Babies born ~ May 1st-15th 2011 #1

[Jellybean29]

Yes I think a May thread would be wonderful!

Jacob is 2 months old today
He's having his vaccines at cyh on wednesday.

GG, please demand that swab, not too long ago a lady was posting her 6week old had whooping cough and she had to demand her swab.

Jacob is blowing bubbles too, he's going to be a drooler as well. Funny because I specifically chose my dog breed, schnauzers, because they don't drool, and now I have a dribbly baby!

KellyD the twins weights are great, Jake is only about 4.5kg and he's strong and healthy and long!

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[FarmGirl]

Hi everyone

Porsche: I laughed too when I saw the *****. Glad to hear you made it to the expo, are you feeling any less house bound or isolated?

Shanti: you should definetly join us in here, a few days apart in birth shouldn't stop you from being able to get the support you need from other mum's. Welcome

BBB: Too funny with the dribbiling, maybe in retrospect you should have gone for the drooling dog, at least you can put it outside.

AFM - I've been putting off my six week check up until I take Amelia for her needles next week. I've been having a good run with her and her sleeping lately. I can't wait until she can roll so I feel more confident to allow her to sleep all night on her tummy. She is a dream to put to bed, I just give her a feed, change her nappy, cuddles, and then into the cot on her tummy and she puts herself to sleep with no fuss at all. So different to my son who was a nightmare. I did this yesterday at lunch time and she slept through for 6 hours!

I too ladies have been keeping a close eye out for whooping cough. It seems to be everywhere. From letters in the mail to advise kids at Family Daycare have had it, to my SIL who is awaiting test results for herself. We have all had the vaccination, but I'm so mindful Amelia is the only one without the protection. I'm hoping my breastfeeding is giving her some protection, but you just can't be too careful. My son has had a 38 degree temperature for the last two days, and I'm hoping it's not what his aunty has (we were in contact with her before she was tested).

My house is a mess today as I have the new kitchen going in. Makes for an interesting day trying to keep a three year old out of the cupboard contents.

[Bern]

i did message Trish that made this thread, havent heard anything back. maybe if a few of us messaged to ask for 1 may group?

babies that got the hormone rash, do you find it comes and goes? chloe has it back on one check and a few other spots.....

[Bern]

i did message Trish that made this thread, havent heard anything back. maybe if a few of us messaged to ask for 1 may group?

babies that got the hormone rash, do you find it comes and goes? chloe has it back on one check and a few other spots.....

[emc2]

Is the hormone rash, is it from our breastmilk or from us before they came into the world? I can't remember.

We went down to the park today, his Poppa came for a visit and when he left I took Jim downstairs and my neighbour had a hold, while I went and brought my stroller down, so that worked well. Then she brought him back up when we came back and gave him a bottle.

I am still doing BF and FF, and now I'm trying some terry nappies. It's easy for me, because he's not too bad to look after but also as I live in a one bedroom unit, so my washing machine, clothes lines and kitchen are within a couple of metres of each other.

The Huggies are leaking as he is getting bigger.

I am having trouble expressing but he is feeding well, maybe it's just something I need to do more of.

[~Trish~]

Moderator Message »
After receiving a couple of PM's regarding this, I'm just posting to let all members know that you are welcome to join baby buddies groups that are not within the time frame your baby was born. If your baby was born in May (or not long before or after), you are welcome to post in this group or the other May 2011 group. Please don't let the exact dates stop you from chatting in the group you feel most comfortable in. BB is a very welcoming community

[gemini_girl]

emc thats strange that your huggies are leaking, I swear by them. Brianna is in the next size up which I had to search all over town for. I don't have any problems with them.

Shanti welcome Its lovely to see you again! Hope you and Lillian are doing fine. Come back again soon, you know`where the thread is now lol and you are more than welcome to join us here!

Kelly I think I've said it before, but I will say it again.. I take my hat off to you! You are one awesome mummy. You must be supermum. I find myself so tired just from having one lil bub who sleeps quite well during the night. You and hubby are doing an amazing job. My hubby went back to work this week too and he is exhausted just from trying to get back into the swing of things at work, I can only imagine how tired your hubby is after the midnight feed. Heres to hoping that the boys start sleeping through soon so you and hubby can get some much needed rest.

BBB ROFL well I guess lil Jacob won't dribble all his life! I have to say Brianna has become quite a dribbler too lol and I think I would prefer baby dribbles over dog dribbles lol

Farmgirl Glad to hear everything is going well with you. Its lovely when we can put them down to bed and they fall off to sleep on their own. I hope your son returns to good health soon. How did your kitchen turn out? Did your son help rearrange the contents? lol

As for us.. Brianna is doing ok. I get a little concerned anytime I hear a cough. She woke up with the sniffles yesterday, but today she didn't. She just has tummy trouble today. She is asleep in my arms at the moment, but any movement and she starts crying, will have to give her some mylanta I think. She woke up a little before 5 this morning, its the earliest she has woken in over a week, and she has been going to bed about 9pm. She generally feeds 3 hourly during the day, so she has the recomended intake for the day. I offer her 150ml bottles, she started to drink the full bottle then went back to taking about 130ml.

I'm still squishing her into her bath lol she's fine until she starts stretching out, then she bumps her head. She thinks its hilarious, its quite funny to watch, and its nice to see her so happy. Never known anyone to be so pleased about having a bath lol.

I tried getting her in for a swab yesterday but the clinic was booked out. I'm quite annoyed they didn't just slide her in somewhere as I told them she is only 8 weeks old and that she had stopped breathing etc. It wouldn't be the first time they have squeezed someone in, besides how long does it take to do a swab anyway (I had DD2 to an ENT specialist earlier in the week, I'm not kidding when I say she was in seeing him for a total of about 3.5 minutes - and that was only because I asked him to do a letter for Australian Hearing - he got someone else to type the letter while we sat back out in the waiting room) So I dare say a doctor who has seen Brianna just a couple of days ago, who knows the situation, could do a swab in less than 5 minutes. Anyway, so now I will try to get her in tomorrow. I won't get her injections until the swab comes back clear, its just to much for one little body otherwise. I will ask the nurse to weigh her too as she will be 2 months tomorrow! I think she should be well over 5kg.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

[TaRhLi.]

GG: That's so poor about not being able to get into the dr...

EMC: I'm using up the last of my Huggies newborn nappies as even though the boys haven't hit 5kg's yet they just don't seem to be able to collect all the wee and poop. Once they are all used up the boys will be moving up to Snugglers and Babylove (I buy whatever is on special at BigW - as I have 3 kids in nappies to buy for) nappies which do up to 8kg's. I find these are a bit bigger width ways to catch everything.

I had to take Rhys to emergency yesterday as we thought he was over the cold but for the past couple of days he has been breathing very hard and he chest was sounding "crackly" and as there is so much going around at the moment I was concerned he had a chest infection or possibly pneumonia. I took him to the emergency at the private hospital where they were born as I didn't want to risk having to wait too long at our public hospital - I know he would have been seen as soon as bed was available but it is a very busy emergency dept - as soon as I registered him at emergency he was taken in straight away and had a nurse waiting to do all of his vitals.

Luckily he was getting 100% of oxygen into his lungs, but he was breathing quite rapidly to get all the air he needed. Oh and they weighed him also and he was just over 4.3kg's so at least he has still put on weight while he has been sick. So we probably had to wait maybe 10 mins for the Dr to see him and after a quick check up I was told that he has bronchitis. So onto anitbiotics for 7 days and have to see our local GP this week to have him checked to make sure he is getting better, although our GP is on holidays this week so I have to try and get an appt with another Dr at the practice to see him. Anyway he has had 3 doses of anitbiotics so far and even though he is still "crackly" in the chest he does seem much happier and even slept for 5 hours last night after a bath (Liam also slept that long as well..YAY) and he is even having more of his feeds - he has drained 160mls a couple of times already today - as he had gone off his bottles for the last couple of days so that's a positive sign.

So another busy week for me this week - Rhys and his Dr appt (hopefully Tuesday) then Wednesday Liam has to have a Renal Scan which involves an IVF and dye to do, then both boys to the Chiropractor on Wednesday afternoon to make sure everything is still as it should be and then Thursday in Immunisations. Poor DD will be missing out on mummy time this week but MIL is coming on from Merimbula on Thursday night for a week to visit plus my home help starts on Thursday for 6 weeks which means my vacuuming, mopping and cleaning of the kitchen and bathroom is done for a little while for me.

Take care girls and hope all the rest of the little one getting needles in the next couple of weeks handle them o.k.

[Jellybean29]

KellyD: have you shopped BigW online? They have a great deal on Babylove in all sizes, thats where I get mine, combined postage only $7 and only takes 2-3 business days. PM me and i'll send the link as they are a bit hard to find on the site.

GG: Hope B is better soon and you get the swab for peace of mind and its ok. I have tried the Bjorn carrier again recently and Jacob is fitting in it better, I am going to give it a real test out when I take Jacob up to Sydney next weekend to meet all the rest of the family. I probably wouldn't buy one myself, but i'm happy to use it as it was a freebie! People on BB seem to swear by ErgoBaby carriers though, i''d prob get one if I didnt have the Bjorn, because it really is a lot better at the shops to just carry bubs and not push a bulky pram around.

AFM...
I got offered a part time job yesterday, in a really good, high traffic store, full of staff I know and get along with really well... But my parental leave doesn't end till 7th September and they'd need me to start before then. So now I have to toss up whether I end my parental leave early in order to secure a good job that i don't even have to search for or even interview for! Or do I pass on it, which means I have to start the job hunt in September (for those not in my due date group, my employee closed up about a month before I was due to start maternity leave so I don't have a job to go back to there).
I wanted to also stay home with Jacob as long as possible, but I know financially, this won't be a realistic option come September anyway when the government parental leave runs out.
It also means working Thursday night, Sat and Sunday, if I want to avoid full day childcare - DH gets Sat/Sun off, so i'd only need a babysitter for like 4-5hrs on a Thursday afternoon this way, BUT it doesn't give us a lot of family time

Don't know what to do ????

[Shanti]

Hi girls!!!

Thank you all for making me feel welcome in this group. I knew I would be welcome in here and it's nice to be in with all you girls I was pregnant with in our belly buddies group!! My bub is younger than most of your bubs but that's good as I know what's coming up as I read what your bubs are doing etc..... besides, this is bub #2 for me, so no big deal, I've done all this before!!!

Lillian was born on 26 May after a 14.5hr labour (longer than my first by 5hrs!!) and drug free natural labour again. I am yet to write up my birth story...... she was 10lb 6oz!!!! 4.7kg hahaha 6 days overdue.

Well, Lillian is 5 weeks old now and I'm really enjoying being a Mummy 2nd time around.... it's sooooo much easier 2nd time around. I'm more relaxed, less stressed, don't need to learn everything there is about being a new Mum etc and how to care for a baby, done it all before. Lilly is so easy to look after, she rarely cries and when she does it's for milk and she really is such a content, happy little baby. She started smiling at 2 weeks of age!!! So sweet.... I don't remember DD1 smiling that young, she was about 4 weeks I think when she did. DD1 loves and adores her baby sister and she is being really gentle with her. First couple of weeks we had a few moments where we had to tell her off but generally now she's wonderful with her little sister!! I love having two baby girls and think about how they will grow up together, playmates etc..... really really special.

Lilly has had two colds, yes two colds in her short life of 5 weeks AND tonsilitis (caught from her older sister!!)..... I think these germs followed DD1 home from Kindy. We are all well again now thankgoodness!! It's been hard having Lilly sick as it affects their feeding big time..... saline nasal spray and vaporiser has been in constant use in our house!!!!

We spent the day at dreamworld today (got 2yr passes) and we had a really lovely family day!! DD1 who is nearly 2.5yrs old absolutely loved it and went on some rides and kept saying "faster" LOL she is crazy for a 2 year old!! just loves the rides and not scared at all..... and Lilly slept in the close carrier all day long except for waking for 2 feeds...... easy!!

I hope to start catching up with you all as of today, I will try and post more often. Just been enjoying being a Mum of two girls and adjusting to it all. So much easier this time around!! Lilly seems to have settled so nicely into our family. We're so happy. Hope things are going as well for you all too!!!!!

Ps. Thanks Bern for writing to the Mods

[KimB]

Hi all, I don't get much time to post on here so thought it was time for an update.

Phoebe is doing well. I need to get her weighed this week as we haven't had it done for a couple of weeks. Last weigh in she was 4.85kg bare, that was at 6 weeks and she is now 9 OMG the time is just going to fast. Phoebe is almost in 00's now and she has been out of newborns since she was about 3 weeks old. I find the babylove ones are better and just that bit bigger. We do use the Aldi ones as well She also loves her baths and showers and we have incorporated it into her nighttime routine. She has a bath/shower, gets massaged, dressed, fed and then it's beddy bys time. She is also awake for much longer periods now and likes to look around at everything. She is going to love the school holidays with all the rest of the kids at home We went to my mums last night for her birthday party. Phoebe got passed around like a sack of spuds lol. Even my granddad got cooed at and smiled at and he just melted.

We do have some trouble with DD3, she likes to cover Phoebe's mouth over with her hand until Phoebe can't breath. We have gone off at her so many times but she is still doing it. We do still spend time with each child so I'm thinking it's something else - not jealousy.

[Porsche]

Hi Ladies

Shanti – Welcome. You are more than welcome to join us all here.

EMC – I’ve never had any problems with the huggies leaking. I’m using cloth full time now but not the terry flats. I use MCN’s. Maybe try another brand? I used to get the cosies or cosie fits (I forget the name but it sounds like one of those) brand from the chemist when my first 2 were babies. They are cheaper than the other brands and are a great nappy. What problems are you having expressing?

Gemini_girl – I can’t believe they couldn’t slot you in. I hope you are able to get that swab done. It must have been scary to see you bub not breath. I’d be straight on the phone to the hospital to ask for their oppinion.
L loves her bath to. She stretches out and has a giglge now and then.

Kelly – Don’t worry too much about weight. As long as they are gaining weight that’s all that matters. What an adventure you’ve had. I hope the broncitis clears up.

Farmgirl – Yes I did make the expo. It was a great day out. I’ve been getting out and about in the last week. My Mum surprised me on Friday by popping in. She might pop in today as well. I too am waiting for L to start rolling lol. I forget when they start to do that.

Babybellyburton – You can transfer the PPL to your DH if you need to. Not sure what the process is but it could be an option if you don’t want to pass up on the job.

Is anyone else having problems with tummy time?I put L down and she doesn’t raise her head all the way up. She also starts screaming after all of about 1min. I’m not sure what is going on. I really don’t want her to regress. But not sure how to encourage her to lift her head high.

In regard to the "May" thread if we all just post in here the other may just drop off?

Hi Kim and everyone else.

[Jellybean29]

Porshe, I saw an awesome vid on the net about tummy time being not the best and better to put then on their back and let them learn to roll over... I'll try and dig it up and post.

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[TaRhLi.]

Porshe: My boys aren't that impressed with tummy time. Liam will move his head from side to side but put Rhys on his tummy he will just get himself into a comfy position and then fall asleep. To help with the neck muscles when we burp them we will always switch them around including one when they are over our leg and they both seem to lift their heads up when we do that, I also will let then lay on my chest and they will also lift their heads then as well. Liam already has fantastic head control so I'm not too worried, with Tara she hated tummy time as well - she was a spewy baby - and she learnt to lift her head. As for the rolling, Liam has done an involantery roll at the MCHN visit at 3 weeks but I remember her first real roll (she was trying to do it) was 1 day before my birthday and she was just over 4 mths old.

[gemini_girl]

Hi Everyone,

It sounds like there is quite a few illnesses getting around I guess thats a part of having a winter baby (this is my first winter baby)
I have Bree booked in to see the doctor this afternoon. She was really unsettled last night, kept crying for about 3 hours on and off. I think she just wore herself out in the end. She hasn't been coughing too much, she chokes occassionally and gasps for air. My usual doctor was booked out today so we are seeing a different doctor, hope he does the swab - just to be sure. Maybe give something different to help settle her belly, something that doesn't loose its magic after a few days would be good.

I am typing one handed as Bree only wants to sleep upright at the moment. I feel really tired myself today, watching Bree sleeping in my arms just makes it worse lol. She has woken up at 5 the last couple of mornings. She had 6.5 bottles yesterday. Think she might be going through another growth spurt. I want to get her weighed today as she is 2 months old, I'll wait and see how she is.

I haven't had a check-up myself, I keep thinking about it, just haven't gotten around to it. The amount of time I spend at doctors with my kids is crazy, so my health usually gets forgotten about. I don't think I said much about it before, the girls from my belly group know how much time I spent in hospitals when pneumonia went through my family during the third trimester and then I ended up in wheelchair because of my pelvis/hips. But anyway, to give a quick run down on how it is everyday in my household... DD2 has just been through the craniofacial unit, so she had to see half a dozen specialists and we had to sit down at a board meeting afterwards with a room full of specialists - psychologist, speech pathologist, ENT, just to name a few. She was taken in for GA to have 6 teeth pulled a few weeks ago. Thats just the start of it all. My DS was prescribed contact lenses at 18 months of age as he is legally blind without correction. Both DD2 and DS have hearing loss to some degree. DS wears hearing aids, DD2 has just been setup with an FM system for the classroom. They both have hair loss which has kept doctors scratching their head for the past 2 years. They both have social and behaviour issues that we're trying to deal with, DD2 - anxiety, DS - obssessive compulsive. They both wet the bed every single night. DD2 has been through two bedwetting programs. I have been thinking about buying a second washing machine to help keep up with washing two sets of bedding every day. A lady I spoke to the other day told me her daughter didn't stop wetting the bed until she was in her late 20's - OMG.
Anyway, so thats why I don't like going to see doctors. I've dealt with too many of them.

Kim - Yes I find routine makes it so much better. I hope you can sort out the mouth covering issue soon. I have nothing to suggest at the moment, but I will keep it in mind. I find with my DD2 especially that it doesn't matter how much time I spend with her one on one, she still gets jeleous.

Shanti its nice to hear that despite all the trouble you have had with illness, Lillian is settling in well with the family.! Look forward to hear from you more often

BBB have fun in Sydney, you lucky duck let me know how you get on with the bjorn carrier... ! We'll have to catch up sometime after your trip, when I know for sure that Bree isn't carrying any nastys. Not sure what advice to give you surrounding your job offer. I guess you'll have to look into the finer details. With recent work history, I doubt you would have any trouble finding another job when the time is right for you.

Kelly you gotta be happy with service like that. I'm glad you got in right away, I hate the thought of being anywhere near hospitals. The reception staff at the clinic on Sat told me to take Bree to hospital, but like I said to DH, if I take her to hospital and she didn't have it, chances are high she will pick something up. So I am happy they got your little boy seen to straight away. Hope he recovers quickly. xx
Yay for all that extra help

Now that I have blabbered on for far too long lol... I have to get a few things done and get ready to head out. Take care everyone!

[Bern]

porsche - we dont do much tummy time here, usually after her bath i flip her long enough on her tummy to dry her back etc. sometimes when we burp her we lay her across our legs on her tummy and she holds her head up that way ( we support her under her neck with our hand.

[emc2]

To begin with a friend bought me a lot of nappies so I had him in the old Aldi ones in hospital, then Pampers, then more old Aldi ones, then the Huggies. Then I opened my box of Huggies which is unfortunately when they started leaking. I made sure I opened the leak protection and even tried pilchers over the top of them.

Luckily I had bought a few types of cloth. Two Bambooty nappies, A packet of terry flats and some bamboo flats which were seconds so cheap. Also I have pins and Snappis, and the liners and bucket.

What makes it easier is the housing commission put in a clothes line during the week and also I live in quite a small unit. Also I realised, most of the nappies are wees.

So once I did the first one it got easier. I find the terry ones are drying faster than the bamboo flats, my balcony gets a lot of sun, but the bamboo fitted and flats don't quite dry.

With feeding him, I think with the expressing, it's mainly that I'm not getting as much rest as I should and although I am coping well with what is going on it was still a lot of things that happened. I have got visits organised so that the baby's Dad is coming with his Dad twice a week so that is something that is sorted out, prior to us organising a Parenting Plan.

Yesterday it was my Dad's (Grandad's!) birthday, and so we had the two babies there, mine and my nephew and we were taking lots of photos!

I guess the main thing that Jim has apart from wind, is the hiccups, I just give him some homemade gripe water for that, boiled cooled water with a tiny bit of sugar! Probably really bad for him, but it stops the hiccups. I might just start giving him plain water. I tried breastfeeding for it but he would just hiccup for ages on my boob.

Just adding with tummy time, I got asked that at the hospital appointment to check his hips after a breech birth, then they gave me a leaflet. I said oh we haven't given him tummy time. But he has such a strong head and neck, and when I looked at the brochure we had already been doing lots of things they had in it, in winding him, that he has had "tummy time".

I am getting his shots at 8 weeks as I am trying to rest more and we aren't around a lot of other children or do too much shopping particularly. So I will get his shots then, and then the following week the child health people are kindly doing another home visit for us.

I still haven't bothered to ring up about the local mother's group but I have been to the ABA one.

[gemini_girl]

Just dropping by quickly to update. Took Bree to the doc, they didn't swab again. But they did give her injections. She screamed and screamed, cried her little heart out, she even had little tears, and bought a tear to my eye too. I had forgotten to take her dummy as I rushed out the door, so she done well to quieten down on her own afterwards. They weighed her at the doc, she weighed 5.8kg dressed, but I wanted to do it without her clothes on (they don't like doing that at the clinic) so I took her to child and youth health and weighed her there. She weighed 5.4kg. Length is 57cm. HC is 40. She is 2.2kg heavier than birth weight, and 8cm longer. I know she is getting bigger, but I was amazed she has grown 8cm in length. I'm so proud of my littlest girl.