - especially the crying one - you have cried for no reason (or something like that) and one answer was yes occasionally, and the other was no, never. Well I have had a moment or two, but nothing big, just tired and exhausted - but couldn't tick no, never cried - Oh well, as long as I feel ok, we should be fine. I had a bit with Giselle just mild, more my putting expectations on myself to keep a clean house with a baby and 2 yo toddler and meals and general stuff - was cross I couldn't do it and was a bit sad

Need to resettle the munchkin ...

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SamiH... the boys are definatly the little greedy ones!!!!

[CathieW]

Hey girls,

Just a quick note letting you know how the twins are going. Well we have our good days and our bad days. It's really hard when both are crying all day, any way my little Hana is a drama queen and Sam just goes with the flow.

Cathie

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CathieW...glad things are going OK for you.

My boy is asleep STILL!!! hopefully tonight is a good night for sleep

[AmandaJ]

I finally wrote my birth story, her it is:

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml#post1514704

hugs xoxo

[SunnyRain]

Georgi: Blissful! Jude slept last night from 11pm until 5.20am, but I woke up at 4.30 wondering why I was still asleep and I just dozed until he woke up. I could have really done with that extra sleep, why did I wake up?

Itsme: I think our husbands like the "great baby handover" at the end of their work shift. I'm sure they miss their little families all day. Since Jude hates having a bath, my husband now showers with him and Jude loves it. He makes happy gurgling noises and then I take him and dry him and he plays with the towel. It's so much easier than running a bath and my husband said it's the closest bonding he can get with Jude.

Jude never sleeps until 11pm. My sister babysat yesterday so we could go out for mexican with friends, and she tried to settle him but I had to tell her he won't sleep until 11pm. Every night I wish I could go to bed earlier, but I can't.

PinkPalace: 1.26kgs in 5 weeks is plausible. Jude's gained 880gs in 5 weeks, but he's only a little guy.

Cathie: Having twins must be very difficult. I'm sure you're doing an amazing job.



Jude and I went to Seaworld yesterday with my sister, Brother-in-law and their 2 kids. My 3-year-old nephew was a nightmare. He actually hated the dolphins and had to leave the dolphin show and then he didn't want to do anything. Eventually he had some fun at Sesame Street Beach, but what a day! It was sooooo exhausting and poor Jude cried and cried because he was hungry and I couldn't feed him dead-on demand. I won't be attempting that again for a loooooong time.

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we had a great night last night!!!! slept from 8.30 to 2.20am.. fed then slept til 6.30

[SamiH]

Us too Katones - fed 7pm, then 12.30 (heat I think - needed a drink as it wasn't a great feed), and then 5.30 and back to bed until 8.30!

Kuraiza - very weird but I tend to wake about 80% of the time about 10 minutes before Zander demands milk. It gives me time to go to the loo, check the other kids have their bedsheets on, and I end up just getting comfy again and - WAHhh - well he's not that loud or noisy really. I don't think I would cope that well if he didn't sleep until 11pm! By then I have tried to have 2 hours sleep - but as I said in an earlier post, means I technically get up an extra time, but I am kinda glad he goes into his night time sleep around 7 - 8pm to tie in with the other kids. Do you go to bed and get DH to sit up with him so you get some sleep in the first part of the night?

Cathie - hi to you, you are forgiven for not posting much with twins - hats off to you hun

Itsme - have a woooooooonderful time tonight!

PP - how is it going for you the last few days?

belfie - where are you - hope everything is ok ...

Hi Georgi, Csab, Tanstar, AmandaJ, - I hope I haven't missed anyone .... due for some baby visitors - and Zander has only been asleep for 20 minutes - they might not even see him LOL

[SunnyRain]

Sami: No, I can't sleep because Jude cries until he's choking unless he's firmly attached to my breast. This is currently an all day scenario. I did just get Jude settled after the nth feed of the day by singing the extended remix of "there were 10 in the bed" 5 times and walking around the apartment with him swaddled firmly in my arms. I can finally eat lunch (at 3.40pm) and have a well-earned milo. Phew!

My sister thinks he's being extra clingy today because I left him for 2 1/2 hours last night.

[belfie]

heya ladies,

I'm here - just busy with my sis & fam visiting from interstate, plus obs, paed, physio & osteo appts!!! Two notable events for the week. Firstly - the other night X fed at 8.30pm (slow feed, put him down at 10pm)... then slept till 5.15am! WOO HOOO! Over 7 hours - I was thrilled.

Secondly, weight at the paed's - he's stacked it on alright! 5.4kg at 7 weeks. He's put on 2kg in 7 weeks!!!!

Hope you're all going well.
Cheers,
Belfie

[SamiH]

belfie - I'll see your Woohoo, and raise it LOL

Quickie from me - Zander fed at 6.30pm and went to sleep at 7.15pm - and then woke at 4am for his feed - and gee he sucked me dry ....

If only he would feed a bit later or have another one around 9pm I would get a nearly normal night sleep!

Mind you I woke at 12am, 1am, 2.30am - checked him each time ....

For those that are giving bottles - how much is your little one taking - whether it be EBM or formula ... just curious as I have no idea how much Zander gets with the b/f gig ...

[SunnyRain]

If you're all going to show off about your sleeping babies, I am going to show off about my post-baby body. I now officially weigh less than my pre-pregnancy weight.

Sami: The calculation for mLs per feed is 150 x baby's weight divided by the number of feeds per day.

Jude had a worse night's sleep than usual and I am tir-ed. I don't know if it's because I actually settled him into a long sleep during the day or maybe it was too hot (it was freakin' steamy hot). I found my old rusty fan and I hope that'll make a difference. I'll have to buy a new child-proof fan one day.

[SamiH]

I don't even know what my weight is pre-baby x 3 - I think it is on another set of scales .... my body has just changed shape so many times as long as I am happy as *me* this is a good place to start!

Yep I know what the calculation for what babies SHOULD be having - but what is everyone's babies ACTUALLY taking??? EG for my DD the formula tin said she should be having 4 x 200ml bottles at a certain age - and she only took 120ml per feed cos obviously that was all she wanted and needed. Zander just doesn't seem to take more than 70mls out of a bottle and I have tried a couple of different teats - trying NUK wide neck at the moment - I have Avent bottles so don't really want to have to restock on skinny bottles ......

[belfie]

ok on the bottles front - we're currently expressing and giving EBM... he will take anywhere between 100 to 200ml. The formula tin says for his age he should be taking 150ml 5-6 times a day. I think he is definitely taking more than that, probably averaging 150-180ml per feed - does that help?

Oh and on the post-baby body - another woo hoo. My weight was less than pre-PG immediately following birth (and has remained so) mainly due to not putting on much weight during PG with the GD (and being a bit chubby when I got PG anyways!)