It's April 2013, the time is now & HERE ARE OUR BABIES!

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Our first post natal thread!

Cooking & Cleaning can wait till tomorrow
for children grow up we've learnt to our sorrow
So wipe away cobwebs and dust go to sleep
I'm cuddling my baby cause babies don't keep!

A thread to celebrate the highs of life with a gorgeous newborn and the lows of sleepless nights, stitches, feeding traumas & Baby blues.

Formula is ment to be made used n discarded within two hours in afraid

Congratulations to all new arrivals! I can't imagine not having the little man now - he is worth the sleep deprivation!

Just popping in amongst the madness to rave about the boba wrap I bought last week. I have not had it off! Had a wobble wih my boy going back to work as every time I put Flynn down he would cry on a morning, so I wasn't dressed until 1ish most days and felt stressed to hell. The boba sling means I can feed him then whack him in while I put make up on and potter. He absolutely loves it and drops off to sleep almost immediately. It was just over £30 on amazon - bit fiddly to put on and get him in at first but I am a pro now! Having. C section meant I couldn't drive (or lift pram etc) so wanted something I could walk him in. I love it! Had to come and rave about it!

Flynn is 4 weeks old today :) looking to start expressing in a couple so the other half can bottle fed him alongside bf-ing. Flynn is a pro at it, so def dont want to stop, but wanted some advice on a good pump and how to sterilise bottles etc. I have never done it and don't have a clue! So literally need to know the basics! X

num we've had the same. Mw suggested putting a warm item of clothing that you've worn underneath them - don't put them down on a cold surface, don't rush to put her down. This has generally worked for us (unless she's cluster feeding!).

We have been on and off boob since 5pm. Hoping to settle her soon but still squawking on being laid down at the moment. DH is going to get some kip in the spare bed at the start of the night!

Katy we have already started expressing at 17 days old, I am currently in bed and have given baby and 8 ounces of expressed to DP and praying for 6 hours solid sleep! We are using Medela Swing which is AMAZING worth the extra money as have heard others from my NCT that went for cheaper tomee tippee, hated it and now have the Medela, any steriliser will do, just get a plug in one or a microwave version.

Question-Every book and website says newborns will stay awake for a maximum 45-60mins, Blake does about 5 hours! Us this normal, as today after 5 hours, in fact for most of the time he has cried on and off, we tried everything to get him to sleep, we did not intentionally keep him awake so how do you get them to sleep in their 'window' before they get over tired? Blake just doesn't cry, literally for 2 seconds before I get the boob to him, so this today has really freaked me out!

Essex my Dd has been like that today, happy enough to be held or even nodd off on me but kicking off whenever try to put her down, she was like this from 3 til 8 none stop and I then managed to get her to sleep on my bed.

No baby does everything by the book. I find she has atleast one block of a few hours awake time a day.

May try putting my teeshirt over moses matress, is that how you mean faith? Don't want out it loose incase she sufocates!

Hello on the other side! Baby enjay arrived at 7.28am this mornin and is a little milk monkey! She fed for hour and half jst after bein born and throughout the day. She has scared the life out of me sort of choking on phlegm tho! Think she swallowed sum fluid when born. Anyone else have this? Any tips?

Ha ha Giddy mine does this too, it's erm, sort if sweet?! Hope your blocked duct is solved. Mine doesn't really hurt but no amount if expressing seems to get rid, grr. Think I will have to see the GP.

bird yep mine got a bit heavier again after about. Week/ a week and a half. Only finally tailing off now after 19 days but def got worse before better.

Me too Mama Arthur has been feeding pretty much non stop since this morning. Even a trip to th toilet feels lik a nice break!

Enjay Congrats! My dd swallowed some gunk when being born and in first 24 hours had some lovely browny orangey dicky phlemm. This was probably a bit of blood I am told and normal! Once she got it out she was fine!

Yes num that's what I mean. Not working tonight for us though! contemplating co-sleeping and bed nests!

Congratulations enjay! :)

Dd has just fed, winding now then going to try and settle her! Fingers crossed!

Oh and poor wee thing still has a bit of jaundice. MW says I need to get rid of it in two days or he'll need blood and urine tests. Come back sun!

I read that feeding lots is good for clearing jaundice, dd had the blood test but didn't need treatment

Yep, I think no more than 2 hours without a feed. Mine feeds non stop so definitely got that one covered!

I second the medela swing pump. with ds1 I had the hand expression pumps which just didnt do it for me. I could only get 2 oz maximum even with a full breast. but have been expressing 4-5oz with the medela

Update-Blake still sleeping, me wide awake and need to express as boobs too full, so need to figure that issue out of how to sleep longer?!

Enjay-exactly the same with the phlegm, scared the life out of us on the first night when he projectile vomited yellow everywhere! Apparently totally normal, all my NCT group had it and went after 2 days, told to just leave them as they have an instinct to turn their head to avoid choking. Obviously hard to ignore just watch like a hawk to clean up but lifting them can actually make it worse. What I don't get is for something so scary and common why don't they tell you about it in classes/at birth/in books?!

Snap as well on jaundice. We were told to place Moses basket in sunlight by a window.

Thanks essex and num3 glad to no it's not jst baby enjay! Have spent the nite with her sleepin on me as it was tht bad she was gagging and choking when led down. She's so snuffly tht her tummy is bein pulled in under the ribs iykwim to breath, so goin to mention to paed mw who is comin to chk her 2moro as really worryin! She's woke a few times from it but is now makin the most adorable squeaks and noises dreaming! She fed from 11.20 till bout 1 but now I'm wide awake usually on 2nd toilet trip as my body clock is all over the place!

Hi everyone- am finally making my way over to post-natal! I've been watching the posts since Saturday but haven't had the time / hands free to post!

Baby Peter is currently feeding- I had all great plans of following the 'baby whisperer' book- but it's all gone to pot and now I'm just going with the flow! Peter latches on really well but generally falls asleep on my boob after about 5 minutes- I can generally tickle him awake for another 2, but then he's had it! I don't mind the frequency of the feeds at all- I just hope he's getting enough. He'd only lost 4% of birth weight at 3 day check, but mw is coming today for 5 day check- hopefully his weight will be picking up and I can relax knowing he's getting what he needs- will see how it goes.

I keep reading about people whose babies feed for hours at a time and don't know if I'm jealous or relieved!!
X

Morning! Dd is on second bottle of night! She fed and 12.30 and would point blank not go back in basket! Ended up letting her sleep on me.
Congratulations on baby peter wishful!

Probably TMI but if you can't ask here, where can you?! Has anyone else noticed their baby's poo has a stringy texture at times? Ava has had this although it is intermittent. I am wondering if it is something I am eating that isn't agreeing with her.

Yay! Congrats on baby Peter wishful

Congrats wishful and welcome Peter!

Emmie BabyCandy has had every type of poop going! Everything from watery to ambrosia custard to whole grain mustard to stringy egg yolk!
I'm not sure if its related to diet as it changes from nappy to nappy.

Day 2 and I have blisters on the end of my nipples!! Jst sent dh out for sum nipple shields. Any tips on latching on?! X

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of updates. Not long after my previous post Sam had another episode. He went blue in my arms and there were a lot of doctors rushing around trying to resuscitate him. He survived, thank goodness, but is now back on the intensive care ward with more tubes than he had in the first place. It's all pretty distressing to see but he did open his eyes a bit today and he does react to my voice which is something!

He has two tumours in his heart which are causing him all sorts of problems. They should shrink and he should grow so it will right itself in time but he has to survive long enough for that to happen and there's not much they can do except keep him going as best they can and wait and see. He has already come close to death twice. It's really hard to deal with as it will play out over the coming weeks and months and it seems to fluctuate from day to day -some days they are really happy with his progress, on others they seem worried.

If he does manage to survive the heart tumours he also has a small one in his brain and one in his tummy. Neither of these are causing him problems but they do indicate he might have a rare condition called Tuberous Sclerosis which they are testing him for. We really hope he doesn't have it as it sounds awful and there is no cure.

It's all a nightmare and I admit I am not coping particularly well. It was good to receive all your words of support and concern though. It does help to know people are wishing us well.

Enjoy snuggles with your babies, they are so precious.

Empress still praying for you xxx with Hunter being in SCBU, i can half relate. its nothing like you are going thru but I understand how you feel when there's nothing you can do. He is in the best place and the docs/consultants are amazing!

Remain positive to attract all the good things to you both, he's been a little fighter so far. Hope you start seeing some consistency in his progress very very soon.

Sending lots of love xxx