Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[Sarahcake]

A gain is a gain so your defo doing the right things last week Logan had only put on half an oz, then this week it's sky rocketed so you may get a surprise at her next weigh in! Glad to hear that she is going a couple of hours now, means you can get a bit of rest I guess. Logan is very awake in the night because he's so asleep in the day trying to keep him awake for longer during the day so he can sleep better at night is proving to be difficult though!

Ally, what the hv doesn't know won't hurt her tbh, if its working for you and poppy then keep on with it. Your there to keep an eye out so I don't see the harm.

 

[Scally]

inoue- hopefully reimi will continue to improve with her sleeping. As for the weight gain by two weeks Poppy still hadnt made up her birth weight. The hv is coming again today, i am sure shes put on loads!

Awwww bless logan sleeping in the day, just try and rest when he does, its all too tempting to do things but if he is awake the night u need your rest in the day too!

x

 

[pops23]

Glad to hear your feeling better Sarah and great to hear that Logan is thriving!! Inoue same with Reimi, anything above her birth weight is awesome

Flynn was awake yesterday from 8.30-1, feeding and crying etc.. I took him downstairs at 12.30, fed him a bit and got him to sleep and took him into bed with me at 1 and he slept till 7! He woke v briefly at 3.30 and cried, latched on for 5 mins and fell asleep again, was a very weird night! Xx

 

[ttc_lolly]

Well done on the weight gains Reimi and Logan

Ally I'm sure Poppy is fine like that during the day whilst you're watching her. I think it's mainly at night time when you're sleeping they recommend not doing it. My friend's baby had quite bad reflux and some other problems and her HV told her about letting the baby sleep on his front during the day.

Wow, that's impressive pops! Millie was awake loads last night and I'm shattered today

 

[Inoue]

Marcs back at work today . Had pretty crap night doing it solo, Reimi was up till 2am then only slept for an hour when she did drift off. Having abit of trouble with her formula milk and poop atm. She's had squitty poop for 2 days now, I change her nappy then seconds later shes squirting again. I was thinking its maybe diarrhea but its still quite formed (but a little watery), I must do at least 10 bum changes a day. Its not a full poo nappy its like little and often. She also had started to spew up most of her formula feeds since last night (evening). One time it was like a fountain, then its just spit up on other occasions. I spent all of laat night only doing breast feeds but now nip hurts so ill have to give her a bottle. She seems happy with herself now but she was definitely 'off' last night, was really worrying

Hope everyone elce getting on ok xx

 

[Scally]

good luck today inoue, she sounds like she might have had a little tummy upset last night maybe, hope the nappies and sickness are better today. I was so worried when dave went back to work but its ok, and i'm hoping when and if poppy ever ends this growth spurt i will be able to actually get out the house!

x

 

[kellie_w]

I finally have some normality so am back! It's been a awful few days so Tuesday, mil made me take Oliver back to the doctors. The doctor suspected bronculitus and recommended that as Ollie was struggling with his breathing to go to hospital. He was admitted straight away and given inhalers and a feeding tube to give him a rest from the struggle of feeding as by now he was vomiting every feed through distress. They also took blood to test how his oxygen was circulating and siphoned some snot to test for rsv. He was put on hourly feeds, little and often and hooked up to machines to monitor his heartrate and oxygen level. We were very lucky to have our own room as put in isolation. The snot results came back, tested positive for rsv which caused the bronulitus. As its viral, there is no cure so it was now just a case of helping his breathing and feeding. It was very weird to not have to do any feeds all night, I still didn't sleep well as I had to chase a few times for why no one was coming in to feed. We started bottle feeding again from the morning, I was given 1oz to give but Oliver has other ideas and ended up having 5oz, the most he had had in over a week. After 2 more feeds in the afternoon we were allowed home.

I have said to ally about this, but please be careful with this! I have been told rsv is highly contagious at the moment, is caught through coughing and hands. Make sure anyone who holds your babies washes their hands, I have sanitizer with me all the time now and use it everywhere when I'm out. Through doctor said it's only passes to those who are younger than then carrier, I'm pretty convinced that Luke had this, not a chest infection and passed it on. As Ollie is little, it affected him worse. I'm very cross at getting two wrong diagnoses, the first Sunday after nearly 3 hours waiting at the walk in centre to be told a viral cough, then Monday by a incredibly rude, uninterested doctor who prescribed unnecessary antibiotics for a non existent chest infection.

The good thing to come from all this is whilst in hospital, Oliver slept like a dream in a cot. So we brought a crib last night, put him in that and a sleeping bag and he only woke once at 3am. He obviously had a lot of hate for his Moses!

Hope you are all well xxx

 

[Scally]

Inoue- thinking about it u r breastfeeding more arent u now? The nappies are always squirty- usually yellow seedy looking. I will change Poppys nappy, pick her up from the changing mat and can smell she has done another one!

Kellie- Glad you are home and things are back to normal, and the bonus of the sleeping! Is he taking all his feeds ok now? All recovered? Must have been so scary seeing him in hospital! Hows Luke doing?
I am being extra vigilant now with hand sanitiser, so worrying for our little ones

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Inoue, sorry you had a bad night. Make sure you get plenty of sleep today when Reimi does. The 10 dirty nappies a day is perfectly normal, so don't worry about that. As long as she is weeing and pooing it means everything is in good working order their poo will be very runny too with seedy/curdy bits in - again, that's normal

Kellie, how scary I hope you put in some complaints about the walk in centre and the doctor at your GP surgery, I definitely would. I'm so glad Ollie is all better or on the mend fantastic news about his sleeping too. Millie isn't the biggest fan of her basket either!

 

[Inoue]

Thanks all . Yeh ive uped my BF scally, probably do 60/40 ratio. Her poop is as you say; yellow with curdy bits in, she just doesnt seem to do big poops anymore, just small ones (size of 50p to an egg). I tried a formula bottle couple of hours ago and found that if I winded her after each oz then she wouldnt spew the whole load up - phew! Marc went to work at 5am, not doing to bad here, as long as I hold her shes content... Cant see much housework being done today!

Kellie, im so sorry sweet, youve had a right time with Oliver . Sounds like it could of carried over from Luke when he was bad the other week, it doesnt take much for bacteria/viruses to pass over. Hes a strong lad if hes powering through it, stay strong for him but give your self a break when you need it xx

 

[Scally]

Sounds right with the poos then, and glad no more spewing formula up! The poos are gross they have been up Poppys back into her hair too many times to count!
You are doing great, do not worry about housework or anything else, just make sure you have enough food and drink and ignore everything else!

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

I think FF babies poops are much more messier and bigger (and smellier ) so maybe it's because you've upped the bf'ing? Breast milk is easier to digest and poops will be a bit smaller as there's less waste at the other end. Millie seems to do lots of smaller poo's, we haven't had an overly messy/explosive(!) one yet! I've definitely found this anyway when comparing how Amber's nappies were to how Millie's are.

We've barely left the house all week, I've just had no energy whatsoever plus I'm trying to pack all our stuff and look after the girls on 0 energy too looking forward to Christmas so much, just so I can get a bit of a rest!

 

[pops23]

Flynn's poos are like that, watery mustard yellow and seedy, pretty squitty tbh!

Last night he slept 10.30-1.30 in his carry cot! victory! then was up pretty much the rest of the night but oh well! He's very snuffly and bunged up but no snot? xx

 

[Scally]

Lauryn- can relate to the not leaving the house- dont even have enough energy to dress most days! God knows how you feel with moving too!

Pops- Poppy is the same she seems snuffly and bunged up but with no snot. Yay to sleeping 10.30-1.30 in his carry cot! yay!

Hows everyone doing?

x

 

[pops23]

Carrycot victory was short lived, last night he only slept for 45 mins in there, annoying! He's so content in the day but becomes so restless at night, lee is back to work Monday which means I will lose the extra 1-2 hours sleep I've been having in the morning when he takes Flynn downstairs for a bit and I fear that's what has been keeping me sane!

How are you all? Xxx

 

[Sarahcake]

Hey all, how are things?

Urgh im so tired Logan is screaming pretty much all day at the moment, at first we thought it may be colic but he still seems the same even on the drops. He wont settle in his basket, he wont settle on me, he litterally spends from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes sleep at night screaming and weve got no clue why. Hes not off his food, hes changed and clean all day, he gets plenty of attention etc. The only off thing weve noticed is that he keeps throwing up after his feeds and gets hiccups for ages which seems to annoy him

Neil's told me last night that he can feel himself slipping into depression because of all the crying (he has on/off depression anyways) so now because of that, whenever Logan cries, its off to mummy he goes and daddy washes his hands of him until he stops - his crying is driving me round the bend now and i feel awful for the poor little thing as I cant seem to stop whatever is troubling him, making me upset.

Urghh stressed Hope your all better than I am x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Awww Sarah poor little Logan. You're formula feeding now aren't you? Have you tried changing brand? Sometimes a certain brand of formula can cause upset tummies, I know SMA is a bad one for it (it contains more protein I think than others). It could be his 4 week growth spurt too x

 

[Sarahcake]

I feel awful for the poor little thing tbh Yeah formula feeding now, using Cow & Gate currently as thats what they used in the hospital and he seemed ok, but I may actually give another brand a go. Ive used the SMA ready made bottles and he didnt get on with those too well. Maybe gonna give Aptimal a shot, im in town tonight Christmas shopping so will pop into boots and see what they have in there I think.

A growth spurt would make sense mind as he does seem pretty hungry at the moment, he's sinking 150ml bottles and wanting another 2 hours later at the moment. But the thing that worries me is that hes not pooping every day like he should be. Ive spoken to the midwife who looked him over and said that shes not concearned but I dont wanna just keep pumping milk into him as I worry about his tummy, it seems to be swollen pretty much constantly bless him. He's growing away though, he seems huge to me now! Attached a picture so you can see how massive he is bless him

How are you, Amber and Millie doing? The picture you put of Amber on facebook this morning I think it was is gorgeous btw Such a pretty girl!

https://i.imgur.com/gZEiT.jpg

 

[Scally]

ahhhhh sarah that sounds awful- and its all on u too so no respite- is there any family/friends nearby who could take him for an hour or something so u can have a break? Huge hugs sarah. wonder if it could be reflux? you said he was sicky alot. Colic i thought only occured in the late afternoon/evening/night? Aptamil comfort is a good milk, we used that with izzy as well as dr brown bottles and colief.
Love the photo, he is gorgeous!

I went and got Poppy weighed today as the HV hasnt turned up for the last 2 appts! She is now 8 10 so happy happy happy, means her constant feeding has been worth it, shes following just under the 25th line.

Lauryn- hows u? Hows Amber and Millie?

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Awww thanks I am biased but I think she's pretty gorgeous too! We are all good here, getting ready to move house either tomorrow or wednesday and although everything is packed and the removal men are all booked etc I am starting to panic a little with not knowing exactly when and doing it with Amber & Millie to take care of etc etc plus it's my birthday wednesday and it'll be spent unpacking but at least we'll be in our nice new house!

Feeding every 2-3 hours sounds about right, especially if he's having a growth spurt too. If the HV isn't concerned then that's good, but could still be worth trying a different brand. Amber was on Aptamil and we never had any problems with it you should move them over slowly though I think, like start offering 1-2 feeds with the new formula a day and then gradually increase it. I read somewhere that a straight swap over can cause an upset tummy

Logan is such a cutie, and he is getting big!! It's crazy how much they've all changed already. Millie doesn't look like a newborn anymore really and her newborn clothes are getting a little short so will have to start changing her into 0-3 soon, but they look too big I need an in-between size!!