Babies Born ~ March 16th-31st 2010 #2

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

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Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[con:)]

Hi Ladies!

I hope you are all doing well.

Is anyone else having issues getting their little bub to sleep during the day? I have been watching for the tired signs and putting her to bed nice and snuggled in her blanket, but she just cries and refuses to sleep. Then she is tired for the rest of the day and has 15 min cat naps instead of a decent 1 hr sleep! Any suggestions, other than me carrying her around all day, so she will sleep! (I must admit though, she sleeps from 8 till 4/5 at night...so no complaints there)

[human bean]

Hi everyone, I keep up with reading and glad to see everyone and their bubs are doing well, just don't often post in here that's all - love to read how everyone's going though!

Seems like several of us are having day sleeping probs - us too. DD sleeps for maybe 45mins to 1hr, unless I'm really quick to get in there and settle her back off before she's fully awake. And I mean I have to be quick! We have our bedtime routine down pat and have gotten a few 5 and 6 hr stretches overnight, just waking to BF, but I can handle that now I'm getting used to a little less sleep. I've been reading the no cry sleep solution and am now trying to be consistent with a nap routine too, and getting onto it quickly when I see the tired signs. In the book she talks about the bubs having brief awakenings and they need to learn to settle themselves back off to sleep. Quite often when they have a brief awakening we go and grab them out/up because we figure they are awake, whereas we should either leave them to quietly self settle or rock/pat them back off. The more we do this the more they will sleep better (and learn to do it themselves). I realised that's what I'd been doing - grabbing her out when she opened her eyes and made a noise, but she wasn't even properly awake. I realise it it only one theory in many hundreds out there, but it's very slowly working for us so if it helps any of you lovely ladies that's good.
I will admit I am envious of everyone who is getting a full nights sleep from their bubs but as our day naps sort out, our night sleeps are getting longer so I can't complain - I'll be in here hooting and hollering with joy if we get a longer nights sleep that's for sure!

Does anyone else's bubs have neonatal rash? We have a rampant case here, it's calming down a little but for a few days there her face was really red and inflamed and just looked, well, awful! We only use no-soap in the bath, and I've been putting sorbelene on her earlobes which are getting dry (health nurse recommended it?) but I just wish it would go away! I think it's meant to be around 8 weeks.....? Not long now I guess.

Oh and little miss managed to turn herself over whilst on her tummy the other day, I think it was just by chance she happened to push with her arm quite forcefully and flip right over - lay there blinking with a 'omg what just happened' look on her face, as did I, and now she is very closely watched/sat right next to if laying on the couch!

Hope you're all well, and having a lovely weekend

[Nat82]

Hi Ladies,

I heve ben trying to post on hear a few times and do personals, but every time I do, Angus wakes and needs feeding or settling and then I lose it all..

Anyway, I went to a First Steps Program at the community health centre the yesterday and it was really good. There were 16 other babies there and they were all placid and just sitting on their mother's laps while Angus was crying and squirming. It was his sleep time but he wanted to know what was going on. The Health Nurse took him off me and wrapped him tightly (like I usually do at home) and rocked him. Luckily he didn't fall asleep for her but he went off really easily after I bounced on the gym ball with him.

How is everyone going physically? I had really bad pain 'down there' and after suffering in silence for a few days I called the OB and went in. Turns out I have an abscess in my vjj It's swollen and painful each time I need to go to the toilet and wipe (sorry TMI). The OB gave me two lots of antibiotics, so I hope they work soon.

Well, I'd better get going. Angus is supposed to be sleeping, but my sister picked him up when he woke up so that I could finish my post and my other sister is here now, so the poor thing is going to get over stimulated

Hope all the Mummies are going well

[Berry1]

Thank you for the welcome Teresa & Missawah, I hope you & your baby's are well.

Krisvee, well done on the long stretch of sleep from bubs, I hope it continues for you. Liam was doing about the same thing feeding at 6pm then going through to about 2am. I have recently started feeding him before I go to bed at 9pm and he is going through to about 3am or 4am and just the other night slept right through to 6am.

Hi Beata, great to have you in this thread as well. Not sure about the wind thing with the bottle as I am B/F, but it seems to make sense that a stronger flow could give him more wind if his having to gulp, but that is just a guess, hopefully someone more expereneced with bottle feeding can give you soon advise. On the smiling & giggling thing, I think each baby gets there when they are ready. Liam is now 'fully smiling' but not doing a true giggle yet. Its good that Cameron is 'talking to his mates' - how cute!

Hi Con, with the short sleeps, is bubs getting plenty of play time before bed? I wasn't doing that earlier on, in fact I wasn't given him much play time at all, not realising how much he did need quite early, I was under the very incorrect perception that all newborns did was sleep. Once I incorporated more play time and watched his tired signs, he does sleep for good streches, I just have trouble getting him to go to sleep in the first place.

Human bean, I did some reading on the net this week re: sleeping stratergies and found one artice where a doctors said that babies around 12 weeks (didn't reference younger than that) sleep about 15hrs per day with about 10 of those during the night, so that is about 5-hrs of sleep during the day. Liam also sleeps for about 45-min to 1-hr, sometimes he does one 2-hr sleep during the day. I guess all babies are different. Liam also had a rash at about 4-weeks that took about 2-weeks to go. They can look nasty can't they, but it will disappear soon.

Nat, good thing you went to the OB, that sounds quite painful, I hope you heal quickly.

We are slowly getting into a sort of routine, which is making things easier. DS has been sleeping really well during the night, but as I write this he is crying and DH is trying to comfort him. This is the first time he has ever woken up after we have put him down to sleep. I better go help DH, will post again soon.

[Misssawah]

Hi everyone, hope you're all well.

I agree B, even if we got nothing back and it cost more we still would have gone ahead with it. We've got about 1 more week of the vaseline and nappy liners in his nappy and then we're all back to normal. The doc that does them here recommends keeping it up for an entire month just to make sure everything is healed and it doesn't stick.

Con, yep Harri is a terror during the day when it comes to sleep. Having said that though he's usually pretty happy just to play most of the day. He usually has a 1-2 hour nap during the middle of the day and if we're out and about he'll fall asleep in the pram or car seat. So long as he's content I'm not too worried. Would be nice if he'd sleep all through the night *pipe dreams*

HB, What a clever little girl rolling herself over!! I like the sound of that strategy. We've been getting into a pretty good routine for night sleep. About 5pm Harri has a bottle and bath and then I keep him wrapped up in his towel for a while and give him cuddles (note this has resulted in being wee'd on a few times haha), then I massage the baby bedtime lotion all over him, dress him and sit down with him somewhere quiet and read him a story. Then we have cuddles for a while and when he shows he's tired I put him down in his cot...at first he'd wake back up several times but he's getting much better and tonight I only had to go in once to settle him back down. So after all that he's usually in bed and asleep by about 6:30-7pm...I'd like to push the time back a bit but it suits us for now as its around he same time DSD goes to bed.

No rashes for us, I've only ever used the johnsons bedtime bath and johnsons baby moisturisers (bedtime one for night and regular for day).

Nat, Angus must just be inquisitive and there's definitely nothing wrong with that Physically I feel good, DP and I are DTD just like we used to again. I haven't had a period or anything yet but am going for a check up not this week but the next to make sure everything is going ok.

TMI ALERT - The only complaint I've had physically is when going number 2's its incredibly painful. I'm not sure if I could have damaged there during labor?? I'm a bit embarassed to ask a doc about it, but its getting to the stage where its definitely not right and I need to see about it.

Berry, Hope Liam settles back down for you quickly

Hello to everyone else and hope you're all well...that 2 month mark is fast approaching!!

[human bean]

b, like ReeRee said, I'm pretty sure the avatars addy is playing up - I forwarded the email I sent to it, to sarah's email (can't remember it sorry) as I'd read her requesting others to do that for changes - maybe check on the mod's contact list? It did take a couple of weeks though as I think she's pretty swamped

con, it's called the No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

All good at this end, although a dear friend of mine had her little boy at 27wks on Sunday, he's doing as well as he can, is putting up a real fight in special care, and I just can't stop thinking about them. Makes me realise how blessed I am for what I have and the smooth road it was for us. Speaking of prems, has anyone ever heard any more from zstar? I wonder how her little one is?

On a positive note, I bought an Ellaroo sling and we had our first grocery shop with it yesterday - DD crashed out within 5 mins of being in it - and I got a decent sized shop done hands free - it was great! Not sure how I'd go wearing it for much longer as my back got a little achey, but it was just so good to not have the capsule or pram to lug around. I'm already impatient and can't wait til she can just walk alongside me ha ha

[Jellymaker]

Morning girls,

Congrats to all the weightloss ladies. I only put on 7.5 kg the whole preg and 4 of that was baby, so im actually 2 kilos lighter now than before i got pregnant!! Lucky! Im starting to put it back on though because ive been eating junk and not exercising much, and because of my jelly belly, it looks worse than what it is. So as of today im back on the diet i started when we were trying for our ivf and i lost 6 ks. If anyone is interested, there is a great website called Aussie Bodies and it has a PCF calculator (proteins, carbs and fats) which is really easy to use and helped me realise how much i was eating in a day. The menu planner is good to keep track of just how much your eating and is really easy to use, if you wanna look, heres the address - PCF Calculator - Aussie Bodies. HTH Im about to walk to the shops with the pram and figured i will start making it a daily thing, that way i get some exercise and we can have fresh fruit and veg everyday, plus my gym membership which is still being payed though i havent gone since we started our IVF in may last year (OMG!) so i will be going back a few nights a week and DH can look after bubs, tho, he would really benefit from the gym too.

AFM- Have had very little sleep in the last week as not only have i had the usual feeds but DH had a cold and so his snoring sounds like a jackhammer, have taken turns sleeping in the spare room but takes forever to get back to sleep. The upside is ive been able to co-sleep with Adrian heaps as i hadnt trusted sleeping with him with DH in the bed as he is a really heavy sleeper. Going to get some of that throat spray stuff for DH to see if it quietens him down. Fingers Crossed.

Hope all the other ladies are having lots of cuddles and smiles with their bubs.

[teresa]

good afternoon ladies

jelly - i hear u on the snoring!! DH can snore quite loudly sometimes yet he denies that he even snores! lol. when i was pg he did end up going down to the spare room a few times coz my snoring kept him awake.

b - thanks for answering my question on solids! we use MCN's here full time and they are soooo easy! i love using them. i always have comments from people about them. i find that i really am not washing that much more then before. so easy not to worry bout having to run out and get disposable nappies all the time! saving money which is great too.

afm, we tried baby rice cereal last night. i mixed a bit of formula into it and gave it to Hamish. he had a few mouthfuls before he started to cry. i dont think he was too keen on the taste of it. going to put a tiny amount of apple puree into it tonight then see how he goes. hopefully that makes it taste much nicer. the dog really enjoyed the leftovers tho! lol.

we saw the paediatrician today. she was really happy with his progress. he now weighs 6.1kg the little porker! he still needs to have his pentavite and iron but she said that once he is fully established on solids then we can stop them. she is thinking around 6 months of age. she also wants to see him in 6 months time just to make sure he is fine but she thinks there will be no issues at all. he is doing so well tho. i am so happy! makes me feel good to hear things like that.

on another topic, DH left for darwin today. he is there for 2 weeks so its just me, hamish and the dog. going to take hamish for a walk in the pram later with the dog to see how i go. i tried it the other day and it wasnt too bad. just have to keep reminding honey not to pull on the lead otherwise its too hard to handle her and the pram! besides i really need to lose a few kilos. i am 2.5kg over my pre pregnancy weight now (was almost back to the pre pg weight but ate too much junk food) so i really want to lose that and a bit more. we have a treadmill so will also give that a go later on.

hope everyone is having a good day

[miamunchkin]

Thanks ~b~ - I thought I was just sounding like a mean mumma! I know they are kids and I don't want to take their fun away, but we live in one of the "greenest" areas in Perth, in that there are multiple parks on every street. There are 3 that are within 3 mins walking distance, so I don't understand why they don't go there. It's not like they have much room in their yard to play either - I guess that's why they are using the fence. What makes it a bit worse is that they have only been in the place for about 2 months. The previous couple sold up and they new owners are renting it out. I guess I could always get in touch with the Real Estate company but it would be pretty obvious who had made the complaint, as they are bound to hear Fraser crying sometimes. I'm just a bit scared to go round as they seem a bit bogan-ish and DH said the hubby is a big burly fella!

[teresa]

good afternoon ladies

b - oohh new pram. thats exciting!

mia - i hope u get sorted out with your neighbours.

well i am currently waiting for my arrival of my purchase from BBH. i was hoping for it to be here by today but i guess it wont come now till next week we have a shop here in adelaide that sells all different kinds of MCN's. they have these cute pocket nappies with monkey faces or dog faces etc on them for $20 on special. i really want to go and get one so that i can trial it as a night nappy but DH wants to keep to just one brand and got irritated on the phone last night. so i guess i will just have to wait for BBH to get night nappies back in stock!

my dog is currently outside digging a massive hole! having trouble with her at the moment. everytime i sit down in the rocker to either rock hamish to sleep or feed him a bottle, she thinks its time to hump my legs! lol i think its a dominence thing. always happens in his room with me holding him. lol

hi to everyone else xx

[miamunchkin]

~b~, Con & Teresa - I am also using cloth nappies. We're using Itti Bittis and Green Kids, although I only have a couple of Itti's that fit Fraser at the moment. I can see us moving to using them more in the next few weeks. The Green Kids are a OSFM but they are very wide in the crotch, so will wait a few weeks before trying them. I also had a couple of Baby Mio's but they leaked every time I used them.

Teresa - wow, Hamish is teething already! I hope he is going okay! Must say I am dreading that with Fraser. Was chatting to my mum on Skype the other day and she was mentioning how bad I was with teething. One time, they had the doctor round and my temperature was so high that he stripped me off, took me outside and sat me in the snow! Don't think anything like that is recommended nowadays. Let's just hope Fraser doesn't take after his mummy in that department. I am going to buy an amber teething necklace anyway, after reading such rave reviews of them on here.

Jelly - what a fiasco with the highchair. Lucky you won't be neediing it for a while! Let's hope it gets sorted out.

Berry & ~b~ - Modern Family was hilarious! It was a shame that most of it was shown in the preview clips, but really good all the same.

Nat - good luck with getting someone to do the Christening.

As for us, all is going pretty well. After me saying that Fraser is settling reallly well when I put him down to sleep, the last few days have been a bit of a nightmare. Serves me right for saying it - obviously jinxed our goood luck! The kids next door have decided to kick a football against the fence, which is right outside Fraser's room, and it's clearly waking him up. It took me 2 and a half hours to get him settled yesterday afternoon and he was woken up after 20 mins - just a coincidence that's when the kids got home from school and started playing in the back yard. It's really starting to get on my nerves cos through the day when the kids are at school and the mother is out, the dog barks, so there is never any peace and quiet. I was on the verge of going round there yesterday, but I don't want to get on the wrong footing with them.

[human bean]

TMI Warning....
Missawah, it sounds like you might have a hemorrhoid? (spg?) Can happen as a result of the pushing stage, or from constipation/straining in the weeks after giving birth. Or some people are just unlucky enough to just get them. I couldn't believe that I didn't have any 'injuries' from my birth, but within 2 weeks had a really annoying hemorrhoid (sorry I did warn you all about tmi) A good friend of mine who is regular sufferer sent me to the chemist and I got some cream that helped immensely. I also took metamucil daily to keep up the fibre. Might not be what's wrong in your case, but could well be? Good luck, it's awful

b, I've found the book really helpful because it's a really relaxed approach, and she gives you guidelines and suggestions but you really have to put together what works best for your own situation. She refers to co-sleepers alot too and if I remember correctly you cosleep with DS don't you?

Welcome Berry too - sorry I forgot to say hi and welcome to the group

Nat I hope you're feeling better down there really soon....nothing worse really is there!

[Jellymaker]

hi ladies,

welcome to berry and Nat!

Missawah, i agree with hb, it sounds like haemorroids. I was fine throughout my whole preg and two weeks after coming home (TMI) i got a haemorroid! they hurt like hell but i found out that nappyrash creams like bepanthen and amolin are just as good as the chemist treatments as they have a lot of the same ingredients, so a dab of that every so often, especially before going to the loo, can be great. Also get some metamucil, like HB said, it will help a lot. Mines pretty much gone as i dont think it was big, but if it feels puffy and swollen in that area, thats probably the culprit. Hugs

Nat, sorry to hear about your hoohar, as if they havent been through enough lately! hope you come good soon

I havent really been doing any sleep routines with Adrian as he keeps changing on me but i think i might start soon, i really want to read stories to him but he never stays still in my lap for long enough Whats this rash everyone is talking about? I noticed some little red spots on Adrians chest today but though maybe he was just red from the warm bath, is it this rash?

[Meercat]

Jellymaker - I have only just found a way to be able to read stories, without Tiah ignoring me or crying. I put her on her activity mat and let her do her own thing for a few minutes and then start reading the story.... she seems to be happy to listen and interact with me then... bu if I try and hold her she flips out!

Berry - Welcome!!!

Nat - Hope you are feeling better after your antibiotics... I am feeling more normal after finishing mine for the retained products... it is amazing how quickly everything gets better once the medication kicks in.

B - How is the personal training going? I am hoping to get my butt into gear this week.... I am eating WAY to much sweet things...

Con - Tiah wont sleep for more than about 30 mins during the day unless I am holding her. I finally convinced DP that I NEEDED a HugABub for my sanity so that should be arriving next week. She is sleeping for at least 6-7 hour blocks at night atm though, so I am like you... not complaining too much!

We got Tiah's results from her blood tests - all clear! I knew it would be ok, she just has very.... expressive... eyes

Tiah and I both have colds atm, it is making life interesting. She is wanting to feed way more often because when she does feed it is hard for her to breath and so she stops before she is satisfied because she is exhausted... so we are on about every 1.5 hours with lots of cuddles. I have this purple fluffy dressing gown that I was wearing at night, and figured a couple of days ago that when I wear that she calms down almost instantly! My sister is teasing me saying Tiah thinks her mum is Barney DP cant seem to settle her atm, so he has told me he may have to wear "Barney" if I am not home!!!!

I am getting a lot of hassle from family and friends atm because I havent left Tiah with anyone for more than about 30 mins. She settles for me prettty much straight away and others are finding it harder to settle her and keep telling me I have to fix that? My mum told me I need to be stronger and let people try to settle Tiah if they are holding her, but I DO leave them as long as I can! I cant see how leaving her crying for ten minutes when I could settle her faster is at all good for her??!?!?! I am just not ready to leave her for very long.... am I the only one? PLEASE tell me someone else feels like this and I am not some crazy, clingy mother already!

[teresa]

b - r u going to get anymore? i have 26 all up (2 i cant use which is a different brand but leaks all the time, thinking of using the pea pods bamboo in there), 2 CT and 22 pea pods. i am finding that washing every 2 days just gets me thru most of the time. r u washing every day then or r u still using disposables at night or in between?

[con:)]

Teresa & ~b~- Yay for the cloth nappies! I too am a cloth nappy lady! I have a whole box of them... I have found that each of the brands have there own advantages and disadvantages. I have a mixture of pea pods, cushie tushie, bubble bub, touchin' cloth, baby beehinds and a few homemade ones from someone. I find them really awesome for day time, although i do still use disposable for night as they seem to be more comfy for long periods of sleep. ~b~, what is the name of your friends website?

[teresa]

b - we are using pea pods and cushie tushies at the moment. i have a couple of others coming from baby beehinds this week which i cant wait for! pea pods are pockets but cushie tushies are aio. pea pods are ok. took awhile to fit him properly and only getting leaks every now and then. not my fave but they are doing the trick! also have the same problem with the CT ones too. i am hoping the baby beehinds will be better. i ordered a nappy that will last him from newborn to toddler. if they work well then will buy some more. i also ordered their bamboo fitted. u need a PUL cover with them but i have heard great things. would love to look at your friends website.

fingers crossed ewan is ok xx