Babies Born April 2008 #3

[BabyWrangler]

Aahhh back to the BJ I remember from days of old!
We had a MUCH better night last night, maybe because of the stuff we've implemented, maybe because he was tired from the night before, I'm not sure, but I'm happy!

Bj's night went like this:
7pm bottle (EBM with food thickener), Zantac and Lactulose
8pm wrapped and into bed
8:30pm asleep after only losing dummy 3 times (this used to happen every 2 mins or so!)
11:30pm awake, dummy returned
1:00am Bottle (EBM and food thickener), Zantac
1:30am Settled self back to sleep (feeding and settling used to take an hour an a half each night)
5:00am Grunting but still sleeping (I assume he was pooing)
6:30am Bottle (EBM and food thickener)

And now, at 7:15 we are about to get ready to have another snooze.

All in all, a fantastic night...I slept half in the main bedroom with DH, and the last part (the grunty bit) in the spare room (the grunting trips the monitor slightly, and we just get patches of static that wake us up, didn't wanna wake DH).

Hope you all have a great day (I'm feeling awfully chipper today!!) am bound to be back later!

[Fire]

Shoe, what Grubi said, and get to a bfing expert, pronto! Formula is not a better option, and they should be ashamed of themselves for suggesting it. Are THEY the ones gonna be there if he gets ecsema in the middle of the night? Call the ABA, you really seem to want to feed him yourself so you CAN make that happen. Everyone has problems bfing, most of us very significant problems, each our own unique ones but they are all valid and challenging and can make us feel hopeless and like quitting. One word to back those feelings up from a friend, relative or even worse - a medico - and we DO quit. Yet women the world over have to feed and therefore manage to somehow. We can to. The ABA deal with low weight gain all the time, it is their main support problem, they'll be able to help you without threatening ABM on yer a$$.

Eek, gotta run, sorr, back soon

[bellelass]

SG- you're a good mother, working so hard to do what's right for bax, its not easy expressing milk and feeling overtired and sore and awful. Your milk is just what he needs, I agree with everyone else who said get thee to a bfing expert. If you want to keep going with the bfing, then do. hope it gets sorted...

god, slings are magic. this is day 2. Lila slept so well last night, could be coincidence... And she's in it now, I can't believe how much i'm getting done.. wow... I'm still not too clever about putting it on, but I guess that will sort itself out with time... I might even get some baking done today, would be the first time since I was in labor with her...

[mgm]

steph what kind of sling are you using? i've just today put dd in a wrap (bought a long piece of cloth, no-sew, so nothing fancy) and it's fantastic to wear. don't think i'll be doing any baking though! exhausted myself yesterday making pasties to freeze for DS who is incredibly fussy about eating vegies - kind of annoying since we're vegetarian...

shoegal hugs to you, and good luck for baxter's tests.

baby crying, gotta go...

[Fire]

mgm, I bought a piece of stretchy cloth last week and DS seems to like it better than the HaB. I bought it for back carries but have used it for front sometimes. He's in it now. Actually, since someone asked, that's how I can get online, I settle him in the sling on the fitball in front of the computer. I can read that way at least and bounce if he gets unsettled.

Had a motivating night last night. Ci slept from 7pm to 7am, one feed at 10.30 and one at 3am. Woot! Actually, he is bringing in more milk for a growth spurt so I was incredibly engorged by 9pm and by 10pm I couldn't take it anymore and had to wake him! Can you believe that, how unfair is that? They finally do a long stretch and you have to wake them cos yer boobs act up. DH was dealing with a two hour witching spell from 7pm to 9pm for a while there, so he was spared that. I don't mind how many feeds he does in that 12 hour stint, as long as the between times are SLEEP! But I think the growth spurt is partly responsible for his long sleep stint, so we'll see if it's still like this in a day or so. Wowzers those engorged boobs really hurt, eh? Not devastatingly so, but enough to keep you awake until the next feed.

Maybe it was the good night, but I'm feeling a little more positive today. I'm feeling on top of things. A routine has shown itself, a routine of sorts anyway, and I feel I know what I'm doing, and less like I'm being blindly driven around life by a newborn.

[Beatrix]

Wow Janine that great with the night. i normally dont have any probs with mj going back to sleep after her feeds at night. Havent had engorged boobs yet. i dont ever seem to get hard but we have great weight gain and she is well content going 4hrly between feeds.

well we had her needles today, she did well and is fast asleep in my arms.

[Nettie]

Hi there!

Just a quick check in while DS is having quiet time (not asleep, but laying down quietly in his basinette).

Things are going ok, although we've had some new grizzles in the last few days. Liam seems to get pain before, during & after feeds - arches his back, then flings himself forward and cries in pain. Kicks his legs a lot too. He only spilled a little bit (1/2 teaspoon?) Took me ages to calm him down (thanks Janine for the 'talk quietly' tip!)... but now he's fine!

He's been sleeping less lately I reckon - anyone else finding this? There's definitely more 'alert' time.

I'm a bit worried that our house is a bit cold for him. And he's a little rascal for getting his arms out of his wrappings so his hands are always cold. We're thinking about getting a small heater for the bedroom (never heated it before!) and I'm looking into a 'proper' heater for the lounge area (only ever had a cheap radiant heater before) - hopefully this will help.

As for me, I'm still bleeding (has stopped 3 times, then started up again a day later) so I'm going to fill my repeat for my antibiotics. Hopefully Liam's baby biotics will be in at the health food shop tomorrow in case that's what he needs to stop the current issues. I'm a bit worried that I'll have to go through with the ultrasound that's been booked for me for next Thursday - it includes a 'vaginal probe' - eek! Don't wanna go..... Seeing the Ob on Monday and I think I'll talk to him about if I really HAVE to do it. The pains seem to have stopped, it's just the bleeding now.

Someone asked about nappies - I'm still using the disposables that were given to us. They'll run out in the next week or so though and we're considering getting some of those pre-formed cloth ones. But there are soooo many choices out there I'm confused! I'm currently trying to gauge how many nappies we might need to buy, then will go to a shop to have a good long look at all of the choices! In the meantime, I'll use the normal cloth nappies that you have to fold once the disposables run out. I've got about 30 of them here but need to get 'liners' for them - what do any of you use for liners???

Zennie - I hope you're doing ok...

Shoe - I'm sure Baxter will grow at his own pace without help from charts... Is he happy? That's all that matters I reckon. And as long as he's not losing weight.

Nessa - how did YOU go with the injections? I reckon I'll burst into tears!

Janine - I'm yet to feel too much discomfort from engorgement - even after 12 hours of not expressing! Glad to hear you had a good night - hope it keeps up!

Babywrangler - well done on your good night too! Alas, Liam can't keep a dummy in (due to cleft palate) so we try to get him to 'drop off' to sleep without it so it doesn't wake him when he realises it's not there. But sometimes if he wakes up, we have to hold it in until he gets back to sleep - very frustrating at times!

Belle - I often get a chance to read posts (about once a day), but don't always get the time to post myself - so that's why it's a big one when I do! Can't believe how much time I had to myself before Liam came along!! Seems like a distant memory now! I used to spend ages playing Mah Jong in the Arcade! Those times are long gone now...

Have a good one everyone... will look back in tomorrow! May the sleep fairy visit all our young 'uns!