Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Shoo what a hectic day!!

Lucy, I got my milk supply back I know by now the bestest way to up the milk production is to have baby nurse regularly, also drink lotsa fluid, rescue rememdy, eat well and sleep. All the other stuff is just extras. Youll see when they go through growth spurts you just need to nurse and sleep all day long And once thats over you have engorgement I dont want to go on the eglenol tabs.. cant take them for the next year so its better to use other methods to up production. Are they bad for you??

hehe regarding the pork sausage toes Shame, must feel awefull and the heat def makes the swelling sooo much worse!!

Cath, great on doing those affirmations. How much weight have you lost since he was born? Ive gone down 6kg, also picked up about 13kg, so have another 7kg to go to be back at pre-preggie weight. But I think Ive gone down as much as I will after birth.. rest is hard work. And Im going to do regular affirmations that hubby will have enough $$$$$$ after baby nr 3 to get a tummy tuck LOL

How old is that ladie's baba? As they get older they feed much faster and you also dont need to change nappies. But for now we are stuck with a longer awaketime. At moment Reuben feeds about 10 - 15 mins on first breast ( I dont time and sometimes fall asleep ) then I change his nappy and then does second breast about 10mins and put him down. So there is no way I can do that under 30mins, and sometimes he doesnt fall asleep immediately so I end up having to put back his dummy about 4 times

Emsmom, glad you got some nice prezzies today!! Now have a good rest

Joli, seems like there could be a good trend for ugly babies then You would love to photograph my niece.. she loooves to pose and have a fuss made over her. That photo was taken by my hubby.. and that was her own choice of pose .. I have about 100 more like them .. we laughed so much at her.. little miss model shoot! The day before that she had a mermaid party and we rented mermaid outfits for all the girls.. so you can imagine how much she enjoyed that shoot!

Oh bugger to all the UIF and banking issues Its sooo frustrating to have to run around like a mad person just to get stuff done that really should be such an issue!!! I really hope you get all the stuff sorted out soon before you murder someone! Have you sorted out all the medical aid things?

Ive also used the Alfalfa tonic (or whatever its called) but uggggghhhh its really horrible!!! Thanksf or the name of those tabs!

Ok that piccie is my FAVORITE so far of Callum!!! MAn he is just soooo cute He has the most adorable little face! You can be lucky Ive got my own little guy otherwise I wouldve done the Schatsie move and come and steal him!

Betty, ah thanks for the collar tip! Ive actually heard of it before and forgotten about it. My staffie is very exciteable so Im sure a calming collar will do wonders. LOL..hubby pulled her away by her hind legs last time they had a fight.. but I was too scared to do that, thats why I pulled her by her tail Although I actually know she will never think to even snap at me, but one never knows what they will do when they are all confused and fighting

Faw, I really hope the next few days fly past so that you can get things sorted out re your soon to be ex!! REally.. he needs to pack up his bags and dissapear from your life soonnnn!!

Tazzy, hope you girls are doing ok!!! Cant wait to see some more pics of your daughter xxx

Meags, sorry bout the ouchie grapes Im so glad your hubby was so sweet.. really hoping he will keep it up too.



A tip for ladies going natural ( I dont think its possible to do with c-sec?) Right after giving birth, massage your uterus, just above pubic bone. That makes it contract and helps to get rid of excess blood etc quicker.. if it doesnt there might be bits left behind and also the blood inside forms clots that could make you bleed for a longer time. When you massage you will feel your uterus contract into a tight ball, it can be quite painfull but its ok. Also breastfeeding makes it contract too.. take a tablet for pain beforehand.

Ladies it was SO fab finally meeting you this morning! We must do it again soon!

Well my shower was nice - no stupid games thankfully. I did have to sit and unwrap pressies in front of everyone (which I hate doing) but had to cause my gran insisted.
So lovely things for Spec, basically just need nappies now - my MIL is going to buy us the car seat and camp cot mattress and otherwise we are sorted

Sorry for no personals, will catch up on Monday, beyond tired now and should try and sleep at some point

hugs to you all.

Schatsie, emsmom, misty and betty it was great to meet you all. Betty i hope you like the clothing.
This morning i didn't go to class because i decided i don't get the car often and i wanted to try find a photographer that took photo's of me 3 years ago. So i drove all the way out to gordon's bay to try my luck. I ended up not finding him and having a little cry. My husband and i used to do a lot of fishing together there and harbour island. It brought back so many memories and i cursed i went there. So by the time i got to canal walk i was exhausted.
After our meet i had to do a few things my mom asked me to do and came home. My mom then went out and i did numnum time as my son calls it and then bath time. He is now half asleep here in my arms drinking his doodoo. And hopefully he will sleep.
My mom took my son and dad out for the day so everyone is tired. And its still very hot in the house even with all the windows open. So shortly i am going to go for a swim to cool my core down and then eat dinner.
Tomorrow we are planning on taking my dad to his boat.. Its always cooler there and we haven't been there for ages.
Oh and i am going away this weekend to my friend from wednesday. I can't wait. On friday i have another check up and then ill come home after that.
Hugs.

Mistymom, Emsmom, BettyF and Faw it was soooo nice meeting you!!! Hehe, I think we got quite a few looks from the people around us, especially as we were getting up to leave!

Emsmom, hope you enjoy your baby shower and don't have to dress up or do anything too silly!

I got straight into bed with a nice book when I got home. We're having a little braai at home with my sister and a few friends tonight, so I'm looking forward to that.

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

joli you really are superwoman!!! My breastfeeding operations take complete focus and utter stilness lol well done on awesome multi tasking!!! And going back to gym wow!!!! How is yr cut feeling? I still have those steri strips on i think i was supposed to have them looked at by my gynae's ridiculous assistant all the wa in sandton but am thinking of just going to gp?? What do u think? Feels fine so dount i need to go to her?? As for uif and bank ignorance omg you poor thing soooo frustrating but what can u do tey just change rules ad requirements on a whim. Eg recently i changed my name on my ceque acc i just toook in my new i.d. Thats it and the changed it there and the but i know like yourself depending on who i deal with those req jus chage!!! Sterkte hey its increibly irritating and two hours never mind uif!!!!! Shocking shocking shocking! Hope all you experiences with bank and uif are positive in future and make up for what u had to endure

meags glad naugty dh is back and tha you can see a difference!!! Yay!! Poor thing hows the pain?

Afm i am craving someting i dunno what some type of foodstuff!? We gave w a bath today me ad dh im still bit nervous and have only bathed or should i say splashed him once then adter the circumc did the sponge bath as recommended w was soooo good just like u said kimika delighted with the warm water! He is sleeping now dh and i had a lovely afternoon sleep. W was up twice las night ten thirt then two thirty then seven am a tw thirty tho i was up with him for aout hour and quarter but is fine. A guy at my dh's work said his wife gets up a d deals with bay in ten mins and is back in bed!!!!!pls share some experience so i ca share with dh the quickest i have done is fort mins but really each feed is an hour betwee getting him up fed changed etc etc i think has very good and w is very coKoperative but pls do sare yr experience as i dont want d tinking this is a te min process it really isnt!! Durin week i get up a night and he does the early mor ing also working well as i a on materity leave and can sleep in day althoug ,us be more disciplined with that! still loving ever minute of it although am at a loss how you ladies deal with more than one!!!!!
cath
xxx

Hi all. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend .

Argh no Meags - can your mom not perhaps get you one and bring it when she will come see you? And sorry about the pain - you will have to get something to help. Congrats on the birth of your friend's baby, no your little one must also just arrive this month still!

Shame I see that Tazzy is going home today - hope she feels better.

I think I've managed the art of multi tasking - things are just so crazy - this morning I b/fed Callum, while I made myself coffee, opened the taps for the washing machine, put soap powder in etc. etc. all with Callum on the boob LOL.

Enjoy the meeting CT ladies!

Betty - ya I thought of using an agency, but then I will still have to run around to get all the paperwork - if I don't come right 3rd time, I will contact on of the agencies.

Cloth nappy users - check out this website - www.babybumz.co.za and have a look at the kushie nappy - seems very nice. I'm going to get one and see how it works - first time I see a cloth nappy that I really like.

Kimika - the natural stuff you can get to increase your milk is called Prolak. And then I also took esperide (but I think you will need a prescribtion for this one).

On Monday I'm back at gym! So maybe I should take a before and after picture he he.

oh and I have searched high and low for a sleep positioner...even on Amazon. they are not sold here!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really annoyed