December 2007 Mummies

Wow thats a great weight gain Peanut! Bella is almost 8lb now She is putting on weight soooo fast....and growing up fast too Time is flying by.

Feeding is slowly improving and I am glad I perservered. Sleeping is another issue though! She likes to keep mummy and daddy awake at night but is an angel during the day.

I have started a Dec thread in the photo section so please go and add some of your beautiful babies pics.

Hope your all doing well and enjoying motherhood!

Hey all - just popping in to update you with proud (and relieved mummy news). Rowan is now 3.1kgs so I'm allowed to stop the 3 hourly feeds at night
Here's hoping she'll go for 4 or 5 hours by herself.

Hope everyone else is doing ok.

Hehe, it must be baby sleeping time cos we are all on the net!

Well done with the weight gain Bobbie. Hopefully you will get the 4-5 hour feeds. Bella is almost 4kg but still needs feeding every 2-3 hours Anyday now I am hoping that she will start to sleep longer. In saying that however, things have definitly improved and feel a little easier- maybe I have just become accustomed to no sleep and a leach constantly attatched to my boobs!

Haha Sally, I too thought "I will never do that" to some things- But when tireness and frustration sets in you will do what you can to get some rest!

Wonder if LL is home yet?
How are the other Dec mums going?
I hope Emz is doing well and cant wait to hear more details.

Does everyone agree that when people say " Oh having a baby and parenting is hard work" think that it is, but also think not to the extent that it actually is? Anyone with twins or other kids is really admired by me as it is really really tough sometimes with just one baby!

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Sally she was 2.5kgs at birth and then dropped to 2.3 in the first week. Wow that's an impressive weight gain! He must be a star feeder!

I know what you mean about doing things just to get some rest - I've had a few naps with her on my chest in bed or next to me in bed just so she'll settle.

Yeah I think because I set myself up for parenting being 'a period of sleepless hell' I've been pleasantly surprised but boy do I feel it when she spills or leaks through her clothes and onto the cot at 3am . We did have a 24 hour period where she vomited, leaked and spilt over 2 sets of bedding and about 5 outfits and 2 wraps and was screaming constantly because of wind - that was pretty unfun but thankfully it's only been a one off so far.

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Hiya girls. I am at Mums tonight, I self-discharged myself for the second time this week. I will fill you all in tomorrow. I am about to try my hand at my breast pump to see if I can express (have had a few probs due to being ill etc).

Phoenix is gorgeous, thought I'd share a piccie, I really need to take more. I have a few to upload but running out of time tonight. We are spending the night at his new Nana's, so I could have a spa bath and get some awesome sleep. It has been a really rough ordeal.

Anyways... introducing the lil man himself. PJ.

He is gorgeous (said it in the other thread too).

Sorry you have had a rough time of it LL. Hopefully you are now on the mend.

So cute! Hope you're feeling a bit better -

It was all worth it LL, he is gorgeous!! Hope your starting to feel better

Awwwwww....

HURRY UP EDEN!!

Haha, he's so adorable. What a sweet wee man

We have transferred mac to a bigger basinett in his wn room now and it makes sleeping so much easier. I get about 3 1/2 hours sleep in between feeds so am not finding it to bad.

We are heading away on monday on a wee rd trip for a week followed by a week camping in wanaka so maybe exhausted after that.

Pheonix is cute, what gorgeous dark hair. Mac's hair is starting to recede in the front..making his mohawk so much more noticable.