June 2012 - Jubilant mums of Jubilee babies

[TeaandHobnobs]

It is Jubilee weekend - awaiting those babies!

Feel as if I have become the obsessive stats updater but not posting

Tried my Moby sling around the house today - besides needing a degree in order to wrap it,DD loved it might try it in public tomorrow...only thing is all the models in the catalogue are stick thin and look so stylish in the sling but when I wrap it snug,like it's meant to be,I have a delightful fat roll sticking out beneath it

SSC my wound feels weird and tingly and I'm nuerotic about it becoming infected...

Hi i was on the antenatal thread but didn't post regularly
could i join please?

I had my little girl on the 8th of june by c/s weighing 10lb 12 1/2 oz

Welcome back MrsShears - think you have won the biggest baby so far award..

25th April: TeaandHobnobs DS 4 lb 11.5 oz
2?th May: Fanbelt DD
27th May: Warlin DS
28th May: HorseyGirl1 DS
31st May: KatyJ26 DD
6th June: Smallwonder DS 7 lb 9 oz
7th June: Mammainthemaking DD 8 lb 2 oz
= Bumper1 DS
8th June: SeriouslyStrongCheddar DS 6 lb 13 oz
=mrsshears:DD 10 lb 12 1/2 oz
9th June:Ginga66 DS 8lb 2 oz
10th June: Ceeej DD 6 lb 12 oz
= Ffnorm DD 8 lb 7 oz
= Thedogwalker (now Mammato2boys) DS 6 lb 15.5 oz
= BlueAndRedMakePurple DS 9 lb 10 oz
12th June: Kveta DD 9 lb 4 oz
= Annakin31 DD 7 lb 7 oz
13th June: Alligatorpie DD 7 lb 6 oz
14th June: Blondiedollface DD 8 lb 7 oz
15th June:Star DS
=Rhibutterfly DD
18th Shelduck DS
=Diarynips DS
=SpecialJK DS

Hi Jubilee ladies. Just marking place as still not ready to join you! Former name of ellybett but have changed as all I am at the moment is bump (and the Rizzlekicks are my guilty pleasure!)

Lovely to see all the June babies are thriving and it's good to read about all the tiny baby things I'd forgotten (including the relative non-smell of early poo's!). Can't wait to join you soon.

SSC that is very unfair of the midwife not to support you in what you have chosen to do to keep you happy / sane - that is all we should ever do in our decisions! But I can see her point that without the stimulation of baby suckling, the supply might not stay as strong - that of course might not prove to be the case, or be a problem, but I wonder if putting baby to the breast say once a day, for supply stimulation purposes rather than feeding, might help keep things going? Just an errant thought...

I was discussing bf with two ladies from my antenatal class last week (who are of course still pregnant ), and we all agreed that it was most unfair that the midwives basically refused to answer a question from one lady in the class about which bottle was the best to use - those who choose to bottle feed (EBM or formula) deserve advice as much as anyone else!

blondie and SSC as far as I understand the physiology you just have to remove the milk to keep the supply going, my cousin fed with expressed milk only for 6 months as she had a latch issue.

ffnorm I've ventured outside with DD in my stretchy wrap twice now, it does highlight my increased girth and the belly sticks out rather obviously underneath it but I've decided I don't care.

Thanks Ceej - it's not as if I look gorgeous without the sling so gonna give it a go the instructions say you can feed with them in the sling but I can't see yet how this is possible...again,I will need to try it out and see

SSC you do what is right for you,the stimulation from the pump is not as effective as latching but if you are determined and it makes you feel happier,you will get the supply up.I've seen many woman pump lovely volumes with never having the baby latch. I pumped for DS as he had a really bad tongue tie,and even though I found it really hard work,I'm glad I did it

Talking of tongue ties,Blondie has your lo's been snipped yet,or is it this Friday coming?

Tea I think the problem for MW/HV's,besides the breast is best ideology,is that they are not permitted to promote a specific product,so they can't say - Avent/Dr Brown/Nuk/Tommy Tippee is best. Sadly,they tend to get defensive and spout the breast story instead of explaining or saying something along the lines of "many woman prefer the anti colic systems/orthodontic teats" etc

My iphone says 20 degrees today we are going to venture to Mothercare world exciting,I know return/swap a few things and look for some nursing bras. Also DH needs to go and register DD,which is slightly more complicated as she was born not where we live

Have a lovely day all,Mamado,we'll see you here soon

thanks for the welcome back ffnorm
we are going to register today too and also have what i think will be our last midwife visit.
My little one's cord has still not come off, i'm sure dd2's had by now (day 11) does anyone else's baby still have their's at this stage?

Em's cord fell off yesterday, so she had her first bath today - unimpressed doesn't even begin to describe her response :o she smells nice and clean now though, as she had been getting quite grotty from all the sick post feeds.

had to take her to bfing clinic today to get her latch checked on my right hand side because OW! it was odd going, as I used to go with DS regularly, so the HV who runs it did a lovely double take when I walked in with a newborn! think we've got it sorted though.

can't believe she's 1 week old already!

Really sorry to hear the MW made you feel worried seriously. It's not something you need right now when you're getting into the swing of things. I'm also expressing but only doing it for night time top ups. During the day we're only breast feeding with the trusty nipple shield. The MWs and HW have said that I should try and get Violet to learn to feed without the shield however right now while we're still trying to get her weight back up from the dramatic drop I don't want to rock the boat. In a couple of weeks I'll go along to a BF group for some help. Have you tried the shields? It revolutionised BFing for us. Otherwise we'd have had to express only too. Means we can go out and about too without having to take a bottle with us. I give Violet a bottle of breast milk when we go to bed and then she gets the boob to settle her down. In her night feed we sometimes do a bottle, sometimes not. Depends how hungry she seems.... I'm managing to express 80ml from each boob now (last week it was 15ml from both boobs)

Violet's cord dropped off on day 9 and is looking really neat now. We've not given her a bath yet. I'm a bit scared because she HATES getting her clothes taken off. She's not stinky though so hope we can last a few more days!

Come on England!!!

Hi all,

Finally made it over here. Will catch up with news shortly.

Having a change of heart about Ds' name. Shoukd have been called 'Greedy Guts'!

Thanks mamma and kveta
The midwife came today and said she won't discharge us yet as dd is not back up to her birth weight yet and because her cord hasn't come off yet, i'm quite happy with that plan.
She did say it looks like it's going to go any day.
We registered today too, we didn't bother with a middle name in the end as we felt like we would be having one just for the sake of it.

Ffnorm Her tongue-tie got snipped today, I'm pretty tough, but wow it was difficult to see somebody put a pair of scissors into my 5 day old's mouth and snip not once but twice as it was such a severe tie.

DD is absolutely fine, but it really knocked me and since I've started doubting literally everything I'm doing, and whether I'm feeding her right as she just keeps being sick after feeding... DH has been a gem but I'm finding it SO hard that he's back at work already, I do the nights, because otherwise he's too tired for work, and I do the days because I'm the only one here with her. But I am off to bed now to get an hour or so before DH and DD come up, I just feel so drained and exhausted.

Will post more when I don't need matchsticks for my eyes. Stay positive ladies Xx

blondie I'm with you on the worrying about them being sick - for days I was convinced that BabyTea was bringing up everything he'd eaten at every feed but the nurses reassured me that what they bring up appears to be much more than it is, i.e. if you spilt just 5ml of milk on a surface, it would look like loads, and they are having amounts way in excess of 5ml! He is still sick after nearly every feed, sometimes digested stuff and sometimes not, but I just try not to worry. Others tell me that some babies are just sicky, like some are windy, etc, and they should grow out of it. It is upsetting though poor BabyTea has just had another mammoth vomiting session on my lap.

Kveta we share smelly babies! The other morning, BabyTea had been sick so many times in the night (and it collects in his newly acquired neck folds), he totally STANK! Unfortunately for me, he wanted to feed all morning, so I had to put up with the pong under my nose, yuck! He loves the bath though - he has this hilarious expression of faraway contemplation!

I think either his latch is deteriorating or he is getting lazy, as feeding has definitely started to get more painful. Will see if I can get his latch checked.

It was Grandma's funeral today. It was a lovely service, although upsetting, but it was nice to see so many family members (lots of dad's cousins, and his one remaining aunt) and introduce BabyTea.

Tomorrow he has his term head scan, and final check-up with the neonatal outreach team, so he should be discharged from their care, eeeeeee!! Then we are going to spend the afternoon at the V&A with some friends.

Will be lurking on the night shift, see some of you there?

Finally, am able to post!
Good to catch up on everyone's thriving newborn news What I can remember....

Tea Hope all is well tomorrow. I must've missed your grandma's passing away, my condolences :(
Blondie Don't blame you. I should've been in bed an hour ago but there's so little time to do ME things.
Mrsshears Congratulations on your DD if I didn't already say so. I remember you from the early months of PG I think.
SSC Hope scar is feeling better.
Alligatorpie Good to 'see' you on the PN thread :)

DS is almost 2 weeks old. He's gone from 7.9 to 7.16lbs so am quite happy with that as was health visitor. I met her earlier, lots of new advice, a lot of which I didn't agree with and told her so I'm sure she meant well but was glad to see her leave. Apparently latest research shows that Grape Seed Oil is so much better for LO's flaky skin than the olive oil I use she had something to say about everything, fortunately that's that for a while yet.
Have been managing alright on my own, always lovely to go out with the DC and have people stop and ask about the baby, we all feel very proud when this happens. Even the plumber came and sat down with us today to have a chat and coo over the baby en route out to his van -- I don't think i ever want this lovely newborn to get any bigger, very much enjoying him.
Warlin Was it you who gets some sleep while OH watches the golf? Great idea btw! I'm going to bed now and leaving DS with DH for an hour, even just that hour of not having to sleep with one eye open makes for less grumpy mummy in the morning :)

I went to Slimming World tonight and of course, weighed myself. I am 9 pounds heavier than I was before PG so will see how we fare this week now that I'm seriously watching the waistline. Am currently wearing 'THE' only comfy maternity trousers that I have as they really protect my scar, my regular trousers don't fit yet and I feel very conscious of my weight, must lose, lose, lose.

Well, I'm sure i've made up for being absent

Annakin I am also wondering how I will cope with three year old and newborn when dh goes back to work but aiming to get mom andmil to help!
Really struggling tonight. Ds2 has hard tummy, pulling legs up and crying and struggling to feed which I guess is colic. He does not like infacol. My dh in with ds1 as he still wakes most nights.
I found myself crying looking at ds1 feeling so guilty that ds2 is consuming my time with bf then crying looking at ds2 thinking he must be having a rough time of it.
I am soooooo tired now but he won't sleep. Please tell me this won't last.

Just posting quickly.

Having a few breastfeeding problems. It really really bloody hurts. So trying to work out how to latch her on.

When she's on, however badly, press down on and wiggle her chin to open her mouth wider and get a better latch.

It doesn't sort out the latching on in the first place butvitvensures the whole feed isn't badly latched.

Her mouth is tiny and your nipples are big and she's still working it out.

Hey all, I made it
McKayz I am also getting pain when bfing, despite supposedly knowing all about it. I expected this as it happened the last two times but it's still awful. It does pass once baby has got the hang of things and the latch improves/ baby grows but hard initially. I'm using the Lansinoh..

I can't get her to take a big mouthful. I think she just latches on to my nipple and that of course hurts like hell.

Hopefully the MW can help.

It's hard, especially when their mouth is so small. Only advice I can give is to keep taking her off and re-latching of its really sore. Support the back of her shoulders but don't hold the back of her head, that way she'll be able to tip her head back and open wide. Aim nipple to her nose and let the nip go in right at the last second. These are all the things I am trying. Still haven't cracked it yet but some feeds are better than others.

Oh, one more thing I remembered. Crying I a actually a late feeding cue, look for earlier signs like hand chewing and lip smacking and attempt the feed then. It's a lot less stressful to try and get the latch right if they're not super hungry and screaming and you can take your time

Crying is actually

How's everyone getting on? Our first full day together today as a family of 5 We're all in bed at the moment! Ds1 went off o nursery at lunchtime with dh and wasn't hmself, they called an hour later to say he was just lying down complaining of a headache so I went and fetched him home. I had sent dh for a nap as he let me have a long lie this morning with Oscar whilst he dealt with the boys. Ds2 is having his afternoon nap anyway and ds1 just wanted to go to bed when he got back. I thought if I can't beat em I'll join em so put sleeping Oscar in his cot next to our bed and am having a lay down myself

Hope ds1 isn't too ill, awful when they're ill and then there's the worry that Oscar might catch it if he's got a bug..

all fine here, Em is such a sleepy baby, we are actually worried how much she is sleeping, as today she has had maybe 2 hours awake in total DS used to manage on 2 hours sleep a day at this age!!

we registered her birth today, making her official. then went shopping for clothes for her, which wore me out, but got some nice non-pink things for her!

oh, and my kitchenaid arrived today - don't think June can get much better!!

hope Oscar avoids a cold - hopefully bfing should keep him safe for now! DS went back to the childminder today, and was so excited to be back - he ran in shouting 'I got a baby in the car!' and didn't even look back to say goodbye - he's been in such a good mood since he got home too. I'm hoping his 2 mornings a week there will keep him happy without feeling like he's been pushed out by Em.