Babies born ~ September 2012#1

Lady N - Get to the doctor ASAP if you think you have mastitis and get on antibiotics.
Cradle cap, like Mum2C's said it's a scaley thing they get in their hair. Sort of like dandruff. DS had it really bad and a lady from my BB group with him said to make a paste out of baking soda, put it on his scalp and let it dry, then wash it off while using a baby brush to make circular brushes on his scalp. Worked really well. I started using the coconut oil with DD first because I couldn't find the brush LOL. They get it from DH. He still gets cradle cap (yes you can actually get it as an adult) poor guy. I'm routinely putting oil of some sort or baking soda in his hair of a night time.

Chrispe - Your DH probaly will have something like my DH had if he's ridden horses for that long. DH has been on horses his whole life too, which is probably where he really got it from, although I'm sure the bull riding didn't help. It's not a bad thing (I asked LOL) just added protection the body makes so the vas tubes don't get damaged and the spermies can still make it from the testicles to the tip. It was such an issue for DH because the doctor doing the vasectomy removes about 5cm of the tube, so they don't rejoin (yup, they can rejoin even if they've been tied and still transport sperm...who'd have thunk it) or the spermies do a jump, (because yes, apparently even if there is no tube they can free fly a short distance :o ) But he had to isolate just the vas before he could remove it, so he had to take the outer covering off (peel it basically, that was one of the comments I made which creeped DH out....hahahaha...can't figure out why :spit: ) which was made much more difficult because of how thick it was. Also....did you know that after a vasectomy, the man is still fertile for up to (and sometimes longer then) three months (up to 60 ejaculations we were told) apparently the sperm hides in the prostrate.

Oh, and I forgot to answer your question about DH and the mumcicle. Yes, he did finish eating it. LOL. Said he couldn't justify wasting it....I think he just didn't want to admit that he liked the taste.

exercise. I've started as well. Walking mostly(I take DS out on his scooter and walk/run to keep up with him, he's remarkably fast!) I've also ridden my horse a couple of times. And I use the Wii fit too. IF you don't cheat it is actually quite a workout, especially if you are wearing your baby while doing it. I find the hula hooping, cycling and aerobics to be the best when I'm wearing A and I do the running, boxing and flying when she's asleep in her cot.

DDB - Wow miss A has been rolling for a long time. If she's anything like DS was once she figures out how to roll from her back to her belly she'll start to commando roll around the house. DS would see somethign he wanted (usually one of the dogs) and he'd be off rolling. You should have seen the look on my old boys face the first time he rolled over to him, it was complete horror as if to say "you mean that stinky pink thing can move!!!" :rofl:

Mum2C's - I second the having someone else try feeding her the EBM. I know DS wold never take it from me, but when I was in hospital after my appendix burst DH had DS at night and he took EBM from a bottle for DH. Also try squirting fresh milk on the tip of the teat, because expressed (older) milk can taste different.

AFU - A's cough has started to get better (as have my hives and hayfever) which makes me think she might be allergic to pollen like me (I'm pretty sure it's the mangos blooming that sets me off about October every year). So I've been getting a bit more sleep and feel like a new person. Last night a got from 10 until 4 and it was FANTASTIC!!.

Wow to the babies who are rolling already! Thor gets half way to rolling and then decides it's easier to stay wherever he was. I'm fine with that - I like knowing that wherever I put him down, he'll stay! And they normally start rolling around the 3 month mark, and he';s only 2 months, so it's not like he's delayed!

Shadow - g;lad you found your bath support.

M2SC, good luck with the bottle. I have no real advice, as we've been using a range of feeding methods right from the start, but I've also heard several times that bub is more likely to take a bottle from someone else. And as much as I understand that you hate to waste EBM, I think you might need to put EBM in it to get her to take it. If she's properly hungry, and you're nowhere in sight, then the smell and taste of EBM will be far more likely to get her to have a go at the bottle that water would. And if she really won't go for it, then remember that you can still try cup or syringe feeding, so not taking the bottle is not the end of your chance to go out without her. And I hope you don't go back to feeling overwhelmed again!

Dr Tal, Thor also has cradle cap. I haven't bothered trying to treat it, because my understanding is that it is totally unharmful and usually goes away on its own. But it is kind of ugly, so I might try your baking soda trick.

Gotta go, he's waking up for a feed. he had his first set of immunisations on Tuesday, and was really good - less than a minute of crying. He's been a wee bit flat and unsettled since, but seems closer to normal again today.

Looked up what Amelia's names mean to put in her baby book
Amelia - industrious, striving (hard working)
Nyssa - The beginning
and
April - The month April AND the beginning of Spring.

had no idea April meant the beginning of Spring and yep she was born in the beginning of Spring. We gave her the name April as that was the month Greg and I married, not because she was born at the beginning of spring, but I guess that could be another reason LOL.

and yep a lot of sites say March 1st is the beginning of Spring as someone was debating it on my FB. depends what site or book you look at :-) Spring is September here anyhow LOL

Shadow, Thor was born on a Thursday (named, of course, for Thor's Day). And my mother like to say the date (13/9) was Thor'sday the Thorteenth (of Thortember). Another nice coincidence!

I am going to post twice so I can reply to this page and then the next.

Lady Neon-I cannot machine wash the pram. Soap and water had to do. not good about the mastitis, I hope you get better soon. Mastitis sucks.

Mum2-A drinks out of avent bottles when we give her ebm, to start with she would only drink from dh or mum because she could smell my milk.

Chrispe-that's cute about your 2yo :) I am going to start walking more and zumba next week. I had got my pre baby body back a week after I had her but I kind of got hungry. Oopsy.

Shadow-that's cool about all of the meanings of Amelia's names :)

Pholi-thor is certainly not delayed. They are not meant to be rolling yet. I would like A to slow down.

Dr Tal-glad to hear you and A are feeling better :)

AFU-all good here. A still has the poohs since her needles 8 days ago but she isn't upset. She was fighting sleep majorly during the day and getting so overtired and worked up but today she had her naps for me. I never let her get the tired signs but she just would not sleep. She would lay there awake and smiling in the bassinet.

Hi ladies just wanted to let you know I've been reading on the phone hence the no posts

DH has gone back to work and poor spoilt me has had to figure out how to do everything myself. G is in a good sleeping routine at night and I think she is starting to form a pattern during the day. I'll be back for personals I promise

10 weeks......is that growth spurt time? All miss A has done all day is sleep and wake for feed, I swear by morning she is gonna be 6 foot tall LOL

Lol shadow.
I think it's either a growth spurt or a 'wonder' week every week with Master Kayden!

lol Chrispe, same here. A always cluster feeds in the afternoon and ends up so tired. I have just gotten her to sleep after she screamed for ages and now the neighbours are being really noisy. Grr. She generally sleeps through noise but today isn't the day I want her disturbed. She is exhausted. I also have mastitis so feel rubbish.

DDB, Sorry about the mastitis - I really hope you feel less rubbish today. I think it's a miracle, given that I STILL have an open wound on my right nipple, that I haven't had a bout of mastitis too. Have you been to the GP?

terry, I'/m not looking forward to having DP go back to work - I'm sure the days get much more challenging.

Chrispe, I think the wonder week thing every week, too. I kept expecting Thor's appetite to settle down once he'd caught up with where he should have been on the charts, after his very slow start, but no - he just keeps going!

M2SC, how's the bottle feeding going? have you tried again?

Shadow, lol at finding a 6 foot baby in the cradle in the morning!

afu, we're doing ok. We seem to have lost the 'one overnight feed' pattern, and are back to 2 feeds for the last 3 nights. It makes a huge difference to how i feel - I really need an afternoon nap when I'm up twice, but I'm ok when it's only once. I'm especially loving all the playtimes we get, with Thor talking and smiling, and making all sorts of fun noises. it's hard to believe, with all the variety of sound he can make, apparently on purpose, that it takes so long to actually form meaningful words.

DDB- I hope you are feeling better

Pholi- lol I know what you mean, Kayden is doing something similar. Depends on when he goes to bed for the night.

Thanks ladies, I got antibiotics and feel a little better.

Pholi-That's awesome about Thor making all of the noises and interacting :)

Hi Chrispe.

AFU-all good here. A did 12 hours last night and I have been feeding her from one side in the morning and pumping the other to freeze and get a stash. I am usually so full so it works out well. I am loving all of the baby giggles and how interactive she is now :)

Tal mmm mangos, do you have a tree? Summer is on its way :) its good that A's cough is getting better.

Pholi J isn't rolling yet either. He kind of wriggles onto his side though. Did you nurse T while he was getting needles? I'm loving the baby sounds, they are too cute! I'm no where near ready for J to talk yet. Sucks about going back to 2 night feeds. I'm the same, can manage on 1 but 2 knocks me for 6.

DDB I can't wash our pram either. But there is a slightly cushioned head piece and shoulder pads which are removable. I better wash.them and the car seat insert today. They're covered in vomit. Glad you are feeling better. Mastitis sucks!

Hi Terry. Your lucky DH only just went back to work! Mine only had q week. And we were still in hospital too :(

Chrispe I'm with you on the growth spurts and wonder weeks!

AFU the mastitis cleared up. Was only early stages, so the fever was an auto-immune response and not resulting from infection. I massaged the boob and fed J from it lots, rested and it went away. Yay to no anti-biotics. J is into some 000s now. Some of them look more like 0! How can.different brands vary so much? We had a sucky night, J went down at 11 (which is quite normal for him) but woke at 1.30, usually its 3.30 or 4. So I fed him then burped, offered more but he refused. Fell asleep so I put him down. Climbed into bed, nodded off and he screamed again! Grr. So another feed but this time he didn't want to sleep :( ended up being up for 3 hours. Groan. Killer headache.

Lady_neon, I didn't nurse him during the jabs - Actually the nurse giving them had a very specific way she wanted me to hold him so that he was held snug and secure, but I could also hold the target thigh very firmly, with the knee bent. And I've heard that the rotavirus immunisation loses its efficacy if you breastfeed within half an hour of taking it. The nurse confirmed that it was 'preferable' not to, too.

Yay to no ABs!!

M2SC's, we use the Medela Calma teat for Lucy's bottles. It's weird looking, but it supposedly mimics actual breastfeeding because the milk only flows when she actively sucks, which lets her pause and breathe as she would naturally if she were breastfeeding. It seems to work really well for her, we swap back and forth between breastfeeding and giving EBM in a bottle with no issues. She'll take the bottle from the Mr, from me, from one of her grandparents, whatever.

Bambina - I haven't heard of those bottles/teats before, but they do sound perfect.

Pholi - I wish my A would slow down. She's slower then DS was, but she's still doing it all much faster then I'd like her too.

The cradle cap is harmless, but definitely unsightly. I've actually found the coconut oil to work even better then the baking soda. I'll put it on her head about 5 of so. Leave it for an hour or two, them brush circles through her hair which lifts all the crusty skin, then take her in for a shower. I don't leave it in all day or put it on in the mornings as I'n not into the oily hair look. Generally speaking cradle cap will go away in most cases, but not all the time. Like I menitoned before DS still gets it from time to time as does DH.

Lady N - yes we do have mango trees. Two of them. The dwarf varieties. I LOVE mangoes. I usually make myself sick on them multiples times every mango season LOL. We also have a food dehydrater and dehydrate a whole heap of them to eat throughout the rest of the year.

Glad your mastitis cleared up and without the need for antibiotics.

DDB - also glad that your feeling better

Shadow - I actually do think they have another growth spurt around the 10 week mark.

Chrispe - had to laugh about you thinking ever week is a growth spurt or wonder week. Feels a bit like that sometimes.

Terry - Sorry to hear your DH had to go back to work and that it's been a bit hectic for you. It probably doesn't feel like it now, but you will get yourself into a routine and get the hang of going solo pretty quickly.



Anyone know where Kirley is? Has she checked in on FB lately? She's been very silent on here. I hope everything is going okay for her.

AFU - pretty sure Miss A is in the midst of a growth spurt. She was feeding like starving baby a couple of days ago, then Monday night she came up with a fever (DS always gets fevers when he's having a growth spurt....it's odd....seems like she's going to take after him with that) and she slept ALL of yesterday, and I do mean all day. She was only awake for about 45 minutes all day and that was pretty much just to feed. Fevers all day yesterday and last night as well. Slept through last night....first time ever!! wasn't able to take advantage of it though as DS woke up twice (always seems to be the way :doh: ) and she's putting in a pretty good effort today with sleeping as well.

Bambina, Dr Tal, we also use the Medela Calma teat. Thor switches from bottle to boob all the time, too.

Dr Tal, I tried the baking soda and it improved a bit, but perhaps I'll go for the oil next time I get round to it. I just don't want oil all over his bedding or playmat! What a shame you didn't get to sleep through the night too. I hope A gets over her fever soon.

AFM, I went back to the physio today for more laser to my right nipple. We're going to do a three day blitz with daily laser, pumping only (no feeding) and salt washes after every express, and see if we can't get it to heal up once and for all.