Babies Born ~ April 2013 #1

[Beatrix]

Can I just say how sick I am of having a baby who won't sleep anywhere but on me.
I love her but she is extremely hard work.

[willow5]

Can I just say how sick I am of having a baby who won't sleep anywhere but on me.
I love her but she is extremely hard work.

Ditto. ...I write this with a sleeping baby on my lap. So tired and wanting to go to bed, but can't find the energy to get up and move.

[Beatrix]

I have given her to DH and shut myself in my room. I need space

[Harri]

Beatrix/Willow- I am so sorry you guys are having a tough time!!..... I hope things ease off soon!!

Beatrix- saw the pic of the birthmark... poor little thing, I see what you mean by it doesn't look nice....hope it doesn't hurt her at all! Eleni has 3 birthmarks, but they are small, one on her thigh and one on the side of her belly...they are the pale brown kind. The other one is on her forehead, just hidden by her hairline, it almost looks like a mole, it's a darker brown.


I ordered the WWs book from the UK!.... waiting for it to arrive now!!

Have MCHN today, stats are:

weight- 4.935kg
height- 56cm
HC- 37.5cm

so she's growing well!!....all good here! No other news here... we are still bringing up a whole lot of milk every feed with our burps, and if she doesn't burp at least 4-5 times after every feed she brings up the milk when I lay her down... so it's a bit of a pain!!

[willow5]

Beatrix hope you enjoyed your alone time in your room

Harri nice stats It's good you've worked out frequent burping help to not loose a whole feed! You'll love the WW book

I had one good night the other night Georgia slept in her bed and only woke twice! But yesterday her cold has freshened up and she was miserable then quite upset last night and then woke heaps last night. Poor thing thought her nose is really bothering her

[DreamBabies]

Hi. Sorry I haven't been on here much. Things are very hectic here. Logan is growing big and strong. 7 weeks old and weighed in at 6.8kg! Big boy! He is 60cm long now. I'm loving the smiles. He has struggled to stay asleep during the day. However, visitors are to blame for a lot of that. If only mother-in-law would stop laughing like a hyena... and then make comments that he's a fussy baby because she wakes him with her hideous noises.

.... so the broken sleep is making me a bit moody lately.

[willow5]

DB love the description of MIL He is a big boy Glad he's doing well. Hope the visitors leave you in peace soon and let you get back to normal. I always say with guests, it's great to see them, but it's great to see them go too

I forgot to mention before I have a breast pump on the way in the mail. I am really hoping Georgia will take a bottle, I could do with a break every now and then. I need to get some bottles too that would help lol

[Beatrix]

DB- wow big boy! Lol we get comments oh Zoe and she is 10 weeks old!

Willow- good luck with bottle

Zoe is well Zoe. Sleep is for the weak.

At the moment though at the hospital with dd2 who was vomiting and vomited blood. Looks like she just tore her stomach lining and they have given her a wafer to stop the vomiting. That stuff works so fast!! She perked up within 20min and is keeping food down.

Hopefully can go home soon

[willow5]

Oh no poor DD2!! But yeah go the Zofran wafers Hope she's feeling better and home ASAP is it a gastro bug?

[DreamBabies]

Beatrix - How's your DD2 feeling now? I've never heard of the wafers. Glad they are fast working.

[Beatrix]

Still not good. She vomited twice yesterday once was bloody again but dr say its just because her stomach is empty and the heaving.
She is really nauseas though and just run down, tired and miserable plus hungry but not eating off to a local GP to see if we can get some anti nausea stuff for her.

[DreamBabies]

I don't know if children can have it but I find Maxalon quite good in reducing nausea.

[Beatrix]

DB- nah dr says no for maxalon for kids.

She wanted to prescribe some more zofran but said she wasn't able to because it needed to be done by a certain dr with special approval.
Instead she said phernergan and pain stop. She is much better tonight and has only thrown up once but is still nauseas, but the worst part is she is freaked out by it now and scared so she is hyperventilating. Having to breath with her through the nausea.

Lots of hydro lite and found some natural anti nausea/travel sickness lolly pops for her. Def at the end part of it.

Lots of disinfectant and hand sanitizer in the house I'm so scared of Zoe getting it she would end up in hospital for sure.

[willow5]

I'm not sure about Maxolon either for kids. It has more nasty side effects than Zofran too. Depending on why she's nauseas Phenergan can reduce nausea too, that's just OTC too. As long as you know she's not sensitive to it as well it's usually a sedative but can go the complete opposite with some people and she could end up bouncing off the walls!

How is she going Beatrix?

[DreamBabies]

Ginger is a natural preventative of nausea. It's supposed to be good to stop it too. Ginger lollies are available everywhere.

[DreamBabies]

Is anyone else suffering from leaky boobs. Logan feeds every 3hrs during the day but stretches it out to every 4-6hrs overnight. I'm leaking right through breast pads. The last few nights I've had a small towel tucked into my bra. Not much fun to sleep like that. I've got up to pump but most of the time I'm drenched right through to my pjs and bed sheets. It's awful.

Any advice??

[Beatrix]

DB- sorry Hun no advice here. I don't leak at all even when I'm about to burst!

Dd2 is a lot better today. Another day at home on the couch though and jelly and plain toast but she has color!! Phernergan seemed to help.

Zoe's doing pretty well too. Yesterday she went 6hrs between a feed and also started the night in her bassinet! Slept 3-4hrs in there. Too cold to stick her back in after her feed though but she sleeps well in with us just paranoid about SIDS as her bassinet has angel care monitor so prefer her to sleep there.

[Freya]

Wilder is 9wks old today Since birth he has put on 2170g, nearly doubling his birth weight which is a huge achievement considering he was IUGR! He currently weighs 4705g (10lb5oz) and is 57cm long. Still sleeping 10pm-5am. He has had a few unsettled periods here and there; along with a few poo issues (saving it all up until we end up with poosplosion). I forgot how awkward this stage is, they're much more alert and personable but still too little to really do alot so they get frustrated. Bring on the next phase of holding toys, rolling and sitting up