well we had a good night last night up 3 times to feed, 3 hourly, so no complaints.
really starting to realise just how tired a pph can make you feel, soooo drained.
Meg - I think Alex was playing copy cat. Last night he woke at 1.30am and didn't settle til 4.30am when I kicked DH out of bed so we could co-sleep, until 9am (again on and off the bb), now back to two hourly feeding.
Have you girls found out any foods that bubs don't like you eating?
Does anyone else have a baby that isn't happy unless feeding or sleeping? I swear Juliette has about 5 min a day where she is both awake and happy - the rest of the time she is grizzling, sleeping or feeding.
She is being demand fed so it feels like she is feeding all the time! Also she would't sl;eep yesterday unless it was on me! I felt like I sat down all day either feeding or holding her. Luckily G was at childcare. She is home today so I hope J doesn't do a repeat performance.
Apologies for the absence. DH has had the computer at work the last couple of days, leaving me stranded!!
Possibly wouldn't have been on much anyway, Isabel had a pretty unsettled couple of days. Yesterday she was pretty good though so I'm hoping today she'll be ok as well.
We went to the MCHN on Wednesday and she's put on another 340g so she's now 4.1kg - AJP I think she and Millie are going weight gain for weight gain! She hasn't grown much in length though, only half a cm. Oh well!
MCHN said the ABs are definitely what is making her unsettled - apparently they can give bubs belly ache. Poor love. So for me to fix my epi, she's gotta be sick I feel like the worst mother ever...
Nurse also said that she'd prob be unsettled until the ABs were finished and through her system, so that's another couple of days. Sigh. The only good thing is that even though she's unsettled, once she goes down around 10-11-midnight, she will sleep for four hours generally so that's great.
How's everyone else going? Holly, how's the feeding?
Hi to Det! Glad to see you
Shell -hope you had a good night last night. 3 hrs isn't too bad - Isabel will do her four hour stint but then generally goes 2 hourly. Ah well.
Nai, I know what you mean about being awake and happy for not too long. I think that's ok though? At this age they aren't supposed to be awake and alert for long periods at all. I was reading a handout from the MCHN that says that over the next few weeks they should have at least one period of alertness after a feed that starts to develop the "feed-play-sleep" pattern.
I try to look for that period (even if its only 5 or 10 mins) and put Isabel on her tummy or the play gym or read her a book.
We're demand feeding too - I have just had two days where I felt like she cried or fed the whole day, without sleeping more than 30 mins at a time. I'm supposed to be salt bathing my epi to help it heal and I can't get away from Isabel for long enough to run a bath and sit in it for 10mins
Unselttled night here. I am buggered. Felt like I was awake all night. She was up every 2 hours. Had really bad wnd. Ended up in bed with me all night.
Mum is still here so she took her and I went backto bed for another 2 hours. Just got up. But I feel like I have been hit by a mack truck.
How are you girls coping that have other siblings? We are doing Ok because mum is here, not suer how I will go when she is gone thoug....
DP is home for another week and hopefully my mum will come and stay once he has gone back to work. DD is in childcare a couple of days a week so hopefully that will save my sanity until I start to get into the swing of things with the new bub!
Also feel like I have been hit bt a truck!! It must be the week for it
Meg I don't have another child and I'm also wondering how I'll survive when mum stops bringing me supplies, cleaning up, doing washing and generally keeping me sane...
AJP - just re-read your post, didn't realise you had a PPH! Hope you are ok? Look after yourself! Was it a bad one???
I suppose on the bright side we're all sleep deprived together?
Em always decides to have her unsettled time at around 10pm ish whenever she wakes for a feed and will not resettle til after the next feed so I'm kept awake for that horrible time where you're just ready to fall asleep. I have no idea what to do, I get her to sleep for about 5-10mins before she is awake crying again.
At the moment Df is still home, no idea how I'll go next week, he went to gym before and I got a glimpse of what things will be like, trying to make Ash lunch while Em was screaming and Ash playing with the phone not listening to me to put it down!
Meg- Does she settle alot better in bed with you? I might have to try it out, at moment she is in bassinet next to me, might try getting her out and cuddling.
OP- Yay on weight gain, when do your Abs finish? I don't know where you'd find time for baths either, hard enuff to find time for just a quick shower.
Nai- Em has some nice awake times but I have to get her settled as soon as I see she is getting tired or she will get really cranky.
AJP- I'm not surprised you feel so crappy, I feel so run down from low iron so can only imagine how crappy you must be feeling.
Det- Thats great how the twins adore Levi, got 2 little helpers on hand there for you!
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She hasn't grown much in length though, only half a cm. Oh well!
I feel like the worst mother ever...
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