September 2006 babies

[Lysettes]

Start of our september 2006 post natal thread!

ps. Marls - you're so lucky having someone to do the night shifts for you. I can definitely see the appeal of a maternity nurse

Managed to read this tonight...

Marls and claire - ouch at tears. How're you healing?

Lexy - well done for expresing so long and great that you've been able to get dd latched on. that's fantastic. hope your dd3 is more settled, that's so cute re the snails! How's your dd1 settling at university?

Claire - how's your ds1 doing? How's the potty training?

Lysettes - shocked at "pull the uterus out"! Sounds like Jacob's doing great. Like Claire we give dd a pretty warm bath, but she has loved it from the first one. Ds used to scream and scream!

Topbanana - well done on breastfeeding!

homemama trust milk is now in and the piles begin to settle

compo I hope the emotions are settling. we swaddle dd too, she seems to like it.

Marls did you get the flu jags sorted?

1B1B well done on breastfeeding so far! like Claire i'd try to wake dd if she zonked after 10 mins and get more into her. (doesn't always work but often she'll go back on and take another 15 mins or so in her sleep).

Mabel we had Guthrie today too. dd slept through it - funny girl! How was it for you?

compo that's interesting re BF babies not needing winded. So far dd hasn't really brought up any wind after a feed.

Good to be caught up with everyone. Hope you all have a good night!

Hi Tassis! Read your birth story and it was a wonderful one. I think I just tore where I did last time with DS1, so no new damage, really
Very minimal blood right now, but won't get okay to exercise or have sex for another 4 weeks!! Definitely feeling weak around the pelvic floor right now ... anyone else? I had forgotten about this time period with DS1. I suppose I was so sleep-deprived then that I was hardly walking the earth, much less thinking about getting the okay for either sex or exercise.

Wow, a new skeptical icon

Sex Marls, oh no!!! Can't even contemplate the thought!! The doctor warned me it would hurt, so I'm rather nervous about that one... Definitely not until after the hospital check for stitches at 6 weeks.. and probably not for a while after that either!!

Tassis, potty training is, hmmm, going all right-ish. Quite a few accidents - not sure whether it's reaction to having a new brother, or just plain boredom with the whole effort on his part! Still, we persevere...

Ok night last night, Fraser awake for feeds at 1.30 and 4.50. Just can't wait for a whole night's sleep. I was saying to DH yesterday that I can't actually remember when I last slept all night, what with peeing all through late pregnancy every hour or so, and now feeding a hungry baby for an hour at a time in the darkness.

Is anyone else finding it impossible to sleep when LO sleeps? I know I should, esp if I manage to get DS1 and 2 in bed together... and on days when DS1 is in nursery. But somehow it just doesn't happen.

Someone already asked me today if I was going to try again for a "pink one"! yeah, right.

Sex Marls, oh no!!! Can't even contemplate the thought!! The doctor warned me it would hurt, so I'm rather nervous about that one... Definitely not until after the hospital check for stitches at 6 weeks.. and probably not for a while after that either!!

Tassis, potty training is, hmmm, going all right-ish. Quite a few accidents - not sure whether it's reaction to having a new brother, or just plain boredom with the whole effort on his part! Still, we persevere...

Ok night last night, Fraser awake for feeds at 1.30 and 4.50. Just can't wait for a whole night's sleep. I was saying to DH yesterday that I can't actually remember when I last slept all night, what with peeing all through late pregnancy every hour or so, and now feeding a hungry baby for an hour at a time in the darkness.

Is anyone else finding it impossible to sleep when LO sleeps? I know I should, esp if I manage to get DS1 and 2 in bed together... and on days when DS1 is in nursery. But somehow it just doesn't happen.

Someone already asked me today if I was going to try again for a "pink one"! yeah, right.

claire- i forgot about that. one of the mws actually told me to strip him down to his nappy to feed him if he keeps falling asleep as they get too warm next to your body and drift off.
tassis- totally agree on the no stitches thing. ds is only 11 days old today and im feeling frisky already!! everything feels dandy down there and bleeding has stopped.
dh is refusing though. he insists it will hurt. i think it will hurt his pride if it doesnt hurt me thats all!!
thanks for all feeding suggestions.
another question from me.....!
when do you think it would be safe for me to try a bottle of ebm for dh to try and feed him without confusing him?
some mws say early otherwise they wont take it at all, others say wait. im confused!

clairemow - I'm the same as you, just can't seem to switch off in the day to sleep so end up putting my feet up and hoping that's just as good. Dd was an angel last night - fed at midnight, then 4am and is still sleeping now so managed to get ds up and ready for nursery without dh's help - in training for when paternity leave comes to an end, a week today
Feeding going okay so far, 1 week in, waiting for a growth spurt to see if it stays that way!! Has anyone has this newborn hearing test? We have to go to the hospital at 9.45am next Wed for it, not looking forward to taking ds along, and they say baby should be asleep if possible, fed and changed just before - who do they think I am, supermum?!! lol

1B1B, Fraser is already having EBM at late night feed from DH, and doesn't seem confused at all! go for it.

Compo, what a mammoth sleep!!! DH is off tomorrow early for meetings all day, so I have DS1 and 2 all to myself to get up, dress, entertain, and possibly bath. Oh help!!

F crying, got to go.

1B1B, Fraser is already having EBM at late night feed from DH, and doesn't seem confused at all! go for it.

Compo, what a mammoth sleep!!! DH is off tomorrow early for meetings all day, so I have DS1 and 2 all to myself to get up, dress, entertain, and possibly bath. Oh help!!

F crying, got to go.

sorry, keep clicking twice..

Started thread this am about feeding and which side - anyone got any advice?

Clairemow - at the moment I'm just giving one breast at each feed. Seems to be working so far. I switch a bracelet from wrist to wrist to remind me which was the last breast dd fed from. Has anyone else's lo's been feeding more today due to the hot weather (well in the SE anyway?). Can really sympathise with those still waiting to drop with the change in weather - hope they are all coping okay.

compo, F seems to be happy mostly with just the one side at each feed - I am just confusing myself by expressing and getting all muddled about which one to use next. But Tiktok said it didn't matter, and it isn't necessarily about emptying each side, just important that the baby gets what he needs from a feed. I have noticed that F seems to empty my left one quite easily, then fuss about and cry and screw his face up until I offer the other one, then he goes straight on and sucks away. Weird. Still, Tiktok also said that it's not about producing equal amounts on each side either, and it'd work itself out. Made me feel much better. She is a god where breast feeding is concerned!

good tip about the bracelet. bet I'd forget to swap it over though...!!!

Hi girls!

We had our first feeding in public experience today (coffee shop and then restaurant) and it went well. Dd tends to bob on and off a bit until she gets latched on properly so I was a bit concerned about being left exposed , she also gets her wee hands in the way...but it was fine!

We had a pretty good night last night with Lucy feeding at 11pm, 3am and 7am. Not bad, but wow at compo's LO's fab long lie!

Marls, I'm pretty weak around the pelvic floor too. Hopefully it'll sort itself v soon!

1B1B - why don't you try EBM and see how it goes. If it doesn't work or is too much hassle you could always try again in a week or so.

Claire, I manage to sleep not bad at the moment either after lunch when ds is at pre-school nursery or I stay on in bed after Lucy's 6/7am feed and dh takes her and ds downstairs where Lucy generally sleeps on in the pram. Hope your morning is Ok with both your two tomorrow. Glad tiktok could answer your questions...helpful thread...funny I'd been chatting to friend about exactly the same thing earlier today. My only reason for feeding on both sides at the moment is that I'm so full I couldn't bear the thought of leaving either side another 3 hours!

Tassis - Won't know about flu shots until October ... have to telephone again then. Though I've heard from another Dr.'s office there shouldn't be a shortage - we'll see.
Do y'all have to get them every year; are they available for all?

1B1B - re: everything dandy already!! Claire - LOL; and I was the one who didn't want sex most of pg! Irony is once I'm given the O.K., help will be gone & will not be getting sleep enough to want it anymore.

For the record, even with full night's sleep every night, still have a constant low-grade headache, am on an emotional rollercoaster (don't even get me alone in the car with music - it doesn't have to be sappy; cried to Mike Doughty today), and am so tired, anyway. Three years ago with DS1 we were living in one big room - no doors; no escape. And that all of this was exacerbated ... no wonder I was depressed.

Claire - Some people just can't nap during the day; I'm one of them too. Sorry you're feeling so sleep-deprived. It's awful.

This weekend I became a godmother . Now I have some kind of "daughter" of my own, in this newly created three-man world of mine.

congrats on being a godmother Marls
Well got a bit more sleep last night, dd fed at 9.30pm, 1.30pm and around 4.30am I think. She settled really well after the last 2 feeds. Only thing is I seem to be wide awake at 5am and then start listening for ds who has decided that his new getting up time should be anything btw 5.45am and 6.30am Still feel so much better than I did when ds was 9 days old. I had the full cracked and bleeding nipples by this time with him. Trying not to get hopes up too much cos I know a growth spurt could change things but I'm amazed b/feeding is going so well atm.
Quick question - does everyone wear feeding bras around the clock or just in the day?

Morning girls!...Is it??!

Jack decided that he'd be awake between 1.30 & 4 this morning...the most open eyed I've seen him! Both DH & I went to bed at 8pm (lol)...DH has a "man cold" & I figured that if I was still in hospital I'd be in bed so what the heck! He fed at 9pm then again at 11.00 then 1.30 with two feeds until he finally gave up the ghost when he slept until 6.30. Suffice to say he's asleep now too...oh well gives me time to get in the
shower!!!

Breastfeeding appears to be easier this time around but forgotten how uncomfortable & heavy boobs become! Nearly ended up expressing in the night as Jack couldn't quite latch on,the left one was so engorged As I said yday, feeling quite blue but think once past days 6-7 should start to feel brighter hopefully. MW came yday & asked if I'd had PND with DD....I didn't as such just felt very down & blue for the first 8 weeks but due I feel to the circumstances surrounding her birth etc. Certaintly feel a lot more positive this time around

Compo, very at your mamoth sleeps!!!

Clairemow, yes find it difficult to sleep when lo sleeps during the day...I then start to feel quite depressed when it's around 6-7pm as I know it's not as if I can curl on the sofa & watch a good film until 11pm...rather we enter that twilight zone of nightime feeds & just not knowing what he is going to do! As for potty training, interestingly DD has had a few accidents just before & since her brother was born. Could be that,just accidents, but I think it's probably related. Still she's done so well so yes like you, just perserverence

Compo...around the clock!!!

My DD also has started to wake at 5.30 -6 instead of the habitual 7am so that hasn't been entirely helpful either!!!

Don't worry, I'm sure it won't stay this way As I remember from ds just as you start to feel a bit better something comes along and you're up all night... lol
I too often feel a bit down around ds' bedtime as I remember that I used to have my evenings, whereas now it's sitting on the sofa feeding in the evenings and worrying about the night ahead, when to put dd in the moses basket etc. One thing that helps me cope is having a little routine every evening where over dinner in front of the TV me and dh watch an episode of the new series of The OC on dvd. Cheers me up a bit to be doing something 'normal'

just trying to catch up!
Congrats cori and Tassis!
Another one here only doing one boob - he doesn't seem to need any more at the moment. IOnce he's had enought one side I change his bum to walke him up then try the other side, but he doesn't seem bothered.
Haven't tried a bottle again, but have expressed 4oz this monring, so DH is going to give it another go later.
Tassis - well done on your 'public' outing. I haven't been brave enough yet, I time it so we go out straight after a feed and back bfore the next one!!!

hello everyone, glad the feeding is going well for you all. I have stopped worrying about sides etc. and F seems now to want a little bit from the second side, so must be drinking more. I managed to express 6 oz last night (!!), so his appetite must have increased.

I've had DS1 at home as well today, and it's not been as bad as I feared. Mostly because when it was time to feed, we just went next door, and DS played with my neighbour's little boy, who's only 4 months younger than him. So that kept him distracted.

On the evening routine front, we have started putting F down in his moses basket in the dark at 7 after a bath and feed. Most evenings he settles down fine and sleeps til about 10.30. Last night, he woke then at 1.45, fed, and then woke a bit at 4.45. I think I was in a sort of daze, as I put the little light on, looked at him, his eyes were shut and he was just snuffling. So I left him alone, and suddenly it was 6.30 - so he must have gone back to sleep without a feed - promising!!! But every night's different at the moment..

Cori, hope DH's man-cold gets better...!!! Dh gets them here too from time to time, you'd think he was dying...

Marls, congrats on being a godmother. And I hope your headache goes soon.

Cori, just been on to yahoo and seen your Jack - he is beautiful, and so alert for one so young! You should be very proud of yourself for producing such a gorgeous son!!

hey everyone,

jacob empties both sides...and then goes for 60ml from a bottle of formula - no teat confusion there! He's been on both pretty much from the start and just seems to want to eat everything in sight

we have fed in public a few times now and although he's messy feeding at home he's much better in public - great manners

I am wearing feeding bras all the time as at night we are formula feeding him to try and get him to go a bit longer, and i'm expressing after he's settled down. He's in his own room in his cot bed now (looks tiny in it though!) but he is such a noisy sleeper (snuffles and does an elaborate stretching routine for a good 30 minutes before waking properly!) it's a godsend when trying to settle him!

Well done tassis!

Am keeping away from anything with ginger and carbonated drinks, although went onto la leche and found out that a small glass of wine will be out of my system within an hour or so, so am treating myself to the odd one! The carbonated drinks and ginger seem to make his trapped wind even worse, and can identify with those big burps and farts - we have them here too!

OMG sorry for realllllly long post!

Here I am... ! Managing to get on twice today - hooray!!!

Will now read some messages and get over being soooo cross at DP rolled in at five past seven tonight thinking all would be well to me breathing fire at him, after expecting him home at five... and he hadn't taken out his mobile either so I had text him to ask him to get infacol but hadn't and DD running round like a mad thing, Ben crying as it's his 'bad' time and me either about ready to burst into tears or kill someone... Doesn't help he has invited the world and his wife to DD's brithday party and not helping and then tonight his brother has decided to come round and I find it horrid when he follows you to watch you change Ben's bum- am I weird or would you feel like that??? And in any case who comes round at 8pm to visit anyone with a newborn?????????

Glad you ladies are getting on with breast feeding- feeling very envious of you all...

I'm so excited that we are all still on here and now chatting about our babies!!!

Also, still happy about my 35 minute birth... even if I had been having pains for three weeks before and NO pain relief but happy it was so short and no tears or rips only a small graze and feeling 'normal' down there (sorry if tmi).

Another tornado warning (sigh) ... used to flooding, not to this. Prefer this, though ... have already been hit by hail once; chances are, not again.

Have posted new pics of DS2 on Yahoo! We think we've nearly cloned DS1.