Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

[Cherrybump]

Hey ladies, Ive co-slept few times to but i really dont wanna keep doing it i really want her to sleep in her basket as she can do it for her dad when he looks after her . Ive taking me a while to get paige back down lol i woke her up for a change and feed since she slept since 12.30am right until got home at 3 i fed her at 5.30pm since she didnt look like she was going to wake for a while longer lol. Had her in my arm in the sling so i could make food lol i put her in the basket and she started to get fussy so i picked her up and cuddle her little longer lol. Thats her just gone back into the basket now.

Doesnt sound very nice about that belly button hun. they seem to ay use olive oil for everything they. Paige has dry skin to and i try so hard not to pick it off i was told coco oil was ok to use at johnsons it a little harsh pppft!! coco oil gave her a rash so we use a bit of johnsons and she was fine.. i also has moisturizer so we use that on her after her baths. seems to help.

Im so tired now. I walked up to matalan my old work before primark lol and showed her off to them all. They all kept asking how i was, how i was finding it being a mum and how am i getting on with her.. I kept repeating myself to each other them lol..


But no such luck of getting a nap ryan as past out on the couch lol he had her last night so i guess its fair. Im taking paige into town with my sister tomorrow without ryan it will be the first lol. Showing her off to everyone in there starts in the mens (my floor) hunting all managers out and everyone else i work with lol going to be weird as it mostly guys hahaha sure they want have much of a care but it nice to show her off to everyone. Im a proud mummy until she keeps me from my sleep and then i say she her daddy girl haha lol

Yes Arlene enjoy tonight and take your bags in the car with you just incase xxxxx

 

[lj2245]

Karen, am I right in thinking that you said once that Kaiden BF for hours? Was it always like that or did he get quicker as he got older? Alex loves nothing more than being stuck to my boob! I have been nursing him since 5pm!! It's brilliant in a way because I have no engorgement issues at all but my god it's a nightmare only having one free hand ALL THE TIME. lol.

 

[Kaybee]

Yeah in the early days it felt like Kaiden was never off my boobs! He did get quicker and more err professional at getting the milk out I think he did spend a bit of time comfort sucking though but I just didnt realise it at the time. It does get easier

 

[lj2245]

He's definitely comfort sucking a lot of the time I think. This morning he was awake for an hour from 9:30 until 10:30 and for the first time since he was born he was just content to sit and look around. Any other time he's ever been awake he's been bfing!

Can't believe Dylan is nearly a month old. Where did the time go? It's so scary.

 

[Kaybee]

Dylan was really sleepy the first week or so and was only awake for feeds really as well. I notice he has longer awake spells every day. I know, it just crossed my mind earlier he is nearly 4 weeks already! Its going toooo fast.

I was at Kaidens nursery today because they were doing a draw for 2013/14 spaces. There were too many applicants for morning sessions again. 10 spaces left and 17 names....Kaiden was the ninth name to be drawn. I was getting kinda anxious by the half way mark especially as his friends name had been picked. Anyway, really pleased he can stick with the morning sessions

 

[lj2245]

That's good Would have been tough to have to move him, especially as his friend was staying in the morning group!

I saw the side by side photo thing you did on Facebook. When I saw the photo of Dylan the first time I was thinking how much it looked like the one of Kaiden! Is he still a lot like him now? It's funny how some people have kids who are just the double of each other The friend I have with 4 young boys, they are all identical. Fair enough, 2 of them are twins but the older 2 (4 and 5) look like twins too. I can never tell which is which!

 

[Kaybee]

They really are so alike lol. That made me laugh 'fair enough two of them are twins' it will be interesting to see if he changes. One of my friends is a twin and they are not identical but they dont even look like sisters really

 

[lj2245]

One of my exes is a twin and it's exactly the same thing. One is 5ft 7 and ginger and the other is 6ft 2 and has jet black hair and glasses. I won't say which was my ex

 

[Kaybee]

isnt mother nature amazing!

How is everyone today?

Kaiden is a bit disappointed as he was going to his friends after nursery but his pal has chicken pox!

 

[bbymc]

Think I spoke too soon. What a night I've had. I'm pretty certain lewis is taking in too much milk way too fast and it's making him get bad wind, sick loads back up and be really unsettled. Problem is, when he's unsettled he appears to be hungry, furiously rooting and sucking his hands. But if I put him back on the breast he just sucks for a minute and ends up over filling himself again. Its like he's comfort sucking. Not sure how to help him as all advice says not to give a dummy this young if breastfeeding.

Any ideas?

 

[bbymc]

Aw what a shame! Pity Dylan is so young. If he'd been oldrr you could have let kaiden go and catch it. Sounds daft but it seems to be the done thing. Let them catch it young when its mild and then everyone hss iy at the same time and it gets it over with. Lol

 

[Kaybee]

Aw what a shame! Pity Dylan is so young. If he'd been oldrr you could have let kaiden go and catch it. Sounds daft but it seems to be the done thing. Let them catch it young when its mild and then everyone hss iy at the same time and it gets it over with. Lol

Yeah, it crossed my mind to let him go but dont want Dylan getting it. Although if Struan has it chances are that he would of got it at nursery!

Poor Lewis, and you. I can sympathise because it sounds very similar to when Kaiden was a baby. It does get better. I had to play around with the infacol. If he got it every feed he was sicker. I used to think Kaiden was hungry as well but it was probably wind. A deep bath, with you or Ryan, can help apparently. I used to put Kaiden in the bath with Dave....not sure if it helped or not but it was nice bonding time for them even if it didnt help with the wind. Its hard, it was like hd turned into a different baby in the evening/ night time sometimes.

 

[bbymc]

Its getting like that with lewis. Hes quite different at night. I had the HV in today and she told me to try different positions for feeds so that gravity prevents the milk from coming out so fast. Not sure how hood that'll work tbh cos he seems to be a guzzler! We've not really stuck with infacol so I need to get into using that at every feed. One good thing though is that he's feeding well and put on 9oz this week.

In other news, Ryan's been moved jobs at his work. Just for 6 weeks at the end of April. But its 9-5 and his boss has other news for him. He cant tell him yet so we are waiting to hear but someone is leaving so we are hoping he'll be offered that job. Fingers crossed!

 

[lj2245]

I give Alex a dummy sometimes I also gave Shaun one too. I doubt I'd get any peace if I didn't haha. I only give him it if it's not practical to let him latch on right enough, like if we are in the car and he's fussing. Or if I need to go and pee/shower and Stephen has him and he starts fussing.

Shaun got chicken pox when he was 3 and it was horrible. He had them in his eyes and in his mouth. I felt so bad for him but I'm glad he's got them out the way.

Emma, would expressing for a while before letting him latch on not help with the amount of milk coming out? I find I gush out to begin with but it slows down after a while

 

[arlene]

Hi ladies. Glad you and the babies are doing well! Still no sign of James Concert last night was amazing though, James went nuts at the first two numbers (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars) then calmed down. The second act was all musical theatre songs which he was rather active for! John thinks it means he hates Michael Ball, I think he's gonna be a wee stage buff like his mum! Lol. xx

 

[bbymc]

Aw glad you ( and James) enjoyed the concert Arlene. It sounds like I'd have loved it too lol.

Yeah, Laura I did express for a while when he literally couldn't get on cos milk was squirting him in the face lol. But this is it having calmed down a bit. Lol. I'm worried that if I express though, that it will trigger me into producing even more milk. :-/

 

[bbymc]

My god. My cousin lost her key last night then went to work keyless this morning. Ryan and I are going away for a few days and therefore she has no way of getting in the house. I told her its not safe to leave kwys outside or sending keys in a taxi with a stranger. She then had the cheek to put me on the phone to her boss who proceeded to tell me I was selfish, unhelpful and uncaring. I dont even know this woman and she gave me 10 mins of abuse. Sayin I had to provide a solution because kirsten was at work. I went ballistic and said there was no way I was trekkin an hour on the bus with a newborn to drop keys off to her. She then tried to tell me it was my problem cos I didnt tell kirsten that I was going away. She even tried to say that if I didnt get keys to kirsten somehow then kirsten would get a locksmith out to change the locks leaving ryan and I unable to get in when we get home in a few days!!

I am soooooo angry! What a bloody cheek! I'm now having to drop keys at my auntie's before we go away so she can collect them later. Leaving me keyless!

I am raging. But so upset that she could put this all on me. And totally diagusted that she would get her boss to speak to me rather than resolve it herself!

I'm asking her to leave when we come home in a few days!! I've given her chance after chance but to put things on me like that, I dont think so!

Excuse the rant girls. I just had to get that out! :,-(

 

[arlene]

Struggle to see how it's your responsibility when the stupid bint lost her keys!! I'd have hung up on the boss personally, after saying "when x is grown up enough to talk to me about this herself, have her call me back". No way would I have put up with that from a stranger!! Think you're best getting shot of her Emma, far too much stress at a time when you really don't need it.

I'm now 3 days over and already getting annoyed with the texts that say "no signs yet"? It's from my family mostly as well, really want to reply with "I've already told you I'll let you know when it happens now f*** off and leave me alone!!" I know people are well meaning but it's so annoying!! Xx

 

[lj2245]

I got to 2 days over and had switched my phone off by that point. I was 8 days over with Shaun and can remember how bad it had got then too. It's horrible. This time around I told people how annoying it was when they asked

Emma...what a complete tit that girl is. I can't believe you actually spent the 10 minutes listening to her boss, you should have told her where to go. Try to enjoy your time away and try not to think about it until you get back...then get shot.

 

[bbymc]

I was induced 6 days early and was sick of that then lol. So I really feel for you! Hopefully he won't be long though! Do you have an induction date yet?

Yeah im definitely getting shot of her after that! I couldn't believe she let her boss speak to me. Apart from that, if I was her boss I wouldnt be giving me hassle, I'd be giving her shit for being stupid enough to lose her key and not sort it before she left this morning!