I was in the belly buddies due Jan 16th - 31st thread, but my little Belle came early so here we are
I am still very sore and tired after the birth ~ don't remember being this sore last time around. Life with two children is certainly more demanding than just one, but I am loving it and am totally in love with Belle.
Any suggestions on how to get bub's to sleep more at night and less during the day? She is breastfeeding every 2 hours during the night and not always settling between feeds, but during the day she is totally wiped out. We try to wake her up and keep her awake for a bit before she feeds, but she is comatised!!! HELP Oh and she hates being swaddled love's to have her arms above her head like a monkey ~ just like her big brother did.
Seena, Belle and Xavier must be talking to each-other, it is the same story in this house. We get the odd night with a 3-4 hour break overnight, like twice since he was born but he is 1-2 hours for a feed for the most part. Xavier also hates being swaddled and I wrote a post about making a sleeping bag so he can't kick the blanket off overnight and get a chill. (although we wind up co-sleeping so I get maximum sleep )
I forgot how awful the sleep deprivation is. I don't know what I will do when Juz goes back to work on the 28th
On the plus side, my vagina is starting to feel somewhat normal again It is a bit itchy because of the healing but the pain is pretty much gone!!!
Deb and Kim glad you guys are home and well. Hope you are enjoying your darling little boys!
Seena and Sarah i think Belle and Xavier have been coconspiring with Ruby!!! The days are so hot though here...reaching 37 today so I dont blame the little darling for sleeping during the day! Sarah Im feeling pretty good too, its nice being pain free again yay!
Kirsten sounds like Ryley is going great..well done clever mumma!
Weve had a lovely day chilling today. We bought a stack of dvds so lots of movies to watch this weekend..the temps are soaring here! Trying to find a shade thing to take Ruby with the rest of the family down the beach is proving to be quite difficult..everywhere seems to have sold out! Ruby was weighed again today and has put on 215 grams in 6 days little piggy so shes loving her mummas milk.
Congratulations Kim and Deb, bet it was well worth the wait!
I start and stop bleeding but its not heavy. Haven't DTD again since day 8 because the bleeding came back and to be honest we are still trying to work out who will take what night shift so its a bit all over the place at the moment. DH did last nights shift so I got a good nights sleep and I will do tonights night shift as he has to get up early.
We left JD with nana yesterday afternoon so DH and I could go grocery shopping. It was nice to get out by ourselves but we missed him while we were gone. We are hoping to get a massage in this morning cause we are both so sore. But will have to see if my tummy settles as we tried a new dish last night and it hasn't agreed with me at all (no fair!).
JD is sleeping most of the day, I had to wake him after a 6 hour sleep the other day cause the hospital said that they dont like them sleeping that long on hot days. But at night we are getting about 4 hours sleep from him. Problem is that sometimes it can take about 15-20 to feed ad settle him and then sometimes like last night it takes over an hour. So its a bit of a mixed basket. We stopped him sleeping in our room now and have him in his room in his cot. He seems to sleep the longest in their. I tried bringing him in with us after his 4.30am feed but now DH says that he can't sleep when JD is in bed with us cause he is scared we will roll over on him. So back to the cot he goes and he likes it there anyway. So I think that will be the go for now unless something else changes. Its just hard trying to figure out what is best half the time.
We have the nurse coming to visit Thursday to weigh JD so that will be interesting cause he is a guts and would be interesting to see how much he has gained, also I am keen to join a mothers group. I am not looking forward to DH going back to work next week, but at least they are letting him work a couple of days from home for a while so its not so bad.
Man I have so many questions for you experienced mums so be prepared!
Glad to have found my way here Had my baby on Jan 11 and his name is Kieran. Hope everyone's doing ok with breastfeeding and coping well with less shuteye.
My delivery was ok, he was out in 2hrs except the placenta refused to be delieverd and i had to go to the op theatre to have it removed... lost 2.5litres of blood and had to have 6 bags of blood...came back frm hospy after spending 5 days there cos bub had a bit of jaundice towards the end of my stay and had to undergo photo therapy. Other than this, all has been gg well with bub and breastfeeding.
take care everyone, chat soon. gotta go now and have my lunch and feed bub
So avent bottles are the way to go then! Thanks for everyones help! How much would one feed be, obviously I never can tell cos I don't even see the milk apart from when it spurts out like a fountain all over the place!
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It is a bit itchy because of the healing but the pain is pretty much gone!!!
funny little duck....
Had my baby on Jan 11 and his name is Kieran. Hope everyone's doing ok with breastfeeding and coping well with less shuteye.
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