Just wanted to post quickly as Willa is FINALLY asleep and who knows how long that will last for...
Kirst - I didn't know some chemists lease out breast pumps. Def. have to look into that as I don't fancy traveling to Castle Hill to pick one up from the ABA.
And I just wanted to say that without nurses, my experience with the healthcare system would be nightmarish. My DH's aunt is a midwife and she likes to joke that for uncomplicated births, Obgyn's don't so much deliver babies as merely 'catch' them. It's the nurses and the mums that do all the hard work!
Re. baby health checks, we had the MCHN visit in Week 2 to check Willa's weights, etc. But prior to that we had already been to the GP for a similar check due to worrying about that crusty stuff on her eye and some blood in her diaper. Was very glad to know she had exceeded her birth weight at Day 10. I feel like she's getting so long now that her diapers are becoming hipsters lol.
Speaking of my dear Willa, God, its been a hellova week.
Does something change when babies hit Week 3 of life? She's gone from being a relatively cheerful baby in the daytime to not settling whatsoever in the day. Either she's asleep, being fed or screaming with maybe about 5 mins here and there of play and happy-time. Before this I could at least put on a load of laundry, eat a proper meal or have a shower lasting longer than 2 minutes. Now all I do is sit on the couch in my increasingly stale PJs, nursing her. She's abandoned her 3 to 4 hour intervals feeds in favour of cluster feeding.
This morning at 7am, I took her to bed with me and nursed her there to get some sleep. Did the trick. She's in my bed right now from where I nursed her this arvo. Well meaning people keep nagging at me about 'bad habits' and such, but I figure, whatever works, right??
I rang an ABA counselor last night to ask if this constant crying was really due to hunger and was basically told to feed on demand as that was what the baby was probably needing as this stage. But its hard to live in a messy house with a screaming baby and no sleep. I'd really like to go outside at some point!
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