New Baby Chat Thread

[CandyApple]

Can we have a chat thread for all of us with little ones already here? It seems cruel to discuss them in the thread where so many are patiently (or not so patiently) waiting. But I want to hear how everyone else is doing.


Milo is 8 days old today, and it has been a good day. We tried our first attempt at nursing in the sling. He has loved the sling for short walks, but the nursing in there- not so much. So we'll wait and try it again soon. He also lost his cord stump, which always makes me a little sad, as it seems like the first of many signs he's growing and won't be a brand new little one much longer.

My oldest has had the flu/cold, and its added a new dimension to the family dynamic. He's extra whiny and clingy, and I'm finding it a struggle to keep him, and Milo happy. I'm sure we'll work thru it, but it is a reality check on how having 3 changes things. Some moments are wonderful, others are more of a challenge. Any one else finding the transition a little rocky?

[Kelly1216]

Cael is 5 days old today. Relatively happy. He is nursing really frequently, but not for very long. I wish he would eat more per feeding and space them out a little more. But he on the whole is very happy.
My 3 1/2 yr old dd is sick, too, so that's been fun. But she (most of the time) loves her baby brother.
WE went out to eat last night since it was the last week night my husband had off until like April (thanks to work and school). Cael was really good, and we even managed to nurse in our booth without any problems. We got asked a lot how old he was, and some people thought we were crazy, but it was nice to get out of the house and enjoy a really nice day (it was 60 degrees out compared to the normal low 30's). And, I'm feeling so much better at this point than what I was with my daughter, so I'm taking advantage!

[dooney]

Coen is 11 days old. His stump fell off yesterday. What does it normally look like under there? My older son had a granuloma and ripped off early, and his was all green and slimy. Coen's has a little blood, is that normal?

He is also really sleepy and nurses frequently for short times. He's so mellow, I feel like he's getting left down a lot while I deal with my 2-year-old.

I have a ring sling, but it's got the really long tail, which is annoying, and I don't think he likes being in the sling so much. I have an oooolllld Infantino carrier but he's a little small for it and flops over. I have an Ergo, but not the infant insert, and I have a new Infantino which I don't like, and besides, it's adjusted for my husband's size and hard to adjust back and forth. So he spends a lot of time in my arms or in the swing.

[DreamsInDigital]

Sleep smiles

He is so freaking sweet.

[k13]

I've been wondering about the stump... I can't for the life of me remember what happened with my other two. Liza's fell off today and it is green and slimy looking under there. The midwife just looked at it yesterday and took the clamp off and said it looked good so I guess it's okay.

She's just five days old... and I'm savoring it all. This will be my last newborn I'm actually not anxious for that "next phase" like I was with my others... I'm feeling sentimental about it all! I'm just drinking in the good baby smells and holding her all the time and feeling in love

My milk is in with a vengeance and I'm having trouble with one nipple. For some reason my left side has always been a pain.

Oh, baby is sucking dad's face... better go!

[dooney]

"in with a vengeance"... great description. I've got a 2-year-old nursing with this baby, and the two of them together can't keep up with me! When baby is nursing and toddler doesn't want to, I spray the other side into a cup to give him later

We tandem nursed in the chiropractor's office today, too funny! He was standing on the floor and I was sitting in the chair, Coen was in cradle hold.

[Larissa]

Rosalie is a tad jaundiced, so we've been keeping her in the window to get some sunlight.

She is sleeping really well, and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. She's only waking twice a night to feed. I was up every two hours with all my boys, so I don't know what to do with how different she is! She is alot more laid back than all three of my boys were.

We are just in love with our little princess, though! She's sweet and adorable and I am loving all the pink and purple and ruffles!!! LOVE IT!

[sunriseiz]

Originally Posted by DreamsInDigital

Sleep smiles

He is so freaking sweet.

Sweet! I've seen a few but haven't been able to get a picture yet!

[sjbiic]

We finally named our daughter Frances. I think its the right name, but still not feeling super sure about it (we were told when she was 10 days old that if we didnt choose her name the birthing center was going to submit her legal name as "baby Girl" so we rushed...). She is now 17 days old, and 7lbs 5oz, up from 6lbs 15oz at birth. I am desperately trying to savor every sweet baby moment( and smell), but have 6 older children who have been sick with colds and fevers since she was born. I feel robbed of my babymoon, and that so far it has been more stressful than enjoyable.
But nonetheless I'm feeling very blessed to have Frances in my life, and look foward to learning all about who she is! :::

[JosieAK]

This is a fun thread! It's been hard to get online with a little one around. Clara is 4 days old today. My milk came in on Tuesday and I got a little engorged in one breast. Let me tell you: I LOVE cabbage leaves! They solved my problem in just a few hours and now both breasts are around the same size and Clara doesn't mind nursing on either of them. Whew! Now we'll just have to get past the nipple soreness. Clara has a tiny bow mouth so I think it's a littlle harder for her to get a good, even latch.

Her cord stump was doing great, but today we took the healing herb bath that the midwife left and now it looks a little red and goopy. It was sure a special experience to hold her floating in the tub and nurse her in the bath, but I think it would have been better if we had been able to do it right after her birth instead of four days after when things (for both of us) were already well on their way towards healing. I feel a little more sore "down there" too. I'm not going to worry about it though. I'll just keep my eye on it.

I'm loving getting to know her personality, and I definitely not wishing any of this away by hoping for her to grow quickly (okay, maybe a slightly bigger mouth and less sore nipples!). She really is patient over all and fusses very little. In the bath today, she struck me as having the face of a wise old woman. Mostly though, she makes her daddy melt and call her "princess". We are totally in love and in awe over this new addition to our family. We are definitely "baby-mooning."

[DreamsInDigital]

Bumping this thread up so the new mamas can join us.

Is it possible to love your baby too much? I swear I can't stop kissing Lucius. He has the sweetest little face I've ever seen.

At his 2 week well baby visit he is already up to 9 pounds (he was 8 pounds at birth) and has grown 1 1/4 inches and his head has grown a full inch.

In the last couple of days my SPD has completely vanished. I can sit cross-legged, walk up and down stairs, roll over in bed, get in and out of the car, all completely pain-free! Life is good!

[AllyRae]

Mia is almost 5 weeks old already...I can't believe it! It seems so weird, because everyone else is talking about their baby's ages in days, and we're up to 5 weeks old. She's almost 9 1/2 lbs already--good gravy! Quite a change from my first, who spent most of his first year as failure to thrive.

She's seeming to get the hang of nursing, and now her arms have more tone to them so I have to wrestle them away to latch her on. : (Her first four weeks, her arms just hung to the side, with no tone to them). She's still pretty sleepy too and is only awake 2-3 hours a day total...but when she is awake, her eyes are so wide now!

And, I just had my postpartum appointment today. My c-section scar is healing well and I'm cleared to go about my life (which I was doing anyhow. : ) It's weird leaving the peri though...he was the only OB I've ever had that I really loved. It's weird to go from twice weekly visits to being all done. :

[kayleesmom]

hi all. well jack is 11 days now and let me tell u if he was our first he would of been our last. he is up every hr at nite and just grunts all nite. he has to sleep on a person and still grunts. but if he is laying on his back or anything other than a person he is crying at nite. i am feeding him on demand pumped breastmilk so sometimes he takes 1 oz sometims 2 oz. and yep we are burping him and boy is he gassy. i dont know what to do. but other than that he is awesome. I am cherishing every moment and wish i could freeze time cuase this will be our last.

[mama-aya]

Allyrae-
Totally! I feel sad about not seeing my OB- after a whole pregnancy of weekly or twice weekly visits it seems weird not to see her any more. Heck, I saw her more often than anyone else excpet DH and the kids. And after finally having a great pregnancy and delivery I kind of hate for the experience to be over, you know?

Kayleesmom-
Sorry about Jack being so uncomfortable and fussy. That does make it really hard.

[Jenivere]

Wren is doing beautifully. She only fusses for four things so far; diaper changes that take to long, hungry, wanting to be held and needing to be burped. She eats all of the time, sleeps pretty well and has several wide awake times each day. She's just a sweet little puffball of a baby with the softest hair that I love to rub my cheek on. We are all totally smitten with her.

[Larissa]

Rosalie is a very content baby!! It's a dream after having 3 high maintenance babies! Her mild jaundice has all disappeared. She is sleeping well both for naps during the day and at night.
I am completely healed and back to feeling normal. I am totally going to miss my OB too. He is wonderful!
We are definitely not having any more children. After every baby I have had, I have always wanted more until this time. This time, I feel very certain that 4 is just right for me! Dh definitely is done too. But I will miss certain things about being pregnant. Not all though . . . and certainly not enough to do it again. My hands were so bad this time, I can't imagine going through that again. My hands are still numb . . . and I am hoping and praying it goes away soon!

[CandyApple]

Milo's 15 days old today - and doing great! He's not an agressive nurser like my first, but is feeding often. I think he's getting bigger, we have another appointment tomorrow, so we'll see. We got 6 hours of sleep the other night, but most nights its in 4 hr increments.

I'm having a lot of fun cloth diapering a newborn, unfortunately, diaper changes are the one thing that makes him cry. I can't tell if its the laying on his back or the cooler air from being naked, but he just hollers. It totally makes the older boys drop everything and run to see if he's OK. They are sooo sweet with him!

I'm feeling really good, and only a little bleeding still. I took Milo with my SIL and her new babe for a little window shopping and lunch on Tuesday, and it felt good to enter the real world again. But I'm happy now to be snuggled up back in our little warm house again. I love his smells and stretches, and I don't want to miss a single nap or smile!

Has any one done announcements yet? I'm trying to decide with doing them now, or waiting a fre more weeks til he looks more like himself and less newbornish? Any good designs or sights you are looking at? I was trying to make one just on my computer, but I'm not that impressed with my work!

[PaigeC]

Originally Posted by Larissa

She is sleeping really well, and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.

This is exactly how I feel! I was so anxious about breastfeeding and not getting any sleep but she's been a dream. She is a champ at breastfeeding and, as I hoped, I was born to lactate! My milk came in almost perfectly on schedule - like exactly 48 hours after birth! So, only that first night was hard. She was hungry and I only had colostrum.

Her cord fell off today! Big girl! It has some dried blood but looks ok.

[Larissa]

I am going to do announcements, but we are thinking about changing her middle name, so I want to be sure about her middle name before I make up the announcements.

I am just going to do Wal Mart picture cards. Nothing fancy.

[LionTigerBear]

I know she's only one day old, but I am having SUCH a hard time. I am SO tired. I have gotten hardly any sleep-- a few hours the first night-- I think-- maybe an hour yesterday and tonight almost nothing. I have been nursing her and then burping her for four hours now since the time I thought I was getting to FINALLY go to bed. She is so gassy and fussy. Anytime I fall asleep for a few minutes, I get woken quite soon. (We are cosleeping, btw.) She cries a lot and nothing seems to help. AHHHHHHH!!!!! I am so ready to throw in the towel.

I just had to get up this time because she wouldn't take the breast, and no amount of burping her was helping, but while I've written this she's passed two stinky gasses and she had a good burp, and now she seems to have settled down a bit. (But for how long?)

I am going to have to go on a diet immediately-- I think I will cut out pasteurized dairy and maybe even grains to begin with-- those were my sons' triggers. But I've never had a baby be so gassy and fussy from day one! What the heck!

This is so much harder than I remembered. I just want to sleep. She is sleeping now, she sleeps much better when she's in the sling, yay for me. She doesn't seem to sleep well lying down in bed. So how on earth do I get to sleep? Especially when she just wants to nurse all night?