Hi! I was in the thread for bubs due at the end of May, but Lily decided she wanted to stay in, so we were induced and she arrived 12 days late on June 11th.
Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself
How is everyone going with their new bubs?
Mrs Hendo - great idea! I have facebook emailed you
Entreat - I hear you on the fat/putting on weight thing. My little one is getting massive! X is getting weighed tomorrow but I keep looking at her and feeling a little sad wondering where my baby went! I actually feel like that first week was SUCH a blur that I didn't really take time to appreciate how tiny she was. I should have stripped her down and had a better look at her, I felt like I was just going through the motions a little bit.
Belle - hope things are better now Xx
Livvielou - FAB to hear from you. Have I said how much I love love love Eadie's name?
Tubbles - welcome and hello
Big hi's to everyone else!
I had a really big day today - worked 7 hours in the office my biggest day so far. It was actually a bit crappy, I went onsite to a clients for about 5 of those hours and really should have expressed during that time. BUT I felt like I couldn't because they only have 1 toilet and I just felt awkward about the whole thing. Luckily I had a scarf and a black top on and the black top ended up fairly soaked but you couldn't tell. I didn't go back to the office but came home and expressed straight away. I am going to have to plan things a bit better or get more confident about expressing when I am out and away from my baby. This is all a bit hard
Hi everyone and welcome to all the new people! I wrote a HUGE post yesterday with heaps of personals, and then lost it due to my yucky wireless connection - arrrgh! So then I sulked and went and had a lay down (which I sorely needed - bubba likes to cluster feed from about 3am... and ds1 is still having some sleep issues although has improved heaps on the first week.) I just don't feel like I have the energy to retype it all either i'm sorry!
Hey I love how Z is making more noises now... little 'talks'... two and a half weeks old and already changing... gosh soon he will be 6 weeks and smiling and it will be full steam ahead... amazing how quickly it goes...
Am I the only one who is a bad baby-talker? When Z's stomach complains i call them the 'gurbly burbles' or the 'gurbly goos'... and when he is swaddled he is the 'zachapillar'... this is just the beginning!!!!
will try and get back on later and re-do some of those personals! xx
I haven't really caught up with all the other posts before I joined so can't really do any personals, but I have skimmed through them and will write some soon.
Are there many first time mums in here? I am one, and feel like I am still struggling sometimes to figure things out. But I guess its all a learning experience
Is anyone using MCNs? We are trying to use them, but don't have a fully stocked supply yet. We only have about a day and a half's worth of them, and with the cold and rainy weather, its taking days to dry so are using disposables in between. Need to figure out what ones we like most so we can buy some more of them.
I am in the FB bellybelly group, but there is like 400+ people in there so I don't post much, if at all. Is there a group for this group on FB?
Welcome to Tubbles and Lily and Belle and Parker! And glad to see Livvielou still around - have been thinking of you and your gorgeous girl, I hope you're resting and recovering.
Regarding Facebook - we don't have a group that we're all in, but most of us are friends on Facebook. You can add me HERE and I can introduce you to the other girls I'm already friends with!
Re: leaking boobs, I thought I wasn't really having that problem but I've soaked a few breastpads and made a mess of a few tops. Luckily my biggest leaking problem happened whilst at my first ABA meeting yesterday, so I figure that's the best place to have it happen
We're still not on full-time MCNs, and am disappointed that the few times we've used them we've had leaking problems I have bought a couple of BBH night nappies so hoping that will help minimise the late-night changes in the cold of winter. I'm going to stick with the MCNs until I've worked them out but for now we're alternating sposies and MCNs.
Things are going fairly well here. DH goes back to work next week. We decided that this week would be a good opportunity for DH to step back a little so that I can start taking over the majority of A's care (and get the hang of being on my own during the day). Apparently for DH that means doing bugger-all, sitting on the computer all day, and occasionally offering advice about what I should be doing Okay, so it's not that bad, but I am a bit annoyed that he sometimes has selective hearing when it comes to hearing Archie fuss and get upset. I'm looking forward to being a SAHM and ruling the roost again.
A does seem to having a fussy period atm, and I think it might be a Wonder Week. He's meant to be in a Wonder Week at 5 weeks past his EDD - and that's about now. He has been on and off the boob, getting upset when he gets milk, then refusing the dummy and nuzzling for the boob again. He's also had some bad wind for a few days which makes him so uncomfortable, and he's been pretty clingy too - sometimes only wanting a cuddle. Is anyone else reading the Wonder Weeks? I'm hoping this is what A is going through, cause it's been a trying couple of days.
Anyway, I have to go. Hope you're all surviving and getting some rest and of course, lots of delicious cuddles.
Seph, I have to be honest - I had to google "what are wonder weeks" as I had no idea what you were talking about but wow, it sure sounds interesting! I have signed up for their email to find out some more information. Which MCN's are you using that have had leaks? Do you think it's a fit problem or a nappy problem? We haven't had many leaks but are using mostly prefolds and covers during the day and since you can fold them to fit I think we are avoiding lots of leaks that way.
Tubbles - MCN's are one of my fave topics at the moment We are using them pretty much full time. We probably use about 2 disposables a week and that's only when we go out and she needs changing more than once. As I mentioned above, we are using prefolds and covers which from what I can gather is a pretty cheap way to do cloth and not as difficult as I first thought. Plus, the fit is heaps smaller than the OSFM/OSFA Mcn's that I have. We are also using BBH petites and Thirsties. I have some peapods, cushie tushies and BBH Magic alls that are a bit big for X at the moment. We also only have about 1.5 days worth at the moment but I am in Qld and they are getting mostly dry even on overcast days. We are drying them on a drying rack and putting the rack in any bit of sun we can find or just out on the front verandah then putting them in the dryer for up to 30 mins in the evenings if they need it.
Smamfa - I can't believe the baby talk that is coming out of my mouth. Little X is not going to have the best vocabulary in the world if I continue as I am - hee hee.
We had X weighed today and she is now 4640g and 55cm long- wooweee. Also, the lactation consultant thinks that maybe I don't have an oversupply after all but just a really really strong let down which means my breasts are constantly semi emptying from the letdown and that's why I am constantly producing so much milk. Also - I have some blocked ducts in the breast that had the mastitis so have booked for an appointment with the remedial massage therapist to have these worked on. Apparently I will only need one session and they will be gone and this will reduce my chances of the mastitis coming back. So I am all for that, I really don't want mastitis again. The only thing I am worried about is that I thought that boob was getting "better" as far as not being as leaky etc etc. The lactation consultant said that it is probably producing less because of the blocked ducts. This bf is so much harder than I ever realised it was going to be!!!
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Okay, so it's not that bad, but I am a bit annoyed that he sometimes has selective hearing when it comes to hearing Archie fuss and get upset. I'm looking forward to being a SAHM and ruling the roost again.
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