Newborn and baby advice

Jacadebra, I look haggard!!! Couldn't be arsed trying to spruce myself up with make-up so you can just imagine the sight. Stay in my PJs until pretty late in the day too

Had a giggle at your toxic milk comment - I'm also a veggie. The lactation consultant my mom dragged me to said if I eat something one day I mustn't eat it the next day, and things should be fine. She also said soya milk is fine. My little one's a real piggy too. She's 3-and-a-half weeks old and has gained a kilo since birth!!! Speaking of which, how often do you ladies have your little ones weighed?

The other thing I wanted to ask is how the hell do you find this forum in a hurry?? I can't quick link to it as it makes you sign in and it takes me ages to search for it!

Hello Ladies!

I spoke too soon yesterday.. don't know if it was overstimulation from the doc's and being all over but Lia was screaming last night. Made me so heartsore. BUT.. when she fell alseep she gave me an almost 4 hour stretch of sleep - YIPEEE.. sure beats the feeding 2hourly she did two days before. After that she only fed 3.5 hours later so that is my most impressive night of sleep with Lia to date. Yay. I remember with my son is sleep settled a bit by 3 months (and then flew straight out the window by 4 but I'll disregard that LOL).. so I think maybe by 3 months or so Lia will also be doing nice super-long stretches... only time will tell.

Glad you found the culprit Beansmom!! I'm a vegetarian and eat lots of gas inducing stuff so my child gets toxic milk from me lol.. no wonder she gets gas so often *cringe*.
I can't believe you have to wake Tayla up every 4 hours.. damn.. even when we got out of hospital I never had to wake Lia up.. my babies are just piggies.. hungry, hungry, hungry *snickers*

It's so nice to hear that some of you are getting good sleep. Amazing how different all our babies are, and their feeding/sleep patters. I'm particularly impressed that some of the breastfeeding mommies are getting the best sleep - that's one of the reasons lots of moms turn to formula - to try make their babies sleep better (god knows I was tempted with my son lol). You ladies are a good advert for breastfeed - some breastfed babies do sleep!! (just not mine )

Ok, so I skipped the 6 week gyn appointment. I came back from grocery shopping and was not in the mood. Frankly I know everything is back to normal so I couldn't be bothered. Based on that comment though hubby had better be getting nookie soon because I was previously "waiting for my 6 week appointment" aka not in the mood lol.

Ok guys, picture crazy mom with a trolley and a pram at the same time walking through the grocery store and then bundling everything into the public restrooms so her 2 year old can wee wee on the toilet because he is busy toilet training. It was an impressive sight. Gosh, I am seriously coping a lot better than I did with my 1st, touch wood, though I do have my days. It's quite amazing seeing I never actually wanted kids until I turned 29.

Hope you all have a fab day! Lia has been very SLEEPY this morning so I hope she has a more wakeful afternoon and not evening!

How long are your babies awake each day??

PS: does anybody else have serious raccoon eyes from sleep deprivation?? I may feel ok but I look a bit run down.

re- sleeping through: well what happens with Luke which may be the reason he sleeps through is he is quite awake until we go to sleep at around 10.30/11pm. So this may help in him sleeping through till 4am.

Pinky does you LO also stay awake till late?

Nicky - thanx for the advice on the mini pill

Oh before I forget this is one cool thing you can do with you baby that I read in the baby gym book:

Take a rattle (those once that sounds like a chime) bought one at Pep yesterday for R7.99 then you shake it on one side of you babies head by the ear and then you go over the pace to next ear and you will see how they look for the sound. It will take some time for baby to follow the sound from one ear to the other.love watching Liebe looking for the sound.

Pinky and Bundle of joy you are so lucky to have your babies sleep such a long stretch.

Bundle of Joy , my doctor put me on Yazz , it's the new version of Yasmin but I'm not breastfeeding my sister said when you breastfeed you have to go on the mini pill.

Pinky Liebe also throws up after her feeds , I have akse the question under the baby section , one of the reasons why Liebe is throwing up is because I was feeding her laying down.So now I keep her upright. She also throws up when I put glycerine on her dummy to clean the white stuff on her tongue.

Des , lucky for me at the kermis I had my MIL there to help , but I gave Liebe a feed before we went so she fell asleep round about 09:30 and slept right through until about 1. I took a flask with hot water and just made her a bottle there and she drank and slept again. We got home about 2 and that's her usual time when she is like really awake.
At the braai I also gave her a feed before we went so she was sleeping , I just put her in that seat that you get with the pram and away from the noise but close enough so I can hear her , I also told them that they need to leave her alone as she needs to sleep otherwise I wont sleep and people see to understand , but eventually she woke and and just would not sleep so I ate really fast while I was rocking her so that she would just stay calm.Hubby helped a lot and then after about and hour my SIL took her and she fell asleep on her chest. Oh that was the night she slept through as well.

Well I haven't even had a shower today , I'm just feeling so lazy and clever me forgot to by bread yesterday so I have to go to the shop.So frustrating.

liebe is now sleeping in 4h sessions at night which is enough sleep for me.Anyless and I would go into a sleep deprived depression.

Chat later.

Wow Pinky and Bundle!!! Your babas are sleeping so well, you are both sooooooo fortunate, I envy you both, honestly - well done fab mommies!! I wish I knew what the secret was

Good morning all!!!

Had a wonderful night with Karla... she slept for 6 hours straight after we bathed her at 7 last night... that was fantastic for me and hubby so we could also get some sleep! after that it was every 4 hours and now she is down again... not yet asleep, but hopefully she falls fast asleep on her own! I hope today is going to be a better day than tomorrow!!!

We are going to weigh her tomorrow at Olivedale's Baby clinic... really wondering how much she has picked up by now, hopefully enough!!

One thing I am wondering about it is that she throws up quite a lot since last night... it seems really as if she drinks my boob empty and then just throw it up again... I don't know why and if it is okay... will also ask the lady at the clinic tomorrow!!!

Have a great day today with your LO's!!