Runner - I second what Disgirl says! If i can get anything done, then i'm doing well sorry to hear Amara has some reflux too. If you have too much milk (wish i had that problem! i dont have enough at the moment and building my supply up again) you can b.feed lying down.... does that help you? have you tried that?
In a typical day I usually manage to get a load of washing on and sometimes fold some clothes. Stack the dishwasher.... the rest of the time I'm either expressing in between feeds, sterilising bottles ready for next feed and settling Ava or sleeping aswell while she sleeps!
I just put Ava down now for hopefully a 2hr sleep so I am off to get some sleep too.
Had a pretty good night last night. she slept from 11pm til 3am and then after 3am feed she slept pretty well woke up couple of times but settled herself so i didn't need to help her fall back asleep. It was a good night
While my right nipple heals (cracked, damaged and was bleeding!) I've been expressing from it only as it's way too painful to b.feed with. Also, expressing L side too but sometimes feeding from that side. So Ava is now getting top up's of formula aswell as expressed EBM. She is gaining weight and has put on 100g in one day!!!!!!!
Her reflux doesn't seem to be so bad now and we are managing it with the Losec and homeopathic drops. Hopefully going off Losec this week.
Orange - Paed appointment went well. He was happy with her weight gain and said as long as she gets 75ml every 3hrs at least, she will gain weight well. Well, she takes at least 100ml every 3hrs so no probs there LOL and perhaps it was silent reflux as the medicine seems to have helped!! Ava is so much more content and happy. and usually goes down pretty quick after a feed or is happy to just look around and we talk to her and poke our tongue at her and she pokes it back! so cute......
Would do personals but I'd prefer to catch my sleep while I can !!!
Hey all....proud mummy moment - Dash gave me the biggest smile EVER last night....what a melting moment.
Runner: You asked for advice....I'm sure you know all of this but to help reflux you should feed upright (which I think I read you were doing) and keep her upright for half hour afterwards, prop the cot mattress up on an incline, burp by rubbing not patting and over shoulder instead of knee so back is out straight and tum not squashed, smaller feeds more often. Can't really help with the oversupply of milk because I have never breastfed he he....but doesn't it settle at about 6 weeks??
Dash spends every second sleep in his bouncy sitting up....this seems to help. Also DS reflux is worse in the arvo due to colic so I burp before a feed and have him 'snack' at the bottle for an hour. I put Gaviscon in his bottle (not sure how this works with breastfeeding) and this stops the vomiting and the acid coming up the back of the throat by acting as the valve that keeps his food in the stomach. If Amara is hard to settle it may be because the acid is burning her throat when laying down....dash is harder to settle without his meds and wakes up constantly....doesn't take a full feed and seems to be feeding every awake time he gets....so nothing gets done. The Zantc simply changes the acid so it doesn't burn if he does vomit. Meds are quite drastic but we had no option, tried everthing else. Ayway, we have had no reflux for over a week now (except for when a friend fed him and didn't follow our procedure) so will keep up the meds.
Ren: Glad Ava is gaining....still don't know how Dash gained his weight with all the vomit he he. 100mL is excellent - well done Ava!!! Dash has only just gone up to 125mL (should be on about 150-180mL by now) but with a thickened formula they tend to take less....that should answer your question too Bon!! Have you tried giving Ava some thickener before a feed? I think you mix it with breastmilk before a feed when BF. Not sure how you feel about that so will leave the thought with you!!
Hi girls, well im extremely emotional today, my little neice was born this morning and its just killing me that im not there (my family lives in NZ)
I cried this morning about it and i just want to cry about it all day, its ripping my heart. I want to take my boy and fly home for awhile, i want my family to meet Caleb and I want to meet my neice Maddison. I feel this horrible ache, almost like she were my own baby and Im not allowed to hold her!
Im not sure what to do with this feeling, i know i really want to spend more time with my boy because of it only because he gives me such joy just looking at his little face but i cant keep him awake forever....
I cant go home, not right now, we dont ahve the money and i have to apply for Caleb to get citizenship in NZ (which also costs $200) cos Australia wont accept him untill he is 10 years old because we are both NZers. and without his citizenship sorted he cant get a passport
my poor hubby doesnt know what to do with me, he cant fix it and thats all he wants to do.....
Sorry I haven't been posting much - busy times for us atm.
My nurse said that at first if you can just get out of your pj's, look after Bub and have a shower & wash your hair or something then you are doing well. That is all I really did for the first 6 weeks or so. I do more than that now but I think for the first month or two you shouldn't expect too much from yourself (nor should anyone around you).
Jo - Big Hugs. Can't imagine how hard it must be for you.
Ren - 100g weight gain for Ava in 1 day?!?! That is FANTASTIC. Well Done to both of you.
orange - We've been sleeping Sam in his bouncer too; for at least 2 sleeps during the day. He just seems so much more relaxed since we've been doing it. He likes to be elevated. And, he has a terrible flat head on one side because he favours that side. In the bouncer he sleeps on the other side so hopefully his flat side will start to disappear soon.
Mel - hope you all stayed safe down there. Sounds so scary.
We're doing well. Can't believe how quickly they grow, Sam was really unsettled for about 72hrs after his injections last week but he is settled again now. Poor little man, it was awful seeing him so unsettled. Saturday he didn't sleep for about 6 hours straight. I was very nervous about that!
Just a quick one to say that I uploaded some pro shots of Dash at 3 weeks in the members gallery....it was hard to choose because I got just over 300 different shots as my friend was practising. Anyway, they were taken just over 4 weeks ago. 2 days after the photos were taken he lost the hair from the top of his head and looked like an little old man lol. It is growing back now but am glad that he had his hair for his photos awwww.
Jo: I don't know what it feels like to not have your family close by but I'm sure it stinks. Hope you get to see them soon....at least Caleb and Maddison will be at the age where they will be able to 'interact' with each other when you do get there....that will be soooo sweet. You might even be feeling a little anxious and protective for the experience your sister had with failed inductions etc - and then not being able to comfort her???? Anyway, I get emotional when a baby is born into our family...it's just a natural response - moreso when you are a mother yourself.
AJC: Sam sounds like a gorgeous boy. We have our needles on Monday so will report back on how we go. Bet those smiles melt your heart!! If you don't mind me asking (nor does it really matter, just curious), is Sam hitting milestones at his birth age or corrected age??
Just a quick update from me, we have had some challenging times over the past few days, Owen does not seem to be liking to sleep at the moment. He was up all day Sunday and yesterday only had two naps of 20 mins and 45 minutes. I've been naughty in terms of settling him to sleep and letting him fall asleep in my arms and putting him in the basinette once he's asleep. Up until yesterday that had been working, but yesterday every time I put him down he would wake up and start crying. I've been bf and bottle feeding due to issues with my supply and we've increased the amount of formula he's getting, so we'll see if that helps any. Once he went down last night woke him about 1.30am for a feed and thankfully he went to sleep again until 5.45am.
Runner - glad to hear Amara has been doing well since you've been home, sounds like you're starting to work things out with the reflux.
Jo- must be hard for you with your family so far away and the issues with Caleb's citzenship would make things worse. My family live over 200 kms away and I have little support here, so must be even harder for you. Do you have a webcam so at least you and your family can see one another?
Well, we're off to the Maternal Child Health Nurse today to check on his weight gain and how his development is going. DH has just told me Owen's woken, so off to feed him.
sorry to hear Amara has some reflux too. If you have too much milk (wish i had that problem! i dont have enough at the moment and building my supply up again) you can b.feed lying down.... does that help you? have you tried that?
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