Hi everyone I haven't posted for a while, but I've been reading the posts. It's just that every time I come on here to post, Angus wakes up The other day I even did a long post with lots of personals, but the munchkin woke up crying and I had to go and then somehow I lost the whole post.
B- I did get your instructions on how to change my username, but I haven't got around to doing it yet. You poor thing with Ewan getting sick like that. That would be horrible having to go to hospital, but it's good that he seems to be getting better.
Krisvee - how annoying that you all got sick, but it's amazing that the little one didn't get it too. Angus had a bad day the other day, wouldn't sleep the whole day and had lots of dirty nappie - I thought he was coming down with a bug, but he must have just been having a bad day because yesterday he was fine.
Meercat - that's great news that things are getting better for you and your finding it easier. As for DTD, I was a bit scared too, but we did it two weeks after Angus was born. I was more scared afterward when I realised that I had stiches internally. LOL about the pub burning down thing... The OB asked my DH if he wanted to look when Angus' head was out but he wasn't that keen. He told me later that he was glad I didn't have a mirror there as it would have freaked me out. I tell you what though, I was really freaked out by the hemmoroids though
Con - I know it's amazing isn't it! I love having people admire my little man too, although unfortunately there aren't as many cute clothes for boys as there are for girls... Still, Angus does have some very cute outfits.
Miamunchkin - How scary about the spina bifida thing! We found out there was marconium (sp?) in the waters after the OB broke them and DH asked the midwife what the complications of that were. Apparently she said that it could cause the baby to pass away - but I think I was too high from gas to realise what she was saying, but DH and my Mum were really concerned. Glad that everything seems to be ok now for you and Fraser though
AFM - we've been out a few times with Angus now. We took him on his first shopping trip about a week ago - that was when he was good and slept all the time Then a few days ago we took him grocery shopping and it was all good until it was time for his feed. But I got to use the parents room for the first time! We've been to a few restraunts and cafes though, just DH and I and then with our parents. I've tried BF him twice at a cafe with just DH and I using a wrap to cover up, but I'm still to get the hang of it! Plus, I need more BF tops which seem to be really hard to find!
Well the Health nurse came yesterday and Angus weighs 4.8kg! So he has put on 800g since birth and 420g of that was in the last 10 days.. We were a bit concerned about the amount he vomits up after his feeds, but it must be because he guzzles instead of drinking...
Well I hope everyone has a great weekend! My DH has started a sailing course today, so will be out all morning and then my best friend is coming over this afternoon with her 3 kids aged between 4 and 10 Her 4 year old is such a menace and slams doors/makes lots of noise while we are trying to get Angus to sleep! Then there will be more visitors tommorow. Oh well, I'm beginning to enjoy them more now. In the first two weeks I was quite overwhelmed and didn't really want to many visitors, but now I can't wait to show off my little man!
I wrote this long post yesterday and lost it, so angry!
b, I'm so sorry you've had such a scare with Ewan, that's horrible!! It's so scarry when little babies get sick. I'm glad he's improving tho, here's for a fast recovery for the little mite!!
Krisvee, so glad you're feeling better!! And so happy Jayden avoided your cold! A few times I've woken up with a tickly sore throat, but luckily nothing eventuated from it (fingers and toes crossed!).
Miamunchkin, Cameron also prefers to turn his head to the right most of the time so I've been encouraging him to look the other way too...I aslo try to put him down to sleep on his left side so it's slowly improving. Hope we won't need the physio! As for the poos, he usually does one every second day, but this week he's done one on Tuesday and one finally yesterday. I was a bit worried! They are not hard, like toothpaste actually (sorry TMI!) and I give him water everyday to encourage the soft poos. I think he had a long stretch between poos as he's just been taking half a bottle per feed this week but still every 3-3.5 hours.
Missawah, the poor little fella! I'm glad he's taken the snip well, I bet he is enjoying the extra cuddles from mummy & daddy!
Meercat, so glad things have improved for you hun!! It must be so nice to feel almost back to normal again. And yay for enjoying your little girl! I'm just starting to enjoy my wee man too
Con, how gorgeous that you're really enjoying dressing up your little lady! Cameron lives in his bonds suits pretty much 24/7, but I went shopping yesterday and bought him a whole bag of bonds tops, trackies, hoodies and tights (Robin Hood style! ha ha ha) I will dress him up a bit more I think....I just love bonds, there are some gorgeous baby bonds stuff out there!
Mum2BXX, I had a friend come over yesterday with her 4 and 6 year old kiddies....the little boy who's 6 walked over to the bassinette and shook it so it almost fell off its wheels!! My little munchkin who's been a good boy and slept most of yesterday woke up crying! I almost strangled the little boy... So GL today hun!
Hope everyone has a great weekend, hi to anyone I missed!
Missawah- I hope your little man feels better soon. Can i ask, did you give him the snip for medical/health reasons or religious? Just curious because a friend of mine was thinking of doing it to her little boy and isnt too sure.
b- glad Ewan is on the mend and i dont envy your situation having a stroppy toddler as well but like you said she is probably just trying to get used to not being #1 anymore. Lots of cuddles will hopefully see her through. I hope things get back to normal soon. Oh and Adrian can sleep through any noise, even DH playing loud shoot em up games on the playstation, so the more noise the better i say
Meercat- glad you are feeling better, my DH loved your pub comment!
Mia- glad it turned out not to be anything serious with your little man. I know i breathed a sigh of relief on tuesday when the paed gave Adrian the all clear. He is now 5 kgs and 60cms long long, he is my big boy
Con- im really enjoying picking outfits for Adrian when we go out. Its fun to dress him up and make him look cute but hes growing out of them all so fast he wont get a chance to wear all the really cute summer boardies and hawiian shirts my family bought for him Oh well, maybe baby number two can wear them LOL
Hello to all the other mummies, hope your little ones are giving you lots of gummy smiles
AFM- went out on a date nite on friday nite with DH and my mum and dad baby sat for us. We went out for tea and went to see Iron Man 2. Got quite emotional when i had to leave Adrian and spent the last half hour of the movie crawling out of my skin to get back to my little boy and praying that he was being a good boy for his grandparents. It was the longest and furthest i had been away from him since he was born. Was very happy to have him safe back in my arms. It was nice to get away with DH for the nite tho, just the two of us like old times.
Also, got the all clear from the OB on friday so we DTD last nite!!!!! Was a little it tender but otherwise it was fine, no O unfortunately I think i was too tense to let it happen but plenty of time to get things back into the natural swing now that we've done it again. It was very reminiscent of losing my virginity actually LOL, OH and i totally should have worn a bra as my boobs started to leak halfway thru!!! Very embarassing.
Anyways, i wish all ladies luck with their own bedroom sports and hope bubs stay asleep long enough for you all.
b - i stopped bf 2 weeks ago now and STILL waiting for af to come back. i am sooo bloated that DH asked me if i was pg again the other day. had to poas to show him i'm not lol. i am assuming it will arrive soon tho.
b- i never used to menstruate anyway, hence the whole IVF stuff so not really relevant to me, but DH and i arnt using birth control so if things decide to start working again, then yay! No more IVF stuff to have baby number 2! But its more likely we'll end up using our baby popsicles from the freezer! LOL
sorry ladie gonna have a vent here but yesterday i decided that i didnt want to walk Hamish to sleep anymore and i wanted to start a routine with him. i felt that by putting him in his cot in his room full time that i could achieve this without worrying about him crying in his bassinette in our room and waking DH up when he has to work the next morning. so i googled sleeping hints and tips and found a routine that i thought was good. it said to cuddle baby for a bit when u see that he is tired. then place him in his cot, wrap him up and cover him, and walk out of the room. let him cry for 1-3 mins depending on how u feel bout his crying and what his crying is like, go back in and comfort him without picking him up then leave when he settles, may need to repeat it a couple of times but only pick him up when he becomes very upset. so i have been doing this and at most, its taken him 15mins to settle (if that). i felt ready for him to go in his cot and come out of our room. anyway i put up on fb that he slept last night in his cot in his room and a friend has come back and asked why he wasnt in his room from day one. well i have had issues with this friend anyway as when i first found out i was pg, i posted on fb that i didnt know what to buy and who had any tips for me. this friend emailed me and asked what did i have in the way of items and when i said i had a bassinette, he asked what for. we live in a 4 bedroom house which is quite long. anyway Hamish's room is down by the family room and even though we had a monitor, we wanted him in with us for awhile. he said they have a long house too but thats what monitors are for.
am i wrong for feeling angry about his comments and that i feel he is judging me for having Hamish in our room?
so sorry for the vent but i am just so annoyed by it all
Teresa - I would be annoyed if someone said that to me too. It's not just the issue of having a big house, the Sids foundation actually recommend the baby to sleep in your room for the first 6 - 12 months. I am thinking of putting Angus in his room soon (it's only next door though) because I think I will get a much better sleep. At the moment I sleep so lightly because I am even listening out for his breathing and wake up with every little noise. DH bought him into our bed the other night because he was very unsettled but I didn't sleep at all until I put him back in his bassinette (this is probably because DH almost rolled on top of him the first night he bought him into our bed!)
Anyway, try not to worry about what he says because everyone does things differently and it's nobody's place to judge some one else - he just needs to worry about his own babies! I suppose when you put things out there, there are always going to be people who agree and disagree. Unfortunately some people just can't keep their opinions to themselves.
AFM - I am still doing the walking around thing with Angus and trying to work out how to read his cues better. I know some people say you should put the baby down before it is asleep so it can self settle, but if I put Angus down before he is asleep he gets really cranky and works himself up. I guess I'm not ready to let him cry for an amount of time yet. The other day I put him down and went to have a shower - just as i lathered all the shampoo in my hair he started crying and I had to spend the next hour trying to get him back to sleep! Crazy I know and I am probably making things harder for myself in the long run, but eventually I'll get us into a rountine!
B - I haven't stopped bleeding from the birth yet, so I hope I don't start menstruating any time soon!
Jellymaker - that's great that you and DH had a date night. I was the same when we left Angus with my Mum to go out for dinner - exept that was when he was only 1 week old. Mum is dying to have him overnight though - but I don't think that will be for a while! Congratulations on DTD!
We took Angus to my Mum's house last night for dinner and also because a family friend was there and she wanted to meet him. Only problem was I fed him just before we went and he slept in the car, but woke up soon after we got there and then wouldn't go back to sleep. I think he gets really stimulated in new environments, so hopefully the more we got out, the better he will get. We are going to dinner tonight and I have expressed some milk into a bottle for him, so hopefully he sleeps a bit so that we can enjoy a hot meal!
Teresa - Stuff him! I have Tiah next to me in a bassinette and if she is very unsettled or I am tired I even have her in the bed with me! (We have a massive bed, and if she is in with me she has this little wedge thing that stops her from wriggling and me from rolling onto her) I am at the point now that if someone gives me their opinion I tell them "She is my baby I will do what I want" I am over being polite!
I do put Tiah down when she is only sleepy and sometimes she does go to sleep, but if she doesnt I go back to cuddling and walking. I think people tend to forget how different every single adult they know is and how everyone needs different things to settle into a good sleep (Cold side of the pilliow, fan on, TV on ect) Why should a baby be any different? Why should what worked for a friends child ... work on my child? Our babies all have their own beautiful personalites and thats what is so awesome about them!
(Ok I am very tired and I have been getting the same hassels about how I do things with Tiah.... haha)
Teresa- one word- Douche! dont worry about that guy, just do what works for you. Adrian sleeps in a basinette in the living room with us during the day, or in his bouncy chair, or sometimes naps in bed with me and sleeps in his cot at night, or if he is fast asleep in the basinette we will leave him there when we go to bed and put him in the cot later. In short, it doesnt matter where your baby sleeps as long as he is Sleeping!!!!! That means you can get some more rest too.
For anyones info, i realised that if i put Adrian down in his cot after his night feed and he was sleepy but not asleep he stares at the wall. He used to get grumpy and start crying when i turned the lamp off because he couldnt see the wall. so i just leave it on now and he stares happily until he falls asleep. That realisation saves me getting out of bed a dozen times to settle him so maybe see if your bubs like looking at stuff until they fall asleep?
M2bxx- RE: having a shower. We don't use a dummy with Adrian because wheneva he grumps i just feed him but i have found that a dummy is bliss when i have to have a shower or long car trips. I wrap him up on my bed where i can see him from my ensuite and give him a dummy. Keeps him happy long enough for me to wash my hair and shave my legs which i know makes us all feel much more human LOL He isnt really attached to the dummy yet so hopefully there will be no weaning issues later on. Meanwhile, at least i dont smell like spitup. LOL
AFM- ****y at DH today. He has one job which is solely his and that is mowing the yard. He kept promising all this long wekend that he would do the yard and today at about 3:00 said flat out 'I just don't want to do it' and proceeded to play 3 hours of grand theft auto........Um, i dont want to get out of bed 4 times a nite to feed our son but it has to be done, so i just suck it up and do it! The ONE job he has to do and he does it every three weeks (if that!) meanwhile i did three loads of washing and all the folding, AND fed Adrian all day! Grrrr I just want to punch him sometimes!!!!
Sorry for the vent, hope your DH's are better behaved!
Meercat & Teresa- Don't you love that some people know how to raise your child better than you! I just let it go in one ear and out the other!
Jelly- i hope you get your lawn mowed next weekend instead!
dtd- we have done it a few times...i find it hard to get in the right mood for it though, i think i am just to tired to be turned on at the moment!
afm- Grace has slept from 9.30pm to 4am for the past 5 nights.....wooohoooo! It would be great if she kept it up...my body has appreciated the sleep! She is now 3.8 kg, my cousin had her baby last week that weighed more than that at birth! lol!
b, I still haven't had my AF. I stopped bleeding soon after my c/s (about a week later the red/pink bleeding stopped, and then there were a few days of brown spotting). I had this weird pain in my left ovary a couple of times last week (quite painful actually), so I'm thinking I ovulated then?????? If so, I'll have my AF around 14-15 days later. Will have to keep track of this. Hope Ewan is feeling heaps better now!
Jelly, we're done the 'deed' a few times now and I have to say it's quite enjoyable! Sorry TMI! I feel so guilty as we have Cam in the room and I have to be really quiet....We've now left Cam with Grandma a few times but mosty for shopping, we haven't gone out for too long, ie to dinner/movies. Maybe soon! Sorry to hear your DH is a naughtly boy. He sounds just like my dad! Mowing the lawn is the only thing mum asks him to do and half the time she ends up doing it herself!
Teresa, stuff the stupid guy!! Cam sleeps with us in his bassinette, and will for the next few months at least. For some reason he hates being in our bed!! Sometimes I feel like some cuddles in bed, but the minute I take him in, he cries....I just don't feel comfortable having him in his own roon at night. We have the baby monitor but haven't used it yet!
Mum2BXX, Cam also is hard to settle after we come back from wherever we went to (which is not often anyway) as he also gets over stimulated and then doesn't sleep enough during the day. The he is a real little horror!!
Meercat, I also do the walking around thing to get my wee man sleepy and then put him down, except half the time he wakes up the minute I put him down!! Cheeky little monkey.
AFM, Cam was at his worst yesterday. After a fabulous Friday and half of the Saturday, where I thought he was becoming a 'dream baby' and was starting to really settle, he was quite the little monster yesterday. He slept next to nothing yesterday, and cried for good 4 hours which is really unusual for him. DF and I were tearing our hair out!! He finally dropped off at 11.30 pm, but then woke me up at 2.30, and then he slept until almost 9 am!!!! He must have been catching up on his lost sleep. Today has been a day of new beginnings. I put the little bugger in his cot for the first time and he has slept like an angel all day. Can't work out if he likes the cot or if he is still catching up on the lost sleep from yesterday. Also, I've changed his formula to Novolac Colic, as it's more gentler on their tummies and it has reduced lactose formulation. See how this one goes!!!
Sorry I've only had time to reply to only a few of you lovelies, still pretty tired from yesterday and waiting on wee man to wake up for his feed. Must sterilise his bottles....
Don't get much time to get on here, currently trying to BF and type. Seems to constantly feeding the last 2 days must be growing.
DS seems to spend half the night (from 2am) in bed with me BF and I fall asleep. Try to put back in bassinet which is beside me, but is getting to big for it so will need to move to cot. During the day trying him out in cot but just screams, when Iget him to sleep and put him in only last a few minutes.
Yet to DTD as I'm still spotting.
Jelly understand your frustration with DH had my mum take DD for a couple of nights for a break DH always complains cannot get anything done because looking after DD, all he did is sit on the lounge all day. So hope I don't here any more complaining.
Will try to get on here regularly, someone needs a nappy change again.
They made her lay on a huge table, and drew blood from her arm while she screamed
My Mum came with me and held Tiah while I talked to her, Lucky she came because I would have been a mess otherwise.
The nurse doing it was great... really matter of fact and quick. The nurse helping her? She was saying "Oh her hand is going white!" "Oh I cant hold her down she will cry!" "Oh I feel so mean!"
WTF - she is supposed to be reassuring us that it is NOT mean
She also read she was getting her thyroid checked (For her buggy eyes) and said "Oh she has such lovely wide eyes" then looked all confused when the other nurse growled at her and said "Yes that is why the Dr is checking her thyroid" DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - way to make the babies mum even more scared idiot.
(I dont think there is any problem, Tiah seems to just get very excited and open her eyes so wide. Dr just wanted to make sure it isnt something else)
thanks everyone for letting me know that i had a right to feel upset and annoyed at that friend. just going to ignore comments by them. as far as i am concerned, it has nothing to do with them why he was in our room.
meercat - hope tiah is ok. fingers crossed she just has big eyes and not a thyroid issue xx
hi to everyone else.
afm, af has made her appearance. feeling a bit sore at the moment. will be interesting to see if i get the pain i used to get before i fell pg or if it has dulled a bit now. i heard that it does but will see.
a friend of mine who keeps having recurrent miscarriages is off to have a laprascopy and hysteroscopy today FINALLY after me telling her for months she needed one and that the ultrasounds her FS kept sending her for will show up jack s%@#. Fingers crossed that its all ok and the next time she falls pg it sticks. i have been having a few issues with her since i fell pg and then had Hamish. there has been a little jealousy there and i dont blame her. i am sure if the situation was reversed it would be the same with me. she was so excited coz he was born on her birthday but then sad coz suddenly i wasnt just pg, he was here and it made it all real that we had a baby and she didnt. she has been a bit standoffish too so i am hoping that goes away soon. i feel so sorry for her and her husband.
anyway, Hamish is currently asleep. its taking a bit for him to get used to this new routine. i had to give him panadol the other night coz he was beside himself crying and so overtired. i changed his nappy, fed him and burped him but that didnt make a difference so i thought i would try the panadol and within 25mins he was fast asleep. last night he slept from 730pm till 230am! he might have slept longer if i had just given him his dummy but instead i gave him a bottle and he drank the whole lot. then he proceeded to have only small amounts for the next 2 feeds. oh well. i am finding that i am going thru a tin of formula every 6 days tho!!
anyway better go and do the dishes. i am on a get fit and lose weight campaign. just need the motivation to start it at the moment. i have a treadmill and stacks of DVD's so will see how i go.
Happy bday insom and b- hope you both had great days.
Meercat- sorry to hear tiah had to have tests. I hate it when they get poked and proded by the doctors, they always seem so rough. But id rather that then have them miss something. Hopefully tiah is fine and she has big eyes so that she can see the world
Teresa- sorry to hear bout AF, i dont think mine will come back at all. That has its benefits and setbacks but what can ya do? Oh well. Tell your friend I had a lap and a hyst and they were both very simple and fairly painless procedures and hopefully they will find the problem and be able to solve it.
AFM- Adrian seems to be alternating between great days with lots of smiles and playtime, to feral days where he just screams and wont take his full feeds. People keep saying its his 6 week growth spurt but he is now 7 weeks 3 days, any idea when this fussiness ends? Please say it is just a phase......
I am so jealous of all the mums whos babies are sleeping 7-8 hours stretches. Adrian is still up at least every 3 hours, if not less and i keep falling asleep while feeding him. Thankfully i always have a pretty good hold on him so theres no risk of me dropping him but im just so tired at night.
Happy Birthday b and Insom for yesterday!! Hope you girls had a lovely day and got spoiled! Love the month of May for birthdays, mine is on Mother's Day would you believe!!!!!
Charly's mum, Cam is also getting too big for his bassinette. I've bought him a bigger cradle a couple of days ago and he loves to be swung to sleep in it! It's so much bigger too
Meercat, poor 'lil Tiah! I dread taking Cam for his vaccination neeldles soon, I know he'll hate it and cry! Got the panadol on stand by
Teresa, Cam also has a mixture of good and bad days, I'm hoping it will improve from 8 weeks or so. Sometimes he just cries for hours on end and I'm tearing my hear out from the stress, although it seems to happen on days when he doesn't sleep much so I know he's over tired. No matter what I try, he won't sleep for longer than 10 minutes. I just hate it when he cries, it breaks my wee heart to see him so upset And as for your friend, I can understand where she is coming from but hopefully they will work our what is causing her m/c and she'll have a bub of her own soon. My AF has not arrive as yet.....waiting, waiting.....
Jelly, Cam sleeps for 3-3.5 hours at a time, including over night, but I've noticed that over the last few nights he has slept for up to 5 hours. I have increased his formula to 150 ml (from 120) and when he takes in the whole lot he sleeps longer. He might be also recovering from a day of little sleep too, so I'm not too sure.....Hopefully your little guy sleeps longer and longer soon!
AFM, I continue to have very restless evening times with my wee man, and very little sleep during the day from him. I was convinced he had a cold (blocked nose, raspy sound from him chest, excessive crying, not finishing his bottles etc ) so I finally took him to the doc today, and he has severe thrush in his mouth!! I have to admit it's been pretty bad for a week or so, but I thought it was from the milk.....Turns out it's thrush. So I have some gel I have to put in his mouth 3 times a day. The doc said that could explain why he doesn't always finish his bottles and the unsettled behaviour. I hope he's onto something....we'll soon see!
Beata - OMG thrush! I would never have know that they were symptoms. Just goes to show. Hope he gets better soon. What gel did you get? Is it Daktarin?
Jelly - we very rarely get any more than 4 hours between feeds, which means 3 hours of sleep. You're not alone.
Teresa - lets hope things are better with AF now.
Meercat - hope Tiah is okay! Fingers crossed!
Hi to everyone else.
Well, things have been going a bit more smoothly for us. Fraser had his vaccs on Tuesday, which was not a pleasant experience. He wasn't bad at all - mummy was in more of a state! He got one in each leg (one bled really badly) and an oral dose. They said the oral dose would give him very heavy soiled nappies, but still waiting! Even though we're on the anti-constipation formula, things are still a bit firm in the nappy dept and not that regular, but apparently the regularity doesn't come into it. Anyway, he was fine after his jabs, until we went to the Physio at night and he screamed from the minute we got into the waiting room, until we got back to the car. I was expecting an extremely bad night, but he was pretty good! Yesterday we had his Ultrasound on his Sacral Dimple, and all is well - THANK GOODNESS! I am so relieved! It has been constantly in the back of my mind that there was something serious. They said that there is a pit at the other side of the external pit, but it's not attached to the spinal cord or any of the nerves, and they showed us the nerves pulsating dependently, which was great. They checked, double checked and triple checked everything. They just said that if we have any concerns at all, to get him straight back, especially if when it comes to crawling, he has issues, but they're pretty sure all is well! So relieved!!!!
I haven't posted for a while, but I've been reading the posts. It's just that every time I come on here to post, Angus wakes up 
The other day I even did a long post with lots of personals, but the munchkin woke up crying and I had to go and then somehow I lost the whole post.
LOL about the pub burning down thing... The OB asked my DH if he wanted to look when Angus' head was out but he wasn't that keen. He told me later that he was glad I didn't have a mirror there as it would have freaked me out. I tell you what though, I was really freaked out by the hemmoroids though 
Then a few days ago we took him grocery shopping and it was all good until it was time for his feed. But I got to use the parents room for the first time! We've been to a few restraunts and cafes though, just DH and I and then with our parents. I've tried BF him twice at a cafe with just DH and I using a wrap to cover up, but I'm still to get the hang of it! Plus, I need more BF tops which seem to be really hard to find!
So GL today hun!
Oh well, maybe baby number two can wear them LOL 
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