I'm a BB qlder. Actually I'm a relocated Sydney-sider. I don't really know diddly-squat about QLD.
It sounds like we're all having similar days today. it's stinking hot here, is it hot elsewhere? Lucky for me my husband came home early from work and he's like a miracle worker with Jude, can soothe him easily where as I struggle to soothe him unless he's attached to my chest.
What format does Fenugreek come in? Is it pills or tea?
yes we're very close, but we haven't met because i can't get out of the house. but georgi is supermum! she's doing a stroller walk at 8am. 8am! i am in a total state of disrepair at 8am!
HOLLYE - I'm a Queenslander too. Same as Kuraiza, re located from Sydney.
Lol KURAIZA I'm certainly no super mum. I tell ya... Today I'm having a shocker.
I'm so tired & so impatient. Not like me at all. I just couldn't be bothered doing anything. My house is a mess & I just want to sleep. Just as I lay down for a nap Byron woke up & wouldn't re settle. The only thing I could do (after 30mins of trying) was feed him. He's normally quite routined but seems to want to feed 2 hourly today. It so damn hot here, so I'm guessing that's why. He seems settled now. I have in his rocker, looking out into the back yard, giving him nature time.
PP - I can't explain what the Kinesiology is. I googled it but it only explains the benefits. The actual treatment was strange. I was the surrogant for Byron so she did the work on me. I guess it's kinda like Reiki.. New age stuff.
I have just jinxed myself. Wwhhaaaaaaa! Gotta attend to the crying baby
georgi (hello kogarah girl lol!!!)... i do the same with ethan put him in his bouncer and face out the window lol!
Thats it hollye you have to move now!
omg all this time i have been giving Ethan a orthodontic dummy and no luck for longer than 30 sec - just gave him a big latex cherry and wammo!!! sucking away!
Last edited by PinkPalace; November 21st, 2008 at 04:08 PM.
Itsme - When mine started making out they were choking on the dummy, I took it as a sign that they didnt want it. So never gave it to them again. Thankyou about Olivia, thankfully she did put on some weight. Woohoo. How is Maya? Hugs
Georgi - So glad Byron is doing OK, I put OlivIa in the rocker alot, yet alot of the time she just wants me to hold her. Today in the morning she was chucking a tanty while in her rocker as soon as I picked her up she turned her head to the TV and watched the cartoons, then Puzzle Play, hehehe. Wasnt even interested in the Boobie.
Well hope everyone is doing well, it has been so hard getting on here lately, so busy!!!! Everytime I come on here she starts, and has been awake more often thru the day as well. So not much me time. hehehe. I dont mind tho, she is such a cutie. Well for the good news, my little Olivia has finally hit her birth weight of 2380gms. Woohoo, cant believe it took 5 1/2weeks for her to do it, but she did it. I was so worried she was going to lose weight this week after the bottle episode, throwing it all up. Her rash is still there but have cream to put on her 3times a day, so hopefully it will get better in the next few days. Anyway Olivia is crying again, so better go off and see what she wants. hugs all.
Well we are in a bind again, same thing happened when he was about 3 wks old ...
I swear he has only had 4x 30 minute naps today - not much at all. So, vicious circle of being over tired (somehow, not through lack of trying!), and then when he decides to have a go at a feed, being too tired to feed properly, falling asleep just after the let-down, waking as soon as I move, and then another 3 hours goes past and I wonder how on earth he is surviving on that piddly little amount from the last feed.
We went out to DS1 school fair, he slept in pram for 10 minutes and then just looked around with big red eyes - still cracking an occasional smile little bugger. He fed very poorly at 6.20, stopped sucking after about 3 minutes and fell asleep, so I put him into his cot at 6.40 - and he is still groaning and moaning but unless he has a hissy, I AM NOT getting him up, he needs some sleep in an effort to feed properly.
He will not take a bottle when tired so can't even entertain idea of a first time comp feed or something ... obviously he is not hungry though ... oh heck I just don't know - see, and this is my third!!
Hate days like this when nothing gets done, I feel like I have neglected my little girl, and am now a cranky mother and wife at this time of night ...
Itsme - well you have tried and done what you can to get her to take a dummy, unless you try a different shape like PP just posted ...
I'm laughing about getting out of the house by 8am - I remember my first mothers group time was 9.30am with DS1 and I thought what a bad time that was and how on earth are we supposed to be organised and actually get there by that time!! Now I can get DS1 dropped off at before school care and DD to child care and home again by 8am on those lovely 2 days of just Zander and I - but of course without a shower
FWIW - all my family are in Melbourne/Ballarat too.
Hollye - My friends and family live in Melbourne, as well as me, but we live on totally opposite ends of Melbourne so it's a two hour drive to see any of them. I do have new friends where I live now, but none of them have kids. All my friends with kids live two hours away! And where I'm living we can't have people stay with us cos there's no room! So I want to move closer to help and people to visit during week days! When are you moving?
PP - Ohh.. maybe I should try a different type of dummy too!
csab - That's great news that Olivia has reached her birth weight! I keep being curious how much Maya weighs now, but her next weigh isn't until she is 8 weeks.
Well.. I finally got dressed at 4pm, did a feed and went for an hour long walk. I grabbed my ipod and cranked up the music. It was very soul soothing! And now DH is home I passed off Maya to him and had a lovely shower. OK.. now to sort out something for dinner.
areyou sure it is thrush and not milk residue? if it is just the tongue and not the rest of her mouth i would say that is what it is.
Try a little h20 after a feed to wash away.
Otherwise make sure you are cleaning bottles teats and your nipples well with warm soapy water as this is where the thrush will thrive. And get some nilstat from you dr to clear it up.
nope.. it is thrush. she has white lumps on the inside of her mouth too like at the sides and i tried scraping the residue off with a damp face washer and i gave her water and nothing changed
i sterilzed allllll the bottles and my expresser today.
Hollye just go to the chemist and ask is there anything they can give you, I think you can get dakadin(sp?) or nilstat over the counter.
to everyone, it sounds as though it's been a rough day all round.
PP If you friends mum thought it was caotic with just Ash running around then she would be mortified if she ever met me, lol. I'm much the same as you, as long as I can see the boys and they aren't in harms way then I'm fine with that.
DH has booked a hair appointment for me tomorrow at 10am, so will be pampered for about an hour and he will watch the 5 boys. I'm so tired so will be back on tomorrow.
thanks Amanda!
we should definately get together one day and let the kids run amuk! lol
HOllye - you need to make sure you clean right to the tip of the teats with warm soapy water well before sterilising. But yes Nilstat is usually what is given for oral thrush. You just put a few drops into their mouth
thanks girls.. geez no one told me being a mum we freak out about EVERYTHING!
PP - im going to replace all my teats today anyway as i heard once they get abit of thrush on them u cant really get it off and its not worth keeping them. Its ok they arnt very expensive.
Kuraiza - fenugreek are pills. they taste bad enough as it is, no way i could have it as tea.
good night here.. freezing cold tho! what the hell is the deal with this weather.. brrrrr
Mia fed at 11:30pm and 4 and thats it.. shes still asleep now. About to go cough loudly to try and wake her tho coz we need to go out and i like to let her tummy settle for atleast an hour before getting in the car!
oh my goodness what was happening yesterday? You were all having crazy days!
I went to the hairdresser with my MIL (arrrgh ) but I can't complain too much cos I got a lovely colour to hide those new mummy-greys! X was also very VERY wide awake yesterday but wasn't unhappy, just bright-eyed and busy tailed. Smiled at everyone in the hairdressers (except MIL HAHAHAHA!) and then also wide-awake early evening... then after 8pm small feed... slept till 5.30am!!!! OMG I knew he'd be tired, but wow.
Had my LC out earlier this week (while sis & fam were visiting - so was crazy busy, but great fun! shame she had to go home ). Anyways, LC confirmed what I suspected... BF'ing just ain't working for us - inverted nipples & nipple shield, plus high palate, plus very snorty mouth-breathing baby who breaks attachment about every 4 sucks!!!! So we're sticking with the expressing & bottle and trying for 1-2 BF's per day just to keep our hand-in, but not as our major method of feeding cos he just gets sooo frustrated and feeds were taking waaaay too long (and most of the milk ended up out not in!). I've also got extra bits & bobs so I can double express which is AWESOME! I'm getting heaps more in 1/3 the time!! I just need to buy a pump now so I can return the hired one (it'll be too expensive otherwise) and we'll cross our fingers that as he grows, our BF'ing might get better. I'm determined to hang in there and giving him boobie juice as long as possible & so is DH - so it helps that he's supportive. On the bright side, DH (and my sis when she was here) can bottle feed him which is really nice. I think X loves it cos he always gives his daddy lotsa huge smiles
But I'm still grateful cos even though our BF'ing has been kinda cactus, he's such a cruisey little dude! I've uploaded some more pics (I'm addicted) of my handsome little pudgy man!
Sorry - I'll catch-up on personals later... but having been following how you're all going - and seriously, surely today HAS to be better?!
Cheers,
Belfie
Last edited by belfie; November 22nd, 2008 at 07:11 AM.
ok my decision has been made. I had a big talk last night with DP and this is what we are going to do. Im going to express 1-3 times a day so she can have 1-3 BM bottles a day. The rest will be formula and once or twice a week i will try and re attach her to the breast. We are going to take tit nice and slow and hopefully if my supply favours me i will be able to wean her gradually off the bottle and formula all together. I feel much more at peace with this decision coz she is still getting full feeds from my breastmilk. hope that makes sense.
Hollye i have given up the boob sad to say.. but honestly i can't watch Jack scream because he is constantly hungry.....and i have rock boobies at the moment.... and a nice tight bra on.....soreness is slowly going...
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I keep being curious how much Maya weighs now, but her next weigh isn't until she is 8 weeks.
to everyone, it sounds as though it's been a rough day all round.
) but I can't complain too much cos I got a lovely colour to hide those new mummy-greys!
X was also very VERY wide awake yesterday but wasn't unhappy, just bright-eyed and busy tailed. Smiled at everyone in the hairdressers (except MIL HAHAHAHA!) and then also wide-awake early evening... then after 8pm small feed... slept till 5.30am!!!! OMG I knew he'd be tired, but wow.
). Anyways, LC confirmed what I suspected... BF'ing just ain't working for us - inverted nipples & nipple shield, plus high palate, plus very snorty mouth-breathing baby who breaks attachment about every 4 sucks!!!! So we're sticking with the expressing & bottle and trying for 1-2 BF's per day just to keep our hand-in, but not as our major method of feeding cos he just gets sooo frustrated and feeds were taking waaaay too long (and most of the milk ended up out not in!). I've also got extra bits & bobs so I can double express which is AWESOME! I'm getting heaps more in 1/3 the time!! I just need to buy a pump now so I can return the hired one (it'll be too expensive otherwise) and we'll cross our fingers that as he grows, our BF'ing might get better. I'm determined to hang in there and giving him boobie juice as long as possible & so is DH - so it helps that he's supportive. On the bright side, DH (and my sis when she was here) can bottle feed him which is really nice. I think X loves it cos he always gives his daddy lotsa huge smiles
sad to say.. but honestly i can't watch Jack scream because he is constantly hungry.....and i have rock boobies at the moment.... and a nice tight bra on.....soreness is slowly going...
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