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Hi everyone,
I'm still working on my birth story (it will be a long one ;-), but I just wanted to let you know that I posted some pics of Erin at Webshots' site, so in case you'd like to view them, please send me your e-mail address and I'll send you the link. UPDATE: we're fine! Erin's schedule is fantastic (feedings: around 7:30--midday--wakes up at 3:30 pm, nappy change, walk, breastfeeding--wakes up around 6 pm, bath, change and breastfeeding--11 pm--around 3:30 am), so basically we wake up only once during the night. She breastfeeds well, has over 4 kg now (don't know the exact weight, it was 3.85 kg on Tuesday and postnatal care nurse's guess was that she'd gain another 150 by the weekend), and I have no problems in that regard. She is very alert, and in the best mood in the morning - it takes ages for her to wake up, she makes funny faces and smiles. She also likes to be left alone in her cradle to watch her cradle carousel toys. She's is lifting her head (it worries me a bit, her neck is so tiny!) and we often find her not lying in the same position we put her in (we place her on her side with a rolled towel behind her back to enable her to turn to her back, but now she found a way to move away from the towel), and she is very lively baby altogether. She doesn't mind voices, music, sounds from the telly, phone ringing, sleeping in the dark... She reached the phase when 95% of the time we can put her in her cradle, turn off the light and leave the room, and she falls asleep by herself (and deciding when to give her a bath helped with this - she would not do this before we started giving her a proper bath; then she'd fall asleep by herself only during the day, not at night). I just hope she stays this way! To us she looks like a one-month-old - more grown-up every day, so I try to take at least one photo of her every day - time is passing by so fast! Before her belly button cord stump was completely healed we had a bit of the "crisis" from 6 pm until 10 pm - it was as she deliberately would miss her sleeping cycle, and she just wanted to breastfeed or to be held by her Daddy during that time. She would fuss a bit (but she is not a loud baby). Now the belly button cord stump's "remains" are finally taken care of, so we started giving her the bath when she is her fussiest self - and she loves it; she wakes up around 6 pm, has her bath, change and eats, and then sleeps like an angel. DH is fantastic at changing her, burping her, and she likes him to hold her, so having him around is a big help! I'm doing fine. I still feel sore from time to time and very sleepy. The lochia didn't wear off yet - postnatal care nurse said it will happen soon. However, because I bled a lot a couple of hours after birth, she recommended taking iron syrup supplement - and gave me the name of the brand which doesn't make me throw up! I lost about 11 kg, so have around 5 kg to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I decided to start exercising more (postpartum yoga mostly and some fitness exercises) when Erin turns 1 month old - so far I only walk with her every day. I can't believe that 3 weeks ago I had contractions that were 15 minutes apart!!! Hope all of you are doing fine! Elly Mom to Erin - 2w6d old today |
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Congrats! Everything sounds like it is going incredibly well. She sounds
like a wonderful baby! Good for you walking already for excercise! Kat Mama to Maggie 11/03/01 and #2 EDD 02/01/04 "Elly" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I'm still working on my birth story (it will be a long one ;-), but I just wanted to let you know that I posted some pics of Erin at Webshots' site, so in case you'd like to view them, please send me your e-mail address and I'll send you the link. UPDATE: we're fine! Erin's schedule is fantastic (feedings: around 7:30--midday--wakes up at 3:30 pm, nappy change, walk, breastfeeding--wakes up around 6 pm, bath, change and breastfeeding--11 pm--around 3:30 am), so basically we wake up only once during the night. She breastfeeds well, has over 4 kg now (don't know the exact weight, it was 3.85 kg on Tuesday and postnatal care nurse's guess was that she'd gain another 150 by the weekend), and I have no problems in that regard. She is very alert, and in the best mood in the morning - it takes ages for her to wake up, she makes funny faces and smiles. She also likes to be left alone in her cradle to watch her cradle carousel toys. She's is lifting her head (it worries me a bit, her neck is so tiny!) and we often find her not lying in the same position we put her in (we place her on her side with a rolled towel behind her back to enable her to turn to her back, but now she found a way to move away from the towel), and she is very lively baby altogether. She doesn't mind voices, music, sounds from the telly, phone ringing, sleeping in the dark... She reached the phase when 95% of the time we can put her in her cradle, turn off the light and leave the room, and she falls asleep by herself (and deciding when to give her a bath helped with this - she would not do this before we started giving her a proper bath; then she'd fall asleep by herself only during the day, not at night). I just hope she stays this way! To us she looks like a one-month-old - more grown-up every day, so I try to take at least one photo of her every day - time is passing by so fast! Before her belly button cord stump was completely healed we had a bit of the "crisis" from 6 pm until 10 pm - it was as she deliberately would miss her sleeping cycle, and she just wanted to breastfeed or to be held by her Daddy during that time. She would fuss a bit (but she is not a loud baby). Now the belly button cord stump's "remains" are finally taken care of, so we started giving her the bath when she is her fussiest self - and she loves it; she wakes up around 6 pm, has her bath, change and eats, and then sleeps like an angel. DH is fantastic at changing her, burping her, and she likes him to hold her, so having him around is a big help! I'm doing fine. I still feel sore from time to time and very sleepy. The lochia didn't wear off yet - postnatal care nurse said it will happen soon. However, because I bled a lot a couple of hours after birth, she recommended taking iron syrup supplement - and gave me the name of the brand which doesn't make me throw up! I lost about 11 kg, so have around 5 kg to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I decided to start exercising more (postpartum yoga mostly and some fitness exercises) when Erin turns 1 month old - so far I only walk with her every day. I can't believe that 3 weeks ago I had contractions that were 15 minutes apart!!! Hope all of you are doing fine! Elly Mom to Erin - 2w6d old today |
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Sounds like everything is going great! That's wonderful Elly! Oh and of
course I'd LOVE to see Erin lqqkingglass at shaw dot com -- Jenn -WAHM -DS11 -DD6 -#3 edd 25/06 |
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I'm glad everything is going well for you. I'd love to see the pictures my
email is nadeneann at shaw dot ca Nadene |
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Elly wrote in message
... I'm still working on my birth story (it will be a long one ;-), but I just wanted to let you know that I posted some pics of Erin at Webshots' site, so in case you'd like to view them, please send me your e-mail address and I'll send you the link. I want to see! :-) I'll email you. UPDATE: we're fine! Erin's schedule is fantastic Wow, you are doing great! Jaden is still getting up at least two times every night, I have no idea what his schedule is other than going to bed at 10:00 pm, and I have yet to do any exercise at all, though he'll be two months old on Monday. My excuse is having a toddler, and poor walking weather. :-) -- Cheryl S. Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 7 mo. And Jaden, 1 month Cleaning the house while your children are small is like shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing. |
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"Elly" wrote in message
I'm still working on my birth story (it will be a long one ;-), but I just wanted to let you know that I posted some pics of Erin at Webshots' site, so in case you'd like to view them, please send me your e-mail address and I'll send you the link. I would like to see pictures! (are they different than the ones you emailed? I will answer soon, btw. She is adorable!). beadjoy at hotmail dot com. I'm really looking forward to the birth story! UPDATE: we're fine! Erin's schedule is fantastic (feedings: around 7:30--midday--wakes up at 3:30 pm, nappy change, walk, breastfeeding--wakes up around 6 pm, bath, change and breastfeeding--11 pm--around 3:30 am), so basically we wake up only once during the night. She breastfeeds well, has over 4 kg now (don't know the exact weight, it was 3.85 kg on Tuesday and postnatal care nurse's guess was that she'd gain another 150 by the weekend), and I have no problems in that regard. That sounds like a nice schedule! Lann is very loosely predictable, but does keep us guessing a bit. It is almost like he is on a 48 hour schedule instead of 24--i.e. every other day he has a similar pattern (one day naps at 1:00, the next at 3:00, the next at 1:00 again). I'm a bit jealous of the once per night feeding! She is very alert, and in the best mood in the morning - it takes ages for her to wake up, she makes funny faces and smiles. She also likes to be left alone in her cradle to watch her cradle carousel toys. She's is lifting her head (it worries me a bit, her neck is so tiny!) and we often find her not lying in the same position we put her in (we place her on her side with a rolled towel behind her back to enable her to turn to her back, but now she found a way to move away from the towel), and she is very lively baby altogether. Is she smiling quite a bit now? So fun and reiniforcing! Just over the last two days, Lann has started giving us really delightful full face grins--eyes crinkling up, mouth open in a big wide smile. He was smiling little smiles for a while before that, but nothing like we've seen lately! It is wonderful :-) She doesn't mind voices, music, sounds from the telly, phone ringing, sleeping in the dark... She reached the phase when 95% of the time we can put her in her cradle, turn off the light and leave the room, and she falls asleep by herself (and deciding when to give her a bath helped with this - she would not do this before we started giving her a proper bath; then she'd fall asleep by herself only during the day, not at night). I just hope she stays this way! To us she looks like a one-month-old - more grown-up every day, so I try to take at least one photo of her every day - time is passing by so fast! I'm shocked when I look at the pictures from shortly after he was born--he looks so small (and he had lots more hair then, than he does now!!). Isn't it weird to imagine that this time next year you'll have a one year old? Before her belly button cord stump was completely healed we had a bit of the "crisis" from 6 pm until 10 pm - it was as she deliberately would miss her sleeping cycle, and she just wanted to breastfeed or to be held by her Daddy during that time. She would fuss a bit (but she is not a loud baby). Now the belly button cord stump's "remains" are finally taken care of, so we started giving her the bath when she is her fussiest self - and she loves it; she wakes up around 6 pm, has her bath, change and eats, and then sleeps like an angel. DH is fantastic at changing her, burping her, and she likes him to hold her, so having him around is a big help! I'm intrigued by this bath plan--we may have to try something similar. Lann has a fussy spell every evening that starts somewhere between 5:00 and 7:00 and lasts for about an hour or so. Maybe we should try the bath plan as well. To be honest, we are not very good about working in the time to bathe him--it is sort of a when-we-happen-to-think-of-it thing! I'm doing fine. I still feel sore from time to time and very sleepy. The lochia didn't wear off yet - postnatal care nurse said it will happen soon. However, because I bled a lot a couple of hours after birth, she recommended taking iron syrup supplement - and gave me the name of the brand which doesn't make me throw up! I lost about 11 kg, so have around 5 kg to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I decided to start exercising more (postpartum yoga mostly and some fitness exercises) when Erin turns 1 month old - so far I only walk with her every day. My lochia just finished up. Its about time! I think it is *great* that you do daily walks with Erin! I would like to do that as well, but it is starting to get chilly here. I have reinstated my daily yoga routine (I started back into it--modified--at about 3 week post partum) and that feels really good. I can usually only work it in at night, even though I much prefer to do it in the morning. Oh well, I'm glad I'm managing to squeeze it in daily! I can't believe that 3 weeks ago I had contractions that were 15 minutes apart!!! Isn't that so strange?? For me, six week ago today at this time my mom was on her way to my house and I was starting to have contractions that were 3 minutes apart! Every Sat. at 4:30, I look at DH and say, "remember what we were doing X weeks ago today?" Gives us a weird feeling to count how quickly time is passing! Glad to read an update! I will post one of my own after my 6 week check-up I believe. It is kind of weird to be one of the "non-pregnant" people now--I felt so connected to this group and I'm now in a sort of limbo, where I don't quite feel like I belong anymore! -- Em mama to Lann, 9/21/03 (6 weeks old tomorrow morning!) |
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"Em" ha scritto nel messaggio news:No_ob.81095$HS4.674367@attbi_s01... I would like to see pictures! (are they different than the ones you emailed? Yes (I think the two I emailed are included, though) - there is more of them. I will answer soon, btw. Looking forward to it :-) She is adorable!). Thank you :-)) UPDATE: we're fine! Erin's schedule is fantastic (feedings: around 7:30--midday--wakes up at 3:30 pm, nappy change, walk, breastfeeding--wakes up around 6 pm, bath, change and breastfeeding--11 pm--around 3:30 am), so basically we wake up only once during the night. She breastfeeds well, has over 4 kg now (don't know the exact weight, it was 3.85 kg on Tuesday and postnatal care nurse's guess was that she'd gain another 150 by the weekend), and I have no problems in that regard. That sounds like a nice schedule! Lann is very loosely predictable, but does keep us guessing a bit. It is almost like he is on a 48 hour schedule instead of 24--i.e. every other day he has a similar pattern (one day naps at 1:00, the next at 3:00, the next at 1:00 again). I'm a bit jealous of the once per night feeding! I've heard stories of people not having to wake up during the night at all, so I'm a bit jealous of them ;-) Still, as she breastfeeds for not longer than 20-25 minutes at the time (she lets go of the nipple and leans her head to my breast as if it's a pillow - I melt when she does that!) and then it takes another 10 minutes to burp her (she is *very* difficult to burp - it's never a loud sound so we're always guessing whether she burped or not; I was quite freaked out of her not burping but me having to put her down because she was already asleep in the beginning! Then the postnatal care nurse said if she doesn't burp in the 10 minutes, we should just put her down on her side and even if she burps/spits in her sleep, she'd be ok. Another burping problem we have is that if she doesn't burp, she tends to get the hiccups - it doesn't seem that the hiccuping thing is annoying/painful for her, though (and she *was* hiccuping a lot in utero!!)). So, basically she sleeps for cca 3 hrs at the time, which allows me to get some decent rest, too. Is she smiling quite a bit now? So fun and reiniforcing! Yes! This morning DH was changing her nappy and talking to her, and suddely she just looked at him and grinned very widely, and for longer than a couple of seconds (so her "smiling pattern" changed too - for lots of "little" smiles to big wide grinns) - it *is* wonderful! To us she looks like a one-month-old - more grown-up every day, so I try to take at least one photo of her every day - time is passing by so fast! I'm shocked when I look at the pictures from shortly after he was born--he looks so small (and he had lots more hair then, than he does now!!). Isn't it weird to imagine that this time next year you'll have a one year old? We noticed that she outgrew her first outfit today! OK, I think it would still fit her if she didn't have to have 2 cloth nappies above the disposable one (the peadiatritian at the hospital suggested to all new mothers to put two cloth nappies above the disposable one, folded widely, to help with the development of the hips - I'm sure there's a proper term for this kind of nappy folding in English, I just can't remember it!), but since it did fit her before (with the cloth nappies) and now it doesn't... Before her belly button cord stump was completely healed we had a bit of the "crisis" from 6 pm until 10 pm - it was as she deliberately would miss her sleeping cycle, and she just wanted to breastfeed or to be held by her Daddy during that time. She would fuss a bit (but she is not a loud baby). Now the belly button cord stump's "remains" are finally taken care of, so we started giving her the bath when she is her fussiest self - and she loves it; she wakes up around 6 pm, has her bath, change and eats, and then sleeps like an angel. I'm intrigued by this bath plan--we may have to try something similar. Lann has a fussy spell every evening that starts somewhere between 5:00 and 7:00 and lasts for about an hour or so. Maybe we should try the bath plan as well. To be honest, we are not very good about working in the time to bathe him--it is sort of a when-we-happen-to-think-of-it thing! Fussy spell that lasts only an hour or so - count your blessings!! We missed the bath last night, and her fussy spell lasted from 6 pm until 10 pm! We changed her nappy at 6 pm (10 minutes), she ate for 20 minutes and then we tried burping her for another 10 minutes - she fell asleep at 6:40 pm and slept for only 20 minutes -- woke up at 7 pm. DH carried her (she was quiet, though, but didn't allow him to put her down to her cradle) until 8 pm. Then we had another nappy change-feeding-burping session; again she fell asleep at 8:40 pm, slept for cca 20 minutes--woke up at 9 pm. More carrying until 10 pm. Again, nappy change--feeding--burping session until 10:30 pm; I put her down, she cried, then I picked her up, went to the living room, sat down with her, rocking her and singing, and she finally fell sleep - thankfully, she was asleep from cca 11 pm until 2:30 am! So yes, I strongly believe that the bath plan is helping - after she wakes up hungry, has the bath and eats, she is really, really tired then - and she goes straight back to sleep for at least 3 hours. I guess this means we're not missing any more bath times!!! BTW, the reason we didn't bathe her - suddenly (like in a couple of hours) she got something that looks like very tiny acne on her face - on her cheeks, under her eyes and on her forehead. This was weird - she had such wonderful, smooth skin since birth, and now this. So I was worried she might have developed an allergy to her shampoo or something. I called my mother to come and take a look - she said it doesn't look like any kind of allergy or childhood diseases she ever saw (and it's only on her face); she said it could be the seboroic dermatitis (again, don't have the exact word for it in English - it is a loose translation, sorry!). I went and read the description of it in the "baby manual" we got from the hospital when she was born, and it sounds like it - some kind of rash (light in her case) that might appear from week 2 and should disappear by month 4; the book says it doesn't require special treatment, moist baby ointment should be enough. So we put the usual baby cream (the kind we use after the nappy change) on her face. Today the "rash" is still there, and there doesn't seem to be any more "acne" than yesterday. Erin doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all, and I know her fussy spell is just the fussy spell (she did it before, too). Still, I'm going to call the postnatal care nurse tomorrow to come and take a look. My lochia just finished up. Its about time! I think it is *great* that you do daily walks with Erin! I would like to do that as well, but it is starting to get chilly here. I have reinstated my daily yoga routine (I started back into it--modified--at about 3 week post partum) and that feels really good. I can usually only work it in at night, even though I much prefer to do it in the morning. Oh well, I'm glad I'm managing to squeeze it in daily! Well done on reinstating daily yoga routine!!! I can't believe that 3 weeks ago I had contractions that were 15 minutes apart!!! Isn't that so strange?? For me, six week ago today at this time my mom was on her way to my house and I was starting to have contractions that were 3 minutes apart! Every Sat. at 4:30, I look at DH and say, "remember what we were doing X weeks ago today?" Gives us a weird feeling to count how quickly time is passing! We do the same thing, too! And it's funny how every time we have this conversation, we always remember and end up talking about something regarding labour & childbirth we haven't talked about before. It's as if we always remember something new. Glad to read an update! I will post one of my own after my 6 week check-up I believe. It is kind of weird to be one of the "non-pregnant" people now--I felt so connected to this group and I'm now in a sort of limbo, where I don't quite feel like I belong anymore! Yes, I also feel like I don't belong here anymore, but it's hard to cut the connection and move on! I do read mkp and mk (when I find the time), but as I don't participate much there, I don't feel "connected" yet. Congrats to Lann on his 6 weeks - time *is* flying - Erin is 3 weeks old today! Have to go and get her ready for our walk. 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... BTW, the reason we didn't bathe her - suddenly (like in a couple of hours) she got something that looks like very tiny acne on her face - on her cheeks, under her eyes and on her forehead. This was weird - she had such wonderful, smooth skin since birth, and now this. So I was worried she might have developed an allergy to her shampoo or something "Baby acne" - it's completely normal and nothing to worry about. ;-) It's due to the hormone changes you and she are going through, adapting to not being pregnant/being a separate person now. Julie and Jaden both had it and it went away in a couple of weeks. Jaden's skin is already completely better. I just continued to wash his face, but very gently, so as not to break the skin on any of the pimples. I know it's disturbing to see but there's nothing wrong. Em said: Glad to read an update! I will post one of my own after my 6 week check-up I believe. I've been wondering about all the September moms too, and was going to post a thread asking for updates from all of us. Maybe now that it's the beginning of the month we'll have the whole series of update threads for every month -- Mary, are you out there? I had my 6 week check up (at 7 weeks, due to midwife's vacation) a week and a half ago, so I guess I should get on it and write an update myself. -- Cheryl S. Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 7 mo. And Jaden, 1 month Cleaning the house while your children are small is like shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing. |
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Elly wrote:
and then it takes another 10 minutes to burp her (she is *very* difficult to burp - it's never a loud sound so we're always guessing whether she burped or not; I was quite freaked out of her not burping but me having to put her down because she was already asleep in the beginning! Then the postnatal care nurse said if she doesn't burp in the 10 minutes, we should just put her down on her side and even if she burps/spits in her sleep, she'd be ok. Really, particularly after the first few weeks, I wouldn't bother burping, particularly at night. If you try that and she has problems, of course go back to burping, but mine generally did quite well without burping at night once they were past a few weeks old. I'm all for making nighttime feeds as short as possible ;-) BTW, the reason we didn't bathe her - suddenly (like in a couple of hours) she got something that looks like very tiny acne on her face - on her cheeks, under her eyes and on her forehead. This was weird - she had such wonderful, smooth skin since birth, and now this. So I was worried she might have developed an allergy to her shampoo or something. Nah. Baby acne is very common. Don't put *anything* on it, and it will go away in a few weeks. Best wishes, Ericka |
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"Cheryl S." wrote in message
Em said: Glad to read an update! I will post one of my own after my 6 week check-up I believe. I've been wondering about all the September moms too, and was going to post a thread asking for updates from all of us. Maybe now that it's the beginning of the month we'll have the whole series of update threads for every month -- Mary, are you out there? I had my 6 week check up (at 7 weeks, due to midwife's vacation) a week and a half ago, so I guess I should get on it and write an update myself. I'd like to read some updates! I feel a little "disconnected"--there were so many of us Sept. moms and we were always checking in with each other and then we had our babies and then BAM, nothing! Life has moved on without us! As a side note just to share, our birth center had a party today celebrating their first 100 births. Very cool! Baby #100 was there at 2 weeks old. We didn't find out what number Lann was--somewhere in the 90's, but not sure what exactly. -- Em mama to Lann, 9/21/03 (six weeks old today!) |
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