Can't remember what else I was going to reply to! That's what I get for getting so far behind!
I have a Bumbo, also a 'little beetle' chair sling. I'd like one of those hangy chairs for the bench or table but I have a funny feeling it won't go under our table. Not sure we have room for a high chair!
Aba in the morning I made vanilla slice.
Tams if your interested in bls there are threads on here you could explore I can't decide what feed method to do.
I find myself wondering if it's possible to do a mix of both.
Kylz-I tried the NAN AR which is supose to thicken in their stomach not in the bottle but i found it did thicken in the bottle unless she drank it real quick so by the end of the bottle she was sucking real hard to get the milk out and if i put a faster flowing teat on she would gag and choke on the milk at the begining because it was comming out to quick before it started to thicken so i just settled on NAN HA and use a little karicare thickener 1/2 a scoop and i make all the bottles up before hand and they thicken in the fridge just enough so it's the perfect thickness when i tried adding the thickener just before feeding her it was clogging the teat so i gave up on that.
And so far she has been awesome on it feeding really well hardly any wind in the last to days and very little vomiting when burping her so fingers crossed i have found the right combo i gave up on karicare as she was bringing it all back up even the lactose free one NAN is the only one that seems to agree with her.
Sammie-Yeh i know what you are saying and i dont feel bad now my boys are healthy strong great kids who have always been excellent sleepers and eaters so i didnt do anything wrong but it is funny looking back at the differences.
Then Sleep bub on the belly-Now sleep only on the back.
Then breast feeding was not a big deal-Now it's a must do.
Then Make baby routine feed 4 hourly-Now it's demand feeding.
Then Controlled crying is the way to get baby self settle-Now its not recomended
Then Give panadole before needles-Now give only after needles if required.
Then Start solids at 3 months -Now dont start solids before 6 months
My sister and I were brought up on carnation tin milk (NOW NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS) we slept on our tummies were put on solids at 3 months and we survived and are happy healthy adults with normal IQ"s so a lot of what they say today i take with a grain of salt.
And i am not that old i am only 37 but had my 1st son 18 years ago.
Lisa-how is bub today?
Ella is great at the moment sleeping and eating like a dream.
been bad night here but not with Baby. dont want to go into in but I nearly left.
jayden doing well on the novalac. ive ust had a bottle sitting for over and hour and it didnt thicken although he has it at room temp i dont heat his bottles.
Kylz: oh hun been through many a bad night non baby related. hope you guys can sort it out Chase has been in cloth for the past 5 days but I put him in cloth during the day and disposables at night I'm too tired and its too cold for me to stand in my laundry (which is in the garage) and rinse wee soaked inserts.
sammie: poor Aurora, that whole thing just sounds painful. Chase hates the fess up his nose but its either that or they be in pain or find it hard to breathe.
tams: i hadn't even thought about feeding the babies 'real' food yet, suppose i should do some research too. I didn't even know there were different ways to start, i just assumed everyone pureed. learn something new every day
ferrals: sounds like Ella is doing every well Chase has started back to his nice sleeping routine, bed at 9.30pm wake up 5.30am just in time to see dad off to work.
hope i didnt miss anyone, but hope you are all getting some sleep and some 'me' time in at some point we deserve it
I am in love with the furry suits they have at target, I got the monkey, the dog and the bunny hehehe and they are soooo warm and Chase looks so cuddly in them hehe I need to get him more sacks though, the one he has he vomited in and now he doesnt have one to wear to bed
Good night here - H only woke once for a feed 6 hrs after going to bed so I have had about 8 hrs sleep! WOO HOO!
Kylz - feel free to vent here if you wish - we will not judge. Must have been the night for fights as DH and I had one too!
Im just replying while I have 5 mins... cant remeber what I wanted to reply to for perssies - hope to get back on today when kids asleep or tonight xox
Thanks for thinking of me. DS wasn't admitted last night as his feed volume had increased but still not ideal. We are sacking the paediatrician we saw last week. The visit to the Children's Hospital made me realise how incompetent he was. We have another recommendation so will follow that up. The Children's have also referred me to a maternal child health nurse at the hospital who specialise in feed refusal and she has already offered me some tips in managing the feeding sessions. It's all a bit scary because it is really being led by the baby rather than our need to feed...scary when you see how little they are demanding. Oh, I started documenting his food volume and wet nappies as I couldn't give really accurate information the first time I went to the hospital. I noticed that he has done a big vomit the last 3 times after taking Zantac. We are going to start a new medication later today but I can't remember what it is called.
I've stopped trying to attach DS to the breast (for now at least) and I'm not sure if I can go back to it when/if the feeding problems settle down. I miss my short stints of BF. I think for now I have to focus on the volume of feeding and will exclusively express BM, which is the primary feeding method anyway, so I can monitor DS intake. I guess that's where my energy has to be. I'm also sick of people raising nipple confusion with me so at least this way it will be clearer.
mmm...so much chatter about solids. I haven't really thought about it yet and not sure about all the methods as a first time mum. I do plan to see a dietician which someone from BB recommended to me as I have coeliac disease and I think there is way to introduce gluten in combination with breast milk (if I'm still doing breast milk feeding at that point). I want to try and get it right to reduce the chances of coeliac disease if possible.
Kylz sorry you are having a rough time. Yay for cloths, I love them. What sort have you got? I don't find them too much extra work. I just throw them in the machine at the end of the night. Removing poo is a bit annoying.
Ferrals - so nice that Ella is being a dream baby.
Sammie - sorry to hear that your bub is unwell, I know how overwhelming feeding issues can be.
Sarah - sounds like a really tricky situation with the feeding and weight gain. Feeding methods can be so emotional if other's are suggesting you need to change and the desire to change isn't coming from you. One girl in my mother's group tops up with formula after a BF due to low supply so you can do both if you need to.
It started over something as silly as rubbish in the car and OMG it just turned into something about EVERYTHING. we went through the I dont know why i married you and did you get preg to trap me. I think that is the bit that hurts me the most. we made the decision to have a baby together so how could that be trapping him. I realise now that getting married may have been dumb for my reasons on wanting to do it but whats done is done i guess.
I hate that he implies that I do nothing all day. so the house it a little untidy and there are clothes not folded in the lounge room. Who cares its not like anybody visits us anyway. its funny how was soon as you have a baby all those 'friends' u had before arent there anymore and dont bother to contact you.
He gets home from work and then sits on FB and all his car forums for hours and i told him he needs to hang with his son. did he think that i might like an hour break when he gets home. Will see what happens this arvo i guess. He had a go at me for sitting on here all day. Yes it might be on all day but im not sitting at it.
sorry getting all teary again need cuddles with bubba
Some times guys just dont get how much work a bub is. Best thing that ever happened here was when I was in hossy for my gall bladder op and DH had to look after Bella who was 8 months at that stage - he said when I got home " I dont know how you do it!" Now he gets it!
Kylz, i hope everything sorts out soon. men, they need to think outside themselves sometimes.
Allyssa's got a gunky eye and had a temp lastnight, i went to get panadol today as a JIC, you should have heard the spiel i got from the pharmasist! all the you should not's and the it wont cure's i ended up telling her it was recomended by the doc. id rather have it and not need it then need it and not have anny. df asked if he could give her a little lastnight as she was hot and very grouchy, (i was shocked as even he picked up on her being sick!) but we only had the older kids one.
Ferals, its odd how they can change the way "you must" oparent your baby in such a short time, once our bubs are 2, what they say now will be all wrong to! personaly the one i hate is sleeping on there backs, i sleep them on there sides as my cousion had a severly flat head that later was proved to be the cause of his dyslexia, ive had many a fight with midwives over that one! they all slept on there sides.
Sarah-If bub need's panadole then i wouldnt hesitate to give it and yep all my bubs have been side sleepers and all have nice round normal heads and i have seen the flat heads of bubs that are only allowed to sleep on their backs ewww it looks horrible.
Just letting you know Im still alive... It's crazy here, E doesn't sleep through the day. I'm lucky if I get half an hour to 45 mins out of her... And never in one stretch. Won't lie in her cot or basinet, screams through tummy time, hates the bouncer... Nothing makes her happy except being carried. Cries a lot. Gets very stressful. The saving graces are her smiling at me, and the fact she sleeps through the night! From about 9 til around 4:30! Last night I was lucky and it was 9pm til 10 to 6! I get nothing done during the day though.
The dr checkup I was told my blood tests are al fine, but she's still waiting to hear back from a cardiologist about my ECG. For now she's told me I have sinus brachycardia. Basically the part of my heart that regulates electrical impulses (the heart beat) has something going on (sinus part) and the brachycardia means low pulse rate (less than 50bpm). When they picked up the sinus brachycardia, it was 45bpm. So, total waste of fuel and $60 to be told I'm fine and to call back on the phone in a week.
Kylie - hope you are doing OK Its really hard to adapt to having a new baby, for us (Mummys) it is in our facces straight away and make changes right away, for the (Ddaddy's) it takes loads longer - they go to work and then come home, prior to baby, coming how would be rest time, but not anymore!!! Unfortunatly as it is easier for us to do what ever it is your bubba needs, we just get on and do it... it seems that men (not all) need loads of prompting and shoving to understand what is reqiuired of them! Its not until the bubbas get out of the baby (feed, sleep and poop) stage that Daddys really get involved.
DH has been heaps better 2nd time around.
I am so sorry that your DH was so nasty to you, its awful when they say such hurtful things I hope that you are doing OK
Scone Glad to hear that you are doing OK, what a stuff around with the tests, but when its cardiac related, its always best to get it checked...
Jaki Forgot to say the other day, the GP thinks that A has reflux too, but is not going to give her anything as she thinks that it is mild and babies usually grow out of itby 9 weeks. I am going to do a bit of research though as Zantac is over the counter for adults and i wonder if it crosses to breast milk in safe levels...
Did you try drinking chamomile tea? i found that it helped and i am going back to it.
sarah we have gunky eye too - bit of BM in the eye helps
Lisa Glad you are getting some answers - where in Melb are you?
KittyHow are you doing without you Mum?
Fogot what else i was going to reply to
Thanks guys for the comments about A... she is doing better now, her poor face is quite nasty still and is still snuffely but better than the weekend and Monday, it sucks when they are sick so young
Had our CMH check yesterday, she has put on another 330g and is well over the 5kg make and is 58.something cm long (book is in the car and its raining!)
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I made vanilla slice.
Chase has been in cloth for the past 5 days but I put him in cloth during the day and disposables at night
i ended up telling her it was recomended by the doc. id rather have it and not need it then need it and not have anny. df asked if he could give her a little lastnight as she was hot and very grouchy, (i was shocked as even he picked up on her being sick!) but we only had the older kids one.
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