Far out ladies, you have been going off in this thread. It has taken me forever to read through 11 pages, but has given me something to do during night feeds.

I have finally made it in here to post after 5 weeks, My little mate Nate William was born on the 15th of March, and time has just flown by.


Buffy, sorry to hear that you have been having a tough time. It's fantastic that you have been brave enough to ask for some help, that's a big thing. You sound like you are doing a fantastic job and Willow is a gorgeous little girl. Nice that you are getting some gorgeous morning smiles it must make it all feel worth it. Just remember to not put expectations or pressure on yourself that things should be a certain way. Every baby is different and every mummy is different and copes with things differently. When ever you are feeling down just look at the precious little bundle that you have brought into the world and give yourself a pat on the back, she is beautiful and you should be very proud. Big hugs to you and I hope you are feeling better soon xx Good work on discovering the white noise app, and thanks for the tip about overstimulation with patting and rocking, I will keep that in mind!

Nickers, I saw the pics of little Rykers hormone rash, poor little man. I hope it is clearing now. Love the smurf cake too, that's a huge achievement at home alone with 3 kidlets!

Skybie, I love reading your posts and your fb posts and pics. You crack me up! I hope your little girls are being good for you today xx

Me-lisa, How scary for you. I'm glad your little girl is okay xox

Peanutter - WOW you have been doing an awesome job expressing! Well done. I haven't gotten around to doing any expressing yet. I will have to soon I guess so I can have some as back up JIC.

Hi to everyone else, sorry I haven't done personals for you all. Sounds like everyone is going really well and all our babies are growing up way too fast.

Well my little man is out of newborn nappies as of this week. After 4 leaky nappies and total outfit changes in a row I decided that I had to get the bigger size. It's sad I am using the woolworths select brand nappies at the minute. They were recommended by a friend. So far so good I haven't had any leaks.

I am using a baby bjorn carrier. Bub goes to sleep in it pretty much straight away and has his face snuggled in my boobies, which is nice until I meet someone I know down town and the want to check him out and I have to lean forward to get his face away and they get an eye full of my boobs. Okay well maybe not an eyefull i'm not that big!

Bleeding has all but stopped here too, not using anything but I over did it a couple of days ago as I lifted my DS1 and I had just a bit of discoloured stuff for a day or so.

We are going pretty well, my DS1 loves his little brother, has about a 10 second hold and kiss a few times a day which is really cute. He asks to hold him, gives him a cuddle and a kiss does the whole ahhh sound when he cuddles him and then pushes him away! He hasn't played up too much and will sit next to me on the couch and I can read him a book while I feed. I can't do the whole floor play for bub around him too much though as he is a bit rough and unpredicatable.

Feeding is going good now, he takes about 20-30 mins to feed and doesn't fall asleep anymore. Between 2 and 4 weeks he gain 800g! I was very happy after a slow start, where he would fall asleep after 5 mins and I couldn't wake him and he wasn't having any gains. Overnight we are generally going down 9-10ish up at 1.30 and 5.30 and then 8.30. Day times he likes snuggles, sometimes he will have one good sleep. He has been asleep now for 2.5hrs, but he tends to wake up from this sleep and not settle now til 9 or 10 and wants to feed every couple of hours.

We have had a few smiles but he isn't as smiley yet as his big bro was. He is generally pretty chilled. He poops on me a lot when I am changing his bum, it literally squirts out. He makes lots of funny noises that sound like a possum and so he is now known as "possum squirt" lol. I love him heaps and heaps and heaps.

Well I am rambling on so I better go and do something constructive like fold some washing or do some ironing (over-rated).