Babies Born ~ November 1st -15th 2011 #1

[AMumma]

My mum has nicknamed Levi 'Jean'. As long as it doesn't catch on I'm ok with mum using it lol.

Also after talking with my mum it seems as a baby I really loved to be banged hard to burp and put to sleep. Just burped Levi after his feed and he's burped and out like a light. Hopefully we are onto something here.

Levi put on 300g in 5 days and is now just over 5kg. No tiny baby for me lol.

[Lolpigs]

Hi

We've had a really tough time here. Jess was screaming in pain constantly not sleeping for more than 10 mins at a time. We worked out that she has reflux. I was so lucky to get an appointment with our paed on Friday. She performed on cue and started screaming as soon as she was lying flat then all of this curdled milk came up.

Paed confirmed either reflux or allergy. We now have a thickener to add to her formula. That's why she wouldn't breastfeed. Because they are lying reclined the acid must've been coming up and down

On top of it all DH fainted on a plane in Brisbane. I just got this call telling me he was in an ambulance. My brother had to fly up there so we knew what was going on. He had high fever and now is sick so can't help me much at all. It's just getting to be too much

Hope things get better soon

[Lolpigs]

'Lilly Monster' is DD nickname becuase at food times she turns into an total terrorist

Just gave her a bath after an epic poop.. was too messy to wipe clean. Hopefully after this feed she will be off to bed and so will we!

[Lolpigs]

Wew just spent 30mins getting my dressing off my C/S wound, and I can barely see it God the sticky dressing was so painful to remove though!

[Mollie89]

Lolpigs that sounds painful! how did Lilly go last night??

Jan How was last night with the thickener? Did it work???

Amanda Hows things hun? have you sorted that husband of yours out ??

I hope everyone had a decent night... Ours wasnt to bad, although we had another storm here which set the dogs off in the neighbourhood... And my silly neighbours were arguing half the night!! idiots!

[Lolpigs]

Oh it was agony, had to pull out a full strip of hair off my you know what :S SO glad it is off now.

Lilly is doing better and better every day. She loved her bath after the epic poop and when straight to sleep after her feed. Comping is working well for us she is like a different bub I just dont know how long I can maintain the pumping for. Especially once hubby goes back to work. Hubby says I'm so patient he would have given up on it ages ago. I said not paitent.. stubborn.

[Cranky Kitten]

Heh, stubborn/patient - same diff Glad to hear she had a good night and that the comp feeding is working out for you thus far. I'd say keep going for as long as you feel comfortable doing so, but if it all gets too much you've given her the best start you can

Alex is really not liking this hot weather - was 38 deg yesterday and they're predicting 37 today. Spent most of yesterday giving him short little feeds every half hour or so and only had a couple of decent sleep periods, the trade off was we had a good nights sleep courtesy of the a/con

[Lolpigs]

Thanks CK

LOL its so cold here! Thunderstorms and everything. Want to swap? Hehe

[AMumma]

Levi had a good night last night. Worked out he likes a good banging to get to sleep.

Boobs aren't to bad, left still a little sore.

Have managed to have a few outings, haven't had a major melt downs lol.

[Lolpigs]

Yeah mine left is always a bit sore, I am right handed and always have difficulty getting miss wriggle pot on there properly.

[Cranky Kitten]

My right is my problem boobie - it's a bit bigger than the other one and nipple points downwards so makes it tricky to latch him on correctly. He also doesn't like it as much because it seems to let down faster than the other one. Weird huh?

[DANNIIM]

Amanda sorry to say but i think you and your hubby need to speak to someone about the way he treats you, it's really not healthy for anyone involved. He should have so much respect for you just seeing what you have been through recently. You have just created and birthed a beautiful lil girl and it's not so much him saying thankyou it's the gratitude he needs to show you that you have both connected and created a little person between you. My husband and i have had our ups and downs i can tell you but he would never tell me i am a selfish mother for not waking and feeding a sleeping baby and then tell me i'm a *****y wife cos he was asked to do a few things around the house and what you are cleaning up every night... you serioius?! You must be so exhausted. I hope i haven't offended you at all but hun some of the things he says is just way outta line.

Awww Jan you must be relieved but saddened at the same time to hear about poor Jess and the reflux she is dealing with. Really hope your hubby gets well soon what bad timing. I notice every so often Abby will be asleep and get a look on her face like acid is coming up but then is ok.

AM i have always used 6 weeks as a benchmark to resume sex. I am at the tail end of all the yuck afterbirth blood loss etc. so i can't wait really to be able to get back in the pool But i haven't been sore in the nether region for a couple of weeks TBH, i always recover pretty quick but then i don't have huge bubbas either like some of you gals

Just wondering how some of you girls are coping with over night feeds... man i was so exhausted this morning that i fed Abby at 6.30am then we were awake for an hour then we both (Abby and I) went back to bed at 7.30am and didn't get up till just after 11am. It was pure bliss cos DH took the older screaming monsters outside so i had complete peace and quiet. I also gave Abby 150mls at the feed just after 11am cos she missed her 9am one and she didn't drink it all but was pretty close and has since slept longer as well, maybe she's ready to up her feeds or going through a growth spurt. I've pretty lucky this time cos she doesn't spill any milk up, only on occasion and is pretty good at bringing wind up herself. DH took her for her first swim in the pool the other day and she loved it That will be our daily routine it think.

Nikky just taken a look at your photos and there awesome

Can't remember who said about contraception but my DH is booked in on the 21st of this month to have his little operation.

[Lolpigs]

Overnight feeds are exhausting!

We normally have Lilly to bed by 12:30, then she is up at 4am and then down at 5am or so then back up at 8:30am or so.

Combined with the fact for at least 2 day sleeps she does not want to go down in her bassinette and won't sleep unless she is on me, in her sleepy wrap I'm so tired so I hear ya. I've only managed to pump once today because when she wants to sleep on me I cant do it between feeds.

[Mollie89]

over night feeds make me so sleepy.. There are a couple of times I have dozed off with Aubree sucking away. Especially because we usually have a 11:30.. I try and have a sleep with her before that 11:30pm feed but sometimes my mind is too busy lol

[DANNIIM]

I think i'm only averaging around the 5 hrs of broken sleep a night atm as Abby has been waking 3 hrly overnight.

[Cranky Kitten]

Yeah I find overnight feeds make me sleepy too. Of course, it helps that I'm usually already sleepy anyway...though I can't really complain much, he usually goes down around 9pm, will wake somewhere between 12 and 2, then again around 4-5am, then up for the day around 7am. Though I have been known to lay down and have a nap when he has his morning sleep, especially if he'd given me a rough night the night before.

[Mollie89]

Lolpigs when and for how long do you pump??

[AMumma]

I go to bed at 9:00-9:30. Levi feeds every 2.5 to 3 hours. I've beenlucky and had a few 4 hour blocks. He always has a 6:30 feed, I've decided to have breakfast and put washing on then go back to bed for an hour sleep. I've done it the last 2 days and feel pretty good during the day.