dan- hope victor gets to come home soon. its nothing too serious and he can come home soon.
ah sleep, wats that again??
belle- def crash our thread, we wont tell
mr c is going pretty well, is already back up to his birth weight though he has had conjunctivitis but apparently its really common... doesnt make me feel any better about it. i expect mr c to self settle soon tho, both DF and i are both really heavy sleepers so whenever he wakes up he has to wait for a bit b4 someone responds. i no a couple of times it has been a while despite him being in the bassinet less than a metre away from our bed *guilty face*
my only sad thing is hes a daddy's boy already. at least once a day he wont stop grizzling until i give him to DF for a cuddle.
has anyone else's skin gone really bad since bubs was born? i swear its like ive just hit puberty again!!!
on a different note DF has taken 2 weeks off (goes back on thurs) but has had to go into work twice since mr c was born, has to go in again on tues and has been on his work laptop the rest of the time AND his work called him on thurs arvo despite knowing that i went into labour on wed night. freaking ridiculas, spesh since the new contracts have come in and the one they gave DF is bull, basically going from assistant manager of a small department to manager of the entire lab with a pay cut cos he will be on salary rather than hourly. he has to go in on tues when the managing director is over to "negotiate". god if i had anything to do with it..................
blah anyway im off to have a snuggle and stop being cranky
Belle - please come back to our thread! We won't say anything!
cmarfol - yep, DH took his laptop home while on paternity leave last week and actually had to go back into work on the Monday (the day after we got home!) I was livid... but wow, calling him the day after you gave birth is not on!
Dansta - so sorry to hear about Vic, but you are the best mummy to look after him and I'm sure he'll be home in next to no time!
Rumpledelf - Congrats on having your baby - 4th July bubba! Not sure if you'll join us on this thread now??
Hello to everyone else
How is everyone going with night time feeds? I'm finding that Lachlan is up at around midnight, 3am and then 6am.. or there abouts. I spend around an hour feeding him and settling him so I get around 2 hours sleep inbetween. I've also taken quite fondly to afternoon naps, so most of the house stuff (laundry, tidying etc) gets done in the morning.
DH went back to work today so Lachlan and I went for our first shopping trip. He's still sleeping peacefully in his stroller so I'm not going to move him. The trip went off without a hitch, but I felt bad cos it was quite chilly outside and I was sure his little face was getting cold.
I'm EBF and things are going pretty well. Lachlan gets the hiccups basically after each feed. Its the most cutest thing ever.. but you can tell that he gets jack of it after a while and there is nothing I can do other than pat him and cuddle him. He also spits up a little after each feed. But he is SUCH a gutzy boy... I have to try and yank him off mid-feed for a burp cos if I don't then he overeats and spits up everywhere. Boobies are still majorly sore and huge, I'm managing to express 50-80mL and am freezing it so that DH can feed him if I go out.
I really want to go and see the new Twighlight movie - New Moon.. so I'm going to venture out next week with my sister to see it and DH will look after Lachlan. I'm a bit nervous about it... but I'm sure it will all be fine!
OK, I'm going to get some cleaning up done and make some chicken patties for dinner before my little boobie monster wants his next feed.
Erica xx
Oh yeah! Almost forgot - I've lost 10.5kg in 12 days!!!! Woo - freaking - Hoo!!!
Dansta: i hope all goes well with your LO will be thinking of you
Infinity: your little girl sounds like a fighter, i hope its all going well.
Little Chloe is now 2 weeks and 3 days old, its been good so far but i think she eats far too much but doesnt bring anything back up so i imagine she needs to have that much??
I started off BF until my left nipple got grazed *ouch* the midwives all had different ways of telling me how to feed and it wasnt working for me and in the end she really damaged it so she was getting a right BF then a left EBF. i was shocked to see how much i expressed from one breast - between 90 and 110ml and she would have the whole amount and keep it all down!.
i am now back to BF on both breasts thank goodness it is so much easier than having to express at all hours of the morning. Hopefully the BF continues to go well it still takes me a few attempts to get her on right but im sure we will get there.
as for sleeping she has had a few sleepless nights but overall she seems to be fine. Last night she had a feed at 11pm and slept to 4am, that seems to be her routine now she has a block of 4 - 5 hrs sleep at night - for now anyway im sure she will change soon. i was concerned about her sleeping so long but she seems to be getting enough milk and has wet and dirty nappies at every feed. Im going to weigh her today to see how much she has gained since leaving the hospital should be interesting i have a feeling she is close to 4kg now - she was 3.522 when born and only lost 80gm by the time we left the hospital.
anyway thats all from me i may try to have a little nap while Chloe is sleeping.
Erica: i too lost 11.5 kg in 2 weeks, but still another 10 to go and i have a feeling the last ten will be the hardest. I cant wait to start exercising but have to get the all clear from Dr first (had a c section not sure how long i have to wait until i can do things)
I apparently got the good model of baby. He eats, he sleeps very well, he poops. My milk came in today so I can't quite put my right arm down all the way lol
Had the breastfeeding nazi (can we say that?) around yesterday, since we only stayed in hospital for about 15 hours we get daily home visits. Got told off for not feeding him often enough - except for 10pm-2am he's feeding every 4-6 hours, every 2 hours in the hungry patch. She can sod off, he's happy, his poop is yellow now, and noone is sleep deprived.
My toddler thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. It is so cute!
And afterbirth cramps are truly awful. Nice to know they get worse with each baby
Edit: ah, weight. I'm in no rush to lose mine. Need it for breastfeeding. Apparently over 8kg of the 21kg I put on was just baby and baby related goo, so what's left is reserved for baby munchies. But I have to go to the medical centre today so I have to find some jeans that fit ...
HI ..My little girl Ayva was born on the 29th So shes 1 weeks today .. Breastfeeding is going great she was back to her birthweight at 4 days Her big brother is loving her, he rubs her hair, and gives her kisses. A big change from when he didn't want to come near me! Or anyone who was holding the baby. Didn't take him long .. lol .. Ummm, dunno what else to write really .. I'm looking after my 2 year old and newborn on my own. Their father isn't around and hasnt been for a while now. But surprisingly I'm not sleep deprived or anything .. yet ..
Oh Im loving all the little baby tickers!! So cute!
cmar - Daddy's boy eh? Harlee seems to be daddys girl, if I cant settle her, dh will instantly! I just pass her over. We think it could be because he is warmer than me.. therefore more comforting? hmm.. haha puperty! Everyone keeps saying I have a 'breastfeeding glow' lol. So no bad skin for me!
Erica - Good luck with your venture! Our sleep pattern.. when it does happen, seems to be feeds at 11pm, 3 and 7am. But that is only if she has not been sleeping all day! Well done on the weight loss. I was weighed when I was in labour and was amazed that I had gone from 64kg to 97kg! A bit much I thought, but I have lost 10 of it so far, and Im staying off all things sugar which seems to be my weakness, so hopefully without much effort it will 'fall' off!
Alex - Owies! A grazed naipple! I can only imaging how painful that could be! Glad to hear its going better now though!
Sas - Would love to know how you got Lilah to sleep at night.!? We have done it a few times where Harlee only wakes every 3-4hours, but some nights I am awake for an hour feeding, she sleeps half an hour, then I feed for another hour. Needless to say I dont get much sleep when she does that!
Well Harlee is going really well. She is well above her birth weight already.. putting on 50grams a day which is apparently alot says the nurses.. But she feeds for about an hour maybe 7 times a day. everytime she cried I would feed her. I hate to hear her cry it makes me so upset
But now Ive been told to feed her for no more than 40 mins as she is 'comfort feeding' and my nipples are becoming sore. Its so hard to let her cry.. even if it is just for a moment. The nurses also tell me to keep her awake during the day more, because she does not sleep much at night. That is also basicly impossible when I dont like her crying. And Im not sure how long she should be 'awake' for.
But she is so cute. It's amazing how much love you can give to something so small.
poopie- mr c was doing the comfort feeding thing as well, i snapped when one of my nipples bled after he fed. he now has a dummy when he wants to suck but isnt really hungry (which is pretty much all the time) but when he is actually hungry he is pretty clear so there are no mix ups and hungry bubs oh and apparently they sometimes wont settle if they can smell ur milk (when ur cuddling them) cos they want to comfort feed to sleep...
dan- hope vic is home soon, need to give the paeds a gd kick up the bum.
elf- ah thats ok, join us instead!
m2a- hi! love the name ayva!!! if we'd had a girl it woulda been on our list. gd luck with the solo, i no i couldnt do it, spesh not with a 2yo as well!!! lol dont jinx urself on the sleep deprivation!!!!!!!!!
alex- yow!!!! did u try nipple shields? thats what i had to use until my nipple healed, cos i could only get 20-40ml out from expressing...
erica- not the day after.... a few HOURS after......mr c was born 12.41pm, work phoned at 3pmish...lucky it was a quick labour or mr c would still have been getting born!
*sigh* weight, i dont really want to think about it...i hate to think how much water i was carrying around!! i freaking peed a river in the 1st week but and now down from 73kg to 62kg but apparently i had a HUGE amount of amniotic fluid as well... can u believe i got stretch marks on my calves and ankles from water retention??!!
am glad to say our feeding issues seem to have resolved themselves, tho my milk seemed to drop for a couple of days when mr c was off colour, i think cos he wasnt feeding as well but my boobs are back to leaking every where thank god. oh and my milk coming in wasnt as bad aas i expected, going by what my mum and MIL were saying *phew*
ok, now a rant to to finish my post. feel free to skip these last 2 paragraphs, i need to get it off my chest lol!!
i took mr c out for his 1st trip to the shops last wk (to get more suits cos he is too tall for most of our 0000 suits...) i got the biggest telling off from some random lady for taking him out of the house when he was only 6 days old... i felt like telling her to go jump, we were in a shopping centre for christs sake!!! and ppl kept looking at me funny cos im not a big build and have a flattish tummy (thanks support pants!!) and hes a newborn so obviously its not my baby cos i should still look semi pg or fat or something?!
AND i got kidnapped by MIL and G-maIL for lunch today... y do old ppl always insist on doing stuff like seeing if the bread is on sale, despite not needing any bread?!?!?!?! ah so frustrating! lunch turned into a 3 hour saga where i was stuck at the shops until they were ready to come home cos my car is the only one with a baby seat so we all went in my car, i ended up being late home when i had a friend coming over so my friend was stuck waiting out the front of my house until i had dropped them both home *sigh* i guess its better then them coming over to our house and clucking about how stuff is so dirty/messy (G-maIL used to be a cleaner for the local hosp and is a clean freak to the EXTREME) and offering to "fix it up for me" and how i obviously need help to keep the house clean and they are happy to do it... hello i have been sick for the whole 9 months of pg now i have a newborn, having a spotless house hasnt been and still isnt really high on my list of priorities right now!
*deep breath* wow that feels better lol hope everyone is geting SOME sleep and not having too many issues bf. xxxx
hope victor gets to come home soon.
its nothing too serious and he can come home soon.
though he has had conjunctivitis
but apparently its really common... doesnt make me feel any better about it. i expect mr c to self settle soon tho, both DF and i are both really heavy sleepers so whenever he wakes up he has to wait for a bit b4 someone responds. i no a couple of times it has been a while despite him being in the bassinet less than a metre away from our bed *guilty face*
AND his work called him on thurs arvo despite knowing that i went into labour on wed night. freaking ridiculas, spesh since the new contracts have come in and the one they gave DF is bull, basically going from assistant manager of a small department to manager of the entire lab with a pay cut cos he will be on salary rather than hourly. he has to go in on tues when the managing director is over to "negotiate". god if i had anything to do with it..................
So shes 1 weeks today 
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love the name ayva!!! if we'd had a girl it woulda been on our list. gd luck with the solo, i no i couldnt do it, spesh not with a 2yo as well!!! lol dont jinx urself on the sleep deprivation!!!!!!!!!
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