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!
Well we have day/ night pretty sorted here but noticed Em really doesn't sleep that much. She sort of naps and has alot awake time and gets cranky if she is not being held, think my hug a bub will be very handy when it arrives.
Det- wow at going into 00! I remember Ash didn't til she was like 3-4 months old! Thats great. Good you being so far ahead we can see there is light at end of the tunnel.
Ellie- Like Det said we did similar to teach Em, during night everything is quiet, no talking, dim light then in day she sleeps downstairs in lounge with us going about our usual business, blinds open, chat to her. Also change her nappies after a feed in day and at night I do it between sides.
Nai- I've not heard of the Aldiri bottles, do you just buy at chemist? We were never able to give Ash a bottle til she was about 9 months old, I really hope Em will take one cause was very hard not being able to leave her to have a break.
Meg- That'll be handy to have your sister around and keep you company too. Hows it going with 2 again?
Ali- Hope she sorts out her unsettled time, thats the worse time to have it I think! Early nights for you for awhile I think, and try nap in the day once she is asleep, forget housework and all that, rest!
AJP- Good luck tomor, its not so bad, only prob I find is when they both wake at same time and you gotta feed bubs while toddler is waiting to get dressed and fed themselves.
Took Ash to playschool concert today, think it was nice to do something just mummy and Ash, told her its just for big girls and Emily can't come cause she is just a baby. Ash seemed to enjoy herself.
LOL Levi just finished feeding off me for an hour straight!!!
He then gooed and gaad at me for 10 mins and is now asleep in his cot- lol
Man its hard work being a baby
Sounds like all our bubs are being similar at the moment with the cluster feeding and unsettled periods! Except for the time of day when they occur... with Isabel it occurs early afternoon into the evening.
We're over at mum and dad's at the moment and my sister has her, she's been napping for small intervals and then wakes screaming, think she has a pain in the tum. I'm worried now that she's not getting enough of the hind milk... the MCHN said that if she feeds for only 5 mins on one side, she's only getting the foremilk.
At least she doesn't have these unsettled periods at night time... although having said that she went down last night at midnight (after feeding for an hour, Isabel isn't the fastest feeder and does lots of comfort sucking) and woke again at 3am, then didn't go back to sleep til 5.30am. It wasn't like she wanted to be awake and party with us, she was screaming in pain. Poor chicken.
Ali - well done on your outing last night! Good effort with a week old bub. Hope your friends appreciated it
AJP - you'll have to show us the photos when they are done.
Det - lol @ your little porker Isabel is in 000 now, we've got some 0000 that still fits but not many
Nai - good work on the expressing! I might try it soon...
Hi to everyone else, Isabel is screaming again and I think its mum's turn... might need another feed...
I really dont know whether I am coming or going..... Sleep deprivation is starting to take its toll. i think in the last week I have had a total of 10 hours sleep all up. FInished birth certificate tonight so I can post it tomorrow and will try and ring family assistance tomorrow when my mum is here.
Will hopefully be able to think clearly tomorrow and post something a but more decent.
Well our usual unsettled period she is actually sleeping thru tonight, hope that doesn't mean she'll be unsettled later.
Ali- Yeah sleep deprivation is just awful thats why when you can put your feet up and nap when Ashlyn does.
AJP- very cute pic!
Det- I used to do that with Ash just feed for an hour, hard to do it as long with Em but try let her go for awhile when Df is around to watch Ash.
OP- when Em is windy, after a feed I just cuddle her upright for awhile to see if that helps, sometimes it does. Its horrible when they appear to be in pain. Also try the bending legs up and down and massage tummy.
We have our MCHN appt tomor at 9am! Too early for me, by time I feed, dress and organise the 3 of us its usually well into mid morning! Only appt time they had tho.
J has been a nightmare today She has barely slept for more than 10min at a time before she chucks or wakes crying. I couldn't get any rest either so I am shattered. She is doing my head in at the moment - I haven't left the house for 2 days Oh well at least it's just me and her tomorrow.
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I do have a baby carrier, but haven't been able to get around to figuring it out - waiting for bubs to be a little more settled, but I think I'm going to have to tempt fate and just stuff him in it!
AJP - love the photo - the T-shirt idea seemed to work last night, had a much better night.
Have found that if I wait for DS to go into adeep sleep I can sneak him into the bassinette and he will not be disturbed - of course this is after about 1.5hrs to settle him to get to this point! he won't go to DH to settle him, poor DH only gets the nappy changes.
Shell - 9am! I didn't think there was such a time?! That's way too early to be organised and out the house. All the best for making it out of the house by then!
Ali - ur doing a great job
OP - I thought the hindmilk was the whiter milk? I thought it came in a lot quicker than that - for me it is in pretty quick coz I leak out most of the foremilk
Here's hoping we all get some sleep tonight!!!
Thanks for the advice girls...have managed to keep to a sleep, eat, play routine today and Miss A is currently awake staring into DH's eyes as I type this...maybe...just maybe she will realise it's 'night time' and sleep
i wasn't going to post in here until tomorrow evening but i need to ask something. has anyone had any problems with mastitis? i think i may have it but im not 100% sure. both of my boobs are sore and red underneath got a couple of lumps i have tried massaging in the shower but they are way too sore to touch so i cant really do much. and when bella feeds it almost kills me its like i can feel the milk passing through the sore bits... if that makes sense.
Ouch Laura.
Dunno about mastitis as i havent had it before - it could be blocked ducts? I think mastitis is accompanied with flu like symptoms where as blocked ducts is localised pain!
either way the only cure for both is you have to keep draining them for it to clear!
A/biotics also are given for mastitis
keep hand massaging and getting bella to suck her little heart out to drain those boobies- you can have some panadol or panadeine to help with the pain and that might give you some relief whilst you drain them!
let the shower hit where it is sore to massage them and use your hands to push the milk free towards your nipples!
hang in there hon- !!
to prevent it as much as you can from happening again- keep the massage in the shower up daily at least! unblock them before they have a chance to totally block up again!
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She was just fussing so DP gave her the 50ml EBM in a bottle and she gulped down about 40ml and passed out!
wow !!!
Sleep deprivation is starting to take its toll. i think in the last week I have had a total of 10 hours sleep all up. FInished birth certificate tonight so I can post it tomorrow and will try and ring family assistance tomorrow when my mum is here.
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