Hi Ladies, wow amazing I found the new thread - I've been so crap at keeping up on here with all the madness of all the family visiting! Must admit I haven't been able to read over all that I've missed but gather most of the babies have arrived so congrats to all, and hang in there whoever is still waiting!
Hope you are all well and had a great Christmas! All the family went home last night landing back home in a few hours time actually! I'm always a little depressed after anyone leaves but this time it's a little harder since they were all here at once to meet DS and have Xmas and they all left on the same flight . Though it was chaotic and at times challenging (to say the least) with everyone here being new to doing the "mum" thing , I am still wishing they lived around the corner!
DS is great & although had problems with our Dog, she has now really started to be great with him - she was very concerned at first when he cried and also seemed a bit jealous, but gradually introducing her was all it took, and now with the flat back to normal with only DH and I here she is great with him, and just seems to want to sit really close by when I'm feeding him rather than looking like she wanted to pounce!
Anyway DS is a joy, and only small issue was he had not gained enough weight at first, mainly because there was a little bit of drama that happened one weekend, and the midwife had said that if I get stressed about anything it can stop the milk being released or something despite the fact that it will still be produced! Anyway subsequently, I was in a great amount of pain and thought my boobs would explode, and the only solution was a breast pump! So anyway,DH high tailed it to Boots and luckily it fixed the problem and I actually expressed over 220ml's in 45 minutes to the midwifes amazement! He took to the bottle really well, and so they had me feeding him and then topping him up with expressed milk for 5 days to get his weight up. He had no problem with that and seems to be quite the pig (perhaps taking after dad!)
Anyway DS has had a really busy first 3 weeks of life! he's been to the National history museum at 1 week old, and to the London Eye (although not on it as the lines were horrendous!) And done quite a bit of tube riding and visited some great London pubs! He has also been out while we walked to dog although his first time was a bit scary when DH decided to test the "off road" qualities of his 3 wheeler buggy! Seems to like his buggy, but much prefers the carrier / harness thing I wear, which also seems to help him get rid of the ever present wind issues early evening by keeping him upright!
I have run out of Infacol, but I think LadyT you recommended Dentinox, so I am going to try that from tonight.
We also having a similar thing with the sleeping that I think I read where he only settles in our bed? He isn't actually sleeping freely in the bed but rather in a sleeping positioner thing (which is really meant for the cot), but I put him in that first as I was too worried about rolling on him! Seems to work well as it's a super king bed, but everytime I try to move him to his cot he kicks off big time, so just hoping I'm not setting myself up for drama later? I heard they can't really be spoilt under 6 weeks old Don't want this sleeping situation to go on too long but I had been so knackered that it really helped us in the 1st couple of weeks!
Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful New years Eve! (we are having a quiet night in with some bubbly - no surprises there!)