Babies born~January 1st-15th 2010 #1

[harleysgirl]

Hi Girls

i remember the ouchy nipple from my first 2 bubs but this time i only had it for about 5days ??? no idea why its different this time!! anyway airing out your boobies after a feed will help them heal and good old sunning them for a little bit a couple of times a day can help them too

William has a yukky eye is it only conjunctivitis that you use breast milk on or all yukky eyes?? never had this before so not sure if i should squirt him with my boobies or not lol

Dunnmies - non of my kids have liked them! we tried it with joel when he was under the lights for juandice but didnt want a bar of it. william on the other hand has discovered his thumb lol yesterday while out at a park i had him in a carrier and he wanted a feed to go to sleep but as i put everything down to feed him he found his thumb and went to sleep sucking it lol oh dear never had a thumb sucker before. but i think if it works for bubs and helps releive some crying time and settles bub then dummies can be great

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Teagz - congrats again hun Jackson is GORGEOUS i love the pics on FB and personally i would LOVE to have you here
How you guys going?

Lucylu - hehe dummies can be a life saver, i haven't tried one with Zara yet, we gave in at about 8wks with Ava so see how we go... if i can get away with NOT using one i will but if she needs it she needs it.
Must be something in the air as every little one i know is pushing boundaries at the moment.

Jenjams - whatever works to keep them happy is worth it... if it's a dummy then so be it but i know what you mean about the obsession, we have days with A where she wont give it up.
Hope Alice is behaving for you and sleeping during the day and settling well at night!
Re: the toddler and bubs i am actually finding it a little easier than i thought i would, i think i have a little more motivation than usual and have gotten myself a bit more of a routine... Zara seems to be kinda fitting around Ava which is working great for now.. but i am no naive person and i KNOW my time will come when it will all turn to hell.

Today as an example Ava woke at 7:30 i got her up and made her toast, Z woke for a feed so i fed her while Ava ate then i got them both dressed and ready to go out as we had a birthday party at a play centre.
We waited for a friend to come pick something up then we left, stopped at a shopping centre to find a present, had a walk around, gave Z her next feed and then met everyone at the play centre by 10:45.
Stayed there til 1:15 drove to the fruit & veg shop, went home put A to sleep, fed Z.
A woke grumpy and still tired (poor teething girl) so layed on the couch for 10min with her, she fell back asleep so i had some time on here while the washing was on.
A woke up and helped me hang the washing, put on another load got things out to cook a roast for tea.
Put Roast on, played play-doh with Ava to keep her away from the kitchen, served dinner etc etc... Gave A & Z a bath, fed Z, put Ava to bed, Z woke again fed her again, did the dishes, stacked the dishwasher, put all the toys away, re-made our bed and now on here.... lol (DP was not home, he left for work at 6:30am and is working again tomoz.. 7 days a week ATM)

God and DP thinks i do NOTHING all day... hehe

Sorry so long... had a long day and kinda needed a release... hehe my roast turned out CRAP and DP kept making jokes about it so i cracked.. told him 'i try and do something nice and you bag the s**t out of me' he said i can't take a joke.. told him i can just not being reminded my plans for a gorgeous meal turned to crap every 2min... lol

[Laranna]

Leah, sounds like you've been busy busy! Have a rest girly! Put your feet up

Teagz, glad you're going to stick around here!

jenjams, how are you going tonight? I hope Alice is more settled for you.

I'm with you girls on the BF'ing - I almost forgot that I had to do everything to get DD attached, was still used to DS being able to attach himself! I also had bleeding, cracked nipples for the first few days. I was a bit lazy with the attachment, but I got it sorted quickly. I have sensitive nipples as it is and when she is due for a feed they ache which is weird. I don't feel anything in my boobs when I get a let down but instead I get majorly thirsty.

We haven't got a dummy (yet). So far she doesn't seem to need one and I've been putting her on the boob any time she is grizzly or unsettled which has really helped with my supply. I'm open to using one though if she needs it. We got to 4 weeks with DS before we gave him one.

I've been very lucky in that I've had DH home on holidays so he has been helping out big time with DS and the house. DS is being a bit more rowdy and attention seeking. I feel like I'm always telling him off. He loves to talk to and cuddle Amelia but then in the next breath he will try and pull her legs or bop her on the head! He's also pinching me and he thinks time out is a game so I'm at a loss what to do. Whether I just ride it out or try something, don't know what!

Anyway, sorry for the ramble. Hope you lovely mummas are well and getting lots of rest! xox

[Party-of-five]

Morning Ladies

WooHoo we had a good nights sleep last nite...2x five hour sleeps!!! I feel like a new woman

Eluned+ your DS sounds the same as my DD...she says gentle and will stroke Milly nicely then all of the sudden she will smack her she is getting better but slowly atm she is pinching herself when she does something naughty we are just trying to ignore the bad behaviour and reward her with lots of attention when she is being nice.

Leah+ OMG you sound amazing i wish i had some of your energy and your DH needs a smack around the ears for picking on your dinner!! hes lucky he got any!

harleysgirl+ Milly had a yucky eye in hospy and the midwife just got some saline to wash it out with.

DH goes back to work tomorrow im a bit scared but im sure ill be fine DS comes home from his grandparents today so he should be able to give me a hand until school goes back so its kinda easing me into it lol
We got casts made of Millys hands and feet last week its going to be a long 6 weeks until they are ready, we had nathan and lucys done when lucy was born and im so glad that i have a permenent reminder that they where once so little

Hope everyone is having a great day with there new babys and familys

[helle]

I don't feel anything in my boobs when I get a let down but instead I get majorly thirsty.

me too!! It's so weird!!

Thanks for letting me stick around girlies It's good to be around some familar faces!

i was just popping on because I had a BF question. Is it normal for your nipples to become quite sore? Even during feeding? I'm 99.9999999% sure the attachment is right, and I'm putting it down to the fact that I've never had someone suck on my nipples 2-3 hourly, but I just wanted to check. The first couple of sucks are quite painful, but once he settles in it's ok. They aren't cracked or anything, or even red for that matter & my nipple is come out the same shape as it went in... maybe super sensitive is better word than sore... This BF stuff is confusing!

As for the dummy... Jackson will take one, he did at the hossy, but it doesn't last very long - probaboly because nothing comes out of it XD - and he spits it back out

So far since we've been home we've had great nights, Jackson has slept through and needed waking for feed times which is great. At the hospital he was partying til 3am in the morning before he'd settle down. I spent the first day home warning DH of what he was in for and he ended up being a little angel and made a liar out of me!

Sorry about the selfish post! I shall be back shortly to do persies! Hope everyone is enjoying their babies!

Mwah! xx

[Hummingbird]

Hi Ladies,

Well here I am, taken a little while to come back...had a dramatic couple of weeks!

Little Henry was born on the 11th at 6:01pm, after 11.5 hours of labour (10 of which I managed to do with only a tens machine and a bath), ended in his heart rate plummetting and having to have an emergency c-section...scariest part of my life. He came out all perfect except for a raspy breath which meant he had to go to special care and because of the stress of the labour he'd used up all his reserves and had really low blood sugar levels.

A few days in special care (with me feeding colostrum like crazy and being milked by the midwives to get even more) he came out and joined me in my room which was great.

I ended up having an oversupply of milk (I think cause I was being pumped like crazy for colostrum before my milk came in) and on top of really damaged nipples I also have mastitis!!! All of which I only discovered after I came home and ***** hit the fan a few days later and I headed back to the lactation consultants. I should have had a fever from the mastitis but the pain killers from the c-section masked it!

I am on anti-biotics and have nipple shields which makes feeding so much better and I think me and my little man are becoming a good little team.

All the previous drama's aside, I am recovering well from the c-section and it's great watching the belly get smaller instead of bigger I am besotted with my little man and is it wrong to be sad already that he's growing up too quick???

Being a first time mum I am not really sure where I stand with dummies, DH would rather never to go there but knows we might have to, though we've caught Henry's thumb in his mouth a couple of times so we may be heading down that road sooner rather than later because I think it's much hard to break a dummy habit than a thumb sucking one, but will see how we go.

OK I think I have rambled on enough, I am heading upstairs for a nap and will catch up on personals with you all later.

xxx

[Laranna]

Teagz, sounds like the BF'ing is going well. Your nipples should become less sensitive in the next couple of weeks. Mine were like that at first both with DS and DD.

Hummingbird, sounds like you've had an eventful few days! I hope your recovery is quick and that the mastitis clears up soon.