January 2013 - Baby/Mommy Club!

Hi ladies....we are alive!!!!

Cherikey so sorry, that's the thing with family, one gets it and the rest follow, hope it clears up soon. I'm also worrying, my son had chicken pox and he's basically Tamina's 2nd mother. Can a baby get chicken pox at 4 weeks? I hope not. But my son had it very mildly, feverish one half day, a few countable spots on his legs and arms, great cos I totally love his smooth clear skin

Tamina is doing well, 5 weeks tomorrow. Had her last weighed at 13 days and was 4.3 kgs. We are struggling with breastfeeding though, hardly doing it actually, took her off for a few days after birth, nipples about to fall off...okay they were just bleeding but ya that 2 or 3 days on the bottle made it hard to have her feed right on the breast again, she gets soooo irritated I just end up giving her bottle and she feeds peacefully. I got irritated and gave more bottle than milk, then when I calmed down my supply had dwindled....struggling to get it up again, gosh, so ya, she's more a bottle baby now, I'm drinking soo much water and tea and eating enough but ya, guess the bottle is also making me lazy... Any suggestions apart from the obvious keep trying ... I'm just at that place right now where I'm honestly enjoying the convenience of a bottle..we are forever on the street....but feeling bad that I'm not exclusively breastfeeding, I'm a mother, I should only breastfeed...aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!

Latest picture of Tamina below, just took it with my phone... Took some family pics, photoshoot right at home ahahhaa my husband's a photographer, so this one Sunday morning we were already running late for church and he decides to do a photo shoot hahahahhhaa, will try posting them as soon as I can make them smaller....

Thanks Anthea... I feel awful...

Anyways, 6 week checkup went well. My little man is weighing 5.5kg's which is great and doc is VERY happy.

I checked my LG's growth chart and this is what i found:

At 1.5mths Colby is 5.5kg's (today)
At 3.5mths Tori was 5.5kg's... How crazy is that!

So here are two very delightful pics, one of my LG sick last week with gunky bacterial pink eye and one of me this morning with bacterial pink eye and you guessed it, Colby is starting too

Hi Cherikey!

So so sorry to hear you all are not well! I can only imagine how terrible it must be for you being sick. Hope Colby doesnt get it too bad, as most of the antibodies in your milk should already have been passed onto him!

Please keep us updated as to what the paed said? And about what meds you both can take?

We have all our 6week checkups on Thursday, me at gynae and her at paed and clinic for vaccinations Poor thing! Really hate giving them the jabs but what choice do we have!

How is everyone else? SMA - that little girl keeping you busy? Snoekie, and you?

Hi to everyone else too (((((HUGS)))))

Hi Anthea

No, we not well. The whole family is sick and has been for a couple days was hpoing that Colby could keep it off but it seems he's starting a cough & getting niggly...

Taking him for his 6 week checkup tomorrow (alhtough he's 7 weeks already) so hopefully doc can tell me what i can give him to help him fight it and what i can take as i'm really struggling!

HI ladies!

Its quiet here!

Hope everyone is well?????

Hi ladies,

I had an appointment yesterday with my gynae, everything looked okay, my LG is now 2.6Kg @ 37w5d . I feel pain down there especially when i walk or stand a bit long.

@anthea, baby morgan is such a cute, and growing nicely ..thanks to the white gold!!
@cherikey, the fotoz are nice, what a handsome boy !!
@snookie, sorry for the sleepless night dear, can't wait for the fotoz.

Gud day to you all....

Hi there ladies

Just a quick update on Morgan's progress - she'll be 4weeks tomorrow and is weighing 3.82kgs... And she's grown another 3cm!

They are very happy with her growth - she's averaging 280grams a week which is perfect!

All thanks to the white gold hey

Have a good evening!