[krystledawn]

Hello all, I have 10 minutes to myself as my oldest is eating spaghetti for lunch and bub is snoozing so i thought that i would pop in here for a quick post

Congratulations Kindle, Lucy Maree is such a pretty name and congrats on the VBA2C.

Feather12 - you are doing such a wonderful job with the expressing, I dont know how i would cope with having to do that. I agree with deejie, I have heard wonderful things about the ABA and private lactation consultants.

Bec - Sorry to hear that your worried about your milk supply, I know as hard as it is not to worry stressing can slow your milk supply down. There is things that you can do to try to increase the supply I have heard about these cookies that increase it. If you want me to chase down the recipe for you let me know A few mums that i talk to online swear by them

Katevin - I'm with you on the unsettled bub thing, Jack has his days where i just cant put him down. I have a new found addiction (Other than MCN's) that i love. I bought a mei tai baby carrier, its awesome and it allows me to have both my arms free even when carrying bub around, and it helps to settle him easier as well. Not up with the whole self settling thing at the moment and jack is almost 3 1/2 weeks old.

AFM - I'm still getting very little sleep, I try to have naps during the day but with a 4 year old demanding my attention its a bit hard. everything other than that has been going well.

I thought id upload a few pics of our little man:

one week old: http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l526/k...3/022-013RG.jpg

chillin with dad: http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l526/k...83/P1070921.jpg

I can sleep anywhere: http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l526/k...83/P1070911.jpg

[Bec_M]

Kate - I never had this problem with DD. I had so much milk with her I had a nice stockpile in the freezer! The child health nurse is out Friday so thought I'd see how we go til then. Is Maya a little more settled today??

Deejie - hopefully you will join us soon! I'm adjusting to life with a toddler and newborn and it can be overwhelming at times!! I can't wait til January when DH is home to help me find my feet a bit! Still, Declan is only a week old - we are still finding our groove I am hoping for tips on how to handle it too he he.
I have an electric pump, borrowed from my SIL. Medela? Just trying everything to boost my supply atm. I would try and express overnight but he fed every 2 hours for at least half an hour from 11pm - 10am this morning!! Is there even anything in there lol.

Hi Kindle! Congrats on your little girl Look forward to sharing this with you as well! Congrats on the VBA2C - that's fantastic

Krystle – thanks for the offer of the recipe – I have it and am going to hunt down the ingredients and give it a go! Heard they taste awesome so even if they don’t work at least I get to eat nice cookies! I am trying not to stress about my milk, just hoping it all settles down soon. Love the pics – he is gorgeous! I hear you on taking naps is hard. DD is pretty much always wanting attention lol. She will soon learn to amuse herself a bit more. And when I am desperate The Wiggles come in handy!!


Just had a friend round for a few hours. Was a bit upset this morning with DS feeding what felt like non stop. So she held him for a few hours and now seems like he is having a decent feed. Hopefully help us get on track Funny how they are all so different isnt it!

[katevin]

Evening all

Deejie of course you belong in here, you're as much a December parent as the rest of us- your Bub is just on the inside rather than the outside Oh and I have no idea how I'd manage 2 kids if DH weren't home to help out! He has been a wonderful help, I'd be lost without him. Not looking forward to him going back to work but luckily he has about 7wks off so I don't have to worry about that for awhile!

Kindle Lucy is a gorgeous name and good work on the VBA2C! I'm sure it was a very different birth experience for you! Are your 3 and 7yo's smitten with their little sister? My DD has been so adorable with Maya, always doting on her and wanting cuddles.
Cute sig by the way

Krystle glad to hear I'm not the only one with an unsettled Bub! Maya has had a much better day today than yesterday though thankfully. She nearly drove me insane yesterday! Hoping for a good night too cause I'm so tired today. Oh and I'm hearing you on the inability to nap during the day due to a boisterous preschooler! The health nurse visited today and whilst DD was noisily running around the lounge room playing hurdles with our shoes, she asked "Are you sleeping when the baby does?" Not sure how she figured that would work.
Gorgeous pics by the way, he's a real little cutie!

Bec how are you feeling about the whole supply thing tonight? Great idea to get a friend over for support this morning, sounds like you're doing it tough. And of course everything is made to feel so much worse thanks to sleep deprivation! If your supply is a little low, DS feeding frequently should help to increase it. Although I know it's not fun having to feed so often Hope you're feeling a bit better anyway and DS has been feeding well today.

AFM we picked up our new (second hand) car today! A 2009 Ford Escape. I've barely had a chance to look at it but it's pretty exciting. Will get the car seats transferred over tomorrow so we can all go for a family drive in it.
Had Maya's hearing test at the hospital today which she passed. She looked cute with the little headphone things on

Anyway I've got a yukky headache at the moment (stupid stiff neck!) so should probably rest while I have the chance!

[feather12]

Thanks everyone, it has been really hard actually cos she's on a different feeding schedule with the formula - doesn't eat as often because it takes her longer to digest it - so I feel as though I am feeding two babies! But the doctor called me back today thankfully and told me there was an independent study on the AB's that I am on and that they are safe with BFding. Yay. So she went back on this afternoon, and took to it completely. Even better than before, I think she missed it. My milk must have dwindled slightly though cos she wanted to feed every hour for a while. And the other major prob was she had been constipated from the formula and my milk got things flowing so all late afternoon she was screaming as it all came out. I couldn't even soothe her with the breast which she wanted heaps but she just cried over the nipple whenever the wind became too painful for her. I've never seen so much poo in my life, one full nappy after another and she was so upset the poor thing. AND this all happened to coincide with the afternoon I had booked in for her little newborn shoot. Luckily the photographer who's also a friend didn't mind and just said she would come back another day and try again. I want nudey shots though and Abby hates being nude so we will have to see how that goes. Did get a couple of photos whilst she was having five minutes of quiet time though.

Katevin - Abby is the same. I'm thinking about buying a sling too. The ten minutes I get here and there are not enough to even make food to eat or have a shower in.

Bec - When I was expressing I was doing it every three hours and I was getting anywhere from 50ml in total from both breasts to 80ml. When I was feeding Abby formula I was still letting her demand feed, but waking her up if she overslept four hours and she would have anywhere from 40ml to 95ml in one go. I think if they have enough wet nappies it shouldn't matter. My mum said if they feed heaps they are going through a growth spurt and trying to establish your milk supply.


Hi to all I missed and fingers crossed for you Deejie that you have your little one soon.

[Bec_M]

Hi Ladies

Kate - good to hear Maya is a bit more settled. DD was like that a lot, very hard to put down. Did you go for a drive in your new car?
Still trying to feed DS as much as possible, doesn't seem to be satisfying him really though. We figured he was still hungry when he tried to latch onto DH lol. Poor little fella. I agree, everything seems so much worse when you are tired! You are lucky you have your DH home to help! I would love for DH to be home right now. Only a few weeks til he has a month off though Poor guy looks so tired when he goes to work.

Feather - great news about getting Abby back to BF! That's fantastic! And she took to it so well. What a little champion With that amount of feeding I'm sure she will have your supply back up in no time. Poor little thing, hope she feels a bit better now she isnt constipated anymore.
I only top DS up if he seems really hungry. His wet nappies have increased heaps since giving him a little extra so that's a good thing. He really didn't seem to be wetting them at all. Another reason I was so concerned. I really would prefer him to be exclusively BF.

Got the ingredients for the lactation cookies so will make them tonight and hopefully they will help. Fingers crossed anyway! I'm feeding him as often as he demands it - I figure he is trying to boost my supply so might as well but it was a long night. He fed every 2 hours for 30-40mins. I'm determined to try everything I can to get my supply right for his needs. Child health nurse is out Friday so will see what she says (although I bet she will just say keep BF).

Hope everyone has had a good day!
x

[feather12]

Bec - Good to hear your DS has improved with the feeding and wet nappies! I was starting to get worried as well that Abby seemed to be feeding every two hours. I thought maybe she was just establishing my supply but now I am not so sure. Plenty of wet nappies though. But since yesterday not as many poopy ones. I had thought the antibiotics were giving her really bad gas pain but I finished them last night and she still had it this morning and there was one day there where she was completely fine in the middle of the course. So I did some looking into it online and found this great article. www.drjen4kids.com/breastfeeding/one%20side.htm
I am going to try and see how we go. She already seems to be sleeping well since her most recent feed. She's been down for more than hour now. Fingers crossed.

Katevin - I love how people say sleep when the baby does. If I did that I would never eat or pee or have a shower.


Saw in the DIG group that Deejie had her baby. Cangrats Deejie! Can't wait to see all the other ladies in here too.

Well better get on to some housework whilst I have some seconds to spare. Don't know how all you other ladies with toddlers and other children are doing this!

[Jacki:)]

Hi all,

well cant believe Nate is already 11 days old .. alot has been going on in those 11 days.. got home from hospital on the wednesday afternoon, had some of the family come around and meet him. thursday had the community nurse do a home visit and do Nates heel prick test and just a small check up.. but I mentioned to her that I had a bad night the night before feeding and my nipples wwre extremly sore.. we realised Nate wasnt attaching properly so she showed me a few ways to help him latch, but a few hrs after she left Nate played up and I got frustrated as he still wasnt latching, I rang a friend (who is a breast feeding consultant) and she came in and sat with me for 2 hrs and got him latching beautifully... and she did a home visit friday and sat.. the same friend gave me a dvd months ago called "Dunstan baby language" which i didnt watch until saturday and WOW it has helped me understand what Nate needs (hungry, tired or wind) im going to start the 2nd DVD tomorrow...

my mum did a surprise visit (lives 10 hr away) on saturday (and went home wednesday ) to meet her newest grandson ... so that was fun

this week has been again busy with end of school term stuff... awards nights etc.. but havnt let Nate out of the house really as whooping cough has diagnosed in town here ..

Am loving seeing everyone in this dig and look forward to catching up with everyone ...

sorry no personals will do it next time promise

[clrw]

Hi ladies,

Thought it was time to pop in. Tobey William John is one week old today. I want time to stop... He is perfect as he is!!!

DP (sscouple) had a 40 hour labour. 24 hours of pre labour. 6 hours active at home. 12 hours in the birth centre with back labour as bub turned posterior. Got to 9cms but had a cervical lip he couldn't move past. 8 hours of epi and syntocin on the labour ward before he came out with foreceps. Long couple of days!

DP has recovered wonderfully. Early discharge from hospital at 48 hours and everything went well with the MW home visits. BF had been going really well so far too.

Was woken by the buzzer at 8. The postie with a parcel from my friend. She has given us her baby clothes, crocheted by her mum who died when she was 11.... So incredibly precious. Blown away!

Better get back to my little man. Personals to come.

[leita]

Morning ladies.
OK, so I lie, it's 2.21pm, but time no longer has meaning as it used to.

clrw- that is so incredibly nice of your friend to send those baby clothes to you. Little Tobey is one lucky man. Love the name by the way, DD was going to be a Toby is she had been a boy.

Jacki:) Yay for Nate latching properly now. It's amazing how fast the time goes isn't it? Lucas will be a month old on Tuesday I don't take Lucas to public places yet either (except to the park or beach), not so much because of whooping cough (though that too) but just because if he does catch a cold or anything he's not old enough for panadol yet. But will be next week, so I might start venturing out with him a little more.... but will still avoid indoor playgrounds and such until he's been immunised.

BFing... yep, going well here, nipples still a little sore, but nothing compared to last time so I'm happy. Only problem really is that Mister Poombah feeds every two hours or less- obviously wants to stay big!! Bec I find that I really have to make the effort to drink more, or my supply drops pretty fast (and someone starts getting cranky!). I know I'm back in newborn land when I make cups of tea and then only drink two sips of them!!

OK DD, pulling on my arm now- aparently I have to go and play BBL

[katevin]

Hi all Quiet day at home today so finally have time to post. Had DD1's 4th birthday party yesterday, she had a wonderful time and was spoilt rotten but it was a lot of hard work on our behalf so am kinda glad it's been and gone now. Time to catch our breath before Xmas now!

Feather how's the breastfeeding coming along now? Little Abby's tummy settled down? Hope so! Bummer bout the newborn photo shoot, has your friend been back to get more photos yet? Maya isn't a fan of being nude or having a bath yet either. She usually screams the house down when we have to bathe her or change her clothes, although the past couple of days I must say she is getting better with it. They're so cute when they're nude hey?!

Bec how's your little man feeding now? Did you make some of those special cookies? Yep have been for lots of drives in the new car, we love it! And thankfully Maya seems to enjoy the car too which is good. Although yesterday I had to drive 15 minutes to the playground where we held DD's party and Maya was due a feed and pretty much screamed the whole way there! Stressful

Jacki great that you got Nates latching sorted out, it makes such a big difference once they get it right! Must be handy having a friend who's a breastfeeding expert!

clrwgood to see you in here! I know what you mean about wanting time to stop but believe me, they only get even more perfect as they blossom into little people. Wait til he starts smiling at you, you'll feel like your heart is going to explode! Wow that's very generous of your friend to send that stuff- how special!

Hi Leita! Hows DD enjoying her little brother? DD is so precious with Maya, always wanting to kiss her and hold her and talking to her in a cute little baby voice. It's gorgeous to watch. Will be even better when Maya can start to give her something back. When do they start smiling again?? I can't remember anything from first time around!

Think the little one is starting to stir now so had better do a couple of things before I'm glued to the couch again Hope everyone is well and having a relaxing weekend. 1 week til Xmas...eek!