August Mummies 2011 - 28 baby boys, 14 baby girls, and 4 beautiful angels so far xxx

[tjw]

That's great to hear Auntbug!!

 

[mothercabbage]

just settling into some kind of routine here...baby Rhys is feeding and sleeping well hope all other new mums and mums to be are well...anyone due?? or showing signs of labour?? xxxxx

 

[moomin_troll]

coreys doing really well, im still breastfeeding
his birth weight was 7lb 8oz 1/2, at 5 days old he went up to 7lb 10oz which is amazing and today he was weighed and hes 8lb 4oz

i still havent registered him tho lol

 

[mothercabbage]

well done for BF moomin!! xx

heres my little man..wide awake

 

[moomin_troll]

awww hes gorgeous

 

[mothercabbage]

 

[moomin_troll]

i havent taken many pictures of corey yet, i dont have many with his eyes open lol

 

[mothercabbage]

he is sooooo cute....almost 2 weeks old now it goes so fast once theyre here..xxxx

 

[BattyNora]

AuntBug....amazing news!

Gorgeous picture MotherCabbage - he's sooo gawjuws!

Moomin go you with the BF!

Just got back from being signed off from midwife! Phoebe now weighs 7lb 8.5oz from her birth weight of 7lb 2oz. After her initial loss that's 9oz in a week! No wonder I only got one hour sleep last night the little guzzle monster! Now it means her new baby babygrows from Next are officially too small. I only have three but she's been in them most of the time the past two weeks so I got a little emotional!!

 

[Jodie.82]

wow tjw im impressed all that going out i think im being a wimp!! ive lost all my weight too im thinner here one thing good aboyt the altitude
aw moomin your so brave i wanna go to the pub lol!

congrats stef i love the name Isla

well done proudmommy! yeah we are hourly some parts if the day and now seriously struggling with gas cleo was in pain all night with it and wouldnt sleep more than 30 mins a time i dont know what to do for her

congrats mothercabbage

i also fed twice in the chinesse the other day. its not as bad as ud think. altho there wasnt many people around and my mum was there to watch zane.
im dreading feeding corey when its just me and the boys.

bite the bullet and just go out or ule go crazy lol

went out yesterday she loved it slept the whole time walkimg around town in baby carrier then fed her in restaurant!

 

[moomin_troll]

wow tjw im impressed all that going out i think im being a wimp!! ive lost all my weight too im thinner here one thing good aboyt the altitude
aw moomin your so brave i wanna go to the pub lol!

congrats stef i love the name Isla

well done proudmommy! yeah we are hourly some parts if the day and now seriously struggling with gas cleo was in pain all night with it and wouldnt sleep more than 30 mins a time i dont know what to do for her

congrats mothercabbage

i also fed twice in the chinesse the other day. its not as bad as ud think. altho there wasnt many people around and my mum was there to watch zane.
im dreading feeding corey when its just me and the boys.

bite the bullet and just go out or ule go crazy lol

went out yesterday she loved it slept the whole time walkimg around town in baby carrier then fed her in restaurant!

good on u for getting out and feeding

 

[mothercabbage]

awww, emotions are getting me already too ive had them all...

 

[Mummy~L]

Auntbug - that is great news!!

Mothercabbage and Moomin lovely pics! Your little ones are cuties.

Jodie - well done for feeding out! I have been out lots but still not fed in public

Darcy isn't doing to good with putting weight on, she put on just 1oz in the last 10 days. There was some talk about me starting to top up with formula but the HV has left me bf until the 30th when I will see her again and assess the situation. Fingers crossed my DD has gained a bit better by then!

Xx

 

[ProudMommy26]

Brilliant news AuntBug!!!

Aww lovely pictures. So many cute babies

Had a really bad night last night. From 1am-5am, J was constantly hungry and my milk wasn't keeping him full. I had to end up giving him a top up of formula. Felt really bad as I've been off the formula for 3 days now.
Spoke to my health visitor about it and it's just a growth spurt that he's having. He's been the same today also and I managed to express a bit of milk this morning to see whether my milk has stopped and I only managed to express an ounce. So I'm confused. But they've told me not to worry as he's putting the weight on nicely.
Feeling so exhausted and down though. Should all start to get better soon.

Hope everyone is well! It's soooo hot here today!

 

[Jodie.82]

aw proud mommy im exactly the same! kept off formula for 3 days but was then up all night cleo didnt seem satisfied and i ended up giving her formula, i always wish i hadnt but at the time i cant keep seeing her crying MIL said it was gas and not hunger but she seemed hungry. I dont have much advice just a it is so confusing!
i do think if he is gaining weight nicely though you must be doing a good job!

 

[ProudMommy26]

aw proud mommy im exactly the same! kept off formula for 3 days but was then up all night cleo didnt seem satisfied and i ended up giving her formula, i always wish i hadnt but at the time i cant keep seeing her crying MIL said it was gas and not hunger but she seemed hungry. I dont have much advice just a it is so confusing!
i do think if he is gaining weight nicely though you must be doing a good job!

Thank you!!
I'm going to try and get some gripe water soon and see whether that will help. (Health visitor said they can't take it till they're a month old)
I think I'm going to end up giving him formula if he shows that he's more satisfied with that. I don't remember going through all of this with my daughter when I breastfed her. But we'll see anyway.
It's just so tiring. All you breastfeeding mothers are amazing. I don't know how I did it for 14 months!!

 

[moomin_troll]

not every baby breastfeeds well, zane hated it and he was far better off on formula where as corey is amazing at bf. i feel bad that its so easy this time and i couldnt feed zane but we do whats best for our babies no matter what some people think or say

 

[ProudMommy26]

not every baby breastfeeds well, zane hated it and he was far better off on formula where as corey is amazing at bf. i feel bad that its so easy this time and i couldnt feed zane but we do whats best for our babies no matter what some people think or say

Agreed!
There's so much pressure to breastfeed and not all people understand how some babies are just not happy with it. Midwifes always say not to use formula and no matter what, the baby needs that breast milk.
It's right that breast milk is best, but it's also best to have a happy mommy too and not a tired, down and depressed one.

 

[moomin_troll]

i tried to get help with bf zane but the mws i saw werent interested in helping, i was in so much pain i would cry my eyes out at every feed and so would zane, it was horrible.

ofcourse natural (as in breast milk)is best but not everyone agrees. i think natural labour and birth is best but im not going to make a woman feel bad for using pain relief so i hate it when i see other mums trying to make others feel bad for FF.

some people dont understand that its not easy to give up breastfeeding

 

[BattyNora]

Thought I'd pipe in and say we had a night yesterday where I thought Bee wasn't getting enough or it wasn't satisfying her (basically constant feeding from 8pm last night to half nine this morning! It's so hard to be confident in your ability to feed babs. Well, I think it is!