Lani I'm very jealous of Jett's 5 and 7hr sleeps!!! That's excellent though Hope the wind settles down soon for you too.
Tilda I hope you find a good elevation for Matilda and it helps...but if you really need to sleep and you can do it safely in bed with mum and dad is ok I think, they're only little for such a short time and if the comfort helps them I say do it! I have Harry in our bed at night when he won't settle and if it means we all get a little sleep and he's safe we're all thankful for it the next day.
Enjoy the movie!
AndieE Good to hear the tongue tie was picked up and sorted out quickly and glad to hear Jacob is doing so well.
That's gorgeous that big brother loves his little brother I bet they're just so cute to watch together
This is 3rd time having a baby for me, but I don't have a toddler, I think you girls with toddlers to deal with are awesome! I don't know how I'd be coping if I had another little one to look after...I did it before, but I'm thinking my youth helped me through it because I feel so much more tired this time round...well unless I just can't remember that far back LOL
We took Harry to see the chiro yesterday, he's been having trouble bringing up wind, not that he's in pain, he just gets unsettled and is full of wind, and he was still having trouble with attachment on my right breast so I thought maybe if something wasn't aligned or was sore after the birth it could be making it hard for him to feed on that side and get his wind up. Turns out he was holding some tension at the bottom of his neck near his shoulders and the bones in the back of his head were slightly out so he doesn't want to turn his head that way. So he had some little adjustments that didn't worry him one bit, they were so gentle, and so far I think it has helped a little. He's been very relaxed, when he burps they're much bigger, and he seems to be attaching better to the right breast! So I'm hoping it's not a coincidence and it keeps up!!
I'll be propping the mattress up too because he's been a bit spewy as well hopefully that will help the wind and stop the vomiting too.
gotta go I can hear him stirring.
Hello! I am joining this thread even though my baby Eva was born on November 19th since her original due date was the 11th and I would like to stay with my belly buddies
I am off to get some friends from the airport for the holidays but I will post a bit later !
Hope you are all having great holidays and hello to the old and new buddies on here!
Just waiting to give Jacob his last feed of the night before I hit the hay - so thought I'd jump on and say hi.
Lani - wow, I thought I had a quick labour but 1hr45mins is pretty good going! Jacob is in a similar pattern to Jett - feeds more regularly during the day but can go up to approx 5 hours overnight. Makes such a difference to get approx 7 hours sleep overnight, even though I do still wake a bit bleary eyed after being up for 30-40 mins during the night to BF.
Tilda - Hey, I'm a former Taswegian of 27 years (NW Coast) ... my regards to Hobart! I can sympathise about Matilda suffering wind. DS1 used to suffer from wind pain ... I used to give him gripe water and it seemed to help. We also used to gently "cycle" and "pump" his legs when he was suffering wind pain - it settled him down and he'd generally have a good fart or two and be the better for it. It's not nice seeing your new baby suffer wind pain, but fortunately it eases after a couple of months. It looks like we're lucky with Jacob not suffering from wind so far (hope I don't jinx myself!). Hope your trip to the cinema went well.
Willow - that's great that you took Harry to see a chiro - I swore if we had any "issues" where sleep, wind or being unsettled were concerned, I'd take Jacob to see one too as I've heard such positive things about the benefits of babies undergoing chiro adjustment. Glad to hear it's already made a difference ...
Hi BrusselsSprout - look forward to getting to know you further.
AFM, well so far all's well. Jacob will have a little milk spew sometimes after BFing and he's a total poo machine. Poos after just about every BF . Today I was burping him after a feed, and I heard a "no.3" come from his nether regions, to which I replied (very off-the-cuff) "well, at least you kept it in your nappy". Hmmm. Thirty seconds later he did a bigger, better "no.3" ... and it came shooting out the side of his nap, down my cleavage and bra and onto my tummy. Yup, spoke waaaayyy too soon. At least it was warm ! Needless to say, bath time followed very quickly!
Jacob is growing like a weed and he's filling out beautifully. Unlike DS1 (I shouldn't compare, but can't seem to help it), Jacob is quite happy to have his nappy off and/or have a bath. DS1 used to howl!
Out of interest, are other states encouraging new parents to have a whooping cough booster? Apparently whooping cough is in epidemic proportions in some pockets of Qld, and as a result the state govt here has made the booster free for parents of all newborns.
Anyway, enough from me - about time I wake Jacob up for his feed so I can go to bed.
Hope you all have a lovely New Year with your bubs - catch you in 2010!
Hi Girls - my baby was born 30 November but I was in the December thread as my original due date was 2 December so will stay with this one as well as the November born bubs if you don't mind! I know all the December girls too well, we're like family!
Anyway, I have to run to feed but I will check back in tomorrow, been away for 2 days so haven't been on. Amelia is now 4 weeks old and started to smile heaps and try to grab things, it's so exciting!
I'm joining this thread even though Amelia was born on Nov 30. My EDD was Dec 10 and I can't bear to leave my belly buddies - as Alison said, we're like family. I look forward to meeting any new baby buddies.
willow - MIL suggested last night that we look into chiro for Amelia as she has had some pretty unsettled nights. Things have improved since she figured out the difference between night and day, but I had a 4 hour crying marathon from 7-11pm Tuesday night. Time for me to do some research I think.
Hi Hannah I think chiro is pretty good for lots of things, but I would be careful who I took a baby to, or who I would see for that matter. There are different types of chiropractic methods so if you're thinking of taking Amelia these are the methods that my chiro practices, they're very gentle and seem to be effective for me and so far for Harry.
The methods are called ACTIVATOR METHODS/TORQUE RELEASE TECHNIQUE
My chiro also does a method called NEUROLINK which is non manipulative.
If you like I can ask my chiro if he could recommend any good chiros in your area? I would trust his judgement specially when it comes to a newborn.
Hi to everyone else thought I'd have a little more time, but no Harry's awake again, he fed hourly last night and looks like it won't be much different today! Another growth spurt maybe??
I've been reading this thread (and the baby buddies thread) but haven't had the time and energy to post.
Quick summary - Liam Jack was born after a fairly traumatic induction on December 2nd (he just turned 4 weeks old, which I can't believe!), 8 pound 15 ounces, 51.5cm.
I had some major issues recovering from the birth - complete loss of appetite and almost constant nausea, amongst other symptoms, which worsened when my milk came in. I got super engorged, which was extremely painful, and to make things worse, Liam had a lot of problems with feeding at first, so it wasn't easily relieved. We eventually got him feeding him in hospital with the use of a nipple shield.
The first few weeks back at home were really difficult for me. I was severely sleep deprived, still suffering from nausea and a lack of appetite and just generally a wreck. Liam still wasn't feeding well, and was fussing about 95% of the time he was awake and not sleeping well at night at all.
Things came to a head and, after several visits to the GP, I was diagnosed with postnatal depression and started on antidepressants and a very low dose of a sleeping pill (for the record, I've suffered from depression for a good many years and came off antidepressants to get pregnant). Liam was also tentatively diagnosed with silent reflux and started on medication.
As I type now, things are much improved. Liam's far more settled, and generally sleeps much better at night, waking every 2-3 hours to feed and generally settling down quickly afterwards. He doesn't always sleep well during the day, but he spends far less time fussing now while awake. He's also feeding much better now - he rejected the nipple shields a few weeks ago, and latches on without too much fuss now. Him feeding properly makes everything a lot easier. Our next challenge is to get him to accept a bottle of expressed milk from time to time from DH, which he's so far rejected.
I'm doing a lot better, too. Getting a bit of decent sleep makes a huge difference to everything. The antidepressants are starting to kick in, and everything feels far more manageable. DH has been home for the last few weeks, too, which has been a huge help.
And now I've written a short novel Hope you're all doing well and enjoying your little ones.
Hope the wind settles down soon for you too.
. Today I was burping him after a feed, and I heard a "no.3" come from his nether regions, to which I replied (very off-the-cuff) "well, at least you kept it in your nappy". Hmmm. Thirty seconds later he did a bigger, better "no.3" ... and it came shooting out the side of his nap, down my cleavage and bra and onto my tummy. Yup, spoke waaaayyy too soon. At least it was warm 
! Needless to say, bath time followed very quickly! 
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