sahbear - too cute that he crashed out. Henry decided to sleep through for a couple of nights last week & I woke up about to explode
Sterla - Hope Adele is OK & poos are back to normal. Also hope that you are ok. We all seem to have good bubbas. Henry is mostly doing 5-6 hours overnight, still not a concrete routine yet.
leesa - Hope Bree was ok after her 2 mth needles - Henry will be having his on Thursday.
ezymay - Thanks for the advice RE:medela bags and the avent cups. Going to buy some tomorrow. How many do you think I need? Hope you're feeling better too!
Shelly Belly - going to stick to biting them off from now on.
Gotta go - Henry needs a feed & will attempt to express for the very first time...wish me luck.
Just a quick one girls - for those breastfeeding how long do you feed on each side? Do you feed both sides each feed? B will feed great from one side for 20min but then fussed the whole time on the L side. It's driving me batty. He has always fussed at the left side.
Kts: I only feed Adele from one side per feed and she's usually done after 10 minutes. Sometimes I will burp her or change her nappy and try her on the same side again.
As for being fussy on one side, I think it's supposed to be pretty normal for babies to prefer one side. I find Adele fusses during a feed if she is tired too.
kts64s - I usually only feed Henry on 1 side now, takes him 10-15mins. When he falls off I burp him, wait a few minutes then offer the other side. I don't force the issue - if he's hungry he might go on for about 5 mins, otherwise he just shows no interest. I haven't had any issues feeding either side though. Do you try him on the left first?
I agree with Sterla on the tiredness thing - Henry can be a bit fussy if he's tired too.
Sah - ahhhh righto. My sis is a EN working in geriatric care and says there is so much lifting involved! So I guess that's where you guys come in?! Glad you had fun at your mothers group and E loves his baby bjorn! And yes, I did get my sleep in Isn't it funny how they completely crash after having a big day, poor little things I can't help worrying if they get hungry!
sterla - doh about the cats peeing on DS bed! That's the last thing you need after getting home from a long day! Hope Adele got a good nights sleep and was a good girl for you the next day! So did you get to see a GP and get Adele checked out? Hope everything is OK.
JMO - wow thats great that Henry only takes 10-15mins to feed! Jacob still takes 30mins, he likes to take his time! how did the expressing go? Feels a bit strange doesn't it? Would you agree that it's not as nice as breastfeeding, and you feel like a bit of a cow being milked?! But it's worth it tho!
kts - hope B gets the hang of the L side soon, and it's just a phase he is going through!
Reet, Ezymay - hope you're all going OK
AF decided to pay me a visit yesterday, oh joy! It was really quite nice not having to worry about it for 11 months!
I am mourning the loss of my perky breasts, they are now saggy floppy little things. Had to buy a new bra yesterday cos they are too small for my pretty maternity bras but too big for my pre-preg bras.
Oh, and you know you are getting old when you find your first grey pube! OMG! I cracked up when I saw it after my shower the other day LOL!
We tried the baby bjorn yesterday for the first time, with mixed feelings... it didn't look too comfortable but that may be because my boobs aren't big enough to act as pillows? His head was resting on my chestbone... and I had to take him out to go to the loo, and also I needed to try on some bras, so had to take him out for that too. Luckily I had mum with me to hold him.
Anyway on the bright side I was in my PJs until gone midday today, it's rainy and dreary in Perth today so Jake and I both had a sleep-in
SB- with my left boob nit producing much milk it has already turned pancake looking, but for the moment my right is still nice looking. Thank goodness it's winter so I can cover up my odd boobs, not looking forward to summer. Fingers crossed my boobs even up by then.
Sorry for being such a bad baby buddy, I read every day on my phone but don’t often find the time to fire up the laptop for a proper post, will try to pop in more often I promise!
JMO – how did you go expressing the other day? I’ve expressed a few times and it takes me 40 minutes to get around 50ml which is quite time consuming!
Kts – I feed kody for around 10-15 minutes on the first side, or until he pulls off, I can usually tell when he’s pulling off because he’s drained the boob so I’ll pop him on the other side. It’s a 50/50 as to whether he’ll take the other side or not.
Shellybelly – at the grey pube, I literally burst out laughing when I read that! Bad luck af is back, I didn’t get it back until DS was 9 months old last time, hoping for the same thing this time around.
Sterla – did you end up taking Adele to the doctors? Are her poos back to normal?
Reet – a bit of a late answer but DH and I have managed to dtd twice since Kody was born, the first time around 6 weeks after he was born. It’s a bit different for me as I had an emergency c/s this time, but with DS1 (vaginal birth) it took almost a year for things to feel ok when dtd again. Probably not what you want to hear, but it will get better!
Kimb – is phoebe sleeping any better? sleep deprivation is not fun!
Ezymay – hope you and your bubbas are feeling better!
Leesa – :waves: hi, not much to ask you as we saw each other a couple of days ago lol. Kody looks gorgeous in the little hats you gave him, and the rest of the clothes are just devine, thanks again hun!
Sah – I have a baby bjorn too, Kody wasn’t too keen on it at first but loves it now and will sleep for hours in it!
Are any of you lovely ladies co-sleeping with your bubs? I’ve kinda just fallen into it, Kody is a very people-orientated bubs and likes to be with someone at all times, even when sleeping, so it kinda just made sense rather than trying to fight it all the time. The only thing that bothers me is he seems to want to feed every couple of hours overnight most of the time, sometimes we’ll only have 1 or 2 wake ups, but majority of the time is every couple of hours. I’m not sure whether it’s just because the boobs are there and he can smell milk or not? I guess the one good thing is I don’t have to get out of bed, but waking every couple of hours is not so cool either lol
Other than that Kody is going great, putting on weight really well, sailed through his 2 month needles and is most of the time a content happy little baby.
I tried the expressing thing for a while, but it was taking me 40 minutes just to get 50ml or so, so I decided it was too time consuming. I want Kody to have a bottle every now and then, to make babysitting duties a little easier when the time comes, so I gave Kody his first ever bottle of formula the other day, and I don’t know why, but I felt increadibly guilty about it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against formula, not all women are able to breastfeed, but I guess for me, cause I was lucky enough to be able to breastfeed easily, I felt horrible giving it to him. Mummy guilt sucks sometimes!!
Anyway, best get back to the housework before Kody decides to wake up again, he will generally only have 2 or 3 40 minute naps per day, and at least one of those has to be while being cuddled, so it doesn’t leave a lot of time for much else!
Oh, and I can’t remember who was asking about returning to work, but I was originally returning in march but now looks like January, however I’m already doing some work from home as they’re finding it very hard to replace me, which is good as at least now I might be a little more appreciated when I return in an official capacity
Jaycee - Oh i'm glad those beanies are ok! Glad that they've gone to good use ! Reminds me, I shall upload those latest pics of Kodster and Breezy in a tick! Kody's little face is so so cute!
Shelly - We are using the baby bjorn here - and I also have an ergo carrier - but that heart to heart insert does my head in; I think Bree prefers being in the Bjorn carrier (despite the 'small pillows' I provide lol). Yay for the sleep in!!
JMO - Hope henry's needles didn't cause him too much angst?
Sah - Bree is 6.7kgs now - she's all cheeks though lol!
Hi Sterla, ezymay, kts64s, Reet!! How are you all doing?
AFM - Should AF have returned yet, still waiting.....!
I meant to update on Adele. It was last Saturday her poos were black. Sunday morning when I changed her they were still a very dark brown. I called the 24 hour parent helpline to ask what they thought. The woman I talked to was lovely, but basically said in these situations it is best to assume to worst and she advised us to take her in to emergency. We dropped DS with my parents and DH and I took Adele into emergency. Being a Sunday it was very busy. We had to wait in line for ages to even get to the window to check in. We explained to the nurse there what was going on and about how we called the 24 hour line, to which she made a knowing face and said they tell everyone to bring their babies into emergency.
We sat and waited for a while - Adele was very good and just slept in the carrier, then woke for a feed. Apart from the weird poos, Adele had always been completely fine, so as I looked around at all the other much sicker people I began to see we wouldn't be seen for quite a while. I went and changed Adele's nappy, and her poos were starting to get more and more yellow and back to normal each time. So, after talking to DH and then talking to the nurse who checked us in we decided to leave. A bit of a waste of 2 hours, but it's so hard to make that judgement on how cautious to be. I was pretty paranoid about Adele catching something from someone in emergency anyway!
As the day progressed Adele's poos got more and more back to normal, and by Monday morning they were completely normal again and have been ever since. So, as best we can tell she just swallowed heaps of blood during a feed (must have damaged my nipple or something) and it took a couple of days for her body to get rid of all the excess iron or something.
I had a MCHN appointment on Tuesday and talked to her about it then, and she basically said that if it's a random one off thing like this, she wouldn't worry. She's otherwise fine, and she'd only be concerned if it kept happening or Adele became unwell.
So, that was our big drama for the weekend! Adele of course was happy and healthy and completely oblivious to her mummy and daddy worrying about her!
We had Adele weighed on Tuesday too - she is a hefty 6.06kg, which meant she had again put on over a kilo in 4 weeks, and over 2 kilos since birth! She's such a big bubba, on the 97th percentile - yikes! She's pretty average length though.
Adele and I have had a very busy week this week. We went out to dinner with my mum's group on Tuesday night, then out to a chocolate party on Wednesday night. Tonight we are going to see my little sister's production of Aida. I'm hoping Adele just sleeps through the whole thing!
I better go as Adele has woken up. I'll try and get back to do personals soon!
Does anyone else feel as though there is a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any minute once you have put ur baby down for a sleep???! U just wait for them to wake up and need u again! U wldnt believe it.. just as i finished writing that guess what! Sienna woke up!! haha. I have put her on the couch next to me and shes happy for now watching channel v, lets see how long this lasts!
While im on the subject of sleeping, she is only ever sleeping for 40 mins and then waking up again during the day, she will stay awake happily for about half an hour, get grizzley and tired again so i have to put her back to sleep! It feels as though i spend my day trying to get her back to sleep! I read that babies sleep in 40 min sleep cycles and if they cant self soothe themselves into the next sleep cycle they wake up but are still tired. Has anyone else found that there baby just naps during the day??? Its frustrating cos only a couple weeks ago i was wandering around the house for hrs on end not knowing wat to do with myself cos she was having such long sleeps.. and now its impossible to get anything done!! Like they say just when ur getting to know ur little one they go and change everything!!
Kts- Sienna is a super quick feeder, she only feeds for 5-10 mins so i dont have a chance to offer her the other side. I have a very strong letdown though so she gets alot in that 5 mins!! If my boob still feels a bit hard afterwards i feed off that same side the next time so she is getting all the fatty milk as well. Thats weird that ur little man doesnt like the left side.. even if u start him on that side is he still fussy?? Maybe the flow isnt as strong??
Sterla- Did u get to the drs?? I really hope the bleeding has stopped and Adeles poos are back to the normal lovely yellow colour
Sahbear- So is E still sleeping 9 hrs at night?? U lucky thing if he is! Sienna has done maximum 6 i think. Hope his cold has completely cleared up now!
Leesa- How much does Bree weigh for the nurse to think she was 4 months old??!
Shelley- So funny bour ur grey pube!! So having a baby has been a little stressful??! Oh and bugger bout AF coming Altho it does mean that ur fertile again!! Except Im probably the only weirdo that wants to have another baby asap! It will be a good thing if af doesnt come for another 6 months or so, so i have no choice but to wait! I actually think i just want to be pregnant again.. im not sure if i cld handle having another baby anytime soon, with the way Sienna has been in the last couple days i cant imagine having another child to look after at the same time as a new baby! I dont even have any time to pay attention to our doggies!
JMO- Another one (as well as Sterla) with a power feeder! A few ppl have said to me, so how long does Sienna feed for.. 45 mins?? Um no 10 mins if we are lucky! I was a little worried but shes putting on lots of weight and lots of wet and pooey nappies so she must be doing alright I also think its a laziness thing.. as soon as my letdown stops and the milk stops flowing so freely and she cant just gulp it back she kinda just starts playing around.
How did expressing go?? Are u doing it so u have some in the freezer as backup?? Ive been meaning to do it incase dh has to look after S oneday and needs to settle her. Ive only got a manual one though and it takes forever! I got around 70mls one time but it took like 30-40mins! And my hand got sore!!
Ezymay- Have u both gotten over ur colds?? I hope so!
AFM- A couple of u wld know from FB that yesterday was a shocker for us.. Sienna just wldnt sleep allday! But she was so tired and grizzling the whole time. (thinking she may have had a bit of an upset tum tum cos by the end of the day her poos were a bit greenish and had tiny bubbles in it) Very frustrating. We were out and about for a little bit in the morning though so it wldnt have helped moving her in and out of the car constantly. So today we havent done anything, we're being homebodies!! Like i said earlier though shes still not sleeping for very long. Right now i am trying something new (by the way this has taken me like 2.5 hrs to write cos ive been trying to get Sienna to have a nice long sleep.. it hasnt worked!) I have brought the pram inside and pushing it and pulling it back with my foot.. and shes been asleep for 15 mins so far! I never wanted to have to do something like this but if it means she gets a decent sleep and wakes up happy then i will do it!! I just cant believe how different she is this week to last week! Oh well... shes sleeping alright at night time so thats the main thing.
Does anyone else have to rock etc. there babies to sleep during the day or am i the only stupid one?? I have started just dancing around with her to music and it normally puts her to sleep in about 10-15 mins, it wld be alright and worth it if she stayed asleep!! I really wish i had a baby that i cld just put in the cot and know they wld put them selves to sleep.. but that wld be too easy hey! (and it wld probably take a lot of tears!)
I loved having dh home last week, he did the 'putting baby to sleep' duty every day.. it was so nice!
Anyway i might wrap this up now.. feel as though im rambling!!
Hope everyone is well! xxx
Oh here she goes again.. seems the pram trick hasnt been overly successful!
Jaycee- Wow a whole year for things to feel ok whilst DTD??! Golly gosh.. poor me and dh! I dont think its very enjoyable for him knowing hes causing me pain! Although its not that painful or we wldnt be doing it.. just quite uncomfortable!
Im glad im not the only one with a 40 min napper! Is he normally happy between naps?? I reckon Sienna wld be happy all day if she cld be carried around all day and sleep and wake as she pleased!
I cant co-sleep with Sienna, I feed her in bed and sometimes try and slide back down with her to go to sleep rather then putting her back in her bassinet but she normally wakes up after a short time squirming around until i have to feed her again. So neither of us get a good sleep! After about 5am she comes into bed with me quite happily though, the last couple mornings ive just been able to leave her next to me with her own little cover and she ends up falling asleep again for a couple hrs which is nice (dh has been away otherwise i wldnt be able to do it!) I loved the newborn days where she wld sleep on me for hrs without all this squirming! Altho i still never had a really good sleep cos i wld worry about smothering her or something. Its nice now knowing she is all safe in her bassinet. Do u still sleep ok with him in ur bed??
Leesa- U just answered my question to u Wow! 6.7kgs!! What a healthy little bubba! Sienna is 5.2kgs and i thought she was a real little chubba wubba! She carries a lot of her weight in her cheeks too hehe
Sterla- Great news about Adele!! So glad to hear things are back to normal again. There poo can be a bit worrying cant it! A friend just msged me and said that Siennas poo yesterday cld have been funny cos shes only getting foremilk.. thats probably why she was feeding every couple hrs too. Im going to have to make sure she feeds more off each boob before changing to the next one.. especially since she is such a quick feeder! The other poor left out boob is going to be exploding by the time she has drained one probably! haha.
Anyway im really pushing it now.. Sienna has been whinging and grizzling a little while ive been writing this but shes ready to start proper crying now so best be off!
Reet - I have noticed that Henry sleeps in bursts, but I try to leave him if he stirs as long as he's not screaming. He generally goes back to sleep & I have been getting him to sleep for 1 1/2 - 2 hrs in between feeds. I hear you about the change in routine though, now that he is awake for about an hour after a feed, we invested in a automatic bouncer - he loves it! He can see me while I have brekky or lunch or prepare dinner - he can be in it for about 20 mins before he gets cranky. Also he has slept in the pram during the day since we came home. We live in a 2 storey house & I didn't want to be up and down stairs all day, so downstairs during the day he sleeps in the pram (which helps put him to sleep, don't have to do it for too long though) and at night he is in our room in a bassinet. I also thought that it would help him sleep through the night if he recognised the bassinet is his "night time" bed.
Shelly - BOOOO for AF! and bahahahaha...grey pube! double whammy huh! I have tried the baby bjorn too, just around the house and Henry is not real happy in it. I am going to persist though because I'd like to be able to go out walking without the pram in nice weather.
Jaycee - your poor nipples must be getting a serious workout feeding every 2 hours...ouchie!
Sterla - so glad to hear Adele is back to normal.
leesa - needles weren't too much fun, but got through ok.
Hi everyone else
So we went to see the MCHN on Tuesday - he weighs 4.9kg which means he has put on nearly 1 kg in a month YAY! Then yesterday he had his needles (I also had a whooping cough jab) & he was beside himself. The nurse was a bit rough I thought, but she was quick. As the first needle went in he screamed in 1 long breath, then held his breath for like 3-4 seconds and went so red in the face - but she quickly got the other needle in before he took a breath. Poor little man - he settled quite quickly, I just popped him on the boob while we waited to go home. The expressing went quite well the other day - after a feed I spent 5 mins on the boob he fed from & drained it (didn't get much), plus 5 mins out of the other side and got about 60ml. Only problem is I don't have many storage containers or bags - does anyone know where I can get cheap BPA free small containers to freeze EBM? It was quite easy with my pump - I got a medela swing electric pump...couldn't imagine doing it manually.
Right, both kidlets asleep - time for a proper post.
JMO: Sounds like Henry is doing well - a kilo in a month is awesome! Poor little guy with the needles though. It's so hard to see them in pain like that.
Reet: Your friend could be right about too much foremilk. When my milk first came in and I was quite engorged Adele's poos were like you describe. It's because they get too much of the watery foremilk and not enough of the fatty hindmilk which helps keep them full. It tends to make their poos quite green and explosive. I have only ever fed Adele from one side at a time because of that early engorgement, certainly helps.
I rock Adele to sleep some of the time. I either rocked or fed to sleep DS for a long time, until he was about 20 months - whatever works I reckon! Adele is funny - sometimes she needs me to help her get off to sleep, other times the rocking seems to annoy her and I put her down, she sticks her thumb in and goes off to sleep on her own.
Leesa: Whoa, go Bree! What a healthy bubba!
Jaycee: I occassionally co-sleep with Adele - less often now than I was. I was mainly doing it when she wasn't settling of a night after a feed, but now that she's a pro at sucking her thumb I find she settles better in her bassinett. Sounds like Kody is a great baby! Saw on FB that you've all been sick though That sucks. I hope you're all feeling better and getting some more sleep soon!
Shell: Bah to AF! I didn't get AF back until DS was 11 months old, I'm hoping for the same or longer this time! Lol about the grey pube! . Hope the weather has improved .
Hi to everyone else! Hope you and your bubbas are all well.
AFM: Adele giggled for the first time today! It was so gorgeous! DH was home for lunch which he rarely is. I was holding Adele and kissing along under her arm and belly. I noticed she was smiling a bit, so I kept doing it - then out came a little chuckle. She did it a few more times, so DH wipped his phone out and started recording, so we got it on video. I've uploaded it to FB too .
Adele is going so well. She has done a few 7-8 hour blocks overnight now, but she's doing at least 6 hours straight fairly consistently. She's self settling a fair bit too, thanks to her thumb! It's so different to DS who didn't sleep through or self settle until he was 20 months old! Definitely not complaining! I've noticed Adele has started cat napping through the day now... well, except for yesterday where she basically slept the entire day! She must have been doing lots of growing.
***Ew! I just had Adele sleeping on me while I was typing, she had her her face smooshed into my chest, and when I moved her I noticed she must have had a blood nose (blood had pretty well dried). I guess she must have been too hot leaning against me!?***
Adele's cloth nappy collection is growing. She has 13 now, with another on the way! She's pretty well in cloth full time - through the day she is, but I put her in a disposable overnight. I might try her in cloth overnight soon - just need a good cover. Having the two kids in cloth certainly makes for a lot of washing, which we're struggling with at the moment with the cold, crappy weather - I still love it though .
Late night last night - we were at a thermomix demo! DS didn't get to bed till almost 11pm! So, he is definitely in need of a good sleep today. I'm hosting a thermomix demo on Saturday now - and we will probably buy one (thank you baby bonus!). If you've never heard of them, just type it in google, should come up .
Just a quick one before I do a feed then hop into bed...
Sterla - yay for the chuckle! I'm going to my 2nd thermomix demo on Friday eve, and dragging DH along this time. I'm in love!
Hosted our mothers group meeting today, went quite well. Jacob was so good! He's having big feeds and big sleeps at the moment...
Will write a proper response on Thurs - am out all day with mum tomorrow doing bulk purchases at the cash and carry for restocking on supplies, then having a wax in the evening! I look like a yeti! Grey pube be gone!
I think my phone is playing up, have there really been no posts for a week?
Am at the hairdressers while mum watches Jacob, so am enjoying the chance to catch up on the world!
Hi ladies,
shell - i was thinking the same thing. no posts for a whole week...guess we are all a bit preoccupied. lucky you at the hairdressers - mine is feral at the moment, must book an appointment. Enjoy a bit of a pamper before you go back to the pooey nappy reality we are all living in!
Not much to report for me. Had first mother's group session last week. Henry is the youngest in the group & the other girls seem quite nice although everyone was a bit shy first up. Henry is still sleeping through most nights - he did wake at 3.30 this morning though. I blame myself - decided to have a coffee last night when some visitors came over so P.S no caffeine for me in the future in the PM hours! Got a paedatrician follow up appt on Wednesday with the same doctor who saw Henry when he was born. He has a small hernia at his belly button to assess, but that is supposed to correct itself.
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Isn't it funny how they completely crash after having a big day, poor little things I can't help worrying if they get hungry!
at the grey pube, I literally burst out laughing when I read that! Bad luck af is back, I didn’t get it back until DS was 9 months old last time, hoping for the same thing this time around.
sleep deprivation is not fun!
So having a baby has been a little stressful??!
Altho it does mean that ur fertile again!! Except Im probably the only weirdo that wants to have another baby asap! It will be a good thing if af doesnt come for another 6 months or so, so i have no choice but to wait! I actually think i just want to be pregnant again.. im not sure if i cld handle having another baby anytime soon, with the way Sienna has been in the last couple days i cant imagine having another child to look after at the same time as a new baby! I dont even have any time to pay attention to our doggies!
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