Nikki: i noticed we had 7 of both just now when i looked at the list, we're very clever. I missed why Ben needs an operation but i hope the appointment goes well.
Vix: we're headed to Sydney for a few hours to do a few things and then we're headed to FIL's house at Ballina for most of our time away but also heading to Springwood, QLD to see BIL, SIL & their kids at some point too we haven't seen them since we moved from QLD to Cowra in August 2009. I'm going to be busy this week packing & cleaning the house as i'm not sure whether the real estate is doing an open house on Saturday or not as the house we're renting has been put up for sale, but i would have cleaned the house anyway especially as we wont be here for roughly 2weeks. Hope the ultrasound goes ok.
AFM: Ben is sleeping a minimum of 7hrs a night and has been for about 2weeks now. We're only getting up once a night to feed and i express either before or after Ben has had a bottle. I'm still giving Ben EBM 100% of his feeds and he's having 140ml every feed, i'm still demand feeding him so each day is different and he's going between 1 and 5hrs between feeds during the day, i've had a few lumps on the top side of my RH breast but nothing that massaging, a shower & expressing hasn't fixed although i still worry everytime. Ben is in mostly 000's although the smaller make ones are getting a little on the small side and he's in infant nappies although will likely put him in crawlers once i finish the infants of as the infants have leaked up his back a few times so i figure it's time to move him up in nappy sizes.
Sounds like you're going to be very busy the next week Clover, but sounds like you're going to have a great time with your family!
Glad to hear that things with feeding is getting better. Hope it just continues to get better and better. I think Noah just went through a growth spurt about a week or so ago as he had that massive gain and the last few days have been going 3 hours or so between feeds.
Thank you - DH and I are both very excited about spending our first Christmas with our little boy! Can't wait and what's best of all is that we get to help open some extra pressies this year! lol
pretz Wow Noah is nearly as big as that 8 month old? crazy huh. My niece who turns 2 on NYE is only 80cm. I reckon Vinny is going to be as tall as her before long. She is right on the bottom line on the growth charts and he is toward 90% I think on his.
Thanks guys for all the kind words re: J and everything.
Yesterday I received a really really really long email from "J" that was sent from his mothers email address. I KNEW all along it was her email address but now I have proof because she finally sent me an email from it and her name comes up. Not J's.
Anyways it was a stupid email really. Full of inaccuracies and half truths and even a couple of lies. She clearly does think I'm stupid. I remember what things I have said and done. Over on BH website I keep a diary about it all. I have also got a written diary from most of my pregnancy AND a saved copy of every piece of correspondence between me and J (or her).
So I replied as nicely as I could and just corrected a few of her mistakes with the ACTUAL truth and then wished them a happy holiday and said I hope we can sort it out when they are back from overseas.
In the meantime I'm hoping to not hear from them again until they get back and Vinny and I will enjoy our Christmas best we can
Its gunna be good fun all the kids are growing up we have 4 toddlers this year so it will be mad!
brydz - WTG on keepin record of everthing, i hope you dont have to use them offically but you've done all the right things. i hope you and vinny have an awesome christmas, you deserve the best. have fun with all those kiddies. madness is sometimes fun
Thanks RAFFY!
hope you and ben and master coop have a lovely first family christmas
Vinny had his 8 week check up today at 8 + 3. He has gained 610g since last weigh in at 5 + 6. He now weighs abot 5.5kg and is 60cm long. an increase of only 1cm in 2 and a half weeks, so his length has slowed down which is good. Hopefully he will still fit in the 00 clothes for quite a while yet.
Since having his needles at 1pm he's been quite drowsy and slept most of the time. was unsettled and screaming for a while bout an hour ago but had some panadol and seems to be just fine, sleeping again now.
wow xmas is like 3 days away. still have presents to buy..
still not sure about what to do about Vinny's middle name. J has sent me the registration form and signed it and changed it to what he wanted but I'm not sure what to do. going to ring legal aid tomorrow and ask a few more questions.
Beckles - Yay on the new lappie! I agree with ya - 2010 was a great year for us all having been blessed with our beautiful little bundles of joy!
Nikki - Thanks honey, I'm feeling alright again, still feel a biggish lump in my left boob and it's painful when I touch it, press on it, but nothing like the pain I had from it on Friday and Saturday. Other than that feeling fine. If the lump doesn't go away in a few days I might just see the GP incase it is something else? Hope you're ok and that your lumps didn't turn into anything more either. Hope you're enjoying your time away and your girlfriends wedding this coming weekend. Oh and enjoy some of that nice sunny weather for me please because it's just been raining, raining, raining here and we're all getting sick of it!!
Raffy - Hope that Coop has been feeding better the past few days and that your milk supply has sorted itself out.
Clover - Thinking of you and hoping that all is going well with the feeding.
Vix - Thanks honey, I hope that 2011 is a great year for you too! Do you have any plans? And I was wondering how your Chrissy day went with MIL, did she "behave" herself. Hope she didn't cause any drama's.
Brydz - Glad to hear you and Vinny had a great Christmas. I looked at your photos on FB and he has grown heaps. Sooooo cute! I will keep my fingers crossed that everything works out with Vinny's middle name to be registered on his birth certificate. Have you heard from J or his family again since the last time you spoke with them?
Group Question - Should I be worried/getting worried that Noah can't hold his head up for long yet and all of a sudden HATES tummy time? When I hold him with his body towards me and his head looking over my shoulder he holds his head up for long periods of time, but when sitting his head still flops about a bit....??
AFM, have had a busy last few days - with all the rain we had some minor flooding downstairs in our house and thankfully no damage was caused to our furniture, but some boxes with books got badly damaged and we had to rearrange and repack everything, which took ages with a clingy baby around! lol Thankfuly it's all done now.
We're off to go see my girlfriend, her hubby and my goddaughter today for lunch so should be nice to get out of the house seeing as we've been stuck inside because of all the rain....
If I don't get to come on here again before then, I wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR and hope that 2010 is a great year for you all and that all your dreams come true!!
Pretz - went to see a LC and my milk is gone so Coopers is exclusively FF now. she recons with the last few weeks ive had and the numerous panic attacks its dried up due to stress. im totally bummed about it but at the same time i dont have to worry about him not getting enough and now DF gets to help out with feeds to.
Sorry to here about ur house being flooded. that totally sucks. im sending you some of Perth Sunny weather, we have more than enough. i look like an old lady due to the amount of time ive spent in the pool over the last few days lol
Cooper still flops his head after hes been sitting for a while but like you said can hold it up really well when hes over my shoulder. he also hates tummy time, but he always has, will only do it 2-5mins max before he screams the place down.
hope you enjoy your day out having lunch with your friends, hope the weather isnt to horrible for you
AFM - had one of 'those' days yesterday. after having it confirmed that my milk has dried up i got really upset, Cooper could obviously pick up on it and everytime i held him he would cry, so by the end of the night i didnt want anything to do with him. i figured he didnt want me anymore because without milk i was of no use to him. DF bathed, fed and put him to sleep and also got up to him at 4am. he then (and rightly so) had a go at me this morning so i made a point to change Coopers bum and have a play, now DF and Coops have gone visiting friends coz i have to take my brother to the traino. it sounds horrible but i think i need the break, just to get my head around all this stuff
Vix - Sorry to hear about everything you're going through. I hope things improve for you soon and that you feel better soon. I hope that the break away from home will do you all some good and that you get at least some relaxation somehow. Sorry also to hear that you milk supply has been low and that Alannah has been feeding so much. Noah has been the same, feeding almost constantly some days and it's driving me insane as I don't get much done. I have started giving him a bottle of FF every now and again (sometimes around 11am and then just before my bedtime as a top up feed) too, although still mostly BF when I can. Sorry to hear that MIL is causing problems/dramas. I hope it all gets straightened out soon!
Brydz - Oh I'm so sorry to hear about everything that you're going through too and ouch for the bleeding nipples. I too agree with you that BF is hard and when you're exhausted and your bub is feeding that often it can easily make you want to quit it and start FF. Just remember that it's totally up to you whether you end up FF Vinny or give your boobs a few days to recover and then start on BF again. Either way, as long as Vinny is fed and growing well, then that's all that matters. Sorry to hear about the stuff that you're going through with your brother. I too would agree with you that if he doesn't change his attitude, especially with not phoning your Mum to at least let her know he is safe then she should kick him out, that's what I would do if it were me. Good luck with J and his Mum too when they get back. Hope it all works out!
Hello to everyone else!
AFM, was so impressed as yesterday morning I went to do the grocery shopping and when I came back Noah fell asleep at 1pm and slept for 4 hours until 5pm!! He hasn't slept that much during the day since he was 3 weeks old! lol He did however stay up until 9:30pm though before falling back asleep and then woke at 2:30am for a feed as he had wriggled himself out of his wrap and must have been a bit cold. So I put him in bed with me and DH and fed him in bed and he soon fell asleep until 6:00am again this morning. He just went down for another nap, but I'm not better on another 4 hour sleep today (although it would be nice as I did some washing and would LOVE to get it all folded and put away today instead of 3 days from now!) lol
Other than that, DH and I are just having a quiet day at home relaxing.
October Babies Born!
brydz - WTG on keepin record of everthing, i hope you dont have to use them offically but you've done all the right things. i hope you and vinny have an awesome christmas, you deserve the best. have fun with all those kiddies. madness is sometimes fun 
Have you heard from J or his family again since the last time you spoke with them?
so Coopers is exclusively FF now. she recons with the last few weeks ive had and the numerous panic attacks its dried up due to stress. im totally bummed about it but at the same time i dont have to worry about him not getting enough and now DF gets to help out with feeds to.
He hasn't slept that much during the day since he was 3 weeks old! lol He did however stay up until 9:30pm though before falling back asleep and then woke at 2:30am for a feed as he had wriggled himself out of his wrap and must have been a bit cold. So I put him in bed with me and DH and fed him in bed and he soon fell asleep until 6:00am again this morning. He just went down for another nap, but I'm not better on another 4 hour sleep today (although it would be nice as I did some washing and would LOVE to get it all folded and put away today instead of 3 days from now!) lol 
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