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

Hey everyone,

I hear some ladies are starting to get some sleep during the night :D good to hear!
Bree had a long sleep the other night, she had a bottle at 8:30 then slept til 7am when I woke her. I nearly had a heart attack when I woke and looked at the time. I took her to the doc questioning reflux and asked him if I should be concerned about her sleeping so long, as some of the midwives say not to let them sleep so long. Doc didn't seem to concerned "as long as she doesn't do it every night" was his words. The next night was about 9 hours. and now she is back to about 6 hourly. She is feeding a little better than she has been. We were told to give her a cherry shaped dummy to help her strengthen her sucking action. She hasn't vomited for a few days so I am careful every feed now, as I'm sure there is one not far away lol. Doc has prescribed mylanta to help with the reflux which seems to help her. She is burping a lot better now too... Still a little unsettled at times during the day, but I rather it be during the day than at night.
Bree loves it when I give her nappy free time.. She was all smiley today, thought it was wonderful lol

Gemini - thats cute hun! My lil guy is getting used to the nudies but being that bit cold it is a bit tricky - i think boys like it a bit less than girls on their bits.

Porsche - seems i am getting better at this one handed gig :). You gotta do what you gotta do lol. As for the weight I hear ya! I have now lost 14 kgs but have another 8 to go. Th bf helps but so does the constant rocking and settling, as well as the baby wearing. i do enjoy my walk though and strap R into the ergocarrier. I guess his extra weight helps too but doesnt do my back or shoulders any favours - they are killing me!

Kim - did you mention the toddler juggle? if so i hear ya. C seems to be particularly naughty lately which i think is a combo of my lack of sleep and impatience and him just trying the boundaries. I also feel guitly for him watching too mch TV and I feel jealous that DH seems to get all teh fun times and i get the tantrums :(. I guess he was used to being the centre of my world, and to be honest, I was used to being the centre of his. Oh well, at least River still loves me!

Hello everyhone else!

All good here, we have our 6 week checkup this week as well. I did weigh R though and he is about 5.5 kg which is just HUGE! Clever boy, obviously getting good milk which I am happy about given I was concerned with all his off and on attachment that he might be just grazing. He has had a cold and was a bit unsettled yesterday I ghink from a tummy bug as we all had a bit of it, but is sleeping quite well (no large blocks at night though you lucky girls...). He is very much a koala bub which I hear is normal for us primates LOL.

Ok, better go spend some time with DS#1, TTFN

PS good luck to all those with 6 week apps in next week or so

Hi Ladies


Gemini_girl - Yay for the long blocks of sleep. L sleeps 6 hourly during the night and only one 3 hour sleep during the day. Except for the last 4 days lol. I remember when my first slept through the night for the first time. I had a heart attack too lol.

Dragonbub - I am going to start walking L in the pram of an afternoon in hopes of dropping some KG's. I think I've lost about 3kg if that hence my frusteration. I need to lose about 15 or so more before I'm going to be a happy camper again lol. I feel really gross. Any who good luck with your 6 week appointment. I have mine next week. But have another mother ad baby appointment tomorrow.

Porsche - it will happen hun, easy does it. Remember it took 9 months to put it all on, so allow the same for getting rid of it!

Was reading up some stuff on 4th trimester and it kind of reinforces what I ahve been doing. Lots of cuddles, baby-wearing and co-sleeping. He is definitely a much more contented baby in the evenings if I have worn him all day. Apparently the theory is they are born three months too early so that they fit through the pelvis. Therefore they like a simlar environment to the womb until about 3 months when they are much more able to control their heads, hands etc. Oh well, I am enjoying the snuggles at least, but car trips are still a nightmare. I do get out and about though, I just either time it right for when he is asleep, or drive holding the dummy in his mouth :)

Hi everyone!

Haha driving holding the dummy. Whatever works. I too am enjoying the snuggles. I only co sleep when L is really hard to settle. She sleep really well during the night so no worries there it's only the day's she has developed a problem. I'm very good at tuning out the crying lol.

Just bumping our thread. Not much going on here. L is due for her shots today so I better book her in.

Sorry, a lot of us are still typing in our due date group, as over half of us had out bubs 1-15th may even though we were due 16-31st!

Jacob had his 6 week health check today, he's 4.1kg now, so he's put on about 250g a week from the booby juice, he is also nice and long. He's gone from being in 10th percentile at 2 weeks to 50th percentile now :)
Haven't booked in his vaccinations yet ! need to get onto it.

I got a prescription for the mini pill but neither doctor nor pharmacist advised when to start it?!?! AF hasn't started yet, in the pamphet in the box it says if you are starting this after pregnancy or if breastfeeding, your doctor will advise you how to start taking the pill....arrrgh. Anyone know? Do I just start today, or do I wait for AF (which could not come for months and months?!).

babyBelly - start as soon as you want hun. Don't wait for af cos you will most likely ovulate before af arrives and might have a chance of falling pg. I started mini-pill after C was 6 weeks old and af didnt arrive until 2 months after I stopped feeding which was 14 months. I plan on waiting a bit longer this time but thats just me and i find the mini-pill gives me weird side effects.

Porsche -eems like we are in the middle of a wonder week which accounts for the clinginess :) It will be over soon though :pray:

AFM - sposed to have my chn appoint yesterday but hn called in sick. then 6 week appoint with OB that was postponed cos he had a c sec to do. By the time he was free, River chucked an overtired spaz and i just couldn't get him into the car.

Gotta go, Caden is demanding mummy time ;)

Hi girls,

I had Bree booked in for her 6 week check which turned out to be a three part process. The doctor checked her physical well being but wouldn't do her injections. Trying to catch up with the nurse in the clinic is near impossible. So I went to Child and Youth Health and got Bree weighed, she is 4.7kg. She wouldn't co-operate, so I didn't get her length. I am still waiting to get her injections done.
I started to get a little confused because when Bree was born they told me that things had changed and they have their first injections at 6 weeks rather than 2 months, but the blue folder, and the magnet I have on my fridge, both say the first injections are due at 2 months :doh: from reading this thread though I'm guessing you ladies are going by 6 weeks???

I learned today that Bree is more than happy to lay in bed when their is music to keep her entertained :D ...or maybe it's a coincidence! It gave me a good chance to start packing anyway!

She has been a bit cheeky with her feeds. She had started taking the full 150mls (160) for a couple of days, but yesterday and today she has been taking about 100 on average, less than what she was taking before stepping up to 160 grr. I am keeping a record of her feeding etc, and the only thing I can see different is that we stopped giving her so much mylanta. I noticed at the start of all this fussing, that she started vomiting again too. Which reminds me, I am starting to think I need to buy a second washing machine.

Anyways, I hope your all getting lots of sleep, Bree has gone back to 3-4 hourly during the night. I keep telling her that I want her to sleep longer, but I'm still waiting patiently lol

Hey all, Jacob had his 6 week checkup, 4.1kg and 54cm. thats a 1.2kg and 8cm increase since 2 week checkup :)
Yes I was also told 6 weeks for immunisations in hospital, and then Dr said today 8 weeks.... so who knows! I think I'll wait to 8 weeks now though since Jacob was born at 38 weeks anyway.

Jacob is now holding his head up really well, just started doing this last 3 days, and he is also sleeping through the night a lot better, sometimes 4-5 hours, which is awesome!

Hi Eveyone

Still here just very busy and not much chance to get on to BB, but still reading all the updates.

We have a sick house at the moment, DH thought he was getting a cold early in the week so then DD got it plus a bit of an upset tummy as well. So of course the boys got it as well, Rhys has the cold and Liam had the upset tummy but I thought I had missed it but last night I felt horrid and today not much better so going to head to the chemist to get something to help.

DH is back at work on Monday but my niece will be here for the weke to help out which is great. DD will miss DH since he has been home for 5 weeks but I can tell you that I am looking forward to him going back to work as having him home is a help with the kids but he definately makes a lot of mess and I feel like I'm forever tidying up after everyone.

As for injections, we get them done at 8 weeks... I have my 6 weeks checkup on Wednesday which is good as after all this time I'm now getting pain at my c/s scar, it might just be because everything inside is now getting smaller to fit back into place but I haven't had any discomfort post c/s until now. Obviously it doesn't help feeling sick as well. So Wednesday is a very busy day for us as I've got back to back appt's for me and the boys all day so it will be interesting trying to juggle feedings in as well but at least I can leave them in their capsules and prop a bottle up to feed them. Oh I've also started Liam on Infant Gaviscon to see if this helps with his reflux as he is now getting very upset when he is sick - especially when it comes out his nose - so fingers crossed it helps.

Anyway, I'm going to jump in the shower before I have to start about doing DD's lunch.

Kelly you are doing an amzaing job. Thats nice that your niece will be coming down for the week. I have been worried about Bree catching the cold, DD1 bought it home and passed it to DH and DD2, I think DS is also getting it. I have escaped it so far, touch wood. I refuse to let anyone else feed or cuddle Bree until they stop coughing and both DD's are spending a lot of time in their room playing, or the family room, to try and contain it. Bree has been a bit snotty, but she has been like that since birth so I don't think thats a cold. She has been unsettled but we are finding that she usually settles well about 15 minutes after giving her mylanta. She is quite happily laying in her bassinet at the moment. I haven't tried the infacol or gaviscon that I have heard mentioned.
I think I will now wait until 8 weeks for the injections too, just to make sure that she is well enough and hopefully by then she is feeding well too.
Good luck for Wednesday, sounds like it's going to be very busy for you.

BBB Wow 8cm, that BM is working it's magic. I was saying to DH the other day how Bree is very short compared to Jacob. She seems to be growing wider rather than longer lol. Congratulations on getting your 5 hourly sleep at night, that IS awesome! :D

Dragonbub How do you manage carrying your bub? I have thought about getting one of those strap things (can't think of what they are called - baby brain) so I can carry Bree rather than put her in the pram. But she loves the pram. eg. She was screaming in the car for a feed yesterday, she was due, but when I got her out and into the stroller, she fell asleep. I wonder if carrying her would have the same effect?
I struggle to fit everything in the car. I have a wagon with a ****ie seat in the back, but because I have gas on the car, I also have the spare wheel in the back (well it's actually in the garage at the moment), so adding the stroller to that too, it makes it difficult to get DS in and out of the seat etc. Without the spare wheel there, I can fit the stroller in flat and still have room for DS to step past it, otherwise the stroller has to be on it's side right up against the seat. In my infinte wisdom I thought to myself, well we'll just have to run the car on petrol, as if then we would be able to store the spare wheel back under the car where the gas tank is LOL - gotta love that baby brain.
So anyway, the next best thing I could think of was to carry her with one of those supports eliminating the need to take the stroller. However, I have already pulled muscles in my back from nursing Bree, so I don't know how I would go carrying her around like that.
Ok, I'll stop rambling now lol

I have a baby carrier support thing given to me by a friend but Jacobs legs don't seem chubby enough for it, I dunno you can come give it a try GG and see if you like it, i'm not really into it. I think cos both our bubs were early, 8 weeks is prob better vaccines too, where are you going for them? Hope your clan are well soon GG!

We went out today with Jared's family who are visiting from Sydney and I took some frozen EBM, by the time I got home my boobs were sooo hard and full that I expressed 150ml in 5min just to relieve some pressure and Jacob still got a good feed off them straight after!

KellyD, a sick family AND newborn twins, you've got it tough girl, you are an amazing mummy!!

Hi ladies,

Phoebe had her needles last week and she was so brave. Only a little cry. She now weighs 4.85kg (bare weight) and is 58cm long. So I have another long girl here :) She is having some trouble with wind lately and screams when I put her down. It gets annoying when I have to hold her all day so I'm buying a Close Carrier from Feeb.

KellyD - wow you are having a rough trot atm. Hope things pick up for you soon.

Sorry have to go, Phoebe is crying again and only seems to settle when I'm holding her.

hi ladies,

chloes rash was clearing up so well last week, and now we are home and today it has flared right up again :( tyring a laundry powder change, was using omo powder, changing to purity liquid. also ive been wearing a wooly jacket while feeding etc so maybe that is causing her to flare up? its around her neck and a little on her chest now, we are due for 6 week check up on thursday so will see what gp says.

Bern - I find the heat stirs up Rivers rash and if he has chucked a bit and the milk is on his face (although it looks clean the milk still stirs up the bacteria). He has it his chest and back too.

Kim - wtg on the needles with your brave girl. I will be getting them done at 8 weeks too I suppose. Seems we are a group with koala babies but I think that is an age thing. Tyhey do like being close to mummy which is nice but a bit hard going to the loo one handed :)

BBB - thaTS the thing with ebm. Everyone says to express to give yourself the night off but you still end up in pain! I am glad you relieved the pressure.

Gemini - I have an ergo which allows me two hands free and carries him upright and a sling that is abit harder with one hand but easier to put on when R is asleep and he can lie lots of ways, I can even feed him in it. I love them both and take at least one of them everywhere. Tyhey are almost guaranteed to get him to sleep especially when out in public.

KellyD - agreed, yoe ARE doing an amazing job hun! Bummer about the C sec scar babe, hoping it is as you say just the moving of everything back in place.

AFM - went to a wedding on Saturday with R. C didnt come cos kids weren't allowed but R was of course ;). He was brilieant in the car going up but screamed a bit when we left and we had to pull over. He was right after that though and was fine the next day when we had a family lunch. I am hoping he is getting used to it a bit.

Ok, gotta go he is getting feisty, TTFN

Bern - Brianna has a similar thing going on. I was really concerned until I noticed that it got worse when she kept moving her head looking for food, her clothes rub on her chest and top of her back. She also gets it on the side of the face from sleeping. I have a cloth nappy under her incase she vomits. I have stopped using nappy san to see if that helps. I can't remember which washing powder I use because when I bought it I tipped it into the bucket container I have from the previous washing powder. Brianna also gets a pimply thing going on and I have bought baby butter, expensive, but it works well, it's non greasy.

OMG Brianna is screaming for a feed, she has started a new trend of feeding 2 hourly during the day and 4-5 hourly at night...

Thanks for the tip dragonbub, and I might take you up on that offer BBB. gotta run for now...

Hi girls

KellyD - like others have said, you are doing fab. I started getting sick last week, had the sorest throat and was almost i tears thinking of trying to look after B feeling this awful, but thankfully it only lasted a day. But DH now has it and its lasting longer, but B hasn't got it. Must be good milk I've got protecting his immune system :)

gg - I have a tyion sling which is a soft wrap sling and its so comfy for both of us, DH likes to wear it too. He never really liked it in the cradle position, but he loves the upright position, guaranteed sleepytime and so much easier than getting the pram in and out of the car. I think we've only taken the pram to the shops once.

BBB - wow 150ml in 5 mins and I was proud to get 120ml in 40mins!

Bern - is that still the hormone rash or a rash rash? B still has the hormone rash and seems to flare up more after the chucks up or has been chucking a tanty.

Kim - yay for havinbg needles out the way. I am dreading getting B's, I think I might stick him on the boob, it's supposed to be good as its soothes them and I guess distracts them?

AFM - weighed B on the Wii this morning and he's 5.2kg! it will be interesting to see what he is next week at the CHN appt. Has anyone been or will be going to a mothers/parents groups? I went to go this arvo but the chn that came out when B was 10 days gave me the wrong time, so I missed it this morning. Wondering if I should bother going. He's still sleeping well at night, but yesterday I had him in the sling most of the day so he slept a lot and woke up at 5 instead of 6:30am... so now will need to work out whether we have him sleep a little less during the day to get more overnight or put him down a bit later? (We had been having 11-6ish so have also thought about putting him down earlier and then "dreamfeeding" him at 11 to get more night sleep...). Maybe we shouldn't be too greedy :)

Hope you're all going well and aren't too tired

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I've been quiet for a bit, my husband has been on holidays and we have been busy around the house doing landscaping.

I've had a quick read through the posts, and it sounds like everyone is doing a fabulous job!

Porsche: What city are you in? Have you found some friends to support you, even just for a coffee date and chat?

Gemini Girl: Welcome to the group :) I have very sensitive skin and so does Amelia. I use Aware washing powder for sensitive skin. It's got no petrochemicals in it, and can be used in a front loader. I then use Earth Choice softener. You do have to look for them on the shelf though as not all shops stock them, and they are often either very high, or very low on the shelf.

Dragonbub: Thanks for the idea of the movement monitor. I have been lucky that at night Amelia settles on her back by herself. IT's only in the day she sleeps on her tummy, and only ever when I can supervise.

Melly Belly: I've been using Pigeon Breast Milk Bags to store milk in the freezer. They allow the milk to freeze quicker, and also heat quicker then in convential bottles. With my first baby I used the Avent Via system, but these are bulky in the freezer, and take a long time to defrost.

AFM: Amelia is sleeping well at night now, and I'm able to put her into ther bassinet awake and she puts herself to sleep with no fuss (a god send given our first few weeks had me convinced I'd be a couch sleeper for a while). We still have the odd screaming fit from her, but generally from gas. She has taken to crying when we sit on the couch though, and this can be frustrating for my husband. I've also decided against a dummy, so at times I'm comforting her with the breast, but it works for us so I'm happy.

I've also been spending time looking for a job and working out when I'm going to go back to work. I was made redundant at 36 weeks, and whilst I want to stay off work till mid september, but the finances are dictating otherwise.

I'm heading to bed now, gotta sleep when Amelia is in bed or I don't get a chance to catch up.

Farmgirl - wow landscaping thats awesome! We are in a new house so still have heaps to do and a new bub has stalled most projects. Well done on Amelia settling herself. The work situation is hard isn't it? I would love all of next year off but keep telling myself that I dont have to go back full time straight away. Its just that I am the main income earner and earn twice as much as DH which makes it a bit hard to justify, but DH is very supportive of me having time off.

Melly - wow sounds like a chubba bubba, wtg :) My lill guy is about 5.3kg or so but will weigh him Thursday at the checkup. Yes I think you are being greedy (kidding ;)) enjoy it hun! I have asked about mothers group so would like to go. I moved after having Caden and I just adore my MG with him. However it is harder to catch uo these days as we are an hour drive away, and they are such great friends with Caden that I would like the same network for River.

Gemini - sounds like a growth spurt. You feel like you are being milked dry and in a few days when its over your (.)(.)s will be too full!

AFM - both Caden and River have the flu :(. Poor lil tykes. They both have temps and R really struggles to breath through hus nose which makes feeds difficult. It upsets his tummy too and he spent last night sleeping in my arms or farting and pooing. His lil bot is so red :(. I have a bit of a sore throat too eek! So many people around us lately have had it, I just wish River could have avoided it.

Oh - does anyone's bub have a swollen nipple? Rivers lefty is swollen and a hard lump inside. I think it is from the estrogen during birth but thought it should have gone by now. It doesn't seem to hurt him though. Y?et another thing to ask the doc about on Thursday :rolleyes:

:( all Bree's milk comes from the bottle... I have her on formula. Which is suppose to keep them fuller for longer... :-?
I hope Caden and River are feeling better soon. Big hugs.

dragonbub - yes chloe had swollen nipples with the lump, completely normal. not sure if she still has it will check in the morning and let you know :)

melly - chloes rash is still like the little pimples but like millions of them, its now on her chest. im assuming its still the hormone rash and hoping its not a rash rash. am seeing gp on thursday for checkup and will get him to assess it. also need to get referal for ultrasound on chloes hips as DD1 has hip dysplasia and its hereditary, so need to make sure her hips are great.

as for feeding chloe has a feed around about 1030 - 1100pm ish and then sleeps till about 5, then sleeps till about 9. Is everyones bubs still sleeping heaps? when do they start being more alert? cant remember much of how things are as its been 5 yrs between babies lol.

anyway hope you ladies are well. best get to bed now as its 1138pm.

Hi Ladies

Farmgirl I'm in Ipswich. No Haven't found any friends. LOL I sound like a nigel no friends. I'm popping into work for a little visit so that gets me out of the house today plus my 6 week check up. I went and saw my sister on Monday so that helped as well but she is an hour drive away and not really close by. Just dealing with being stuck at home. I'm getting used to the idea. I'm glad Amelia is sleeping well at night. It means you can cope with thngs better during the day. That's what I've found anyway. Good luck with the job hunt. I hate looking for work. Hope someting pops up for you.

I haven't had a chance to catch up on all your replys lol. I will read through when I have a moment L is starting to get fussy now. She had her needles yesterday. Poor poppet. She cried and then I cried . I hate hearing her cry like that. I keep telling myself it's all for the best lol.

Porsche I know I will cry too when it is Bree's turn for her needles. It makes the heart feel very heavy doesn't it.

Bern - Bree could be sound asleep, but as soon as dinner is served, she starts screaming until she gets picked up and bought to the table with us. She is such a sticky beak and wants to learn all about food already, smelling it is not quite enough for her, she needs to see it lol Her face expression is so funny, it's like she is looking for solids already... Anyway I guess what I was getting to was that I don't thing Bree sleeps soundly during the day, she still has an awareness of what is going on to some degree. She also has her snuggly times, where she wants to sleep in our arms, and as soon as we try to put her down, she screams, even though she seemed sound asleep before attempting to put her down to bed.

So, it's official, I found "sleep in a bottle". Stomach Calm by Brauer. We gave 0.5ml to Bree last night as Mylanta seems to have lost its touch. So she had a bottle at 7:20pm after having a bath and the Stomach Calm, and slept until 4:30am, back to sleep by 5am until 9am sleeping soundly, and her feeding and burping was great... I just wish that she could have told me of her plans for a long sleep, I would have made sure I was in bed right after her... doh

BBB Will have to catch up with you soon - when this weather settles a little maybe !

Hope everyone is well...

Hi Girls,

Do you mind if I join in on this thread? My bub was born May 24th, but since all the girls from Belly Buddies May 16th-31st had their babies early there is no one in the Baby Buddies May 16th-31st thread! Plus I know most of you from the Belly Buddies thread.

Hi to Dragonbub, KimB, Bern, Porsche, Mellybelly & Farmgirl from our Belly Buddies thread.

Hello to all the other new mummies in here.

Hope everyone is enjoying newborn cuddles with their little ones. I love being a mum, Im so lucky that I have a happy and healthy bub. Since all the babies are a little older than my baby you can tell what fun things are in store!

I see most of you are getting the 2 month vaccinations. Do I just book into the GP for this? Do I need to wait until bub has seen the paed for her 6 week app?

Welcome Summertime! I don't mind if you join our group, kinda makes sense really since you shared your pregnancy with us. I just book into the doctors for the 2 month needles. I don't have a paed, never needed one, so my kids just go to the local medical centre who have been my doctors since I was conceived. How's bub going?

Porsche: I live in Strathpine, about 25 mins north of Brisbane. If you are ever in need of someone for a coffee and a chat, I'd be more then happy to keep you company. I too find being an at home mum a bit isolating. It can be daunting to get out and meet new people when you have a new bub in tow. Even though I have my family and friends around me, they all work, and so I feel very alone during the week. I even find myself hanging around at daycare just to get some 'adult' conversation time.

AFM: Well I'll be volunteering at the Brisbane Baby Expo on Saturday to help promote the Friends of the Birth Centre and teach women about their birthing options. I'm really looking forward to sharing my experiences, and getting out of the house for a while. Amelia will be coming with me, and I'm hoping she'll just sleep in the baby bjorn.
I took Amelia to the doctors on Tuesday night. She wasn't feeding for more then about 30 secs all day, hadn't done a poo since Monday morning, and was having constant bouts of screaming. The doctor checked her out and she was still well hydrated, so he wasn't too concerned, just colicky he thought. She fed better on Wednesday, but still no poo. And yesterday she fed and slept well, and at lunch she let it all out (with a grin on her face I might add). Honestly, not even two nappies could have caught what was waiting for me in her pants. I conceded defeat and just stripped her off and put her in the bath. Needless to say she has been a much happier baby overnight. I managed to get another four bags of EBM into the freezer over this time too which is good. I need to get the stocks up for when I return to work.

Gemini-Girl: Is the stomach calm something for reflux or wind? I don't find Infacol does much so I'm looking for an alternative to that and Gripe Water. I also found with Amelia that putting her down on her tummy helps her to sleep when she has a sore tummy. Apparantly the pressure on their tummy is comforting.

Bern: I thought it was around the six week mark that they become more alert. Amelia has a very definite alert state, generally after a good sleep and then a feed. She looks to us for a facial response and when we smile back, her little face lights up. This lasts for probably 10-15mins, and then she starts looking away and disengaging.

Dragonbub: I hear you on the income story. I'm in the same position, and the government allowance just doesn't cut it. (not complaining about the scheme, just about my situation). Whilst I don't want to be an at home mum forever, I also don't want to be rushed back to work just because of money. I guess I just need to find a happy medium. What are your plans for returning?

Gotta go, the little guy wants to look up the circus to see if we can afford to go. Happy cuddles:)

morning ladies,

ive got a sick little 5 yr old, shes been up vomitting all night :( Chloe was a little whingy last night after her needles but other than that she was good. fed every 2 hours though so have had a crap nights sleep.

I have noticed we get little smiles etc and eye contact the last week so yep the 6 week mark for them being more alert.

Summertime - welcome back to our group - like farmgirl said you were a part of the pregnancy group so it makes sence for you to join us :) and really whats a week n a bit difference in sharing our baby journey....

Chloes rash has cleared up heaps, GP wasnt worried about it. But he is making us get an ultrasound on her hips as one legs has 2 thigh creases and the other has 3. My Tianna has hip displasia and he picked that up by her having uneven thigh creases. And as its a hereditry thing he wants to just get the ultrasound done for our peace of mind. Im not too worried though cause the creases line up there is just an extra crease.

best go give Tianna some mummy loving.

Hi Girls

Well it looks like my boys are getting over the worst of the colds as they have picked up on eating again, so much so that Liam can now finishe his bottle in 10-15mins when before he was sick it would take him up to an hour to feed and we've been getting smiles here for the past week or so. Liam seems a bit more ahead of Rhys but it is so nice to get some positive reactions from them now.

They both had weigh in's yesterday with the MCHN - we don't see the pead for another 3 1/2 weeks as Liam still has some scans to get done - and Rhys now weighs 4115grams (1.485kg increase since birth) and Liam 4050grams (1.28kg increase since birth) so both boys are doing really well in the weigh stakes. I also had my 6 week check up on Wednesday and took the boys to show them off, it is really sad now that I won't be seeing my Ob/IVF girls anymore as the twins will be our last babies. I've been dealing with them all for the past 3 1/2 years during our TTC journey and pregnancies and now that is all over, we will even be sending a consent to the IVF clinic as well to destroy our last remaining embryo's which is sad in a way but we know that it is just not viable for us to use them and see what happens - we have 3 left - as if they all worked then 6 kids is just not possible for us.

hi girls

have B in the sling again, he just settles so easily when I put him in, I don't even try to put him in his bed during the day (unless he's fallen asleep during a feed). His reflux seems to be so much better (practically since we took him to the dr, typical!) and doesn't spew much anymore, mostly overspill when he gets a bit greedy and drinks too much. And he now fits into all the cloth nappies I bought, so I don't have to wash as soon as I get up and put them in the dryer so I have enough nappies to get through the day. Now I can wash whenever during the day because they can dry as long as they like, I have a big enough supply. :) His legs have finally chubbed up.

I hear you girls on the work front. I'm also the bigger earner and my wage pays the mortgage and DH's pays the bills so without me working we can eat but have nowhere to live! We've worked out that we can live on the govt money (just) and have a bit in savings so I am supposed to be going back to work start of Nov. :( B will only be 6 months so its a bit sad really. I never had a really strong sense about if I'd want to be a SAHM or career mum but I really don't want to go back when he's only 6 months. Plus for those of you from the belly buddies group you'd know I had issues with my boss before I left so that makes me even less happy about going back. And If I don't want to go back there (which I don't unless he's gone) then I have to find the time to find a new job which at this stage just seems like a hassle, when I want to spend the little time I have at home with him. Ok enough whingeing!

We've been getting smiles for a while now too, isn't it just gorgeous! :D B has a really wide open mouth grin, its just so beautiful. Plus from quite early on I have said "kiss for mummy" when I kiss him and get open mouth "kisses" when say it to him.

KellyD - I understand what you mean about the IVF stuff. I didn't go through the clinic for my pg so I haven't spoken to them for nearly a year now when I was in contact with them every second day during a cycle. We will go back (unless this pg has been a miracle cure) but it is strange/sad.

Hope you're all well, have a good weekend! I think we're going to go to ikea tomorrow, see how we go with a 7 week old!

Hello a just a quickie because I have both DSs in my lap and although I can now type with two hands, DS1s patience will be limited (need to jump onto Utube and watch Astroboy, LOL).

River still has the flu although Caden is getting over his. He is not sleeping very well, only on me and upright.

Better go R wants a feed

Hi Ladies

Yay to all the baby smiles. L has been doing them for ages and has now progressed to "talking" haha. It's very cute even at 2am in the morning whilst changing her poonami! She's been abit of a Koala today. Mainly because she's had no sleep because I had to go and have an xray on my tail bone. It seems I may have fractured it whilst giving birth.

Hi Summertime! I agree with Farmgirl and Bern.

Bern - I hope the hip displaysia isn't giving Tianna any trouble it sounds painful. I hope it isn't.

Farm_Girl - Thank you for the offer to have a catch up I would love to catch up with you at some point it's just a matter of organising the "right" time lol I'll def keep it in mind. DH and I are going to the baby expo on Sunday.

KellyD - Great weight gains. That is sad about the IVF stuff. We still have 4 frozen embrio's left but we will be having another one in the not too distant future. It's strange that we had all these appointments for the last how ever long and now we really have nothing. I find I'm floundering a bit and struggling with out all the appointments etc... It's been our whole life for the past 28 months. Couldn't think of anything else. If that makes sense? Each appointment was a milestone.

Hi to everyone else. I can't look at the other page to reply.

Farm Girl - Yes we bought the stomach calm to help settle Brianna's belly as she has reflux. It won't work if it is used continuously though. I think her reflux is starting to settle down a bit now. She still has her moments of being unsettled but we are seeing how she goes for a little while before we give her anything for it. She hasn't had any mylanta or stomach calm today, and she only had a couple of doses of mylanta yesterday. Her milk is still spilling a little after a feed, but she hasn't been vomiting as much as she had been before.

Kelly - Glad to hear your appointments went well. The boys sound like they are doing really well. That is great weight gain for both of them.

Porsche - I hope your x-rays come back ok and their is nothing too serious going on with your back. The things we go through with child birth huh.

Bree has been sleeping really well for us lately. The last 4 nights she has slept through the night. Averaging about 8 hours a night. I think the stomach calm got it started and now she seems to be settling into a bit of a routine. She has a bath about 6-7pm, has her last bottle around 9pm and sleeps through til 6-7am. She has been having her 5-6 bottles a day, so I am not concerned that she is sleeping so long during the night. I think that just might be how I bake my babies lol as my older 3 were sleeping the whole night by about 3 months too...
Brianna has been trying to talk. It is so cute watching her and listening to the sounds she makes. I think she gets a little frustrated that she can't talk. I sit there with her in my lap talking to her, encouraging her to join in, its great entertainment for the kids too. DD2 is trying to teach her to wave lol. She is starting to become interested in holding her bottle, she places her hands on her bottle while I hold it, and when she has had enough she pulls it out of her mouth. She pulls her "plug" (as I call it) out of her mouth too lol.
I'm trying to discourage her from watching tv, sometimes she is very hard to distract her without turning her away from it. All those noises and flashing lights are so interesting to a curious bub.

Nice to catch up, I haven't been online much in the last few days!

Welcome Summertime!

Hi to everyone else.

Hi Everyone,

Well it's been a busy week for us. Amelia finally had a dirty nappy on Thursday, and then again on saturday. Her feeding seems to be back in order, and we finally resorted to buying her some dummies to help with the colic. My little guy has taken on the task of making sure it stays in as she startles herself when it pops out while she is drifting off to sleep.

On Saturday we volunteered for the Friends of the Brith Centre at the PBC Expo. IT was so nice to be able to share my positive birth experiences with other mums and new expectant mums. Amelia was a fantastic draw card and had cuddles with the other ladies volunteering. My friends daughter had the most amazing butterfly painted on her face, it was just stunning.

Gemini Girl, thanks for the info. I though Amelia may have had reflux a few weeks ago. but I'm pretty sure it was a reaction to my love of spicy food. She has settled down now that I've taken Mexican and Indian out of my diet.

Melly Belly , I hope the X'rays show healthy hips. Let us all know how you get on.

Hi to everyone else, sorry - dinner has just beeped at me in the oven.

Hello to all,

The Baby Buddies group for the second half of May is very quiet, so I thought I might just join you in here.

Jim was born on 21 May, he was a footling breech! He still puts his legs and feet in that position, he has always been a long baby and he's been in 000 jumpsuits for the length, almost from birth.

I have been basically doing combined/top up feeding from day 2. So breastfeeding and then top ups with NAN-HA at the moment. Some days I have got it down to him taking a third of the formula, for a baby his age for a 24 hour period.

Life is settling down a bit for us, so I hope to have a few minutes and I might actually get around to interacting a bit more on the thread, rather than posting updates.

Hi Ladies

Farmgirl - I'm glad the baby expo went well for you. We fought the crowds on Sunday lol. Got a couple of good things. I felt it was more for pregnancy than for babies and toddlers though.

Geminigirl - L has been cooing and talking as well. It's very cute. We have a wall hanging of Tigger right over her change tablesand she often haa a great conversation with him and smiles heaps at him as well. Very cute indeed.

EMC - Welcome. My L is very tall as well. My DH is 6 foot 2 si I hafl expect her to be tall. She's also in 000 for length rather than weight.

AFM - Just plodding along. I stopped expressing for 2 days and my supply dwindled. So I was in a flap and paniced about losing my suply. Needless to say i am now back to expressing religiously. So far my supply has come back few! Don't think I'll risk that again. As I mentioned we braved the Baby expo yesterday and got some stuff. One I was really impressed with was a gel type pack that actually heats your bottles while you are out. That will be handy when we go visiting with my EBM. We won't have to worry about getting boiling water from a restaurant to heat up L's bottles. They didn't have any on site but they are posting it out to me. Can't wait to test it out.

Have a great day ladies.

Ps DH is suggesting who I should make friends with lol. Mind you thay are all his friends.

just a quick pop by - chloes rash has cleared up to almost nothing now, so happy :)

farmgirl - i think you may have meant me for the xrays not mellybelly? thats so cute that your son helps by being on dummie patrol :) my DD1 is on rocking patrol lol if Chloe is in the rocker and cries she rushes over to rock her and says no ill do it! so helpful. but then she has her moments too.

Porche - are you exclusively expressing? with DD1 i thought my supply was dwindling so started giving formula as a top up, but now with research and knowledge i know it was just my supply settling to just make what baby needed. i need to buy myself an expresser as ill need to start expressing for when i return to work - not till december so a fair way away.

does anyone know how long you can keep EBM frozen for?

best go hang these nappies out.

sorry - forgot to welcome EMC :)

welcome to our group, the more the merrier i say :) my chloe isnt over long but has big feet so clothes with feet in them we have her in 000 although she is almost outgrown her 0000 so ive put them away for SIL to have her baby ( in 4 weeks ) and wait to see if she has a girl, if not save them till October for cousin and wait and see what she has. then ill probably just RAOK them :)

Bern

EBM can be kept in the fridge for 3 days, in the normal freezer (the one with the fridge) for 3 months and in a deep freeze for 6 months.

I have some expressed EBM from when I was b/fing Liam and have them in the deep freeze so I can use them when the boys start on solids.

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L has been cooing and talking as well. It's very cute. We have a wall hanging of Tigger right over her change tablesand she often haa a great conversation with him and smiles heaps at him as well. Very cute indeed.

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Porshe that is gorgeous, I love hearing this sort of thing, it really warms my heart to hear it. Beautiful :D I got some video of Bree this morning while she was trying to talk :D I like your idea of having the picture hanging above the change table. I can't hang pictures at the moment, I am getting ready to move house :(

It's funny how they become familiar with their routine and their surroundings so quickly. I take the change table into the kitchen when I am bathing Bree, as the bath is underneath the change table. She seems to know now when she is on the change table in the kitchen, that she is about to have a bath, and a bottle soon follows. As she has been a chucky baby, I am in the habbit of putting a bib on her before feeding her. It is so funny now when I put the bib on her, she knows the bottle is on its way and she gets so excited, almost like she is licking her lips type of thing LOL

As for the warming of the bottles. I take a bottle from the fridge and keep it cold by wrapping it in a towel with a frozen ice pack from the freezer. I take a thermis (sp) which keeps boiling water boiling for hours, and take a wide plastic cup (we checked the water after 8 hours and it was still hot). This has worked really well for us because it allows us to prepare the bottle when ever it is needed rather than wait in line to ask someone. Some places don't like you getting hot water from them because of the risk of it tipping over and burning someone.

Someone asked about freezing Breast Milk. As far as I remember, you can freeze it for up to 6 months (in a deep freezer) I will see if I still have the booklet somewhere, I might have thrown it out now that I am not breastfeeding.

EMC welcome to the group. I went to reply to your thread in the other group the other day, but by the time I got to it I was logged out and I still had some things to do so I didn't log back in. Silly me. I was just going to say that I was sorry to hear about your relationship, things must be so tough for you right now. I am glad that your parents have been there to support you through the first few weeks. I hope they can continue to support you in some way when you go back to your unit. It sounds like Jim is doing really well. Don't stress about the amount of milk he is getting, be it breast or formula, he won't starve himself. You are doing a fabulous job.
We should request a "babies born in May" group, as I would love to keep in contact with everyone from our belly buddies group.

Gee I talk (type) a lot don't I -lol- ok shutting up now ;P

Hope everyone else is well...

Wow - I can't believe everyone's bubs are only just hitting the 000. Amelia has been in 000 since birth, and if she needs enclosed feet, she is in 00. I know she is on the 75% line in the baby book for weight and length, but as Noah followed the 95% line, I'm not surprised. I find it amusing when people comment on how tiny she is, she certainly didn't feel tiny when I was pushing!

Welcome EMC - Did you end up having your baby naturally or c-section?

I agree, maybe we should have just a May 2011 group. How do we go about requesting it?

Gotta run, hi to everyone else - will catch up with more personals tonight (if the kids go to bed on time).