We have an unsettled windy spewy baby here too - last few days have been a shocker... Screams unless he is held upright on your shoulder or laying on his tummy on my tummy. The first two weeks he was perfect, nothing like his sister, but now the refluxy symptoms are appearing. Infacol seemed to work for a few days, but now I am not so sure.... Glad we are off to the paed this afternoon.
My DD is being so naughty as she is so jealous of Joshua that I am ready to scream. Anyone want a DD? Only kidding she's my miracle baby #1, but far out she is testing my patience today.
Anyway, better get back to it, Joshua is crying so hard now I must go save the poor little man.
I'm a late arrival to the group having seemed to spend most of the last few weeks in the breast feeding problems and support section . My little Sam arrived two weeks early on 22nd September. He was 3.18kg when born and 52cm long and the spitting image of his daddy!
Looking forward to seeing how all his little buddies are getting on and sharing any tips/successes you have had about getting through the little hurdles that are thrown at us.
TG - that sounds very busy! I think you are amazing. Yep time is flying by... I have to post the pic of Caitlin compared to her premmie doll. How are you all handling the heat up in Townsville?
Meadsie - welcome! Glad to have you and Sam in the group! Hope the BFing issues are settling down for you. Looking forward to getting to know you both more.
AFU - I think I forgot to mention that we have started going to Mothers Group. I was a bit worried as it sounded scary - babies in another room etc but I enjoy the time and enjoy getting to know the other mums. I went out to lunch with some of them today after Mothers Group at Pancakes On The Rocks near us and mmmmmmm yummo!! Who could ask more than pancakes for lunch!
Hope you are all keeping cool in this heatwave xox
This is the first time I have posted in here! I haven't really been on BB much lately. Well, Isabel is now 7 weeks old, she weighs a bit over 5kg now and I don't know how long she is. I can't believe how much she is growing! She is on formula, and drinks about 150mls every feed. She seems to be starting to form a pattern with her feeds now, and she wakes up at about the same time each night for a bottle which is good. She smiles all the time, and I love going to get her in the morning when she wakes up as she always gives me a huge smile. She is just an absolute delight, we all adore her. People ask me how I am going having a newborn again and I tell them she is easy compared to her older brother and sisters!
Have posted this in general also but didn't know if it was more appropriate here.
Just wondering when and how often you bath your baby? My little one is eight weeks old today and am trying to work out best time to bath him. And how often?
I am currently feeding every three to four hours but not always on demand as will wake him to feed if he goes over. I have read some suggestions that the bath should take place before the night feed but think this probably relates to a baby that is sleeping longer through the night ie who has dropped at least one feed rather than at our stage. I have also read not to bath either before or after a feed which on either 3 hrly or demand feeding routine doesn't seem to be possible.
What does you find works for you? Should I just wake him a little bit earlier for one feed say in the evening and bath him and then feed?
My little girl, Emily, is 9 weeks old today. What we do is usually give her a 'full' bath every second day, and just a wash on the change table with a face washer every other day as I don't think she needs a full bath every day at this age.
I have found that giving her a bath around 6 / 6.30pm & then a nice massage & a feed, she will usually then go down for a sleep around 7 / 7.30pm. She is now starting to sleep through until 12 / 1am. Having her bath or wash before her night time feed I think starts to set a routine that it's now 'bed time' and she then goes down for her longer sleep. I think it lets her get used to differentiating between day & night.
Hope that helps, I'm interested to hear what the other ladies say, but I find this works well for us.
Hi everyone,
was hoping its ok to join this awesome group... My little angel, Abbey Rose was born on the 27th Sep weighing in at 3.7kg, 53.3cm long. She is the apple of our eye and our first bubby. I went into labour on my birthday (the 26th) and a bit selfishly hoped that she wouldnt arrive on my birthday! Abbey made her appearance at 10:12am the next day.
I'm so glad to read that everyone else is going thru similar things. Although i admit Abbey is a pretty good baby. Smiling lots and lots. But boy does she Fart! at least the wind is coming out! She is a pretty good sleeper only waking around 4ish for a bum change and a feed, then sleeps thru till about 7:30ish. But i give her a dream feed around 10:30. Have trouble settling her some days for her night sleep, she is such a sticky beak and wants to look at everything.
Can get hard some days, cause i pretty much have her on my own until 10pm. My hubby and i own a service station, so he works long hours, and i find it frustrating when she is crying her head off and he is bouncing her around and not trying to settle her. Like this morning. Grrrrr, all she wanted was her dumdum and bed, not danced around the house.
We had a few wind issues early on, but now i've learnt my lesson after the second night we had her home and she screamed for about 3 hrs straight.
Have any of you had your bubby go a week without pooping? Abbey finally had her explosion this morning - lucky me!
Anyways, hope to catch up with you all soon, and will be great to get to know you all more
omg I just realised my period is late and me and DF DTD on Sat night without protection although it would seem i would have not been ovulating that late ive been 28 days exact since well 28 days after i had jonathan! mmmmm i did have a preg dream 2 days ago too now im starting to worry..... I will keep you updated!
me+him+bub- ooooh how exciting!
Goodluck with the jobs and a huge CONGRATSSS! Oscar is in day care once a week atm as where i used to work our other female nutritionist has gone on maternity leave! and they were desperate! one day a week doesnt hurt i just hate leaving him! so i know how your feeling... plus the little extra cash goes a long way!!
keep us posted xxx
Hope everyone is well. Sorry, I haven't been on in ages!!!
TK - really sorry to hear about your struggles, I hope things are still going better for you, big from us all.
Easha - Emily also has 2 little buds on her gums, drooling like crazy as well.
Brooke - A big congrats on the pregnancy, my DH is pushing for us to start trying for #2 asap, but I'm putting it off as I just can't imagine having another one yet.
MHB - keep us updated with your news, I'm starting to think maybe it's a good thing having #2 so close - it would surely make it easier as they get older, keeping each other company etc .
Anyway, sorry no time to do personals to everyone, I'm sure you all understand!
Yay !! Got little girl down for a morning sleep so have time to post
Now were 3 - am having similar issues with sleeping and feeding. Yesterday Jaida only had 1 sleep of 40mins and the day before she didn't sleep at all. Its hit and miss sometimes. As for feeding Jaida is doing the same as Sam. Whinging and crying on the boob and when swapping sides. It think she is wanting more milk than I have. She seems satisfied after the 2nd boob though.
MHB - congrats on the job and keep us in the loop re: AF. DH and I have decided to wait until 2011 to try again.
Brooke - congrats on a new bub and hope she's a girl for you. How are you feeling??
AFU - being a single parent at the moment with DH away for work. It has been ok but certainly gives you an appreciation of having DH here to assist. Jaida is growing so quickly and is trying to sit, doesn't like being on her back at all. She gets frustrated as she pushes her toys away and then cant reach them. Yesterday you could see her trying to get on her knees....... my determined girl will be crawling soon.
easha- Im feeling pretty good today, im going through a breakup with ex "fiancee" so its been a extremly emotional and tiring week! i have my sister coming up tomorrow to help me cancel all my wedding plans!
as for my pregnancy its going pretty smoothly so to speak my MS has died down ALOT which is great, im getting extra tired though! and im dying from the heat.
Oscar is getting so big now his sitting up on his own and ive started him on solids- (pureed) he lovesssss apples! i have been going to the organic fruit market every sunday morning and buying fruit and veg and pureeing it! its quick and its easy and most of all he loves it!
ive copped alot of slack off some people for starting him on solids at 5mths! but i havent payed much attention! does anyone think its bad?
i find his alot happier his sleeping better and interacting alot more not whinging as much and not as clingy! his FF also..
anyway enough from me hope your all having a lovely weekend!!
BM sorry to hear about breakup and hope you get through it okay and cancelling all the plans are not too stressful. I personally wouldn't worry about starting at 5 months and basically advice seems to fluctuate between 4-6 months. I think the only thing that is important is that their milk intake doesn't drop as this is still where they get their main nutrition from. At the end of the day if the baby doesn't want it isn't ready they won't take it. Our paed advised us to start a few weeks ago and my LO is a few weeks younger than Oscar.
Easha hope the single life isn't too bad and your DH is home soon. Its funny at this stage that they can become bored with doing something so quickly. They certainly now require actual entertaining. Jaida sounds very advanced trying to get on her knees already - you'll have a crawler soon. Sam isn't anywhere near that. Not really that interested in rolling. We do quite a lot of tummy time but he is happy to lie there resting on his elbows looking around. Have just started taking him to GymbaRoo so hopefully this will make a difference. I guess they all develop at different times. He is pretty vocal and loves standing so am not worried about his development.
Lisa and Angela hope all is going well for both of you. How are Emily's teeth coming on Angela?
MHB any further news?
AFU well started Sam on solids which seem to be going down a treat. If he took to BFing as well as he has taken to solids life would have been so much easier in the begining rather than the nightmare that we had Had a bit of false start last weekend where he took it but didn't seem hugely enamoured by the whole thing. In hindsight I think i'd made it too runny. Left it for a few days and tried again and made it a little bit thicker well he gobbled it up. We did rice cereal for the first 3 days starting off on 1 teaspoon, then two and then a tablespoon on day 3. He is funny he is already grabbing my hand and pulling it to his mouth and whinges if I don't give him the food quickly enough. I gave him pumpkin today which he also seemed to like so will try that for the next few days and then look at introducing another veggie. I've a nice little batch of pumpkin freezing now. Decided on the evening feed (6pm ish) as the best time to start mainly because its the easiest to know that I will definitely be here for. Once we've done a week or so of evening feeds then I'll introduce another one in and probably try his second feed of the day. His BFs seem to have settled down slightly with no whinging over the last few days but in saying that he'll probably prove me wrong and be awful tomorrow.
Okay thats all for now. Going to sit and watch a little bit of the Winter Olympics before I have to wake the little chap for his 10.30pm feed.
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. My little Sam arrived two weeks early on 22nd September. He was 3.18kg when born and 52cm long and the spitting image of his daddy!
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his sitting up on his own and ive started him on solids- (pureed) he lovesssss apples! i have been going to the organic fruit market every sunday morning and buying fruit and veg and pureeing it! its quick and its easy and most of all he loves it! 
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