Hi Ladies,
Sorry I have been absent, I have been busy with this work I am doing, and we also went away for the weekend.
We are going well here. Ethan is consistently sleeping though the night, we generally give him his last feed (Which some nights we have to wake him up for!) when we go to bed, then he will sleep til any time between 630am and 830am.
He is being a superstar for me during the day, if he is awake while I am working he is kicking around on one of his activity mats, or watching the tele (!??) or listening to the music with me and talking away.
Thankfully this work is only 5 hours or so a day, and lot of that time, I am not doingas much as i thought i would at this stage, but I am available on call.
He is a bit of a windy bub at the moment, so if it isn’t all up before he goes back down to sleep, he isn’t a happy camper for a few minutes – but we know what it is so easily fixed.
I am feeling very blessed, he is absolutely adorable and a really good easy baby. I did say to DH on the weekend, we wont have any other children, as I am sure we wont be lucky enough to have another one as easily pleased and laid back as Ethan.
JMO – shame about the coffee, but I guess it’s a good compromise if you have a sleeping bub. Good luck with the dr’s apt, hopefully the hernia is resolving.
Shelly – Hope you enjoyed your time at the hairdresser, and how was the thermomix demo? I am so tempted to look into it, but I have to convince myself I don’t need anymore expensive kitchen appliances!
And your gray pube story had me in giggles. Your, photos of Jacob on FB are awesome too.
Sterla – hope you are well?
Love seeing all the pics of Adele and Oliver you have been posting. How is Oliver with Adele? Is he loving being a big brother?
I really don’t know know how you do both in cloth. I keep considering it for E, but the washing in this cold/wet weather is turning me off.
Reet – How are you and Miss Sienna going? I saw your other thread, any improvements? What have you decided on doing? I have used the wrap me ups since Ethan was born, and it is good as he can still get to his hands, but doesn’t startle himself. I hope whatever you choose, helps you get some sleep at night.
Hi to everyone else!
Sorry I cant get to any more persies, I have been reading along each day, just not enough time for posting!
I haven't been on for a while as I just don't find any time now. Phoebe is going well. We have had a bit of a woo hoo moment in that she is sleeping about 8hrs straight but from midnight onwards lol. We have a doctor appointment tomorrow to check out her fast heart rate again and they are also going to relook at her hernia. Unfortunately she has a bit of a cold so a blocked but runny nose. We are b/f'ing well and I'm also able to express heaps (yay). The only problem we have is with wind. I'm giving her infacol but she might need something else. Will get her weighed tomorrow. Have to go as she is screaming from wind pain. Take care all and hugs to all the LO's
Hi everyone! I'm such a slack baby buddy , sorry... I'm always reading, just don't find time to post very often.
KimB: Woohoo for long sleeps from Phoebe! You must feel so much more rested! Poor little thing with the wind though . Adele sometimes struggles with wind - it's so hard when you can't do much to comfort them.
Sahbear: Ethan sounds like a dream baby! I love seeing pics, he is so cute! Oliver is an awesome big brother to Adele. He has always had a really sweet temperament, so it's not too much of a surprise that he's so good with Adele. He loves having her around, kisses and cuddles her a lot and is always very concerned when she cries. He'll hear Adele cry, then say "baby crying" and tells me if she wants "booby" or is tired, lol. Adele seems to love Oliver too - she always watches him and tries talking to him. I can't wait till Adele is a bit older and can interact with Oliver more.
Two in cloth isn't so bad - it just means my nappy bucket fills up a bit quicker than it used to. The hardest bit is drying them down here in Tassie - for now I have to dry them on a clothes horse in front of the heat pump!
JMO: I hope your mum's group is going well. I love my mum's group - we met up this morning actually. It's been really lovely watching all the kids grow up together, and I have made some wonderful friends too. Now we're all onto our second babies!
Shell: I know, we've been very quiet in here! I guess we're all busy with our bubs . How was the thermomix demo? We had ours last Saturday, and we decided to get one! Payment is being processed on Monday now... so we should have it in a week or so. Can't wait!
Hi to everyone else! I hope you're all well.
AFM: We're all good. Adele is still sleeping around 6-8 hours a night, then waking up for a feed, followed by another 3-4 hours. It seems to be around 4-5am she wakes up most nights - which is a little tricky because it sometimes means Adele wakes Oliver up. So, there have been a few early starts - but I tend to kick DH out of bed with him while I get a bit more sleep!
Adele is still packing it on - she was 6.6kg when we weighed her at home the other night. Such a pudding! She's feeding well still, though we have had a bit of a problem with the left side recently. I think the flow on that side is just super strong and fast, so she has a lot of trouble keeping up. She always seems to choke, and then come off crying/screaming. She goes bright red in the face, definitely makes feeding a bit hard. I think I need to experiment with different positions when I'm feeding her - to work against gravity or something.
Oh, and... DH and I finally DTD for the first time since I had Adele. I was so scared about it hurting, but it actually didn't hurt at all. The anticipation of it was worse than the act itself. The only thing is... we didn't really do anything about protection, and it had been so long that DH didn't really have much control of himself... so now I am desperately hoping I'm not fertile yet. Between me exclusively breastfeeding and not having had AF back yet, and also from DH probably having low fertility after the chemo and radiation treatment we should be right though... I should probably do a HPT in a week or so just to be sure though. The idea of being pregnant again this soon absolutely horrifies me!!!
Well my poor bubba has to have an echocardiograph done. Her heart rate is still to fast and they need to find out why. The referral has been sent to the hospital so now I just have to wait until they contact me. I have discovered to that I have a super fast let down and she is starting to drown in the milk That probably explains some of the wind lol. She is gulping as the milk comes in and swallowing heaps of air. Even laying on my side is not enough to stop the fast flow. I'm thinking I might have to take her off the boob until the let down has passed. Poor DF is hanging for some touch but until the kids get out of our bed he is out of luck lol.
Sterla - Adele is certainly a good weight. We had Phoebe weighed on Wednesday and she has only put on 600 grams in 5 1/2 weeks (now 5.4kg) but she has grown a huge 7cm (now 64cm) so I'm expecting a weight growth very soon. How cute that she interacts so well with her brother. We to have the cooing and gaaing for the other kids. They love to get on the floor with her and talk to her. I will have to get my video camera out
Sah - I'm jealous that you have a great bubs lol. I still have days when Phoebe won't sleep anywhere other than in my arms.
Shelly - Never mind the grey pube lol I have been told in a very shocked voice "mum you have heaps of grey hairs on the back of your head" L'Oreal here I come pmsl.
sahbear - Ethan sounds like a perfect bub & you must be some kind of superwoman working 5 hours a day. I can barely manage to organise dinner during the day!
KimB - Poor Phoebe - hope the echocardiograph gives you some answers soon and you can get your gorgeous girl on the way to a normal heart rate.
Sterla - YAY for Adele sleeping 6-8 hours - seems most of the bubs in here are pretty good sleepers. Wow 6.6kg - you must be drinking fertiliser to have such a healthy bubba. I also have a super fast left boob milk let down - like it comes out of a pressurised hose, squirts all over the place! The MCHN told me to lay flat on my back & Henry sort of lays on his side/stomach across my stomach to feed. Since I did that he doesn't choke anymore. It's usually only an issue for the first feed of a morning (after 6-8 hours sleep). That might work for you.
Hope everyone else is doing well.
AFM - Mother's group has been quite good. I've got to chatting with a couple of other mums and they seem really lovely. Henry was give a clean bill of health by the paediatrician - he now weighs 5.5kg, getting close to twice his birthweight. The doctor did think he might have a pinched nerve in his right shoulder because his right arm moves a bit slower than his left, so we have some stretching exercises to do. Not much else to report - have a good week ladies!
JMO and KimB: I started a FB group for our baby buddies this morning. If you're on FB let me know and I can add you to the group . Just thought it might be easier to get onto facebook all the time for some of us .
JMO: Lol, no drink fertiliser here! I have no idea why Adele is such a big bubba and stacking on the weight. DS was quite a little baby, and even now he's quite short and skinny. I guess Adele must have got a different set of genes, lol. I know exactly what you mean with the pressurised hose thing - Adele would come off and squirted so bad in the face! I have been trying to lean back a lot when I'm feeding from that side, and it does seem to be helping.
Glad to hear your mum's group is going well. Having friends with babies/kids around the same age is really great - I always found it so reassuring to come across other mums going through the same things I was.
KimB: Poor Phoebe . I hope you get some answers soon and it all goes well. Wow for growing 7cm!!! That's heaps - at Adele's last check she had only grown 1cm in 4 weeks (but gained a kilo). She must be due for a huge growth spurt soon I reckon!
AFM: Had a lovely morning visiting a friend who has a daughter a few months older than DS, and a baby girl who is 8 days older than Adele. DS played really nicely and the babies mainly slept - it's always so nice to get out of the house and have a good chat.
Adele is currently fast asleep in her rocker with her thumb shoved in her mouth, and DS is in bed, so I should probably go and get some housework done - oh joy .
We got the notification from the hospital about Phoebe's echo. We have to go in on the 10/8 so fingers crossed all is well. Phoebe has shown no inclination to roll over at all lazy girl lol and she is starting to chub up so maybe she is putting on weight this time and not growing so long. She has also started to really bite down on my nipples when feeding and OUCH it hurts. No teeth in sight yet just hard gums but by golly she is strong when she does it. Just realised that I have been so naughty and not had my follow up GD test :blush: will have to do it soon. I think I'm scared of getting a bad result and being told that I have it permanently (silly sod I know)
Sterla - I am on f/b but very rarely these days. It got very boring lol but will look up the group. Or you can add me Kim Bartley my pic is a 4D shot of Phoebe I wish some of you ladies lived closer to me as I know next to no one in my town and all my friends have finished having their babies (just silly me kept going lol). It does get very lonely here. Would be nice to meet up for a coffee sometime.
JMO - glad Henry has been given the ok. He is a nice weight. Heavier than Phoebe last time I got her weighed.
Oh well have to go again, never ending cycle of children wanting their mum here. Take care all and stay well
Hey sah, yeah Kurri is near Newcastle. I don't get to Sydney very often as travelling with 6 kids is a nightmare but if I can get there will certainly look you up Phoebe has her appointment next Wednesday so we will find out then if anything needs to be done about her heart. Yes we are also having trouble with DD1 but her appointment is next Tuesday (really busy next week lol) so hopefully our GP can suggest some other aspects to help her. Things are really weighing me down lately - Phoebe with her ****y heart, DD1 with the eating disorder and drug use, the 2 kids with the diabetes, the preteen with raging testosterone levels :O and the 4yo being a 4yo lol. I need a big holiday :sigh:
Hi to everyone else. Sorry can't answer more persies atm but kids need towels for the bath
Hey KimB,
Wow sounds like you have a few challenges there with the kidlets! No doubt you need a holiday!! Hope DD1's appt goes well and she turns a corner, and hope that Phoebe's appt also goes well and that her heart is OK!
Jacob isn't rolling all that much either, just from his side to his back, and vice versa. And he has the fattest thighs! Little chubba! So i'm glad he's not the only one
I do most of my posts on FB these days, but thought i'd pop in here to say hi to the ladies who don't get the chance to check FB.
I bought an amber teething necklace for Jacob, and I think it's working but can't be sure. It has however prompted some heated discussion on my FB status, the main sceptic being a non-child-wanting science-loving male IT colleague who, of course, know everything about everything
He's sleeping OK, not completely through every night, but at least 50% of the time. He's just above the 50% mark for weight so that's all good. We've started calling him fatty as an affectionate nickname so must really stop that before it becomes a habit!
I'm just putting the finishing touches to his first 3 months photo book, so am really enjoying that.
Oh well, time for lunch, wonder if J has finally gone to sleep, I put him in his rocker and turned on Jack Johnson nice and loud and walked away. Usually does the trick!
Yes we have been having some more challenges here. DD1 decided to move out because we wouldn't let her smoke pot. She has become seriously addicted and now thinks that it is a major part of her life. We realised that we had to let her go or she could have exploded the family. Not happy with her but not angry either. Just so disappointed.
Phoebes' echo was put off for a week as the sonographer was sick so her appointment is tomorrow. Hopefully we will hear some good news (it would be very welcome right about now). Phoebe is growing well and is in 00's and crawler nappies She is still a lazy little bubs though and won't roll over lol. We are still breastfeeding and co sleeping and enjoying it - well not so much when she follows me around the bed at night lol. We are also starting to go to bed a bit earlier. If I can keep this up she might be in bed at 9pm instead of midnight Hmmmmm sleep - I've forgotten what that is lol. Am off to get her weighed again today so will pop back in later and update with stats.
I'm jumping on the bandwagon a little late but thought this might be a nice way of getting in touch with other mums and bubs of similar age.
I gave birth to my first bub, a little girl, Quinn, on 29 April 2011 at Prince of Wales Private. She was just over 8 pounds (3.68kg) and 54cm - quite a solid little unit
I'm currently on mat leave and happy to meet up with any of you for coffee, walks or whatever else we can manage (!) around Darlinghurst, Paddo, Surry Hills, Potts Point etc ...
Look forward to getting to know you all and your lovely bubs
Welcome Darlo Mum. Your little girl and mine were born on the same day We both have royal wedding babies lol. Unfortunately I don't live in Sydney but I hope to come to one of the meet ups....... eventually lol.
Well had Phoebe weighed and she is now 6.42kg and has grown another cm so now 65cm.
Kim: Sounds like you've got a lot going on with your family . Good luck for Phoebe's appointment tomorrow - I hope it's good news! . Sounds like she's growing really well .
Welcome Darlos Mum! Another baby girl - yay! The majority of babies from this thread are boys! My baby girl Adele is actually a May baby (2nd May), but I was due 29th April, so went through my pregnancy with most of the lovely ladies here.
Adele is going great. She's such a chubba! I think she was about 7.2kg when we weighed her last week, and she was 60cm long when I took her in for her in to the clinic at 3 months. She rolled for the first time yesterday - from tummy to back and only to the left though! She hasn't done it since though - those silly arms just keep getting in the way! I looked it up, and she rolled at almost the exact same age as her big brother - only two days later.
Adele is still sleeping fairly well. I'm only up once or twice a night usually, and I'm happy enough with that. I'm just hoping she keeps it up and doesn't go downhill like DS did!
I got my fancy new pram (Baby Jogger City Select) on the weekend and I am loving it so much! At the moment we have it so DS and Adele face each other, which means Adele can see me too. She seems quite happy in it. Now I just need the weather to clear up so I can go walking!
Not much to post really. I have been diagnosed with PND and am just waiting for an appointment at a place close to home. I am having more better days but still need some help coping. Phoebe is doing well and is such a placid baby (thank goodness). She has been rolling from front to back but not the other way. Still a lazy girl lol. We are back to feeding about 4 times during the night so I think she is going through another growth spurt. She is into 0's now and they are not too big on her either. I can't believe our babies are going to be 5 months old this month. Crazy how fast time has gone. Oh her echo came back ok. They also did some other test (can't remember what it was called - damn post baby brain lol) and that came back fine too. So my little one just has a faster heart rate than most.
Hope everyone else is doing ok and that all the babies are doing well
I don't really have much goss....Breezy is a chubba bubba - 9 kilos, but she's such a happy baby - who loves being around her big brother and sister. In fact, she gets cranky at me if I put her down for a roll when the kids are in another part of the house; so I pick her up, move her to where DD1 and DS are and she's happy as lol!
I've been back at work since early August, seems quick to others but I think its saved my sanity ,
KimB - sorry to hear about the PND hun. No other words, just hugs .
Well back to update - Miss P is a real chubba bubba lol. She has rolls on her wrists and ankles and the cutest chubby bum lol. I have been very slack though and haven't had her weighed in ages so will have to do it next week :blush: though she is in 0"s. We have started on solids and she is eating those pouches of pureed food and will eat 1 whole pouch in a sitting. She loves the pumpkin, apple and sweet corn ones or the pumpkin, carrot and sweet corn. I have tried her on the fruit ones and she will eat them but not as enthusiastically lol. Miss P rolls over from her front to her back and the other way as well woo hoo although she has no inclination to try anything else hehehh. She has also become a limpet I can't put her down without her screaming her lungs out. I think it might be an age thing (I'm hoping it is an age thing ) and that is doesn't last to long. We are still breastfeeding and co sleeping with me no so much sleeping lol. I still have the PND and am having panic attacks but I have gotten in to see a counsellor near home. I have had 2 sessions now and can see how I'm stressing myself out but I may still need meds to calm the mood swings.
I would love to type more but Miss P has woken up and is screaming because I'm not there. Check in later for some more goss
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, sorry... I'm always reading, just don't find time to post very often.
. Adele sometimes struggles with wind - it's so hard when you can't do much to comfort them.
. How was the thermomix demo? We had ours last Saturday, and we decided to get one! Payment is being processed on Monday now... so we should have it in a week or so. Can't wait!
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That probably explains some of the wind lol. She is gulping as the milk comes in and swallowing heaps of air. Even laying on my side is not enough to stop the fast flow. I'm thinking I might have to take her off the boob until the let down has passed. Poor DF is hanging for some touch but until the kids get out of our bed he is out of luck lol.
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but if I can get there will certainly look you up 
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. Good luck for Phoebe's appointment tomorrow - I hope it's good news! 
. Sounds like she's growing really well 
Another baby girl - yay! The majority of babies from this thread are boys! My baby girl Adele is actually a May baby (2nd May), but I was due 29th April, so went through my pregnancy with most of the lovely ladies here.
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