August-September 2010 Moms

BabyK - your baba is gorgeous!!!

Seems everyone is doing much better. Everyone sounds like happy, content moms

Kerry - hope your lg is much better, I am sure it must have killed you to know that she was in pain

Emily and I are still doing great. She really is an angel and everyone is telling me that I am probably going to pay for it with the next one she only cries when she wants her bottle or wants to sleep. Only problem is that she now refuses to sleep in her car seat or anywhere that means she is not lying COMPLETELY flat!! She starts getting all niggly and then I have to put her down on her tummy and she wants to fall asleep on her own no more cuddles for mommy and watching her fall asleep in my arms - such an independent little girl!!!

I am enjoying motherhood so much and I must say that it is MUCH easier than I thought it would be.

Emily had her first photoshoot on Wednesday and it went really well - I can't wait to see the photo's, but we have to wait 3 weeks !!!!!! Feels like a lifetime to little impatient me!

Would be great if we could organise a meet

Hi ladies

Well my little angel is not so angelic anymore. Shame no, he is perfect but he has been really niggly lately. I think he has alot of wind/ colic. Also we struggle often with the b/f. Somtimes he latches like a dream and then othertimes not at all and there's lots of crying and throwing his head around and chewing of my boob We are buying an expresser so that I can express and hubby can share in some of the feeding. I have MAM bottles, I have heard from a few sources that babies like the MAM teats and can switch between bottle and boob without too much fuss. I will keep you ladies posted on how this works out!

Kerry, shame your poor little girl. Well done on going to the paed so soon. Thank goodness she is all better now. My hubby also went away for the long weekend. We had plans to just stay in bed and read and watch movies (in between feeding) but I was quite ill so my parents really put themselves out and helped me sooo much. I am so grateful that we live in the same town and they're only about 10/ 15 mins away. At one stage DH and I were going to emigrate or move to Cape Town (we're in Jozi) so I am so grateful now that we have my folks (and his folks) as a support base.

I feel sometimes like I'm stuck in a timewarp, days just fly by with me feeding and doing washing and that's about it. No time to cook or go anywhere. But I just look down at my boy's little face with his beautiful baby skin and perfect little features and I know that this is all part of a bigger picture and its sooo worth it. (and my boobs tingle each time, hehe).

Thankfully I DO NOT have mastitis! That will teach me to self-diagnose. But I did have a huge abcess under my arm that needed to be drained at the doctors and I was on massive doses of augmentin antibiotics. It was so sore. Then the most gross part, I had to drain it myself on monday morning in the bathroom. I won't go into any more details but I think it was the most disgusting thing I've ever done. Needless to say I am not a medical person

So between the abcess, breastfeeding up at night and the tummy bug I had 3 weeks ago, I am so tired of feeling run down! I am feeling much better though, especially now that all that poison/ infection is out my system. Shoo wee.

Wow Judesmom, you made such good use of your time the other day, especially with the cooking! I will defo try cook something nice soon, I really miss it. Just haven't had the energy.

As for the deed, hubby has accosted me twice! Shame that's an exaggeration, the first time I was keen, after about 3 weeks, and although it was a little sore, probably more from nerves than anything else, I did enjoy it. But the other night I just wasn't feeling it at all. I feel bad, I will try make more of an effort. I normally enjoy it but I think I was still feeling ill from the infection.
My 6 week check up is in 2 weeks time, then I go on the mini-pill. For now we're using condoms. I wanted to have the mirena inserted but its too expensive for us for now so as soon as I can afford it I will do that.

Hey MinaMoo, holding thumbs your hubby can get that dream job. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all stay at home with our bambinos? I do work from home but will still need to organise babysitters or a nanny.

Hey ladies who had a caesar, did you take longer than you thought to recover from the op? I took longer than I thought, although I did get a tummy bug in the first week and then the abcess had been building up from about the same time so maybe that's why I felt so 'man-down'. But I'm curious to hear how other moms recovered? And did anyone have bad gas (sorry)?

Babyzee, wow wee well done on all that weight loss! And Nikki, didn't the same thing happen to you? You've lost more weight since having baby than what you gained? I have lost about 10 kilos so far. 12 to go til I weigh the same as when I fell pregnant but I would like to lose maybe another 7 - 10 after that.

Hey Girly, thanks for all the advice. I think I'm going to go the expressing route and see how that goes. Its so good to hear little Kaylee is doing so well. Shame about the plaster, I know its so heart wrenching when you involuntarily hurt your little one or do something that you know might startle them. I read somewhere that to be a parent means to forever walk around with your heart outside your body. I think this is so true. My heart feels so raw and exposed these days, all I think about it is my baby and how I will do anything for him. Its funny how your whole perspective really does change once you have a child. And all those cliches are so true!

Gotto run, hopefully I can pop in soon and catch up some more.

Hi JudesMom

So happy for you and Scarlett, you deserve the peaceful productive day you've had. So nice to hear she is napping so well.

Would be lovely to meet for coffee.

Hi Moms, Is'nt this Cape Town weather beautiful!!!!

Really cant wait for December time when hubby is on leave so we can go for nice drives and especially to the beach.

Scarlett is being so good today really loving it. I put her in the swing this morning and she fell asleep, i managed to clean the whole house and do 3 loads of washing. She woke up and had a bath and today she didnt even scream that bad. Well she fed and is no sleeping for about 1 1/2 i even managed to make some roast chicken and patatoes and macoroni with white sauce.

It been a real good day for me and last night she after putting her down at 10:30 she woke up at 13:00; 3:30, 6am for her feed and went right back to sleep.

Nikki we shoulf get together and go for coffee sometime.

Babyzee glad to hear about the weight loss, i havent gotten onto a scale yet will just wait to see what i lost next week when i my gynea.

So i hope everyone is have a super fabulosity day!!!

Girly my boy was born on the 10th 3 days before Kaylee.

Minamoo hope you DH gets a job soon.

I feel great, today i went for my 6 weeks appointment and i have lost 5kgs of my pre-pregnanvy weight, i had only gained 6kgs in my pregnancy now i have lost 11kgs yeay breastfeeding is so cool...

@JudesMom - so glad to hear you and Scarlett are doing better.
I live close to you in Milnerton.

@Mina Moo - our babies were born quite close apart, 5 days actually. I'm s jealous re-strechmarks!

I hope your hubby gets that job!

Peyton is 9 weeks1day old today, can't believe how quick she is growing. I love listening to her coo and gurgle and her laughs are the best!

Hope you are all well and enjoying your babies

Hellloooooo moomies,

Hope everyone had a beautiful long weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nikki where do you stay? im in summer greens and it felt like the airshow was in my back yard!

Kerry glad you took baby to the doc at least the antibio will help baby and soon she will be better in no time. Also nice to hear she is sleeping for longer gives you some time to rest ans recooperate.

Girly re the bath, i filled it that her whole body is covered but i tell you no luck, i also tried to rather soap her up while in the water but nothing. As for Kaylee being colic i hope she gets better i know how tired you must feel, Scarlett has being doing much better touch wood! She has her moments but its bearable.

As for the deed, well i gave in, hubby gave me a lovely back msg on Friday and then we started kissin one thing led to another and yep we had some intermit time, wasnt really that sore but long overdue.today is my 5th week so i hope its okay cos yesturday we had some alone time as Jude weny out with my mom and scarlett was sleepin so we took some advantage of the time.
lol i knw ladies too much info!

so lets say im a satisfied mom,