This thread is for parents who's baby was born June 16th-30th 2010 #1
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Last edited by Olive; July 24th, 2010 at 04:10 PM.
Well, I guess I better kick this one off for all of us with babes that arrived June 16-30th! Only just realised I should probably join a baby buddies group
My DD Heidi arrived on 25 June, very very early. She was meant to be arriving late Sept/early Oct - but clearly this little diva had other ideas. So she will spend her first few months of life in NICU getting all the precious care she needs.
Looking forward to sharing our journey as well as all the normal ups & downs of life with you all.
Hi Infinity, I read your birth announcement. Your little Heidi was certainly in a hurry! I was in SCN with DD1 for only a few days and found that really hard to cope with so big hugs to you for the road ahead but am so glad for you that your early girl has arrived safely and is getting the care she needs for the next few months till she's home in your arms where she belongs!
As for my belly buddy mums, I found the thread for our bubs so expect to see you all in here SOON sharing the ups and downs of our LO's lives outside oue tummies! Typing this one handed whilst breastfeeding one and trying to get toddler to sleep so will be back later to share a bit more about how we've been last week or so but hoping the rest of you will be in here by then too
haha thanks sas, i am here!!!
infinity- i also read ur BA, i hope things keep going smoothly without too many bumps and DD gets to come home as soon as possible
Hi infinity! Wow.. you sure did have a little bubba... glad she is doing so well for being so preemie!
Cannot believe we're on the other side now.. *lol*
DH goes back to work next week... we've been a good team this week and had some great bonding time. DH is such a great dad and I love him so much right now! I am a bit nervous about being by myself when DH goes back to work... but hopefully it all should be OK.
We got DS circumcised and his little plastibell ring fell off last night. His little penis is still a little red but it looks pretty good. Oh yeah, DS's cord stump fell off too so he's got a nice clean belly button... but it's still an outie so I'm hoping it becomes an innie soon!
Even though DS is only 9 days old I'm trying to get him used to night and day so that his sleep cycles are a bit more normal. At the moment he is sleeping like a dream during the day, but is up every 2-3 hours at night for feeds and takes ages longer to settle afterwards. Needless to say, Mummy sleeps in the afternoons when DS sleeps!
OK, time to make dinner while my little man sleeps.
Oohhh YAY, some more mummies and bubs in here! Congratulations on welcoming your little ones earthside!
Don't have much time right now to post but DD is still going really well, nice & stable and strong which is great. She is just over a week old now and everything is looking really positive. She is a tiny precious little girl that's for sure. We are fairly tired but managing ok all things considered.
Back in sometime soon to chat more. Enjoy those newborn snuggles xx
Really Poopie!? YAY! today is the first day. My aim is to lose 15kg in 12 weeks... *eek* Look me up in the forums, my user name is EricaWarner
Well Lachlan seems to have regressed with his night time sleep as you all know from my face book posts. He was doing SO GOOD with sleeping through and now he's waking twice a night. Needless to say I'm tired ALL the time! Another growth spurt perhaps? Maybe he's going through a "wonder week"? He's such an easy baby otherwise.. just wish he would sleep for longer!
I'm back at work in 2 weeks time. Getting excited but still nervous. Went to the gym this morning and dropped L at the creche for an hour... first time at a daycare and he did great! I was a bit nervous and was thinking about him during my entire workout, but he was fine! Gonna do it again next Monday!
A few of my friends have had babies recently and a couple more have announced their pregnancies. So nice! Makes me a bit clucky... I kinda want to be PG again... I want to have my babies close together but my DH would have a heart attack if we got PG again... so will be waiting a couple of years still...
erica- he must be having a growth spurt.
poopie- that sounds good, if theres somewhere closer to u and/or dan i have a gps so i will probably be able to find it.
erica, poopie- oooh good luck!! i have only managed to get out for 2 walks since DS was born thanks to the HORRIBLE weather, the 2nd time we got caught in the rain... which was fun, the dog said "oh im cold and wet" and tried to get in the pram
this last week connor has slept thru his 10:30pm feed BUT waking up at 2am instead of 4am every night except 2! very annoying cos i normally wait up and go to bed after his feed and the 2 times ive gone to bed before his feed time hes woken up ...
CHN at the moment tho my bank account doesnt, i found some really cute things and a BF tea on one of the sponsor websites, it arrived today, it tastes ok.
how much r all the bubs weighing now? MIL showed me DF's baby book, he weighed 7.2kgs at this age DS only weighs in at 5.3kgs and he was only 4oz lighter than DF at birth!!
I have no idea how much the lump weighs, he was pushing 6kg last time we checked. Well and truly in 00 and then some.
He's going to get a swollen head though - I sit there with him on my lap and DD#1 comes up and says he's the cutest thing in the entire universe, he's just so CUUUUUTE and then DD#2 comes up and starts kissing him all over. And he smiles like crazy while they do this to him.
Sure, he's cute, but he's not THAT cute
I'm losing weight slowly ... the boobs are too big to fit anything under a 12. I have about 4 inches to lose on bum/boobs/waist, which is about 10kg, but I'm feeling more normal by the day.
Good luck Erica and Poopie - i've got to get back into the exercise for my back and mental health, but with just moving house DH hasn't got my treadmill out yet... and my body is really starting to suffer from it
I really want to come down on the long weekend but I don't know if I'm going to be able to... flights down are really expensive and DH wasn't too happy when he heard about me wanting to go away, but he is working so won't really be around anyway except to sleep!
BUT I am on orders to have time out for myself as I have been diagnosed with post natal depression... but they also want me to have time without having to worry about P. The whole thing sucks eggs! I've been referred to First Steps Parenting for counselling, plus I have to have a medication review and follow up appointment with the clinic nurse on Friday.
Had P weighed at 13w+4d and he was 4.6kg... still a little bubba but putting the weight on consistently now which is good. He still fits into 0000! Wearing 000 though at times, but it is more for the length and mainly onesie's for bed.
Dan, lol!! I told dh what you said about the mil and he cracked up laughing! Nappies, I hate to say it but the cheap ones from china have worked really well, they were only like $6 each. I can give you one and you can see if they work for you! I do have lots to spare! Haha.
'mar LOL. i've started looking and buying...yay for the baby bonus LOL!
Poopie: hehe glad your DH got a giggle! i bought three from bigW today - fitted terry towling for around the $6 mark. but i have ordered (one each) from Daddle Doo Nappies - as a) its a BB girls store and b) 35% off making each one under $20 is nice plus a free bonds singlet helps. plus another 6 (three each) from hippybottoms dot com dot au as they where $10 a nappy and its a good start (let the stalking the post man start LOL) plus vic and DJ (at this point) can both fit into the same nappy. DJ is 12.7 (ish) kg and vic is 7.2(ish) kg. i did a weigh me, then weigh me with them to come to that...which is kinda scary! but i'll be buying some more odds and ends i think. seeing as im trying to get both boys into cloth (lol!) it'll be fun and games buying how ever meany i need!
Hi ladies! Sorry to barge in on your thread but I've been lurking because I am in the Babies born June 1 - 15th thread before this one Anyway Poopie.......can you please tell me more about the china nappies? I am also so in love with MCN's.
Sounds like everyone's bubs are doing so wonderfully well. Congratulations to you all.
lol, they are the rainbow pocket ones, I don't want to talk them up because of course they aren't as good as the ones made by our fellow bb members. BUT they do the job. They only come with one booster, but I bought a bulk lot of boosters and I use two per nappy and we have not had any leaks. We can use 3 boosters and it almost gets us through the night. Dh calls them' marshmallow nappies' because they make Harlee's bum feel like a..marshmallow.
Dan, I have bought one daddledoo nappy, but it does not fit Harlee yet so still wondering if they work so I can buy more. Or nappy bookshelf is such a mess at the moment. There are too many nappies to fit in there so I have to slow down my washing routine. And washing nappies is so much fun, they look so cute on the line
poopie: with sunday - DH will drop me and Vic off and have some daddy- Dj time. (plus he wants me to get out on my 'own' as such too) but maybe the next meet up ('mar make your DF read this LOL) we can have the man-childs come too!
AFM: vic must be haing another growth spert while yes, im happy he's growing and all...im a weee bit like "NOOO SLOW DOWN CHILD" as he's in 00's already. and when in the MCN (the crappola ones we have lol) his bum is HUGE! i'll have to get a photo of both boys in them and post them on FB lol. but Vic is rolling from tummy to back now. then gets all cranky nappy on us when he cant get back the poor thing. but its veery cute. i cant wait to get my fluffy mail. DH went to the IL's with DJ after a 3am start for us (thanks to a) a cold and b) going to sleep at 9pm) and got home just as the postie rode past lol. but you girls might know this - is it the 'normal' postie or the curier ones? cus i think that girls going to think im addicted to online shopping LOL - seeing as in the last month she's been here twice already! its a little scary that our bubbas are comming up to 3 months. they've been 'alive' for 12 (lol, ya know the whole conseption thing ) time flys.
i talked to DH today too about how i'm feeling about myself. which TBH is rather flat. i told him that i'm feeling depressed. 'cus today laying on the floor with vic it clicked. i'm becomming my mother. she was always a 'bigger' women. and thus never really got down and dirty playing with me or my sister. something i dont want for my boys. shes now also on meds for diabetes and my dad is in insulen for it also (plus my 90 year old nan has it too, but thats due to age not weight) and im worried i'll end up like that. its also not helping that i look at myself and see flab. i did a BMI thingy today. and it was 31 mind you BMI's arent the be all and end all. i knew a girl who was on a state aths team and BMI said she was morbidly obese. but i still would like to get down from the 93kg i currently am. so i told DH i want to lose 10kg+ by christmas. if not more. so now im going to do a weekly shop (and 'eat out the freezer' of all the meat we have) and buy things like carrot and corn thins (with avo on them) to snack on of a night - as DH and I eat dinner at 4:30-5pm due to his work. and cut out 90% of the soft drink (saterday is exempt due to that be our "chill out" day) i'm even going to see if i can find a celiory counter for my *new* mobile, becuase my kids deserve a healthy mumma and one who'll want to go out the back and smoosh in puddles and all that. not like mine.
now i better go and feed DJ before he tries (again) to climb onto the dineing room chair...and this kid can't even walk yet!
marshmallow butt lol!!! i find the cheapie ebay ones are a bit big on the legs for mr c, but hes got chicken legs.... when they fit around the legs (we r not far off ) they will be perfect for over night, having so much space to stuff extra absorbancy since i am OVER using fitteds they gross me out.
i have a daddledoo nappy but it doesnt fit yet
poopie-
my bank account has pretty much cured my online shopping lol!! when i was still working it was...a serious issue shall we say.... to the point where we had an extra couch cos it was cheap and really nice....
man-childs lol!! we will be over after xmas when DF is on holidays. if we catch up then he will not be able to escape *mwahahaha*
awe dan, dont stress too much about it, uve carried, birthed and fed 2 babies in such a short amount of time, of course ur body is going to be a bit different and if u eat healthy and are active with ur boys, the rest will follow and being happy, healthy and active (almong with the boys) is the most u can ask for.... ok im going to rant i'll pm u :P
Babies born~June 16th-30th 2010 #1
I am a bit nervous about being by myself when DH goes back to work... but hopefully it all should be OK. 
... 
CHN at the moment tho my bank account doesnt, i found some really cute things and a BF tea on one of the sponsor websites, it arrived today, 
it tastes ok.
DS only weighs in at 5.3kgs and he was only 4oz lighter than DF at birth!!
the poor thing. but its veery cute. i cant wait to get my fluffy mail. DH went to the IL's with DJ after a 3am start for us (thanks to a) a cold and b) going to sleep at 9pm) and got home just as the postie rode past lol. but you girls might know this - is it the 'normal' postie or the curier ones? cus i think that girls going to think im addicted to online shopping LOL - seeing as in the last month she's been here twice already! its a little scary that our bubbas are comming up to 3 months. they've been 'alive' for 12 (lol, ya know the whole conseption thing 
) they will be perfect for over night, having so much space to stuff extra absorbancy since i am OVER using fitteds they gross me out.
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