squidipa.. thank you for your honesty- reading you rpost was like a glimpse into my life for the past few days!! (minus having to care for another child on top of my new born- i dont know HOW you ladies do that!!!!!) For his first week- i did have a "perfect baby!!" he was a dream- feed well- slept great- but my goodness- how things can change in a matter of days!!!!
Well my lovely happy boy has turned into a monster!!!!! Hence why i have had no time to check in!! He is suffering major wind and he has discovered his lungs in a BIG way!!!
He has been MAJORLY unsettled for the past few days- wanting the boobie until he gets it- then drops off- has a power nap of 10 minutes and then BAM wakes up screaming again until i put him back on and then he doesnt even feed- he just wants the nipple in his mouth!! Poor daddy tries to help settle him- but it just doesnt work- he wants mummy ALL the time- i hear you squidipa about not eating a hot meal or drinking a hot cup of tea- its like Shane has a detector in his head that knows when my dinner is ready or when DH has made me a cuppa after he has finally settled (or so we think) and as soon as i am about to put fork to mouth- he wakes crying!!
We have tried a few things to help his wind- Infants friend seems to help some days- but not others- it seems once he works himself up into a tizzy- he just WILL not burp!!!!! Plus i think it is hurting him to poo- as when it seems like he is squeezing one out- his little face crumples up and goes red and he howls!!!!! Plus he has broken out in milk pimples all over his tiny little face- they are red and looking sore- so he looks awful (even as his mummy i think he looks bad!! how mean of me) and he seems so unhappy!!! Showers seem to do the trick to relax him a bit and make him tired enough to sleep for more than an hour- his night sleeps are still pretty good- down at about 10:30-11 and not up till 3- but then once the sun comes up- he is restless.
We have our first early childhood appt tomorrow- so i am hoping they will shed some light on why he is sooo unsettled and give me some tips to how i can get my happy baby back!! I knew things were going too good to be true!! Also my butt is still sore- and it hurts to get up and move around- it is getting better slowly- but i am still uncomfortable when feeding - far worse then i was with the c section!!
It feels good to let that out- i have managed to keep my emotions under control pretty well so far- i have only had one or two cries of frustration and pain (more so the day after i fell down the stairs- my butt REALLY hurt!!!) and DH has been fantastic and tries to help as much as possible- but what can he do when the boy only wants mummy and her boobies!!!!
As for sex or contraception- i am not allowed to get pregnant for at least 12 months (fine with me!!!!!! couldnt imagine doing this with another small child as well!!!) due to repeat c sections- and we tend to fall easily too- and even though i am brest feeding- i am not taking the chance that that will work as a contraceptive- especially as my sister fell again just 5 months after her son was born- and she was breast feeding!! I cant take the normal pill- and i found that tended to make me slightly scitzo anyway- so i am trying the mini pill- and if that doesnt have any bad effects- i will look into the implantation. Dh hasnt been putting any pressure on me- but i am getting a tad randy!! lol if it wasnt for my sore butt and bleeding still i probably would have jumped him already!! lol
Time to go- someone is stirring again!!
Take care everyone!!
I will try and do some personals later- just wanted to check in and say
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