I'll be back as soon as Kaylee has had a bottle and Boyo is in bed, but just quickly:
KAYLEE GOT THE ALL CLEAR FROM THE HOSPITAL! No further infections grew in culture, she is all good (so the poor little bugger had her needles today...kinda had to do it while the going was good...only 3 weeks late!)
Phoenix, I have small SIO Itti's for Kaylee (I just changed her after 3 hours, MASSIVE poo and no leaks...) I have to admit I've not had any leaks at all, I had her in one when she had her harness on (as a trial), overnight, from 6pm til about 2am, with an extra bamboo booster in it and it was fine then too...
Have you tried strip washing them, apparently its best to just wash them in hot water rather than with powder etc as it can build up and screw up the absorbency. Itti suggest that you bung them through the machine on a hot cycle with a tiny amount (1/4 cup for a full load...could put normal washing in too) of dishwashing liquid, then dry (dryer makes the bamboo soft) in dryer or sun...apparently that can help?!
BW - yay for Kaylee getting the harness off!! And woohoo on winning the nappies!
Marni - E is also getting too long for her 000 bonds suits, but other brands still fit her in the legs.
Phoenix - that's great about A's sleeping! Through the night at 10 wks is fantastic!
Good luck to all those having needles. We're taking E for hers next week. I might leave A at my MILs as I don't think she'll like seeing someone stab her little sister and making her cry.
Sorry for not too many personals, trying to get a million things done while E is in bed.
Afm: we had out 6-8wk checks yesterday. E is 5.2kg and "thriving" according to the midwife. They put some silver nitrate on her belly button thing and it's nearly gone already. Might need one more go but it's definitely looking better. I also had my bits checked out after the stitches & doc seems to think another vaginal delivery could risk wrecking the muscles down there and lead to bowel incontinence (had an epis first time and a tear second). So if we go again I will likely have to have a c-sec. We are still undecided as to whether we want another though, but it's something to think about. Other than that we're both doing great.
Hi to everyone - it sounds like good news all round so
BW - Congrats on the good news about K and congrats on winning those Itti's!
Phoenix - Hope you're enjoying your time with DH home. I survived yesterday cos Mum was with me for most of it, and today we had our first New Parents Group. B woke at 5:30am for a feed and we were still late to the group, even though it started at 9:30!
pmc - I hear you - B's 40 min sleep sees me madly rushing to try to get everything done 'cos once he's awake it's all about him! Glad to hear E is thriving.
TinaR - Did you find any good bargains at the toy sales?
Marnikat - That's great that the Zantac has helped so much. Is it a liquid? A lady in the Parents Group has her 7 week old on Losec and it's pellets which you can't crush and she said she has heaps of trouble getting her DD to take them (understandable for a 7 week old!).
Hi to Tiff, Erin, Traylee, SSM and anyone else I have missed.
AFM - I weighed Boz today - 5kg on the dot!! Couldn't measure him as he was asleep and I didn't want to wake him. I seem to be surviving my first day on my own, but don't know how I'll get any housework done!
Boz has been really upset at afternoon nap time the past couple of days - I'm talking screaming cries with tears streaming down his little face. Boy is that hard to take. He drops off eventually but it takes lots of cuddles, pats, rocking and shhhh's. As for night sleeps, he seems to have stretched it even longer, to 5:30am, but won't go back to sleep after that (just the 40 min day naps). I'm not complaining though!
Sleepy- i am not looking forward to the busy routine once school goes back either i spend my night organising and getting everything prepared so i dont have to rush round in the morning.
Marni- am glad to here the zantac has helped.
Tina- Yes first DD now 7 had bad eyes and it was very hard to do the patching on and off especially when they are little and just pull it off all the time but we got through it she had an operation at 2 to have them both straightened which is where they tighten the muscles behind the eye it wasnt a nice thing to see your 2 yr old go through but she only needed the one operation so i was happy with that but i really hope we dont have to go through it all again with May but if necessary we will as we chose the option for the surgery as we thought about all the times ahead like school and how cruel some kids can be and it was necessary to help with her vision.
You are lucky Z amuses himself May isnt so good with amusing herself she might for 3-5mins if where lucky.
Pheonix-Wow you must be happy and pleesed A is sleeping so well that is excellent.
BW- Glad to hear you got the all clear we also had the needles today poor little ones i couldnt look
PM-Sorry i must of missed what was wrong with E's belly button?
Jleigh-Do you have your own scales at home?Sorry to hear B has been abit unsettled in the afternoon.
Hi to everyone else i missed
AFM- well needles went as well as they could DD 18mths was tired and screaming before we even got into have the needles and then when she had hers ohhhhhh the face and the cry poor little darling was glad DP was holding her as i neally cried from the other side of the room.May was good only cryed for a min they did them both at the same time so that was good came home and she has been sleeping for a long time but i have let her as she has been awake most of the afternoon will feed her shortly and hope she settles ok.
We asked about her eyes and he said he would referr us to the same specialist we seen with DD1 if needed in a few months time.
I asked about my swab results from a couple weeks ago from the ongoing infection i have had since birth and he said it was GBS that showed up i dont know alot about this GBS i had it last pregnancy and this one but how long can it stay for??? any info about it would be great he said it should be gone now and i havent had any more sighns of it still being here so hopefully it has gone.
I didnt get a pap smear as was too much hapening in there today will have to make a new appointment soon as i need one now
anyway i better go have a good night everyone takecare
Oh do any of your bubs have that hormonal rash on them? May has over her face and head.
Cap - Phoebe quite often has a rash. I don't know if it is the same one. It is tiny little red spots. She gets it on her face, arms, neck and belly. Could that be it?
JLeigh - The tears are awful aren't they? I always feel terrible when Phoebe cries that much.
Does anyone have set times for bubs to sleep? I generally just wait for P to seem sleepy and then put her down but am thinking of trying to start a routine soon. What does everyone else do?
Marni- yes it is like little red dot pimply looking things??
Well May kinda has her own routine which follows pretty much the same everyday somedays are different i kinda am just going with the flow with her i havent made a set routine but she seems to of made her own lol and she seems to stick pretty close to it everyday so if that works for her it works for me.
Having abit of a time settling her atm so better run.
Marnikat - We haven't even tried to set a routine apart from bath-massage-feed-bed, but B seems to like to have his own routine and usually keeps to it to within 15 mins or so! He's started waking at 5:30am rather than 4:30am now, but instead of going back to bed, he's up now. He has a nap about 1 3/4hrs after he wakes, sleeps for about 50 mins, then wakes for a little play before his next feed, which are 3 hours apart. He usually won't sleep and is unsettled after his late afternoon feed though - seems to just want to be held. I am trying to make sure tea is prepared as much as I can before then otherwise we wouldn't eat.
caplay - I have my own bathroom scales, but they're the old fashioned, non digital kind so not very accurate. They have them at Parents Group at the Child Health Centre so I use those. Sounds like you all survived the needles ok - did May need any panadol? B still has a lump on his left leg from that needle. It's hard, like a 5c piece size.
About GBS - I tested positive for GBS after a swab in pregnancy so needed antibiotics in labour to ensure I didn't pass it onto B as it can be very severe in newborns because they have no immune system. It stands for Group B Streptococcus (ok, that spelling is wrong!), which is a common bacteria that can cause sore throats etc. Most women are positive at some time in their life, but it often has no symptoms at all and can come and go. It's only a worry in preg as bub could get it. I wouldn't be concerned if I were you.
AFM - B got worse after I posted yesterday. He seemed very sleepy, but just wouldn't settle, even in my arms, and spent a couple of hours wriggling and screaming. He fed every 2 hours as well and eventually dozed off in my arms for about half an hour. I ended up putting him down in his bouncer and had just enough time to go to the loo and put a load of washing in the machine before he woke again.... completely happy and as if nothing had even been wrong! And he slept through til 5:30am as usual! If only they came with an instruction manual....lol!
Thanks for the reply girls, also what time do you put your babies to 'bed' for the night? I think I am going to get my baby monitor today or tom so want to start a night time routine. Tiana never had one cause she just didnt sleep and we just let her sleep when we could get her to but I think Phoebe will be good with one.
JLeigh - Hope this afternoon is better for you!
Cap - That sounds like it but ours is flat. She does have the milk pimples on her face though.
We had an excellent night last night. E slept from 8.30 9ish right thru until 7am. He did start waking at 4am tho, I just kept putting his dummy back in as not to wake DH, and he kept falling back asleep. So that was nice, especially after the day we had yesterday, was very busy! We ended up going to K-Mart, and getting a few things, then the park, whcih ended up being freezing cold and then raining...lol.
Routine - Elijah generally seems to want to be in bed between the hours of 7 and 9pm. He usually fusses and wants feeding and I usually bath/shower him before bed time too. I just think it helps relax him plus I know if I have a shower before bed I sleep better. I hate being/feeling dirty.
Rash - E has a bit of a rash sometimes on his cheeks, but nothing serious. He has quite a bit of cradle cap tho....but it's not too concerning.
BW - How is K going now? I hope all is ok with the bladder infection. Sooo happy to hear the braces came off!
AFM - I am really quite concerned about the needles now..lol. I hate when they are done! I had DH go with E when he got the heel test, because we were out of hospital before 72 hours, we had to go to a clinic to get it done, so DH went in. They had to do that twice, and I heard his screams - almost made me cry! I hate being the one to hold them when they get it done....I have had to do it with all of them tho, but it doesn't make it any easier....E is really happy when he is lying on the floor, with all his brothers around talking to him, he smiles and wriggles and goos and gaas...it so beautiful! Almost makes me want to have more, just to see the love and happines!
I have had a bit of a pregnancy scare, we did it unprotected not long after E was born (about 4 weeks) when the bleeding stopped, so have been stressing out, but I think it's ok now, I think I was feeling over exhausted and getting "symptoms"..emotional, tired, feeling sick - altho I haven't started bleeding again yet either....I want to take a test just to reassure myself...lol
Hope you're all having a good day so far...
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hey all how is eveyrone
troy informs me scarlet slept tll 5am, he stayed awake all night checking on her waiting for her to wake, that was her first night in the cot for a full sleep
all day today i have bene putting her back in there to sleep and patting on her and shshshshs her.
i hoep tonigth she sleeps right threw since i have her lol
i gave her some mashed banana other day just a teaspoon she loved it she kept wanting to feed every hr so i gave her that and she went to sleep
she has also tried the farex banana one a bit and pulled weird faces at it
i havent given her any food since i just tried it she seemed to like it, cant beleive she is 9 weeks already
how is everyone doing? us we are doing good May seems to of handled her needles very well we did have to give her panandol once that night do any of your bubs hate the panadol everytime i gave it to my last DD she would vomit and i meen power spew everywhere and i have never been able to use it with her when i gave it to may she didnt seem to like it either very much and i thought oh know it is going to make you vomit to but she just gagged and pulled awful faces it must taste bitter or something not sure.
Marni- yes that sounds like the rash today it has almost gone though yes may still has milk spots to.
i usually feed May around 9ish maybe half past and then put her down and (fingers crossed) she has been settling straight away the last week last night just picked her up fed and went straight back down i find if i feed her around that time she wont wake till anywhere between 5-8am although this morning was 4am as she hadnt pooed but has now so back down again May is currently going a good 7-9hrs between feeds just hope the settling keeps going this good as i said in previous posts she was taking a good 2-3 hrs to settle beforehand with last DD i gradually started cutting the time back to earlier in the night so will proberly do the same but last DD slept through from the day she was born.
Sleepy- wow did you do a test? i would die of shock if i was to fall pregnant again (wont be happening being very cautious till the snip happens)
Traylee- I hope you got a full nights sleep last night? you are bottle feeding arnt you? how many bottles a day is she having? do you refridgerate your boiled water or leave out? or do you premake some bottles?
Hello to everyone else might go have a quick lie down before the rest of the tribe get up try pop back later.
Jleigh- LOL i wish all our kids came with an instruction manual they amaze me at times.
cap, she is on bottle and i dont count how many bottles she has lol, she usually feeds anywhere from 3 to 5hrs during the day, most times i 4 i think till avos,
she has 120mls of s26, i boil water and leave it in the jug and just put it in the bottles as i go, i still heat the bottles in microwave then add the formula, if she doesnt happen to drink it all i put the rest in the fridge as i read that you can reheat them once with formula in it after wards, (the first time is only heated with boiled water)
i stayed awake all night well mostly waiting, i was wide awake anywways so watched the new karate kid movie good movie lol
she slept from 7.30 till 4am, then woke again at 6.20 and only had 60mls lol and went to sleep and she still asleep now
think she sleeping better in her cot i just gotta get rid of that 4am feed and we will be right
i was naughty last njght well this morning, troy is so use to being awake all night he couldnt sleep either so we watched some movies then went to snuggle in bed (we sleep in sep rooms but we thought we would snuggle together for warmth)
and well we decided to be naughty and we didnt use protection
now for those of you that no about fertility, well sat night i was getting horrid pains in ovary area and lasted few days,, but on tues TMI i went to the loo and my god there was so much egg white stuff its was grose lol lasted all day, i havent had it like that before im guessing that was my fertile time, so if i had all egg white tues, and had sex early this morning would i have not been fertile anymore, cause rnt u fertile when u see that egg white and few days before it
Hi ladies,
We got home on Sunday night, but I have been a bit busy to jump on here, then when I got time yesterday my computer was stuffing up. All seems to be ok today, but I am glad we are getting a new one soon.
If it's ok with you all I'm going to start fresh from today rather than try to catch up on everything.
H and T are both sick! H has had high temps a very green running nose, throwing up greenies, even having green poo along with a horrible cough, poor little baby, so we've been having lots of cuddles. Dr said to just keep doing what I'm doing and not to be afraid to give her Panadol for those temps. As for T, her nose is running like a tap, but this thankfully clear and has an aweful cough and weezing like mad. Got her on a puffer again which gives her a bit of relief. Even with 2 sick girls I am happy to report I'm happy and healthy!!! lol
H had her first 8 hour sleep the other night, it was lovely. She is now doing on average 7 hours at night which is great, When I get up to her, on goes the air con and we all wake to a beautifully warm house!
Fertility - there is a temp increase on the day you are most fertile (when you may notice ewcm (egg white cervical mucas)), sperm can survive for 3-4days, to my knowledge its girl sperm who last the distance, and you are still in your fertile period the day after that spike. at least that is the knowledge i have from my time ttc. My DH knows if he doesnt tarp up then he isnt getting any loving! TMI - ha asked if we could do it a bit then put it on...again i said no cause of pre-ejauculation...he thought i was making it up.
Routine - poor Zen fits into our routine. i attempt to keep his feed times regular but if we are going somewhere he may get fed half hr early/late. he generally feeds between 7-8pm then sleeps till 4am and is generally up by 6am.
Feeding - i have a box of farex on hand for when he appears to need that bit extra.it has been tempting to give a spoon at night with last feed & try to get that extra hr or two sleep but i will wait till he seems to need the extra nourishment.
yea tina im not temtping lol, im wondering if i od on that ewcm day, or after, i stoped cramping on that day night ish, so what im wodnering is if you stop cramping if o is over, i only had that day of the ewcm lots of it, but i think last night while dtd sorry tmi again but it felt like we could get alot more in if you no what i mean felt comfier and yea so now ill be worried for the next few weeks,
i said to hubby i feel like i have cheated and done soemthign wrong in guilt, he laughed and said me to he said oooops, i said yea but it was so much better without the rubber lol they so suck, we rnt use to using them at all so its horrid when we do,
Damn it, I'm stiill not getting notifications and now so far behind in what's going on in here. Had a quick read but have to sit down when I've got more time to catch up properly.
Birth Control - I'd die if I got pregnant just now, I've started taking the mini-pill but so hopeless in remembering to take it think I'm going to go and have the Mirena IUD put in. Have heard pretty good reports on it from a few people, it lasts five years but you can have it removed at any time and your fertility comes straight back.
Rash - It does sound like milk spots, A had them quite bad across her forehead and cheeks. It's gone now but still get them come up occasionally.
BW - What fantastic news with K getting her harness off and the all clear on her UTI follow up Don't know what I"m doing wrong with the Itti's they've been washed quite a few times, hot washed etc and they leak after about an hour.
Tiff - Welcome back, your poor little girls being sick, hope they are feeling better real soon and that you stay healthy.
JLeigh - the flushable liners we bought off ebay, they are made of viscose and I haven't had any issue with nappy rash so far (have with sposies).
Hello to Tina, Marni, PM, Caplay, Erin, Socks, Traylee and anyone I've missed I promise I'll try and keep up - will be easier next week DH is back to work on Tuesday
Had my last official mothers group yesterday but we are all going to try and meet up again next week - they all seem like a nice bunch of ladies so hopefully it will keep going as it's great to get out amongst other mums.
A's sleeping is only getting better each night, she had her first night in her gro-bag and slept for 10 hours till 7.30, fed and then slept again until 10.30.......oh and she's now sleeping again she has no real routine except that morning sleep but I'm definately not complaining since she does such a great effort at night.
hmmm I'm supposed to be downloading a council application form to demolish this place.....better get to it
hi all
I'm going to reply via topic again as we've had a few common themes this week.
Nappies/liners - I've had Evelyn in cloth occasionally but her thighs are still a bit small for the small BBH magicalls. For both girls I use eenies flushable liners and the cheapest I've found them is the roll of 500 from the ebay shop Bumpy Buns. I started using these with Annabelle because she would get eczema and these keep her pretty dry. I love that they're flushable so you don't have to deal with the solids too much!
Routine - I'm trying to implement a bit of a routine, but it's not easy with E only sleeping for half an hour then often not resettling. I'm hoping she'll start sleeping longer soon because she doesn't want to feed any more often than 3-3.5hrly during the day and I'm trying to stick with feed/play/sleep. Basically we bath/shower both girls at 7pm then A is in bed by 7:30 and I normally start feeding E while reading A stories, then she goes to bed, then I finish feeding and settle. She's normally asleep by 8:30. Lately we've been having a 3:30-4:30am feed then up by about 7:30/8am for another feed and to start the day. Feed about 11am, 2/2:30, 5:30/6 then bedtime one. Whatever I can get out of her sleep-wise between the feeds is great but I often put her in the sling about 3:30/4pm for that last sleep in the hope that it will be a big one. She can't seem to stay awake much more than 1-1.5hrs without either falling asleep wherever she is or getting cranky. I can't wait to move E to a sleeping bag at night time but her arms are still way out of control.
Rash - E's is quite bad at the moment on her face, head and neck. I thought it was baby acne as some of the ones in her hair were a bit pussy but it's gotten really dry and I'm wondering now if it's dermatitis or eczema. I'll ask the doc when we go for needles next week if it's still there/bad. I don't want to moisturise it if it is baby acne because that will make it worse but if it's eczema (with both DH and DD1 get) then you need to moisturise regularly.
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better go, E hit her half hour sleep cycle. I will resettle until she gets the message!
PM - I hope that E starts settling for you better soon. Have you tried her side or belly? I know P will not sleep on her back.
Traylee - Are you trying for another bub? I don't think I could even consider it!
Pish - Welcome back! Hope the girls get better soon.
Phoenix - When will you demolish?
JLeigh - Hi!!!
Sleepy - Hi to you as well!
Soft Spots - Has anyone else noticed their bubs soft spot droop? Not completely sunk but just enough to notice? Phoebes has done it a few times but she isn't unwell but I don't know whether to be worried or not?
I bought the Angelcare baby monitor today so if I manage to set it up will try putting P in her cot overnight! Not really sure how she will go but I think she will be fine. I have a 2.5 tog sleeping bag to keep her warm!
And he slept through til 5:30am as usual! If only they came with an instruction manual....lol!
i just gotta get rid of that 4am feed and we will be right
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