Thank you everyone for your kind words and positive comments. I feel a lot better after seeing the Community Health Nurse and chatting to her. She also saw B grizzly and helped me settle him (which took quite an effort and gave her a chance to see that he can be a little 'difficult').
We watched a DVD about Tired Signs in babies. It was great and confirmed that B is definately overtired/overstimulated a lot of the time. We got some info and hints (The Triple P brochures are pretty good) on how to settle and everything they had said not to settle or feed them to sleep but help them to self-settle instead. DH is sad because it means that he can't rush over and cuddle him as soon as he so much as whimpers and he stresses heaps when B cries. But for me it's a godsend because it was the being right there all the time and holding him that was a big part of making me feel so tired and resentful!
B got weighed and measured again and has put on over 1/2kg and 2 1/2cm in length. He's just fitting into the 0000 wondersuits still, but I reckon will need to go to 000 in a week or so - it's the legs here too, even though he's only 49.5cm. All the other brands still have oodles of room in 0000 though. It's kind of annoying how different brands are so different in size!
B has his dad's ears and lips and my fingers and toes. The jury is still out as to whose nose he has! We love watching him sleep because he has the best poses. Today he slept with one arm straight out in front, right in the air. And yep, he smiles in his sleep too (sooooo cute!)
Traylee - The CH nurse suggested we weigh B every week for the 1st 6 wks (the CH centre has scales you can use anytime) - can you go there?
Pish - Glad your trip went well and that you have 2 good travellers. Sounds like your grandad was glad to meet Hadley. Well done on 'growing' her so well!
Phoenix - I've just about managed to master reading a mag and feeding but anything else is out due to the mound of pillows I need to be comfy! The CH Nurse said about 120g or more a week gain is normal so sounds like you have nothing to worry about...
BW - Ta for all the BF info. I haven't looked into it any more but at least now I have lots of info.
Hi to everyone else.
AFM - Went to the docs this morning as my asthma has been playing up and I seem to have an allergy to Napi-San (lovely rash on my hand from all those dirty cloths). I also have a bit of an infection on my C/S scar and got the swine flu and whooping cough vaccines as well. The Dr did an ECG and spiro-something-or-other and sent me for a chest x-ray just to make sure it was asthma and not a blood clot on the lung from the C/S too so I reckon I've had the works today!
jleigh we have a health nurse at local chemist who is there eveyr wed, so i was just gonna take weds, and maybe weigh at home to lol when we get on and stuff,
i nver got told with either child to go each week thats weird, hayley i took monthly i think but id like to keep check anyways but im formula feeding and i no she gaining cause we got on other day and she was heavier, think it was like a 300gram difference
JLeigh - Your little man was very little born! H was 48cms born and is now 52!!! Although H was moving about so much I couldn't keep her head still and I don't think it was on the board when they measured her so maybe she's not quite that long.
Tina - Great to hear you are loving mummyhood so much! Theres nothing better, is there?!
If you hadn't already noticed, I've changed my name!!! Now I just have to decide what I want for my new avi and I'll be set! Any ideas??
I've been lucky enough to pick up a tummy bug, wow lucky me! (TMI warning) have had the runs for the past couple of days and today was really bad. Tummy cramps have been aweful and DH decided he want to go out for the day and stay out tonight so have had to soldier on with the littlies, but it's not been so bad thankfully. Heres hoping all be back to normal tomorrow!
Well I had better go, T is doing her very best to wake H so she can have a cuddle!
tiff i no how u feel, i had the same kinda tummy thing other day it lasted 24hrs, i had runny poo and bad belly ache to and wondered what it was from,
tmi i no, but how is eveyrones bleeding goin, mine has been on and off since coming out of hossy, but seems to have stopped last 2 days, gone to like a light brownish now, but will prolly come back i no.
scarlet has been sleeping well today, she is only taking about 60 to 80mls but least she aint throwing it up like she was, she seems happier now.
she was very unsettled last night i ws getting so frustrated lol but lucky troy had during night, lol so i slept all night
cause troy is a night person he stays up all night to have her and sleeps most of the day lol
ok with me since im up during day
Hi all. Just a quick one to say hi to everyone, and let you all know I'm still here. Lol. Have been very tired the last few days. But I had a good nap today, so I feel much better. One of my boobies is getting really sharp pains and I think it may be blocked, so I think I better go have a shower and express from it before it turns into mastitis (sp?). It really hurts. I had mastitis when I stopped feeding Cooper, and it got infected and I ended up having anti biotics.
Elijah has been pretty good at night, only waking twice generally, but he has had a bit of wind the last few nights, so wakes up screaming and I have to pat him and put his dummy back in. The light sleeping makes me really tired. I haven't been able to do any food shopping for the last two days cos it just seems hard to get out of the house. DH has been a great help, cooking dinners and cleaning where he can. So that's nice.
Ok well bub needs to go to bed, hopefully I'll be back for persies soon.
Oh and I think DH had that tummy bug last week. He was awake all night, running to the loo. Wasn't good. But at least no one else got it. And as for the bleeding, it's slowing down, there is usually nothing there in the mornngs, but it's light during the day and hopefully it'll stop soon
ok have a good night everyone. Hope it's a nice sleep filled night for mums and bubs!
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i had scarlet last night gave troy a rest, i was abit annoyed anyways at him lol, he said he stays awake all night when he has her, he watches movies on his pc while she sleeps, which means theres is a light on all time when she in there lol, well the light from the pc, cause if he goes to sleep to hard to wake up, i was like u cant do that she will get use to it and get confused with night and day,
but anywyas i had her in with me, she woke up at 12.30, 4, and then again at 6.30
yeamy bleeding seems to come soemtimes during day like after bending soemtimes or doin weird things lol, so i highly doubt its completly finished,
TMI troy wanted to have sex last night i was like no, not yet not ready (im worried about more bleeding coming lol)
i have been wanting weirdly enough i didnt think i would but i should wait till my 6 week chekcup from dr first, i think ur meant to with csections anyays even though my belly looks great and healing well
My DH says my body is looking very sexy...and i think he is quite keen to DTD soon...and I'm not sore or anything, its just the bleeding. Once that stops - it all systems go! lol.
We had an ok night sleep, woke 3 times, so I'm quite tired again today, but we got the food shopping done tho, which was great! I feel better knowing there are chocolate biscuits and stuff....lol. I'm still craving chocolates....and I don't think that gives Eli wind, I think its just onions and chilli and garlic, the usual culprits! Oh and bananas too...they are terrible things for gas/wind!
Tiff+2 - I thought we had a newbie in here! Haha I forgot you changed your name! I got sleepy brain...lol
JLeigh - Hows the sleep and expressing going? I have been thinking about getting an expressing thingy....but not sure if its worth all the mucking around, it's jsut easier for me to feed him....least I don't have to steralise or wash bottles...lol. I found that rather annoying with Cooper, I got used to it, but was painful when I was tired and didn't feel like doing it.
TinaR - How's your little one settling in? How are you doing?
Socks - How are you going? How's your BIG boy? lol
A big to everyone else! Hope you are all doing well!
My DH is another keen to DTD, I've recovered pretty well and not sore anymore, bleeding stopped after about 3 weeks (only lost my stitches earlier this week).......I'm just too damn tired lol
Only issue I do have is pelvic floor weakness, does anyone else have issues and does it get better with time? I try to remember to do my excercises but forget more often than I remember, never thought sneezing would be so much of a problem lol.
Tina - Welcome, how is your little man settling in at home? Great to hear your DH is taking to fatherhood so well, isn't it wonderful just watching them together.
Jleigh - Glad you got some answers & help from the nurse, hoping B is settling a bit better for you now.
Sleepy - I'm lucky too with the chocolate not giving her wind, but think my beloved morning coffee was responsible for her arsenic hours at night. Haven't had one for 2-3 days and she's been fine again at night, so giving that up for a while which is going to kill me as I don't function well without my morning coffee.
Pish / Tiff - Love the new name, though think I'm going to get confused and still call you Pish lol. Hope you are feeling better after your tummy bug.
Hello Superstar, Traylee, Socks, Marni, BW, Esme, Erin & PMcask and anyone I might have missed.
Nothing much to report here, yesterday I did my first public BF.....well it was in the car but still away from home lol, I had given DH an experience for stunt car driving for his birthday we were supposed to go back in January but that was when dad was in hospital and yesterday was next time they were running it in Adelaide. A was really well behaved and slept most of time in her pram.
Weather is yuck here today and I'm still in my PJ's but better go have a shower.
has anyone else bubs got a sniffy cloggy nose,
i been thinking teething already cause she keeps putting my finger in her mouth and chewing on it, and its bit swollen in there, hayley got her first 2 teeth at 3 months old, but teethed early.
but then today she has been ok up till 1ish then woke up clogged sniffly nose and crap and then i thought oh maybe im over dressing her and took her wondersuit off, then she screamed and wouldnt settle and crap and i put it back on and she went to sleep with some more bottle,
what is eveyrone dressing there bubs in, she lives in the bonds suits thats it, and we r inside, and its pretty chilly,
i also read dry air can make there nose cloggy
this morning at 4am when she wouldnt settle she was all cloggy and makking weird noise and im always worried about her chest from in hosssy and all the fluid she swollowed and had the crap removed so im always worried about it,
anyways sorry for the rant on, if she not better and stuff tomorrow i will see about taking her to drs
Phoenix - Have you thought about decaf? Or tea? Or even Milo? I need my morning coffee too, so if I couldn't have it, I'd be trying something else.
Traylee01 - I don't know. Maybe her stuffy nose is milk in her nasal passage. I know babies sometimes vomit and it comes out their noses. If Hayley teethed early, then maybe it's possible. But if you're worried, maybe you should take her to the dr. Eli has had a bit of a stuffy nose the other night, but it was because of snot. Lol. Grose but I had to get it out so he could breathe properly.
Hi all
Just a quick note to say that I'm around but not finding much time to read all the posts. I know I don't technically fit into this group, but I don't know anyone in the next!
Evelyn is a great baby and is much more sleepy than Annabelle was, even as a newborn, so I'm really appreciating getting a bit of a break. Annabelle is taking things really well. I think she realises that Evelyn is here to stay, but does want some mum cuddles sometimes and asks DH to take "little baby" off me so she can have them. I don't blame her. Just hope we do ok once DH has gone back to work.
I'll try and find time to write up my labour story at some point, but basically things went pretty normally. Spontaneous onset, active labour was about 5 hrs and pushing was probably about 30-40 mins. Managed to hold out on drugs until about 7-8cm where my waters were broken, then I didn't give up the gas. After having an epi the first time round, it was nice (but very painful) not to have one this time. We came home the next day and have been going great guns with feeding. Evelyn was 3808g (8lb 6oz), so pretty big for a small me, but managed to make her way out without doing TOO much damage.
I'll try and catch up on some posts. I hope you're all enjoying having little babies around and are getting enough sleep to keep your heads up.
sleepy yea there is snot there lol, its not running out of her nose just cloggy snot lol,
do you think it would be only a cold if it was running,
she is sleeping fine now and not sniffing funny, i dunno i am so much more panicked about scarlet than i was hayley i think lol, either that i forgotten what i was like 6yrs ago lol.
i think becuase of her needing the suction at birth and the breathing thing cause of fluid build up i panick more, they checked her lungs at hossy before we left and said they were all clear,
hubby is asthmatic, (what are the chances she may have it to)? (hayley doesnt as far as we no) and troys brother doesnt have it even though troy does
It could just be a cold traylee. If it's green it's an infection. If that's the case she needs to go to the Dr. But if it's clear it should be fine. And as for what Elijah wears, he wears wonder suits all the time. I just wrap him in a blanket as well. And little slippers. They so cute.
Pmccask - Its ok that you haven't had time to post. Totally understand. It's good to hear that bubs is sleeping good. Enjoy the time while she's little. It goes so fast. Oh and of course you should stay in our thread! It just wouldn't seem right if you left us.
Traylee - i got given this little snot sucker device,maybe you should look at something like that,they use them in daycares.nasal aspirator i believe they are called.
pmccask - sounds like a not to hard labour! & you have to stay cause i gate crashed this thread to!!its only one day!
Phoenix - i'm not having pelvic floor issues but i was always good with doing pelvic floors plus using tummy muscles during preg to 'hold' everything.i think if you get into doing them it will all tighten back up lol on the preg BF,i did my first one sat lunch - same thing, sat in the car!
Sleepy - i didnt know about the bananas thing...i've been eating them everyday & it thankfully doesnt appear to be causing any issues..i've learnt a lot reading about everyone elses experiences.
Tiff - newborn,little one & sick...i'd have been in tears.especially doing it alone your a trooper!
JLeigh - you poor thing!we are trying very hard to not cuddle Zen to sleep either, the first few days he was straight into the bassinet then he had a couple of days bad patch where he needed that comfort. I'm so glad the nurse gave you some tips on how to cope...it can be so overwhelming!
Hi to everyone else!
AFM: we are starting to get a routine going - yippee!!. Zen feeds approximately two hourly during the day but every 4-5hrs overnight which is a dream for me cause I am able to get some decent rest during the night which makes me able to cope with his grizzles during the day. For about two feeds he needs cuddles to sleep so I have a sarong I tied up and hang him in against me so I can still get stuff done around the house.
We ended up getting a dummy as he wont settle during the day without it. he refuses to take it any other time which i am happy about.
I had a choice of doing the dishes or getting on here - its obvious which one won lol
I still have a coffee but only about half strength and only one a day, I drank 2 cups a day while preg so I dont know that it is a big issue now.
I'm so far able to keep on top of stuff, I am trying to do the super mum thing lol...not have DH routine change to drastically, often it will be me giving him Zen so I can do stuff rather than ask him to do it, plus he needs his daddy and son time.
I often give him over for a burping of an evening and DH doesnt want to hand him back lol
We both still feel like its all a sham, like maybe we have borrowed a baby or something, shopping with him was surreal! Every now and then I look at him and realise that this is now my life...and its terrifying, although I wouldnt change it
I said to DH last night that yes, I love Zen to bits but it hasnt changed my mind about only having the one. I know some ppl dont get it and think I am depriving him of siblings but thankfully its my choice not theirs
We are on the boobie and he seems to be doing well.Have to make an appt for his checkup this week. We have no idea what we are doing but are muddling through.
Hope everyone is loving their babymoon and getting enough rest and support. xoxo
TinaR - Glad to hear you're both doing so well! I know what you mean about the typing left handed or with just one hand - as I am doing now! Lol
We had a pretty rough night last night, his feeding times are off! Woke at 12, then 4. So I didn't get up when my alarm went off! I was half an hour late in getting the olders ones off to school! Oh well least they made it! Hope to get a rest in today, sooo tired!
Apologies in advance if I forget anyone but my brain is a muddled mess atm!
Tiff - It's gonna be weird not calling you Pish anymore... no ideas for your avi - what do you like?
Traylee - I used a baby cotton bud for B's snot and it worked really well. He didn't mind at all! I have asthma too and worried a bit that B could too. Listen to S's chest for a wheezing sound and if you're worried, take her to the Dr.
TinaR - Awww, sounds like you guys are doing great. And don't let anyone tell you that being an only child is bad for them - what a silly reason for having another child! Do what you want and blow anyone else!
Sleepy - Hope you get some rest during the day today and tonight too! Do you have set feeding times, or feed on demand? I feed on demand, but sometimes his demands work better for me than others, lol! Lately he's been feeding at about 9:30, 1:30 and 6:30, which was great, but last night was off by about an hour, which means that we're up at 5:30 with a happy baby who just wants to play and two grumpy parents who just want to sleep!
Pmccask - You'd better stay in here! Glad your little family is doing well - kinda cute that A wants you all to herself too. Must make you feel pretty special.
Phoenix - I think DH is worried about me BFing in public cos whenever we go out he's like, 'Gotta get home, B will wake up for a feed soon'. Not sure what he thinks is gonna happen if I have to feed in public.... Keep up the pelvic floor exercises. It might take a few weeks to notice a difference, but it works (speaking from experience as I had trouble after my lap for endo and even now if I don't do my exercises regularly I get weakness still). I was pretty fanatical about doing them all during my preg too and I haven't had any trouble...yet (touch wood).
Sorry if I've forgotten anyone. Hope you're all doing fine.
AFM - Feeling good atm. B is settling into our settling routine well and we can put him in his bassinet awake and he does ok. We can at least settle him in there without picking him up. And he will take his dummy sometimes, which soothes him really well. Once he's calm he just lets it drop out.
His nails need cutting again - I can't believe how fast they grow!
Oh, and we did hand and footprints over the weekend! Has anyone else tried getting handprints from clenched fists - took some effort let me tell you! But it was sooo funny and we ended up with paint all over the place and a couple of handprints with only 3 fingers etc.
Tina- Its great that you are doing so well, but remember that you don't have to be supermum! If all that happens one day is that Zen is fed and changed, that is fine! And it's more than ok to only have one child no matter what anyone says, it would be wrong to have a baby just to give Zen a sibling.
JLeigh - Good to see the settling is going better, however when the midwife visited me this morning she said bubs wont get sleep association from holding them while they are sleeping this young, so dont stress if he needs to be cuddled to sleep! And I hear you on the hand and feet prints, I need to do them soon!
Tiff - I'm another that has to get used to your new name! Hope you are still going well with the girls!
Traylee - How is bubs snot situation? And as for DTD definately not - I think I still have stitches in!
Erin - Hi for when you are around!
Pmccask - Hows Evelyn doing?
Sleepy - At least the kids made it to school! Hope you get a nap today!
Socks - How are you going?
Not sure if I missed anyone? Very sorry if I have.
Well we had a midwife visit this morning and it seems that Phoebe has a hernia on her belly button, which means she will need an operation for. I know that it is only minor surgery but she will need a general anesthetic which always scares me. It is also our first day home without DH. I have managed to hang out a load of washing, put dinner in the slowcooker and bath bub when she threw up all over herself, and T is fed! So I am doing ok. However I have just realised I havn't brushed my teeth yet, so will have to do that! DH just called me to telling me that work is sending him away from Wed to Fri so I have that to worry about now too...
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He's just fitting into the 0000 wondersuits still, but I reckon will need to go to 000 in a week or so - it's the legs here too, even though he's only 49.5cm. All the other brands still have oodles of room in 0000 though. It's kind of annoying how different brands are so different in size!
Now I just have to decide what I want for my new avi and I'll be set! Any ideas??
to everyone else! Hope you are all doing well!
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