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Hi All,

Silky- hun i am having to breast and bottle feed though i think a full switch is coming i had an indepth conversation with Midwife & Health visitor and they both said the same that you usually find babies with small birth weights are hungry babies a bit like playing catch up and that many women do struggle to produce the amount there baby needs as no two babies are the same. she also said to eat plent including light snack meals in between your mains that are high in protein and to express in between a couple of feeds as this is telling your body to make more, she said if this fails and your milk supply is not increasing enough then you may choose to top up with formular or introduce some bottle feeding though inevetably eventually baby will end up on formula hope this helps hun.
P.s Ref ticker thingy try using the url code and not the http hun that should fix it

Karen- Has Katie been investigated for reflux hun, my 2nd & 3rd babies both had reflux and were given asubstance called thixo D to add to formular which makes it thicker helping to stay down, just asugestion but maybe worth discussing it with doctor as you mayfind that as her amounts increase the more sick she will be and her weigth will not be as good.

Chele- Charlie sounds to be coming on a treat hun and well done you with the feeding, go girl.

Leland is doing well though he has now started having more formular then breast as he is so mutch more settle i generally give him a feed at 21.30pm/10pm and he goes till 04.30/05.00 am which i can live with when breast feeding through day he is very crazy feeding 10mins here 20min s there which drives me nuts but if i give him a formular feed he will goe 3hrs and takes around 3/4oz so i def think he prefers bottle but i will plod on alittle longer doing both i think as i enjoy the bonding sessions.
anyhoos must nash and crack on with ironing will catch up later sorry for long winded post

love to you all

Sharon - thanks yes i have wondered about reflux and am going to have a chat with the midwife when she comes today. The HV said to try one of the staydown milks so will give that a go but if no better in a few days will go see doc. My first and third had reflux too - although no3 didn't have a problem til she started solids then started to throw everything up! No1 ended up on solids at 6 weeks because of his and that settled him right down - always been a gutsy piggy - still is now at nearly 18!!!!

Glad to see you are getting a good night sleep! At least one of us is hey!!!! Well to be fair to Katie she feeds at about 10-30 then doesn't have another til about 4ish but it is the crying and being sick til 1am ish that is the problem!!!!!

Hi there,

Your comments are so welcome! I was starting to feel like I was failing Joe, but I'd rather see him satisfied and not hungry! Sharon, I know what you mean about the breast thing, on for 10/20 mins sometimes over an hour! He is not quite big enough yet for a sling, but look forward to being able to use both hands again!

Sounds like everyone is doing okay..it took us a couple of weeks to settle down....

think I have got the ticker to work now..yipeee






love silky xxxxxxxxxx

Hi everyone.

Emma, i have just read yr post again. how did you cope with baby no4 when you alredy had 3 little ones? wow, i can't imagine it?

Today we got Amelia's birth certificate! went shopping got some new jeans, gone up only 1 size from before I was preg so quite good.

My pram is the bugaboo in sand colour, I was convinced we were having a boy and I was gonna get the blue hood & apron, now we have a girl I bought the pink set. DH has upset me by saying it don't go with the beige and it looks silly, i can't change the base for the black now as I have used it, but I really wanted the pink as I am so proud of my little girl.

It's amzaing how quick they grow?? Amelia has out grown most of her newborn clothes and now fits in 0 to 3 size. she was 52cm when born which is longer than average.

i am still breastfeeding, i have told work i will take baby girl to see them tomorrow, we they invited me to go out for lunch, but i feel a bit shy to breast feed there, so i might try to express some milk first or maybe I wont stop there for long.

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Hi all

Finally got chance to post here! Had a very hectic week with dh in and out of hospital and looking after Abbie, but think (fingers crossed!) things seem a bit better with dh today!

Karen - sorry to hear Katie is being so ill. Hope the midwife can help you out with that.

I am solely bottlefeeding now (I really envy all you ladies who have persevered with breast feeding) Abbie is taking about 60mls every 3 hours all day and night!! The last couple of nights I have fed her at 11pm, 2am and 5am!! its a lot and I am tired but she is so hungry that she screams the place down if she doesnt get the bottle that often! She now weighs 6lb 12 oz which is 6oz more than her birth weight so she is doing really well, but all her newborn clothes are still huge on her, she is still wearing sleepsuits all day and a couple of outfits in 'tiny baby' size!

Hope evryone else is doing well

Love Lynn & Abbie (17 days!)

Is this working now....

Finally found you all, was looking on the pregnancy forum like a narna!

Mason was weighed today and he is now 8lb 3oz, little porker! LOL!

Got a terrible sore throat, high temperature and headache, I'm so fed up of feeling like crap. I seem to get a couple of days where I feel okay and then something else hits me. I've had terrible runs for 3 days too!

Has anyone got a gro-bag egg? Mine constantly says it's 25 degrees in our bedroom, even when it feels really cold. I give up with it, it makes me paranoid.

Silky - I’ve had the whole breastfeeding palava too. I started off well and Mason had no problems latching on. I got sore nipples and used Kamilosan etc but the pain each time I fed was unbearable and I was dreading each feed. At one point Mason swallowed a load of my blood and when he threw it up it really upset me. Then I got a breast infection on day 4 of feeding and my nipples bled profusely, I swear it was worse than labour! I had a temp of 39.5 and had terrible shakes and shivers. The doctor put me on strong penicillin, ibuprofen and paracetamol! I was so upset that I couldn't breastfeed and I spent the whole night awake and feeling guilty.

Mason is happy with the bottle though and eats well and everyone has been nice to me about it so that helps. It didn’t help that I went on the net to look breastfeeding up and they have all these horrible statistics to freak you out and make you feel bad about stopping but you have to do what is best for you both.

Mason is on SMA gold and takes 4oz every 4 hours!

C x

Hi girls,

Don't seem to have much time to post these days. Charlie is great and I love him 2 bits! he is still waking every 1 and a half to 2hrs in the night which is very tiring! He is good as gold during the day though and is even smiling.
I am still managing to breastfeed but as Charlie will only be 18wks when I go back to work, I am going to have to think about putting him on formula at some point.
I am now 10lbs heavier than when I got pregnant but I am happy with that for now cos I can't even think about dieting at the moment. How is everyone else doing? I have got a really flabby tummy!

Bye for now

Oh by the way lovely to hear from everyone - glad you all found the thread.
Chele

hi everyone

weds went out shopping and Amelia was sleeping in the pram all day, then that night she was awake all night feeding,
yesterday I took her to see my friends at work, she was awake all day, and she slept good that night.
It's amazing how much better you feel when you get some sleep!

even though i was only at work for about 2 hrs I had to feed her and change her twice!

Carla, i would have given up breastfeeding if I had bleeding nipples, I hope you feel happier now, after all it is better for him to have a happy mummy. and most people i know do bottle feeding.

Chele I am about 10lbs more than when I got preg too, but I was quite skinny when I got preg and I think I look ok now, DH reckons I look better now than before.

In fact he keeps making jokes about how much he fancys me. Even though the stiches have healed I feel a bit worried about doing it in case I get pregnant agian. I am still a tiny bit bleeding anyway.

it seems funny to not be reading all the pregnancy stories. i feel like it was ages ago that i was preg!

love to all babies.
cristina & amelia

Found a cool website today http://www.babyexperiences.co.uk/

I really fancy the swimming one.

Hi!!

Thought i'd venture over to the parenting boards, weird after talking about our bumps for so long and now they are here!

Things are going great here, fleur is doing great.
I'm still feeding, feel very sore! but she has been eating so much, my milk is coming in now so hoping i'll be filling her up more!
Midwife is coming round this afternoon to do the heel prick test and also to weigh her for the first time since born, i'll be interested to see how much she weighs!?
For those of you that didn't know she was born 10lbs very eye watering!! lol

right must sort some lunch before next feed, but will be back later.

bubbly and fleur x

Hi Girls,

Cris - Lovely to hear from you so glad things are getting better for you now you have had some sleep, i too felt much better for this.

Carla- mason souinds to be coming on a treat, loved your birth story by the way and your piccys are lovely what acutie.

Llynn- nice to heaer from you too Abbie sounds much more content for you now and i bet you feel much better too.

Chele- You should be really proud of yourself what ever you decide to do tou have pushed on with the breast feeding and doen so well especially considering charlie is abig baby there for his demands will be more well done you!

Bubbly welcome to parenting thread Glad Fleur is content and happy for you, hope you are well yourself hun.

Leland continues to do well not doing too much breast feeding myself now mainly bottle barr the exception of a few top ups with breast and his occassional comfort feed.. lol but don,t mind that as that is our time. I cannot believe how fast these 17 days have gone it only seems like yesterday and they change so quickly Lelands face is starting to fill out now hew is weight gaining. I have put some more pictures on MSN for you too see.

Anyhoos must go feeding time at the zoo so i will cartch up later

Love to you all