Em finally settled after 11, she always seems to have her unsettled time late arvo/ evening. So Df was out last night I had Em wanting to cluster feed and crying while trying to get a toddler ready for bed, felt bad for poor Ash cause kept having to go to Em and trying to read Ash her bedtime story and have Em screaming. Was very stressful and nightmare. Told Df from now on he can have his boys night out AFTER Ash is in bed. Of course in night too I'm feeding Em and Ash wakes up crying wish there were 2 of me!
Holly- Em will go no longer than 10 mins and then usually 5-10 on other side depending on how hungry she is. I always thinking is it enough. ETA: I just realised you don't live far from me, I'm in Bentleigh.
Nai- I have to say I am lucky with my toddler sleeping in. She never is up before 8. Helps alot with a newborn, hope you get some rest today, get you Dh to look after them while you nap.
Tarkine- If you do decide to buy a sling the hug a bub website has the pocketless ones for $20 off, so $65. I just bought one, they are quite expensive, the ones with pockets are over $100 so thought not worth the extra just for pocket.
Does everyone else stress if bubs are getting enough milk? Em has plenty wet nappies but when she starts cluster feeding and acting starving and my boobs are pretty much empty cause she is on there hourly I start to worry that I'm not providing enough in the evening. Even been tempted to go buy formula and see if she wants top up, but haven't yet, I think I'll see how her weight is at our MCHN appt tomor.
Last edited by shellbell3; March 15th, 2009 at 10:05 AM.
holly millie is almost to big for 000 bonds wondersuits!!! 000 in everything else is fine though!!
these feb babies must like to feed quickly, i think we all have the same issues with fast drinkers!!!
sophie slept through after waking the two times! thankgoodness!!!
shell i feed millie one side, change bum then offer the same side again to make sure she is getting the hindmilk, i offer the otehr if she's looking for it but not very often.
i tell DH the same about going out after sophie is in bed!! its tough when the both need you, we had that yesterday morning!
weighed millie today after her bath and she was 4.5kg on our scales, get her weighed again on thursday. DH is back at work tomorrow
Glad I'm not the only one with a cluster feeder - sadly he feeds waaaay longer than 5-10minutes. Feels like that's all I do. He just doesn't want to sleep today at all. I have a couple of slings but even they're not working.
We are co-sleeping at the moment - at least I get a bit of sleep. He just won't settle enywhere else.
Ali I second the lansinoh on the nipples. It will improve though. Make sure you let your niples airdry before you pull your bra back up if you can.
Det, the Maz ones are great, though I'm going through a pair about every feed - I hear ya on the sprinkler effect....I wonder if your six year olds could keep my nearly three year old entertained??? We had to put the safety gate up at Nate's room today to stop her going in there.
lol Holly, my boofa is in a 00 tshirt today, and he's nearly out of his new born nappies.
Tarkine, you have my sympathy hun
Shell, yep I worry all the time. My milk settled down really quickly this time, but I figure if it's spilling out of his mouth and he's not sucking any more he's had enough.
Had a great first outing. Ashlyn was such a perfect baby even with heaps of niise around. Her unsettld period seems to be in the morning.
She feeds really well from about 11:30am going 3 hourly all the wayu thtough the evening and then at about 4-5am it all goes out the window and she starts cluster feedng and I cant get her to settle without falling asleep on my boob and then I cant move her from there or she'll get upset with me.
Her chord stump fell off last night.
Sorry for selfish post I have to go to sleep now as I have been awake since 4:30am.
On a happier note, my boobs are starting to settle down now. Still need the cold face washers on them at night but much better now.
Jols- Thanks for that offer. That is lovely. I will come back later and PM you my details. xo
kim nate just through my theory out the window!!
we put those child proof knobs on millies door to also stop sophie going in there adn yelling "millies awake" or "millies asleep"
ali you must be buggered!! hope you get some sleep
AJP - I had heaps of friends in the mooroolbark/Lilydale/Chirnside Park area as I went to school at TIntern. I know the area quite well.
Wow - all this big bubs. E is still well and truly in 0000.
Ali - I hope you get some sleep.
Kim - How is Darcy going with Nate in general?
Shell - I would have been sayin to DF no boys nights till the girls have settled. So he may need to take a few weeks off boys nights, as you need the support.
Holly- E only does 15 - 20 mins ma and usually only 1 side during a feed. That is if she hasn't fallen asleep and is just comfort sucking. MCHN said that as long as you think they are swallowing milk, it doesn't really matter how long.
E did ok last night. 8:30pm, 11:30pm, 2:30am, 6am, 9am. Settled between each feeed up till 6am, when i let her snooze in with me.
J ususally gets up at 7am, so Nai I know how you feel about getting up with the toddler. The good think is that J will get in with us for a while, and I put a DVD on. He will happily stay in bed with us for a good hour or so.
J came home for IL's today. He had a good time, but it means that I will need to deal wth the 2 kids again. On the bright side, my sis is doing a uni placement out this way, so she is going to stay a few nights here. I told here as long as she is happy to cook and maybe bath J. She is happy to do so, so that's great.
I was worried about milk as well as J is doing a lot of cluster feeding (AJP - she is a fast drinker too!) so I expressed this morning and in less than 5min I got 50ml She was just fussing so DP gave her the 50ml EBM in a bottle and she gulped down about 40ml and passed out!
I'm actually glad I tried that as it means that I can express and know that she will take it from a bottle if I need her to. We have the Aldiri ones which are BPA free and supposed to be the most "breast like". She didn't seem to have any aversion to it.
All I can say it...I'm stuffed! Anika definately has her day and night confused...was awake from 12 to 3am...bright eyed wanting to hang with mum and dad and chat...happy little thing but only if in our arms and looking at our faces! I wonder if it's coz I've goine from feeding one side every three hours to offering both...I don't know...but everything seems to be a blur!!!
I hear you girls on the cluster feeding- i am almost 2 weeks ahead of you girls and it does settle down- Levi only cluster feeding once a day now- if that- so days he hasnt at all for the past few days- it does get easier
Cluster feeding is our bubs building our supply- so the fact that they are still doing means that they have grown heaps and need more to cope with their new size! Dont be surprise if you get really big weight gains after stages of cluster feeding- it signals that there has been a growth spurt! If unsure - look at photos of when they were born, and see how much they have changed allready and how much bigger they are-its surprising!!
REMEBER THE MANTRA- IT IS A PHASE AND WE WILL GET THROUGH IT!!!!!!!
Boof has gotten so much bigger- his hands and head look big as now- lol starting to put some 00 on him now- had to go out and buy the next size up nappy as they just fit around him and the past couple of days he is well and truly filling them and some overfill when he poos!
I still have two boxes of newborns so gonna have to take them back and hope that they swap them over!
Ferals finally settled down around 9.30ish. Levi slept from 7.30 till 1.45am- too bad i didnt take advantage of it and go to sleep myself! and then fed again at 3.45 and then 6.45 so that was pretty good!
Ali -bubs gets heaps more when she feeds off you, than when you express- so the fact that you got 50mls is great- you have plenty of milk!
Its surprising how efficient our bodies are in making milk as bubs needs it! Just let nature take its course and whilst there are wet nappies- bubs is getting enough!!!!
Glad the boobs are starting to settle down! phew!
Grr Ellie on the day/nite confusion- its hard when they do that! At nite we keep distractions to a minium, I keep Levi wrapped, change his nappy before his feed and the lights stay low. During the day he isnt wrapped when he sleeps, blind and lights are on, and I change his nappy when ever it needs it - so these cues help Levi tell the difference between day and nite! We also have a swing so if he decided to party at nite, my plan is to chuck him in the swing and sleep next to it on the couch- lol!
Megiemoppit- Levi sometimes is on for 10 mins and sometimes on for 30 mins- depends! He starts to get ****ed when it doesnt come out quick enough for him and starts hitting and pulling at my boob- lol the noises he makes are soo funny!
She was just fussing so DP gave her the 50ml EBM in a bottle and she gulped down about 40ml and passed out! 
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