My little superman max, 26weeks and 1day, 8weeks old today! - Page 3

premmiemum123 · Oct 31st, 2009, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by CazH

Of course he will get out hun! We always aimed to get Freddy out by his due date and he came out a month before. Some babies just like all the attention and the nurses fuss and wanna stay in there as long as possible, little monkeys!!! So glad he is coping well its amazing how quick they turn around. I couldnt believe it when Freddy was taken off his ventilator for the second time he went on cpap for a day then off completely yet before he was ventilated he only managed 4hrs off cpap. They do amaze us.

You wait till he comes out as people dont believe how old they are they always said Are you sure he is that old???

Come on Max come home to mummy!!!!!!!

That is so true. Our babies turn corners faster than a Porche. Max will get there but in his own time. Emily did and I swear she wanted to stay in SCBU as she loved the attention from the nurses. She was the oldest baby in their at one point! She came home a week before term. It is hard seeing other babies go home, I remember I befriended a mum who's baby was a few weeks younger than Emily, when she told me they were rooming in then going home I was happy for her but then had to leave the unit as I started balling my eyes out, almost out of jealousy. You wait in a few weeks they will talking about discharging him and then you start thinking...oh my god! He is coming home!

As CazH states above...it is hilarious telling people how old your baby is...everyone says to me how many weeks is she? I say 'try how many months!'. She is 4 months old yet looks 1 week old...it is great fun seeing people's reactions...
Not long hun and it will be you!!

hopedance · Oct 31st, 2009, 10:41 AM

oh that is so true about people asking how old they are. even now people keep saying to me 'oh he must only be a week old, right?' so when i say he is 3 months they are totally baffled. sometimes i tell them he was early, but other times i just leave them to be confused lol.

it's true that they just suddenly change. One day i thought Sam would never be ready to come home, the next he was doing so well and came home about a week later.

i was so jealous watching other babies go home too. when sam was in special care, two other babies came in who had the same due date as Sam, but they were only a few weeks early so got out quicker, never had to be in intensive care or anything. it was particularly when i saw them breastfeeding their babies, or bringing in expressed milk where the bottles were full to the brim, whereas i struggled to even get 30mls. my body just didnt seem ready to make milk, i'm sure it was because he was early. have any of you had problems with milk and/or breastfeeding?

maxsmummy · Oct 31st, 2009, 13:55 PM

i ya every one thank u for ur support, max is doing really well today they are gonna have in full feeds by midnite so tomorrow the long line can cum out and today he was really annoyed about some thing never heard him cry like it!! he was really cross te nurse tried every thing but noting helped then she sed ill see if it the cpap mask bothering him, and he took it off and he settled down she spoke to the doctors and told tem they sed leave him off for a while see how he goes e got to fours hours and the doctors sed they wanted to put him bk on even tho he wasnt struggling because they didnt want to tire him out they sed they are going to try a nasnal oxygen circuit tomorrow and see how he copes with that!!!

i had a lot of trouble with my milk even on the tablets they gave me i never got mor than 20mls and when max was 5weeks old it dried up all together!! i really wanna show u all some pics of him but dnt know how to upload them xxx

maxsmummy · Oct 31st, 2009, 14:25 PM

MAX U ARE A LITTLE PICKLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just spoke to his nurse he lasted twenty mins on the cpap after i left him this afternoon and started goin crazy and just wouldnt settle so they have put him on the nasal circuit now!!!!!!!! and she says he nice and settled she also sed he is absolutly starving, hes eating his hands screaming every time he loses his dummy, think he is feeling like a PROPA BABY!!!!!!!!!! he is definatley feelin better!!! hopfully try him a bottle near the end of the week!! wow i feel on such a high he can go from being so poorly to bein like this!!!!!

CazH · Oct 31st, 2009, 18:38 PM

You go Max that sounded just like Freddy they couldnt settle him one nite so had to give him a dummy they then realised he wanted more feed!!

I too hardly got any milk out i used to get 40mils max 20mls from each boob. I used to pump for ages on that horrid inustrial green machine worst at 2am in morn in the winter ergh! I used to come in with this little pathetic pot sometimes half full! (the one with purple lid) where as other mums used to come in with these big pots full to the brim! I even tried those motilium tablets but got about 5mls extra!

Eventually after 2 mths bein home i switched to full Nutriprem bottle as was feeding breast for an hour then topping him up with bottle then winding this took about a hour and half then after an hour had to feed again NIGHTMARE!!

Praying Max copes ok on nasal tube i think once they get a taste of a free nostril they dont wanna go back, i used to worry incase freddy came out looking like a pig with his squashed nose!

Love to you and max xxxx

CazH · Oct 31st, 2009, 18:40 PM

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Originally Posted by maxsmummy

MAX U ARE A LITTLE PICKLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just spoke to his nurse he lasted twenty mins on the cpap after i left him this afternoon and started goin crazy and just wouldnt settle so they have put him on the nasal circuit now!!!!!!!! and she says he nice and settled she also sed he is absolutly starving, hes eating his hands screaming every time he loses his dummy, think he is feeling like a PROPA BABY!!!!!!!!!! he is definatley feelin better!!! hopfully try him a bottle near the end of the week!! wow i feel on such a high he can go from being so poorly to bein like this!!!!!

Told you they turn so quick, little pickles!!! You are on the top of that rollercoaster let hope you can get off now!!!!!!

Oh about the photos, get on Photobucket and create an album you can edit them to make them smaller then cut the [img] link and paste directly onto the post. hope this helps desperate top see a photo!

maxsmummy · Oct 31st, 2009, 19:06 PM

max 1 hour old

max 11days old

mummys first cuddle 7days old

max 6weeks old

max 7weeks

hopedance · Nov 1st, 2009, 20:31 PM

aww look at him he is so sweet. it sounds like he's turned the corner! isn't it amazing how one day they just wake up and finally start communicating and interacting with the world. well done max!!

premmiemum123 · Nov 2nd, 2009, 04:31 AM

Well done Max, he is gorgeous. Such a brave strong boy!

maxsmummy · Nov 2nd, 2009, 07:13 AM

oh i do ho[pe he has turned that corner and carries on getting stronger!!!!!!!!!! thanks eveyone! here is a pic i look off max yesterday, he was months old yesterday!!! all the nurses have been ccommenting on how good he looks and how hes getting chubby lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 31st, 2009, 10:41 AM	#22
hopedance Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,513	oh that is so true about people asking how old they are. even now people keep saying to me 'oh he must only be a week old, right?' so when i say he is 3 months they are totally baffled. sometimes i tell them he was early, but other times i just leave them to be confused lol. it's true that they just suddenly change. One day i thought Sam would never be ready to come home, the next he was doing so well and came home about a week later. i was so jealous watching other babies go home too. when sam was in special care, two other babies came in who had the same due date as Sam, but they were only a few weeks early so got out quicker, never had to be in intensive care or anything. it was particularly when i saw them breastfeeding their babies, or bringing in expressed milk where the bottles were full to the brim, whereas i struggled to even get 30mls. my body just didnt seem ready to make milk, i'm sure it was because he was early. have any of you had problems with milk and/or breastfeeding?

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Oct 31st, 2009, 13:55 PM	#23
maxsmummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: kent Posts: 149	i ya every one thank u for ur support, max is doing really well today they are gonna have in full feeds by midnite so tomorrow the long line can cum out and today he was really annoyed about some thing never heard him cry like it!! he was really cross te nurse tried every thing but noting helped then she sed ill see if it the cpap mask bothering him, and he took it off and he settled down she spoke to the doctors and told tem they sed leave him off for a while see how he goes e got to fours hours and the doctors sed they wanted to put him bk on even tho he wasnt struggling because they didnt want to tire him out they sed they are going to try a nasnal oxygen circuit tomorrow and see how he copes with that!!! i had a lot of trouble with my milk even on the tablets they gave me i never got mor than 20mls and when max was 5weeks old it dried up all together!! i really wanna show u all some pics of him but dnt know how to upload them xxx

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Oct 31st, 2009, 14:25 PM	#24
maxsmummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: kent Posts: 149	MAX U ARE A LITTLE PICKLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just spoke to his nurse he lasted twenty mins on the cpap after i left him this afternoon and started goin crazy and just wouldnt settle so they have put him on the nasal circuit now!!!!!!!! and she says he nice and settled she also sed he is absolutly starving, hes eating his hands screaming every time he loses his dummy, think he is feeling like a PROPA BABY!!!!!!!!!! he is definatley feelin better!!! hopfully try him a bottle near the end of the week!! wow i feel on such a high he can go from being so poorly to bein like this!!!!!

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Oct 31st, 2009, 18:38 PM	#25
CazH Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Fareham, Hampshire Posts: 119	You go Max that sounded just like Freddy they couldnt settle him one nite so had to give him a dummy they then realised he wanted more feed!! I too hardly got any milk out i used to get 40mils max 20mls from each boob. I used to pump for ages on that horrid inustrial green machine worst at 2am in morn in the winter ergh! I used to come in with this little pathetic pot sometimes half full! (the one with purple lid) where as other mums used to come in with these big pots full to the brim! I even tried those motilium tablets but got about 5mls extra! Eventually after 2 mths bein home i switched to full Nutriprem bottle as was feeding breast for an hour then topping him up with bottle then winding this took about a hour and half then after an hour had to feed again NIGHTMARE!! Praying Max copes ok on nasal tube i think once they get a taste of a free nostril they dont wanna go back, i used to worry incase freddy came out looking like a pig with his squashed nose! Love to you and max xxxx

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maxsmummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: kent Posts: 149	max 1 hour old max 11days old mummys first cuddle 7days old max 6weeks old max 7weeks

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hopedance Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,513	aww look at him he is so sweet. it sounds like he's turned the corner! isn't it amazing how one day they just wake up and finally start communicating and interacting with the world. well done max!!

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premmiemum123 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Surrey Posts: 464	Well done Max, he is gorgeous. Such a brave strong boy!

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maxsmummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: kent Posts: 149	oh i do ho[pe he has turned that corner and carries on getting stronger!!!!!!!!!! thanks eveyone! here is a pic i look off max yesterday, he was months old yesterday!!! all the nurses have been ccommenting on how good he looks and how hes getting chubby lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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