Babies born~December 1st-15th 2009 #1

[Carmey]

Tilda - sorry hun, I'm an idiot. I was supposed to write Infant's Friend!! It's in most chemists and is all natural. It's for wind and my new best friend! Jack loves it and gets excited (breathing faster) when he sees the bottle come out. It tastes like cinnamon (sp) and he sits there sticking his tongue out after tasting it. It really helps with his pain. Highly recommended, especially since it's all natural.

Let us know how the sleep consultant convo goes! x

Alison - sooooo jealous of your swim! My bleeding is still going. So annoying! And, don't worry about the weight. It's early days yet and you look fab. I'm not sure when the BF thing kicks in though, I was wondering the same thing. I also have 6kg to lose!

Oh, and I have the same problem with the scratchy thing. Oh, the glamour of it all! And, my midwife did tell me that she saw internal 'roids when I was pushing...

Andie - yep, Jack's breathing can get really rapid sometimes and it used to worry me. He does it a lot when he's sleeping. But I think it's pretty normal after googling it! Maybe ask your early childhood nurse about it?

Lani - a hammock sounds fab! I've been using our sling a fair bit cause I know he enjoys the hanging part, so a hammock may be a good idea. How long can you use them for?

Willow - Jack has started to spew a bit more too. I wonder when that settles down? I just know that every time I get dressed to go out he'll vomit all over me!

ATM - I had planned to see my mother's group today and even squeeeeezed into my skinny jeans (the zip wouldn't go up but I had on my trusty old belly belt from pregnancy days!) and was feeling really good. Got bub dressed in his new outfit and headed out the door. Turned on the car and nothing. Dead. Apparently the battery was dead. So...I decided to take the bus into the city. I strapped jack into his sling and headed into David Jones for a bit of retail therapy and then lunch. Jack slept the entire time. Was so easy and would do it again. The bus driver on the way home even gave me a free ride.

Back onto the exercise/weight loss topic, I always said I'd give myself six weeks off before getting back into it. I plan to start back slowly with swimming, walking and light weights. Then I'll go back to running when I feel ready for it. I can't wait for that! But I worry about my boobs and it hurting with them being so big and full!

Oh, and is anyone's little ones smiling yet? One of the girls in my mother's group has her little one smiling all the time and I'm wondering when Jack will...

xx

[Alison1973]

Hi Carmey - I have no idea where your 6 kilos is cause you look fabulous in your pics! Not sure you can count your boobs as weight to lose hee hee. I'm hanging to get a bit more toned again, it's one thing to have some extra kgs but for them to be floppy kgs sux huh! I'm hanging to enjoy a casual game of tennis again, I can't run at the moment as my tummy still hurts where the scar is and also my tummy flops up and down, so gross ha ha! Sorry for that visual peoples! As for skinny jeans, I couldn't wear them before let alone now so you go girl, belly belt or not! What sort of sling do you have? I got the Baby Bjorn out yesterday and it's still on the table in bits, I don't have time to go to university to figure out how to put it together! grrrrr. I need to try tonight as I have afternoon tea at the hospital tomorrow and I'm still not allowed to lift the pram in and out of the car so need to use it. Job for DH tonight I feel. As for smiling, Amelia started smiling last week, I think by accident but just today she has smiled heaps and when she's looking into your eyes while you're talking to her. DH popped in just earlier and she was in her swing and he said hello and she outright smiled at him, he was so excited. Some little sounds are starting to come out of her mouth too, can't wait till lots of gooing happens, will be so cute. The books say anywhere from 5 weeks they start to really smile and find their hands and feet but each bub is different.

Hi Tilda - oh dear......does that mean we can be true "bum chums"? LOL. If they go on their own I think I'll wait and see before I head to the chemist and embarrass myself ha ha. Whenever I go to a chemist I get some young spunk behind the counter, not a good look when asking for something for your fanny or bum ha ha! Was bad enough asking for nipple shields thanks!

Honestly though, as if we don't have enough crap when we're pregnant then we get it afterwards as well! You really can't prepare yourself for any of this can you ha ha. As rewarding as it is having a baby it's still hard work emotionally and physically. I have a friend due in 3.5 weeks and she's totally oblivious....should I tell her or let her find out for herself ha ha! She wouldn't listen to me anyway, she just cannot be told!

Gosh it's hot again in Perth today, I wish I had my own pool....my sister does live around the corner but it's too hard lugging Amelia around - which translates into, I can't be bothered lugging Amelia around today!

[Carmey]

OMG - look at my signature! I'm hopeless at this!!

[willow5]

HI everyone

Tilda We ordered our thank you cards on line too with Harry's photo they're pretty cute, we got ours through Snapfish but they didn't have a very big choice of designs,where did you order yours from?
LOL with being a convert to co sleeping, once you go with out sleep then finally get some it's very easy to become a fan of the co sleep.
Commiserations on the bottom problems, can completely sympathise!

AndiE I think the babies breathing gets rapid when they have a bit of wind too, they may not have a pain but if it's in there it can make them breathe quite quickly for a bit probably while it's moving through.

Lani The hammock does sound good I just don't know that we have the room for one at the moment but I'll check it out anyway.

Carmey Yes! I'm having the same thing with Harry, and it's not good when I have a limited amount of clothes appropriate for breast feeding!!! You run out of things to wear quickly
Harry's smiling a little now he has been since last week not a huge amount but over the next couple of weeks they really start to get going and interact more it's very cute

Alison It's a pain not being able to lift the pram and stuff yet very frustrating!

Gotta go Harry calls

[Tuesday's Child]

Had to stop midpost to feed Amelia and didn't expect so much activity while I was gone.

As rewarding as it is having a baby it's still hard work emotionally and physically. I have a friend due in 3.5 weeks and she's totally oblivious....should I tell her or let her find out for herself ha ha! She wouldn't listen to me anyway, she just cannot be told!

Alison - I seem to remember someone else (read you) who didn't want to be told how much hard work was involved with a baby LOL. But we all just want to enjoy those last few weeks of pregnancy. Good luck to your friend.

Tilda - Glad you and Matilda had a good night. Co-sleeping may not be good in theory, but in practice can be bliss.

Carmey - Infants' friend is now my new best friend too. I've noticed that Amelia is quite spewy since I've started using it. When do you use it? I've been giving it to her before a feed as its when she's most awake. Might have to try after and see if it makes a difference. Yay for getting into the skinny jeans! Amelia smiles a lot in her sleep and I've even heard the beginnings of a laugh while she's sleeping. Before wind became a problem she'd smile at us while we talked to her. Now smiles are reserved for bath time, but I'm hoping she'll smile more once her wind eases.

Love the siggy - jack is gorgeous!

[Alison1973]

Hi Hannah - oh no I expected it to be hard work but still doesn't prepare you. I wasn't completely oblivious, was just trying to be positive. I just didn't like people constantly telling me and being so negative that's all. This friend of mine isn't even expecting it....that probably doesn't make sense, you'd need to know this person to see what I mean. LOL

Besides, even though it's hard at times I feel pretty good and wouldn't change it for anything.

[Carmey]

Hannah - Isn't Infant's Friend the bomb? I try and use it before but I often forget so he usually gets it between or straight after a feed.

Re the siggy - how on earth do I make his pic smaller? It's HUGE!

ATM - just finished my birth story! I'm going to post it later and I'll send a link.

Night yummy mummies!

x

[Rose_Red]

Hi girls!

Just popping in quickly - I've been reading, but lacking the time to post.

The last few days have been amazing. Liam seems to have woken up overnight and changed from a floppy newborn to someone who's developing a real personality. He's started smiling and making lots of cute goo goo noises He had a massive poosplosion today and I popped him in the bath - he was *so* cute, smiling and gooing as he splashed around.

He's been settling a lot better in general, too, which is awesome - he's been taking a couple of naps during the day, which means that I can actually get some stuff done around the house. He actually slept for a block of almost six hours last night too I tell you what, I was glad for the sleep (though I only slept for about three hours out of that) but I was glad when he woke up, too, since I was so engorged!

I can't remember if I posted about this already or not (heh, baby brain) but we also managed to get Liam to take a bottle of expressed milk for the first time. We were planning on going out on the weekend and getting my mother to babysit, but at the last moment I decided to stay home - I couldn't face leaving him! I'm a sook

[Alison1973]

Hi Carmey - not sure why your pic is so big hee hee but it's cute! When I did my siggy I downloaded it as normal and it just made it small to fit in the ticker. Did you just upload it as normal?

Hi Rose - great to hear you're feeling much better and Liam sounds like he's doing so well. 6 hours wahoo! I got 5 last night and woke Amelia out of panic, hope she gives it another shot tonight so I can let her go and see what happens.

As for the poo explosion, I had a real one like the add yesterday, we stopped at the shops and DH stayed in the car with the aircon, when I came back he said she'd pooed and boy did she ever, it came out the sides of her nappy, up her stomach, on the car seat, the seatbelts, you name it. She was screaming as she hates a pooey nappy so we had to change her there and then. The worst part is I went to take her out of the seat to put her in the back to change her and I put my hand in it and it went in my nails and everything, eeuw!!!!!!!! ha ha, sorry TMI peoples.

[Tuesday's Child]

Alison - I was just teasing. I didn't mean to say you were oblivious - just that I remember you being fed up with everyone telling you. Ewww with the poo explosion. Why don't these things happen at home?

Carmey - Tonight I started using it during feeds and she seemed to bring up less. I was getting worried as after her 2 big spews today, she had dry nappies. But she's had some very wet ones tonight. I look forward to reading your birth story.

Rose - So glad Liam is settling better. It's amazing when they sleep well and they can interact with us a little more. I hope it continues.

AFM - I have had a fantastic night so far. Amelia woke at 6:45 for a feed. I then gave her a bath and she was so calm afterwards I decided to try giving her a massage. She's usually so tense I don't bother as massage seems to make her worse (because she isn't used to it, I guess). She loved it. She smiled and made lots of gooing noises. I dressed & wrapped her ready for bed, but she seemed wide awake still. I was going to read to her but thought better of it as I didn't want to overstimulate her. As soon as I started rocking her, she closed her eyes and that was it. She woke again after half and hour for another feed, but went straight to sleep afterwards and didn't wake for 3 hours. By then it was 11:30 and she woke up with terrible wind. I stayed calm and massaged her belly until it passed. She's now sleeping again after another feed. After a week of inconsolable nights, it feels so good to know that it is possible to comfort my daughter and give her what she needs. I don't expect every night to be like this, but if I could have a couple a week it would be easier to bear the bad ones.