Got a few quiet minutes while little miss has gone down for a nap - gone are the newborn days of eat, sleep & poop, there is some awake time now after daytime feeds which is nice but she can get over-tired and cranky pretty quick
Oh for introductions for anyone new joining - I'm Naomi and I'm 34 (just), April is now a very expensive time for DH, my birthday, our wedding anniversary and now our little miss Alycia's birthday too lol. Our suprise pink bundle was born on the 22nd April at 3.20pm after being induced 10 days early due to reduced fetal movements - took us by bit of a surprise as I went in for routine 38 week check up and was booked in for next morning at 7.30am, but after a quick 5 hour labour she arrived safe & healthy with the help of vontouse.
Marni - Another hiccuper here after every feed, she used to have them all the time while in the womb too. Cool tip the midwives gave me in hospital is to stick them back on the boob for a few sucks gets rid of them everytime.
BW - Good to hear you found out about the hip problem so early but a bummer the u/s lady was such a b*tch. I'd stick to my guns too and demand treatment starts now as you know there is a problem and not wait another 6 weeks. A is another power farter, amazing what comes out of those little bodies, we can hear her from our bedroom without a baby monitor lol though she is just across a small landing and not far from us and we have both doors open but we still get a giggle out of it everytime.
Jleigh - glad to hear your recovering well from the c/s. Yeh A is a champion pooer can be before, during & after each feed lol and here I was thinking 2-3 a week would be easy to cope with but now I get excited if I just have a wet nappy lol. Re the dummy I don't want to use one but have occasionally the past week mainly if we are out or in the car and she gets cranky for a feed, the dummy can buy us 10-15mins until I can feed her.
Hello to Pish, Traylee, Erin ( ) and anyone else I've missed.
Well seems we had our first bout of arsenic hours last night but after a bath & last feed she finally settled down at 10.30 and slept with just one feed at 3.00 until 7.30.
Ahhh she seems to be stirring and working up to a scream....have a great day ladies with your little bundles everyone
JLeigh: Yup, we've got a dummy in our house....I have been using it since Kaylee was about 6 hours old. I suspected in advance that she would follow in Boyo's footsteps and have reflux (I was right!), the sucking helps her remain relaxed, and also helps her swallow the stuff thats coming up her throat a little. She seems happy with it, and we are too....also she was a finger sucker in utero, and still attempts to get her fingers in, I'd rather she have a dummy as we can eventually get rid of a dummy, but can't chop off her fingers!!!
I dunno what it is about u/s people being tossers, but it certainly seems to be a common issue!
AFM: nothing to report really..Kaylee went down at 5:30 yesterday arvo, woke at 9:45 for a feed, then again at 1am (took a while to get her wind up after that), then through til 6, then I woke her at 10 for her next one.
She's asleep at the moment, but I expect her to wake shortly for the next one!!!
Better go sort out dinner before she (and boyo) are up!
Hello everyone...I finally got onto the baby buddies forum....lol
Wow, how great is it in here? Seems to jsut be us belly buddies anyway....lol..thats nice!
i keep going back to the belly group to see how our other ladies are doing....sending them lots of labour vibes too!
As for anyone new in here, my name is Cassandra, I am 30 (almost 31) and have just had my little man 4 days ago...on Mothers Day! First one in Brisbane! I have 3 older boys (yes - all boys) 12, 8 and nearly 3. Elijah john arrived early on Sunday the 9th May, at 1.09am. We had 3 previous m/c before little Elijah, trying hard to conceive him. Now he is finally here, and we just love him so much!
We are breast feeding, doing well, and using a dummy too...wow it's a life saver in the wee hours of the morning! However I had forgotten about being careful in what i eat, as I had steak the other night with jalapeno sauce, and tuna with chilli on sandwiches yesterday...and gave him a night full of wind pains last night, so I am pretty tired today! Actually very tired! And as for the poos- almost every feed - sometimes in between too! I hate waking him up to change him, he hates the cold wipes!
Anyway, just thought I would come in finally and see who else was in here...lol. So tired, going to try and have a nap now.....
Hi Girls!
Just a quickie from me for now.
The outfit little lady is wearing in the photo is actually just a bright green grosuit from target, and the "shell" off her turtle toy.
I bought the turtles from Build a Bear workshop last year in preparation (they were discontinued and I managed to get the last 2), the shell is removable (and won't be used anyway!) so I put her in the grosuit, and sat the shell on her back!
I took the pics on my iphone in hospital when she was about 36 hours old!!
Oh and Sleepy be careful of chocolate too, its a very common colic causer (Im sure you know!), it really affects Kaylee (buggeration is all I can say!).
Also as for cold wipes...we have a wipes warmer (extravagant I know), we got it for $50 at Toys R Us, we had it for Benjamin because I used reuseable cloth wipes (and they are soooooo cold!), but is perfectly safe for store bought wipes too, it makes changing a little less guilt creating!
Sleepy - We're using chux for wipes (We're trying to keep things natural - worried about skin problems as both DH and I have issues) and DH insists on using hot water so we have a thermos in the bathroom and wet each cloth with warm water so Bos isn't shocked by the cold.
BW - Yep, that pic is soooo cute! I am still in the process of updating my sig - I took off my ticker and added DS in yesterday but it doesn't seem to have worked. Will try again when I have the time (and energy!)
Phoenix - I am officially very jealous that you are able to get through the night with just one feed. Bos fed at 9:30, 12:00, 2:30, 5:00 and 9:00am. And he doesn't like to go straight back to sleep either. DH and I stayed up for 2 1/2 hours total just trying to settle him after feeds.
AFM - Bosley was really really unsettled yesterday afternoon and DH got all stressy and anxious, meaning I had 2 males to try and calm. I eventually ordered DH out of the house to do some gardening, so we have a nice weed-free patch now . I am wondering if it was something I ate...
Last nappy change Boz's poo was green - any idea what's caused it?
Boz's belly button bit came off tonight after his bath; can I count that as a milestone? I was excited anyway, lol!
Hi to everyone else, hope you and your bubbas are doing well.
Been a busy day out & about today. Went and weighed little miss and she has put on 300gms since last Wednesday, so mummy seems to be a good cow , she's just cracked the 3.5kg after being 270gms under her birth weight (3.16kgs) when she was discharged.
She was a bit of a terror last night and wouldn't settle after her bath & 10.30 feed, DH was a sweetie and stayed up until she settled (12.30) so I could get to bed and have some sleep before her 2.00-2.30 feed. Think my love of licorice bullets might be to blame....oh well packet is finished now and will wait a while before I try them again, so can add them to cabbage as a wind culprit.
Oh I also got myself a tortellini breastfeeding pillow today......OMG now I realise how uncomfortable I really was feeding amongst a mass of pillows.
Jleigh - ohhh Bos is a cutie, great pic in your ticker. I'm trying not to jinx myself with her sleep pattern so far, figure it's matter of time before she gives her mummy a few nights of torture, most likely when DH goes back to work and I'm home all by myself for two weeks at a time.
BW - that pic is adorable! hmmm wipes warmer wonder how I can con DH into one of those, I feel so cruel with cold wipes on her bum and she kicks up a stink everytime. I planned on using cloth wipes but the amount of poo's a day disposibles wipes are just easier at moment.
Sleepy - Hello, great to see you on here, it is great to have our group of girls & bubbies all together - just waiting on the last few to make the way into the world and join us
I need help please - I think the only one who may be able to help could be Traylee - but perhaps the other mummies may know. How do I know how much to feed bubba??? I am currently feeding Hunter 100mls every 4-5 hours. How do I know when to increase the amount?? He seems to drink the 100mls at most feeds so I thought he may want more but this morning increased it to see how much more he would take, he took 130mls but then only took 70mls at his next feed. I feel lost....also this may seem like a silly question, but the scales in the chemists, can you just go in and use these or do you have to go when someone is in there? I am interested in seeing if he is back to his birth weight but the open at the child clinic isnt until next Thursday....
Superstar - If you think your little man needs more, say before bed, put an extra 20mls in. If he drinks it great! If not, then you know he's getting enough. It's just all about trying and seeing how Hunter goes. If you feel he needs more, just up the mls a bit at a time. Good luck.
Elijah lost his cord yesterday, after just 4 days! I couldn't believe it! My dr said everything with him is fast! Lol. He is also nearly 4kg. So he has put on 300g since birth. Dr is very happy. He didn't get weighed on discharge because we left a day early. Had a great sleep last night, we are co-sleeping, as this seems to be the only way we getting enough sleep and it's freezing at the moment! So it's warmer too. I managed to get up this morning and getthe other 3 ready for school on time, so I'm wrapped about that! Lol. The things you take for granted when you're pregnant! We had a good nap this afternoon too, so we are doing well so far!
Hope you're all having a great day, and Socks should be joining us soon! Yay!
superstar if sleeping well prolly no need to up how much, you will no when to up it again cause hunter wont settle or sleep long hours, and will happily take more, scarlet only has about 75 to 90mls happily, but only sleeps about 3 to 4hrs , we try upping but she wont take it really or spews it all up. which is weird cause hayley started at 120mls, but she was 4kgs baby, scarlet was only 3.3kgs, id say if hunter is sleeping well then leave it how you are going atm
my midwife nurse told me takes about 2 weeks to get back to birth weight usually, so id give it that at least.
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