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Hello Mummies!
Group Question - Does anyone know whether certain foods that you eat might be affecting a baby's bowels (through breast milk)? Any tips on foods to avoid / have more of?
Nikki - Congrats to your parents on their 30th wedding anniversary! :confetti: My parents have been married for 30 years too! ;) Yay on Ben feeding well though! :D
Vix - Hope you're having a lovely day with Alannah today with the boys at pre-school. ;)
Raffy - :hug:'s for having a crappy day. Hope it gets better and you get some well deserved rest and sleep!
Beckles - I'm having the same issues with Noah and his bowels (GP said it was constipation, CHN said no can't be and that BF babies don't usually get constipated). Hopefully you get some advice and that Maddi and Noah's bowels sort themselves out. It's very frustrating when they seem to be suffering with sore tummies. :hug:
Brydz - Sooooo glad that everything is going so well with J and his family. Hope you and Vinny enjoyed your day at home with no plans today.
Clover - HUGE :hug:'s to you, hopefully you get some answers from your GP.
AFM, got Noah weighed again this morning and he only picked up 100g in the past week - felt a bit worried, but CHN said that it could be because of the reflux, although to try to feed him more often again during the day (like every 3 hours). I just don't want to have to wake him too often because sometimes he feeds, then stays awake for say another hour and a half and by the time he has been asleep for about half an hour then it's time for the 3 hour feed again and then he gets really unsettled and cranky. Will see how it goes, although he has been much better the last 2 days and seems to be feeding a bit better. His HC is now 39cm and he is now 59cm tall!! Holy moly, my little boy is growing QUICK!! lol He did another BIG poo yesterday, but nothing again since then. CHN said that if I fed him more he should be doing poos everyday, although it can be normal for him to not go for a few days. If he doesn't poo again for 3 days I might see my usual GP (as I saw a different GP last Sunday, who said Noah was constipated) and see what he says (or ring the Pediatrician) as CHN said that BF babies BF exclusively doesn't / shouldn't get constipated. Got some raisins/sultanas today and going to give them a go along with my yogurt Vix, so hopefully that helps get things going for him. lol I felt great this morning. Noah slept from 6:00pm last night until 2:00am and I slept from 7:00pm until 2:00am (7 hours!!!) and again from 3:15am until 6:00am (2 hours 45 mins). I haven't slept that well since probably 32 weeks of pregnancy! lol The little man was awake from 6:00am until just after 1pm today, he was cranky and overtired, but went down finally and I should have gone to join him but have had so much to do that I'm still awake. Better go and join him before his next feed! lol
Sorry for the long post but at least everyone is updated now....
Have a great arvo!
Sending you all along with your babies sleepy dust!
xoxox
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HI everyone.
Pretz - we have had a lovely lazy day. Vinny has fed 3 hourly and slept in between. He didn't dirty any nappies during the night, or all day until his nappy at 4pm and trust me he made up for the non dirty ones with an absolutely doozie!! yuk LOL.
Ur group question about breast milk and foods, so far the only thing i've had that seems to have done any damage was some dim sims (cabbage).
Sounds like Noah is growing well and is very happy. You are doing a great job well done.
Nikki - wow congrats to your folks that is wonderful 30 years and at their age.! sounds like true love!!
Raffy - sorry to hear your day has been crappy. Hope that Coop is being a good boy for you now and you can get some rest.
afm: had a bit of a sooky today because I realized the gravity of how many bills I have and not sure yet how soon I'll be able to get cenrelink payments. and then a 'friend' made it worse by having a big ***** about me on my status comments. my other friends stuck up for me and made me feel a little better. but who needs childish stuff like that in their lives. I left high school 5 years ago!!
gotta go, my lil munchkin is crying out from the bedroom. he needs a burp i think.
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Pretz - Poor little Noah being constipated. I havn't had any experience with it at this age, Summer had it when she was on solids at about 6 months and the CHN said some cooled boiled water in a bottle. Might be worth a try if he will take it? Good job on the growth, he certainly is flourishing!!
Brydz - Hope your doing ok. I read you status on FB, that girl thats having a dig at you sounds like a downright cow. If it makes you feel any better, weve got it tough too at the moment. I have shire rates, water rates, contents insurance, car rego and 2 electricity bills all amounting to about 2k and cant see the light at the end of the tunnel at the moment. Not helping with interest rates going up :wall: Glad to see you have had a lovely lazy day. Some days they are just called for!!!
AFM - I need Ben to wake up now. My boob is killing me. Too full, too full, TOO FULL!! Do you girls feed both sides at every feed? This one sided alternative feeding is making me very lopsided! Forgot to wear breastpads the other night and woke up at 1am with a soaked Tshirt hahaha
It is so hot here today. About 33 and Im not used to it. Might go have a shower actually. Feel dirty haha all sweaty and breastmilky :p
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brydz - chin up hun :hug:
nikki - im very lopsided to lol coop very rarely feeds of both sides.
afm - cooper is makin me cry. poor lil dude is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo unsettled, then he did a huge burp and just cuddled for a bit. hope he sleeps soon hes only slept for prob bout an hour all up today which could factor in with the reason why he wont settle. so my crappy day didnt get better :wall:
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Raffy - aww I hope Coop is better now and you are having a good day today *hugs*
Nikki - thanks hun. she is a cow! i went to school with her and we never really were very close but since we were due like 12 days apart we got chatting a lot. at the start she was really rude about my situation with J but then we got quite chummy talking bout pregnancy etc. and since Vinny has been born she has tried to compare him to her little girl all the time, or basically tells me what i'm doing is wrong (in a round about way). she had a huge whinge because vinny lost weight in hospital. claimed i wasn't feeding him right. hence why i'm happy to share my new status about his awesome weight gain :) not that she can see it anyway, i unfriended her. don't need those kind of idiots in my life.
As for the bills, I currently have phone which arrived today, water, council rates, car loan, home loan, home/contents/car insurance and due to get gas/electricity any day and then my NEXT water bill before the end of the month too.
the girl who was having a go at me rents, she has a partner who works and apparently makes so much money she isn't entitled to parenting payments.. and she thinks she has more bills than me.. I'd like to know how?
afm- first visit from the health nurse. she was lovely. she was very impressed with how strong he is, and his head control etc. and his weight gain (230g since last thursday). he is now 8lb 9 which is 4oz more than his birth weight and he isn't 2 weeks yet. i'm pretty happy with that! :)
he is asleep now. I have to ring centrelink to apply for parenting payment. HOW STUPID is it that the form at the hospital only covers the baby bonus.. and then u have to apply for tax benefits online, and then u have to ring a different department to apply for the parenting payment. thats ridiculous. it should be all on one form, or all online.
and then I have to ring child support to make a 'claim' so that i'm eligible for maximum tax benefits even though i can't actually get anything from J cos he has no income.
and then I have to ring J and tell him if he wants to see Vinny in the next week he'll have to come over here because I have no petrol. LOL. and find out what is happening with the dna test, mum paid his mum my half of the price yesterday. just need to know when the appointment will be to do the test.
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morning ladies
Brydz - im glad u unfriended her from ur fb, you seriously dont need negative ppl in ur life. everything your doing is right and u have a happy healthy baby boy, dont let anyone tell you otherwise :) god i hate bills so much, we r due to get all ours soon to so i feel for ya.
AFM - cooper woke every 2 hours last nite but it didn bother me coz he'd wake and go straight back to sleep. plus we had a huge thunder storm so i wasnt sleepin much anyways and DP woke up at 7am and took coop for a shower then i gave him a big feed at DP took him down stairs for like 3 hours til he got hungry again so i got a nice solid 3 hour sleep this morning. weve had soooooo much rain, the park just up the road is under water its crazy. the only thing that has annoyed me this morning is that DP let the dog off his chain and he pulled half the washing off the line :wall: its so frustrating coz he knows when hes doing something wrong! the second i walked out ther he scurried off and hid in his kennel. plus hes now a fully grown male staffy and i recon he weighs about 25-30kg! so imagine that when hes pullin away from you lol. it took all my strength to pull him out of the kennel far enough to clip the chain back on. grrr hes just turned 1 so hes still very young!! cant wait til he grows up and becomes mature enough to not pull off the washing and dig holes :doh: anyways coop is prob in a deep enough sleep now for me to attemp to put him down so a can hang the washing out for the second time lol
bbl
xx
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Raffy - thanks. yeh she is not worth wasting time worrying about. glad to have her gone from my facebook :)
AFM: happy happy happy now! centrelink totally made my day. I rang them to apply for parenting payment and she informed me that I'll get $470 backpay baby bonus and tax benefit on MONDAY, followed by my usual newstart payment (while parenting payment claim is being processed) which has gone up by another $40 since I now have a dependent child on TUESDAY, and then another $296 on WEDNESDAY for my first regular tax benefit payment. :)
woohoo. did not expect it to happen so quickly!!
now I have no stress over money!! I can afford to do EVERYTHING I wanted to do, pay my bills, not have to cancel my layby, return to my house now that I can afford some food. I can finally afford to sign up for roadside assistance, which i worry about every time I drive to bendigo because it would suck not having it and breaking down.. and I can finally get my car serviced (its 3000km overdue and badly needs a wheel alignment). and I can afford to get the twinkletoes plaster cast thing done now too :)
its like an early xmas present. I seriously thought it would be like a month before they paid me anything!!
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Brydz - She sounds like a silly woman and I am glad that you have unfriended her and agree with raffy in regards to you being a fantastic mum - just look at Vinny. He is content and putting on weight and gorgeous. What makes her an expert anyway on babies and children when hers is only a few days older than yours. Wait until their 18 and then offer advice!!! Sheesh. Way to go on the payments!! :dance: Bet that is a breath of fresh air. Glad to hear things are working out for you :hug:
raffy - Good on you for having a sleep in today and well done to your DP for looking after Cooper for you. I hope your dog starts behaving soon - theres nothing worse than having something distracting you away from your bub and making you cross!!
AFM - Its my Wedding Anniversary today. 4 years ... and Clover's too!! So Happy Wedding Anniverary to you too!! Im having a shocker of a day. So stressed over freaking money. DH earnt $150k last year, so we built this house on the basis of being able to comfortably afford it. Well the last 2 months pay for real estate has been a shocker and we are having to scrimp every last bloody cent and I am so over it. I have about 4 overdue bills and no way to pay them until some stinking houses start settling. The credit card is maxed out because we have been trying to get the house finished ... or even the backyard done and I just dont know what to do :wall: We probably wont even be eligible for the Baby Bonus even though DH has only earnt $4k for the last 2 months which covers our mortgage and thats it!!! Time are tough ... Enough of my whinging. Hope some of you are having a good day at least!!
Oh I got Bens stats done by the CHN today ... Weight up by 1.3kg to 5.41kg, Length up 7.5cm to 58.5cm and HC up by 3.5cm to 40cm. He is on the 97th percentile on those stupid graphs. I knew he was big but sheesh ...
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Thanks Nikki, you too :) Yep 4 years for us today too :) 6 years on top of that together though, lol.
Brydz, I do feel a bit rude, like its none of my business, but about your status on fb. You shouldn't be getting newstart at all. You should be getting parenting payment single instead, which is a pension, so you will get pension discounts, including free car rego every year. Also, a pension card rather than HCC. Then you'd be getting FTB A & FTB B on top of that. You won't have to be on newstart, or looking for work of any kind til Vinny (or your youngest if you have more before then) turns 6.
You can have PPS & FTB paid seperately, so you get one every week, or together, so you get both a fortnight. PPS is about $620 a fn.
Again, hope you don't mind :)
ETA - Sorry Brydz, just re read your post...You know about PP. Scuse the brain... or lack of!
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Hello lovelies!
Just a very quick one from me......I'm exhausted mentally, physically and emotionally today and have a stinking cold :cold: and don't know where it came from!! Feeling really crappy and haven't slept since my nap at 8:30am til 9:45am this morning....
Noah was very unsettled again today waking nearly every hour and only sleeping for about 30 mins at a time. He is sooooo gassy (he hasn't had a poo again for 2 days so thinking that is what it might be). Phoned the CHN to check and she said not to worry too much about it. Told me to massage his tummy and just keep burping him after feeds. He fed pretty well today thankfully so that was a good thing. Had me in tears a few times though when he woke screaming from the gassy pains (I assume that's what it was as you could hear the wind he passed). :crying:
He just went down and I'm about to head off too, but gotta just do some internet banking for DH and pay some bills and then zzzzzz time for a few hours hopefully!!
Nikki - HUGE, BIG :hug:'s to you honey! DH and I are starting to stress about money too as we have also had some big bills the last few weeks which is paid now thankfully, but we're worried about December as we have my car insurance, his truck insurance, contents insurance, power bill, water bill and who knows what else, not to mention Christmas coming up and I'm getting my last pay from work on 1 December (I was lucky to get 14 weeks full pay maternity leave). DH will then have to cover everything I used to cover like bills and food etc and with a house and truck mortgage, it is very stressful, especially when I won't be at work and Centrelink probably won't give us much either because we own a house and a truck etc. Hope that you are able to claim something from Centrelink and get the baby bonus somehow! :hug: Oh and happy anniversary to you and your DH for today! :confetti:
Brydz - I too am sorry to hear about that girl giving you troubles, but good on ya for deleting her from your FB and realising she's not worth your time! ;) Glad to hear you were able to sort out all your Centrelink money. Thanks for your sweet and kind words the other day. I try my best to be the best Mummy I can be to Noah, yet sometimes I worry and get overwhelmed when I don't know how to help him or what to do for him when he is unsettled.
Raffy - HUGE, BIG :hug:'s to you too for your bad day and that Coop was unsettled. Hope that it gets better for you and that he gives you a good night tonight! Glad that DP was able to look after Coop for you for a while to give ya a break.
Clover - Happy anniversary to you and your DH today as well! Hope you have a good night! :confetti:
Vix, Beckles, Sparkles and everyone else - hello!
So much for a quicky post....been here for longer than I thought I'd be, but at least was able to do some persies...
Time for me to get my snotty nose, sore throat and run-down body to bed......
Nighty night!!
xoxo
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Pretz - thats okay. sometimes its just nice to have someone reinforce that you are doing a good job. I know what its like to feel like sometimes you aren't doing everything because bub is unsettled and there isn't much you can do to help. Vinny and I had an episode like that during the night. He was up and fed at 130, and usually after a bum change and a burp goes straight back to bed, but we didn't go back to sleep til more like 330 because he had terrible wind. I felt awful because I couldn't make it go away. Eventually he passed a lot of it and 2 more minutes at the boob put him to sleep (works wonders sometimes!).
Clover- LOL. thats okay. I am only on newstart until the other payments come through. I have an appointment monday to finish making my PP claim (it's bloody stupid, had to do it over the phone but still have to take in paperwork, e.g. 100 points ID, bank statement and my work separation certificate.. ALL OF WHICH I took in when I applied for the newstart back in like august. Why can't they just keep records of these things? GRR!).
Free car rego and a pension card? wow! didn't know about that...
Nikki - hope you had a lovely wedding anniversary (and clover too!!) Sorry that I'm bragging about my happy finances and you are struggling :( I do know what its like, I almost had a melt down about my bills until I got this all sorted. Mortgages suck, and banks suck putting up interest rates. I have had my mortgage 12 months this december and I reckon it has gone up about 6 times already. It's ridiculous!
That's great Ben is doing so well! He is beautiful.
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morning loverlies
in a good mood this morning. Cooper slept from 9.30-4 :o then 4.30-6 then 6.15-8. the first 6.5 hours was freakin glorious!! makes soooo much difference when he sleeps for longer than 2 hours! plus when he went down at 4.30 i managed to get him to sleep in his bassinette :dance: though the 6.15-8 he slept in our bed but oh well he did so well im so proud of him :) plus DP should finish work early and be home by 3.30 today and then its the weekend and hes allll mine for 2 days :dance::dance::dance: not even coop havin a spack this morning could ruin my mood, however we had a shower and he loved it so that fixed his mood quick smart!! cant believe the complete 180 hes done when it comes to having baths/showers now!! he smiles and kicks his legs in the bath. i love it!! i love him :loveshower:
thanks for listening to my rant. yipeeee
bbl love ya'll
p.s i just threw a pen at the back door to get the dog to stop chewing his kennel! does that make me lazy! FYI... it worked :p
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ahhh hells bells. Summer has been spewing all morning. Terrific. Her first ever spewy virus. I have been disinfecting like a mad woman!
Hope Noah and yourself start feeling better today Pretz :hug:
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Was gonna to a big post but after reading back...am way too tired now and it is also sleepy time for me.
Hope everyone is well.
xxxxx
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Hi all
just a quick one...again.
gp & chn today. definetely reflux. gp weighed her & thought she hadn't put on weight in 10 days since last weigh. he wasn't worried, but i was! went to chn after who did a bare weigh & she's put in 400 grams since first home weigh in at a few days (about 3 weeks ago). the difference between dressed & bare!! Should be a little more, but nothing to worry about at all.
got alot of emotional crap out at the chn too & chatted about the bfing issues. feeling 100% better, but still dead tired! 4 hours sleep last night!
best go get some... night night x
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Hoping you managed some sleep last night Clover. You might have seen on FB I asked if you have a Tresillian or Karitane nearby? Is there anyone that can take the older kids for a day or even 1/2 day so you can get some shut eye???? Sleep dep is 100% torture! You are in my thoughts and prayers. xxxxx
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thinking of you clover :hug:
Cooper slept from 8-1.30 last night. not that i noticed DP and i have a deal that he gets him friday and saturday coz he doesnt have to work the next day. my boobs were very full this morning but it was so worth it for all the sleep i got :) little man is sleeping contently in his portacot and DP and i just cleaned the house (sorta) its a million times better than what it was though. now we have friends coming over with there hard drive so i can take season 7 of one tree hill and a heap of movies :) cant wait. and its the perfect weekend for it coz the weather is miserable.
anyways off to get some food before Coops wakes up.
hope you are all well xx
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Hello all,
I haven't posted for a bit, so am struggling to remember who said what for persies!!
Hope everyone is well, and loving their little ones & not too sleep deprived.
AFM - Tynan is doing well, eating like he should be and even starting to form some little rolls on his thighs!! He still only wakes once during the night, but has his days!! Some days he will sleep awesome, others barely at all, but you get that!! I think during the last few days he has been having a growth spurt as he has been napping & garzing a bit, so trying a bit of a different routine today to see if that helps him. Ty & I did our first big grocery shop without DH this morning, he was in the baby bjorn and slept the whole time!! I even got to go get a coffee afterwards!!!
For those in Huggies Infant 4-8kg nappies already, woolies has them on special 2 for $32, Tynan is not in them yet but i grabbed them whilst on special!!
Thinking of you all xx
