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

M2BR.
Alex only put 4 oz on this week as well, it's perfectly normal for them to have slower weeks, especially if they've recently had a growth spurt.
It's only an issue when they start to lose weight or fall off the centiles continuously not gaining much.

Perfectly normal Eva.
Green like pesto, yellow like mustard and orange like tomato soup are all on the normal spectrum of BF baby poo.
Also sicking it up is probably just related to wind.

thanks vs, I hoped you would be here. is there anything I can do to reduce the wind? I don't do anything else at the moment except feeding my ever hungry baby and washing clothes with milk stains

sorry if this is a stupid question

do you burp sitting up? or over your shoulder another good one.

both. and thanks to the sitting up I guess we have to have some professional carpet cleaning. sometimes she brings up so much too quick to catch everything

Not really much you can do.
Is your let-down quite fast? Does she gag or choke at all? That's a common reason for lots of wind, good way to help then is to express a little, by hand or with a pump, before feeds to slow it down a tad when she latches on, that way she won't gulp and take in as much air.
Possibly break the suction more often and wind during the feed.
Erm, just keep an eye on your latch, any clicking noises, white spots or sore red nipples could be a sign of thrush.
Have a look on kellymom.
Let me get you a link, hang on.

here you go.
Read this, you'll be able to see what fits you and Nora without me asking tons of questions

what precisely is a fast let-down? if the milk comes out to fast? at the beginning of the feeding or generally? is it the same as oversupply?

thanks vs

i really think the hva has an issue with me, it washer made me paranoid about his weight (friend asked if he'd gained weight and hva yelled 'no!'- may have a word with hv).

we resisted the urge to buy formula today, we did buy the tommee tippee dummies though, and they seem good. he's going longer between feeds and then feeding more- we'll see how it goes.

DH has been put on a special diet for a stomach ulcer. So i noew have each of us on a separte regime . Getting bloody silly!

Oh and VS i'm not superwoman- bt my friend who has twins last month who are in SCBU and is expressing and having to catch the bus there several times a day as her police officer Dh decided to go away on training as he wasn't needed with the twins in hospital (poor friend DOES need him!) and still amnaed to make her own birth announcements and write thank you letters for gifts..... . SHE deserves an award!

Fast let down is also known as forceful let down, makes the baby gag as it comes out so very fast. had it with ds2 (seems to have resolved now) and he would literally come off the breast spluttering.

(Eva I shall lend you my vax LOL)

thanks for the link but it doesn't work

what's a vax, peachy?

It's like a vacuum cleaner with a shampoo cartridge for carpet washing.

very useful!

That, a slow cooker and a chest freezer rank along with cot and pram as baby essentials in my opinion!

I was thinking about you and your slow cooker today when I was at Argos (they have one for 9,90) maybe I really need to get one

Try this www.home.kellymom.net/babyconcerns/gassybaby.html

Eva - A was throwing up a lot and hv recommended that I give her less at each feed. of course, I have to feed more often now, but the vomiting has stopped. I had fast let down too. I was forcing her to drink too much too quickly.

HV noticed that A's head is always on one side and that she may need physio. In a funny way, I hope that's right cos then all this would be fixable. HV said otherwise I just have a fretful colicky baby that doesn't sleep much and that's all there is to it.

She won't take the dummy. So I guess that problem's solved for me.

Thanks for all your advice on bath etc. We don't have a bath, so DH can't fit in the baby bath . Sadly he's never home in time either. I have to admit that I'm really crap about bathing both dds as I just don't seem to have the energy for it...

Just heard from my best friend from college whose baby was due in a couple of weeks. She had her DD in an uncomplicated homebirth on Friday, but then on Saturday the baby got rushed to hospital with Group B Strep-related meningitis, into intensive care and onto antibiotics. Huge kudos to the community midwife who came out for an extra unscheduled visit on Sunday to help with getting breastfeeding established (as they'd been having problems on Saturday), and who spotted that something wasn't right.

She's off the incubator now and they think she's unlikely to die, but will be in hospital for several weeks and they won't know for some time whether there will be any long-term effects. And my friend has gone down with a cold today so can't visit (not a problem for her DD but they don't want to risk exposing all the premature babies in the NICU).

Giving DD an extra-big cuddle, and keeping everything crossed that things turn out OK.

'Lo all!

I've missed you folks!

Have been too busy to get on 'puter but tonight, Molly has gone to sleep at a sort of normal time so thought I would catch up with you all - how are people? Babies OK?

Bugger. She's woken up.

Anyway - very quickly - hugs to your friend PAL and hello to everyone and guess what - I'm getting married on sat!

what a v stressful time for your friend, hope everything ok

Ahhhh Ellie that would explain where you've been, congratulations have a fab day.

Hey denny how are you?

I am loving being a mummy, though last night I did want to chuck her out the window as she would not go to sleep for love nor money, even though she was knackered and was 3am. Generally not that bad though!

Ellie! There you are!!

Enjoy every minute on Saturday xxxx

Congratulations Ellie! We want photos...

OMG - your poor friend PAL - I pray everything will be alright for them.

Congratulations Ellie!! We want to see the pics you hear!! Wonderful news - hope you have a fabulous day on Saturday!

PAL. Don't even know what to say, that's horrible. Will pray for your friend and her family. Great midwife.

Ellie, how exciting!