Babies born~January 16th-31st 2010 #1

Hi Ladies *waves*

Smithy - awesome news on the sleep hun - we have managed a few hours here and there which is always welcome so it sounds like that formula might be helping out. And ofcourse share the word, any help is good help and any advice is always welcome. How much sugar do you put in the water?

Phyn - thanks for the tip i'll have a look

Vin - Its good that you can get into see someone - but such a wait, it sucks with specilists and waiting for answers. Go Vaeda on the gaining of weight thats awesome news!

On some news - I took Jayde to doctor to have a look at her belly button and to see if it was infected (it is but cream can fix) and I had just fed her. As I have never had a baby before I just assumed what she did after she fed was normal - its not

Apparently my little girl has reflux - which explains SO much to me now (once the doc told me about it) Docs concern is that she may have a hereditary condition (her dad had it as a bub, and her cousions both have it on dads side) where her stomach doesnt digest properly (resulting in reflux) HOPEFULLY its just common reflux and nothing more...It was just lucky that I fed her to calm her before I went into the docs...We went and got the thickend formula and so far so good...

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Hi Ladies *waves*

Smithy - awesome news on the sleep hun - we have managed a few hours here and there which is always welcome so it sounds like that formula might be helping out. And ofcourse share the word, any help is good help and any advice is always welcome. How much sugar do you put in the water?

Apparently my little girl has reflux - which explains SO much to me now (once the doc told me about it) Docs concern is that she may have a hereditary condition (her dad had it as a bub, and her cousions both have it on dads side) where her stomach doesnt digest properly (resulting in reflux) HOPEFULLY its just common reflux and nothing more...It was just lucky that I fed her to calm her before I went into the docs...We went and got the thickend formula and so far so good...

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:hug: aww poor little bubba girl ,gee hun i sure hope the formula does the trick,im finding it is doing wonders ;) but thank god you gave me the water trick thats for sure as yesterday baby charlie was soooo good she slept nearly all day except to wake for a feed so i just didnt worry about the water as silly me though oh well i dont really have the time as shes gone back to sleep straight away BUT didnt i pay for it last night my poor baby screamed as she couldnt get her poo out and it was huge :crying: i cried so much as she was in that much pain ,so today ive definatly made sure ive given her the water before every feed and dh got that stuff from the chemist called INFACOL i give it to her before every feed and omg has it helped bring up the wind its like we have a totally different baby in our house :clap: AS FOR THE SUGAR IN THE WATER I ONLY PUT IN A PICH HUN .love to you and i truely hope things get better ill be thinking of you heaps ok hang in there and big hugs .

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:hug: aww poor little bubba girl ,gee hun i sure hope the formula does the trick,im finding it is doing wonders ;) but thank god you gave me the water trick thats for sure as yesterday baby charlie was soooo good she slept nearly all day except to wake for a feed so i just didnt worry about the water as silly me though oh well i dont really have the time as shes gone back to sleep straight away BUT didnt i pay for it last night my poor baby screamed as she couldnt get her poo out and it was huge :crying: i cried so much as she was in that much pain ,so today ive definatly made sure ive given her the water before every feed and dh got that stuff from the chemist called INFACOL i give it to her before every feed and omg has it helped bring up the wind its like we have a totally different baby in our house :clap: AS FOR THE SUGAR IN THE WATER I ONLY PUT IN A PICH HUN .love to you and i truely hope things get better ill be thinking of you heaps ok hang in there and big hugs .

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Thanks heaps Smithy :)

We are buying special teets today and fingers crossed :pray: they help the poor thing. I go back to docs on monday so will know more then.
Its so bad when they cry in pain you cant do anything for them and you get upset (and they can feel it) thankfully DH has been wonderful he tries and comforts her when I cant, but hopefully this will all change. I may have to get some Infacol (the pharmacist didnt wanna give it to me cause they need to be 4 weeks and she is 4 weeks tomorrow)

I had a pretty good night last night she was quite good - hopefully it lasts

Hope everyone is good :)

Smithy - she has done the same thing again, feeding like a trooper, good thing her feeds only take 20 minutes, but bf is great, I roll over pick her up out of the portacot, lay back down, put her on and go back to sleep (well dozing) until she is done, pick her up and put her back.

If bubs gets stools that are edging on to hard from being on the thickened, coloxyl drops are safe to give them I think from 4 weeks as well, its better to stop constipation fast before they do any damage. My poor niece suffered from it bad.

Colestar - sorry to hear about the reflux, at least you have a dr that has diagnosed it quickly, sometimes it takes much longer with ftm's. Both my nieces were severe silent reflux babies, and it kinda runs in our family, so far I have been lucky with Amelia not having it and Chloe not so far, fingers crossed. If you find the formula isnt helping dont hesitate to ask the dr to put her on some medication like zantac, its perfectly safe but for some reason some dr's can be hesitant but it makes a huge difference to bubs, the reflux can damage the valve at the top of the stomach if it is to severe and goes on to long. I understand how they feel as I suffered from bad reflux for years as an adult and I damaged mine.

Reflux babies can usually feed more often and smaller amounts, knowing that to much can upset them more, they can be catnappers to. Try feeding her in an upright position and leaving her upright for up to an hour after feeds (bit harder at night), so swings are good, you can also put some phone books under the legs of one end of the cot to raise it slightly. When burping try not to compress/bend the stomach over or lean her forward, try keeping her back straight and slightly lent backwards. Ummmm, thinking, oh yeah, change her bottom before a feed but if you cant roll her onto her side to put the nappy underneath instead of lifting her bottom and legs into the air (cause it is tipping her stomach up). I hope she gets better on the new formula, fingers crossed no stomach problems though.

We are going to try Chloe on a bottle this afternoon to see if she will take it, we had such problems putting Amelia on one at 3 months so I could go back to uni, so I wanted to introduce the random bottle earlier this time to see if it helps cause I aint going back until she is 6 months this time. I really dont like mixing bf and bottles cause it did cause a bf strike at 6 months with Amelia where she ignored boob and cried until presented a bottle which she happily took and rolled around drinkin, soooo frustrating but I dont really have a choice if I want to go back to uni.

Well off to a bbq with friends, should be fun, pity I still cant have a drink though.

Studymum - you sound like such an experienced mum, you have an answer for everything (in a good way), nice to have you here :)

Have had a rough day, V fed almost constantly from 11am til 10pm with the only gaps being no more than 20 minutes, except when I initiated them, trying to settle her in other ways and give my boobs a rest so they could fill up a bit. She must have been so tired! She finally crashed at 10pm and slept for 6 hours! I guess since she turned a month old she decided to celebrate with some binge drinking and general rowdiness. Hope she doesn't make a habit out of it.

We intend to feed her EBM soon, I am going back to work part time at the end of march and also just want to have the option just in case I'm not there. Would only be giving her a bottle once a day. DH thinks this will help when we are doing marathon feeds llike yesterday, I guess it would give my boobs a break and would be good to see how much is eating and how much is comfort. Fingers crossed it all works out! I am very hesitant to start, I'm terrified she'll get nipple confusion or something.

Hey guys.

Smithy - Glad that little Charlie is sleeping. The water/sugar trick worked so well for me when Munchkin was on the thickened formula. :hug: I only have two little girls and sometimes I find myself just wanting to cry from tiredness. Nao seems to love waking at 11pm and playing til about 2-3am. And then I wake up for 1-2 feeds and then Munchkin's awake for the day at about 10ish. And I swear I don't even remember what sleep is! I'm just glad Munchkin loves to sleep in!

Studymum - Yes, I too must steer clear of Pumpkin Patch. So many adorable things in there! DH always makes :o <- that face when I go near the store. How did introducing a bottle go?

Vintrar - Good luck on the toe. Both my girls little toe tucks under the one next to it, obviously not as severe as little Vaeda's. Apparently it runs in my husbands family, his does it and so does all his relatives lol. Also - where did you get the name Arkady from? I love it and read it in a book recently, was wondering if you'd read the same book. :)

Colestar - I'm sorry to hear about Jayde having reflux. It's a terrible thing to go through, Munchkin suffered it when she was the same age. I'll never forget it. We used the Karicare thickened formula, was a wonderful thing. Hopefully it sorts itself out. :hug: The doctor also told us to use some Mylanta as well to help, might be worth asking the doctor about when you see them next?

And hello to all you ladies I missed!

As for us, little Nao is growing quite well and we seem to have sorted out all feeding issues. However she's starting to show the same signs of reflux that Munchkin showed. :crying: I'm hoping its just her dealing with wind differently or something else. We've had a cold all last week so I'm hoping even that! Honestly I have no idea of how to deal with reflux with a breastfed baby. :(

On a different note, I expressed some milk late last week and DH was able to have a feed. He was so happy. Tamara Manning#039;s Photos | Facebook Just wanted to share. They're so cute together. :)

Munchkin seems to be coping well with her new sister, she always says something to me when she can hear Nao crying. Always giving her kisses. So cute.

I must admit, last week with a sick toddler and me being sick was definitely a hard week. Looking better now though - but still so tired!

Hi Lovely Ladies,

Hope everyone is well, and had a good nights sleep.
Zoe slept for 8 hours in between feeds last night :D
Bad news is that I didn't go to bed when she did :rolleyes:
Kamarine- I think I caught your cold from all the way across Australia!
Studymum- That's some really good advice about reflux... I'm going to store that in my memory bank.
Colestar- Did you get the special teets? Are they working for you?
Vintrar- That is a long wait to see a specialist, hope he/she has some positive news for you though.
Greens- Have you tried Infacol for Lincoln's tummy pains?
I am trying it for Zoe as she only seems to catnap during the day, wake up, have a burp and then go back to sleep... Only started it this morn, so will see how we go.
Smithy- Hope you got a good nights sleep last night- Are you feeling better?

:hello: to everyone I have missed :)

Hey all ... sorry for being awol. So much going on and just wanted to get all my health stuff sorted before I posted. Last night I actually read everything that has been going on, so I am up to date! I won't do pm's though, as I have 3 threads to post on and it would take me forever. But just know I am up to date again and hopefully will be on here more regularly now!

As for my health woes, everything seems to be ok. I am not sure if I mentioned I found a lump on my shoulder that is about 3cms? Well it turns out it is a lypoma (fatty lump) and if it continues to grow I will need to get it removed. Along with that I had the red lower belly, hot, itchy ... a doctor sent me for an ultrasound because she said my uterus felt really enlarged. The girls that did the ultrasound completely freaked me out by telling me I had leftovers in my uterus. So I spent the weekend dreading my results, thinking I would need to go back to the doctors for a clean out. I went to see her yesterday and got the all clear, so I have not idea what the radiographer was on about? However if I do continue to lose clots I will need to go see a gynie, as apparently an ultrasound will not always pick up if there is an issue going on in your uterus. Confused? Me too! I do feel heaps better though. Which is good news! The other issue I had was burning sensations in my lower leg, apparently it is nerve damage which I believe, as I still have two quite numb toes on the same foot! So health wise that is about it, on the mend, feeling better and tests have given me the all clear.

As for Luka, he is beautiful and doing well. He has had a really mucusy nose, but he is getting better and is eating normally again. He is so alert and watches his sisters and looks for them as soon as he hears their voices. I am enjoying my little baby time, but he seems so huge already and it has me sad already that my little baby is growing fast! The girls have adjusted so well to him and are very cute with him. Very good big sisters who kiss him and continuously tell him he is gorgeous!

Looking forward to catching up more often now I am back into the swing of things!

TAM AND EMMA thanks so much girls for thinking of me ,all is going ok here i guess weve just had some trouble with pooing :rolleyes: but i think maybe im sorting it out ..well i sure hope so as my bubba screamed the house down the other night as she couldnt do a pooy so then that made me all upset as well doh.

tam i just love that pic of hubby feeding bubs hun soo cute.

a big hello to all you girls today and i hope your all going well.

Hi everyone,

As we all get on past the one month mark sounds like most of us are starting to get on top of things... I wonder if I'm the only first time Mum still battling to get out of the house. (I bet not!) Still, everything feels much more in control than the first few days at home with V, just multiple meltdowns trying to run errands in yesterday's heat in Sydney. In better news, he's starting to smile a little bit at us now; he still doesn't seem totally sure what he's doing but it's very different from those very sleepy newborn milk grins.

I'm both looking forward to seeing him change over the next few months and regretting losing the way things are now!

Hi Ladies

Well we have had a few BIG days here...

Jayde was so unsettled for those few days after starting the thickend formula it was so bad the other night she cried in pain for 4 hours so I took her to the hospital (as instructed) - She was admitted not cause of her reflux but my poor little one had a mild urinary tract infection :(

She is home now and settled however the thickend formula was actually doing her more harm then good as the paedatric doc said - she is a silent refluxer and it doesnt actually come out so it burns twice as bad as she makes more acid to break it down - they have now put her on her old formula and on meds for the reflux and fingers crossed she is ok

I was a mess last night and the night before cause of her been in hospital so sad to see a little one in a huge hospital cot with all her drips and stuff - my concern is that she has what I have - I have a disease of my kidneys where I get UTI's all the time and they end up in my kidneys and infect me pretty severly - I hope this isnt the case and at 8 weeks she will have a dye scan done of her kidneys to see if it is what I have...I certinally hope not :(

Much love to all the ladies I hope that your bubbas are doing well and keeping you on your toes

Colestar - I replied to your post in our Feb thread, but just want to say again that I hope things get better for little Jayde. They are so little at the moment, and I know even with Luka having trouble breathing and taking a bottle at the moment with his mucusy nose it breaks my heart. Where is their easy and healthy start to life? If there is anything I have learnt from this being my third baby, you can just be there for them to give the cuddles and reassurances. Unfortunately we cannot take on their pain, it would be nice if it worked like that wouldn't it? I hope there is light at the end of your tunnel soon lovey!

Liminal - Getting out of the house is more of a necessity for me than a want. I have my oldest DD in kinder, so need to drop off and pick up. Things are going ok though. I hate to say it, because I loved having DH at home, but my routine is so much better when he is at work! I will eat my words when I have a bad day I am sure!

Smithy - How is Charlie going with her sleeping? Luka still does not have a real routine and after pretty much being awake all of yesterday with what I am sure was a belly pain, slept a lot last night. Made feeding hard, as we had to keep waking him. Hoping for a better day today with him.

:hello: to everyone else. I am meant to be at playgroup soon, but am not showered and Tay is not dressed either. It is a case of I want to go but can't be bothered. I will get there.

Chat later girls x

:hello: to all my beautiful baby buddies today,

KAZ... oh i know just how you feel hun with the not being bothered lol,thats just how i feel today very lazy lol but yes we will get there hun big hugs to you for thinking of us,things are going ummmmmm well ok lol..taking things one day at a time but its hard with all the kiddies.

COLE... oh hunny you poor thing and poor bubba girl ,gee hun i sure hope things are getting better big hug for you xxx im the same with this silly thickened formula i just dont know what to do my baby girl still cant do poos properly by herself :doh: no matter how much water i give her .

a big hi to you all today

hi all,

hope everyone and bubs are going well! i've been MIA as i've been away staying at the inlaws for the past 2 weeks. it was so nice to have the extra help and i'm a bit nervous about being on my own now!!!! i've done a quick read about what everyone has been up to but too many for persies sorry!! but i feel somewhat up to date.

bub crying i think its feed time so i'd better go but will be back later to actually write a post.
xx

Happy 4 weeks to Luka ... :birthday2: ... it spins me out how fast time goes when you have a newborn!

Welcome back Malia. You will be fine. I can imagine after having heaps of help, being on your own would be a bit daunting. My dh is back at work full time this week since Luka was born, and I have to say I am enjoying getting back to 'normal' for us!

I am off to see some friends this morning, both of whom are pregnant, one due in about 4 weeks and she is really over it, swelling, bp issues and the other due in July. Excited to see them, not so excited about the shocking headache I have though. Could just go back to bed and sleep. Not good.

Hope you are all well x

Liminal - I am definitely finding it hard to do much of anything, let alone leaving the house! Vaeda has been cluster feeding from 10am - 4pm and wants to be held constantly in between. I spend most of the day sitting on the couch, thankfully daytime tv is full of cooking shows and makeover shows at the moment so it's quite relaxing. But I have been making a point of going for a walk for at least half an hour every day. Even if Vaeda is hungry the stroller sends her to sleep, or at least distracts her. I put on 30kg during my pregnancy so I need all the exercise I can get!

Now to attempt to put Vaeda in her sling again - I got a Sleepy Wrap (like a Hugabub) and sometimes she goes straight to sleep, but other times she just wails and I have to get her out (which is super hard to do, still learning how to use it).

Alright guys, i need some help. Kaleb screams full on from about the 3.30 feed till 10pm at night and i mean full on screaming he looks like his in pain so we try burping and everything but nothing works

do you guys have any idea what we can do to help? we are trying infacol & gripe water any other ideas i'm at my wits end.

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Alright guys, i need some help. Kaleb screams full on from about the 3.30 feed till 10pm at night and i mean full on screaming he looks like his in pain so we try burping and everything but nothing works

do you guys have any idea what we can do to help? we are trying infacol & gripe water any other ideas i'm at my wits end.

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:hug::hug: oh no sweety maybe a nice warm bath ? a tummy rub and i know this might sound silly but moove his legs up and down like his rideing a bike maybe he has colic hun ? is he pooing alright ?maybe try putting him in a nice warm shower with you or dh over his shoulder
might help to go see a dr hun.good luck my sweetheart

Hey Ladies

Jayde is on road to mend she is going along well and the meds for the reflux are appearing to work *fingers and toes crossed* she has been pretty good as I bath her with me before we all go to bed at night and it is working quite well.

Hopefully her 8 week scan tells me her kidneys are AWESOME!

Smithy - Have you tried the "bike" legs the anti biotics made Jayde a little blocked and she was ok after we did that...

GabberQueen - my advice would be to go and see a doc - thats who gave us answers with Jayde as we tried it all before we were told she had silent reflux so perhaps there are some answers as she would scream from 7pm through til midnight at least - Hang in there :)

Jayde is starting to spend SO much time awake and playing and the other day she smiled at us as we were playing with her in her bouncer - she is one month old I cant believe it!

Thanks guys i think i'll take him to the doc next tuesday and see what she says :)

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Smithy - Have you tried the "bike" legs the anti biotics made Jayde a little blocked and she was ok after we did that...

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;) yes ive been trying it hun and it actually does work hey ??

So the child health said it's normal for him to scream that much for 6 hours a day.... :wall:

GabberQueen. Take him somewhere else or even to a doctor. :( Its so not normal.

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Could be reflux? Munchkin used to have peak times for screaming.

I agree its not normal for a baby to scream like that for 6 hours seriously - the paedatrician told me that "normal" was 3-4 hours AT MOST on a bad day - so this screaming is not normal, as I have to moniter Jayde's unsettled periods

It sounds like what Jayde did - before the meds she would hit peak times and scream in pain...

It does work Smithy - well it worked for her that once I tried it and it works for wind lol but who knows these little things are wonders of mystery

I am proud of myself - I have begun walking every day again (pushing Jayde in pram) and I am well on my way to getting my body back - kinda helps that I have to watch what I eat lol

HI *waves* to all

Just received sms from Ali B girls!

Scooby is looking well on the monitor but my blood pressure is up and there is some protein in the urine. Waiting now for blood tests then will be checking in for induction. Eek!"

So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm back for a visit, been so busy this week, barely been home.

Vintrar - thanks, its nice to know sometimes that your experience can help somebody, I just hope I dont come across as a know it all :D, I have been told I write quite straight forward sometimes, I guess cause of years of uni and I type almost 100 words per minute to so I can jabber on quickly. I guess I am lucky that I have a very very close group of friends and family and we have allootttt of children between us, local baby factory here lol. Between my 6 closest friends (inc my sis) there are 18 kids, 16 of them under 5yrs. We joke about registering ourselves as an official playgroup cause we meet fortnightly and it is crazzzyyyy. We have had all sorts with this lot to, twins, severe reflux, colic, coeliac disease, lactose overload, lactose and dairy intolerant intolerant and probably heaps more I cant think of. Wow Vaeda has a long cluster feed, I thought Amelia was bad from 5 to 10 at night with 5 feeds in this time, she did it from 5wks to 12. I have never seen genuine nipple confusion, they are pretty fast to work out how each thing works. You shouldnt have a problem, if they dont have them to frequently, what I have seen though is a preference for the bottle as they get older cause it is easier to drink, Amelia was a shocka and we went through a feeding strike.

Kamarine - the bottle went really well, she took to it great, so no problems this time round with trying types of bottles, straight to the pigeon cause thats all that worked last time. DH is just going to give her one a week on Fri so I can go have coffee and shop with my mum, hopefully having one will continue to keep her used to it so I can go back to uni in July with no problems. I was thinking the same thing about bf and reflux, I guess all they can do is medicate.

Emma - 8 hrs sleep, well done, Chloe is doing two 5 hr stints at night, well most nights. How did the infacol go?

Kazaraz - omg that would have freaked me out to with the ultrasound woman, I swear some of them shouldnt open their mouths, they aint doctors. One told a friend of mine that she couldnt see one of her ovaries or uterus properly and left her for over an hour while getting her another consult. Chloe wakes up in the morning all snotted up, I found these great little snot sucker outters in Woolies with Amelia, they are great, a little odd to some people but I swear by them cause they cant blow their noses.

Colestar - your poor little bubba, I hope she is doing better. The meds for reflux should get her going better within a week, but it can take a few more to really settle the reflux down. Fingers crossed her ultrasound shows good kidneys.

Smithy - is she constipated (like rock hard pebbles and really straining to push them out) or just finding it difficult to get the bowel motion happening? For constipated you can try coloxyl drops, they really help.

Gabber - so totally not normal to cry for so long, normal is up to 3 hrs, over 3 hours they should check him out and eliminate any other problems. If they cant find any it will probably unfortunetly be colic, which I still laugh at cause they dont really know what colic is, so to me that means that if they dont know what it is they call it colic :rolleyes: Lots of cuddles and comfort is all that really works for colic, even trying swaddling and a dummy can help while being held.

Well as for me I feel like crap, got a throat infection and snotty nose and headache, waiting for DH to wake up from night shift so I can have a nap. But yeah we have made 4 weeks :dance: Chloe started getting bad wind pains, so we started infacol, it has really helped but now she farts like no little lady should :lol: but at least it isnt bothering her. She has also started showing reflux symptons :( and that is bothering her so if it gets worse off to see our dr. I love my gp, she has been my dr for like 22yrs, she is pro bf support, has had 3 reflux bubs herself and is also an ob. Chloe is smiling heaps more and even lets off little squeels. I am gonna try some links, hope they will work. Login | Facebook YouTube - Chloe's Baby Smiles - 2wks 5D

Hope everyone keeps well :grouphug:

maybe try that link again lol Belinda Peel&#039;s Photos | Facebook

:lol: aww study mum what a beautiful pic hun just lovely thanks for sharing it hunny .

:dance: oh yay go ali and good luck sweet girl ,thanks for the update phyanna hun .

cole you go girl i love pushing my new pram around :lol: (yeh i no small things hey lol )

gabber oh wow hun thats so not normal ,im here holding your hand .

anyways a big hi to.... KAMARINE-TTC-KAZ-COLE-PHYANNA-VINTRAR-STUDYMUM-EMMA-GABBER-LIMINAL-NEENEE-MALIA and any one eles i may have missed
things are going great for us here pooing all under control not useing the cloxyl any more as it was giving her big pains in the belly so just useing natural watered down prune juice once a day in like about 2-3mls thats all you need and we get poos every day now :dance:its really taken away so much stress on me as i was worried every day knowing she should pooy.were now getting 5-6hrs sleep at a time through the night:clap:
oh thank you baby charlie lol...
anyways girls thinking of you all have a wonderful weekend luv to all kissess for all the cutey cutey botton nose babys

oh no how embarressing girls i forgot to change my size for text im so sorry pmsl...

Hi All

Hope we are all having WONDERFUL weekends :)

We are showing improvement with Jayde (so happy) she is hopefully on a mend and when we go to the paeditrician we can have some nice news :)

AWESOME work Smithy - glad poor little Charlie has finally been able to give you some relief its awesome when they are not in pain or they give you the rest you deserve

Phyn - Thanks for the update with Ali - HOW EXCITING

Studymum - SO cute pic thanks for sharing it with us - Jayde is begining to smile (well we think she is)

BIG Hi to all the other ladies and thier beautiful bubby's

From Ali!!!! So exciting!!!!!

"Announcing the arrival of baby boy Scooby into the world! Born at 4:57pm via emergency c.section. 3.98 kg 58cm long. Very healthy and totally gorgeous!"

Yay Ali!! I'm glad she made it into a February group :) with only a day to spare!

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From Ali!!!! So exciting!!!!!

"Announcing the arrival of baby boy Scooby into the world! Born at 4:57pm via emergency c.section. 3.98 kg 58cm long. Very healthy and totally gorgeous!"

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:dance::dance:CONGRATULATIONS ALI AND WELCOME LITTLE SCOOBY :dance::dance:
well done sweet girl so glad your bubba is here im so happy and proud of you my friend.

COLESTART HUNNY, yay for your little beautiful jayde being on the mend hun big hugs for her,makes life so much easier hey hun ?

Hey Ladies

Hope everyone is well

Its so good isnt it Smithy - as its nice to know that they are more comfortable in there little lives - its hard seeing them in pain.
Makes both our lives and hers a little more comfortable (she just needs to learn that whilst the world is an amazing place the sooner she sleeps the better she will feel)
Good to hear about Charlie been more comfy with the poops, I read that just after you posted it and was coming on to find you and tell you about it so glad its working

Better go and feed the little monster

Hi girls, been a while since I posted again, so thought time for an update! I have th best intentions of getting here, but it just does not happen. Even with facebook, I pop on and off and don't have time to sit and chat these days, so different to what life used to be like!

We had a Child and Youth Health check up yesterday. Luka is doing really well and is now 4560grams and 54cms long. I am surprised at how he is thriving considering how sick he has been. He has really body blocked/snotty/runny nose. Now he has developed a cough as well. We took him to the gp and she was really worried about his breathing, as he was working really hard. They sent us to Monash and he got a good going over, a chest xray and it all come back clear. The doctor is thinking he has an allergy, but there is nothing they can do for him at this age. We just need to continue with the fess and aspirator. I think it sounds like it has moved down to his chest now, he has a really loose kind of cough. I feel so sorry for him. But even though it is making feeding etc hard, he seems happy enough. He watches us all the time and looks for us if someone else is holding him or he hears one of our voices. He loves tummy time and moves his head around and pushing himself with his legs. So cute.

My health is finally a lot better and I feel really good. We are going really well now actually. Having a few dramas with a very boisterous 2 year old, but I think it is just an age thing! Hopefully she gets over this phase soon!

Smithy - How are you?

Colestar - Glad things are looking up with Jayde ... makes our life so much better when we know the bubs are doing well!

Vin - How are things going? How has V adjust to the sling? We are having mixed reactions as well, sometimes Luka is more than happy to go in and sleeps straight away. Other times not so happy and I feel like I am hurting him. Maybe it is me and how I put him in I am thinking?

:hello: to everyone else. It has been a bit quiet in here, we must all be busy new mums! I definately know the feeling!

Oh one thing about the health nurse yesterday, she told us to cut back Luka's feeds. He had two 140ml bottles yesterday, normally he takes between 90-120mls (so it averages out). She said he has put over double the amount of weight he should have in two weeks and should only be taking 120mls per feed. I am not worried by what she said, because if I have learnt anything from having babies before .. they kind of take what they need. Whilst one feed might be lighter they will probably make up for it next feed. I guess my point is to trust your instincts. You seem to get told so many different stories as a new mum and I know when it is your first time you don't have a lot of confidence in yourself to trust your own instincts. There is my mini vent :p

:lol: just wondering if any of you are in newcastle nsw
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml#post2206108

Kaz - Vaeda is starting to get better with the sling now, I pop her in, do a couple laps around the house and she falls asleep. I have tried feeding her in the sling but still learning! If I put her in her cot she doesn't sleep, I have to have her near me all day or she cracks it. Yesterday I picked her up and she threw up all over me and all over the sling! Was devastating having to wash it, maybe I need a second one for laundry day.

Also yesterday she did a massive poo and it leaked out the back of her nappy and went all over her back, and me too. So lots of laundry yesterday!!

Vaeda's 6 week check up tomorrow!! She has a burst blood vessel in her eye so I'm eager to get that looked at.

hello, just joined this thread, my little boy was born on the 17th of jan...
just wondering what your babies are doing in the way of sleep? mine has been refusing the breast during the day for the past 3 weeks, it has been so frustrating and very tempting to put him on formula, but when i give him a bottle he only drinks 60ml, which to me isn't enough and i would be making up bottles every two hours to satisfy him, if u know what i mean.... so i have persevered with the breast feeding, today has been better although maybe he is on a 6 week growth spurt, as he has fed more regular.....

during the night he feeds every 3 to 4 hours, but sometimes i am lucky to get 5 hours, and once i even got 8!!!!! had very sore boobs though and i was awake wondering when he would wake up, couldn't sleep.

i have absolutely no pattern/routine to speak of during the day or evening, its just pot luck if i can get him to sleep, is this normal??? my first born never slept a wink (honestly, she was a shocker) so i don't have much to compare him to, compared to her he is an absolute angel, but still, he isn't one of those babies that magically falls asleep without help (although in the middle of the night he usually does)... today at mothers group some of the babies (older than him a by a couple of months) just fell asleep in their prams while they were sitting still, i couldn't believe it... my boy needs a bit of rocking and help... also another mum who has a little girl the same age as my boy (6 weeks) puts her down awake and she just falls asleep in her cot, she couldn't believe that i rock/help my boy, but if i didn't he would lie awake for an hour (i tried it, thats what happened) and end up over tired etc....

does anyone else have a baby that falls asleep magically by themselves? is my baby abnormal for being a bit erratic and having no pattern etc? he sometimes is so grumpy, but i think he often has a tummy ache, as then he does a massive explosive pooh that goes everywhere and he often seems better after that.

sorry completely long winded, i just thought i'd know what i was doing with the second one and i find that i don't!! well at night its a piece of cake i just feed him and put him back down, but during the day i often don't know what he wants, especially with the breast refusal, he is crying cos he's hungry but then won't feed.... seems to be sorting itself out now though. oh he also had thrush and still does, for 3 weeks in his mouth, nothing has gotten rid of it and i have given up... its not too bad, but still curious as to whether its affecting his feeding/breast refusal during the day. at night he feeds well.

we are off on holiday to qld on tuesday, wish me luck!

ahhh vintrar I hear you on the explosion poo! Elly is verrrry good at those! Also had a difference yesterday, had a Niagra Falls. Just put on a fresh nappy after a wet one, and within minutes of going back to loungeroom and sitting on the couch, she pee'd thru nappy, pilcher, onto my jeans and ran off to the couch and puddled on the floor! I wasn't exactly slow jumping up either, I don't know where she stores it all!

Poor thing on the burst blood vessel though, I worry sometimes when Elly cries hysterically that she'll do something like that, she can get so worked up in such a short time. But she can calm down just as quickly too, it's wonderful when you pick em up and the crying just stops!

Sorry to everyone else, I've only skimmed the last 2 posts, I'm so out of touch lately! But hello's to everyone!!!!

Hey Emma! Sounds pretty normal to me, some babies are easy but most need to learn how to self-settle and I think your bub is probably still too young to be learning that. First timer here, but the midwives at my birthing class and hospital told me this was the case, and there are dozens of books and websites about settling babies so obviously there are plenty of other mums in the same boat.

My bubs self settles after a feed during 10pm - 6am 90% of the time. My pattern is I feed her, burp her, change her, wrap her, feed her some more, burp again then straight into her cot. She will either go straight to sleep or she might fuss for 5 minutes first. She usually goes 3-4 hours between feeds. I think wrapping her halfway through is helpful because when I put her down afterwards she's still cosy, but if I wrap her afterwards all the movement teamed with the temperture change wakes her up from her post feed daze.

During the day it's a whole different game, she will not sleep in her cot at all and seems hungry all the time and the only way I can get her to sleep is to hold her constantly. It's very hard to get anything done but I just count my blessings that it's hard during the day instead of night! Also hope she always loves cuddles this much! I figure she'll be awake more during the day soon for playtime so it won't matter then anyway. As per my previous post, my sling/wrap has been very helpful!

Hi Ladies

Emma - Ours is a sleep fighter and barely has a patten she is getting there but is still not in any sort of order - she generally falls asleep during the night like Vin said between 10-12 it takes a little bit of effort but I always change her before I put her to sleep and give bottle (not only for her reflux but so that I am not waking her)

During the day though she is a cat napper sleeping probably 1 hour blocks here and there - IF I am lucky. Like Vins lil Vaeda, Jayde refuses to sleep in her cot during the day and would much prefer to be cuddled to sleep and if she is really out she will sleep in the pram BUT not in her room in the cot.

I wrap Jayde once before begining to feed Jayde and when she is asleep and I go to put her down I wrap her like I use to in the hospital (this is a new thing cause we were wondering why it took us so long to get her to sleep and we have discovered this could be an answer) she stays asleep longer and never really wakes up again.

Kaz - Sorry to hear about little Luka like you said to me its hard when they are so little there is nothing we can do to ease their discomfort (and pain) hopefully they can discover what it is (if its an allergy) and help the lil man out

Hi to all the other ladies hope your little ones are treating you well