Babies born~January 1st-15th 2010 #2

[Nelle]

This thread is for parents whose baby was born January 1st-15th 2010 #1

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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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[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Oooh 1st post... YAY

Will be back later just had MG now gotta unpack the food shopping, give Z a feed while A is asleep and try adn get some stuff done.

DP and i are having some issues so feeling like utter crap, one of the MG girls made me cry (not on purpose) so she's coming over some time this week to take my mind off things.

Hmm well wont dampen everyones spirits, hopefully back on tonight for a proper post!

[jenjams]

Zarava- Hope everything is ok there. All I can say sometimes is ........men..........

[Party-of-five]

Hello everyone

Im taking Milly to the doctors today...just to put my mind at ease I weighed her this morning on our bathroom scales by getting DS to hold her and worked out she weights 4.2kgs im hoping there is something wrong with the scales because she was more than that at her 6 week check up!
She is still in 000's
but shes gotten really long
Im sure our scales are just out
im just having a stress because Im used to having big fatties DS was in 0's at this age and Lucy was in 00-0's
Sorry about the selfish post
Ill be back later this arvo to tell youz i was stressing for no reason

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Hello everyone

Im taking Milly to the doctors today...just to put my mind at ease I weighed her this morning on our bathroom scales by getting DS to hold her and worked out she weights 4.2kgs im hoping there is something wrong with the scales because she was more than that at her 6 week check up!
She is still in 000's
but shes gotten really long
Im sure our scales are just out
im just having a stress because Im used to having big fatties DS was in 0's at this age and Lucy was in 00-0's
Sorry about the selfish post
Ill be back later this arvo to tell youz i was stressing for no reason

Hope everything goes well at the Dr's.. we are opposites, i was sooo used to having a midget baby it's odd having one thats on or above average for her age.

thanks janjams we just seem to have the same argument over and over and DP makes me feel like CRAP but we seemed ok last night, then i get up this morning to the news my brother and his fiance have split!

Well Z is doing well, i have had to put her in 00 suits for length now, it's odd as she is in suits that Ava was wearing at 6mths+, i can't wait til her next check-up on the 5.5 i think, wanna see how she's going.
I have found today she has gone back to being fussy feeding and a bit grizzly the last couple of days, think the change in weather is getting to her a bit.

How is everyone going with the o/night feeds now?
Z had 2 nights where she went 10 through til 6 and then the other night she went back to feeding at about 3ish.

Hope your all well.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Nat how did Milly's appt go? love the pics on FB.

[helle]

Hey girlies i just have a quick question! (now that I've finally found the new thread!! thought it was quiet....)
DS is staying at nana's and pops for a couple of hours on saturday night (first time without mummy... i think mummy is gonna find it harder!) and I was just wondering with a bottle, would he be ok with a "1" teat still or should I go the next one up? I tried looking on the packet (it came with my breast pump...) but it doesn't say anything about ages and teat sizes...

Thanks muchly lovies!!

[Laranna]

Teagz - WHO = World Health Organisation

[jenjams]

DD1 was started on solids about 5 months. I will be the same or closer to 6 months with DD2. For me there is no urgency to get them to start eating. We started DD1 when we did because she was showing all of the signs of wanting food. Every kid is different though.

[jenjams]

Oh and for rice cereal we used the Rafferty's Garden one. I think Farex is awful!

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

With A we started around 5mths as she showed all the signs of being ready. but she had been sitting unaided since just before 5mths so i was comfortable knowing she had correct head control etc.
This time around i think i might wait until closer to 6mths (unless Z is starving and my milk is just not enough) as A went through a stage from 6-8mths where she just STOPPED food all together and i was sooo soo stressed thinking she should be eating.

Z also shows an interest in our food when we eat, follows the spoon etc but as she cannot sit on her own i am not comfortable propping her up in the highchair to give it a try, i want her digestive system to mature and be able to handle solids as well.

Z has not been herself the last 2 days, not sure if it's a growth spurt or what but she's quite grizzly, feeding every 2-3hrs even overnight and has been spewy after feeds which is not like her at all, she's gone back to one giant poo a day.
She can't honestly being having another growth spurt, i just put her in 00 suits.
Got her MCHN appt on the 5th so i can't wait.

How is everyone else going.

[Party-of-five]

Good morning everyone
How are we all???
Milly is no different on her meds still spews just as much but after reading some lovely posts im learning not to stress so much...im sure ill get used to having a smaller baby you just cant help but compare can you???

Milly is still waking at least once sometimes twice thru the night she will be going into her own room some time this week(all ready is thru the day) if i work up the courage that it

Milly had photos done the other day and in true babies style she pee'd all over the poor photo ladys props but I guess they are used to that sort of stuff...hoping to get the disc today or tomorrow

Hope everyone has a lovely day
Tasha

[Laranna]

Teagz, DS has an amber teething necklace and it's awesome! It has worked so well. I'm gonna get one for DD soon because I can see two teeth starting to appear...eek!!

PO5, it is hard at first with a petite baby but you get used to all the comments. DD is on the 12th percentile and I always get oh she's sooo tiny. We have another baby at playgroup who is 6 days younger than her and is a big chubba and always gets compared. What can you do but just say meh it is how it is!

illeyena, don't worry about the size. As you said she is doing perfectly developmentally etc. Trust your instincts. Sounds like she is going great!

DD had her 4 month needles today. Let out a big cry for about 15 seconds then snuggled into mummy. Poor little poppet she was so brave!

We are still feeding about 3 times a night but we co sleep for that part so it's not tooo bad.

[helle]

Eluned, I might have to invest in one

Just popping in, Jackson had a CHN appt today. He's now 6890grams and 64.5kg's long. The CHN said his weight gain was slightly on the minimal side(500g in a month), but he's so tall and such a smiley boy I just think it's him... and the fact that he never stays still!
He has been pulling at his ear for a couple of days and she had a peek and it's a little pink in there. So fingers crossed he doesn't get an ear infection. I've woken up with a cold this morning too so I hope he doesn't get that either! Otherwise, he is his normal happy self.

OH, and last night he woke up at 2.30am for a feed.. he hasn't woken up for soo long, even DH got up to see if he was ok. But after a feed and a bit of a chat, he went back to sleep and didn't wake up again til 8.30am! Oh how I love it when i get to sleep in AND get to get up on my own terms haha.

hope everyone is well! xx

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Wow Teagz Jackson is going so well.... well done to you both, your very lucky with the sleeping.

Illeyena, how did MG go, i hope it went well.. i LOVE my MG and i don't know how i would get through the week without them, it really is worth sticking with it... we all goes through those patches where our baby is the one crying the most etc... in years to come you will prob laugh it off.

Eluned - awww needles suck but it's great when you have a good baby.. hope your well.

AFM - Zara had her MCHN appt today she is now 5.76kg (1120g in 8wks), 61.5 cm (4.5cm growth) and her head is 40cm, got MCHN to have a look and she says she is DEFINITELY teething, she can feel 2 little bumps and see 2 small lines in her gums... got her to check cos i thought i was seeing things.
She was up 3 times last night and ended up sleeping in my bed and we were up by 7, she was awake from 6:30 til just after 9

MCHN said her weight has finally slowed down as it should about now but her length was still more than she had expected, she said normally they slow down a little.. atleast she's not still doing a cm a week.
Ava was 62cm at 25wks, so Zara is almost 9wks ahead

Hope your all well... better go put tea in the slow cooker.. mmmmm chicken casserole

[helle]

Wow, Leah! IT's amazing how different bubba's can be! Both your gorgeous girls are a classic example, and they're sisters!
It's funny about Z's nap pattern too, I have noticed Jacks stays awake for longer periods during the day now too - 3-4 hours. The first day he did it I spent a good 2 hours trying to get him to nap and he just wouldn't do it, so I've accepted the new routine now (don't you just love it when they change things on you) and all seems ok! It does do your head in, and especially more so if they're not sleeping much (or up super early, as jackson had been waking at 5 for a few mornings!) Hopefully Z settles down again for you, lovey! xx

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Yeah my girls are at complete ends of the scale height/weight wise but i guess it's good that their different... lol

It only seems to be the morning that she will stay awake for that long happily, the rest of the day i am almost having to rock her to sleep, i NEVER had that with A, she was the kind of baby that laid in bed and self settled.
Hopefully Z gets back into the 1 feed a night routine soon, i love the fact she loves my boobs but seriously kid...

So is there anyone who's LO still wont take a dummy, Z wont touch them, not even if she's screaming like a freak, i would like her to take one atleast for teething as if she's anything like her big sister she wont take teethers etc.. A relies on her dummy while teething.

[Laranna]

Bun, it's so tiring having frequent feeders. My DS was 2 hourly round the clock as well until about 5 months. DD has been doing the same thing as yours during feeds the last couple of days. I thought she was just extra hungry getting ready for a growth spurt but it's actually teeth. So because of all the feeding I woke up at 1am this morning with my boobs about to explode. My left one is still engorged and sore but she can't empty it. Will have to try expressing it out. Tried that at 4am but didn't help. I ended up giving DD some panadol in the end cause she seemed to be in so much pain