March 2011 babies

I love what your GP says about BF travelchick, if only all health professionals were the same. My GP is very supportive with us FF, however I had a Plunket nurse tell me I should have stuck with BF and my supply would have increased, and it's not really that hard. When I asked her how many kids she had her answer was none, so I guess her attitude will change when she's had one!

As for being asked by Plunket how I'm doing, have never been asked. It's lucky I'm not having too many issues coping, just the usual frustration at baby not sleeping and feeling tired myself. I'm kind of loosing faith in Plunket, Sophie is 15 weeks today and we have had a total of 2 home visits. Is this normal or are we missing out? After the first visit at 6 weeks we didn't hear from them for 1 month. When I rang and asked if I was meant to be going in for visits they had no record of us at all, apparently our file has been misplaced or lost. They came the next day, but I'm still waiting for another visit since 10 week check. I'm not to worried, Sophie gets weighed and checked by our GP (who is also a pediatrician) when we need more Gaviscon, so maybe I'll flag Plunket all together.

RB and Amalyse I know what you mean about babies trying to pull one over you, Sophie has started doing an ear piercing scream when she wants something, usually when she can see I'm getting a bottle ready, obviously I'm not doing it fast enough!

Hope your Dr's appointment went well LL, and things are starting to get a bit easier, or you are getting plans in place for extra help and support from DH. It can be exhausting trying to look after a baby and keep the house in a half decent state on your own. Especially when the person who is meant to be helping is attached to the XBox!

Hey ladies :)

The doctors appointment the other day went pretty ok. He checked out Seths ears because I thought that maybe they were troubling him but they're fine. We've started on Gaviscon and Seth is actually enjoying his bottles now. Before I would have to burp him every 50mls because he would spit the bottle out and not want any more. Now he takes a full 100mls to 130mls without stopping and LOVES it. He's so much happier now. His sleep is still terrible though but it's getting a bit better, slowly.

The doc also agrees that I have PND and so started me on Citalopram. Even after only 5 days I'm feeling calmer and more able to cope. It's great. The side effects are a bit weird though.

Ah yes, FFing guilts. I have soooooo been there. I'm still mixed feeding most feeds but I still don't like having to give my boy formula. I had a massive cry to the LC about it back when Seth was only a few weeks old and she was awesome in reassuring me.

The xbox day didn't go quite as planned lol, they ended up watching a movie instead.

Hi all,busy morning here with saturday sport.I dropped Eden of at mums because I didn't fancy taking her out in the rain.Gosh,it was only for 2.5 hours but man I missed my little girl!It was the first time I had left her with someone for longer then 10 minutes,funny how you worry even though you know they are in a perfectly safe placeIm not looking forward to tomorrow,we have a planned powercut from 9am until 4pm,yikes,might have to be board game day Hope everyone is having a great weekend with our wonderful little ones

Hey LL - what are the side effects? Are you signed up for any support groups? I'm going back to therapy again soon. I think cause DH is actually "getting to me" that much. Apart from having his income a lot of the time I feel like a solo mother... Really sucks, he may be very involved for 3 hours a day on the weekend and perhaps 30minutes on the weekdays....

belle - I hope it comes very difficultly to her when she has a child! I know it's mean... but seriously... you can not underestimate how hard it can be - it can also be very easy for some people - which seems totally unfair. I realized it could be hard, but not that hard!!

My plunket nurse is BRILLIANT by the sounds of it - she books the next appointment at the one before, I think we're ahead of schedule... We had two home visits at about 5 and 8 weeks then another when we went to clinic at a 11 and a bit weeks (that was a the 3 month check)... We have our next one booked in for July I think at the end - for the 5 month check (she will only be 4.5 months)
On our first visit when she saw how concerned I was about weight gain she was SO quick at getting me sent through to someone. She's a real gem actually, lovely woman... Might have to go ahead and mention to Plunket how pleased we are with her!

lurker I think like all health things there are not enough plunket nurses and they have big case loads

LL :( That sounds yucky... It will take a few weeks to start working, so just hang in there - i'm on an SSRI as well!
Found this one http://www.postnataldistress.org.nz/index.php but not in whangarei - was thinking emailing them and ask if there is something like that in Whangarei?

I hope you find some encouragement in the fact you're growing a wonderful healthy happy chubby boy! Hehehe :)

I agree - there is NEVER enough funding for such things like plunket. I think many of them would be overworked. After how well they have been with me, I am going to start giving more support to them! If I had privately paid for all the support I have received from them I would have spent probably 600 or 700 dollars so far!

http://www.mothersmatter.co.nz/default.asp

LL - there is a postnatal distress forum, perhaps if you can find someone in Whangarei? - i'm happy to find something if you're not so keen to do it. PND affects so many people that there will surely be something there. I will call around tomorrow if you want me to :)

travelchick - yeah i'm quite keen to go and help out there once the little one is a bit older.

Cough cough cough ALL night.Off to the doc we go.Poor little munchkin

Hi girls,

Sorry, I don't get on here to post much any more but I do lurk and see what you are all up to!

That sucks mumzie - hope that the night isn't as bad as you think it might be.

LilLease - Good on you for getting help (for both yourself and Seth). I didn't want to believe that A had reflux but she is a much happier baby now she on Losec. I hope those side effects settle down for you though.

PND - My Plunket nurse asks how I am feeling and whether I am getting out of the house. For the most part I feel good - I'm sure the occasional bouts of tears are bought on by hormones and/or lack of sleep!

Plunket - I really like my Plunket nurse. She has been a midwife aswell so I think that helps. She's not judgmental either and has a way of giving advice which doesn't make you feel like a terrible parent.


We had a terrible nights sleep last night - A woke up every 1-2 hours from 8pm so as you can imagine I didn't get a lot of sleep. She's had a couple of 1hr naps today but a silly courier banged on the door earlier and woke her up from what would have been her nice long nap (I usually get one of around 2-3hrs). I've just put her down again, hopefully she'll sleep for a while - I'm sure she needs it!

Oh, and the 12 week/3 month shedding of hair has started - I'm glad that it was mentioned in our antenatal classes (and elsewhere) as otherwise I'm sure I would have been freaked out at the amount of hair coming out in the shower and when I brush!

Amalyse, I'm feeling better already but I have a feeling that's because the pills make me tired so when I sleep I sleep better than I have been. Lack of sleep would have been a part of me feeling so crap but I know there's more to it than just that.

That would be really great if you could do the searching for PND groups for me, I barely get time on the computer at the moment and that's all taken up by checking FB groups and here lol.

Kabe, I have a feeling that my AN group has excluded me Either that or it's fallen apart. They used to meet up every 2 weeks but I only made it to one meetup and then offered my place as the next location for the coffeegroup and after that I haven't heard anything from them.

Yeah I have to take Seth back to the GP this week for a followup on his reflux and to get another sript for more. I might just mention it to him while I'm there though vision changes and tiredness were detailed as possible side effects in the info pamphlet I got with the pills.

Mumzie, that your little one has brochilitis. It sounds terrible.

Seth is really fighting sleeping at the moment He's still not sleeping properly during the day and now it's getting harder and harder to get him to sleep in the evenings. He's sleeping pretty on overnight though which is good, he's down to one wakeup between 12 and 7.