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!!!
Starangelk, we are using Rumparoos, BumGenius, Cushie Tushies & BBH Magic Alls at the moment. Unforunately we don't have a drier, so letting them drip dry is our only option. Come on sun! Make a come back!! What are pre-folds? We have had some leaks with the Magic Alls, but DP loves them because he "can't be bothered putting in the inserts" Meanwhile I am the one that does them during the day!!! I have found that the BumGenius ones fit her best, and also dry the quickest, so I am hoping to get some more of these , even though they are pocket nappies. I was going to go on the internet and look up some other kinds and get some sent to us so we can increase our supply as well as try some other ones out. Our local baby shop (still 30 mins away!) has only got the ones I have listed plus the Pea Pods. Does anyone recommend any? Lily is at least 56cm long (birth length) and is weighing 5.35kg (weighed yesterday).
I think I need to go to a LC too. My milk seems to have dried up in the last 2 days. I am wondering if it is because I have been wearing maternity singlets to bed, and they are tight on my boobs. I don't usually wear one to bed, but I wake up in a pool of breastmilk usually, and put one on in the early morning the other day with a pad and went back to bed and it caught it all, so I thought I would do it every night.. but now I am worried that it is restricting the milk production or something. Speaking of which, does any one know of any brands of breastfeeding singlets that are made for larger cups? I am a 14E, and the best I can find is a 16D or 16DD if I am really lucky.
Tubbles -
Prefolds are the tri-fold with extra padding in the middle one basically. I haven't used them, but they wouldn't be any use here the way Elijah wee's lol he'd need a change every hour!
Re: the inserts and DH, just put them in when you finished washing them. That's what I do
I have a great reccomendation! We use Lushies almost all the time! They are a fitted bamboo velour birth - 6 months nappy from Sustainable Hemp Products and are so gorgeous and scrummy! I use either longies or a PUL cover over the top. Also small sewn in ittis (the snap in's give up gaps) and small petites. If your baby isn't a heavy wetter, small bubblebubs would be awesome too, especially for DH as they are velcro and are the easiest to use IMO.
Regarding your milk, I doubt it's dried up Once your feeding has settled and your milk isn't in oversupply, your breasts shouldn't feel hard or anything anymore.Mine feel completely normal, how they were pre breastfeeding. The only time they feel harder/bigger is when I miss a feed on one side (forget which one I fed from last) but the rest of the time nothing out of the ordinary happening there! Is there a reason you want a BF'ing singlet? I just use a normal singlet and pull it down with the bra. When I am out, top goes up, bra and singlet go down and I am showing nothing. I am the same size as you and haven't seen any around though I am sure you could get them somewhere.
Sarah did you look at the sustainable hemp products site? I got their breastpads yesterday and they are so lush!! And they are BIG. I was happily surprised by how much bigger they are in diameter compared to disposable ones.
Another good night nappy is either Lushies or Cute Tooshies I used the CT for Ashton successfully until he was 6-7 months, and Elijah is in the lushies at night I did get a BBH night nappy for Ashton which arrived yesterday, he wore it last night with only one prewash and it was wonderful, completely dry on the outside of the nappy in the morning and that boy can pee!!
I'd never heard of a Wonder Week before but I am off to check that out! I sure know E has been more cranky this week than normal and he is 5 weeks old today! It's been a rough 2 days here, I am totally exhausted today after 2 bad nights
SAK sorry that BF'ing is a tough road for you, hopefully once everything settles down you'll have no more problems! It is still early days. And WOOO HOOOO on the weight gain! Elijah is due his 4 weeks check up... and he's 5 weeks today... whoops! Re: avatars, just check out this thread https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...atar-faqs.html
I emailed yesterday actually lol
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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.
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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