Newborn and baby advice

Morning ladies,

Do you think babies can miss their fathers? For the past 3 days Liebe starts crying at 5pm and she doesn't stop until hubby gets home round about 8pm.I can not do anything , she just wants me to hold her and if I put her down she cries , if I hold her she's niggly.As soon as hubby comes and he holds her she is her quiet calm self.

Sleep is really getting better , I used to go to bed at 23 or 12 after Liebe's last feed but I have been going to be at 9pm when Liebe is sleeping and those extra two hours helps a lot but then I don't get to spend anytime with hubby.

Welcome l's Mom , congrats on your LO.

Well Liebe is sleeping now so I have some time to watch BBC Lifestyle(i'm addicted to cooking channels)

Chat later.

You all made me feel a bit better that I'm looking like hell.. at least I am not alone. heehee

L's Mom!! Of course we remember you!! CONGRATS!!!

Sounds like your little sleeps really well - that's awesome! As for the winds.. I totally hear you. They are aweful. I struggled a lot with Lia and wind but it seems a bit better... I didn't find any magic cure though. Tried gripe water, telament colic drops and that's it. Next on my list was the Bennets one and then there is some Groen Mamba thing that you get from some pharmacies too.. I actually think I posted a thread here somewhere, will try to find it and you can see what everybody suggested.

The April 2010 mommies have a thread here but it has somewhat died.. hopefully it will come alive again sometime as I'd love to know how everybody is doing - many of us have come to this thread though .

I will send you some vbac info - just have to dig it all up again when I have a moment

Pinky - definitely do a "bring your own" event on the weekend - everybody can bring a different thing that way you don't have to do all the catering. Good luck.

Scribblingal - I need to keep better track of what all I eat.. I nibble the whole day long on all sorts and lose track.. grr.. not good when you want to find out what is upsetting little one. Must focus, lol.

Got to dash, Lia is having her usual evening-cranky session, grrr...

Hoep you all get some sleep tonight

Hi mommies.

Ex-pampers April 2010 moms,remember me? I'm new to this site. Do we have our old thread on here? Im so sad abt pampers but glad to find some familiar names here.

Wow, my baby is now 2weeks and 5days old. she was born Sat 17th April via c-sec. Jacadebra, by the way, i need all the info on VBAC (i think u had one if i rememebr correctly. I don't want another c-sec)

Anyway, what can I say. Having a new born is quite hectic. I have decided that "winds" are the BEST KEPT SECRET!!! Nobody ever tells u about them! My baby gets so miserable! I was heartbroken at 1st wishing there was something I could do for her but about 10 remedies later, I'm getting used to it. What do u ladies recommed? I've got Bennet's colic syrup, Telament drops;Something called Behoudmiddel and some pills which u need to crush and put in 30ml's of water...

Sleep... my baby sleeps for most of the day. At night she sleeps around 11pm; wakes up around 3am and then again around 6am for feeds and changing. The other night she slept all evening then woke up at midnight and only got back to sleep at 3am!!! That was torture!!!

Anyway, let me not offload all of the past month in one post. Chat later

Scribbling , if you want to find this post quickly go to you profile and underneath you have this gray block , think it starts with connections , click on forum and it will show you last post which will bring you here faster.

Jac , you should see me , sometimes I stay in my PJ all day and then only take a bath when hubby comes homes.This means when he gets home i haven't even brush my hair.It just stands in all directions.

Pinky wow house full of people Sunday , I did it as well when Liebe was about under a weeks old as my parents came to visit and hubby's family love them so they came over for dinner every night.All I did was pump breastmilk and pack the dishwasher.I loved having my mom here.

Hubby is working on Sunday on my first mothersday , it's really sad as he will get home after 5pm.So depressing thinking about it.

Scribbling , I took Liebe to be weighed every two weeks , until she was 6 weeks.I'm gonna do it monthly from now on.

Liebe is on no2 huggies from today on as she had two oeps's since yesterday so I figured bigger nappy.

Jacadebra ,Liebe is awake for about an hour at a time but she slept the whole day so I am hoping that it won't effect her sleep tonight.Got a headache so can do with some rest.

Chat later.

Bundle, my Karla only sleeps that long at night when she's had a bath... so now I want to bath her every evening... hehehe!!

Scribblin, I take Karla to weigh every week... I do look forward to every weighing... very excited about tomorrow and how much she has gained...

Karla was very good today, sleeping well, and not as fussy and drinking as much as yesterday!!! I decided not to lie down while I breastfeed her again, now she doesn't throw up anymore... everything is just TRIAL and ERROR... That is how we learn!

We have my parents, brother and his wife and my mother in law and my hubby's ouma for lunch on Sunday, as it is mothers day! I suppose it is better to have them here for karla than somewhere else... They must all just bring food, I am not going to go through a lot of trouble to feed them!!

It is exciting our first mothers day as a mother!! There is going to be a lot of firsts from now on!

Well ladies, have a great evening! Hope you all sleep well tonight!! I am definitely going to bath Karla this evening so that she will sleep well!! HAHAHA!!

Oh, Emily decides how long she's awake during the day. I try limit the time she's awake but now she's lying in her cot with eyes wide open and is showing no signs of going to sleep.