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Recommendations for formula which least causes constipation

cem70 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:32:33 GMT

Sadly I've had to supplement a non existent milk supply for my 3 week early, 10 day old who has only just started to gain weight. She strains a lot when trying to poo, possibly this is very normal new born behaviour but I'm wondering if anyone recommends any brand of formula over another to not exacerbate constipation? Also she is too little to peddle her tiny kicking legs, any other soothing techniques to help bowel movements along. Thank you so much - New mum....

Save Our Sleep Issue!

diandchloe — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:51:39 GMT

Hi,

Im a 24 year old, first time mum.

I have been following the Save Our Sleep routine for my 2 month old daughter. I started at the 4-6 weeks as it suggests. Mostly it is going well. She now sleeps one full sleep cycle instead of just 5 minutes so our day isnt all a sleep-fighting battle.

However, I cannot get my little one to sleep more than one sleep cycle in the morning before waking up hungry. Im not sure how to tackle this.

How can I extend her feeding from every hour and a half to every three hours? She wont take a dummy at all. Ive tried.

Thank you in advance for any advice!

Newborn won't sleep!!

toni_aB — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:26:16 GMT

Hi, my son is 2 weeks old today and he is impossible to settle and sleep! We are lucky if he sleeps 9 hours out of every 24 (3 x 3 hour sleeps per day) and I really worry that this is not nearly enough. Also, if he is not sleeping or feeding, he is screaming and inconsolable. I'm not sure what is wrong, he feeds very well, I always check that he has a clean nappy, is warm enough (but not too warm!) and I don't think we are over stimulating him. We've tried darkening the room, swaddling and not swaddling, music and no music and absolutely nothing helps him. He doesn't like the carseat or the pram (although will usually stop screaming about 20 mins into a walk but starts up again when we stop walking!).

When he does sleep, it's straight from feeding...we can't just put him down awake or he will begin screaming. I feel really hopeless and his scream is heartbreaking because I don't know what is wrong! Do we need to take him to the doctor or does anyone have any ideas on how we can try to settle him?

Thanks in advance, Toni.

Settling your baby

Kim1682 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:21:58 GMT

Just wondering if anyone can give me any helpful hints as to how to settle your baby?
My baby does not fall asleep in bouncer/swing. He only seems to sleep after a feed or when he has the dummy in his mouth. i find it very hard to settle him if he's had some awake time.
He is 5 weeks old
Please help?

Newborn Sleep

LukiesMum+1 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:42:53 GMT

I'm trying to get my baby to settle herself to sleep. She is my second child and I simply don't have the time to sit and pat or rock her to sleep. Anyone else been in this boat? How did you get your baby to sleep?

Sleep on stomach during the day

Smurf79 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:56:26 GMT

My 5 week old baby Georgia sleeps on her back at night but during the day she will only fall asleep on her stomach. I keep watching to make sure she is breathing but not sure if it is ok? At night she will sleep from 12-5am on her back no problems. It's just weird can anyone help? Has anyone else had this issue?

Poop!! Or lack thereof........

LukiesMum+1 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:33:34 GMT

My 7wk old has started pooping only every 4-5 days. She's quite distressed when it happens. The screams are terrifying!! She is breast and bottle fed. She's having a minimal amount of formula at night when she wakes for a feeed (usually about 40ml) which her Paed thinks is causing the problem. However, tomorrow it'll be a week since she's pooped. When do I start to worry? Is there anything I can do to help her?

Help for Colic/Windy baby

Kim1682 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:12:44 GMT

Hi all
i am neew to motherhood and have a 5 week old son who has been terribly bothered by wind over the past 4 weeks.
He cries a lot and holds his legs up to himself. We have tried warm baths, massage, moving his legs around and he still seems bothered. The other problem is sleep, sometimes he sleeps 30 minutes, very rarely does he sleep 2-3 hours except at night (lucky for me) he has a good period from 11pm-5am (sleeping 2-3 hours at a time) then when he is put down in the early hours of the morning he wakes half an hour later arching his back, red faced and crying. During the day the same thing happens which is frustrating as i can't get anything done.
I went to see a chiropractor today in Armadale who has given me some tips, thought id share them all with you as i understand how frustrating and heartbreaking it can be to watch your little one go through this pain.
FEEDING - I am breastfeeding only at this stage so i was told just to tease the side of their mouth with your fingers two or three times before giving him the breast. He will move his head from side to side, opening his mouth as if looking for the nipple. this will get the sucking action happening which prevents them sucking in air whilst on the breast. Sucking in air will produce excess wind. Also try to keep feeds to 3 hourly instead of every hour or 2.
LEGS - The other thing i was told to do is move his legs like a bicycle action making sure one leg is fully extended while the other one bends up to his chest. Do this at every nappy change, 10 on each leg as this opens up the tummy and allows wind to get out.
BURPING - lay you baby on his tummy over your arm so that his head is near your elbow/forearm and your hand is holding his nappy. This take pressure off the tummy, you will feel the air flowing through the tummy.
The last thing is try to keep your baby upright for around half an hour after feeding to allow plenty of time for burping
Hope this helps

Postnatal depression

Simone's Mummy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:21:23 GMT

Hi all I have recently had my 2nd child and am suffering some pretty bad depression at the moment. Guess I just wanted to hear other people's experience with this

When to move on from Bassinet ???

cathyd2203 — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:18:36 GMT

Hi my bub is 7 weeks old and he is my first. At the moment he is sleeping in a bassinet in our room next to me. I have found this good having him so close because i can get up to him quickly without him becoming too upset and i can hear him during the night so i know that he is ok. I am just wondering how long people have left babies in the bassinet before moving into a cot. His cot is in his own bedroom which is for me is more the issue as i like to have him close (there is not room for the cot in our bedroom). Any ideas and advice would be great. At the moment i'm thinking at least 12 weeks in the bassinett...is this too long? Is there a point when the bassinett becomes unsafe if they are too big or can move around too much??? Thanks in advance for your help

How to put baby on a routine?

Ivory's mum — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:46:13 GMT

Hello,
I am new mum of 2 week baby. I want to put her on a routine from 'save our sleep' book, but it seems to be too hard. She just sleep and eat in different times and it just can't really work. She isn't hungry at recomended times (just too sleepy to eat) and I can't feed her for 45 min - her feed last about 15-20? I breast feed by the way.
Can any one who did it give me an advice how to start? How many days it takes for baby to get used to it? Also some people told me she is too little, that is too early for 2 week baby, but I know some people started from week one and it did work?

Thank you for any respond

Feed / sleep / feed / sleep, where is the play?

jrubens — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:07:31 GMT

Our baby girl is 3 weeks.
Tying to establish some sort of routine, and I have heard about feed,play,sleep..
But, baby falls asleep after feeding, and then wakes up when hungry. So we are doing feed/sleep/feed/sleep
When is she supposed to Have this stimulating play?? Am I supposed to wake her up early or something?

Shift Working Dad

diandchloe — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:35:24 GMT

Hi Forum World...

I may need a little advice here.

Im struggling to deal with my partner working shift work. We have a 2 1/2 month old daughter. He works a lot of overnights where he finishes work at 7am and then comes home and sleeps all day.

I find that Im feeling like a sole parents. Everything is my responsibility... from caring for our little one to washing, ironing, cooking, dishes, feeding all the animals...While he has time to play games on the computer or play playstation. Im getting really run down.

I find myself crying every time she cries and then becoming angry a lot. Im feeling like a terrible mother because, since my little one is the only person I ever see, my anger is directed at her, Not in a physical way, of course, but I no longer have the patience to listen to her scream for an hour and a half (with colic).

PLEASE HELP!

Is 4 weeks too young to ditch the wrap?

Emma73 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:02:07 GMT

Hello

Advice please! My four week old seems to get so frustrated by the wrap. I already leave one arm unwrapped as she likes to suck her fingers, but I've seen her go red in the face trying to get her other arm out! Is she too young to put in a grow / sleeping bag? Has anybody else out there successfully made the change so young?

Thanks in advance!

(this is my first post .. hope I've done it correctly!!)

Sleeping on left side may halve risk of stillbirth

PregnantPause — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:22:22 GMT

Hey I just read an article over at The Conversation that seems pretty interesting. What do you guys think?

http://theconversation.edu.au/sleeping-on-left-side-may-halve-risk-of-stillbirth-1841

How often? Is it too often?

kirst74w — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:17:31 GMT

Hi all, I'm new to the site. I would like to ask everyone how often and how much should a 7wk old bub be feeding?
During the day, our little girl, Daisy feeds every 2hrs (maximum 2.5hrs) and has 90ml each time.
She's a very lazy feeder on the breast so I pretty much express for each feed. I almost always get 90ml per boob per express so I know exactly what she's getting - it gives me piece of mind.
Just recently she has begun throwing up a decent amount of milk after a feed (which she hasn't done before). Does this mean she's getting too much milk now, or it's too often, or it's normal, or I'm just over-thinking things and should chill out?
None of this is an issue at night as she has a near perfect routine. She goes down at 8:30pm, I give her a formula bottle (her only supplemented feed) at 11:30pm (which she sleeps through), she wakes between 4:30am - 5:45am for another feed and then is back to sleep till 8:30am - 9:00am.
She's a great baby, we couldn't have asked for a better one for our first so this is probably just me being paranoid. But it helps to ask.
Thanks

gaining 62 grams a day - not too much?

mascotkebab — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:59:59 GMT

Hey all,

Just had Jeremy's fortnightly weigh-in and he's now 6.050K's at 8 Weeks! Yay! That means he's gainning 62 grams a day [w00t]

As i was worried that I wasnt feeding him enough, you can understand my need to share it with the world.

Would love someone to have a bit of a 'brag' about their bub to me in reply

Breastfeeding

LukiesMum+1 — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:56:09 GMT

Is there a particular age where babies get more efficient at breastfeeding?? My two week old is taking at least 40mins at a time to feed which I know is quite normal but is very hard to maintain with a 3yr old to attend to as well.

Ear Infection

Baby2011 — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:21:40 GMT

Dear Sir... I'm a father of 2 months and 20 days old Boy baby.
He had light creamy discharge on his Right ear, a week before. We met a doctor the same day. It is now a week, we treat him with doctor prescribed anitibiotics.

He still feels uneasy, but holding is left hear [right ear is better], but no discharge. We could see some dark dry substance from his ear. We met doctor again today and doctor suspects, that baby might have a perforated ear drum due to infection.

Baby is mother fed while laying down in bed [only at nights], because the baby goes to sleep in few minutes. We could find no other reasons for the cause of ear infection.

Does perforation in ear drum gets better.?

What are the symptoms of knowing that ear infection is really bad..?

Breastmilk vs formula - advice please?

stace.harrison — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:30:08 GMT

Hi all,

I'm a first time mum with a beautiful baby girl who is 6 weeks old tomorrow <3

Just wanting some advice and opinions - here's the story (sorry about the essay in advance!)...
I've had trouble breastfeeding right from the start, with inverted nipples and bub having terrible trouble latching properly. When she did manage to latch, she would still fuss alot when feeding, and even with a nipple shield, she shredded my poor nipples. In the end I started expressing and bottle feeding her. She LOVES her bottle, and hardly fusses at all, and the pump is so much easier on me! Trouble is, my supply can't quite keep up with her demand, and I've had to start giving her top-ups with formula. As I can't seem to increase my supply no matter what I try (except meds, my GP won't put me on them as I still produce a fair bit of milk), I've been giving bub a few full formula feeds while I try and build up stock, so to speak. For the last week, I've had her on just formula (whilst still expressing and freezing breastmilk) just to see what she does - and she's loving it. She has less wind, and is sleeping longer between feeds. I know that breast is best, but with all the stress and pain it's caused me I'm so fed up with it. I've been told to "just persevere and it'll all get better" by various healthcare professionals and family members more times than I care to mention.

Here's what I need opinions from other mums on - should I continue with the full formula as bub seems happy? Maybe keep one breastmilk feed a day to keep the breast is best thing going with the rest formula? Or should I stick with full breastmilk and "just persevere and it'll all get better"?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Cheers, Stace :-)

New little one in two weeks

lingav — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:51:30 GMT

Hi
My husband Dave and I are expecting number two next week and wanted to have new born photos as we did with Angie 2 years ago. We were going to book the same photographer as we were thrilled with what we received last time. I know we aren't supposed to mention names so just imagine our surprise when we did a Google search for one of those 24 hour deals (coupon deals Perth) and there they were the same studio we went to before. They are offering an incredible deal till Sunday evening. Have a look, I'm sure you will be very happy as we were with Angie, we signed up and can't wait for the next lot of photos.
Lin

Hello Other Mums To Be

NewMumToBe — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:25:42 GMT

Hi Everyone!

I am new to the forum as we are preparing for our 1st born. Very exciting but daunting. I'm doing some research online as we are buying items from our checklist of things to buy and chanced upon this site. I just posted on another topic and realised that maybe I can start a topic of my own!

One of the items we wanted to buy is a baby change bag and its been tough trying to buy one that is stylish, cheap and practical! I finally found one at a low rate of $36 ( yup, its on a big discount) but need some help to secure the deal. We need 20 mums to register their interest before we can get the bag at a discount.

If you are like me and need a new baby change bag, please do help by going to the website to register your interest?

http://www.redvouchers.com/sydney/pipaqueak-ultimate-baby-swag/

Hopefully, we can all enjoy the discount!

Alternatively, if you know any other bags along this price range, please let me know?

Thanks in advance everyon!

Baby Furniture

suzzane — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:16:54 GMT

When a child is born, it is hard for parents to resist spending lavishly as they always want the best for baby. Months before the actual arrival of the newborn, plans and preparations are in full swing for setting up a nursery. One of the most important items of baby furniture is the Crib. When choosing one, ponder on the following points before selecting one.
Points to ponder on before buying a crib
What to look for when buying a crib
Standard cribs conform to safety standards

My 1 month old baby wont sleep

bis222627 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:39:06 GMT

I have a 1 month old baby girl who just wont sleep and wont let me put her down at all. I spend all day holding her when i clean when im trying to go out shopping or even trying to interact with my other children. She wont go in her swing, bouncer, bassinett, carseat, on her play mat and even in my bed without me. She sleeps in my bed every night or she doesnt sleep at all and when i get her to sleep during the day she wakes and cries the minute i put her down and if i put her down awake she just cries anyway im not sure what to do anymore as my kids where never like this and my partner doesnt remember what his kids where like because he worked alot........

smiling newborn

ZooeyWhite — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:39:10 GMT

Hello,

Just wanna share these very sweet smiling newborn photos,

*photos courtesy of Cute Baby Pics

Sooo sweeeeeet.

running with a newborn

Betsygirl — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:41:03 GMT

i normally run, and have brought a running pram with intentions of eventually running with my baby, at wat age is it safe to start running with my newborn? she is 5 wks at the mo, do I have to wait till she can control her head?... I'm worried about her head flopping around with all the bumps

Suggesttion please

asanee — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:05:14 GMT

Hello all mums here. Since I have got two babies, I found it's so difficult for me to go out for shopping especially with clothing. My first one is a boy, he will be 3 years old next month and a little girl, she's just 9 months. Most of the time, I have to take care of them by myself. So buying online would be a better choice for a mom like me. I found one really good web site http://www.4childrens.com but it's a Wholesale Children Clothes I checked the web site and I like the clothing design. The problem is they only sell in wholesale... Could you guys recommend some good websites that offer retail children clothes.

11 weeks old and waking twice through the night

sausage1 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:00:30 GMT

Hi Again

My 11 weeks old has a 4 hour feeding routine (pretty much the save our sleep routine minus the dream feed - he just wont open his mouth for that one!) during the day, and gives me 1, five hour feed at night.

7am, 11am, 3pm, 6.30pm, 11,30pm, 3.30am

I have been told that he should be dropping the 11.30pm feed or perhaps pushing the 3.30am feed out to 7am by now. And I am dying for this to happen of course! Any tips on how to get this to happen? Or do I just need to roll with it and let him work it out himself?

Car Travel 3 children parents- Child Seat Regulation

Charles — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:33:28 GMT

We have recently bought a Ford Focus and we have a 4 Year old already. We have been living in the UK for a number of years and are back in OZ and have just recently discovered we are having twins soon. Whilst in the UK we have friends who used maxi cosi cabriofix and know how practical light and easy to fix they are and do not occupy a space larger than the seat. l I did some checks on the internet here in OZ which has me very worried now regarding available approved OZ child seats/anchors. In Europe (they do have Safety Regulation there as well) and the UK cars are generally smaller and running cars are more expensive.

Thinking we could use maxi cosi (2) using the belt and a booster for the 4 year old I thought we are ok.......... It seems that Maxi Cosi CabrioFix has not been approved here in OZ and are unlikely to be without it having a base unit/anchored. I guess it has been assumed that the typical 5 seater car is the Falcon or Commodore and all other cars with 5 seats are too small to accommodate children.

Unfortunately we do not have loads of money to run large cars or MPV's and it looks like we will need to use public transport instead where no safety belts are used at all... We all want to be sure that are our children are safe but some common sense needs to prevail. Is it considered that parents cannot be trusted to use safety belt installations to secure baby capsules without bases/anchors or the safety belts not considered safe?

Does anyone know of any approved child seats that can be installed into a medium sized 5 seater car for parents with 3 children?

I suspect not but help please before we are forced to buy a for Falcon/MPV 7 seater and consume a rainforest whilst emptying our bank account.

Baby care - baby with a cold - help?

shanitajanowiec — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:11:52 GMT

Hello I am Shanitajanowiec. I want to know how to take care of babies age of 2-3 moth when they are effected from cold?

Excessive sweating whilst feeding!!

Jo Mora — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:28:49 GMT

My 11.5 week old boy sweats excessively while drinking his milk. He is formula fed. I literally have to wipe his brow, temples and lip during a feed and his hair is like I just dipped him in the bath?? Does anyone else experience this??
Many thanks [Unsure]

Irregular sleep patterns or medication?

Sammisunshine — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:07:38 GMT

Hi all

I have a five week old son (third child, other two 16 and 13), and he is on his fifth day of Losec. He has his dose during his 10pm feed. He will sleep four hours at night (approx 6pm-10pm, 10.30-2.30, 3.00-7ish) and then sleep most of the morning until about lunchtime (with about half hour of awake time). After lunch though, he seeks 2-2.5 hour feeds, can't settle after a feed and cries on/off for most of the afternoon! After the 6pm feed he settles again!

I can't work out if it is the medication wearing off in the afternoon? But he settles before he receives his dose. Maybe the medication is wearing off in the arvo, and then he is so exhausted that he settles after the 6pm feed? Maybe this is normal to have a 'grizzly arvo' bub who wants more food during the day (it has been thirteen years since the last one)??

baby position in car

ginny — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:29:57 GMT

hi everyone,

i'm a new mum with 2 months daughter. i know its always safe to place baby in baby capsule in car while travelling but my problem is that she mostly cries when placed there,sometime because she'z hungry or due to wet nappy or sometimes just wants to be cuddled.I fear whether its fine to hold my baby in lap while travelling in car or is there any penalty for this?

suggestions are most welcome......!

thankxxxx....

Breastfeeding advice for sore nipples

Scotty — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:37:09 GMT

My partner is breastfeeding our one week old boy. He is still one week before his due date so is quite small and this seems to make breastfeeding difficult and she suffers from sore nipples during feeds. Any ideas welcome.

Is it good to start expressing milk for the baby or go to formula?

Travelling with baby

supamum — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:08:29 GMT

I'm hoping for some advice. Hubby and I are headed to Melbourne in a few weeks and the plan is to go by car (8 hour drive). My daughter will be about 11 weeks old and I am just wondering if anyone else has taken their little ones on a long trip and how they coped with it? I am a bit nervous about it, the plane wasn't an option as hubby has a massive fear of flying! My daughter is bottle fed so feeding will not be a big issue, I am more worried about whether she will sleep.

feeding.... is my daughter having enough? she is 10 weeks... please help!!

Simone88 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:56:45 GMT

Hi my name is Simone and I am 22 years old,
I have just had my first baby, she is 10 weeks old tomorrow,
she is drinking around 610 mls a day,
she will only have 4 bottles a day and sleeps 10 hours of a night. Which i think is great, i have tried waking her during this sleep but she wont wake no matter what i do,
the child health nurse says she is not drinking enough and that she should be having 700-750mls a day but when i try and push hannah to have more she just vomits it up...
so i have just been letting her do her thing she is still gaining weight steadily but i feel as if im doing something wrong help me please!!!

Online or in store for prams?

partyofthree — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:23:27 GMT

Hi,
I've been looking around for a new pram as I am expecting another bub soon. Does anyone suggest where is best to buy from? Online or in store?? Does anyone suggest any style of pram?

Not taking milk

willyyard@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:24:42 GMT

I have a baby 2 to 3 weeks old and he is not interested to take breast milk. He always use to drink of cow milk by artificial baby nipple. What i have to do?

Development of a 7 Day Old

LordoftheLazyManor — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:21:07 GMT

Hey all

My wife and I had our first child on the 13th (so it's her one week birthday today)

I've done quite a bit of reading around about the development levels newborns should go through. One thing I noticed is that most places say that she should be able to recognise our voices and look for us (trying to find the sound) by a few weeks

It seems like she is already doing this.... infact the first time my wife held her, she instantly stopped screaming (she'd been in an incubator for a few hours) and just spent the entire time staring at her. Now, if she is stirring from a sleep she will lay there but the second she hears our voices, her eyes pop up and she starts to look around. We spoke to her alot while in the womb

Am I mad or is it common for newborns to recognise their parents voices so young?

Best book on raising a kid. EVER.

lokariototal — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:02:14 GMT

I'm looking for a concise, simple and practical book about raising kids. Not a very theoretical, complicated book (even though I'm looking for one with valid info. and research). What is the best book on raising children? A book that deals with the attitudes, beliefs and basically the inner game that parents must have to raise healthy, confident, happy and smart kids?

thank you