APRIL 2008 - We venture over to the 'other side'

[VictorianSqualor]

Our babies.

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
02April: Struan, a baby boy for Donnabels, 6lbs 15oz
02 April: A baby boy for mummyofaprincess @39 weeks
03 April: A baby girl for PippiCalzelunghe @38+2weeks
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for Sal22, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
11 April: Kyran for rdk, 7lb 13oz @ 38+3weeks
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
18 April: Millie, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41+?
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
20 April: Samuel, a first baby for Velbels. 8lb15oz at 41+1weeks.
20 April: Angharad Mai, 8lb 4oz, 40+6, first for 7monthsplus
20 April: Emilia, 7lb15oz, a first baby for SuzeM, 40+6
21 April: Eve, a second baby for Scampmum, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first baby for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, a second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April: Hope Olivia, a second dd for northeastmummy, 7lb 11oz at 41 .
26 April: Gabriel, a third child for Bainmarie @ 41+5
26 April: Eli Michael, a baby boy for LittleMissTurquoise, 7lb 15.5oz @ 40+5
27 April: a baby girl for Ayomi, 6lb 1oz @ 41+0
28 April: Jacob Andrew, a 2nd DS for Kaybeeand2boys, 8lb 4oz @ 41+5
29 April: Thomas Henry, a 2nd DS for TLSM, 7lb 8oz 40+3
30 April: Harry Samuel, a fourth ds for Chipmonkey, 9lb 5oz @ 39+2
01 May: Sophie May, a baby grl for Annieroo, 6lb 5oz @ 41+4
01 May: Euan George, a baby boy for Jenniejennie, 8lb @ 40+4
02 May: Robyn Olivia, a baby girl for soph28, 8lb 1oz @ 42+1
05 May: Nora Martina, a first baby for Eva07, 7lb 8oz @ 41+2
05 May: A baby boy for Beeper, 8lb 10oz @ 41+0
05 May: Gabriella Summer, a first baby for Mum2babyroo, 8lb 4oz @ 40+6
06 May: Wilf, 8lb 60z for bigbadmom @ 41+6
07 May: James Andrew, a second ds for Moominsmummy, 8lb 13oz @ 41+5
08 May: Ellie Isabella, a first baby for Carey87, 7 lb 8oz @ 42+1
08 May: Robin David, a 2nd baby for Woollymummy, 8lb 11 oz @ 41+3
09 May: 4 kittens for scorpio's cat!
10 May: Astrid Mary, a second dd for sagitta, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

sagitta - re the routine, it's totally up to you, but I think that lo's benefit from a routine of sorts. As scorpio says, sometimes they sort their own routines out, sometimes they need a bit of a hand, so to speak.

Livi seems to Eat, play for a bit and then sleep, then wake up for a bit and then eat agian, play etc etc etc. I did however give her a helping hand at bedtime by having a bath and quiet time with a feed last thing at night to signal end of day etc (and I have taught her to settle herself in her cot - so I can put her down and then leave the room and spend time with DH). We are still 'tweaking the edges' of our routine -but so far so good.

Morning TMP, Im here, just put DD2 to bed, bit of a whingy morning but she has just poo'd for england (v glad i put a towel of the changing mat to mop it up) so think that may have been the problem. DS just got in the bath with DH so have a few mins peace B4 i need to get him out and dressed again.

DH on lates again today so have another military operation this evening (no DS to bath now though ob) sagitta I dont think i'd survive without routine, I like to know roughly what i need to be doing at each stage of the day otherwise i get to the evening and theres still a zillion and one things to do.

Ah-ha Denny - at last someone else (and I have to go out now, typical )

I know what you mean about monumental Poos. Livi usually does a poo after each feed,( and if not each feed then every other one) but has been known to go for a few without going. Then has been very out of sorts only to produce an almight explosion and seems to right herself - and yes, sometimes it gets everywhere.
Lucky I'm not squeamish at all with things like this cos DH turns into a pathetic mess in such occassions! LOL

Also the 'flying solo' thing in the evenings (ie when the DH's go out), I find scary at first and then once you've done it once or twice it's a doddle (and then when it comes to our turn to go out and leave them in control - we can grin and remember how they are feeling!)

Hello!

Thanks Sal for the link to the surround book. It was delivered today

LO has a stuffy nose unfortunately, the poor thing. I've elevated the cot and am giving her saline drops. It has made feeding a bit difficult for her and she is sncking here and there instead of doing good long feeds. The important thing is that she is getting the milk into her I suppose.

Have any of you got a routine going? LO's natural routine isn't too bad and she is only 5 weeks old anyway so I don't expect any sort of routine yet but i'm wondering when they should start a bit of a routine and what I should expect. Now she's on 7 feeds a day with about 3 hours between them during the day and a bit longer at night. When do they go down to 6 feeds?

Molly they all vary, think it just depends on the stomachs abilty to take more milk, some will drop feeds after a few weeks others could still be on 7+ feeds for a few months. We have a vague routine but it is flexible depending on going out/LO wanting an extra feed/being more sleepy/alert etc

Feeds are 7am, 10am, 12noon (dosent always have this one), 2pm, 4.30pm, 6pm, 11pm, 4-5am.
Somewhere in the day feeds she tends to have 3 sleeps, the longest tends to be at lunchtime but some days shes v sleepy in the am and has her long one there. Then bed at 7pm

The amount of feeds in the afternoon/evening is what causes my grief at getting every one else dinner/baths etc as shes not the quickest to have her fill.

Millie is chewing my nipples off today must resist formula....

i just mean she is feeding alot.

She hasnt developed a set of teeth overnight then Formula is v tempting on those days insnt it, I just think of the price of it, enough to keep me strong.

Scampmum My hv told me to put breast milk on ds2's eye when it was weepy and it cleared it up really quickly, also DD&DS1 have both had some of my bm cos they wanted to taste it so i let them have some I'd expressed.

Re: routine, ours is pretty much
5am:wake up with bellyache, have huge poo, feed, awake til 8am, sleep til 11am, little feed.
1am, quick feed before school run, fall asleep about 2:30pm, 4pm feed, 6pm feed, 8:30pm bath, 9pm feed, 9:30pm bed.
nightwakings vary, always between 1-2am
sometimes more.

Oh also dp has his uniform fitting a week monday

well i won't give it to her but i do have 2 tins in the cupboard that i got before she was born. She has only just come off and went on at 11.30!

ours goes :

feed 7am, awake, school run go to sleep. wake up at 9.30, feed. feed 11.30 - big feed and then 2 hour ish sleep. Feed about 2.30pm, again at 5.30 ish, 7 ish and then 9.30.

Wakes at 5am ish but goes back to sleep.

9.30pm feed is always massive!

think she wants to go back on...arrgghhhhhhhh

is it growth spurt time?

Alex's last feed is always the biggest, I'll sometimes give him one breast at 8ish, then bath him, then he'll have both breasts (sometimes even three) and be absolutely drunk on BM. Awake but just laying there, glazed over
That's when I put him to bed, he normally falls asleep within about half hour.
I did try dreamfeed at about 11pm thinking maybe he'd sleep til more like 3am than 1am if I did it but it hardly made any difference, he didn't wake up enough to take it and my boobs just got all hard from wanting to feed so we packed that in.

Probably Scorpio.
Repeat after me....

It will pass.
It'll last a couple of days and stop.

It will pass.
It'll last a couple of days and stop.

It will pass.
It'll last a couple of days and stop.

It will pass.
It'll last a couple of days and stop.

repeating...just they feel so empty if that makes sense? nipples feeling very used too iyswim...have lanisoh though. seems to have just started today. I am not packing it in though, i cannot believe how easy it is to go out etc - just stick baby up top and carry on, lol!

hmm, well the whole routine thing - which worked beautifully yesterday - looks shot to shit today as A is just so sleepy I can"t keep her awake. ho hum. its going to be a tricky night! And i'm on my own...let's hope dd1 behaves!

thanks for the feedback on your routines. Mine lo feeds about once every 3 hours during the day and a bit more spaced apart during the night. She is fairly good at night in general. My main issue is waking her up as she falls asleep fairly quickly on the boob. I hate having to wake her as she looks so cute but otherwise she'd be snacking all day!

Cool, Molly, hope LO likes the book!

I'm quite embarrassed to admit that I've got no clue about Roelof's routine, or lack thereof... It would be interesting to see if he's got a natural one, I'll start noting down times etc. We've basically just been going with whatever he fancies, as I seem to lose track of time anyway. I think generally he eats every 3 hours or so - sometimes more, sometimes less.

I've been mix feeding, normally giving him one bottle of formula (or DH giving, actually) per night, with the rest BM. But I think the formula makes him a bit more constipated, so I'll try and increase the expressing - maybe make up that extra bottle during the day. It might not even be that, but thought I'll give it a try. I also suspect the gaviscon that he has to take for his reflux makes him a little const. - anyone else had a similar experience? It's quite funny really - after seeing him struggle it's such a relief when he's got a dirty nappy all of a sudden! Never thought I'd be saying those words...

scorpio, feeling empty is good, it means your breasts are used to how much they need to make and aren't producing too much iyswim, it's partly what growth spurts are about too, your production slows down to how much baby needs, then baby starts to need more, so they feed more, to make your production go up to how much is now needed, once production is at the 'new' 'right level' they go back to feeding the normal amount and just take more each feed, they also become more adept at taking milk and it goes back down to a small length of time, but for a bigger feed.

sal, i have to know routine with two others and school runs/family meals/bath times etc to fit in!

vs. as one of 4 children, i always thought i wanted the same set-up once i'm grown up. think i'll wait to see if it gets easier with this lo first now!

I wouldn't be bothered if I got pregnant again right now except only I want time to enjoy this ok before the next