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Topic: September Mum’s...
Posted By: Maya
Subject: September Mum’s...
Date Posted: 15 September 2006 at 12:22pm
Now that we have some, here is a September Mum's sticky thread!

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Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)



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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 September 2006 at 12:57pm
Wohoo! Thank you. Hopefully not long until the rest of us are posting in here.

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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 September 2006 at 1:13pm
Yep, I thought it might give some of those bubs a wriggle on!

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Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)


Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 15 September 2006 at 8:45pm
Congratulations September Mum's especially first timers, it is so much fun and you will do a great job!

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DD3 August 2012


Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 12:33pm
where are the september mums?! hope some manage to have their september babies. come on!!!! dont want to have a lonely ol' thread with no-one to post oh well.... looks like it will be changed to Sept/October mums??

where's stevie and kel? u still around???


Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 9:49am
oh I wish I could post on here by now...sadly little miss is not taking her eviction very seriously... hopefully there will be some Sept mummies soon, me included lol!....


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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 12:33pm
I have a feeling we will be combining with the October mums! *sigh* I'll just squeak into September and I'm still hoping Frantic and Emeldee will join me!

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Posted By: kellverona
Date Posted: 28 September 2006 at 3:32pm
Im a September Mum and just starting to get the hang of things and the big change. Still not used to getting up in the night for feeds. Took me a while but im bonding with my lil man now. He is wonderful and love him to bits.

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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 September 2006 at 5:15pm
Glad to hear that Kell. Jaxon looks like a little cutie

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Hannah 22/10/05
Greer 11/02/08


Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 September 2006 at 6:59pm
That's great Kell. I was worried with #2 that I wouldn't bond to her as much as I had with #1 and yet somehow my heart grew bigger ...and I'm amazed that I even worried about it now, she's the cutest!

Those nights can be tough. Keep resting during the day, it does get easier from here.

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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 September 2006 at 12:20pm
Glad to hear things are going well Kell. And that you will have some company in the Sept Mum's thread now that babies Paws and Emeldee have finally put in an appearance (and hopefully Frantic as well...)

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Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)


Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 01 October 2006 at 8:17pm
I do believe Frantic's was a September bubba too...

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Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater



Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~


Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 02 October 2006 at 10:29am
Wahoo! The three of us actually made it in here...who would have thought!

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 9:21am
*shuffles into thread with a yawn* Yup we all made it...just...talk about cutting it fine!!

Whoops best shuffle off and change my ticker and write out my birth story.

*yawn*

Will post properly later.

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Posted By: shelleybean
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 11:32am
Look forward to it Paws.

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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 3:56pm
hello ladies... been busy changing and feeding, feeding and changing and changing some more lol! i am so in love with my baby it's not even funny - am starting to think my hormones are just a wee bit on the wacky side cos every time i look at her i just want to cry she is so perfect...
aaahhhhh well, hope you guys are doing well - paws did you get out early after all? hows things going with yuur recovery? - i went out yesterday to the shops and was really sore last night i think it was a case of too much too soon, that'll teach me huh! and maree hope you are doing well with the tot and the tiny tot!
ah well, gonna go try find some pics to post...
cheers...


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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 5:34pm
Yup I got out same day as you Frantic...it was so good to be back home!

Maddie is still a bit mixed up with night and day but she seems to be settling more with the formula feeds which is good.

I'm fairly pretty achy and tender still and seem to have more neck and back pain that when I was pregnant!!! I've constantly had a wheat sack attached to my back and now have one on my neck. That combined with the cabbage leaves down my bra to help with the achy boobs....I must look quite a sight! *lol*

You are so game going out to the shops!! I've got up and showered and that's as good as it gets! I'm taking it pretty easy and sleeping when I can (B did the night feeds last night and is still doing most of the nappy changes etc) or I'm on the sofa...making sure I get up and walk around though and doing a few light things around the place like making up bottles, steralizing, day feeds, catching up on OhBaby (oh hang on that's not housework related!)

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 06 October 2006 at 10:46am
I've turned into the sleepless zombie that shouldn't be approached at home. The midwife has suggested that I ditch the maternity bras for a week until my supply is established so I have the stylie HUGE boobs under singlet with breast pads stuck on look, combined with trackies and a cardigan. It's that Pamela Anderson huge boobs look combined with housefrump trackies and slippers and post pregnancy floppy, flabby bits. And my ankles and feet still haven't reappeared from under the swelling. Hubby called them the Hinden-feet and Ankle-burgs yesterday. He's just lucky I was trapped under the baby and couldn't slap him!
MrsF - it's awesome that you are home and doing so well. I agree with the instant baby infatuation and love - I stare at Connor and tell him how amazing he is all the time (while telling the terrortot and the pre-teen to stop doing whatever destructive thing it is that they are doing in the background thereby proving that the infatuation fades over time).

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 06 October 2006 at 5:10pm
Sodding midwife tricked me yesterday...told me I had to go have a blood test as the hospital didn't do one before I left. I was FORCED to get out of my pj's and leave the house. *sulk*

OK it wasn't too bad...we got out of the house...got to our destination...assembled the pram...remembered the baby...and even toddled around milford and visted a few people, so all in all pretty successful. So much so we went to Glenfield today and had lunch and picked up a few bits and pieces!

Maddie slept really well last night and was able to be settled! First decent night's sleep for mum and dad...here's hoping we can repeat that new trick!

The bottle feeding is going well and Maddie appears to be thriving...we have had some reflux issues but we've found by FORCING the little piglet to take breaks and therefore breath, not to mention burping her well, she does a lot better.

My nipples have finally healed up so much so I gave breastfeeding one more shot but sadly looks like the goods and well on thier way to drying up. At least this last experience was positive. I don't believe I have the energy to try to re-establish the breastfeeding now and we thought it best to stick to our decision to bottle feed. It's wierd though, I feel like I'm grieving over failing to breastfeed.

And sorry Maree...but my feet have finally reappeared under the swelling...hello feet!!

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 11:40am
It's been awfully quite in here...how are the other September mums going?

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 8:29pm
Hello to all the other September mums! Hope everyone is doing well. I've gotta say, since Baylee was born nearly two weeks ago I haven't been doing much apart from feeding, changing & sleeping. I am finally starting to get into the swing of things and getting Baylee up and dressed dosen't take so long now. I even managed to cook dinner tonight instaed of eating pre cooked frozen meals! The birth went well (part form the pain bit ha ha!) we had a home birth which we really enjoyed. My hubby was fantastic, didn't leave my side the whole time. I have just fallen so in love with my little man, I can't stop lookinmh at him and have taken a million picture already. Thanks goodness for digital!

Hope everyone else is well.

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 5:36pm
Lets see...things hubby and I have learned in the last week and a half of being home with Maddie...

1. Gripe water is our friend
2. Pacifiers are not evil (when used well)
3. Maddie seems much happier going to bed NOT swaddled.
4. She doesn't seem to like cloth nappies as they appear to over heat her.

What a week and a half!

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 9:20pm
Eek Paws - so do the overheating cloth nappies include the flash ones that you guys bought? Darned hospital teaching her about the cool breathable world of disposables!
Connor doesn't like being swaddled either. He sleeps with his arms up by his head. We still wrap a blanket around the rest of him as it is easier when we have to get him out of bed.
It's Nick's last week of leave at the moment; he heads back to work and deserts me with the infants on Monday. I'm not looking forward to it. I actually really enjoy having him around, not just to help out with the kids but for the company.
Syd - congratulations on the home birth and doing so well with Baylee. I fell in love with the anaesthetist this time around. After doing two kiddies au natural, this one was the epidural birth and it was AMAZING. I could still push, still had sensation in my legs but without any of the intense yukky pain. I'm a total convert and believer.

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 10:19am
thats so funny Maree! I've gotta say that there was a time when I thinking to myself 'what am I doing, next time I am booking the epi' and I was also thinking that this is the only baby we are having! Before hand everyone said to me 'oh your brave having a home birth', what they should have been saying is 'are you mad?!!' Having said all that I did enjoy being at home so much that I would do it again. I must be a sucker for punishment.

The thing that has made me laugh since I had him is how many women have said, 'oh isn't it just the most horrible experience (the pain), I hated it'. Funny how NO ONE said this before I had him. I think its all a big conspiracy to ensure the human race continues!

Things we have learn't this week -

1. Start getting ready a least and hour and half before you need to leave.

2. My Cloth nappies don't leak as much as the spoies did - I think its down to Baylee's skinny little bum!

3. Babies who suck their thumbs are great!!

4. Baylee hates being wrapped as well. He also sleeps ith his arms up next to his head - it look sooo cute!!

5. Hubby is fantastic (I already knew that, but since Baylee has arrived he has been even more so), and I so wish he didn't have to work.

6. Make sure you get your sleep, otherwise you can do really silly things like putting your metal handled bottle brush in the microwave steriliser thats quite a biggie!

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 10:42am
Sadly yes it was our nice Fuzzi Bunz that seemed to over heat her....B had an idea of waiting until she is a little bigger and trying again with them and seeing how they go.

We're having another interesting day with Miss "I'm so sodding tired but I'm not going to sleep". At least she slept during the night and feeds are starting to come back into a 3 1/2 hourly routine...just bigger feeds now. Hopefully we'll slip back to the 4 hourly routine soon. (as much as you can have a routine with an almost 2 week old that is!)

I'm also dreading hubby going back to work, at least we have another 2 weeks before he goes back but....eep!

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 11:14am
Syd - the only things stopping me from going for a home birth would be the mess to clean up afterwards - and the prospect of a know-it-all pre-teen giving me pointers from the couch and an into everything terrortot trying to get in on the action. Isn't sad when the only 'alone time' you and your hubby get is in the delivery room while the midwife has slipped out for a coffee before the baby is born?
Pain during childbirth is a strange thing. It hurts like nothing before (well, the two that I did without the drugs did), but it's a pain where you know you are working towards something and you know that it will eventually end. Also, the minute that the little squirmer is out, the world is a brilliant and happy place and you're amazed at the little person you're holding. The epidural was strange in that way - it was surreal and I had to convince myself I was actually having a baby. That being said, being able to walk about comfortably straight away and having no stitches or grazes was the bestest thing this time around and helped with my recovery. I didn't feel like I'd run a marathon so much as walked briskly down the beach.
I agree with the time to get out of the house statement - I've learnt (though it's taken me 3 kids to learn it) that you can actually leave the house without all of the paraphernalia. If the kiddie makes such a mess that he needs two changes of clothes, it's time to go home anyway. The one bonus for breastfeeding is that we don't need to prepare the bottles and pack those before leaving the house - meaning the deadline outings have reduced.
Paws - fingers crossed that it will all sort out with the fuzzibunz soon. We've found with all of our boys that their bums will only tolerate one brand of nappy. With Sean it was huggies, with Andrew and Connor it's Treasures Ultra. They get rashes with any other kind. Typical that their bums demand the most expensive nappies on the market!
Good luck with catching up on sleep - and enjoying your little people.


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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 4:50pm
hello all...long time no chat he he...
aaahhh what a long last week we have had - our Maddi has colic and we have tried everything, gripe water, natropahrm, weleda ec etc and still the little thing just seems to be contantly distressed...the first few days with her were fine but a couple of days after we got home it all turned to custard...
anyway I have finally gotten to teh point where I dont burst into tears when my baby does which is a good step in teh right direction (the sight of both of us bawling our eyes out must be priceless)...and I must admit I have had days where I have thought "omg what have i done? will my life ever be normal again?" and then I feel sooooo guilty cos I am really in love with my baby really I am I just wish it was a bit easier to settle her thats all...
but our breastfeeding is going well, still at it so thats cool, although I wonder if she hasnt got allergies to some of the stuff I eat the way she acts some days but I havent been able to pinpoint exactly what foods those might be...
DH has been awesome, really good. he is goin back to work on Monday and I am a bit worried but I guess everyone is like that at first ey...?
Good to hear everyone else is doing ok - man this newborn thing is way harder than I thought it would be, I dunno what I thought it would be like but I didnt imagine it would be quite like this...I just imagined that the pregnancy and birth woudl be the hard part and that after that I would be taking my beautiful baby home and living happily ever after with her, now I have the grisly reality of crying non stop for hours and not sleeping I am starting to think I was really deluded...like I said dont get me wrong, I love her to pieces, I just wasnt prepared for the reality thats all...

anyway I am going to try and start getting back to normality...my midwife said that all going well i might be able to start driving again by the end of next week which will be great... and I am taking Maddi to a cranial osteopath at the moment so hopefully that will start to pay off soon and the little tyke can relax and calm down so we can start enjoying eachothers company...

hope everyone else is doing well...

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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 5:00pm
Just nosing on this thread, was going to recommend Cranial osteopath before I read the bottom of your post, my little baby cousin had colic and it worked a treat for her.


Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 5:24pm
Frantic! (Just poking my nose in here too) You sound just like I was after Ella was born.
Its pretty rough when, no matter what you try your wee one just cries and cries.
No good for a new Mum's self esteem either!
Good luck with the cranial osteopath I was going to suggest that too!
The other thing, if you haven't tried it already, is the 5 S's (also known as the colic carry) A midwife at Birthcare reccomended it to us and it worked wonders with Ella. I think she spent the first 3 months of her life lying across one of our arms!

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/514376 - Link

Hang in there Frantic, it won't be this hard forever!!


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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 5:28pm
Poo, that link doesn't work, sorry!

This one does

http://www.azcentral.com/health/kids/articles/0118swaddle18other.html - Link

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 8:04pm
Mrs Frantic - I totally agree!! I love our little Maddie but it is such a test of my patience when she won't settle and I can't work out what is wrong or why she is still crying and grizzling. I can feel myself getting frustrated and wishing she could just tell me what is wrong!

One thing I have learned in very short order is that no matter how many books you read or how many people you talk to...NOTHING can prepare you for these first weeks!

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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 8:43pm
*ahem*

Pardon me for butting in, but I was intrigued by the mention of a cranial osteopath - my midwife recommended we take Erin to one when she was about six weeks old, as there was a tightness in her neck that was manifesting in her only really turning her head in one direction (to the left) when asleep. I went to see a lady called Linda Caplin in Mairangi Bay, and as pricey as it was, the treatment was well worth it ! It took Erin's body a couple of days to fully 'unwind' as the osteopath put it, but she has a full range of neck / head motion now - so it's one less thing for us to worry about.

And I have to agree with the not being prepared for the newborn chaos sentiment, I felt exactly the same way - and am only now starting to come out of the fog ! Hmmm... that doesn't sound too good does it ? LOL But keep in mind I admit (although don't always talk about) having somewhat of a history with anxiety disorder - fun times (not!).

Maree - does Nick not get more time off? I thought EDS would have been relatively generous with his "paternity leave"... ?

For all of you lovely new mums (and I mean that) - a bit of advice that Maree has already pointed out, sleep when you can and don't feel bad about it. As strange as it sounds, I almost felt guilty about napping during the day as if something was wrong with it, not realising how badly my body needed sleep even if it came in pieces. And if any if you on the North Shore need to / want to talk or have a visit, let me know ! Have baby, willing to travel LOL If you don't already have my number and want it, just PM me

Last but not least:

Maree and Paws, I promise to come and visit you next week, I have kept my calendar clear (except for Thursday) especially ! Let me know if there's *anything* you want brought over or need, ok?

Love, lots of and gnight !

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Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~


Posted By: james
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 9:02pm
hi ladys just lurking too you are all doing so well with your newbornsand trust me on this it does get easyer mrs-f have you tried infacol it worked for james with wind and coilc and is a godsend for many a mother its hare to get hold of but soo worth it if it works big hugs ladys

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 9:38am
We're not 100% sure if Maddie has colic but we are getting into a routine of unsettled in the morning and evening...3 days in a row so far like clockwork, though she is sleeping at night...

Tempted to try infacol....where can you go for it? (or at least try?)

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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 12:50pm
Try chemists shops hun...

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Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~


Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 2:18pm
Yup managed to track some down...actually first place I rang has it! Wohoo! Going to pick some up...*fingers crossed*



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Posted By: luna
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 2:32pm
Frantic - I just popped in here to see how you guys were all doing. Like Jax says, it does get easier.

Now ... you will probably find that Maddi settles down A LOT after the osteopath, and her colic should be helped as well. They seem to be able to do wonders for babies. A lot of our coffee group have had their babies to an osteopath, and b'cos I go to a chiropractor, Amelia has been there. Took 2 visits for her neck to come right then she decided that breast feeding was actually fine! So good luck!!

I can't remember if you had a C-section (or was that Paws?) anyway, if you haven't driven yet, make sure you do wait the 6 weeks. I drove at 5½ weeks and was ok (auto), but after a couple more weeks I drove my car (manual) and boy the next day was sore. Plus you feel really rather strange! So just be aware.

Anyway, hope you are all doing ok today. We are off to the chiro shortly.

Take care, and have a good w/end. And pop into the July Mummy thread for some positive news about how it gets better :)

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 7:35pm
I must say I'm very happy getting chaffered around at the moment!!

Might have to try the osteopath also for our Maddie. I'm off to the Plunket Family centre on Monday for the day (or at least half day) so hopefully they can give me some good information also.



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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 9:26pm
Gen - I will bring you the number of my cranial osteopath tomorrow if I remember ! LOL

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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 16 October 2006 at 1:13pm
hey all thanks for the support and encouragement. today is our first day at home together alone and it is going fine so far - havent done much at all this morning except look after liyyle miss but she seems happy so far...teeth brushing and kitchen cleaning can wait lol!
well she is still unsettledf but not as badly since we went to the osteopath - and she has another appt today so hopefully we will continue on an upswing... i suspect that some stuff in my diet is affecting her but having trouble pinpointing it - here's a question, how long after you eatr something does it get into your milk - could it be as soon as 40 minutes or so...? i suspect that she is reacting to chocolate (oh cruel cruel fate!) cos yesterday i ate a choc fish (just one small one) and fed her 40 min later and just after that she started to scream her head off...hope it isnt chocolate but i dunno...?
i found another good thing to help her - paws you might want to try this too if you need to - natropharm colimed spray, it is really good, seems to help her tummy settle and gives her good long sleeps (maybe something to do with the small amount of booze in it) but it comes recommended from midwife so must be safe...
everything else going fine, she is gaining weight steadily and now weighs a huge 3400 grams - over 300 grams up on her birthweight so i am glad about that...
oh one more question - about sleep - are others finding the same prob as i am - she wakes in the night and it takes like 2 - 3 hours to settle her again, usually between 2 and 5am...i am wondering how to shorten that awake time because thats the killer really...anyone know a way or is it just something that happens naturally later on...?
hope everyone is doing good - sorry for bad typing i have a sleeping baby on my lap and only one hand free hence one finger typing and probably not vey good lol!


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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 16 October 2006 at 1:23pm
hi there mrs f james use to have the i,m awake now at ungoddley hours of the moring the one thing that worked for him sometimes is no talking ,lights on low and do the bottle nappy thing as quick and quite as i can and deff no looking at him as soon as i looked at him he thought it was time for a covo and sometimes the only thing that worked was letting him cry it out because he was sooo tried but having mummy there was just to exciteing to miss good luck

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 16 October 2006 at 5:58pm
Well I spent the day at the Plunket Family centre which was awesome but it all seems to have falled apart already now that we are home...I feel like I'm about to have a complete melt down and Maddie sounds like she is in the middle of one. B is with her at the moement.

She seems to be settling better in the mornings and the Plunket nurse is positive it's not colic (so am I for that matter). I'm not sure what went wrong this afternoon, maybe it's because we went out to the shops after plunket. Her feed ended up being a bit past the 3 hour mark and she wasn't happy. So maybe she is over-tired and worked up from that.

I figure worst comes to the worst she will settle after the next feed. *sigh*

I'm still kind of dreading the first day alone with her but I guess that's normal...just a matter of gaining confidence right?

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 9:19am
Hi Mrs F, I do the no lights on, no talking and no eye contact and it seems to work well. So far Baylee has always just gone back to sleep. It could just be that that he likes his sleep lots like his dad and nothing to do with anything else!

Paws, I did find the first day at home alone quite hard, but hubby had to go in to work on the Friday and Baylee was born on the Wednesday morning so it was all still so new and scary. It was also when I got the third day blues, so I ended up having a good old blub to my mum! It does get easier, and now I relly enjoy being home with just me and Baylee. We make sure that dad gets lots of time with him when he get home. He has a bath with Baylee and get him ready for bed in the evenings so they have thier time to.

I'm finding the night feeds hard, just staying awake! The last couple of nights have been great though cos I've had the last feed at 11 then one at 3 and then again at 7. I feel a bit less like a zombie after that! I just hope it continues and dosen't go back to 3 hourly.

I just had a thought with the sleep thing, a friend of mine had this suggetstion which she did and found was a god send. She would express a load of milk and then one night a week, when hubby had a day off the next day hubby would do all the night feeds, just to give her chance to recharge for a night. I am going to try it just as soon as I have managed to remove my bottle brush with is still stuck melted to the inside of my sterliser

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 2:01pm
Greetings comrades in interrupted sleep land,
Well Nick has been back at work for two days now, meaning that I've had sole charge of the terrortot and gigantababy. It's been a non-stop whirl of feeding, nappy changing, terrortot retrieval and clean-up, feeding some more, more nappies, wiggles DVDs and chanting 'what the hell have I done?'.... We're doing the all-hours of the morning feeding and no sleeping. I'm going to try and turn it around by not letting Connor sleep more than two hours at a time during the day and feeding him more, thus hopefully making him both tired and full of food by the late night time.
I'd be careful with the expressing up for a night's sleep Syd - it can backfire as you end up getting engorged breasts and waking up either really uncomfortable or worst case scenario, heading into mastitis (sp) land. Maybe aim at just missing one feed rather than an entire night's worth to start with?
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 4:37pm
Hi ladies!

Well after I went ahead and had a total meltdown this yesterday and felt not much better this morning, I fronted up to Monique (my GP & LMC). I had to see her anyway as my c-section wound has been weeping and midly infected (I have all the luck at the moment!) but that seems to be on the mend! YAY!

Anyway Monique has agreed that we need to head this off pronto so given my meltdowns, history of depression and recognition that these melt downs are NOT the normal baby blues I've found myself back on anti-depressents for the first time in around 6 years.

I do feel better having taken this step though as I know things were headed out of control for me and it's not a road I'm in a hurry to go down again! I'm on a really mild dose so hopefully that will be enough to head things off and I can stay on the mild dose but it will be reviewed.

That's about all happening with us, today has been a little easier with Maddie but we are in her normal "I refuse to settle" period or "arsenic 3 hours" so we'll see how it goes!

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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 1:06pm
hey paws hope you are feling better hun! good on you for taking control of it - you are doing the best thing for you and bubs! I am with you on the meltdowns - i have had a few, but it is getting a bit better...acually my worst time was when dh was home and I was anticipating him going back to work, i wa so stressed about being on my own, but now that we are in our third day on our own i can honestly say the reality isnt as scarey as the concept, and i feel camler cos i am not dreading this thing that hasnt happened yet (dunno if tha makes sense or not...sleep depravation to blame there I am sure)
as for me they have told us my maddi definately has colic and reflux and to cut out all dairy and eggs for at least a week to see if that helps - if taht doesnt work we have to cut out all gluten products for at last a week... I am seriously hanging out for a coffee with milk or a pizza and it has only been 2 days aaarrgghh~! but if it helps with this sore tummy and crying she has then it will be worth it...
althogh i still eel like i get nothing done all day and and wonder when life will ever get back to normal i think things are gettign slightly better, i feel like i am starting to know more about what she needs which is giving me a bit more confidence (although when she starts her all day screaming sessions it seriously makes me feel like i am back to sqaure one ut at least now i know its ot my fault)...
ahhhhh 3 weeks down, according to other people who have had kids it shoudl all get better in another 3 weeks or so...actually my sister in law was saying to me today that the first 3 - 4 weeks are the hardest by far and that we have goten through the worst bit, so thats gotta be a good thing!
maree hope you are doing well - cant imagine what it would be like having a newborn and a todler, you are definately brave!
Syd I will try the no lights on thing - thats a good idea, thanks...


ahhhhh wow i never imagined i would be able to function on so little sleep...actually i am proud of us all, just think about how huge the last few weeks have been, so many chnages, emotionally, physially etc, and on top of that we have had next to no sleep - and stil we are looking after our babies and they are all fine and healthy - i think we all deserve a pat on the back!


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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 5:37pm
yep I think we do desreve a pat on the back!

I hope you are feeling better soon paws, big hugs to you. Depression is horrible. Hubby had it and it was such a hard time for us. You are doing fantastic and good on you for getting on to it.

Hey Maree, I didn't think about the sore boobs bit. So do you have to start off slowly with this sort of thing? I am a bit worried cos I have my first job back in a month where I am away for a day. Luckily it is just usually one day a week I am away for and the rest of the time I work from home. Maybe I will need to express while I am away so my boobs don't explode?!

oh, and yep you need a medal for coping with a new baby and a toddler! and i think its hard with just one baby!

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 8:18pm
Hi Guys,
Hugs to you Paws - and good on you for seeing Monique quickly.
MrsF - ieproduce on the corner of Barrys Point Road (behind the Mobil and across the road from Foodtown) has an AWESOME range of dairy free, gluten free, egg free and almost everything else free food that still tastes like food. I recommend the Sweet William rice crackle chocolate bars (also available in roast almond, tangerine and plain) up by the counter. Fingers crossed that Maddi's colic clears up before you end up on celery and carrots alone.
Syd - I'd definitely express while away at work to keep supply up and avoid rock hard boobs. Have a chat to your midwife or plunket nurse about the best way to manage expressing and feeding and avoiding engorgement.
As for the chaos house (here) - Connor decided to pull an all nighter last night and had me out in the lounge yet again. As a result, Nick had to work from home to help with Andrew to stop me from falling asleep and letting him get away with shaving the cat (or some such toddler hobby). After a day of sitting on the couch with the baby, just feeding and snoozing, I'm feeling a little bit better. We'll have to see how tonight goes!
Oh - in terms of the hard times girls, I can't remember exactly how long it takes to get on top of this newborn thingee, however if you look in the other posts, people start talking about trying for another one around 5 to 7 months - which means the sleep deprivation has either hit insanity levels OR, which is more likely - the babies start to become a lot more sociable and cute. As I recall 4 months is one of my favourite baby ages. No teeth, cute and babylike and sleeping a lot more. In any case, it does get easier. Really. It's just the first 6 to 10 weeks suck.

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 18 October 2006 at 8:21pm
sneaking in a Connor picture or two....
gassy smile -

sleeping because it's the daytime -

(it's sepia because I was playing with the camera settings)

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 22 October 2006 at 9:22am
arhhhhh - he is so cute!! You must be so proud!

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 22 October 2006 at 11:15am
So how are the Septmeber mum's going?

I feel like I'm on more of an even keel this week, I think that nice sleeping pills have helped with that feeling as at least I'm getting decent sleep while B is on "night duty". The acid test will be when B goes back to work in another weeks time.

Maddie is doing well, scoffing lots and generally sleeping though that late afternoon/evening period is still rough.

I've also been given a different anti-biotic for my c-section wound infection which is finally looking better - WOHOO!!

I can't believe my little girl is over 3 weeks old already....fast approching one month!

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 22 October 2006 at 5:10pm
*yawn* soooo sleepy. Breastfeeding officially sucks. I'm completely over the 2 - 3 hourly on call all the time 45 minute breastfeeding routine and would be really happy if there was some way I could make Nick do it for a week or two. Andrew (terrortot) has worked out that while I'm breastfeeding Connor I'm stuck to the chair and he can do pretty much whatever he wants because I can't get up and chase him. I'm also over the exposure aspect of everyone in my family seeing my boobs (yes, I know they are just food vessels now, kinda like big pink latte bowls, but the in-laws still didn't need to see them) and completely over the let-down leaking. Blegh.
Well, I've grumped and had my ten minutes in front of the computer - time to go and feed my wee cherub again.
Hopefully everyone else is having a good weekend.

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 22 October 2006 at 5:17pm
Originally posted by emeldee emeldee wrote:

I'm also over the exposure aspect of everyone in my family seeing my boobs (yes, I know they are just food vessels now, kinda like big pink latte bowls, but the in-laws still didn't need to see them)


Oh Maree - you have *such* a way with words!!! Big pink latte bowls!! *snigger*

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 23 October 2006 at 6:48pm
Hehe Paws - I couldn't think of a bigger drinking vessel in common use. Glad to hear that your C-section wound is clearing up - that must make a huge difference!
The last three weeks have gone by in a complete blur. The last two weeks in particular seems like one big long day - in the same way that days used to blend together when I was younger and had a big night on the town (turps) and went straight from club/party to uni without a sleep imbetween. It's just in this instance I don't have the hangover or sketchy dancing on tables recollections - more of a 'wild nappy change' or dancing about the lounge trying to entertain a 3 week old or terrortot.
I'm starting to get more into a routine at home though - Nick and I made it out to the mall on Saturday so that he could get his haircut and I did some more Xmas shopping. I've almost got the Xmas presents out of the way.
Anyway, once again the small(er) one is awake and demanding more access to boob. Take care and toorah for now.

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 6:07pm
Well, 25 days have passed and Giganta-Connor has hit the 5kg mark (the midwife came to visit and check up today). He's almost out of the 000 size - he's getting too tall for them. At least I know his constant boob marauding is doing some good.


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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 6:22pm
Crickey!! Maddie has just cracked 4kg and still happily in newborn size...and currently telling the whole world how annoyed with everything she is!! (I so hate this whole witching hour thing!!!)

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 25 October 2006 at 12:25pm
We had the witching midnight to 4.30am hours last night. Nick and I both have matching zombie faces on today. I felt really bad for not just taking him into the lounge and letting Nick sleep, but I also felt that if I didn't have company I would have gone completely over the edge. Of course it's daylight now and he's fast asleep. I'm sure that he and the teething-terrortot have had a secret meeting to work out exactly how to keep their parents from sleeping. The pre-teen monster is also in full behavioural swing - had an email from his teacher yesterday. *sigh* Is it a full moon?

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Posted By: kellverona
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 12:02pm

Hey ladies,

I had to move Jaxon into his cot today cos he has already outgrown his bassinet. He can fit but when he managed to get out of his wrap his hands hit the sides and he is pretty much the full length of the bassinet. He is growing so fast. hehe.

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Posted By: kellverona
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 12:10pm

pic of my lil boy now.



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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 5:15pm
kell - jaxon is gorgeous! same goes for connor maree, he is really cute...
trying to type with crying baby on shoulder, feel like crying meself rught now but i know i'm just tired...
maddisyn is 4 weeks old today and is weighing in at 3.8kg, just fitting into newborn clothes now...amazing. i am still totally disorganised and cant seem to get much done, at the moment it is a big deal just to get an hour to tidy the house (hence messy house, hate it!)
but M is doing better now with no dairy so thats good...
hope you all are doing well, will post later crying not stopping and it looks like i am going to have to do the dancing around till my back hurts thing....



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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 6:03pm
Well Maddie has been doing pretty good, though mum and dad feel shattered still! My meds have been increased slightly so I'm taking a full pill now so hopefully that will really be taking effect next week and there will be a more stable mum!

Maddie was pretty unsettled yesterday and we're wondering if it's because she picked up on the fact that we were all emotional and grouchy yesterday. Grouchy due to lack of sleep and emotional becuase B's parents moved down country today to Whakatane. His dad was already there but his mum moved today. We said our goodbyes last night and had dinner and all and there were lots of tears. (yes I'm one of these odd people who really love her in-laws so I'm going to miss them almost as much as B I think!).

We've used our fuzzi bunz part time this week with more success so once we've exhausted the huge supply of sposies we will proceed with the plan to have Maddie in cloth full time - now that will save money!

I can't believe Maddie is 1 month old on Sunday!

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 9:14am
this last month or so has just flown by! Its good to hear that the fuzzis are working better for you now Paws. I honestly don't find the extra washing from the cloths too bad, I seem to be endlessly washing anyway so its just one extra load!

Baylee is doing great. I feel very lucky with him especailly when I talk to friends and hear how they are doing. We are down to just one night waking now at 4am. Hes last feed is at 10.30pm and he usually wakes at about 7. I can't believe what a diffrance it makes, I am actually feeling like me again instead of a zombie feeding machine! I am going by the Contented Baby routines and he is doing really well in it. It was a bit of work at first, mostly just staying home and working with it. We still have trouble getting him to sleep at 7 and he still wants to feed on and off untill he falls asleep, usually at 8.30 at the lastest. Hes always had a good feed before he goes to bed, but he uses the breast for comfort to help him get to sleep, just basiclly lays there with it in his mouth!

My only other issue at the moment is expressing. I'm not sure I've quite got it right as it seems to take so long to get anything. I also get heaps more from one side than the other. Not sure what that is all about. I will have to give my midwife a call I think.

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 3:43pm
Well, I've been discharged by the midwife. I feel like there should be a little graduation ceremony - all the ante and postnatal visits are done - just me and plunket to muddle through now.
I'm feeling zonked today - after a good night's sleep on Sunday Connor wanted to spend 'quality time' screaming the house down from 2 to 4 am this morning. Eeergh.



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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 3:55pm
That's ok...check out my "Day 2 - not so flash" post to see how much sleep little miss has had today!!

I'm exhausted and just trying to hang on until B gets home! Naturally she was good as gold when I actually had a family memeber here able to help me out!

Off to the Plunket family centre again tomorrow. I will be taking full advantage of thier offer to sleep!

Thursday i have the last visit from the midwife and the first visit from the Plunket nurse.

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 6:54pm
big hugs to you both! hope you catch up on your sleep soon.

I get discharged form my midwife on Friday. It will be quite sad to say goodbye, as I get on really well with her and she feels more like a friend now.

We had our first visit from the plunket nurse today. She was lovley. I didn't know much about plunket before (I am from the UK) but it is a great organisation. The family centre must be real life saver if you are getting no sleep Paws.

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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 1:13pm
Hi all, my girl was born September last year.
So I a September mum just not a new one hehe.

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 3:51pm
HI haleighsmum - that's the excuse I use to crash the May and October mum threads. I have May and Oct babies, it's just that they're not really babies any more.

Paws - I hope today went better than yesterday for you. I'm starting to hit my stride and have had dinner cooked and ready before 6pm two days in a row. I'm also up to date on the washing, drying and folding so next on the list may be actual housework like vacuuming. Scary thought - might leave it until next week.
Syd - glad you have a good Plunket nurse - my one is great as well - and our local Plunket does lots of extra things like play and coffee groups which are really good. Yay Plunket.
Well, I've got a screaming one monther in the other room I have to go and attend to. Hope everyone else is doing well.


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Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 5:12pm
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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 9:15pm
Hello hayleighs mum!

OMG Maree, I can't believe you have dinner cooked and ready by six! Well done, you must be on to it! We normally get ours sometime after 7.30 and mine is usually cold! Funny how you get used to cold dinner and cold coffee. I can't complain about that though.

Baylee slept rorm 11 to 6 last night. Couldn't beleive it, it was so nice! Our dog woke me up 5 instead (if that carrries on it will be out in the garden - hubby is a sodty with her!)and I panicked cos I looked at the clock and realised he hadn't woken for a feed. I had to check to make sure he was ok. I hope he repeats it agian and it wasn't just a one off....



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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 5:49am
I usually cook dinner when Haleigh has her afternoon nap so around 2 - 3 pm.
We have done it since she was 2 months, it makes it easier so I can relax at night

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 11:41am
Yep, that's what I do. I cook dinner and do the mad rush around while Andrew is having a nap and occupied. If I don't have dinner pretty much organised and ready to turn on by 2pm it's not going to happen. That way dinner is ready for Andrew at 5 to 5.30pm ish and he can have his bath after that and be in bed by 6.30pm. Everyone else gets to eat at 6.30pm when the terrortot has suspended his chaos for sleepy time - though that doesn't necessarily mean that I get hot food - Connor has an amazing sense of when it's time for me to eat and sometimes starts his grizzling then - so the hubby and I take turns of the 'who gets the hot meal tonight and who occupies the baby' game.
Connor pulled another awake from 2 to 4.30am spell last night. I fed him, changed him and put him down in his bassinet to put himself to sleep for the first time - I figured his four week grace period is over and it's time to start learning how to get to sleep in his own bed.

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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 04 November 2006 at 10:32am
*lurking away* thought I might pick up a hint or 2 here about how long these little September bubs sleep for during the day - I've asked in my hometown of the October thread too - how long are your baby's daytime sleeps?  Ella's a good night sleeper (wakes once most nights, sometimes twice) but is very reluctant to sleep during the day.  When she does, she usually has a big sleep (and often just the one all day, too).  I'm going to wake her for more frequent feeds today to see if that solves the cluster-feeding ALL afternoon/evening issue we're still having.  I expect a cluster-feed sesh at the end of each day anyway, but having it start at lunch-time isn't working out so well!  How do your little ones work the whole feed-sleep thing through the day? 

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 04 November 2006 at 12:28pm
Connor's up anywhere between 7.30am and 9am in the morning for a pretty substantial boob emptying and then has another good sleep for around 3 hours. I try to make sure that he has no more than 2 1/2 to 3 hours between afternoon feeds so that he's building a good base for night time. He's starting to be awake more during the day now, but isn't really awake for more than 30 minutes at a time away from the boob, bath or change mat. He'd still be sleeping anywhere from 18 to 20 hours out of the 24 at a guess.


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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 05 November 2006 at 12:56pm
Baylee is in the Contented baby routines now (most days!) so at the moment he is up at 7- 7.30 for a feed goes for a nap 9-10, feed at 10.30 nap again from about 12-2.30 feed at about 2.30, afternoon nap 4-5 feed at 5 and then again at about 6. bed at 7-8 depending on how well he settles. I wake him at 10.30 for a feed and then he usually wakes once in the night at about 5.30. I do wake him for feeds now as he used to do a lot of cluster feeding in the afternoon/early evening but the routine seems to have stopped that. He only does it now when he is going through a growth spurt but as I've been expressing and building up my milk supply hopefully it won't happen as I can just express less. I try and ristrict his sleep time between 7 and 7 to 4 1/2 hours. Of course not all days are a crusey as that....

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 06 November 2006 at 5:06pm
ha ha..... spoke too soon! We are having a growth spurt so all that was out the window last night and today!

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 14 November 2006 at 3:01am
Hey all,
Connor had his jabs yesterday morning and unlike his brother and most of the babies that have them has decided not to sleep them off - rather he's decided to declare war on his bassinet and not spend more than 2 minutes at a time in it. Argh. Nick looks awful after not sleeping well for the past week or so (baby combined with a toothache that has resulted in two trips to the dentist). The good news is that giganta-connor now tips the scales at just over six kilos!!!Well, time for me to get back to Connor walking before he wakes the entire suburb rather than just our house. Hope all is well with you all - this topic has been pretty silent of late....

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 14 November 2006 at 7:33am
Hmmmmm, I'm sure there are times when the neighbours must think we are abusing little Maddie. We'll often let her cry to settle and just go in and check on her every 10 mins or so. Still I'm sure as the wails emit from her bedroom the neighbours are thinking "what awful parents that poor baby has!".

We had an impressive "milk malfunction" think morning. Put Maddie down after her feed, 1/2 hour later she was wailing so I dutifully went in to check on her...who knew a baby could get milk that far from the cot!!??? Lucky we have plenty of sheets and blankets s her current lot are all in the wash...at least the carpet recovered and she doesn't have too much hair to get it out of!

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 14 November 2006 at 10:24am
Maybe she was christening the new room?

Connor is a stubborn wee chap - I've let him cry to sleep once or twice but it takes over an hour which is okay during the day, but at night time he tends to wake Andrew up. We'll have to work on the sleep methods. I finally ended up falling asleep on the rocking chair with him last night between 6.30 and 8.30am - at least it was some sleep? !?


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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 14 November 2006 at 8:39pm
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that. (let baby cry before they go to sleep) Baylee is really stubborn and always fights sleep. I used to do the 10 minute and check thing when he was crying, but have just started to give him a wee top up in his room before i put him down. That probaby isn't good either for the sleep associations but it does seem to work at the moment. Why don't babies come with an instruction manual?

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:53am
Syd - I'm just about at that stage with Connor now. I've done it a couple of times with his day time sleeps, but haven't at night because I've been worried about him waking up the rest of the house. However, it's time for him to learn how to put himself to sleep, so it's time to take back the sleep control in our house!

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 2:05pm
My little madam is currently yelling the house down. Nothing wrong with her she just seems grumpy. *sigh* I'll see how long she goes for I guess and just check on her a couple of times.

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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 3:37pm
helo lovely ladies! bet you thought i had fallen off the planet (some days it feels like i have)...been battling to get our internet to work, we got wireless broadband installed and the poxy thing is always on the blink - worst thing is we run our phone line through it too so 9 tmes out of ten now when someone calls they just go stright to our answer message...
aaannnyyywayy...*sigh* life is still a series of just-getting-by days... i feel like we just scrape by with the essentials but cant quite make it to doing the nice stuff...
maddisyn is officially the-baby-who-never-slept and even the plunket sleep clinc didnt help (tho the ladies there are lovely)...she gets about 4 sessions of 20 minutes catnaps a day and ofcourse by 4pm she becomes the-baby-that-never-slept-and-is-now screaming-her-head-off... untill about 9pm when she literally passes out from exhaustion...
she was doing well at night for about 2 weeks - sleeping 5hrs then 2-3 hrs but just as i thought she was really nailing the night sleep thing she has had about 4 nights in a row where she wakes every 3 hrs ...hubby and i have officially started to play the I'm-still-asleep-you-get-up-and-get-her game which is not a good sign.
but other than that we are ok...some days i get a bit of cabin fever but when i start to talk to the dog i know it's getting the better of me and i generaaly make an effort to go in search of some adult company...
wow...cant belive it is almost 7 weeks sine we were in North Shore hospital maree and gen - it has gone by soooo fast, blink and xmas will be here...



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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:12pm
It has gone insanely fast!!

Today I finally started looking at daycare options. Which means I only rang 2 Kindercare's and Maddie is on the waitlist at the one just down from my work but we can get her enrolled at another if we go with that option.

Of course option 3 is I pack in work and be a SAHM which I have NOT ruled out!

My little yeller finally settled down after a fairly brief screaming session. They do seem to be getting less painful. Maybe Maddie is finally figuring out that sleep is NOT for sissies. And Frantic..if my Maddie has worked it out I'll see if she can explain it to your non-sleeper!

And don't forget, if you ever want to do coffee again just let me know!

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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 16 November 2006 at 9:24am
Its crazy how fast it has gone!

I have my first job at the weekend which will mean I will be away all day, so I have been busy expressing and me and hubby have been giving Baylee the bottle and he has had a few days now with just dad and my MIL, which has gone well. I seem to miss him more than he misses me. I don't think he cares who hes with as long as they have food!

Well, my perfect sleeper looks like he may be joining the non sleeping club I though it was too good to last! The last few night he has been waking and taking a coule of hours to settle back to sleep. As he was feeding at 5 previously I have been reclutant to give in and feed him earlier as I would hate to put the feed times back again. Last night he woke at 2 so I gave in and tried a dummy. Baylee is a thimb sucker but is so un co that he can't keep it which is why he won't settle. After a few trys he finally settled in his swaddle. He didn't then wake for his feed until 5.45 so I knoe he wasn't hungry.

I have been trying a few things as a couple of weeks ago he was waking from wriggling out of his covers so we had been putting him in his sleeping bag, whoch seemed to work, but now it is just the thumb issue. The thing is he does sleep better swaddled (less likly to wake), but then he can't get his thumbs so if he does wake I will need to go to him anyway. Anyway after all that rambling what I am getting at is I'm not sure the best way for hime to sleep to stop him from waking up early.

Paws, whne are you thinking of going back to work if you do go? And Frantic, I remember you were looking at working form home with your own business, how is that going?

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 16 November 2006 at 1:04pm
IF I go back it's in August next year....*bleah*

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 16 November 2006 at 1:29pm
Hey all,
Aaah another one tempted by the SAHM club...sometimes I can't believe I gave up my job - well, not so much the job as much as the salary *sob* and then other times I can't possibly think of a world where I'd be away from my little blokes.
Frantic - good to see you back - we'll definitely have to do coffee at some stage. You've got my phone number if you ever want to ring it anyway. I'm pretty much almost always here.
I'm still kiddie juggling. One goes down to sleep, the other wakes up, feed one, feed the other one, have them both yelling at me - it's all good. At least the weather today seems a bit cooler and less muggy.


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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 11:15am
Hey PAws and Maree - coffee sounds great, I think we should definately do it - or maybe even a eggs benedict pig out at pickles on pickering towards the end of next week - I will PM you anyway...(Sorry Syd, would love to have you come aswell but think it might be a bit of a drive for you all the way to auckland lol - but if you ever happen to be in the neighbourhood...)
we are having issues with little madam wrigling out of her swaddling and then waking herself up - she hates being wrapped but when she isnt wraped she smacks herself in the face and wakes up - I can't seem to win there! and he will wrigle and wriggle until she gets uot, I swear she is a shocker, she just doesny give up...maybe I shoudl try one of those wraps that are all in one things like you had in the hospital Paws - where did you say you got them...?
she has also had some shocking nights lately, someone suggested to me it might be the 6 week growth spurt but I dont think it is cos it has been going on for like 5 nights now at least...oh well...
yeah Syd I am going to start doing a bit of work in the afternoons from next week - have conned hubby into going to work early (he leaves at 5.30 every morning) so he can be home at 3pm and watch the girl while I go off for about 3 hours - not sure how it will work out yet but we will see...
my plan is that if this works and I can make enough to cover the essentials then I wont go back to my full time job in Feb (which is when they are expecting me) - but if it doesnt work then I will go back. But really dont want to go back as it is in greenlane and driving there in the morning traffic and back in the evening traffic with maddi seems like a nightmare, plus she would be at daycare all day which is fine with me if we have to do it but if I can find another way then thats what I would prefer.
Yup Maree - I hear you on the no salary front - just got my credit card bill and realised that nope, there is no money in my bank account to pay it - I have to sit down soon and teach myself to work on a budget (yeah right - maybe after that I will start being nice to my mother-in-law and stop lying to hubby about what I spend at the hairdressers and also win a nobel peace prize...)...some things are just not in my nature...


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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 3:09pm
ummmm eggs beenidict! Yep it is bit far for me, but nevermind!

I hope it works for you fantic. I've been finding over the last couple of weeks that I can get a lot done during his lunch nap as he usually has a good 2 1/2 hours. I've suddenly got very efficant now that I have to! I'm sure it will work out fine with hubby watching your wee one. We are doing a simalr thing. MIL will have bubs on Saturdays when I am out on a job and hubby has his days off during the week so on those days he will be with Baylee in the afternoon, so on those days I will at least get a good 5 hours to work. I think it certainly helps working for yourself, at least you can pick and choose and fit your work in when it suits you, even if it is 10 at night!
Hey Paws, August is a while away yet, hopefully you won't have to go back. fingers crossed!

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 18 November 2006 at 10:09am
Yeah, everyday I want to go back less and less!!

ohhhhh Pickles sounds really good!!! Apollo Drive one is really good as well...in fact has more room for parents with bubs!!

Frantic...we're not using both of our easy swaddlers at the moment...do you want to borrow one and see if it works for you before you buy one? We found Maddie could still wriggle out of her when she was smaller so might be worth trying before you buy.

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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 12:37pm
that sound great Paws thank you - maybe I can get i when we meet up for a coffee...
I had a shocking night last night, awake 12.00, 1.30, 4, 5.30, 6.30 - dont know what got into her but she just wouldnt sleep - she is screaming in her crib as I type and I am hopin she will quieten down soon...
Yeah Syd I have found I am more efficient too - just with little things like getting house stuf done - when she sleeps I grab teh opportunity and rush around doing things which has actually made me be more organised which is good...hopefully my afternoon work will work out and I will be just as organised and I wont have to go back to work full time but we will see...
5 weeks till xmas - I really want to get out and get the shoping done so that I dont have to fight the dec crowds - havent found anythign to buy for Maddi yet, everything seems to be from 6 months up and I would really like something she can play with on xmas day...
oh by the way have you guys seen the little outfits they have at farmers for xmas - we got Maddi a little red shirt that says "Santa Rocks" but there are others - there is a lovely little red baby grow that says "Santa's little helper" - would be quite a laugh to dress up bubs in that on Xmas morning...

aaaargh still crying better go...
ps: shore ladies - Friday morning maybe for a coffee...?

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 9:15pm
Friday Morning suits me for coffee! Maree??
We could either go to a cafe or you ladies are welcome to come around here...

I have seen the Farmers outfits! I love them and they are on the shopping list.

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 11:15pm
Friday morning should be okay for me too. I might see if I can enlist a helper if we are going anywhere - I'm not brave enough to tackle to toddler AND Connor by myself just yet. Otherwise people are welcome here too. I have soy milk...and caffeine free coffee alternatives..mmmm...(have I mentioned today how much I'm over breast feeding?)and enough toddler proof gates that the house looks like Mt Eden prison, just with toys...
Let me know then when, where etc. and I'll be there. (Andrew's sleepy time is usually between 10.30am and 12.30pm)

Talking of Xmas outfits - here's Andrew's Santa outfit from last Christmas...


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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 11:01am
Well we can do your place if it's easier for you Maree, at least there you are all set up!...say around 10.30/11.00?

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 11:37am
Actually - can we make it Thursday? Same time, same place?

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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 3:16pm

Hi September mums!  Since you've all made it through the first 6 weeks and beyond (HALLELUJAH!) can I pleeeeease ask a favour?  I've started a topic under general chat, asking for words of encouragement for mums in the middle of the first few weeks, and it'll all be fresh in the minds of you lovely ladies, so thought I'd pop in and ask if you'd have a squiz.  Thanks!  OK I'll be off to my home territory of the October thread now...



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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 6:20pm
Originally posted by emeldee emeldee wrote:

Actually - can we make it Thursday? Same time, same place?


As you know it's all good for me!

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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 29 November 2006 at 11:55am
hey guys
my little lady has been a litle under the weather the past two days...on monday was just real grouchy but yesterday she slept literally the whole day and wasnt hungry at all - kept offering her feeds and she would just lie there with the boob in her mouth but not suck.
DH had a head col and I have started to sniff and have a bit of a sore throat so I think she must have picked that up. Her temp is a bit up (37) but not drastic so hopefully it will not go any higher.
argh I just feel horrible cos I cant help her feel any better - I knew something was up when the-baby-who-never-slept could do nothing BUT sleep...
anyway looks like I will have to skip tomorrow, part of me was thinking well if she looks better then we will do the coffee group thing cos I was osrt of hanging out for the company but then I worry that whatever it is that we have might latch on to one of your little tots and I would HATE that to happen so I geuss rather safe than sorry ...
I had heaps to do today but cancelled it all and just going to stay home and watch her like a hawk...
aaaahhhhhhh anyway, I just have to keep telling myself that hr sleepign so much is a good thing cos it is her bodys way of fighting the germs, otherwis it freaks me out a bit...
hope you guys are all doing well...will chat soon...

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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 29 November 2006 at 2:16pm
*big hugs* to ya! I totally understand about skipping tomorrow. I hope little Maddi feels better soon...at least she is sleeping I suppose.

I must admit I'm dreading the first cold, I thought Maddie was getting one the other week but she seemed to come right same day. *whew*

Good news though...she has started sleeping through the night (well 11.00-5.30/6.00am which I count as sleeping through). I'm so stoked! She goes down around 7.30 now, get her up for a feed at 10.30 then zonks out! WOHOO!! Of course now I'm tired from having too much sleep!!

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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 29 November 2006 at 2:26pm
aww your poor wee bub.
I hate it when Haleigh gets sick.
The first time HAeligh got sick was when she was 8months old and she got an ear infection, then a cold on top of that, it was a nightmare esp when teeth decided they were going to start coming through aswell.
I hope bubs gets better soon.

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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:03pm
Hey all, thought I should pop in and say hi since this thread had been quiet for a while. It's been a tough week here with Connor going through a growth spurt and Andrew working out that he should be jealous of all the time that his mum (me) spends with the new baby (Connor). Aargh!

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