Been wanting to escape to the computer for a while now...Willa is sleeping semi soundly in her bouncer.
Sara - the doula course sounds like a great idea in the interim if you are deferring you studies for longer. Personally, I take my hat off to any woman (in this instance, u and Kirst) who studies while raising a very young child/children. I can barely read the newspaper my head is so muddled, let alone sit in lectures and things :P
mistyeiz- yup, I do feed Willa lying down on my side occasionally. Usually for her last morning feed (7 or 8am feed) if I'm wanting a bit of a lie in myself. Its great because you can get some more sleep or at least a rest while bub is on the boob. The downside is that when you do it for longer than 2 hours or so, you lose track of how well or how long bub has fed, being half asleep yourself. When I go to write down the feed in Willa's feeding journal, I have to write '7am to 10am random boob in bed' lol Also the leaking from my boobs has stained my sheets even after a wash.
Shell - I did end up trying applying some bm to Willa's eye and it did clear up heaps. It's miracle stuff, bm! Didn't think abt looking on ebay for pumps, will def. have a looksie as that works out much cheaper than leasing for $30 a wk.
Ok, so now on to my whinging...
We had a horror night last night (: Sounds awfully similar to what happened with Jensen actually, Rhiannon. BTW obviously u are doing a great job with Jensen because his weight is great for that age.
It has to be colic. I know she has wind issues and her poops are always an occasion for drama, but man it was constant SCREAMING from 7.30pm until 1am. She does this sometimes but this was the longest n most intense.
I was soooo upset and DH and I were very tense with each other because I just can't leave a baby crying and he can. Nothing we tried helped, not even Infant's Friend. If anything, I suspect the mixture made it worse because her poops became even more explosive that they distressed her. I didn't really give her the full dosage tho...was worried about the effect.
So i'm thinking she def. has wind & possible silent reflux. i reckon i scare myself sometimes with worst case secnarios. i'm happy treating with things like gripe water & IF and suppose will have to wait it out until she passes this stage. Am happy to do that.
i wish i was a more confident mum who had more faith in her bub. DH seems more intune with babies n doesnt over react like me. His reaction is "why does everything need to be an illness, she's a growing baby and her body is working itself out." Sigh.
Like right now she's a dream baby, just gave her an evening bath n she's dozing in my arms. just feel so overwhelmed n emotional sometimes. this motherhood gig is such a rollercoaster!
happy n relaxing weekend to all u lovely mummies
neuri
Last edited by neuri; September 14th, 2007 at 08:25 PM.
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