Nappies - We have just upgraded to infant size - 4-8kg. The newborn still fit just, but we were getting leaking poop and very full nappies, so I thought it was time to upsize.
Clothes - Elijah has been in 000 since he was about 2 weeks old, and I think it's because he's so long. They seem to be only just fitting at the moment too, but I really don't want to be putting him in 00 just yet...he's just too young to be so big! But it only seems to be the wonder suits that are fitting like that. All his other clothes - mostly from kmart are just fitting him better. They are bigger in their sizing. So a 000 will fit him for longer.
We are having our 6 week check up today - even tho we are 7 weeks on Sunday. So still have another week until immunisation time. I just can't believe how fast it's going! Nearly 2 months old
Thanks Phoenix - I wasn't sure what a dream feed was either!
Marni - Sounds like you had a really terrible day. I can totally understand tho, especially with a 3 year old. We have days where absolutely nothing goes right! Not a fan of those I can tell you! We just have to keep on going...lol
We had a 6 hour block of sleep last night...from 8 until 2am. I couldn't believe it. Maybe he's progressing each few nights. Lol. But I won't hold my breath, sleep changes all the time, so if he did start sleeping longer, it wouldn't last....lol I just know it. But it's nice to wake up and feel like I've at least had a good solid rest. I had a 2 hour nap yesterday, and found that if I wake up before he does, I feel so much better than being woken up by screaming. Lol
I forgot to mention how he's growing...he's been smiling for 2 weeks now, which is just adorable and he has just started putting his hands in his mouth. He loves to baby babble and loves his big brothers talking to and playing with him. He hates being alone too. If I leave him in his bouncer chair, alone, he starts crying. But if someone is in ghe room, and he can see them he's usually ok. He is starting to love his showers too.
scarlet is in newborn babyloves, but i got a infant one to try i think when this bulk buy of babylove gone ill put her in infant size, i also have the enx size up in huggies box from newborn but not using them yet, i found the huggies new born to small so i went to baby love newborn they r great i got in bulk 144 for $35 from bigw and they r good nappies.
scarlet woke 2 times between 7pm and 6am this morning, S loves to babble away and loves her big sister, hayley takes her alot and holds her and burps her and stuff whenn im trying to cook dinner and make school lunch she is good with her. i was gonna put her in her cot soon i been in her room trying to sort it out and make it nice its just hard when S doesnt wanna sleeep much during day lol she didnt have her horrible night pattern last night she went down at 7 and i was suprised, maybe it was the sugar in the milk, she has been bit constipated again and someone told me a bit of brown sugar helps so i put a pinch in her milk it does help maybe it helps with other wind issues to not sure but she went down easy last night
Traylee - I used babylove newborn & infants on A and they are great, had less leaks with them than the huggies! I swapped back to huggies since I only use disposables at night and with her 8-9hour sleeps overnight found huggies more absorbant, the babyloves gave her a nappy rash which I was sad about because I liked using them, they are so much softer.
Sleepy - It's the same here with growsuits, she's not long (55cm) by any stretch but find she's usually a size ahead in the them, they just don't seem to make the leg & feet part big enough and everywhere else is baggy. Kmart ones seems to be more generous in sizing than the target ones. It is sad when they go up a size, it means our little babies are growing up. Though there is one baby in mothers group who is a week older than A and has been in 00's for weeks - she is a big girl and over 6kgs already!
Marni - hope today is better than yesterday for you.
Well I'm still sitting in my PJ's and it's 1pm. We had a sleep in this morning coz it was cold and rainy plus she's abit grizzling & clingy - think she's feeling yuck from the needles. Have only been able to put her down for a couple of minutes at a time so haven't made it to the shower, but I have at least got a load of washing on and folded and put away a basket full from the other day.
Think I'm going to have to take her into bathroom in bouncer and have a quick wash - I was going to try and get to shaving my legs oh well.....DH is away until tuesday so still have a couple of days to get them done lol.
Nappies - we just bought snugglies infant ?(4-8kg) they are large but good for overnight as i use cloth during the day.
Clothes - we have some OOOO that fit but Zen is so long that if they have feet he cant stretch out & gets cranky.OOO are really big unless he is in cloth nappies.
Sleep - sleepy, yippee on the longer block - it works wonders on ur doesnt it? I'm jealous of you mummies get 8hr blocks but the midwife said with me breastfeeding i dont want him going an 8hr block as i'm still establishing my milk supply.i can see why some women choose to bottle feed - it seems like it would be easier!
Marni - hope your day got better! it sounded like quite a day, i would have been in tears!
Phoenix - did you get the kitchen & washing done?
JLeigh - Zens needles are mon week - I know who will be doing the crying...wish i could get DH to come along. sounds like you have been getting somew great blocks of sleep
Traylee - Big W are great as they have a brand of bulk nappies on special every week.
AFM: did the dreamfeed. Zen went down about 7pm, i fed & changed him at 9.30pm and he slept till 3.10am then till 6.15am. I'm happy with that so will persevere.
dreamfeed - already answered but is when you eed bub during a nap time...i only learnt what it was yesterday from midwife.
Milestones - Zen is chatting alot, especially at night when i put him down & he is still awake..talks himself to sleep lol.at his 5wk4day weigh he was 4.3kg, 1.1kg more than birth,
Tina - got the kitchen done and had a half hour nap lol. How are you going with cloth nappies? I'm surprised how easily I've adjusted to them - once we worked out that covers with double leg gussets keep everything in are great (have a few covers now pushed to the side for emergencies only), just an extra load of washing every 2nd day and I must admit I quite like hanging them out on the line, tragic I know I've got a bamboo & a hemp nappy to try overnight with a wool soaker cover but haven't been game to try them yet just in case.
Jleigh - amazing what an extra couple of weeks can make breastfeeding, a couple of weeks ago I went and bought nipple shields as she was killing me on the right side every feed but it seems like one day they just stopped hurting & feeding was comfortable. I still leak like crazy, not quite the flowing out I used to get after showering but definately can't go without breastpads. In the mornings after her long sleep they are so hard & sore I can't wait for her to wake up and feed.
Sorry i havent been in for awhile i am so far behind with everyone and everything just been so busy kids have all been sick now May has the sniffles also.
We are doing well May is now 4kg cant believe how much she has grown she was only around 2.5kg at birth
Clothes she is still in 0000 other things but in 000 bonds suits now.
Nappies i am just finishing off the last of the newborns now i agree traylee the baby love ones are great i still have quite a few of them left in newborn but they are bigger then the huggies ones.
May has changed into a new baby since we changed formulas she poos everyday which is exciting for us.
Sleeping well once we get all of the wind up one night she went right through from 10:00pm but still averaging 7-8hrs in between feeds sometimes less sometimes more just depends and then sometimes she dosent sleep well at all so every night is a mystery.
We have a few half hearted smiles but nothing full on yet.
Traylee i used to do the brown sugar remedy it is 1/4 of a teaspoon in the bottle for 2 feeds only if it dosent work repeat the next day thankfully i dont have to use it anymore atm.
Well sorry for no real personals i have a few more things to do before the older 2 get home from school and hopefully i wont be as long getting back here but then again going to be flat out for 2 weeks with all 4 kids at home for school holidays start after today.
Everyone take care and hope all mums and bubs are well.
Tina - dont think us formula feeding mummas have it easier :-) I think it depends on the bub really - Hunter did 2 nights which he went straight through with a dreamfeed at 10pm but has reverted the last 2 nights waking at 4am on Wednesday night and last night was even earlier at 330am! I dont like going backwards as he was consistantly sleeping til 4am prior to sleeping through. So I on average have been getting 6 hours block. And there are breastfeeding mothers who are constantly getting 8 or 9 hours! Zen will get there :-)
Hi to everyone else, I am having a bad day which I think is making bub unsettled! Have come down with an ear infection so I am feeling sad and sorry for myself...not much sleep last night - didnt get to sleep until after 1 and then was woken by the little man for a feed at 330am! Oh well. Hunter is now 5.6kg (yes a big boy) and has been in infant nappies for a couple of weeks now! I think it will only be a couple more weeks until he is in crawlers lol - stop growing so quickly my little man! And he has been in 000 for a couple of weeks now - and I think will be moving into 00 shortly - only in long sleeve long leg all-in-ones though! Hope you are all having a good day - enjoy your weekends!
SSM - I hope that he reverts to his long sleeps again for you! I find sleep deprivation is worse if you get used to getting sleep again! If you get no sleep consistently then it is easy to deal with. Hunter is growing so well!
Phoenix - How is A going now? I have found that P has been fussy with her feeds, I don't know whether it is her needles or her cold. Have you had any trouble?
Sorry, I can't remember what is on the other page. Hope all mummies have had a good day though!
Phoenix - Ta for telling me what a dreamfeed is! B actually had one this morning as I was so full and sore.
Traylee - My mother's group is at 9:30am at the health centre so if there's smoking and drinking I'm out! What about a meet up with some BB members? I've met a couple of great ladies from BB IRL and they're sooo lovely.
SSMumsy - Hope the ear infection settles soon.
Caplay - Hope you enjoy the hols with your kids.
Tina - Sounds like the sleeping is going really well for you! Did the midwife say how long it takes to 'establish our milk supply' ? Mine said that too, but didn't say how long that would take - I figured a few weeks!
Sleepy - Yay for sleep! B seems to be progressing and going longer and longer every few days. Last night he went from 7:30pm til 5:30am, which is when I woke him for a dreamfeed. He then slept til 7:15am! I was awake from 4am with full sore boobs though, but it took me til 5:30am to get the courage to get him up!
It was great to hear how E is growing and changing. I am amazed at what B can do this week that he couldn't do last week (that, and his grumpiness and insecurity has me convinced he's having a growth spurt!):
pays attention to his toys, ie rattles
using his hands to touch and sucking on them as well as anything else he can get near his mouth!
knows a laugh is like a smile and smiles at us if we laugh at him (e.g when he does a poosplosion and we laugh, he smiles!)
plays peek-a-boo with DH!! This is waaaay cool!
that I've just gotten B to self settle in his bassinette - this will be the first time since Tuesday that we haven't struggled with day naps. To be honest, I am getting sick of the screaming, taking ages to settle and all the usual things not working, then waking every 5 minutes for hours at a time. And then he falls asleep in the middle of a feed because he's sooooo tired so I put him down but he wakes up 5 minutes later again! DH just walked in as he's started crying again, so he's settling him this time....
We are looking at buying some things in the KMart and Big W toy sales starting next week - there are quite a few bargains on baby stuff that we'll put away for Christmas and will get stuff for the family to give him too. Plus there are one or two things that we'll buy for between now and Christmas!
Hi all. Just a quick one. We had our 6 week check up today. E is mow 5.5kg, 58cm long and head is 39cm. He's a big boy! And he will be 7 weeks on Sunday! Everything is awesome.
jleigh most of the mothers groups here are held at the peoples houses , i dont think the centre has any one show anymore cause they all made there own little groups.
i dont no any one who comes on ehre from up here, but a few are on the other forums but i no them all already,
lol
oh well ill sort it out
Traylee- Try the playgroup website. They will have the formal groups near you listed and should be more structured and maybe more what you are after.
Sleepy - E is growing so well! He is the same weight as Phoebe is!
JLeigh - Its amazing when they learn things hey! I used to love watching Tiana use her hands - just playing with toys. Cant wait for P to start doing it. You're not far from me. Maybe we should try and meet up sometime. Sleepy is only in Brisbane too! It would be good to see some mums and bubs in flesh!
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I've got a bamboo & a hemp nappy to try overnight with a wool soaker cover but haven't been game to try them yet just in case.
that I've just gotten B to self settle in his bassinette - this will be the first time since Tuesday that we haven't struggled with day naps. To be honest, I am getting sick of the screaming, taking ages to settle and all the usual things not working, then waking every 5 minutes for hours at a time. And then he falls asleep in the middle of a feed because he's sooooo tired so I put him down but he wakes up 5 minutes later again! DH just walked in as he's started crying again, so he's settling him this time....
, i dont think the centre has any one show anymore cause they all made there own little groups.
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