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[H.Protagonist]

Per the literature, it looks like a 9% danger for women under 35. That seems to be the best writing on it I could find in terms of specifics, grep for 'subchorionic': Good luck with the follow-ups.



whynotboth.gif, I suppose.

Cheers for looking that up, B, but I'm over 35 and second trimester. Apparently, that's not a good spot to be in. ;_; Couldn't find any particularly relevant articles on that site for my sit, but probably best to see what the specialist says on Monday anyway. Googling on my part...was a bad idea. Will take that luck wish with me to the follow up for sure.

The closest I had to that was when they said Henry had a cyst and they're still trying to figure out if he has one or not. I hope everything turns out well for you and that you get good news with your next scan. I know that had/has to be scary, sending positive thoughts and hugs across the pond

Thanks, Soul. Not really sure what to expect, but I guess it's encouraging at least that I've had no bleeding (except internal), bruising, or blood pressure issues, and although they got me an appointment asap, it's not like they gave me any dire warnings about moving about or lifting stuff. Our families are all clamoring for news and scan pictures from the appointment, but I have no idea what to say to them.

Frame this.

I don't know anything about it, but I wish you and your family the best.

Thanks, Red. Fingers crossed for lighter news on Monday.

No, but similarly, we had a time when they told us that he had a higher than normal risk of Downs, and it was a really scary time between them and getting the next test.

Hopefully you'll get some good news at your next scan so you can rest easy.

Cheers, Septimus, I totally feel you on those tests. That in between time is the worst. Too much time to speculate or Google. Glad to hear yours turned out all right in the end. I remember being on pins and needles too waiting for those test results. Guess we'll see what's what after the weekend.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

<3 HP

No, but similarly, we had a time when they told us that he had a higher than normal risk of Downs, and it was a really scary time between them and getting the next test.

Had that scare too. Wasn't fun. Apparently we should have had the radiologist do the first scan and not the ultrasound tech due to my partner's age. The follow up ultrasound with the radiologist/obstetrician cleared it all up so we didn't need an amnio.

 

[NewFresh]

Give everyone here a lot of props. We just had our 20 week ultrasound on our second and everything was good.

Wife and I went in dreading anything being wrong. Something about having a healthy kid already makes me even more worried about the next one.

 

[Septimus Prime]

<3 HP



Had that scare too. Wasn't fun. Apparently we should have had the radiologist do the first scan and not the ultrasound tech due to my partner's age. The follow up ultrasound with the radiologist/obstetrician cleared it all up so we didn't need an amnio.

Yeah. Apparently the first test had a degree of accuracy of like 95% or something, whereas the second (blood) one was like 99.9%. That small difference means everything.

 

[H.Protagonist]

So went in to see the specialist today and it couldn't be more opposite to our local's assessment. The doc did a thorough check and remeasured everything, and his conclusion was that: 1) there's no hemorrhage, 2) there's not even any fluid, and 3) there's no sign of an echogenic bowel. The only things of note were a 'fascinating' placenta (some variant he'd never seen which he guesses could account for the U/S tech's alarm), and that the baby is in breech (oh joy). Basically, at the moment things are fine, if acutely uncomfortable, and I'm still clear to fly back to Australia next month. I'm relieved, but rereading the notes from before make it seem a little unbelievable ("placenta with large areas of fluid/hemorrhage throughout, echogenic bowel present, fetal abnormality detected/suspected, referred to St. Mary's for immediate assessment," etc. Yay, but whaaaaaaat.

<3 HP

Had that scare too. Wasn't fun. Apparently we should have had the radiologist do the first scan and not the ultrasound tech due to my partner's age. The follow up ultrasound with the radiologist/obstetrician cleared it all up so we didn't need an amnio.

<3

How's it going so far, new dad? You need to roll out the jiggle hold yet?

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Yay, but whaaaaaaat.

Yay!

My sister was breach after I was backwards; mom and her doctor decided a c-section would be good (and then was sad when they wouldn't let her watch the procedure).

<3

How's it going so far, new dad? You need to roll out the jiggle hold yet?

I've jiggled and rubbed and bounced and sung/hummed poorly— jump blues is more popular than the Mario theme, though I'm not convinced any noise would have soothed the hellbeast during the latter.

But good, mostly. Back to work today, for me; parental leave in 5.5 months can't come soon enough. Strange infant breathing has been the most stressful thing so far— between when she decides to hold her breath ("this is SIDS, isn't it?" *poke*) to gargling snot somewhere in her tiny respiratory system (4am phone googling: "She doesn't have a fever, it's probably not pneumonia").

Was nearly back to her birth weight at 13 days old on Friday.

She sometimes makes adorable pig noises when suckling. Maybe it should be disconcerting but we find it charming.

 

[Soulfire]

So glad the news was good HPro I was thinking about you today wondering how things were going. Not creepy lol

 

[Very Berry Sunday]

What are good guides for a mother who recently bore a son a few weeks ago?

 

[Soulfire]

I like What to Expect the First Year. If you're a worrier though it might not be for you. I like it because it gives me milestones to work toward.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Happiest Baby on the Block worked for us

 

[DrSlek]

How did you folks cope with he 4 month "sleep regression"?

My son has been waking almost hourly at night for 2 weeks. I'm uncertain if he'll return to a more reasonable sleeping pattern once this leap is over...I'm also uncertain how to tell when this leap is over.
I've considered starting sleep training with the Ferber method, but he's probably far too young to start that just yet. Though I did a couple of tests yesterday for naps and he fell asleep within 5 minutes each time. Normally I'd be trying to rock him to sleep for more than 10 minutes for naps.

 

[malfcn]

We're 8 weeks away from baby Ian. Room is complete, and shower this weekend. Still settling in a middle name.

 

[Keri]

How did you folks cope with he 4 month "sleep regression"?

My son has been waking almost hourly at night for 2 weeks. I'm uncertain if he'll return to a more reasonable sleeping pattern once this leap is over...I'm also uncertain how to tell when this leap is over.
I've considered starting sleep training with the Ferber method, but he's probably far too young to start that just yet. Though I did a couple of tests yesterday for naps and he fell asleep within 5 minutes each time. Normally I'd be trying to rock him to sleep for more than 10 minutes for naps.

My son didn't really go through the 4-month sleep regression, but it's always been one of two explanations for him, if he starts suddenly waking up at night and sleeping poorly, either: (1) He's going through a growth spurt and he's extra hungry; or (2) He's teething. In the first scenario, we'd just start feeding him closer to bed time and immediately offer him another bottle, if he woke in the middle of the night crying. That usually knocked him out again. I have no solution for the second scenario. =(

All babies are different, but it could be one of those for your little guy too. 4 months is on the early side, but it's possible to teeth then. (But I feel like a growth spurt is more likely).

 

[DrSlek]

My son didn't really go through the 4-month sleep regression, but it's always been one of two explanations for him, if he starts suddenly waking up at night and sleeping poorly, either: (1) He's going through a growth spurt and he's extra hungry; or (2) He's teething. In the first scenario, we'd just start feeding him closer to bed time and immediately offer him another bottle, if he woke in the middle of the night crying. That usually knocked him out again. I have no solution for the second scenario. =(

All babies are different, but it could be one of those for your little guy too. 4 months is on the early side, but it's possible to teeth then. (But I feel like a growth spurt is more likely).

It's definitely a spurt of some kind. His gums show no sign of aggitation.

 

[DBT85]

Well we're 37 weeks down now. Had our last scan on Friday (baby at 90th percentile and holding steady), estimated weight at the time of 7.5lb made my wife wince a bit lol.

Also had a meeting with the midwife in charge at our hospitals midwife led birthing centre to see if we can get on there rather than on a normal hospital room (wife falls just outside the automatic yes/no box) and they are more than happy to have her there which is great. The rooms on the birthing centre are more like studio flats, nicely painted, all the gas and air hidden away behind cupboards, huge ass tub in the middle of the room etc. Much more relaxing for mum than the more sterile and cramped rooms.

They say that they very rarely have a case of having more mums in than they have rooms (only 3) so fingers crossed. Wife is very happy.

I've just started my last 7 shifts at work, I finish on Monday morning and then won;t be back till probably the 25th of September, possibly later. Can't wait!!!

A photo of one of the suites at Worcester Hospital.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

3.5 weeks old now. Last day or so whenever she cries it has been really high pitched. Internet suggests this is a pain cry but it seems to come and go the same as her old cry (nursing=good). I wonder if she doesn't have a sore throat so crying itself hurts?

I am finding it even more stressful than her previous cry so I am hopeful that it is both not the new normal and that she isn't suffering some grave illness.

Edit: midwife said to look up purple crying; that in the absence of other problems it is probably just a new thing. Yay.

 

[MarkMclovin]

This place will probably be my home for the next few months, so might as well settle in.

Anyhoo, I have a few questions I'd like to put out there for any other ParentGAF that has gone through the same shit as we are right now.

Got a 4 w/o boy that seems to be in some sort of pain, at least I think anyway.
What I'm worried about is that he could be over feeding but a lot of these mums sites say it's not possible due to him being breastfed. I also think he might have some reflux but the doctor says no. I only think it is due to a mate of mine having the same issue with one of his kids and the symptoms sound the same.

The symptoms are that he is grunting / crying / seems frustrated a lot of the time. Especially during the night. His face will go red and will sometimes scream out loud, but not for long. Picking him up and laying him on my chest reduces it but he'll sometimes just straight up cry eventually.

It sounds like he's wolfing down a lot of milk and just a few times has puked up a lot and then calms down and goes to sleep. 90% of the time though, he looks uncomfortable. He falls asleep on the breast too so it's definitely a comfort thing. I think he does drink it way to fast as a lot of the time he'll come off the breast kind of choking slightly. A lay on the shoulder and a few pats later and he'll get his breath back.

Poo's are regular-ish. there have been days where he hasn't done any at all for a full day, but the next day he'll shit all day long. Peeing is all day every day.

We thought we'd give him a soother to try and reduce his need for feeding which is every hour at the moment which works during the day and we could see results of him being happier almost instantly, but again last night, dummy or not, the issue kicks in again.

He sleeps during the day quite fine, still grunting and straining but not as much. There are small amounts of times where he's just nice and quiet and so possibly happy too.

So, anyone else have this sort of behaviour? We are leaning on starting bottle feeding now to see exactly how much he's getting and to make the sleeping for mum a lot better for her. She's getting next to nothing.

Any advice would be great.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Yay!

My sister was breach after I was backwards; mom and her doctor decided a c-section would be good (and then was sad when they wouldn't let her watch the procedure).



I've jiggled and rubbed and bounced and sung/hummed poorly— jump blues is more popular than the Mario theme, though I'm not convinced any noise would have soothed the hellbeast during the latter.

But good, mostly. Back to work today, for me; parental leave in 5.5 months can't come soon enough. Strange infant breathing has been the most stressful thing so far— between when she decides to hold her breath ("this is SIDS, isn't it?" *poke*) to gargling snot somewhere in her tiny respiratory system (4am phone googling: "She doesn't have a fever, it's probably not pneumonia").

Was nearly back to her birth weight at 13 days old on Friday.

She sometimes makes adorable pig noises when suckling. Maybe it should be disconcerting but we find it charming.

Thanks, CD. I really need to bookmark this thread. It goes off the front page and my internal monologue these days is just one endless "duuuuuuuurrrrrrr." Anyway, glad to hear things are mostly going well. Those first few days with the snot and breathing are really tough I found because it just sounds so hard for them to breath. I was really anxious at the hospital the first night because of that. So much mucus up in their breathing after birth. :/ Should clear up, though. Will address your most recent post in another post in a bit. Don't want to overload this one with a million replies.

So glad the news was good HPro I was thinking about you today wondering how things were going. Not creepy lol

Thanks, Soul. Not creepy at all unless me thinking about your ability to keep writing with all you have going on when I'm trying to write and failing is creepy...

It was a bit bewildering, but I'm really relieved. On top of just being worried for the little taco and the idea of bleeding out everywhere, it would have made our last chance to go to OZ nearly impossible. Whole thing was a major stress. Seems OK for now, at least.

Well we're 37 weeks down now. Had our last scan on Friday (baby at 90th percentile and holding steady), estimated weight at the time of 7.5lb made my wife wince a bit lol.

Also had a meeting with the midwife in charge at our hospitals midwife led birthing centre to see if we can get on there rather than on a normal hospital room (wife falls just outside the automatic yes/no box) and they are more than happy to have her there which is great. The rooms on the birthing centre are more like studio flats, nicely painted, all the gas and air hidden away behind cupboards, huge ass tub in the middle of the room etc. Much more relaxing for mum than the more sterile and cramped rooms.

They say that they very rarely have a case of having more mums in than they have rooms (only 3) so fingers crossed. Wife is very happy.

I've just started my last 7 shifts at work, I finish on Monday morning and then won;t be back till probably the 25th of September, possibly later. Can't wait!!!

A photo of one of the suites at Worcester Hospital.

That is a VERY swanky room. My birth room had a bath attached as well (for the water birth part), but it wasn't anywhere near as colorful or inviting. Fingers crossed for a not too stressful birth and a smaller baby than seems to be measuring at the moment.

 

[The Kid]

My wife's due date for our first child is next week. Everyone has told me that we should expect our first child to be on time or late. Was that everyone's experience as well? Our baby is measuring a bit on the small side so a little more time in the womb isn't a bad thing.

 

[Soulfire]

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[CrudeDiatribe]

It sounds like he's wolfing down a lot of milk and just a few times has puked up a lot and then calms down and goes to sleep. 90% of the time though, he looks uncomfortable.

Read the Purple Crying site I posted above, it talks about perceived discomfort and pain.

Re: feeding too fast, I read (but don't remember where) that you can slow feeding down by putting him in non-optimal drinking positions-- like his belly being above his head so he has to work against gravity instead of with it. Worth a googling.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

My wife's due date for our first child is next week. Everyone has told me that we should expect our first child to be on time or late. Was that everyone's experience as well?

My partner was expecting that too based on her family on top of what everyone and everything said; our daughter was born 2-5 days early (depending on which due date we went by).

 

[Skellig Gra]

This place will probably be my home for the next few months, so might as well settle in.

Anyhoo, I have a few questions I'd like to put out there for any other ParentGAF that has gone through the same shit as we are right now.

Got a 4 w/o boy that seems to be in some sort of pain, at least I think anyway.
What I'm worried about is that he could be over feeding but a lot of these mums sites say it's not possible due to him being breastfed. I also think he might have some reflux but the doctor says no. I only think it is due to a mate of mine having the same issue with one of his kids and the symptoms sound the same.

The symptoms are that he is grunting / crying / seems frustrated a lot of the time. Especially during the night. His face will go red and will sometimes scream out loud, but not for long. Picking him up and laying him on my chest reduces it but he'll sometimes just straight up cry eventually.

It sounds like he's wolfing down a lot of milk and just a few times has puked up a lot and then calms down and goes to sleep. 90% of the time though, he looks uncomfortable. He falls asleep on the breast too so it's definitely a comfort thing. I think he does drink it way to fast as a lot of the time he'll come off the breast kind of choking slightly. A lay on the shoulder and a few pats later and he'll get his breath back.

Poo's are regular-ish. there have been days where he hasn't done any at all for a full day, but the next day he'll shit all day long. Peeing is all day every day.

We thought we'd give him a soother to try and reduce his need for feeding which is every hour at the moment which works during the day and we could see results of him being happier almost instantly, but again last night, dummy or not, the issue kicks in again.

He sleeps during the day quite fine, still grunting and straining but not as much. There are small amounts of times where he's just nice and quiet and so possibly happy too.

So, anyone else have this sort of behaviour? We are leaning on starting bottle feeding now to see exactly how much he's getting and to make the sleeping for mum a lot better for her. She's getting next to nothing.

Any advice would be great.

Have you tried gas drops?

 

[BriareosGAF]

Have you tried gas drops?

It doesn't get much better than simethicone--no upper limit on dosage!

"Baby's cranky."
"Gas drops."
"Not sure it helped."
"Gas drops."

Always made us feel better at least, doing /something/.

 

[H.Protagonist]

CrudeDiatribe & MarkMclovin --> Sounds like could be both purple crying (yay...) or gas (especially yours, Ml. Gulping down milk causes air to be taken in which causes gas). If the gas drops HD suggested don't help, then try pumping your baby's legs. Sit on the couch with your knees up a bit, lay baby on your thighs, take hold of the legs and gently pump their legs back (their knees are bent) so that their thighs touch their bellies. They also recommend doing bicycle pumping, but we found doing both legs at once really got the farts out.

 

[markofhavoc]

Going on a flight from California to Toronto tomorrow. Will be the first time my little 8 month old girl goes with us, so here is to hoping it's a smooth flight. People warn me about air pressure and babies not being able to pop their ears

 

[BriareosGAF]

Going on a flight from California to Toronto tomorrow. Will be the first time my little 8 month old girl goes with us, so here is to hoping it's a smooth flight. People warn me about air pressure and babies not being able to pop their ears

We found that nursing during ascent and descent was the best solution here, although at that age they might not be spending as much time at that. We were not ashamed to device-mute them on flights with a 3DS or phone/pad for hours at a time, once they were old enough to handle them.

 

[Senger]

Got a 4 w/o boy that seems to be in some sort of pain, at least I think anyway.
What I'm worried about is that he could be over feeding but a lot of these mums sites say it's not possible due to him being breastfed. I also think he might have some reflux but the doctor says no. I only think it is due to a mate of mine having the same issue with one of his kids and the symptoms sound the same.

The symptoms are that he is grunting / crying / seems frustrated a lot of the time. Especially during the night. His face will go red and will sometimes scream out loud, but not for long. Picking him up and laying him on my chest reduces it but he'll sometimes just straight up cry eventually.

It sounds like he's wolfing down a lot of milk and just a few times has puked up a lot and then calms down and goes to sleep. 90% of the time though, he looks uncomfortable. He falls asleep on the breast too so it's definitely a comfort thing. I think he does drink it way to fast as a lot of the time he'll come off the breast kind of choking slightly. A lay on the shoulder and a few pats later and he'll get his breath back.

Poo's are regular-ish. there have been days where he hasn't done any at all for a full day, but the next day he'll shit all day long. Peeing is all day every day.

We thought we'd give him a soother to try and reduce his need for feeding which is every hour at the moment which works during the day and we could see results of him being happier almost instantly, but again last night, dummy or not, the issue kicks in again.

He sleeps during the day quite fine, still grunting and straining but not as much. There are small amounts of times where he's just nice and quiet and so possibly happy too.

So, anyone else have this sort of behaviour? We are leaning on starting bottle feeding now to see exactly how much he's getting and to make the sleeping for mum a lot better for her. She's getting next to nothing.

Any advice would be great.

This reminds me of my first daughter. She had reflux so she would seem uncomfortable after breastfeeding. Even if she fell asleep while nursing, she would wake up crying shorty afterwards. Lots of spit up and vomiting, more times than I can remember. Even projectile vomit a few times that went a surprising distance. My wife and I suspected that maybe it was overfeeding but we were also worried she was not getting enough milk since so much was coming back up.

What seemed to help a bit was putting a towel under one side of her crib mattress to create a slight incline. Also, she seemed to sleep better when upright so a baby carrier like an ergo was helpful. Probably around 6 months, when she started sitting on her own, it got a lot better. She's 5 now and besides breaking her collarbone earlier this year is as healthy as can be.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Read the Purple Crying site I posted above, it talks about perceived discomfort and pain.

Re: feeding too fast, I read (but don't remember where) that you can slow feeding down by putting him in non-optimal drinking positions-- like his belly being above his head so he has to work against gravity instead of with it. Worth a googling.

I'll try this, thanks.

Have you tried gas drops?

In the UK here so not sure what gas drops are. We have Infacol which I think is supposed to help with wind. Tried it and it didn't make much difference. But we only tried it the once.

CrudeDiatribe & MarkMclovin --> Sounds like could be both purple crying (yay...) or gas (especially yours, Ml. Gulping down milk causes air to be taken in which causes gas). If the gas drops HD suggested don't help, then try pumping your baby's legs. Sit on the couch with your knees up a bit, lay baby on your thighs, take hold of the legs and gently pump their legs back (their knees are bent) so that their thighs touch their bellies. They also recommend doing bicycle pumping, but we found doing both legs at once really got the farts out.

Thanks I'll give this a try too. I'm assuming the farts come out as you're doing it?

 

[MarkMclovin]

This reminds me of my first daughter. She had reflux so she would seem uncomfortable after breastfeeding. Even if she fell asleep while nursing, she would wake up crying shorty afterwards. Lots of spit up and vomiting, more times than I can remember. Even projectile vomit a few times that went a surprising distance. My wife and I suspected that maybe it was overfeeding but we were also worried she was not getting enough milk since so much was coming back up.

What seemed to help a bit was putting a towel under one side of her crib mattress to create a slight incline. Also, she seemed to sleep better when upright so a baby carrier like an ergo was helpful. Probably around 6 months, when she started sitting on her own, it got a lot better. She's 5 now and besides breaking her collarbone earlier this year is as healthy as can be.

Yeah he sleeps in a moses basket at the moment and we have put it on a slight incline bby putting a pillow under it. It's weird because through the day he'll mostly sleep fine with a few happy awake hours but night time it's like a different baby. I'm thinking he's over fed in the evening and it's leading to discomfort. I'll try the book and methods above this weekend.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Well apparently kiddo is underfed— barely any weight gained in the past two weeks. So, onto a regime of breastfeeding followed by pumped milk followed by formula if she finished the pumped milk. Whee.

 

[H.Protagonist]

I'll try this, thanks.



In the UK here so not sure what gas drops are. We have Infacol which I think is supposed to help with wind. Tried it and it didn't make much difference. But we only tried it the once.



Thanks I'll give this a try too. I'm assuming the farts come out as you're doing it?

Yup! It's pretty funny. Like massaging a whoopie cushion. Even when you don't get a ton out, it still feels like you're doing something which helps your own peace of mind. I remember how tough that console-less crying period was.

Well apparently kiddo is underfed— barely any weight gained in the past two weeks. So, onto a regime of breastfeeding followed by pumped milk followed by formula if she finished the pumped milk. Whee.

Awww, don't stress over it. It's pretty common. She'll get right back up there no prob.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Awww, don't stress over it. It's pretty common. She'll get right back up there no prob.

Oh, it's great, she's so much more relaxed than she has been for 4 days

I did get Excorcist'd with an esophagus's length of formula last night though.

 

[RetroMG]

Well apparently kiddo is underfed— barely any weight gained in the past two weeks. So, onto a regime of breastfeeding followed by pumped milk followed by formula if she finished the pumped milk. Whee.

We had this too. It sucks, but keep at it! It will work out!

 

[DBT85]

That is a VERY swanky room. My birth room had a bath attached as well (for the water birth part), but it wasn't anywhere near as colorful or inviting. Fingers crossed for a not too stressful birth and a smaller baby than seems to be measuring at the moment.

Yeah all 4 there are very nice, all the women on the tour we had were almost swooning lol. The hospital are gradually trying to make the normal rooms look similar to get rid of the white sterile feeling. My last shift at work starts in about 17 hours (I'm doing my penultimate one right now!) and then no work till about Sept 25th or possibly Oct 10th, haven't entirely decided. Will have about 5 weeks off if she comes on time at a minimum though. Most dads I know only got 2 weeks and I'm glad I'm in a position to be home for longer.

Getting a little tired of "knowing" looks I'm getting from 40+ dads who are all like "yeah, you'll be back before that". Fuck you, no I won't, if you think I will then you don't know me at all. Grr.

 

[Soulfire]

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[Septimus Prime]

I had to take my leave intermittently. So, like, I got a week first, and then I would take a day every couple of weeks over the year. I didn't even go through all my parental leave, and my boss was like, "You already took 18 days off this year," when I asked for a vacation approval later on. I wanted to just quit, I was so pissed.

So yeah, take as much time as you possibly can.

 

[Keri]

My husband and I both took 12 weeks. So, there are definitely dads out there who take the maximum amount of leave. He got a promotion a little bit after he returned to work, too. So, there were no long term negative consequences for him.

Although, we staggered our leave, so I had it pretty rough. He took the week of the birth off and then I was immediately on my own all day (and most nights). Also, by the time he took his leave, kiddo was sleeping through the night and napping regularly! I'm still the mildest amount of bitter, about that! But I'm glad we were able to work it out so our child had 6 months with a parent and we each had one-on-one time with him.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Took two weeks of vacation at birth, and am taking six months of leave once my partner's is up in January.

 

[slider]

Heh, my wife's still on maternity leave. She's taking a year although had toyed with the idea of going back after ten months. Her employer would've jumped at that but they've been excellently flexible with their support.

I look three weeks. I wish I'd taken more. A friend at Twitter was given six months. Practically enforced on him. He tries his best to be a hands on dad. But I'd regularly see him bombing around the local roads without his wife or kids. Think he must've been sent on the more mundane, but necessary, chores.

 

[nekkid]

I took a month of paternity/unpaid/holiday for both our kids. I was glad to go back to work, as bad as it sounds. I love them to bits but I had to get back to non-baby conversation.

 

[BriareosGAF]

I did four weeks for both, although during the first corporate fired the studio owners and replaced them, and during the second they cancelled our project and reassigned everyone. So I got a little skittish, but I'm sure yours will be fine! My wife doesn't work so it possibly changed the equation a bit, too.

 

[MarkMclovin]

So the straining has gotten worse over the weekend. We think it's trapped gas but Infacol hasn't worked. The left side of his belly balloons up a bit after each feed too and his poo's have reduced quite a bit so we had to take him to the doc's this morning. Poor kid seems like he's in pain most of the time.

Bicycle kicks kind of worked but nothing farted out. It does seem to take his mind off it when doing it though.

Doc's reckon it's reflux including the reason for the swelling in his belly, so he's on that for now.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Downhome]

EDIT

 

[JoeNut]

So the straining has gotten worse over the weekend. We think it's trapped gas but Infacol hasn't worked. The left side of his belly balloons up a bit after each feed too and his poo's have reduced quite a bit so we had to take him to the doc's this morning. Poor kid seems like he's in pain most of the time.

Bicycle kicks kind of worked but nothing farted out. It does seem to take his mind off it when doing it though.

Doc's reckon it's reflux including the reason for the swelling in his belly, so he's on that for now.

Fingers crossed.

both my cousins kids had reflux, they put them on a bottle with special reflux formula and it worked a treat, now the boy is like 3 and eats more than me, its ridiculous how much he can eat lol. Point being, you'll get through it, it might be shit right now but you'll have forgotten about it before long.


Leo is 7 months old next week, he's now eating Weetabix for breakfast (half a block) plus 6 ounces of milk, and has tons of veg and fruit during the day alonside the milk.

 

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[Downhome]

Our little Cora is a month old today. I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by. She is almost 10 lbs and is 22.75" long now.

 

[Owensboro]

Oh man, I didn't even know this thread existed. This is going to be immensely helpful. Can't wait to read through everything.

My wife is at 39 weeks (our first child). At our last visit the doctor said the baby might be 9 pounds already (!!!) so we're heading to the doctor today to get an ultrasound and fully expect to be sent to the hospital.

 

[mjc]

Can't believe I haven't seen this thread before either.

I have a six month old daughter who we *think* is teething a little bit. Any recommendations outside of children's pain relievers or things to chew on?

 

[Phoenix RISING]

Can't believe I haven't seen this thread before either.

I have a six month old daughter who we *think* is teething a little bit. Any recommendations outside of children's pain relievers or things to chew on?

Well the OP is banned, so....

I'll read through this thread too, but it looks like mostly for new parents.