March & April 2008 Mummies

When I was bf DD I was told to steer clear of green veges & onions as these can all cause excess gas to the bf baby. (havent read back at all the posts so sorry if this has already been suggested.)

thats weird..you would think removing one would make the problem worse? our problem went away when we moved the sensor as well though?

:) thats good

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Hey tishy, Ben had chronic wind problems and the oesteo was amazing for him, he had magic fingers i begged him to come home with us!!

I'm still feeling a bit 'over whelmed' and hormonal saw stand in mw who assured me this was normal especially as ben is sick and being very drama filled, coughing and sneezing all over sophia, now dh and my mum are also sick so its not much fun here at the moment!!!

On the plus side Sophia is a dream, last night she crashed at 8.30 till 11.30 , quick 30 min feed then down till 3.30!! i couldn't believe the clock, we didn't get over 3 hours sleep with ben until he was months old!! so hopefully shes a cruisey one! wind makes such a difference aye

Right we are venturing out to play group today, not sure its a good idea but i have to get ben out or i'll go mad with his whining!, wish me luck guys!

Dawn, I've had plenty of help until now. Mum left last week and DHs parents leave tomorrow.
As of tomorrow I'm on my own so we'll see how it goes.
Eimear sounds just like Liam, she doesn't cry in her sleep but she does the grunting , groaning stuff. Do you wrap him? Eimear is a bit quieter when she's wrapped.

Hi ladies, exciting I can now post in here as a mum.

Well my first day of having to look after 2 kids came a bit sooner than I expected! Stu 'had' to go to Auckland for work today (Microsoft is launching some program and if he attends he gets a free copy to keep!). I knew about it and had organised for mum to come and help me out for the day. She called this morning and is sick and didn't want to get either of the kids sick, which is fair enough.

Poor Ollie has watched Blues Clues and In the Night Garden twice as well as a Wiggles DVD! He has been OK, though we had another struggle over a VERY pooey nappy earlier grrr. Thankfully Lilia has been sleeping pretty well, might actually go wake and feed her. Then will try to nap with her while Ollie is asleep.

Congrats Daizy, don't know how you got time to come on the forum though!!!

Had antenatal coffee group this morning, little miss was an angel, she always is around other people, shame I had to cut it short so I could get back home for the ecan guy. All we have to do is wait for our community services card to turn up and then we will have underfloor insulation and a new logburner for free, yay!!

I can't remember if it was this thread that someone was asking for tips on winding babies, but I found something that seemed to work for Gabs today and she can be quite bad at getting wind up.

I sat her on my knee one hand behind her neck and one hand under the soles of her feet and then lay her down flat and brought her back to a sitting position and as I did I would bring her legs up to her stomach. Then continue with the usual rubbing and patting of her back. It seemed to bring up those troublesome bubbles you can hear inside but never get out. I usually try to burp her 3-4 times per feed so it doesn't back up.

Oh Emma you poor thing. Yep I reckon hide away for a few days and take it easy. Having a sick household at anytime is stressful enough let alone with a new bubba and mum with hormones running rampant!

Thankfully my milk came in last night, but man I forgot how big (and sore) your boobs get! Thankfully Lili is quite a thirsty wee girl so is helping alot. Saw my midwife yesterday, she said Lili is a little jaundiced so have to make sure she doesn't go too long between feeds (not really an issue there) and I have to bake her in the sun for 10 minutes twice a day - turning once lol!

No I can't take my eyes off Lili either, I think its cos her hair is so dark (and eyes so blue) and I'm used to my little blond boy. Speaking of, Ollie is an absolute darling with his sister. He is so gentle and gets all concerned when she starts crying. I heard him go up to her yesterday and say (what sounded like) 'it's alright' in a soothing voice

It's ooh so quiet! The girls are asleep in there rockers and there's no one else here wanting to pick them up for a cuddle at the hint of a whimper.
Today is an official blob day in this house and tomorrow I'll start being more productive... maybe I'll wait til Monday

Eimear had one of her rare alert times (she wouldn't wind but was happy in her nappy) at 3-5am last night It did mean that she got to say goodbye to her grandparents before they left for the airport. However not so good for Mummy as she had to feed Aoife at 6am. Thankfully they're back in sync again with them both waking at 9 for breakfast.

We put the girls down for the night after their 10pm feed. We have a cot downstairs and one upstairs so just take them up when we go to bed. Plus they seem to cluster feed between 6 and 10. We'll see how it goes now with less distractions.
Typically they sleep 11-2, 3-6 and 7-9. We do a nappy change at each feed. I think I'll skip that at the 2am feed if there's no poos as they wake up wanting fed but go back to sleep immediately after.

Sometimes I let Eimear sleep on cos I'm sure she could go much longer at night but she always wakes just I finish Aoife so DH only has to wake to bring Eimear down to me while I end up being up for 2 hours during the night.
Back to waking her up I think

ETA: fix typos and to say boy I can ramble on sometimes!

Edited by tishy

Emma - hope things are better in your household this morning and everyone is feeling better at least just a little bit.

Got both boys down at the mo so long may it last, I'm hoping Liam will have a good sleep this time, as his sleep at 10am was only 45 mins and I think he woke due to wind.