sahbear I'm not amazing for working, more stupid! I just cant help myself saying yes to requests.
re getting out and about, yep plenty, but ive only done a few solo trips with both girls. thankfully alyssa loves looking after emily so has been very good waiting where I ask while we load/unload the car. groceries with both were not the best. I had em in baby bjorn and alyssa walked, but she was all over the aisle and then pushing the trolley in front/under me which doesnt make steerimg easy when youre short like me.
emily seems to have issues with wind a bit but hoping it settles as she gets bigger.
with mothers group, the yoga girls have started one each Monday, which ive hardly gotten to yet, but we also chat on fb all the time. I have to say though I'm not sure I'm mg material as I find some of the disvussions boring and would rather talk adult stuff than kid, but majority of them are first time mums so that , could be part of it.
anyways hoping you are all getting enough sleep and like you I'm looking forward to getting my groove. alyssa back at kindy already but dh doesnt go back to work for another week or so...... speak soon xo
Jen - is that you??? I have a Boba wrap and a Hana wrap, both of which Bub loves! Both are a bit hot, so I can only wear in the air con and even then Bub gets hot after awhile. I was looking at a woven wrap, but I'm still a BW newbie and not overly confident. Plus they're $$$. I did see the Caboo NCT, which looks good, but will have to see my Boba. Not keen on ring slings as I have a bad back sometimes and worry about it aggravating that because it's one shoulder only.
Spent the day holding or wearing DS2. He had two five minute sessions on the floor and I spent one half making DS1's lunch...not sure what I'll do when mum leaves on Wed...even getting a drink is hard atm. MCHN appt tomorrow morning...
Yules - DS1 has a 2.5 day week at kindy. Wish it was a 5 day fortnight, but that's ok.
Should be going home tomorrow, so then I get to juggle 2 kids like the rest of you. I think my milk is about to come in. My nipples are sore but still pushing through, hopefully her attachment will keep getting better.
Had a little scare last night, she vomited up quite a bit in her bed but didn't get it all out and started choking. Had to call the nurse and she helped clear the airways. Horrible!
Hopefully I will catch up on where you are all at soon
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Helloooo ladies.
I popped on wednesday the 22nd... Only three days late... (rather then the normal 10 lol)
Miss bugs is going good. Came home today... Shes had a sleepy day and slightly jaundice. Mw comes out tomorrow for the heel prk test and check up.
My olds go home tomorrow. So then its DH and i Vs3 kids for a few days then dj starts school... Then two weeks later Dh is,off to work so its me Vs 3 for 10hrs for 5days a week.
Welcome Dansta! Glad to hear you have some help. My DP only took a few days off, so I've been managing three myself for two weeks. It's not as bad as I imagined! Hope your DD is over the jaundice quickly. All that feeding will help. Any sunshine where you are?
We are going well, DH is home for another couple of weeks so we are trying to get DS1 out and about as much as we can.
So far so good with DS2. He is still such a sleepy head, has a feed then straight to sleep until his next feed 4hours later.
Only time we hear from him is if he has some wind that didn't come up, or of he's grunting trying to poo!
Its so different the second time around isn't it?
Besides a stressful couple of days when we first came home when he wouldn't feed, I am so much more relaxed this time, which is great!
We also cracked the 2.5kg mark on Monday this week, and he's looking and feeling bigger again today!
Strangely, I find myself missing being pregnant. Didn't feel like this first time round, and I'm quite surprised as I had a difficult pregnacy and felt rotten the whole time.
Does anyone else feel like this?
I suspect part of it for me, is knowing that more than likely I won't be pregnant again!
Will pop back in soon, love seeing all the gorgeous babies in the Facebook group!
I expected only two weeks of help... But thanks to miss bugs being only 3 days late i get more of a buffer.. a nice change lol.
Mw came out. Miss bugs is only 60g (2oz) down on her birth weight. She did a blood test to check jundice but my milks come in already *rageragerage* lol. And miss bugs has her photo in the local paper too heh.
Just need to fine tune sleeping arrangenents here.
Sah - Glad you're so relaxed now. Your Bub sounds very chilled!
Jen - two isn't toooooo bad, but three?? Not sure I believe you, lol!
Little O - scary. Hope Bub is ok now. I'm sure two at home will be fine.
AFM - Bub isn't as cruise as I'd wanted him to be. His reflux means he gets hysterical at least once a day, doesn't sleep much during the day (occasionally on me) and feeding is painful as he pulls off to cry often (my nipples are SORE as!). He hates the car so we don't go anywhere and the 6-8 hour night sleep has been replaced by 3-4 hours so I'm feeling tired on top of everything else. I'm feeling up and down about it all - down when he cries at my boob, I can't get him to sleep or I can't console him up up the rest of the time - he IS a major cutie after all lol! And DS1 is the best big brother
Jleigh - hugs hun. Have you looked into thickner- with Dj i'd feed him then express a little and mix up a paste of thickner... It helped a little. Another suggestion would be to cut dairy and wheat out of your diet and see if it helps any.
Afm - milks in....and how. I actually had to go into town to get a hand pump to relive the engorgement. Poor miss bugs couldnt lach propperly. Had the midwife out yesterday, little miss was only 60g down on birth weight. But her jandace levels where border line for lights - which would mean we'd be back in hospital over night. So the mw came out for a 2nd blood test but seeing as i fed miss bugs every 2hrs yesterday (as,best as i could over night with rock boobies PLUS a graze on each nipple) so hopefully its enough. Plus she had a sun bath (napped in the morning sun) for half an hour. But i think her yellowness is fadeing.
Hope your DD's jaundice fades soon and that the feeds and sunlight do the trick. I'm looking at cutting right down on dairy (but not eliminating it fully) but need to get some more info on whether it's worth it. I think the meds are kicking in more though - we had 15 hours of sleep in the past 24 hours, a new record
Pretty sure I have nipple thrush now....only finished putting cream on them a few days ago. Grrrr, as if I need more stuff going on!
Oh no, hope the sleep is a sign of things improving Jleigh!
Dansta hopefully she won't need to be under lights for too long, if it was borderline?
Do you know what the SBR was?
B was borderline and only under lights for not quite 24hours.
325 up.from 270, cut off is 285. Im feeding her as she demands to flush it out. Not like with the boys where it was 20min feeds every 4hrs or something daft like that.
Yeah, im setting my phones timer for every 2 and a half hours, then timeing 40min feeds then 2.5hrs so she can drain each breast as such ss i'm in jersy cow mode and making.some stupid amount of milk, but may need to express off the excess if she cant empty me fully... I have one cracked/bleedy nipple but shell push through and i have that boob airing.out after each feed.
Im glad im at a regional hospital, if i was at the same one as i had the boys id have been sent home rather then rooming in.
Hope you're both home soon, Dansta. And that the engorgement eases. This time I had a toddler feeding to help me out (almost made up for the unpleasantness of bfing during the first tri). Hopefully being your third it will settle down more quickly.
We're doing well here. Three kids is not really any harder than two, although managing a toddler and newborn is harder than school-aged and newborn! DD3 seems very happy with all the milk she guzzles, even if she does end up spluttering and gagging sometimes. Still an easy baby, soooo lucky. And she likes to sleep in until about 8 in the morning (wakes once overnight, but since we're cosleeping I literally feed her in my sleep, and then at 5am, after which she goes straight back to sleep). Loves being worn, but will have one long nap in the afternoon in bed. Loving doing the newborn thing again and well aware it passes so quickly.
I'm taking her into work on Tuesday to show her off and get some stuff done. Did our first try with the nanny here and worked from home last Tues (DD2 was at preschool). It actually felt really good to use my brain for something other than feeding, changing and washing.
Jen that sounds good... Im trying to study while in hospital i figure its productive. And wooo for showing off a newborn. Always fun with the added bonus of useing the non-mummy brain; winning!
Afm: i expressed off 120ml before as i was well on the way to rock boobs again. Woo, not. But the night mw seems ok. But we'll see. I feel bad, i gave miss bugs a dummy. I cant exactly feed her to sleep in the humidicrib. So she has one, i figure 12hrs with one isnt so bad and when home i'll be the dummy.
Hopefully its only a night here... I want to be home with dh & boys
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