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Hey all, been trying to post since wednesday night but everytime I finally got through reading everything one of the kids needed me or hubby wanted the laptop grrr
SJ - I had fun on Tuesday, sorry I wasn't very talkative, I'm really quite shy the first few times I meet someone (unless I've had a few stiff drinks beforehand lol), DS loves MJ, just would not stop saying "Where's mo-wee? where's mo-wee?" for the rest of the day.
Ali - Everyone else has already said everything that I was going to say, so I just wanted to send you some uber huge hugs xxx
Someone asked what formula we are using, sorry but I forget who it was - we are using Heinz Nurture as it's currently the cheapest down our way at $15.50 a tin (much cheaper than it was when I had DS, back then it was $18.50-$20 a tin!).
Quick question about Infant's Friend - does anyone else notice that it leaves the skin red like it's burned it if some dribbles out the side of their mouth or if they chuck it up soon after having it?
We stopped giving it to Elise a little over a week ago because she always starts screaming not long after she has it, then chucks up, and any that dribbles out of her mouth or gets onto her cheeks and neck leaves bright red marks on her skin like she's been burnt.
afm - Silly me forgot to pack in the pump and bottles of EBM on tuesday, so I had to go for almost 9 hours without expressing d'oh! OMG My BB's were so sore! And now my supply has dropped by half :( Oh well, I've already done better this time than I did with DS, by this stage with DS I was just starting to recover from the mastitis and my supply had dropped to 50mls a day and by 6wks I was barely getting 5mls a day, so my goal is to get to 6wks 1d with this expressing thing and then just let things happen as they will. Still haven't made the lactation cookies - couldn't get the Brewers yeast last week as it was all sold out, and I can't find the flaxseed meal anywhere at the moment, will have to check out the health food store on wednesdy when I'm at the shopping center.
Sick of this bleeding, or rather I should say spotting, Monday and tuesday it finally stopped, then wednesday morning I woke up with spotting which stopped by lunch time, yesterday morning it started again and stopped by lunch time once more, and now it's started again tonight. Not enough to leave much on a pad, but it's really annoying.
Finally booked in for my GTT test for wednesday, and the 6wk check up for me, as well as one for Elise, and remembered that I'm a month overdue for my pap as well, so will have to get that done as well... and now I've just remembered that Elise will be due for her 6wk immunisations on wednesday and I forgot to book them in to, so I'll have to call up tomorrow and book her in for that too... sheesh wednesday is going to be a busy day for me with Elise getting weighed and measured at 9:30am, my GTT at 9:45am, Check ups at 10am, and the GTT doesn't finish until 12:15... I think I'm going to pig out on chocolate afterwards since I don't get to eat until it's finshed lol
Oh and Elise got weighed and measured on wednesday and has put on 210g and grown 2cm in one week :) She still just fits into 0000's too, she's so small and dainty lol
Got the biggest smiles from her this afternoon too, not the sleepy I'm-Half-Asleep ones I usually get, but really big wide-awake grins and lots of them too, so beautiful! Makes up for the way it's been here for the last few days.
I think Elise might have reflux, DS had it mildly for the first 6 months, but Elise is way worse than he ever was, lots of screaming from pain, waking up screaming, cycling the legs and drawing them up to her belly, stiff or arching back, really watery chuck and oh my god there is so much of it! We've been through 3 jumpsuits already today from her chucking up so much, and she's feeding constantly because she's so hungry after chucking up half her feeds (I think 5+ chucks post-feed would equal half a feeds worth of milk), sometimes she even chucks up mid-feed or while she's asleep too and then chokes on it, my poor baby girl, so I'm going to mention it to the doctor on wednesday.
I suppose it's my turn now to admit I'm not coping too well right now, I don't think I have PD yet though looking back at how it was after having DS I think I may have had it back then as I didn't bond with him the way I'm bonding with Elise and I left him to play on his own so much just so that I didn't have to deal with him constantly and with the emergency c-sec I had with him that absolutely terrified me when they first mentioned it and then recovering from it afterwards and dealing with the feelings of failure at not being able to have a natural delivery or being able to BF, and hubby being away for work 5 nights a week and me having to do so much on my own with no one there to help me... I've never really looked at it that way before and it does explain all the nights I spent crying myself to sleep after having DS... I've been thinking a lot about it since tuesday, but I don't want to believe it and I hope I don't get it now, but I have to admit I've gone back to my old way of coping with high levels of stress by smoking. I feel really guilty about it, and I know it's an excuse but it's the only way I can cope with things at the moment, the only ME time I get during the day and I can't continue staying up until 1-2am in the morning just so that I can do something for myself alone tht doesn't involve the kids.
Well now I've gotten that off my chest, I'm going to go and have an alcoholic drink of some sort in lieu of a smoke, at least it's the lesser of 2 evils :(
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Jenna I don't find it burns W but it does leave powdery White stuff everywhere. Why don't you try switching and try infacol, gripe water or mariners.
Don't know what to say re the smoking, I'm having my first night out tonight and I'm a little worried I'll be tempted. I'm not drinking tho so should be fine.
I have a couple of friends hinting around about pnd but to be honest I think I'm fine, I have bad days but jeezo it's freekin hard work being a mother! And you can't tell me that any woman could listen to her baby scream for hours and not get upset?!?! And the next day when I spent the day in bed he was in my arms the whole time... It's not like i put him somewhere else and spent the time alone!
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oh ferals, i hope they sort out whats going on for you at your appointment, our bodies sure know how to stuff us arround.
jenna the other day, i walked up to the smoke counter intending to buy some had been thinking about it for a week, but as i was about to be served i thought wtf am i doing! i havent had one since i was preg with s and he is 6 this year.. i told df and he said he should slap me. for "you time" could you put a movie on for J? my 3yo is giving me crap to, been thinking of putting him in 3yo kinder just working out if we can afford the near $300 a term and if my sanity is realy worth it!
Jacki, have fun tonight!!
Well i had to re-schedual my appointment, df was asked to work today, and he cant say no as he is only casual untill he dose the course on the 12th, cant risk upsetting the boss:rolleyes: the doc i want to see (nice lady one ive seen befor) isnt in again untill tuseday and not sure till monday night if he has work or not:shakehead: there is no way i would go to the doc for anything with all 4! unless all 4 were sick at the same time!!
im getting rid of A's cradle this week, she dosent sleep in it, k waking her everytime she went in it blew that one! she did sleep peacefully in k's cot yesterday so fx she dose in her own! then i can slowly (hopefully) work on getting her out of my bed, cheeky bugga i put the rocker on the floor by my side the bed, everytime she was asleep and put in it, her eyes would flick open, realise she was in it in the bedroom and she would start, or she would watch my lay down and cry. the minute she lay down with me, instantly asleep!!! i dont mind so much, but i would like to start on some sort of night routien that dosent involve her going to bed with me! it took me 4 years to get the boys into a decent one!!
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Morning ladies.
Sarah-They are clever little buggers they know when their not in mums arms that is why i always put ella to bed just as she is dozing off now as she started to do that to us when we put her down her eyes would pop open so she knows bed is where she goes to sleep not mummys arms and when she use to start whinging i would just pop the dummy in gripe water and in her mouth and walk out it took a bit for her to get it that mum was not going to pick her up when it's sleep time so now i dont have a problem putting her to bed.
But i will say i didnt think she would ever get there it has taken 7 weeks.
I had a good nights sleep Ella seems to know night time is sleep now she goes to bed at 8-9 and wakes at 3am every night without fail she has her bottle and then i put her back into her cradle awake and she goes off to sleep by herself i might have to pop her dummy in 1-2 times but other than that she has not played up during the night for over a week.
she wakes at 7am every morning which is good because that is what time i get the boys up for school.
Her ferral time is about 5- 6ish so i just bath her and put her in the bouncer until she goes to bed.
But she will not sleep in the cot i have tried daytime sleeps in the cot but she wont have a bar of it loves her cradle.
Jaki-It is normal to feel overwhelmed being a new mum once bub is in a routine and settled it all seems so easy after that.
I have a 17, 15 and 13 year old one at work one doing yr 10 and one in yr 8 so trying to do housework,dinner help kids with assignments and homework plus look after a newbie and keep on top of washing the school and work uniforms plus the 2 dogs and 2 puddy cats it was a little overwhelming for me at first i thought what the hell have i got myself into and i wondered how i managed with a 4yr old 2yr old and a newborn when i was 23 years old but now it all seems like a normal day to me but the first few weeks i was STRESSED.
It will get easier just go with it and try to have some time to unwind when hubby has wyatt.
A hot bubble bath always does it for me it refreshes me.
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Hi,
Been reading but too lazy and flat out to sit down and post properly...
I'm a bit worried about aurora today :(
She has had a snuffly nose since yesterday, but she is still happyish, but she is hardly feeding (4 half feeds since midnight) and sleeping loads. Also when she is feeding she has started to Homs her breath, like she is forgetting to breathe, then she does and coughs and spluters and gags and cries :(
Not sure if it is all related to the ?cold, :dunno:
Also, those with redux babies... Can u have reflux without the crying/screaming?
Sorry for the me post :(
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Sammie-My SIL's son did but he had just reflux where bub projectile vomits all the bottle so he had to have surgery to correct it he never had pain from it just constantly hungry and wasnt gaining weight so they operated on him at 4 weeks old.
Ella would burp and bring stomach contents up into her mouth then you could see her gulping trying to catch her breath and swallow the fluid at the same time then she would let out a cry/scream and it would wake her up all the time.
Every sleep today i have put Ella down awake and she has gone off to sleep by herself i cant believe it she is so different then 2 weeks ago i was fighting with her to get her to sleep in her own bed now it's like she knows it's bed time and just goes to sleep i hope it stays this way.
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Happy mummy day ladies. Hope u all have a great day.
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Happy mumma's day girls, hope you all have a fantastic day xoxox
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Happy Mother's Day all :-)
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Happy Mothers day all you yummy mummies!!
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Happy Mothers day everyone :) will try to get back on later for persies if the kids let me :)
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Do all men make no effort today or just mine? Let's see how he likes no plans on fathers day. All he was worried about was mowing the lawn and is now chatting to a friends gf on fb. Thanks for beaky or lunch u twat sorry but a card and watching your own son for 2 hours doesn't cut it for me :(
Hope u have all had a better day
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Happy Mothers day everyone!!
Kylz... Dh just finished mowing the lawn.. Must be the day for it. Hope it gets heaps better for you, you deserve it! xx
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Happy mothers day xx
Kylie, I have to nag and nag fir the lead up to mothers day or birthdays, some men dont get the importance of it :( I got some slippers that I ASKED for yesterday! He had made a card with MJ a week ago thou. But then he felt guilty after watching me and the kids Friday decorating a mug for my mum and decided to copy, but didn't get the right type of mug so the ink rubbed off, I told him yesterday that I wasn't totally ungrateful but u didn't want it as he copied my idea with something that didn't work and so really meant nothing. All I want each year is for him to make something with the kids... It's not a huge ask and usually costs nothing but time :(
It's crapola weather here so doing nothing as Aurora is really unwell
On the plus side, I am having a nice day :)
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Kylz: I wish DH would mow. DH has been away since Friday arvo (drinking and clubbing i might add taking $150 of our savings), he swore to me he would be home 6.30am this morning, turned up at 8am so I was already ****ed. hadn't written in the card and used a gift bag that I got from my baby shower to give me my gift in. And he only got exactly what I asked for, no special little surprise like a mug that says mummy or a scratchie or nothing. Geez. Way to make an effort. He was also supposed to cook me breakfast but he was like 'ok i just need to go out and get everything' and I was like' don't bother' clearly it doesn't matter enough for him to plan it properly. On fathers day he is getting the exact same treatment he gave me. I'll get him what he asks for and thats it.
Although to his credit we rented out a couple of movies (my idea though) and we all snuggled up watching movies together today so it wasn't a total loss but it is like I planned a date for myself IYKWIM. And my Chase is being such a good sleepy boy, gotta love growth spurts :)
off to Dh's mums place and then my mums so just going to wake up sleepy head.
and...HAPPY MOTHERS DAY EVERYONE!!!! Hope you are all having a lovely day!
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Happy mothers day ladies.
My DH took my boys shopping the other day and brought me a surprise they hid it in the cupboard until today i got a WII fit board (that i have always wanted) and a Zumba exercise game to go with it and he was going to take me out for lunch today but Ella is sick.
I must admit DH always spoils me.
Ella has been sick all night and day i dont know what is wrong she has had bad water poo's and bad wind and been vomiting and crying she doesnt have a temperature and still drinking all her bottles so i am clueless to what could be wrong could it still be from her needles why do i jinx myself and get all excited cause she has been so good and sleeping perfectly and now this.
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Mel and Ellas mummy: I will add you in my "can see that album list" My blog is on ww so not sure if you can see it though so will try to send you a link via facebook tomorrow.
Kylz: Caboolutre. : ) Melted suckies?!?! Did not even think about that, mine have not melted but I have used advent and Nuk. Shiat. Btw your little man is getting so big AND gorgeous! Need to meet up some time if your keen. xx
Kitty: If I was your size, do not think I would be starting this early at all! You look fabulous! I am so sorry about your friend, I had one before Zo and it was horrid, I could not imagine it my wedding. Btw I thought Dh was only going the Friday night?!?
Scone: Just like Mel and Ella, I will add so you can see my fb album of my process and the link to the ww one if you can see it. I also have a travel blog, see below.
Lisa: Thanks darlin, I am pretty damn motivated at the moment. Doing some cleaning out of all the maternity stuff and getting ready to do a big sell on ebay. We so had our babies at the right time didn't we? Easter eggs are almost gone now.. Yaaa!
Jenna: Did you quit smoking? I quit in August with Allen Carr book. I have yet to crave though.Yaa for elises smiles, I love that it's like an Ah ha moment!! I hope your okay and did you see a doctor yet? Hugs darlin but I am glad your recognizing it. xx
Sarah: Good luck with switching to the cradle, I only used K's bassinet for week and then he was in his own bed but have the tetra bed in it which is awesome. Hope the transition is as smooth as possible. ; 0
Ferrals: Are you still bleeding? Hope the end is in sight. xx
Jaki: $700?!?!? Gold coast is so expensive, like $18 a drink at the strippers.. Yep, your right... Motherhood is stressful. The first few weeks feel like a blur, I am only feeling now that I am on top. Although, not returning messages on facebook, emails or texts.... So I guess I suck at being a friend right now but damn good at trying be a good mommy! Lol.
Ali: How you feeling darlin.xx
Sorry if I am missing someone.. Hi!
