Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2009

Maya sounds like things are improving for you. Hopefully the mastitis stays away.

Heavenly perhaps she wants a feed when she sucks on your finger? DD is a bit of a chucker too, sometimes I am sure I wear most of a feed. She is happy though so I am not worried.

Cam 150grams a week is great weight gain, sounds like your doing everything right. They dont need to have both breasts. My DD will some feeds have both, sometimes one and sometimes one and bit lol.

How is everyone else going? We got our first giggle last night. She does those big open mouth smiles with lots of gurgling. She is a real chubber now too. She is starting to develop a routine now which is nice, I am sure it will change though so each day we just go with the flow. I cant wait for Christmas.

ok so I have no idea what the jibberish at the top of my last post is lol, I had so much trouble posting. It looks like something my ds would do though so who knows.

Hey all it depends on the suck if she sucks my finger hard I feed her but usually it's a soft half suck and her younger is different and she's asleep after 20sec where as if she's hungry she will keep going and not fall asleep, also her last weight gain was really great so I'm not worried about that Her last gain was 455g in 2 weeks

I have also noticed alot less big vomits since I stop comfort feeding and I think her body is trained for 3-4hr durind the day

Heavenly - I'm not as afraid to use a finger or dummy instead of comfort feeding for an hour, too; I recently read my Breastfeeding Naturally book and in it there is a sentence in the Oversupply section that says a way to deal with oversupply is to consider a dummy...now, if only they had that in the edition I read when DS was born!! Argh! I'm convinced that's why my supply isn't as ridiculous this time. DD is on a dummy right now cos I just gave her a huge feed and when it goes in her mouth her eyes drop. So, yep, sounds like you're on a winner with that finger!
Better night last considering DD had her vaccinations yesterday! DS was a lot quieter coming into our room last night, so that helped keep the Miss asleep.
Goat farm today, got a Christmas tree and now I'm at home after vacating for an inspection.
Loving this rain, too!

hi all, sounds like everyones doing well, a few dramas but lots of bubs getting into routines and putting on weight.

cam that weight gain sounds fine for a bf bub, ur doing a great job good on u. i didnt realise you were circumsising either, how was that for u? i would have been so scared if it was my bub, just so worried about the pain... not that he'll remember it anyway, but i can imagine u were a bit worried.

oz ur bubba is such a good girl!

maya sounds like things are getting better, but still a rough trot for you. hope the offers are good ones and u can find something soon.

serenity sounds like shes doing all the right things, thats great to hear. hope her weight gain continues

erybery how are you, how is your dd?

afm sos is the best thing ive ever done, i wish i could find the lady who wrote it and give her a big old smooch to say thank you. the first day and a half was hard, getting dd out of her snack feeding habit, but after that shes has been great, its like she read the book too! this week she is a bit unsettled as i have had her in and out of her routine with our weekend away, and its week 8 so im expecting it to continue as ive heard this is a killer week. but she is giving me 6-8 hrs a night and having daytime sleeps so i can get the housework done. it is absolute heaven. i know there will be nights she wont do it and we will run into probs with teething, and sickness and clingyness and things, but if i can get a fedw good nights a week im happy. i havent had a bad night yet since i put her on it, fingers crossed touch wood etc etc that this keeps going and i dont jinx myself.

anyway got housework to do while dd has a nap. hope everyones well

Hi all, thought I'd pop in and see how you were all doing

:hug: to you all

Hugs to YOU LJ :hug: Stick with your boy (as if you wouldn't anyway!) and you'll both come out on top for it - just give it up to him, it won't be forever and when you look back you'll realise this time was only a matter of months, not the years following where things weren't as intense. Even though different challenges arise, those first few learning curve months are packed with hormones, emotions, physically draining attention-giving, not enough nurturing from your partner - in many cases, not all, though it's also true for me - and your little person can't even say the words to form a "thank you". It's the 'wins' that carried me through, especially through the tongue tie and establishing BFing after the TT snip. Hang onto your 'wins' cos sometimes they're all you have!!

yay Serenity weighed 3.3kg today thats a gain of 485g in 13 days so im happy cos it means i can relax and not worry that shes puking up all her food, and shes moved up to 0000 full body suits but 00000 for the legless ones still, shes getting so big now

Heavenly woo hooo on the weight gain, she is still so tiny and precious. My chubba is 5kg lol.

Jen82- Great to see you back! How great are those big smiles??? Everything just seems brighter when you get those. Sounds like SOS has worked really well for you and Miss Jade, my SOS book arrived today. We arent having problems at night but having a few settling problems of a day and I dont think Mimey is getting enough sleep through out the day.

erybery- Arent the little terrors just angelic little cherubs when they go out. We have had a few wild days of late and had to go to a funeral on Monday and Mime slept the entire time, smiling in her sleep when ever someone looked at her, we later came home to a big old tamtrum :o. At least everyone thinks their angels!

maya- :hug:. Your poor boobies, there really isnt much worse than aching boobs, it hurts to do pretty much everything when you have gashes in your nipples. Cant imagine what mastitis feels like but I sympathise with you.

Oz- Had a look at the website. It was great! Ordered my book straight away. Oh yeah, my chubba is 5kgs too! How quick they beef up lol.

Kelly D- My wonder weeks book arrived today, I had a read of the section I need now and wrapped it for a Christmas present since I dont want or need anything else!

Skybie- I know everyones bubs are getting older but I was shocked to read Iz was nearly 12 weeks! Gosh it goes so fast!

Cam- You brave girl on the circumcision. That was a big worry of mine if we had a boy. We were having it done but I was still worried about it. Glad that little Lukey is healing well. Mimey had bad baby acne at 6 weeks and it was when we went for our post natal appointment, it cleared withing 1 1/2- 2 weeks. You're jealous of my sleep and Im jealous of the laughs your getting....Im hanging out for just one little giggle. Im singing a Beyonce song to DD at the moment and Im getting big grins and quick breaths but alas no giggles ;-)

Heavenly- You must be doing something right, one minute Im reading 2.8kgs and saying to DH how great it was and then Im reading 3.3kgs, way to go Serenity!!!

LizJessie- Hi Hon! Great to hear from you. Hope everything is going okay with William.

I have a bit of a personal question :redface:, so dont answer if you dont want and it could be a bit TMI BUT did anyone tear and if so how much? That was the only 'problem' with my labour is I had a 3rd degree tear. Im just wondering how long you (if any of you did) took to not be at all tender in that area? I was bummed because I made a point of 'preparing' my body and birthed in a position that was supposed to assist with not tearing. Anyway thats it :redface:

Big hello to everyone else who hasnt been on in a while, hope you are all great!

it does go fast LD, she's such a boofa head!! she's a bit delayed development wise but definetly not in the weight department!!!
looks like you've been doing alot of reading, good work!
i had a second degree tear and am all good down there, DF and i have dtd a few times and it wasnt uncomfortable, have hear it can be different for other women though!

so glad to hear everyones doing so well, iz is still shocking at sleeping and we end up co-sleeping most nights, i dont mind i love snuggling up with her, i just get the worst dead arm!!!

I dtd after a week so I obviously don't have problems but luckily never needed down there stitches

time does go so fast serenity is 10 weeks on Friday

Lilydust - I had an episiotomy and I am still tender down there. My Ob said that it will still be sore for while and that I am supposed to massage it daily so the scar tissue doesn't become rigid - I swear the pain of the cut was worse than labour pain!

Heavenly- yay on the weight gain, Ella is chubbing up and growing out of all her clothes!!!

Mayaness- I've been using the dummy to prolong her sleep and we actually had an 8hour one night a 7 hour the next and then a five hour and a six hur sleep last night! yay!

Jen- thanks for asking, DD seems to be settling down, much better at night but still wants to party in the day but getting used to that. We have her next hip ultrasound on Monday, hopefully there is improvement otherwise she will probably spend the next few months in a harness :(

Oz- bet DD has changed heaps since I saw her last!

Skybie - 12 weeks has gone soooo fast - to think you wre the belly buddy that started the threads bubbas being born!

AFM - Ella is 10 weeks old and has settled down a lot, not so much screaming and has strated to give smiles more often - very rewarding. Off to look at some pofessional photos we had taken today!

Hi all.....sorry I have been missing for so long I am a terrible Baby buddy lol
I havent read back on all the posts yet but it sounds like we are all having our own little dramas but all and all the bubbas are going and progressing nicely.

Well my little Laicee girl is having formula as well as boobie juice now...at our last visit for weigh ins and needles she was underweight she hadnt put any weight on at all since her 6 week check up so I was on a mission to fatten her up....I of course beat myself up that I was starving my poor child etc etc etc...i have snapped out of that much to the relief of my friends lol. and I am pleased to announce she has gained 600 gms in 2 weeks bringing her up to where she should be. I have 4 children and can honestly say I am still learning each and every one of them has been different and a challenge in their own way.

i hope everyone is doing well and is happy and healthy xxx

nina- Great to see you back on board. Fantastic news about Laicee's weight gain! Well done little miss.

ery- thanks for sharing about you episiotomy, Im not glad your still tender but its good to know Im not the only one still tender 2 1/2 months later! They never mentioned to me about the massage but it makes sense. I dont know about the episiotomy but when it came to stitching me HOOOOLY!!!! I was offered a general and demanded to stay awake, then I was offered gas for the stitching and being on cloud 9 and in the 'I can do anything' frame of mind I stupidly replied 'I just birthed a baby, I dont need any gas'! :o I recall about 14 local needles :shakehead:. How were the photos?

skybie- thank you too for sharing about the tear. Glad you have healed well, hopefully I will be all good very soon! Co-sleeping is just lovely...but that arm it aches like nothin else! DD is put in the bed between us and somehow I end up with no bed and Mime and DH have all the room in the world!

Heavenly- Did you have photos done? Did I read that or have I dreamt that up? lol.

AFM- we hve been reading our SOS and we are going better than expected so far, napping perfectly but DD is having a few issues with resettling and moving into a second sleep cycle in the daytime, so is napping instead of sleeping. She was having a big sleep of 3 hours at 12pm (plus naps) but it just stopped all of a sudden and as I said she is struggling to move into that second cycle. Which leaves my little chook a real crabapple!

Hi to all xx

yep got photos done but theyre so expensive so cur it down to $375 and am getting one of all 6 of us (10"x13") one of jose hand holdin serenity with a border that says "in safe hands(8"x10") then one with 4 photos in it one of the 4 kids with "my family" then one of the 6 of us then 2 of serenity in sepia(20"x24")i wanted more but cant afford them which im sad cos there was another great on which had 4 pics one of each that i wanted

Nina - Good to hear from you and thats great that the formula is helping with the weight gain. I have been getting Ella weighed each week as I am such a panicker! Don;t know why as shes always packing it on hehehehe.

Lilydust - The epidural was still on when they made the cut and stitched me up so it was only when it started to sting and ache a few hours later that I thought OH MY GOODNESS - this is the most incredible pain I have ever felt hehehehe.

The photos were crap as she was not smiling or even looking the slightest bit amused in any of the photos so I refused to buy them, I said I'd try again another time.

Heavenly - Profess photos always cost a mint so annoying!

AFM and DD - Her 2nd hip ultrasound was toda and they have improved so the ultrasound lady said she wouldn't need to be put in a harness! Yay so happy, still have to wait for official results from the paed but fingers crossed. Ella slept for 8 hours last night - amazing what a few extra hours of sleep can do for you;

Hugs for all you girls and the babes! xox

Our professional photos turned out too great to pass up, and even though DP just took on a job with a pay cut (but far more cerebral stimulation!!) I had to order them - more than $400 worth :blush: Easier to turn down photos when the photographer isn't so flash...beware when you choose a fantastic photographer!! I should have realised that, but when I think about it, it's what I wanted - some great photos to document where our family is at, and photos that are a slight departure from the usual portraiture :)
Nipple thrush healed, wet cough is a dry cough and fading now, DS still loving his sister ridiculously, supply has settled right down (I thought that was for other people and that after last time I would be lumpy and overproducing for months, so it's a nice surprise!) and having lots of chats with my miss.
Glad all is happier for you, Selina!
Gonna see about a nap before boys return home...

Hi Ladies

Filling in time before I get Luke up for his last feed for the night. Dh has gone to bed but I can't because I will fall asleep and miss this feed. Did that the other night and had a hell of a night and we were both cranky all day.

Maya - sounds like your world is coming together beautifully
Erybery - great news, fingers crossed for you.
Heavenly - what a shame but at least you have some good photos. I can't beleive you DTD after 1 week, I was too exhausted to move!
Lily dust - good news as well with the SOS. Sorry was no help on the tear as a c section means those bits stay in place!
Nina - hello!!!!! glad your not beating yourself up but can understand why you would. the feeding and weight gain is one of my constant stresses.
Skybie - i love the snuggle of a co sleep but yes the dead arm is a killer.

AFM - not much to report, we have good and bad parts to the day. He seems to know when I need a break from him crying/being demanding and becomes an angel for a few hours which gets us back on track. We hit week 8 today and I remember you ladies saying this is a hard week so will look up the wonder weeks now and just have a read through to remind myself why things are hard for him. Otherwise Christmas shopping nearly done. Yeah!

Hi Girls

It is quiet in here at the moment, it seems we are all busy with our little ones as they are all probably getting to the stage of staying awake longer and needing more attention.

Just wanted to drop in to update where we are at... Tara is 10 weeks today OMG, how fast time has flown... and counting down to Xmas and then we have a wedding over New Year and then Tara has her next weigh in. I think she has already passed the 5kg mark as she has now graduated to 00 clothes. The only 000 that she can wear are t-shirts and pants but anything that needs to be done up are just too small. Scary thing is, is that she fits the leg length on the 00 all in one suits perfectly, so who knows how long they will last her for. Also she has now started sleeping all night and generally wakes around 7 each morning and we are also now down to 4 feeds a day :clap: which means we are now able to get out of the house more as it is longer between feeds, this is a huge bonus for us as we live 30 minutes from our nearest town.

Oh, this may be TMI but AF has returned as well (not b/fing) which I was surprised happened so soon and wow it is really heavy, just like after having Tara. Will be interesting to see how long she stays for and when the next one turns up, I'm curious to see if my body has now realised after all this time what it is suppose to do :rolleyes:.

were still in 00000 but 0000 with legs lol and 12 weeks on xmas still wake at night a few times lately so its worse but not really for a feed more a comfort suck

hi kelly, long time hun, so glad to hear tara is sleeping through, thats excellent, you must be glad not to mention a bit more sane!

heavenly i cant believe serentiys still in 00000 thats amazing, its easy to forget just how tiny she was until you say something like that.

jades been very clingy, had a fair few screaming fits and in the arvo she will not have the bottle, which makes it hard as my supply is so low she has top ups, but is refusing them then i worry about her not being full etc... anyways shes a good girl of a night, i feed her a bottle at 1030 and she goes down till i wake her at 7, got to love sos!

in case i dont jump back on, i hope everyone has a very merry xmas, those of us that are first timers this will be such an exciting xmas our first with bubbas! next year will be even better cos they will be up and about and into the pressies under the tree lol
anyway i hope u all have safe and happy xmas's and that bubbas are good for u all.
xx

Heavenly your photos sound absolutely gorgeous, but as you sy all professional photos are dear as poison. We had belly photos taken and they are just stunning but very expensive. The deal came with 2 further photo shoots but being so far from anywhere its such an effort to get DD there and then happy enough to have the photo done :D

ery- good on you about the photos, its so much better to try and get photos that you are happy with then spending the earth on something you dont like! Such fantastic news about Ella not eeding a harness, very happy for you both.

Maya- Great news on your photos too. I think I may have your over supply this time round ;) gave one expressed feed as we were at a wedding and have been engorged between feeds ever since!

Cam- I dont envy the stitches you musta had for your c-section either. Hope you are healing well. How did you get on with that 8 week wonder week.

KellyD- If I dontspeak to you before I hope your wedding is absolutely stunning and you have a magical day. Tara must be growing fantastically, Mime is gaining really well and growing like a mushroom but still fits into all her 0000??? I have no idea whats with that though! As for yor period....I spotted for a day and have seen hide nor hair of it since....another 'I have no idea whats with that' moment :lol:

Jen- Glad SOS is working so well for you and Jade. Ive given up, my poor Mima simply cannot dreamfeed.....if shes asleep she cannot attach and does not even attempt to suck. Cant complain though, she is a good sleeper just crappy through the day.

Hi Nina, Skybie, Oz, Lizjessie and eveyone!

LD jades the same, cannot dream feed, mostly she wakes for this feed as i am pedantic (sp?) about her not being in a wet nappy all night so i change her at the dream feed and she wakes most of the time, however i give her this feed from a bottle and express instead as its so much easier. she has to sit upright for 30 mins after each feed due to her reflux so i sit her in her swing after, go and express and then go back and shes sound asleep and doesnt wake when being moved to her cot. maybe you could do a bottle feed this feed, or will she not even suck from a bottle?

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i am pedantic (sp?) about her not being in a wet nappy all night so i change her

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that's not pedantic, that's considerate!
Just lurking - girl won't drop off tonight for some reason...

Sorry being a slack baby buddy lately. Sounds like everyone is doing well though.

All is great here, DD is a gem and I just cant get enough of her. I am soooo excited about Christmas and cant wait to see my DS's face on Friday morning.

Just incase I dont get back on tomorrow. I hope you all have a VERY Merry Christmas.

Thanks Jen will give the expressed feed a go. Otherwise I cant complain I am getting at least 8 hours out of her, just thought she would be more refreshed with out waking fully for a feed.

Wishing all the 1st time mummys the most exciting Christmas ever and for all you second or more timers the most exciting christmas ever with a new little treasure! Take care all and take oodles of photos on Christmas morning!

:leap::leap::leap::leap::leap:

good luck LD, sounds like shes a good bubba anyway tho.

MERRY XMAS EVERYONE HOPE SANTAS GOOD TO YOU ALL AND YOUR BUBBAS ARE GOOD FOR THE BIG DAY. ENJOY YOUR FIRST XMAS WITH YOUR BUBBAS!!!!

Hi everyone! Merry Christmas (even though I'm a day late!).

Hope you and your kiddies got spoilt rotten! I have no idea where I'm going to fit all of the presents Ella received. People were very generous. It was my best Christmas ever having a baby to share it with!

I can't believe this year is almost over and most of you have been my belly/baby bud for nearly all that time - I could not have coped this year without all of your support and encouragement an to my new Baby buds, I look forward to egtting to know you and your babies over the next year - and yes Im feeling a bit emotional...

Now just to lose the kilos Im sure I stacked on in just 1 day of eating eating and eating!

Merry Christmas everyone and so I am not late Happy New Year!!!!!

Jen - you do well to hold her up for 30 minutes after each feed.

Lily Dust - I am very jealous of your 8 hours. I feed Luke around 11 and mostly change his nappy at that feed he then only goes to about 3 and is hungry again around 6. I would love 8 hours!!!!

Erybery - my best Christmas ever as well.

Hi to everyone else hope you had a great day as well.

Not much to report here - catch up soon.

Hi Girls

I hope you all had a very happy Christmas with your new bundles of love.

Cam: I hope you can get some big blocks of sleep over night, not that I want to brag or anything but I generally get about 12 hours of sleep from Tara every night now. I think it has got to be at least 3 weeks since she had a feed during the night although the down side is that she only cat naps during the day, but I would rather have the big block of sleep overnight. Because she has her big sleep at night as well we are now down to 4 feeds during the day as, she has 2 big feeds per day - her first and last feeds and the 2 in the middle are more what I call snack feeds, but she still gets all she needs in those 4 feeds to last her through the night. Maybe you just have a baby that likes to eat every 4 hours or so no matter what the time of day is.

Kelly your so lucky getting so much sleep.

Erybery I hear you on those extra Christmas kg's lol. I am going to make an effort to eat better and move more next year (I say that this time every year lol).

A big hello to everyone else. I hope you all had a good Christmas, anyone got any exciting plans for NYE?

All good here, DD has started rolling onto her side, she thinks she is oh so clever when she does it. She got some very beautiful dresses for Christmas, not sure when she will wear them all lol, they are pretty but not very practical.

hi girls!
hope u all had a fantastic chrissy with ur new bubba's!!!
our girls were spoilt absolutely rotten!

everythings going well here, my baby girl is 16 weeks on saturday, its going so quickly!
she's still waking over night, usually twice, occasionally she'll have a big sleep but not often!
she's pulling herself forward from a laid back sitting postion and has been rolling for a few weeks, i dont think its intentional though, just when she's had enough of being on her belly she'll roll over onto her back.
she's still got all her hair which is a suprise considering DD1 lost all of hers and it didnt grow back for ages
Got AF back on christmas eve( merry christmas to me!! PPFFFTTT) wasnt really expecting it back so soon, but ah well not much u can do about it!

counting down to our qld holiday now, so excited!

Hi gals

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all .....I am sooo slack i know sorry

Glad to here everyone is doing so well goodness 4 months already we are all talking solids soon goes so fast who would of thought it this time last year huh.

We had a lovely christmas and new year with the new bub we got to stay home and everyone came to us which was great.
Miss Laicee is doing really well she is fantastic at night is in bed by 9.30 at the latest usually about 8.30 and stays put till 6.30 am only catnaps during the day though but I can live with that she is generally really happy. I am doing BF and FF now as she was underweight at her last dr appt and she is really starting to chubby up thank goodness.

Skybie: Laicee is losing all her hair and looks like a little monk lol hope it grows back soon.
Well not much else to tell, I am really enjoying Laicee she is my last bub she is just a; trying really hard to giggle, gurgling, grinning bundle of fun. She might have been my 40th birthday surprise but hey she is the present that just keeps on giving lol

Take care all

i wonder why babys hair falls out cos ive never really had that, mally had the bald patch at the back but not the whole lot,serenity hasnt lost any yet

im ff and BF too..ff for at night time,feeds at 7:30 usually then around 2:30 then once were already awake so i can live with that

DD isn't loosing any hair, I am though my bathroom floor is covered in it lol.

We have been putting DD in her cot at night for the last week and a bit, I still cant bring myself to pack up the bassinet though lol. I have been having some random bleeding for the last 6 weeks so am off for an ultrasound this afternoon and some blood tests, wont know anything until Sunday when I see my Dr though.

I hope everyone is well and that all the babies are happy and healthy.

Hi everyone!!!

Happy New Year! Sorry MIA but have had no comp or phone for about 2 months!! But Finally I am back and connected :dance::dance: ....... Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year with their beautiful bubas and kids......

Just a quick note from me as Aiden is begging me to watch elmo!!! oh and I can hear miss Charlotte crying for her morning boobie!!!

BBL

Love to all xxx
P.s Oz hope you are ok hun xx

Was just thinking of you all whilst in the shower just now and I find a spate of posts! Yay!
Oz - yep, the hair is falling out! This time I have MUCH shorter hair, though, so it's not looking as chronic!
DD's hair hasn't gone anywhere and by this time DS had lost his hair...so I'm hoping hers stays put.
She's ace, is all I can say :) Through everything that happens around here, and even when she's sick, she's just ace. And there I thought DS was easy when he was a baby (though everyone else begs to differ on that one).
Better go, she just woke up and I've got to get kidlet to my horse (been promising since Monday and yesterday I could barely move from a mystery lurgy).

Wow seems like everyone is back on board again after Christmas and New Years. I hope you all had a good one.

AFU: Well I haven't noticed anymore of my hair falling out than normal and Tara still has most of her hair as well, she has only lost some around the front (kind of like a receeding hairline) and nothing from the back.

Things are going really well with us now, it is amazing how much changes but Tara is now doing the following:
1. Sleeping 12 hours every night, going to bed at 9.30pm
2. Only having 3 feeds per day (I know doesn't seem much but she is generally having between 250ml-270mls per feed)
3. Now giggles and also has learnt how to blow raspberries
4. Loves the sound of her own voice, when she is awake she chats all the time

We have also just returned from our MCHN visit and she now weighs in at 5.6kgs so an increase of 800grams on 4 weeks, based on this number she should be double her birth weight plus some extra at her next weigh in. So even though we are on the 3 feeds a day she is above average in her weight so the MCHN couldn't demand we go back to 4 or 5 feeds a day as she is putting on weight. Just goes to show that every baby is different in what they want and I have started giving her boiled water between feeds to make sure she stays hydrated.

Finally we also have a Mother's Group organised, after 3 1/2 months I'll finally get to meet other Mothers. Just goes to show how being in a rural town can delay things, but I'm looking forward to it as Tara can use having some additional stimulation as she really loves to be entertained when she is awake.

im so excited serenity had her feed at 8:30pm and woke up at 7am and concidering shes only 7weeks corrected i think thats really good...i think shes about 4.5 kg now but gotta go weigh her again...poor dh though was playing on the comp decided to stay up til 2 for her fed but she never woke up lol