Babies born~March 16th-31st 2010 #3

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This thread is for parents who's baby was born March 16th-31st 2010

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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

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[teresa]

Yay first to post!

Just a quick one to let u know that Hamish has cut his 2nd tooth. Now has the 2 front bottom teeth!

[Meercat]

Teresa - Yay another tooth! I bet he looks so cute with his two little teeth

I got Tiah a Jolly Jumper at the Target sale today... she freaking loves it! She bounced around for about 15 mins and is now so deeply asleep I am quietly optimistic that she may sleep a bit longer tonight....

AND went and got my boobies measured at Bras and Things (The ones I got when I was pregnant were feeling a bit tight) and OMG. I was a B-C cup before I fell pregnant. I am now an ...... F! No wonder I was so uncomfortable, I was wearing bra 2 cup sizes too small! I was in shock when the lady told me.... and then in heaven when I tried the bras on... even though they do look like old lady bras

Hope everyone is going well?

[human bean]

Nat - we have the jumperoo and yep the butterfly is dangly/floppy unlike the picture, I don't mind so much because it's the only thing DD can reach to hold properly at the moment! I thought it was just meant to be a different kind of manipulative thing for them, even though the box shows it differently.

Jelly - sounds like Aidan is powering along and did really well with his needles! Perhaps double check the nurses recommendation that he can go forward facing in the car seat, I'm fairly certain that all bubs have to be rearward facing until 6 months of age, across all states.

Teresa - 2 teeth! Wow go Hamish!!

Meercat - glad Tiah enjoys the jolly jumper, and good stuff with the bras too!

A long day here for us, MIL is in town for a couple of days and came to visit, but as DD has only met her a couple of times she was really clingy to me and wary of her. I felt sorry for MIL as she just wanted cuddles but DD wasn't having a bar of it - all smiley at her when on my lap or next to her on the couch, as soon as she picked her up though whoaa big performance Oh well, it'll take time I guess.

Hi everyone else, have a great weekend!

[teresa]

meercat - try bellaforma and big girls dont cry websites. they deal with larger sized boobs and have gorgeous maternity bras. both are australian based companies.

[miamunchkin]

Hi everyone!

B - sorry, no advice to offer, I'm afraid! Fraser takes 240 ml per feed at the moment, but that is subject to change. 2 weeks ago, I couldn't get him to take any more than 100 ml, but that was on one of his off weeks. He's thriving, so I'm not worried about it. The CHN says just to keep going as we are and trying to get him to take as much as possible. Glad to see you back

Teresa - yay for Hamish's second tooth! Hope he's going okay with them!

Human Bean - good luck with MIL - hope all goes okay!

Meercat - wow, that's certainly a huge difference! I should go and get measured but I'm scared of only being able to wear granny bras. I have a huge difference in size on each side, so I can never get an accurate fit anyway.

As for us, we had our appointment at the Specialist on Thursday and .......... he thinks the doctor was being cautious and giving us the worst case scenario. The upshot is that he does have a hernia, but it should resolve by about 12 months - THANK GOODNESS! I was sooooo stressed and worried about it. I was even scared to give Fraser tummy time as I thought it might be hurting him. We're still having the 'ol constipation so we're onto one scoop less per bottle, which seems to be doing the trick. In fact, in this last week, we have only had wet poos and Fraser has been so much happier! Touch wood it continues! Also, Fraser slept through the night for the first time last night - it was awesome!!! We put him down about 8.15 and I heard him stirring about 4.30 am. I was about to go and make up his milk when all went quiet. Same happened at 5.20 (the time my DH usually gets up for work on weekdays), then again at 6 am (when DH got up for work), but didn't actually call out to me til 6.55 am. Even then, he wasn't starving like he usually is (he's usually shaking with hunger) so I'm hoping that this may be the start of a beautiful thing!! Not holding out all hope though!!

[human bean]

Claire that's great news about Fraser's hernia hopefully resolving itself - that should ease some worries for you! And yay for sleeping through!

For those ladies in Perth or surrounds, Silk Elegance in Leederville has some fantastic maternity bras in all kinds of sizes, not just granny ones either

[Miss.B]

Hi ladies,

Agrrrr!!!! I've just lost a big post...

Mia, so glad to hear the news on wee Fraser!! That must be such a relief for you

Teresa, yay for the second tooth!!! How exciting hun!

B, are you dream feeding Ewan? I do a 7-7.30 pm feed and then a dream feed at around 10.30. I find that it gets him through the night.

Meercat, I wish my boobies stayed a C cup from when I was pg!! I am now back to a B cup, and my (.)(.) are a bit floppier now WTF???!!!

HB, Cam loves his Grandma as he sees her about 4 to 5 days a week. When my dad tries to get a cuddle he doesn't get those cute smiles and giggles that my mum gets!! Poor dad It's b/c dad doesn't spend much time with him.....

AFM, all is well, fingers crossed that it continues!! Last night I fed wee man at 7 pm, and then gave him a dream feed at 11 pm (I wait longer on the weekends) and he slept til 7 am. What a little trooper!!

A big hello to all the yummy mummies in here, hope you and your bubs are doing well

B xxx

[Nat82]

Teresa - yay about Hamish getting new teeth! I heard that the first two are the most painful for teething and it is easier after them. That's from my Mum though, so I'm not sure. Mum thinks Angus has been teething since he was about 6 weeks

Meercat - that's great about the jolly jumper. Angus has the jumparoo but his feet can't touch the floor yet.

Human bean - that's not good about your MIL. Angus doesn't care who he goes to. When I bought the jumparoo from Target I was on my own, so I had to use the pram as a trolley. Before I picked up the box to put in the pram I asked this lady (who was with her Grandson) to hold Angus for a minute and he was all smiles! I think he's so used to being passed around like a sack of potatoes that it doesn't phase him. I think DH and I get the biggest smiles though

B - Wow 8kg! I thought Angus was a big boy, but he is only 6.6kg - tiny in comparison I deleted my emails so I have room now. Also, I'm breast feeding so I'm not really sure how much Angus takes, although there is that theory of doing weight x 150ml / number of feeds.

Re: dream feed - I've done this for the last 3 nights and the last 2 nights it woke Angus up. I also tried to express into a bottle last night so that I could be sure that Angus was getting enough. But he woke up and cried and cried, so I couldn't give him much at all. Does everyone do the dream feed? He still wakes up around 3am for another feed, so I'm wondering if he needs it at all??

Well we went to a friends' house this morning and they are planning on having another baby soon (they have 6 between them, but none together). So Angus was held the entire time and got no sleep at all. We went for a drive after so that he got an hours sleep. I think the poor little munchkin went to sleep as soon as he went into his bassinet. I was worried that he would be overstimulated, but we'll see how he sleeps tonight.

[human bean]

Nat we put a big thick photo album under DD's feet in the jumperoo as her feet don't reach the ground either, I'm sure Fisher Price prob don't recommend it but it works!

DD will be okay for a very short time in a strangers arms, but too long, or if people get too loud and really in her face (like MIL did!) she hates it. Our problem is we do not have any family here, a SIL that rarely comes round, and a couple of DH's aunties that we don't generally catch up with, otherwise it is just us. So there isn't really anyone at all to handball DD to! A couple of friends but they either work or have kids of their own, and their own lives, you know, not the regular several visits a week that happen when family lives close. I hate the thought of her only being happy with me/DH or clingy to us, but we honestly don't have any other options. But I do need to remember that she's only 4 months old, so it's not too big an issue at this stage, but I am worried when she gets a bit older. We're doing swimming, checking out Baby Sensory tomorrow (and hope to meet Meercat and the lovely Tiah) and have Mother's Group so I'm hoping that will cover a lot of social interaction for DD as she gets older. She was fine for about half hour with FIL too, but he was really chilled and cruisy with her, not trying too hard if you know what I mean. As they were leaving MIL said next time they fly in we can go out to coffee and they'll babysit. Hmmmm I was so relieved that DH said to me he wouldn't leave her with them because she'd be too upset with strangers, so I'm glad we're on the same page there!

[Meercat]

HB - Looking forward to meeting you guys! You wont be able to miss us, Tiah will be the big, bald baby YELLING in any direction she can! She has discovered she can make loud noises and has given up making different sounds.... she just yells as loud as she can now

Nat - We tried the dreamfeed and just ended up with an extra feed through the night It wakes her up as well so we just left it. Tiah goes to bed at 7pm, then wakes at 10,3 and sometimes through till 8. We are trying the dummy and her blankie a few times before I offer her the boob now... just in case she can go without the nighttime feeds because I am starting to really struggle with the lack of sleep!

Mia - Great news on the specialist.... and the sleeping through!

We have the 4 month needles tommorrow... not looking forward to that at. all.

[con:)]

Nat- I was doing the dream feed at 9.30 with Grace for the first 3 months, but i have now dropped it out and she feeds at 8 pm and thats it until she wakes in the morning. It is hard to keep them asleep at this age for a dream feed. I guess you need to ask yourself if he really needs it or not???

[teresa]

we bought a high chair for Hamish today. the steelcraft messina II in charcoal. he loves it!! made giving him lunch so much easier then having him sit on my lap!! PITA to put together tho lol

[teresa]

We don't use cc like u beata I am too soft lol. We don't let hamish nap any later then 5 then get him ready for bed anytime between 6 & 7. Usually no later then 7. Maybe try putting him to sleep a little earlier? Sorry I am not sure what else to offer u. Big hugs tho

[human bean]

Just wanting to clarify that I didn't mean we use CC or CIO, hence why I recommended the book as it's a No Cry effort But each to their own on whatever methods they choose to use.

Rooey have you got a bedtime routine in place? Every night DD has a bath, then when she is getting dressed after the bath we keep the lights lower in her room, softer voices, swaddled, book, then feed (in her room) then into her cot and if she isn't asleep already she's not far off. I really try not to feed her to sleep so she doesn't get used to it, I take her off when she's drowsy and pop her in the cot, but some nights she just crashes mid feed. We have a yellow battery operated Tomy star thing that we turn on, it hangs on the cot rail, and it goes for 10 mins and projects a light show on the ceiling and plays a lullaby. She often drifts off watching it, more the star then the ceiling. So many people told me I was creating a bad habit, making her dependent on it, and she'll never sleep without it, but you know what, if it winds her down and helps her sleep I can cop that. She sleeps in her pram and the car etc without it, and I do think it helps us. And hey, it took us weeks to have it all (the whole routine) fall into place properly and become familiar to her and really start working well at bedtime.

Maybe as Teresa said, it might not hurt to try it earlier, he might be really overtired by 9/10pm? We bath around 6/6.30, depending on when her last nap was, and she's always crashed by 7.30 at the latest.

Hope it all calms down soon

[teresa]

Rooey and meercat - how long r their last naps and what time do u put them down? Maybe if it's a long nap try waking them gently so they go down earlier and sleep longer.

[Nat82]

Hi Ladies,

It seems like everyone is having similiar issues - well we just got over our sleep issues, so hope there isn't anymore coming up.

Re: Naps - I bought the Contented Little Baby book at the Babies and Kids Market the other day. I tried the routine, but it only really lasted for 2 days. Still, she says they should only sleep for 3 hours during the day and we do that. Sometimes Angus sleeps for an hour at a time, or a 3 hour block. Also, she says the baby should be awake by 7:30am, so if he sleeps longer, I just deduct that from his nap time. I'm not super strict on it, but we follow it loosely and it seems to be working.

Re: Control Crying - Sometimes Angus goes through a stage where he cries every time we put him down, no matter how many times we rock him. So there have been a couple times where DH or myself have just had to leave the room. We listen on the monitor and if he cries longer than 5 minutes, we go back in. It's worked twice for me and he has fallen asleep within a minute and the other time DH went back into the room and just patted him on his side - he fell asleep within a minute then too.

Re: Leaving them in their cots. On the weekend I really wanted to stay in bed. Angus woke up and was chatting away in his bassinet. I left him there and within 15 minutes he went back to sleep and I got my sleep in - Yay!

Good luck to everyone for getting their sleep...

[Rooey5]

We do have a routine for him at bedtime, and it all goes perfectly until we put him in his cot, then the real crying starts! He did put himself to sleep last night, I was amazed! But then he had another night of frequent waking and I ended up sleeping in the spare room with him next to me so Trav wouldn't be too knackered for work

Aaargh! I really hope it's just a phase! I think I'm going to go and buy Save Our Sleep today!