Septermber 07 poppers.....please meet here!

[dal21]

Hi ladies - cannot see a thread for the sept ladies who have popped. Thought I would start one (hope I havent been totally blind and missed one already set up)

we can share our trials and tribulations of our LO's here!

Hi Purple - x-posted. Keeping my fingers very crossed that Cerys (and you too, of course) manage to evade the cold. We are just getting over them here, but luckily Millie managed to avoid it even though the four of us were drenched in snot.

Have no bright ideas or experience of gripe water, but hope it helps with the colic. Have you tried Colief if not? Hope you get some good advice in feeding section.

FWIW it didn't sound for a moment like were suggesting topping-up, just giving an account of your own personal experience, so don't feel awful, y'hear

Purple - i must stop x-posting, you can tell what a slow typist I am from the times on the posts. Meant to say what an adorable pic of Cerys in your profile, loving the hair, fab, I produce quite baldy babes myself. Does she look similar to your older DD or is it just in that picture?

LOL on the xposts!

Thanks Hammer, everybody comments on her hair - we had to blow dry it after her bath the other day as there's simply too much of it to towel dry! My other two didn't have anywhere near as much hair as that! Funny you should say that, she does remind me a bit of my other DD when she was little, even though she has a different dad. I'm quite chuffed you mentioned it actually as so far everybody has said she is the image of DH which is lovely, but I want to remind them that she came from me too LOL!

Haven't tried colief yet as its soooo expensive but somebody suggested trying to get it on prescription which I might try being as she is struggling so much with this wind.

So pleased for you that Millie managed to avoid getting a cold - are you feeling better now?

PLP, I remember we used gripe water with ds1 when he had really bad colic, but this was nearly 8 years ago. I've got such a crappy memory at the best of times (never mind when coping with 'baby brain') that I don't remember how we got it into him. Dh on the other hand would probably remember so I'll ask him when he gets home on sunday from his self centred, alcohol fuelled, abandon the family, piss up well-deserved break. I love the pictures of your family too, what a gorgeous trio you have.

Hammer, know what you mean about the exercise thing. Yesterday I had to walk to the school and back FIVE times. I was completely shattered afterwards. It's just short of a mile each way, so I probably walked nearly 10 miles during the day. Everyone says to rest to get over the birth/op and to help milk suppply, but how are you supposed to rest when there's so much to do? Incidentally, I read on mn the other day that a squirt of breast milk is supposed to be good for gummy eyes. Also, its definately worth giving the insurance co a ring as mine told me that most will let you drive, or the very least, allow you if the doc says you're fit.

Hi to everyone else too.

i have finally caught up again.

amy - don't think am related to mcgirrs you know but i only married them! not many around though so maybe? is irish originally i think.

congrat's to fish at last!

totally agree with those thathave found co-sleeping good. never thought i'd try but does allow for some sleep.

i have used wipes on occasion but trying to stick to water.

emilia seems to have decided that bottle much easier than breast so am expressing and topping up. mw says she is a tongue sucker so doesn;t use bottom lip and then finds hard to get milk from breast!very frustrating for me though- really wanted to bf. have been told to express every 2hrs but finding that impossible?! too much else to do. not sure how things will develop. also worried that not had a poo in 2 days. is this normal? she went from black to brown but now nothing. aargh!!!
hoping someone can help

Thanks kinki! Part of me hopes your DH has a stonking hangover by way of some sort of punishment but then he won't be much use to you if he is rough, what a catch22!! - bless you!

When my SIL had her DS by cs, she was told she could drive after a few weeks provided she could do an emergency break effectively - I think I posted somewhere on here asking people about it, I'll have a look...

ccpink - might be worth finding out if you can give her boiled water with a splash of pure orange juice in it - can you ring your mw or hv to find out? I was told to try it with Cerys (before we knew what her problem was) by my mw but I'd be hesitant to tell you to go ahead without seeking medical advice first just to make sure. Hope you get that poo! I'm looking forward to a pooey nappy for Christmas LOL!

here you go

Now I think about it, she was driving after a couple of weeks because her GP asked her the very same question and Direct Line said it was ok as long as the GP was happy. Not sure where I got the whole emergency break thing from but then I guess I've got 'baby brain' too!

PLP xx

To all the non-pooing babies - don't worry it's normal - we haven't pooped since Thursday. And he is breastfed - they can go 7-10 days without a poo, as long as when it comes it is the right consistency/colour and as long as LO is gaining weight then it's not considered a problem. I'm just not looking forward to the next poop when it comes as it's going to be a right nappy filler.

I was doing really well recovering from c-sec but today am very faint and light headed - is anyone else finding it an up and down process - i am three weeks in and expected to be feeling normal by now. I think it is because i spent all yesterday pacing around the house with a windy baby who cries the moment you sit still with him.

Can't believe it is October and September is over and all (most) of our babies are here. We all spent the whole year waiting for that special month to come and now it is over and all our lives have changed completely.

I have the nursery nurse coming on Monday to show me massage techniques for windy babies - i'll pass on any tips i usefully can.

S
x

Hi all,
Interested to hear about other people's non-pooing experiences. Paul's gone five days now, and the MW seems a bit twitchy about it; she's coming to weigh him on the proper scales tomorrow. I'm trying to keep an eye on the wet nappies as well, because that seems to be the clincher; my feeling is that he's weeing a bit less than he was, but I'm not entirely sure.

By the way, does anyone know whether/how you're supposed to sterilise nipple shields? I'm using one on my left hand side just for a few days to give my poor nipple a chance to heal up. I'm using the Avent ones on the recommendation of the bf counsellor - they're the really thin silicone ones, and they seem a bit delicate to put in a microwave steriliser - does anyone know??

Hope everyone's doing well. Huge congrats to MrsFish and Ben . Sophus, I don't know about C sections, but certainly after I'd done a day of walking Paul up and down my bleeding got quite a bit heavier, so it sounds like that might well be what happened to you.

Right, off to feed yet again. See you all later!

Mrsbumblebee - i had those nipple sheilds and i sterilised them in the microwave after each feed. I used them for bout ten days, life and boob savers, and they were fine. They can change colour a wee bit tho, mine kind of went a cloudy colour but were still ok
Well, i do believe i have a bit of a porker on my hands!! Arben has put on 2kgs since he was born 4wks ago He now weighs 5.3kg. The midwives scales only went up to 5kg but luckily I weighed him yesterday when i visited my workplace I am so pleased cos i was getting worried by the amount of feed his was bringing up after ecah feed but we seem so have nearly sussed that and he is a lot less windy now.
My HV finally came out to see me on thurs. She seemed ok but doesnt want to see me again til 8 weeks, is this the norm??
Was a bit sad today as last mw visit, was very happy with my main mw, she was very chilled and didn't try to preach to me, unlike the other one!
Hope everyoone is well and enjoying their LO's, time is certainly going by so quickly!! Anyone getting any proper smiles yet

About non-pooing babies. Ds2 used to poo just once a week - and bizarrely it was usually on a Thursday afternoon while waiting at ds1's karate lesson. Once or twice he stretched to the 9/10th day. As sophus says its important to check the colour and consistancy of the poo. Ds2's was still yellow, but more of a primula cheese rather than dijon mustard consistancy! HOWEVER, and I think its important to say this, he was older than 'newborn' when he got into this pattern. At a guess he was about 2/3mths and carried on like this until he was weaned at 6mths. I think it should be checked out by the doc/mw/hv with tiny babies just to be on the safe side.

I'm interested to see how long some of you have been under the care of your mws before being discharged. I was discharged when Liam was 15 days old. Considering: he was 4 weeks prem, under the care of scbu, jaundiced until he was 4 wks, only 5lb 7oz, born by em cs, I'm still on steroids, been having abdo pain which could be retained placenta and still have an intermittant dead leg due to the spinal block; considering all that, I think I was discharged too early. I feel like I've been just left to get on with it. I'm seeing my gp next week when I go in for my 6 week check. I think I'll discuss it with her because I don't think its right.

Kelm, about the hv, around here they make sure you know how to access them and basically leave it that you contact them if you need them. They visit everyone as soon as them come out of hospital then you visit them at the baby clinic, which is a drop in and wait service. I was asked to take Liam every week to be weighed because he was little.

About smiles, I think they say to expect real smiles at about 6-8 weeks. Liam is coming up to 6 weeks so I was wondering if it might be soon. I guess like everything they'll do it when they are good and ready and not when the books say so though.

Talking of books, can anyone tell me, are hv still giving out the birth to five book. And if so is it worth having? They never had them in stock when ds1&2 were born, and no-one said anything about it this time. Its just that I don't have any baby books and wondered if I was missing out on anything!

My news: ds2 has got his first ever illness today. Nothing serious (I think) just a temperature so far, but he has never ever had so much as a sniffle before in his life. He is 2.7. And can I share with everyone what a lovely dad I've got. He obviously knows about my ongoing asthma probs, and yesterday he came to visit and gave me 2 very posh and expensive anti-allergy pillows and pillow cases. He's 80yo this week and a pensioner. He could do without spending his cash on me. But he said he wanted to do something that would help me get a little bit more sleep at night. Isn't that sweet?

Hammer-Yes Millie is an adorable name, she is Millie Elizabeth (as a middle name). My Millie also had an eye infection but I managed to avoid drops by squirting some milk in . My Millie also has the odd projectile vomit!

Hi everyone hope you're having a good weekend?

Eloise is asleep and the rest of the family out so have a spare 5 mins - instead of putting on washing I'm on Mumsnet - very naughty!

Kinki - agree you shouldn't have been discharged so soon ! Is your HV coming out to see you too or have they abandoned you too ?

CC- sorry BF not going so well but well done for expressing - I can never get any out when I try !(secretly glad you're not related to mcgirrs I know - long story !!)

Re`smiling - eloise has started smiling at me , DH and the DD's which is really cute !However she also smiles at the wall and teddy so not sure really !!

Re driving - my Doctor said I could drive at 4 weeks if I felt able to do an emergency stop. Difficult to tell really so I waited a bit longer until I felt no soreness from the scar.

Sophus - its taken me 6 weeks to feel better from the cs and still feel twinges from time to time. You just have to look after yourself and rest when you can. (I am totally amazed at Kinki walking to and from school 5 times !!)

Hammerhs - glad Millie's eye getting better - you poor thing walking all that way ! lol at the "evil laugh" I think the facial expressions are hysterically funny too - when we got back from Hospital with Eloise she was staring at the bedroom wall paper with a totally "WTF is that?" expression !!

Morning all

Having a lovely lazy Sunday morning with Millie just BFing, watchng telly and have popped to the shops to get some yummy food for tea. DH had taken the DTs out on an adventure to find a new playpark, I will try and tank Millie up with milk so I've got a couple of hours to devote to my big girls when they get back.

Hope those of you waiting for poos have got them and that they are lovely and yellow

kinki - has your DH returned from his "bachelor stylee fun week" yet? Hopefully laden with gifts, chocs and wine if he has any sense! My stroll to the docs sounds a bit pathetic comapared to your five times a day school marathon I think you are right to discuss your early MW discharge with your GP in light of Liam's prematurity and your medical issues too - when you write it down like that it is quite shocking. Are you still having the abdo pain and the sciatica pain? Hope things have settled a bit for you. Have the anti-allergy pillows your lovely Dad got helped your asthma, isn't he a gem?

Mrs Bumblebee, hope the shields have allowed your poor nipple time to recover, you are very brave to keep going, clearly made of stern stuff

Kelm - fab weight gain for baby Arben, well done both of you . My HV has only been once but she was very keen to point out that I could ring her to come if I had any concerns if I couldn't get to the baby clinics. I was quite happy not to have to wait in/get dressed for anyone!

Oh Kinki, I got the Birth to 5 book with the DTs, its ok, but not so amazing that I would bother too much trying to get hold of it, especially now you are on no.3 - sure there is nothing in there you don't already know

Edie - I did try putting some milk in Millie's eye but the infection kept seeming to clear up then come back again. DH came in and found me squeezing some milk into her eye and said "what the hell are you doing, trying to suffocate her, get that boob off her"

hi amyclaramum, sorry, x-posted as i am the slowest typist ever! Their expressions (and noises) are hilarious aren't they - LOL at the wallpaper, is it a bit dodgy then? Millie is so noisy with snuffles, grunts, farts etc at night - it is like sleeping in a swamp. Just realised you have a three girl combo like me Your three girls are beautiful on your profile pics - I have an Amy and a Lara - spooky!

Hello everyone!

Congrats to MrsF, Alicet and Willjo. Is that us all done from the sept thread??
Ryan is one month old today, cannot believe a month has already gone by!

Have skimmed through the posts. Re the pooing, I read that it is ok for BF babies to go for days without a poo - my LO has a few a day! Shows just how different bubs are. I have just come back from my mums, am very well rested but think I am now coming down with a cold. grrr. bet I cannot take lemsip whilst bfeeding...

I am trying to start pushing Ryan into going longer between feeds at nighttime by giving him EBM in a bottle for the last feed at night...last night he guzzled down 5fl oz but was up again after 4 hours, which isnt bad...may start trying to give him more and see if that makes him stretch to 5 hours gradually.

Hope that everyone else is doing well.

Hammer, that's funny, your dh thinking you're suffocating Millie, what are they like?! You should have aimed your boob at him and said, you cross me and you get it too!

Hopefully that 5x's walk to school last thursday should be a one-off. On a thurs I have to do it 3x's (drop off a sch, at lunch drop off at pre-sch, then pick them both up at 3.30). But because dh was a way I had to go back in the evening to take ds to footie, then 1.5 hrs later go back to collect him. Dh helps train them so usually he does the footie runs. I try hard not to use my car for little journeys, but I going to have rethink my priorities if I have to do that much again.

Well dh came home. With a dozen red roses. Can't remember the last time I got flowers from him. So I think he's feeling a bit sheepish about abandoning us. Considering what he has probably been up to, he doesn't look to bad. I think I would've like to see him suffering a bit though. He's gone out with ds1&2 to see his parents. I had to make a decision - take all 3 for about 2 hours (around feeding) or just the 2 for several hours. I need some rest desparately. I went for the first option, so hopefully Liam stays settled - he should do he was up half the night again.

Ds2 got a temp of over 40 last night, and I wondered if he was going slightly delirious. Phoned the on-call drs and they were muting about taking him to a&e. But fortunately he started to improve. I wouldn't have fancied dragging all 3 out in the dead of night. Makes me think how well single parents cope with everything.

ACmum, the hv came once, the day after I came out of hosp. She asked me to get Liam weighed weekly at the clinic. But I don't see a hv, a nursery nurse does it. She even said that I could come up on a wed and just help myself to the scales. Hammer, I get some abdo pain, but not as bad and I can still feel my uterus. I'm still slightly bleeding intermittently too. The dead leg is maybe one day in 4/5. (Its not totally dead, I can still walk around, and paracetamol helps).

How lovely Eloise is smiling! I've had a premonition about Eloise - she's going to be an interior designer when she's all growed up!

hi dal, I figured there were a maybe a few more, emj23, yetihead and diddle spring to mind. Surely it can't be too much longer for them to wait. Hope the cold doesn't manifest into anything major.

we pooped! boy was it volumnious, and took him 4 hours of straining to do it. he's now slept pretty much all day - I think he's exhausted after 2 days of crying. got nursery nurse tomorrow so will check that it is all normal baby behaviour then. but he's a much happier baby for having a good poo.
xx

we pooped! boy was it volumnious, and took him 4 hours of straining to do it. he's now slept pretty much all day - I think he's exhausted after 2 days of crying. got nursery nurse tomorrow so will check that it is all normal baby behaviour then. but he's a much happier baby for having a good poo.
xx

we pooped too!!!!!!!!had a huge one last night and then slept from 12-6:30!!! fluke or what. had another giant one at lunch today so I'm feeling much better.

amy - story sounds intriguing

sophus - would love to hear windy solutions. hiccups are a regular occurence in our house.

kinki - i agree that i think you were discharged too early. surely prem babies need to be monitored for longer, without any other problems?

have to go, baby calling!

Hi people, just thought I'd check in with you all (just in case you were worrying about me)

Well, DH is back to work tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to having a day of stressy 2 YO and not being able to get anything done etc I might get lucky and the girl's decide to have nice long naps etc, but that's not likely (especially in DD1's case)

So far the past 2 weeks have been busy filled with nothing-ness, I've spent most of my time sat down feeding or stood in the kitchen cooking (no change in that department then!!) hence not having enough time to even check in on MN, it's pants! Maybe I'll have more time this week and get into a proper daily routine with the girls

Anywho, hope you're all doing well and having a nice relaxing time
xxx

hello all, sorry for quick post.... got the inlaws round! just wanted to say congrats to mrsf, willjo and alice. also wanted to see how you are doing laksa with the bfing. i hope things are going ok. I agree kellymom is a great website for information. I also thought La Leche League were brilliant for support. Its a real luxury, but if you can manage to go to bed for a couple of days with your lo and do lots of bfing and skin to skin contact it really helps. a good sign you're feeding enough is if you're getting yellow/mustardy coloured nappies. The frequency and number varies from baby to baby, but the colour is important, cos it means the baby is getting hind milk. Luca is still a bit all over the place at nearly four weeks, but stick with it, you're doing amazingly well!

take care everyone, gotta dash, luca is trying to chew my nipple through my tshirt! i guess he's trying to tell me something !

xx

Hi Everyone wow I found you all!

Just a quick note to say our little girl Poppy Molly arrived on 26th September at 10:07 by emergency C-section weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces.

It was a difficult delivery which ended in me haemorrhaging and needing a blood transfusion. I was unable to hold her or really see her for the first 3 days but DP was fantastic and is just the mossdt amazing father!. Poppy is doing brilliantly and is the most gorgeous baby ever (although I would say that!)

Will catch up properly later.

xxx

hey eberyone - congrats nicki and welcome poppy!

hope holly and hopey are doing ok; i havent seen them on here for a while.
well i had my first really testing night; full on cold (havent had one in years!) combined with unbelievably grizzly and unhappy baby = exhausted me!

ryan suddenly had some diarrhea and red raw bottom; no temp though and feeding well; so had a very unsettled baby all night and this morning. he has spots too - so we are thinking some sort of minor viral thing and fingers crossed, it'll be out of his system soon enough. good news is that he went for his hip scan this afternoon - and being breech hasnt harmed him - hoorah!

how is everyone else? ok i hope!