Oktober & November 2011 Mammas

Hi ladies just sending this from my phone quick loos like it's gonna be C-sec for me baba is not growing will update you ladies later

Morning

Thanks for the comments on the photo's

Almost got excited had really bad cramps yesterday, but now they are all gone AGAIN! Baby is not laying still at all she is kicking the hell out of me.

Skitter, klink of Liam baie goed slaap

Lindy, yes I love a campcot. Zelri always slept in her campcot during the night and in the day I put her in her own room in her cot. The campcot was in our room. I just feel better knowing that Zelri is there near me.

Claire, holding thums that baby will come, do you have a feeling if it's a boy or girl yet?

Chanz, congrats on the weight that great news, you feeling like a million bucks? I think M can swim with you but in warm water

Thanks Christi, will go and have a look at Dischem. Love your birthstorie read it yesterday

Dr want a answere monday morning but so far I am hoping and praying baby comes before that. I have to get a new pram the one a bought for Zelri is just to big and I am struggling to get in the car. I am still working thinking I am the only one

Hi everyone

Lindy, I agree, campcot is your best option and can be used for so much longer than a moses basket etc. Both my kids are only in campcot, we go to hotels very often and then they use the hotel campcots without any probs.

Claire, keeping my fingers crossed, hope baby comes before induction

Chanz, I also think it will take Michael longer to adjust to feeds as he was prem, good luck! I am against cry it out until baby is at least a year old.

Christi, love the name Kota! please post some pics

Lizel, love the tummy, Zelri is a real doll!

Elrike, sterkte vir die gestrande-gevoel, is glad nie lekker nie.

Tanz, almost there! Good luck for the last few days or hours

AFU, we are doing very well. Liam seems to have settled into a night routine, goes to bed at 11 and up at 9 with one sometimes two short feeds inbetween. Day time he is awake for 4 hours then sleeps for 3-4hours. He uses is awake time to drink,lol. At this moment doing demand feeding and it works well for us.

Have anyone heard from Bule?

Hi to everyone I did not mention now, hope you are all well

Have a lovely evening everyone

Lol Claire thanks for that, I think also maybe the camp cot is the better idea. We don't go away allot though not where we would take the camp cot with.

Do any of you other second time mommies find the camp cot useful.

Lindy - you can buy a really cheap campcot from Toy R Us for R500. That's what we used with my son. Just make sure you get one that has a hanging bit to raise baby up. Really worth the money, you'll use it all the time.

Chanz - oh well. He'll grow into his feeds soon enough. He is a prem baby after all. Might take him a bit longer than most.

Christi - thanks hon! I have literally tried everything. Been taking evening primrose since 36 weeks (started sticking it up at 39 weeks). Drinking raspberry leaf tea. Sex. Walking. Curry. Crawling on all fours. Climbing steps. Bouncing on a birthing ball. Swimming. This baby is just too comfy!

So doc says I am really close. Cervix is still too high and too long. But he did manage to do a stretch and sweep. Oh my greatness! The pain was unbearable! I was hanging onto hubby's hand like it was labor! As a result I had a bloody show, which the doc says is a really good sign. We've booked the induction for next week weds but he thinks we won't need it. We'll see.

Christi not sure how I missed your first post.... but when Chanz replied I had No idea what she was talking about so scrolled back hahaha but I must agree Kota sounds like a real angel.

Chanz thanks for the advice I will give that a try and see how comfy it looks. We have the Bebé Comfort Loola pram, not sure if you know it. Shame man...u must be so tired by now.

Hello Ladies

Elrike- ek is bly om te hoor Edrich slaap al so goed. Michael is nou Saterdag 8 weke en ons sukkel nogsteeds met sy slaap routine

Christi- Kota sounds like an angel

Claire- shame I can only imagine how frustrated you must be. I hope your baba comes soon. I have tried stretching Michaels feeds but it seems to unsettle him more because then he fights his sleep big time. And what I noticed is that he seriously vomits his milk up when drinking a bigger feed. strange. I have also noticed that he gets nauseous very easily. like he doesnt like a dummy coz it makes him wanna puke.

Lindy- about the sleeping thing. For us, having Michael in our room works. Especially waking up so often. Michael sleeps in a moses basket next to my side of the bed. I agree with you, the moses baskets at the baby stores are really flimsy. We got ours from bid or buy from an old tannie lol. But when we go away, Michael sleeps in his pram and loves it. What pram do you have? Because ours doesn't do flat fully either. from what our paed told us, having babies slightly inclined is actually good for them. But what I also did in our pram was put a thick pillow in it. It levelled it out a bit too and so comfy for him. Michael will sleep in his crib till about 4am and then he lays on our bed coz my hubby goes to work then. Thats my suggestion.

So last nite we tried letting Michael cry it out. Man I balled my eyes out. NEVER again. And I agree Lindy, it aint good for them. You basically take security away from them. So what I landed up doing last nite is put him in the carry pouch and thats how we slept LOL

I am quite excited- I have lost all my pregnancy weight and if not a little extra lOL My pants fit again and a little loose. To think since my second trimester I have not been able to wear any pants. So thats motivating me to get a little more fit and hit the swimming pool for some exercising this summer.

A silly question, at what age can you let baby swim with you?