Where'd everbody go?

[birthjunkie27]

This forum's been pretty dead lately with the exception of a few key players. :wink Where's everyone else? I know we're all busy with our new babies, but it's been kinda quiet around here. I hope we don't all just fade away. :(

[aisraeltax]

i was wondering the same thing. although i only get a chance to check in once or twice during the day now that E is here.
today we had to go to the eyeglass place b/c they screwed up my rx and then went food shopping. not the most exciting but E was out for about 5 hours, so had to cut it short there.
there are so many things about a newborn that i just dont remember!!!

[Panthira]

I'm still here. I should post more, but I'm not as good at NAK and typing like some of us are.
My baby is now 2 weeks old and demanding quite a lot of attention, along with my 2 yr old and my 14 yr old (she is just as attention demanding as the 2 yr old, hehe).

I hope we don't fade away. I get a lot of encouragement and ideas for solutions to my parenting problems from this forum. :)

[aisraeltax]

Panthira,
i thought i was the only one w/ a nb and a teen! fun huh??? lol!
rach

[mariposita]

I'm still here. I should post more, but I'm not as good at NAK and typing like some of us are.
My baby is now 2 weeks old and demanding quite a lot of attention, along with my 2 yr old and my 14 yr old (she is just as attention demanding as the 2 yr old, hehe).

I hope we don't fade away. I get a lot of encouragement and ideas for solutions to my parenting problems from this forum. :)
:yeah:
I'm having a really hard time typing, but I check in frequently. DH goes back to work next week and I won't be sleeping in, so
I'll try nd be around more often then.

[Taedareth]

Typing is really hard with a baby in my arms and I haven't found a good way to NAK. But I still check once a day usually (sometimes more often). I'll be really sad when this forum gets closed! Does anyone know how long that will be?

[Spark]

i'm here just nak & hard to type.

:love love to you all!

[allnaturalmama]

nak--

ditto! :D

[amis2girls]

I'm here, just never much to say. :lol Go figure!

[MistyB]

I am still checking in every day and mostly reading. And off exploring other parts of mdc. Trying to type as little as possible because it is usually 1 handed!

[beachcomber]

Heh. Been up to my eyeballs with Carys. Just dealing with feedings and all the getting up in the night has nearly done me in. But we're slowly adjusting. On a good night she lets us sleep 3 hours straight and we're not such total basket cases the next day.

[DreamsInDigital]

I read faithfully every day but my little munchkin is over 13 lbs. now so it often takes both hands to hold him so I don't usually get to type much.
Have you guys started a Life with a Babe thread yet?

[Spark]

woah 13# :clap

[amygoforth]

Holy moly! 13 lbs?! You must have some super milk there, mama!!!

[atozmama]

I am here too, just been real busy the last few days-sick kids to pick up at school, WIC (Sam gained 1 lb in 10days! now at 10 lb 9 oz), API meeting, and DH's company appreciation dinner (DH and Sam are now the talk of the company for his birth!), snf the usual laundry dishes and all. And all of this activity on so little sleep. Sam tends to sleep much of the day and cluster feed from 11 or so until about 3am. Then I am up at 7 to get my oldest off to school. I don't think I have slept more than 2 hours at a stretch since Sam was born.

[IncaMama]

i'm here...always...lol i've been busy the last couple of days (actually got out of the house and then had friends over!) but my normal sedentary life will probably resume soon so i'll be back on more. LOL

[Turtlemum]

what does NAK mean?
i've been around but haven't posted much...hard typing...

[IncaMama]

nursing at keyboard. which it sounds like you're doing. LOL

[darkpear]

I'm still here too, it's just hard to type... sounds like we're all in that boat, with these little ones nursing near-constantly :)

[Thursday Girl]

i'm here slingin the baby so i can use two hands. when i nurse i get to read and i read aloud to her. right now we are reading three books
pride and orehudiced, the laughing jesus, and a long strange trip (grateful dead book) babies up, i'm off talk to you later

courtney

actually nak real quick cuz dh went back toi work and adjustments been very hard on me.horrible day + 1/2 w/ dd 1 but doing better w/ visit to gd board. got a little post partum going and dd 1 was so upset that i was sad. i know i should have stated a new thread but as you can see i am a really bad 1 handed typist.
and what can i put on the underchin drool/spit up rash?

[IncaMama]

teeny faces moisturizing stick works well or lanolin (edible just in case)

[Jeanne_L]

glad to see how many folks are still around :love

nak here, too. it's the only time i don't feel guilty about being on the computer and not sleeping or doing something else around the house. i'm actually starting to feel more proficient at typing 1 handed (although the right is easier than the left :lol )

[erniebobernie]

I'm here too. Trying to finish my birth story to post and share. Balancing between babe and other kids....One handed typing as well with a very wet shirt on one side :wink It's a sunny day and we'll be heading outside soon.

[aisraeltax]

birht story? i cant even finish mine and its been 2 weeks today! i keep trying to finish but just can't....need some inspiration here!!!

[erniebobernie]

3 weeks here...I will have to work on it while kids are back to school on Tuesday. Maybe putting on my birthing music and some candles would help.

[leahida]

nak
I am in the midst of trying to type my birth story up -- it's now been 5 weeks! I wrote it out in longhand two days after the birth when my computer crashed... now that I have a computer again, I'm one handed typing when I can. it's been easier for me to work on it in small maneagable chunks -- now I'm at the pushing stage yay!! :bouncy

[DreamsInDigital]

Winter is 6 weeks old today (Monday). Why do I totally feel like boohooing over this particular milestone? He's growing up so fast.
So I'm curious how everyone else's babies weight gain has been going, because Winter is growing like out of this world.
At birth he was 10 lbs 2 oz.
At 2 days he was 9 lbs 8 oz.
At 1 week he was 10 lbs 2 oz.
At 2 weeks and 3 days he was 10 lbs 12.5 oz.
At 5 weeks he was 12 lbs 10 oz.

Anyone else care to share?

[IncaMama]

ava's weight:

birth 7lbs 15oz
2 days 7lbs 5oz
3.5 wks 11lbs 2oz!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeanne_L]

omg, Michele!!! 11 pounds!!!?! that's amazing!

Elliot's stats:

birth: 6lbs 15oz
1 week: 7 lbs 3 oz
2 weeks: 7 lbs 9 oz
3 weeks: 8 lbs 8 oz

he's now 5 weeks... he'll be weighed again at my 6 week mw appointment.

[IncaMama]

yeah apparently my milk is like heavy cream. LOL she's grown 1.5" too.

[atozmama]

It is amaing how fast our little ones can grow!!

At birth Sam was 9 lb 8.75 oz
1 day 8 lb 15 oz
2 weeks 9 lb 9 oz
3 weeks 3 days he was 10 lb 9.5 oz (that is one full lb in 10 days!! equivalent to a 150 lb adult gaing 15 lbs)

His cheeks are filling out, and beging to clear of his baby acne!

[aisraeltax]

ethan was 8.4 at birth
8.2 at 9 days
8.6 at 12 days

i want a scale!!!!

[allnaturalmama]

Will was 8-13 at birth
8-4 at 3 days
back to 8-13 at 1 1/2 wks
9-2 at 2 wks
9-13 at 3 wks
and now 10-8 at 4 wks

He's gaining well, but WOW! some of you mamas have some really prize-winning gainers there! :thumb

Not bad for us considering we had some major nursing issues in the beginning that we are still working through . . .

[Thursday Girl]

josephine just got weighed today so how lucky you are talking about this b/c that is exactly what i wanted to share

birth 8 4
2 days 7 12
3 days 8 4
2 weeks 1 day 9 8

she is 1 4 over her birth weight my little hungry girl

courtney

ps she also has thrush(i susected as much when her little toungue was always white) :(

[IncaMama]

ok so is my ava the fastest gaining chunk?? nearly 4 pounds in 3 weeks? LOL

[gemelos]

nak x2 :lol

I am still here! I haven't been on much since the babies were born, but now that I have got this tandem nursing thing down it is easier to jump online. We are all doing great-I feel way better than I did at this time after the birth of my son. The babies are nursing very well, they are content, etc. I am still a bit sleep deprived though. :nut

[judybean]

I seem to be going in spurts, checking on here. Some days I'll get some great quality time on mdc, then other times it will be DAYS before I can seem to get on!!

Plus, I feel like all I'm doing is posting about how bfing isn't going well for us yet... and that feels like a downer (especially since so many of you are doing so great!! the only time I can get on here is when NOT nursing because I can't even get things to work with TWO hands, let alone just one!). And, since this is the DDC and not the bfing board, I figure I can't always post my problems here. But darnit if I don't feel so much more comfortable with you ladies than the unknown. At least for now (feeling pretty vulnerable with things not going smoothly yet and all).

So... I'm still here... at least every few days ;)

[darkpear]

Just had Moira weighed today (19 days old) and she was 8-2, up from 7-0 at birth and 7-6 at 1wk... not a super chunk like some of yours, but gaining nicely :)

[leahida]

Judybean I really feel for ya...

I too am having *major* bfing challenges with Sami (see my post in the Low Milk Supply Tribe thread). When the bfing isn't going well it's hard to concentrate on much else, I know! I am almost embarrassed to post his weight -- the Jewish mother in me is screaming that he's not fat enough but my LC swears he's gaining OK, and the ped isn' t worried.

Birth: 7 lbs 7 oz
Day 5: 6 lbs 8 oz
1 month: 8 lbs
Today (5 weeks, 2 days): 8 lbs, 9 oz

[DesireeH]

i'm here...always...lol i've been busy the last couple of days (actually got out of the house and then had friends over!) but my normal sedentary life will probably resume soon so i'll be back on more. LOL

Me too. Weekends are usually busy for us cause I dont do anything by myself during the week yet (as far as running lots of errands with 2 kids) HAHA So I make dh go with me to grocery shop and all that and we cram it into the weekends. I've also had to go to a shower every weekend for the past 2 weeks (bridal and baby) and am throwing a baby shower this Saturday so 3 in a row. Sheesh! LOL I'm kinda a house hermit and am pretty much sick to death of people at this point. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Re: weight.....I dont know forsure (I do the weigh myself and then weigh her and minus it off thing) and she is inbetween 10-11 pounds (at 4 weeks.) She was 7.12 at birth. I see she is heading in the same direction as Jevin.....chunka wunka. HAHA

[DesireeH]

Plus, I feel like all I'm doing is posting about how bfing isn't going well for us yet... and that feels like a downer (especially since so many of you are doing so great!! the only time I can get on here is when NOT nursing because I can't even get things to work with TWO hands, let alone just one!). And, since this is the DDC and not the bfing board, I figure I can't always post my problems here. But darnit if I don't feel so much more comfortable with you ladies than the unknown. At least for now (feeling pretty vulnerable with things not going smoothly yet and all).


Aww. :hug Judy! I hope things get easier for you. That sounds very difficult. Hang in there mama, you are doing awesome!