Good idea to keep it on hand Georgi. I have a problem of thinking no it'll be all ok during business hours and then come the weekend or after 5pm i'm kicking myself saying why didn't i just call and make an appt. It's strange, i do have confidence but then i doubt myself so much sometimes also. Crazy little mind
It's funny you mention routines. I realised the other day that during the day at least DD does feed play sleep. DS never had any routine at all - no chance! he was more feed, feed, feed, scream, feed, nap, feed.... etc
He might be getting uncomfortable if there's a poo coming up. He's also at that 6-week stage - it's often a couple of weeks of more unsettled behaviour and crying etc. You'll be through it soon... He's certainly growing really well!
Georgi I'm eating heaps too, but unlike you I'm not being very good.
DS has a play date today with some friends' kids. I think it was slightly cooler overnight. I'm hoping that this cyclone will at least bring some rain, if not cooler weather.
MadB - how's the weather today? hope it's not too hot for you, stay safe with the cyclone over there!! We own a house in Ayr - North Queensland (I grew up there) and there is a cyclone headed directly for there!! Luckily we got the trees lopped the other week (big sigh of relief!!). I hope your DS has a lovely time playing with his friends and it's not too warm for them!
EJ - Those photo books sound lovely!! I bet you're having a great time doing them...what a great idea to include the birth stories!! I am sooooooooooo happy for you that things are settling down for you and Miss Harper!!!!! you must be so relieved. You definately sound a lot happier. I'm not having trouble sleeping once I can get to bed but it's getting to bed that's the issue...but we're working through it, it'll pass.
Audux - wow - what a rough week away you had!!! I am totally with you on the passing around of the baby. I'm the exact same with Jacob - he gets sooooo overtired and CRANKY! But his family think it's cause I am a b**** also.. *sigh* can't win.. I am always getting lectured by my inlaws but I am the one who deals with him all day every day so I just let it go over my head. We know whats best for our bubs. I hope your two days went to plan and you and your little one are back on track.
Georgi - I am having issues with Jacob too - he was in beautiful little routine and we were both soooooo happy......but that's gone out the window, he is really fussy at the moment and I just don't know what he wants. His feeding is all over the place (again!), sometimes he wants to sleep beside me and nowhere else and sometimes it's the basinette and nowhere else.... it's like a guessing game hour to hour here. I hope Eden settles a little for you, sounds like it's all fairly normal for their age. Definately a hungry breastfeeder here too...I am eating as healthy as possible but I just can't get enough food at the moment!! Thankfully my weight is dropping and not gaining!! I've been eating mostly healthy as I am not entirely sure on what kind of things you're supposed to stay away from while breastfeeding... I used to enjoy a diet coke every once in a while but now I'm not sure if I can or not so I just avoid it to be safe. Probably a good thing for my weight loss!
AFU - same same...few catnaps here and there - as I said to Georgi sometimes he wants to sleep with me, sometimes just wants the basinette on his own....feeding is up the creek again - makes me doubt my supply but when I express some by hand I have no problem getting milk...he doesn't cry at the boob and he's not screaming between feeds, he seems generally pretty happy so hopefully it's not a supply issue. When he's feeding he definately gulps and there is plenty of milk around his mouth during and after his feed. The good news is he goes four hours between his last feed before bedtime so I get to at least midnight before his next feed, then it's back to 2-2.5 hourly. We're managing though, I guess it's just another one of those 'stages' and it'll all fall back into place soon. Till then we'll just take it a day at a time.
Hope you're all having a great day xoxo Sorry for any one that I missed, I didn't go back to check on the last thread, but thinking of you all as always!
Georgi - my appetite is fairly well normal. I'm kind of surprised. I do drink a LOT of water though. On a 30+ day, I drink close to 5L.
Our little bunny does feed-play-feed-rock-feed-sleep pretty religiously. The play part is about an hour at a time at the moment, less in the morning, more in the evening. Night times are still brilliant though, so I try not to stress too much about the day sleeps. She has gone for 8 hours twice overnight! She does usually sleep better at night after a peaceful day though.
Today was not a peaceful day though, so she is in the sling and I am ignoring the housework. If I ignore it long enough, it sometimes goes away
Our drama on Thursday - caught the bus up to the hospy for physio class. Bus driver was heading for an intersection but the light was red. I was nervous, but trying to assume the best. Another passenger started yelling though, and lucky he did - driver hadn't seen the red light and was heading for an enormous truck. She pulled up half a metre short. We all fell forward, and a grocery trolley went flying down the aisle. DD was in the Ergo, but if she'd been in the pram...
MadB I find the shopping centre a useful refuge at the moment too Although on Friday there were a lot of frantic and fed up parents with school-age kids!
EJ the photobooks sound beautiful I'll need to do something similar - we have lots of photos but of course they haven't been printed!
Georgi, brilliant on Eden's growth! And I think if you're eating that much good food and taking weight off then you're fine. Wish I had the discipline you do! I'm barely hungry at all now I'm not bf, I really have to remind myself to eat (the heat doesn't help). So when I do eat I tend to go for treats rather than decent food!
Hi Jules It doesn't sound like a supply issue at all - I could barely express anything, either by pump or manually when my supply started going, and there was no way Amelia would sleep 4 hours at a stretch at any time without comp feeding. Relax, you're doing great
Audax... PHEW. Thank goodness you had her in the sling. LOL at the housework though, wish ours did itself!
As for us... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh I need some sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. It's not Amelia's fault, it is totally my inability to switch off. My wonderful sister-in-law has given me some sleepytime tea which is about to be brewed, but yesterday I was completely wrecked and today I'm not much better. When I do sleep I have very anxious dreams, so wake up unrefreshed. The one nice dream I have had I was bf Amelia again, so I woke up sad. The parent support group starts up again tomorrow and my MCHN will be there so I'll speak to her again, then if things haven't improved after a couple of days I'll go to my GP and get that referral. It's rediculous because since Mum left I have been managing really well and we've had a lovely few days - I think it's my subconscious ganging up on me. Blah.
Millie is doing well - the new formula seems to be agreeing with her and because I'm calmer, she's been really good. We were out and about most of Friday and yesterday so she's a bit tired today, but at Mass this morning she was perfectly behaved, even unwrapped (it was hot and for once I had put her in a cute outfit rather than a onesie, which I thought might have bunched up in her wrap). She's been a bit unsettled tonight but it was very warm upstairs so we have her down here in her bouncer. I'm trying to swap her night feed over from 2am back to 10pm so will see how that goes...
Going to go to bed early tonight Well it's been about midnight the last few nights so 10:30pm is early. Today mum and i got the sewing machine out and i've been sewing bibs. I'd been admiring some handmade items on the internet and possibling going to make a purchase and then i realied i could probably do it myself. And then looking around Harper's room i've got a few ideas on how i can decorate that also. I'm so motivated and excited. The bibs turned out quite well and i bought a few patterns for some clothing. I want to make Harper some A frame dresses and i got a pattern for a gorgeous pair of jeans and baby doll top. I'll think i'll make them size 1 for next summer. Anyway things are pretty good here, today was hot but i kept the air on so we were quite comfortable.
Hope everyone is happy and well.
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you must be so relieved. You definately sound a lot happier. I'm not having trouble sleeping once I can get to bed but it's getting to bed that's the issue...but we're working through it, it'll pass.
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