Krisvee, I agree, 4 boys don't know how you do it!
Teresa, really sorry to hear about your mum, glad they got it early and wishing her all the best for a full recovery
Con, when do we get to see photos :P
B, how's the new formula?
Insom, Harri sounds congested sometimes too. Hoping your little boy is ok, I'm certain he will be though. As for the BF, hope it gets easier for you, it can be so frustrating!
Jelly, loved the photos of Adrian on FB, adorable!
AFM we've had a great couple of days, we now know it was Harri's 2 week growth spurt that was causing him to be more unsettled and wanting to feed more than usual. But now he's back to normal and we're even getting a night time routine! I expressed today and managed to get 50mls so I was super stoked and just have to keep it up to help with my milk supply (although apparently he's getting heaps anyway). It was nice though to be able to give DP a bottle and let him feed Harri, was lovely to watch.
Harrison put on 100g in a week this week, so he's up to 3.9kg and hoping he can crack the 4kg mark on Monday when we have another visit. He's 3 weeks old today, can't believe how quick its gone!
Hi to everyone I've missed and hope everyone is going well
Well hamish had a much better night last night thank god. I used to change his nappy before feeds but now stop half way thru burp then change him. Sometimes it works other times it doesn't! But oh well. I told my mum what happened and she said I need to start giving him farex rice cereal. I thought I don't think so. He is only 10 weeks old for goodness sake. Far too young IMO! I think it was a growth spurt.
Meercat - I hope u feel better soon. It's scary stuff passing clots. I still don't know what mine was but I stopped bleeding a couple of days after I passed it. I don't know what contractions feel like but I am guessing that the pain I got for a week before it came out would have felt like them! Extremely painful they were.
B- I was told that the gold formulas just have omega 3 in them and it's not that necessary for baby to have them. They still get them in other ways but it's just a ploy for companies to sell their products. That came from the midwife who did our antenatal class.
Hi to everyone else.
I better go and put hamish back to sleep. He was asleep but for some reason woke up again!
B - I meant that one for beata sorry! Lol. Typing on iPhone and it comes a bit hard to say stuff. I am glad u have finally found a formula for Ewan tho. It's funny how both your dd and ewan like the same one!
Meercat - I can't believe they sent you home! Crazy. Hope you are feeling better for yoru day in bed, hope you had a good book!
Teresa - Farax at 10 weeks, that doesnt' sound right to me either, I prob wouldn't do it, if it was me.
Welcome Charly's mum.
I had visitors constantly including nieces and I found that Matilda would just go feral with the extra stimulation so don't know how you multiple mum's are going? My hat is off to you.
Misssawah - hope you find a house soon and that the move goes well. I would take your look to the internet, if you havent' already. Nothing worse than getting them in and out of prams and stuff all day.
Beata and B I am alternating between S26 gold and original and both seem to have the same affect,the clinic nurse said the gold really doesn't make any difference and cheaper stuff will prob do the same, but I think I will just stick with both of these for now, just cause I know they seem to be doing the job.
Krisvee - Matilda is unsettled in the evening. I thought it was wind for the first few days and it really up set me seeing her like that, but then my sister said the leg thing is a sign of being overtired too, so now I know the difference it is so much easier, learning new things each day. How can you tell the difference between a smile and wind? I'm still learning? when do they smile from usually?
Oh, can I tell everyone about this product my sister put me on, as Matilda was a little blocked up in the nose and that is all I could here, It is called Fess LittleNoes and you put two saline drops up there nose for a minute, then there is a sucker that sucks the snot out! It is brillant. You get it from the chemist. I think it is the change in weather that sort of did it to her.
Hi to Jellymaker, MelD, Miamunchkin and Con. Sorry to anyone I missed.
Bec - Yeah we could tell Tiah was actually smiling, she opens up her mouth and her whole face lights up! The wind ones seem to be more to one side if that makes sense?
B, it's so good when you actually find a formula that the bub likes. I was going to try the Nan Pro Gold today since my Nan H.A Gold is just running out, but the lady at the chemist said the Pro Gold formula is heavier than the H.A so I think I'll just stick to the one I have now. I don't think I want to try anything heavier now, in case it gives my wee man more wind/constipation.
Missawah, Harri sounds so advanced with all the little things that he does!! He sounds like a clever little man I think I saw Cameron smile at me today but I'm not sure, it was from corner to corner not just one corner lifting up, so I think it was a smile. I got super excited!
Welcome Charly's mum!
Meercat, I had to laugh when you said you are on edge when Tiah goes to burp, I also get the same, sometimes the burp is followed by a wee spew always prepared with the cloth nappy over his front or over my shoulder when I burp the wee man.
Teresa, that would be right that the Gold formulas are not that different! You get so many different opinions these days, I just try each one and see which one agrees with him. Certain ones do seem to give him more wind and tummy pain though...
Becc, the S26 formulas weren't too bad, but I find the Nestle Nan one is slightly better AND fills my wee man up a bit more. The chemist told me that the Nan formula is the closest to breast milk....I wonder if that was his selling point????
Hi Krisvee, Mel, Jallymaker, Miamunchkin, hope you bubs are behaving!
AFM, Cameron is up to his old tricks with refusing to get any decent sort of sleep during the day, which mkes him wee unsettled in the evenings again. I take him out in his pram in the late afternoons, but find that he drops off for about 10-15 minutes and is screaming as we pull into the driveway. My neighbours have commented the other day that they are starting to hear him now (after they complained that they didn't hear him at all for the past 5 weeks!). I also find that since he uses a dummy to sooth himself, he cries every few minutes when it falls out. Can I use anything to tie it to his face???????????? lol.
I think I'm going off to bed, ever since DF started doing the last feed about 10.30-11 pm, I get a bit of that blissfull thung called 'sleep' until 2-3 am when I go to bed around 9-30-10.
Will try and post properly tomorrow..must go to bed now after having some friends around tonight and an unsettled bubba today...
Can I ask a general very personal question??
Has anyone dtd yet?? Dh is starting to nag so I'm thinking of getting it over and done with soon - LOL!! I feel ok - not sore or anything but I always feel like everythings not quite right after having a baby...takes a while for everything to seem to go back in to place...sorry if it's tmi!!
Ok..hope everyone gets a good sleep! Will catch up on personals tomorrow...
Just a quick post - krisvee, we have dtd a couple of times, first at 3 weeks, hurt a little bit but it's getting better! Don't do anything until you feel up to it though!
I was hoping I could join this group as the other baby buddies group is a bit quiet and I miss all my belly buddies! I've read through a lot of the posts and especially the earlier ones - I can really identify with, cause I'm a bit behind everyone else.
Well Angus settled in well at home and we have some bad days, but mostly he feeds every 3 - 3.5 hours. When I left hospital, they had just put him on formula top ups as the paediatrician said he was dehydrated and my milk hadn't come in. Since it came in on about day 4, he has been feeding really well (actually guzzling) and on Day 12 he had put on 300g from his birth weight (which was 4.01 kg).
Has anyone got a sleep routine? I was watching the Raising Children DVD with Dave Hughes and it said how you need to establish a sleep routine from Day 1 and you should put the baby down drowsy so that they learn to self settle. Well up until then I always put Angus to bed when he was sound asleep and would hold/rock/pat him in my arm until then. But I have been working on some sleep associations such as patting and playing music, but I still put him to bed when he is pretty much asleep. I've read that up until the age of about 9 months they don't realise the consequence of things, for example, they don't associate crying with getting a cuddle. So I may as well enjoy more cuddles from him - otherwise I just feel like a moo cow.
DH has until mid July off work which is great (I think). The first few days he was taking over a bit, but after me having a few hissy fits, he seems to have learnt Also, sometimes I just can't deal with it anymore (the crying) and just hand Angus to him. DH does the baths and changes most of the dirty nappies which is really good, especially during the middle of the night, oh and luckily he keeps on top of the washing or no bod would have anything to wear! Not sure who it was, but someone in the earlier posts said they expressed so their DH could feed once a day. That's a really nice idea!
Well I hope everyone is having going well and all the BF issues are getting better,
Oh and B - how do I change my username?? I am not a Mum2B anymore
Missawah, that's what I miss the most, the cute little kicks and having that bump there I know I was over it in the end with not being able to sleep well, yada yada yada...but I actually get jealous when I see preggy bellies and my SIL has announced she's 6 weeks pg last week, and I'm like, I want to be as well!!!!!!!!!! Silly, I know! Sweetie, I planned to b/f for at least 3 months, 6 if I could, but my plan went out the window too. I b/f for 2 weeks. I know that's sooooo short, but I felt so much better (and especially Cam) going to formula. So you have done a sterlling job hun, always be very pround of that! Big hugs!
Krisvee, lol, I knew that question would pop up eventually! ha ha. We tried 2 weeks ago, (I was the initiator ) but things didn't go to plan Soooooooo, we tried again last weekend and it was not bad!! Mind you, I didn't have a natural birth, but even after I had my myomectomy operation last year (very similar to a c/s) my poonanie froze up for 5 to 6 weeks I think.....maybe even longer, but I know it wasn't that soon after the op! It's amazing how your brain just knows it's too soon.....
Teresa, I'm glad we took a couple of pics with me on the hossy bed on the day of my op. with my huge belly, I forget how big it was!!
Mum2BXX, we sort of have a routine....I feed Cam every 3 to 4 hours, sometimes he goes 5 hours between feeds. We pretty much give him his last feed between 10 and 11 pm, and I get up once during the night and then up around 6 am for another feed (I consider this one a night feed too ). Every second day we give him a bath and then a feed and he tends to sleep longer after his bath....mind you he hates them so we don't give him a bath every night.
Well, off to the shops to get some bits and pieces, hi to all my other lovely friends and I'll catch up with everyone soon.
Welcome Charly's mum and hello again M2bxx, your totally welcome here as its just like old times.
Missawah- i thought it would take a really long time to get used to not being pregnant but the next day i felt back to normal and didnt feel weird without my belly, but yes i do miss having Adrian inside me with all the little kicks and squiggles, also (i hate to say it) the attention was on me and now its all on Adrian a little selfish I know but it felt nice to be pampered Also, don't feel bad if you stop b/f as you've done the best and if you and Harri are happier then why wouldnt you change? I'm may have to change soon as my milk seems to be getting less and less despite my efforts, just have to wait and see....
Krisvee- DH and i haven't DTD yet as my 3rd degree tear is making us both apprehensive and im waitng for the OK from my OB. Everything downstairs feels fairly normal but who knows? Plus (TMI warning) DH is .....endowed....so its making me a bit iffy. I want to though, not so much because im horny (tho a little bit) but because i miss getting close to my DH and it was such a good and special part of our relationship and i feel like something is missing without it. I just hope that he will want to and not be put off by birth flashbacks etc, also, what if im naked and my breasts start leaking???? I'm probably over thinking it and psyching myself out about it. Fingers crossed.
M2bxx- I dont have a specific routine with Adrian, i swap from letting him fall asleep on the boob or in my arms to putting him down when he is drowsy and he still goes to sleep so whateva works. I think a sleep routine at this age can be more stressful for parents as if baby doesn't want to play by your rules it can make you feel like your not doing it right. I just go with the flow and listen to Adrians cues. HTH Also, wow for DH having so long off work! My DH nearly cried the day he had to go back so your lucky to have the extra help.
AFM things are good. Adrian is still eating heaps and i keep running out of milk. I feel bad that i can't give him what he needs but at the same time formula can give us both a break. I always put him on the boob first and only top him up with formula if he is still hungry so he is still getting some good BM hopefully. Question....Adrian still likes being wrapped up tight to sleep, so does anyone know when you should stop wrapping babies? I don't want to hinder any development but he still likes being wrapped up so??? Any comments?
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
I expressed today and managed to get 50mls so I was super stoked and just have to keep it up to help with my milk supply (although apparently he's getting heaps anyway). It was nice though to be able to give DP a bottle and let him feed Harri, was lovely to watch.
always prepared with the cloth nappy over his front or over my shoulder when I burp the wee man.
I've read that up until the age of about 9 months they don't realise the consequence of things, for example, they don't associate crying with getting a cuddle. So I may as well enjoy more cuddles from him - otherwise I just feel like a moo cow.
a little selfish I know
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.
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!
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