Turtledove - how cool is that! Be super proud.
Mildez - that is very worrying? Are you in for the night? Does DS have an infection? Poor little mate. Will be thinking of you.
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Turtledove - how cool is that! Be super proud.
Mildez - that is very worrying? Are you in for the night? Does DS have an infection? Poor little mate. Will be thinking of you.
Thanks ladies :) he has done it a few more times, but still seems quite shocked afterwards!
Mildez, that's scary! What happened? Hopefully they find an answer quickly and don't keep you in too long. Poor little guy.
Can we talk poop please? He he
DS who is EBF has been having watery poo most days for past week or so, it absorbs into his nappy but certainly doesn't fill it. No blood or mucous. He also does a thicker consistency poo roughly once a week. What's your bub doing?
Can't help sorry, my bub is mostly formula fed :(
But just for the sake of conversation, DS does one or two each day. Usually quite thick. Dark brown colour, sometimes greenish.
The rolling continues! Today it was back to tummy. He couldn't work out how to get back again. It's sooo cute!
Anyone heard from Mildez?
This is my hundredth post :)
Hello ladies, not much happening here. I haven't been getting email updates for any threads, is that happening for anyone else?
How is everyone's bubs doing? How is the feeding sleeping wind reflux & crying going?
Mildez, what happened with your Bub?
DH's cousin dropped me her copy of "Save our Sleep" today. I'll have a look, but I don't know if it will work for us. Since DS takes a bottle, I don't mind putting him on a schedule, but I find it laughable how she has strict schedules for breastfeeding newborns. Cousin says it worked for her, but I can't help but wonder if that is why her DD self weaned at 7 months (and Cousin pushed it out to 9 months). I like the idea of a routine, and putting him down awake to sleep, but I guess I keep hoping DS will find his own rhythm. And putting him down awake only leads to crying, and I can't do cry it out!
Hey turtledove,
Reflux has mostly disappeared here but I am fairly certain DS reacts badly to dairy and definitely to caffeine. He's already showing signs of teething the poor darling and has nipped me a few times. Still cat napping (20mins) and longest night stretch is 3hours usually but honestly it's not bothering me this time around. He is such a delightful baby, he absolutely melts me. He rarely cries, tons of smiles, giggling the last few days and totally lights up when he looks at his Mumma. As I do him.
I have heard about SOS but I've never read it. I found reading or googling with my DD really stressed me, as i would try something and it wouldn't work making me feel like I had failed. I'm just going with our flow this time.
How are you and your DS going turtledove? Still rolling around?
Rosie, glad the reflux is better, and hope you've adjusted to the new diet. Sounds like the pressure to give formula has passed, and you'll be bfeeding until he is two :) the smiles at this age are gorgeous, aren't they? :) have the runny poos settled down?
Thanks for that encouragement. There is some good tips in the book, like dressing baby warmly enough at night and communicating with baby, but as for the rest, I think I'll leave it. Makes me feel like a bad mum for not having a strict schedule. It just doesn't work for DS. He won't feed unless he is hungry, and if he's hungry he won't wait. Self settling leads to screaming. I really want him to find his own routine, which is slowly getting clearer. He won't sleep longer than 30 mins if we are out or have visitors. So I just can't see it working for us. Good to know I aren't going to ruin his sleep patterns forever :)
Yes, still rolling. Mainly back to tummy, he knows what he is doing, and looks very focussed while rolling. He seems to have forgotten how to get back again tho, and gets frustrated. Maybe because Daddy keeps flipping him over.
Anyone else find themselves thinking "this time last year..." ?
It's been 12 months since we got our BFP. It's hard to remember life before that time! :)
Haha yes. I can't remember the exact date but could figure it out easy enough. I know it was April. I found out at 10DPO only reason I tested was because I was going to be exposed to many Xrays with my mums stallion who was having all legs xrayed and I was holding him. So thought although unlikely I would need to know there was no chance I was pregnant. It was the faintest BFP so I went and got a different brand of pregnancy test to confirm. The first person I told I was pregnant was the vet pmsl. He asked how far pregnant I was so I lied and said I was 8weeks. I could hardy admit I'd known for an hour and was only 3.5weeks along. I didn't tell my husband for another 2 days.
I found out good Friday last year. The 18th of April. Life changing.
What about you turtledove how did you find out?
Yes TD how did you find out?
TT40 did you test before your official blood test?
Might be weird I didn't tell my husband as soon as I found out but after loosing 5 pregnancies he had said before he didn't want to know until I was in a safer period. Obviously that didn't happen but I knew as soon as he knew he would want to see the pregnancy test and it was so incredibly faint you had to close an eye, tip it upside down and squint to see a barely visable 2nd line. I was trying to get to my first BHCG test before telling him but couldn't wait past 2 days still making me a few days before my period was due. I ended up having my first BHCG a week after I found out and it was 258 so it must have only been like 10-15 when it first showed positive. Can't believe I will never do this again.
I don't think that's weird at all. I'm sorry you lost five pregnancies before getting your DS that's really awful. Oooo but I feel the same too Mildez. It's incredibly sad to know that's it. There is no need to track or analyze a cycle. POAS. Get morning sickness. Feel flutters. Get a belly. Have pelvic pain. Plan a birth. Pick a name. Anticipate birth. I'm really bloody sad about it.
Last week DH and I DTD unprotected. Then a few days later I had spotting. Totally freaked out as I was thinking implantation. All tests are negative and I would know by now if I was. Anyways at the time when I thought it was possible I felt extremely worried about how I would share myself over my possibly three children, it made me guilty just thinking about it and I was wishing for a negative result. So I said to my hubby that he should have the snip. Then he was warming to the idea and saying he wouldn't mind another. Now he's saying no cant do it financially and I'm thinking yes again. Honestly I'm confused. Is it just the 'danger zone' I'm feeling? You know the first few months after having your bub where you want another - your missing your belly and you've got all those lovely hormones. Though even when he isn't sleeping and I'm exhausted, I want another. I don't want to be old one day and regret not having another baby but I also don't want to put added strain or stress on my family. After all were very lucky to have our two healthy children and I can stay home with them, that should complete me.
Just re-read above. Yes Rosey we were in for the night and 2 days with DS. He had bronchitis and possibly febrile convulsion. There have been concerns with DS since he was born doing as he does this odd thing with his limbs. Not sure if anyone remembers me saying there were developmental concerns. The paeds said that febrile convulsions can't really be diagnosed until 6months and his very very young for this to be the cause. Especially coupled with the abnormal leg/arm movements his always done. There are concerns there is possibly something else going on like a type of epilepsy. But all brain tests have been normal and so far his meeting all his milestones so that's reassuring. Other then this tremor he does mainly in his legs but in his arms too his completely normal.
DH and I DTD unprotected too only yesterday. I am confident there wont be any surprises. I'm so dried up down there and absolutely no sign of my cycle returning. With my last 2 it took about 6-7months for my cycle to return and DS still feedings every 1-3hrs including overnight. With my poor fertility and multiple losses I am confident there will be no baby coming in 9months. DH vasectomy is happening in July I think.
Yes I get what you mean with the wanting another bub/not wanting another. Sense have prevailed with is. We have 4 and in this day and age 4 is a lot. Financially we can not afford to have another. Its not the baby part that's hard its the schooling, helping out with uni, potentially needing to buy the kids cars (we live a long distance from town), potentially all of them needing orthodontic work etc. Or food bill is enormous. We don't have health care cards and in one week at one stage the 5 of us needed ab's. It was hundreds. Just all those expenses add up. We already do it pretty cheap with clothing and skipping corners with other stuff like hair cuts and holidays. I couldn't do another pregnancy with ease. I feel old now. I feel hagged and I need to start putting some effort into myself. But on the other hand I would love 1 more son. I guess with 3 girls it would be nice to even up the number. I'd like DS to have a brother. But I would never ever have a baby just to get a particular gender. Already I hate the comments we get with DS been the next family name saviour. DH got that. It will take too long to explain. If we had 2 DS's then I don't think it would be such an issue. But we are done. And I am so grateful I got what I wanted eventually. I wanted 4 healthy kids and that's what we have. That's a good feeling.
Mildez, I'm sorry that there have been concerns with your bubs development and movements. I hope it isn't too serious! What did you decide on circumcision?
How we found out -- We were ttc, charting, etc and my temps were looking a bit unusual. I didn't think we were sucessful as I started getting AF synptoms. AF didn't come, so I told hubby we had to get a test, I wanted to know one way or the other. It came up positive straight away, hubby saw it before I did. It took a whole to sink in! (It still is, haha!)
How did you find out Rosie?
We will most likely have another, the question is just when. DH & I always wanted a big family, especially DH who wanted them all close together. Realising now the responsibility & financial burden, we shall see. What I wonder is will I ever sleep again, and how will I cope with a baby & toddler. DS is a good sleeper, but I've always needed lots of sleep so I've found it hard. How long does it take to adjust to less sleep?
It was Easter Friday, hubby was 700klms away working. I was sitting on the couch and I just felt teary all of a sudden. Did a test and two strong lines came up straight away. Totally shocked as our DD toke 2 1/2 years, laparoscopy & hysteroscopy, plus clomid. Before our positive with DS we were trying for 13 or 18 months - can't actually remember now - & one failed Clomid round before I fell i ovulated naturally with him so he was totally planned but I was shocked!
I promise you, you will sleep again. Though I don't think you ever sleep like you did before children. How you adjust depends on how you cope. I can mostly function on small amount of broken sleep, though I didn't when DD was little until she was about 8 months old. Now I'm so use to it, doesn't mean I love it though ha ha.
Argh I keep forgetting about this thread! Sorry for going AWOL everyone. I think I will do a catch up read and in the meantime you can fire away any questions of what you would like to know lol.