End of May 2013 babies CONTINUED..

[Zfbaby]

I'm still shocked. He woke up smiling and when dh fed him he was smiling! That's not happened before. He was still very windy and crying/spitting up by the end (bloody reflux) but it's an improvement. Praying it's the new milk and he will continue to improve over the two week trial. In the car on the way to York and its boiling. I've just got lo in a vest and we will stop regularly as his seat is quite padded.

 

[babyface15]

pebbie are you still bf? I'm starting to think calla won't sttn while I'm bf :S although last night was a bit better, she fed at 10, 2:30 & 6:30!! I'm wondering if it was because i topped her up with expressed milk before bed

good for Louis and you! poor little guy needed that (& you too!)
i wonder if it's the fennel tea that's helping him?! hope you get some more of those nights mamma

 

[pebbie1]

Babyface, yes I'm still breastfeeding. I have been topping him up with formul though as he's such a hungry little man! But he's been really gassy and crampy so I'm going to stay away from the formula and see if that makes it any better. Calla will sleep through the night at some point but they all do it at their own pace. Marielle was formula fed and she didn't sleep through the night until she was 8 months old!!
Sad to hear about that train explosion in Canada. Hope it's far away from where you are and that nobody you know is affected! X

 

[babyface15]

god i can't wait for that! lol I think I'll be topping up at night with breast milk more often, it seems to help her sleep. are you still pumping? how is your mastitis?

thanks hun! nope not too close to us thankfully, those poor people. but we have been affected by smoke from some serious forest fires on the mainland. it's much better today thankfully, because it's soo hot the windows needed to be open.

lol i left the baby with dh for a few minutes while i went to pay the bills and eat supper in peace. It wasn't 5 minutes before he was calling out to me all in a panic bc she was crying. Usually when he watches her she's sleeping & he thinks caring for her is easy peasy.

 

[passion4shoes]

Congratulations on your functioning bladder omi. I bet you are half way to feeling normal now. How is your scar healin?

Zf, tha is brilliant about Louis. How is he today? You can make up your bottles in advance and store them in the fridge ( in the back, not in the door) then just heat them up when necessary. I use a microwave but shake and check every 10 seconds. I also have a tommee tippee perfect pre machine. Amazing but does what you do with the hot water, then adding the cooled boiled water.

Bloody hot! I got sunburnt yesterday. Noooooo. Forgot to cream my back. Idiot.

How are your LOs in the heat? Matilda sleeps.

Where did you get passport photos done?

 

[pebbie1]

Babyface, glad to hear that, but shame you can't open your windows! It's warm here too and I've been lying flat out in Marielle's paddling pool lol. Think ill be doing the same today. Every time my oh has Markus he gets really nervous when Markus is about to cry. I think that makes Markus nervous so he'll start screaming. Poor oh thinks Markus doesn't like him very much lol

Passion, I had my passport pics done at a pharmacy that does passport pics as well. We just went in and asked of they did baby ones as well. The rules aren't very strict anymore. Marielle had to have her eyes open for them 2.5 years ago and that's not even needed anymore. You can also take pics yourself and you can email them to the passport office to have them checked etc. we foun it easier to just have them done at the shop

 

[OmiOmen]

Thanks Passion. The scar is healing okay; a little slower than a regular c-section but not as bad as I would have expected considering the tearing. The bladder seems to be much slower to heal though however I am told that is normal. I seem to still have a lot of pelvic pain which is more obvious because now I can move more with the catheter out so I guess I had SPD that still hasn't gone.

My first son didn't fully STTN until 3 days after I stopped BF'ing and I'm not convinced CJ will either. He is sleeping worse now and I don't know if it is because of the heat or because he now just won't let me put him down or because he seems to have a tooth coming through. I am happy enough for him to wake up for a nappy change and feed every 3-4 hours as long as he will go to sleep afterwards but at the moment he is awake for hours.

We currently seem to be managing to keep CJ cool in the heat but the noise his big brother is making having fun in the paddling pool or playing in the garden is keeping him awake.

Babyface, DH is a bit like that too and mostly watched him when he is sleeping. DH doesn't really know what to do until they are a toddler who can play and communicate well.

 

[pebbie1]

Omi, Markus does not really want to be put down either. He also is refusing to go to bed at 7pm. So we'll just let him and still keep trying every night. I think it might be the heat as its so warm upstairs.
He's now sat in his bouncy chair in a beach tent next to the pool. I put him in it and he was asleep within seconds! Strange. He's also feeding every 2 hours which is quite tiring and difficult with Marielle jumping around for attention

 

[OmiOmen]

CJ goes up when we do but I think the heat is getting to him a bit too. We put the fan on near him but he is still agitated and of course the more he is held the warmer he gets. Normally the white noise apps on the iPad or the stream sound on his projector send him right to sleep but the past few days they haven't worked much.

 

[babyface15]

i shouldn't be too hard on my husband, he really is good with her lol. i just don't think he gets how much work it is caring for her all day and night. i think he's starting to though.

I must say he's great at thinking outside the box when she's fussy. the other night i was trying to get her down for about 45 mins. it was about 30 deg in the bedroom. she would only sleep in my arms. i knew she wasn't hungry, diaper changed, couldn't possibly be cold, too hot and she usually passes out. but as soon as i laid her down she'd go crazy with the arms and legs. I called dh up to take a look and he figured she didn't like the feeling of the air from the overhead fan. he laid a very thin blanket over her and she settled immediately and passed out!

passion, calla sleeps in the heat all spread out with her arms up over her head and her legs folded out. so cute. although she gets really irritated at the breast

 

[pebbie1]

So just had Markus weighed and at 7 weeks 3 days and he weighs 11lb 12oz and is 61cm long!! He also holds his head up and still when you hold him so he doesn't look like a newborn anymore. Little chubster growing tall and big on mummies milk lol. He's getting chunky thighs and I just want to squeeze them all day long lol

 

[babyface15]

aw how sweet! put up a picture of him for us
I'm getting calla weighed today too, I'll let you know how she's doing, thigh is day she's nearly 12 lbs now lol.
she has the chubbiest little thighs too, & i do squeeze them all day. hehe

 

[pebbie1]

Hehe it's so nice to do and he starts to smile now when I do it lol
Here's a little collage of him

 

[OmiOmen]

Love his smile!

Had another HV check today and CJ has gone up a full pound in a week so is 12lbs 8oz at just under 5 weeks!

 

[charbaby]

My Little porker was born, one of the biggest and she is the oldest in the group yet the other babies seem to be over taking her in the weight gain lol.
Getting her weighed again next friday when she will be 10 weeks and 1 day
I am on her last tin of sma gold and changing her to the sma white (hungrier baby milk ) when she has finished it around the weekend.

 

[babyface15]

11 lbs 10.3 oz at 5 weeks 3 days. i def have the heaviest little girl around lol.
she's gained nearly 4 lbs in 5 weeks from discharge. worried I'm overfeeding but the nurses don't seem concerned

 

[pebbie1]

Awwww babyface, she likes mummies milk loads too!!! It's good though and she'll be just fine.
Marielle always was really slim but I think Markus is going to turn into more of a chunk. He'll jog it off though once he starts walking

 

[babyface15]

such sweet pics of markus! he looks so happy and bright xx

oh you know!. She loves it!! she went over 5.5 hours between feedings tonight poor thing is choking on my milk though it's coming out so fast lol. hopefully whatever was keeping her feeding frequently the other day has passed. i am loving this sleep

 

[pebbie1]

Awe thanks! Markus is feeding loads at the moment and last night I just couldn't get him off me as he just wanted to be held. He was crying and crying and when I put him on my chest he fell asleep within seconds! I then put him back in his bed, he nearly slept 4.5 hours, fed and then again crying crying when I put him back in his bed. I took him into our bed and he really snuggled up against me and fell asleep straight away! He made grumpy sounds if I moved! Very cute but I hope he sleeps better tonight. I'm wondering if the Moses basket is getting too cramped for him?

 

[charbaby]

11 lbs 10.3 oz at 5 weeks 3 days. i def have the heaviest little girl around lol.
she's gained nearly 4 lbs in 5 weeks from discharge. worried I'm overfeeding but the nurses don't seem concerned

Marlee was 11lb 10onz at 8 weeks 1 day. what size clothes are you using now?
I have just put Marlee into 3-6 months their a bit big but 0-3 was to small, she is still in 0-3 baby grows and vest tho as the 3-6 seem huge x