Hi ladies! Sorry I haven't been around much - have been so busy and out just about every bloody day. Had a bit of a poo night last night, so we are staying home today and not letting anyone drag me out.... Did anyone elses bub cluster feed at 2 weeks? Brooky was sleeping 7pm till 4.30am since last Friday (I think) and last night she instead started feeding every 1-2hours up till now. I didn't expect her to keep the 7pm 4.30am, but I also didn't expect her to change to 1-2hour constant feeding... hopefully it's just cluster feeding from a growth spurt?! Wishful thinking anyway.
JwithJ - I don't think it's too early... It depends on you and your husband really. We couldn't wait to do it again soon as Rochelle was out and on my chest in the delivery room. We planned and decided to try again when she was 6 months. We're already talking about number 3 - I can't wait. We'll probably (depending on how things go with the two girls) try for number 3 at the end of the year... wouldn't mind the same sort of age gap! But we'll definately see.
Hope everyone else is well - it sounds like everyone is coping VERY well and enjoying the new journey. I'm suprised how easy it's been so far with two and so far Rochelle has been such a good girl and just loves Brooklyn. She kisses and strokes her hair a hundred times a day! I try and make sure Rochelle gets lots of attention so she doesn't feel left out and we haven't had a problem *so far*, but we're only 2 weeks in.
Niadla - I can't believe it's been 6 weeks for you already!
Ok, I'm gonna go before my little monkey decides she wants some booby again...
P.S. Girls with sore nipples, get on to those rite aid hydrogel disks, they are ace! Raindrops - I got thrush too, I guess I was more prone to it since I was on antibiotics from the placenta thing and since we had feeding problems in the beginning, I would just shove my boob in her mouth whenever she would open it (since it was a rare occurence) and didn't worry about attachement because I just wanted to get her to feed and therefore got a bit of damage which probably also contributed to thrush. Gosh it was unpleasent, but the pain and stinging is pretty much gone (we're still treating it though) so bf is MUCH easier!
Try and be back soon girls with more personals and catch up some more.
Kyson slept for over 5 overs straight last night! It was so nice to sleep for that long. His next sleep was only 2 hours, but I can forgive him, hehe.
Also, I forgot to mention that the MCH nurse was really surprised with Kyson's head control. He's so strong! Actually, he's strong all over. If I'm holding him upright he can even hold his own weight on his legs and stand up. I think he might take after me and be an early walker at this rate. Mum tells me that I was walking by 8 months!
JwithJ - Sorry to hear that Jamie has thrust. My friends baby has it too. How do you sterilise his bottles? My mum was telling me that when my twin brothers were young one of them got thrust too. She was told that she needed to sterilise the bottles for longer. She used to boil the bottles in water for at least 10 minutes. After that my brother never got thrush again. Not sure if that helps you at all though. Hopefully the drops will clear it all up soon
Oh, and I'm already thinking about another baby too! I'm loving being a mummy so much and already get sad about how quickly Kyson is growing up. I've been wondering how quickly I might start to ovulate again, haha! I haven't discussed it with DH yet though, because I'm still going to have to do a bit of convincing to get him to want another. He'd be happy to stop at Kyson because we already have his two sons from a previous marriage living with us too, but I know that he would let me have another if I really wanted to.
Catherine - Last night was Kyson longest sleeping stretch so far and it was just over 5 hours. Most nights now we are able to stretch out the breaks between his feeds to 3-3.5 hours, but during the day it's still closer to 2 hourly. Hopefully you'll be lucky and Brooklyn will go back to sleeping mostly throught he night for you.
Wow - I only got up once for a feed last night - how fantastic. I gave Bailey a bath about 8pm, then he was wide awake with Daddy for a few hours and had two four hourly feeds which meant I only got up at 2am - Nice! Might try the bath routine again and see if thats the key?
Jacinta - I dont think its too soon. My brother and I are only 18 months apart and have a great relationship so I think there are many good reasons to have babies close - you do whats right for your family. We will probably wait until after I return to work next year so we can save up for IVF/Maternity leave all over again, but I understand you thoughts as if our situation was different I would be keen to have another one 'soonish'
Catherine - With regards to us all coping very well; Coping - YES, Going Mad some days - YES, Being drunk with tiredness at times - YES. LOL Motherhood is easier and harder than I thought. I think my motherly instincts have come naturally and as far as caring for the little guy and following my intuition this has been a breeze, however adjusting to lack of sleep and the day flying by, still getting used to that hehehehehe. Glad to hear Ro loves her little sister so much, that is just tooo cute. Bailey has had a few days where he has cluster feed about 1.5-2 hours but I have just put it down to growth spurts as its usually only about 3-4 feeds in a row so far.
Krystie - wow re Kysons head and leg control, what a little strong man! Thats awesome, clever little thing. 5 hours is awesome. I am just waiting for Bailey to wake now for a feed, he is starting to stir a little. I find I have been doing a few feeds in bed laying down when I am really tired - the positioning was really difficult at first (I am more comfortable sitting in my rocking chair), but I found that Bailey kinda sorted it out for us, as long as I lay close enough to him, he seeks out the boob, and its relaxing. The funniest thing though was the first time I did it the other boob was leaking and I didn't realise he was getting a milk shower from up above as I was laying on my side so the other boob was hovering above him - LMAO
Niadla - How are you?
Had my OB appt yesterday, all is well. I was really teary when I was saying goodbye for the last time, no doubt thats common but it just felt sad to end (hopefully temperarily until Bub#2) that relationship
Have a great day. We have another busy weekend with my other brother and his family coming over from Shepparton to meet Bailey
Lol Naomi!!! I woke up yesterday morning to a soggy baby I had been sleeping on my side with Kyson laying nestled against me and my boob must have been constantly leaking because the whole side of his jimjams had a huge wet patch! No wonder he was being unsettled haha!!!
Oh and the other day I was feeding and Kyson pulled off, but just as he did his hand grabbed the top of my breast and it squirted him right in the eye! You should have seen the dirty look he gave me as if I did it on purpose!
Yay! Finally made it on here! Have been reading but I never manage to get through it all before I have to get off and do something.
I'm sorry - I won't do persies but I have been following your posts and it sounds like everyone is enjoying their little bubbas One thing though, Naomi - 6 weeks already?!?!
Ah, gotta run again! But will do my best to pop in again later. Love to all mums & bubs. xx
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