Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2009

Hi Everyone

Dedicated Mummy: from Mayaness's comments I see you live in Ballarat, we live 30 minutes out of Ballarat in Linton.

Hope eveyone is doing well and good to hear some of your little ones are now starting to play nicely.

AFM: Well I'm a bit tired today, Tara has decided that her feed at 4.30-5am is a playtime feed and she wants to stay up after she has had her bottle. Unfortunately I don't feel the same seeing she is still on 3 hourly feeds at the moment. So I'm finding that the only way I can rest after feeding her is to put her in bed with DH & I so that I can sort of doze while she plays and chatters and of course be on hand when the dummy is needed when she does start to get tired. I've found that if I put her in her bed after this feed she cracks it and screams like crazy. I have been feeding her in a darkened room and not talking or stimulating her during her night feeds but she seems happy to be awake and just looking at me. We are going to try with DH doing this feed over the weekend to see if she does the same for him. I'm hoping she will get bored with DH and fall asleep straight after the feed. I've also noticed over the past few days as well that she seems to be wanting mummy cuddles alot, which is fantastic until I have things to do around the house so going to keep trying her in the sling to give me some hands free time. I put her in it yesterday and she wasn't overly impressed, I think it is going to take me a few goes to get the right fit for both me and her and then get her used to being in the sling as well. Hopefully I can get it sorted soon.

:

---

Hi Everyone

Dedicated Mummy: from Mayaness's comments I see you live in Ballarat, we live 30 minutes out of Ballarat in Linton.

---

Yes Im in Ballarat! I used to live in Barringa (SP) just near cape clear ;) When we 1st moved from Melbourne!
Do you come into Ballarat much? Will Tara's appointments be in Linton?

Hi Girls!

Sorry its gonna be a long one!!!!

KellyD- What a great weight gain by Tara, well done the formula certainly does seem to be working for her. I know what you mean about Tara only wanting mummy cuddles, DD had a few days where she only wanted mummy cuddles too and just kept fussing for everyone else, it was lovely but very full on as we hadnt quite worked out the sling thing and we didnt get to do a lot of moving or eating or going to the toilet! DD only started to like her sling at about 4 weeks and we tend to sit her up in it more than lay her down so she can see but also because she is such a hot little chook and just swelters in there.

MZY- DD was a very sleepy girl for the first 3 weeks and would do nothing but sleep, one night she fed at 6pm and didnt wake until 7am the following morning, we spend 2 hours wiping her head with cool washers, changing her nappy, tickling her feet and stripping her down as the midwives told us to do this to feed her when she wouldnt feed, I even tried attaching her asleep- no thanks mum, just want to sleep. The next morning she woke up soooo happy and bubbly. My boobies on the other hand were another story! Now though she will wake and stay awake for about 2 hours between naps.

Ozstar- Arent those first smiles just the most amazing things! Make me absolutely melt. Although DH seems to get a heck of a lot more of them then I do. I tend to get those explosive breastfeeding pooey nappies instead, not a very fair trade off I dont think! :lol:

Erybery- Good too hear that the Zantac is kicking in, good luck at the paed. hopefully you will get some answers. Please hun, dont beat yourself up about giving Ella medication. I know how you feel, I felt so guilty and horrible for taking zofran through out most of my pregnancy and I have a healthy little cherub. You do what you have to do and what is best for both you and your little miracle. You did the right thing sweetie xxx

Chepie- Way to go you on the new bra size :dance: Its great your feeling so good.

Hi Skybie, Nina, Maya, Cam, Stevie W, Cam, Jen, rach2281, Heavenly, V-love and anyone else I have missed. :hug: to you all!

AFM, little miss is a miracle, angel and a little terror all rolled into one! I just look at her little lips and ears and fingers and toes and everything really and just think WOW! She has been an absolute little gem and dare I say..... sleeps at least 7 hours everynight since day 1 (have had her wake twice throught the night since her birth). We have tried to wake her for feeds through the night and she will not have a bar of it so we cut our losses and decided we might as well enjoy it while it lasts. She goes to bed about 9:30pm and wakes for a boobie at 4:30am (when DH gets up for work) and Im a touch engorged, feeds then goes back to sleep till about 8:30am. Only feeding from one side as we have had so much trouble with the other and after 3 weeks of only expressing out of it its still cracked so badly its bleeding. I had blocked ducts and most of my milk dried up in that side or wouldnt come out, I was expressing 4 times a day for 30 mins and getting about 3ml! But the other side is and has always been making enough milk to feed an army, so we will just have to work at getting her back on the left side. But how great are those feeding sighs and little grunts!?! It all must be okay though as she put on 1/2kg in 2 weeks, which we were told was just fine.

Attempted to put DD in her cot in the other room for the first time, not sure why but think it was because we were listening to other peoples opinions too much.... we put her in her snuggle bed, tucked her in and went to our room....it lasted 45 minutes and ended in a flood of tear.... all from me!!!!! DD was oblivious to the carry on and DH and I raced in, scooped her up and promptly put her back in her bassinet where we could hear all those (not so little) gurgles. Needless to say she hasnt been back in there since!

Never did I imagine that after 5 years of unsuccussful IVF attempts would we create such a little amazing and perfect little girl all by ourselves.

Thanks girls for sharing your pregnancies and now your stories and knowledge of your little treasures, I feel very honoured to be a part of your experiences.

Take care all and I hope I can be back online much more, since I havent thrown up for over 2 months!!!!! :dance: WOOHOO!

Lily Dust - I never understood why people took it so personally and were even kind of affronted by our cosleeping with DS...it's not like we were making THEM do it! I couldn't deal with him in the bassinet in our room without dissolving into tears, so it's bed sharing all the way with DD, too. At least this time we have 'one we prepared earlier' who proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that cosleeping does not create dependant and developmentally compromised children ;)
My little meerkat and I have to go birthday present shopping for DP...while DS is with MiL!
BTW had a great night last night after eventually getting to bed (my own fault) - no lumpy boobs (let alone leaking out of breastpads!) and good 3 hour blocks of sleep...despite a wheezy, sick 3yo sleeping in the same bed (next to DP - he NEVER takes daddy cuddles at night, so it was a breakthrough).
Have a good day, all xxx

Hey all my lil Serenity is 5 weeks old today so only 18 days left til my due date lol

DM: I generally get into Ballarat once a week, but with Tara currently on the 3 hour feeding plan it doesn't give me much time to get into town, do what I have to do and then get home again for her next feed. Although my parents live in Buninyong so always have the option at the moment to go there when she needs feeding, also means that I get lunch as well.

All of Tara's appt's are either at Linton or Smythesdale as Golden Plains Shire has a clinic in both places. Once we are no longer on weekly appt's they will all be at Linton and once our Mothers Group is set up they will be in Smythesdale.

We lived in Ballarat for a year when we moved up from Melbourne and then spent 6 months in Gordon (commuting to the city for work) before DH landed a job in Ballarat and we have been in Linton since Jan of this year and we just love living in a small country town but having a large regional so close.

Just dropping in to share that..... I got some sleep last night..... Tara had a feed at 10.30pm then again at 2am and this morning at 6am. Her first 4 hour feed ever over night :dance:. And to make it even better, DH did the 10.30pm and 2am feed for me so I got to sleep (although I did wake up but went back to sleep pretty quickly). So now I'm up doing my chores while DH and Tara have a sleep in. :pray: that this is the start of good things to come.

Hi girls,

Lilydust-i think with the sleeping u do wats best for u. we had dd1 in the crib next to our bed for 5 months until dp decided he had had enough of me telling him to be quiet when he came into the room in case he woke dd1 up lol. i then moved her out slowly for my sake, moving her away from the bed every night until she was in her room at the other end of the house LOL. dd2 will probably be the same story but this time i wont be telling dp to ssh cause dd1 makes enough noise for dd2 to withstand any noise :lol:

I also found that cuddling them in bed after dp goes to work is a given :D it allows u to sleep if uv had a crap night and its excellent bonding time too. dp is doing that now so i can chat :clap:

dd1 is starting to wake up more now, and im like "wat do i do with u now?" :redface: i cant leave her on the floor as dd1 likes to poke and explore her face, unless i put her inside the playpen (poor baby). but it funny how u forget things are with newborns when ur so used to a toddler.

Better fly as i need a shower and the step kids r waking up and will need feeding.

Happy warm weather Melbournians :)

Mzy

Kelly woo hoo on the sleep front that aweosme.

LD with sleep (and everything else to do with parenting) just do what works for you and your family I say. DD is in a bassinet next to our bed but spends part of the night cosleeping, we usually both fall asleep during a feed lol.

Mzy my DS likes to kiss DD and cuddle her if she cries lol, Im so worried he will try to pick her up if I am not there.

Quiet day here today. BOth kids are in bed so I am off to mop the floors then have some lunch.

Wow its been very quiet in here. I hope that everyone is ok and just busy being mums.

For the last week or so dd has been unsettled of an evening and is awake for hours. She usually wakes at about 4-5pm and can be awake right up until 10pm. She gets so overtired and just wants to feed. Last night she went to sleep about 7pm but woke when I put her down and was so upset untilI got her back to sleep at 10pm. Anyone elses baby doing the same thing? She is great during the day and can be put in bed awake and just go off to sleep on her own.

My ds1 used to get his sister out of the bassinet if she cried he was 26months and she was 5 weeks early and only 2.5kg lucky he is so strong he could actually carry her

well serenity still only wakes once at night but I've noticed at that feed and a few during the day she will get put down for 5 then want more so that goes on for 40min but then she's off again she still sleeps heaps but isn't due for another 13days still lol

Yep- we're similar Oz...for the last week or so, dd usually has one feed a day/night where she is near impossible to settle and ends up becoming hysterical (even while we're cuddling her). That usually exhausts her enough that she falls asleep. When she's like that she doesn't even want to feed, if I try to attach her she has a few sucks then thrashes about and spits me out. My guess was wind because she pulls her knees up. I've just started putting her across my knees, face down with one hand under her tummy and the other hand patting her back and this worked quite well last night.

Gosh, it has been SUPER quiet! Hope everyone is feeling good and your babies are being kind....

Hi Girls!

Well I'm on my own with DD nw as Dh went back to work yesterday. She had a shocker yesterday as didn;t sleep much at all during the day - she just would not settle and kept waking after 30-40mins and I couldn't get her back to sleep- Im going to research sleep cycles because I heard sometimes they wake and you can go in 5 mins before this and move them through from light to deep sleep.
She is generally sleeping well at night now, normally a 4hr chunk and then 5-6 hours (from start of feed) though it varies night to night.

I am going to my first mother sgroup on friday so will be good to meet up with some other first time mums to see if they have the same probs as me.

Is anyone worried about feeding their babies when on the computer, Ive done it a few times but am paranoid she will get a brain tumour or something????

I woke up with a sore throat, is it likely that Ella will get it too since Im breastfeeding???

gotta go shes screaming again

Ery I feed dd lots at the computer and to be honest the thought of tumors etc hadn't even crossed my mind. I think they say a sleep cycle is 40min I am sure I have heard that it is common for bubs to wake after the first sleep cycle, good luck getting her to sleep longer. Your BF should protect Ella from any nasties but just keep an extra eye on her.

V glad to hear I am not alone, though I dont think it is a wind issue here. I am going to work on getting her to sleep as soon I notice the tired signs. Otherwise I will just have to roll with it until she decides to change lol.

It HAS been quiet! I"ve not really been online much at all (or offline and on the computer - just haven't been near my computer!) in the last few days, at least.
No, I tell a lie - I was on the other day to post in one of the threads about elimination communication because I was chuffed with the efforts we've made lately! But apart from that, I've been reading (had a 2 week loan on a new library book - The White Queen by Philippa Gregory - great, easy read...but also borrow a quick guide to English kings and queens to keep up to speed; I recommend the Collins Gem Kings and Queens!), getting out and about (not really for fun, just getting things done) and trying to kick this cough/sore throat.
Ery - Ella probably won't get your sore throat, though she might - if she does it won't be too severe because you've been filling her with your antibodies :)
Tallarah is just a doll and we're all in love still! My midwife came today to see us and she's so happy with how we're going. T has put on stacks of weight (a kilo and a bit - she's well over 4kg now) and 6 cm's in length since birth and she's just being wonderful. I just wish I didn't have this lurgy!
While DS is at creche today I'm gonna have another drink (keeping fluids up now that DP isn't home to remind me) and put on a DVD, during which I'll probably fall asleep...laundry folding can wait, I feel like I've been hit by a train from this lurgy.
Hope everyone's sleep issues resolve soon enough - I know that with DS, he would sleep for less than 40min blocks in the bassinette until I got the HAB and then he'd sleep for hours.
xxx

Oz: Tara has been having wakeful periods at night as well. She generally has a good block of sleep from about 10pm to about 2.30am, then has her feed and won't go back to sleep afterwards unless I hold her and rock her to sleep or put her in bed with me. Although she is still generelly awake for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours from the start of her feed. I'm trying to feed her up during the day to hopefully get longer sleep periods during the night but looking at the ages of our babies, maybe it is something to do with there growth etc at the moment.

Oh, Tara got weighed today and has put on 280grams in 7 days, that is a weight gain of 600grams in 2 1/2 weeks, so she now weighs 3.8kgs. It seems being a FF baby is agreeing with her, weight wise anyways...

hiya ladies, been busy today with mums grp which went well, not as stressful as i thought it would be as the other two mum's helped out, although my back is killing me with picking up he kids and lugging garden furniture around LOL

dd2 is having the exact same problem Oz, she wakes up round 4pm wants to feed non stop but wont settle again. she also has the problem of projectile vomiting as well, which has been fun!! that normally happens later though round 6-7pm. but from 4pm she DOES not wont to go to sleep by herself. As soon as i put her down she is up within 5 minutes guaranteed. Although i did let her whinge abit today cause i had my hands full and she did fall sleep in the rocker staring up at the window (so that was a bonus).

dp is out atm looking at a car, but luckily he took dd1 cause im about to pull out my hair cause the house still needs a tidy from today and i need to clean the couch cushions AGAIN :rolleyes:

I think with dd1 we pushed her in the pusher round the house until she fell asleep, but then when it came to 6 months i think we did the controlled crying, which im so thankful now as she sleeps like an angel (unless she is teething) :lol:

well dd2 is awake :doh: ;) so id better go b4 the whole street hears her cry, as the windows r open cause its been another scorcher today.
sry for long post, and hope every1 has a good night, oh and May, grats on the weight gain :dance:

Mzy

Maya- When you have bub in bed (she sleeps there all night, is that right?), how do you have her in there? I mean does she just lay on the mattress with covers on her or do you have your am under her or something? We have a few issues when it comes to blankets and was just curious how to avoid that. I hope your DS is getting better from being unwell and that you get better soon, it must make just everyday tasks harder feeling under the weather and trying to tend to a newborn. Great weight gains Tallarah!

MZY- I like your idea about moving the bassinet out of the room, little by little and I think that will be what we will do down the track....much further down the track ;-)

Oz- We are the opposite here, little miss finds it hard to settle during the day but goes off to sleep by herself at night. She sleeps in a different area of the house at night, dont know if this makes her realise its night time or not????

Heavenly- Its so strange to think your precious Serenity is still supposed to be a baby bump!

Ery- Funny you should say about the brain tumour thing, I dont use the computer with DD but I do use a mobile to text and I am paranoid about it, even when she was in my tummy I hated it if I put the phone near her!
Im sure you know this part but I just read that humans sleep in 40 minute cycles and we wake after that period, ensure all is right and good and if it is we go back to sleep without even being aware that we had woken. I know nothing about the other part however but it sounds very interesting!

V-love- Dont ya just love it when your dear little cherished bub spits out your boob....real confidence booster hey!!! DD doesnt just spit mine out she pulls faces about it too, makes me feel real glamorous :-)

Kelly D- Sounds to me like your wonderful little Tara is growing like a mushroom- great work!

We are off to the clinic next week so cant wait to see how much DD has grown- very exciting! Not that we need the figures the big fat chubby cheeks tell us the same story! She had immunisation yesterday which thankfully her daddy was able to attend, she was very good, a few tears but lots of snuggles fixed that pretty quick!

Take care all x