Babies Born ~ December 2011 #1

[princesswalkee]

Hi all I too have just found this thread
For those who know me from the bely buddies thread Hi and Hi to all the new additions to the thread and the babies.
We welcomed our second son Nikolai Johann into the world on the 13/12/2011 at 7.31am weighing 8 pound 3 ounces ( big jump from his brother 6 pound 13), we arrived the night before for me to be induced only to find out I was already 5cms but labour stalled half way through so my waters were broken than i started going back wards so agreed to the syncto drip but it was only on for 1.5 hours at a low rate before he arrived so we think it didnt really do much, due to his cleft lip and palate we started amazing the people in hospital as he managed to latch than he continued to breast feed but when my milk came in it was a lot harder as he couldnt mould my bb as they were too full, so i started expressing as i wanted Niko to have breast milk, but when we arrived home my milk decided to cut down and after a lot of stress and expressing every 2 hours to try to bring it back up we started mix feeding with formula which was very hard for me as i felt I had failed my little man, as i BF my older son to 20 months, but we are having a lot of trouble with my milk even after i was put on Dom peridone so we are taking it every day as it comes some days he has full formula bottles and some he has half formula and half breast milk but i will keep going as long as I can, and I agree a lot of people have a opinion on you if you formula feed, and they dont tend to find out the facts first
Sarah

[~Hestia~]

Hi girls! Haven't had much of a chance to read properly til now - you all know how it is Alex is going well, he's one month today and can finally wear some of the 000 clothes I bought for him! He has cut out the late night feed and is feeding around 2am as well as 5am. Rest of the time varies from 2 to 4 hourly. He's just coming out of a wonder week so we've had some really unsettled days, yesterday I couldn't put him down all day! Thank god I bought a carrier this time as he was in that for most of the day. Today has been better. It's amazing to see the changes in him though - he's smiling now and has heaps more control of his head.

My older son is starting to get a bit rough with all of us, I think the excitement of xmas and new years isn't helping! So poor Alex has copped a couple of whacks but nothing too hard, he slapped me across the face earlier though. New bub is a breeze compared to the toddler! How are everyone else's older children coping?

Reading about some of you going on walks with your new bubs is making me jealous! It's way too hot here to walk, and once it cools down we've got Moo to get organised for bed. Though I did manage to get out last night in an effort to stop Alex screaming, it worked!

Belle - how are you going with your DH away? Did you end up driving him to the airport?

Jelly - how is Eliya going? Still chucking a bit? Alex had a very spewy day today at one point Moo screamed and ran out of the room!

Bee - good to see you in here, congratulations again!

Dan - hi there, great to hear your two older ones love your little man!

Sarah - good to see you in here too, how is Nikolai going with his feeding? Is he going to need surgery on his cleft palate? Sorry I can't recall if you already said in our belly buddies group.

Hi to Amanda, Williever, Alicia and everyone else. We should get a list going with names etc. Hope all the little bubs are going well, and those feeling the heat are managing to stay cool. Thank god for air con is all I can say to a top of 40 today!

[Phteven]

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Just a heads up that over the next couple of weeks we will be merging the belly/baby buddies groups. Instead of 2 groups for each month there will only be one. We hope you enjoy getting to know more members through your larger groups. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact a member of the moderating team.

[MummaBee]

Sounds like a good idea.
Just a little update on my Mackenzie she is growing steady at 6.2kgs and I need to start thinking about the 4mnth needles will book in this week. This week sleep wise has been great but it changes week to week so fingers crossed she stays this way Hello to everyone new that I dont know and if your wongering why its so quiet most of our 1-15dec baby buddies have joined a private group on facebook and we have all been chatting on there. If anyone has not yet joined but still wants to let me know

[Taurean]

I'll join you too girls. Will give a quick update when I have a chance, lol!

[raffy]

Yay friends

JBM and taurean - hope your LO are settling in nicely

AFM - Daylen is a little trooper, feeding so much better than his big brother ever did so I'm feeling really positive that we actually might make it this time, he's sleeping well to usually around 6-7 hours then wakes and feeds and goes straight back to sleep, most of the time he's up and down for the rest of the night but I lay him in bed with me and we both fall back to sleep. One night he slept 10pm to 6am man were my boobies sore lol
His big brother is totally smitten by him, he just wants to hug and kiss and touch him all the time, sometimes harder than he should, but he means no harm. It's day 11 and my house still looks like a bomb hit it and we are still eating take away or having dinner at my mums house haha I feel so slack but I will get round to cleaning it soon speaking of take away, I must dash, DH just got home with Thai

[JBM]

raff: wow what a good baby you have. Hunter is trying to make his feeds 3 hourly now and not 4 !!!! grrrr
but he feeds, i change him. give him the other side and give him a burp and he goes right back to sleep.
hope we all had a good christmas

AFM: well Hunter has been very windy so i am going to try to be a bit better with what i eat !!

I have lost 9 kg since he was born also !! only 1 more to go to be pre preg size and 5 more to go to be pre IVF size !!!

[JBM]

our baby is 2 weeks old today !!

time flies when you're having fun ... LOL

hope to see some more guys in here soon. good luck to those still cooking ...

[raffy]

Happy 2 weeks for yesterday hunter!!

Daylen is 2 weeks today so far he's celebrating by going to sleep at 9.30 and only waking once during the night for a quick feed then going back to sleep

[Williever]

Have a great start to the new year everyone x I don't think I'll make it to 12 to see it in bug hey!

[~Hestia~]

Hi girls and bubs!

Sarah - I'm glad Nikolai has taken to the bottle well, sounds like he's thriving! What a shame people can be so rude when you're out and about. I bet he's a gorgeous little boy. I know it's not the same but Moo had a haemangioma on his bottom lip from 3 weeks on, so had a large blood filled area that was quite noticeable. I remember people staring and making little remarks and how it made me feel

Jelly - glad the change in formula is making a difference, how did your appt at the hospital go? Very sorry to hear your G'ma is sick.

Lani - good to see you in here, glad things are going well with your two little men!

Alicia - I can't find the group so will request you, I'm Danielle B a r b e r my pic is of the four of us, think I have a blue dress on. I know what you mean about FB being easier, so thanks for making the group.

Hope everyone else is going well, Alex has been sleeping heaps during the day but making up for it at night. After his 2am feed it's very hard to get him back to sleep! Feel free to add me to FB, name is above.

Danielle

[princesswalkee]

Hi all
Alicia I have added you my last name is A l e x , Cheezel I cant find you on FB, and I know what you mean about rude my partner gets very annoyed we were out at dinner the other night and some guy kept staring at Nikolai, and my partner was ready to throw a knife across the restaurant at him

Cheezel I think i have found you on FB

[MrsCptAwesome]

Hello Ladies!
Yay FB group, I will add you Alicia, my name is Belle S e l l e r s and will friend request you *goes to check what profile pic is* haha mine is a black and white pic of DH and I, DH has an ugly goaty (I hate it lol).
I find it easier to keep up with FB than BB, I read all the forum stuff but find it hard to reply on here because I will start a post then forget about it and get distracted with feeds and changes etc.
Jelly - Sorry to hear about your Nanna, hope you have family close by at this time. That baby powder sounds different, Im going to have to keep my eye out for it at the shops.
M-Lani- Hello!!! 2 pushes go you!!! That is some good work Nice name, I havent really heard it before.
Cheezle - Wonderweeks oh the joy! It is so nice to see them advance but the lack of sleep is insane lol DH is still away, going ok so far... not able to pay as much attention to my dogs tho and they are getting a bit sooky, really missing DH and he is going to be so amazed when he gets home to see how much Clay has changed. How is your eldest going now? Still a bit rough?
Hello to everyone else, we are all finishing wonderweeks or just starting them so best of luck to you guys Cant wait to put faces to names on FB and see your gorgeous bubs!
Belle

[jellybean88]

I don't think I will make it either but may be up anyway feeding Eli lol

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[Williever]

I made it but only because Dominic made it ;-) happy me year of motherhood xxx

[MummaBee]

Happy New Year we made it too!!!!

[jellybean88]

Wow life really has changed today I went ti the shops and git excited when I saw blueberry smoothie scented baby powder oh dear is it sad I find it fun to make my babies bum smell like blueberries lol

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[MummaBee]

HAHAHA owwww my town only has the normal talc powder, missing out again did you buy it????