Babies born~November 16-31st 2009 #1

[Snowy Love]

Hi girls, I've been lurking instead of posting, but I'm rid of my visitors now (my house is a pigsty) I have great admiration for people with more than one kid and don't use daycare for the older ones - DS1 has a cold and I've got nothing done today & yesterday (his daycare days) I so need to clean the house (although I could be doing that now to tell the truth) after having all the family here at Christmas & my bro & his gf staying until the weekend, but Mr I has wanted to be held the last two days and when he (finally) decided he was going to sleep in the bassinette DS1 has needed me.

Pages back, someone asked about wrapping when its hot - my Mum has been wrapping Mr I and leaving his feet exposed and he settled well (when Mum did it, I have not got the knack, he'd come undone about a minute after I did it). There's a book at my library called Babygami (or something like that) which shows lots of different ways to wrap - maybe do a google images search?

Mrs Magpie - rolling already wow! Must put Mr I on the floor for tummy time - although I don't want to have him on the floor when its just me with the 2 boys as DS1 is a bit over enthusiastic with his cuddling and needs to be supervised closely. Mr I holds his head up really well so i haven't been worrying about too much tummy time.

I had to get groceries today, dropped DS1 off to my Dad's and circled the car parks for about 20 mins with an increasing volume crying Mr I before giving up and giving in to extortion and getting my car washed for $22 just so I could get an undercover park close to the shops(its raining here and tourist season).

Gotta go DS1 needs me. Hi to everyone!

[Tygress]

Snowy it was me asking about the wrapping-thanks, i'll look up that website!

[Alison1973]

Hi Girls!

Hi Tygress - great to hear you don't need to go back to hospital, what a relief!

Hi Snowylove - great to hear from you, wow you've just got rid of your visitors, you must be exhausted!

For those who have given up BF'ing, well done, I think it's hard to do huh, I'm formula feeding more often these days, my milk isn't enough for my little piggy, I mostly BF but I can see the full time formula not being that far away perhaps.....we shall see. I got another 6 hours out of Amelia last night, she prefers a full tummy that's for sure!

Hi Telly - I visited a friend this morning too, she's 39 weeks pregnant and no aircon, I tried to BF and poor Amelia was so sweaty and me too, I gave up and took her home to finish it in the aircon, revolting here today!

Hi Ubba - hope you are doing well lovely.

Hi Kymmy - your poor boobies, are you ok? I have these great little booby heat/cold packs my friend got for me. I can give you the details if you want to get some, they are great for engorgement and helping with mastitis. I think they're $30 for a pack of two.

Hi Mon - OMG 3 months already, WTF!! How fast is this going girls, it's scary!

Afternoon tea at the hospital was nice, one of the girls from ante natal was there, she had her baby the same day!!! I didn't even see her, mind you, I didn't leave the room much when I was there LOL. We were given everyone's contact details and we're going to catch up for a cuppa in a couple of weeks. Funny, my aqua class girls there's all girls but one boy, this group was all boys but Amelia and another one, funny. I weighed Amelia but they did it so fast I don't remember if she was 4.1 kgs or 4.5 kgs.....have mothers group Thursday so will check it properly then. Either way, she's definitely gaining which is good. Oh and DH was annoyed earlier, Amelia's blood group results came in the mail and she has my blood group not his, sucked in LOL!

Gotta go, Amelia just finished feeding (while I typed how terrible am I, no wonder my shoulders and back ache) and now she's poo'd, awesome! Waiting for DH to come home and bath her....oh hang on, she's still going, might wait a while ha ha - the bad thing about combining BF'ing with FF'ing, you get the runny BF poo with the stinky formula poo, fabulous!

[Snowy Love]

Hi Girls!


Gotta go, Amelia just finished feeding (while I typed how terrible am I, no wonder my shoulders and back ache) and now she's poo'd, awesome!

Not terrible at all - its called multi-tasking! I dunno how I'd go if I had to ff and actually have to pay attention while feeding. With my laziness being glued to the couch feeding DS1 when he was new was great - I got to watch heaps of DVD's. Wouldn't be so good now I've got to chase DS1 about. Gotta work on my posture while feeding though (or visit my chiro who'd tell me to work on my posture).

[Tygress]

Kymmy hope your boob responds quickly to the ab's and not so sore soon.

After a peaceful afternoon, James now has diarrhea from the mylanta! So annoying to find something that helps him settle but causes another problem.

Wishing you all a trouble free night!

[Alison1973]

Hi Kymmy - I'm glad you went to the doc straight away, I know a girl who went on antibiotics for mastitis and by the next day she felt much better so I think they work pretty quickly. Take care of that boob in the meantime.

Hi Snowy - ha ha I haven't tried typing while using the bottle yet, it's one thing to do it while BF'ing but with a bottle would be a real artform ha ha. I have had times when I've gotten carried away typing only to look down and realise Amelia is so far away from my boob and she's doing the sucking motion with her mouth and there's nothing there, LOL! Poor munchkin.

Hi Tygress - oh no!!!! Is there something else you can try???? Amelia's poo explosion while I was on before was a doozey.........boy did it stink - yesterdays formula top up coming through mixed with the lovely runny mustard poo of breast milk. YUK!! She went straight into the bath. She was screaming and as soon as she hit that water she was so peaceful....gotta love the bath. She's now on dads chest asleep, the usual position in the evenings! She only wants me for my boobs....oh well, at least someone does ha ha.

[Alison1973]

Hi Girls - TMI alert.....I think I definitely have hemorroids (sp?) or a fissure or something! It's still hurting when I go to the toilet and today I even had some bleeding! Do I just go to the chemist and ask for something specific or can you buy it in the supermarkets? I've never had this before ever so have no idea! Also, without sounding revolting I can't feel anything on the outside so if it is roids they must be on the inside. Can you even use cream in that instance? Don't suppose they go away on their own? Hoping someone knows about them so you can help me LOL! Trust me to get these! Grrr.

Only got 4 hours out of Amelia last night so there goes the 6 hours from the previous night. I do however think it's because she wet her nappy so much it leaked onto her bassinette mattress and DH had the timer on the aircon and it turned off so it was stifling in the bedroom, idiot! It's so hot here at the moment!

I have a friend popping in shortly, she hasn't seen Amelia yet and we've been friends for over 10 years so quite excited although I did tell her to excuse the mess, I can't be bothered tidying up, not that it's too bad but it does look like a little bomb has hit it ha ha!

How is everyone today?

[~Stoked~]

Hello Ladies,

Thanks for your words of wisdom... I love you gals!

Well I just got back from the Doc.. I definately have mastitis! Have been put on antibiotics. She said it was great that i came in when I did as it gets very bad very quickly.
Hopefully the antibiotics will work fast cos my boob is killing me! Archie was feeding from it before and decided he'd pull his head away with my nipple still in him mouth!!! OUCHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Anyway, i'm being summonsed...

hope you all have a great night x