i will have to count the nappies... he does have wet ones, and some dirty, not as many dirty as previously, but does seem to be having quite a few wet ones, but i will definitely have to count...
he has only had 1 proper feed today, at 1.30pm... the rest of the time he has had a few sucks then gotten angry and just wanted to get away from the breast... i rang the ABA and they said as long as he is having wet nappies and is settled and not super unsettled, then he should be okay.... he has slept a lot more than usual..... i am thinking perhaps tonight he will feed regularly again through the night, and then tomorrow he will barely feed.... maybe its some sort of pattern he is getting in.... i dunno.... i am so worried about it but everyone who has seen him says he is fine, thriving, content and happy..... i agree to a point but still the nervous mum in me wants him to feed!! i wish he could go this many hours through the night without feeding!! maybe i will get lucky and in a few days it will be reversed?
i will take him to get weighed etc on monday and to see the MCHN... i hate weekends in the country, so hard to see any health professionals unless you go to the hospital, which i don't think it is warranted as he seems quite happy.
just an update, it appears he is cluster feeding through the night every two hours or less, and refusing the breast during the day completely (i managed only one feed yesterday for the entire day)... he has many awake/alert periods during the day, and at night he feeds then is straight back to sleep, so i wouldn't say he has his days and nights mixed, just a preference to feeding through the night....
any tips on encouraging this feeding routine to change to feeding during the day, or will it just run its course and eventually sort itself out do you think?
Where do you try to feed during the day? Maybe you could try a low-stimulus setting - quiet, darkened room, for eg.
Is there anything different about how you feed at night - lying down?
he has thrush in his mouth!! i suspected it and took him to the doctor today and had it confirmed...
anyone with experience with thrush in babies? i have nilstat oral drops for him, and the doctor said i don't need to do anything to myself, does this sound right?
am going to wash all the clothes and my bras etc in hot hot water... and sterilise dummy and any bottles etc, throw away my expressed breast milk (!!!!)....
hopefully it clears up soon.
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