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[jbk21]

Superwoman   I'm jealous you can manage all of that by yourself.  I'm nervous about when DH goes back to work.    I know I'll survive and just learn how to deal, but I am nervous already, especially with my moods the way they were today.....

We call Dylan "chunky monkey".  I love fat babies!
 

Originally Posted by TalkToMeNow 

Coconut oil... I'm trying this tomorrow!! Jasper got a rash the first week because the bili lights give them diarrhea. It was a bad yeast rash, so the dr prescribed nystatin. It's gotten better, but it's still not gone. I have the California Baby cream and it does nothing. In fact, it seems to irritate him when I put it on. I need some calendula cream... I love that stuff.
Katie, I've lost my weight but I'm seriously disliking my body right now, anyway. It's funny because this was the size I was before I got pregnant. Now, I look in the mirror and wonder how I used to think I looked okay. I'm really bummed about my tummy... I'm just sure there's no way it will ever look normal again after three babies. Luckily, I'm so busy with the baby that I don't have much time to dwell on it.
Jasper is great. Most days, he takes a couple good naps where I can put him down. He gets cranky in the evenings, but nothing I can't manage. He is almost always asleep for the night by ten and then wakes up every 2-3 hours to nurse. He's a great side nurser, so I don't have to do much. Actually, he's been such a nursing champ since day one... I've been so lucky in that department! He latches on without help sometimes and does a great job. And he handles my strong letdowns with no problem. I didn't have engorgement or soreness issues... Of course, he did gain 5oz overnight one time... Sometimes I call him fat boy. and chubby monkey.
I think the toughest thing for me is that dh is gone all week. Sometimes it feels like I've gone for days without putting Jasper down. My arms are so tired! Today, he had tummy issues so there were no naps. Just lots of fussing in my arms. So no showering, no making lunch, etc, which is normal with a baby. It would be nice if I had a little relief to look forward to in the evenings... Oh well. I am appreciative of all this special time I get to spend with him!
I'm managing to keep the house from being a total disaster. The kids are all cared for and fed, though probably we could be eating better. Everyone has made it to school/ practice/ events. The bills are paid almost on time. We have groceries and clean laundry. So I guess I'm doing okay so far as a mom to four without adult help!
Whew... Long post. Making up for not posting, I guess!

[Jaimee]

Sleep was better last night!  Yay!  I decided to try a new routine and sleeping position.  I think that his rash might be bothering him, so I am changing more often and using a calendula cream each time.  The rash is shrinking, but is still flaming right around the anus... poor thing.  I'm also making sure to really burp him well and then hold him upright to get him to fall back asleep.  Then I put him on the boppy pillow.  I know!  A huge no no!  But it keeps him upright and prevents rolling and we're right next to him.  He slept for over an hour that way then I repeated everything and he slept another 2 hours!  Yay!!    So much better than waking every 10 minutes!

Here's a random question... who here knows that their baby will have blue eyes (b/c both you and your partner have blue eyes)?  I would love to see a close up of their eye color now to see if Avery's even got a shot at having blue eyes (statistically he has a 50% chance, but so far we've got 2 brown eyed kids!). 

[LiLStar]

Dh and I,both his parents, and my mom all have blue eyes. I'll see if I can get a pic with the good camera when evan is awake and alert

[Motivated Mama]

Jaime - we have the same rash it sounds like. It's from pooping so much! Kate's doctor said to try bag balm. The calendula cream shrank it down for us as well, but right around her anus is really red and the cream won't stick, so we've got to try something different.

All my kiddos have blue eyes as do I though DH has green eyes.

[Abraisme]

Originally Posted by Jaimee 

Here's a random question... who here knows that their baby will have blue eyes (b/c both you and your partner have blue eyes)?  I would love to see a close up of their eye color now to see if Avery's even got a shot at having blue eyes (statistically he has a 50% chance, but so far we've got 2 brown eyed kids!). 

[LunaLady]

Just I have blue eyes, but Rhyko's eyes have gone from the deep steel grey to now blue in the last three weeks or so. Here's what they looked like before they turned:

[Mal85]

Our kids will likely both have blue eyes. Owyn's are bright, bright blue and have been since day one, just like DH's. Greta was born with darker eyes than Owyn was and as they change they're more blue like mine-- a gray/blue color. I don't have a good close up of them on my camera, but I'll try to get one when she wakes up. 

I love having a chubby baby too! Owyn was always so skinny and still is (she was born a pound lighter and 1.5 inches longer than Greta was), and she has absolutely no butt to speak of. She really is built and looks exactly like my DH. Greta is definitely chunkier than she ever was. She has rolls on her thighs and has a little bubble butt already. I always wanted a baby with rolls! And her cheeks! I've nicknamed her Cheeks. It's really all you see when you look at her!

Greta slept so awesome last night. She passed out for the night around 9, nursed at 9:45 and slept from then until 5 this morning! She has taken to waking close to 5 the last several mornings (although she was going to sleep much later). It's great to get that long stretch of sleep, but once she wakes at 5 she's really restless in bed. I've been passing her off to DH around 5:30 because I can't sleep with her grunting and squirming so much. He puts her in the swing and sleeps on the couch beside her, then will come get me up when he needs to get ready for work. So, it hasn't been too bad on me. 

[Jaimee]

Thanks for the pics everyone!  I can see that steely new baby blue look to all of them, so I guess Avery is still in the running for now.  I know they change when exposed to sunlight and can keep changing for years, but ds1 clearly had brown eyes by a few months of age.  Dd's eyes didn't change fully until she was closer to 8-9 months old.  Christina, you said Rhyko's eyes changed toward a more obvious blue just recently, like around 2 months?

[Jaimee]

Originally Posted by Motivated Mama 

Jaime - we have the same rash it sounds like. It's from pooping so much! Kate's doctor said to try bag balm. The calendula cream shrank it down for us as well, but right around her anus is really red and the cream won't stick, so we've got to try something different.

Well, the active ingredient in that is just an antiseptic, but it's a petroleum and lanolin base.  That reminds me I could just try some lansinoh... I think I have a free sample laying around here somewhere.  I could always put vaseline on over it.

[LunaLady]

Originally Posted by Jaimee 

Thanks for the pics everyone!  I can see that steely new baby blue look to all of them, so I guess Avery is still in the running for now.  I know they change when exposed to sunlight and can keep changing for years, but ds1 clearly had brown eyes by a few months of age.  Dd's eyes didn't change fully until she was closer to 8-9 months old.  Christina, you said Rhyko's eyes changed toward a more obvious blue just recently, like around 2 months?

Yep, they are a gorgeous icy grey/blue now. They turned right about 8-9 weeks old, yep! 

[birdhappy85]

Ugh, I just scared myself with how tired and out of it I am... I was about to make stir fry for dinner, poured olive oil into a pan and turned on the stove - and then somehow I walked away and completely forgot about it for a while. The kitchen started smelling like burning hot oil and was smokey, I'm lucky the smoke alarms didn't go off before I opened windows and got rid of the oil. I literally have no recollection of having turned on the stove. I've never done anything like that before, that makes me scared of what else I might forget about in this sleep-deprived state. I know it was just a mistake but still...

I'm so glad DH has the next few nights off from work and can help out with the baby more because I've spent the last 72 hours pretty much solely taking care of her by myself and I need even just a few hours to myself to recuperate and lower my sleep debt. Sora was on such a great schedule for her first 2 weeks, sleeping through the night, and then suddenly now she has decided she likes to be awake in the middle of the night and also nurse longer so my sleep is much more fragmented. I knew it was too good to be true! But on the positive side, I'm at least enjoying bonding with her when she's awake at night since she's so darn cute and wide-eyed there's no way I can be upset with that sweet little face.

[EonJourney]

Hi Mamas

Wanted to tell my experience about weight. With DS1, I weighed 10 lbs over prepregnancy weight and even with running and breastfeeding the weight did not come off until almost 2 years. Now with twins and exclusively breasfeeding them, some pumping and 1x day nursing my 3yo and running 7 miles a day now, I am 12+ lbs over prepregnancy weight and have not lost one single lbs since 5 days after the twins birth. I am an experiment of one but for me nursing keeps my weight up no matter what I do :) Hope this helps somehow

[IwannaBanRN]

I had to take Levi to the pedi yesterday about ingrown toenails that had become infected and sore looking. She glanced at his toes and prescribed an antibiotic and left. She didn't do ANYTHING! Would have been better off going to the ER. This wasn't his normal pediatrician, and I'm going to make sure that many people in this town know about the care my son received. So frustrated about that. He's a newborn, aren't they supposed to take extra care to make sure they'll be okay, other than a glance, a slip of paper and out the door? Am I being irrational here? Ugh! Good side from the visit is he's up 1 lbs from his birth weight and that adds up to 23 oz from the time he left the hospital, 3 days postpartum.

Anyway, I thought maybe a few of you might find this helpful as far as simple wooden toys for the baby or your toddlers. I want to get DD and DS2 a few things from this website. http://www.outofthetoybox.com/category/melissa___doug.2_classic_toys/

[Motivated Mama]

Originally Posted by EonJourney 

Hi Mamas
Wanted to tell my experience about weight. With DS1, I weighed 10 lbs over prepregnancy weight and even with running and breastfeeding the weight did not come off until almost 2 years. Now with twins and exclusively breasfeeding them, some pumping and 1x day nursing my 3yo and running 7 miles a day now, I am 12+ lbs over prepregnancy weight and have not lost one single lbs since 5 days after the twins birth. I am an experiment of one but for me nursing keeps my weight up no matter what I do Hope this helps somehow

As much nursing as you're doing, I imagine all that weight is in your breasts!

[Abraisme]

Yes, I think that they should take extra care for a newborn.  I brought Coralie in to the pedi at 1 day old to have her tongue clipped (she was tongue-tied).  It wasn't our normal pedi, because only 1 dr in their office will clip a tongue.   Anyway, he did a full newborn exam and then called me 3 days later to make sure that she was okay, gaining weight and see how breastfeeding was going..  I think that should be the normal level of care for a small baby. 
 

Originally Posted by IwannaBanRN 

I had to take Levi to the pedi yesterday about ingrown toenails that had become infected and sore looking. She glanced at his toes and prescribed an antibiotic and left. She didn't do ANYTHING! Would have been better off going to the ER. This wasn't his normal pediatrician, and I'm going to make sure that many people in this town know about the care my son received. So frustrated about that. He's a newborn, aren't they supposed to take extra care to make sure they'll be okay, other than a glance, a slip of paper and out the door? Am I being irrational here? Ugh! Good side from the visit is he's up 1 lbs from his birth weight and that adds up to 23 oz from the time he left the hospital, 3 days postpartum.

Anyway, I thought maybe a few of you might find this helpful as far as simple wooden toys for the baby or your toddlers. I want to get DD and DS2 a few things from this website. http://www.outofthetoybox.com/category/melissa___doug.2_classic_toys/

[IwannaBanRN]

I feel like filing a complaint against her for not assessing him properly, but don't know if that would be going too far or not. I arrived worried about his poor little toes and I left still worried about his toes and also angry about the care he did/didn't receive. I'm glad the other pedi was good to you guys, Abra.

[dashley111]

I just saw a few of the weight gain stats for the Nov babies on here and on Facebook.  Our ped likes to see babies twice a week until they regain their birth weight, and Bettie *just* hit he birth weight yesterday at one day over 2 weeks.  Im not concerned, since she seems just fine and aside from her cheeks seems to be a naturally very thin baby...but still, it has me wondering if she is gaining too slow.  She sleeps really well at night (10 hours) and I wake her up twice to nurse- then during the day she nurses about 10 times (and marathon nurses for a good few hour chunk once a day).

[Abraisme]

My midwives told me that they like to see a baby get back to birth-weight by 2 weeks.  They don't even start to worry until after the 2 week mark.  They do a newborn exam at 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 2 weeks and 6 weeks, so it's pretty closely monitored.  Coralie was 8lbs1oz at birth, 7lbs9oz at 1 day, 8lbs at 3 days, then 8lbs7oz at 6 days old!  My midwife seemed really surprised that she had gained nearly a lb in 5 days. 

I think your DD is probably perfectly fine and that if she's eating and pooping, she'll grow at her own rate.  I think it's more important to look at how healthy a baby is, rather than their size.  I have several friends who have kids that were NOT even on the growth charts.  They were all worried, but nothing was wrong at all.  Some babies/kids are just small and skinny.  :) 
 

Originally Posted by dashley111 

I just saw a few of the weight gain stats for the Nov babies on here and on Facebook.  Our ped likes to see babies twice a week until they regain their birth weight, and Bettie *just* hit he birth weight yesterday at one day over 2 weeks.  Im not concerned, since she seems just fine and aside from her cheeks seems to be a naturally very thin baby...but still, it has me wondering if she is gaining too slow.  She sleeps really well at night (10 hours) and I wake her up twice to nurse- then during the day she nurses about 10 times (and marathon nurses for a good few hour chunk once a day).

[Motivated Mama]

Average weight gain for breastfed babies 0-4 months of age is 5-7 oz per week. Also, it's pretty standard to look for a baby to be back to birth weight by 2 weeks old. Awesome that we're having bigger gains, but I wouldn't be to concerned about a baby not exceeding the standard. At 2w1d, my baby is 2oz larger than birth weight, so I'm right there with you Ash

[KaliShanti]

I have always know it to be the expected for babies to be back at birth weight at 2 weeks. No need to worry!