babies born~December 1st-15th 2009 #2

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

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General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[Alison1973]

Hi Hannah - you poor thing, wonder what is causing her vomiting, is it reflux? What do the doctors say? You sound like you're coping well considering, you're such a trooper and you have a great attitude. Hope it gets better for you really soon which I'm positive it will, probably another Wonder Week! That book is awesome and they are going through one at the moment Week 12 so they go all funny again. Amelia chops and changes her sleeping too don't worry, some days she sleeps right through, others she wakes, but I just put the dummy in and she goes back to sleep thank goodness.

AFM - Amelia's started trying to blow raspberries, it's just the cutest thing ever and today I got my first giggle, melted my heart to say the least! I'm hanging out for her to do it again now!

I went to the mums and bubs movies today with my aqua friends and saw Valentine's Day, gosh it was great, only about 20 people in the cinema and Amelia just fed and slept, no dramas. Highly recommend it girls and it was only $8.00 too! The movie itself was great too, lovely chick flick.

Hi Beany - have we heard anymore about catching up with Tilda? I bought the Laugh and Learn Puppy you have for Michael today, it's so cute huh - good price too I thought, $40.00. Hopefully Amelia will like it.

How's everyone else doing?
Gotta run, someone's screaming the house down for food!

[Tuesday's Child]

Hi Alison. Don't you just love those first giggles? I've been singing little green frog to Amelia. She giggles through the first verse...I think she finds the word "galoomp" funny. So cute!

I haven't taken Amelia to the doctor. If she was vomiting after every feed, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But she's so happy during the day and we don't have any problems. I don't think its reflux as that has been getting better.

But I had a brain wave tonight. She's been swallowing bath water! She loves her baths, but isn't content to just lie with her head on my arm. She's always trying to sit up, can't quite get there yet, slips and ends up with a mouthful of water. The first time she did it she got me completely by surprise and both her nose and mouth went under....scared us both. I might have to change bath time to mornings when DH is home so I have an extra set of hands. She didn't swallow any tonight and has been down since 8:30

Oh, and my fluffy mail arrived today. After trialling a few different cloth nappies, I finally settled on some Baby Beehinds Bamboo Fitteds and Multifit Pockets. I want to get Amelia out of sposies. Everytime I use them she gets horrendous nappy rash...her bum actually looks burnt. It gets better when I use bamboo prefolds, but I don't have enough for fulltime use.

[Plinky]

Hi girlies!

Alison - I haven't heard anything else about catching up. That puppy is great, isn't it! He loves it! I think he likes the flashing red heart. I've been trying to teach Michael to blow raspberries...he's not even close! Ah well, plenty of time.

Hannah - Oooh, I wonder if that could be it? Would be easy to fix at least if it was! Whats this Little Green Frog song? I have to say I only have a small repertoire (sp?) of songs I sing for Michael...its usually Wheels on the Bus, Doe a Deer (from Sound of Music), Eidelwiess, This Old Man, Michael Finnigan and the Grand Old Duke of York! I should really learn some more.

Suz - Wow! What a chubbikins! Thats fantastic, you're excusively breastfeeding is that right? Must be such a wonderful feeling to know that its all because of you that he is growing so well.

BS - Are you all feeling better now? HOpefully that was just a one-off! Thats sooo good that your feeds are starting to space out a bit more now. Yes, I must say, its one of the advantages of FF. As soon as I started him on it he started sleeping longer, such a massive difference. But then I don't get the wonderful feeling of BF, so there is a bit of a trade-off I think I noticed it one of your pictures that Eva had hold of something in her hand...how long has she been doing that for? Michael hasn't got the hang of his fingers yet, most of the things he does with his hands are with closed fists...except he sometimes has his right pointer finger out for some reason!

Big hello to all you other mummies!

AFM - GRRRR!!!! Its bloomin 38oC or whatever here and the power in our suburb decides to go out for 3 hours during the hottest part of the day!!!! I was sweltering. Poor little moo was so hot too, he couldnt' sleep. But he was such a good little boy, just lay in his cot with a damp flannel on his belly looking up at his wall stickers smiling. Gosh I love him.

Ohhh, feeding is becoming a nightmare He's going through some funny phase where he's getting really fussy. He'll be fine for the first part of the feed, until I come to burp him. Then he cries and cries and carries on and won't take the bottle back (he does eventually tho thank goodness), and stiffens out. I'm wondering if its wind. I do burp him and most of the times get a burp or two. I dunno what else it could be.

[BrusselsSprout]

Beany, if you go by the book wonder weeks they have a fussy period around 11-12 weeks so sounds like you're getting there...it will end - he should start grabbing on to things soon after that and paying more attention to stuff...Eva has been grabbing stuff for about 3 weeks or so now...she has just recently actually been able to keep things in her hands for a bit and get them into her mouth, but sometimes she just gets a hold of somthing, shakes it and it drops, so she is not totally there yet I would say she really started reaching out and holding stuff at 3 months. In the FB album you can see the first picture has her grabbing her toy - that was when I noticed she was really reaching out and grabbing things on purpose - like looking at something, reaching out and grabbing...I also read in the book that some babies are more physical and some more observant...I find Eva to be a bit less physical but she makes so much noise and stuff - she was blowing raspberries since she was about two and a half months and imitating us by sticking out her tongue etc...But she won't roll over, for example...I am trying to give her naked time before the bath in the warm bathroom so she can see her feet more, try to roll etc....She has started trying to sit up unassisted too, so I put her flat on the changing table and she grabs onto my fingers and pulls herself up (I have to pull a bit then when her arms are staright she pulls herself to sitting)...But seriously all this stuff seems to have happened OVERNIGHT! She had a very fussy week right before I noticed all this happenning - That's why I am so happy to be reading wonder weeks - I find it to be spot on! (Thanks again rose ) - so as for the raspberries and all that, just do them for him and he'll just surprise you one day and do one back. I make noises and 'chat' with her since day one, like full adult conversation and I find that now she actually reacts when I say stuff...So I'll say, hey did you have a nice sleep, pause, and she'll go grrr oooohhhh.....so it is cute It is coming with Michael, just pay attention - they change almost overnight.

Suz, toilet training, breast feeding, 2 babies, you are a star You're doing so great balancing everything - hope the headache goes away fast!

Hannah, huh, that sounds like it could be the culprit! She is filling up on bath water...so spit up the milk, probably to get the water out...Try filling her bath less - I have been doing that lately with Eva since she kicks up a STORM now! She was more calm before just flaoting in there but now she kicks and kicks and turns her head from side to side so was getting water in her eyes...just fill it less and hold her almost sitting...It also helps to have all your supplies really close by. I took over the guest bathroom just for her bath and have everything lined up before I start to avoid having to look away or stretch my arm to reach for something! I am glad you figured that out though!

Did you ever think of getting the reflux meds for Amelia? Eva literally changed THE DAY she started taking it. I have nice feeds and no crying and naps (except for when she has gas like last night but I hear the little farts so I know it isn't reflux!)

Alsion, very cool idea going to the movies...Was it not too loud for her? Or did they put a lower volume in the theater? I guess and action movie would be out of the question That is so cool getting out like that with her!

Kanda, how are you doing?

AFM - out for a walk again today - ONE HOUR offroad so I got in a great workout - Pushing a stroller up and down hill and on dirt road gets you tired! So I hope to keep it up! Started raining right at the end though so I had to put the rain cover on her stroller for last 15 minutes so she didn't have much of a clear view. She is really loving those walks, now when I get her into her warm suit she just starts cracking up and wait patiently in the stroller to go out and when she sees me putting on my coat she gets all happy I can't wait for spring!

DH and I are planning our first weekend away with her the first WE of march - off to paris the city of lights We are preparing the baby bjorn and travel bed and will drive down for his grandfather's birthday. This shoudl be exciting and maybe I'll buy one or two things for myself in a bigger size - I'm tired of dressing all crappy...

Ok, so off to get my thank you cards out (I am so late on everything!) and get some work done while my well behaved calm little baby takes her long afternoon nap (that medicine has saved my life).

xoxo

[Alison1973]

Morning everyone!

Well guess what, I had a crap night!!!!! The first in a long time and when you're used to 10 hours straight it's a killer really. Makes me realise even more how lovely the sleep throughs are. Not sure if it was something I ate yesterday - I did have cabbage, a growth spurt or the full moon but Amelia woke up at 2.30 am, I popped the dummy back in her mouth as her eyes were still closed but she kept waking up, I tried this a few times for an hour and then put her in our bed which I haven't done in ages, she didn't really sleep properly though, every time the dummy came out she woke up. So at 5.30 am I gave up and got up, she's had a bottle and is now in her rocker blowing friggin raspberries!!!! I feel shattered, funny how we get used to sleep again so quickly. Oh well, hopefully that was a one off for this week. I'm really glad you had such a great night with Abbey though and 12.5 hours is fine, Amelia's done that before. Her average is 9 hours but I get 10-12 every few days or so. Fingers crossed you get another like that tonight!

Well, it's going to be 41 here in Perth, it's 6.00 am and already warm out there. DH has taken the day off to go on the boat fishing with his dad, idiot! He said it's cooler out on the water but I was trying to explain that yes but the sun is still blaring the same. As he walked out the door I heard, I'm not 12. Anyway, we'll see how he goes....I think the'yre idiots personally and besides, as I said to him last night, it would be nice if you could have a day off to spend with us. Bloody men honestly! lol

Hi Beany - yes Amelia likes the flashing heart on the puppy too, I showed it to her last night and she smiled, will get it out again today. And yes, BS is right, the Wonder Weeks says it's fussy time so I think our bubs are just being normal......Amelia hasn't been fussy with her food but her sleeping has definitely changed both day and night the last few days with last night and the 2 nights before that waking at 4.00 am. Hope it's over soon so we can get back to our usual ha ha.

Hi BS - you're so good with the exercise, I so wanted to go for a regular walk but it's just been too hot, we're in the high 30's until late next week here in West Aus, not bad considering Summer finishes on Sunday! I did walk around the shops for a couple of hours after the movies yesterday so that counts for something, I try and walk fast too, probably looks funny but I don't care. As for the movies, they have the lights dimmed but not off as usual and the sound is supposedly turned down but we all found it quite loud, not sure if it's because we're not used to it or not but Amelia was fine with it after the initially sound blared out. Your'e right though, action movies could be too much I think. They had a promo for another movie coming out with Jennifer Lopez about her getting pregnant when single by a donor and then meeting someone, it looks hilarious, definitely one for us girls to see! Can't wait till it's on at mums and bubs movies.

Hi Suz - ha ha would be rather difficult with a toilet training toddler, there were a few girls with bubs and toddlers but I assumed they were in nappies. I only heard one little one crack the poops and get dragged out by mum.....guess we've got all that to look forward to! I did wonder if it's harder to take the bubs the older they get as they are more awake etc. I'll keep at it until it gets too hard.

How awful is this story about the little girl who was murdered in Bundaberg, I've noticed since having Amelia even though it would've saddened me before you don't really relate to it until you have your own child and it makes you feel sooooo sad for the parents. Poor little girl.

Hope everyone else had a better night than moi!

[*suz1*]

Hi Girls!

Hannah - Alison said it so perfectly:

You sound like you're coping well considering, you're such a trooper and you have a great attitude.

The bath water sounds like the culprit. Hope Amelia sleeps for you tonight. Thanks for the name of the breast pads, I'll get on to those.

BS - Oh no! I hope your family hasn't come down with something. Hope you guys have a better night tonight too.

Alison - The Mums & Bubs movies sound great. Totally out of the question when I'm toilet training a toddler, but maybe I can work something out down the track. I love the giggles too (Ryan seems to find everything funny) but no raspberries here yet.

Carmey - Thinking of you, hope you're much better now after the antibiotics.

to everyone else!

AFM - I have a killer headache today and am exhausted after our first day of toilet training. Craig is getting there, but not quite getting it in the potty or toilet But no one expects their toddler to get it on the first day. We'll see how he goes tomorrow.

[LMS]

Hi everyone, just a quick one to pop in before the chaos starts this morning... Sienna had her needles on Wednesday and was really upset for at least 24 hours...big hugs to everyone, I hope to get on and have a bit of a chat later!!



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[*suz1*]

Hi Girls!

Hi Kanda!

Ryan has his needles today. We're going to meet some of our Mother's Group for coffee this morning before it all turns to poo after needles this afternoon. To top it off, I'm getting a head cold and keep sneezing (but both the boys are fine) so all I want to do is curl up in bed. Ryan will happily curl up in bed with me, but Craig will want to jump on the bed and still needs help with the toilet, so there'll be no rest for me DH smiled when he left for work this morning and said 'You can have the day off". Ha ha ha.

I just realised my ticker is lagging behind. Ryan is 19 weeks old today! Hopefully that means we're through to the 'Wonder' part of the 'Wonder Week'.

[Rose_Red]

Hi girls!

Just a quick pop in. Liam's needles went okay - he was more upset at the actual injection this time (I don't think I've ever heard him scream so loud) but within five minutes he was smiling at the nurse again. No side effects apart from a mild fever.

But his sleep has gone out the window. Yesterday he refused to nap and was awake for something like five or six hours. Weirdly he was happy that whole time and was actually content to play on his own for a little while, which never happens. And last night he was awake and feeding every hour. I'm hoping it's just because of the needles and will pass soon.

[willow5]

Hi everyone

Kanda Good to hear from you, sorry to hear the needles upset Sienna, hope all is well with you guys

Suzi I'm still trying to find the e-mail list of all us BB girls, stupid me didn't add them to my e-mail contacts, it was another I'll do it later thing that never got done If I can't find it by lunch time I'll just PM you the builders details, it is frustrating me no end that I can't find them though!
Good luck with the needles and hope you're feeling better soon! I hope you don't have what my friend and her family just had it was pretty nasty.

Rose Glad the needles went ok. But sorry about the shocker of a night! I hope that settles down for you soon. Sometimes it seems like you swap one good thing only to replace it with another horror thing, ie: happy playing on his own - hourly night feeds!

Harry actually had a slightly better night last night...hoping that's not going to make for a bad day today, but so far so good. We have carpenters and concreters here today preparing for the slab to be laid spoke with the builder this morning, things are a little behind due to wet weather and public holidays but not too far.
I should really get off the computer and clean up some of the tip that is my house while Harry's sleeping!

[Alison1973]

Hi Kanda - poor Sienna, did she have a fever as well? I was lucky, Amelia screamed and cried for 5 minutes but was fine after that. Hope she's feeling better now. xx

Hi Rose - bummer Liam didn't sleep and was feeding so much. It's funny how it affects the babies differently. Amelia screamed and cried the same as Liam but she actually slept a lot for the next 24 hours, didn't have a fever and didn't have an increased appetite or anything, thank goodness, that sounds horrendous being up through the night to feed like that again, it's like having a newborn isn't it.

Hi Willow - how exciting that everything is happening Hopefully Harry will continue his good sleeping habits for you.

Hi Suz - sorry you have a cold, I hope it doesn't hang around too long for you. Good one DH - "have the day off", since when can you have a day off with kids lol. Cute though, I'll pay that one.

Hi Beany - you've been quiet, everything ok?

Hi Tilda/Hi Lani Hope you are and bubs are all well today.

AFM - Amelia's wonder week/teething days have improved so far so good......didn't have the greatest night, I went in 4 times to her as she tossed and turned and kept getting butted up against the side of the cot - I can't wait till she can learn to roll back the other way in her sleep. Then she decided she wanted to get up at 6.30 am so I feel like I've been up and down all night - oh hang, I have! lol She's happy today though, talking to her froggie on the swing, she's so funny. Is anyone else's bubs rubbing their eyes with the backs of their hands? I know it's a tired sign but Amelia does it when feeding as well, even if she's just got up, is this normal? I'm hoping it's partly a habit and that there's nothing wrong with her eyes. I know she definitely does it when tired but surely she's not constantly tired!

Well bummed today, our swimming class was cancelled due to a chemical inbalance, I haven't been for 3 weeks so was really looking forward to it too. Will have to go for a walk instead. I seriously need to stop making excuses and do something about this 5 kgs I'm still carrying. At this rate I won't fit into any of my normal jeans this winter! I still can't get my rings on either - Beany, have you got yours on yet? I'm not sure whether to have them made bigger or not. I can't see why I can wear the one on my right hand but not my wedding finger rings!!!!!!!!

[Plinky]

Hello girlies!

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, I've been reading, but not posting since I haven't had time!

Rose - glad to hear Liam seems to have handled the needles very well Tho sorry he has been feeding so regularly, hopefully it will pass soon.

Willow - can't say we've had any car issues, tho we never travel with him at night, so perhaps it might be a different story then.

Suz - glad you had a nice trip! Sorry to hear you are sick tho...hope you get better soon. And I hope your bubbies don't get it too. With the teats/bottles - we are using Avent bottles & teats and using the 2 hole teats as Michael doesn't like the 3 holes cos it comes out too fast for him! Good luck for your needles today! We have ours today too

Tilda - thats great Matilda is taking to flying so well...what a good little girl! You have needles today too? If so..good luck!

BS - allt he best for your trip, you must be sooo excited! I hope the flight goes well

Alison - hehe, Michael decided to get up early this morning too! He hasn't been up since before 6am for weeks! Hmm...but it was only 5.30am, so can't complain really! YES! Michael has been rubbing his eyes heaps too...which I've always seen as a tired sign...but when I put him down he just won't sleep (see below). No, still can't get rings on. Well, I can kind of jam them on, but it hurts and its hard to get them off again. Will wait a bit longer before I decide what to do re resizing.

Hello to all the lovely ladies I have missed...hope you are all keeping well!

AFM - sorry for the brief post today...Michael's day sleeps have gone downhill the past week. He takes FOREVER to get to sleep during the day, and even then its only ever for 30-40 mins and he usually wakes up with this horrible cry. Even as we speak he has been down for nearly 15 mins and he's still whingeing and carrying on. Yesterday I tried putting him down about 4pm for his afternoon nap and he was tossing and turning and talking and whingeing for an hour! In the end I gave up and got him up. And he no longer has a big sleep anymore, so I'm struggling to get things done...I have an ever-growing pile of ironing

And today he's getting his 4 month needles Getting them done at the GP so going to ask about those white blister things on his willy, OH! and DH and I have noticed that one of his eyes is different from the other. Its his right eye, you can tell when he looks down, his bottom eyelashes sort of disappear and the creases around the eye are different from the other eye. I do wonder if its related to the forcep marks he had over that eye, what if the forceps pushed his eye back??? I still don't understand why the dr used them anyway.

Still struggling with my anxiety...gets me down every now and then...I can't help feel I would enjoy it more if I wasn't so stressy and worried and anxious all the time. Not that I don't enjoy it, I certainly do and I love him to bits, but there's always this constant worry in the back of my mind when I'm with him, and in the front of my mind when I'm not with him, and this surge of fear when he cries or when he doesn't sleep or when other ppl hold him. I get so angry with myself because he really is such a wonderful good baby, I shouldn't have any worries at all. Ho hum.

[Alison1973]

Hi Beany - so great to hear from you and don't worry, you're not alone, I haven't had as much time to post lately as usual either, Amelia's been very clingy this week - gotta love this Wonder WeekSSSSSSSSS lol. She's better today thank goodness but like I said before, I got the crappy night instead ha ha - can't win! I hope Michael's appointment goes well and let me know what they say about his eye. I hadn't noticed anything but I have to say I noticed Amelia has one eye slight different to the other in shape the other day, it's very slight and when I look at myself I have the same thing so could it be something like that? I'm glad she's not the only one rubbing her eyes and like you she sometimes rubs them but won't go to sleep either - yesterday she slept great but today she's now been awake since 10.00 am (after a 1 hour nap) and it's now 1.00 pm and she's still awake. I've just put her in the jolly jumper to wear her out! Hopefully!

As for your anxiety, you're doing a great job mate, the proof is in the pudding so to speak, he's such a lovely little boy. I think we all have moments of self doubt etc, I think it comes with the territory but if you want to talk you know I'm here. We can have a good chin wag/vent when we catch up with Rose soon. You're a great mum and don't you forget it! xx

Good luck with his needles, he'll be fine I'm sure, Amelia came out unscathed and they seem to do everything the same so why not that as well! Oh and she slept a lot afterwards so you might get some reprieve there at least. These Wonder Weeks are tough huh.....Amelia's also sucking on her bottom lip now too I've noticed today, I assume that's another sign of teething?