Babies Born ~ January 2013 #1

[Saffy]

Its normal for a prem, wait until she is term plus a wek or two and you should notice a difference. Make the most of it! Also, if she has been in SCN they are often 'trained' to wake for feeds at a certain time, a good side effect!

[chody47]

Its normal for a prem, wait until she is term plus a wek or two and you should notice a difference. Make the most of it! Also, if she has been in SCN they are often 'trained' to wake for feeds at a certain time, a good side effect!

That's what I thought Saffy. I'm definitely making the most of it. What's the bet she 'wakes up' just as DH goes back to work? (He's just started his 2 weeks off). Oh and she is trained quite well too. Pretty much doesn't stir til 3.5-4 hrs since last feed.

[4cheekyboys]

chody - congrats on being home! I've never had a preemie but my last baby was on a great schedule after being in the SCN for 5 days. lol This time i have not been so lucky. My little man is up every 2 hours. Although...last night i don't remember getting up between 2am and 5.30 so he must have slept a bit longer! lets hope he keeps getting better.

[4cheekyboys]

oh i forgot what i was going to say. Had baby J weighed on wednesday. he is 30g above his birth weight. Is that ok? the nurse didn't indicate that anything was wrong. I seems ok to me, but wasn't sure. I think he lost 130g while in hospital. He's 4 weeks old today.

[chody47]

Cheeky - If they weren't concerned I'd go with it. I think I heard somewhere that you should be back at birthweight by two weeks, but DD1 took closer to 3. So long as he gains consistently I'd say all is ok.

[dusty]

On my phone while settling DS. Nicnac DS also has massive um hernia and we've been referred to surgeons at hospital but my friend who is a paed said they rarely operate and mostly let them sort it out by itself. Day settling is still a challenge with DD to look after, if DS didn't fight the swaddle he'd be asleep in no time but the swaddle works so well once he's asleep that I'm persevering for now.
Chody great news on your munchkin, enjoy the sleep while you can!
6 weeks tomorrow it's flying by except for the feeling of groundhog day with settling lol.
I have a chubba bubba he's put on 2 kgs in 6 weeks so now 6 kg. hope he slows down soon as he's so heavy to carry. My stretchy wrap isn't that supportive now.
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the adventure.

[Amy_jellybean]

Hi girls,

Just a quick post as im about to head off to bed.

Quinn is going well and.....he slept all night last night!!! From 10.30pm until 5.30am, we couldnt believe it!!! It was lovely to catch up on some much needed sleep. Tomorrow hubby is going to have him for a few hours while I go and get my hair done and he also treated me to a beautiful Il Tutto nappy bag, I feel very loved. Tomorrow afternoon Quinn is having his first proper photo shoot, we cant wait! I got him weighed last Tuesday and he was 4.2kgs and 65cm long. He looks as though he has chubbed up a bit since then though! Hubby flys back to work on Thursday for a week and my mum leaves to go to Thailand tomorrow for 2 weeks so next week should be interesting!!! We had a home open for our house today and had 5 people through so fingers crossed we get an offer out of it.

Hope everyone elses bubs are going well, woo hoo on having your bubba home Chody, you must be so happy!

Night night girls xxx

[Bee27]

Hi Girls

I had little Katie at 35weeks and 6 days and have been having a few issues with feeding, she needs her food thickened and has just got back to birth weight last week as a result. Chody she sleeps a lot too but in the last week or two she has started to have more awake time but as I said in the other post she has been unwell too. She is having her hips checked this week for dysplaysia and we are also seeing a speech pathologist then we follow up next week with our paediatrician, it has all been quite overwhelming these last few weeks and as I haven't been well either at times a real struggle. Our DS also started school which has added to the stress. I don't feel I have bonded with her as well as I did my son largely because of the time in hospital when we haven't been able to cuddle due to infection/drips/CPAP and I feel guilty about that as it was my body that couldn't let the pregnancy continue not hers. Does that make sense or is it all these hormones?
I look forward to getting to know you all.

Love Bee xx
PS how do I get a new ticker??

[chody47]

Bee - I relate to those feeling a lot. I'm starting to feel like I'm finally beginning to bond with DD2 now that she's home, but even then, I don't feel as connected (yet) as I did with DD1. It's so hard when you can only visit them in hospital and aren't necessarily allowed to touch or hold (or if you can, only for short periods). I wrote a post very similar to your in the prem/nicu section of thr forum. everyone said it was fairly normal, perhaps check it out? How long was she in hospital for? Hopefully all the doc appointments bring good results and you can just spend some time enjoying each other.
For a ticker click on someone's (think you need to be on your comp) and it'll take you to that site. Follow the steps from there (sorry, not great instructions - I'm half asleep feeding).

Amy - I can't believe how long your DS is! Good luck with things on your own, I'm sure you'll do fine. My plan at the moment is just taking each day as it comes - I'm trying not to worry how I'll manage in the future and just aiming to get through one day at a time.

Dusty - wow! 6kg! I can't imagine DD2 ever getting to that size lol. Good luck with the doc apps. Sleeping wise, are you using a sleeping bag? I used a wrap me up with DD2 and it was the best thing ever. She slept so well. I plan to used it with DD2 too, but she needs to be at least 3kg.... Luckily she's happy being wrapped at the moment....

[chody47]

Well it appears DD2 is trying to catch up in the weight stakes - and quickly. Today she's wanted to be BF about every 2 hours since 2am! It's 1pm now and I'm currently feeding for the 6th time today! I think part of it is due to the heat here (and we can't have the air con in too much as we've been told to keep her in a 26ish degree room until she's at least 2.8kg) but a lot is due to hunger! I hope this doesn't continue for days....

[dusty]

That's awesome Chody she will also be trying to get your supply increased as she plans to be bigger very soon!
Amy I'm in awe - a night sleep sounds so delicious although that said the swaddling is paying off and Felix is resettling well at night now.
Bee welcome! I'm sorry you're facing a hard time right now. I'm sure you're doing a fabulous job. My DD had hip displaysia and while it was a shock at the time it went quickly and she was never bothered by her harness as we found it early before she wanted to move.

[Saffy]

Chody- we did 2 hourly feeds from about last Thursday, it was very hard, I think it was the heat too, finally back to normal today ( well I hope, better not speak too soon) but the heat is coming back this week boo!

Hi everyone else, we just had our 4 week checkup all good, she is 4.5kg, 39cm head and 56.5cm long, have to get my head around vaccines soon- eek!

Bee- i hope things settle for you soon and you can enjoy your little one x

The most sleep I get at night is a 3 hour stint, but I can cope with that if its that and a few 2 hour ones. Don't know if I'd be able to sleep all night now lol, still jealous tho!

[Bee27]

Afternoon Ladies

Thanks for your support, Chody all up she has spent about 8 days in hospital, praying she gains at tomorrows check otherwise she will have to go back. Not sure how its going to go as she has been sleeping more and feeding less with this cold and usually vomiting after feeds with all the mucus. Seeing our GP today to get my scar checked so I will take her with me. She is also having tummy time the poor thing she tries to sleep but every 10 minutes or so she stiffens up and cries ...anyone else encountered this?

Bee

[dusty]

Bee do you mean on her tummy? I only give DS about 5-10 mins a day as he doesn't like any longer.
Saffy sounds like we're on the same night schedule as you. Does DD settle well between feeds?

Felix had his immunisations yesterday and was inconsolable for a couple of hours before bedtime. He slept most of the afternoon but was very unhappy. Panadol overnight seems to have gotten him through.

[Keta]

Chody and bee I hope your little ones are going ok.

Hope everyone else is going well also.
I have a baby who has his nights and days amiss at the moment. It seems he does not believe in sleep at night and when I can get him to sleep he is so so noisy. Lots of napping for me to keep up. It's going to be hot again here so expecting ds to want to feed extra as this is what happened last time. Otherwise all is good and totally in love with the night owl

[Saffy]

hi girls,

keta- gotta hate those hot days and nights, poor bubbas. Do you have foxtel? i tape shows during the day and watch at night while bf, makes it seems easier.
dusty- she sleeps between feeds overnight (in a swaddle bag) but is terrible during the day, won't leave my arms, i'm prepared to put up with it ( like i have a choice lol) as i get good 2-3 hr sleep blocks at night.I better get some panadol in preperation for the jabs.
Bee- sounds like you have your hands full

hi everyone else!

[dusty]

Argh the heat is a drain hey Keta. Hope DS gets his times the right way soon.
Saffy I'm glad you're able to sleep between feeds at night. Have you got some sort of carrier for the daytime?

[Saffy]

Yeah i have a hugabub, gets quite warm tho! Of course after bragging about sleeping 3 hours between feeds overnight, that all fell in a heap last night lol.

If my baby was 2 weeks postdates would my 5 week wonder week have happened at 3 weeks?? hope so, don't fancy another one next week