Babies Born ~ June 2012 #1

[BinxiBoo]

Well we've had a much better night tonight! Kept down all feeds & sleeping a bit better

[little_O]

Woohoo to a better night mc_hope! Miss C did a 4 hour stretch then a 5 hour stretch! So excited this morning, my brain is completely mush!!! Hope you other mammas have had success!

Lulu: I'm with you with tomato now! Had some lasagna last night and then before we went to bed dd was so windy and sore tummy! Lucky for me she slept well after we could settle her.

Ebn_n: hang in there hun. One day at a time, one THING at a time. Was your birth BAD too quick? Like I'd you get damaged too? If you want to pm me the birth story to just get it out please do. Sometimes writing something out is great for dealing and healing. Could the formula he's on be affecting him? At breast feeding class, the LC had said if we end up formula feeding to try And get the better ones which have no derivatives of cows milk, as these seem to cause more allergy issues in bubs. Might be worth looking into.

BubbaT: forgot to answer you last time, yes I too am loving not having gd anymore! Dd is all good to for her sugar levels. What test did they make you do to check it was gone? You poor thing with the infection! One of my close friends had the same thing. She said it was like her scarred area was burning and crawling with ants. You're doing a great job! Hopefully x's reflux dies down. Maybe you can check what I mentioned to ebn_d.

BR: how is your boobie monster going?

Dantri: how are you going?

Can't see the other posts! Sorry to who I've missed!
Somehow I managed to unsubscribe myself from here and now I missed a whole day!!

AFM: as I mentioned she did a 5 hour stretch this morning. Amazing feelin waking up and realizing its 8am when it should have been 6!!! Dd seems to get the hiccups heaps. Anyone know a reason for this or a cure? Only thing that seems to work is chucking her back on a breast for her to drink. Not always convenient!
My mum came and blitz cleaned our house yesterday. Lucky dh has been keeping on top of it for me at the moment, but it was so nice I have my shower cleaned! 3 weeks was taking its toll lol!
Mastitis is still getting better. I can now occasionally ditch the nipple shield on my left and feed her normal. I'm taking it slow though to make sure using redamage it. The right side is still like the grand canyon!

Hope all you mummies are having a nice Saturday morning...remember when we could sleep in! Lol! Oh the distant memories

Xxx

[little_O]

Has anyone else noticed this isn't a "log in only" thread. Would anyone else like it to be?
I was just thinking otherwise non bb'ers can read our posts...

[little_O]

I went back!
Dory: how did you go bringing little G home yesterday?? All good? Hope you had a nice night with her
Milly: how is it all going for you?

X

[Mumma T]

Little O the hiccups are actually a good thing, the digestive system is still so young that the hiccups help it along. X gets them a bit. If he is feeding I just keep feeding him otherwise i read just to do chest to chest and wait them out. I also rub x's back in little circles and he seems to like that

[Mumma T]

Dory I hope you are home with G now, does it seem real yet?

[Mumma T]

Cannula is coming out in the hour! Yay for giving my little man real cuddles again omg I am so excited

[BinxiBoo]

Little O the hiccups are actually a good thing, the digestive system is still so young that the hiccups help it along. X gets them a bit. If he is feeding I just keep feeding him otherwise i read just to do chest to chest and wait them out. I also rub x's back in little circles and he seems to like that

That's good to know! My little man gets them often too. Doesn't stop the little piggy from feeding still! Lol. On my phone so bbl for more...

[dantri]

Just quickly popped in here before going to bed to say we've decided on a name for our princess. She is Grace Patricia.

Going home tomorrow with excitement and hesitation hoping to get on here more then. Not sure where the time goes....


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[little_O]

Beautiful name Dantri! Enjoy going home tomorrow x

[ebn_d]

Thats a beautiful name dantri! Enjoy taking your princess home.

[Hotaru]

Hi Mamas,

I've finally made it here with a brain that's not totally mush! Just a pity it's 3:30am

Dantri - congratulations lovely! So happy your little girl is here! Lovely name choice too, I would have loved to use Grace if we had a girl! Good luck with the transition to home!

Gosh Bubba_T, you've had a ride and a half! I really hope things start to settle for you now. It sounds like you are coping really well though!

Hi everyone else, I'll try to keep up and do more persies now i'm here.

AFM - we've been at home for a week today and oh my goodness, it's a steep learning curve isn't it?! We are celebrating getting little things done, like showers! And our big win today after talking with our neighbours with kids was getting little J to sleep horizontally, in his basinette! DH and I seriously high fived once he was down and still asleep! I know a few of you were talking about taking your bubs to bed with you, well there had been a bit of that here too on those 'i don't know what else to do' moments. We're getting there slowly, butgetting there all the same.

Hope you are all having good nigts/mornings!

[BlackRose]

Morning all!

Dantri - gorgeous name. One of my top picks for a girls name too. Love

Hotaru - yes, I remember having the one kid and thinking if I can just take a shower today then it will be considered a good day! Now, because I have DS1 I have to think about him too. So if I can manage a shower it's a really good day!! DS2 is generally awake at 6am to nurse so instead of going back to sleep after wards I have to get up and shower before DS1 gets up... Really hard when all I want to do is sleep some more.

Hello everyone else! Hope you are all enjoying your first few days at home with your newbie

AFM - L is having good stretches of sleep at the beginning of the night but then is waking 2 hours after I put him down in the wee hours of the morning. I nursed at 10:30pm, 1:15am, 3am and 6am. One tired mama here. Worst part is that I can't nap while L does during the day because DS1 is around. It's killing me! Totally different this time round. Poor L is hardly getting any attention because DS1 needs to be entertained. So other than the nursing and burping I literally stick him in a vibrating bouncer close by while I play with DS1! Totally jealous of all of you with only 1 to look after.

L is quite gassy as well. I do try as get him to burp after each nurse but I don't think it's enough cos he's quite unsettled in the early evenings. Of course that is also DS1's dinner/bath/bottle/bed routine so it's been really hard to juggle. I have actually sat on a stool in the bathroom nursing L while bathing DS1!! Not the most comfortable position but you gotta do whatever works right?

Anyways better get up and have a shower before DS1 wakes.

Have an awesome day mamas!

xoxox

[BinxiBoo]

Morning ladies

BR -

L is having good stretches of sleep at the beginning of the night but then is waking 2 hours after I put him down in the wee hours of the morning.

X does the same!

Welcome over Hotaru! Im guilty of taking my little man to bed with us some nights, sometimes its the only way he'll settle. I can get him to sleep but then as soon as I put him down in his bassinet, those little eyes pop open!

Hello to the rest of you lovelies...

AFM, not much to report here! My routine is generally revolving around X! I try and nap a little during the day when he does, because he seems to be a bit of a night owl at night! Sometimes though its hard, its like you get over tired and you just can get to sleep! My DP's mum got here yesterday for a week, so it shall be interesting! She is a lovely lady and we get along fine, she is just one of those "should you be doing that" "I used to..." and is a nurse to top it off! Anyhoo, I can hear my little man stirring for his feed!

[Mumma T]

Dantri - beautiful name

I have one of those middle of the night eye opening babies too. X wouldn't settle for me and I ended up waking Dh to try, every time we put him down he would wake again like he has a reset button finally I think he ran out of steam and gave in to the sleep. DH is doing the Morning feed as we speak cause I just couldn't face the crying. Off to hossy this AM to be released from their care, then hopefully we can establish some sort of routine.

Hope it's a happy Monday for you all

[dory]

Ebn.....hugs for hard times......us too. I used to think it was hard with one! I used to think if you had one already you'd know what to do. Ha, how wrong was I? Just remember your journey with this baby is and will be different from DS. Be kind to yourself......you did nothing wrong. You are an awesone mumma. And know from experience that the hard times will pass. They will, and you will get through.
Hope it's not refkux...
Bubba ....I haven't kept up much, I am sorry to hear you are having a tough time and are not well. Get better quick.

Well, we are home! Nights are unsettled here....11 pm to 4am......I relented and had G in bed with me for a couple of hours. I made a rookie error last night and managed to wake H at 1.30 am when I checked on her. OMG.....it took more than 2 hours for her to go back to sleep. DH came in and took over. I didn't really sleep til 5. G has been unsettled this morning and wouldn't sleep....5 hours...I eventually gave G 100ml of EBM. She settled shortly after. I expressed and got 150ml. G NG'ed 3 times this morning. So wondering if her tongue tie is affecting her suck or if G was hungry.....will find out I guess.
The struggle for me though is not being able to lift, cuddle, toilet, bathe H, lift from her cot, play. I miss that. I miss my special times with my HB. I love G, but am surprised at how much I miss what was just so special and precious. Always a surprise, this parenting caper.

We are wonderful mummas, believe in yourselves.

[Mumma T]

Hey ladies,

For those of you not on the FB group here is a link to my birth story of X. Please be warned though some may find it a bit raw or upsetting

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...07#post3141507

[Hotaru]

Aw, Bubba, I'm sorry you had such a rough time and what sounds like some very unhelpful staff around you. I hope it's helped to write it down and get it out there. You did an awesome job to get little X here safe and sound despite the trauma. I know it doesn't feel like it now but like i said to ct in the other thread, in time it will be how X is brought up in the world that is the most important thing over how he was brought into the world.

Dory - that's a lovely last thought in your post. This is such a confidence game, isn't it! Hope you are having a better night tonight.

Mc_hope - our strategy last night was (on the combined advice of our neighbours) to chock one end of the basinette up so it's not totally flat and we put a heated up wheat bag in where J will sleep to pre warm it so he doesn't notice the difference between our body temps and the basinette. Not sure where that fits in terms of being the right thing to do but it seems to work at nights for the moment. Days are totally different!

AFM - after a very unsettled evening, J slept in the basinette again and it was for 3.5 hours. I woke up before him thinking my boobs were going to explode and willing him to wake up! Not minding the early morning feed now I've discovered Wimbledon is on! We have our photographer coming today to try and get some more newborn pics - poor J was so unsettled the day we went inti the studio we had to reschedule. I hope he's better today. It seems we have a reluctant star!

Hope you all have a lovely day!