October 2013 Bus Graduates: the one where we're not pregnant anymore

[MrsHoratioNelson]

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Hi pineapple are the spots whiteheads surrounded by redness at all? If so then yes probably baby acne. Nowt you can do a creams tend to make it worse. Isaacs flared up around week 3 and although now (at almost 8 weeks) the spots are gone his skin is still a little bump (and now he has bloody cradle cap!) although its not proven baby acne is believed to be your hormones sort of "coming out" of the baby iyswim?!

Ana what nappies are you using? DS1 has very sensitive skin and some nappy brands used to leave him with what looked like chemical burns on his bottom. We always got on best with Tesco or Aldi nappies for when we used disposables, must have had less chemicals.

We're using tesco nappies now but have tried asda and pampers as well. I'm hoping the cloth nappies help in a few weeks when we try them.

i didn't watch children in need. already had a cry at face book this morning, couldn't face more.
so glad its the weekend and i can share duties with dh.

Morning all. Hope everyone has a good week end. I have a quick qs for legally or anyone else propping up the head end of their baby's Moses basket.... How high do you put it? I've used two average sized paperbacks under each side of the stand at the head end. It's on quite a tilt! Does this sound like too much? I'm pretty sure C has a bit of reflux as he hates being put down too quick after feeding and he looks like he's gagging sometimes when lying down. The tilt def helps but not sure if I'm over doing it? Or maybe it should be even steeper?! Thank you knowledgable people! Hugs to all. Xxx

I've always used sudocreme liberally and have never had any trouble with nappy rash. I suspect it's down to the sensitivity of the baby's skin whether they get it or not rather than anything you do though.

ready I have two quite thick hardback books, about the size of a dictionary I guess.

Ready, the bednest instructions say no more than 5cm height difference between the two ends so we have about that.

We've done the same as Orange the bed nest is tilted to 5cm

I also have a question: does anyone know how long (on average) those of us BF should expect to leak milk? Will it continue through out / until BF stops?

My leaking has reduced whistling, I braved a braless night (all bras in wash or drenched in vomit) but still happens a bit. T is a month old. I think it is meant to settle down.

Thanks Orange. Good to know it will lessen soon!

Whistling I've heard 6 weeks your milk production evens to accommodate babies needs/demands then your boobs stop leaking and often your boobs will feel like they did pre pregnancy (quite deflated) I've never leaked milk though and don't wear a bra to bed!

I'm tempted to buy an underwired nursing bra next week to give me a bit more uplift. Would this be ok?

flyer I went to have my boobs measured the other day and the lady in the shop said underwired was fine if fitted properly. I bought one underwired and one not. Can't believe the size of my boobs, gone from 32DD to 34H!!

I've only had 1 leak (at night, the first time she slept for 4 h) but am still wearing a non-wired bra and breast pads at night just in case.

I only leak when really full because he's slept a long time. I probably sound like a slob but I hate wearing bras at night. I stuff a muslin down the from of my pyjamas and it works well enough.

Ready - we use the Spacebabies bed block. We use all three together with raises the head by 10cm. It's steep!

Whistling - I leaked the whole time I bf DD. I would leak if she went longer than 2.5 hours ish and the other boob would leak while she fed iyswim. I'm not leaking at all with the twins!

Flyer.... I also miss the usually and the swiftly moving thread. Come back everyone! What else is there to while bf?!

Oh and DD only had nappy rash when she was teething (I always though it was because we used cloth nappies, but the twins are fine with pampers....), BUT the very best cream we found was Weleda Calendula nappy cream. We now use Weleda Calendula for all of DD's toiletries as she has v sensitive skin like DH and every thing else is "ouchy" (eg even Burts Bees stings her!). Honestly - try Weleda!

Legally we use the calendula too my sister bought me the range, bath and hair shampoo, oil, nappy cream it's great.

Also legally the reason for the slow moving thread is most of the October bus uses Facebook these days, hence why hardly anyone posts on here these days. Come to Facebook legally you are one the oldest (as in been on from the start) passengers it would be great to see the twins.

Excuse the terrible Grammar in the last post.

Thanks all. Will get measuring tape out. Xx:

The threads have slowed down as we are all busy with our babies . I used to have so much spare time and now there is always something that needs my attention

legally join us on fb its where it's all happening.

Sanji - what make is 34h under wired bra you bought and is it comfortable? (asking as a fellow now 34h who would love some more support!)

Ready - we were told could tilt to 30 degrees. But it looked too much and was worried dd would slip under blankets at that angle so have 2 folded up towels under one end of basket (not on a stand).

Another 34H here - I'm sure I could fit my head in one of the cups. I've got two M &S ones and a couple of second hand Royce ones from eBay. I've got a Freya one too, but that's a bit small.

I'm hoping DH will take me to Cardiff in a couple of weeks to get properly fitted at Bravissimo since I've only really guessed at 34 H and I think actually I might be more a 32 something.

At night I'm wearing a stretchy crop to think from Sahnsburys - enough to keep a couple of breast pads in place. Although, I'm so sore still that even the bamboo breast pads I've got chafe. I had a little cry about it after his last feed - I'm so tired of being in pain all the time :(. I've got a crack on one nipple that re-opens every time he latches on because he clamps down so hard. His latest trick is twisting and wriggling if he's getting too much milk. That really hurts.

Another baby poo question - it's ok if it is watery yes? Changing Thomas and he just did a completely liquid dark brown poo on the mat (and my hands, his feet...) Like muddy water.

I have spent the last few hours attempting to try on some clothes I ordered with breaks to feed, burp, cuddle and dance with a very clingy and awake baby, being careful not to get sick on anything I might send back. He us starting to be interested in toys though which gives me a few minutes each time I put him down.

Mrs H have you tried nipple shells? They hold clothes away from you. My nipples keep going white and sore if my bra presses on them (probably still not latching right but it doesn't hurt at the time) so the shells are really useful for me.