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emeldee 
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Posted: 11 October 2006 at 1:34pm |
Okay, it's time that you guys had a thread! I'm sneaking in to do it, since I am an October Mum too - it's just my October baby was born on the 15th of October 1995....
Here's hoping you're all in here joining me with your newer offspring soon. 
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Posted: 11 October 2006 at 2:07pm |
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I was going to start one this morning coz I'm sure Vanessa must have had her bubs by now, but these October babies seem to be almost as stubborn as the September lot!
Oh and if mine drag the chain about getting here they might be born on the 15th too, although I'm hoping they don't procrastinate that long given that they're getting a push at 10am on the 14th...
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Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted: 11 October 2006 at 2:19pm |
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October 14th - Battle of Hastings (1066), Birthday of Katherine Mansfield, E.E Cummings, Roger Moore, Cliff Richard, Ralph Lauren and Usher...that's quite a cool birthday to have.
October 15th - I Love Lucy started screening on US TV, Birthday of Virgil, PG Wodehouse, Mario Puzo, Michel Foucault, Sarah Ferguson and Chris De Burgh.
That's much better than my birthday share person - OJ Simpson!
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Posted: 11 October 2006 at 2:41pm |
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I'm an October baby. So come on babies lets come out into the world and join the rest of us.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 11 October 2006 at 2:42pm |
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Either sounds like a pretty good birthday to share, especially for a writer like me (Katherine Mansfield and Mario Puzo) but I'm sticking to my hope of not too long a labour and getting them out on the 14th...
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 1:01pm |
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Oooo - and 14 October this year is also the 80th anniversary of the release of the first edition of AA Milne's House on Pooh Corner - makinig it Winnie the Pooh's 80th Birthday. Now that's cool...
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Posted: 15 October 2006 at 4:15pm |
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Congratulations on the birth of your wee boy Toby John, Aimee!
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DD1 May 2006
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DD3 August 2012
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Posted: 18 October 2006 at 8:47pm |
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Just checking in. Absolutely shattered, the girls are feeding well but my boobs are soooo sore! Seeing the midwife tomorrow, but they seem to be holding their weights ok.
How are the other Oct Mum's doing?
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted: 19 October 2006 at 9:03pm |
Emma u have done well this far....you will be fine...
But you need to change your ticker!!! 
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 9:58am |
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Yay an October mum's thread!
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 10:05am |
hey fellow october mums! 
how is everyone adjusting?
charli is doing well, weighs 7pd 12oz now, was 7'6 when she was born. she likes to snack on and off at night time though which is very frustrating!! usually when i am trying to get myself off to bed the lil minx! midwife has told me what to do to try and get her out of it and so far it seems to be working.
she's sleeping really well, 3.5-4hrs at a time during the day and the same at night. the last couple of nights she slept from 9pm-5am and last night was 8pm-2am-8am so i am very pleased with that!!!
hope everyone is doing ok
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 10:18am |
Wow Vanessa - NICE going, Charli! Ella's been a good sleeper too, last few night waking once for a big feed, then an early morning one, but last night I think she started getting her days and nights confused. Might have to stop her having big sleeps during the days for a while. I wonder if they can have a growth spurt this early on though? She was overdue, so maybe this is her 2-week growth spurt already?
I'm starting to heal well from the damage Ella did breastfeeding, thankfully - gotta say I'm soooo grateful for the little invention that is the nipple shield! I can't imagine feeding 2, Emma! I was pondering that as Ella fed this morning, thinking 'how on earth would Emma ever reach for her cup of tea while she's feeding those little bubbas'?
I'm thinking this will be a MUCH slower thread than the preggo in October one... we're all too friggin busy and tired now! Hope everyone is doing great, and enjoying the long weekend, crap weather and all.
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 4:31pm |
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Go Charli! Sounds like she is a greedy guts like Mercedes!
Andie - my nipples are killing me! Even expressing hurts, they never get a break! But I remember from last time that it does get easier.
We've had a couple of rough nights, which I think is mostly my fault. I decided to give the girls expressed bottles during the day and the breast at night, but they aren't settling at all after a breast feed and I was being stubborn and refusing to give them a bottle and ended up with Sienna up from 12.30am till 2.30am Mercedes up from 12.30am to 3.30am and then Sienna was up again at 4.30am. So have decided to stick with the bottle full stop at this stage until I see the m/w again tomorrow or Tues and she can give me some advice. At least with the bottle they both feed at the same time, and I can get them up, fed, changed, back to bed and express the next feed all in an hour. It takes closer to 2 if I b/feed.
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 4:35pm |
*lurk lurk*
All I have to say (Emma) is crikey ! 
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 5:52pm |
Emma you are doing really well. Sounds like a major continuous mission looking after the twins, and Maya, not to mention yourself,..u have only just given birth! I applaud you, I think your a star 
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 6:50pm |
Oh I can't get over how pretty the name Isla Mae is, Kellz! She'll be eternally grateful for that one.
Emma, I'm going to stop feeling sorry for myself after Ella's awake for 6 hours, feeding for over HALF of them (and grizzling for the rest) marathon that we've just had this avo... reading your post puts things in perspective!! Hang in there - you grew and carried those babies like a star so I'll bet you'll do a smashing-great job with them now.
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 7:13pm |
i agree with the other ladies emma.....your a star! i can only imagine what it's like to have to do everything twice over! it's hard enough sometimes with just the one.
you truly are an amazing woman
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Posted: 22 October 2006 at 8:24pm |
Emma, is your mum coming back soon? And is Willie still off work? Do you think you can keep expressing for a few weeks until things settle down (and your nipples have recovered) and then try tandem feeding again? Sounds like you are doing really well and good on you for persevering with the breastfeeding  My sis used to get all sorts of jokes about being a cow feeding her two!!
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Posted: 23 October 2006 at 8:49am |
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We had a much better night last night. They were both grumpy in the evening, but I got them settled by 10 and they woke to feed at 12.30, 3.45 and 7am so I did get a few hours sleep. They're both gutsing 100ml a feed tho.
Aimee - Mum isn't back till late November, they're in Portugal, but the good thing about that is that I can ring her at 3am when the girls are awake and it's 3pm over there so I'mnot waking her up lol. Willie's back at work, but he has been good, getting up to help with night feeds. But I'd rather he didn't - don't want him falling asleep behind the wheel!
I have a home help nanny starting tomorrow morning, so that should be a help, and I am planning on staying home for the next couple of weeks to try and get a routine sorted.
Oh and I bathed both girls by myself yesterday while Willie was at the markets with Maya. It was a bit of a production - run bath, feed both, undress and bath one, dress her, put her in the bouncer, undress and bath the next one, dress her, feed them both and then back to bed.
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted: 23 October 2006 at 8:59am |
My three girls... (Mercedes is in pink, Sienna in white)
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