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MM I have replied in the other thread with a good link which is worth reading. If you are still feeling worried you can always take her up to see your dr. I'm pretty sure they would squeeze her in. Sometimes it's not worth spending all that time worrying, much better & easier just to get them seen, kwim?
Mm- hope maddie is ok I agree with md just easier to get her seen for peace of mind..
Well we've had a shocking idk maybe 30hrs here lol.. Starting from about 5am yesterday william just decided he wanted to feed all the time.. Even once he was noticibly full he still wanted the boob in his mouth and would cry inconsolably if I took it off him.. I think he had wind as well but he still hasn't pood since friday night so I assume he isn't feeling overly well.. He's reasonably calm now but boy am I exhausted!! I just didn't know what to do so I kept feeding him as much as I could but recently I changed his nappy and it was dark wee, how can I be feeding him so much and this be happening still? I feel so defeated like im trying my best to feed him as much as I can and I seem to have heaps of milk but still he seems he's not getting enough :( I think I might have a blocked duct as well am quite sore on one side and the breast dosnt seem to drain as well as the other side ughhhhhhh winge winge winge!!! Sorry!!!!
hi Noni - whoooaaaah what a day you have had, you must be exhausted! I know those days, we have had a few of them too. Dont get too stressed about it all, i am sure you have enough milk for him, he is prob just enjoying the cuddles and the comfort of feeding and being close to you. if you are worried about your supply maybe try some natural remedies for this - or thingslike akta vite, lactation cookies (thanks Ange) etc. remember it was only a day or 2 ago the gp assured you how well things are going... i think it must be hard when you are usedtobottlesas now you cant see what he is getting - i have wondered about this this time around as J is less of a good feeder than N was (quicker, doesnt drain, oftentakes one side) so i can only imagine if you are used to FF. keep up the great work and look after yourself.
MM i replied in your other thread too - hope gorgeous M is ok and you are too.
noni- have you called the aba 1800 mum 2 mum to talk about what's going on? it sounds like you're doing everything right but just need a bit of reassurance from the lovely aba ladies :)
I did call them last night when he was crying and crying coz I was worried feeding him so much would make the constipation worse if he is constipated.. Ofc as u all would know she told me I can't overfeed him n the worst that can happen if he drinks too much comfort feeding is he will spew lol.. She did say he should be pooing atleast once a day but if he does put on weight at his check ups it might just be normal for him.. Fingers and toes crossed for his weigh in tmw technically he should be back to his birth weight tmw night but considering he was only 3kgs on tuesday I doubt he's back to 3.285 tmw bummer! As long as he has put on something encouragng tho ill be happy :)
Hi girls I am so sorry for being such a bad baby buddy lately. I keep meaning to post and then get side tracked. I seem to have so much going on at the moment and am finding it hard to keep up. I am thinking of you all though.
Noni I hope W has put on some weight and you can get the feeding sorted. I didn't think it was unusual for a BF bub to go a while without pooing???? Remember the first 6 weeks are the hardest but everything will fall into place.
Hey everyone
Noni - good luck with the weigh in tomorrow, I'm sure little W has put some weight on. He just loves his mummy cuddles!!
PAP - ah yes, Mawson, that's where my sister is. Great news on the paint and play!!
Oz - great to see you checking in!!
Arte - loved the winching story!
Trill- you would be a fantastic teacher. And as for being able to do it.. pft, you would be fine. The way you write and express yourself, those assignments would just coming flowing out. ;)
Noni- the first few weeks are tough, hang in there.
Rainy- you should see my house. man, i just can't get on top of it. Maybe if i spent less time on here and more time cleaning it would look better. :p If you want to feel better about your place, just come and check out mine!
MD - are there any pics for you to show off last weekend?
Claire- Did you get that lasagne??? We had a rocking roast lamb last night. Choc self saucing pud to follow. mmmmmmmm was gooood.
Sore throat turned out to be thrush in the back of my throat from the AB's and my steroid inhaler. :rolleyes: So i've been sucking on nylstat. (sp?) On the upside- we are feeling much better!
Going to do some cleaning. Lu is watching puzzle play- she LOVES it, gives my 1/2 hour to do something. bbl
MM how is Miss M today? :hug:
Noni - all the best for W's weigh in. Sounds like you've had a few rough days - just remember all that extra sucking is doing good. :)
mmmmmm self saucing chocolate pudding...mmmmmmm.....
no lasagne :( but DH did make a really yummo tomato pasta so it's not all bad. i *think* we have 2 lots of dinner guests over the weekend so might do a lasagne for one of them...mmmm
MM: how is miss Ms head today?
the house is currently 2bdms, but we are knocking up a wall before we move in to make it 3 and then with the extension there will be a 4th with ensuite...we are thinking of going up into the attic...
Noni: good luck today with W!!! (and i remember Leila doing a mega-feeding frenzy when she was in the first couple of weeks...she went bonkers and would scream endlessly for boob but be in obvious pain. in the end we warmed some towels and tightly wrapped them around her belly and just cuddled her as it was obvious that she had guzzled too much...i had mega-loads of milk...)
Rainy: my place is gross atm. i have no will to clean at all.
PP: i'll pop them an email. no i dont keep in touch with Amy anymore. the only girls i am in contact with from that group are the ones that are on FB. and yeah, that is sooo funny that we know the same person LOL! (you shoulda just come along to the group anyway!!...i turned up 2 weeks in...).
AFM: okay here. DH and i had 'date day' yesterday. although not as glam as it sounds as he could only take off time for a movie (i really do miss our languid days at home...gosh i am spoit lol!). so we went and saw public enemy...ok, ok, DH saw public enemy i saw johnny depp :lol: it was pretty good, and had david wenham in it too! but TBH, it johnny wasnt in it looking hot as i dont think i would have cared for the script all that much...good performances by everyone, but the writing was a bit lacking in imagination.
Have been reading but not much time to post so sorry to everyone I am about to miss...
Noni, sounds like you are doing a great job. I found W to be constantly feeding and/or grizzling when he had a belly ache (not to sound like a broken record but for us it was entirely because of what I had eaten). Perhaps your milk is fast like Clare, it should settle down really soon.
Clare, great that you are getting an architect freebie! Your plans sound exciting. How is your throat now? All better since the op?
Sherie, I am sure that after juggling 4 kids at home you will breeze through uni when they are all at school. How are the facilities close to you? Do you have a campus or would it be extramural?
MD, the lake is stunning, no matter which way you turn it is beautiful. I have a nice spot picked out for when you guys make it over for your NZ holiday :clap:
MM, how is M today? I hope she is o.k.
Couple of days from hell here. W woke 4 times between 10pm and 1am the other night and it took up to an hour each time to settle the massive tantrum, then DH got up at 2am for another hour long tanty. So yesterday he was the biggest crankypants, tantrums over everything and when I finally got him to have a nap some **** woke him up with the phone. The afternoon was worse than the morning, there was a meltdown because "slater not wiggling anymore", followed by hysterics (I thought he had lost a finger or something) because "slater gone awaaaaaay", then I put him to bed again with a bottle and he came out screaming a few minutes later because "I can't get the tired's out!!" :rolleyes:
Another couple of hour long tantrums last night too.
The bookshelf has also backfired, he likes it so much he keeps taking the toys in and out (depending on if they are awake or asleep lol) so instead of lots of storage I now have empty shelves and more toys on the floor than before. Hopefully the novelty will wear off soon.
Oh Arte, it sounds like you've had a few very full on days :hug: The novelty will wear off soon enough, although it will drive you mental in the meantime LOL.
Noni, I hope it all went well today at the Dr's. You will have a day that is totally ****house, just like you do when you only have one, but it seems 10 times more draining when you have two of them doing it at the same time.
Clare, I would love to have another room added on - we've only got 3, but ours would be big enough to split. we're sort of snookered too with adding on because of the way the house has been built and then added onto over time. I would love to use the roof space as an attic, but our ceilings are so high it makes a stairway impossible.
Oh no Ange! that would be so gross to have thrush in your throat like that. You should start eating loads of vaalia yoghurt too for the probiotics. Glad to hear it's not so bad now though.
Hey Oz, don't worry about not keeping up :) I saw what you said about the other thing and I reckon that's a good way to approach it :hug:
PP, did the playgroup people get back to you at all?
All well here - actually got a few solid hours sleep in because the night was warmer so he wasn't waking up asking for the blankets to be put back on :rolleyes: Got the path results this morning too and no Giardia or rotavirus, so I have an appointment to start more testing etc to find out whats going on the 24th.
And thanks for the support about me going to uni too, I really appreciate it. I'm just so not sure about it because it's been 15 years since I was at school and it's not so much the work, because I reckon I could handle that, but it's doing that as well as running a house and chasing after kids kwim? It would be externally through Charles Sturt and the closest campus is only in Wagga, so not that far away if I needed to go. It was a toss up between that and nursing as well but that would mean a whole lot more face to face stuff and extended time away from home etc. Although I do worry with teaching that I would be too Mum-ish and just tell them to sit down, shut up and stop bugging me :rofl: I want to do it because DH has worked so damn hard over the past few years supporting us while I stayed home with the kids, and when he's done working off farm, we will still need an outside income because there is just no money in farming anymore (if there were parity pricing for grain and livestock etc no one would be able to afford to eat - that's how much of a shortfall there is. We get paid only $150 per tonne for wheat, but if it were parity priced it would be closer to $1000) and then I would still be able to have time off when the kids are on holidays etc and I am just leaning that way towards wanting to help children learn kwim? So I have much to ponder the next few years because it wouldn't be till Alister was in school anyway. But I will be 34 then so maybe I would be too old....
hi there
q quick one from me as i just got both my delicious creatures off to sleep so i am getting a few mins to myself. no offence but i am prioritising LUNCH! ha ha ha!
my ILs are in town this weekend - so they are doting on the boys which is great... theya re off having lunch with DH at the moment so i get a min or 2 to myself.
Sherie - i also think you would be a fab teacher. i agree with the others - you will brezze through and be such a natural. and with your exp with the kids you will have a class of them sorted in no time. it is great that yu can pop to the campus if you need to as well,. what does your DH do 'off farm'? sorry i thougth he worked on the farm. does that mean someone else runs the farm? or does he do both? sorry i am a bit clueless when it comes to these things. glad it isnt rota or giardia and hope they sort it out soon (do they think it is an allergy)
Arte - nothing to say but sounds like DAY FROM HELL! LOL. love the 'cant getthe tiredsout' i know how hefeels sometimes.
Cally - we are now staying in Lilli Pilli I found a muchbetter and s****y house there! but i will still meet you atthe muffin shop. it will be great. noah says he wants pink one muffin please!
Clare - your house plans sound AWESOME, wow!!! mmmmm lasagne. i will have to make one soon, havent done one in years. YUM!
Noni - hope the weigh in went wel today. i like clares idea re the warm towel on the tummy, they showed us that at hosp and i do it for J. i also have masses of milk and fast flow so he suffers when he is too greedy!
Ange - hope the thrush gets better soon.it soundsNASTY.
hey there.
snap pap- both of mine are asleep too :)not for long though i imagine.
trill- i think you'll find the workload is not too much volume wise itms? in a teaching degree. i did mine when i was 25 and thought that was too old LOL i look back now and think that is so absurd! i'm soooo glad i did it- not so much cos i love the work,but more that it's such a convenient job in that you can do it anywhere, do it part-time, do casual relief teaching....the list goes on.....the hours are fantastic and the holidays are the icing on the cake. you are definitely not too old to do it- you still have plenty of years in you yet girl!
arte- sorry to hear about all the bad sleeping. i was awake for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. lewis had a bit of a nightmare i think..and then jimmy woke up and was giggling and clapping and thought it was party time!
snap here too! Must be the day for it. ;)
I meant to say... Trill i'd be more than happy for you to share your simple Nigella recipes! ;)
34 is not too old. You still have 35 working years left! :o
the weather's so nice ange-we shoulda gone to sanctuary today :)
gggrrrr boob monster is awake.......has sas got teeth yet?
fak- i can see the bottom two but not quite through yet. It is a cracker day! What happened to winter?
mine are still asleep!!! love it!!! and i am lunched.. so back...
i have been focussing on J self settling and so far it is going well. i have never rocked him to sleep can you believe it? i put him down drowsy and he goes to sleep... i know this prob wont last, he is still so little but i am quite proud of myself... no crying or i would of course cuddle him but i am hoping id ont end up where iw as with N's sleep...
damn boith awake