Babies Born ~ August 16th - 31st 2011 #1

Going great here :)

Oceanna has put on lots of weight... Shes 3.64kg now at one month old. Up from 2680g at a week old

How is everyone doing? Maybe we need another fb group to keep this group 'ALIVE" lol

I really need to do sit ups. My back is KILLING me because of my weakened stomach muscles (I have scoliosis so i need to ensure my tummy muscles are strong to minimise my back pain). Do you think its too early? Go Oceanna! Thats an awesome weight gain! We had A weighed today too. shes 4.1kg :)

oh no, I thought I wrote a post on here the other day- I must have never finished it! haha I think that sums up this whole new baby thing- I've got unfinished tasks lying all around the house!

I'd totally be up for a facebook group if someone wanted to start one- I've not been in a bb one before, does someone know how they usually work? I dont come on here often, whereas I'm on fb continually!

Hi MissM- congrats on your little girl! I am with you on the scoliosis and back pain! I have been wearing a corset thing to hold me together, cos my abs separated heaps. I'm back to the physio on monday for 6wk checkup- hoping she'll give me some exercises to get rid of my belly flab too! I'm struggling to keep up the pelvic floor squeezing but I really feel the need for it, I can acually feel everything sagging when the muscles fatigue! not nice!

Strawberry Feilds- yay for your homecoming party!! Hope they are settling in well.

Wow everyone's babies are still even smaller than EJ was when he was born! He was born 4kg, was 4.2kg by 2.5wks and I suspect has put on a whole lot more since! Weigh in on tuesday :)

Well I decided to go with the reflux meds. Hard to tell if they're helping. He seems to be bothered more by gas pain now. Reluctant to try wind drops even though they're all natural as its just more and more stuff thats not breastmilk going down his throat! All the symptoms seem to fit oversupply syndrome (I have a LOT of milk) so I'm posture feeding, block feeding etc etc - hopefully that helps soon. And I'm told 6 weeks is the magical mark where the breastmilk gets in sync with baby's needs so fingers crossed!

but he is certainly changing all the time. We have finally had a few smiles (although he is getting a reputation as the baby with the cute little frown haha) and gosh, I thought maybe by 6 weeks we'd have a bit of a routine forming naturally but no such luck! His feeds are so unpredictable, anywhere from 1.5 to 3.5 hrs apart. How is everyone else going in that regard?

Hi Lozzy - Oceanna feeding is still all over the place, She is quite the little piggy.... She is so active though, hardly sleeps of a day but will pretend to sleep if I hold her :)

PM me and we will start a group on fb I think , this thread is too slow....

Pm me if you are in this thread and would like to be part of our Facebook group.....Also I have added girls from our belly buddies thread as they haven't joined this thread coz they aren't on bb much anymore and a few had bubs at start of august or September, but we are all going through the same stages with our babies at the moment, and more ladies means more chatting so........ Pm me :)

Hi all! Just thought I'd pop in and say hi...must admit I spend most time on the fb page, it's quick, instant and so helpful. Given how slow our group was Lozzy! My girl was actually born on the 9th but I wanted to see how the bellybuddies girls were doing! Congrats to you all, glad the twins are home, which hospital were they in?

Anyway have to get ready for mums group. I recommend joint the fb group if you can!
Kel

To the girls in our FB group- I am still around and haven't blocked anyone. I deactivated my account. Not sure yet when or even if I'll be back. I come on BB for somewhere I can post my stupid litte poems and stuff atm but other than that, I'm just on my phone and txting as nessassary. I am letting you know this so everyone knows not to worry about not being able to get me on FB or incase anyone thinks I'm being mean and blocking people. Reality of it is I can barely deal with RL let alone FB atm.

I love the fact that I have been deleted from our group. Thank you so much for whoever did so and those who have blocked me. I so feel the love. So much for being a place for support! Someone gets a bit depressed and you decide that they no longer deserve to be part of the group. BTW, thanks for the support which I would have liked to help me deal with my PND which I have been diagnosed with and have started counselling for.
At least not everyone in that group have dumped me as a friend so thank you girls that are still around.