hi everyone
finally home from hospital which is a relief! Had an emotional few days as Lewis had to go into the incubator with the phototherapy lights for jaundice. I know there are millions of things worse that could happen but it was so hard, especially when he was upset and wanted cuddles cause all I could do was put my hand through the hole! But all is better now! I am still very sore, much prefered DD's delivery to this one!
maranui - glad you found us! We had a 3+4+3 night last night too, and i feel so much better today!
Ayapi - glad to hear you made a decision that means happy mummy, you dont need all that stress
Lewis got weighed at discharge today, and is only 50 grams off his birth weight, so my milk has well and truly come in! He has skinny little legs though, his poo keeps exploding out the side of the nappy!
Woohoo! Found it. Can I join Maranui in here as an illegal mummy?
BBL with more to post, but for now I wanted to ask Tan, Kellie & Ayapi how you are coping with your toddlers? Have just had a few difficult days withDD1 & have no idea how to manage it. Any advice/thoughts/suggestions most welcome!
Coping with toddlers - um I am not totally sure I am! The poor tyke is bored out of his brain! The weather isn't helping much - bloomin rain, rain, rain and if it's not raining and we go outside we get eaten by mozzies.. when DF gets home from work he goes ballistic and basically runs himself ragged until bed time - which has gone from 6pm to anywhere between 8.30 and 9.30pm It seems as though as soon as we start doing something like painting or playdough Archer will become restless - we have dubbed him the kill-joy cop! He is great with Archer most of the time but have had a few incidents where Coop will pull my shirt back down or my bra up and say "no more boobies" ie: come and please play with me mummy! My biggest woe is tv guilt - he has never, ever been interested and it seems he has no surrended to the fact that nothing else is on offer and just slumps on the couch No help from me sorry... but if I think of something or find a magic spell to duplicate myself I will be happy to share!
Kellie, Archie has quite explosive #2s too! I managed to wear it the other night whilst changing him still half asleep - EEWW! He has chunky monkey thighs like mummy so none have managed to escape his nappies just yet. I have to say now in hindsight my induced labour was much more 'enjoyable' than Archer's! But alot had to do with my OB too... must get around to doing my birth story when time permits.
Maranui don't mention the "R" word it will most definately JINX you! But am curious to know if he has kept it up?! What a good lil man if he has!!
Ayapi, YAY for happy mummy and family and most importantly the lil princess! How are things going with DH being in China?
And there is no time left to write about 'us' - next post I guess!
I dont know how you guys with toddlers do it either. I think its clear we will need to go back to NZ to have family around for number 2. It's pretty hard with no support here.
Tan - He he he. I certainly jinxed it today. He feed every two hours and hasnt slept for more than an hour. He is out like a light now. Fingers crossed for tonight! Esp as I am home alone. Argggghhhhh DH has gone to Melbourne for work and its just me. I was feeling sick about it last week, but this week I actually feel ok. What's the worst that can happen - he and I awake all night in front of bad TV.......
Wish me luck. I will report back to see if his 3+4+3 works for mum tonight....
Oh no Maranui! Maybe I JINXED you by saying that sorry! I learnt quick smart with Coop that whenever I mentioned how great things were going he'd do a 180 torture me! And I know all too well that 'sick' feeling about being home alone - the life of a mumma and bubba whose daddy was only ever home for 10 weeks out of 52! And yes, late night crappy tv will see you through - good luck!
AFM taking the booby monster to get weighed today.. I know deep down he is feeding well and thriving but I still have so many "issues" (read: guilt) with not being able to successfully BF Cooper that paranoia is taking over! I know I must stop stressing as that won't help so a weekly weigh in till our pead visit at 6 weeks just to ease my mind is the path we are going down!
We just got back from our weigh in and apparently my paranoia about BFing is just that... Archer is 5.1kg that is 480g over birth weight and 660g over his day 4 discharge weight
WOOHOO for boobies... the CHN concern is that I am over feeding him pfft! He takes 10-20 minutes and than sleeps for 3-4 hours. Only hassle is of an early evening when he take 3 hours of cluster feeds but than sleep for 4-6 hours. Onto a pretty good thing atm - TOUCHWOOD TOUCHWOOD TOUCHWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wahoooo Tan - and go go Cooper greedy guts He is a wooper! I am hoping for 4kg with Louie this afternoon when we get weighed. Wonder if we can bust through 10th percentile this time
My evening was great! He went down at half 7, then feeds at 12 and 4. Yay! It's been a huge confidence boost. Now all I need to do is get over my phobia of the car! He screams in the Turnatot car set we got him so now I have rented a capsule! Lets see how that goes.
I'm a bit worried about my boobs. They are super tingly and I feel a bit "glandy" in my armpits. I am hoping it is just discomfort from the contorted positions that I need to get in to so he has a good mouthful Have taken some ibuprofen just in case....
I know what you mean about guilt Tan - I feel guilty for some reason or another most of the time. Mothers guilt! Enough milk, too much. Enough stimulation, too much. Breastfeeding him to sleep (he does it himself not me intentionally) vs Feed, Play, Sleep. It goes on and on.......cripes.
Better run. Logistics ahead as we head out. I can tell my confidence is slowly increasing though - my appetite is back - jeopardising the weight loss. Oh dear.
PS. Louie rolls himself over. He has done it 3 times which makes the change table a dangerous thing. That seems seriously weird and early for a bub with little neck control. I am going to ask about that this arvo too. Does anyone know?
It seems as though as soon as we start doing something like painting or playdough Archer will become restless - we have dubbed him the kill-joy cop! He is great with Archer most of the time but have had a few incidents where Coop will pull my shirt back down or my bra up and say "no more boobies" ie: come and please play with me mummy! My biggest woe is tv guilt - he has never, ever been interested and it seems he has no surrended to the fact that nothing else is on offer and just slumps on the couch 
No help from me sorry... but if I think of something or find a magic spell to duplicate myself I will be happy to share! 
sorry! I learnt quick smart with Coop that whenever I mentioned how great things were going he'd do a 180 torture me! And I know all too well that 'sick' feeling about being home alone - the life of a mumma and bubba whose daddy was only ever home for 10 weeks out of 52! And yes, late night crappy tv will see you through - good luck!
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