Hi all. It sounds like all the bubs are doing really well. It is wonderful having a group like this where we can all chat, vent, etc and see what other babies the same age are up to.
eluned - I have to say it is so good to hear from someone else whose bub wakes a lot at night! Sorry, I know that you probably would rather she didn't, but it is reassuring for me to hear that mine is not the only one! We seem to have a lot of good sleepers in this thread which has not been my experience with either of my bubs and some days I seriously struggle. DS has also fed two hourly the last couple of nights and after 4-5am it is impossible to get him to go back down again. With DD still not being the best sleeper, it makes for one very tired mummy! Oh, and BTW, my hair is falling out too! Same thing happened after having DD.
We have DS's 4 month check up and needles this week. I am dreading the needles, but looking forward to seeing how much he weighs now. I think he is doing really well and he was nearly 6kg at his 2 month check up, so I am guessing he will weigh a fair bit now. We have been having a lot of trouble with uncontrollable screaming and him arching his back and screaming during feeds so I thought he may have reflux, but the meds haven't helped so I have no idea what the problem is?? Sometimes it really does my head in as he can really scream and I have a toddler to look after too so am at my wits end sometimes. He has a lovely smile and gurgles but only every so often and the rest of the time he doesn't seem very happy. Maybe he is just being a typical baby and I have forgotten what they are like, but I have a Dr appointment in a week anyway just to check all is ok.
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
Well i spoke to soon on the sleeping front DS is back to waking a few times a night...pfffft ah well this to shall pass.....eventually!...right??
Hmmm havent had the arching back thing with feeding, but if it is teething i can recommend Hylands teething tablets...they are all natural and i have found it to be one of the best things ever for teething.
Sebs reflux is just about non existant with these new natural tablets we are using its fantastic! (can you tell i love anything natural lol)
Anyone using an amber necklace to help combat teething? I brought one last week and just waiting on it to arrive hopefully it works a treat as DD was a bad teether and would love not to have to go through that again!
bun, Jackson usually arches his back while he feeds because of wind... have you friend infacol? I rarely use it anymore, but when I have had to it's helped heaps, and as Jacks gets older he seems to be able to bring his burps up alot easier - and with lots of enthusiasm XD
Jackson has been sleeping really good at night... but I think that may have something to do with the ABSOLUTELY NO NAPS he's been having during the day -.-; As soon as I put him down he wakes up and chucks a patty til I get him back up to play Not last night the night before be woke up hourly. Not for feeds, just sooking. I didn't get to bed til 2 and then he woke up at 6. And I had a cold and a blocked duct! Woe is ME! :P
Hope you're all enjoying your weekend, ladies Mwah!
Hi Ladies!
Hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day, especially those of you who had your first one! I got spoilt. DD was good to me and only woke once at 3am for a feed and then let me sleep in until 7:30 when I woke up to the boys cooking me breakfast They also got me a dock for my iPod so I can have music in the kitchen/living area, it's very cool
Yesterday, I had to take Amelia back to the CHN for a weight check as at her 3 month check, she had started to slow down a bit. CHN was not worried because Amelia is moving HEAPS and thinks that might be it. Anyway, we were both surprised to see that she had lost 60grams!!! The nurse even weighed her again to be sure and then went and got another set of scales in case the first ones weren't working properly. Same result. I am so bummed because our feeding really feels like it's going well. She is happy after feeds, sometimes gets so full that she brings up some milk afterwards. She is soooo alert and is rolling and moving off her playmat. She is still growing as normal for her length and head size too. She doesn't look underweight at all, she has squishy cheeks and thighs. Boohoo, don't know what is wrong with my boobs then. CHN said she is not worried one bit because of all those reasons but as part of protocol has to tell me I need to take DD to see the GP to follow through. So will do that next week or week after. At her 4 month needles 2 weeks ago, GP commented on how she was thriving!?! I have no idea what's going on then.
Teagz, how did you go with leaving Jackson the other night? I'll be doing it this Saturday. I'm going out to dinner with the mums from Playgroup so DH will be at home on his own with the 2 kids for the first time I've got a stash of EBM in the freezer just in case, but I'll feed her before I leave and she will be due for another feed when I get back. She has not had a bottle before so I have no idea if she'll take it. I said to DH if it all goes pear shaped to call me and I will just come home early.
I hope you are all well and enjoying your little bubbas! xox
Eluned its so horrible how those numbers on a scale can make you feel...but like you said Amelia is going great from the sounds of it but its hard not to worry huh? Milly has her checkup next week so im hanging to find out what she weighs. Sounds like you had a lovely mothers day and I hope you enjoy your night out with the girls
We've all had colds here so have had a horrible few days I hate when my babies get sick
Milly hasnt rolled yet but im in no hurry for her do be doing stuff...as she is my last bub i want her to stay a baby forever
We had our 4 month check yesterday and DS is now 6.5kg and 63cm so going well. He is about 1kg heavier than at his last check up 2 months ago. He seems a little better now that he has been on the reflux meds for a couple of weeks so I am hoping that it is helping. Having said though, we have had a terrible couple of nights with him waking and not going back to sleep again. I am exhausted!!
Good luck to those of you leaving bubs with expressed milk, I hope it goes well. I did that a lot with DD but haven't really this time around, although I have some milk in the freezer. I may get DH to do a night feed so I can have a bit of a break over the weekend. He has been away this week and that is always when the kids decide to play up so I need a break!!
Josh is also still not rolling but I think he is getting very close. He is soooo chatty and smiley these days and I love it! And although he doesn't roll, he does manage to move himself around the floor an awful lot by digging his feet into the ground and moving himself.
Eluned, I am sure DD is fine, it sounds like she is doing really well. I hate how their weight can make you feel like they aren't doing well enough. We are all different and put weight on in different amounts and I am sure she is doing great.
Eluned, i won't lie.... i bawled my eyes out when we left XD But he was fine. I had left 500mls of EBM with mum and he didn't end up having any of it. He fell asleep within an hour of us leaving him. Mum was disapointed I think because out of the 4 hours we left him she only really "babysat" for one XD
But it made DH realise that he doesn't have to always stay with me now, and the next weekend he wanted to take him "visiting" for a couple of hours without me *sniff* But I said no, one night in a week is enough for now haha, I a meany XD He did end up taking him with him to pick up a trailer tho... for all of half an hour haha
GL on your first babyfree night! xx
Selfish, very selfish post coming right up, just really quickly, because I am absolutely exhausted. We had to get the locum doctor out tonight, and we had to wait and wait and wait for him to arrive. I'm sick, sick, sick. Had a virus for over two weeks, but b/c of bf'ing, can't have anything to help, apart from panadeine. Now I have a pretty severe case of sinusitis, plus the locum wants me to have a scan on my head (?????!!!!????) Anyway, waiting for him wasn't tooo bad, as DH and I managed to do all of Darcey's invites, planning etc for her baptism coming up. Is 98 people too many for a baptism?>>
We had our first Mothers Group meeting today. Really great to finally have the group called. I got a little teary though when I saw all the other babies. Darcey is tiny compared to them. Had a good chat to the nurse after the main session, and we weighed her. They don't seem worried, but we're going to do a couple of extra things next week, go over her graphs etc. Today she weighed 5.37kg, and that was with clothes on and a wet nappy (she's still not 100%, so I didn't want her to strip down to nothing b/c it was a little nippy) . She really is a dainty little thing...17 weeks and 3 days old, I can't believe the time is flying.
Anyway, my DH is grumbling at me to come to bed. Apparently, sleep helps with getting better
Eluned and Petal - Caroline is the same and at last two check ups (2 weeks apart) she was only 5.2kgs and 60cm long. I expressed some milk last night for DH to use today so I could go out and not have to rush back and it wasn't enough for a feed so had to squeeze some extra out this morning after her morning feed and even then only just got barely enough. Last week I expressed once and there was easily a full feed for her so I am panicking that my supply might be dropping?? She SEEMs happy enough, doesn't seem to be upset and crying for more because she's hungry and even usually has some extra puke up afterwards coz her tummy is full (my assumption - I could be wrong). I have mum's group tomorrow so will ask the MHCN to weigh her again and see if she's made any gains. I was feeling okay about it until my reduction in milk last night. Oh and she still takes FOREVER to feed. another MHCN that did her immunisations said that by taking so long she is possibly burning up some of the kj's WHILE she is eating... way to freak me out more.
she started what I call 'rolling with intent' yesterday she rolled twice Monday last week and once ages before that but they just seemed like little flukes but yesterday and today she rolled easily when i put her on her tummy and she pushed up real high beforehand too (except when DH was watching so he has missed all of them - woops!). anyways I caught one on the camera and was trying not to laugh the whole way through coz she's FARTING the whole time (only twice it is really audible though). anyways if you're bored or want a chuckle here she is:
Thanks for the reassurance girls. I just felt so deflated when the numbers on the scales didn't reflect what I thought. Those of you who are also worried about the weight, petalpetal, illeyena, it sounds like your bubs are doing great. Amelia is only 4.83kg!!! Now I know she is not going to be a giant but I was expecting her to be around 5.2ish kg. She is 61.5cm long though so that is fine. I've been trying to squeeze in a few more feeds so hopefully she just maybe was feeling a little off and is going to have a growth spurt soon.
I went out for the first time with some mums from mums group last night. I left a 100ml bottle of EBM for Amelia which DH said she drank 80mls of. That's not too bad and was pretty much spot on for my calculation. He said she woke up just after 10ish and he thought she might've wanted another drink so he got out another 50mls for her and by the time he got it all ready she fell asleep again! LOL but he said she then woke and drank only 20mls before falling asleep. I got home just after 11pm and just as I hopped into bed, she woke up so I brought her in with me and she had a nice big feed and we snuggled in bed
So as for her weight, I've got to take her to the GP so will probably do that in the next few days. CHN said there's no hurry so I won't. It will only be 6 more weeks before I plan on starting solids so hopefully if she's still going slowly that will help pick things up too.
illeyena, cute video! (had a giggle at her t-shirt too!)
Party of five, I hope everyone is over the colds now.
feeb, hows the tandem feeding going? You are amazing for doing it, well done
Bun, sounds like Josh is a real little mover. Amelia is the same. I had one lady comment the other day about how she did not believe Amelia is 4.5 months old! She thought she was older. "She's so alert!" is the most frequent comment I get about her. Amelia digs her heels into the floor and moves off her playmat now and turns around in circles. She also bats the toys above her like mad. Her chatting is her making these little gurgling sounds from the back of her throat. The extra movement is why the CHN thinks her weight has dropped off - because she is sooo active.
Eluned - bring on solids to fatten em up! my MHCN said that i could try her on solids at 5 months and see how that goes so that's 2 weeks away. has anyone else started solids?
my mother in law said she had DH on cow's milk at 2 weeks old!! and also put rice cereal in his bottles and just made the hole bigger to let it through. i just about fell off my chair! i have seen on a forum of mostly US women who started putting rice cereal in with bottles of formula at 8 weeks. seems a biy extreme to me ...
illeyena, back in the day mum was telling me her mum (so my nana) was told to feed my mum solids at the age of 6 weeks - apparently it was standard practice back then. Lamb brains to be exact! Pretty amazing how things have changed!!
Love the vid too! Don't you just love how they seem completely unfazed by how they can roll? Jackson cracks me up. I stand behind him so He can't see me, so to see me he has to roll... while I'm calling his name you can see his big chubby cheeks in a huge grin - 9 times out of ten he just pivots till he can see me, lazy bubba!. It makes me melt. He does the most revolting farts as well... puts his father to shame!
Teagz - I hear you on the revolting farts - DS has started doing them too, yuck!!
eluned - I reckon the CHN is probably right, they move so much these days that it is no wonder they are burning through their milk and not gaining as much weight. I have found that Josh wants a lot more feeds right now but his weight gain has slowed right down. I am not sure if I mentioned it before, but Amelia was one of the names we were going to use for DD, and of course DS is Josh, so we must have pretty similar taste! The only reason DD became a Catherine is because she is a very strong willed little girl and we could tell that as soon as she was born and we thought she needed a tougher name to suit her personality!
petal - I hope you are feeling better now hun. Sounds like you have had a rough few days
illey - love the video, that is sooo cute! I had a chuckle at her top too!
We are still getting too little sleep here but things have been a little better the last couple of nights. Josh used to go until 3am before his first feed, but then it was 1am, then midnight, then 11pm and last night 10.30pm. He then wants feeds 2-3 hourly from then, and from 5am I find it very hard to get him back down again so he comes into bed with me where he sleeps pretty well until DD bellows that she is awake. She literally says 'Mummy, I awake, I awake, where are you??' and if I am not quick enough she starts knocking from the inside of her bedroom door!! She has recently figured out how to turn on light switches so I am sure it is only a matter of time before she learns how to turn the door handle... Anyway, I am wishing for more sleep but surviving. How many night feed are the other bubs having now? I am starting to think that my kids are just bad sleepers, even though DS started out ok.
Bun=Milly is waking atleast twice a night for a bottle and countless times to be resettled
illeyena=your video was cute...thanks for sharing
Teagz=lamb brains gross!!
isnt it amazing how things have changed since our parents had us
Milly has her needles tomorrow I have to take lucy with me, Im a bit worried Lucy is protective of her baby sister she might kick the doctor!! im hoping for a bit of a weight gain she has gotten so long im sure she must have put on something!!
Well i best be off to bed im sure Milly will be awake soon
Hey ladies have been reading but end up running off to one of the kids.
P05 - i wasn't sure how A would take the whole needles thing now Z is a bit older and she's more protective but TBO is was great, she patted Z when she cried and tried to distract her with a toy.. not bad for 19mths old.. the lady was very impressed and blew bubbles for the 'best big sister she's ever seen'
Bun - hope the sleeping settles down again for you... we have the prob when DD1 comes into our bed she talks or giggles and wakes Z..
Teagz - i love all your pics, he is so so gorgeous... and the farts, whats with that Z does them too... she's going to be like her big sister.. a tomboy
Well it's late i better get going, sorry to anyone i have missed.. hope all the bubs are well.
I am starting the packing tomorrow so have offloaded Ava and just have Zara for the day, we MOVE ON SUNDAY... , have to go see a specialist friday about my knee and get fluid taken out with a needle soo not looking forward to it.
Girls are well, Z rolls from belly to back and up on her side from back but not quite all the way over, she's very much like A and just wants to be upright, she loves sitting up against a pillow or the couch.
Talking to herself heaps, last night it was for 30min at 4:30 in the morn, though stuff it give her a feed and back to bed.. didn't work another 20min talking to herself b4 she fell asleep... she will be in her own room in the cot as of next week and A will be in a bed my girls are growing up...
Eluned Thanks for asking its going well! Some days DS1 is more demanding and cracks sads if told to wait but otherwise s going well. DS2 is obvioulsluy getting plenty given his weight gain he is over 1kg more than DS1 at same age!!!
I hope Amelia's weight gain picks up for you, keep up the good work.
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DS is back to waking a few times a night...pfffft ah well this to shall pass.....eventually!...right?? 
They also got me a dock for my iPod so I can have music in the kitchen/living area, it's very cool 
Eluned its so horrible how those numbers on a scale can make you feel...but like you said Amelia is going great from the sounds of it 
. She really is a dainty little thing...17 weeks and 3 days old, I can't believe the time is flying.
she rolled twice Monday last week and once ages before that but they just seemed like little flukes but yesterday and today she rolled easily when i put her on her tummy and she pushed up real high beforehand too (except when DH was watching so he has missed all of them - woops!). anyways I caught one on the camera and was trying not to laugh the whole way through coz she's FARTING the whole time (only twice it is really audible though). anyways if you're bored or want a chuckle here she is:
she might kick the doctor!! im hoping for a bit of a weight gain she has gotten so long im sure she must have put on something!!
, have to go see a specialist friday about my knee and get fluid taken out with a needle 
soo not looking forward to it.
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