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Thanks Mel. X
Will try get in today. Thanks Mel
Been reading everything, but not posting much. Sounds like everyone is going well.
Mel..glad to hear feeding is going so well for you, that is just awesome!
Jaki...love the new name :)
Well, Grace just has to be the most perfect baby on the planet, LOL. Had her weighed day 4 and she had only lost 115grams which the nurse said was great. She gets weighed again on Monday when we go for our baby and mummy checkup. She feeds, sleeps, feeds, sleeps with a little bit of "looking around" time in her bouncer in between. Twice she has slept for 8 hours at night and the other nights she will sleep for about 6 hours. If she has lost more weight or hasn't put much on when we go to the doc on Monday I will start waking her at night for feeds though. When she wakes for a feed she just lays there in her hammock squirming and grunting, lol, the only time she ever cries is in the bath and sometimes when she is getting dressed, she doesn't seem to like being nudey rudey.
All the kids just adore her, and Jack has been totally hypo and SO loud since we brought her home! I think she is used to it though from when she was in my tummy, he was always talking to her and jumping all over me, she doesn't even flinch now when he is yelling the place down, lol. (and yes, her hearing test was perfect, lol)
Anyway, gotta go Mitchell brekky, he has footy today :)
hi ladies, quick question, how are your bubs with bath time?
i thought by now she would be ok with it, but shes still not, screamed the whole way threw, and for half hour after, normaly shes fine once dressed and having boob the other kids had started to love there baths by now, once she finnished screaming she sat there with a horrified look on her face untill 20 mins ago (had bath at 10;30) when she finaly took boob and is now asleep... she seems to get worse each time she has one. im realy hoping she gets use to it, its the only time i have any real dramas with her.
sarah, jayden is the same so he has a shower with DH now. I have bathed him in the big bath with a terry towling bath seat and he like that. Shower is so much easier though. I just dont have the arm strength to do it.
Ellasmummy: Aw thanks darlin, would love to see you. It is so far for you wonderful girls though. Lets arrange a meet up soon, okay Kylz?? Jaki, not fair you are up there! : (
Sarah, Dh gives K a bath each night as part of his routine.. He still screams, not as much as before but still screams. : ( Btw I was the same as Kylz with dd. The shower with my ex is how we did it. Just was easier.. Now however, just the idea of it scares dh... Hope it gets easier soon. xx
Hope all you ladies are well! Iona, you back yet?? xx
hi girls,
thought i'd drop in and say hi....will catch up with you all real soon
xoxox
Wyatt loves the bath as long as he is on his hammock bath insert thingy. He also loves the shower.
You could try getting in the bath with her, just you two with no other kids or distractions around. Sounds relaxing :D
We all posted at the same time!
Hiya ladies :)
Maz - Yay on Grace only losing 115g! And sleeping for 8 hours! I'm jealous lol we're lucky if Elise sleeps for 3 hours.
My DS is the same as Jack, all hyperactive and loud. I'm dreading wednesday when hubby goes back to work, not sure how I'll cope with both all on my own.
Sarah - Elise is the same, she lays there all shocked for a few minutes and then starts crying. DS was the same at first too, but got better after a month or so.
Hi everyone else, tried to catch up on persies, but Elise is having another screaming attack so I have to attend to her between trying to eat lunch and catching up on here.
afm - Elise has colic, so we haven't been getting much sleep since getting home, though last night was better than the night before, even with DS waking up crying every hour.
It breaks my heart every time she starts screaming and arching her back, it's worse when trying to BF, as she'll suck for a few seconds and then start screaming, and she'll be so hungry that she'll scream more, and then she'll scream between feeds, and she has so much gas it isn't funny anymore, poor thing.
We gave in the other night and bought some formula, as she feeds a lot more at night and I can't always express enough for every feed (she's drinking 60-70mls a feed already!), though there's currently 250mls of EBM in the fridge at the moment, first time there's ever been that much in there at any one time lol I just have to cut down on how often I express now to regulate my supply, easier said than done because the engorgement is so so painful!
Hubby has just gone out to get something for the colic after the midwife called to see how we were going this morning and suggested we get something for her, and tomorrow Elise will be having her newborn screening and heel***** and get weighed, so it will be interesting to see if all the feeds have made her put on weight already.
DS is in love with her now, after he didn't want anything to do with her the first 2 days. This morning he came up to her while I was burbing her and wrapped his arms around her and gave her the biggest, gentlest hug. Was so sweet, wish I'd had the camera handy to take a photo.
Hope you're all doing well, will stop back in when I'm able to.
sarah: Chase loves the bath :) he hated it when he was first born when we had to hold him to bathe him but as soon as we got home and laid him down on that ramp thing you put in the bath he loves it. Just lies there with big wide eyes and kicks his legs. Do you have one of those seat things for inside the bath? I've never showered with him thought! I'd be too afraid of dropping him when he is all slippery LOL
LMP: Im definitely keen for a meet up!!! See the new bubbas!! We can play pass the bubbas around the table LOL
Jenna: You poor thing and poor Elise. I had to look up what colic was and it doesn't sound fun at all, I can't imagine what i would do with a constantly screaming baby, its hard enough for me when Chase screams for a little while. On the up side it's so great that your DS loves Elise now, I love seeing protective big brothers/sisters. Did ur hubby end up getting something for her? Did it work?
Hey everyone!!
I had the worst day with Chase yesterday. From midday to 10.30pm he was just unsettled. I'd get him to sleep in my arms and then as soon as I put him down he would wake up and get upset, grunting and such. I nearly had a breakdown, I was so at a loss with what to do with him. He was better overnight though and was easy to put back to sleep when he woke up for a feed. He's crying in his sleep now, just little sni***. Don't know when he turned into such a sooky baby.
Hi everyone :)
Total me post. Chloe screamed from 9.30pm til 3.30am last night. I am dreading tonight. It's from belly pains but don't think its silent reflux or colic,just upset belly. I'm cutting out chocolate,sultanas and stone fruit as I think they upset her little tum :(
Meet up soon would be awesome!
try infacol, I use it for Chase. I don't know how long you can continuously keep giving it to the baby but when I dont give it to him before a couple of feeds he ends up with a belly ache but I really think it helped him.
Did u need a script for that kitty?
Sarah- chloe loves her baths as long as she has a big warm washer over her belly and I wash her with another one.
Jenna- :( to elise having colic. Hope u get some sleep soon and your ds calms down.
Infacol is over counter Lou.
what kylz said :)
Man just got chase to sleep after trying not once not twice but three times and the little bugger is prob gonna wake up in half and hour for his next feed...:wall:
on the plus side I suddenly feel like watching Troy just to see brad pitt all muscled and oily so at least I can do that while feeding :)
Wyatt has been wide awake and feeding since midnight! Waaahhhh!!!!
If he won't sleep soon his snoring father can get up and take him out to the lounge room!!!
Not too much to say, but I'm joining this thread and there's nothing you can do about it :nahnah:
Well, Amelia is just gorgeous. We had a bit of a rough start to BFing, because someone attached her incorrectly for her first feed while I was still drugged up after birth... Yes, I ended up with an epidural :cry: I console myself with the knowledge that I would have had a c/s otherwise, but still...
Anyway, I was talking about breastfeeding :lol: She's going through a phase of wanting to feed constantly - so much I'm not sure my supply is keeping up - but I'm sticking to it. Got the feeding-laying-down thing going, so with a bit of luck I'm able to nap/sleep through feeds at times :leap: I'll be making some lactation cookies today, and getting some breastfeeding vitamins, to help inflate these boobs a bit more :p
Sent from my iPhone so forgive the speelung misstacks ;)