Babies Born October 1st ~ 15th 2009

[Lily Dust]

Hi gorgeous girls!

Just a very quick post to get the new thread because I manage to keep losing it! Anyway have finally got Internet on at home and am very excited. Going back to read everyones posts and will be back for personals.

Welcome Mzy, Kelly and Heavenly, great to have you on board! Cant wait to read about your precious little bubs and get to know you all.

Hi to all the girls from our belly buddy section. Looking forward to seeing how you have all been going.

Got a little emotional when I went to the belly buddy section and it was now closed, despite having a crap pregnancy (except for 3 weeks) I felt a little upset that the door had closed and we were moving into a whole new phase of our lives- too many hormones Id say

[skybie]

Yay Lilydust, sooo great to hear from you hun! you're right it is a little bit sad, but good at the same time.

mzy, we were in lakeside till july this yr, i'll laugh if u were around the corner from us!
Izzy has too much awake time in my opinion, she fights sleep soo bad and only cat naps for most of the day, she usually has about 2 hours straight sleep once a day but onlt 10-20 minutes every couple of hours otherwise, its very draining

Heavely, gosh she's tiny, i bet she's adorable though

Kelly, Izzy's still in 0000's but in 000 wondersuites.

Cam, great to hear from u to gorgeous, it is hard to get on and type with a baby in ur arms!!

BBL for more
xxx

[Mayaness]

Ha, Skye - isn't EVERYONE around the corner from everyone else in Lakeside? It's like a spiral in there!
T picked up a lurgy from a cousin on Sunday Yesterday and the nights have been a bit crappy and I think DS has picked it up, too - velcro kid and this morning sniffly, grrr.
T is still in 0000 clothes but her feet belong in 00 sized all in ones! Got another big flipper kid...but DP and I are not petite feet people, either
Anyhow, about to head out to visit a friend (keeping T safely in the sling so she doesn't pass anything on if she still has the lurgy, friend has been warned that I'll keep T close to avoid spreading germies!) and get some things from Spotlight etc., while DS is in creche.

[erybery]

Ella is in 000's and some 0000 but again she is so long with big feet, still all arms and legs though!

Lilydust- good to hear from you hun!

im getting chrisco this year too, the cottage hamper, i know its way over priced in the end but who misses $3 a week from their account or could be bothered saving it! I have got the same hamper a few years ago and also the italian hamper one year. It's fun receiving the package!

In terms on sleep, feed , play Ella can be awake for the whole feed to the next at times (though at least not crying the whole time now) but generally is up for 1.5 hours-2 hours at the moment from the start of the feed.

[KellyD]

Yep, Tara has long feet and long fingers as well.

Myz: Tara only started to have more awake time over the past few days, sometimes up to 2 hours at a time. You will probably find that over the next week your awake time will get longer. For the first couple of weeks they are still trying to get over birth and trying to get used to the outside world and once the food intake increases you will notice more awake time. I am loving this time now as Tara is reacting back to me when I talk to her with gurgles and face movements.

Anyway just back from our 3 week Maternal health check and Tara has put on 300g in 9 days, which I'm so happy about after her losing weight when we first came home from hospital, so it seems being formula feed is agreeing with her. So she now weighs 3510g or 7lb 7oz in the old scale and she is now 52cm long which I'm sure is mostly legs.....

[skybie]

mzy, i should have added, izzy is almost 8 weeks old so dnt take any notice of my post about awake time, lmao

[Jen82]

girls chrisco is gr8 its way overpriced, but so convenient esp now we have bubs r multiple for some, i get it every yr. I have also ordered hamper king this yr too for the first time so will c whats like when it gets here. I cant wait.

Jades feeding seems to b improving her sucking is better i am getting more milk yay. Will bbl

[skybie]

double post sorry!

[Mayaness]

Great to hear, Jen - so glad your supply is building up!!
Weight - haven't bothered with weigh ins this time, not that I was chart-following last time, either. Also like last time not taking heed of 'feed, play, sleep' advice!
Just got home and miss needs a bum change...

[cam]

Hi everyone, lets try again for a longer post

Little Lukey has being a handful for the last 2 days. On Monday he was constantly vomiting up his feeds and I think the heat got to him yesterday. On the good side he has put on some weight (130g from Friday to Tuesday) which is making me feel better.

Had my first mothers group yesterday which I was late for so didn't get to meet many people but they all seemed more confident than me - perhaps were all just faking it! Good news was that i had to feed there which left me without my feeding pillow but i managed and am now just feeding him directly in my arms which is heaps better for my back.

Jen - great news on the milk supply. This BF is a lot harder than I ever imagined.

Maya - wish I could be as confident as you. DH keeps telling me to forget the science and let nature take its course.

Skybie - wow those 8 weeks have flown.

Sorry dinner is ready must run be back for more personals soon. sorry to those I missed.

[Mayaness]

Just put the two kids down and did some tidying up - might as well, next week it's just me again. Anyhow, decided tonight was as good a night as any to take T up to the fire station, and DS came with us. I"ve left DP up there to get a lift back and I'm kicking back with a chai...but still have some clothes to sort through after my GF brought over some baby clothes and size 3 clothes for DS...living room is a mess, but dishes are clean!
Cam - It took some working on and once I got to trusting my Mummy Instinct it never let me down after that. You know how to parent your child better than anyon else will know how to parent, nourish and teach your child - please never forget that. No book and no expert is ever as expert as you when you are parenting with love...which most of us do! You know how to do it, somewhere inside - Pinky McKay is a great read for learning how to tap into that (love her because she doesn't give instructions or tell you how you 'should' do things, she guides you to finding instinct)
Squeaky girl is making noises...Nooooooooooooo! I have clothes to sort out!!!
Tomorrow is supposed to be zoo day with DS, but he's been snotty tonight (as in, real snot, not grumpy!) and congested (thanks to BiL for not quarantining sick kids ) and may not be up for it. I hope he is, though.
I agree with Cam, Skye - 8 weeks have just evaporated!
Better go rescue the rest of my evening!

[mzy]

Hi girls,

well wat a crappy day!!! dp has a week off to help me out and so far it feels like we havent achieved anything. We spent most of today waiting for ppl to show up and then entertaining the mother in law when we had stuff to do lol. dd1 was soooo clingy and grumpy it was driving me nuts!!! but the poor girl is teething majorly, she has had 2 pop up on one side-one being a molar i think, and now she is getting 4 on the other side of her mouth so hopefully they come thru within the next couple of days so she is happier next wk when im left alone

dd2 was really good today, slept heaps and then woke up for a longer period of time when her uncle came to visit. dp couldnt believe it lol!! as he has hardly seen her awake. we then had to go to a speech night for dp's eldest child (from his 1st marriage) and dd2 projectile vomited after i finished feeding her in the car, luckily i had a change of clothes for her. she still isnt happy and she has had 2 more feeds since, (it must be onions) but my boobs feel like theres nothing left LOL. When this was happening dd1 was running around causing havoc at the speech night and my dp was pulling his hair out wondering why i was taking so long

So all in all we have had an adventurous day.

Gee i feel better after that, sry it was so long!!

Lakeside isnt that small lol, but yes its like a spiral so it wouldnt be surprising if u were round the corner skybie LOL

mzy

[Dedicated_mummy]

Just saying hello to all those great ladies I had in belly buddies Hope all is going well and you're all enjoying having your babies finally here

[nina21]

Hi everyone, I think all of us have reason to be M.I.A. at the moment lol.

Praise the powers that be, Miss Laicee seems to have turned a corner and has become a lovely little creature instead of a screaming, squirming nightmare.....yipee....

She still is only sleeping 3 hours max and is awake for hours on end in the middle of the night...party girl lol...but she is not screaming she just is awake, I can live with that, my body seem to be adjusting to limited sleep. I am still using the HAB a lot during the day but she has progressed to her own bed at night, I think we were keeping each other awake at night in the same bed and she has gone to her own bed willingly. Bad news is the infection that I was terrified of has arrived I went to the doc this morning and had it confirmed...I thought I was sweet at nearly 6 weeks that I had escaped and all was good, but I havent got the intense pain or discharge like the last one it is just a tenderness like a punch in the belly and it is in the region that bubs feet were kicking me frantically when we were living in "Colic County" so it could be that or the fact that I was vaccuuming whilst carrying her in the HAB and have done too much too soon. Hopefully we have caught it early enough and it can get it sorted.

Welcome to all the new mummies and I hope my Belly/Baby Buds are doing well and bubs are thriving and giving out the Gummy Grins....gotta love the gummy grins even if they have kept you up for hours and have screamed the house down all day and night they flash those gums at you and it makes it all worthwhile....

Ok the natives are restless better go feed the masses...hugs all xxxx

[Stevie W]

hi ladies just a quick one from me.
am just posting to subscribe to thread
Bubs has her cranky pants on today so i dont have time to catch up o n everyone just yet. but i will do so when i get some time
Hope everyone is enjoying there little angels as much as i am

[erybery]

Nina - sorry to hear about the infection, I was put on antibiotics a week after Ella was born as very tender abdomen and the bleeding started to get heavier with cramping. The medicaion cleared it up real quick, hope you feel better soon.

[Mayaness]

Selina, I hope it resolves itself soon - it'sd not easy, but think ahead to when it's all cleared up and gone (and it WILL be!), imagine how you are feeling in this forward time of wellness and imagine yourself thinking back to when you had it and realising that that time has passed. Enjoy the imaginary relief for the moment it lasts! Meanwhile, hoping for very quick healing for you
We went to the zoo today - DS is knackered and still sickly, so no swimming happened tonight T was great at the zoo in her sling...didn't spend much time in the buggy, but I didn't mind
3 more days of DP home, unless he chucks in his job, which I'd be happy about cos he is a misery guts while he's got that job!
DM - great to read from you, was only just thinking of you out in Ballarat Land!
Night all...

[Ozstar]

Howdy all,

DM good to hear from you , I hope all is well with you and the girls.

Maya sounds like a nice day out. Hopefully DS is feeling better soon.

Nina I hope the infection goes quickly. Glad you got onto nice and early.

Hi Stevie welcome to the group. I look forward to getting to know you.

Mzy sounds like you had a busy day yesterday. My Dh has had 2 weeks off and I feel like we havent done any of the things we said we were going to.

Cam good for you getting out to mothers group, I reckon we all fake it to begin with lol.

A big hello to everyone else.

Not much happening here, took DD out today in the pram for the first time and she loved it. I think we will still mostly use the sling though. She has stacked on the weight and is over 9 pounds now, we have our last visit with the midwife in two weeks then I wont get to see her anymore, I am going to miss her lol. I should go and get ready for bed.