April Munchkins 2013- enjoying our wonderful babies!

[Steph82]

ReadytoMum, eek about the leaks! We have leaks every so often... But usually only on nights, where I skipped one diaper change (since he was fast asleep after feeding and I was scared to wake him ). I have never tried any other brand then the pampers swaddlers. They seem to work well for us and I buy them at a discount through amazon, so I never felt the need to try anything else. I'm sure it was just the wrong brand, and then the right brand, but to big. Let us know how tonight goes.
Did Peter let you know that he was wet? Grayson (typical dirty boy) continues sleeping.. Happy as a clam lol

Sarah, I was just reading your pee/poop incident and laughing hysterically (mind you, I'm at work... No bueno ). Grandmas can take it . My mom got peed on, right after she changed into get work clothes . So he went to work, with baby pee on her lol.
As for size, Grayson is 95% weight, 90% length, and 50% head . The doctors said it was perfectly find, because his head is normal, his body is just fat .

Candy, I understand why you are done with pregnancy!! You poor thing had such a ruff time!!! I don't blame you lol.

Lily, that wrap is amazing!!!!! Does Dennis love it??? It is gorgeous!!

Shell, Grayson always does really well during bath time, and it's been so hot here, we figured we would try! Plus, someone got us these cute swim trunks with matching water shirt (size 0-3) and we wanted him to be able to wear it at Lear once

 

[ukgirl23]

not just that steph... 3 kids are enough! lol x

 

[Steph82]

not just that steph... 3 kids are enough! lol x

fair enough lol... But like Sarah said... I'm ready for another pregnancy... Not another baby

 

[ukgirl23]

fair enough lol. You all had lovely pregnancies, I did too until I swelled up like a hot air balloon

 

[ukgirl23]

oh Steph Benson has funny charts too! He's 75 for weight, 50 for head and 30 for length lol.. all the men in OH's family are short and fat

 

[Mommabrown]

Lol Sarah! I am sure your mom was laughing just as hard as we all are at this! When Emmaleigh did this to Laurynn I was hysterical!

Readytomum I hate Luvs diapers. We had received a bunch of diapers at the baby shower so we are using them and haven't had to buy any yet. When we do we are sticking with the Pampers too as they are the only ones we haven't had leaks from.

Steph Emmaleigh has an adorable bathing suit that i think i may pack to go swimming in Springfield this week. I need to get some of the little swimmers diapers at the store too. We have been talking about Vacation in Panama City it has been between there and Destin, but we don't know how the baby will handle the trip so we are starting off on our first one of 100 miles or more tonight.

 

[doggylover]

Oh mommabrown have a great trip! I'm sure Emmaleigh will be perfection.

Steph and candy, at your boys little heads!! I like to think Isabelle's is all her brains.....!

We are also going away tomorrow, heading to Simons parents for four days which is super in one way I can't wait as when I'm there so many people will be vying to take Isabelle so I'll have my hands free...and no house to clean! Plus I'm so happy for his parents to get her in their house for such a long stretch of time, and for his extended family to get to meet her (all her cute outfits are packed!)

But, I'm also scared about how she is going to 'behave'. Our flight is late tomorrow, as no other choice, so no bedtime routine to settle her. We won't get in until 12.30am knwednesday morning, so I can't imagine it'll be a good nights sleep from then. I'm worried that'll have a negative knock on effect, and being out of her home will put her out of sorts, and she'll be in a terrible mood all the time.

Not to mention we are petrified she will scream on the plane, because trust me, my kid is LOUD. Someone at bf group commented on how loud she is, and how horrifically piercing her cry is (she said it much more politely!) so that on a plane...people will HATE us.
Boob in face the whole way I think! Stuff her to the gills!

 

[Mommabrown]

Sarah you and I have similar instincts! I am ready for Allen's family to pass her around and wear her out so when i do get her back she just wants to sleep! And as far as outfits -- I couldn't decided on which one was the cutest for each day so I packed them all! HA! Brandon(my oldest boy) is a bloody murder screamer too, has been since he was little and NO ONE could ignore his cries. Get that girl boobie drunk and she may be a little angel the whole way! lol I hope your flight is good.

 

[ukgirl23]

Sarah I flew with Connie and Lucas ALOT when they were babies. So I have a few tips for you if you like? You dont have to tke my advice but things tht worked for me were breast feeding on take off and landing.. helps their ears pop if they suck.. take dummies even if she doesnt regularly use one they are life savers on planes. Also I found with my two that they slept through most of our flights I think the noise and sensation soothes them. If she does start to scream dont panic most people dont care xx

I found as well that it didnt matter if we were at home in norway or on holiday at my dads house in England the kids stayed in their normal routines an acted completely the same. They didnt eem bothered by the change in location xx

Im so jealous of all you ladies getting to go away lol. I hve to stick it out here for court his friday. Im a huge basket case right now no escaping it lol.

Benson is 2months old tomorrow already! I can not believe how quickly this is going. Hes got his jabs booked in for next week. We have baby massage the day after I hope he will be up for it!

 

[ukgirl23]

oh and take a carrier with you on the flight they are great when walking throuh the airport and getting on nd off the plane x

 

[Steph82]

Oh man Sarah... I say BF the whole flight at least that would be my solution .
I'm with Candy... Jealous of all your vacations

Shell, do they make swimmers small enough??? I could only find 24lbs and bigger. We just used a normal diaper... And that only for show mostly... Lol..

Candy, I will be thinking of you on Friday! I'm sure it will go great!

 

[ReadytoMum]

Readytomum that's insane about the leaking! I guess the other brand just don't suit him, and he must still be teeny to be in nb size! Poor soggy Peter!

Her weight and length are both 50th centile.......her head circumference is 90th!!! Massive headed fool! I blame her hair...

He is pretty tiny still... that's why we had to start on the formula again. When we was weighed last week he was only at 8.6 still, although he's in the 90th percentile for his head circumference as well! (and around 50 for length, and 25 for weight) I went out to buy more of the Pampers NB today so hopefully tonight we'll be back to normal on the diaper front and not have more soggy baby!

I have never tried any other brand then the pampers swaddlers. Did Peter let you know that he was wet? Grayson (typical dirty boy) continues sleeping.. Happy as a clam lol

Pampers swaddlers are what we normally use too and they've been great! Walmart was all out of those though so hubby got Huggies instead. Never again!! For the most part Peter doesn't seem to care when he's wet. When he has a poo blow out though he starts to make noise. (And who can blame him?!)

You dont have to tke my advice but things tht worked for me were breast feeding on take off and landing.. helps their ears pop if they suck.. take dummies even if she doesnt regularly use one they are life savers on planes. Also I found with my two that they slept through most of our flights I think the noise and sensation soothes them. If she does start to scream dont panic most people dont care xx

I'll be flying with Peter in August to visit DH's parents and grandparents, so I appreciate this advice too! He passes out quite well in cars so I'm hoping the plane will be the same thing! We're going to be traveling by train in a few weeks and that will be an interesting adventure as well!

So, Peter has another weigh-in tomorrow at the Doctors to see if he's gaining weight again now that he's being supplemented with the formula again. I hope the appointment goes well, I'm getting so frustrated with him not gaining weight properly. Now that he gets the formula supplement he doesn't seem satisfied with just a boob feeding, he wants more. So I think we might have to start using formula with every feeding.

 

[lily28]

I'm with Candy... Jealous of all your vacations

Shell, do they make swimmers small enough??? I could only find 24lbs and bigger. We just used a normal diaper... And that only for show mostly... Lol..

We are going for a small vacay (only 3 days) too in a few weeks, just to get away from everything really, it has been a hectic few months with birth and adjusting to the baby. We all need some pampering. looking forward to breakfast being ready waiting for me, no laundry for a few days, swimming, and sleeping in w/ my hubby and baby!

I got this yesterday: https://www.timtam-nature.com/en/popolini-baby-swimmer-xml-251_261-1213.html
from popolini, it is small enough for newborns in size S.
I think it is fine for a baby to swim naked, but there are perverts everywhere

 

[Steph82]

I will have to check that out lily, thank you!
I'm with you on the: baby's swimming bare... But the people in my community may not appreciate baby pee and poop in the pool . That's why we ended up using a regular diaper. I'm pretty sure it didn't hold anything in, but it looked legit ahaha

 

[ukgirl23]

perverts are everywhere! my little brother is in year 2 and his teacher has just been charged with 20 counts of child porn and now animal porn too and also the child porn images were what he created himself. He has been doing it for four years!

at the beach or in public my kids are covered up as much as possible

 

[ReadytoMum]

Update on the leaking bum situation: So during our pre-natal course we were told that we should try to switch which way Peter's head is facing in the crib/cradle so that he's not always lying on the same side of his head. I had sort of forgotten about that until it was always an awkward time to try and do it. So two nights ago I actually remembered before putting him down for the night.

The only two things that were different from two nights ago and previous nights were the fact that he was back in a sleeper rather than just a onsie and that his head was pointing in a different direction.

So last night the first time I went to pick him up to change/feed him he was wet again! We actually went through 4 sleepers rather quickly as he then spit up all over the second one, and then more on the third one (and me!). So I was wondering if having him switched ends was really making any difference... so when he finally went back to bed, I put his head back to the side is was usually on. AND when DH took him to feed him for the early morning feed he was DRY!!

I don't get it?! How could his head pointing the other direction make his diaper leak all over!? Safe to say though he will not be facing the other way anymore!

 

[Steph82]

Wow readytomum that is crazy!!! I don't see how one could be related to the other . Try it again tomorrow night and see what happens. Do you think that maybe he is peeing more, now that he is getting formula? Do you BF before bed and at night or formula? I would think it would be more related to that but who knows.

Candy, I can't believe that!! That's just plain gross!!! Ugh, what's wrong with society?!?

 

[liams_mom]

I'm excited! Little Jake slept from 8pm last night through to 7:15am! He had a good feed before bad and a lot of time spent getting in the zone and he just nursed into a coma and headed off to dreamland. He woke up a happy boy and just wanted to giggle and laugh and fart and poop. You know; regular baby stuff. Now I just have to get him to nurse off of my right boob. He can't seem to get comfortable on that side Our rules are seem to be helping TONS with Liam. No more wild man or hyperactive man, he says "excuse me, mommy" if he knows I'm speaking to someone else. I just want to kiss him every time he does it.
We also ordered a Marpac Dohm-NSF for Liam's room since we live in an old creaky house that makes lots of noise when the wind blows. I think if it works well for Liam, we might purchase one for Jake too since his room actually faces the street.
To everyone I've missed, but will get back to shortly xx

 

[liams_mom]

I'm a mentally challenged American and I'd like to start to do the washable inserts, but There's too many to choose from! Any thoughts on how to get started, what's worked for you, etc? Here, we have "G" pants.."0" selection AT ALL! So i'll have to order online. I want something fun but that will still fit under his clothes. Seeing as how I'm doing all of this laundry anyways

Any and all incite, info, etc will be completely welcome!
xoxo

 

[ukgirl23]

what is that dohm thing?? :/

my favorite pocket nappies are bum genius nappies, I use a fleece insert, just 1, they usually come with inserts. I found the hook and loop (applix) fasters much better than poppers, but GroVia AIOs are also super amazing x

Tomorrow is Aaron's birthday, he left for work at 4 so me and the kids went shopping on our own!!!! To get his presents and ingredients for a carrot cake. That was stressful lol.. now I have to make the cake while Benny begs for my attention and my other 2 bicker
I got a nice photo frame too, I'm going to put in a picture of all the kids for him, Lucas has made wrapping paper by doing loads of pictures on normal paper, I think it's super cute!