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Tara, I've also been on my own for over 2 weeks now. Tristan spent 8 days in hospital, and Nigel went back to work a week later. Was a bit scary the thought of being alone with two kids... Hope it all goes well for you :D
Erin, congrats and welcome :D
Tristan is finally starting to pick up, damn cold for nearly 3 weeks :(
I wont be braving the toy sale, have a catalogue which I'm going to circle what I want and give to MIL who works in our local store. They are starting work early tomorrow so they can do their shopping before the store opens :D
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I will brave the toy sale tomorrow night with Leah in the Ergo. I have to get something for DD2's birthday, which is 3 weeks away and start a layby for Christmas. Not using the pram though, too dangerous!!
Leah is losing her hair. soon we will know what colour it is!!
I need to go get some nappies off the line, and have a mummy tanty about nap avoidance to DD1.
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we had our appointment at the maternal centre today - Amelia has put on another 265g so now weighs 3.65kg and has grown 3cm longer :dance: not really surprised seeing how much she is eating these days!
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Woohoo! Thats awesome WTG Amelia!
Tristan and I have our 6 week check on Wed then 2 weeks later immunisations and CHN.
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One month old yesterday, My boy Marek was born June 23.
Sorry to hear about the cold, Sally. My guy's been kind of stuffed up and mucousy pretty much since he was born too. At least it doesn't seem to bother him too much. Steam from the shower seems to help a little. Did you do anything special to help Tristan?
Marek's spending a lot of time awake these days and just looking for attention. Still too young to take an interest in stories or toys. May I ask how others here entertain their newborns?
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Hello adhiamba :D
I did the steamy bathroom trick, and saline drips in his nose. Apart from that just making sure he's comfy and offering regular feeds.
Tristan just sleeps, eats and poops... no need to entertain him :lol: Sorry I'm not much help.
Lil man now has reflux :( I really hoped to miss that bus.... Brendan also had reflux which didnt correct until roughly 12-13 months :( I've got Tristan on Gaviscon Infant, which is helping.
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Hi ladies,
I had Blake weighed yesterday and he is 3.840kg (8lb8oz) 53.5cm long and 37cm HC...big improvement from birth 2.940kg but discharge weight was 2.580kg...so hes growing well.
Sleeping is a bit over the place...he seems to be a very 'farty' baby...just pops off all the time...at night he seems to get more 'farty' than during the day and i find him to take a little longer to get back to sleep....but hes silent reflux is getting better...just had to trial and error on the time of administration on his medication....but hes still needing a top up of formula at those night feeds....he takes me but i feel that my boobs are just empty in the time frame from 3am....but fine during the day...any suggestions ladies??? im drinking plenty of water during the day and eating a good diet...and avoiding the naughty gassy foods...like cauliflower and broccoli etc
But overall im think Blake has found his feet in our household....the girls are enjoying him and hes starting to 'coo' and 'smile' he holds his head quite well too....Cant believe he will be 6 weeks on monday....time is flying by...Blake has been feeding every 3 hrs during the day and with his growth spurt this week i can understand why hes been fussy...:wall:
How is everyone else going???? Noticing the same milestones as Blake???
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Hi all,
Noah is still very snuffly at night time and we have had a terrible night the last two nights. He has had so much trouble sleeping and has ended up sleeping most of the night on our chests so that he can breathe. We have used the fess saline spray - didn't work. We've tried keeping the room warm for him - didn't really help. We have a vapouriser on - hasn't done much for him. We have also had a nappy at the end of his bed with a little bit of eucalyptus oil on it and it hasn't helped either. I'm at the end of my ideas on what to try for the poor little tyke. My mum suggested raising one end of his bed slightly as he doesn't seem to have much trouble during the day or at night when he's sleeping in his pram. So we might try that tonight and see if it helps.
If it doesn't improve I might take him to my GP and see if she can suggest anything else.
Apart from that, today Noah has been going a little longer between his feeds. He had a big growth spurt last week but seems to be starting to settle down today. He has gone for 4 hours between each feed today, and he hasn't thrown up to much of his milk either. So we'll see how he goes :D
Hope all are well.
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Chrissy, woohoo to Blake!
Tara, hope little Noah is better soon.
Tristan isnt snuffly anymore, but I think he's havign a growth spurt, he's been attached to me most of the time in past few days!
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Tara - We have the head of Leah's cot in a pair of platform shoes to help with her vomiting. It works well. Try putting baby vicks on his feet and some socks on too.
I had my full 6 week checkup today. Mirena goes in next week. Leah had her checkup on Friday and the MCHN is coming tomorrow for our normal weekly visit. I am going back onto anti-depressants too. I have had PND with each baby.
The girls are all getting Little People sets for christmas. They had a deal on in the toy sale that was buy 3 get the school bus free, so they are getting a truck, a boat, noah's ark, and the school bus. The bus truck and boat will be 1 each and Noah's ark will be shared because it is bigger.
I had some Aktavite the other day and it really worked to increase supply!! I had 3 serves and the next morning I was engorged!!
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I've heard the aktavite helps with that! I dont like the taste of it, but if it'll help might be worth looking into shall I need to.
I'm still on my AD's hoping to wean off within the next month or so.
Our 6 week check is on Wed :D
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I was taking sustagen to increase my supply and am now on aktavite (much cheaper!) and it seems to be helping. I still have to top up on formula though.
Sally, hope your 6 week appointment goes well, ours is next thursday!
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Appt went very well. Tristan is now 3.75kg!! He's doing very well has good head control very strong neck muscles and is very alert. Dr was very happy with him :D
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Hi all, sorry i have dissapeared, the first six weeks of Tayla's life have gone quick but haven't been easy. She took to breastfeeding so well that it was a shame i had to swap her to lactose free formula last friday to stop her tummy hurting. She was screaming in pain. my boobs are still recovering from the sudden stop.
She is not screaming in pain any more, but for the last few days she has been straining a lot between feeds, it wakes her up and she gets sooky but not nearly as bad as when she was breastfeeding. She hasn't pooed since Tuesday but if she does one today i guess that will still be normal for a formula baby. She pooed constantly while breastfeeding, I guess her body might still be getting used to the change. any ideas on how to help her?
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I'm so sorry Julz :hug: You can try gently pushing her legs up to her chest and back again to help her.
I cant remember what age you are allowed to give this but I'll suggest anyway... you can get coloxyl drops for infants from the chemist. Before going down that path I'd suggest seeing the CHN or GP first though.
We had a rough night last night. Tristan fell off the bed and Brendan kept me up all night. Tristan is sleeping through 6-7 hours most nights which is awesome... just wish I could sleep for all that.... Brendan wakes constantly :(
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:hug: Julz, at least she isn't in pain anymore! Amelia went for 3 days last week without doing a poo and seemed to be in a bit of pain. I called the MCHN and they said that it was perfectly normal (she is 50/50 bf and ff) for her to go 10 days without one and if it hit day 10 with nothing then try 40ml cooled boiled water with a teaspoon of brown sugar (I think it was a teaspoon) - I didnt have to try it though, she did a monster poo that afternoon and when through 3 disposable nappies :lol:
sally, hope you have a better night tonight! We had a good night, she slept from 7.30 til 4!
afm I hired a breast pump yesterday so Im going to try to express as much as possible and hopefully my supply will increase enough so I can reduce the amount of formula I give Amelia.
Hope everyone's week has been good! :grouphug:
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Hi all,
Baby09, Noah gets a combo of ebm and formula as well. The majority of his feeds are formula but when we go out or I haven't expressed enough he gets formula. He is doing so much better and neither of us is as stressed as we used to be with the whole breast feeding thing.
Adhiamba, Noah is also more alert during the day and I find he likes to sit in his bouncer and watch me. I also discovered the other day that he thought it was hilarious to watch me sing and dance to Michael Buble so I just put that on and dance round while I'm doing chores. He loves it :D
Noah had his 6 week check up on friday, which was a couple days early. He's going great guns. He's cracked 6 kilos and is 58cm long. The hole in his heart has also closed over which is a huge relief for Jeremy and I. So, I just have to make an appointment next week for him to see out GP and get his shots. Not looking forward to that!
Anyways, he's asleep now so I should really go to bed too.
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Hello girls, sorry I`ve been MIA, just don`t have time for everything.
Ethan is doing well, we`ve had a few night lately where he`ll sleep for 5 - 7 hours :D (now just to get my other two to sleep through as well), our day`s aren`t too bad either, some day`s he`ll be unsettled, it`s more wanting to be with Mummy more then being upset, other day`s like today he sleeps well, he`s a very easy baby (so far).
I was going to get Ethan`s vaccinations yesterday but he`s been a bit snuffly (DH has a bad cold atm) so I thought I better not get them done.
Sorry for no personal`s
