william was 57.5cm and 5.37kg on monday at his appt, he is in the 90th percentile, so he is a big boy.
had issues last week with bf, william startled and pulled my nipple with him which reopened the crack that had almost healed. which led me to have a teary breakdown. so stopped feeding on affected side for couple of days and feeling better now. went to bf day stay on wednesday as it has still been hurting when feeding, and it turns out i wasnt attaching properly. he wasnt getting enough breast tissue, and was mainly sucking on nipple, which is why ive been having so much pain. so now i have to point my nipple into his soft palate which is helping tremendously.
he has been really unsettled this week, so i though id try starting him on a sleeping routine. and so far so good, started yesterday afternoon. just by how things are going today, i might have been keeping him up too long, missing all his tired cues, making him overtired and not easy to settle. and i might have been interrupting his sleep, as apparently sometimes because of their sleep cycles they just need to be resettled, not gotten up when they wake up. so today i have been maintaining 3 hourly feeds instead of 1.5-2hourly, and if he wakes between i settle him back to sleep. following the eat, play, sleep method. and have changed my feeding routine, to feed on one side, when he falls asleep, burp him and change his nappy then try him on other side.
Hi ladies, I am going to join in here if that is ok, though it seems pretty quiet in this group too. Looks like most people had their babies either in early May or late June.
Alice is my 3rd bub, 1st DD. She was born on the 30th May, 8 days early. She was 2.9kg and 50cm at birth. Everything is going fine, she is growing rapidly. We had our 6 week check on Wednesday and she is now 4.8kg and 55 cm long. That is a jump from the 10th percentile to the 75th. My boys grew really fast so I was hoping Alice would be a little slower to stop being a little bub, but it looks like I am going to lose on that one.
BSK, glad you have sorted out the BFing problems. Because I have large breasts I have always had to grab my whole areola and shove it into the baby's mouth to get the attachment right. It is easier once bub gets bigger and they can get their mouth open more.
I have also had to be stricter with Alice and her feeding. She would happlily feed every 1 1/2 hours, but I am trying to resettle instead of feed each time. It is really hard because the boys think she needs to be picked up every time she cries so they rush into the room when they here her and she doesn't even get a chance to settle herself again.
Hi Kaydee and Emzi82. How are things going for you guys?
welcome berrme, glad to hear that alice is putting on weight well. im hoping my next wont be as big, even though they say your first is generally smaller, but honestly cant think of having a baby larger than 9lbs 6oz.
william is starting to learn to feed correctly now, but think he does have trouble opening his mouth enough and he keeps wanting to tuck his chin into his chest which makes attaching difficult. i am lucky in the respect of this being my first as i dont have other children to worry about, we will see how it goes next time.
afm - i have started bleeding again, and dr seems to think i may be having my period already. i am so disappointed, i was really looking forward to going without it for a little while longer. not bad for someone who is demand feeding, generally 2-3hourly, and rarely has a 4 hourly feed.
It does seem really quiet in here! I jinxed myself this morning (but in a good way) Chase slept for nearly 2 hours and has gone down for his 2nd sleep and that is over an hr now!
WOW Alice is growing really well isn't she! I havent bought any summer stuff yet in case he has a growth spurt in the next few weeks (fingers crossed!).
I can imagine it would be difficult with the boys wanting to 'help' her all the time when she is on the floor, lol.
It does seem really quiet in here! I jinxed myself this morning (but in a good way) Chase slept for nearly 2 hours and has gone down for his 2nd sleep and that is over an hr now!
WOW Alice is growing really well isn't she! I havent bought any summer stuff yet in case he has a growth spurt in the next few weeks (fingers crossed!).
I can imagine it would be difficult with the boys wanting to 'help' her all the time when she is on the floor, lol.
Emzi - yeh william seems to have recovered from colic a few weeks ago too, much happier bub which makes for much happier mum. loving the less crying.
how big are you and dp, if you arent big people you cant expect to have a big baby. william is big but i am 5"9' and dh is 6"2', so we arent exactly small lol.
william is still feeding 2.5-3hourly during day but goes 8hrs without feed overnight, which makes for painful bb when he increases the flow lol. william sleeps a lot during day but lots of mums at my mothers group are lucky to get 20mins naps at a time. so i would be happy with 45mins if i were you. william has long ones in the morning which gradually taper off until 5pm when he doesnt sleep til bedtime.
william isnt rolling yet, but doesnt seem to like being on his tummy even in the nuddy, but he looks close to rolling from back to tummy lol. he also enjoys being naked and hates getting dressed after his shower of a night so i think this is totally normal behaviour for this age.
glad you are doing alright with dh gone but bet you cant wait til hes home, i count the days til the weekend. and dh only had fathers day off last weekend so poor little ds missed out on daddy time.
good luck with your next round of immunisations, got another month to go here.
berrme - william is getting to the 97th percentile for height at over 65cm tall, but weight in 90th at 6.9kg last week. he is getting close to being in 0 though, he is too tall and feet are too long. william has his 3 month appt next monday so we will see where he comes after that. he is definately taking after his dad, tall and skinny lol.
Every baby is different with their sleeping habits. Amelie is a biiiiigg sleeper. She sleeps from about 6.30-7pm until around 8-9am, without waking during the night. Then she has 2 sleeps during the day, both lasting 2-3 hours. I know it isn't "normal" to sleep for so long at this age. We don't really have a routine, I feed her when she shows signs of hunger and put her to bed when she shows signs of being tired. Apart from at night, I put her to bed at the same time every night and she settles herself to sleep with no problems (usually).
Milly has been really drooly lately! So much so that I have to change her a few times per day. Reason? She has a TOOTH! Last week I noticed she was drooling an awful lot and would get upset when she put her thumb in her mouth. I thought she might have scratched her mouth so I had a look in her mouth and there it was, a little white tooth peaking out of her gums. I couldn't believe it. It doesn't seem to bother her much though, which is so great.
She is rolling from back to front - front to back too!
DS is back at Kinder now, he had 4 weeks home with us for the summer. He was so excited to be going back, he really missed it.
Keep posting girls! I love hearing about your little ones!!
Happy Monday girls, I hope you all had a great weekend! I havent been on for a few days as DH arrived home last Thursday so had a few family days. Was so funny to see Chase's reaction to him after not seeing him for a few weeks. It took him 2 days to warm upto him again. Now he is back to his usual chatty, smiling self. We had a bad night last night so I must have eaten something that didnt agree with him. Not sure if I already mentioned it but I have had to cut out all dairy, soy and egg from my diet as Chase has intolerances to them (same as his dad).
We visited the nurse last week and Chase for weighed and measured. He is 5.3kg now so still putting on weight which is the main thing. 60.5cm long which is good. She suggested stretching his feeds out to at least 3 hourly which I was nervous about but Chase has responded really well, even lasting 4 hours in between some. Has put us on more of a routine now which has made it easier and he seems to be sleeping better during the day as well (even went down for nearly 3 hours yesterday- didnt know what to do with myself!)
Kaydee- Cant believe Milly has a tooth already! I was thinking same thing about Chase as he has had red cheeks and been super drooly but has seemed to settle down the last few days.
have my 6week dr appt on thursday, and bubs is next monday. and start going to mothers group on wednesday, looking forward to meeting other local mums. as i dont know many people in my area, and most of my friends are 1.5hrs drive away at least.
After DS1 I had a bleed around 6 weeks, a couple of weeks after any other bleeding, and the dr thought it might be my period. I didn't get another one for over a year though. Maybe you will be the same?
Enjoy mother's group. I might have to join one this time round, my mum's exercise group is all over now as the PT who ran it is moving away. I am very sad. No more social exercise classes... I may never get that 6 pack back after all.
i have never had a 6pack, so doubt i will get one anytime soon, but would like to put the muscle i lost whilst pregnant and unable to do much due to the pelvic pain, need to tone up my butt lol.
It's been so quiet in here... Most of my Belly Buddies are in May 1-15th group but i'd feel weird jumping in there when Amelie is almost a month younger than most babies there.
We are going good. Milly had her 4-5 week check up last week and was 4.2kg and 56cm. They found she has an umbilical granuloma, which is a bit of raw tissue in her belly button that needs to be treated. It's not causing any real problems but it's a real pain to keep having to go back to the doctors every few days for a few weeks.
Sleeping and feeding is going well. She usually goes down at 8pm for the night and wakes at about 1, 5 and 9 for feeds. Give or take an hour or so. She is having one bottle of formula per day as I'm finding towards the evening my supply isn't satisfying her, so we now give her a bottle before "bed". It's working really well. She is satisfied all her other feeds though, so that's great.
kaydee glad to hear amelie is growing well. sorry to hear about the granuloma, hope it fixes itself soon so you dont have to run around too much more. glad to hear that you have sleeping and eating down to an art, will definately be helping her to feel good during the day.
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