Babies Born ~ March 16th-31st 2011 #4

Jakabella-I love it.

I had a freak out last night i took Ella out of her bed and her Angelcare monitor kept ticking away like it does when it detects breathing and movement i had forgotten to turn it off i couldnt believe it was still going i was thinking great all this time anything could have happened to Ella and the alarm would not go off to warn us well it turned out DH put an electric fence up yesterday and it was earthed to the house and the monitor was picking up the pluse going through the house so effecting the monitor we could not believe it how lucky i accidently forgot to turn it off or we would never have known it wasnt working properly anyway we fixed the problem.

Ellasmummy-No i didnt end up needing a scan as soon as i made all the appointments the bleeding stopped.

Jaki-I call baby girls fannies a floss but my BIL calls them a front bum:o


Ella is still sleeping in her bed and going off to sleep by herself no problem (touch wood)
she actually sleeps way better in her bed than anywhere else we went out today and she just napped off and on all day ( wouldnt even sleep in the car )until we got home by that time she was cranky so i put her to bed and she went straight to sleep for 5 hours i have never know a baby to not sleep well in a car or pram with the motion she needs a quiet room and her bed:rolleyes: fusspot

Has everyone had their 6 week checkup yet i still havent i waited until the bleeding stopped and now i have been to busy?

It's been veeeery quiet in here!

Oh and yes I had my check up, she didn't even look at me, even when I told her I needed a pap and that we can't dtd as it won't go in. Good dr hay!

That's a terrible GP jak!!! I'd be going to another one or getting a referral to see a gyno.

It has been quiet in here!!! Not much happening in my life.... same old same old.

Hi ladies just heard on the weekend that who is changing the solids to 4- 6 months providing they are ready. Found this on the huggies site current as of May.

"There has been much confusion around the impending changes to the recommendations on solids. New research suggests that the increase in allergies in the West may be due to the change to a delayed approach (6 months) away from the previous 4-6 months recommendation. It appears that there is a window of time where a bubs immune system isn’t yet fully primed, which may be the best time to introduce foods, allowing their system to be exposed but without it over-reacting. Hence, the recommendations are, it seems, about to move back to 4-6 months in line with signs of readiness. The last point is the most important point, that solids are introduced in relation to clear signs of readiness, in other words we follow baby’s lead. Yeah, it makes so much more sense.
So, before starting solids look for a number of signs of readiness, such as:
- Baby is able to hold their head up well (so that the throat is clear for the passage of food, try swallowing food with your head on your chest).
- Bab can sit unaided.
- Baby’s tongue doesn’t poke out as much, which shows they are able to chomp rather simply suck food in.
- Baby shows clear interest, such as practicing chomping motions with their mouth while they watch you eat.

Once baby is four months or older and you see a number of these, and in particular the top 3, then you might like to give solids a go. Not sleeping through the night, particularly on its own isn’t really sufficient to suggest starting solids, especially at an early stage.

Iron fortified baby cereals are great, but you might find baby finds them a little bland, plus they tend to have a very high glycaemic index so don’t offer much sustenance. I recommend starting with avo as it has a fatty composition a little similar to breastmilk, then trial sweet potato (say on day four, remembering to trial each new food for 3 or so days), then trial baby cereal. You now have three foods that you can use in combinations and use to mix into new foods you trial, this gives baby some variety in both tastes and textures. Variety is the key to a good start. You can offer rice cereal once a day, 3 times in the week for example and use it with various meals. It is a nice way to thicken overly watery meals."

Thought some of you might be interested. : )

Jaki, that is horrible!! : (

Great info tams.

Yeah she was a bit slack. Said she will do it a his 4 month check.
I'd have to do a 6hr round trip to see a gyno :(

Yeah but if you cant dtd Jak shouldn't it be a priority you are looked at? I had the fourth degree tearing and had to have weekly appointments. I hope you can get that sorted, it can effect you emotionally too. Hugs darlin. You guys really need a good woman's clinic up there!! You will be down here in a month? Maybe you could see a gyno then? Or your ob? xx

OMG! jak it wont go in you poor bugger i'd be throwing in some lube and forcing it in if i went that long without it lol but in all seriousness i hope it's nothing serious and just your v jay jay deciding to take a vacation after going through childbirth.

Tams-that was what us oldies did years ago when they show signs then we started solids it was around 4 months for my boys.

I have an awesome womens health clinic down here just hard to get into there is a 2 month wait as the lady doctor is really nice i am in no hurry i have my pap smears every 2 years and have never had a bad result i will book mine in the next few weeks.

Lmao Ferrals! Yep, with Zo was 4 months. Guess I will just wait and watch for the signs. xx

Ok i better get off my butt and go put 5 electric blankets on the beds and change all of the sheets to flannelette sheets it's getting pretty cold here in the mornings.
Then washing washing and more washing and iron the uniforms and make dinner feed the animals pick the kids up from school :wall:

http://www.who.int/features/qa/21/en/index.html
Taken from WHO website... Nothing noted on the website to say they are revising this guideline in regards to solid introduction. FWIW when MJ was a baby, someone told me that WHO were going to change the guidelines then, that was 3 years ago...
Each to their own though :)

I look at this but it seems more of an article from 2007.Do you know were the guidelines are? Hard site to navigate and the search function is useless... Btw did you use your frame yet Sam? The finger prints and hands were just done the other day... lol.

Either way, I am going off Kolton. By the time he reaches one.. they will most likely change it back. Zo eats everything and has no allergies but then again i was not every going to give her a million choices either. : )

Health nurse today. E is 5kg (5.11kg naked after a feed on digital scales) and 58.5cm.

Currently neither are napping so I'm tucked up in bed watching a DVD with J while I feed E.

House is a mess, there's no food in the house, no idea what's for dinner, I'm annoyed at J for not napping, I'm tired and who the heck is going to clean my house?

scone: wooo go E, nice weight gain. Last friday buck naked Chase was 5.7kg, my little man. Maybe tell your DH that its mother's day off??? ;)

LMP: I think I'm going to do the same and just see when Chase tells me he is ready. Though I can't imagine he'll be starting solids any time soon going off those signs of readiness LOL though he does seem interested when we sit him at the table in his high chair with us when we eat. He thinks its funny when we chew.

jaki: no chance of another dr??? That's bull that the dr doesn't think something is wrong when you can't have sex.

ergh got a headache, wish i could nap but Chase has a blocked nose. not runny, just blocked and doesn't sleep longer than 1-2 hours day and night. I feel like im starting to get a twitch in my eye LOL

Hi guys, I'm still alive... JUST.

This is going to be a me post, so sorry in advance :(

I'm feeling like ****, literally.
Prior to wednesday I had been taking the maximum recommended amount of panadol for just over 2 weeks as I was in that much pain in my jaw, ears and head, basicaly had what felt like a constant migraine the entire time. Wednesday after my GTT (which went well, don't know the results yet though) and my 6wk checkup (waste of time with that GP, all she did was check my temp and BP), it got worse so I bought mersyndol, I was that desperate!
Was taking the maximum amount of mersyndol on friday, and it was still getting worse, 1am saturday morning I woke up in agony, called the ambulance, they couldn't do anything and I was reluctant to go to hospital because the only pain relief they could give me while expressing was nurofen, sucks big time :( The Ambo's (they were so lovely and so helpful!) told me to call the royal melbourne dental hospital, so at 9am on saturday after maybe 3 hours of broken sleep I called the Dental Hospital and told them I was coming up. We dropped the kids off at my stepmums, drove up to Pakenham, caught the train to dandenong and then had to get the bus from there to oakleigh (stupid work was being done on the lines, it was supposed to be an express bus but took an hour to get to friggin oakleigh!), finally got to Flinders St Station at 1pm, made it to the dental hospital at 1:30, didn't get seen until around 4ish. They x-rayed my right wisdom tooth, there's a huge cavity the size of a pea in it. They have a brief ook at the left wisdom tooth - it's just a shell with the center scooped out, but not causing as much pain as the right one.
They get rid of the worst areas in the right wisdom tooth, examine the x-ray and tell me that the root is going right through the bone and is touching the damn nerve canal! They could either extract it and the other one (apparently if one is right on the nerve canal then the other most likely is too) then and there and I could loose feeling in half my face for either 3-6 months or it could leave me with permanent nerve damage resulting in not being able to feel a thing for the rest of my life OR I could see a specialist and have a full mouth x-ray and have surgery to remove the wisdom teeth...

I opted for seeing the specialist and surgery, no way and I going to risk NOT being able to taste anything EVER AGAIN! Stuff that.

Anyway, they put a temporary cap on the right wisdom tooth as it was hurting the most, and left the other one alone as they couldn't do anything to it, the cavity is just too big... And it was all caused by being pregnant with Elise, typical!

Anyway, took a bit for the pain to subside once the local anaesthetic had worn off, and I felt really good and was back to only having 3 mersyndol and 4 panadol a day until last night when it flared up again, this time on the left side, took 3 mersyndol and 2 panadol in less than 2 hours and it did nothing for the pain.
Called the ambo's (lovely people yet again, one of them had come out when I'd had one of the mini panic attacks I've been having since Elise was born, so it was nice to see a familiar face), went to hospital at 1:30am this morning, had to wait almost 2 hours just to be seen and I was shaking so much and bawling my eyes out, doctor saw me asked what the pain was out of 10, I said 8/10 when it's waning, 11-12/10 when it flares and feels worse than labour! He gave Panadeine Forte, made me wait for it to start working, asked me again what the pain was like, I said 6/10 when it's waning, 8/10 when it flares, he made me wait a bit longer for it to work a bit more, I dozed off because I was exhausted, doctor woke me up and said good, you're not in pain anymore you can go home. Didn't even ask if I was still in pain, just assumed that I wasn't because I had fallen askeep.
Had to take another 2 panadeine as soon as I got home at 4:30am this morning, slept until 8 when DS woke up, took another panadeine and 2 panadol, and it was managable, have had to take another 2 panadeine a short time ago, and I'm feeling horribly guilty and upset because I'm still expressing and everything I'm expressing is being tipped down the sink because of al the painkillers I'm taking :( I hate it that I have to put Elise on full formula feeds now, it's killing me inside, and I keep on crying every time I think about it.
I'm still waiting for the specialist to call, was hoping that they'd call today to arrange the appointment, it's driving me crazy, I just want to be without pain and to be able to feed my baby girl with my own milk. Tomorrow is hubby's last day off work for the next fortnight, after that I don't know what I'll do. I can barely cope with DS at the moment with all the pain that I'm in, and he doesn't understand that I'm in so much pain and can't pay as much attention to him as he wants and he doesn't understand why I have such a short temper with him either :(

Sorry for the me post, I just needed to get it off my chest, I'm feeling so down and tired and so over it all. I'm terrified of having surgery, but I'm more afraid of having to keep on taking so many strong painkillers and doing damage to my liver and having to stop expressing completely and let my milk dry up.

Hope the rest of you are doing ok.

jenna: oh you poor thing, what an awful time you have been having :hug: hope the specialist calls soon and gets everything sorted so that you don't have to be in constant pain.

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OMG! jak it wont go in you poor bugger i'd be throwing in some lube and forcing it in if i went that long without it lol but in all seriousness i hope it's nothing serious and just your v jay jay deciding to take a vacation after going through childbirth.

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You seriously CRACK ME UP!!! We did try lube. She reckons i need to give it more time for the hormones to settle, and that BFing can effect it too. We shall see!

Jenna try not to be too upset about the pump n dumping... i think it amazing that you are keeping up your supply through this tough time... its exhausting!

New ticker! Lovin it sick :D