May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[anti]

Lovely pics Luci!! And yazzy... That's some amazing weight gain!! Well done! I need to get ash weighed again soon.

Do any of you ladies use baby monitors yet and which ones do you recommend?? I need to buy one soon coz ash is fast out growing her Moses basket and will need to be in her big girl cot soon in her own room and I need peace of mind that I know she's ok. Wish the cot would fit in our room but it won't so she's gotta go in her own room and there's no space in there for me to put a single mattress down and sleep in there with her.

 

[rjsmam]

Aw Luci lovely pics!! I know what you mean about all the expressions I could just watch her all day.

Not been on for while as we had more visitors staying. Glad to get house back to ourselves! Dh & I are so enjoying our family time together - I actually thought he'd get under my feet but he's been totally brilliant, will miss him when he goes back to work next wk.

Eva gained 13oz this wk & is now 8lb2 which am so pleased about! Dh & I heading out with miss Eva to enjoy the sunshine.

Xx

 

[bumpin2012]

I hope the silence from Frangi means she has had her baby!

I'm not using a monitor as if yet. Gabe is so small, he'll be rooming in for a very long time... My 1 month old is still smaller than most of your newborns were!

Rjsmam. Yay on the weight gain! She's doing so well! That's some good boobie juice...

 

[KendraNoell]

I forgot to tell everyone LO's weight at his circ appt! He was 9 lb 1.5 oz! Meaning from his low leaving the hospital at 6 lbs 3 oz he's gained almost THREE POUNDS in a month!! Wow!!

 

[wavescrash]

Do any of you ladies use baby monitors yet and which ones do you recommend??

I don't know if you can get it overseas but we use a Sony BabyCall monitor.
https://www.target.com/p/sony-900mhz-babycall-nursery-monitor/-/A-10856299


Sorry for the absence... Hannah has been quite a handful. Between reflux, gas and apparently colic... I read here but don't have the time to post. She's sleeping pretty well at night. She'll go about 6 hours between a feeding but during the day we're doing about every 3.5-4 hours. We don't go to her doctor again until the start of next month for her two month appointment/shots but she was last weighed about 2 weeks ago and she was up to 8lbs 14oz (born weighing 6lbs 5oz.) She's definitely over 9lbs now but not quite sure where she's at.

I'm thinking I have to return to work a few nights a week by the end of the month. I'm NOT looking forward to that but I don't have many options. OH needs help with the income so I have to do it. Oh well.

 

[KendraNoell]

OMG is she seriously sleeping that long in between EVERY feeding? If so you are sooooooooooo lucky!!!!!! I'm lucky to get 3 hours at night and 2 hours during the day

 

[wavescrash]

OMG is she seriously sleeping that long in between EVERY feeding? If so you are sooooooooooo lucky!!!!!! I'm lucky to get 3 hours at night and 2 hours during the day

Hahahahahahahahha oh god no! She screams and fusses in between most feedings! Once we get her to bed at night though it's pretty nice as she goes about 5-7 hrs between feeds but the rest of the day is really rough.

 

[anti]

Zephyr - are you using your moby wrap?? If so how do you get a newborn in there on your own?? I've failed so far!! Hoping it gets easier as she gets older coz I spent a fortune on it!!

 

[yazzy]

Kendra we are like you...Lola feeds every 2 ~ 3 hours through the day and the same or slightly less at night. However in between feeds she either plays or sleeps so that's pretty good. Still struggling with her settling in her moses basket but I will persevere.

Waves sorry to hear you have to go back to work. I think I have to start work again in January but not sure what I'm going to do yet.

We're off to Lola's 2nd cousins 1st birthday party tomorrow, should be a fun afternoon seeing all the kids together.

What has everyone else got planned for the weekend?

 

[KendraNoell]

I wish I had a Moses basket! LO sleeps in his bouncy chair most nights as its easier to keep close to me and get him in and out. He doesn't like the open space of the cradle or bassinet still and its frustrating because I want him to get used to sleeping in there!

 

[zephyr]

LOL I get zero time during the day ''m having another bad day, must be saturdays I think. Have all the kids home.

This morning for an hour I had Max in the Moby while holding and bottle feeding Aria walking round in circles cos Max wanted to be rocked but Aria needed to be fed.....Uggh I absolutely cannot wait until they start wanting to be on the floor aqnd playing with toys, even 10 minutes to myself would be grand! My shower this morning was about a minute having a quick scrub while Max was in his carseat in the bathroom with me screaming his head off cos hes a very needy baby! heh boys eh didn't even get to wash my hair or my face and I didn't have time to brush my teeth.....yummy!

Everything is great otherwise though, most days are good, I am just not getting the hang of this weekend thing when OH is at work and I am stuck at home with all the kids *sigh*
Its funny cos I spend most of my days telling myself "THANK GOD I DIDN"T HAVE TRIPLETS!" but then I am sure if I did I would learn to cope I guess.....LOL

Anti - what part of the wrapping are you having trouble with? The actual wrapping or putting the baby in?
My first few times were hard and I thought the same "ohh no what a waste" but now that I have got the hang of it its the best amount of money I have spent on the babies so far. Just gotta keep trying! Now I know exactly how tight to wrap it and where, it just took many failed attempts lol I found a video on youtube helped, I watched a lady put her twins into another wrap and that got me started. I dont wrap the twins together only done it a few times when my arms are aching and I'm desperate but the way she wrapped and held the babies helped me a lot more than the phamplet did.

well, I feel much better after taking some time out to moan about my day! Hope everyone else is doing well.....Love these babies to bits but can't wait till they are sleeping through the night and less grizzly during the day

Also who is getting their babies immunised? we do them at 6 weeks here and thats on Tuesday but I'm think about putting it off until the week after cos this week I am meant to be testing Aria back on cows milk formula. I'm not looking forward to the jabs omg.......I cry every time!!

 

[kwood]

Zephyr - sam will get immunised at 8 weeks (they do a 6 week health check here) Not looking forward to it as my DH is away for work that week and I hear some babies don't feel well afterwards.

I keep meaning to post but haven't had much time..Sam at 1 month old.

 

[yazzy]

Sam looks lovely in his pic!

A friend has given me a good website to order a sling for Lola from, its a Moby Stretch Sling and it looks really good.

I failed in the moses basket task last night and Lola slept in with me..we both got a lot more sleep but i'll be getting her used to her basket tonight.

Lola has her first jabs at 8 weeks here, I'm doing those one's but when it comes to the mmr at 13 months i'll pay to go private so she has them seperately.

 

[zephyr]

Aww Cute pic!

I have been gone the past few days battling a pretty horrible fever
I slept funny on my boob woke up sleeping on it and it felt a bit sore and felt like things had blobked up a little so by saturday evening i had a full on breast infection, terrible fever until this morning. today is tuesday.
Midwife almost had me admitted again but im hoping we have avoided that!

Hope all is well with everyone else

 

[anti]

Zephyr get better quick!! I think I have thrush on my one nipple!! Will have to get it checked out soon!! Will see if I get any joy out of the specialist on Wednesday when we do ash's tongue tie, if not I'm gonna have to go to the doctor and see what they say.

Hoping frangi has had her baby now!! And hope everyone else is doing ok! Haven't heard from Rachel and jenson for a bit.

 

[yazzy]

Anti do you think we should start the new group now we all have our May babies?

Zephyr is that mastitis that you have? I hope you are feeling a lot better now.

I hope frangi is ok and all went well with her birth.

Would be lovely to hear from the other ladies but I understand everyone is pretty busy, I only go on here a lot because its on my phone.

All is well here and Lola is sleeping well in her moses basket yay! I went back to swaddling her and it seems that is all she needed. She wakes every 2~3 hours for feeds so really pleased with her. I am giving her infacol to help with her wind. I did buy her a dummy for night time only but she won't take it and screams if you try too much but that is fine by me.

 

[wavescrash]

Popping in super quick... Yesterday was terrible, took Hannah to the doctor and they diagnosed her with colic. And this morning I have a doctor appointment myself for post-partum depression so things have been fantastic around here.

Hope you all have been doing okay and that your LOs are easier than mine.

 

[anti]

I'm on my phone at the moment but when I get chance to go on the computer I will try start up a thread for all of us may mummies now that we've got our little ones. Where's the right place to start it??

Waves I'm so sorry to hear you are having a hard time with Hannah. Glad you are getting help now. Hope things get easier for you.

We're off to hospital tomorrow for ash's tongue tie. So glad my OH can come with me. Gonna break my heart to hear her crying and if they snip her tie. She's been a bit fussy today and yesterday. Hope she stops it soon coz I don't like it when she's upset. can't believe she's nearly a month old already! I thought I'd never forget the pain of childbirth... But I have forgotten it and would do it all over again for her and would even consider giving her a brother or sister in the future. 2 weeks ago I swore I'd never consider having another baby!! Maybe in a few years time... Nothing too soon!!!

 

[luci and bump]

Anti-I know what you mean about forgetting! Evie is 2 weeks tomorrow, and I'm already starting to forget! I think thats partly because I had such a short labour though.

Waves-Hopefully now they've diagnosed Hannah, they'll be able to help her a bit more. Hope your appointment goes ok too.

We had the health visitor come visit for the first time today, Evie has only gained 1oz in the past 10 days Feeling pretty useless and crappy about it, because she seems to be constantly eating! We're going to a breastfeeding clinic tomorrow to see if they can help at all. Just wish there was something I could do! She was 6lb 8oz when she was born, and now she's 6lb 2.5oz We're taking her for her newborn photo shoot tomorrow too

 

[anti]

Here's a link to the may babies thread. https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/baby-club/1051503-babies-were-due-may-2012-a.html#post18828799 let me know if it works.