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how are all the babies doing?
hi everyone!
just wondered how everyone is getting on? ryan is 8 days old now and i cant believe he is actually here.i thought i was gonna be preggers forever!
he is breastfeeding really well i just need to get some decent feeding tops now. i went debenhams the other day and sat in the baby room feeding him and was so paranoid that someone might catch a glimpse of my jelly belly and stretchmarks!
ryan sleeps for about 4hours at a time and wakes for an hour or so when he feeds about three times and does numerous poos!
he really is such a good baby and im so happy to have him here, i cant believe hes all mine!
oh is doing really well, imnot impressed with him returning to work next week but cant do much about that!
hope everyone has a lovely relaxing xmas day with your newborns!
holly + ryan xxx
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just wondered how everyone is getting on? ryan is 8 days old now and i cant believe he is actually here.i thought i was gonna be preggers forever!
he is breastfeeding really well i just need to get some decent feeding tops now. i went debenhams the other day and sat in the baby room feeding him and was so paranoid that someone might catch a glimpse of my jelly belly and stretchmarks!
ryan sleeps for about 4hours at a time and wakes for an hour or so when he feeds about three times and does numerous poos!
he really is such a good baby and im so happy to have him here, i cant believe hes all mine!
oh is doing really well, imnot impressed with him returning to work next week but cant do much about that!
hope everyone has a lovely relaxing xmas day with your newborns!
holly + ryan xxx
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Her big brothers adore her and she sure is used to noisy days since school broke up! Still can't quite believe I have a little girl...even getting pink clothes is strange but fantastic!!!
Enjoy Christmas one and all!
Ali and Gracie xx
Good to hear that both your babies are doing well, Philip is 8 days old today and also seems to be fairly settled into feeding every 3-4hours (although mw told me not to let him go more than 3 1/2hrs, if he's asleep that's how he's staying!) only problem is the 3amish feed takes about 2 hrs from him waking to finally dropping back off! during the day he munches then drops off straight away!
I went on the top hunt today, looking for crossover style in normal shops rather than Mothercare and coulnd't find a single one! OH has got to get my clothes down from the loft as i know i've got some up there that i should now be able to fit into!
Hope you all had a fantastic christmas day, i'm glad i got to use the my first christmas sleepsuit i bought, even if it was a little big for him!!
Obi & Philip
x
Lo (still no name yet - a bit bad seeing as he'll be 2 weeks tomorrow but we really can't decide - ok make that 'I can't decide'!) is feeding anywhere between every hour and 3 hours - he put on 2oz in his first 5 days and then a further 6oz in the next week!!
He does have a cold (my 2 year old had one when he was born and decided to share it!) and a bit of a chesty wheeze so I spend most of the night holding him so he can sleep.... needless to say I'm absolutely shattered - especially as I rarely manage to get a sleep during the day. He's also got thrush in his mouth which makes my boobs really sore..... but he is gorgeous and worth every minute of it!
Em x
Em x
Hope all you lovely ladies are ok and that I will be joining you soon!!
L xx
Have a good New Year's Eve everyone...may even bubble Gracie up with some champers!
Have only just found this forum! Glad to hear everyone is fine and no major problems! I must say Im very lucky and Holly is a great baby, she feeds for about 40mins every 3-4 hours but more at night! Shes put on over 1lb is 2 weeks!!! Keep being told I have channel island milk lol Hollys awke time is from 2300 till 0200 and nothing we have tried has changed it lol Im not complaining though!
Hope everyone has a great time tonight and that 2008 is an amazing year xxx
Anyway I wonder how many of us will be feeding our los at midnight tonight!
Hope you all have a fab night (personally I'm hoping to be asleep - how sad is that??!)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Em & not so little Bryn x
Bryn sounds just like my 1st - put on a pound a week too when first born!
Happy feeding in the new year!
Well i was feeding at midnight, and 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am! and when he wasn't feeding he was screaming! if i managed to settle him, i'd let him sleep on me for half an hour then put him in his moses, within 5 minutes he was screaming again! Oh well, it can't get any worse than this, just wish he'd let me have half hours sleep. Sent oh to bed as no point both of us being awake especially when he can't feed him!!
Hope everyone else had a good night, at least there were a couple of good films on to watch during the early hours!!
Not that I have any personal experience at all but I have been reading the book called 'the baby whisperer' and in that she talks about babies having very regular feeds using the feed to settle themselves when they aren't actually hungry. Not sure whether there is any truth to this but I really recommend the book as it is a very good read and a lot of the advise sounds very sensible. May help some of you get a better nights sleep as hourly feeds sound exhausting!
Good to hear you are all doing so well though, can't wait until I am coming to you all for baby care advice!
L xx
I'll try and get hold of that book liz, am willing to try anything! mw said today it's perfectly normal to feed so often and not to worry, it's not her boobs being attacked though is it! she did give me some lanisoh samples though!
On sleeping, we both sleep when she's on my chest between feeds - it's the only way and at least if she's sick I can feel it. Really want her in basket but need sleep at mo.