This thread is for parents who's baby was born December 16th ~ 31th 2009
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Matilda was born on 22/12/09 at 2.11pm - weighing in at 2930gms (6lb4oz). She is just gorgeous, and is beginning to sleep longer between feeds, we're mostly up to 3-4 hour sleeps. Matilda has two much older big brothers, who just adore her and are a wonderful help.
Looking forward to meeting other mums/dads & bubs of this baby buddy group.
Hi Mollycat.
I had my DS2 on 18 Dec. He is a good little guy so far, and we are trying to settle into things. DS1 is only 18mo and it is not easy, especially after a c-sect birth.
Look forward to getting to know you and any other late Dec babies. xo
i am here with our new DD Maree who was born at home unexpectedly in teh bathroom on 29th dec 09. weighing 3.69kg (8lb 1oz) and has been doing 4-5 hours between feeds and sleeping for 6-7 hours over night so very happy considering she is only 4 days old and is gaining weight beautifully.
she is fully BF so far and i had one day i had to fully express as i engorged so bad when my milk came in but seems it has settled down and she is re attaching nicely now.
oh i know its tough chasing a toddler and a new born as well. how does your little one cope with the new baby?
DD1 is just smitten its HER baby if you ask her lol.
Hi everyone, my darling daughter was born on Dec 17th at 2980g. She is exclusively breastfed and now weighs 4.5kg, is wonderfully easy at night time, and a little too interested in the world to ever consider a day time nap.
I intend to start using a skipping rope and dumbells to get back to pre-pregnancy shape and fitness! How is everyone else going with that?
Last edited by turtleschell; May 13th, 2010 at 08:00 PM.
Most of you know me but I will tell my little story anyway...
My DD2 Annabelle was born on the 16th of December weighing 2900g. Annabelle was born with a hole in the heart and coarctation of the aorta which were repaired by open heart surgery at 6 days old, she was discharged from hospital when she was 16 days old with a NGT for feeding, it has been 10 days since we removed her NGT and 7 days since she has been exclusivly breastfeeding, I am also expressing 4 times a day for my DD1 Matilda who is fed via NGT. Annabelle lost alot of weight due to her surgery and was discharged weighing 2340g, she is gaining now at a nice pace, she weighs 3450g. She is sleeping well during the day and wakes once during the night (twice every now and then).
Body and Fitness - I am 1kg below my pre-pregnancy weight, I would however like to loose another 6kg but I am in no hurry. I do have a lovely muffin top at the moment but it went down really well after I had DD1 so I am happy for it to do its thing! I am walking though and doing yoga. Overall I am really quiet happy with my post number 2 body .
Molly - You chose a wonderful name for your baby girl .
ohhh we are starting to get a few mums and bubs now...
as for fitness.
wii fit is my friend and also chasing after a 2 yo and maree and trying to entertain hubby and cody im now 3 kilo under pre baby weight, then again i only put on 6 kilos..
maree is doing well has put on over a kilo already, its amazing how she is so different in many ways from taylah as a baby.
how is everyone coping?
im doing fine, maree is sleeping through most nights every 3rd por 4th night she gets up around 4 for a feed.
i start back at work in 3 weeks... ahhh scary but cant wait only doing 1 day a week for the moment
Hmmm, fitness. I'm back to pre-pregnancy weight, but still need to lose some more. I really need to get back to my proper low gi diet (pcos), I've been using our wii fit but Matilda seems to know when I'm on it, and chooses that moment to need a feed or a cuddle, which is ok if someone else is at home (at least for the cuddle part of it) so I'm only getting 10 mins here and there, better then nothing I guess, and if she keeps up her current routine I should be able to get out for a walk before she wakes.
Matilda is basically sleeping through at night, she goes down between 10-11pm and wakes about 6.30am which really suits us as often our alarm goes off between 5 and 7am depending on Dh's work. We're getting some beautiful smiles and I'm sure she's trying really hard to giggle, it's so cute to watch. She has both her brothers wrapped around her little fingers, they are so wonderful with her.
I'm back at work next week which luckily I work from home doing family day care, I'm going back to 5 days a week (before she was born I cut down to 4). Not real sure how I'll go, but financially we need me to work, so I've got no other choice. On the plus side I've got only 5 kids coming in, but they're spaced out over the 5 days and they are returning so I've had them before and know them well.
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so very happy considering she is only 4 days old and is gaining weight beautifully.
but it went down really well after I had DD1 so I am happy for it to do its thing! I am walking though and doing yoga. Overall I am really quiet happy with my post number 2 body 
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which luckily I work from home doing family day care, I'm going back to 5 days a week (before she was born I cut down to 4). Not real sure how I'll go, but financially we need me to work, so I've got no other choice. On the plus side I've got only 5 kids coming in, but they're spaced out over the 5 days and they are returning so I've had them before and know them well.
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