HNY Everyone!
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HNY Everyone!
How many mummy's saw the NY in? I know I didn't.... Sleep is way to precious. Happy NY to you all and your family's mwah!!
Not me I was well asleep by then! Ok so small triumph, I am more often than not getting DD settled in both bassinette and cot, if I put her in them drowsy and keep her calm and with dummy she goes to sleep on her own. No more holding or rocking to sleep from me. It is getting better, however one thing I have noticed is that a) she loves her love to sleep wrap because she can starfish and b) she settles rapidly on her side.. anyone else have this? I dare not leave her on her side so after she is sleeping I gently move her to her back but risk stirrng her :/
Wish I could leave her like that! Hope everyones bubs are well!
We stayed up till midnight. First time in YEARS tho! And it wasn't because it was NYE either. Just wasn't tired!
LOL - I leave Zoe on her side to sleep. She loves it. But, I am also co sleeping with her so we are face to face the whole night. She LOVES sleeping that way!
Seriously, it is going to be 40 here tomorrow :| ... and I STILL have a silly head cold!! joy oh joy
Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to 2012!
xx
I thought side sleeping increased the risk of sids?
They promote sleeping baby on their backs to prevent SIDS.
Zoe prefers to sleep on her side, and as I am with her when she sleeps I am happy to let her do this. Harriett was the same.
Just found this on the SIDS site, I highlighted the part I personally think is more of a prevention :)
Since it’s inception in the early 1990’s, the campaign has reduced the incidence of SIDS by 85% saving over 6500 babies lives. Vigilance is still required in delivering our Safe Sleeping message to the broad community as sadly the cause of sudden infant death syndrome remains unknown with more research into the cause still needed.
How to Sleep your Baby Safely:
1. Sleep baby on the back from birth, not on the tummy or side
2. Sleep baby with face uncovered (no doonas, pillows, lambs wool, bumpers or soft toys)
3. Avoid exposing babies to tobacco smoke before birth and after
4. Provide a safe sleeping environment (safe cot, safe mattress, safe bedding)
5. Sleep baby in their own safe sleeping environment next to the parent’s bed for the first six to twelve months of life
Happy New Year :) We had some friends over for a bbq so I was up but we were too busy talking to notice till 15 minutes after. Oh well..
Alex likes to starfish too - I don't wrap him, so when I put him down he usually wriggles a bit the it's one hand uo behind his head so he can stroke his hair and the other flung straight out. Looks super cute :D
Last night I put him down a bit after 9pm in his cot, we moved him at 3am to his cradle when our friends left and we went to bed and didn't wake till nearly 5am! My boobs were so sore and full - he had a huge feed then went back to sleep until 8 :) Here's hoping he'll do it again tonight....
Thanks Nikky :) Seems Lilly likes it too I was just worried about sids, guess it is ok during the day when I'm awake and can check on her, and at night she will have to go onto her back in the Cot although I'm working on getting her to settle in there at night too, howeveer she seems to prefer her cot.
Wow big sleeps CK, Lilly did 6:30p, - 12:30pm last night, then 1am - 5am (with a wake inbetween becuase she got a compression leak bah) and then slept from 9:45am - 12:30am with a wake inbetween. I just keep putting her down now to sleep if she wakes as I know she isn't hungry from her cry, just annoyed she woke up :lol:
Sleeping her in her Cot and Bassinette definatley mean she sleeps longer. She keeps hitting herself in the Face CK which is why I had to look into a wrap that let her sleep with her arms up but so it would not let her wake herself. Such a fusspot I have here :)
She's also started taking 150ml now each feed so it means she sleeps longer. I have noticed that I've been missing some of her sutble tired signs becuase she likes to hide them too sneaky thing, so now she is only staying awake 30mins or so after a feed before she starts yawning, then grumps for 20mins in her cot becuase she wants to stay awake then goes to sleep LOL
I put Levi on his right side, pat his bum for a while the starry to tilt him onto his back because he can't roll yet he slowly falls to his back without me touching him so he doesn't wake. During the day he sleeps in his bouncer a lot, if I see his tired signs early I put him in his cot but if I miss then he sleeps where he falls lol.
His head shape has started to change already yay! I was a little worried it would take a month to go back. He does have a bald spot in the right from being tilted that way so often but I can live with that lol.
I generally don't wrap Abby either. What I've done since being home from hospital is put a muslin type wrap draped over the mattress in her bassinet in a diamond shape with her head going where a point is that way if need be I can drape the two outer corners over her and I will occasionally tuck one side under the mattress to keep her warmer over night. I find this way it's minimal interference from me if I need to keep her warmer - I don't need to pick her up, if she were to spit up it's just a quick change of the wrap not the bassinet bed linen and I've always been paranoid about having a baby all wrapped up just incase the wrap ends up covering there head in any way. The way I do the wrap it can cover them but stays under her arms at all times. Hope that made sense!
I've only got access on my phone at the moment for Internet cos my computer screen has crashed, found out yesterday I got extended warranty when I bought it 2.5 yrs ago woohoo!! So looks like I score a new computer this year :D
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!
We did stay up to 12, had some friends over for a bbq who also have a little girl, so we kept it low key!!
AM thats heaps interesting about Levi's head! So giood that it seems to be getting better!! Good advice, we will try those ideas and hopefully it helps Violet's head - the helmet idea doesnt sound too appealing!! I poster a pic of the crooked head shape - is it similar to levi's?
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...956-bubby-038/
Danni the pics of Abby are gorgeous! She has such pretty eyes!!
CK wow awesome sleep you got out of Alex!! No wonder your boobs were sore!!!
Lolpigs - are you paranoid of sids too? I am too so we bought a respiratory monitor, by the brand Oricom - theres a pad that lays under the mattress and the device that hooks up to it has a light that flashes with each breath they take and it alarms if it senses no breath in 20 seconds, or the breathing level slowing too much- was 279 for memory but worth it to me cos im such a worrier!!!! it might help if you end up being unable to settle Lilly on her side?
Thought id put some more pics of Violet up! I made my profile only viewable to friends so have sent you all a friend request!
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...955-bubby-027/
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...954-bubby-021/
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...953-bubby-020/
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Amanda, yea Levi's is very similar. It's already noticeably better shape.
I have a sore throat, I hope Levi doesn't get sick.
gah AM - I hear ya with the sore throat bullcrap!! I do NOT do sick well :|
Gorgeous pics Amanda!
I have to share a cple of pics with you girls. The one of Zoe was taken with my mobile at night, so apologies for the quality! The other 2 are of Harriett taken last night!
http://i.imgur.com/LAq1o.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/BOJq0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pNhsM.jpg
Hubby took the pics of Harriett :)
Did I mention....FARK IT IS HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Great pics Amanda :) took me a bit to get to notifications being only on my phone it's such a pain.
DH liked my iPhone photography yesterday hehe. He was like so what did you get up to today and I was like ahhh not much just taking photo's and editing them : P
Abby doesn't seem to want to sleep today like she normally does. I've got her swinging away but it's not doing much.
Lolpigs I jumped on that website and come across some blessed thistle and fenugreek tablets as a combined formula, think it was natures sunshine brand, is that the ones you were talking about?
Abby seems to be aggravating my right boob a bit. It hasn't blistered or broken open so all good at the moment but will keep an eye on it. Might get the doctor to check her on Tuesday to make sure she hasn't got any tongue tie happening.
While we're on the subject of photos...here's a few new ones of Alex and one of him with his big sister Rachelle :)
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-rach-alex.jpg
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-alex-toys.jpg
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-xmas-alex.jpg
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...me-big-cot.jpg
You can see what I mean by starfish in the cot pic :)
Abby sleeps like that too unless she is in her swing.
Dan if you go to Low Milk supply under common concerns, there are tablets in seperate packets, Natures Sunshine is the brand yes.
Yes Amanda a little paranoid LOL. I'll have a look at that thanks!
Went out to lunch today over to my mums, Lilly was grumpy becuase she was tired but had a sleep in the bassinette while we were there. Just got home now so popped her in the bassinette to try and get her another nap before her next feed. She is sitting there talking to herself LOL
I have noticed Lilly drooling alot could she be starting to teethe already?
Hope everyone had a good day
Lolpigs i ordered the ones that have blessed thistle and fenugreek together. It's possible she could be teething, some babies are born with teeth.
I finally got Abby to sleep in the swing this arvo for a couple of hours.
CK got a quick question for you that I'm pretty sure you'll know :)
Now with BF I know that at night your body has a prolactin boost so say if I didn't feed overnight would that harm your supply to keep boosting? Can't seem to get my head around why the ABA lady said it was so important for my supply to be able to feed at night.
If you feed at night your body makes more milk because your using it, if you don't it only produces enough for day feeds. That's my understanding of it.
How do I get rid of the dummy? She is waking every time it falls out and its getting ridiculouss
I'm far from an expert but as far as I know and have experienced, overnight feeds are less crucial than the late afternoon/evening ones - the feeds before you go to sleep yourself. Prolactin boosts while you're sleeping to produce milk ready for morning and throughout the day, so feed often in the evenings up until bedtime and make sure she's completely drained both breasts if you're not planning on feeding overnight. Personally I find it uncomfortable when Alex misses his overnight feeds because I'm full and tend to start leaking.
It is very much a demand economy though - the more you feed, the more you produce.
That would explain why I leak at night, Levi only has a 4:30-5:00am feed.
New album with professional photos taken as part of mine and Hubby's Xmas pressie from his mum.
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...sional+photos/
Howdy Ladies :hello:
I hope you all had fabulous New Years Eves with your new bubbas, and your families.. I have been a little MIA lately as it is so hard to get on and actually type as I have my dragon of a MIL breathing down my neck every waking hour!!! I have been reading your posts on my phone... But its been hard to reply what with the tempurature here been in the 40's and Aubree wanting to feed every hour.. I barely have time to go to the toilet!
I think I am kinda of up to date with everything..
This trip has been an absolute nightmare.. I guarntee if I told you half the things that had been going on you would not believe me.. Its just been terrible! Every cry Aubree makes is wind.. It couldnt possibly because she is hungry or overtired or has a pooey bum! I think the worst night was when I had fed Aubree, put her to sleep and left her sleeping with DH on the couch so I could go down to the shops for 10 minutes and get an icecream cone before she woke for another feed.... I get home... DH is awake, and Aubree is gone! MIL had decided it would be a good idea to put her in the pram and take her for a walk at 8:30 at night when the tempurature was still 30 odd degrees outside.. By the time MIL got home Aubree was screaming her lungs out! MIL then tells me "Ohh she only just started as we starting walking up the driveway" ahhhh B******T!!!! There is no way my child would get herself so worked up in the 2 seconds it takes you to walk up the drive way! That was the last straw for DH he had words, and FIL even stepped in because he could obviously see that things were getting to me...
I thought things were getting better, clearly not! DH wanted to go out... But I didnt want to go without Aubree as I dont want to leave her with MIL.. MIL says "oh I wont hurt her" yeah right!! Oh and she put her in the 28yr cot/cage thing that probably has lead paint.. Because she wanted a bloody photo!!! THANK GOD WE GO HOME ON THE 5th!!! Otherwise I would be getting locked up in jail if it was any longer.. This doesnt include all the snide remarks her and her sister have been making about my breastfeeding, and how Aubree is always hungry... blah blah blah.. the list goes on and on and on!!!
Sorry for the rant girls.. Had to get that off my chest otherwise I am going to go mental!!!
I have my 6 week appt on the 6th (2 weeks late) I think I already have AF back, and Aubree will be getting her immunisations.. Im unsure about contreception as it took DH and I two years to concieve Aubree.. I think we are just going to have go with condoms..
Ive been looking at the Nursing Angel website (thanks Lolpigs) and Im going to be getting some of the vitamins.. Im a little worried about my supply.. I dont know if thats coz I am a tad stressed been down here or what!
I loooooooovvvvvveeeee all the photos that you guys have been putting up!! I must say we have a group of very gorgeous babies here!!!! Ill see if I can figure out how to add an album on here :)
Mollie crikey what a dragon lady of a MIL, if I were you I'd be outta there - your better than me. Yeh I got the BF supplement one hoping it boosts me more. Feel disappointed still cos this time round I had great supply but Abby just caused so much damage in the first few days that I just couldn't bare the pain anymore. Anyway we're at it again and i'm sure we will get there, I just really have to watch her attachment over the next week to make it is spot on.
Thanks CK & AM we'll see how we progress and go from there. I do know that when you feel full you've actually stopped making milk as such so I guess the more you empty the more you'll make.
I got an 8 hour break from Levi last night, fed at 9:30pm (bed at 10:30pm) he woke up at 6:30am. I had to express my other boob it was so sore. Hubby just got to feed him :)
I'm going to an engagement party on the 14th. It's a coc*tail theme. I'm unsure if I'll breastfeed Levi or take EBM bottles. To hard to decide lol.
AM great photo's they look really good :D
Yeh I don't know AM guess it depends on if you plan on drinking!? If you do and you feed ebm you'll still have to pump and dump then you gotta worry about a hangover.... Don't know if I could be bothered LOL.
Yikes Mollie, I would already have left by now. Gees..
well I would have left already, but DH's nana passed away two weeks before Aubree was born, and his pop is really sick, basically his kidneys are shutting down, and his lungs keep filling with fluid... So that is the only reason I'm still here... I would feel terrible if he didnt get to meet Aubree..
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No I won't be drinking, it was more for ease but I'm considering feeding in the car.
AM you might be able to find a quiet corner to escape to. I find Abby doesn't like being out at night at all, we've only taken her out twice at night so far - first when she was about a week old and she screamed until I took her home and then Christmas night was the same she just wouldn't settle at all.
I'd go the quiet corner as well to be honest. Depending on the venue and type of party it should be easy enough to find somewhere to sit and angle yourself so you're partially sheltered
Took Alex for his first swim at the pools today - he quite liked it but got cold quite quickly so it was just a short one. DD was thankful, she loves her swimming and had missed going to the pools. Must've worn him out because he fell alseep when we got home, woke for a feed about an hour ago and went straight back to sleep.
Levi is so relaxed, if it goes in your mouth he sucks it. If he can get comfortable he will sleep, hes not worried about noise either thankfully.
I wish Lilly was that way, She was like that before 5 weeks but it is getting progressivly harder and harder to get her to sleep during the day.
What do you guys do to get your babies to sleep during the day? Atm i'm trying to do what tresillian recommend which is no cry, self comforting for 20mins ( put bubs down after small routine after her showing tired signs and walk out of the room, then only come back if she starts to cry, immediatley comforting back to calm while not picking up, if dosent calm pick up and calm and put back down again and try again) and if that dosent work then just patting, using dummy, rocking or whatever it takes to get her to sleep.
My husband is really struggling finding only the dummy works for him to get her to sleep, however I'm worried about it becoming a habit where she will only sleep with the dummy. Am I worrying for nothing?
Nights are pretty fine, she went from 8-12 then 12 - 6:30 it's just days that are the issue.
Thanks guys, getting a bit bewildered here. And staring to cause stress between DH and I becuase we are disagreeing on how to settle her. He thinks we should just use dummy all the time, Tresillian suggest only to use it as last resort. He is saying he feels worried about trying things now becuase he thinks I'm telling him he can't do things and I'm not.. Sigh..
Top it all of DD had a slight temp last night so was hysterical and slept in my arms from 8-12, I think her teeth are moving becuase shes been dribbling on and off the last week.
Fun times not :/ It just feels like a waste of time at this stage to be trying to do the self settling, she dosent seem old enough to know or care really. Should we wait until 3-4 months to start that?
LOL - we use the dummy :) Sometimes Z wants it, other times she fair spits it across the room!
My routine is ... Feed her, play with her, when she gets tired, I hold her in my arms until she falls asleep and then transfer her to the swing where she stays until she wakes up. I, personally, don't see the point in putting her in another room. She stays where we are at all times pretty much.
I also co sleep (hubby sleeps in the spare room while we co sleep, it works for us! hehe) and Zoe sleeps like a dream through the night! Went to bed last night at 9.30ish and she woke up at 4ish for a feed, then went back to bed at 5am and didn't wake up till 9am :) (she slept in the bed by herself from bout 6.30ish as Harriett was up already so I was up playing board games with her!)
With Harriett, she basically slept in my arms ALL DAY long as she refused to sleep anywhere else. But then, that could have been us being first time parents and we never had a swing! tis all a learning curve really hun.
Do what works for you, and honestly? I think us mums (specially first timers) read WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much info on how to parent! just go with yr instincts! they will lead you in the right direction!
xx
Thanks Nikky, I might try that I just feel like I'm being pressured to do all this stuff. I'll just go back to comfting her to sleep and worry about self settling later I think. Its just too stressful for everyone I think.
LOL - parenting is hard hun. And STRESSFUL beyond belief hehe. Just remember you are doing an amazing job! you are a MUM! and you are going to be tired, and cranky, and emotional and this can usually be put down to not enough SLEEP! so, again, personally I prefer to do what works for my bub, ie co sleeping at night and rocking her to sleep in my arms during the day then into the swing. She is getting sleep. I am getting sleep as well as during the day being able to give attention and play with Harriett while Z is nearby in her swing sleeping :) works for us all :D
Please do NOT allow anyone to pressure you into doing something YOU don't want to! EVER! she is yr baby girl and YOU know what's best for her and what's best for yourself :)
I promise, it DOES get better! massive hugs to you and yr gorgeous Lilly xx
thanks Nikky I really apprecaite it :hug: I think it all started at Xmas when I had MIL, My Mother and Aunty all telling me I am doing it wrong, rod for back etc by holding her not selft settling not letting her CIO etc. It completely undermined my confidence and got me to where it is now. I refuse to do CIO as I don't belive in it, and it never really bothered me that she wants to be in my arms, however I did find recently that holding her to sleep then putting her down causes her to wake. Should I just wait longer?
I just had a heart to heart with hubby, so thankfully all good there now, He told me to stop listening to others and just do whatever works I know best bless him. He understands now why.
None if it felt right at all so I'm glad we got it sorted. I will just feed and play with her and when sleepy take her to her room and put her to bed once shes asleeep in my arms. I have a rocking chair coming so that should help me get her off to sleep in her room.
We just use another room becuase she tries to listen to us otherwise and wakes herself up, she is a cheeky munckin ;)
We have a swing too, I usually use it when she unwell, or cant settle gets her right off :)
:hug: thanks so much