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

petal, jackson has bitten down on my nipple too, he does it when he's full - and boy do those little gums hurt! He also pulls back on it which i have noticed is when he has wind.... but it sounds like you have the wind thing covered... perhaps you could ask your child health nurse about it if you're seeing one? With time etc, he usually feeds for about 25-30 minutes, i usually only feed from one side, because i was told one side for each feed but the child health nurse i'm seeing said that if he still wants/needs to keep going and my boob starts feeling soft (or "empty) to switch sides... I maybe do that every second feed to finish him off, and then next feed i start from the last boob used, if that makes sense. I wouldn't worry too much about all that though, they seem to know how much they need to take etc, and if you're getting alot of wet nappies throughout the day you're doing great :) Every baby is different.

Teagz - i thought the 6 weeks was after a c/s? i had one and am just under 5 weeks and have been feeling okay to for the last few weeks however DH is too scared of bursting the stitches lol if you're feeling up to it and haven't had any stitches then go for gold :dance:

tracehb - wow thats a big bubba, DD was 4.270kg and i thought that was big lol

Thanks ladies it does feel much better after having it drained, almost feels normal now just gotta wait for it to close over now.

teagz - If you feel up to it go for it, the 6 week check up is just basically checking how bubs is going and making sure everything is good with you. Also a talk about birth control.

welcome tracehb - whats your lil girls name, i can add you guys to the list on the front page so we can figure out who's who... lol
My DD also does the gets cranky bit atleast once a day and just wants constant attention by either cuddles or a feed, it's normally as i am preparing tea for DD1 or have a million things to do.

~ Minny ~ glad to hear your feeling better.

Teagz - if your feeling like your body is ok then go for it.. personally i'm not letting DP touch me until we have some kind of contraception, but then i am still bleeding on and off so no issue there :wall:... no #3 for me anytime soon, Ava and Zara are close enough in age :rofl:

Hope everyone else is well

AFM - our appt went well yesterday, Ava got the ALL CLEAR for her allergy tests but i still have to give the poor girl a raw egg white miced with something for the next 5 days to continue testing.
Hummingbird - we got her tested as she had a reaction to egg at 12mths and then had a reaction with the skin ***** test aswell.
The poor girl had 12 different skin *****s this time, 3hrs of a food challenge AND a blood test, the poor thing. she screamed for the skin *****s and the blood test but i am so so proud of her.
Zara was really good aswell, she fed when we got there then fell asleep in my arms, stirred a few times but then slept in the pram the last hr we were there so i could concentrate on Ava.

How is everyone else, how are the bubs going over night etc?

Teagz - if you feel up to DTD, then go for it. I'm waiting for my 6 week check next week as I had quite a few stitches in my hoo ha and want to be sure they are all gone!

Leah - glad to hear it went well. Poor little Ava, she sounds like a trooper!

Good morning everyone hope we got some sleep last nite :D

:o Milly has nearly out grown the newborn nappies i think i might cry when i have to buy the next size up! My mum bought the cutest matching outfits for the girls the other day...i always said i wouldnt do it but they are going to look so so cute :lol:

:cry: DH is booked in to see the surgen about having the snip and whilst i dont want to have any more babies the thought of NOT being able too is a bit sad kwim.

Leah glad to hear the test went ok...poor little Ava that must have been horrible, what are you putting the egg in? i cant imagine trying to get lucy to eat a raw egg white mind you she does eat everything lol

OMG I can't ever imagine DTD again my poor hoo ha is so destroyed!! Poor DH...

oh Bun you poor thing!! i'm sure it will heal up again and you and DH will be :BD: again in no time! :dance:

oops that icon thingy didn't work... anyways... it meant that i'm sure you guys will be doing the deed again ... !!

Hi girls

DTD is scary the first time but it gets better, im yet to allow it yet lol

Leah - so sorry you had to go through those tests :( fingers crossed its all good news for you. hugs for miss Ava.

Party-of-5 - My hubby is about to book in for the snip too and i was all for it while preg but im finding it hard to talk about it! im the same, i have my complete family now and dont really want any more kiddies but its hard to think about the fact its so official!!

On the night sleeping thing leah - Im sorry to tell you this coz people get the ****s at me lol william is sleeping between 10 and 12 hours now. was 8 from day one but now sleeps all night. sorry! lol my DS1 was the same, 5wks old and sleeping all night. my DD wasnt like this though lol

DTD after having a baby is like doing it for the first time all over again ;)

I've said to DH we'll need to work out contraception. We are undecided yet about a third baby. We are both open to the idea but we will see what happens I guess. So no snip for DH just yet. I've told him once our family is complete then he has to get the snip! :)

My Dr was gonna give me the pill on leaving the hossy, but in the past it hasn't agreed with me so I said no.... unfortunately the little teeny tiny town I live in mustn't believe in contraception because the general store doesn't sell condoms, so poor DH has to hold out another night. I don't want my little man having a brother or sister so close together either :lol:

Leah, Jackson is going really well over nights. It's just the day time naps we need to work on, he can stay awake aaaallll day. I have noticed if he doesn't have at least one decent one he's really hard to settle at night - I'm talking ear peircing squeels! - although once he's settled he can sleep up to 6 and 7 hour blocks - his little tummy wakes him up, loves his booby! Yesterday he went down for a nap at 3.30 and woke up when I woke him up at 7 and then went back to bed at 8.30 :| I had taken him out to my parents work and all the ohing and ahing from nan must have tuckered the poor fella out BUT, he had a really restless nights sleep... not so much wkaing up but making random little noises in his sleep that I kept getting up to because I thought he was awake, it was very odd!

Bun, make sure you do your pelvic floor exercises. I have read a few posts from the ladies who have said they have helped and worked wonders... I'm sure your hoo ha will be fine in no time :)

Party-Of-Five, Jackson has almost outgrown his small nappies too, and there is no way in hell he's gonna fit into any of his 0000 suits anymore :( It's so sad, they're growing so fast. I was looking back at photos of jackson the day he was born and he's huge now! I want him to stay little for just a while longer, not ready to part with my little new born yet. Humph.

well, hooray I finally managed SOME persies!! Now I'm gonna go clean my kitchen, while the little man is asleep - yep got him down for a morning nap ;)

Hi Ladies :hello:

I hope all is going well. DS has been great the last 2 nights, going nearly 8 hours between feeds on Thursday night and another 6 hours lat ...As much as I like that he is sleep longer at night (touch wood - early days yet!) the downside is when he wakes up I realise that my BB are SO FULL and painful...last night I filled up a nursing pad (the gel/silicon pidgeon ones), leaked over my singlet and bed sheets :doh: then cause they are so full he only has 1 side and doesn't even empty it...I don't want to express to much as I then will make more...catch 22. I also want to get rid of some cause I really dread getting mastitis again. Is this only happening to me and everyone's milk supply has balanced out?

Harley's Girl - I see you are still BF and your bub's sleeping like a log! What do you do? I think mine would literally explode!!

xx

Hummingbird...woohoo on the sleep. Last night DD, slept until 3am and the previous night she slept until 4am (went to sleep about 9:30 both nights). In the morning my boobies are heavy and full and warm and I dribble a bit, but unfortunately I don't leak gallons. I would be more reassured about my supply if I did though :) She only took one side yesterday morning and I had to express the other so I did that, got about 50mls and stuck it in the freezer. Other than that, apart from the last couple of mornings, I *think* my supply is starting to balance out, until her next feeding frenzy!

Hummingbird - haha nah im lucky i have soft saggy boobs lol nah its not even 12mths since i stopped feeding DD so my milk settled down within the first week of having william. hes being like his brother anyway, DS1 used to sleep like this at 5wks, has ALWAYS been a great sleeper at night. mind you DS1 sucked during the day and william seems to be doing well during the day so far so im hoping he will be good for all sleeps. 3 time lucky lol

Hummingbird - DD slept nearly a week between either 10.30/11.30pm to 6.30/7am and yes my boobs were SO full the relief when she fed was huge (as was the amount absorbed ny my breast pads!). she seemed to feed well those first feeds though because i haven't bothered expressing. she woke at 3am for a feed last night so i'm wondering if my luck has run out re her sleeping through! :doh:

OMG how lucky are you girls! DS is still feeding three to four hourly, day and night. And DD STILL doesn't sleep through the night even though she just turned two! What I would give to get some more sleep...

Bun, don't worry. DD may be good with her sleep but DS still wakes up once or twice a night. I still get up anyway. DH usually gets up to him on the weekend. I catch up on sleep in the afternoons.