still here even after biting causing bleeding :o ouch and finally kicked the thrush
just a pic comparing when she was born to now BFing of course ;)HERE
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still here even after biting causing bleeding :o ouch and finally kicked the thrush
just a pic comparing when she was born to now BFing of course ;)HERE
Aww that is so cute TripleJ! Imogen gets that same determined look on her face when she is feeding haha.
Thanks for sharing Triple J!
Welcome back Jen, it's almost like you never left!
Congratulations on your milestones mum2boys
Nawww... Imogen looks so cute! In both!
Engorgement is heaps less for me this time around and my bbs have settled down already. I am not leaking as much either. One of my m/ws suggested that might happen this time around and she was spot on. I had a brush with a blocked duct yesterday and felt really off by the evening. I took a couple of anti-inflammatories, fed through and felt much better this morning.
Hannah is a great quick feeder and is weeing and pooing like a champ. She'll be weighed at my 7 day m/w visit tomorrow and I think she's heavier than her birth weight already. I'm just amazed that we're spending time cuddling and gazing at each other because the feeding bit is done in less than ten mins. It's special, nb feeding again.
jen its jazzy jellyfish is the one who has the imogen =]
Sounds like you're both doing beautifully Jen! I didnt leak at all second time around.
I'm glad the engorgement is almost over! It's a tough few days on the boobies.
I'm still trucking along on my anti-candida diet so I can keep feeding. It's challenging me a bit at the moment because I have finally been symptom free for a few weeks, but even a small sugar intake causes me breast pain.
I have also had a bad run of block ducts, always in the same spot caused by the same bra (which is now in the bin!)
I found an electric toothbrush held onto the sore spot really helped (last time I ended up at the physio fir ultrasound treatment, but the toothbrush was suggested by someone here on bb).
D'oh! How could I get that wrong?? Sorry!:
Great night last night, H is feeding heaps during the day and didn't wake between 11.30pm and 5.30am. She started grunting and wiggling around 3am and I offered her a bf, but she just pooped and went back to sleep. She makes more noise about pooping or passing wind than when she's hungry, funny baby!
its all good u only just had a baby so i dont hold u responsible lol
Well my booby pig has put on 250 gms in her first week. :o I knew she was efficient but I didn't realise how much!
I had another blocked duct this morning so I asked my m/w (who's also a naturopath) if there's something homeopathic I could take to help. At least this time around I'm aware and able to manage it quickly. But I don't want to have to resort to anti-inflammatories regularly.
:wall: I'm trying so hard to support someone I don't even like very much with her supply problems (over Facebook of course :p), and everyone else is telling her to just "go the bottle, that's what they're for"! Grrrrr... I've offered every solution I can think of, including to links to the ABA, and the next reply said something about how it's too hard, she'll end up using bottles anyway :( Oh well, at least I tried and she knows I'm there to talk to, even if we're not best of friends... I didn't even know she was breastfeeding until today, it was a pretty big surprise :)
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just popping in 15 months now :)
It's ok Teni. :)
congrats on 15 months J!
my little piggy is still going strong :) I could have sworn my period was coming... but nothing. Guess it's a false alarm. what a shame :p
Yay 15 months is a long time:)
So after nearly a week of 40+ degrees here DS overheated last night - my mum was suggesting I give him some cool boiled water as well as feeding him myself. But as far as I know, he gets everything he needs from me, even when it's stupid-hot?
yep. if he has free access to the breast, he should get everything he needs. Have to be cautious with giving any other fluids as it will displace milk (and thus reduce his nutritional intake).
The temperature was a bit better today at least!
On the plus side, giving her that information made me feel so good, it's confirmed that I do want to do some kind of breastfeeding counselling course :D
I'm going through the climbing-all-over-mummy thing right now, for the last :think: eight months or so :lol: If she has free access to both sides, she'll switch sides a thousand times per feed, or twiddle my opposite nipple, or do whatever other annoying habit a baby can have :p
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We just all do it so hard, don't we. The pressure to bottlefeed is almost overwhelming. For every one of you there are 10 other people telling her *it just doesn't matter - put her on the bottle". And we are hounded with how we should find breastfeeding so hard and unpleasant. No-one much tells you that when all that stuff is sorted - breastfeeding is one of the highlights of your parenting experience.
Almost 3 weeks into our tandem feeding journey. It was really hard those first few days when the toddler gained renewed interest so it felt like I had one or the other or both attached at all times, then the toddler was over it and I was engorged trying to encourage her to have a feed lol now things have settled, DD1 mostly sticking to just a bedtime feed and DD2 being a normal round the clock newborn. Less than 3 months till DD1 is 3, can't believe we are here, never expected to be and glad I was inspired and informed by so many wonderful people here! Guess I'm hardly a novice anymore lol.
Well done, Jellyfish!
Hot day = thirsty baby. I think every time I wake her (which is whenever she's put down or moved) she asks to be fed!
She is such a booby monster I can tell she's growing quickly. For such a small baby at birth (2.8 kg) I'm guestimating at least a full kilos gain in not quite four weeks. She's too long for her 0000 suits already! I might weigh her at my HB group on Thurs for interest's sake.
Hi ladies. Congratulations on your BFing journey's. I find you all such an inspiration and this thread is so encouraging to me. DS is 4 months old now and our BFing journey is going great. I was worried that as I am working and he's taking EBM from the bottle he may reject me but he is BFing like a champion - I am so proud of us. I've been thinking about starting him on water due to the weather as well but I'm hesitant as I don't want him to have any excuse not to take from the breast. He's super long and I'm finding him difficult to hold onto and feed comfortably in the afternoons when he is wriggly. I've had a recent bout of mastitis and I've booked an appointment with the LC next week to try and sort out these minor difficulties I am having. I just so want this BFing journey to last until at least 12 months.
i have been tandem feeding for 10 days. i have only fed both kids at same time couple of times, much easier to feed them seperately. i try give dd her feeds when ds is asleep or with dh so i can give her my full attention.
i'm wondering whether ds might have reflux or colic. he is quite chucky, but also gets unsettled with feeds. hopefully can get into osteo this week to gt him checked out.
Thinking of you HotI. I only tandem fed for six weeks, but I found ds was super chucky in the early days due to the sheer quantity of milk. Most babies at ten days old will be able to access a small amount of milk per feed but your toddler has guaranteed a great supply, so he is probably guzzling more than his tummy can handle at present.
Don't worry though, he will just spew any excess, and gain weight rapidly. The only down side is all the washing you have to do!!!
Ds was gaining almost a kilo a fortnight in those early weeks...he was in size zero by four months and at ten months is growing out of size one. It's amazing what our bodies can do!
as for me...I'm STILL battling latent signs of breast and nipple thrush, such as breast pain after feeds. It comes and goes, and I periodically take antifungals etc. I have been sugar free for nine months now, but to no avail. *sigh* I would love to feed for two years or more, but it is really impacting my health...not that stopping will cure the systemic thrush, but at least I could be rid of the pain.
My newborn seems quite windy which I thought might be to do with the large supply driven by the toddler, she also gets the hiccups a lot and put on 500g in her first week (not sure what since then as haven't weighed but she is definitely growing and fast, doesn't help she was already a kilo heavier than DD1 at birth so she seems like a giant to me already stretching her 000s lol).
Any tips for making things easier for the newborn as we don't have any plans to stop tandem feeding for some time? Time I guess?
I was actually considering trying a dummy while things are settling as DD2 finds it difficult to comfort suckle with all that milk but worried about trying to get rid of it later.
Yeah, my baby is finding it difficult to comfort suck and ends up choking half the time. In her case, it's mostly her own fault though 'cause she's such a guts. Lol I was wondering whether to ride it out or offer a dummy. DD1 had one but I am so proud of how much DD2 is growing I don't want to interfere with a dummy. The other thing making me consider it is that she hates the car (capsule) and cries for entire trips. I wondered if it might calm her. She wakes up if she's put down or moved and gets stroppy if she isn't fed after being woken!
Jellyfish - your baby is the only one I know of outstripping mine in weight gains! We're out of 0000s, but my DD1 was still wearing 00000 at this stage! It's a shock to see her getting rolls on her legs already.
She started a lot bigger though! My DD1 was similar to your bubs (2.9kg) although she stayed small and was like your DD1, still in 00000s lol but DD2 was almost 4kg so skipped the 0000 all together although I squeezed her into one as it was the only outfit I had bought for her haha. I think I will weigh her again soon just for interests! She does seem to feed every hour during the day and I'm leaking everywhere constantly so not too surprised, hoping that calms down!
We tried offering a dummy but she seemed disinterested and had no clue what to do so decision might be made, DD1 did the same thing although she was 4 months when I offered so thought it might be related to that. I'm also having trouble getting DD2 to sleep off of me for any length which is making it hard to have quality time with DD2 so that was a motivater as well. DD1 is crazy understanding though, kind of breaking me out how accepting she is considering the first 2 years of her life it was just me and her so sharing me is a new concept. I have the latest picture of DD1 watching one of DD2s first feeds and the look of wonder and interest, I'll have to try link it when I get proper net on the comp tomorrow.
Hi everyone. On phone, so no personals.
DD is 9 months on Thursday and still feeding like a champ. She's absolutely thriving on my milk - she's a hefty 10.8kg (though I'd say genetics is playing a big part in that - DH was a rolly polly baby too).
She's had a few top teeth come through in the past month, and since then I've started experiencing a big of pain when feeding. Sometimes it is due to the teeth (there are teeth dents on my boob after she's done), other times I think it is from her maybe not being on properly when she's comfort sucking, like when she's feeding to sleep, and especially through the night - which sucks because it seems she just wants to be attached all night at the moment :(.
Sterla, my ds can hurt my nipples too with his teeth. He latches on and tries to crawl or roll away! Ouch!
Tandem feeders: I did find a dummy helped, but ds was a thumb sucker at that age, so would often spit it out in favor of his thumb. Time was the only thing that solved it for us. I weaned dd when ds was six weeks due to severe thrush, and that really evened things out too.
Jen, both of mine have screamed in the car. It's so stressful! I just walk or PT it everywhere, and don't visit my friends who love far away :( even now ds isn't great in the car.
Just popping in to say WOOOHOOOO! 12 months today!!! Its been so wonderful, so beautiful, so PERFECT! From our very first feed, things have been brilliant, we've had zero issues which I consider to be very lucky! YAY! Here's to hopefully another happy 12 months, but whatever happens from here onwards I will be stoked with our effort :D
Have been BF DD for the last hour and every time I take her off she cries and wakes. I honestly feel like throwing her against the wall. I obviously wouldnt but this whole BF while pregnant is hard sometimes. I just want to scream at her get off! Gosh how mean does that sound. Any tips of getting rid of this feeling it's horrible. Day time feeds seem to be better but the night time ones are horrendous!
:hug: I'm not even pregnant and I feel this way sometimes - last night Amelia wanted a loooooooooooooong feed and sleep just as dinner finished cooking, and I couldn't get away from her for about two hours. Then she woke up 15 minutes later anyway! :wall: I find distracting myself while feeding is the best way to deal with the "getoffmegetoffme" feeling most of the time. Thank goodness for my iGadgets! It doesn't work all the time, though...:
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I agree with distraction - start a good book :). Next time around that's what I'll be doing.
Take the time when you have these feelings to look at her - stare at her and just remember how much you love her - how proud you should be for breastfeeding imagine what she might be like in a year.
It's completely normal to feel that way sometimes - less people admit it to actually feel it because they think it's "wrong" but it's not. Have you tried ebm for a break??? It's another option. By nighttime I'm sure it's just feeling tired and a need for some you time. Dh used to do one bottle a day and it was always the night one to give me a break :)
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Oh Em, i remember those feelings all too well. And the guilt for feeling like that. It is ok to set boundaries for yourself and DD. Can you give her to DH for awhile?:
I used the Pantley method to stop the all night sucking, but you need to hsve the energy to work through it. Does DD take a bottle, sippy cup or drink bottle? can you offer her water? it might not work at first but if you keep offfering, she might take you up on the offer one day.
i also had to do a countdown with DD. count from 10 to 1, then she had to come off. i would practise during the day, and then even when she was asleep i would whisper the numbers and she would come off much easier.
the countdown has also come in handy now that baby is here. sometimes if i am feeing DD, but DS really needs me, i can do a quick countdown and tell DD that i have to do x,y,z but then she can have another feed . sometimes she still cracks it, but therre is more understanding and acceptance than if i just cut her off with no warning.
have you thought about night weaning DD before baby arrives?
take care
Thanks for those tips HotI, yeah she does take a cup or sippy cup but not a bottle and she prefers water than anything else. She does have rice milk mixed with some goats milk formula (only way she will drink the goats milk) just before bed. Her weight gain has been poor (she was just over 7kg at 12mths) so that's why he gets the formula with the rice milk due to dairy intolerance also. And if DH gets up to her she will generally resettle until about 3am for him. But he only does this on days he doesn't work and at the moment he works 6-7 days a week. To be honest I hadn't even thought about the night weaning I guess I just thought she miraculously just stop but no sign of that at the moment. But would be good if I wasn't so reliant on it getting her back to sleep.
still going here and i asked hubby if i should stop soon and he said we might think about it when shes closer to 2yrs :heartbeat: i love my hubby :)
Yay!
Ds is almost one and I *think* I'm finally over the thrush! Here's to another year of breastfeeding!!!
My almost 2 year old has recently got her 4 pointy (canine?) teeth. For most of her feeds i now have to reattach her a few times and then finally have to take her off due to pain. I think it is the teeth that are sitting on my skin. is there anything i can do?
Yay Arcadia! After 12 mths with DD1 I finally found a way to manage/beat mastitis. I had three more years of almost incident free bfing. Hope you have as long as you both want now!
I'm dealing with blocked ducts again this time and was pretty sick last night. :( Seems to be okay now so fx it's over for this bout.
Apart from that bfing is great! I'm hoping for another long bfing journey.
Thanks Jen :hug:
HotI both mine seem to bite down on the nipple while they're teething. It should improve when the teeth pop through, but in the meantime you could try altering the feeding position so the same part of your nipple isn't being hurt. Is it worse when you're feeding to sleep?
A year (and two days) breastfeeding! :leap: :happyforyou:
Yay!!! That is awesome Teni :clap:.
yeah the teeth get me too jazzy's molar on one side has come through she is cross cutting really bad it hurts at night in bed its just really sharp