The 5th Gemini luxury bus - the one with babies!

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As we have all our gorgeous babies now, welcome aboad the 5th Gemini bus.

Drinks and previously banned foods supplied in bulk, Car seats installed, slings and prams at the ready, as we head into parenthood, and all the excitement, and sleepless nights our little ones will bring along the way.

Mums postpartum check at 6 wks, babies 6-10wks with doctor, jabs at 8&12wks. I didn't do the weighing and measuring at we did that last week.

My check is tomorrow.

I tried to get out of mine, but I need bloods doing. and the receptionist wouldn't let me just make the appointment for bloods without seeing the doctor.

Thanks ladies. Looking forward to having a co-parent again.

M had her first visit with the doctor (it's custom here to go in for well child check-ups instead of having a health visitor). She's put on 2 lbs in nearly 4 weeks and has grown a full inch since birth. 90th percentile for both weight and height. She's a little growing machine!

Wow, Kitty, that sounds like quite the night and quite the horrible thing to wake up to! My condolences!

oh Frus. Heartbreaking to have to go through the jabs. Not looking forward that with the next doctor visit. Hope your 6 week check-up goes well!

Yay for your healthy growing machine bring

I am officially a dummy. luckily ds has emptied the side that he won't let go of. poor little boy is all sad after his injections.

poor little guy!

Kitty ~ I just want to say a big thank you for telling me about that book! My copy arrived today and I've started reading it tonight with DH. I read the chapter on Reflux and counted 23 symptoms that DS has which confirms it is reflux that he has But on the bright side we have our 6-8 week check up tomorrow so I can talk to the GP and hopefully get some help as the health visitor was utterly useless. The book explains so much and has already helped DH understand why DS is doing some of the things he is doing :-/ Alison says we have to sort out the reflux first though before starting the sleeping plan

Oh I'm glad it helped pear! Reflux can be really hard to diagnose and is missed alot, my friends son had it but luckily our health visitor was quick on the mark but my friend who recommended me the book had to fight to get her dd diagnosed! I wouldn't want to recommend you going against safety guidelines but if it is, you may find he sleeps much better on his tummy, if your not comfortable doing it at night perhaps for a few of his naps you could try it when your with him, it's because it can burn their windpipe, we have a tommy tipee sleep mat as dd2 will only sleep on her tummy even in the pram!
it's quite straightforward though isn't it and atleast the example she gives is using her grandchild with reflux so not just an "easy" baby! I hope you can get it sorted quickly, good you have an app to see them today anyway, let us know what they say, itl give you chance to read the plan anyway so you know how to start it and you could probably implement some like the bedtime routine.
I like that there's also alot of info on bf as I had a white spot she mentions as an ailment and had even showed it to a few mw who didn't know what it was, I was glad to finaly think it wasn't something wrong/sinister!

Kitty ~ yes DH puts him on his tummy and he loves it but it scares me senseless and I've even been known to wake him up trying to move him He's only ever slept on his side since being born and now I know why. The book says babies with Reflux are at risk for SIDS so I brought the Tomee Tippee sleep mat monitor in the night from Amazon. We hadn't purchased a monitor yet. I will like you say start implementing some of the bed routine like the bath at 6:30pm. He was feeding every 3hrs until the hot weather began and now he's all over the place. I'll try and get that back again. My appointment is at 9am so I'll let you know what they say. And yes like you say she has some very good tips on BF and advice on what could be wrong with breasts like the M word. So easy to read!

Ow my boobs hurt.

Yes I feel bad putting dd on her tummy but it got to the point where I felt it outweighed the bad, it can't be any better for her to be sleep deprived and crying screaming all the time either, I had our check yesterday and told the gp and mw she was a tummy tot and they said well some are and aslong as you know the safety risks you have to do what you think is best, I thing bring mentions a few msg back about the firm matress etc if you have a look
The mat does give you some piece of mind and remember the guidelines when we were little were to put us on our sides and tummy, things change all the time plus in a few months when they can roll they will just naturally get themselves into whatever position they want, you should see how I find dd sometimes!
It's a very easy read isn't it and very simple and flexible , not a "10:15 take a sip of water" in sight plus I love that its not a pro formula thing, I did a class on bf first time and it was like it was just expected that bf babies never sleep as well or always cluster feed at night, it almost put me of trying so I took great pleasure that it treats you equally and I could say to everyone no she is bf she's just a good sleeper! It never effected my supply either and my boobs just got used to the fact they wernt needed at night and still provided enough all day, I also personally loved the advice to introduce one bottle aday aswell,my dd found the transition really easy when I went onto bottles and formula at a later date because shed always had one so I could feel confident leaving her, the friends I know who didn't had real problems trying to convince their babies later to have one and I found it helped dh bond and give him pleasure aswell

Porn star boobs from a good night frus or oh no not again problem boobs?

Super soaker porn star boobs.

Hello!

Does anyone have any tips for transferring a snoozing baby from sling to cot! Mine ŵakes up and I'd really like to have a nap when she does. I'm giving her extra feeds cos she wakes up upon transferring and she is unable to settle herself.

Frus. Your boobs may be huge but at least they are even...my boobs are wonky! She likes the left one best and it is noticeably bigger! I'm going to have to get just one chicken fillet!

Tricky, tricky lib I'm afraid I haven't perfected that one yet. We usually end up doing extra feeds to re-settle as well.

Mine are lopsided too (same sides as you). I think M likes the left better because it makes more milk and it flows faster and longer than the right. Despite me trying to feed her 2x more often on the right than the left to even them out, they've always done this when I've fed the kids. It looks even worse when we're done bf'ing and they go down to piddly nothings (with the right being absolutely nothing). I'm enjoying the fact that I have boobs right now, can you tell? !

What sling do you use? I'm currently using a pashmina with rings (available on eBay) so I can just support his body, remove the adjustable end from the rings & lay him down on the pashmina, with the ends tucked out of the way. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't! Sometimes it's too hot to put him in the sling at all & the children take it in turns to settle/scream so as soon as you get one down the other one screams & wakes them up again & you spend all day running between them until you give up, ignore the toddler, since he's safe in his cot, cuddle the baby & fall asleep on the sofa instead of cooking dinner!

Bad. Day.

JoJo I'm with you there attempted to cook a lovely meal for DH but baby boy woke up and sausages are uncooked sitting under the grill

Jojo
How are the boobs now frus?
Lib no idea! I too use feeding to settle again if necessary
How did you get on pear?

I have a sad little boy. He's been feeding since 3.30 when I got in, and won't let me put him down. If I unlatch him I get the face and heart wrenching cries.
My nipples are killing me!
I seem to have a blocked duct on each side. The left from his fist and the right from his nose. Lol.

I predict super-soaker boobs in the morning. if he gives them a chance to refil

I had a lovely home cooked tea well it would be if I lived at the chippy

How did I get on?

P.F.E.W.! J is finally asleep in his cot.

At the gp pear, did they think he has reflux?
Well done frus! Hope he gives you a good sleep now, dd has just done 7:30-3:30, she's asleep now and I'm not
Anyone hitting the next sale?

Kitty ~ that's weird. I replied to your message. Must have got lost in cyber space. Yes the Dr confirmed its reflux and now have to give him Gaviscon before every feed

I looked at the Next preview sale for baby boys and it only had a couple of items. That always happens when I click on preview sale..must be doing something wrong!

Do you have a special preview slot for members? If not then I think they don't put everything on, I don't either do not 100% sure, I'm going when I've fed the monkey dh is off so its an excuse for a break

Good morning. Going to be a challenge of a day I think. Temps in London going over 30 degrees DS is going to be a thirsted boy. Trying to get lots of water down me now.