Jan 2010 babies and mothers....come here to hibernate!

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New thread for us Jan 2010 mums. Will hopefully get busier as more of our little ones arrive!

Arrivals List
1st Dec - Missmarjoribanks - boy Thomas William Francis (33+4)
10th Dec - ClaireDB - girl Mira - 5lb 11.5oz (36+5)
11th Dec - Alibobins - boy Jacob, 6lbs 1oz (37weeks)
14th Dec - londonlottie - twin girls Juliet 6lb 1 and Eve 5lb 6 (35+5)
15 Dec - Whensmydayoff - girl Olivia - 6lb (36+6)
22 Dec - Liskey - girl Ellie - 5.5lbs
24 Dec - timmette/shinybaubles - boy Oliver - 7lb
25 Dec - Fakeplastictrees - boy Luke Edward
29 Dec - CantThinkofFunnyName - girl Olivia Iris - 6lbs 2 1/2oz
30 Dec - Liny - Nottinghamsire - girl Elise
1 Jan - TheMinnieBauble - boy Freddie - Weight TBC
2 Jan - nomorebboze - girl Megan - 5lbs 12oz
5 Jan - Fraochsmum - girl, name TBC - 6LBS 2oz
5 Jan - FlightofFancy - boy Edward - 6lb 14oz (37+3)
6 Jan - salvadory - girl Imogen
7 Jan - MistletoeKisses - boy Nicolas - 6lb 8oz
10 Jan- crumpette- boy 'babycrumpette'- 8lb 15 oz

flyingma the diaphragm on my lactaline squishes up into weird shape the stronger the vacuum, so gently pulsing at low vacuum, totally squished up with max vacuum. Perhaps your one that gently pulses has a tiny hole, i think they are quite delicate. Do you have a spare? Mine came with 3 diaphragms I think.

DD has gained a pound since we were discharged last friday, and is now 8 pounds 9 sticking to 75th centile she was born on! V pleased after her starting off on scbu and not getting BF as much as I'd liked for first 2 days.
at wardrobe crumpette Judging by some of the stains on DS's old sleepsuits I think we must have had orange poos, but cannot remember. Have you been eating lots of carrots? LOL

((hugs)) to those having a tough time, I'm also struggling to keep upto date with the thread. Early days for us here, feel very far behind everyone on this thread, DD only 10 days old.

Lottie - well I'm trying out the Baby Whisperer but I really haven't paid too much heed for the last week or so because Olivia's feeds have so been all over the place. We seem to be getting back on a bit more of an even keel now. Yesterday she took mostly 3oz feeds and they were spaced at pretty much 3 hours - of her own accord, which is great. A bit of fussing in between feeds (screaming, pulling away etc), but seem to be cracking that with lots of sssshing and patting of the bottom to calm and then putting bottle in again, and again, and again, until she calms enough to take it - then she has downed the rest !

Surprising myself as "just got on with it" with the other 2 and they just fit in with whatever I was doing, which was mostly LOADS at the time. How did I do it? Buggered if I can remember. Feel like a first time mum again .

Well, decided when she woke at 5.45 that I might as well get a head start on the day, get all washing/ironing done, do some other bits I need to sort for schools back on Monday, shower etc - as DD1 has swimming lessons at 9 and if I went back to sleep I surely would be in a bit of a bother at 8.30!

So far have showered and then MNed... hmmmmm

Hey everyone.

Just a quick post to give hugs to everyone because it sounds like everyone is having a rough time from what i've read.

We will be on later to properly catch up.

hi everyone

well can highly recommend infacol for those who have bubs suffering with wind issues! last night was break through for us!. 3 days after starting infacol, Nico slept 3 - 4 hour stints in his cot. Bliss! The wind was defo causing him to wake, am so glad decided to try infacol. Despite him not having typical colic symptoms.

Lets see if it is a one night wonder...

Hope all having a good weekend.

HI all, well the reviewed length of BF is going well, have to say it;s alot less daunting now and I don't feel so much like a food delivery system On the downside Tobin had now taken to waking at 5am for his night feed and not going back to sleep! So after 2 days of having a max of 3 hrs sleep per day I'm feeling a little knackered.

Does anyone else find that LO wakes themselves up by hitting themselves in the face with flailing arms?

Had a good day today Jacob is drinking the new milk okayish he is taking 2-3oz per feed and only been sick once
He really doesn't like the inaler and tenses his whole body up

Hope all the other lovely babies are having a settled weekend x x

Hi all!
I'm afraid I don't have time to read through all the pages I have missed in the last few days, but hope you are all doing well.
Somewhat, no I don't find her waking herself up but she definitely does it when awake!
We had our 6 week check on Tuesday - Cara is 2lb3oz heavier and 6cm longer than birth so I'm dead chuffed. Even if people keep saying how "tiny" she is (and one asked yesterday if she was premature )- she's nearly 9lbs ffs!
Aaaaannnnnnnndddddd...calm
Well I finally managed to get out of our wee town and up to the big city this week! It was lovely to have a change of scene and see my sisters...and finally buy some nursing tops!
Poor DH is very ill at the moment, and is now wallowing in a bath with candles to try and make him feel better I feel really bad actually because I had no sympathy whatsoever for ages, but he is severely not well
Hope everyone else is doing well xxx

Well we've got around 10cm of snow this morning and its still coming down x x

Have a relaxing snowy Sunday

Really Ali?! In London it is hammering down with rain!

I am sooooo tired this morning. Olivia slept most of the day yesterday as I got on with chores whilst DH took care of her . That meant that at 2am she started her "daytime naps" so between 2-8am I hardly got any sleep, was forever putting her dummy back in her mouth because her nose was so blocked up she couldn't breathe properly and consequentially, the dummy kept falling out. At 8am I started punching the pillow in frustration so DH got up! He went off to rugby with DS at 9.30 and I got Olivia back again in bed. Needless to say I was up shortly after that.

Ho hum - going to be a looooong day.

Happy Sunday everyone else.

sooooooooooooooooo tiiiiiiirreed!!! My first fully sleepless night with DS [grrrrr]

I don't know if it's colic or a 6 week growth spurt or what, I really don't know! He did not sleep at all last night unless he was feeding (which was every hour) and started to drift off and would then wake up again and I feel like a homicidal zombie because DP got loads of sleep and then decides he needs a nap in the day as well ffs anyway sorry am venting! Baby has only just gone down for a rest now so I should probably do the same but instead am about to bundle him into carrier and go and buy some infacol! He seems to be in pain when he screams at night and it's definitely worsened over the past few days, I don't think it's all hunger because I have plenty of milk !

ali v jealous of your snow! x

Ali - I see from other thread that we live fairly close together... I can't believe I've never noticed!
I'm hoping snow will be gone for tomorrow... Don't fancy the walk to school with 2 moaning boys and trying to drag pram. I'm toying with using the sling, but worried what will happen if I fall.

DH is snoring away on the couch. I wish I was asleep Need to iron uniforms ready for the morning. I'm dreading being late or turning up with a screaming baby cos I've had to cut a feed short or something. Those of you with children at school... how do you cope??

Snow seems to be melting but roads are full of horrible slush that I'm sure will be an ice-rink in the morning.

Jacob seems to fall into a school run routine and as of yet we have managed to avoid screaming hungry baby lol

crumpette hope you are catching up on sleep

maygirl Having observed mine again that defo seems to be the case I think it was badly attached hence the suction was rubbish and diaphram only gently pulsating.

lottie I am quite keen on the Avent bottles as reviews say that they are very sturdy. As ours came with the sterilizer, we have been using both the newborn and bigger bottle. Our bigger bottle leaks slightly unless you really make the lid tight; I keep meaning to send it back to them but not got round to it (I hear they replace leaking bottles). Not sure if it is a thing with the bigger bottles or just ours. If the girls have outgrown the newborn bottle, you will find that the bigger size is ok tho it was weird when we started using the big bottles with only 2oz of formula!

Was thinking of switching teats as DS was showing signs of nipple confusion and the amount of time on the breast had come down significantly over the last week. That said I read something saying that MAM teats flow really fast, even the newborn one. Really unsure of whether I should mess about with something that works alright.

somewhat We have a bit of the flailing arms but the only advice I have is a bit unorthodox which is to try swaddling. That said DS does not really like being swaddled and needs at least 1 arm free but I do try my best to strap down the other arm but he is a little Houdini. Only place where that isn't a problem is when he naps in the baby hammock.

crumpette Definitely recommend the Infacol... it sounds similar to the rest of the middle-of-the-night unexplained screaming despite being well fed problems we've had. Sainsbury's have got a baby event on at the moment, 1/3 off everything except formula. Just stocked up on Infacol and nappies last night.

Re my concerns about nipple confusion... somehow we turned a corner with the latch and he was able to feed for great long periods like before. I am still not convinced that I am doing this right - why does he take so long?!. The 2am feed went wellish and managed to settle him solely on BF at 5am (normally have to finish off with a bottle). So later this pm decided to try a full BF again and 3 hours later, I resorted to 150ml before he finally stopped rooting. Please tell me that this is a growth spurt (5 weeks 1 day)... how can he possibly feed for 3 hours and still take 150ml of formula?

Flyingma, you poor thing! 3hr feeds sounds painful. I would think that if anything that would be too long LO must be knackered after all that. Are you feeding every 3 hrs? if so the 150ml would possibly classify as the next feed?

Tobin gets swaddled during the day but I'm not happy about swaddling at night using the hammock, if he rolls over he has no way of creating a suitable gap between nose and fabric, which may be OK but would mean I get no sleep at all because of paranoia.

Hope peeps eventually get some kip, thik there must be something in the air this weekend.

flyingma 3 hours feeding!? ouch! Nipple shields!

Is he sucking the whole time (with the usual little pauses) or is he falling asleep or not doing a lot? If he is awake and sucking it could be that he is sucking and not a lot of milk is coming out. That is OK, because if he is having a growth spurt he needs to suck on an empty breast to stimulate your supply to meet his needs so it should just be a temporary thing until your supply catches up with him, which only takes a few days

James had a full-on screamfest last night but settled *eventually and I got some sleep, he woke up a lot for feeds though but I did get rest in between, hurrah

Not so hurrah is that I have achieved zero today, I have just had a shower and am dripping wet in towel (sorry ladies!) and have just had a voicemail saying a plumber is coming any minute to look at the boiler and has got keys from the letting agent. Could they not give me some more notice!? I am nakey, the place is a tip, washing up's blocking the way to the boiler and and aaargh, seriously. And same plmuber has already been 3 times and not fixed it!!

on that note I really should be getting dressed and not on MN but ....

ps I used infacol yesterday afternoon and evening, that may be why he slept a bit better! I daren't read the ingredients but seems to help!

Perhaps there's some relation between the plumber coming round 3 times and you being in a towel crumpette...
Hope you get your boiler fixed though!
Nice to see you here yangymac and many congratulations on the birth of your wee girl.

Hi everyone, we're finally back and caught up.

Somewhathorrified - how is it going not being a mummy dummy? DS loves me being his personal dummy (and slave etc) but i dont know how to get him out of the habit so any help you can give me would be appreciated

crumpette - your DP still sounds like he's as much use as DS's father. It's true that you need him to be there if you want his details to be on the bc he has to be there but also I think that if you want the surname to be his he has to be there too (not sure if i've made that up ). If he won't go with you though maybe go and register the birth then when he can be bothered to pull his finger out go back, not ideal but it should prove a point that you can do stuff without him.

flyingma - it sounds as though your LO is trying to increase your supply ready with the growth spurt. One of the ladies that's been helping me said that breastfed babies will nearly always still accept milk from a bottle even if they're full as its so easy to get so i wouldn't be put off by the fact they had 150mls.

Ali - how are the LO's?

How is everyone else doing?

Jack has been unsettled all weekend and is so overly tired it's unbelieveable. He's also not had a poo since Wednesday and its really bothering him so i'm just waiting for that gem!

I've decided to try the gradual withdrawal/retreat technique to get Jack to sleep by himself, has anyone tried it?

Hi everyone

Weekend has passed in a blur!

Crumpette - you can register the baby, but not put the fathers name on the certificate from what I understand, although he can be added at a later date. How annoying about the lack of cold water. How is the bleeding btw? Has is calmed down?

Ali - How is jacob doing? Hope the snow isnt hindering you too much. Am so very glad we escaped it, although is raining relentlessly today - so the baby and toddler group I was planning on making hasnt happened.

Yangy - welcome to the thread! Great to see you over here!

Flyingma - 3 hours! As Crumpette has said, it could be baby stimulating your milk supply. Nico has done on / off feeding over period of half a day occasionally. The next day, my boobs have exploded as more milk is made! Then they settle again. So it could be a growth spurt that you need to ride out.

Newbeginning - how are you doing?

Nico is doing great! Will be 7 weeks old this week! I am still pretty tired, but getting a good amount of sleep so cannot complain. Also had my 6 week check today, all clear for exercise, so no excuse! Onto the cross trainer I go! Fingers crossed I get to exercise and it doesnt impact milk supply too much.

Those who are bfeeding, how long do you plan to feed for? I fed DS1 for 5 1/2 months. Through my exhausted blur, cannot believe I did that long! Although know it isnt long compared to how long some others feed for.

Newbeginning - Xposts!
Glad to hear that you are ok. No advice on the gradual withdrawal technique am afraid, am of the BW pickup/ put down school myself.
From my experience of doing it with DS1, it takes determination/ energy to see it through tbh. From memory, it can take much longer to teach them to self settle than if you were to feed them and let them go back to sleep. The other advice is that once you start your techniques, stick with it and stay consistent. Once you cave and do the 'easy' route, i.e. breastfeeding to settle - it sends confused messages to the baby and makes the whole technique take longer.