Babies Born ~ April 2013 #1

[willow5]

Completely forgot we switch over to babies born in I'm another wanting to slow down the growing to soak up the last newborn experience Speaking of there she is ,,,

[Freya]

So happy! With Wilder being IUGR I've been a little concerned about how his growth would play out on the outside. The community midwife came today for our 1 week check and my little lad is now sitting at 2565g, 30g above his birth weight! He has also grown 2cm, making him 48cm long. Awesome growth for such a small bub! And really nice to know that my boobies are working

[willow5]

Go boobies and go Wilder

[Beatrix]

Excellent job Freya!!!

We had Zoe's 2 weeks check on Monday and she had gained 390g in a week!

Should really get off computer and go to bed.. very early morning tomorrow... all 4 kidddies to dawn service should be interesting

[Harri]

Question... Have any of the bubs gone from taking 30min to feed, to 10-15min and then they are done?? Only one side!?

Eleni has done this overnight and again this morning.... She zonks out after 10-15min sucking on the one side, then I can't wake her to go again.. she flat out refuses and throws those cute little lips out! Do you think she would be getting enough in that time to last her...? Overnight she fed every 2.5-3hrs.

[Beatrix]

Harri- Zoe has started only taking 30 min to feed rather then 45 min-1 hr.. so they can get faster. as for the one side thing, is it feeling pretty drained? I always offer the second side and change her bum after one side to rouse her but she sometimes will just suck a few times and go back to sleep.

guess who slept the entire night in her bassinet!! (apart from her feeds of course at 12 and 4) was so nice to sleep properly! specially after the really early morning as we were up at 4:30am to make the dawn service. We brought one of those sleep positioners which holds their sides (safe and sound one) figured it would make her feel snug like the feeling she gets from being held and then put her in the love to swaddle wrap and it worked!!

[Harri]

Beatrix- yeah it feels pretty drained, although if i squeeze a bit comes out.. I think that I have a quick flow, because she chokes on it sometimes! haha poor little thing... she's still asleep from her 7:30am feed..2.5hrs so seems she's getting enough! I change bottom between sides also... and I have tried the wet face washer etc!.. not that I am complaining about quick feeds, just that I'm hoping she's getting enough!

I use the love to Swaddle wrap too, she likes it! Will have to go buy another one! Was just using the muslin wrap but she was getting her arms out and scratching herself.