Babies Born February 2008 #2

[prama]

Thanks Girls - DS is ok, looks like congestion only in his nose, not chest etc so that's good. We're going to continue giving him saline drops and try to suck out some phelgm. Poor bubba.

Bun - glad she's ok and sleeping well!

Esme - glad bub's sleeping well too.

Looks like bubs' are starting to sleep longer. hope it lasts for a while!

[jenjams]

Hi everyone,

I have been lurking lately but not posting so if I miss anyone I am sorry.

Bun- Hooray on the good sleep. Getting so much in one hit is great hey! I will have to get the saline drops. Amber is a bit congested in the nose too. What are they called? How are things with you and DH going?

Prama- Good news about Lakshman. So are you officially going to spell him Lakshman or Laxman? Do you have a nickname for him? From your posts you sound a lot better to early on. I am glad you sound happier.

Esme- Your boy is sleeping so beautifully. My DD is doing well at night too. Last night she went 10-2 then 245-630 then 7-9. Apart from the rude awakenings it is amazing what sleep can do. How is the wind going? Amber is seemingly burping now at least once every feed.

Sue- I hope you feel better soon. What was it you ate? Lucky your DD slept well for you.

DD is crying again.... She wont sleep very well during the day. We put her down and then 10 minutes later she will wake again. We get perhaps an hour stretch with her at the moment. She then dies at about 730ish and we have to wake her for a feed and bath before we go to bed then she is good at night.

Sorry to everyone I missed

[Jacki]

Sue - Hope you and DH are feeling a little better. As for your midwife comments on 150gm weight gain per week ........ think I am going to have to starve me little one (he has averaged 250 per week!!).

Bun - Great news on the 4-5 hour stretch at night. Also don't you just love it when they wake feed and back to sleep quickly and you can get back into bed with DH !!

Esne - please send me some of your sleep !

Prama - good news on DS. Glad nothing to worry about.

Luke is now pretty alert during the day after feeds and taking a lot longer to settle back down to sleep. Sometimes he is awake from what seems like ages. When you bubs are awake after a feed during the day how long are they up for ??? I keep thinking he must be getting over tired by all the awake time he is getting. What do you think ?

[Jacki]

Another quick question ...... bath time

Do you bath in the morning or in the evening? And what is the routine. Do you wait for bubs to wake, then bath, feed and back to bed ???

[Sueby]

Hi Everyone,

We had takeaway Chinese and I think it was the special fried rice that did it!!

Jacki -- DS is having some lovely awake time too -- about one and a half hours to two hours. She is fairly easy to settle -- wrap cuddle dummy for a few mins and then into bed.
We are currently bathing at night -- so she will have a bath before next feed about 6.30pm and then have feed and into bed. I find the johnsons bedtime bath works a treat. She may not sleep until 8pm but we will see how we go.

Thanks to everyone we are feeling a lot better just need some magic sleep

Sue

[prama]

JEnjams- thanks heaps! I think I'm feeling more positive now and taking things one day at a time. Things are becoming more routine.
We're going to go with Lakshman, it's closer to how it's pronounced. Laxman is pronounced the same but just the spelling is different. We thought it will save him having his name mis-pronounced all the time and being teased at school, like lacks man, laxative man (DH thought of that!). My friend just told me, he might get called Lucky.. yukk.

Lakshman does the same somtimes when we want him to sleep.

Jacki - ditto, we jsut fed him and he's wide awake.. Want him to sleep so we can too.

We bathe him in the evenings, after DH gets home from works so we can do it together. My mother gets worried, lol, cause she believes he will get sick etc.

Esme - hope you're feeling better. Better not have that takeaway again. Poor you and DH..

ps. i went to the health food shop today, and asked about what I could take to increase my milk. the lady told me she's had several woment take Fenugreek tablets and they worked. So im trying them. will let you know if it works

[Roquen]

aaarrrrghh had a shocker night!

Jordan must be a bit colicy - last night he just wouldn't settle. He had slept after his bath from about 630pm till 955pm (I normally try to feed him around 8pm but he wouldn't wake up lol) so I gave him a good feed then - he went 15 mins each side (normally only does 10), then it was him awake - crying/looking hungry all the way till 2am. I tried top up feeding at about 1120pm and again at nearly 1am but the feeding didn't seem to help. He kept acting hungry right after, I was starting to cry by 1am, worrying I had no milk left or that he was in pain with gas and convincing myself I am a terrible mother who doesn't know what her bub needs! We had a great night the night before so I guess I was due for a shocker!

He finally slept from about 2 till 5am then I fed both sides again and he didn't stir till 740am.

DH and I tried for a while to settle without resorting to feeding, but when he acts very hungry it was breaking my heart not to feed him, but I'm also wary of letting him use me as a dummy.

thanks for reading ladies, I always feel better if I can get things off my chest here! Hope you all had a good night with some sleep!

[katkins]

ash, 120 is fine for ur man I think. Bry has more than that. I think the chuck is more because wind gets caught under the feed. I find if I burp every now and then thru the feed, the chuck is much less. U get to the point where u can feel bubbles of wind as the develop and know when to burp. But even so, it's impossible to get rid of every bubble. But I find burping earlier in the feed is the way to go.
Jacki, I find if I bath bry, it's easier to feed first cause then he's more relaxed and not screaming cause he's hungry. And I don't think day or night matters so much. I think it's a matter of what fits best for u. Just keep the room warm and u'll be right hon *hugs*.
Well, I'm a single mum now. Dh is gone. He's in san fran atm. Missed his connection to Heathrow because his flight was late. So he's stressing and on standby for the next flight. Let's hope he gets it! Means he can't sight see tho. Poor bugger. Bry had a good sleep. He slept from 10pm till 3:30am, then back to sleep at 4:30 thru to 7:30 so I am feeling a LOT better.
I hope all the bubbas are starting to settle in and go longer between feeds. Love and hugs to all!

[prama]

Roquen - so sorry about bub not sleeping well. It's so hard when they cry, it's heart breaking and sometimes we dont know what to do.
I hardly slept last night too.
Lakshman's phelgm is giving a hard time. He could hardly breathe and kept opening his mouth to breathe. Woke DH up at 1.45 and we got his nasal saline drops and managed to get some phelgm out. He slept well for a bit then it started again. I felt so sorry for him, to hear him try to breathe in his sleep. I stayed up just watching him to make sure he was ok. He woke up at 4 and had a feed, and I finally went to bed at 5.30. And just quickly had an hrs nap.
My poor baby, I wish he could blow his nose..

Hope you girls had a good night xoxo