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

Hi all, just thought I'd try to read the latest posts and write a quick one myself before T wakes up properly! He has been making stirring noises for a little while now.

Dr T and OP - I'm glad you guys are having a good time with the MCNs. The 18 itti bittis I bought 2nd hand before bubs was born are not going so well for me unfortunately!! T has skinny legs (like me, poor boy) and to contain leaks from the leg holes we would have to do the nappies up too tightly around the waist. I tried a few times, was in denial, but after today's episode of poo everywhere I think I'll have to concede defeat. Was kind of funny, there was a patch of yellow up near the top of his wrap and I immediately thought it was that his puke had changed colour! Poor bub. So I'm trying to figure out what brand/s are good for skinny legged bubs. Haven't figured it out from the forums returned from a google search yet.

SB - awesome news about the lottery win! Do let us know if you do anything else special with it! I would be thinking massages for me and DH and maybe hire a cleaner :D

Hi everyone else. Hope you and your families are all doing well!

hey just popping in quickly .. im sooo tired lately! The 2 on my own is definately hard. Ayva gained 290g in 1 week :) .. Umm sorry for lack of personals .. I'm pretty sure we have scarlet fever .. Off to the drs first thing in the morning .. Hopefully Ayva doesnt get it .. xx

Yup, went to drs today (well yesterday its past 12 lol) And I have scarlet fever ... I told my grandma and (grandma being grandma) was like "You don't have scarlet fever, I had it when I was 16 and was put on isolation for 6 weeks" She ws born in 1924 .. It used to be alot worse, and I presume ther was no Antibiotics so it turned into rheumatic fever alot and people died? Anyway, I'm covered in this horrible rash, and my throat is all infected and yuck. I'll be back later, when I have time lol .. My mum is visiting next week :) Shes going to meet her granddaughter :) Last time she saw aiden I was 15 weeks .. So a while :) Bye x

Hi everyone,

M2a - oh scarlet fever you poor thing, hope your improving look after yourself

Dr Tal - I will have my fingers crossed for you and your little B too.

SB - awesome about the lottery win woohoo, we had to buy a new washing machine too and DH went to Harvey Norman to get it and they gave him a scratchie thing and you could win from $20 to $250 off your purchase and he won $60 which we think is awesome lol.

OP - how is your DD going with her cold, I hope you are getting some sleep and DH is getting up to her if needed.

AFM - well DS has been great feeding well, sleeping etc, very content little baby, he has put on over 500g since birth and gets weighed again tomorrow so will be interesting to see what he weighs, he is also having the newborn hearing test friday. DH went back to work this week so I have been going it alone, first day was good, second day good but ended up with a migraine last night, today ok, I am struggling a little bit with the toddler newborn balance, I feel like DS is always sitting in his rocker because I have to give DD all my attention, she has been so good with DS but I feel like I am always saying no, dont touch, be gentle blah blah blah, today she just didnt listen to anything I say, I have yelled at her so much and she has been in tears countless times. I have set up the play pen as time out as the message just doesnt get through to her. I have ordered a sling which should come tomorrow and I tell you I cant wait, at least I will be able to hold my baby while he is still a baby but give my attention to DD as well.
Anyone else been getting night sweats, when I wake up to feed DS I am saturated, its like I just got out of the shower and into bed without drying myself, its terrible, I am not hot or anything just dripping with sweat, I have read that its a breastfeeding thing and a way to lose the fluid from being pregnant, which could explain my headaches etc, I never had this when I breastfed my DD.

Salad - I've been getting the night sweats too. I was worried I might be coming down with something as I'd never heard about that loosing fluid thing. But it makes sense. Makes me feel a bit better too. Really didn't want to get sick!

M2A - Scarlet fever. You poor thing. I had it when I was a lot younger (10 ish I think) I still remember it though. Not pleasant at all. I hope you get better soon.

That's great about your mum coming to visit. Hopefully she'll be able to help you out some as well...maybe let you get a bit of sleep.

AFM - I don't know if B's poos are normal. They seem really runny to me. Plus he always has skid marks in his diapers...like a bit leaks out everytime he passes gas. But I don't really know what a 'normal' breastfed baby (or formula fed for that matter) poo looks like IYKWIM. I asked the MW at clinic about it on Monday but I got one who was filling in from the public hospital (apparently there is a sickness going around and heaps of the MW's at the private hospital are off sick) and she was less then helpful. She didn't even look at his poo, and he did one while we were there. She just gave me some information about lactose intolerance and too much lactose in your milk and how it can affect baby poo, but she didn't explain it to me at all, and it's more then a little bit confusing.

Was kinda hoping some of you ladies could let me know what your baby poo is like.

:rofl: 4 weeks ago I never dreamed I'd be asking people to describe their babies poos to me :spit: Oh how my life has changed (in a very good way :D )

Dr Tal - E's poos are the same, BF poos are fairly runny, babies dont really have solid/formed poos until they are eating solids, the colour of the poo can vary too, E's is bright yellow and yep he has skids too so sounds normal to me but if your still worried ask another nurse next time you see one.xoxo

Sal - Thanks. E's poos sound very similar to B's. His are quite yellow as well but have white curd like bits in them. But I remember one of the midwifes while I was still in hospital said that they will get the curdy bits if they are getting the hind milk.

I guess him being my first I just don't know what is 'normal'. I guess I was expecting them to have more of a pudding type consistancy IYKWIM but instead they are really quite runny and quitea bit of it absorbs into the nappy (except when he has an exploding one).

Dr Tal - yep E has the white curdy bits too so sounds all good, I didnt know about the hind milk being the reason but thats a good thing that they are getting the hind milk.

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Sal - Thanks. E's poos sound very similar to B's. His are quite yellow as well but have white curd like bits in them. But I remember one of the midwifes while I was still in hospital said that they will get the curdy bits if they are getting the hind milk.

I guess him being my first I just don't know what is 'normal'. I guess I was expecting them to have more of a pudding type consistancy IYKWIM but instead they are really quite runny and quitea bit of it absorbs into the nappy (except when he has an exploding one).

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Sounds exactly like X's poos too! He often has skid marks too, so I think that's quite normal.

Quick post from me - we're having a shocker at the moment, X cluster feeds from 6-7pm til anytime between 10 and midnight... Last night it was 12.30am... Sigh!

Making matters worse is my poor DD who is still sick, last night she coughed and cried off and on til about 2am when I gave her some panadol... Then was awake at 6am but did not want to be so we brought her into bed with us and managed to get her to sleep til about 8.30am. Poor thing is so miserable...

So DH and I are exhausted. Thank goodness his parents are back from their beach house tonight so hopefully we can utilise them a bit for some rest... And DD will not be sick forever. Or so I keep telling myself...

Hi to everyone...

OP - sorry to hear your DD is still sick poor thing, a friend of mine her little boy has a cold too and she says its a real bad one. Just wondering if you have tried a steam vapouriser for her cough yet, when my DD gets sick with a cough I turn the vapouriser on in her room with some eucalyptus in it and it helps her coughing.

Sal, that's a great idea, hadn't thought of that. Might investigate this arvo... Thanks..

OP - No worries glad I could help hope she is feeling better xoxoxoxo good luck with the vapouriser, if my DD has a cold I only ever use the vapouriser and fess saline nose spray and she gets over it pretty quickly.

Argh! Travis just won't go to sleep. He's had one 2 hour sleep since about 8am this morning. I think he's got colic. He seems to have belly pain. Yesterday he was awake from 5pm to midnight, most of which time he was either crying or feeding, the only thing that stops him crying, but as soon as he comes off or falls asleep he gets the pain and is crying again. The day before he was awake from midday to midnight and crying from 5pm to midnight. We've tried everything, warm bath, pram, car trip, rubbing his back and belly, holding him, rocking him. I don't know what to do, I feel like such a bad mum because I can't stop his pain. :( :( :( The midwives don't have any more suggestions for us. We've checked his temperature and it seems fine. Austin just got off the phone to the midwife again and she reckons he might have reflux and we should take him to the GP, but sitting him up doesn't help like the websites say it should. :(

Oh Emma, you poor thing - I know how hard this is :hug: One thing you could try is moving T's legs up and down - lie him flat, hold his ankles and move his legs around - up and down, in circles like he is riding a bike... might help. Can relive wind pain.

I know exactly how you feel - my DD is still sick, she coughs and then cries because it hurts her throat... and I can't give her anything, she is too young. Feels awful, doesn't it?

What about a dummy? Sucking might help.

Back in a minute... DD is out of bed, again...

Just thought of a couple of other things while you are waiting to see your GP... Brauer's have a colic relief which is a homeopathic remedy - not sure what age you can give it from but check at a chemist, they will know.

The other one is gripe water - also check at a chemist.

Have you tried elevating the cot? Put some phone books or something similar under the two top legs of the cot. That might help...

I know how tough this is... it could also be that your supply is dropping a bit, it happens at that time of day, which is why X has been cluster feeding... can you try co-sleeping with him, if you're not already? That way he can just feed as much as he wants and you can rest, if not sleep.

:hug:

It will get easier... I promise...

Oh and girls I've written my birth story... it is long, but hey that's how I roll :D

Here it is
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-baby-boy.html

Hey Em - you are NOT a bad mum, you are doing a great job, OP has given you some great advice, the brauers colic relief is great, and I was going to suggest a dummy, seems to relax my little man enough for him to get the wind out.

OP - Going to read your birth story later, going shopping today to find me some clothes, so gotta keep moving. How did you go with the Vapouriser.

Thanks heaps for the suggestions OP and Salad. I will send DH to get a dummy and find out about the brauers and gripe water, and we will try the bicycle legs and cot elevation! I have been co-sleeping, he's actually quite good at sleeping overnight but he squirms and makes noises then farts while he's asleep (lol) and keeps me awake!! DH wanted to know why I was laughing and when I told him he told me not to say he takes after his father, it's not true he takes after me. lol. how rude.

OP - hope your DD feels better soon. I guess there are going to be quite a few times when we feel powerless to help our kids, huh? Such a crappy feeling! I'll try to read your birth story now before T wakes up. It could be my last chance to do anything today!!

Salad - enjoy your clothes shopping :) I really want to hit the shops myself but my MIL has put the fear of whooping cough in me and bubs is too unpredictable to leave at home at the moment.