Babies Born October 16th ~ 31st 2008

[Trillian]

This thread is for parents who's baby was born October 16th ~ 31st 2008

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[fussyB00ts]

just standing in until Hollye gets home with Mia

BIRTHS

Georgi - 28/08/08 - Byron John - 4lb 15oz - 7:14am

curl - 23/09/08 - Loralei Grace - 8lb 4oz

Belfie - 25/09/08 - Xander Jordan - 7lb 7oz - 1:35am

Didispunk - 25/09/08 - Jorda May - 6lb 14oz - 12:46pm

SamiH - 25/09/08 - Zander ******* - 8lb 1oz - 8:58pm

cocopop - 29/09/08 - Josef Justice Bernard - 7lb - 9:57pm

CathieW - 30/09/08 - 9.00pm
^^^- Sam - 7lb 3oz -Hana - 5lb 10oz^^^- born 12 minutes apart

Helly - 02/10/08 - Ewan Shaun - 8lb 9oz - 3:08pm

PinkPalace - 07/10/08 - Ethan Cruz - 7lb 7oz

Kuraiza - 07/10/08 - Jude Hugo Thomas - 5lb 10.3oz - 6:39am

Itsme - 10/10/08 - Maya Katherine - 8lb 13oz - 9:28am

Katones - 12/10/08 - Jack Anthony- 9lb 4oz - 10am

Csab - 14/10/08 - Olivia - 5lb 2oz - 2:35pm

AmandaJ - 15/10/08 - Julian Jesse - 7lb 11oz - 4:12pm

Sweetpea - 16/10/08 - tba - 8lb 12oz

Hippiemummy - 17/10/08 - Banjo

Tanstar - 18/10/08 - James Benjamin George - 10lb 0.84oz

Hollye - 22/10/08 - Mia - 7lb 12oz - 8:08

SneakySparkle - 24/10/08 - Evangeline Ruby Hope - 7lb 5oz - 2:00pm

hj1981 - 28/10/08 - Bianca Jane - 7lb 5oz - 12:20pm

[Hollye]

BIRTHS

Georgi - 28/08/08 - Byron John - 4lb 15oz - 7:14am

curl - 23/09/08 - Loralei Grace - 8lb 4oz

Belfie - 25/09/08 - Xander Jordan - 7lb 7oz - 1:35am

Didispunk - 25/09/08 - Jorda May - 6lb 14oz - 12:46pm

SamiH - 25/09/08 - Zander ******* - 8lb 1oz - 8:58pm

cocopop - 29/09/08 - Josef Justice Bernard - 7lb - 9:57pm

CathieW - 30/09/08 - 9.00pm
^^^- Sam - 7lb 3oz -Hana - 5lb 10oz^^^- born 12 minutes apart

Helly - 02/10/08 - Ewan Shaun - 8lb 9oz - 3:08pm

PinkPalace - 07/10/08 - Ethan Cruz - 7lb 7oz

Kuraiza - 07/10/08 - Jude Hugo Thomas - 5lb 10.3oz - 6:39am

Itsme - 10/10/08 - Maya Katherine - 8lb 13oz - 9:28am

Katones - 12/10/08 - Jack Anthony- 9lb 4oz - 10am

Csab - 14/10/08 - Olivia - 5lb 2oz - 2:35pm

AmandaJ - 15/10/08 - Julian Jesse - 7lb 11oz - 4:12pm

Sweetpea - 16/10/08 - tba - 8lb 12oz

Hippiemummy - 17/10/08 - Banjo

Olive'smummy - 17/10/08 - Olive Mae - 8lb 15oz 2:24am

1stbub27 - 17/10/08 - Liam Samuel - 8lb 2oz - 7:22

Tanstar - 18/10/08 - James Benjamin George - 10lb 0.84oz

Hollye - 22/10/08 - Mia - 7lb 12oz - 8:08

SneakySparkle - 24/10/08 - Evangeline Ruby Hope - 7lb 5oz - 2:00pm

hj1981 - 28/10/08 - Bianca Jane - 7lb 5oz - 12:20pm
rileynmia - 29/10/08 - Audrey Elisabeth - 7lb 6oz - 5.07am
STARRYSKY - 30/10/08 - Jacob Declan - 9lb 11oz - 12:13am

Kylieb77 - 2/11/08 - Logan James Brooks - 9lb 7oz -2.55am

[Hollye]

i think we are all lurking in the earlier thread to stay together.. hmmm is anyone going to come in herE?

[sneakysparkle]

I'm here Hollye!!! Just thought Id pop in

[Tanstar]

Maybe we should all stay in the first one seeing as they can't be joined! I don't want to leave anyone behind!!!

[hj1981]

Im here too!!!

And just wanted too say that thanks for all your advice on BFing - but after a stressful and painful night last night i have given up on it! Im trying expressing instead - It really gets me down but i just cant do it - when too the shops today for the first time with Bianca - and went in the parents room too feed her and all the other ladies in there were breastfeeding - made me feel soooo bad and i felt like i was being watched - but i just cant do it! I feel like i have failed her already - its only been a week - but what else can i do?

Anyway how is everyone else today?

[Hollye]

awww HJ HUGE HUGS!

u havent failed in anyway! u are a great mum and u are doing what is best for your sanity and your baby girl. I know its hard sweety and i really know what ur going through as im finding it hell hard aswell and it ****es me off and im always upset coz i just think why cant i do it like everyone else does! its such a struggle. Expressing fulltime hun is hard work also but give it a go. Dont worry about what other people think, this is YOUR baby and YOUR decision what you want to do. Dont you worry im about over the BFing and expressing and formula fulltime is looking great to me.
Hang in there.. im always here if u need to talk xoxoxoxox

[hj1981]

Thanks everyone for ur support!
This is really making me a big cry baby - all i do is cry when i think about it!
I have been flat out expressing today - have done one bottle with formula - just while i can get my stock up! its hard work!
Does anyone know if expressing will dry up my milk? i was going to express for awhile and maybe give bfeeding another go once my nipples have healed - but im prepared for the fact that it still wont work - exspecially after she has been using a bottle!

Whats the go with the fact that apparently bfeeding and expressing shrinks ur uterus? what will happen if i stop all together? does my uterus not shrink? do i need to let a doctor know if i stop all together?

Sorry for the silly question!

Oh and what formula is everyone using? im S26 GOLD!

Anyway enough from me

Chat soon!

[Snoopea]

Hi everyone,
I'm sneaking in here, there's nooooo one in the November thread so I'm joining in here!!! (Was planning on sneaking back in here anyway!!!)

Hj,
I bought DD up on S26 Gold and DS went onto it when he stopped breast feeding!!! Best of luck hun!!!!!! Yes your uterus still shrinks but not as fast!!! I never had any problems and I expressed with DD for 8weeks!!!!

Hollye & Katones,
Sorry to hear you've got night monkeys!!!! I've been lucky for the last 2 nights Hayden has slept for 6 hours then feed and gone back to sleep for another 4!!! I'm thinking that he'll change his routine tho so lapping it up while it happens!!!

How's everyone going with there bubs????

Takecare all,
Hugs to bubbies!!!

Luv Snoopea

[Hollye]

hey girlies!

HJ - your uterus will still shrink no matter what u do. Atm Mia is on Karicare GOLD but im thinking of going back to s26 as thats what she was on in the hospital and it seemed to sit better with her tummy.. im not sure tho.

Snoop - dont go into the november thread, stay in here. U only missed out by a couple of days, it wont make much difference and it seems your bubs always gonna be the oldest anyway so just stay in here with us ok! u boy is gorgeous btw hugs xoxoxo

well Mia just had another check up. She has put on 120grams in 5 days. So she is now at 3700 grams. The weight gain isnt as good as it was when she was on more formula but atleast its a gain right?! so shes now classed as being 8lb 2oz.

Her next check up is next tuesday at 2pm..

gotta run.. shes having a spaz. mwah xoxox

[kylieb77]

Hey girls can i pop in here too? I am too tired to post much and catch up. Just in here to say that we are home and all is well. Have to update my ticker soon and add some photos. Love to you all xx

[Hollye]

sure u can sweety! congrats too!!! dont u go into that november thread either or ill come steal u back!!!! rest up ( i know, easier said than done) and take it easy xoxo

[MumOfMadison]

hj1981

Hi,

I was reading your posts about breast feeding and how hard you are finding it. My baby came out of me sucking straight away, the midwife was shocked. She ripped by nipples to shreds. What I found worked so that I could still breast feed was a nipple shield. So I was still able to breast feed my little girl and it didn't hurt. I would seriously consider giving that a try because expressing all the time just takes up too much time. I know, I tried.

Hope this helps
Take care
Kelly

[kylieb77]

Hi girls - hope you are getting lots of rest. I just had first midwife visit after being discharged from hospital. Logan has put on 200gm since we left hospital (100g per day) that is huge!! She told me that 30-40g is the average. He seems to be permanently attached to my boobs! He is now 4.140kg.

[Hollye]

hey kylie! great work with Logans weight gain!! thats fantastic. dont worry Mia has put on 150grams in one day once.. i was also shocked. She got weighed on wwednesday and she was up to 3.7 kg (her birthweight was 3.52) so i was quite impressed... she went down to 3.1 kgs in hospital
Her next weigh is next tuesday, dont know if she will put any weight on as everytime she seems to feed atm she throws up i dont know if thats normal or not?!?!?!

Great night with her lastnight and WAS off to a good day but shes had me runnin today. Oh well.. measuring out the good with the bad.

Hows the BFing going HJ?

How are u doin Snoop?

mwah xoxoxo

[AmandaJ]

Hey girls I'll be popping in here to check up on you all.

Kylie what a great weight gain, you are doing a great job.

Hollye one of my boys was a chucker and it seemed as tho he was going to put on weight, but he did, I think they get rid of the excess most of the time, it looks alot but they still have some in their tums to help them grow.

Julian has been going well, we've had two nights were he has slept thru the night, no consecutive but it's a start and yesterday he was up most of the day feeding all the time, but other then that he's fitted in well and his big brothers love him to death.

hugs xoxo

[hj1981]

Hello Everyone!

Well - i had to go too the doctor's the other day - turns out i have a bad case of mastitus! i have had temps of 38.6+, hot and cold sweats, bad continuous headache - have been sooo lethargic that kevin has had to help me walk around - and we wont mention how sore my boobs are! i havent even been able too hold Bianca for 3 days!
so doc has put me back on the pill to dry up my milk! kinda glad that the decision has been made for me!
Today im feeling a little bit better - but Bianca has been awake since 530am and hasnt slept! we thought she had bad wind - so went out and brought infants friend - she did a massive poo - but still hasnt settled! she is driving us insane! dont know what too do!