Thanks, at least i still get to dress her up in her Bambi stuff lol
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Thanks, at least i still get to dress her up in her Bambi stuff lol
All good here aswell. Tay is still abit sick but its not too bad. Makes it a little hard for her to sleep though but we are getting there. OMG DF went back to work this morning and I havent crumbled..... yet. DD1 is being very well behaved thank god! Ive managed to do the dishes, dress n feed both girls and have a shower already! Not too shabby I think. Taylah did quite well lastnight. Fed at 6:30pm (cluster feed moment starts about here... ) and had a bath at 7:45 and another quick feed after that and was asleep by 8:20pm. She then woke at 12am and 4:30am for feeds. Her feeds are only taking about 30-40 minutes now, not an hour. So thats a nice change in the middle of the night!
I have quite an oversupply issue on my right boob (which is DD's favourite) which causes it to get quite sore and lumpy if she doesnt feed enough. I usually have to express quite well once a day in that boob to make sure the lump is getting drained. When I do pump though I get about 70mls out of the right breast and only about 30 out of the left... is that normal?
Hi MM- totally normal to get differing amounts from each boob, I think your going great with the expressing! Mr T prefers the left side so I am constantly trying to remember which side I fed fro
Last. Our little ones seem to be in sync. It was 8:30 bedtime last night then 1a
Then 4:15am and he's down to 30/40 minute feeds too which I am stoked with. Gl on your first day by yourself-you sound like you are doing awesome already!
Cheshire, I wax also wondering weather your DDs name was Bambi :) I think it's such a cute nickname!
Afm-mr T and I are about to head into the office for a couple of hours. I sooo don't want to but I know I am needed and it will bs like ripping off a bandaid, just got to do it.
Xx
Hi girls :D
Sorry i haven't been on, it's just been so hectic since bub was born....First it was just settling in with the new bub at home etc, then blessedatlast had her bubba, so that's what all my energy and attention has been going into- my bub and BAL and her little rocket man :D
MM- Congrats on all you achieved by yourself this morning!!! I'm way too lazy to do all that lol. And happy 2 week birthday to Tay xxxxx
Star- Omg babe, your keen! As i have always said, your my superwoman hero, going into the office??? Glad little T is going ok xxxx
Cheshire- I'm sorry i haven't talked to you much yet, i'm normally really really chatty, im looking forward to getting to know you and bambi better :D
AFM- Sorry for the crap short perssies again girls, i'm trying to be quick. Mr R is going really well, i fell asleep on the couch last night at about 10:00 and woke up at 11 to feed Mr R. We went to bed at about 12 and guess what? I woke up at 6:15 this morning! He fed for about 40 mins then we both fell asleep and woke up together at 8:30. It was awesome :D
Anyways, hopefully i'll pop back in later- oh, MM and Star- have you forgotten what it was like to be pregnant? I am nearly there lol- my DF keeps reminding me how miserable i was lol, he doesn't want anymore kids for a few years!
Yas i miss being pregnant even tho i had a horrible pregnancy, i bleed on & off till 26wks Had intense m/s up till 20wks & than just had it mildly for the last 18wks.
I had a horrible & traumatic birth and yet i'm upset there wont be anymore kids for us.
I know deep down it's better off that i don't do this again & next time i may end up worse off but still a part of me is devastated!
I'm hoping as she gets older i'll be more content with not having anymore & just enjoy being able to move pass the baby stage.
What will everyone be doing with birth control? Even tho DH is dead set against having anymore he refuses to get the snip, so i will be going on the Implanon or IUD as i know i couldn't handle falling pregnant anytime soon.
Gosh... Taylah was so unsettled this morning dispite all I got acheived, she just wouldnt sleep. She was awake from 7:30 this morning until 1pm! It was exhausting and I felt so sorry for DD1 because I had to keep telling her to be quiet so I could get Taylah to sleep. I think she had a belly ache as she finally did a big fart and then settled down. I managed to get her on the boob to calm her down but I knew she wasnt hungry, I just needed her to calm down for a second! Though it didnt help for long because 30 seconds later she projectiled up the whole feed! :( Anyway, I eventually got her to sleep and got to spend some time with DD1 outside and have a cuppa. DD1 is now having rest time in front of the TV and Taylah is asleep. So Im going to take the oppertunity to lay down myself, even if I dont sleep... my body needs rest!
No Yas... I havent forgotten what it was like to be pregnant yet and I dont miss it!!!! Even though I dont get much sleep atm, its so nice not sleeping with a huge belly! DF wants more but Im more than happy with the 2 I have :)
I have no idea what Ill be doing for birth control. Im hopeless at the pill (mini pill) as I never remember to take it. The depo shot goes banana's with my system and they say the implanon will too. The doc in the hospital reccomended mirena.. but Im not too sure on that either. Im going to work it out at my 6 week check. I want DF to get the snip but he wont..
Hows everyones bleeding going? My pretty much stopped on day 5 and went away for a day or so and then came flooding back.. then stops and then comes flooding back. Its driving me insane!!
Hi Yas!!! Lovely to hear from you Hun. So glad you got an awesome sleep last night :)
Cheshire-Im sorry you had a crap pregnancy. I had a heap of scary bleeding with dd and was petrified of my pregnancy with ds but only got ms thank goodness. It lasted most of the pregnancy but on the upside, it did help keep my weight down. With birth control, I'm in a few minds. We still haven' t discounted another child in the future and at my age I don't really want to go back on the pill for 12-18 months then have to worry about getting it out of my system and then ttc again. I'm thinking we might just use condoms as much as we hate that. I'll get a mini pill script from the oh at my 6 week checkup but I probably w Ont get it filled-I don't like the IDE of going back on the pill at all, it's a mind over matter thing really.
Back from the office already, my superstar staff have everything under control but there's not alot of work being output. They are wOrking hard but as I'm not there to constantly ask where things are at it's easy to procrastinate and delay starting things.
Xx
My bleeding is all over the place, i was told no heavy lifting, take it easy etc... because of the hemorrhage, but when you have 2 other kids it's kinda hard.
So of course when i over do it the bleeding gets worse.
Total PIA.
I thought about the pill but i know i wont remember to take it when i should, I don't want to rely on b/fing & he isn't keen on condoms or getting the snip.
I did tell him in that in 18 months he really needs to consider getting the snip as i don't want to be on BC forever.
MM sorry you had such a bad time today.
Star glad everything at your work seems to be under control :)
Hi all, how are things? I'm a little worried that things are going too well. Mr T is a wonderful little man and oh so incredibly predictable but you know, there's always time for the wheels to fall off. My house has been inundated with flowers and I'm feeling very loved by family and friends. It's a really wonderful time.
No doubt I'll be posting here tomorrow freaking out about something....hopefully not his weight as we're having a weigh in tomorrow and appt with the mchn. My only concern is that he isn't feeding long enough and seems quite sleepy for a bigger newborn? I also want to talk to her about expressing.
Hey :)
Things are ok here :) We are in our unsettled period in the day which is exhausting. She just cant seem to settle into sleep until after 12am. This starts at about 7pm. Im wondering if the bath is over stimulating her? She so utterly exhausted after it. She has a bath around 8-8:30.
We are off to our 2 week check tomorrow.. Ide be suprised if she put on a large amount of weight as she seems to chuck most of her feeds up :( Shes getting longer though and is almost out of her 0000's (more so length wise). Will be interesting to see. Better go, shes crying again.
We have the health nurse coming to the house next Mon for her 2wk check up.
I can't wait to see how much she has grown, she is going to be long & skinny.
All is well here with Bambi, can't complain about her but i can certainly complain about my older 2 lol. Soooo looking forward to school holidays being over so we can start doing our normal activities again.
I really wish we would have some decent weather for longer than 1 day. We are all over being stuck inside the house.
Mm- I
Missed one of your posts! My bleeding stopped on day 4....it's virtually non exist t now, hardly even spotting. I'm sorry your dd is having a bit of unsettled time. It might be the bath though usually babies find them calming. Are you doing baby massage? I find this really settles Mr T. He also seems to have an unsettled belly, massive spew last night and then woke 3 hourly for feeds. I am going to be really interested to see his weight this arvie.
Cheshire-where abouts are you? I'm on the coast and while it looks miserable it's not raining. Hope you guys can get out and about soon.
Xx
Yeah she gets a massage after her bath :) she loves it. I think it just makes her so bloody tired and she cant comprehend it lol.
Her 2 weeks check went great and she passed with flying colours :) Shes back at her birth weight (shes put on around 370 grams (ish) ) in a week and is now 3.99kg (she was born 3.94). So Im over the moon and seems her chuckyness itsnt doing her any harm which is a relief! I had a much better night with her lastnight because we.... co-slept! She just wants to be close to me all the time so im just going with that. DD1 co-slept until she was 6 months and it didnt do her any harm. Bit of a PITA though as I spent alot of money on her bassinet.. oh well. She might still sleep in there during the day... Though atm Im trying to get her to sleep in her swing as shes unsettled as we have been out and about all day and shes overtired, it seems to be calming her abit.
The MCHN said its normal for them to be unselttled late arvo/early evening (for up to 5 hours!) as their digestive system is still very immature and all the feeds over the day etc catch up with them and make them abit chuckier or windy.
It was so nice to get out of the house today and I had my first breastfeeding in public session today and it went flawlessly! I was suprised :) and pleased! We do the football hold at home and I wasnt sure if I could do the cradle hold at all while out (football hold doesnt leave much to the imagination!) but I did! I think I only flashed my nipple once which I think is a pretty good effort :)
I had to wake Taylah for her feed lastnight. She had been asleep for 6 hours and would have kept going if i let her. I felt bad.. like i was starving her. lol. It was a bad idea though and I dont reccomend waking them. She has such a dodgy/sleepy feed. She surely would wake if she was hungry yeah? Shes not much of a cryer, so im no so sure! So she went to sleep at 10pm, I encouraged her awake at about 4:15am and she was back asleep about 5:15 and I had to get her up at 9am as I had to get DD1 to childcare! Im ofcourse not expecting it always to be like that!
WOW this is a very "all about me" post, sorry girls! Im almost done lol..
She also grew 2 cm and her head grew .6 of a centimetre.
Ok Im done :) and shes asleep.. so time to have a milo and some down time before I have to pick DD1 up. Hope you are all having a wonderful wednesday!
Oh and happy 2 weeks old Riley!!! xox
I'm in Sth Est Vic :)
MM yay for Taylah being back over her birth weight that is fantastic & we co-sleep here as well so much easier with feeds.
Seems like this will be a quiet thread, which is strange because so many of the early Octo bubs were born in Sept but seeing as we use the FB group i don't think many of us log into BB anymore.
Fab news Mm!!! I also have good news to report, Mr T is 310gms over birth weight at 4990gms. I am thrilled!
Fantastic news Star :D
yay star thats awesome news!!!!!!!!!!!! :D wowzers, almost 5kg! he would be well and truly in 000's now yeah?
He never fit into 0000-lol. He fits into 000 easily but bonds is a smaller fit and he's nearly into 00's already in them, mainly for length and we are using cloth nappis so that makes a bit of difference. Mr T's sleep is getting worse-still okay but going to bed at 8:30 then awake at 12,3 and then 6! I think I recall reading they do go on a feeding frenzy between 12-16 days but still, that doesn't make it any easier. I'm totally stuffed but he goes back down super easily, our only drama is burping him. It takes ages. Our mchn said what Mm's said so we're just waiting for his tummy to develop and the wind issues should pass.
We've got our newborn photos today-yay! Will have to make myself look halfway decent with makeup and had planned to wear a dress ut it's raining here and might be cold....hmmm.
How is everyones bellies looking? I'm wearing one of those wrap things and I think it's been keeping my belly size fairly tri
But woah do I have some excess crinkle skin going on. No more bikinis for me!!
Righto, off to express somemilk now. I do an express from one side in the morning and an express from one side in the evening. We've been giving Mr t a bottle each night of 80-100mls and then he still goes on the boob so I'm expecting him to take high volumes and trying to build up a stash already. Oh the fun of it all :) bfing is super important to me though, I exclusively expressed for dd for 4 months after she refused the boob when I fell pregnant so I'm def committed! How long are all you ladies planning to bf for? My plan is 12 months andthen probably express for him to takemilk fro
A sippy cup.
Have a great day all.Xx