Lady N sorry to hear that Jaxon is back in hospital hopefully they can figure out what's going on soon and you can take him home
Dr Tal sorry to hear that your also having a tough time as well. Hopefully you can spend a few nights in hospital and get things sorted out
Hi to all the others
AFU well DD slept for 6 hours straight last night so I got about 5 and today I really don't know myself. I haven't had such a block of sleep since before being pregnant. Fingers crossed she can continue sleeping for bigger blocks during the night. Anyway feeding has finished so off to do some chores while she sleeps
Lady Neon-so sorry to hear Jaxon is in hospital. Sending lots of get well vibes.
Dr Tal-Sorry to hear Annabella is also unwell FX they can get it sorted soon.
How is everyone else?
AFU-we are good. Amelia was very unsettled for about 5 hours last night and I was alone because DH is at work. I finally settled her though and she slept 6.5hrs. It means I had a good sleep but my breasts objected, that's for sure.
Hi ladies. Thought I would drop in. Have been reading but haven't had time to write. Sounds like things are going pretty well with everyone. Can't do persies as I am on phone and memory is still bad.
Coop is going well. Having a bit of a growth spurt at the moment and eating every 2-3 hours during the day but sleeping through the night which is good as I am getting some sleep at least. He has some wind problems so we have had to start giving him infants friend before feeds. He is also bottle fed now as he wouldn't feed properly on the boob so I now express and he gets formula as well. Bit of a pain having to express as it is time consuming and would prefer that he would breast feed but he was obviously not feeding properly as he would spend an hour on the boob and then drink 60ml of water (was using water to try and get rid of wind). I was a bit upset and feeling like a terrible mother that I couldn't feed my baby but got over it now cause I have decided I don't care how he is fed now as long as he is getting fed and putting on weight and is happy.
Have our next weigh in on Wednesday so will see then. He put on 700g from his first week weigh in at his 2 week weigh in so was 600g over his birth weight at 2 weeks and had grown 2 cm so we were happy with that.
Better go put coop in his vibrating chair and go and express before he wakes for his next feed.
Hope everything keeps going well for everyone else. Will try and get on computer at some stage and do my birth story and some persies.
Jaxon is at the children's hospital in intensive care.. again. We stayed here last night, thankfully they have some rooms available for parents. The midwife cane to our place for post natal check and told us to bring him here. He was still breathing funny, had a high temp and rash. An Xray showed all the fluid from his lungs has cleared so we are not sure what is happening. His oxygen saturation drops when he is in a deep sleep which is damn scary. This is the hardest thing I have been through in my life. We should be at home enjoying our little man, not praying that he is ok. I'm goingbg to see the hossy psychologist soon. At least we are able to hold him and I can still breastfeed.
Hi Shan-Shan.
Feeding is never easy is it! Kayden is my hardest to feed as well. (feeding for 1hr +) as long as baby is happy and growing.
Lady-Neon, hugs to you. I know it's not easy when your baby is in ICU. Here's hoping he breathing settles soon. My prem had the oxygen desats for his first couple of weeks. (he was in NICU/SCBU for 18 days) most babies get better as they grow.
It's good to talk to Psyc and social worker. I think 'Miracle Babies' have a support group at the hospital as well.
Last edited by Chrispe; October 4th, 2012 at 10:45 AM.
LAdy n - So sorry to hear you had to bring Jaxon back to the hospital. That must be so scary for you. It's good they had a room so you were able to stay. I hope he's home in your arms soon
No other perssies from me at the moment. Sorry.
Annabella has something. Don't know what. They are talking asthma at the moment. I really hope I've not passed mine on to her At night she gets really congested and coughs and burbles and just generally sounds like she's going to stop breathing. Consequently, I'm awake all night listening for her to bubles and have her rattly breath, and if it stops I panic that she's stopped breathing. Rather unsettling. We're looking at getting her admitted for a night or two so they can monitor her over night. No fun. During the day she's perfectly fine though. Wouldn't know there was a thing wrong with her.
Shadow I think most babies are pretty similar with tummy time at this age. DD is ok one day but the next she may hate it. I have now figured out when she is fine with it and it happens to be in the afternoons when she wants to have a play so I only do it then. Like everyone else though most of the time we have her on our chest and it works better.
My question for the day are any of you who are breastfeeding starting to get consistent sleep at night. My DD is starting to sleep upto 5 hours now and I've got my fingers crossed that she will keep it up
Terry: Amelia usually feeds around about midnight then wakes about 4/5 then again at about 7. Last night she never woke until half 1 this morning after going down at about 10 i think, then again at 4 then 7ish. She didn't sleep much yesterday cause of the heat.
CYH nurse came yesterday.
Kayden's constant feeding has paid off, he is now 4kg - 600g more than last weigh in (2weeks ago), and 700g more than birth! He's also approx. 2cm taller as well.
hey girls.....i thought the other thread had gone quiet lol.
LN - sorry to hear about Jaxon. I hope u can take him home soon.
Tal - I too have a really noisy bub who coughs n splutters n gags all night. quite iften its a puke that doesnt come up! no pain from the reflux, but chucky nonetheless.
all going well here, shes growing I can clearly see it....just been slack with gettimg weighed lol. got paed appt tues for the jsundice, however it seems to have cleared. keeping the appt tho cuz jimmy is still quite crosseyed at times, so just seeing when we should be concerned n trying to correct it.
as for my experience with newborns being constipated/having the runs/not pooing....
I don't buy into the norm of bf babies going days without pooing. I think it is common because if diets but I dont believe it is normal. our diets are very interfered with from man made stuff and it all affects the gut whether we see it or not and ideally everyone should be pooing after every meal. that means our gut is working effectively at digesting the food and the poo is waste that isnt building up. it also shouldnt be liquid. both kids here have liquid poo as a result from the dairy n soy I consume. thats the only time we get poo explosions....thats y im often interested n curious when other ppl say their babies did a #3 in the consistancy of it?
as for wind - if u want to figure out if it coincides with ur eating, go back 2-3hrs prior to grunting n pushing. that should be the last feed. then go back 6hrs minimum to the closest meal. thats where the culprit food will be. yep babies have to learn to push n coordinate their bodies but I dont believe it should be painful for them - hard work yes, but not painful. also if that constipation is accompanied by the diarreahea, burned bottom, ezcema, n painful wind then id b questioning ur diet...even if its just short term n especially if its affecting the amount of sleep u both get. ds had all of the above plus he would go 14hrs a day with minimal sleep n scream at night.
jimmy.thankfully inly goes a few hrs without sleeping if she has a tummy ache n I haven't consumed huge quantities of culprit food for screaming or ezcema but I get the rest.
so yeh....take what u want from that I don't mind, but thats my experience and its pretty similar to many other allergy mums ive spoken to, and most naturopaths would agree.,my naturopath is a qualified midwife n nurse too n its her experience.
hope that helps.
oh n feeds/sleeps are going well. for about a week or so weve had great nights. still cluster feeds from 3-9ish which is hard but the feed at 9 is a proper one and then she sleeps till 3-3.30. then sleeps till either 7 or 8. it has been nice having that extra sleep or just a break fron here.
then during the day its still usually 4hrs between feeds.
shes still quite sleepy during the day but awake during thatcluster feeding time.
its funny how different my 2kids are. ds had to be rocked/cuddled/patted to sleep even now we have to be with him. due to his tummy aches we had to cuddle him to sleep.....but when he was asleep I could change his nappy n swaddle him n hed stay asleep.
eith little miss, I cannot move her when shes asleep. she wakes up instantly if moved slightly...but I can put her in her cot swaddled n other than putting the dummy back in a few times, she goes to sleep by herself which I have to admit is so great! its so much easier n less time consuming.
OK ladies so just wondering do any of your little ones not like tummy time? Miss Amelia does not like it at all. Any tips? playing don't help she just screams in frustration. She will occasionally just lay there for well not even a minute then she screams (which is better than used to be. I know they say it's important but well should I just keep doing it or wait a month or so? Should I just let her scream for a few minutes or so? (I usually pick her up straight away pretty much, yep she has me wrapped around her little finger)
She is so different to my other 2 kids they loved being on their bellies. Only way they would go to sleep was on their bellies. Only way Amelia will sleep is either on her back and occasionally on her side.
A minute seems fine right now- my boys were the same but they could lift their heads right away so maybe it wasn't so important for them? Anissa has some head control but she just curls up in a ball and goes to sleep when I put her on her tummy!
None of mine have liked tummy time before.... About 10ish weeks (something like that)
Yeah tummy time is important, but IMO most babies this young don't enjoy it. CYH nurse asked about it the other day and I was honest and told her he gets very little as he just spews and doesn't like it. She didn't have an issue with it.
One thing I do occasionally is when I'm changing his clothes I'll flip him onto his tummy for like a minute, then flip him back.
Or I'll lay him on my chest and he lifts his head to look around.
In fact ^ is how I used to give my prem tummy time.
Last edited by Chrispe; October 8th, 2012 at 07:35 PM.
DS doesnt like tummy time either unless he is on someones chest for a cuddle. CHN seemed ok with it.
Last 2 night's have been rough. Last night he was awake for 3 hours screaming, every time I'd get him to sleep and put him down he'd wake up again. Had a bit of a meltdown and DH soothed him within minutes then he went to sleep. Looks like DH is going to be the sootherer lol. Much to his dismay seeing as he has to go to work the next day. Mum is coming over every morning when DH leaves for work and stays all day to help which is awesome. Because I cannot for the life of me get the boy to stay asleep, let alone think about cooking and cleaning.
At night she gets really congested and coughs and burbles and just generally sounds like she's going to stop breathing. Consequently, I'm awake all night listening for her to bubles and have her rattly breath, and if it stops I panic that she's stopped breathing. Rather unsettling. We're looking at getting her admitted for a night or two so they can monitor her over night. No fun. During the day she's perfectly fine though. Wouldn't know there was a thing wrong with her.
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