Hi ladies, just a quick question. Is everyone waiting for bubs 8 week jabs to get their and DP's whooping cough booster? I was thinking of going earlier but wasn't sure.
Wen't to visit the MW that delivered Frazer today. She was so touched that we came to visit that I'm really glad we went. We had a good chat about what happened post birth as she kinda wasn't kept in the loop. She thinks that I should have a good chance at a natural birth next time and says the likely hood of having the same side affect from the epi would be very slim. Good news if I go that way next time.
She weighed Frazer as well. I guessed he'd be pushing 6 kgs.... He was 6.08kg with clothes, official weight is 5.92kgs! Which is still heavier than his 13 wk old cousin!!! Holy Moley!!
Nicola - DH is a pharmacist and is recommending the nestle nan because as you said its meant to be the closest to BM. It's going down really well with Lottie even though the green poos are a bit freaky to start with!,
Sanchez - Congrats on taking V's brace off! It must be wonderful for her to be able to move around now.
Pooley - Lottie had her jabs on Monday at 6 weeks and I had my whooping cough the same day. DH and the grandparents all had theirs done about 2 months ago.
Hi Bob, nice to hear from you! Glad to hear you and Jackson are going well. I have a good sleeper also and am hoping it continues.
AFU, Charlotte had a very unsettled few hours tonight. 5pm - around 8pm is always a bit of a challenge as she grizzles (which is ok by us as she is an angel the rest of the time ) but tonight she was really screaming and I had to nurse her constantly. I hope its not this 7 week change..
To make matters worse DH came home after a very long and taxing day and was the worst grump. I in turn got all teary when he snapped at me without meaning too.. anyways I still feel a bit crappy and am thinking we need a nice dinner out just the two of us to catch up properly. Really looking forward to our holiday this Friday!
Holey Moley is right Pooley - well done on Frazer's weight ;-) impressive stuff. Tadhg, who is 2 weeks older weighed in at 4.16kg on Tuesday He is way on the bottom of the Plunket weight graphs (3rd percentile) but strangely for head size he is 85th% ! Apparently i was the same as a baby, and i dont have a big head now - must just be the shape. Haha - he looks ok to me! I don't know about the whooping cough vaccine - it must be in Australia only? Although my plunket nurse did say they were expecting a break out of it this year for some reason. So we wont be getting any vaccines.
PB - Tadhg is doing much better now we got past those rough couple of days, and making sure to top him up if he is still hungry. We still have grouchy times, but he's really pretty good. Hope Lottie gets through this tough stage too - my bet is on that she will return to the angel you know in a couple of days Thanks for advice on formula, we might try nan next time.
Sanchez - congrats on the brace coming off! I can imagine what it will be like for you learning to hold V etc now, they seem so fragile - but it wont take long for her muscle tone and your confidence to develop Exciting to see how she goes.
AFU - Tadhg had a bit of a grouchy evening, and then really cried /screamed after a bath - which he has only done 4 times ever. DH was quite impressed by the volume! He was so overtired poor little guy. So we made the decision to top him up with formula, even though it had only been 1.5 hours since the last feed and put him down. He went to sleep at 9pm, and woke at 6am! woohoo. Shame i still woke up about 4 times, but at least not for long each time. So glad the last 3 nights of semi-waking at 4am (not awake but crying from wind in his sleep) might be over! Yay. Bring on the good sleeping.
Sanchez, it is great the brace finally came off. Was it satisfying to give her a good scrub when you took it off? A will try to push herself along when she is on her tummy too.
Pooley, that is good to know that the chance of the epi headache again is very low. F is doing really well.
PB, we had a grizzly day the other day here, usually she is so sedate but she only slept for 1.5 hours all day so was rather cranky and by midnight she was exhausted. She was up every two hours for the couple of nights beforehand and is now back to 4-5 hours at night so I assume it was the 6 week growth spurt.
BOB, thanks for doing up the list. Am I totally crazy or were you moving to the US soon?
Taurean, massive post! Well done. Izzy is adorable on FB. Have you started on the new tablets yet? I hope they are making a difference. You deserve something to go right in the boob department after all you have been through.
Kelly, Amelia is the opposite - she is high up on the plunket graphs for weight but her head didn't even make the bottom of the graph lol. I have a little head though, it is a great trait to pass on to my children lol
Nicola, hope you are o.k. You 'sound' really tired in your posts.
We had a plunket check the other day, Amelia is now 58cm long and 5.1kgs. She is doing really well, lots more smiles now (although she saves most of them for DH!).
Pooley..Im pretty sure that we were meant to get the whooping cough vaccine when bubs was born or as soon after...so they dont catch it in the 2mnths before their vaccination. I had been meaning to get it but of course didnt get around to it.
Taurean - I tried to put her back on the breast when I couldn't get more than 110mls EBM a few nights ago, straight back to the same excruciating pain. I put up with it for 10mins each side but she wasn't getting anything, screamed and started getting frantic so I ended up giving her 50mls formula for the first time to top her up, she went straight to sleep after that. Haven't needed formula since, but i'm only JUST keeping up with her feeds by expressing every hour. I'm thinking about chatting to the GP about Motilium to increase my supply as it looks like i'll be expressing awhile longer yet.... does it work? I've been using fenugreek but only for about 24hrs so far so haven't seen a difference yet. Love seeing your pics on FB too! So cute!
PB - Yeah DF misses her heaps while he's away, I think it's really hard for him knowing that he can't be here to help out and see her grow. She's started "sort of" trying to laugh now, he tol;d me to tell her she's not allowed to do her first proper laugh til he gets home. Emily's eyes are very blue now, so I think blue it is.... makes sense considering DF & I both have blue eyes though. Her hair is starting to lighten up now too. Good luck with the plane trip! We're thinking of heading up to North Qld to check out our wedding venue but are still umming and ahhing about whether to drive, fly... or whether to go at all!
BOB - how awful are the jabs!!! I got DF to hold her but I still cried lol. Should arrange a Brissy meet up considering there's a few of us here. Where is Brisbane are you?
Sanchez - Must be so great to finally have the brace off! She must feel so free now
Pooley - 6kgs!!! I'm impressed... he's taken over Emily in leaps and bounds now! I'm having her weighed again today, fingers and toes crossed for me. I've had a ****ty couple of days, was hoping to get to see you today or tomorrow but I don't if that will happen I know DF is home tomorrow (big woohoo!!!!!) but I might come round and see you Monday or Tuesday anyway if you're free. btw, I ate most of the rest of that cream bun you brought over... by myself, lol. I want to go see my MW who delivered Emily, but didn't know if i should or not. You've motivated me to do so though.
Nicola - I only got my whooping cough vaccine done 2 weeks ago, and I questioned the fact that she'd be having her shots in 2 weeks anyway.... I was told that the shots are a set of 3, 2 months apart each so she wouldn't be fully immunised until 6 months old, and would be suseptable to whooping cough up until her last lot at 6 months... so we got ours done.
Kelly - What a great sleep! Emily did 9 hours last night from 10.30pm - 7.30am, she's been sleeping so well, we're stoked.
Art - I had emily measured the other week, but they didn't tell me where on the charts she is Good to hear Amelia is doing well,! How are you coping with 2 bubs?
I've been feeling a bit crappy the last 2 days... i'm really unhappy that I'll only get DF home 1 week in every 3... this means that he is away from home for 8 months of the year when you add it all up! I wish it didn't have to be that way, and I hope that it isn't going to be like this forever because I'll go crazy.
I'm still stressing about trying to get enough EBM for Emily, I am only just keeping up with her feeds and so desperately want to get ahead and have a good supply stored but it just doesn't want to happen for me. I have this aim to make it to 6 months with EBM before swapping to formula but I think that goal will be unattainable. I'm just going to keep going as long as I can and see what happens.
Emily is doing really well, she's so happy most of the time now and has lots of happy time through the day where she likes to play on her swing or lay in her cot and watch the mobile. She squeals when she's very excited and it's so cute to hear. I finally found an awesome night nappy which easily outlasts her very long sleep, she's such a heavy wetter. She's starting to enjoy her bathtime a bit more now.
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Sorry if I missed anyone, hope everyone else and bubs are well!
Taurean - how are the new pills going hun? Hopefully they do the trick for you. YAY for having a great mother's group. I still meet up with a couple of girls from my mother's group with DD and its so nice to have all our littlies grow up together!
Bob - sounds like your little guy is going really well. Thanks for the updated list
Nicola - I've heard the same things about Nan so we are using that for top up feeds.
Kelly - what a huge sleep! Fingers crossed you get lots more nights like that one!
Janine - wow your little princess is a great sleeper too. My DH travels a lot for work too but not as much as yours. So I can sympathise, sucks doesn't it?
Sanchez - yay for getting the brace off! Did you scrub her heaps lol!
Art - we are getting lots of smiles too! I love the gummy smiles
Pooley - 6kg is awesome! Can he still fit into 000's or is he officially a 00 boy now?
Ethan is doing really well at nights too now. He generally sleeps from around 11.30pm to 6-6.30am and then back down till around 9am. Fingers crossed he can keep it up! He still feeds 2.5-3 hourly during the day and unfortunately I'm still struggling with supply. I've tried fenugreek but haven't really noticed much difference so I'm going to give motilium a go.
It's a gorgeous day here today so I'm off for a walk. Hope you are all well xoxo
I know DF is home tomorrow (big woohoo!!!!!) but I might come round and see you Monday or Tuesday anyway if you're free. btw, I ate most of the rest of that cream bun you brought over... by myself, lol. I want to go see my MW who delivered Emily, but didn't know if i should or not. You've motivated me to do so though. 
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