hi all,

sorry from me too for being MIA on this thread for awhile, been having ALOT of troubles with Ayva breastfeeding, so i have been stalking, but not replying to anything (but its been so quiet anyway! lol)

the good news is, shes starting to attach properly again! yay!! she has only had a bottle of EBM once (which was this morning) since around 7pm last night, and that was after she'd been feeding for like 1.5 hrs, and was still acting hungry! but i can live with that!

i was just so surprised when she attached last night, the feed before she was really resisting, but then i tried lying down for the hell of it, thinking i should try every feed, and Voila! she attached and fed like a champ, and continued to do so throughout the night! DH said he didnt even wake once when i was feeding her on booby throughout the night thats how quiet she was! (she was in our bed though, so she didnt have a huge chance to wake throughout the night like she would in the bassinet)

now all i can do is it stays like this!! i can deal with EBM top-ups provided she feeds well, and is just still a tad hungry, but ideally, id love her to get milk drunk from only me lol. however, i wont complain!!

however, i think that when she had the bottle last night, it must be her "arsenic hour" because she was very very fussy again at around the same time when she had a feed today, and was awake for around 2.5-3 hours, and was feeding for AAGGESS from me! so i think it must just be her unsettled time of day?

does anyone else's bubs have an unsettled time of day? what do you usually do to help get them to settle down and sleep (or at least stop wanting booby! lol)


ill add to the discussion about feeding! both when booby and on bottle, generally Ayva will sleep around 2.5-4 hours between feeds (depends on the time of day), and at night will usually do a stretch of about 5 hours, then another stretch of either 3-4 hours. but mostly its around 3-4 hours between feeds

shan - awesome job on the weight! its such an AWESOME feeling when you just lose weight! lol i've lost about 17-18kg since bubs was born, so im well below my pre-pregnancy weight, and nearly at the same weight i was when i was at my lowest during pregnancy, im about 1kg off it

im even fitting into clothes i havent worn in years and my pre-preg clothes just seem to be falling off me!

all i need now is for the skin on my belly to catch up has anyone else still got saggy skin from their bubs? can any experienced mums tell me if it actually gets better? or does the skin just stay saggy?


also, i dont mean to be ignorant, but whats the Tizzy Hall save our sleep routine stuff? sounds interesting, i really have no idea about those routine things lol, ive just been letting Ayva run the show so far :P

I changed my ticker too to a picture of Ayva BF'ing today, i was so proud of her i had to take a picture and i just loved the picture i decided to make it my ticker lol

I had a MASSIVE blonde moment today too, i was going to go to the clinic to get DD weighed and checked out as usual, and i went and checked the address, and when it's open, and the times etc. and went there, and when i got there, i realised that its open on WEDNESDAY, not THURSDAY! it even said so on the paper, and i realised that, but for some reason it didnt click! lol!! i knew it was thursday today, and i knew the clinic was wednesday, but WTH?! lol! i was so cranky with myself because DD and i just got back to sleep after a feed, and i woke us both up unnecessarily! lol... ah well, at least this way DH gets to come tomorrow, as he couldnt go today as he had to do his exam for his paramedic application.. (fingers crossed he did well!!) but yeah...

will be interesting to see how much weight she's put on over the last week, because i KNOW shes a guts, she will OFTEN feed herself to the point where she will throw up!

is that normal? lol...


anyways, better go, its tiring typing with a baby leaning on your arm! loll


love to you all ladies!

xxx