Mother of all conception months Graduates

[madcatwoman]

Evening all

Baileys cord too...well i cant remember, i think it may have been 2 weeks to come away y'know!.

He's been really crabby today, a very upset baby with seemingly nothing particular wrong, and snacking, complete contrast to yesterday day time when he only cried once(when i was putting his cardi on).

Ive got my appointment through for myself&Baileys 8 weeks checkup&immunisation. Im not looking forward to the immunisations, i know theres going to be tears and tears of pain from him,im dreading it.

I also have two cheap pairs of new jeans now, normal jeans but a size im not impressed with!!

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Evening Ladies :wave:

Just catching up from yesterday aft onwards

Sofie I am so pleased the seahorse worked for you guys too great weigh in btw not much lost

Pink I love your new avatar and siggy as for smelly cord Charlies absolutely stunk as for bleeding his didnt but mention to your MW

Happy one month old Dylan for yesterday and for 1st smilies ..... they are just the best arent they

vbaby omg thats is so expensive for school books alone I thought the school uniform lay out we have is expensive but not compared to yours and as for growing up boys Oliver has now graduated to calling us Mum and Dad and not Mummy and Daddy anymore am totally gutted for a happy Teagan fxed you found your solution

On the subject of wraps I have one and Charlie loves it I agree try it madcat if all else fails mine is like a moby only mine is handmade and I bought it from ebay I posted a thread here on bnb asking for opinions on it and lots of ladies bought from this lady on ebay and she comes highly recommended mine is just plain black cause I thought I would give it a go and see what I thought before buying different colours etc ..... I learnt to tie it almost straight away and find it so comfortable even with my damn back I will post a link if anyone wishes to have a look shes called the `slinglady`

Well done on the feeding Molly do what you have to you have done so well and great weight gain little abby

Ozzie sorry to hear about your appointment but for relaxing today or not I see you have been `nesting`

Hope you got some rest Sequeena

Gilz fxed Noah has turned a corner although must add Charlie is worse in the morning for his screaming wonder if he has colic on top of the reflux poor little fella let me know how you get on if you try MAM my sisters SIL ( if that makes sense ) has similar probs with her little girl (born not long after Noah!) and she switched to MAM after she saw my FB like and shes like a different baby now really just buy the one and see it may just work

madcat Charlie was exactly like that yesterday all day he wouldnt stop crying and I couldnt put him down everytime he fell asleep and I went to put him down he instantly woke up and the cycle started again DH came home at lunch time to mind him so I could eat because I havent been eating too well (only at tea time when I cook for me and Oliver!) because I have no appetite and hes been going at me I think Charlie had belly ache

 

[molly85]

it def feels like abby constantly crys if shes not asleep on me i could be over analysing it though. ditto on eatting madly and drinking for me my head is killing

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Well as I posted ^^ yesterday was a nightmare for me hence my MIA Charlie just screamed and screamed and screamed but since I started gripe water especially todays hes been a different baby still I even had a 2hr nap in bed this aft with Charlie asleep in his bouncer at the side of our bed I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SINCE HE WAS BORN

Heres my update re his weight Taken from my parenting journal sorry if you have already read it

Well sadly Charlie only gained 2oz the bare minimum and has dropped from the 75th centile to the 50th centile Hes now 10lb 9oz HV insisted we saw the Dr again so last night at 5pm we took Charlie to our surgery The Dr we saw is quite a frank Dr and basically said our HV is talking crap and everytime she is due to come I should go out and just not stay in for her I cannot believe a Dr encouraged me to do this Basically our Dr says Charlie is a healthy baby, hes not starving himself, he looks well, is alert and all checks she carried out were fine and that he will gain in his own time She also said that the HV shouldnt be saying that 2-3oz isnt enough because if Charlie was BF we wouldnt know how much he was taking and she doesnt agree that just because hes FF he should be put under so much pressure to be taking `X` amount of milk She has advised we dont get him weighed again until his 8wk check and jabs although the HV is booked to come again on Thursday and wants to do weekly weight Before his appointment at the Drs last night on the way back from the school run I popped to the chemist and bought some gripe water I`d been talking to my Mum and it was the only thing we hadnt tried so after the bottle that I gave Charlie before we went to see the Dr I gave him some gripe water ..... last night I gave him a tad more at each of his night feeds (he wont take the full 5ml but I managed a ml or two and anything has to be better than nothing right!) well this morning he took his first morning bottle at 9.15am and drank all 3oz he also drank all 3oz of his lunchtime bottle and all 3oz of his bottle mid aft and nearly all 3oz of his tea time bottle progress yeah baby! I have decided the HV should still do weekly weighs because I have a feeling my boy will now make up for lost time So fxed he keeps this up until Thursday at 4pm when shes coming again

 

[Sofiekirsten]

Urghh Jakes cord has just fallen off in my hand....Gross!

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

it def feels like abby constantly crys if shes not asleep on me i could be over analysing it though. ditto on eatting madly and drinking for me my head is killing

Mine always goes cold if I do manage to make something it somehow doesnt quite taste the same this is why the sling/wrap comes in handy at least I can feed Oliver

 

[molly85]

same day as abbys. there are 3 grad babies born on s thursday

 

[gilz82]

Morning girls :wave:

Madly so glad the gripe water has helped Charlie. Your gp sounds similar to mine, he thinks our hv is a balloon and on some points I do have to agree. Back when Noah was only putting on an oz or two at a time he said the critical thing to focus on was that he was gaining not losing weight. Some babies just take longer to get there is all

Well we had another reasonable night so hopefully Noah is starting to get better. Only problem is he now has a really bunged up nose. He hates me touching his nose so I'm not having any great success with nasosal drops or a bogey sucker thing. He's too young for snuffle babe rub so I'm having to leave little bowls of menthol crystals in water all over the place. Any other suggestions?

Also I have a bedtime routine question. Right now I do bath bottle and bed, with the bottle being at 8pm so usually finished for half 8. He then feeds at 12, 3 and 6. Is it worth me bringing the whole routine forward an hour so he's settled for half 7 I don't know if half 8 is too late. The paediatrian advised me to get a routine in place because it helps kept his medicine at regular intervals but didn't give any advise as to appropriate times to be in bed

 

[PeanutBean]

Madly your doctor sounds excellent and I personally would agree with everything said. He was born big, it doesn't mean he has to stay that way the rest of his life. The charts are based on averages and it's best not to get too hung up on them. Glad you've had some sensible advice.

Gilz no advice for the snot. Indigo's been like that over 3 weeks now, I'm just waiting for it to pass. I don't think you need to worry about bedtime. They sleep so much anyway it hardly matters. As we coslept Byron went to bed with us about 10pm. Even on e in his own bed he's never gone before 8pm and now it's more like 9pm.

We had group from half 10 and I just got an email saying the replacmrny covers for the pram are coming between 10.19 and 11.19. And what weird times! Extra annoying as I'm sat on here with Byron watching tv basically waiting to leave the house with washing on the line and jobs all done.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thank you Ladies

DH really likes that particular Dr for her frankness I agree with her though I also agree with the Dr I saw at our surgery prior .... Charlie gives himself belly ache guzzing the little bit of milk he does take because the gripe water has helped loads its a bit of a battle getting him to take it so I have added it too every few of his bottles, my Mum did it with me so although it doesnt say on the bottle you can do this it will be mixing with his milk during or after a feed anyway so I thought I would give it a try!

Gilz Charlie has snuffles too and he also hates me touching his nose theres not much else you can do that you arent already doing sadly we just have to wait for it to pass Sounds like Noah is becoming more and more settled though

Peanut its crap your just waiting around am not a very patient person so it would drive me mad!

 

[Ozzieshunni]

ARGH, I'm cranky today. I have a headache and I'm sore all over. I just want to sit and cry.

 

[molly85]

in a right old pickle abby has refound the boob but i can't figure out if they are providing less coz she wasn't latch or because i am dehydrated im not making enough. shes constipated so am trying water but don't quite know how much have tried the tummy rubbing sse now seems uncomfy with it at what point do i call the doctor she usually poopsseveral times a day she done nothing since wednesday night. i can't decide if its the formula bunging her up or me

 

[gilz82]

I was just asking my hv about constipation Molly cos Noah usually goes 3 times a day but has only been going once a day this week if that. She said that sometimes it's normal for them to go a couple of days without pooping, it's only constipation if they are going really red in the face and screaming and straining.

I just thought because it was a different pattern it was constipation but apparently not

 

[madcatwoman]

i was told it was quite normal for babies to go a week before pooing!!.

Gilz, heres our bedtime routine, A Feed&nappy at 9.30, 10.00 we put Bailey down in his basket. about 2.30 he wakes for a feed and again at 5.30. (although he did once suprise us and sleep thru till 7.30 one morning).

Madly, good t hear Charlie has put a little on, but as peanut said, you dont want it to be loads do you because agree, just because he was born big doesnt mean he has to carry on that way,i think nature is just doing its thing!
Im not sure about these HVs, mines fine, sometimes i just think they're glorified social workers basically!

 

[molly85]

im not sure on straining but sher does scream and go red. im running us both a bath so might get her moving

 

[molly85]

the hv who weighed abbywas really pleased to see a small baby. so charlie is fine

 

[PeanutBean]

Breastfed babies can apparently go many days without pooing though presumably only if they're not gluttons like mine.

Molly it's great if she's latching again. Don't worry about your supply. It'll change in a day or so to meet her needs. Do keep drinking though. I have to say I rarely eat or drink enough especially in this warmer weather. I suck.

Ozzie. Nearly there now.

Well the replacement covers I've been sent for the pram are from last year's modwl and therefore don't match and are missing some improvements. I mean ffs a full month this has been going on. How is it possible for a simple order to go so wrong? I am going tp demand a fully functional by the time we go on holiday and then some. I am so bloody cross.

 

[vbaby3]

hi girls,
Molly unless her poo is like hard play dough she's not constipated.Teagan only goes once a day at the moment,but a couple wks ago she only went every 2nd day or so.Before that she went about 4 times a day lol!!
I'd say her digestive system is a bit disrupted coz she had formula maybe?

Gilz I didn't have any of mine on a strict bedtime routine as such until they were maybe 5/6 months old,at that stage they went to bed at 7.
At the mo teagan gets her bottle anytime between 8 and 10!!and goes to bed after that,and she wakes when she wakes.
They normally just fall into a routine themselves in time.I'm definately all for routine though,and feel the kids should be gone to bed by 7/8 so dh and I can have time together,or I can just relax in peace and watch tv!
Oran goes at 7 and Shay goes at 8.

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Had some good news . My uncle, who is currently in the Netherlands for work temporarily, is coming to visit some time in July So, I'll at least have some family coming

 

[vbaby3]

Oh how annoying peanut,i would be fuming!

madly glad your doc is talking sense,my gp is fab too and would often tell me to ignore hv advise and go with my instincts!
As far as how much our lo's should be eating,there shouldn't be any set goal.
Teagan is still only taking 2.5/3 ozs per feed.She's my heaviest baby and is probably only eating half what the boys ate!
My boys would have been on 6 ozs by now,and I had to put them both on hungry baby by about 6 wks coz there was no filling them!So really they're at the 2 furthest extremes!
I've no idea what she weighs,but she feeds when she wants and takes what she wants,she just has a smaller appetite than the boys had.
She's happy and healthy,poos and wee's and is outgrowing her 0-3 clothes so she's doing just fine!