Babies Born February 2008 #2

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Leebee - Welcome!! And congrats on the birth of Oliver! Well done on sticking with the breastfeeding . I hope his feeds get a bit faster for you soon.

Trina - sorry to hear about your experience with the doctor. Congrats on the BF improvements, makes things so much easier...!

Prama - i love your son's name, it is so beautiful!!!

Kirsten - Alexander was backwards the first few days he was home - he would have a six and then five hour feed gap in the daytime and then cluster feed between 4 and 7am. It was driving me batty so i started to wake him up for 4 hrly feeds during the day, and managed to get him to have a small cluster early evening... He's now feeding roughly 4 hrly but will sometimes go 5-6 overnight. Slowly getting there, hope things improve for you soon...

Bun - thanks for reading it!! It was quite the marathon so i really appreciate it. It felt so good to get it written out and i love how i feel like im right there every time i read over it. You are not a bad mother! Tut-tut!! These things happen sometimes, and no harm came of it so everything is alright. You'll just know to have a tighter hold next time.

Esther i'm hearing you on the fat rolls - i can see Alexander filling out his skin already!!!

Karlie - poor you with the two hour feeds I hope it settles soon

Kerrie - pmsl @ bry wizzing across the lounge. Alexander had a scream right through his bath the other night, the only thing that was relaxed was his bladder - he peed all over anthony - and his bowels - he decided to poo while i was cuddling him, drying him in the towel. It went allllll over his feet... so i just had to put him in the bath again... Ahhh

Roquen - How are you settling in?


I finsihed my birth story, it came to in excess of 5000 words, but i didn't have the patience to make it forum friendly so it's very, very long!! I also have some pics of alex up - most of them are still the post-birth pics but ill try get some new ones up now.

Many sleepy baby vibes to all the tired mummies and daddies.
xox

[Roquen]

Hi everyone!

Settling in well here thanks :-) We are doing night time feeds at 8pm, 11, 2am and then 6am at the moment. So pretty much on 3 hourly all the time give or take an hour sometimes. Got him to feed on one side without the nipple shield today again so getting closer to our goal of not using it at all! It definitely hasn't slowed my supply, I have soooo much its crazy. Am thinking about starting to express after a feed (we do about 10 mins each side per feed now) and freezing some excess for if I ever have to duck out etc. Just got to sit down and figure out how you do it all safely and how much to do each time and so on!

We had a near miss with Jordan yesterday too - had some olive oil (few drops) in his bath as per middie instructions and he did one of those jerks just as we were getting him out, caught him on the way but he nearly bumped his head on the edge of the bath!I was so upset but we have learnt a lesson that he can jump at any time! He has gotten so strong the last day or two and is really looking around a lot!

Will try and post some pics in the gallery today!

[Bun]

roquen - it's pretty scary when they do those jerks and nearly hurt themselves, isn't it! I also often express after a feed if there is still some milk left. It will be great to have stored in the freezer if I want a night out!

ash - what fantastic pics!!

leebee - welcome! I used to wake up with milk everywhere too but it has settled down now. I hope yours does too - much more comfy!

Sorry, no time for any more. DD has been really unsettled and is screaming again...

[prama]

My GP said today that most of your milk comes in the first 5 mins, after that it's just a trickle.
That's not what the ABA said...

I'm so confused!

[leebee81]

My GP said today that most of your milk comes in the first 5 mins, after that it's just a trickle.
That's not what the ABA said...

I'm so confused!

I'd go with the ABA on breastfeeding matters. First milk is foremilk, followed by hindmilk. The hindmilk is what you want, it fills up bubs. It can take a couple of minutes for the hindmilk to kick in. Plus, it depends on your let down and how effective your baby's suck is. Oliver will feed for 30 - 45 mins, so what your GP said doesn't sound right to me. Plus, when I pump I get quite a bit of milk after the first 5 minutes.

[Roquen]

What timings is everyone feeds after say 5pm at the moment (and thru the night)? Mine are all over the shop but roughly 3 hour spacings, depending on what time he wakes up in the mornings...

[The[cookie]Doctor]

roquen, alex is pretty much four hourly. if he wakes early (normally the 3:30 night feed, )its normally for some other reason so i try keep him happy and push the feed out because then i know he's hungry and he has a good feed & sleep after, iykwim. mine are -
19:30
23:30
03:30
07:30

if im lucky - sometimes i'll get
23:30
05:30
10:30

but he only seems to do that on anthony's days off... lol.