PAMPERS JULY 2010

LOL Patty, and they sommer recommend it for EVETYTHING!! from hiccups, colic, runny tummy, constipation?? WTH...?? With hygine I'm also like the hygine police, baby stays with us in our bedroom, and everyone washes their hands before getting anywhere near baby, I had to drill it into everyone's heads...now they are getting the hang of it If all goes well with the cup, I'm switching completely.Bottles are disgusting and can be deadly too, remember the story at joburg gen not too long ago...and besides, whatever happened to "baby friendly"

Patty, you do need me time, outside of the house and away from Dh and baby, but I can totally understand DH being nervous about being left along with baby, its like that with the first baby, but he will get used to it.in the mean time, try to go out for a few minutes while she sleeps, but you do need "me" time, and you can't have that at home because once baby starts crying..."me" time gone!!

Hi Naomi.

lucky girl, you can go out whenever I go out, DH and baby-girl come with even if they'll just chill in the car.
He says he wont take the risk of not having me there when she has her screaming marathons

I know what you mean about having help. I would also not survive. my mom and MIL have left, but DH's sister is here with us to help and my helper comes certain days.
I wonder how Im gonna cope leaving LG with nanny in January Im so fussy baout anything concerning her. throw tantrums wen anyone is not "hygenic enough" around her even if its just to touch her. I would rather do everything for her myself than have someone else do it wrongly! I kno I need to be less fussy

was laughing with DH the other day, the advice you get from well-meaning people about what one should do for the baby if I bought every medication I was told helps for baby's colic and crying, I would open my own pharmacy
DH was very angry when he found the Gripe Water we were adviced to buy has 4.4% alcohol in it, so thats how it stop baby from crying, just knocks her off!

Naomi ya it will be hard initially going back to work

Hi guys

baby is still sleeping, I'm making use of every chance I get to pop in here. Dee, makes sense about the poop. You are right, motherhood is not easy, and I cannot imagine doing this thing without my mom and my nanny! I am lucky as I get time to go out during the day, for shopping etc...

Daddy is also very hands on this time around, so nights are also not that bad. I nearly had a breakdown in the first 2 weeks, I wasn't allowed out of the house!!! LOL

I miss the other ladies too, hope their doing ok...Baby is getting into a routine now, she sleeps at around 7 in the evening, wakes up at midnight for a feed, then goes back to sleep and wakes up at 2 in the morning, then sleeps at 5 again till 10 in the morning, then feeds and sleeps all afternoon...She sleeps after we bath her, everytime.these days bath time is tear free, she is getting used to it, I think she may even like it a little bit!

Breastfeeding for me is going a bit better, but expressing breasmilk for when I go out is such a mission with my breatpump.I think I get more milk when I don't use it. Same thing also happens with me Patty. the boob she isn't feeding on gets sore!! I'm starting a new job in 2 weeks time, luckily she doesn't mind the bottle, but I wanna switch it to a cup cos my mom is going back home at the end of the month and my nanny isn't very clued up when coming to bottle hygene,she'll sometimes leave the bottle uncovered for a while then want to give it to baby, and we've spoken to her about it, but you know sometimes you have to say something 5 times before someone gets it!!! We are starting with a cup today, she wasn;t too keen yesterday, I really wish I didn't have to start working so soon.

How is it going with getting back those figures, I hope I'm not th only one who is obsessing, I'm losing weight yes, but my tummy seems to just get bigger, i can't obviousy start doing excercises yet, waiting for my 6 week check next week.I was 87kg when baby was born, and now this morning I'm 73.1 kg. So there is still another 18kg to go!

Ooh we went for Lg's photo shoot yesterday, she was so adorable. cant wait to get the pictures, will post some. we couldnt go earlier as Im not allowed to take her out of the house during first 2weeks/until the cord falls off.
she was very excited to be out of the house cos she stayed awake the whole time
last night she was so exhausted, slept at 7. I had to wake her up at midnight for a feed cos she was stil not waking up. then again at 3am.
had a very restful night, much appreciated

Im getting abit sick. saturday night I went to bed feeling extremely cold (while everyone was very hot), then woke up sweating. then again yesterday morning I was cold & shivering, but my temperature read 39!
now Im all good, dont kno what that was. will see Dr if it happens again.

sometimes when breastfeeding, my other bob (the one not being used) gets painful! anyone else experiencing the same thing? I asked the midwife and she said its normal

Hi ladies.
Ya its very quiet here, Dee and Naomi maybe our LO's are not keeping us too busy like other ladies
hope everyone is coping well thou.

Dee thanx, my princess is much better now I actually cried with her on friday night cos she had been crying the whole day felt overwhelmed. DH was there and now he is worried Im heading for postnatal depression! Im not, we are allowed to cry sometimes motherhood is more than a full-time job.

I make sure to take "time-out" every evening just to take a long bath/read a magazine/anything, so that after that 1hour I can give LG a refreshed me. otherwise I'll be too exhausted/down that I dont even interact with her. she might interpret that as me being angry with her and I dont want that.

anyway, that said I would not change her for anyone/anything

Hi everyone,

Yep, same here... runny, yellow poo, but its all normal... it only becomes a little more solid when they start eating solids I believe... right now they only drinking, so shouldnt get any solid stools, this could be a sign of constipation, if they are...

Shame Patty, hope LO is feeling better now...

Everyone else is so quiet!!

Hope you ladies are all doing ok.... I remember my first born, I went through some "baby blues"... hope you ladies are all fine

I will say though (and really wish that someone would have said this to me at the time) that if you feeling a little down, and finding it hard to cope or control your emotions, this is all normal! Right now we all sleep deprived, topped with PP hormonal imbalances... we are bound to be teary eyed, emotional, sometimes irrational, and out of sorts.

This is by no means a measure of your capabilities as a mom, this is normal!

Things do become better after a while..... for me it happened after month 2.... it was slightly worse for me as I live very far from any family, and after my mom and in laws left, and DH went back to work, it was very lonely!!

I felt like the walls were caving in on me, and because I never ventured out (was too scared in the beginning to do anything alone with LO), I was claustrophobic and in a bad space....

Also dont feel guilty if you at times miss your "alone time" with hubby... I went through this phase as well Especially FTM's.... this is a huge adjustment and you and hubby cannot go and come as you please anymore... and many mom's miss this1 It does not mean you love your baby any less

Anyway, just wanted to say all these things which I wish someone had said to me back in the day. MOTHERHOOD IS HARD.

If this doesnt apply to anyone please ignore lol but if you are feeling down and depressed (and it being winter in SA is not helping, as we are couped up in the house!!) please log on and post your story... no one is here to judge

Thanks, have a great weekend all!!

my baby's poop is also liquid (yellow & seedy also, sori TMI), Dr said its fine for breastfed baby. if she's having diarrhoea, it will be more runny and might change colour.
if you are not comfortable with it, get the clinic nurses to check it for you.

yesterday was such a miserable day for my princess, she was pushing hard to get poo & gas out but nothing. and that made her cry so much, I was ready to "assist" her (dont kno how I was gonna do that LOL). finally some poo came thru last night.
her Paediatrician said its normal as their bum-opening is too tight and they need to push harder. its not constipation as the poo comes out very soft.
hope that is over for good, cos it wakes her up and she just cries trying to push.

enough of my blabbering

have a great day