Babies Born ~ December 2011 #1

[LaDolceVita]

Hi Ladies!

Congratulations on your December bubs! Just joining in if that's ok?? My Little Princess Scarlett was born at 3:16am on 12/12/11

She was weighed as 8lb4oz but we knew she wasn't that big and soon realised that she had been put on the scales with a blanket that wasn't zeroed so at 2 days old had her reweighed and she came back as 6lb 13oz then.. A bit sad about that as I'll never know what she weighed at birth now We estimate in the early 7's, my DS was 8lb12oz and she is tiny compared to him!

Length was 54cms and HC 34cms. Vaginal Birth, long labour that stalled, then ramped up quite quickly and DD was born with just 3 small pushes! I feel great! Amazing how quickly a body can bounce back, maybe it's a second time around thing, I feel very lucky whatever it is!

She is so gorgeous and has a crazy amount of thick long dark hair, we are continuously being stopped out in public for people to exclaim they've never seen a baby with as much hair as her.. We're just smitten

I'm pretty close with my DS's Baby Buddies Group form November 09 so looking forward to getting to know all the girls in here as well! Maybe we should start up a Private Facebook Group once everyone is a bit more settled and comfortable?

How are sleeping & feeding going for everyone?? We have been quite lucky with both and no major issues. Sleep is great, we did have a hiccup with breastfeeding attachment just yesterday actually, my nipples were so sore I was dreading feeds but after a bit of a crash course in attachment, I'm healing well and feeling much less discomfort so can definitely see this is hopefully going to be successful journey, I'm proud to have even gotten to just 6 days old with just the booby milk as my DS had his first taste of formula at 2 days old due to me being uneducated about what BF'ing took and him being soooo hungry. He wouldn't sleep and was just starving, I was exhausted and a friend said "Just give him a bottle" this started a cycle of comp feeding and supply diminishing and I could never satisfy his hunger without formula again, it was too heartbreaking so at 6 weeks I stopped trying altogether It was a big deal for my to breastfeed this time so I am pretty excited it's working out! Probably helps that DD isn't as big and hungry as DS was too!

Well, I've chewed enough of your ears off, I like to talk, can you tell?! haha! Congratulations on all of your bubs! Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Alicia x