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

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This thread is for parents who's baby was born June 1st - 15th 2011

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Helpful Articles
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?

Helpful Forums
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids


Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Helpful Articles
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Helpful Forums
Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum



Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Helpful Articles
Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Recommended Reading List

Helpful Forums
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing


Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[Kaydee]

Hello!
My beautiful DD Amelie was born on the 3rd and I thought I'd get this thread started!

[Mum2twoBoys]

hi..
My little man was born on the 7th June, nice to meet you kaydee. hope to share many a happy story together and help each other with lifes little mysteries.

[Emzi82]

Hi to you both. My DS was born the 3rd of June also (2 weeks early). He is our first and Im obsessed with him already, lol. How are you all going?

[Mum2twoBoys]

emzi william is my first too.

we are doing well with bf. only have small amount of pain in one nipple at the start, burning tingly sensation as the milk first starts coming.

most nights we are getting around 6hrs of sleep, but occasionally he is restless and will not settle. so that we cant sleep as he wants to be cuddled and rocked constantly. we are co-sleeping but when he is restless wont let me sleep between feeds, which is exhausting. have to co-sleep as he will not sleep in bassinette at night at all.

[Emzi82]

I get the same tingly sensation when milk comes in. Chase is similar at night time. I think he has his days and nights a bit muddled atm as he sleeps great during the day but when it comes to night he is wide awake. Always around 1ish and then he wants to start the day at 4:30am which isn't too fun! He is feeding 4 hourly during the day and then 3 hourly at night. Ive found the best way to get him to sleep is to bounce up and down on the exercise ball. Has worked the last 2 nights anyway. Im already looking forward to the stage where he sleeps longer than 3 hours at night!!
Hope all is well x

[Mum2twoBoys]

yes william likes to be bounced up and down too. i have started to pump, because the initial let down of my right side makes it flow too fast and my little man chokes and splutters. he ended up coming off and it was flowing like no tomorrow.

[Kaydee]

Hi to you both!
Amelie is doing great. 3 weeks today. She is sleeping so well, she usually wakes every 3-4 hours during the night. Going down at about 9-10pm. Some nights we have been so lucky that she has slept 6 hours. BF is going well, I had some emotional problems at the beginning as I had such a hard time with DS (sore nipples, sickly feeling whilst feeding) and I was terrified it would be the same. I fed DS for 4 months and was so happy when I stopped. I still get the sickly feeling, but nipples aren't cracked or so sore this time around.
Do any of you find that you are always being asked how you feed your baby? Breast or bottle? I'm finding everyone I talk to who have kids ask me this question!! But most of the time it's "you're not breastfeeding are you?" When I tell them yes they seem surprised! Maybe because these people didn't BF? I don't know. I actually get quite annoyed as it's really none of their business and I was so close to bottle feeding at the beginning I feel like if I was bottle feeding I would feel like the worst mother in the world having to answer that question (not that I'm against that at all!!) and then maybe having to explain why. I hate the focus on how your baby is fed - it really shouldn't be an issue, as long as the baby IS being fed. If you know what I mean?

I hope you are both doing well!!

[Emzi82]

Yep Ive started to express as well, also so my hubby can give Chase 1 of his feeds as well and to build up a bit of a supply in the freezer for down the track.
Kaydee- Sounds like u r going great! How old is ur DS? I get asked the feeding question all the time as well! None of their business really. I thought ppl would be all for breastfeeding but Im surprised how many ppl went with bottles instead. Personal choice I guess.
Do either of u have a routine that you are going to follow or letting bubs work out their own? I'm such an organiser and person that always has my set routine, haha. Bit difficult with a newborn. A few friends are the same as me and are surprised I havent started him on a set feeding and sleeping routine yet. I still think he is too young and small to start any routine yet. Any thoughts would be great!
Hope u both have a great weekend

[Kaydee]

Do either of u have a routine that you are going to follow or letting bubs work out their own? I'm such an organiser and person that always has my set routine, haha. Bit difficult with a newborn. A few friends are the same as me and are surprised I havent started him on a set feeding and sleeping routine yet. I still think he is too young and small to start any routine yet. Any thoughts would be great!

I was thinking about this the other day, but I'm finding amelie is slowly slipping into her own routine. It would be nice if I could influence this as I like routine also. I do think they are too young now to have set times, maybe in a couple of weeks?

As for expressing, I feel like I only have enough milk for the baby and not enough left over to express! I suppose the more I try, the more milk I'll produce.

Emzi, my DS is 5. It's going great with 2 kids, but I do have to watch when DS is around her, I'm still not sure if i can trust them alone. I've caught him holding her nose shut a couple of times (!) when I asked him why he did it he just says she was going to start crying and he wanted to stop her. Hmmm. In general he is great with her. He even loves having a cuddle before bed, telling her about his day and reading a book together. He even asked us if we could "make" another one, so he can have 2 sisters. lol.