March 2013 babies

Did you know that even our wee bubs need an actual passport to travel internationally and cannot travel on ours anymore? Seems ridiculous given how young they are and how quickly they change. Also needs to be signed by a JP and costs around $80NZD - unbelievable.

We have a bit of that on and off tinx. Not sure why, or what changes to mean he will sleep longer. One thing I have noted is if I can beat him to waking, or get to him soon enough, the bum tapping sends him of again pretty quickly.

Wow...I bet that passport won't last long either WB! Can't believe how expensive it all can be, but with recent safety concerns I guess better safe than sorry huh

If you find anything that works consistently...let me know!!!

Has anyone else been told that bub won't feed unless they are hungry?

Wondering if I offer the breast too much but have always kind of gone off the above theory.

Maybe its just a growth spurt but feel like I've been feeding ever two hours forever.

Waterbaby- worst part about the passport thing for us is that we had to try take a photo or our wee boy when he was just on 1.5 weeks, (eyes open + no hands + empty background + facing camera = impossible)
he's 7 weeks now and looks COMPLETELY different! we travel this Thursday - let's hope they let us leave the country ;)

Oh that's so annoying!!

I've considered investing in this https://flyebaby.com we have quite a few long haul trips coming up :/

Hey ladies,

Had a pretty rough weekend. LM was great, it was me. I've been diagnosed with Post-Natal Anxiety and I had a massive anxiety attack over Friday and Sat. It was awful. Barely slept, mind going a million miles a minute, tense and just couldn't get out of it. On Thurs my dr prescribed me anti-depressents to help level out my hormones which have been going crazy since LM was born, and it's a type that helps anxiety. Looking back I have put so much pressure on myself to be back to normal straight away, to have LM sleeping a certain way, putting high expectations on myself. I've felt so much pressure internally plus sleep deprevation...it just culminated last weekend. I feel a lot better, but still weak and tired. Yet I know it's only up from here and I've learnt the hard way to be kind on myself, give myself grace and accept that actually, internally, I'm not doing okay.

Sigh...But, I'm still happy

SB good on you for recognizing the signs and seeking professional advice from your Dr. I am sure you will recall very early on in this forum a number of us commented that we had, myself included, suffered from depression and the sorts and were worried about how this might affect us but we all agreed that knowing and getting help is critical and you should be so proud that you have done something about it.

You are right the only way is up and with your prescription, Citalopram maybe, you will start to feel more yourself soon and it isn't forever and you are allowed to be selfish on occasion and give yourself some time out and know that you are entitled to some you time. Glad you shared with us so we can support you and hope you have a great support network at home too.

Eski could you be coming up to the 12 week growth spurt / teething?

We had our wee visit to the Dr yesterday about C's skin and he has Atopic Dermatitis so have creams galore and bath oil and even after just one treatment last night I think we have a happier, less dry bub. It will take time to get on top of it but lashings of lotion and a couple of days of the steroid cream + bath oils every day should help.

Had a pretty good day yesterday and today (fingers crossed I don't jinx myself) is going pretty good too - including daytime sleeps WOOHOO and I even baked yesterday for the first time since C was born and was nice to do something I really enjoy.

Ohh and we had another good sleep until 5.30am without a grizzle before 4.15am.

Hope you have a better day those with grizzle bums.

Ohh and we had his passport photo's taken today - definitely keeping them for the 21st as he is looking like such a wee chub in his cheeks.

Wow what a horrible week! Gemma has been super spewy and crying and screaming like never before. Today was just too much so went to docs. Her reflux has got a ton worse and is on gaviscon. She won't keep any of her feeds down and won't lie on the floor :( after one dose of gaviscon she didn't spew her feed up yay.

To top it off my husband has been unwell since Friday and went to the docs today too and has hand foot and mouth! Omg talk about bad luck!!

I cried for the first time today too.....ok actually bawled my eyes out as it just got to me so much today.

Hope everyone else is doing better.

PM you nailed it all on the head, we are all doing great jobs and hopefully the good days have out weighed the bad and those are what we need to remember.

Gosh I wish C actually fed for 10mins or longer, I am lucky to get 5mins a side if that but in saying that given his continued weight gain (150grams in 11 days) I am not too worried and does mean the morning feed turn around can be done in less than 30mins which is pretty good.

We had another pretty good night with only 45mins noisy grizzle about 3.30am and then he woke 5.45, back down 6.16 and then I had to wake him at 8am - yes I have been enjoying the sleep in's but prob not the best for his routine. He was pretty grizzly today, skin was a bit irritating and with 2 big bouts of diarrhea maybe had an upset tum too.

Kat hope that Gemma gets some relief, and you too of course.

SB how you holding up?