Babies Born~February 1st-15th 2009 #2

[Olive]

This thread is for parents who's baby was born February 1st ~ 15th 2009

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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

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

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

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[Muffy]

Babies born in our Group

1st Feb ??? Mkart86 "Anastasia" 3.5kg

2nd Feb 2:54pm *det* "Levi Peter James" 8lb

2nd Feb 7:36am Renstar "Ava Joyce" 8lb 1oz

4th Feb ??? jords "Winter Lorraine" 8lb 6oz

5th Feb ??? Cyathea "Marley" 9lb 4oz

5th Feb 8pm 1pj "Summer" 5lb 5oz

7th Feb 5:23pm MelanieKate "Lachlan Ashley" 5lb 15oz

7th Feb 12:50pm baby_blip "Darren Jay" 7lb 15oz

9th Feb 9pm Sydney moose "Samantha Joan Bea" 3.1kg

10th Feb ??? yvettemj "Lauren" 2650g

13th Feb 12:34am Sterla "Oliver Thomas Eldrup" 3.035kg

13th Feb 11:36am Andjxx "Harris" 8lb

13th Feb 6:25pm laura_133 "Bella Grace" 7lb 4oz

14th Feb 5:09am Antheia "Orson Phoenix Paul" 9lb 2oz

15th Feb 8:30am luua "Mae" 2.4kg & "Hana" 2.2kg

[Sterla]

Good morning ladies . Finally, I'm here to do some personals (sorry it's taken me a while).

Rainbow Raver: Thanks again for adding that list. If you don't mind, you can remove "Purdy" from Oliver on there, as no one else has surnames listed. We're pretty even with boys and girls aren't we! How is Bella? I really hope she's doing okay. It must be frustrating and scary not knowing what caused the fits .

Moose: That's no good that Sammy is still spewing. Has it settled down a little, or more, or staying about the same? I hope her weight gain is still good. That's fantastic that Sammy is rolling! Well done Sammy! . Oliver hasn't rolled yet, and I don't think he's going to any time soon either. Actually, when he lies on the floor on his back or his stomach he doesn't do a great deal - just kind of lies there and looks at me or talks to me! He must be a bit lazy like his mummy and daddy . Enjoy your quiet day with Sammy.

Antheia: These bubs make us wonder sometimes don't they! Oliver is fine now - he settled down once we got home, had a pretty normal evening, slept all night and has been really good so far today. He may have had a tummy ache like you said Orson did, cause he did a pretty big poo last night after going almost all day without doing one. How are you and your bubbas doing? How did your two oldest go in child care the other day?

Blip: Ouch about the toothache! I'm continually amazed at all the (most likely) unnecessary interference the medical peeps do with you and Daz. Makes you wonder - if you'd just been left to your own devices, trusting your mother instincts, etc, whether you and Daz would be completely fine now? That's so weird about adding formula to your EBM... that would bug me too!
It sounds like Daz is just a long skinnny baby, which is normal. I was reading somewhere the other day here on BB about "banana babies" "pear babies" and"apple babies" referring to the bubs body shape. Just like adults! Oliver is by no means a chubby baby either, but that doesn't mean he's not healthy!
How is putting Daz on the boob going?

Jords: How are you and Winter going? How is she sleeping? You have the sleep clinic on Wed don't you?
I've been cutting Oliver's nails with some baby nail clippers. They have a really good grip thing on them, so they're easy to use. I've cut Oliver's nails a couple of times, and so far haven't cut him I hope I don't! I can imagine I'd feel awful!

Oliver had a long sleep last night, and it was so long between feeds that my boobs felt like they were going to burst. I knew there was more in there than he'd take, and they were so full I was worried about getting a blocked duct or something, so I thought I'd express some milk with my hand pump. I've only ever used it once before, when Oliver was about 2-3 weeks old. After Oliver fed I expressed and was shocked at how much milk was coming out - it just kept coming and coming! I had to stop cause I filled up the bottle. I put the milk in the freezer, and it's so nice knowing I have it sitting there in case of an emergency! And also, (this might be weird), I found expressing very satisfying... watching the bottle fill up and up and up with my milk !

Oliver is really good today after yesterday's shocker. He's fed well, had a good play and chat, and now is having a good sleep. Let's hope he keeps it up!

Phew... I hope everyone is well and enjoying their Sunday .

[sydney moose]

Sterla : WOW you expressed a FULL bottle after a feed..your boob WOULD have been hurting for sure!! I'm lucky if I get 20ml! lol There is nothing wrong or weird in feeling good about expressing...is all part of feeling good about being a mum being able to feed her little bubba I think.Thanks for asking, Sammy is getting better with teh spewing, I think she has been working herself very hard when rolling and trying to get herself off the tummy but am not feeling her to be unwell anymore and the spews do not appear to be as frequent, I am starting to write it down and monitor over the couple days to see if a pattern emerges. Can't wait for Tuesday's weigh in, its stressing me a little TBH, but no sense in stressing until I find out results. Its funny that OLi doesn't do too much on his tummy, Sammy just moves her legs so much, kicking and wanting to get movin'. have you tried showing him a toy that he likes and lifting it up in the air so his head rises and he follows it? Regardless, I'm sure Oli will be rolling when he is ready...ENJOY your time cause seriously, I can't take my eyes off her for 1 minute anymore and shes not crawling or walking yet!! I must admit though, it is hilarious to watch her swing her little legs to get herself on her side and then watch her face as she gets herself on her tummy..you can see her mind ticking and trying to work out how to make this body of hers move. BABIES ARE AWESOME! it's such a beautiful time watching them discover everything.

My warning to you...be careful with the clippers, I had been using mine for ages on Sammy and I still managed to cut her and its a Tommy Tippee clipper too but still took a very small chunk of her fingers, is all healed now.
BTW, Sammy is 12 weeks old today!!! its gone sooo fast!

[Dansta]

ello my pritties!

Moose: Wow sammys rolling? daz can roll on to his side...and has semi got to his tummy...moved and arm then went back onto his back! so wrong but i laughed at him! dont worry too much about the spewing - daz vomits too but its becuase the mucle that holds the opening to the tummy shut isnt very strong so with sammy rolling onto her tummy it may be pushing food out, i found with daz if he moves heaps after a feed...the food moves back via th entrance! heh. i cliped daz's finger too cutting his nails too...but i tried to nail file...and failed...he moves tooooo much! Ohh and no i havent eaten any jaw brakers...but now you've metioned it...i may have to hunt one down!

Sterla- im glad to hear oli is feeling better, sometimes they do get funny when they need to poo...this'll sound funny but i know darren is about to when im feeding him cus he legs keep wriggleing around! im glad im not the only one thinking mg: at this idea of formular in ebm! as for expressing - how funky is it seeing all the milk come out. i recon its fantasic to see it spray out! how much did you get out?

'bow - hows bella?

Jords - hows winter going?

AFM: daz had a good day yesterday. mind you he didnt take much of my EMB becuase i ate a little tooo much garlic bread on friday, so i think it tasted differant. we saw DH's friend and his DP and their kids (2 years between all three oddly enough!) and my aunt came over (all at once too) but it was nice seeing people, esp for DH cus his friend has a kid and its good for him to have some contact with him! today daz has had a bit of refulx...so i stopped putting that extra scoop of formular into his formular. my gut is telling me its wrong and next time i speak to the dietition i'm going to lie or just tell her "look, his waight and hight didnt match at birth, why the hell would they now? im not going to feed him that much becuase if he wanted more - he'd ASK FOR IT...in his own way!" and when i see my 'normal' LC im going to tell her about the formular in the EMB...and ask if she'll talk to the dietion becuase its not RIGHT...its really not right. the hospital im at is ment to be a 'breast feeding friendly' one! any whoo im off to express and see if i can get a full EMB feed for darren, the motilim is helping - but tuesday is when it should fully kick in- for the first time in AGES i felt 'full' when i expressed thismoring! and im getting around 110mls each time i express, which is better then the 70 i was getting a few days ago!

[Sterla]

Moose: I know babies are awesome ! You're preaching to the converted here, lol! I love watching Oliver discover new things. One of his latest discoveries is our hands. We hold our hands out in front of him and he claps on our hand! When I went to the pram walking group, I commented to one of the mums (who has a 7 month old) how great it was that Oliver was smiling, and she said it only gets better!

Blip: I managed to get a bit over 150ml when I expressed this morning - and I only stopped cause that was how much the bottle would hold! I could have kept going, and that was after Oliver had already had a bit of a feed! It is so cool watching and hearing the milk squirt out!
Oh, and I know what you mean about knowing when they're going to do a poo! Oliver does that too - gets all squirmy, then I hear a big rumble!
I don't know how serious these hospitals are when they say baby-friendly and breast-feeding friendly. The hospital where I had Oliver was baby-friendly and promoted skin-to-skin contact after birth... but guess what, I didn't get to hold Oliver for over 2 hours after he was born, and as I'd had a c/s I couldn't very well move to make sure I could get that skin-to-skin. I don't think I got to do the proper skin-to-skin thing till 6+ hours after he was born. It still annoys/upsets me to this day, that I missed out on that first close contact. Sometimes I think all those posters are just for show... alright, off my soapbox now .

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

[Peach*]

Just noticed your quote Sterla. lol

[sydney moose]

HI everyone,

Just another quick one for me today as Dh is home and we are having family time. Sammy has gained 130gr since Monday morning, so we are SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!! We canned the paed appointment to save us some $$,. she has pretty much maybe one small spew a day now and I am thinking she just got a small tummy and is getting rid of the extra. Her urine test came back all clean as well!! So happy days at our house tonight! We are going out for pizza and beer ( & soft drinks) to celebrate tonight

Jords: self settling DOES get easier I promise. Sammy is quite good at it now apart from going to bed at night ( a whole other story!)but the window is soooo small, the minute you see tired signs, put her to bed, she'll whinge for a bit and most likely settle but some bubs just don't, just go with your guts, it usually works because MUMMY KNOWS BEST!!!

Also, am also very excited about my very first mothrs day and have not gotten my surprise yet, its for mothers day!! can't wiat to see it! Hope you all get spoiled rotten!!

Alrighty, duty calling..........

Mxxxxx

[Sterla]

That's fantastic news about Sammy! Such a relief for you too . How exciting about your surprise Moose! I'm looking forward to it - not sure what I'm getting... I haven't caught Oliver sneaking off to the shops or anything, lol.

[Antheia]

Noidea what im getting for mothers day, but i hope for Orson to have a full day of breastfeeding! I can only dream though.

[Sterla]

Antheia - you're doing such a great job to keep going with b/f! Just think, in one week you'll have been breastfeeding for 3 months .

[Peach*]

This is so doing my head in. SAVE ME!

[Sterla]

Good luck Jords. Go to sleep Winter darling!

[Antheia]

Blerk! Me, DH and DD all have food poisoning! Had fish tonight and apparently the tarter sauce was off. Lucky DS1 didnt eat his fish so he is fine. But err my belly feels so yuck!

[Dansta]

moose: ooo i wanna know what you're 'supprise' is! hope you have a good mothers day!

Anthiea - your doing wonderful. keep it up! aww about the food poisoning! just keep drinking water - i'll see if i can dig up a recipy that helps with hydration. it tates horrable but works really well

sterla: thanks for the FB message!

Jords- relax and breathe, what advice you where given wont work over night. maybe- as a suggestion try and slowly get her used to sleeping on her own. like...when she goes into to cot hold her like you'd be cradeling her in your arms untill she's alseep...as for feeding to sleep how about just as she's dozeing off swap the boob for a dummy? like warm the end of the dummy up in your hand before you slide it in? if you need me. PM me...im happy to talk with you and try and help (even if i cant help that much i'd be happy to try!)

AFM: daz and i had a good day. only one FF feed. but that was because i was at my mum and dads...i couldnt get over it - daz had almost 220mls! and is now alseep. im wondering if he'll wake up at 1am like he has been...mind you he is due for a growth spert. we went out and did some shopping, i bought myself (finealy!) some 'nice' trackydacs for when i nic down the shops or that and going to parentals/Inlaws places LOLanf got my hair trimmed - any one else found that hairdressers in shopping centers seem to have minmal 'pram parking' or is it just me? went to my mum and dads for tea. daz as asleep for most of it...woke up and was awake for a 10mins wanted to be fed had 100mls, waited for 15mins then wanted more...gave him the rest (100mls) my mum took him and he was ok then got cranky- only calmed down for me ( ) and when i told her about amother from MG who waited for tears before picking up her bub and said "i've never seen daz cry a single tear, even with needles" she told me "well obvusly you pick him up too soon" i could have slapped 'er!
but thats enough whingeing LOL. my mother is stupid and both DH and i know it. thus we ignore her (plus i think she was annoied i said "i'll take him" when he was starting to scream!)
Hope every one is having a good night!

[Peach*]

Hey Ladies,
How is everyone today?

That sucks about food poisioning Antheia! Bletch Hope you feel better soon*

Blip- Thank you Ah I smiled when I read bout "nice" trackie dacks... DP always comments when I put something on other than trackies as its all I seem to wear! Sooo comfy. Then I go yoga pants for the shops, like trackies but better for not so cold days... then I have my "athletic greys" my trackies that are so long I dont have to wear socks... bliss Yes I am a fan of the trackies!

This is going to sound horrible but Ive almost given up on "no-cry" soloutions... I never thought Id say that. Last night we let Winter cry to sleep it was horrible. Argh I just dont know what to do... "put her down as soon as she is tired" so easy in theory... yes I put her down and she crys... the cycle just continues. Sorry to vent! Ongoing saga is getting to me(can you tell?!)

Hope your all well!

[Peach*]

Hey Girls,
How is everyone today?
I dont know what to do with myself- Winter is asleep in her cot! I think its official-she self settles!!! I cannot believe it. Im so happy! But almost sad at the same time! Weird...
Oh I want a haircut too, but I love my long hair. I wish it could grow overnight so then if you were sick of it short you could have it long again. As for your DH not letting you get Darren mini jeans, thats when you buy them anyway, put them on him and say"look how cute he looks!!" heheh

[Peach*]

P.S Oliver thinking... Hmmm left boobie or right boobie? To fill nappie or not to fill nappie, that is the question