June 2012 - Jubilant mums of Jubilee babies

[TeaandHobnobs]

It is Jubilee weekend - awaiting those babies!

Tis pants here. I think its me more than anything. I am sat daydreaming about formula.

Oh Mckayz I hope things improve quickly for you. I think you're a total hero looking after a newborn and two ds's at the same time straight away with no help. I'm just about getting used to things with three and dh is doing a lot. Be kind to yourself x

McKayz - sorry to hear you're struggling. I had awful problems with breastfeeding in hospital and had to move to formula so that they'd let me out (and to save my sanity). Since coming home I've moved over to expressed breast milk and he hasn't had formula since Sunday now. Am going to give myself a couple of weeks on that before attempting breast feeding again as we found it so stressful (and my c section wound is infected so want to feel 100% before I try again). It's so hard - hope you feel better soon as I know how miserable I felt (cried practically non stop for about 3 days while trying to work it out).

I think these are the latest stats, based on recent announcements and Kveta's latest update of the doc on facebook:

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 12.5 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
= Novmama DD 7 lb
14th June: Blondiedollface DD 8 lb 7 oz
15th June: Star DS 8 lb 9 oz
= Rhibutterfly DD 7 lb 13 oz
16th June: Shelduck DS 7 lb 9 oz
18th June: DairyNips DS 5 lb 13 oz
= SpecialJK DS 8 lb 6 oz
= bemybebe DD 7 lb
19th June: AmethystMoon DD 7 lb 6 oz
20th June: McKayz DD 9 lb 6.5 oz
= PinkPanther27 DD 8 lb 14 oz
= justwantscheese DD 9 lb 13 oz
21st June: CathFin DS 9 lb 2 oz

Running total: 14 boys, 17 girls

Does anyone else feel the urge to do all sorts of statistical analysis on the above?

It's BabyTea's due date today! He is officially a real baby now

Ok, just a quickie while ds asleep.... So exciting to hear of all the June babies coming thick and fast... Only a few more to go until full house! Mckayz, don't be hard on yourself, have so much respect for all ladies with other kids as I'm just about managing with only ds and a lively Labrador to worry about :)

Have started ds in infracol today on health visitor recommendation. E just gets very windy at night and it stops him settling. I'm hoping it does the trick as some feeds can last 2-3 hours when he doesn't settle!

Anyway better go and try and get some tea before the wee monkey wakes again.

Tea, well done on the stats! Very organised!

Whoever thought it was a good idea to 'invent' 3am is terrible.
I'm sat here feeding while planning Xmas presents!!

I've decided to get out today. I'm going to go pick up DS2 from playschool. I hate being stuck in the house so figured a little walk will do me good.

McKayz feeding here too! Good plan to get out, makes you feel more human

Warlin Hope your ds isn't too unsettled for you tonight. My ds1 had infacol, it did seem to help him get the burps up..

DS woke at 2:15 for a feed, and is still awake now. Argh.

Tea hope he went back to sleep in the end.

Not too bad a night here, Oscar fed 3 times between 12ish and 3 ish but then slept till just before 7

Tea did DS go back to sleep? DD woke about 2 and it was about 4 before I got back to sleep.

Is it just the midwives here that don't give you a time? I am really hoping to get out today despite the god awful rain.

He he. Sounds like we are all missing quite a lot of sleep. Just sat here cuddling a sleeping baby. Don't want to risk putting her in the Moses basket as we have started to refer to it as the basket of wakefulness and I have lefty ambitions of getting out of the house today! She loves to be awake at night but sleeps so well during the day. It took me3 hours to feed her and get her to sleep last night and I thought that was a result! She is gorgeous though so I forgive her

So many babies now. I can't keep up! I can't work out how to update the stats on my iPad so if anyone is adding themselves please can you add me too. Little roodle born 14 June 7lb 5oz.

Am so impressed with all of you that have other children to look after and are coping with a new baby. I am exhausted even though DH is pretty much doing everything apart from bf.

DH came in around 4:30 because of all the noise and cuddled DS while I got to snooze. He said DS was staying very awake though, not sure for how long, but definitely longer than he ought to!!!

It is lovely that he is having longer periods of being awake and alert now so I feel like I'm getting something back at last but does he have to do it in the middle of the night?

What is it about the 2am - 4am time slot? Is it still about being the best time for milk production?

I've got to start going to bed earlier....

Em slept so well last night - keep expecting her to be awful like her brother, then she does another 4 hour sleep!

I was getting worried that she wasn't feeding enough, as she sleeps so much, but just had her weighed and she has gone up to 9lb 10oz, so a good 6oz above her birth weight at 10 days old, so no need to worry about that!

I am just waiting for something to go wrong though, as I'm sure it shouldn't be this easy she is just so so different to DS, who was such a bloody awful newborn!

remind me of this next week when she's been up for 48 hours straight, puking, screaming, and pooing for britain :o

MW has just been. DD is jaundice so the MW doesn't think she is feeding properly. So I need to feed her more, which seems a bit strange as she feeds quite a lot anyway.

But she didn't watch a feed because DD is asleep having just finished feeding.

She hasn't been weighed yet. They are waiting until Monday to it which also seems weird to me as DS2 was 2 days old when they decided to weigh him.

McKayz All 3 of mine have been jaundiced at this stage. Oscar is, the midwife made a note of it but wasn't too concerned. The other two just faded over a few days and were fine so I'm not really bothered, just feeding whenever I can, that's all you can do really.

both mine were jaundiced at this stage too McKayz, just feeding when you can, as Dairy says, will help. Have you contacted local LLL or NCT councellors to check your bfing btw? that would hopefully put your mind at ease :) also echoing what Dairy said upthread - coping with 2 wee boys and a newborn, all by yourself, you are incredible! :) not long now until your DH is home, hope the time flies by!

Kveta they don't have counsellors near me. One said she'd see me if I made the 50 mile journey to where she lives. But no one is close enough to see me.

They have said the latch looks ok but that it shouldn't hurt to feed. I'm getting nipple shields to try out.

Aw tea hope your ds starts to swap to daytime for his awake and alert period! Early hours are the best time to feed for milk production yeah, like putting a double order in for the milk man if you feed then..

Kveta I am also wondering if this is the calm before the storm with Oscar. He feeds then sleeps and hardly cries. I know from experience they seem to 'wake up' a bit more around the two week point so am not counting my blessings that I have an 'easy' baby just yet.. He has such a quiet, polite cry, big change from ds2 who was so so loud when he cried, never heard anything like it.. He still is 'loud' in general to be fair

oh, that's shit :( hope you feel less sore soon, and the nipple shields help.

does it hurt all the way through feeds, or just at the beginning? because if it's the latter, be reassured that's quite normal. if the former, then possibly the latch does need checking. have you tried the biological nurturing position, where you recline (almost lying down) and lay baby face down on your chest, and let her root around and latch herself on? that normally makes for a better latch than if you are working out the positioning for yourself, if that makes sense?

It's all the way through. I've been trying the biological nurturing but she doesn't seem to quite get the hang of it. She gets on but then pushes herself off again.

Ouch McKayz hope it improves soon!
Just posted my birth story on the other thread if anyone wants a read. Back home now, feel a bit wrecked despite uncomplicated delivery - have got iron tabs as I lost a bit too much blood but am scared to take them until I have done a poo!
DS2 feeding ok if the amount of poo is anything to go by.
Dairy and McKayz think I might be temporarily overwhelmed to be a mum of 3, feeling a bit wobbly about it all - darn hormones!
SSC sorry to hear about infected csection scar, hope it gets better soon.

Have a few stitches down there but think it was a tiny tear so feel I have escaped relatively unscathed considering the delivery was v quick!

Hi all sorry been gone so long, never thought c section would knock me so badly.Eight attempts at epidural before it worked,only being given paracetomol after because of breastfeeding,not being given meds regularly enough, staff shortages meaning no support with the breastfeeding etc,lets just say i'm glad i was sterilised at the same time.Moan over,she is so worth it xxx
Devan Lowri was born at 12.31pm last friday weighing 7lb 13oz,57cm long. She has outgrown her newborn clothes already but still looks tiny compared to my other daughter who weighed 7lb 5oz.
blondie advice needed please,Devan has severe tongue tie but because i've given up breastfeeding no one has mentioned snipping it,do they only offer this to breastfeed babies? and is your LO ok after?
Congratulations all on the new babies xx

How am I meant to keep DD awake for a feed? She needs a feed now but just doesn't want to wake up. She'll latch on but is asleep within seconds of being on.

McKayz sounds cruel but try stripping her off and make sure the room isn't too hot, maybe change her nappy too. Should bring her round a bit