Jo: Hi and welcome to our thread. It seems like you've have a pretty busy couple of months. Moving from the UK to Aus is one big move especially so far advanced in your pregnancy. I moved house whilst i was preg and i found that difficult but it was only a few suburbs away, not a few countries
Gee your labour sounded pretty intense, isn't it thought that when a birth happens so quickly that it can stress the body out? I would have liked a labour like yours, but i am just so happy that Maddy is safe and well.
I don't live near Brisbane so i can't help you out on the weather situation but because xavier was born in Aus he wouldn't know how cold it is in the UK so you would suspect that he would feel it to be colder here than what you do. Gee does that make sense?
Thankyou for your advice on the Christmas presents i will look into a few of those ideas. Can you tell me what a gloworm is. I'm guessing its a worm that glows in the dark, like a comfort toy, so that bubs doesn't get scared in the night?????
Curl: Great to hear from you again. We need more people in this thread. Wow to Loralei sleeping through the night. I am also very lucky as Maddy generally sleeps 7-8hrs sometimes 9 and has been since she was around 4wks. I still have to get up once in the night and express though (due to all my feeding probs and low milk supply, plus my boobs get too sore). Maddy has recovered well from her injections. I haven't taken the bandaids off yet as i know that will incur pain too. Sometimes i wish that the nurses wouldn't put them on and just apply pressure for a bit instead. I had my hep B and Cervical Cancer vacc a few weeks ago and left the bandaids on for days. Especially hard to take them off when the area is still tender from the injections.
Everybody else: We need more posts, hope to hear from a few of you soon
I will post more later as I am heading to DFO to get an outfit for Sat night I am out with a group of expats mums for a xmas/bday drink. It is my actual bday so I will be having a soft drink to celebrate!! BF so cant have a drink. I am looking forward to it.
I will post later to let you know how I get on with the outfit. I have lost some weight since giving birth and I have a long way to go to get into my pre pregnancy clothes.
Xavier did well after his vaccinations and again I havent removed his plasters either.
We are slowly saving for a car. Not sure what yet. Maybe shopping in new year.
Still trying to register the birth. We saw the mchn but no vaxxing here.
We have a wonderful baby easygoing and he sleeps so well.
hey! just fed my little girl, she's happily playing on her activity mat... fonally have a moment to write something.
she's started teething, i thought it was a little early too, but i wont be seeing teeth for a while yet. she just want to dribble heaps and chew on everything in site.
she coped really really well with her 2 month immunisations, only cried a tiny bit and didn't have any reactions (no lumps, redness or anything.)
she sometimes sleeps 6-7 hours of a night, but last night only did 3 and 1/2 hourly... do daddy is very tired, he's the night feeder because she's bottlefed and i dont always have to be the feeder.
hope everyone else is doing well and hope to hear more from you all soon.
Happy Xmas everyone. I cant believe how quiet this thread is. How is everyone doing?
Xavier is now in a cot day and night time though still in my room. I had moved my first out by 5wks as she was so noisy in her sleep and I didnt sleep. It is great to have him near by.
He is now able to settle himself which makes my life so much easier. It took some doing and a little controlled crying (not something I really agree with but it worked) I dont leave him while he cries but now 90% of the time I just put him down and he falls to sleep. Also using a 0.5tog grobag and that seems to help.
We are in a routine of sorts. We do the feed play sleep routine and we both seem happy with that. He tends to do a catnap of 40mins and at least a 3hr sleep in the day. He is still waking at least twice a night but goes back down after a 10min feed.
Anyway best get on as my DD is needing attention while DS sleeps.
Hi everyone,
Jo: It is very quiet in here. I do read the posts regulary but sometimes find it hard to sit down and write. I also have had to do the control crying with Madeline as the only way she would sleep was if i held her and that was getting really tiring and time consuming. I generally let her cry for about 2.5mins at a time and then go back in and settle her. I still rock the basinet a litle too but try not to hold her until she is asleep. I have found it helps also. She still sleeps in our room but i think we will eventually bring the cot into our room as her room is so far down the other end of the house and i wouldn't be able to hear her. I feel that if you have to use a montior all night you might as well have them with you anyway. We might just place something in front of the cot so that she can't see us, as i have heard that if they get used to seeing you all the time when there in their cot then its harder to eventually settle them into their own room. So she will be able to hear and not see. Maddy sleep pattern is the same as xavier's, sleeps for about 45min at a time after eat and play and may have a longer 2-3 hr sleep in the day also. She is still going to sleep between 9:30pm and 10:30 pm and waking at around 6am-8am. I am very lucky. I was expressing in the night though but some nights i sleep straight through so my boobs arn't getting too sore anymore.
I went and saw a LC at the Royal womens on Wednesday for a day stay and they observed how maddy was feeding, bacause i have been having trouble feeding sitting up (we feed by lying down). Then the little bugga feed perfectly for the whole day. She is getting better so cross fingers it will continue. It difficult to go out and feed cause i need to lye down all the time. Anyway the LC assessed my thrush again and gave me some different cream to use, hopefully that will help. We have had thrush for over 2 months.
I am so excited as i have now fully BF Madeline for 3mths. YIPPEE After having so many problems at the beggining i am now so glad i persited and got through it. We are even trying to wean of the milk supply tablets. WOOHOO.
Well i hope evryone had a lovely Christmas with your new buddles of joy. I did. But i'm glad its all over. Can now assess the trashed house, clean and get back to reality.
Hi to everyone else, i'm sure your all reading just not posting. Would love to hear how some of you are going.
finally have a chance to cheakout this site still can't work out how to get a photo up
my bub Zoe Leigh was born on the 26th sep 2008 at 5.45pm at Nambour hospital she was 2605grms 48.9cm and head cir 32.5cm
fully breast fed wow thats hard but glad i stuck with it had trouble first few weeks as most do iam sure ooowwwchh is it easy now though except for her getting constantly destracted iam sure she is only full once a day
Zoe starts swimming next week fun will be good to get out and do something diff
It seems like you've have a pretty busy couple of months. Moving from the UK to Aus is one big move especially so far advanced in your pregnancy. I moved house whilst i was preg and i found that difficult but it was only a few suburbs away, not a few countries
. Sometimes i wish that the nurses wouldn't put them on and just apply pressure for a bit instead. I had my hep B and Cervical Cancer vacc a few weeks ago and left the bandaids on for days. Especially hard to take them off when the area is still tender from the injections.
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