Can't believe I completely forgot about joining this thread considering Seth was born on 1/9.
Am in the midst of frantically packing as I'm moving tomorrow but just wanted to say a big hello and I'll come back later tonight to catch up on everyone's stories.
BloominRoses welcome to the thread and congrats on Seth. I see he is 2 days corrected - he came a wee bit early didn't he! Would love to hear about your birth.
PB - I must have missed your post ? where are you heading off to? Somewhere lovely I hope. You will have to let us know if you discover something obscure that you should have taken, but didn?t. I am dreading packing for our week away next month ? who knows if you can buy nappies in Tonga? Pack everything and hope for the best I think! Jealous that C is giggling ? V has only just started smiling.
BOB ? I don?t live too far from you by the sounds of it! Thanks for the updates.
Sangie & Art? I didn?t scrub her too hard ? but she certainly doesn?t smell anymore! Sangie have you tried pumping after feeds to increase supply? That?s what I did and I think it?s helped.
Janine ? your photos are fantastic?I love seeing them on FB. How are you going without DF? I certainly feel for you ? you must have supportive family and friends? Is Emily drinking more is that why your concerned about not keeping up? Last time I think you said shes drinking 180mls? Is that right?that?s a lot to pump! Props to you!
Pooley ? OMG Frazer is a big boy! Is your DH tall and strapping ? maybe he will be like him! Your arms must be getting a workout! I wonder if his weight will plateau or if he will keep going?
AFU - had a bad day yesterday.....she wouldn't sleep at all. I think part of it is she is not used to being able to kick her legs and so she would start to drift off and then she would startle and wake herself up (swaddled or not). Think it will take some time until she gets used to not having the brace. so she wouldn't sleep or be put down, had to go to a physio appointment to check on the old pelvic floor muscles (still very weak - not cool), she screamed, had tears pouring down her face, so i started bawling and stayed like that all afternoon. then i felt ok and by DH made the mistake of pointing out my pudgy tummy - started bawling again.....not a good day! Finally she went to sleep at 8pm after being awake since 5.30am.......i felt like a woman on the edge!
Sanchez - I hope you gave your DH a slap down for pointing out the tummy!! How insensitive! men, pfft sometimes they just don't think. I have a very supportive family all very close so i'm lucky... i think i'd be lost without my mum. She comes over for a couple of hours a couple of nights a week when DF is away to give me a break. Emily was drinking 125mls but is now on 160 - 180mls. I got a prescription for Motilium today to increase milk supply, hopefully it works! Sorry to hear about your crappy day, i get them sometimes too... especially when DF is away.
Bloomin Roses - Welcome to the group, would love to see pics of Seth!
I'm doing this one handed whilst expressing so just a short one from me.... Emily has gained another 260gms in 8 days so although the expressing is exhausting at least i know it's paying off. i'm taking fenugreek and start motilium tomorrow... hopefully these make a difference and i can get a good storage of milk happening.
DF is home!!!!!!! yay! Just got back from picking him up; from the airport so I have him all to myself for a week before he goes back to work again This means i'll have more time to express and shower and eat lol. I start Lite n Easy next week and have started an exercise regime in my quest to lose 8 - 10kgs, wish me luck!
Janine, sounds like Emily is doing really well, I hope you can build up your supply a bit more.
Sanchez, we had one of those no sleep days a few days back. Makes for a very long day. And OMG what was your DH thinking pointing out your tummy? Especially on a rough day!
BOB, lol, must have got my wires crossed.
A discovered her tounge the other day and now we play at poking tounges at each other which makes her smile. Very cute.
Sanchez - big hugs to you! That sounds like a really rough day! I hope V has fallen back into routine since then and you are starting to feel a bit more human. Maybe this is the 7 week change / growth spurt a few of us have experienced - my advice would be to check she is really topped up with food, as she might be hungry for a couple of days - and then sleep for a couple of days. But i guess thats the fun of babies huh - you never know!
Janine - you are doing great keeping up with EBM for Emily! I wish i had the patience to do that, although I'm thinking it might not be such a bad idea, as T drinks faster from a bottle. A couple of thoughts on supply - apparently direct stimulation increases milk, you could try putting Em directly on the breast once a day or just letting her nuzzle around skin on skin after a feed; and my health nurse keeps asking if i'm drinking and eating enough - as that can have a big impact, so if you notice supply drop off with the diet and exercise plan you might need to increase again. But good on you for getting into the exercise my inspiration!
BloominRoses - welcome to the group, wow Seth was a really early bub. How is he going developmentally? Is he similar to his adjusted age, or already heading towards smiling etc? Would love to see pics and hear about how big he was and is now etc
Art - that is so cute that A found her tongue I've been trying to get T to copy me poking out my tongue for a week or so, but no interest yet, although he does think its funny.
AFU - We are still struggling with feeding and its taking an hour or so each time - partly because he falls asleep all the time, stops sucking, doesn't latch properly then gets winde from sucking air, then i need to make a bottle topup for half the feeds! It goes on! DH is home today and has seen what its like, along with me complaining of a sore back from trying to hold T in the right position - and we both agree it might not be worth continuing with the BFing. Although he did make a good suggestion which was using the rugby hold for the "slow" side because T definitely has a prefered side to lie on - and apart from the fact i can't work out how to sit comfortably while holding him sideways - he latched heaps better and sucked. So i'm going to try and suss this out. Sleeping is still going pretty well, with 6am wake ups the last few mornings, although i still hear him stirring with wind in his tummy a few times during the night. I'm thinking he will learn to get it under control / outgrow it - it doesnt seem to help hugely to wake up up and rub his back, so as long as he isnt in too much distress / actually awake...
We are having issues waking him for his last feed, possibly due to all the issues above he is actually just really tired - but he does have a bottle for the 9-10pm feed. I'm not sure what we can do about this one, maybe move the last feed earlier - as he seems to crash at 8pm regardless of the day he has had. Any ideas would be welcomed
Long weekend in NZ - yay!
BloominRoses, I forgot to welcome you. I have been following a bit of your story in other threads. I am so happy that things are looking up. Must be such a relief for you.
Kelly, before I had DS we had some friends complaining that their bub went to bed at 6pm and woke for the day at 4am and I was thinking 'just keep him up later...simple' lmao. Then I had DS and realised that you just can't keep a baby awake when they decide they need to go to sleep.
A quicky for those starting exercise programmes - it can mess with your supply so make sure you build up slowly. Hope you can figure out the hold, I attempted that once but couldn't manage it.
Last edited by MantaRay; October 27th, 2009 at 09:19 AM.
Art - PMSL about keeping a baby awake. I thought the same thing before becoming a mum and yeah, I've since learnt that is just isn't that simple. Izzy nodded off for her big night sleep at 5.45pm last night and there was no stopping her. She was out to it!
Kelly - who would have thought feeding your baby could be so difficult! Izzy is much better now during the days but she is a shocker on the breast at night - fusses and pulls at my nipples which hurts like hell! I'm not sure why she keeps doing it at night but it's driving me mad and I often wind up giving her a bottle just to save my boobs. Our feeds generally take an hour too, sometimes longer. She is quicker during the day for some reason though. Izzy has wind too but seems to get most of it out on her own - she farts like a trooper! It's hilarious!
Janine - if you can do a bit of BF as well, it will help with your supply. Emily sounds like she's doing great though - well done! Just be aware that both dieting and exercise will have an affect on your supply and I'm not sure the drugs will make any difference in those circumstances.
Sanchez - how are you going hon? Izzy has been quite unsettled since last Wednesday night. I suspected it was a growth spurt and the health nurse agreed today. Do you think V was going through the same thing? There is a pretty major spurt between 6-8 weeks. How is she going now with the brace off? Must have been weird for all of you! Does she fit into smaller clothes now?
Bloominroses - welcome hon! How is little Seth doing???
PB - you are doing so well given your rocky start with the feeding issues! I sometimes wish I had just switched to fulltime formula and saved myself all the stress with my BF issues. Lottie sounds adorable. I hope you're having a fabulous holiday. Can't wait to hear how it went and what you packed/forgot to pack!!
BoB - how's Jackson? Did the sling work well? We've only just started using our Bubba Moe with Izzy and she loves it. Nods off every time! She looks so uncomfy in it though but I guess she can't be if it sends her off to sleep. Slings are a damn good invention
Sangie - how's Ethan going lately? Sounds like he is an awesome sleeper! Very jealous!
Pooley - Frazer is doing brilliantly!! Have you got some pics we can see? What size is he in now?! As for the whooping cough, I had my booster before leaving the hossi (my OB arranged it) and DH needs to get his soon - must get onto that.
Hi everyone else!
AFU - We suspect Izzy has been doing through a growth spurt as she has been quite unsettled since last Wednesday night. She seems a lot better today though so hopefully she's coming out the other side. She has been super clingy and very hard to settle for her day sleeps - lots of crying from both her and I! Mum and I attempted a shopping trip last Thursday which turned out to be a disaster. Izzy ended up screaming blue murder and I wound up in tears so mum took us both back to her place and sent us to bed. It was so good to catch up on some much needed sleep.
Izzy was doing well with her night sleeps but that has changed with the growth spurt too. She's back to 4-5 hours between feeds at night (which is still great, I know!) and still waking at 5am to start her day. That is driving me nuts but the health care nurse said it's quite normal as they tend to tune in with nature. Bloody birds and no day light savings!!! Oh well, I'm sure 'this too will pass'.
On a brighter note, our little girl has grown again!! She had her 6-8 week checkup today and her stats are now:
- weight: 3960 (was 2962 at birth)
- length: 53.8cm (was 49cm at birth)
- HC: 38cm (was 34cm at birth)
It's any wonder she's been a bit out of sorts with all this growing going on! It's nice to know that all our hard work with feeding is paying off. Finally.
We had a bad night last night which was mainly due to the heat and both of us being overtired so we've had a lazy day in bed today. We have literally being lying around since 10am this morning. I managed to get a couple of hours of sleep and a lot of rest and Izzy is clocking up 4 hours and still going! She really needed the extra zzz's too obviously. I hope this is another sign the growth spurt may be over. Will be interesting to see how she sleeps tonight.
We had our newborn photos taken on Saturday and Izzy was brilliant. Was a right show-off for the camera and was awake for the entire session! She managed to wee on both DH and I (separately) too. Classic. We are going through all our photos this weekend (pregnacy and newborn/family) so hopefully I'll have some to show you guys within a week.
Better run and check on our sleeping beauty again. Thank god she is sleeping properly again. Woohoo!!
I have been lurking around, but haven't posted in a while.
Taurean - Sounds like you are going through what Ava has just started to go through... Unsettled and clingy. Refuses to go to sleep and then gets grizzly and overtired. I might have to get our sling out if she stays clingy, but I tried it on the weekend with her, and I find it comfy but doing much in front of me is hard... but it might be that I just need some practice.
I put her down after her bottle this morning, and she was quiet for 5 mins, so I thought "great! I can have a shower". As soon as I got in she screamed.. mind you it was fake crying.... so I let her go, and I think she wore herself out. She started up again once I finished and I put the dummy in and she is now happily off in la la land, mouth wide open. Feel bad for making her cry, but I got OB and normal docs to go to today as well as mothers group... And I really feel like taking a page out of your book and having an all day bed day! That sounds really good to me right now!
We are now on full time formula. I gave the last of the EBM over the weekend and Im happy. MHN said that she has gotten all the needed nutrients and antibodies etc over the first month, so has got a good start. We had a weigh in yesterday arvo and Ava is now 4.88 kg (10 pound something) and is 54 cm long! She was 3.2 kg when born, so is a little guts when it comes to food. She is taking anywhere from 120 - 180mls each feed. Sometimes she will guts 180 down for two or so feeds in a row. Im guessing that it is the days when she is having a growth spurt.
We went to Point Lonsdale (Vic coast near geelong) for a long weekend. I have discovered you can't pack light when you got a bubba! Prams, sling, bedding, clothes, nappies.... And the list goes on. But I have to say, for her to be in a strange enviroment, she really coped well, and slept well! I got 9 hrs out of her one night! but I think that was a fluke. The last day we hopped on the Queenscliffe - Sorrento Ferry and went home the long way via a friends place and from their place to home she was fast asleep! So I really can't complain too much about her at all!
Hope you ladies are all doing well. I must get organised to get to the GP, and hopefully it means I can be home for a rest before the OB and mothers group this arvo. I have the CBF's today. Would be happy snoozing on the couch in my PJ's!! But I might just have to reserve another day this week to do that!
Hugs to your bubs! XO
Kosi, I was wondering where you had gotten to. Sounds like Ava is doing really well. It is great that she was settled for you while you were away. We really should go and see the IL's but I soo can't be bothered with all the cr@p you have to take and the unsettledness that goes with travelling.
Taurean, hope Izzy is more settled, does sound like it was a growth spurt. Will keep an eye out for those pics.
Kelly, did you do anything over the long weekend? DS had an upset tummy (read terrible diarrhea) so I stayed at home with him while DH went out fishing with his brother.
Miss A must be the easiest baby ever! She just sails though the day, fits in with whatever we are doing. I honestly thought DS was an easy bub, but by comparsion he was sooo clingy - I always had to be holding him, even DH could barely hold him for the first 3 months. She does have the odd clingy day but the sling cures that. She is starting to get herself into a routine now with naps. Depending on what time she goes to bed we usually have 1-2 wakeups during the night, then she will wake somewhere between 4-6am and I take her into my bed for a bit extra sleep. We have the night time get-ups done and me back in bed in 12 minutes now so it isn't that much of an effort.
DH interupted a burgler in our sleepout the other morning - some jerk was stealing all the meat out of our freezer (of all the random things...) they got away with about 80kg of stuff before DH walked in. They were from a party next door and must have had someone over the fence collecting it as it was passed over. The police caught them but the meat wasn't recovered - not that I would want it back after it had been goodness knows where.
OMG Art - the meat burgler.....is a member of your family a butcher or do you always have that quantity of meat in your house? So random. Miss A sounds like a dream - i have a clingy baby...my back is suffering from it!
AFU - had our pead checkup....all reasonably ok...he can't work out if she is slightly jaundiced or it is her skin tone as DH is part asian. So we are off for a blood test in 2 weeks if he still can't tell! The whites of her eyes are discoloured in the corners thats what he is going off. She has an umbilical hernia...no biggie. Heart is good. Hips are A OK. I forgot to mention about her vomitting a lot still. Has put on just under 2 kgs.
Oh i wanted to ask....with the changing colours of eyes - does it happen gradually or does it happen overnight. V has light brown with grey/blue rings around the outside. I wonder if the blue will take over. She also has a patch on her left eye, if you imagine a clock between 3 and 6oclock is really dark brown - apparently she will always have this - so random.
As for her sleeping - all over the place! Read Baby Bliss the other day and tried to follow it's settling techniques - didn't really happen for me, but i am still trying - the only way i can get her to sleep is on the boob...or maybe i'm too lazy to rock her for an hour! Her catnapping continues........
Taurean- Frazer was in OO's as of 5 weeks old. He has also moved from Newborn to Infant and is now in the crawler nappies! They are a little big but have much better absorbency during his long sleeps. Frazer is going through his growth spurt as well and sometimes isn't lasting more than 2 hrs between feeds. Lucky though that it's mostly through the day and therefore is doing at least 5 hrs overnight. I have posted my facebook link before but here it is again with some professional ones added
Kosi- Nice to know someone else has a clingy baby. Frazer also has been getting quite clingy lately. Will fall asleep in your arms but the minute you put him down he's awake and crying. He tends to be really hard to put to sleep lately without a crying fit. I thought the pram would put him to sleep when I went for a walk this arvo but he screamed 3/4 of the journey and finally konked out about 10 mins from home!! I have been trying to read the tired signs earlier but it doesn't seem to help. Has anyone watched the "Dunsten Baby Language" DVD? The chick that says every cry means something different. I haven't had a chance to sit down with DH and watch it just yet.
AFM- DH and I are on Day 4 of our 10 day Lemon Detox Diet. Hoping to cleanse all the crap outta our bodies before we change to healthy eating and exercise program. Have lost 2.7kgs so far and am hoping to shed a bit more before the end. Most likely will put 1/ 2 kgs back on once I start eating again but weight loss is not the main reason we are doing it so not really fussed about that. Feel fantastic considering I haven't eaten in 4 days!! It's really weird! DH brought one of the Cardio tech treadmills and I will be rejoining the gym very soon. Fingers crossed we can keep on track.
Last edited by Pooley; October 28th, 2009 at 07:37 PM.
Pooley, DS was always way ahead of his size in nappies too. I think it has more to do with their body shape then the actual weight - DS was always quite wide across the waist. He was in the walker nappies from about 8 months old and is still in them now, must have just grown upwards since then.
Sanchez, mum has a few acres and gets a cow killed every year for meat. We only got it a month ago too. With the eye colour, for mine it seems to happen slowly. They were both born with steel grey eyes and DS lightened up to a light grey with a darker grey ring. Looks like A is going to be the same which is expected since DH and I both have grey eyes. That missing girl Maddie McCann had a discoloured spot in her eyes, it is one of the features they have mentioned a lot to help identify her.
Well tired is an understatement with me at the moment.
Indigo is doing well and seems to be in a routine at night she usually goes down for her big sleep around 9pm and sleeps through till 3 or 4am so around 6-7hrs at night. She then has a feed and sleeps till 7 or 8am. So Im pretty happy with her. At her 6wk check she was 4kg, its her 8wk check next week and needles Im expecting her to have put on another 500gm so in 2mnths she would of put on 2kg since birth (2.5kg to 4.5kg)
We are getting lots of smiles and cooing aswell. Her eyes are a clear blue still. Wyatt had dark blue eyes with brown flecks in them when he was a baby and they changed to dark brown...I think if they have colour in them like that there is a strong possibility they will change.
Wyatt is unwell at the moment and has been waking numerous times every night....so he has been the reason Im so tired not Indigo. Most days I dont even get dressed and am really just a ferral housewife at the moment..we have lots of pj days!!!
I'm reading but don't have much time to post at the moment. Ethan has been going through a growth spurt too I think - constantly wanting boobies and being really clingy. Luckily he is only being clingy/cranky during the day and is still sleeping 6-7hrs at night. Still the constant feeding is driving me a bit nuts and I'm back to having sore nipples! He has been a bit better today so hopefully we are over the worst. Ethan was born with grey eyes but they have recently changed to brown.
I'll be back when I have more time! NIcola hope Wyatt gets better soon, nothing worse than a sick kidlet to look after. Fingers crossed he doesn't pass it on to the rest of the family!
Hi girls, have been lurking for a little while and thought i'd better introduce myself!
im Skye and my little girl Isabelle was born on the 12th of september, 4 weeks early. ive also got a 3 yr old that im currently trying to TT!
i've been reading ur posts to see what ur bubs are up to milestone wise and it seems Izzy is a bit behind, we were told that even though she was only just premature that she could be a bit delayed with things. Its hard because she was born such a good weight(even bigger than some full termers in my bellybuds group!) to remember that she was early. We'll get there though!
hope ur all having a good day, will chat soon
xxx
Skye
Welcome Skybie and congrats on the birth of Isabelle! Make yourself at home!
A quick question ladies, have any of you decided what contraception you are wanting to use/ using already? I know it's different for bfeeding than formula feeding but am getting really confused about which one I should go for. I had a little bit of stress and difficulty conceiving Frazer after a 6 year stint on Implanon which lead to numerous cysts and a misdiagnosis of PCOS so am wanting to steer clear of that. APART from that I LOVED Implanon. Was perfect for me, no periods ever, and I didn't get the mood swings etc that some others experience
Am maybe leaning towards Mirena IUD?? or Copper T? Anyone had any experiences with these. I would love some feedback or opinions please. Am not good at remembering things so the pill would be last on my list.
pooley- u dnt get ur period on the needle either, dont know if thats something u want to try.
ATM im not on anything, considering the mini pill but will have to find out some more info on it to see if its really worth it.
Also i want to be pregnant again when Isabelles about 12-18mnths and i know its gonna take a hell of alot of convincing to get my DF to agree to one so soon after Izzy so might stay off all contraceptives and let nature do its thing.
its not that he doesnt want another one, just not when izzy is still little, me on the other hand, i want to be done having babies so i dont have to worry about when's a good time again and i want to get back into work to help DF out, no point going back to work then stoppingto have another baby i think!
Skybie I'm also TT my toddler. I think she's got it! She's been using the potty for over a week now with no accidents. Now we just have to progress to the toilet! Congrats on the arrival of Isabelle!
Pooley haven't decided on contraception yet and to be honest it isn't needed at the moment (poor DH!). I'm still bf so pretty sure I'm fairly safe anyway! What is lemon detox diet? Please don't tell me you have to chomp on lemons eeewwww!
I think we are over the growth spurt as Ethan has gone back to his happy self woo hoo! Anyway its a lovely day so we're heading to the park. Have a great weekend all and sending big sleepy vibes to all the bubs xoxo
This means i'll have more time to express and shower and eat lol. I start Lite n Easy next week and have started an exercise regime in my quest to lose 8 - 10kgs, wish me luck!
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Was perfect for me, no periods ever, and I didn't get the mood swings etc that some others experience
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