Babies born~ March 16th-31st 2011 #2

[Beautiful Disaster]

ARGH! Centrelink will be getting a call from me!

Rhi can you check your online centrelink to see if there is anything there? if you are getting PPL its every monday f/n so I am due to be paid NEXT monday but since its a holiday they are paying it this thursday.

[ferrals5]

Mildez-I have the monitor on the low setting so the beep is pretty quiet and it doesnt bother me or DH and Ella is still in our room but not for much longer she is a noisy grunty sleeper so i am thinking of putting her cradle in her room or putting the monitor on her cot and and she can go into the cot a bit earlier than i wanted.
And we decided to only put her on her belly if playing up and only on the lounge with a heat wheat pack until she settles then into bed on her side.

Kylz-I get my PPL every 2nd friday so i guess mine will be in thursday also.

AFM-OMG! OMG! I really think the lactose free formula is doing the trick we have had no more playing up just the tired whinging when ella is ready for bed and she SLEPT from 10 until 3 had a bottle and went straight back to sleep until 8 she stayed up for an hour had some tummy time and gooed and garred and then went back to bed with minimal fuss THIS IS THE BABY GIRL I WANT a pain free happy girl.
And mum and dad got a to have a good sleep

[Beautiful Disaster]

Hmmm that's interesting ferrals i always thought they did the sane payments on the same day. Mine is paid by gov is yours?

[Mildez]

Thanks Ferrals for your reply.

JJ maybe its something to do with been born on the 30th. My little J hadn't sleep for more then 20mins straight yesterday. She kept waking and crying and she was so tired. She was ferrals last night it took ages to get her to sleep and she snacked on/off the boob for ages (and spewed on me 5times) At one stage last night I feel asleep and woke almost an hour later and she was still snacking away on me. This morning was looking the same as yesterday so I gave her 40mls of formula, then she fell asleep on the boob following that. She has now been down 45mins and hopefully she sleeps til Lunch atleast. My milk also looks like watered down milk. It was creamier last week for sure. I ended up taking motilium and have eaten far to many lactation cookies but I think all they are doing is skyrocketing my calories as my weight is going up and up again (as I gained almost 30kilos pregnant I was hoping Id be loosing it now not still gaining) I too am just about to go of and express. My supply has dwindles again since I've not been expressing as regularly.

[KittyK]

jenna: my booby milk is watery at the beginning, then the harder bubby sucks the creamier the milk gets because at the end is the creamy good booby milk where they get the most nutrients, from what I've read anyway. Also you might think the milk is going but then in a couple of days it will be more than it was before. There have been a couple of times where I thought I had nothing and then a few days later *boom*, its the 3 weeks growth spurts that do it So she might just be having a growth spurt and emptying your boobies so they know to produce more milk than before.

Kylz: I try to listen for the Dunstan cry but C doesn't really cry until he starts getting very annoyed so I don't like to wait to listen for it. I know he is hungry because when I rest my finger below his lips or anywhere near them he latches and then takes long sucks like he thinks its the booby. but he also doesn't really use a dummy unless we are out so there is no way he just wants my finger to suck on, he wants to eat it. If I hold both of C's hands while he is on my lap sometimes he tenses and tries to sit up a bit. Not really sure about the rolling over I dont put him on his tummy that much...I'll test it out this week and see.

scone: thats absolute crap, bloody centrelink know people have bills to pay and groceries to buy and they still just stuff around. Hope you get through to them. Chase did the same thing launching himself over his underarm cushion and landing flat on his face LOL

ferrals: how wonderful that the formula is working for Ella Glad you finally got a nice long sleep, I always feel so much better after those.

Hey everyone I missed, I have my SIL over babysitting while I get ready and sneakily jumped on the net hehehe

[Lisa B]

I haven't even put in my forms for the BB yet (PPL is too complicated with how we get paid). I will be needing money in a couple of weeks as my work paid mat. leave runs out. Now I'm getting worried about the processing time.

Ferrals - that's great that you are having some good night sleeps! Enjoy.

Jenna - can I ask why you are expressing? I am as well. Mine is usually creamy looking but at the beginning of the flow it can look a bit watery.

Scone - How very frustrating for you. I remember hanging up on Centrelink recently as I was so frustrated. Wow, that roll already is amazing. I know what you mean about the cloth nappies. DS is beginning to rock when having tummy time and I think the cloth nappy supports this.

RE - smiles - DS was smiling at 2 weeks, but it wasn't deliberate just a random facial expression. By 3 weeks he began to do it when I played a game of kissing his checks when on the change table.

RE - feeding cues - I honestly have little idea I wish I did. When he gets over hungry and cries I get that cue but the subtle ones I'm really lost. I also noticed that on the information I was given the hunger cues are pretty similar to the tired ones. I do find that DS will close his mouth and refuse the bottle when he is not hungry and when on the breast will just go to sleep. The MCHN told me to not worry about over feeding at this stage and just demand feed (this included when I was using formula to top up before my supply came in). This went against what several other MWs told me but I found DS was much happier when I just feed him when he took it.

AFM: DS is getting harder to settle down to sleep particularly during his grizzly hours in the afternoon and this morning he was also hard to get off to sleep after his feed and a short play. He also woke up early after his early morning feed and I had to get up early.

Off to the LC today. I know there is no magic cure for our BF problems but I kind of like going through it with the LC, sort of moral support I guess.

Hope you all have a great day and Scone that your money comes in!!

[Mildez]

Lisa B good luck with the LC. Hope they do have a magic cure. If so share it with me although our issue is with DD not sucking enough. I too haven't applied for BB or PPL. Living on savings but I have to get down to medicare and do it. DD isn't even on our medicare card yet and we haven't sent of her birth certificate. Better get to those this week.

[JennaJayen]

Mildez - I hope your supply picks up soon, makes it really frustrating. Elise has been down since 8:30, so is due for another feed, thankfuly she's only staring and not sooking yet as I'm expressing again lol

Kitty - if sh was emptying my boobies I'd be happy lol I have to express all her feeds as the only time she latches on without screaming the house down is when she just wants to comfort suck and fall asleep lol

Lisa - At first I was expressing before Elise was born as I had GD, then after she was born her mouth was too small and she kept on putting her tongue up to the roof of her mouth and wasn't latching on or sucking properly. She doesn't always latch on or suck properly, and now it's a battle to get her to have only a couple of sucks unless she just wants to comfort suck and fall asleep. Still gives me hope that I'll get her on the boob properly when she's older, but I'm not really expectin it to happen.

afm - Didn't end up expressing earlier, had to get dishes done, so jut finished expressing now an hour earlier than normal, got 120mls, and it was quite creamy... here's hoping that it will be the same in 3 hours when I express again. Have enough milk in the fridge for 3 & 1/2 feeds now, so she won't need much - if any - formula today.
Had to call the ambulance for me earlier today, all my upper stomach muscles and ribs went really tight and made it really hard for me to breath, and it hurt quite a bit. I've had it twice before since Elise was born, first time I called the ambo's and they said it sounded like a panic attack and it lasted for about 15 minutes. The second time I just let it sort itself out and it lasted for 15 minutes as well, this time it lasted between 20 and 25 minutes and was a lot worse than the other 2 times, I was having so much trouble breathing I felt like I was going to pass out and just before the ambo's got here I felt like I was going to throw up.
Thank god it's all gone now, it was really scary.
Was supposed to be at the doctors by now, but had to feed DS and now have to feed Elise, and change her nappy - explosive poo's have invaded the house again!
Will have to make another appointment on friday when hubby is home.
Will be back later.

[ferrals5]

Kylz-yes it is i guess it starts whenever the payment is granted after your childs birth and mine gos in with my other family payments so i get $2000 in total every 2nd friday

[KittyK]

sad me post. Just got a letter today saying they got the results back from pathology and for me to make an appointment to come see the dr...pretty sure they only make you come back if they have something bad to tell you so its quite likely I've actually got diabetes. FML. DH is being a frickin D-Head. I read the letter when i found it in the letterbox when i got home tonight and all I wanted to do was curl up and cry but DH had buggered off for the 2nd night in a row so I had Chase to look after and now im just bloody depressed. diabetes at 25. My whole life im never going to enjoy eating. And the one person who is supposed to be here supporting me with a shoulder to cry on is too busy being a tool with his friend at the coast. I'm so angry and sad right now.

[Beautiful Disaster]

Naw u could have bought C here for a cry I'm laying here wide awake with a horrid tummy ache. Think the ham I ate was starting to go off

[MsKara]

Aw kitty *hugs*. Don't stress yet. You never know until you see the Dr. They could just be saying you're borderline or something? I understand though. My test is next week and I'm worried about it too

[KittyK]

At least C is sound asleep, must have sensed I was depressed he just ate and then went straight to sleep, haven't heard a peep out of him since 9.30pm

[WeeMansMummy]

Kitty I'm sure it's standard procedure to get the results in person. My test is in a few weeks and my Dr's apt is already booked in for after. They will just want to lecture you about the 50% chance of getting it in 10 years.

[WeeMansMummy]

Jenna have you tried a breast shield for the latching? I hate having to use it but it's so much better than full time expressing like I was at the start.

Having a bad night here

[Arimeh]

Jak - hope your night has improved. And that you can steal a nap today!

Kitty - try not to stress until you know there is something to stress over

Up for the second time tonight - can't believe I can function through the day, thank god I love coffee!! Although I have noticed my patience with the other kids is somewhat non-existent. Especially with Eden cos she's attached to my hip most of the day. I even had to pee with her on my lap yesterday and it still wasn't good enough and ended in tears! Be gone clingy toddler stage - oh how I hate you!

Anyway that's my whinge.

[Beautiful Disaster]

Horrid night here too. Poor bubba in pain from gas I think. Normally up at 230-3 and 530-6 but last night was 2 and then 445 after not going to her till 10. I put him in bed with me at 445 and is still asleep even after bring put in car and out again to take DH to work.

So the search for new formula starts again today and I think some coloxyl drops too. Just don't know what I should be looking for in them

[Arimeh]

Kylz - is he constipated? Have you tried the brauers (sp?) colic stuff? I used that with one of mine, just can't remember which one. How long are you giving each formula to settle in? Cos its good to give each formula a week (so basically finish the tin) cos it can upset bubs tummy if switching too much.

God I hate typing on my phone, I need more Internet time so I can actually get on my laptop to type.