Hi girls!!!! I've finally made it back. No point trying to catch up, so I'll just jump right in.
Tilda - I totally agree with BS, go the dummy. I vowed I wouldn't use one either, but sometimes it's all Liam wants. I try to feed him and he gets upset, and sinks into a deeply relaxed state when I give him the dummy. I'm sold.
BS - Good luck with the trainer. I'm still trying to get my butt back into pre-pregnancy gear. I started teaching yoga again last week, just the one class each week for a bit of pocket money. Tomorrow I'm off to a mums and bubs class the hospital runs, I hope I get a good workout!
Hi Alison, Suz, Lani, Willow, Carmey and everyone else!!!
AFM - Liam has his first cold. I got sick last Saturday, then he went down on Tuesday. He's snorting and snuffling and occasionally scares himself with his blocked nose, poor little guy. On the other hand, he sometimes sneezes and then smiles, like he thinks a sneeze is the funniest thing ever. Too cute.
We're off for our immunisations on Friday, I'm trying not to be nervous. Even though I know that it's riskier for him not to have them, I'm scared that he might have a reaction. I keep telling myself that millions of babies have them every day without any ill effects, but I'm still just a little anxious.
I'm like sesameseed and will just dive right back in!
How is everyone? I really miss you all!
Just one persie, sorry!
Alison - how on earth are you getting Amelia to sleep through? I am insanely jealous!!
ATM - I am beyond exhausted. Jack is back to feeding every two hours. How can that happen? We were doing so beautifully, where he would go for five hours then four hours each night but now it's just horrible. It has been five days now. Someone suggested it could be the 8 week growth spurt. My mum also said that perhaps my milk supply was going down (I've lost weight) and with his growing it was making him want to feed more often. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Carmey - OMG, that would be tough going back to 2 hourly feeds! I'd put my money on the 8 week growth spurt. I've got my for you that this will pass after a couple of days.
Sesame - You poor things I had a cold when I went into labour with Craig and gave it to him when he was born. My first week after a c-section was spent trying not to cough because it hurt my stitches. Craig is still known as 'Snorky' because of the snuffly noises he made. The snot sucker thingy (aspirator?) and saline drops is the thing for clearing their little noses. Hope you both feel better soon and good luck with the immunisations on Friday. Trust me, it's worse for the Mum than it is for the Bub.
BS - My DH used to freak out and flip Craig over everytime he was on his tummy. For ages Craig would roll over then cry to be flipped back. I asked the Community Nurse and she said to stop turning him because once they can roll, their necks are strong enough to turn their heads and they won't suffocate. Not sure if you can leave them on their tummies when they have reflux and I can't remember how old Craig was when he was doing this. Sounds like the Osteopath did the trick for Eva, they sure fixed Craig's neck (he could only turn his head to one side).
Alison - It's 3kg to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, I actually need to lose more like 6-7, maybe 10 to get back to a healthy BMI. Before Craig was born I had two miscarriages and put on more than 5kg with each one. After having Craig I managed to lose all my baby weight, plus another 5kg before falling pregnant with Ryan. The older I get the harder it seems to be to lose weight, so I guess I want to get on top of it as soon as I can. There could be another baby in the near future for us so I want to be as fit and healthy as I can be before falling pregnant again. How cute that your DH was talking to Amelia about a brother or sister I'm going to talk to my GP tomorrow about contraception and any risks with another pregnancy.
AFM - Managed to do 3 days of Wii Fit. I can get 30 minutes in while the boys are both having an afternoon nap. We were away for so long I missed Ryan's immunisations and now I'm struggling to get an appointment for him. Hopefully we can get him in this week. Craig's first immunisation was horrible, he cried out in pain from the needle and I cried because I felt like it was me hurting him. I'm not looking forward to Ryan's needles Tomorrow is my 6 week checkup with my GP (3 weeks late!) and I expect a Pap Smear. I want to ask her about contraception and planning another baby before I'm 40 (can't believe I just wrote that, eeeek!).
Hope everyone is getting sleep and lots of smiles and cuddles from their little ones.
Last edited by *suz1*; February 1st, 2010 at 09:10 PM.
Hi Carmey - are you demand feeding? I've never done that so Amelia's been in a routine since day 1, doesn't work for some but has for us so far. Other than that don't forget she has formula feeds to fill her up which definitely helps!!!!
Hi Everyone else - sorry for selfish post, about to eat dinner.....will get back on later for persies.
I'm in shock girls, I saw the OB today, turns out the infection I had was a rare staph infection that got into my amniotic fluid and passed through to the placenta while in labour, it's so rare and so serious that they can't believe Amelia survived. He said if he hadn't done the c-section when he did the results could have been very very different. I can't believe Amelia could've died, it's a very strange feeling and every time I look at her I feel like crying now. Poor little thing. He did say that even though I would have to be extremely unlucky to have that happen again he would suggest going a c-section again next time, although if I want to try and go vaginal I can but I will be considered high risk so probably better to be safe than sorry. He also said he's happy for me to start trying again when Amelia is 8 months old, I was like, cough cough, I think we'll wait a tad longer thanks ha ha! DH wants to start trying when Amelia turns 1!!!!
All this has made me feel so much better about having the c-section and I look at Amelia now and love her even more which I didn't think was possible. I love my OB! He was so sweet, he was cuddling her and telling her how cute she was, he held her the whole time of my appointment - even when I was on the table and he was checking my tummy he was holding her with one hand and feeling my tummy with the other! He even got excited that I still have the line running down my belly, god knows why! I asked if he did lyposuction, he thought I was joking!
Hey sesame! Welcome back!!!!!!!!!!! Liam is such a cutie! I was so happy to finally see some new pics up - he looks just like you!!!! I hope we hear more from you these days although we are all posting a LOT less - Dop't worry to much for the vaccines, he will cry but it will be over fast - I wanted to cry when Eva got hers so I let DH handle her while I sat in a corner and didn't look...she fell back asleep right after so I think she just cried from the quick pain...then it was over... just make sure he isn't hungry!
Carmey, sounds like a growth spurt to me. Be careful not to lose weight too fast - you can lose but if you drop too fast then the milk can go down, maybe try a pump to see what you get out of a boob? That might be a good indicator and if the supply is not down then I would assume it is a growth spurt so just wait it out - the two month growth is a whopper - I am sure it isn't a supply problem since you had so much...it must be a growth spurt...
Suz, good for you getting on the WiiFit You are lucky to have so little to lose and I am sure you'll get it off in no time!
Alison, my god, goes to show you that everything happens for a reason - Thank god you had that C section. And no matter how much we complain about the biorth, weight gain, sleepless nights...stories like that remind us how we would not change a thing and it is worth it for out babies
To everyone else - Eva slept in her room alone last night! It was a great success! She went down at 8 after her bath, woke up at 12:30 for a feed but then was giggling in her bed for a while so I got to bed at 2AM, then up at 4:50 then up at 6:50, then up at 9:30 so I did a bit of getting out of bed, but she had no problem transitioning! I am so happy!!! I know there will be a few more nights of waking up a lot but I am making sure to feed her a lot in order to start spacing out her feeds and she loves her room so all is well. I was worried about the day I would have to move her out of our room - but I think it is harder for me since I wake up constantly to peek in on her!
I read that at around four months babies have no metabolic need for night feedings, so I hope she gets through her nights by around 4-5 months, even if a night means 12- 6am I would love a block of sleep!
Also, added some photos of the nursery on facebook - I have to add a few more once I get the light fixture, but the basic ones are up!
I'm off to shower while Eva sleeps in her room, where she fell asleep all alone!
hugs and kisses to mums and bubs and glad to see some of our girls that were gone for a bit are back in action!
I'm so excited - Jack slept for 4 hours then 3 last night! Wooohooo! Makes such a difference. I really don't know why he was doing it. Alison, to answer your question, I've always had Jack in a routine (as much as you can for a newborn) from about three weeks. It was going beautifully until just recently. Hopefully he's over it though. And BS, I expressed last night to see how much I had, and I got 100ml out of one boob, so it seems I was down a bit. I would usually fill the bottle and have more after that. But, it was also late at night and I was tired. Apparently resting can help increase your supply. Who knows?!
Suz - Good work on the Wii. All you need is 30 minutes each day and you feel so much better. Go girl!
BS - Good girl, Eva! That's great she slept well in her room. Will jump on FB in a sec to see the new pics.
Alison - Thank god for your OB. That's pretty full on. And good you have a great relationship with him for next time round. Did you get 8 hours last night??
Sesameseed - I understand your worry over the immunisation. I was worried, too. But Jack was such a good boy and settled very easily afterwards. They tend to sleep straight away and then Jack was grizzly for about 10 hours. We gave him baby Pandadol after the nurses' instruction. It seemed to help. Good luck and hope that nasty cold goes!
ATM - Feeling great after some decent sleep last night. I'm going to try and get the little man weighed today as I'm dying to see how much he's put on. I know he is bigger just by picking him up. I think he has to be close to 7kg now.
I'm feeling better about my weight. DH and I have been on a bit of a health kick, where we've cut out the junk we were eating every day. We'd eat ice-cream and chocolate like it was going out of fashion. Plus, DH has stopped training since Jack was born (he's into triathlons and was training 23 hours a week) and he's also porked it on. It's easier when you can both do it. Plus, I'm now doing some sort of exercise for an hour every day, no matter what. I run about four times a week and can now run (slowly) for 7km. Getting there! And, I've lost 2kg over two weeks. Just 6kg to go!
Other than that things are good. Jack is a very happy boy and rarely cries these days. We reckon if you added up his crying it would be 5 mins a day, tops. So very pleased about that!
Hi Carmey - yay for Jack! He's probably just going through a developmental stage, apparently that happens at 8 weeks! Amelia woke at 4.30 am so only did 6.5 hours last night after 3 in a row of 8 hours, grrr. I think my dog woke her up barking, was very annoyed. She fed and not as much as usual hence why I think she woke up because of the dog and went back to sleep after half an hour for another 2.5 hours. Well done on the health kick, DH and I need to do the same, he's put on weight too so we're both going to get stuck into the exercise and stop eating crap as well! I've got 7 kgs to kick.
Hi BS - thanks for your kind words, I'm going to go have a squiz at your FB pics of the nursery, bet it looks fab!
I'm back!!!!!
I got sick last Saturday, then he went down on Tuesday. He's snorting and snuffling and occasionally scares himself with his blocked nose, poor little guy. On the other hand, he sometimes sneezes and then smiles, like he thinks a sneeze is the funniest thing ever. Too cute.
OMG, that would be tough going back to 2 hourly feeds! I'd put my money on the 8 week growth spurt. I've got my 
for you that this will pass after a couple of days.
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