June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[Lavochain]

Rupert has had a few occasions of vomiting Starlight, he seems to bring up whole feeds when he does it too! It doesn't always seem to be caused by positioning as it has happened when we've kept him upright.

I'm so tired and headachey, I'm going to book a doctors appointment tomorrow as I don't think that the iron tablets are working very well. Thank goodness that this little one is an angel, we really seem to be getting somewhere with the formula.

 

[Boo44]

I agree BF or FF who cares!

I had plenty of BF support in hospital but due to his prematurity Arthur lost a lot of weight and was having low blood sugars. The midwife there explained it to me like dory does, that they are quick to suggest top ups with formula but to view it as a medicine - it will get their blood sugars up and make them more alert and interested in feeding which is easier to try and get them to BF. She said often babies who are topped up take to BF better and quicker. That made me feel better and I managed to get to the stage of BFing him with expressed milk top ups (something I had NEVER done!) until he was a month old. But I chose to stop and move to formula and we are all v happy with that. I really think it's a personal decision. Pixie is right though, people who WANT to only BF not receiving help in hospital is really sad xx

Thinking of you Rhi!

Amazing weight gain Angel I didn't realise Juni isn't at her birthweight yet, so glad they discharged you, the midwives refused to discharge us until Arthur was at his birthweight and it caused me a load of stress!

 

[Squig34]

Gorgeous pic Lavo!

Great news on Juni's weight gain Angel

No craic here, busy day as we went to church this morning & everybody wanted to see our little girl & then we had 2 sets of visitors this afternoon. It's been nice though. Baby girl had an epic nap this afternoon because she was in my arms. It's so hard to settle her in her crib, but hopefully this will be a short-lived phase!

Starlight, of it's reflux, you should be able to get something to thicken the formula.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Has anyone switched to using baby wipes yet? Shops are all shut as it is Sunday night and we are almost out of cotton wool OH pointed out that we have tons of wipes upstairs. Is 3 weeks too early?

 

[Starlight32]

Tinkerbelle, that sound stressful! Do they ever start sleeping through the night?? Hannah was up to fed then wouldn't go back down!

Lavo, spit ups doesn't seem to depend on positioning here either! She will do it when I have her upright but she sometimes will wait until I lay her down too.

We gave been using baby wipes since leaving the hospital (the hospital just provided napkins we had to wet). I didn't know wipes shouldn't be used right away although I admit I hate the chemicals in them and wash with warm water down there well during bath time.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

We have and we did when we left hospital
We used water wipes for a week or two but hen switched to regular wipes

 

[mum22ttc#3]

We used wipes after leaving the hospital too. I've been using sensitive ones so far and had no problems

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Waters broke 7.30 and baby Alice was born at 8.30
Made it to the hospital as I started to push!
Three good pushes and she was out =)
8Lb 8. No stitches etc. Just waiting on the baby Dr then we can go home! =)

 

[mommyxofxone]

Omg congrats rhi!!!!! So happy to hear it! And that you made it lol!!

And they had us just do baby wipes from the beginning here? Nothing else

 

[Becyboo__x]

We've used wipes since day 1 ..
Sensitive/fragrance free ones ..

We switched formulas last few days and I think it's helped a lot she's a lot better anyway bar having excess amount of bum wind I can't believe a tiny person can be so loud trumping! !

1 month old already time flys!

 

[Becyboo__x]

Waters broke 7.30 and baby Alice was born at 8.30
Made it to the hospital as I started to push!
Three good pushes and she was out =)
8Lb 8. No stitches etc. Just waiting on the baby Dr then we can go home! =)

Yay!

Huge congratulations Rhi!!
She's beautiful well done

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Omg congrats rhi! She's gorgeous X

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Congratulations Rhi!!! I'm so happy for you, what a great weight and no stitches etc. Glad one more person got a positive birth experience (although a little quicker than I'm sure you'd like!) She's so beautiful. Welcome to the party baby Alice

 

[Boo44]

Waters broke 7.30 and baby Alice was born at 8.30
Made it to the hospital as I started to push!
Three good pushes and she was out =)
8Lb 8. No stitches etc. Just waiting on the baby Dr then we can go home! =)

Yay Rhi!! So she did come earlier than the others did, so happy for you! Congratulations and well done X

Becy which formula are you using now and which were you using before? What was wrong with Sydney? X

 

[AngelofTroy]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Congratulations Rhi, she is beautiful!!

 

[Starlight32]

Rhi, congrats she finally made an appearance! And not too far from June lol

 

[Squig34]

Wow Rhi, after making you wait so long with all those pains, she was in a hurry to get out! Congratulations, Alice is gorgeous! Great head of hair & glad you didn't tear

Becy, Sydney is beautiful!

Angel, it's a bit late now but we only use wipes occasionally - I did use them initially but her bum got very red & sore looking so I stopped. However I think that was due to not drying her off after using wet wipes & then putting a nappy on. A tip from someone else is to rinse the wipes in warm water before you use them if you're concerned about chemicals. I probably won't use them consistently for another couple of months but I suppose it'll depend on the nappies too!

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Lol it looks like we're all checking in on our night feeds

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Bloody hell.... the after pains. Whyyy! Ouchhh...

 

[Boo44]

Haha pixie yes it was our night feed!

Arthur is very shuffly and unsettled around 5.30/6ish these days anybody know what i can do about that?