Have been reading but haven't gotten around to posting for a while. You all sound like you are doing so well and your bubs experiences are already bringing back memories of DD at that stage... even though it wasn't all that long ago! In some ways I feel like she is going through some of them again and is behaving some days like a baby of her corrected age. The ECHN said that some of it may be true and that I need to take each day as it comes - well der!
Bit of an update on DD... she was just over 5kg at her last weigh in (22nd Oct) and she is over three different sized clothes... some 00000 still fit (pants and tops etc), mostly in 0000 but some of her onesies suits are now 000. She had some gunk in her eye the other day - I did think it was conjunctivitis but now I don't think it was... think it was just some spring pollen or something. I have been squirting BM into the eye to flush it out and it is working wonders. Um can't think of much else... other than DP and I have been very naughty and been DTD with no protection whatsoever... I really have my fingers crossed that breastfeeding is holding back any cycles... and double fingers crossed that my PCOS is still wreaking havoc on any cycle I 'may' have... AF is still at bay but I am wondering if I should get a pg test just to make sure... argh! We now have condoms! We were hoping to have the next one in around 2011 but any earlier will be fine as well... though I would like to wait until DD turns 1 at least.
We are in Cowra at the moment - my sister found out last Monday that her baby grew wings and became an angel so we are up here to help her whilst she recovers from the D&C.
I can't believe my DD will be 3months old in 4 days - my oh my time has flown! DD is still in newborn sposies but we tried her in the infant size today - they do fit but they are so huge on her! The newborn sizes fit much better but I know it won't be long until she fits the infants size! I don't know many 3month olds that still fit into newborn nappies LOL
We are heading back to Sydney tomorrow after spending time with my sister and looking after my niece. I got a glimpse into life with two and it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. I took my niece and my DD down to the shops by myself - I was surprised at how easy it was. I got DD out first and put her into the sling and then got niece out and she walked until we got to the trolleys and then she hoped in there... I am sure it wouldn't always be easy but I was imaging all sorts of horrible moments but none eventuated!
I forgot to say - stellar effort on the expressing Lisa!!
Easha - I found distracting myself (with a book, TV, and sometimes conversation) would help the expressing flow. What type of pump are you using? I also used the medela swing and it was a godsend whilst DD was in hospital.
tk - my heart goes out to your sis, ive been there before and it is very hard emotionally and the D&C is quite scary, but not painful. i hope she is recovering ok.
AFM- my boy is already 6.2 kilos! and in crawler nappies and is only 2 months old i dont know if they will make nappies big enough for him soon!
hi all ,,
jut updating and catching up wow thats a mission...
easha - has your early morning engorgement settled yet? i thought maybe exprss just a bit for comfit to go back to sleep....
rayden is in the 95th percentile for her weight and height .. 5020 gms and 57cms long..
tk1999- wow 3mths old soon how fast has that gone by ..
went to a wedding and 1st time ive left rayden mind you it was only for 2 hrs i just went to the ceremony and mum said she was great ,, although refused the expressed milk she gagged.. thats a prob as eventually i gotta get a job..
Hi all not much to report here.
Joshua had his needles yesterday - slept through them. Katy cried while she watched the dr give it to him, thought he was hurting him. He was a bit unsettled last night, but a dose of panadol fixed him up.
He's just on 6kgs, and today he wore a 00 outfit. He's going to be one tall boy. He's sitting on the 97% band, so we are estimating he'll be around 190cm tall for sure by the time he's 18. Just like daddy (198cm)
Other than that, he's sleeping 6 hours of a night, has settled down heaps now he is on meds and lactose free formula for his reflux. Loves his 1 - 2 boobie feeds a day. um. I think that's it.
My daughter on the other hand.....(that's a different story but won't bore you with it! he he).
I'll try for personals soon
Nite all, have assignments to finish before Tuesday.
Hugs to all
Hi All,
Just thought I'd pop in and say 'hi'. Have been reading posts but haven't had much time to reply.
We're still having problems with daytime sleeps - Emily just doesn't want to have a bar of being put down in her cot - screams blue murder!!! DH says she's got me conned coz I'm too soft with her - but it's getting frustrating having to nurse her through all her day sleeps, I can't get anything done!! She sleeps great at nighttime in her cot with no complaints. Any ideas on how to overcome this one??
I also have the same issue with expressing, sometimes it works ok, but other times I'm getting hardly anything - frustrating......
Emily is only on the 10th percentile for weight - 3.96gms at last weigh, she's still so tiny - still in 0000.
Anyway, better go - typing with one hand coz Emily is asleep in my arms
Angela - Emily sounds gorgeous! My little Harrison was a tiny little 10th centile bubba for ages! People used to ask me if he was born prem! lol
As for the settling through the day, do you have a silng? I love my HAB for the fact that I can carry Anelise around and still get things done. I don't think there is such a thing as being too soft with your bub when they're this age.. they don't cry to annoy or get attention, they cry because they're needing something (as I am sure you realise )
I always feel terrible when Anelise cries when I put her down as I know she just misses being next to me... afterall, I am all she knew for 9 months so I figure she just wants to be near me and feel something familiar.
I had the crappiest of crappy weekends
I am sure no one will, but I will ask for you all to please not judge me... I have beat myself up big time over what happened
On Saturday, my baby girl had her first and hopefully last ride in an ambulance
We were getting ready to go out to have lunch with my dad, who was visiting from Sydney. He was coming up here to meet Anelise for the first time. My DH, DS1, Harrison & Anelise were all in the loungeroom, which is just off our kitchen. Chooky & I were in the kitchen preparing the little esky with ice packs and bottles of EBM.
DH had put Anelise down on the fold out bit of Harry's flip out foam lounge thingy while he cleaned Harry's face up as he had icing all over it.
Anelise started to have a little sook, so DS1 picked her up. All of a sudden, Anelise started screaming. DH asked if she was due for a feed and I said no as she'd only had one an hour previously.
I went in and took Anelise from DS1 and noticed that when he was holding her, her arm was in a funny position. I worried and stripped her clothes off her. When I got down to her singlet, I noticed her shoulder didn't look right. I have never seen a dislocated shoulder on anyone in real life, but this looked like the dislocations I have seen on TV. I panicked and got DH to call the ambulance as I didn't want to risk moving her arm to put her in her car seat.
While waiting for the ambulance to arrive, we gave DD some EBM, but the 000 operator told us to stop giving it to her. The wait felt like it went forever. The ambulances arrived, 2 of them and the officers looked her over and agreed she should at least go get xrayed. Poor DS1 was beside himself.. crying and feeling so guilty! I felt awful that he was blaming himself. DH cuddled DS1 and then hopped into the ambulance with Anelise. I gathered everything up that I thought we may need and then got DS1 and explained to him that it wasn't his fault, anyone could have done what was done and for him to not blame himself. I gave him a hug and left him here with DD1. My dad was on his way over.
I put Harry in the car and rushed off to the hospital.
The xray woman was horrid. Just plain freaking awful. She yanked Anelise's arm into different positions... Anelise was screaming in pain, my boobs were leaking from hearing her screams and my face was flooded with tears. They had to call DH in to take over as I was an absolute mess. The Xray woman picked Anelise up, didn't support her head or shoulder, and it was like she didn't give 2 hoots that Annie had a sore shoulder at all. Anelise had this great lump on top of her shoulder between her shoulder joint and her neck, so it was obvious there was some kind of injury. Anyway the xray woman got her shots and we were sent into the pediatric emergency section to wait for the results. Annie had a BF and a sleep. After about an hour she was all smiles & giggles.
The xray results came back and they said there were "No gross deformities" so no breaks or dislocations. It seems that she has probably got a muscular injury
I don't know... if Anelise did have a dislocation, I am sure the xray woman would have popped it back in by the way she was yanking on her little arm.
Urgh! Today Anelise is still happy, smiley & giggly but she still has the lump on her shoulder. We're more than likely going to get a 2nd opinion done either this afternoon or tomorrow... Anelise isn't worried by it though and we can easily dress her, she moves her arm around lots and sleeps with her arms above her head as always, but I am still worried. My poor little bubba!
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