Missawah - Have you tried laying him down and in a clockwise motion kind of circling his knee's around over his tummy??? Kind of hard to explain...lol...does that make any sense??? I know it often means a huge fart comes out of Jayden at the very least...lol...
I do that with Tiah - move her legs so it kind of looks like she is riding a bike? I get a few farts from this and she always seems way calmer afterwards
B - Good luck with the weight watchers! It is pretty cool you can do it online, the training I did before I fell pregnant was online.... and I found it so much easier when I could do it that way. I am going to try and start some walking next week, I really want to start weights and abdominals again but I think I have pulled a muscle from lifting Tiah in and out of her basinett (A very lovely looking but highly impractical one I now realise) so I am going to have to take it slow I have 6kgs to lose.... and I dont think the amount I am eating atm is going to help that! lol
Thanks everyone for you lovely comments, feeling much better today
Missawah, sometimes I have to give myself a wee pat on the back for doing the best I can! We're FB buddies now, yay! Harri is so adorable hun. Sorry I can't answer your question about the pooing bussiness....Cam is like clockwork, a poo every second day...
b, today and yesterday was much better, Cam has been a lot more settled, and slept most of today which is great. I ended up changing his formula to Nestle Pro HA Gold today as he was still pretty windy on the S26 Original. I also got some Colic relief from the chemist last night, so far he hasn't been as unsettled and seems calmer. GL with the weight watchers!!
Con, I totally agree about babies picking up on our stress/anxiety. Even when I'm trying to settle Cam, I try not to get too stressed when he isn't letting up on the screaming.
Miamunchkin, I was told to give bub some water (boiled but at room temperature) with a tiny bit of sugar to taste, apparently it helps with the poos...hope the wind settles for Fraser soon, Cameron takes infacol with every feed and now some colic relief too.
Teresa, yay for success with bf again! Well done hun
Meercat, what a stupid midwife! I would have politedly told her to go and jump. How terrible that you have doubted yourself as a mum and what/how you were doing things b/c of her comments. Yay for snuggles on the couch with your little princess
Krisvee, I'm getting jealous of your messages hun!!!
Con, I'm good hun Not a very nice friend telling your poor hubbie that things will get worse!! That's all we want to hear, hey?? Terrible
Well, like I've said Cam is on a new formula now and the colic relief thing. He has been a lot more settled today and has slept most of the day. I actually feel a lot more relaxed now. Hopefully this will continue!
Hi to all my other lovely friends, hope you all have a nice day tomorrow. Here in Melbourne we are having the best weather!
well i have given up bf. Hamish just doesnt want the boobie milk anymore and just cries when i try and put him on. it was getting to be too stressful and my supply was dropping because of it. so i finally gave in and now he gets just bottles. i feel sad but know that at least he has had almost 10 weeks of breast milk so thats a comfort.
missawah - my mum told me that giving a bottle of boiled water and half a teaspoon of raw sugar (bout 100mls of water should do it), will ease the constipation and help them poop!! i gave one to Hamish the other day and he pooped within an hour!! the previous one i had given him took around half a day tho. plus he LOVES having a bottle of water. must be refreshing for him. i give it between feeds so that way he still gets his milk. HTH.
Just a quick message from me...I noticed a few of you are talking about facebook again - I'm sure I'm friends with quite a few of you now but if not you can search me - Kristie Visser! I have a profile photo of my wedding day at the moment (geez...so must update it!! I only had that up because of valentines day...lol!)
Teresa - Big hugs - you do what you need to do!! You've done a great job!
Beata - Glad Cam's a lot more settled for you at the moment!!
Teresa, you have done extremely well hun! You should be very proud of yourself. I gave up bf after 2 weeks, I still feel a bit guilty that I didn't persevere with it. The MCHN told me that I should at at least keep up the b/f for 6 weeks. Last time I saw her Cam was 4 weeks, and I couldn't bring myself to tell her he's been on the bottle since he's been 2 weeks old..... She is such a b/f pusher!!!! So next time I see her (next week ) I'm gonna come clean
Missawah, I also give Cam a drink of room temp. boiled water every day. Usually he has a few sips here and there. I think that's what's keeping him from being constipated which can happen with bubs on formula.
Krisvee, lets's hope the settled little man is here to stay! He has been a lot better of late. I changed his formula 2 days ago, and this new one says to do 150 ml of water to 5 scoops of powder, which makes up approx. 160 ml. Well, Cam is used to drinking approx. 130 ml every feed, so the first time I have him the 160 ml he had the biggest spew ever! Poor luv, must have been waaaaay too much for him....so I've scaled it dowm to 140 ml for now
How is everyone else doing???
Speaking of FB, if anyone wants to add me I'm under Beata Odrobinska
Hope everyone had a nice weekend, let's hope next week is all good to us and bubs!
Hoping that everyone is having a better time than us. The last few days have been horrendous - just hoping that we are coming into a better time now.
Since Friday, Fraser has decided to only take half of his feed, whoch consequently means he needs fed twice as often. Through the night, I have just been getting back to bed when he wakes wanting his next part of his feed. We have tried everything - we thought it was tiredness so tried keeping him awake, but he still refused point blank to take any more than about 60 mls max. It's like you are trying to poison him if you actually get the bottle in, but most of the time, the jaws are clamped fixed shut and he's just not interested. He hasn't done a poo since Saturday morning, and is having really bad wind, so we think that the constipation and wind combo are making him think his belly is full, therefore not wanting to take his feed.
I spent most of yesterday in tears and just not knowing how I'm going to cope. When DH got home last night, he came in thinking he could fix it all, but was quite shocked when he realised that he had been screaming like that all day. Luckily, I asked him to take Fraser out in the pram, and I got an hour of sleep, which made the world o f difference!
I got him to take 2 full feeds through the night and he went for 3 hours after each. This morning so far, he has only snacked every hour, but just got a poo as I'm typing this, so hopefully things on the improve!
miamunchkin - we have had trouble with Hamish too for the last couple of nights. he has only taken either 1/3 or 1/2 of his feeds. up almos every hour with him. so exhausting. he keeps falling asleep when he has his bottle which means that he doesnt finish it and wakes up hungry later. i keep telling myself its a growth spurt and wont last forever. DH keeps thinking its coz he is withdrawing from not having the boobie milk anymore lol. somehow i doubt that considering the little one hasnt wanted it for awhile now. fingers crossed he gets better for u!!
Hi Girls - finally have my internet sorted, so will be back on here a bit more.
Well all the visitors have now left and itis great!!!! Not that I didnt like seeing people, it just was sending Matilda feral! She is good now.
Well not to gloat but she slept through 9 hours at 2 weeks and 6 days and has been doing it ever since and back to 3 hourly and 4 hourly during the day! Sometimes she will stay awake during feeds, which is good and has the unsettled time during dinner, but otherwise all good.
I haven't caught up on posts, but Teresa don't feel bad about changing to bottle, you did a good job sticking it out.
By the way did anyone watch that show on Lifestyle channel about extradinary breastfeeding - ie 8 year olds??? Not against BF but it creeped me out a bit at that age.
Becc - I didnt see it but I saw the adverts. I am all for breastfeeding but I am with you on the creepy factor once they get that old. I know that isnt a popular opinion in the breastfeeding circles..... but it is def not for me!
Teresa & Miamunchkin - maybe your bubbies are having another growth spurt?
AFM - I spent all night last night in emergency with the worst stomach cramps, I actually thought I was in labour again. I had them all day, but kept putting off going to the Dr because it was my first day alone with Tiah as DP went back to work and I didnt want to have a winge and drama on my first day flying solo! The hospital was USELESS. Waited for nearly 2 hours while people with cracked thumbs or needing to get a cast removed went in before me... all the while crying out in pain. When I finally get seen they seem clueless as to what is wrong, do the most painfull internal I think has ever been performed, give me panadiene and tell me to see my Dr tommorrow.
I go see my Dr, he performs an ultrasound. I have retained products and an infection. He couldnt believe they didnt do a scan and start me on antibiotics straight away. I have to see how the antibiotics go and may need a D&C
Now I have to have someone come and help me during the day, because I cant stand up straight from the pain and cant lift Tiah by myself. On a good note though, she smiled for the first time yesterday... she must have known her mum needed it
Becc- so jealous of you and your long night sleeps! Though I can't complain too much as Adrian has a big 6 hr sleep from about 7pm-1am but i don't go to bed till 9ish, then he's awake every three hours. Not too bad but i miss sleeping in!
Meercat- That's awful about the hospital! How useless when you were in so much pain and not one nurse or doctor thought maybe it was an infection! Duh! I was just common sense to give you an ultrasound! What were they thinking! Hope everything gets better soon and try and enjoy the extra help around the house. Big hugs!
AFM- Adrian has been good but seems to be going through a growth spurt as he is feeding lots and i keep running out of milk and im worried bout my supply. I have to keep topping him up with formula or else he sucks and sucks at the boobie and cries when he doesn't get enough. Poor little monkey I'm taking fenugreek to help with supply but doesn't seem to be doing much and its all i can taste for hours after, Yuck! Was going to try and make the Lac cookies but time to go to the shops and to cook them seems unlikely.
Has anyone found that one boob produces more milk then the other? My left seems to only get about 40mls at a time whereas my right gets about double that? Weird.
Anyways, sorry i can't remember any other personals, hope everyone is doing well, thanks to all the ladies who are now my friends on FB, all your baby photos are precious.
Meercat, I had that with DD. Honestly have no idea how I made it through the first 4 weeks with her. I was so sick & can hardly remember most of my first four weeks with dd. We found out cos I passed a large piece of placenta when I was on the toilet a week after dd was born. They put me on antibiotics & confirmed it with an ultrasound. Three weeks later I still had retained placenta & ended up with the d&c. Was a totally different person after that. Please go back to the doctor in a week & get another ultrasound done.
I have lost the weight alot quicker this time, feel so much better & wish I had known then what I know now. My bleeding went to mild a week after Jax was born. With Maddi it was still bright red fresh blood after 4 weeks. If anyone is still having alot of bleeding get checked out. It sounds gross but I really think they should actually look at your pads and what you are passing a week or two after birth. This issue would be picked up so much quicker if the did. Sorry for the tmi but it is an infection & it is dangerous. People say it is hard with a new baby so I pushed through thinking that was all it was. It can be hard, but what I experienced was beyond hard.
Please please please anyone who still has alot of bleeding, go & get checked out.
Miamunchkin - Big hugs...Jayden often only feeds one side as well at times...Hopefully he settles down for you soon..Try not to blame yourself...these cheeky babies just do their own thing sometimes. I know how hard and frustrating it can be though!
The only thing I can suggest for bubs that aren't having full feeds and you're probably already doing it is I usually change the nappy after feeding one side and it wakes bubs up enough that he usually feeds a bit more...worth a shot...
31becc - Wow on that sleep - amazing!! Hope she keeps it up for you!! Omg...no I didnt' see the bfing show - 8yo??? That seems so unecessary!!! I've fed all my kids until they were 1yo and that was plenty for me!! LOL!
Meercat - You poor thing!! I'd be complaining to the hospital if I was you - they should have at least checked you out properly considering you've just had a baby!!! What a disgrace!! I hope your starting to feel better quickly...xoxoxoxo
Jellymaker - I've always had one boob with more milk than the other - my right boob is also heaps bigger - LOL!! God knows what the state of them well be after 4 years of bfing when I'm done...lol...will need to go and invest in some good bras I think!! hehe.
Mel4d - Sorry to hear you went through so many dramas as well..wise words of advice from you about seeing a dr!!
Well, I'm tired - but then we all are aren't we?? LOL! Bubs seems to gets more unsettled as the night progresses...He always screams after his feeds and has some good burps happening...but we got a brief smile last night and another today!!! Can't wait until it's a more regular occurence! He's been loving looking at his big brothers though as long as they can stay quiet while their close to him!
I'm so going to bed in a minute - my eyes can't focus on the computer screen properly...lol..
Miamunchkin, Cameron has also been taking about 3/4 of his feeds lately, which makes him want food earlier for his next feed. I'm putting it to a growth spurt, he's supposed to have one around 6 weeks?? The other thing I was going to suggest is to try a diff. formula. I was talking to my hairdresser last Friday and her daughter had a baby girl in early March. She ended up trying 4 different formulas before she found one that agreed with her little girl. Cameron was still farting a lot and appeared unsettled from early evening and again from about 6 am, and the hairdresser said it's most likely the formula. So I changed from S26 Original to Nestle Nan H.A Gold and he seems OK on it. He's still passing a fair bit of wind, so there is another one Nestle Nan Pro Gold that I might try. Failing that, and having tried pretty much all of the formulas now, I'll have to see if he's lactose intolerant. I would have stuck to the S26 Original but my chemist told me they really need the 'Gold' version as it has all the goodies babies need for development.
Teresa, I was going to suggest the same thing as Krisvee, changing his nappy and waking him up. It works for my wee man most of the time, although a few times he refused to wake up the little bugger!
Becc, wow, Matilda is awesome for sleeping that much!! Very jealous hun!! B/F at 8 years??? OMG
Meercat, OMG hun! I can't believe you were so sick! That is so dangerous to have retained products, can't believe they didn't pick it up earlier! I remember when I birthed Joshua, my placenta didn't come away completely as he was born so prematurely (so the placenta wasn't ready to come away 100%) and they whisked me away for surgery right there and then. My doc said you can die if something gets left in there and you develop a nasty infection I got the antibiotics straight away too, but still passed pretty big clots at home a week later. It was gross!!!! I hope you won't need the D&C and feel better soon
Jellymaker, my left boob is bigger than the right, but I had heaps more milk in my smaller boob!! Go figure!! The only thing they told me to get more of the supply going when I was b/f was to drink heaps of water, eat properly, plenty of rest (yeah right!!!!! are they mad????) and keep b/f frequently as it's supposed to build up the supply.
Mel, you poor thing! My OB told me that if my bleeding doesn't subside in a week or so or if it increases to tell him as that might be a sign of infection, so I knew what to look for.
Krisvee, someone told me that the wind builds up in the evening from the whole day and that's why bubs get more unsettled then. So happy for bub's first smile hun!! I'm still waiting for mine!!
Well, this morning I had a cracker. I fed Cameron at 4.30 (DF fed him at 10.30 last night, OMG couldn't believe he slept for that long!) and I burped him but didn't get too much of a burp.....I put him back to bed, and I could hear him wriggling away for aaaaages, so I thought he had wind....so I got him up half asleep, and massaged his belly furiously, and did the whole legs up to the chest thing and the bicycle leg thing, and then I help him upright on my chest and then........a massive burp followed my half his food!!!! the poor thing was still half asleep, thank God, as normally that would make him scream, and then I had to change his whole outfit as it was soaked and smelly. Back in bed now sleeping, that was obviously what kept him wriggling away for ages. I learn something new every day!
Hi to everyone else, and I hope our bubs will start smiling soon!
Meercat, that is terrible! I hope the pain eases for you quickly, it must make things so difficult trying to take care of Tiah by yourself
Beata, aww poor little fella, bet he felt so much better after having a spew though.
Krisvee, yay for smiles!! There's nothing better than baby smiles.
Mel, that must have been awful
Jelly, yep one side of mine (the left) seems to always be fuller, but having said that I find it easier to express from the right side, go figure.
Mia, hang in there, I hope he's taking his feeds properly for you now
Bec, wow marathon sleeper!! Harri's had 1 night where he slept 7 hours, could have been more but I got worried (and my boobs were absolutely bursting) so I woke him up to feed.
Teresa, well done for persisting with the bf as long as you did, you should be so proud of yourself
B, ah regular feeds at particular times, I think that's just a pipe dream for us at the moment haha
Hi to Insom and Con, hope your bubbas are going great
AFM: Harrison is 1 month old today!! The time really has gone so fast, sometimes I wish he was tiny still, but at the same time I just love watching him grow and learn new things. We had smiles not too long ago and they're becoming more frequent now. Harri also rolled onto his side for the first time a couple of days ago, as well as that if he holds my fingers he can pull himself to a sitting position. I am amazed at just how strong the little fella is, its not often he flops his head either as he's usually holding it up by himself. He cracked the 4kg mark this week, which made me very happy, not only that he's put on weight but that I've been able to nourish him and help him grow.
We're house hunting at the moment (not easy with a 1 month old and a toddler) I really can't wait to move as we've outgrown our unit and it's horrible and cramped, can't wait for space!
Hope everyone is doing well
Last edited by Misssawah; April 21st, 2010 at 07:41 AM.
Have a little boy now, taken me while to get on here. Also have 3 yr old, who loves here little brother to the point of not leaving him alone. Which means he has very interrupted sleep, all I seem to be saying in leave him alone. Lucky he sleep with a lot of noise, and put himself back to sleep most times.
I'm breastfeeding which is going well, drinking activital which help. Need to go now as DD is trying fill abucket to do some cleaning .... very helpful.
I am spending today in my bed, I have set up everything so I can feed her and put her down for a sleep without getting out of my bed.... hopefully it is only for a few days while everything goes back to normal. I cant help but feel guilty... I wanted to be taking my little girl for walks and stuff by this stage and she is locked in a bedroom
Mel - I agree, my DP and I dont know why they dont check every single woman, the ultrasound took about 20 seconds to find out what the issue was! And being a first time mum... I have no idea what is normal or what is to be worried about! They asked me how my blood loss was at week one, but no one actually checked they just took my word for it. And each time I rang about my stomach pains, I was told that because my lochia (sp?) was going to the dark brown colour it was fine and my pain was probably muscular since I didnt have a temp (For the record, I had a burst appendix a few years ago.... never got a temp above normal so they kept telling me I couldnt have appendicitis) But then a Dr tells me in the hospital that to be wearing maternity pads after 4 weeks is not normal!
I am really annoyed the did an internal exam when a simple ultrasound would have given the answer. I was terrified and crying, and the pain was worse than labour pains.... and it was totally unneccesary. I am also seriously pi**ed off after reading the notes they sent to my Dr - saying I had worrying clots and possible infection - yet they sent me home with a 4 week old baby to care for and freaking panadeine.
On the feeding and nappy change subject... I change Tiah as soon as she gets up, and if she is still alert after a feed I change her again. I find if she has even the slightest bit of anything in her nappy she wont feed at all, and if I try and put her down for a sleep she wont settle. I figure a nappy is about 30 cents and my sanity is worth that!
Beata - Tiah does this every now and then, I was told it was reflux but I am starting to suspect it is a combo of wind and my huge supply of milk! I am on edge every time she looks like she will burp, because you never know what is behind it!
Jellymaker - My right boob is the milk machine, it looks almost twice the size of my left one! I seem to feed Tiah twice of that one and then once of the left! I tried to express to encourage more milk from the left... but it doesnt seem to change things.
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I have 6kgs to lose.... and I dont think the amount I am eating atm is going to help that! lol
Not a very nice friend telling your poor hubbie that things will get worse!! That's all we want to hear, hey?? Terrible
I got the antibiotics straight away too, but still passed pretty big clots at home a week later. It was gross!!!! I hope you won't need the D&C and feel better soon
I am also seriously pi**ed off after reading the notes they sent to my Dr - saying I had worrying clots and possible infection - yet they sent me home with a 4 week old baby to care for and freaking panadeine.
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