March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[rose.]

Great news on the weight gain baby maybe! Sounds like you're doing a great job

Just gave Alfie a bath - I love how warm and cuddly he is once he's had one! He was really fussing on the boob again but now he's had a bath he's like a different baby! He's having a nap on me

 

[Kte]

Great weight gain baby_maybe Hope his new feeding routine helps out

 

[anna1986]

wow hes getting a big boy baby maybe. Williams body has only just started to adjust to the new formula after nearly a week. he suffers from constipation but finally last night it was going bk like baby poo yay! fingers crossed it continues. its amazing that once u have kids you become obsessed with poo! have they been enough, colour, consistency lol

 

[skeet9924]

It's amazing how many of our lo have tummy troubles.. Carson seems to pull his knees up and scream in pain a lot.. He also has a lot of stinky toots.. I've read that it is caused by an immature digestive system and usually becomes better between 3-4 months

 

[Kte]

gosh its windy!

Sophie has some crazy loud trupms, takes her a while to get them out. #i always worry its a poop explosion but nope, just wind!

up waiting for to make up bottles. was having a decent sleep but Sophie decided 4am was a good time to have an extra feed, means i;m all out and i dont want to risk it come 7am.

 

[Kte]

Day times are becoming my least favourite time. Far too stressful! We have been up since 8 and Sophie has eaten 2 bottles (mini projectile in between). Then unless she is strapped to me she just cries and cries and cries. Totally forgot how frustrating this is, don't get me wrong I love her so much but it's taken me 2 hours to eat and a house full of tears from both kids. No wonder the greys are coming thick and fast! Maybe, just maybe, I'll get a coffee before lunch time!

 

[MrsChezek]

Hayden just slept from 10:15pm to 5am!!!! That's 6 hours 45 minted!!! We got 6 ourselves What an amazing feeling to sleep that long...

Last night was hard as she was up from 6pm and just couldn't go down...she was over tired and miserable before she finally crashed. But then she slept for so long!!! My boobs were about to explode when I got up - hurt so bad!! But I'll take it...yay!

 

[anna1986]

kte - I know exactly where your coming from!!

 

[MrsChezek]

Kte - H has been super clingy since she's been under the weather and will only nap on us and that totally sucks with just one LO. I can't even imagine a second one crying too...I don't envy you

And great weight gain baby maybe! H has been gaining 12oz per week so she should be 10 pounds tomorrow! Such a change from the 6 lbs she was!!!

 

[rose.]

Sorry to hear you've been having a tough time kte hope you get time to get a coffee soon!

Mrs c, yay for sleep - I bet that was heaven! I know what you mean about sore boobs though - mine are like bullets in the morning!!

Alfie is now 9lb 11oz! I think they converted it wrong in hospital as I can't imagine he's gained 1 and 1/2 lb in just 4 days!!! I am so relieved

 

[baby_maybe]

Ruben had a 6 hour stretch last night too So nice to get a longer sleep! He seemed much less uncomfortable last night so hopefully that will continue. Not going to hold my breath though, sometimes after a good night you get a couple of bad ones!!

Great weight gain for Alfie rose

 

[Kte]

Great weight gain rose

 

[sethsmummy]

Hey ladies,
WOWZERS that has just taken me aaages to catch up lol. Sorry i have been MIA my laptop charger died on me and the new one just came this morning (along with the replacement wash machine as that also decided to die on monday!)

So sorry to hear of those babies who have been hospitalised! Must have been such a worrying time.. i was bad enough when seth went in at 1.. never mind at this young age!
We are still having trouble with Ethan... The hipp organic combiotic has been fantastic for him as he now poos every day and it varies from yellow to green. and he was doing fab weight wise too... UNTIL this week! The health visitor came on tuesday and he had gone down 1oz to 9lb 7oz He's not even being that sick either :S nothing like what ds1 was so i cant say that would cause the weight loss. She is back again on Wednesday and if he has still not put any weight on or has dropped another centile (hes dropped down from 25th to 9th already) then he gets an instant referal upto the hospital to see the specialist seth used to see. I was so hoping we would avoid all of this with Ethan but looks like i just dont have any luck. If its just reflux then great as im used to that but if its anything else then im gonna go into major panic mode... he has only had 1 or 2 projectile vomits since he was born... and half the time theres only a little dribble at each feed :S so i just simply dont get it

xxxx

 

[skeet9924]

Oh Seth so sorry to hear I hope it's just reflex.

Carson has an appt on Monday.. I'm going to ask about a few things.. The spitting up after every meal, usually a few times after each meal.. He also sometimes has wheezy or raspy breathing.. And through out the day ( especially at night) he screams and pulls his knees up to his chest. He also farts all day and really stinky ..

Do any of these things sound familiar to your lo?

 

[Cherrybump]

Hey ladies. We had the health vistor today. Paige has put on weight to she was 6lbs 12oz last weight and this week she's 7lbs 3oz. My baby is gaining weight yay and she's 25 centile. she just said she'll keep close eye on paige and i wont see her now until 13th on may .

Also because of this fuss over the milk last night (sighs) we're keeping paige on the blue aptamil so ryan wont have hissy fit at me lol so i said to the health vistor tat she can take the un-open box for any other lady who is needing them as my money doesnt wanna take them back to the shop for a exchange as shops are funny as heck over this saying you could have fibble around with the box and inject it with something. so some shops are mega strick on taking them back..

Jealous of those who are getting 6 hours sleep at night lucky as lol.. Paige will go 4 hours and stay up from 1 to 2 hours.. I don't wanna keep co-sleeping with her as i dont want her getting use to it to muc and all my friends are like dont do it. lol so paige will sleep i the moses basket tonight better stick with it lol

Lol paige farts to and man they do stink dont they. She did one early and my sister handed her back to me saying here you daughter has just done a stinky. so i striped her down to change the nappy and there was nothing there. I put the nappy and everyone back on and what do we hear.. Oh man she just waited for me to do that like. Massive explosion and very stinky lol..

Im going to see if i can make a bath and relax little bit lol.. will have to be bubble less though because of the scar healthing right? lol xxx

 

[sethsmummy]

skeet - Ethan was doing the pulling up of the legs and lots of stinky farts until we switches him to the hipp organic combiotic milk. he has been amazing since we switched.. i like to call it "magic milk" lol. Spitting up is pretty normal as long as its not a lot of milk each time. With Seth he used to go through a burp cloth (muslin) and a bib during each and every feed.

Cherry - woot for paige gaining hun thats a long stretch to go without seeing the health visitor :S theyv been to see me every week. 13th of may is when i get my implant put back in ... rather gutted its that far away as im super duper paranoid about getting pregnant again!
xx

 

[rose.]

I'm not seeing the health visitor for another couple of weeks either! They don't bother seeing you here unless you want them to come. They have a clinic every Thursday that you can drop in to if you want to get baby weighed/have any questions though! I went this morning. Got some bf advice too which was helpful

Cherry congrats on the weight gain that's really good. It's so encouraging to know they're doing ok.

Sorry about the issues your having Seths mummy. Hopefully you get to the bottom of it soon!

 

[sethsmummy]

oh wow up here they come every week till 6 weeks. I think she would have left it a while till our next one till we saw the weight loss. haha id love to not have to see them all the time since they just expect you to be in when they want to come. I used to have to take seth every 2 weeks up until he was 1, then once a month till he was 2 and a half. and now looks like it might be the same with ethan. then add in the hospital visits (if its anything like seth) plus seths nursery and other appointment i am going to be one busy momma!

 

[rose.]

That must be a real pain with 2 to look after! It's ok for me as I can just stay in whenever they want me to! I guess everything is 10x harder with two

 

[baby_bray]

I am so unbelievably jealous ladies.... I would kill for anything more than 3 hours.....
Little Abby Kat eats every 2-2.5 hours aaaaaaaall day long. And evenings are rough, she typically feeds (more likely mostly comfort sucking) almost constantly from 8pm to 11pm....she just bounces from left to right side....
She'll be 5 weeks tomorrow and I'm pretty sure she's still under 8lbs.
The doc and lactation consultant aren't "terribly" concerned. We were keeping a close eye on her since she hadn't re-gained her birthweight by 2wks old. Last Friday she was 4wks old and only weighed 7lbs9oz, she was 7lb5.7oz at birth.

I feel like the breastfeeding itself is going great, but I don't feel like I'm producing as much as I should....I just imagined that she would be going longer amounts of time between feeds by now. I know I'm making enough throughout the day, plenty of wet and dirty diapers, but 2/3oz every 2 hours is just an exhausting schedule! I'm actually starting to think I'll never be able to hold more than in a sitting because my chest is so small....I'm only like a 34A (I was AA, or "A negative" as a friend calls it before baby)

I've been drinking tons of water, and at least 3 cups of mother's milk tea a day. I pump after almost every feeding (if I can get 10 mins where she'll stay down and not cry ) And I barely get anything extra...I have to go back to work in a little over a week or so and I'm terrified I won't have the stock to keep it up when I have to go back!