Babies Born ~ February 2012 #1

LL the baby blues day 3 even 3rd baby I got them!!! I was determined to not but found myself in a heap. But am fine now :-)


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LL - we are having simulate attachment issues with on side too, if Cooper doesn't feed well they told me to express for 10mins after a feed as is will get the milk flowing more which could be the reason for the attachment issue. Also, infection appears to have gone and off antibiotics. I still have bleeding but it's just the normal six week thing. I can't wait for it to stop as I am not at all a pad wearer lol!

Carly - sounds like your getting into a nice routine, did Cameron just do that himself or have you done anything different as we are still on 3-4 hourly.

TM - we are in the same boat as you with feeds, little milk machines!

AFM - my milk had basically dried up two nights ago, worst night ever. Cooper was crying so much and I felt bad cos I had nothing... Long story short, went back to the hospital and saw one of the midwives who gave us some solutions and made me feel so much better knowing I was doing everything right. Milk supply often slows down around 3-4 weeks she told us and gave us tips and pointers to help. Had issues with my mum staying here too which she has now gone home. I think she had trouble letting us do things our way. Hopefully she understands and gets over it soon as I'm so tired to worry about anyone but us at the moment.

It's 38 in Melbourne today so it's a day at home in the aircon!

Hope everything is going well with you all, and if it's not, tomorrow has to be better xoxo

LL- I had horrid baby blues on about day 5 :( On a good note..it went away by day 7 :)

Yes I was blown away by how our of control and incompetent I felt... I thought everyone was judging my mothering capabilities. But much happier now I'm home again.

Mine were because I felt I was neglecting my other two and was so worried about them as I was so focused on Lil.

Shan I hope youve sorted the milk out now it's so good you could see someone and talk to them about it.

Lil has her 2 week check up tomorrow at the health nurse can't wait to see how much she weighs and has grown :-)


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first post of the Thread!

Ds was born on the 24th at home in the water. 3250g and 49cm.

hoping to see a few ladies in here soon. :)

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Ladies I don't think you will get much from me for a while. Little Emily is trying her hardest to make life difficult for us. I am beyond exhausted, crying every night because I'm not getting any sleep. Can't really go into detail cause I'll be here forever and I just don't have time to do anything but focus on her or sleep atm. DH is being wonderful and doing as much as he can to help, but when the issues are with feeding and settling, there's not much he can do without boobs :( yes, we are expressing.
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Phe I know exactly how you feel... I've had attachment issues and now wind/burping issues and it has been getting me down too, mainly at night when I'm more tired. I've found it really helpful to post about it in the baby and toddler thread to get lots of support and take it or leave it advice. X

*The_Mrs.* - My Little E usually goes down at 8(ish) wakes up for a feed/burp/bum change at 12-1 sleep until 4-5 another feed/burp/bum change then sleep until 8-9. So not bad at all. Would be better if my other 2 would go to sleep at a decent hour and stay asleep :shakehead:

Ladylove - i didn't get 3 day blues with DD2. (with DD1 i was depressed anyway so didn't really notice a difference) but this time 'round i was a mess on days 3&4 balling my eyes out constantly, feeling useless etc. it passed pretty quickly though thank goodness.

ShanD - Glad your infection cleared up. Hope you have your milk supply sorted now that would have been a stressful night for you all!
Sorry to hear you and your mum didn't agree on some things, it's bound to happen sometimes... I don't get along with my mother at the best of times and she has babies similar ages to mine (my youngest sister was born 2007 my DD1 is 2008 and my youngest brother was 2009 and DD2 2010) so she tried to tell me i was wrong ALL the time. I'm sure your mum was a little different and coming from a good place. With my mum it's "you're an idiot what would you know i have 9!" :rolleyes:

phebee - i'm so sorry you're having a hard time at the moment , just focus on you and your little family. Hope you can catch up on some sleep :hug:

Sorry i've been slack already ladies. 3 babies is a lot more time consuming than 2. Especially when 2 of them are sick...
My Little E has had the sniffles for close to a week now thanks to people visiting while unwell and then 2 days ago my sisters decided it'd be good to bring her DD with gastro over :wall: so now DD2 has gastro was up all night with her and now have a mountain of washing. Wish people would use common sense sometimes and stay home with their illnesses!

Hope everyone's doing well

I don't know how you do it with three Blixie!!! I can barely remember to eat lunch with one!

So little one is finally latching correctly onto my right nipple (fingers crossed it is not a temporary thing) but I think we have a new problem - she seems really windy and gassy and has started coughing/sneezing part way through a feed. I think maybe my milk comes out too fast or that she drinks too hungrily? It just makes her irritable about 20 minutes after a feed, like she is very uncomfortable. I am also struggling to get her to burp.

Blixie I know what you mean about 3 and our eldest started school last week and back to dancing etc has been crazy. And thurs I started doing a bit of work again. And I'm working tomorrow I'm lucky I can take her to work with me is a family business and Monday's I have pays to do :-(


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I agree LL. I have enormous admiration for anyone with a toddler AND baby. Emily may be very cute but at the rate she's going, she'll be very lucky to have a sibling!


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Mummzy- I had the same issue with my baby blues..mine were also worrying about how I would take care of my 2yo since I had to give so much attention to Violet. :(

Does anyone have some fail safe tips for burping? DD. gets a bit of wind as she is a fast and hungry feeder but it's super hard getting a burp up? She gets a bit uncomfortable and irritable after some feeds and her breathing gets a bit gurgly and wheezy, plus a bit blue in the upper lip which a friend said is a sign of wind?

man hands are the best for burping IMO because they are bigger. Also sitting them on their bottom on your knee and rocking them from side to side (does that make sense?) i find helps. I suck at burping babies but my DP, Dad and Step-Dad are all awesome haha.

put her WAY up high over your shoulder when burping

Thanks ladies. Yes DH is proving better than me!

I find it takes a week or two to establish good burping I do both TM and think blixie's method seems to work ok now. Not always tho!!!


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I really don't know how you mums with more than one little one do it. All of my time is taken up with Cooper. Only just dressed now and it's 2.30pm. He's feeding two hourly today which is so much more draining, although he did a 5.5 hr sleep over night so I can't complain I guess.

How is everyone going?

I'm good. Still pumped after the LC told me Honor gained 500 grams in a week (the norm is around 150-200) and mastering good attachment on my right breast. My nipple is still very sensitive though. Does anyone know how long it will be before my nipple heals completely while still feeding from that nipple? The LC said I also didn't need to wake her for night feeds now that she was well above her birthweight. So while she's still waking regularly it is so much more relaxing to not set the alarm and manually try to get her to wake up.

However, last night she was awake and very unhappy for about three hours between 8:30 and 11:30pm. She was crying hysterically and could not be consoled with cuddles or milk. I think she has colic... Or is this normal? She was sort of writhing at times and seemed physically uncomfortable.

Well done LL! Your doing an awesome job, must be a load off your shoulders knowing you little bubba is growing so well :)

Cooper often has an unsettled time anywhere between 7-10pm... That was also the time he used to kick me like crazy before he was born. I'm not sure if it's normal, maybe an experienced mum can answer this one.

Yeah not sure if it's colic/wind related or just newborn fussiness.

Actually she just brought some milk back up which isn't odd in itself but it looked a bit curdled? Is that normal or is something not quite right?

I have seen on the 'Being Dad' DVD or something like that that many babies have a sort of 'witching hour' between 7-12pm ish, so maybe that's it. Things are going a lot better with Emily now and DH and I even managed a walk this afternoon (with her) a movie last night and a movie this evening, plus some cuddle time with DH this morning ;)

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Phe that's wonderful. I've found it hard too- really intense like the world is suddenly spinning three times as fast on its axis and I can't keep up!

Hi girls, just realised this thread existed! Haven't read posts yet but am obviously joining!

Ellis Kane Breen was born on the 14th Feb, and is going fabulously. Hoping all the girls from our baby due thread r here, will try & catch up soon. Also hi to the ladies I haven't met...

Back soon I hope...

Emily won't settle! She's crying and crying unless you hold her... Either DH or me. I had put her to bed at 9:25pm and she was fine until about 10:15, then started. A variety of problems were found and sorted, eg: nappy changes, feeding again etc, bit then all this nonsense started and it's now 1:30am! Argh!


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Hi everyone sorry I've been quiet Lillys had a couple of restless days at times and we've been super busy. Pheebee hope it's settled now!!

The curdled milk business sounds fairly normal Lily gets it too

Yes and we have witching hour here I have to make sure everything is done by the time kids and dh goes to bed as lily seems to be in my arms till I go to bed


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Yep H prefers to sleep in our arms too at the moment. Plus she's really highly strung- goes from placid to hyper screaming upset in a matter of minutes. Especially if she is in the bath (hates bathing) or has a pooey nappy and we change her.

I think we finally all got to sleep by about 3:30 or 4am. But she started stirring about 5:40am and by 7am I got sick of her not waking up but still making sounds, so I woke her and fed her and then was back in bed by 8. Slept until 11 and then wake, feed, rush around to my GP appointment at 12:45. DH dropped me off, then went to visit my grandparents, who live just behind where the GP is and I walked over afterwards. They were very happy to meet her for the first time. She was fast asleep the whole time :)


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Hey all. I have had this thread open for days to reply. The time just gets away from me. Having 3 is busy.

We have no real night schedule here....hell we have no real schedule at all here save the one that means I have to have Miss 5 at school on time lol. She's waking on average 3 hourly which is a thousand times better than DS at that age and waking hourly. Still, I had forgotten how hard it is doing this all again though. Must be that I'm that bit older this time. You'd think I'd be good at it since DS only just started sleeping through a few weeks ago.
Day 3 blues hit are here too. And this was my third. I actually got released from hossy on day 3 so that was tops - not. Was a little annoyed but really couldn't complain since Holly's not my first, I wasn't sick, I had coerced the anaesthetists into giving me the drugs I knew worked for me after a section and they desperately needed the beds.

beans my DH is still home until the 20th March (if we don't kill each other before then), and I have to say I'm a bit nervous about all three on my own. DH lives away full time.

Shan I am so not the person to give advice but they sleep longer when they are ready. I have had two sleepers from hell, so I'm hoping for a better one this go. We've had my parents here from interstate too. As much as I love them and was grateful for the help it was getting crowded here and the kids weren't coping. I was kind of relieved when mum said she was homesick and needed to go home. Funny though, I've been doing this gig for nearly 6 years and she still thinks I might change my mind about how I parent. Trust you chick, you're doing a great job.

Oh Phebee :hug:. Do you guys have other support? Do you have a good community nurse that's coming to your house? Witching hour is totally real. We have it times 3 here lol. So is the clingyness. They still haven't figured out they're separate to you yet. Have you got a sling or a carrier? Don't panic if she won't settle when everyone else says their baby does. My DS didn't settle until 11pm. I was going spare until I just went with him. It isn't personal. They are figuring out their normal and we only make ourselves stressed trying to push otherwise.

Blixie, I'm hearin ya on 3...

MummzySair my DD started school recently too. All this upheaval (grandparents being here, Dad being home, school, baby) are taking their toll on her. I take my hat off to you doing work as well hun.

Carly, a load of dishes is an achievement babe. Hang in there chick. It does get better.

How did V's u/s go TM?

Glad you're here LL!! Welcome little Honor! What a gorgeous name. Sounds like she's really getting the hang of feeding. 500gm is awesome! Burping either well over my shoulder, or something I learned training in NICU before I had kids. A pistol grip and sit them up nice and straight (thumb and forefinger under chin, middle and ring finger under their arm) and rub firmly from lower to upper back. The crying is totally normal around the 2 week mark. So is the curdled milk if she's a bit over full. They're still figuring the whole thing out.

As for us Holly has put on 500gm in a fortnight. We were lucky to have a domiciliary nurse everyday for the first few days, and have had a visit on Wednesday just gone. I'm so good at this mummy gig (not) I needed to get a printed reminder for immunisations lol. Holly's cord stump only fell off at 2 weeks old which I thought was really late (DS' fell of at about 5 days). She's doing the cling thing too and not wanting to sleep in her bassinet. I'm so hoping she reverts to when she would. I need about 6 arms atm. I have taken about 4million photos of her. She hates baths too and we've kind of avoided them unless necessary. However tonight I got in the shower with her and she loved it. She had a feed in there and was so totally relaxed she pooed on me - twice...lovely.

~Kim~ - at least she did it in the shower so it washed right off

*The_Mrs.* - really curious about Violet's u/s as little miss E will be having one on the 7th... her left hip is clicky

ladies, bubby's stats at birth were 3690g 52cm in length and head circumference of 36cm.
She is now 3weeks 3days old and is 3965g 53.5cm in length and head circumference of 37.5cm is that sufficient growth? From the gains you ladies have said about your bundles she doesn't seem to be doing as well...
Was rushed through, didn't get to see the child health nurse so have no idea if she's going well or not...
Pretty daft considering she's my third :redface: sorry if i missed anyone having a bad day. Will come back tomorrow

Blocks just to ease your mind Lilys 500g weight gain was in 13 days and was from discharge weight not birth weight xxx


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Blixie my little DD (first time I've written that! :) ) also has an u/s for a clicky hip at 6 weeks too. I'm pretty sure it's the left too.


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MummzySair - E's discharge weight was 3290g so that makes it a 675g gain in 2weeks 6days. Still doesn't sound like much :dunno:

phebee - good luck for your little bee's u/s

it's DP's first day back at work today so far so good DD1 is sick (seems like there's been at least one of them unwell constantly since E was born...) and sooky but has playdough to keep her amused and DD2 is playing too (for now) E was up every 2 hours last night and DD1 was up in between so i'm running on empty. Got E's hand and feet moulds done today now the wait to get them back. Hope everyone is well :hug:

Hey Chick!!!!
DD3 was born on the 28/02/2012 3220gms and 50cms long
still struggling to believe she's really here. Hope you're getting some sleep hun xx

violets u/s is tuesday..i hope its ok and i will let u guys know :(

Congratulations ladies! My H. onor Lily was born on the 15th :)

My lactation consultant told me that newborns put on somewhere between 150-250 grams a week on average so the weight stats of all the bubs here sound pretty much right. H only put on so much weight in a week because her paranoid mother kept waking her day and night to feed because she lost a little more than average at the beginning.

Speaking of, H had a devil day yesterday- feeding every two hours and pretty much crying all day. She would not sleep at all until just after 7:30 last night. Luckily she then slept through to 1am then woke again at 4 and 7 so that's a good sleep for mama and baby.

TM thinking of Violet- good luck with the US.

Hi all,

Apoligies for not posting. But I am reading and I check in as often as I can! We've been pretty busy here since Arabelle was born, and that things are slowing down my lack of sleep is starting to catch up on me. The two big girls are being awesome at helping me, but they have got some major competitive streaks that are causing come trouble at the moment.

As of yesterday I had my first hard day with Arabelle, she jsut would settle, seemed like she was in pain, and just not happy. And lucky me its lasted through til today as well. Last night she didnt settle at all, then today she just wasnt her normal self :( Shes in bed now, but Im not getting my hopes up just yet. Through my panda black eyes I can see another long night ahead of me. Doesnt help either that Im starting to dread the nights because the big girls get up and help me, which means I often have trouble getting them back to sleep, and then they are tired throughout the day as well :( But I do love how kind they are in thinking they need to help me. And nothing I say or do will get them back to sleep until Arabelle is safe in bed, fast asleep. :wall:

Beans how old are you other two?