Meg- ATM Df is still home, back to work Tues so he gets up with Ash in mornings and if she wakes in the night, luckily tho she doesn't usually wake til after 7:30 and she usually reads in bed til 8ish.
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Meg- ATM Df is still home, back to work Tues so he gets up with Ash in mornings and if she wakes in the night, luckily tho she doesn't usually wake til after 7:30 and she usually reads in bed til 8ish.
Heaven - love the pooplosion story - just waiting for my first accident with a number 2 - had heaps of number 1s - but I'm getting quicker!!
OP - found that bubs wind is directly related to my diet. A GF was saying that she had to take out all the interesting things out of her diet when she was BF her babies. Have also heard that pushing their legs up to their belly helps, rubbing their tummies in circular motions, patting on the back - just wish bubs had read the manual before he came out!
Meg - Northpark sounds like a great place. Sorry to hear that bubs is not settling.
Also re the sore breasts, I found that expressing milk at the end of the feed, and rubbing it in, and leaving them to dry al natural helps, a bit.
I have trouble BF with one side, which is about a cupsize bigger than the otherside (which isn't a problem!)
:grouphug: Sorry have been MIA
AFM - I can get about 2-3 hrs sleep from Alex if I spend anywhere from 40 minutes to 3 hours settling him and he is a booby monster at times!!
Sorry I've been MIA - it;s hard to get on when both kids won't leave you alone for 5 min and when I do I try to have a nap to catch up :lol:
J is pretty good - feeding well and I'm having no more nipple problems since the grazes from the first few days. We managed to go for brunch this morning whcih was nice except that I sent my coffee back 3 times - it was undrinkable which was so disappointing as it was such an effort to get out :(
Will try to write more soon. J is screaming again - she seems to do this between 5-10pm!!!
Sorry I've been MIA - it;s hard to get on when both kids won't leave you alone for 5 min and when I do I try to have a nap to catch up :lol:
J is pretty good - feeding well and I'm having no more nipple problems since the grazes from the first few days. We managed to go for brunch this morning whcih was nice except that I sent my coffee back 3 times - it was undrinkable which was so disappointing as it was such an effort to get out :(
Will try to write more soon. J is screaming again - she seems to do this between 5-10pm!!!
Nai - Glad you got out, just a shame that the coffee was bad.
tarkine - Most bub's favour one side. E doesn't like the right side very much.
E slept really well last night. Fed at 8pm, then 12am , then 4am then 6:30am. I feel so well rested! I went to bed at 9pm, so got a fair bit of sleep
Hi ladies,
Having another unsettled day with Isabel here. We were out for lunch yesterday, she was quite good there, but then went back to friend's house for birthday cake and she pretty much fed the entire time we were there. Got to 8.30pm and she was beside herself so we left... got home, fed her again, put her down and she slept for 5hrs :o
Of course I did not... kept waking up wondering when she was going to wake... :rolleyes:
Fed her, took a while to settle, then she slept for another 3hrs :o
Paying for it today though, she's been awake since 7.30am... with only one nap...
shell i will be thinking of you tomorrow morning :hug: that will be me next monday morn when hubby goes back.
nai how can they get a coffee so wrong???
meg you did have a good night!!
op :hug: i hope isabel sleeps this arvo for you. once their overtired thats the end of them.
millie is good, still has a snotty nose so off to the Dr's tomorrow, i think a week is too long for a newborn to be snotty for.
she did well last night, fed 7.30pm, in bed by 8.30pm woke at 2am for a feed, i was leaking badly!!
tthen fed at 5.30am and 9.30am, DD1 was up around 7am so DH took her and i slept til 9.15am!!
Hearing those decent night sleep stories is holding out hope for me!
Em was unsettled again from like 5pm til 12:30am. Then was awake from 3:30 til just after 5am. So tiring, I'm at my wits ends how to settle her. She just constantly wanted the breast to the point I felt I was totally emptied. She can't be that hungry can she? Plenty wet nappies and all so I'm presuming its more for comfort? We also used the dummy and rocking but 15 mins after putting her down she screams again and swinging her head wildly looking for booby. She has her settled time from her morn feed when I have to get up of course til afternoon.
AJP- yay on good night, you prolly right getting snotty nose checked, tho maybe cause their immunity wouldn't be so good might be harder to fight it? She feeding alright even with all the snotty's? yeah I'm bit nervous bout tomor, mum coming over wed tho and another friend thurs so that'll be good.
OP- thats great she slept 5 hours, I hope she has settled for you today tho, you must be getting exhausted now with her having just the 1 nap.
Meg- Think I'll have to start having or trying to have early nights too from now on.
Nai- Thats great you got out for brunch, not game to attempt that yet. They could've got the coffee right tho, how hard is it?
Tarkine- Alex sounds bit like Em with the settling time. can be so exhausting can't it.
Now that she has finished feeding (and is hopefully having a sleep...) I can do some personals...
AJP, great work on the sleeping! DH had Isabel this morning too so I got a little bit extra sleep. Was great! Hope Millie's snotty nose clears up soon!
Meg, glad you're taking advantage of the good sleep to rest yourself. Must be nice to feel rested for a change!
Hi Nai, completely understand about having no time to yourself! Sucks about the coffee... I agree with AJP, how can they get it so wrong?!
Oh dear, bubs is awake...
And spoke too soon... back on the boob...
Shell, that is how I felt yesterday arvo. There can't possibly be any more in there, what are they getting? Sigh...
E has been on and off the boob a lot of today.
The part i find the worst is that I snap at J. And he has done nothing wrong!
Shell- Oh no, you must be so tired!! Grace is the same sometimes, I can't tell when she actually wants more boob coz she's hungry or just for comfort. I'd rather not do the comfort ones, I want my nipples to heal and I don't think that can happen with her on there 24/7!!!!
Nai- Good to hear the grazes have cleared up, I think mine are getting better too! Phew.
Tarkine- How are you going?
Meg- Wow, that is a good night! Ours wasn't so restful last night but I'm hoping now I've got the breastfeeding more sorted it might be better tonight.
OP- Wow, you're so good getting out!! I can't wait til I feel confident enough with everything to go out! Had to go out to the breastfeeding clinic this morning and that was stressful enough but went ok in the end!
AJP- Almost 6 hrs sleep! That's so good. I would be leaking all over the place too. What do you wear to bed? I want a nice comfy crop top thing but don't know where to find one, my bras are too uncomfy for sleeping.
Well, I went to the breastfeeding clinic this morning and saw another LC that was much more helpful than the last and she actually found what was wrong instead of just saying it was ok when it's clearly not!! I fed Grace there on both sides and it didn't hurt!!!! I wasn't pulling her in close enough and making her chin dig in enough and touch the breast first. She just had another feed before and I did it properly!! I'm so happy, I hope it continues!! When I was there they had a boomerang pillow to use too which I didn't have at home and it was so much easier on my back trying to hold her so I got one on the way home.
She got weighed while she was there too and omg what a little piggy, she's obviously getting enough milk. She's above her birth weight and has put on 520g in 5 days, lol. So I'm hoping now she won't be taking as long to feed b/c she will be being more efficient with the right attachment and I can get some more sleep at night!! Wishful thinking?? lol.
awesome weight gain sara!! these feb babies are porkers!!
glad the LC today was more helpful!!!
i wear different tops, not materniyt ones, just normal pj tops, i too want something else, yet to look though!!
Heaven, thats fantastic, feeding won't be so stressful for you now knowing its not going to be so painful.
Meg- ikwym, i have less patience with Ash, I try really hard to bite my tongue over little things but I do find I'm bit more snappy. As tired as I am I put in that effort to have one on one time with her when Em is quiet.
im having the same issues with DD1 i even have a thread regarding it in platnuim!
OceanPrincess, hope you get more of those 5 hour naps from her!
AJP, I am leaking a lot too! :redface: Do you just let you pj's get wet? I have no idea how to solve the issue, I sleep with a towel next to me that I continually use to wipe myself!
Shellbell3 :hug: I really hope things improve with settling. Leon confort sucks a lot too and falls asleep on the boob, good thing is once he's asleep I can usually transfer him to his bed without too much problems.
Heaven that's great news on the bfing :)
AFM, started feeding on the breast again today. The left side went really well. I had my midwife come around and make sure he attached properly. It didn't hurt at all. Next feed I tried the right side. I got the attachment wrong at the beginning and it just made my nipple worse :doh: I managed to get him on correctly but the damagfe was done. The graze/chunk missing started to bleed a bit and was red raw when I took him off. So I will just have to express the right side until it heals completely and not try to rush things. Besides that hiccup, he is doing great. He's above his birth weight and has been sleeping most of the day. I should really sleep when he sleeps! I also managed to post my birth story today before I forgot the details :dance:
Anyway, better go get stuff done around here xox
A is fussy 2day.. sorry no personals.. won't let me put him down.. had visitos yesterday and he is always difficult 2 settle the next day after such activity
I am glad that I am not the only one a bit snappy at my toddler. J is pretty good too, Just so noisy. E won't let us put her down this arvo, so she has had a snooze on DH.l She is about ot have a bath, and I am going to hop in the shower with J. a good way for us to spend a bit of time together.
Wishing everyone sleepy vibes tonight.