March 2015 Baby Club - The Results!!

[Gudgyx]

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Our last pregnancy thread above.

Thank you ladies for all your support over those worrying, exciting, mind numbing, vommitty, sleepless days and nights. It has been a pleasure.

Now onto motherhood :D

[EsmeGreene]

Hello to those who wanted the FB group name - it's March Mummies 2015.

[lavender20]

Hi everyone!!
How is everyone getting on? Don't they get bigger quickly these babies haha.
What's the Facebook group called?

[theaccidentalrose]

Hey everyone I'm late joining too as my little one is now 10 weeks!

Could I get an invite to the fb group?

[HomefromHome1]

I'm late to join as well! Dd now 10 weeks!

[Lifeisabeach]

Hi Weasel, I'm a March mum too, DS is now 8 weeks. This thread has gone quiet as everyone posts in the FB group we started when pregnant. PM me if you want to join and I'll see if I can add you :)

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[weaselwithin]

hi everyone, hope you don't mind if I join dd is now 5 weeks

[theonewiththenoisychild]

four when im trying to get rid of hiccups i try the breast he hasnt fed from that way he gets the fore milk not the hind milk so its not as likely to over fill baby hth

[Ohfourfoxache]

Bloody hell Lavender - 7 days? that's rough going

Yy to feeling sad at hospital pictures. Ollie's head bled quite a bit for the first 24 hours (ventouse and monitor in labour), so all his first pictures feature bloodied hats

How is your dd now?

You've probably been inundated with advice, but all 3 of us had colds when he was 2-3 weeks old. Annoyingly there isn't much available for snotty babies, but I found that saline drops worked reasonably for a while. I think calpol do them but when I purchased they only had the spray in stock so ended up with another brand to get drops instead of the spray. Apparently drops are easier to administer!

It's lovely when they fall asleep on you, isn't it? I've found a new favourite happy place in the last 5 weeks!

Theone I love the name Elijah - absolutely gorgeous. Finding it hard to balance getting rid of hiccups and over-filling/puking tbh - it's taking a bit of trial and a hell of a lot of error

[lavender20]

My baby was also admitted to SCBU on the neonatal ward twice so I know how you felt four and like you we brought her home with heels like pin cushions. We stayed in 7 days in the end and I still feel a little sad when I look at her hospital pictures.

Hiccups oh yeh DD had them constantly in the womb and now has them after feeds and out comes milk with them!

Currently very sleep deprived!! DD has a snotty nose and we had a bad night, however she sleeps soundly on me and it doesnt bother her...dont know how that works!!

Hope everyone is well :)

[theonewiththenoisychild]

four elijah gets hiccups after almost every feed. i just feed him some more and they usually go away

[M27J5M]

Giving them a drink helps with hiccups, HV told me with DS1 that hiccups are caused by swallowing wrong so if they take a drink and swallow again it takes them away

[Lizziebear15]

Hi four no magic cure for hiccups I am afraid. The best thing I have found so far is giving her a dummy. The hiccups don't really seem to bother her much though until they make her vomit. If you work something out let me know

[Ohfourfoxache]

Lizzie how have you been managing the hiccups? I've found that latching him on, giving him water or changing his nappy can help to get rid but I'm not always successful. And the longer they go on for, the more likely his is to be sick.....would be great to find a more reliable method of curing them!

[DurhamRed]

Hi Lizzie my baby finds it difficult to lie flat too. We bought a wedgehog on Amazon which you place under their mattress (for carrycot/ Moses or cot) which puts them at an incline... My baby now has no problem settling on her carrycot as she is no longer lying flat. Apparently it is designed for babies with reflux problems. It may help to settle your baby

[StuntNun]

Lizzie for reflux I would say get the medicine started right away before there's too much damage. My DS3 stopped vomiting as soon as he started gaviscon but it took ranitidine and then Omeprazole to control his symptoms. The quicker you treat it the quicker it will resolve.

[Lizziebear15]

Also meant to add to fondue I have been giving her boiled water for the past week to help with constipation that she had, helped with that but made no difference to her wind at all. She was 4 weeks old when I started. She also has hiccups after most feeds

[Ohfourfoxache]

I've found that it helps with the wind Fondue, but it turn it seems to have helped the vomiting too (he was so windy that he would vomit whilst trying to get rid of it). He has also had ridiculous hiccups - after probably 1/3 of his feeds - and the water seems to help with that too. In terms of how soon to offer it, I've only started doing it in the last few days and he's just over 4 weeks, so he's a bit older than Thomas. Ollie is dc1 so having never done this before I don't know how soon they can have water!

ThisWay I can sympathise - seeing tiny feet with plasters all over them is difficult. Sounds like if Sofia has started putting on weight then you've turned a corner.

Lizzie that sounds so difficult. Watching responses re rash/acne with interest - he's got a bit of a rash and has quite a spotty face.

Can I ask, what's the deal with the FB group? Would I be able to join, and if so, how do I do it?

[Lizziebear15]

Hi, I am loving reading everyone's birth stories and glad that everyone is ok. I was just wondering if anyone else is having problems with a reflux baby. My DD is not able to lie flat and is projectile vomiting after most feeds. She still sleeps well on me or DH. The last few days have been pretty bad with her screaming in pain when lying down but then okay on being held up right She is also quite windy baby despite infacol and has a rash on her face, back and shoulders (think it is baby acne). Does anyone have any tips or advice, as she is still gaining weight (has dropped a couple of centimes) okay health visitor doesn't want to out her on any medicine yet.

Thank you and hope everyone else is well

[ThisWayNow]

Just realised I haven't posted yet but thought I had. Sleep deprivation
I love reading the updates and so happy for you all with your loved up hormones- long may it continue.
Sofia was 5.4 weight with low blood sugar and so her feet ended up covered in plasters after all the heel prick tests. She's still below her birth weight but is now putting on weight at 10 days old.
It's a regime of breast, expressing and some formula. Whatever it takes really.
DD1 is pleased with her new sister and is treating her well.

[Fondue42]

Oh four, having similar issues with vomiting and wind with Thomas, that was the main reason for weight loss. He started to improve a lot, but today he just spewed up his whole feed again, first time in 3days, so I feel back to square one!

Cooled boiled water... Does that help with the vomiting or the wind or both? And do I have to wait until he is a bit older to try it? He is 10days old today.

[StuntNun]

Everyone decided to get up early today. Currently holding a sleeping DS4 and watching Peppa Pig with DS2 and DS3. At least DS1 is still asleep or possibly just hiding!