April Mummies 2011

[MissFox]

Don't feel bad!! If he can breath better sitting up you're doing what needs to be done

SOOO I think I may be starting my period!!! It could still be bleeding from birth but that went to discharge for about a week and now its red again. And its a different color on the pad like more blood. Apparently my body thinks its all fine and dandy to ovulate! Rosie has never had a bottle of formula lol. So much for BFing to keep AF away!

 

[chocojen]

The night went ok and I had a sneaky extra hour or two after the first feed this morning!

I have been invited out for dinner tomorrow for a friends birthday, george will be 13 days old....is it too soon to leave him?

And very happy this morning, although my boobs were killing me before I expressed I got a full 3 1/2 oz in one go at expressing, normally I only get and ounce and a half. It was so good to be able to give him a full feed of mummy milk xxxx

 

[SazzleR]

Nathans a bit snotty too, snorting and snuffling, its making him very stroppy when feeding.. on/off/on/off, my poor nipples!!

I'm with you on the sore nipples due to snuffly baby Abz! I thought a month down the line I'd be pain free in the nipple dept but nope! The on & off due to the cold is killing me again! Lansinoh is my beat friend again! The saline spray only seems to help for about 10 mins with all the stopping & starting a feed can take about an hour.

Jen - if you're happy leaving him then go enjoy yourself! Wish I could leave Rex for some girly time sometimes!

But I'm trying to stock pile milk for a wedding & Take That concert both weekend after next so all my meagre attempts at pumping are going towards that so can't 'afford' to leave any for DH to give him over next week or so! x

 

[MissFox]

Jen if you feel ready then go for it! I left Rosie with my mom for an hour or so around 10 days lol.

 

[lilgemsy]

Woah well I have a fair amount to catch up on lol.

Jen - George is gorgeous. Congrats! You look so proud in the pics ^_^ x

Sazzler - Hope Rex is better soon and dont feel bad... if it helps his stuffy nose then youre doing whats best for him!

Gertrude - I formula feed. I never even attempted to BF if Im honest. I have no boobs to do it for a start xD Poor baby would take forever trying to find them haha!
Seriously dont feel bad or alone. Tons of mums FF and thier LOs all turn out fine ^_^ As long as theyre getting the nutrition that they need then thats all that matters

Hayley - Congrats on the birth of Poppie ^_^ x

I feel like I havent been on here in aaages.
Been quite ill. Docs dont know whats up with me so starting tests tomorrow an might have to have a small op or biopsy or something on that lump on my head :/
Thought I was done with docs an hospitals but apparently not

Ollie is being fabulous though! Hes much more alert lately and now enjoys his playmat ^_^
He sleeps through every night so I get plenty of sleep!
Love him so sooo much

 

[Tasha360]

Im soo Jealous Gem my 2 still only go 3 hrs so i never seem to get sleep lol.
I FF too, I tried BF Demi and she took to it really well but my supply was rubbish so she was constantly on the boob and not a happy bunny and i was getting hardly anything when expressing. So i thought id FF from day one with these two so i can get help with feeds too, though i rarely do.
We've had problems with Harleys feeding from the begging but hes getting worse. We have tried all of the colic remedies, nothing worked so we have now been told to put him on lactose free milk to see if hes lactose intolerant. Hope that works, i hate seeing him in pain
xx

 

[MissFox]

Aww gem hope all goes well with the dr and they get the lump figured out

Tasha- I think if I had twins I wouldn't exclusivly BF if at all! I couldn't imagine what it would be like with Rosie x2!! And there would be no way bc DH would bitch and bitch. I probably would have pumped what I could and called it good if not go all formula.

Yea I failed this morning. Tried pumping while trying to get Rosie to sleep. I'm supposed to go help one of my moms friends with his computer. He wants to know how to attach picture files in an email. He's gonna pay me $30. But Rosie wouldn't go down. I didn't finish pumping so maybe she would sleep but I have to leave soon. UGH! Lol. Guess this will be what life is like when I'm heading to work next month.

 

[gertrude]

Tasha, have you tried MAM bottles? They're great!

Thanks for sharing your feeding experiences, I'm not sure ill get over not being able to feed her - daft isn't it.

 

[JakesMummy]

Regarding bleeding etc I finally stopped about 4 days ago but from then til today excuse the TMI but my discharge has been stretchy like when ovulating so I am staying WELL AWAY from OH!!! I am not on any BC yet but will prob go back to the pill - I didnt get any probs with this before. But back to the bleeding, I had a moment today where I wiped and I had red/brown blood then it disappeared again? Either way I want it all TO STOP! Sick of it now!!!!

As for Amelia - she is doing well! I have noticed this weekend she has started to take more of an interest in the world around her, and us. She knows who we are and when crying, only my voice calms her - so sweet yet she is very close to me to the point of clingy ..ugh .. She watches me walk around the room and follows me with her eyes - Oooh I got a smile a few days ago! Nothing since LOL!

I have started giving her Tummy time every day to strengthen her neck, as she is so strong already in that area - she loves it! Jake was the same. She gets her arms in front and pushes up to have a nose around hehe Ahh I love this age apart from the night feeds!

We have had a couple of bad nights recently, from midnight til 5am she is inconsolable - nothing calms her, we put it down to colic but she gets trapped wind very easily so alot of the time it is that - we used to use infacol but now Gripe Water seems to help.
Breastfeeding is going well, she's a pig really and we haven't had an increase of time between feeds, so my nipples feel a bit sore again but like alot of your LOs, she has had a cold and the sniffles dont help at all!

Jake is a brilliant big bro! He always gives her kisses and asks for where she is if I go out with her, alone. However, he is a bit of a shit at the moment = we were in a shoe shop the other day and he wanted to give a girl some shoes but she didn't want them so he decided to throw them in her FACE!!! I was so shocked and embarrassed. Little sod. I could only apologise to the little girl and Mum, who, thank goodness, understood the Terrible Twos, but still!

Hope you are all coping OK - be great to see some updated pics!

 

[CottlestonPie]

Just got home from MILs birthday gathering. Toby's such a lazy baby! He's on the left, his cousin Holly in the middle, and our friends LO Charlie is on the right. So wonderful having them all a similar age!

https://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248109_10150596307340599_628065598_18891744_889960_n.jpg

 

[JakesMummy]

Ahhhhh what a GORGEOUS photo!!! You are so lucky Toby is lazy lol!!! I have an always awake baby - agh!!! Even at night!

 

[CottlestonPie]

It's a trick really! He's lazy for photos... and then he spends an hour or 2 screaming lol
He's been really niggly these past couple of days. Hoping its a growth spurt and he'll be over it soon because he's got his jabs on thursday eeeek!

 

[Tasha360]

Yeah Gertrude i have got mam bottles. Ruby has them and Harley has Tommee tippee ( he seemed better on them). they will only have the mam dummies too.xx

 

[JakesMummy]

Oooh the jabs! I remember taking my son, expecting the worst! I gave him a dose of Calpol beforehand and he seemed OK. But they can act a bit off for the few days after. I am glad when they are done until 12 months!

 

[Tasha360]

All 3 of my babies had theie jabs on Thursday, was horrible but they were all fine after xx

 

[JakesMummy]

On one of many night feeds....my eyes...need..sleep!!! We get 2.5 hours between feeds...great, and my son will be up in 5 hours. Yawn!!

 

[smeej]

Hi jakes- just doing Eva's night feed..

I've not been on for ages, must do an update tomorrow as a few things have happened in the last few weeks, but too tired to type on phone just now.
Hope you get some sleep!
xx

 

[JakesMummy]

I am still bloody awake!!!!! This child hates sleep I swear she is too bloody alert at the wrong times and is now being sick on my bed.. Great

 

[CottlestonPie]

Eek! I'm on a night feed too. I got too used to the 6hrs between bottles at night. Now I'm having to wake up after a couple of hours, my body is just like"omg what are you doing?! Sleeeep!!"

 

[happy_hayley]

i started reading this thread and was pleased to see i wasnt the only only one struggling with bf i have had to result to bottle feeding as poppie wasnt getting enough milk she was constantly crying and forever on me plus she had lost more weight after 5 day weighing i felt so guilty having to go on to bottle but better now she has put weight on and is a complete different baby.