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happy 10 months old tara.
kel sorry this transfer didnt work hun but lucky # 5 will be the one hun.
to all you girls just wanted to say a big hi and i hope all is well.my girl now has 2 teethy pegs woot woot and all is good in smithy land,im just waiting for dh tax to come back and im goin shopping yay i need new clothes.so bring on my tax cheque lol..
Do babies go through phases or is he just going to be like this??? He's getting worse by the day in terms of sleeping - today he had 2 x 30 mins naps and one 2.5 hour one in the sling but despite being incredibly tired now and several feeds later he won't stay asleep - keeps waking after 20 mins and nothing we do can get him to sleep for longer. Am at my wits end and not coping...
lise it will be phases.
I remember phases of Sam only sleeping for half an hour at a time, and only in our arms... He still doesn't self-settle (time enough for that later!), but he will now have a three hour sleep during the day and will sleep through the night. The cat-napping phases are horrid. It could be that he's wanting more awake time in between feeds - always a shock to the system when that happens.
It will pass soon - it doesn't mean he will always be like this. :hug:
BW
Yeah, they change constantly. :hug:
This may sound like crappy advice, but sometimes you just have to go with it. He doesn't want to sleep, then he isn't going to. Trying to force the issue (no matter how tired he is or how much he obviously needs to sleep) only makes your life more difficult. It took me a loooooong time to accept this, but when I did finally realise that I was making life harder for myself by stressing about it and instead just let go, things got so much easier.
If it's day time, just do something else for a bit and then try again. Get out for a walk or stick him back in the sling - whatever might help or at least give you a change of scene.
At night, maybe try to tag-team with your DH. It's easier to cope if you know you have relief taking over in a few hours.
DS got worse and worse till around 10-11 weeks. Then he got better. Then he got worse again. Then better. Then worse still... they're all different, but one constant is the way they always change on you.
Hang in there and just try to grab whatever breaks or rest that you can.
Lise - my advice of a mum of two boys, one how slept and a new one who doesnt is go with the flow. Let him sleep when he wants. If I recall right you said he is refluxy bad advice that the clinic nurses would cringe at try (if you are comfortable with it) sleeping him on his tummy. Xavier will only sleep on his tummy and Campbell slept on his tummy during the day and his back at night. I go and check on both boys before I go to bed and they are both asleep on there tummies. We went through a time where Xavier was waking every hour through the night, rolled him onto his tummy and he slept through.
Hi to everyone else we are still around but busy busy. I feel like all I do at the moment is feed kids.lol I am enjoying staying at home but am also beginning to miss work. Just have to do kindy roster more often.
Hello to you all,
Big hugs to you Kelly with the FET and all that horrid teething. I'm really hoping you all get some relief from the tooth monster soon.
I just have to have a big fat brag about my wee Jazzy. I just caught up with you all and now you have to realise I love you Kelly but to me, you are the wonder mum who gets everything just perfect and has this over-achieving little teething monster:p We all know Jazzy is a bit behind all the babies born at the same time, not rolling much when even little Ashton is rolling everywhere. She's not crawling, but wait for it....Jellyfish Jazz is standing all the time and can stand up against things without being held and yesterday she took her first real steps on her own between Andy and me! Of course she isn't standing without holding on but the steps she did naturally, bringing the hips up and practically ran to me on one attempt. It's the cutest thing because she is still sooooo little. I weighed her yesterday for the first time in ages...end of brag:redface: She was semi-clothed and with a pooey nappy so as DH put it, this is her weight ringing wet - 6.5 kilos. I should be worried and maybe supplementary feeding but her brain is developing out of sight, she is hitting and exceeding all milestones and always breastfeeding well and goes on and off solids as teething and growing permit. I am not going to give in and take her to a doctor for advice unless I feel that she is failing to thrive (to use their words). I just have a little girl who must have inherited her great grandmother's genes. I think she may skip crawling and go straight to walking at this rate, although at the same time, she is getting crawling a bit sussed and getting those legs out of sitting, rocking forward and propelling a bit. Mostly she is just happy to shuffle on her bum.
The weather here is cyclonic tonight and I have discovered since moving to the windiest place on the continent that wind really peaks my anxiety. I'm not sure why but I have been awake and anxious since 2am. I tried meditating for about an hour in bed but everyone was snoring but me so here I am.
I can't add anything useful to the talk of sleep habits, as I have said before, I do all the wrong things according to the books, just like PoppyFairy. I have always held, rocked and breastfed Jasmine to sleep and it has been the perfect fit for our family. I guess both DH and I have a lot of empathy and can't be hard nosed about routines and 'shoulds'. we do like Marcellus suggests, always go with her own rhythms and don't try to put her down when she isn't tired or can't get there herself. It's a big cold scary place out there in the world away from mum and dad and who doesn't want to feel safe and warm? There's time to build those independence skills later down the track but it's a wonderful thing to know that you are the one person (or two) that this little person trusts and feels safe with. It's a cultural thing, in the west it's so frowned upon to give your baby the comfort they want, but other cultures find it perfectly normal to sleep with their baby, to feed and comfort on demand. I find the greatest stress comes from the expectation to do something other than what your instincts tell you is right and for me that is to make my baby feel safe and build her up gradually to find that safe feeling on her own with us as her reference point. Of course that's only one way to do it and like I say if it feels right to do it another way, and you and your baby are happy, then that's great. I get 14 hours of sleep per day out of Jazz doing it her way and that's what works for her.
Lise, don't underestimate how important your own sleep is. It's not giving in to go with something that feels a bit less rigid. If you are worried about sleeping upright with your baby on your shoulder, that was me my whole pregnancy, sleeping upright with serious indigestion and reflux like your little fella and a breech baby whose head was permanently stuck in my rib cage...urgghhh... the memories. If you get some sleep, whatever way you can, you can make decisions when your head is clearer and you are all happier. Try not to be so hard on yourself and you will start to enjoy this time more I'm sure. It's a hard time for the babies as they can't push wind through yet and there's lots of phases to go through. Good luck.
Here's a little story from my last trip to the library. I was huddled over some books in a bit of a walkway with jazzy and keen to reduce the trip hazard on people trying to get past, I picked jazzy up and leaned her up against the flash new cubby so she could stand and be out of my way. she was right where I could see her and people kept stopping to ask about her damn gorgeous hat and comment on her. I chatted to a few because those hats are such conversation starters and they put a smile on everyone's faces (they are like cuddle pot and snuggle pie - my cousin has knitted her 5 now and they are soooo cute, but it makes me get so much attention). Anyway back to the kid standing outside the cubby, this lady who may have been Tibetan and spoke no English, started talking to jasmine and then just picked her up and starts slowly walking away with her. Now mothers, are you with me...a stranger has picked up my baby...I had my mental picture of all exits and I was trying to calm myself while my mother's instinct to tear her throat out subsided. I concluded that this was probably a perfectly normal thing in her culture and she just took her around the shelves for a couple of laps before bringing her back, while I was doing my best impersonation of nonchalance which I'nm sure would have looked like sheer terror despite trying to disguise it. I actually get that a bit with people wherever I go wanting to hold her. I do like to give people that connection with this little joy bringer but that library thing had my heart going.
Well I had better try and get some sleep before the possum wakes for an early feed.
P.S I stalk you when I can and Smithy I keep looking at your gorgeous Charlie changing all the time.
Nigh night all, I hope xox
Lise - What Murph said about babies, sleep and comforting! Blows my mind how our culture discourages us from loving and comforting our children. I said to someone the other day that it is sad that you have to justify with scientific evidence the fact the you might pick up your child when they cry or cuddle them to sleep etc etc. Also the other ladies are right....nothing is set in stone with a baby...they change daily..just when you think you have it sorted, they go and change on you!!!
Thanks ladies for sharing your thoughts and stories. I'm just really struggling because it's not just that Finn doesn't want to sleep in his basket but he doesn't want to sleep anywhere - my arms, in bed with me, anywhere. And in between his catnaps when we can get him to sleep he's unsettled and tired. I'm going to talk with the MACH nurse next week because I'm stressed, tired, teary and spend all day thinking I'm doing the wrong thing. Will let you know how we go.
Hope everyone is doing well, apologies for the constant me posts and not really giving anything back.
It's ok, Lise. I think we've all been there. Do you think he could be in pain and perhaps can't sleep because of it? Wind pain perhaps? Just throwing out ideas at the moment - thinking of things that gave our boy a hard time. Certainly talk to someone if you are having trouble coping.
BW
Lise - between 4-6 weeks they have a wonder week where most of it is related to a developmental change. They are awake more, perceive sensation / taste / sound / movement differently and it is stressful for them. They cry because they don't know how to manage all of the changes. All they want and need is closeness to mummy. You can't spoil them at this age. Cuddle them, put them into a sling and carry them close to you. Massage (although it is harder in winter when you are trying not to snap freeze them!!) - do anything you need to to settle them. And do it without guilt :hug: It will pass soon. And then you get the next one ;)
Hi All
Well we are away for a week now to hopefully see some sunshine, we are at the IL's in Merimbula. We arrived yesterday after a mammoth 11 hour drive - including 3 stops - and Tara was such a trooper with very little complaints, although we are all exhausted today especially one little girl.
Anyway I'm still waiting for AF to show up to get one with our next FET cycle, it's been 7 days now since my last progesterone pessary. I've never had to wait this long after a failed cycle for AF to show her head so if she is not here by the time we get home I'll be onto the clinic to find out what to do. For some reason this cycle has felt strangely odd compared to all my previous FET's. Anyway better go as I have a baby on my lap trying to paly with the laptop.
Hello,
just popping my head in to see how you are going Lise? You'll find that we all rally around at times like now because we have all been through it to some degree. It sounds like Finn is in pain so I hope you get some answers soon. I still sometimes have to think to go back to all the common sense solutions of those early weeks and sometimes it's as easy as bicycling her legs or good old fashioned burping. Jasmine was never great at burping and threw up on any of the wind remedies so I threw them in the bin so for us there were many many weeks of walking and dancing around the veranda of our old Daintree home, rocking this little one. It only really lasted until about 12 weeks when she started being able to pass wind on her own. Some of those wind drops worked wonders with the other girl's babies though if that's your problem.
Well jazz has just escaped while I had my back turned and has made it into the kitchen by scooting on her bum. tricky bugger..gotta go
It's a really hard time Lise, for all of you - and just like Michelle describes, it's very common.
How much support and help are you getting? I think sometimes we have this idea that mum has to just cope and do everything herself, but that's really unrealistic and no good for mum or baby. Do you have family around to help out? Or anyone else?
My mum used to come during the day and watch DS for a few hours while I napped. She'd also do a bit of cooking and light housework while she was there - it's easy when you're getting sleep, impossible when you're completely shattered! DH did the second half of the night for those weeks when DS was really unsettled. I meant we both got some uninterrupted sleep, even if only a few hours.
Glad your DD went well on the trip Kelly.
Go Jazzy!! :)
:hug: hugs to you lise,you poor bugga i hope things start to get better soon.
a big hello to all you girls i hope you are all well and all your little bubbas are also well;) all is good here in smithy land ,charlie and i are busy all day with our chooks and vegy patch lol.we have even made charlie a fairy garden and it looks awsom,i got some fairy lights and bought a heap of flowers and fairy statues and it looks great some colourfull windmills that she loves to look at.ill post a pic as soon as the flowers pick up a bit cause i got seedlings lol.she love to get her 2 eggs every morning and just loves to be out side shes so funny.
so girls i hope you all have a nice weekend im still waiting for our dam tax.
take care and huggles and kisses to you all.
Thanks for your thoughts ladies, it's enough to bring tears to my eyes! Finn's reflux, feeding and sleeping are actually getting worse so we're at QEII which is a family centre for babies and toddlers. Am hoping they can help a bit because he's not putting any weight on and every feed is a struggle which ends with both oYep, see you both thenf us in tears - his from pain and mine because I feel so useless seeing him like that and not being able to do anything. Will let you know how we go xx
Oh Lise it's good you're getting help. I hope you can sort things out. Maybe use this as an opportunity to rest yourself and don't be hard on yourself, please! You're learning as you go and you will get there :hug:
lise hun it sounds like your in the rite place to me and your doing a wonderful thing you will get all the help you need there hun and i wish you all the best.hang in there hun it will all work out.
big hi to you all.
Lise, sorry to hear you are doing it so tough. It's easy to tell you not to feel useless, but harder to stand by and feel you can't help your baby. You're doing the best you can and you will learn whatever is going on with his little system and be an expert in no time. Soon no one will know your baby like you do so hang in there, they're tricky buggers. Look after yourself and let us know how you get on.xo
Hey there Smiffy! I love hearing about your life with miss c and the chooks. What a world away from that horrible place you were in before. I should have vegies and chooks too. We.ve got everything set up and an enormous yard. I love the idea of a fairy garden, how cute is that?
We have settled into a routine with our therapy and travel. we skype witht he therapist weekly and do the big trip to the mainland every fortnight. Now that Jazz is bigger and I don't have to stop for extra feeds, it only takes about 4-5 hours one way. I'm trying to get to a stage where I don't have to stay in Adelaide overnight and can just do the therapy and travel all in the one day. It's a big day but better that than two big days and a night away every fortnight.
We are off to Melbourne next month for more tests and to dot the i's and cross the t's to make sure jazz is a candidate for the Coclear implants. I know, I know, I thought it was a done deal too but apparently, deaf as a post does not automatically guarantee approval. So, back for more interviews with the head of the implant team and surgeon and hopefully a big fat tick in the box for implants and a date in November when the health fund kicks in. I'm sure it's just standard procedure but it's a bit annoying.
Feel free to add your stats to mine, but I am just going to give you an update on Jasmine's and look forward to comparing yours for a bit of fun.
Age: 9 and a half months,
Height: 68 cm
Weight: 6.5 kilos
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: brown
Hope the weather smiles on you all today. My stinky weather blew the nappies off the line yesterday!
Have a great day;)
Hiya Loverlies!
Oh Lise hunny, big :hug: to you. Sounds like you're in a good place though!
Hey Farmer Smithy! Look forward to getting on a real 'puter so I can check out your pics!
Sorry to hear this cycle didn't work Kelly, :pray: that next time is the one!
Murph: :crossfingers:, toes and all my bits that Jazzy J qualifies!
AFU: little Hunka Chunka is doing well. Had a scan today as the doc was a little worried about the size of his big boof head so we had a brain scan done and all is good. The teething monster is still terrorizing us, hopefully they'll cut soon. We're a big tough nut that's sitting up now, tries to crawl & can stand up when holding on to furniture. He is just itching to get up & run so I have a feeling that will come early too!
Love the stats Murph! Here's ours:
Age: 5 months
Weight: 8.77kg
Height: 73cm
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Golden
Yep as I said a big hunka chunka :lol:
Hope you girls enjoy the rest of your hump day!
:lol: hiya to all you beauties,
just popping in to say i hope you all have a wonderful weekend.and bring on my tax :)
murph and boc its lovely to hear from you both ,big snuggles and kisses to you both girls and thanks for thinking of me i feel very spesh lol.murph you poor love you sound ever so busy hun and i take my hat off to you ,your a great mum thats for sure ,boc you sound really good hun and yep you have a chunka there hun :lol: and as for the teeth miss c now has 3 and we have been so lucky with her as all shes eva had is a red bum and rosy cheeks,so i wish you luk and hope them toofys come through soon.
all is wonderful here,bit tired but arnt we all lol off to vote today still have no idea who for but :rolleyes: some one who can help with every day costs.....mmmmmm anyways girls take care and ill add my stats to yours murph i have no idea what length miss c is atm.
SMITHY=
Age: 7 months
Weight: 8.25 kgs
Height: not sure
Eyes: blue
Hair: golden blonde with a tinge of red in the sun
BOC=
Age: 5 months
Weight: 8.77kg
Height: 73cm
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Golden
MURPH=
Age: 9 and a half months,
Height: 68 cm
Weight: 6.5 kilos
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: brown
Melbel=
Age: 6 months
Height: 65 cm
Weight: 7.2 kilos
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: bald as a badger!
Poppyfairy
Age- 7 months (31 weeks)
Weight - 8.1 kg or 17lb 13 1/2 oz (at last weigh in two weeks ago)
Height - no idea but long enough for his little feet to bang against my thighs when walking with him in the sling!!
Eyes - Grey blue
Hair - golden blonde with tinges of red in sun
Milestones - rolling and sitting up, saying dadadada and getting upset when he cannot see me.
Teeth - none!!!! but lots of teething behaviour!!
Marcellus=
Can't add stats, sorry, as I have no idea.
He's 2 years 4 months, too heavy to carry for long and tall enough to bang his head on the table. Still blonde & blue eyed, that much I know
Wow! how amazing it is how our bubbas differ in dimensions...LOL.
we have another lanky skinny one.
SMITHY=
Age: 7 months
Weight: 8.25 kgs
Height: not sure
Eyes: blue
Hair: golden blonde with a tinge of red in the sun
BOC=
Age: 5 months
Weight: 8.77kg
Height: 73cm
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Golden
MURPH=
Age: 9 and a half months,
Height: 68 cm
Weight: 6.5 kilos
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: brown
Melbel=
Age: 6 months
Height: 65 cm
Weight: 7.2 kilos
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: bald as a badger!
Hiya!
Can't add stats, sorry, as I have no idea.
He's 2 years 4 months, too heavy to carry for long and tall enough to bang his head on the table. Still blonde & blue eyed, that much I know :)
Good luck with all the paperwork Murph, hope that's the last of it (for now anyway)
Hi! I've added some bits if that is ok.
Poppyfairy
Age- 7 months (31 weeks)
Weight - 8.1 kg or 17lb 13 1/2 oz (at last weigh in two weeks ago)
Height - no idea but long enough for his little feet to bang against my thighs when walking with him in the sling!!
Eyes - Grey blue
Hair - golden blonde with tinges of red in sun
Milestones - rolling and sitting up, saying dadadada and getting upset when he cannot see me.
Teeth - none!!!! but lots of teething behaviour!!
Just popping in to say what a very excited Mumma I am... JD is commando-crawling! Started this morning! He also gets up on his hands & knees, rocks forward & back then launches & face-plants the floor so I'm thinking it won't be long for full-blown crawling!
Oh and we've recently developed ticklish spots which make for endless hours of giggles & entertainment! Love it!
Thought I would add to the stats
Xavier is
Age 7 months
Weight 7.9kg
Length 67.5cm
Eyes brown brown brown
Hair golden brown and getting lighter every day
We are all doing well just busy as usual. must be off to get dinner ready.
another set of stats here
BG - Emerald
Age- 15 months (near enough)
Weight - 12kg
Height - ummm, no idea - tall enough to drag stuff off the table
Eyes - blue (and very cheeky)
Hair - strawberry blonde
Milestones - running everywhere, getting in trouble, trying to say big words that she really shouldn't be trying yet (like ferdinand - for her toy cow - came out nerdinan)
Teeth - 9 fully though, 5 on the move (three cut through, then disappeared again, i think they're up again now)
just stopping in to say hello! been busy trying to sell the house so i'm a bit AWOL
Sam...
Age: 20 months
Weight: 14kg (!!!!)
Height: 87cm (also !!!!)
Eyes: the most gorgeous and amazing blue
Hair: golden blonde with reddish lights
Milestones: walks and runs, getting there with talking, can now feed himself with a spoon or fork
Teeth: 14, with his bottom two canines apparently on the move again *sigh*
Like BG - post and run today. Enjoying a bit of computer time while Sam and DH entertain themselves in the lounge room, but need to start on bath and bottle routine right now!
BW
Melbel - isn't it cute, your little CJ and my little AJ are both totally bald! And it's so very cold to be bald (especially today). Thank goodness for knitted hats :)
Hi Girls.Well after quite some time,i have found both a little time and a little energy to get online and make contact.As you may know already and for those that dont,i have become the proud mummy of a precious baby girl named Ellie Juliette.She has stolen my heart in a big way..i never knew i could be so in love with another child but oh my..its overwhelming.
She is a very good baby.She sleeps alot and when she is awake she loves to stare at the bright colours on the tv.A real old soul,she is.
I still cant believe she is here though after 6.5 years of trying to create her. I cant wait to be pregnant again.I already am clucky for another but DH said only if it "miraculously" happens naturally as finances are really tight now.Im hoping that by being pregnant,it has stimulated my body to work properly and hoping too,that it has 'cleaned' my insides out.Firstly you must do the deed though and i cringe to admit that we still havnt since before the egg collection so about 10-11 months!!!! I am still waiting for bleeding to stop and my c section scar is still painful so it could be some time yet.
Anyhow i havnt gone through and read anyones posts as i wanted to get some advice and do a brief RE-introduction before lady muck wakes for her feed in 20 minutes.
Im curious when everyone had their baby's first vaccinations done and how their baby went. The 8 week vacs are now being done at 6 weeks due to the whooping cough epidemic and im so unsure when to have Ellie's done.Id prefer to wait til 8 weeks but as we have a big family gathering on Fathers day with the familly and 5 small children,coming to meet our princess,i wonder if i should get them done early.Ellie will be 6 weeks on the friday before the fathers day weekend and dont know whether to stay at home,away from the cousins kids or get her vaccinated right on the 6 week mark,2 days prior to fathers day?
Any advice would be fantastic.Im so worried she will get sick and dont know what to do.My dr says she should stay away from other children and that most people get their bubs done at 6 weeks but i just dont know.
PLEASE help.xoxox
Hi and welcome WB2 (you'll need to change your username now ;))
Whooping cough requires sustained contact with someone infected to pass it on - 3+ hours I think. So you might feel comfortable with limited contact prior to vaccination. A lot of the time these things get passed on by adults who have not had boosters and don't really feel ill - just something to consider.
Personally I'd prefer to put these things off as long as possible, but we all have different perspectives and attitudes toward risk.
ner ner baldy babies :) It is bad weather for no hair!
I love reading the stats of all the little bubs, so cute! Here's Finn's:
Age: 7 weeks
Weight: 5.1kg
Height: 56cm
Eyes: blue but I think they'll change...
Hair: dark brown
Milestones: smiling :)
Teeth: none thank goodness!
Well we're home from the baby centre and really I think Finn is just the same. We saw the paed again yesterday and he changed Finn's reflux medication so am waiting for that to kick in. Apparently the one he was on only works about 50% of the time whereas the one he's now on is brilliant - if it doesn't work then it's not reflux. So fingers crossed...
Apologies yet again for the lack of persies - Finn is waking so better run
Hi Girls
I'm still floating around, we are back from holidays and DH is still off work until next Monday so hopefully will get some time to catch up when everything is back to normal.
But here are our stats, they may be a little out (but close enough) as we have done them at home as Tara's next MCHN visit isn't until 12 months.
Age: 10 1/2 months
Weight: 9.5kg's approx
Height: 80cm approx
Eyes: Big Blue Eyes with long eyelashes
Hair: Auburn
Teeth: 6
Milestones: Now says Yay and Ta as well as Mum and sometimes Dad. Still not crawling but wants to stand up at every opportunity - mainly on me..
Lise: what is he on now? JD is on Losec solution and it works wonders!
WB2: I'm one that's all for the 6 weekers. I had JD done right on 6 weeks to the day. IMO it's better to be safe than sorry. And as before, it's more likely the adults you have to worry about not kids, as adults previous boosters can become ineffective and they can be carrying without knowing.
What is worrying you? Is it the side effects?
Hi Lovely Gals!
I'm back :)
I forgot my password so I was just reading and not posting but it came to me in a flash today and here I am!
All is going well with Colt. He has a pretty solid routine which he set himself (bless his little heart)
He is sleeping through the night, goes to bed at around 8.30ish (although over the last few nights its been earlier as he has been really tired) and wakes up about 8am. He has a feed in bed with me and we both go back to sleep til about 9.30 (oh the guilty pleasure of it!)
We get up and he has some apples and farex and a small bottle, then he is awake for about an hour. After jumping madly in the jumperoo while he watches Brum, he's off to sleep again for a couple hours. Through the day I breastfeed him but he has a bottle of expressed milk at around 6ish because my boobs just cant take the abuse at that hour and I seem to have a low supply of milk by the end of the day. I stay up really late (because I am a night owl) and I express before bed. In fact I am just about to do that now :)
So he is doing really great since the traumatic birth and rhesus disease. Everything seems fine, no liver problems or anything else that goes along with it. THANK GOD.
I have a question. Has anyone noticed that the week before your period you seem to have less milk and baby is REALLY fussy on the breast? Colt is killin' me with his suck suck suck - turn head and rip nipple and holler, launch at nipple and suck suck suck, drag away again ... etc etc. Its almost like he doesnt like the taste and gets annoyed! Sometimes I have to top him up because he clearly still hungry but just WILL NOT stay on the boob! Anyone else experienced this?
Here are Colts stats:
Age:22wks 6days
Weight:7.4kg
Length:not sure, will measure tomorrow
Eyes:purpley-blue!
Hair:golden brown in the sun
*deep sigh* soooo nice to be back!
Hi SJ
Wonderful to hear how well Colt is doing!
As for the milk questions. AF can alter the flavour, and babies often get fussy at the breast before it arrives. It doesn't affect your supply but it might seem like that's the problem. I think usually it gets better each time you get your period, so hopefully it will settle down for you guys.
BOC - yeah, Finn has just started on Losec too. Am praying it works so I can have my happy smiley baby back. Can I ask if you're still breastfeeding JD or is he on formula? I ask because although I'm still feeding Finn it's such a struggle and the times when he's had formula he's so much happier...
Hi Sammiejam, nice to see you back :) Nice little routine Colt has there, I like it!!
Hope the new medicine does the trick Lise. :hug:
Who have you gotten help from with the feeding? Have you spoken with an LC? If you're giving formula as well, is that due to low supply? You mentioned weight gain problems before too, right?
It is really hard in the early weeks getting things sorted, and only harder still when you have extra troubles as well. If it's a supply issue, the formula may be helping to fill him up (unfortunately it wont' help with your supply problems, but gets you through when you need it). Sometimes because they can't regulate the flow of milk froma bottle as well as fom the breast they can get overfull and will naturally nod off at that point. Also, wanting to feed all the time at the breast doesn't necessarily mean he's not getting enough (have to watch all the other signs as well) - they will suck for comfort and reflux babies especially need this!
Anyway, never mind me and my unsolicited advice. You're doing well Lise, really, you will get there. Still early days yet :hug:
Marcellus, I did see a LC who helped get him off the nipple shield, and then the nurses at QEII (the baby clinic we were at, some of them were LCs) who helped with his feeding just said that reflux babies were mostly fussy and difficult to feed and just do the best you can! So Finn will switch sides sometimes up to 3 or 4 times during a feed but it still not happy. A couple of times in desperation i've tried a bottle after another dreadful feed and he sucks away quite happily. I would definitely rather breastfeed but when it's such a struggle and he seems in so much pain during/afterwards, and then when I see him happily drink a bottle without any fuss or pain, well I wonder if i'm doing the right thing continuing with the breastfeeding. But the medication should kick in very soon and i'm SURE he'll be a much better and happier feeder after that...!!
For what it's worth, breastmilk is still (generally) the better option for their little tummies (and of course has all sorts of other things in it that formula doesn't), though it may not always seem that way. Is it a special kind of formula that you use, or regular cows milk based one?
Anyway, I sure hope that medicine will help settle things down and soon! DS had silent reflux. we didn't need medication but found that keeping him upright as much as possible and using a dummy at times seemed to help. The dummy is often recommended as they can suck and swallow without getting extra milk as they would at the breast.
I'm wondering if there's something in your diet, lise, that may be the culprit. Sam was a happy chucker most of the time. Some times not so happy. We used a dummy to help stem the flow of puke to greater or lesser extent... but he was FF from birth as my milk never came in. Hard to stimulate a supply with a pump when your premie can't attach!
BW