Issy - Well done on such an awesome birth! I'm glad Lochie is doing so well . I didn't get the baby blues this time, but I did with DS1, it was awful! Our hormones are so out of whack after having a bub!
All is going well here, Alana is feeding and sleeping well. She feeds 2 1/2 to 3 hourly during the day and has been sleeping up to 5 hours between feeds overnight which is nice. She had been co-sleeping with me for the first week because she was so unsettled overnight, but I worked out that she was really windy and once we fixed that she's been sleeping with no probs in her cot, *phew*!
Issy- Almost a complete match. I get some baby blues around day 3/4, especially at night (dinner time) It was just too much for me. Trying to keep my 20 month son from sitting on Joshua and cooking dinner and getting my 9 year old daughter to do her homework and have a shower.
Hi Heather, mad8e, Trish, Koru & Dropbear.
This is the first time I have used the computer in two days.
My house is a construction site at the moment. Everything is piled into our dining room while the back of our house is being extended.
Joshua is doing well. The midwife came over today and checked him out. He now weighs 4.32kgs. He is feeding every 2 hours during the day and stretching it abit longer at night. I couldn't tell you how long. I have been feeding and changing nappies in bed. He has been co-sleeping with me as well. I believe he has wind. I have tried Infacol but I am going to get some Infants Friend. This worked on my other son. It is all natural. Hoping to get it sorted so he will sleep in his cradle for longer than 2mins.
Not looking forward to Monday. My husband is back at work. School drop off, bottle feeding, bum changing, doing hair, breast feeding and having a shower all by myself.
For those that don't know the info, Mia Elise was born on the 18th August 2009 weighing 4.05kg, length 53cm and HC 36cm. Labour was 4hours long, including 20min of pushing (which felt like hours!!!!) and I got a 2nd degree tear (ripped in the same spot I did with DD).
Recovery has been pretty quick which is great.
Mia is going ok. We have had many sleepless nights and a generally unsettled baby and are trying to work out what the issue is. I first though silent reflux as she has 80% of the symptoms. So we took her to the dr and he prescribed Zantac. We used this for a few days but it hasn't worked. So I googled some more and now I am convinced that it is Lactose overload. This means I am not letting her drain the whole breast, so she doesn't get any or enough of the hinde milk which is the "fatty" milk. So this is causing her bad wind pains, and making her very unsettled with pain (especially during the night), she always seems hungry (fatty milk is the filling milk), poos are explosive/runny and each nappy has a poo (which is too much apparently) etc etc. So now I have to make sure that she drains the breast properly and have read to change breasts every 3hrs. If she wants a feed before that to use the same breast untill the 3hrs have been reached. Then switch etc. I feel so bad that I have been the cause of her pain
Other then that we are going well. Just hoping to get Mia settled soon so she is a happy bub.
Nadine, it's hard work atm isn't it? I hope Mia improves for you now with your new feeding method. Please don't feel bad, you are doing a great job with her .
Alana is a very windy baby and the first week was so hard, then I read some advice and it has made a huge difference. I stop feeding her every 5 minutes (the advice suggested every 3 minutes at first, but I thought I'd try 5) and I sit her up and burp her. Once a burp has come up we feed for another 5 minutes and repeat burping, all throughout her feed. It seems time consuming, but it pays off because she has far less wind now and sleeps much better. Don't get me wrong, she can still be unsettled with wind, but it's heaps better than it was before I tried that method
We had a pretty unsettled last night though, she has caught a cough from DS1 and she wouldn't sleep unless with me. I hope tonight is better!
Nadine - Its such a challenging period isnt it? Getting to know your baby, establish feeding and sleeping patterns all the while being a mum to another, a wife etc etc etc....
Im sure things will settle down soon. My sis had the same prob with her son last year, the lactose overload was so bad he had bloody poos...terribly upsetting for his tummy! But she got it sorted out with the same method you mentioned and from then on he was fantastic. Good luck!
Trish, it sounds as though Alana is going well. I co-slept with ds1 for over a year...it was the only way we could all get sleep. It didnt bother me much, we slept and he was settled there and really, looking back on it, it was for such a short time.
Hello to all the other ladies...
AFM - Lochie is going really well. He sleeps beautifully (atm!?!) last night it was from 8pm till 7am with one feed in between (2am). He seems to be having short naps in the morning but a long 3 hour sleep from about 2 till 5. He is still being lazy at the breast and refuses to attach without the sheild, but we are managing somehow. I have loads of milk which im having to throw out after expressing cause he doesnt need it. He is gaining loads of weight, sleeps well and is a very calm (lazy???) baby so we are just plodding along with things at the moment. I am however seeing a lactation consultant on Tuesday of next week to see if they can get him attached. Im not sure how long the sheild will serve us as it just doesnt allow them to feed as effectively in general...however, in saying that, Lochie does a pretty good job and certainly doesnt act or look like a child who is milk deprived!!!! hmmmmm....Im praying things continue going so well...
Thanks Trish and Issy Mia is alot more settled now. I now know what a properly emptied breast feels like and if I know she hasn't emptied it I put her back on that breast for the next feed untill it has been emptied. Seems to be working. Although now she is eating alot more so I think she is going through a growth spurt. Yesterday she fed heaps and I had to give her some (lactose free) formula in the afternoon (after attaching her to the breast first so I increase my supply) to satisfy her. She did do a 5hr stretch last night so that was nice (the night before was hell from her feeding every 3hrs so I only got 2hr block sleeps). And she doesn't seem to be in pain anymore which is so nice to see.
She is our little piggy and had gained 580g (undressed weight) in 11days!
AND..... we got our first smile today I was talking to her and she smiled. It was definately genuine as you can tell in their eyes. Makes your heart melt
Trish- Yes I had been doing that too (still do) as I thought that was the issue with Mia but it didn't seem to help. She burps really well though so that is atleast one less thing I have to worry about. I guess their systems have to get use to functioning properly.
Issy- Sounds like Lochie is a great baby. You're very lucky DD#1 was a content baby too so Mia being unsettled was a bit of a shock to us, lol. But hopefully we have that sorted now (untill something else gets sprung on us, haha).
Hi guys,
I've been a bit slack posting in here - have made a few entries in the other August thread when I got the chance.
Nadine that sounds exactly like what i'm going thru with Orla - trying to empty one breast fully and lots of 'burp breaks' seems to be helping. Although last night was atrocious! She screamed her head off for a few hours before finally dropping off at midnight and slept for 6 hours! Go figure! I'm hoping this is just her establishing a new 'pattern' since we seemed to be on top of things since last week.....hmmmmm....
Issy what a great birth experience you had Did you write it up in the Birth Stories section too?
I really must get round to writing my birth story but my mum is here from NZ at the mo - I think it's actually MORE work having her here as I am constantly having to defend my parenting choices: co-sleeping, cloth nappies (we had meant ot start those this week but ran out of time to get them organised before she arrived but I'm still getting the lectures!), demand feeding - all a bit strange to her!
OK better hang out the washing and try and grab a nap.....
. I didn't get the baby blues this time, but I did with DS1, it was awful! Our hormones are so out of whack after having a bub!
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Nadine, it's hard work atm isn't it? I hope Mia improves for you now with your new feeding method. Please don't feel bad, you are doing a great job with her 
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