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
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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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