Can I please stay a December 09 mummy????

Bek glad Calan is doing well and is doing all the right things for you. And I hear you about the boobs being like melons

Alexis has had a pretty rough night and morning, she woke at 7 this morning and has now only just gone to sleep after having 3 feeds in that time so needless to say there were tears on my behalf. Otherwise she is feeding really well and has cut back the time of her feeds, which the midwife assured me yesterday is OK as she is just getting more efficient. We were officially discharged from the hospital yesterday and Alexis only lost 30 grams of her birth weight! Was very proud of her and myself.

Hope all December mums and bubs are doing well and can't wait to have the rest of you join us

Congrats to Danielle on the birth of William Sydney- glad you are doing well....

Bek, Ella has her moments too and she just can't stop touching Alexis or kissing her or wanting to hold her hand. It's very cute, but when you are a little sleep deprived it can be annoying.

I am also demand feeding Alexis and yesterday she had 10 feeds and they were pretty much every hour and a half, took it out of me! But she repaid me with an awesome sleep last night, last feed was at 9.30pm and she slept til 4.50am Is this OK for her to do this???? I am so unsure when it comes to breastfeeding on demand as I had to wake Ella to feed when she was a newborn.

Alison - Levi sounds like he is doing wonderfully, how are your other kids with him?

Also big congrats to Simone & Danielle

I'm home!! And yay a Dec bubs thread!!

Charlotte is beautiful - but my boobs are soo sore. The first night I had to lie on my back while I fed her because of the surgery and so feeding her at a wierd angle meant she couldn't attach properly. got some cracks on both nips which are slowly healing; but they still end up bleeding by the end of the feed; and when she attaches it is toe-curling pain. I had this with Flynn too; just kinda thought it wouldn't happen 2nd time round maybe I just don't know what I'm doing properly.

anyway. I'm off for a lie down whilst both kidlings are asleep. Man I missed Flynn so much and now I'm home he's sleeping spose I should enjoy it because I will be in here soon complaining that they never sleep at the same time

wow simone---
what an extremely fast birth!!!...i would of loved one of those ( without the tearing...or actually- maybe all of it !)
sounds lots better then mine!!!

well- we had allees bday today---we went to the zoo and she was great....loves her pressies and now we are having a bbq dinenr at the park tonight with her new retro bike for her to ride on..

Calan is doing great although he is covered in a rash---the nurses think it s a milk rash-heat rash-hormonal rash....not sure which one
but i go to the free clinic tomorrow so hopefully they can explain it!!!

Happy Birthday Allee!! enjoy your bike.

Charlotte had a pimply rash too; I was told it was because she's new to oxygen.

Sandra should be here soon!! With another girl baby

I think I might be going a bit crazy - have just had a moment of sadness in the shower......I miss not having my baby in my belly.

Is that wierd? I spent the last few weeks going insane with being uncomfy and couldn't wait to meet her......and am so super glad she's here; just miss the special stuff like feeling your belly move and stuff.

anywho.....just came in to post that. are any of you missing your preggy bellies yet? or am I the only crazy one?

btw - this does not mean I am ready for another baby!! managing two at the moment is definitely enough work for me!!

awwwwwwwwww rach---thats how i knew i wanted another one...
but like simone---we are done and i am happy with my two

simone enjoy the week at your mums....

hope to see some more bubs in here soon..and mums...lol

Yes a big Congrats to Rosie Jayne on Sadie's arrival.

Things are hectic here at the moment. DH owns a business which sees him work a lot of nights and coming into Christmas it is really busy, so I have been on my own a lot this week, which I have found challenging, especially yesterday!!! Lexi decided that it was a fun game to be awake and feeding every hour from 2.30pm til 8.30pm last night I was feeling rather emotional and was so grateful to see my Mum turn up at 6pm last night otherwise I might be in the corner rocking Mum finally got her to go to sleep and then the little bugger woke up when I went to bed at 9.15, but she went back after being cuddled. Then at 3am this morning our neighbours decided it was the best time to start blaring Eminem through their stereo, DH had just got home from work and he went to ask them to turn it off/down and one of their friends king hit him and I'm pretty sure that they broke his nose

Anyway Lexi has been a lot more settled today and hasn't been feeding every hour. I am finding her awake time is usually from 4 til 7.30, which seems like a long time for her to be awake at this age, but she does fall asleep on the boob, it's just she seems to wake up when you wrap her to put her back in the bassinette....ahhh the joys of a newborn.

How many feeds are your LO's having in a 24 hour period???

Hope everyone is well and the bubs are being kind to their mummy's

Nat - your DH must've been so !!! I would've been filthy, dirty, angry too!!

My nips are no longer bleeding after each feed; still bruised and battered though. It's the latching on that is the killer; once Charlotte is feeding all is OK.

She feeds prob every 3/4 hrs....it was every 4 but in the last few days is coming back to 3. And I think she is trying to increase my supply because at each feed she is awake for about an hr and feeds of both boobs twice......this isn't helping with the bruised/battered nips either .

I'm managing ok though cause my DH is on hols for the next 5 weeks. So he is up with Flynn first thing in the morning so I can sleep in with bubs. And we are all going down for afternoon nana naps . Not too sure how I'm going to cope when I'm home alone with them both when DH goes back to work; but then I'm not the first Mum to do it so I'm sure I'll get a routine sorted. I'm hoping though that Charlotte is starting to sleep longer stints at night by then though.