Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2009

[skybie]

Kellyd, doesnt matter how they're fed, so long as they are hun.
Cam, ur not going to ruin little lukey, babies are great like that, theyre very forgiving creatures! hope ur having a better day today xxx
Heavenly, soo happy to hear the little miss got home safely. u must be so relieved!
Chepie, how u going hun?
V hope ur still getting good sleeps hun, and hope ur boobies are better xxx

AFM, going well Izzy's sleeping better at night time which is good, still not smiling or cooing but she'll get there i guess. she's 7 weeks tomorrow! where does the time go hey?
TT with DD1 ended up with 2 for 2 yesterday. Today though she's taken a step back, flat out refused to put knickers on for a good hour but a promised trip to the park got them on her! then she wet through 3 pairs. but i went outside to save my washing and when i came back inside she had put herself on the toilet and did wee's and wanted me to look! lol so hopefully she's getting the hang of it. its soo hard to not get mad, mum asked me if i smacked her for wetting herself. i told her no, smacking isnt going to make the task any easier and i just told her that she cant wet her knickies and she needs to tell mummy when she needs to go to the toilet. its hard because its frustrating but smacking isnt the answer in this situation. I wonder how mum got me to TT if her answer was smacking! sheesh!

[chepie]

Afternoon gorgeous mummies

Hope everyone is travelling welll today!!

Ery- Glad to hear that the Zantac is working hun....

Kelly- Hi and welcome babe and little Tara!!! Boobie feed or bottle feed it doesn't matter as long as bub and mum are thriving - thats the most important thing hey

NIna- Ohh you poor love up every 1-2 hours is really hard hey .....and not coffee and chocolate ohhh nooooooooooooooo - two of my saviours GL with stopping but you gotta do what you need to do though hey xxx Dummys are great!! Now if I could just get Charlotte onto it.......... ooohh how was your yummy afternoon tea???

Skybie- Congrats with the TT!!! we are kind of starting that with Aiden- no where near at your awesome stage but getting there!! How is sleep going for you all? Ginger ninjas - hhaaaa cracked me up!!

Rach - Thats lovely that she won her catergory in the calender - she is beautiful!!!

Heavenly-Congrats on Serenitys home coming that is wonderful news

Cam - Happy 30 th for yesterday!!! 30's are a great time .....Its hard when people give us conflicting advice, it used to get me upset when Aiden was 1st born- till I turned around and snapped ( scottish temper) told people I will decide how things are done I am his mum and whatever works for us goes and if you don't like please keep your opions to yourself!!! Its hard enough as it is - without people telling you your are doing wrong!! Sorry for the rant

Ozstar- hope your well

Mayaness- hope things are great your way too!!

We are all good- tired but who isn't!! Charlotte witching hour is 3am- 5am.......feeding like a champ had her weighed and is now 4.5kg 53cm long and head is 37cm!! So all good!! Aiden has settled down and I have been more able to spend more time with him which is awesome!!! Went shopping yesterday to buy some new bras!! Sorry little excited her as I am only usually an A cup and I am now the proud wearer of a D cup!! ohhh so nice to feel more womanly!!
better go Charlotte bum is talking loud and clear!!!!!!!

Mwahhh xxxxx

big hi to those I have missed

[skybie]

Skybie- Ginger ninjas - hhaaaa cracked me up!!

lol, u should see them!! and to top it off DD1 has the tightest ringlets ever!, no doubt Izzy will too!
yay on the big boobies!

[Smoke Jaguar]

Good to read everyone is hanging in there.
We've been out a bit this week, getting some things done and getting to a forest and the beach - beach again on Sunday when we visit DP's aunt again. Got a new phone today and now just messing around with setting that up and getting info off the old one.
I've caught a couple of wee's in the enamel chamberpot and I'll start the elimination communication in more earnest soon enough. For now using the flannel flats and trying not to use nappy covers for them so that I can whip them off as soon as they become a little wet. She's quick to let me know when she's wet, so she doesn' thave to spend too much time feeling wet before I cop on
I have no idea how much she weighs - I'll probably ask the midwives to come round next week to do a check on both of us, but I'm happy with how we're going and intend to ignore charts like I did last time.
I thought my boobs were settling down (not nearly as bad as last time, though) but now I'm getting "No thanks, Mum" from DS when I offer him some (more like, hope like hell that he'll help me out!)...sigh...
I got my hair cut and DP doesn't like it - ah, well!
New phone gadgetry beckons...

[mzy]

Hi all,
Just a quick hello as DD has just woken up. Little Jess was 2 weeks early as i had to be induced for medical reasons, so im hoping to get to know a few ppl here. Iv managed to read the 1st page of the thread so far, but im hoping to get on later to read the rest so i can catch up.

Mzy

[Ozstar]

Hi all I am sorry I have been MIA lately, DH is on annual leave so I have only been reading. Plus I have been sick since Thursday afternoon and unable to do anything but sleep.

Welcome to all the new ladies, I look forward to getting to know you all.

Will try and catch up some more tonight.

[TaRhLi.]

Hi Myz, I hope we can share our journeys together .

Well the humidity here in Vic has been playing havoc with Tara the past few days, she has been unsettled and seems to constantly want feeding, like every 1 1/2 - 2 hours. We have increased her feed amounts now to 100ml, to see if this satisfies her which it does sometimes and others she pukes it back up and then wants more. Hopefully we will be able to get some type of feeding pattern worked out soon.

Oh, it seems that there will also be no more expressed milk from me, expressed a whole 20ml for her yesterday and today have woken up with no pain in my boobies and no hint of anything left. So looks like my milk has now gone away but at least she got some for the last 3 weeks anyway.

DH is back at work tomorrow after 2 weeks leave so will be interesting to see how I go on my own, but hopefully I have managed to get a routine in place with sterlising, formula making and housework over the past 2 weeks that it will continue when DH is not around during the day.

Hope you are all having a good weekend and that everyone has managed to get some sleep.

[~Serenity~]

Kelly sorry to hear about your milk good luck with dh going back to work!!!!!

Had a great night last night fed her at 8pm then 12am then 5 am then 8am so go some decent sleep even though I had a couple strays come into bed throughout the night lol, I've noticed she's a sucky baby meaning I think will be a thumb sucker so I think alot of the time when I think she's hungry she actually just wants to suck on something..... So I waited a min when I heard her whinge during the night last night and a few times she made a few noises for a few sec then went back to sleep instead of me just grabbing her straight away and then puking some back up...