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Glad your appt went well Dreamer!! Sorry Erin feels bad. Jack was grouchy for a few days after his shots too. Sounds like she's growing well!!

I go tomorrow to get my IUD put in. Yipes! I hope it doesn't hurt!!

Trixie, I'm glad Conor seems to be feeling better. What exactly is a health visitor? We don't have those here in the US (or at least where I live anyways).
 
Great news about the appt dreamer!! So glad you are ok, and so glad you remained so calm waiting for your appointment...not easy to do! You must be so relieved! When do babies typically get their immunizations over there? Here it is 2 months and 4 months, but it sounds like Erin already went through 2 rounds? They must do it at around three months over there? I had to give Giada baby tylenol after her first shots and it helped a ton. Hope she is feeling all better now! ANd hope she gets used to taking a bottle. Will she take a bottle from you, just not anyone else? Giada sometimes has a problem with others feeding her. She is always fine with me doing it, and is usually fine with dh or my mom, but throws a fit with my MIL and also did when my sister tried to feed her. It's awful because MIL offers to babysit on saturday nights and giada cries ALL night long. I feel so bad for both of them. I guess it will get better.

Yay futuremama!!! What a great accomplishment to see a heartbeat!!! That is such great news and huge milestone! How are you feeling? Are symptoms starting? When is your next appt?

Lady what great pictures! He is adorable!! How great that you have all that saved up breast milk! It sounds like you are set for quite a while! How is the sleep going?

baby2310- so glad callum is feeling better. Poor little babies can get so uncomfortable. The formula I give to Giada now causes TONS of gas, but it doesn't seem to bother her. Maybe because it is coming out. The other formula she would sometimes be ok, and then sometimes seem soooo uncomfortable after feeding. I think as they get older their digestive system gets better! How are you feeling and recovering?

Trixie- I am so curious to hear more about the cranio thing. I was thinking of bringing Giada to my chiropractor as I have heard they can help with colic, acid reflux, constipation etc. You'll have to give us an update on Conor!

Giada was in an unusually good mood today. I don't think she shed a tear all day. I don't know what is wrong with her, but I'm not complaining. She slept very peacefully for 10 hours last night. Usually during the night she goes through 2 episodes of restless sleep where she makes noise, keeps turning her head and scoots all around her bed...but she half awake half asleep when she is doing this I think...she doesn't cry, just moves around and grunts for a bit. Last night she stayed in one place and I never heard her be restless. Maybe getting better sleep put her in a better mood? I'm sure she will be back to her normal demanding self tomorrow!

I hope everyone is feeling well and getting some rest! :)
 
Hi Ladies, good to hear everyone is doing well.

Glad to hear the gaviscon helped baby.

I've heard about this cranial thing that you went to Trixie, we have one in my town, its very good for releasing tension. My friend took her son who had behavior problems and it seemed to help alot!

Lady, good luck for work and let us know how you get on with the iud. Im thinking of getting one. Are you going for the none hormone one? Great pics also, such a cutie!

Good news about Giada, I think lots of sleep definatley helps with their moods.
Darcey hasn't had her jabs yet because my doctors are really busy,but usually they start the jabs at 8 weeks. Im a bit worried about them though to honest, I hate that kind of thing and worry about how she will react to them.

Did anyone here consider delayed immunisation? I know there is alot of hype about the jabs and im only concerned because my boss was certain that it caused adhd in his brother. Like I said, there is lots of speculation but just wondering if any of you had concerns at all? Im such a worry wort!

Dreamer, i'm so pleased to hear your appointment went well. What a weight of your mind!
working nights,I wont lie...its hard. To be honest I feel like a single mum ( not that there is anything wrong with that ) My husband has very little time with us at all, he works alot of hours. He feels guilty about it and is concerned about his lack of bond with the baby. we're trying to work on it though! :) It is tough.
I hope your LO makes life a little easier for you, your poor hubby must have struggled. The LO's just loves us mums :)

Congratulations on hearing the heart beat future, hope you're feeling well.

xx
 
Stranj, here they have immunisations at 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks and then another booster at 1 year I think. Erin also has to have a BCG (TB) injection as daddy is South African. She was ok after the jabs, although screamed while having them done :( I gave her some calpol in the evening. If I'm honest, I've never given Erin a bottle myself!!! She's breastfed, so it's only when I'm not there that we've really needed to give her a bottle. I think thats the problem really, she's not used to it. She has taken them in the past though on the odd occasion, for daddy, but has suddenly started to refuse it altogether. Will work on giving them to her more often, and try to get her used to it. Also will maybe see if a different brand helps.

Really glad you had a great day with Giada, may you have more like that too!

Claire, I know there is a lot of discussion, but I wanted to get Erin immunised, I would hate for her to get any of the serious diseases, like whooping cough etc, and they've been on the increase here as lots of people havent been immunising. After weighing it up we decided it was best.

Sorry to hear its been hard with your hubby on nights. My OH works nights half of the time, days the other half, but he only works 14 days a month so it's not actually been too bad, he has a lot of time off in between. When he's on days it been hardest on him, as she tends to be grouchy in the evenings, so he gets in at 7.30 and heads to bed at 9.30, and sometimes she's grouchy the whole time. Do you find yourself having to go out in the days to keep Darcey quiet while he sleeps or is she quite quiet in the day anyway?

x
 
well the good mood in conor only lasted the day after the cranial osteopath, but going again on monday anyway, it cant hurt!....dont know why he is so grumpy all the time....i reckon that things havent changed since he was born and its just that he is getting older and is more easily distracted, thats wat ill tell the paed today anyway!

a health visitor visits every new mum and advises on the development of their baby up to the age of 4 then school nurses take over.....they get alot of bad press on baby and bump for being nasty, or social work driven, but really we are just there to help. we weigh the babies to ensure they are growing well and visit at 2 weeks, 8 weeks 16 weeks one year and 2 years out to the home. its mandatory so everyone gets one.

maybe i didnt know everything but i bloody well do now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lady good luck today
dreamer glad apt went well
 
Trixie, sorry it seems Conor has become grumpy again. I hate that you have to go through that. Hopefully, the pedi will listen to you today and can come up with something to help him (and you!). I think that's great that you guys have health visitors. I think a lot of people here could benefit from something like that! I have always thought I may want to be a school nurse (mainly because of the awesome hours), but the pay is not that great.


I got my IUD put in yesterday. Can I just say "OUCH!". It was pretty painful when he put it in, but he said normally post-partum it's not so hard to insert because the cervix gets stretched during childbirth, but since I never dilated AT ALL, he had to use a dilator to open up the cervix to place the IUD, so it was a bit more painful for me than it would be for others. Afterwards, I just had some pretty bad cramps and some bleeding. But today, only slight cramping and a little spotting. He said it should only last a few days, and for the next few months I could have some painful periods, but after 3-6 months, it's likely my periods will stop all together!!
Claire, I have the hormone one. The good thing about it though, is that all the hormones stay within the uterus, so you don't get any of the systemic side effects like weight gain, excessive hunger, etc. (the side effects you normally get if you take birth control pills).

Well, back to work full-swing tomorrow!! I am starting to get so sad. I'm going to miss my sweet boy everyday!! Luckily, he's been sleeping so much better this past week. He has slept from 8-4 the past 2 days and then right back to sleep till between 730-8!! And I'm only giving him 3.5 oz at that feeding. I'm going to try to wean that feeding down over the next few weeks.

I hope all of you have a great weekend. I'll be working all weekend, blah!!!!
 
well he has cmpi....put on nutramigen, losec incresed and carobel and is going for investigation!
thank god!
 
Sorry to hear that about Conor, but at least your getting somewhere now. :)

Lady,I hope your first day goes well. Thanks for the IUD info, I think Im gonna go for it. I like the fact that the hormones stay in the uterus and you get less side effects. Fingers crossed mine might be less painful ;0)

Dreamer, I do find I have to go out alot. But luckily for me Id rather be out anyway. She isnt too bad at home, if she is grumpy it doesnt usually take to much to settle her. It can be hard though when the weather is like this...I dont like walking in the rain haha. My mum lives nearby so I go up there often and have joined lots of mother and baby classes and made lots of new friends. Id recommend baby massage if you have it in your area?
 
That's great that they figured it out trixie! I wish nutramigen didn't smell so bad! I tried Giada on it for a week and didn't see much different. She does pretty well on the lactose free on though. I heard they usually outgrow it too. Giada is still feisty, but better than she was. I'm wondering if she had some digestive issues that are finally resolving themselves.

How was work Lady?? Sorry the IUD was painful. I would be too chicken to do it! How nice though that you don't have to even think about birth control! And that is great that Jack is sleeping so well!!! I was hoping he would be better by the time you were at work, as it is just too difficult to be up all night and then work!

How is erin doing with the bottle dreamer? I think it is funny that babies are so picky. You'd think they would be too little to care about things, but they really have their opinions!

Claire- I was really nervous about the immunizations. I get freaked out every time I get online as people have opinions that they cause sids, autism etc. But honestly the more research I did, the more I realized that studies have shown no correlation between vaccines and anything bad. The only thing that showed was that since people have gotten afraid of them (probably from that guy who lied about people saying their child got autism from them) the sickness and death rate in children has increased. I do believe that some people really think the vaccine caused something in their child, but in my gut I feel it is probably coincidence. We parents like to look for answers when something happens to our child, and if a shot was administered around that time, then it is logical that we will wonder if it had something to do with it. So after doing all that research, I realized I would be scared one way or the other...if I don't give her the vaccines I would be worried she would catch something. So I figured I better go with logic and studies rather than my emotions on this. ANd really I just need to listen to the dr and stop using google lol! My original thought was to delay them rather than totally forego them, but then just decided to do it. Her next ones are in a couple weeks so hopefully it goes smoothly! I'm a super worry wort too!!!!

My period started again. Last time it was super light for a few days and then it was like all the blood in my body decided to come out. I am praying that doesn't happen again. I still can't wear tampons due to my pelvic pain condition and I hate wearing those gigantic pads and I still leak!

Giada is back to her normal self...having some restless sleep again the past 2 nights. She has slept 9 hours straight though,and has been consistent in about 9-10 hours straight over the past couple weeks! Unfortunately she has been up at 6:30am the past two mornings...right on the dot. I am not a morning person and don't know why I have a morning baby! Hoping she will at least go til 7 tomorrow!

Hope everyone is doing well!
 
Thanks strange and dreamer re-shots. I'm going to get her done, i'd never forgive myself if she picked something up that could have been prevented so easily. Both hubby and i were fine with them so im sure she will be. Thanks ladies :) That doctor caused a lot of problems, I dont think he's allowed to practice anymore.
 
thanks girls....conor woke at 1,2,3 and 4 last nite, im a walking zombie today!!!
i fed him at 4 and he took 7 oz.....but would take anybottle at 7.....he did take 5 oz at 12pm....so dont know if he was just ful or the nutramigenAA is just stinking!!!

HAVE TO GO HE IS AWAKE AGAIN!
 
congrats futuremama and lilmisscheer! That is great!

So the time I keep thinking is going to show up so I can catch up just doesn't seem to be happening. Maybe in July when my inlaws come back out.

claire - we are actually delaying our immunizations on the twins, just because it seems like such an overload for them to get so many at a time. we still plan on getting them all, but at our own pace. That being said, I am home with them so they aren't in daycare thus are going to be less exposed to a lot of the stuff that goes around.

hope everyone is doing well, I'd write more but someone is crying.. sometimes it seems there is always someone crying, if not one of the girls it's me lol
 
claire, yes I think we do have baby massage classes around here. my friend is trained so she said she'd teach me and my OH, but we havent got around to that yet. I really must join some coffee morning groups. I haven't been to any yet, and I really want to meet some other moms, as I only have 1 friend with a 1 year old. Theres a breastfeeding 'cafe' on Tuesdays so I think Im going to go along tomorrow to that. Its an opportunity to get together with other BF moms, and theres also experts there to advise and speak to about any issues. Thinking of discussing my bottle problems! Stranj - yes we're still having trouble. I brought a NUBY bottle which I thought would be better as the teat is shorter, and its more 'boob' shaped but she would not take that either.

sorry to hear you had such a bad night trix, how has conor been since then?

Tobaira, good to hear from you, I can't imagine how busy things must be with twins, its bad enough with one!!!
 
_dreamer_ said:
claire, yes I think we do have baby massage classes around here. my friend is trained so she said she'd teach me and my OH, but we havent got around to that yet. I really must join some coffee morning groups. I haven't been to any yet, and I really want to meet some other moms, as I only have 1 friend with a 1 year old. Theres a breastfeeding 'cafe' on Tuesdays so I think Im going to go along tomorrow to that. Its an opportunity to get together with other BF moms, and theres also experts there to advise and speak to about any issues. Thinking of discussing my bottle problems! Stranj - yes we're still having trouble. I brought a NUBY bottle which I thought would be better as the teat is shorter, and its more 'boob' shaped but she would not take that either.

sorry to hear you had such a bad night trix, how has conor been since then?

Tobaira, good to hear from you, I can't imagine how busy things must be with twins, its bad enough with one!!!
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Thats a great idea Dreamer, I went along to ours when I was feeding and found it usefull.
We are really lucky in my area, we have so much going on its great! Ive met some lovely mums at a class called new beginnings and each week you have something different like baby massage, first aid, weaning, breast feeding, sleep etc it really is good. Now we all go for a coffee or lunch after. We're also considering starting swimming classes :)

Good luck with tommorow :)
 
That's really good Claire. Do you pay for those sessions, they sound really good? I keep saying I should go so I really must act on it!
 
Hi Ladies!
Claire you just inspired me to sign up for a class here. They are free and my friend who has a 16 month old has been pushing me to do it because you meet other moms, but I have been too lazy. I just signed up so I'll have to see when they start.

How is everyone? Has conor adjusted the to formula trixie?

Tobaira you must be exhausted. I seriously don't know how you are doing it!! It was so good to hear from you!

How are our pregnant ladies? Hope you are all feeling well and getting some rest!

I'm having a problem with Giada. She was doing so well...sleeping 9-10 hours straight. She has always been a hungry baby that ate a ton. Now all of a sudden she is not very hungry. She eats a couple ounces and then is done. I try and persist over 1-1.5 hours to keep giving her little bits. Saturday night MIL was watching her and did not persist, so of course giada was up at 3am hungry because she didn't get enough during the evening. I couldn't get quite enough in her last night, but a little more than the day before and she woke up at 4:30. I took the bottle away after 2 oz as I don't want her to get used to eating in the middle of the night. I put her back to sleep at 5:15 and then she woke up when my husband got up at 6:15 grrrr. I fed her but she only wanted 4 oz and I had to slowly feed her the rest. She is acting the same today-not overly interested in food. Any ideas? If she doesn't eat during the day she is up at night starving.
One thing I wanted to mention was on saturday night I decided to put some dark sheets over my windows. I have bamboo blinds and curtains, but the light comes right through and I noticed she seems to be waking in the morning when the room gets really light. She usually wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30 (lately 6:30) and that day she woke for the morning at 8:15!!! I want her up early on weekdays to get her feedings in, but will try the sheets again next weekend. If I see a true difference I am going to get better blinds! I figured I"d mention it if someone else was noticing the same thing about baby waking up as soon as it is light out.
HOpe everyone is feeling well and getting some sleep at night!!
 
Well done Stranje, I think you'll really enjoy it. I dont know what I would have done with my time if I didnt have these things going on. The LO loves it too, its funny to watch all the babies cooing at each other.
Regarding Giada not taking much milk, Darcey went through this recently and it turned out she was getting a cold and was off her milk. Shes only just started to take a bit more now. My OH often says to me not to worry so much and says that sometimes she might just not be hungry. I guess that makes sense because we're not always hungry, so sometimes they might not be. I never really thought of it like that :)
Hope she starts to sleep better.
Darcey is getting better with her sleeps, she still needs a dream feed at 10ish, other wise she's awake at 2-3, but if I feed her at 10 she goes till 4-5ish and then back down till about 8. She stirs when hubby comes home at 6.30, but usually goes off again.
We still have her in her carry cot at the moment, but its starting to get a bit small, and we cant fit the cot in our room, but I dont know if I want her in her own room yet?! I dont know what to do?
What are you guys doing, own room, cot or cribs etc??
 
I know its not advised, but at 2 weeks we put Erin in the nursery in her Moses basket, as she was such a noisy sleeper and we were getting hardly any sleep, plus we were waking her. The rooms are just opposite each other and we kept the doors open at first. She went into her cot at about 6 weeks as she was hitting the sides so much on the Moses basket. So she's already in her own room. we have baby monitors, and now sleep with the doors pulled to. Usually when I wake in the night, ill pop in and check on her.

I enjoyed the baby cafe today, everyone was openly breastfeeding so I felt happy to do it there, where I'm quite concious normally in public. A lot of the other ladies have been a lot before, so I was, and felt like, the new girl but joined in the chats. The women who run it were lovely too. Unfortunately no advice on the bottle, other than keep trying but one woman said she had the sane with her son, ans she went back to work at 4 months, and he'd just not eat during her work hours, and make up dir it when she came home. She tried every bottle in the market. Ok if the baby wasn't screaming for it but couldn't do that!
 
well girls conor has been a nitemare again!!! he just wasnt eating the nutramigen that i gave in last nite and gave him the enfamil ar.....we tasted both yesterday and the nutramigen tastes like vomit. im going to call the paed to tell him now...he screamed during each feed....worse than before....only 2 weeks left and im starting to wean, i have to get rid of this reflux and although he isnt a hungry baby, the hands are always in the mouth and he is chewing motions too, so we think he will be ready soon.

stranje, conor went from 6/7 oz every feed to 4 oz....we put it down to teething, he still wakes for a feed at 2 and then is awake again at 5!!and doses till 7

dreamer, i took conor to sign language classes!!!! he really likes it....they sing nursery rhymes and sign for milk and food and their names etc....its a really fun class. it cost30 pound for 6 weeks for one hour on a friday.

claire i would love to statr swimming classes....i dont know if he is a bit young yet though!! not sure if there are baby swimming classes in my area...mite google that!

afm....i keep pulling muscles in my neck and can hardly move!!!! isnt really helping in the personal traning part!!!
 
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