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!
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