Definitely vaccinating here. I understand some of the concerns people have with vaccinating but the alternative is far more concerning for me.
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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.:
DD started smiling at 3 weeks. Actually accidentally captured the first one on camera- least the first one I saw! DS smiled for the first time at 4 weeks... It won't be long now!
Pretty peeved at dh right now, he said he'd help me clean up the house but vegged on his computer while I did the dishes, mopped the floor (which he then walked his supposedly clean feet over the the wet floor) and folded and put away nappies. Now he's watching tv (a show I hate so I made him turn it down so i couldn't hear it). :wall:
DD is in her basinet beside me and is making noises like she's awake... She'll cry when she's hungry, right? She had terrible feeds all afternoon...
I hope centerlink comes through soon, its freaking hard to pay bills and feed the family on $129 a
Fortnight...
hiya ladies!
i have quickly read threw, but alas, forgot most of what i was going to reply/say!!:duh:
A is a great sleeper, if im cuddling her, put her in her bed, 5 mins BAM shes up sooking and then screaming untill i bring her in with us, then i barely hear a peep out of her till i get up in the morning, if she dose wake, i kind of half wake, chuck her on then back to sleep i go.. tomorow will be fun tho, im up on here and watching sopranos... thinking getting the box set sop i dont stay up till 4 to watch it. funny thing is i never realy cared for it befor now!
dont get me started on DTD... we did the other night, the freaking condom broke! so im prety much in the same thoughts as you fearls, im so paranoid now, he cant touch me at all. there is no freakin way im having 3 under 2, not happening!
yup i get the kids vaxed to, have to get dd1 caught up tho, and ds1 is overdue for his befor school one, ops, guess i can get all 3 done at once, now that will be fun!
I dont know if it was the change to lactose free BUT! WE GOT A GREAT NIGHT SLEEP!!!!
Ella had a bottle of the new formula at 4pm slept until 10pm 6 HOURS then had another bottle at 2am but only 60mls then slept until 8am another 6 HOURS with no moaning and groaning from belly pain YIPPEEEEE!!! please please please be the formula.
We had one little grissel at 6am which the dummy went back in and she was back asleep.
So we tried S26gold/ S26/ SMA/ Nan HA gold/ Nan pro/ Karicare and karicare lactose free so we tried 7 formulas do i win lol.
Arimeh- thanks for that i had tried everything and the next step was lactose free or soy.
Ella smiles when she is having a wakeful period and you talk to her and tickle her chin other than that she is asleep or eating or whinging as babies do.
And i think things get better when babies settle into a sleep pattern and settle into feeding with my boys that was around the 2-3 week mark with Ella we are still trying to settle her tummy with the right formula her sleep is good when she isnt in pain.
She will grumble and whinge when tired and it takes about 10-15min for her to fall off to sleep but other than that i cant complain.
Sconeonamission-I had to go into centrelink and do my block at them i was waiting on the paid parental leave as i was working and i had done all the paperwork in janurary and recieved a letter to say that my payments would commence on the 30th of march well when i lodged the hospitals forms i was told because of the floods in queensland it would be delayed until the end of April i was like bullsh#t that is not good enough i am a working mum entitled to my payment if i was a skanky dole bludging baby making 18 year old they would have their baby bonus i have no income i am not entitled to any other benefits except family tax benefit which wont start until the paid parental leave does so what am i suppose to do with 4 kids to feed and rent to pay and no income.
It did the trick the very next day i had over $900 in the bank and the next friday i had $2000 so every 2nd friday i get $2000 now and i get $428 on the other week as DH isnt working and he gets $410 so it turned out good so at the moment it doesnt matter that DH is out of work (except some cash in hand on weekends ) but that is to pay off the lawyer.
Anyway i have rambled enough i just thought id tell you that sometimes it is good to go in to see them they might surprise you.
Hey everyone! Have finally caught up and read through everything, but forgotten what I was going to say lol
Welcome Lisa!
Ali - the only games hubby and I have both been addicted to iare warcraft and warhammer lol just as well we only have one working computer at the moment or I'd be getting him to install them on his laptop so that we could play each other in the evenings when both kids are asleep.
afm - Not much happening here, Elise slept for 9 hours on friday night, but kept on waking up every 2 hours last night, and DS has just started coughing from the cold he got from me and hubby, so it won't be long until Elise starts coughing now.
She has been feeding every 2 hours in the mornings (100-150ml each feed, 3-4 feeds), then has a 4 hour sleep then another 4 feeds over the next 3-6 hours.
That can't be normal to be drinking that much at this age can it? She's almost drinking a litre a day most days! And I can't always express that much a day, so when she's drinking heaps (like when she's up in the early hours of the morning for feeds and has 4 feeds before 8am) she gets topped up with formula, which makes no difference with her sleeping habits, colic or gas. Had a chat with DH about her screaming after and between feeds the other night and have started thinking it might have something to with lactose intolerance as both my uncle and little brother are lactose intolerant, so will be bringing that up with the MCHN on wednesday.
I'm just waiting for the pp bleeding to stop, *tmi* it's still just like my normal heavy AF for me, going through 2-4 pads a day still just like I do with AF, but only the normal ones not the maternity ones.
I want to DTD, but not until the bleeding stops and hubby has booked in to get the snip, 2 kids is enough for us (although last week I had the urge to have another lol, I miss feeling Elise move inside me lol, I don't miss the pain and discomfort though).
Regarding immunisations - DS is fully immunised, and Elise will be too. She's already had the vit K ands hep B, and as hubby got whooping cough when I was 16wks pregnant it's especially important to me that both my kids have their immunisations to either prevent them from getting sick or to make it easier for their bodies to fight it off. Just my thoughts on it anyway. And if it turns out that they are like my Aunt (she has had the rubella/mumps shots repeatedly but her body doesn't accept them itms and it's just like she hasn't been immunised at all, she doesn't get any immunity from it) then so be it we'll cross that hurdle if it comes.
re smiles - we've only caught Elise smiling while aake 3 times now, the rest of the smiles are while she's asleep and dreaming or just starting to fall asleep.
DS smiled for the first time at 1 minute old, and then didn't smile again until he was 2 weeks old. All the parenting books/magazines I've read and the flyers on the walls of the MCHN center say that they don't usually start smiling until they are about 6wks old.
Better go, DS is wanting food and I've only just gotten Elise off to sleep again and still haven't had breakfast yet! Think food is the priority right now lol
Jenna - we dtd 16days pp, flow was really light if at all sometimes and it made. It heavier! then again 27 days (pp finished), it was light, but heavy enough to wear a liner...
I had only just got DD on my chest at birth and thought yep, I'm done. No more kids. (this was before we even found out she was a girl!) when she was 4 days old, I thought - let's do this again! I'm still sorta keen, but dh has said definitely no more and we've just gotta save some money, coz dh is "off to the vet" :rolleyes:
Well the SMA isnt agreeing with J either. He is still feeding EVERY 2 hous unless he is asleep and he isnt bringing wind up. Some times i can be burping him for half hour. We have tried Infacol, Gripe Water, Marina Infant formula and Infants Friend. Poor little man is constantly grunting.