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Harriet - william is in the 95th percentile so a big bubba, he was 5.35kg at 5 weeks and 57.5cm tall. so he is my hungry little man. weighed him yesterday and he was 6.43kg with clothes on.
sorry to hear you had a rough day, and about the pushy salesman. i keep getting harrassed by telemarketers, have resorted to screening calls. my friend said she has the same and she just tells them shes bf and they get the hint. lol
my mg is good there are heaps of bf mothers and they are really friendly, i guess it depends totally on the others that show up.
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Hey girls.
Hope you're all going well.
Had an awful afternoon yesterday and wanted to send Hamish back. Was just over tired and in desperate need of some me time. So last night I had a bath, shaved my legs and dyed my hair. Hamish also slept from 10 - 5 so I felt much better today.
So far surviving my dh's first day back at work :)
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Very quiet in here!
Came into post but Sophies crying so I'll pop back later
Hope everybody is good
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William had his immunisations today, cried and then i put him on boob for feed and he calmed down. think he has sore legs though, as he cried whilst he was getting weighed at his appt. he has grown a lot in two weeks. stats are 6.35kg, 61cm tall, head circ 41.5cm. he is growing well and even lifted his upper body up on his elbows when on his tummy, my strong little man, had to show off the m&chn. but now he is sleeping, so hope he handles the immunisations well and doesnt have any adverse reactions.
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Poor William :( Belley's got her immunisations on Thursday when she'll be 8 weeks old, I'm dreading it. He's growing so well Bskilner, and sounds like he's strong!
We had our first Mother's Group thing this morning, it was great. I can't believe there are so many babies around here! 13 mums & 14 babies (one set of twins). The best part is there are a few mums from our antenatal class, and one I get along with really well lives right nearby. It's funny though cos at nearly 4 months her DD is the oldest and Belley is almost the youngest. She was so well behaved - had a sleep, a feed, nappy change another feed then slept through the rest. Made playing on the ground and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star a bit pointless for me lol.
I think she may be going through a growth spurt - she'll be into 00 in a couple of weeks I reckon, she's sleeping a bit more during the day and waking for feeds more at night. She used to go 6-7 hours, then 3-4. Now she's waking every 3-4 hours overnight and feeding a lot. She's not cranky or anything though, so that's good.
Hope everyone's doing well :)
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kaytee- if she is still like william she prob is going through growth spurt, will see if she keeps up with him soon i guess lol. they grow so fast.
congrats on starting mothers group, we had 11 mums and bubs at ours. one of the mums at mine lives just around the corner so we have been catching up on the good days for walks together. and good luck with your immunisations on thursday.
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Hey chicks. Sorry for lack of posting. Was having a bit of a BB break and don't have a whole lot of free time with 3 little ones.
P is off to the Osteo this arvo. Hoping to help her settle a bit better. She lives in my arms, close carrier or swing, I must admit, it's really hard having a baby like that with no DH around. I feel like I never get a break. But i know it's only for a short time, so I'll manage!!
She feeds 3 hourly round the clock. Dd1 slept 11 hours overnight from a very early age, I think about 3 weeks. Dd2 had reflux so was a shocking sleeper. I was hoping Dd3 would be like DD1, bit no suck luck so far! She cries in pain of an evening and often overnight. She arches her back and kicks her legs like something is hurting. I'm hoping the Osteo will help today, poor little Baby!
I must admit it is comforting to read f other unsettled bubs! Makes me feel less alone. :)
Will try and post more...... Sorry!
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Hey JM!
Will DH come home or you go there?
I hear you on the velcro baby- its a trick when theres afew other kids around wanting attention and a house to keep up. I take my hat off to you doing it with no DH.
Hope Williams feeling okay and goodluck to Belle for tomorrow.
that reminds me, we must be up for more too. we had TB done afew weeks ago -its a nasty under the skin too blister shot but it doesnt seem to have dine what it should- I hope we dont have to get a 2nd 1
must be lunchtime- crying baby
catch up soon
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Hi Ladies,
We're off to the Paed tomorrow for Hamish's 8 wk checkup. Not looking forward to it really. He's been pretty good but he doesn't like to sleep on his own in the daytime. Will sleep with one of us in bed with him or if he's on the couch where we are. Night's he seems to think that 11pm is a good bedtime. Have had trouble with him screaming the place down and wanting to feed but when I put him to the breast he pulls back screaming. Last night I had to settle him with the dummy and then he finally went on the breast and fed himself to sleep at about 11. He then slept till 3.30 and then I fed him in bed and he slept there until 8.30 feeding at about 7 by just waking, looking for the boob and attaching himself. Is a bit funny to wake up with a baby attached to you :D
Anyway, hope everyone else gets a break at sometime. DH is on 5 days off now so I'm looking forward to some assistance.
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Sophie is the same. plays peek-a-boo when shes sleeping to check somebody is still there and 11pm sleeper most nights.
I battle daily to get her to take a breastfeed over a bottle she also pulls off screaming, I seem to be fightimg a losing battle unfortunatly :wall: somedays are better than others and is mainly breast but then other days arent- yesterday was mainly bottle. I know the heat/humidity here doesnt help, i try start to feed when she looks even a little hungry. Sometimes feel Im always shoving my boobs in her face :lol:
Yay for DH being home for 5 days, enjoy hun
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DT- P had BCG (TB) last week too. Her little abscess has already healed. I'm pretty sure you won't have to get it done again..... Why do you think you may need to?
My little munchkin is feeling a lot more relaxed after visiting Osteo. Hopefully it helps long term.
Tara- meetup is a lovely idea. :)
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JM there is nothing on her arm where the vacination was, but DH says it takes 41 days for the blister to come. Have you had a TB shot? I havent but thinking i probabaly should
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interesting about the osteo. what did they do? glad bubs is feeling better
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No DT. I haven't had TB vaccine. It is only about 50% effective in adults so I decided against it. It is about 98% effective when given as a newborn though. About 80% for toddlers. My older girls haven't had it, but taking them next week I think. Dd3 had a small sore but it has resolved. I wasn't expecting it to return.....
Osteo I saw does cranio-sacral osteopathy. It's a very gentle kind if treatment which basically looks like they are doing nothing, but it gets results!
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william has been having 6.5hr between a feed of a night, but before he sleeps he has inconsolable crying for an hr, then once he sleeps he is better. so unhappy to have the screaming back but he must be realising that his body is going through a change or something.
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Hey JM! I was going to PM you to see how you're doing, it's been a while :) Good to hear you're all doing well, hopefully your little one's reflux settles and you can get a bit more sleep soon, at least the osteo is helping.
Tara, Hamish sounds like Annabelle at the moment, though thankfully her bedtime is 10, not 11! Last night she just wouldn't go to sleep, so I passed her to DH, he tried walking around with her to get her to sleep, but the little bugger kept grinning at him and making cute little noises lol. So he had a little play, then she was finally ready to feed to sleep. Had to laugh at waking up with a baby attached to you!! That would be strange. Belley can't do that, I have to wear a singlet to bed to hold the breast pads in place, otherwise the bed gets soaked lol.
Good luck with his 8 week check today, Annabelle has hers too. I don't want her to have needles, I think I'll cry :(
DT, lol at playing peek-a-boo, Annabelle does that sometimes. And she has the best frowny-face for when she catches you trying to put her down lol.
With the bottle, are you giving her EBM? We've considered getting a pump and starting up a stock of EBM but I'm worried she'll prefer the bottle over the breast because it's easier to get the milk out. I've heard about bottles with teats that mimick breastfeeding - they have to work harder to get a letdown - but haven't seen any and have no idea where to get them. Would be handy though, next Saturday I'm off to get my hair done. It'll take about two hours, and that's the longest DH and Annabelle will have been alone together. It's early morning so hopefully she sleeps through most of it!
Bskilner, hopefully William is just having a wonder week or a growth spurt. There's so much changing and growing internally that we just don't see, their perception of things is changing all the time. I think this has a bit to do with when Annabelle's been unsettled - it matched perfectly with the description of the week 5 wonder week, and apparently there's another at week 8.
Well, not much to update here. I've put new pics up on FB though, including the PixiFoto ones. Harriet, was it you who asked how they went? If you want to PM me your name I'll add you so you can see them.
We've got our check up and vaccinations today, which I'm not looking forward to. Very thankful DH can come with me! Then Mum & Dad are visiting tomorrow for a quick lunch, so I'm really hoping Annabelle is settled. She hasn't been for the last few visits and Mum is certain she can settle her better than me which only makes things worse.
Hope everyone's doing well :)
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kaytee - good luck with your appt and immunisations, hope annabelle handles them well.
i think from when i have given william a bottle of ebm, that it is easier for him to get it out of bb rather than bottles, he definately prefers bb. it takes a while for him to even start sucking them and it takes him longer to feed too.
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Well. That was horrible. She screamed and cried, I cried, DH tried not to :( I just wanted to stop them and take her away. It was worse because she was so happy before then. She was smiling and playing with everyone, making lots of cute noises, then bam, in go the needles. The nurse said the next ones aren't as bad, I sure hope so!
Her measurements were all good, she's 60cm long, 5.95kgs and 41cm HC. Her growth has actually slowed a bit, she's right on the 90th percentile now.
What bottles and pump do you have Bskilner? At least they don't make him refuse breastfeeds, that's what I'm worried about.
