Babies born~June 1st-15th 2010 #1

[entreat]

*sigh*
Tough day for me today. Jack has been screaming and screaming from wind pain today. The poor little guy. I wish I could take away his pain. And foolish me - I'm starting to take his screaming sessions personally.

I know he'll get better, but today I am really struggling. I'm sure it's nothing I'm doing, but that doesn't take away any sense of responsibility I feel.

[Visitor8]

aww hugs hunni. Does he get it often? Do you notice it's after you've eaten certain things? I can't have much chocolate, any yogurt or any curry He also reacts if I drink too much milk so I try and stick to one glass a day ... (we usually go through 3ltrs in 1-2 days here)

We had a bad night the other night too, I had curry and Elijah didn't like that. Screamed till 3.30am when he finally crashed out and he was farting the next day flat out. Poor little mite.

[entreat]

Yeah - he farts like a champion bean eater... But I think he may have a little tummy upset. His poop looks a bit different today.. more mucus in some, and others look a bit watery. And he's also feeding more frequently (2-3 hours instead of 4 hours).

I gave him a really good calm feed an hour ago, and stayed in bed with him for a bit, before putting him down in his cot. He's still in the same position & sleeping soundly. So I'm taking advantage - going to bed as well. Xx Thanks for hugs.

[starangelk]

Morning everyone

Entreat - poor little Jack. Hope he is starting to feel a bit better. Make sure you get lots of rest too if possible, no point having a tired baby and a tired mummy. And OMG about bringing contagious children to your house. I would have been furious!

MissyMoo - interesting about the curry. Originally I was going to not eat certain foods to try and eliminate upsetting X but then I read this book that said to eat anything and see if it effects her. So far so good but I must admit I haven't eaten a really spicy curry yet.

Tubbles - hearing about your nappy purchases makes me want to buy more!! I already have a wishlist - hahahhaha.

Smamfa - wii-fit? You are keen! Can you send some of your looking forward to exercise vibes over here please? I have been walking to and from the office (less than a km) on a daily basis but at the end of the day I am exhausted. I have no idea how I am going to ramp up the exercise to get rid of my jelly belly.

Hi to Feu and Seph

Well, you girls are going to think this is crazy but on Tuesday I am having remedial massage.......on my breasts! The lactation consultant recommended it because I still have lumps on the side that had mastitis and it is producing less milk. It isn't bothering me as X drains the lumps at each feed (I am still doing one sided feeding) and I have heaps of milk anyway so no big deal. Anyways, it will sure be interesting! She also suggested I take sage and drink peppermint tea to help reduce my supply. I am holding off on doing this.........having heaps of milk is a problem to me but would be welcomed by others and I am scared to purposely reduce my supply in case it goes the other way. She promised me it won't dry up my milk but I am still scared. What do you guys think?

[Feueriosa]

*sigh*
Tough day for me today. Jack has been screaming and screaming from wind pain today. The poor little guy. I wish I could take away his pain. And foolish me - I'm starting to take his screaming sessions personally.

I know he'll get better, but today I am really struggling. I'm sure it's nothing I'm doing, but that doesn't take away any sense of responsibility I feel.

Speaking of homeopathic remedies, have you tried the Brauer Stomach Calm? It has really helped when C sometimes gets a bit of a tummy ache and seems to have slowed down the spewing too! Hang in there! Things are sure to get much better soon. Once they are over the 1st 6 - 8 weeks they seem to be able to work out their wind much better!

Hugs Feu

[Feueriosa]

DS eys where SO blue until a couple of months ago (he is over 2) and now have gone green much to my saddness! They were amazing and although it is a nice green it is not as speccy! DDs eyes are brown already, but we expected that as her hair is so dark.

On food, I switched to lactose free milk on a naturopaths advice and either that or the Brauer or both seems to have had a good effect on DDs digestive issues. She is really a very amiable baby, but BOY does she get ****ed fast if her world is not right! Doesn't cry much but does these little shrill screams till we do what she wants (usually booby or a cuddle!).

Smamfa - I'm getting tired just thinking of exercise! My DH keeps reminding me that I asked him to get me exercising after 6 weeks and I keep telling him to sod off, but he is right... Have to get some fitness back to keep up with 2 munchkins! I asked him the other day if he thought we had gone a bit overboard in the kid department, but he assured me that I wanted 2! LOL

[entreat]

Cheers Feu. I was using the Colic relief, but as that and the chutney are the only two things I've been doing differently lately, I assume the issue was either A) brief infection/tummy bug B) the chutney, or C) the Brauer Colic stuff. I'll be waiting until Jack is really settled, then I'll try him on the Brauer stuff again if he needs it. If it causes the same reaction, I'll be very displeased.

He's been sleeping since I fed him at 11:30... 3.5 hours now. Sometimes he squarks in his sleep, and we roll him over, he farts (or worse! ), and then relaxes.

I found this page: Ask Anne For Answers To Your Breastfeeding Questions
It's an interesting article on how long it takes for food to get into your milk, and the old wives tales.

I think Jack takes in more air when he's crying (and I'm sure , but I also threw out one of his dummys because he was sucking so much air with it. He now uses an Avent dummy & it's a much better shape sucker & plastic bits (aren't I technical with words...).

[tubbles]

Wow. Do your boys want to come teach Lily how to sleep? It's been so long since I've had a good sleep lol.

It's amazing how fast they seem to develop. Lily and I have conversations and I'm in awe of her memory!

[BlackRose]

Hi mamas!
Do you mind if I join this thread? I think the late June thread isn't active anymore and I'm still interested in connecting with mums of kids the same age. In saying that I keep in touch with my belly buddy group on FB too do not totally out of touch, but i do miss the group thread on BB.

to untold angel! Still keeping my promise to drive up and visit you once I'm open mat leave!!

Anyhoo, I'm due with #2 in a few weeks and I really wanted to push back a few things until #2 was older and we got back into summer again - namely toilet training. However, after a bout of gastro last weekend it seems as though DS has learnt what a poo poo is and now doesn't want to poop in his nappy do he's holding it in and becoming a bit constipated. DH and I got out the potty this week but I don't think he quite got it. I really don't want to deal with TT until the weather gets warmer but I don't know if I can avoid it.

Looking forward to getting to know you all

[starangelk]

Hi Blackrose

We are currently tt and its............interesting! We waited until after Ds was born and also find that dd holds. I have resorted to bribing her to sit on the potty and we are gettinglots of success that way. Can't say I ever thought I'd be rewarding just for sitting on the potty but hey, it's working

Congratulations on number 2. We are having so much fun with 2 kids - it's fabulous!

Looking forward to getting to know you.

[smamfa]

Hi Blackrose! I used to be in the ttc thread with you, ages ago - can't believe you are nearly due, how exciting! This thread is v quiet but maybe some new blood will perk it up!

I was reading up a few entries to where I was talking about my ds2 sleeping like a champion - BA-BOW, not so much at the moment! He's actually been a pain to get to bed for the last few nights as well, which hasn't happened for ages.

starangelk - for just an instant when I read 'tt' I thought you said 'ttc' and I was like <double-take> O.O Heh heh.

[Mrs McAwesome]

Lol well thought I would pop my head in and see if anyone was still around in belly belly land.

[Mrs McAwesome]

It's been 2 years since anyone has popped in to the group. Although I think most of us are all friends on Facebook these days. But for the few who aren't, I was just wondering how everyone was. Oooh and I used to be Mrs Hendo.

[BlackRose]

I am! Can't believe our babies are almost 4! I'm more active in my May2014 group now well for obvious reasons but I still visit BB a lot for obvious reasons!! How are you Mrs McAwesome?