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sarah: lol falling asleep mid poop, sorry shouldn't laugh. Chase never really has to fight to get his out, before i gave him solids he would just keep the same expression on his face and just poo. Now he presses his lips together and does tiny little grunt sounds and his face goes red, i think its so cute until i remember i have to change the nappy haha
Hey girls approx how many feeds a day are your bubs having? I'm a bit worried Chloe isn't feeding enough we have always demand fed, she's having heaps of wet nappies and is happy and alert when awake....on average she is only having about 4 feeds a day!! She's sleeping 7.30-7.30 and having feed at about 7.45, then about 11.45 then a sleep for 2-3hrs, feed when she wakes up then feed right before bed.....she has both sides most feeds.....
Lou we go through stages like that. All I can say is offer it often. She will take it if she wants. Then suddenly you'll find yourself feeding constantly again!
Wyatt is feeding like a NB at the mo.
Exhausted!!!
Eden's feeding is all over the place. Yesterday it was breakfast time-ish, 10, 2, 3, 4, 430, 630, 730-930 (yep seriously), 1145, 245, 6am (now). The night before last- I can't remember but it was between 1.5-2hrs between. I was knackered!
But just offer her when you think she needs a feed.
Aurora is feeding like Eden... But this is new and generally she is only feeding one side, average feed is 5 mins long (I am tracking it with an app as she is so over the place at the moment) it's exhausting! She is also not sleeping in the day, average 4 month olds ate meant to sleep 16 hours, she is just scraping 13...
Lou, if she has wet nappies and is happy, I would say it's fine, how long is she feeding for? If you are worried, can you get her weighed?
Thanks girls well I tried to dreamfeed her and she carried on like I was trying to poison her, then went straight back to sleep. Am getting her weighed today as I need new losec script might have a chat to gp and see what she thinks.
Sam when feeding she fully drains both sides, prob about 45-50 minutes feeding time in total, unless we are out then she will have a quick feed cos she is too distracted then have huge feed when we get home. Guess I'm just worried cos she had slept through pretty much since 8 weeks, and always had heaps of feeds through the day. Oh well no doubt ill be whinging about the next growth spurt soon enough. Can't please me lol
Kylz I think we both were lol. Did you find some?
H man is feeding every 4 hrs night and day! Where did my sleeping through boy go? Never mind he must be hungry as he is drinking 270ml each feed!
MCHN this morning... See how much bigger my big guy has got!
Where kylz?!
Jak Chloe has a 'hungry' side, and a 'comfort and nod off to sleep' side. My right boob is the dodgy one, since birth she hated it unless just having a drink or she's not that hungry....and when I express I only get half the amount from that side. Weird....but I must admit she is a pretty good feeder....
Just had MCHN
@ 4 months:
9.2kgs - off the percentile charts!!
Head - 44cms (97th percentile)
Length 68cms (99th percentile)
and the nurse telling me he is the size of a 12 month old! Eeek!!
Jaki, MJ was a tiny girl, long and skinny... They all sort of even out by the time they are moving about... Auroras measurements are a month ahead of what MJ did...
wow kate H is a big boy!!! Must be all the mummy love he is getting
jaki, chase isn't really a fan of my right side. He does the bare essentials; gets his milk and then he wants off. The left side is his favourite, he will hang out on that one all day if I let him lol
Well Dh had to call this job today and ask when someone was going to call him about a medical so he could start work. HR had no idea who he was so had to call the head guy who hired him. All fixed in a couple of hours and he is going in for a medical tomorrow at 1030am. find out of he is cleared the next day and then hopefully he will be starting work next week thank god!
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we have always demand fed, she's having heaps of wet nappies and is happy and alert when awake....on average she is only having about 4 feeds a day!! She's sleeping 7.30-7.30 and having feed at about 7.45, then about 11.45 then a sleep for 2-3hrs, feed when she wakes up then feed right before bed.....she has both sides most feeds.....
well I tried to dreamfeed her and she carried on like I was trying to poison her, then went straight back to sleep. Am getting her weighed today as I need new losec script might have a chat to gp and see what she thinks.
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