January & February Mummies 2008

Oo how exciting. Better get the ball rolling.

How's everyone finding it?

Harry is feeding hardout at the moment, he'll take one side then the other, and then go back one more time each side - so 4 times! Then he sleeps for quite a while. He's living in just his nappy at the moment cos it's so hot. But he sleeps better wrapped, so this morning we did (in his muslin), but then when he woke up he was all sweaty on his back. Poor little guy. So now he's just sleeping in his nappy with one layer of muslin kinda tucked over his body, with a gap at the top and bottom. It's soooo humid!

Wrx chick - one way to get past the long late night feeds, is get him up when you hear him stir, dont turn on lights and dont change him, unless hes done no2 or wet through.. Its more like a dream feed, worked wonders for kylah, when i finally thought about it lol.. Just got her up, fed, back to bed. I was up 10 - 15 min max!

Your doing wonderful ladies!
And congrats!

Thanks Kylahsmum been trying that but he seems to wet through several times a night and have had to formula feed so he starting to get worked up by the time we get the bottle ready. I think we are starting to get better at it though.

is he on formula full time wrxchic? (if u don't mind me asking)... how much does he drink? I have no idea how much a baby would drink...

wrxchic Rowan was just like that at 2 weeks. You'll be happy to know she sleeps better at night now but she's just started feeding every few hours again (I'm guessing it's another growth spurt)

We had our midwife visit this morning, she is very pleased with how Harry is doing and he's nearly back up to his birth weight. My milk has come in a bit more, so now he's feeding just 2 sides. He pretty much has a feed, change nappy, awake time, then another little feed (not always though), then a sleep. Then it starts all over again We're gonna try and start him on a bit of a routine during the day, feeding 3 hourly. He's pretty good at sleeping at night, generally lasts about 4 hours, so we're hoping that by waking to feed more often during the day he'll last even longer.

Amber I can totally recommend the Happiest Baby on the Block. There's a dvd that is great to watch. It's pretty much a technique on how to settle baby. We find it really good, it might work for you guys too.

Right, off to look at photos of Olivia!

Sounds like all the babies are struggling with sleep, one of my friends said that she has a book called "Babywise" or something which is about sleep routines, and she said that I should get a copy for when bubs comes because she has found it invaluable. And she is on her second baby. I have no idea what it's like, personally, though... since I haven't read it yet and don't have a baby to try it out on yet

Sounds like u made the right decision on going to formula, wrxchic!

100mL doesn't seem like a lot!! But I guess they have little tummies, and since they are feeding so often they are probably getting heaps! (I have so much to learn about babies). I don't know why, I was just interested to know the amount of milk they might be drinking

Where do u get the DVD, arohanui?

Nursie just posted a pic in the Jan thread of her bubba when it is BRAND new! (not for the faint hearted)

oOoOo and for those that haven't seen the "Baby Charly" thread yet:

"Hannah May Fidler born 1.34pm after 6 hours of labour. 7lbs 5oz. Absolutely gorgeous and already had a feed :-) "

Yay Charly!

Hi all, bit quiet here, guess we are all busy with our wee bundles. Harry is doing well in general, has a couple of periods a day where he is unsettled and up and just wanting to feed on and off for a couple of hours. Unfortunately it was 3.30 -5.30 am this morning. not so fun.

Breast feeding still an issue for us. Left hand nipple hasn't healed yet and turns out it has an infection, apparently quite a heavy growth too. No wonder it is constantly painful and won't heal properly. Seems history is repeating itself, having all the same probs on same side as I did with Charlotte. I had convinced myself it would be a piece of cake this time. Boy was I wrong. MW doesn't know how I kept going with her but I am a stubborn old mule!! I am determined to perservere and get it right as I really enjoy it when it is going well!! Hubby raced into CHCH to pick up the prescription for antibiotics as there is no Pharmacy open here. He is so amazing, he is doing so much for us right now!

Anyway hope all your wee bundles are behaving themselves! I am off to stay with Mum for a week as DH away for work. Not up to 2 by myself just yet especially as I am not supposed to be lifting or driving!! Will hopefully keep updated at Mums but if not catch you back on Friday!

Katie

Wow Freesia, sounds like Olivia is doing great. Do you have anyone who can help you out a bit when your DP first goes back to work? Or is he able to come home for a long lunch or something?

Lottiesmum, gosh I feel for you with the infection.. that must be so hard. Good on you for sticking with it.

Harrison had an unsettled day yesterday.. and I figured out why. I think it's cos I had curry for dinner the night before . DH's mum was staying with us and I asked her if she thought it was ok and she said yeah it would be fine. Well his first night time sleep was ok (4 hours - his usual) but then he was waking up every hour being real unsettled and wanting to feed heaps. We went out for breakfast and he slept fine then, waking up at 11am, and from then til 5pm he was just feeding constantly and being unsettled and had heaps of wind. He had a couple of very short sleeps (like 10 mins) and then woke up crying again - very unlike Harry. So when my mum came round that night I asked her if there's any food I shouldn't eat while breastfeeding, she said that some people find curries make babies unsettled - she didn't know I'd had it the night before (it wasn't even hot!). I felt so bad, definitely won't be eating curry again.

BUT today he is back to his normal self! Yay. He slept 4 hours then 3 hours last night, and today I've been waking him up every 3 hours for a feed. He's normally a really cruisy contented baby, so yesterday was real unsettling for me too. And so exhausting feeding all the time!

Is there any other food anyone knows I should be careful of?

We're gonna give Harry another bath this afternoon too. He doesn't like the bath so much, but absolutely LOVES the massage after. Then we're taking him to church for the first time tonight, so no doubt he'll get lots more cuddles.