August Mummies

Hey there!
Thought I'd just jump in here too but don't have a lot to say either..
Ben is doing amazingly. He gained 400 grams in his first week, no wonder with feeding every 2 hours! His jaundice is nearly gone and he's still really contented.
I'm healing up nicely, heaps quicker than I did with Ella.
Hubby went back to work on Monday and we seem to be managing ok. A few emotional moments when both need me at once or the sleep deprivation takes over!
Hope you're all well and looking foward to hearing all about the August Mums and Bubs!

CaraMel It sound's like thing's are going pretty much the same although thank goodness we go rid of the 2 hourly feeds the last 2 day's we have been 3 which is much easier Michael also had jaundice his is much better he is not looking quite so yellow. We went for our first walk with the double buggy and we got into most shop's so I was really pleased. We are off on our really big first outing today he has his hip check this afternoon and we are also going to outpactient's to visit all the ladies (my MIL worked there) they have been prob checking the hospital website to see if we had baby, but cause we had him at home they prob don't know so it will be fun also sad too I will prob cry man I miss her sometime's specially at the momnet. Both her boy's (BIL and hubby) are really sick and she would be really helpful at making them feel better or at least she could tell them what to do and they would listen. Talking about hubby I fee really bad at the momnet he is so sick and he has been so amazing and helpful he is too sick to go to work today, but he is still going we really can't afford to, but I think I will put my foot down and make him stay home. Oh my gosh now i have opened the flood     gate Dam I think my new Mummy high is wearing off.
Oh well must go ant Michael he is due for a feed.
Hope thing's continuse going well CaraMel and I look forward hearing from all you other Mum's.

caraMel how was the vist with the M/W? How much did he weigh:? We had hip check today so I did that and that went well. I let M/W take him in I did not like it with Alan. Then I went down to visit my friend I needed time out from home Hubby came home sick. M/W came around this afternoon Michael was 7lb11onz so that is cool he is putting on weight M/W sent me to bed and told me to sleep it was good I feel so much better now.
As far as my BIL goes I rang his sis this morning cause I reall did not know what to do she was great and her hubby suggested he stay with them for a month so we have now got our house to ourselves which is just fantastic I love him to bits, but we really need a break from each other.
So we are feeling much better.

Poos I just wrote this huge post and the lost it I hit the wrong key dame it. I don't have time to write another one so oh well. Anyway I was jsut saying I am a littel worried that I have not been very teary (I know that seem's silly) its jsut I am worried it will all hit me at once when i least expect it. I had a small bit of PND with Alan, but I think that had alot to do with being in a new town with no support or anything where as ths time I have lot's of support. I am also lucky in that I have suffered with Depression and watched my Mum suffer all my teenage year's so I tend to recognise it and know how to stop it in its track's. Anyway I must get on I hope thing's start to get better rachel big
oh yeah we had the best weekend without my BIL I kinda hope he not come back, but if he does he will have to stick to some rules otherwise he can go back to his Dad's.
And some other good new's Hubby has a new job well its going back to his old one with better hour's so i am so pleased he will be back to 5 day's a week and still have sunday's off (we go to church so it will be nice to still go as a family) and he will be getting an extra $100 which mean's we can cope if my BIL does move out. So we are really pleased.
Oh well so much for a small post.

hi!!!...

again, a free moment! woohoo!   k, i have been thinking more (maybe i just think too much!) and what i came up with was maybe im just sad knowing that it was my last pregnancy/birth etc.... and really it went SOOOOO fast, it just doesnt feel like it should be over? i mean the pregnancy flew by, and the active labour was over so quick, it hardly hurt or anything maybe i was expectng more?!!!! then kayla was born, i was home and that was that! all of a sudden i feel empty, maybe its just that i dont have a baby in me moving and comforting me anymore? blah... i dont know. but i wonder if there is a way to make it feel like its all over?!

as for visitors mel- i have been the opposite, i have had like pretty much no visitors, and a feeling a little negleted!!!! not that i mind too much, i wouldnt want too many people around but i am suprised by the lack of it. i was going to have a bit of a birthday and baby welocm thing for my 25th birthday start of september but now im like who cares? so changed my mind.

on the up side, im not as teary today. but it seems we have all suffered a bit of depression in the past, and i just hope that we can all avoid it and really get to enjoy our beautiful babies this time. it really is yucky when you are so depressed.

feeding..... well kayla had gone 3 hours all day yesterday and from the night before, but last night the little monkey decided it was time to be awake from just before 12am-3.30am   lets just say it want a happy place at my place last night she was wanting feed after feed and wouldnt settle, cant go through that agin tonight, im pooped. she's been pretty good today though.

well take care
going to go check in on the pregancy board and see how the august mums-to-be are doing.

Hi again!
Hope you've managed to catch up a little sleep after your wakeful night the other night Rachel.
I'm glad you're not as teary now, it does make it harder to manage when you're feeling so emotional huh?
Deb, I can't believe how much our washing has increased. I know it did when Ella was newborn too, but it just seems wrong that such a tiny person can mean a whole extra load of washing!
You're so lucky with your Mum coming to visit most days! She sounds so lovely taking you under her wing like that . My Mum works, but I usually get to see her on a Wednesday when she looks after my niece. Unfortunately my niece is sick today so no visit, boo!
Ella is sick too, darn it all. She's woken up all stuffy and coughing. I feel so sorry for her and am praying it doesn't spread to us!
I know what you mean Deb about feeling guilty about Alan. I keep telling myself I'll spend some quality time with Ella while Ben sleeps, but invariably I get caught up with jobs or something else and by the time I am free Ben is up again. I have been making sure we still get to do storytime together every night so at least that routine hasn't changed for her.
Ben is mostly managing 3 hourly feeds now which is a big relief after averaging 1.5 - 2 hours before.
He is settling really well on his own too. I'm really pleased about that as we used to have to pat Ella to sleep which was so time consuming.
Are any of you using something like gripe water or infant's friend with your babies?
Ben has been a bit spilly and my midwife reccomended trying something like that...
Anyway, enough rambling.
Hope you and bubs are all well!

Well I hope all is good very quiet in here today. I had my m/W here today and Michael is 8lb 9onz he has put on 14onz in a week I can't believe it. Although Alan did the same in the begining. My M/W also want's me to write my birth story so i am going to sis down and have ago. Bit worried tho cause its been a very long time ago that I wrote anything. Anyway must go and do it have a good day hope all is well with everyone.

hello!!!

how is everyones weekend going?
wee kayla is doing good.... and last night she let me have a wee bit more sleep than normal! yay!!!! had a 4 hour stint at the start of the night and the rest 3 hourly.... again! yay, she's really all over the place when it comes to night feeds though, some nights she goes every couple of hours...... hope that she can get into a good routine soon.

finding one feed during the night really difficult, one thats around 12-2am in that time, i am sooooooo struggling to stay awake and be bothered climbing out of bed to get her, anyone else?!!!

might just be im exhausted form the day running around after all 3 of my wee angels!

oh and yay! kayla's cord bit finally fell off yesterday morining, was hanging on pretty tight. her belly button is a bit yucky though, weepy and slightly smelly? what has everyone been using on their babies?

and as for the gripe water, were you asking mel? i have had to use it with my other two girls and it was fine.... more so with my first who was totally bottle feed with breastmilk for 6 weeks (i'd never do that again)
ok, i'm being called by miss almost 4 so better get to her....

hope to see chonny here soon now she's a mummy and hopefully linelle will make the august mums to.... 4 more days.... come on ethan!

oh rach that really suck's. I am finding one noght feed really hard and that is our 12pm feed i think it is cause usually i have only been in bed for about an hour or so, but I am sao blessed with my wee man he is such a good sleeper and feeder. Alan was not so easy I gave up feeding at 8 week's with him cause I found it draining unfortunalty we went trough so much with him he gor really bad constipated for 6 month's on and off we enen had to go to a peditrition(SP?).   So I am really fighting ot keep feeding Michael although the last few night's I have wondered if just maybe one bottel won't hurt, but htat what I thought with Alan.
Anyway enough of my rambling Hubby is starting his new job tomorrow so we are all going to be up very early.
Well we have great weather here today so good day to do all my wasing must go take care all

Oh poor you Rachel! I can't really complain as Ben is mostly feeding 2.5 - 3 hourly but he is awake for about an hour now so I only get to sleep in 2 hour bursts.
Yesterday he started his 3 week growth spurt and decided he needed to eat every hour, that was pretty exhausting but thankfully my midwife had warned me and thankfully it seems to have settled now!
I was seriously considering a formula feed at night to try and get him to sleep for longer but I am also scared of him liking it better than the breast and not being able to feed him any more.
Midwife has suggested expressing a feed for Hubby to give at night, which would be great for him and me, but I have the same fear of Ben liking the bottle better!
He is having bed trouble with his wind lately, the gripe water is helping his burps but now his other end is causing him pain!
Poor little guy screams and pulls his knees up and strains so hard, I feel really sorry for him and wish I could help.
On a more positive note, he has gained another 100 grams and he is becoming heaps more alert and responsive. He loves his black and white book at change time.
Am hanging out for the first real smiles!
Hope you're both having a great day!