Welcome Lisa! Join away... We are pretty cool here. Hehe :D
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Welcome Lisa! Join away... We are pretty cool here. Hehe :D
Meanwhile.. I hope they sort the avvy uploader soon. I'm hanging to see my new av!
Who else is waiting on an upload?
Hi and Welcome to Lisa!!
Sorry no time for persies. I just wanted to ask Kylz how you went with the SMA? K has now been on it a week.. The first 24 hours he feed every 3hours... but now he is quite content and still has very little gas. : ) Just thought I would check in.
I will be back later or tomorrow. xx
He had a power chuck today Tams. dont know if i over fed him or something else. He is still feeding every 2 at moment unless he is asleep :(
Jaki-I am waiting on my new avi too it has been changed to Ella in my arms and Abbi's angel is a star looking over us.
Lisa-welcome our Ella is also an march IVF miracle.
Tams- when K was windy was he a screamer or just wouldnt settle Ella just seems to moan and groan and wakes her self up she drinks her bottle and burps easy but maybe one bottle a day she plays up and whinges if she didnt burp real good the bottle before and at night she drinks her bottle and i put her back down to sleep and she moans and groans for half an hour until she falls asleep the nurse seems to think she is just overfull and and uncomfortable until her belly digests the milk.
Jaki- I am jealous Ella will go 5 hours during the day but only 4 at most during the night.
AFM-Ella has been grissly this arvo she had a 2 hour wakeful period had some tummy time and was real happy i think she got over tired and cranky so i bathed her (she loved it today) then put her down to bed and all i can hear through the monitor is whining in her sleep.
Anyone else have a noisy moaner/groaner sleeper?
One more thing who is back to DTD we are which is fantastic but today DH forgot to pull out i think he got to use to me being pregnant and we are not using any protection yet i want DH to get the snip.
I do not want anymore kids and now have to worry about getting pregnant 4 weeks after having Ella WTF!!! not what i need right now.
WE are too Ferrals. GP told me not to stress about it until AF is back. She gave me a script for the Pill but I havent filled it yet.
Cool i told DH he has to get the snip i cant take the pill or injection and hate condoms so it;s withdrawal or the snip.
Im allergic to latex :(
Argh jack has been unsettled today - feeding every 1-2hrs n my poor bb's r feeling the burden and he has hardly slept an hr here or there
Sorry for the me post off to bed while I can
You poor thing. Hope he stays asleep:
Kitty something else for you to use - DH and I are both online gamers lol. We even go to LANs once a month and play other geeks. DH has COD but won't buy Black Ops yet because he knows he won't have time for that addicted gaming we both get with a new game ;-). Btw that is so cute that Chase has ticklish ears! Hehe
Lisa Hi and welcome! I hope the LCs can help you out with the BFing. Good luck with it :-)
Iona at least your lil one was there for a while! H went straight to the high 10s lol :-P
Sarah glad to hear you're feeling a bit more in control
Jaki I'm so jealous! The longest H will stretch to is 4hrs.
Tams SMA was the formula we tried with H. He didn't seem to like it and had short sleeps and drunk much less than usual.
I decided to face my fear today and spent half the day at the shopping centre! Apart from bringing home a grumpy bubby, it wasn't anywhere near as hard as I thought it would be.
Anyway, I need to get this place tidied up ready for my BFF tomorrow. Not that he would care. Yeh, wait he won't care! I'm staying on the couch lol
Hi everyone :)
Sorry for no persies, on phone and bf and trying to type and make sense lol.
Hope you all have a great weekend and have sleeping chilled out bubs. Prob won't be online much til next week sometime but still round on fb. See you brissie girls Wednesday. X
I have a constipated little boy :( he keeps waking up grunting and straining and crying and he's only getting out little hard pebble sized poops. I've been bicycling his legs and rubbing his tummy, and I'm going to see if he'll take some of the other SMA formula to hopefully get things moving. I think it's going to be a long night here :(
Can you give water? Will that help?
Nthing personal right now... It's 1:30, and who's up for that at this hour :)
Had an absolutely dream day with both kids yesterday! I got all my housework done (save mopping the floor), managed to do my hair, have a rest, visit work and my cousin, come hOme bathe, feed and put both to bed with no tears from anyone!
E's just woken for a b/f - she slept from 7:30 til 1:30! Normally she'll wake at 9ish and 11ish! I woke just to keep checking on her!
Dtd- we did at 2 weeks. It was fine, but yeah i don't want to be pg again ! We'll see how that goes! ;) ached for a couple days - I don't think those muscles were ready. Dtd again tonight and was fine.
I'm hoping my dream day isn't the calm before the storm today!
Oh yeah. I'm waiting in an av too! :)
Good morning ladies.
I am pretty happy with the boys night time feeds now. They have been doing a similar pattern all week which has been great. They'll have a feed at about 5 - 6pm and than another at around 9pm. They will than go to 1 -2am and than again at 6am. So I am pretty much only having to get up once through the night for a feed. It just means I don't go to bed until after the 9pm feed. It was a bit different tonight though. They had their 6pm feed and didn't wake for their 9pm feed (I usually will wake them if they don't but wanted to see what would happen). They went until 11:30pm and then were awake again at 4am (I've not long finished feeding them and cleaning up bottles). I think I will keep waking them for the 9pm feed. I like that pattern better when they have that feed.
Hello to Scone and Lisa. I've been slack and haven't welcomed either of you yet - so sorry.
My boys both grunt and fart and stuff in their sleep also. They do it when they are not asleep too. M goes real red in the face when he is pooing. I was getting worried about the poor little mite thinking he was getting constipated but was told not to worry because babies are lying down, sometimes it is a bit more effort for them to do their number 2's. As long as they do a poo at least once every two days at this stage (they can end up going once a week) and they are soft milky poo's they should be right. Hehehe, lovely post for you ladies to wake up to - POO!!!
Hope you all had a good night and it will continue into a good day,
BTW, on thursday when the boys were unsettled from the needles I ended up ringing DH and asking him to come home cause they were so unsettled, so he did. He worked until 6pm than drove all the way home to have to leave again at 4am to get to work. By the time he got home they were finally settled, it took nearly all day but we got there. Oh well, it was nice to see DH through the week anyway. Talk about eat my words from my whinge post about DH. Looks like he has to work this weekend so he wont be home like usual. This will be a great test for me, lol.
I don't know how you do it hope, you are amazing!
Iona - feeding every 1-2 hours is pretty normal for a bf baby, but god it's tiring isn't it!!! I just try to keep reminding myself that I prefer that schedule of feeding during the day and not night lol
S is feeding ok, she woke up as we went to bed last night (so like 11.30) then up again at 4, then didn't settle (even on DH's chest on the couch) so I fed her again at 6 and she's still not asleep! Gonna be a long day I think since DS woke Eden just before 6am, so she's cranky, DS is cranky and both DH and I are tired lol
Hope someone else had a better night!
Oh dear Mel that sounds like my experiences until 2 nites ago.
I'm so stoked with last night... Wyatt slept from 8:30-2:30. Back to bed at 3:30-5:30. Then 6-8:30. Yay!
Now he is fussing like a mo fo on the boob. I hate fussy feeds!
You always make me laugh Jak. xx:
Ella has been terrible today not sleeping real good very unsettled she was up last night from 12 30 until 2 30 which is not like her at all and today she was up for 2 and a half hours and then got really tired and wouldnt settle and now she is sreaming i really dont know what is going on with her today but i am not liking it at all.
Mskara-SMA constipated my boys try a little brown sugar in the bottle or coloxyl drops from the chemist.
I am starting to not like all these new formulas
Jayden is on Sma too and I notice he is a bit clogged too. And he isn't feeding any less unless he is asleep
Bad night here too. He ended up sleeping until 4:30 then wouldn't go back to sleep. Finally crashed at 7:30 after a 2nd feed.
We had success with the SMA. He finished the 2 bottles of it and filled a nappy - my gawd it stunk haha.
I would say Koltons poo is more regular and formed but soft.. Ah the lovely things we talk about..
I do have a can of S26 regular that I am going to use after this can is done, just so it can be used. Midwife told me that quite a bit of gas is quite normal for a newbie and parents will go through on average 3 different brands to try to settle the gas down.. *Whoops, that is me....
The SMA says that it keeps tummies fully for longer.. Um, I do not believe that one. The only good thing is all his horrible gas was gone...
Anyways, off to get a refill on my nails and a pedi.. So beyond tired but really need this ME time
I hope you all are having a wonderful day/weekend, Sorry to hear about your boobs Iona. : ( xx
Jaki - wait til you get AF back, I found that the day before i got it MJ would be really fussy and for the firts day too - i dreaded it, but it was a great warning as i never knew when it would come!
Kylie - Honestly i would not be taking the word of the Dr, i know loads and loads of people that have fallen pregnant before AF has come back, remember, you ovulate BEFORE you get your first AF - so you will need to be careful!
Ali - glad you had sucess with the feed, even if it was stinky at the end!
Iona - hope things settle for you soon, we have days like that too
Hope - I think that you are one amazing woman to be doing what you are doing alone, glad your DH came home to help when you needed him :) i couldnt imaging having twins, one is tiring enough!
Tams - enjoy your me time :)
Sarah, glad you finally have a name, i think Alyssa is a beautiful name :)
Yesterday i felt soooo terrible, i was down at Mums and i felt cold all over like i was getting the flu, i had one really sore boob too and i had to have a lie down, apparently i was really pale and washed out... I think that maybe i was really engorged or the begining of mastitis or something, but as i was aware of it i made sure that Miss A fed from that side first each time so that it would empty properly and it seemed to help.... i think that i am over tired too and that wasnt helping things.
Miss A is going to bed at around 8.30-9pm after a bath and feed and the last few nights she has slept til 2am, i am up for over an hour with her as she is so windy after that feed as she is really hungry... anyway, she has been starting to get grunty at 5am so i have been going in and trying to sort the wind out for her (she wasnt awake or grizzly) and this morning i went in and thought, your not awake, i am just going to leave you and see what happens, anyway she grunted for another 10 minutes then went back to sleep til 7am!
We had our second Osteo appointment yesterday and she has been feeding so much better and taking in less air, her neck is all jammed up on one side and that is the problem, we have to ut her in the big bath with us every second night and sway her holding only her head and neck to help loosen things and next week, she reckons will be the last time she needs to see us! Miss A is much less windy and uncomfortable, it has been amazing!
Those of you that haven't yet got to immunisation age, Anyone not going too or considering not? We stopped immunising MJ before the MMR and i am torn between doing the same with A or delayed, she didnt get the Hep B at birth as i couldnt bare her to be stuck with a needle after birth and also there is no risk to her at the moment... i also had the Vit K orally for her... (I am aware that i may be opening a can of worms here)
Welcome to Scone, Mildez and Lisa - sorry its a bit belated!
and lastly, for those that are interested, here is my birth story
Have a good one ladies
xx
Lmp - DS was on the regular s26 and had no issues. Fed every 4 hours too (except during a growth spurt!) so it might be a good one to try! And only 3 different ones? Crikey I went above that statistic! Lol
SJ - ooh the vaccination chat ;). DS has had all his (except for rota virus cos it wasn't out then) and hasn't had his 4 year ones, delaying them till he starts school next year. Maybe. Dd1 had all her's. Dd2 had her's delayed for 2 months and I refused the vitamin k and hep b at birth. No rota virus one either. She hasn't had her 12 month shots yet, we're still deciding what to do. Dd3 willbe delayed totally. No vitamin k at birth either. Or hep b. Think that covers it. Lol it's a bit all over the shop I know, but the more I research the less i like the sound of what's in them so I change my mind by the time the next kid is born lol
Hmmm maybe I try the the s26 too
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All my kids are vaccinated and Ella will be also after i had whooping cough in 2009 and broke a rib coughing and spent 90 days gasping for breath and vomiting there is no way i want my baby to catch it.
I hate them getting needles i even cry but i would hate it even more to watch them suffer with a horrible illness that can be prevented.
I keep Ella away from anyone not vaccinated at the moment my mum/dad and sister have all had there booster shots as they are the babysitters got there needles for free.
Dont want to sound one sided but thats just my view on imunisation.
I sent DH out to get a lactose free formula because Ella spent 3 hours this morning in pain with shocking wind and exsplosive watery poos she wouldnt even drink her bottle she has been getting worse so i am trying the lactose free and see how we go i was even told by the chemist to boil water with a bay leaf in it and get her to have a little drink before each bottle it helps bring up the wind at the end of each feed.
Anyone got any info on lactose free formulas i was told babies who suffer wind/colic can do well on it as it doesnt bulk in the intestines and build up gas like other formulas can.
Definitely vaccinating here. I understand some of the concerns people have with vaccinating but the alternative is far more concerning for me.
Ditto. Already done.:
Ferrals - Eden was on a lactose free one, made no difference to her reflux. Heinz nurture turned out to be best for her.
More on vaccination - we do vax for whooping cough and meningococcal because those are the two that scare the absolute bejesus outta me. The others though - not really? So I guess we are selective vaxxers - if there is such a thing lol
Hi ladies,
A quick one from me. Thanks for the welcomes :)
Sammie - we are going to an osteo next week for feeding issues. I've only heard positive things about osteo treatment for babies. I'm hoping that DS and I will also have a positive experience.
Hope - You deserve a medal with twins!!
We are vaccinating here and had the ones at birth. Oh, DP and I just had the whopping cough booster as well.
DS has been unsettled this afternoon, although is on most afternoons. I feel a bit guilty because I just sent DP out on a walk with DS as he has been unsettled for around the last hour. DP normally relieves me around this time each weekday so I feel guilty that I didn't relieve on the weekend. Oh well, I guess it evens out because I still do the night duties on the weekends.
I heard that it is supposed to get better at around the 6 week mark. When I started asking people what gets better it seems that it is more of a myth as no one can really tell me what gets better apart from adjusting to the realities of a new baby...mmm
Lol Lisa - I think everyone would have a different idea :) I know personally that it's tough adjusting to a new baby until they hit about 5 months. I must admit that while i like newborns cos they're all cute and squishy - I find toddlers easier to deal with. Maybe it's cos they can be bribed with food... :think:
I am also vacinating but I must admit they scare me. There seems to be so much stuff out there now about vacinations causing disability of some sort. But in saying that I know the mortality rates back in the days before vacinations which was horrendous so I guess for me the benefits outway the risks. DD2 also has had whooping cough although she was vacinated and it was aweful. She stopped breathing at one stage and they did say her case was bad and thats when she was vacinated so it would have been so much worse if she wasn't. She also didn't attend childcare or even do anything like play groups.
DTD the desire is definately there still. I'm shocked. I actually am desperate to do it again. But I'm still bleeding. I'm sick of it. I want it to go away so I can DTD. Arrr its 18days now how much longer do I have to wait?
Hey girls, I have a dumb question. Do all your bubs still use the newborn insert bit on your capsule. C used the same capsule for car and pram and screams in pain pretty much evetytime she's in it. She seems too long for it so her neck and chest are all squashed to cram her on there, but she seems too young to take it out?
Eta-pain from gas/reflux, not the capsule itself. Just her head is not upright enough
Not sure hun, maybe buy a bigger on and put it in.
Q- when do these babies become happy? I know some of you are getting smiles already and I'm sad because Wyatt is like a grumpy old man! If he ain't sleeping or drinking he is whinging!!! I feel like he doesn't even like us.
WMM Wyatt loves you. My bub is abit younger then most of the bubs in here. We aren't getting smiles but J is only 2.5weeks old. We have only just hit our due date. My my first 2 kiddies I got smiles at 4weeks so I bet you get some very soon. J is not a happy baby. She doesn't cry very much but she wakes frequently and wants to go on the boob as soon as she wakes. Opens her mouth and tries to suck everything and flop downwards if I'm holding her upright and gets frustrated if she doesn't get it quickly. Then half the time the second its in her mouth she is asleep and only sucks it enough to prevent my nipple from falling out of her mouth.
Ellasmummy we took the insert out of our capsule with our last bub within a week or two as it just wasn't working for us but this time we still have the insert in and will continue for a while.
I am at 4 weeks and still no smiles from Mister Kolton. He is much too busy eating and sleeping at the moment... But sure it will be very soon. By the way, Jak from experience, the first smile will be so worth it.. you will forget every single grumpy moment.
I don't know about everyone else but I still laugh and think it's cute when he cries.. ****** To a POINT...
As for vacs.. I never really thought about it and just did, I do find it funny that the Australian government PAYS everyone to get their immunisations. What the?
Oh and this whooping cough one, will K get that at 6 weeks?
We never had one...
woohoo i have computer time!!! DH and both DD's are asleep at the same time!!!
anyhoo :p thanks Jak and Mildez, I think i might try her without it or shop around for a different one - this is just the one that came with the hire capsule....
jaki - don't ask me haha. my baby is asleep feeding or screaming! I am yet to experience much happy awake time :( I am sure its on the way though! apparently around 6 weeks it gets better? and the chiro did tell me the other day the first weeks are the hardest for them to learn how to burp fart poo properly and for some bubs its just harder than others... hope wyatt whips out some smiles for you soon. xx
Mildez- congrats on J's weight gain! go boobie juice!! do you still have to have the heart condition investigated? my dd does the open mouth thing too, feel like she only likes me for my milk haha.
Kitty - hope you're having a great weekend away at the wedding :)
Sam - we are vaxers here too, slightly delay the 12 month needles, but although the risks do scare me a little, i think the benefits outweigh the risks.
Hi and welcome Lisa :)
sorry had more persies but having a baby brain moment. can we still use that excuse? lol. newborn brain? anyhoo BBL. xx
M has been smiling for about 2 weeks but still nothing from R (not that I have noticed anyway). R is still pretty expressionless. He was gooing and gaaing at the toys on his bouncy today though - he hasn't done that before. What I am saying is every baby is different I guess. I'm sure W will be smiling away before you know it. Of course he likes you, he loves you very much you duffer.: