lilcosmo - it could very well be one of those nights.... how long did it take for him to settle in the end? if the sleep gets the better of me, I have found bringing bub in bed with me helps - mainly from a comfort point of view which helps to settle them. If you tried that and he was still unsettled, im not sure what to suggest over than walking him around. btw I have found a great fool proof burp getter is to pop bub's chest sort of high on the shoulder, keep their legs long and just push bottom up gently and back into you gently. basically this helps the oesophagus to straighten for want of a better way to say it..... let us know how you go.
So til i can find alot of time theres going to be a few 'me' posts...sorry in advance!
Zach is going well. Had another check up today....up 140grams in 2 days since last check..now 75 grams off birth weight. His jaundice is now at K1....was K2 on Saturday so boobie is helping him alot
He is a champ at sleeping....rarely cries...a really boobie boy and hates bottles with top up formula in it...LOL
His umbilical cord dropped off today...so day 4 and im sooo much happier. Looks like he will have an outie button due to when he was passed between my legs it was pulled a little...so got a umbilical hernia....but is ok....his cute a cute belly
Im going to write up my birth story tomorrow and really looking forward to sharing it.
Hi everyone, had the community midwife come round today and Larissa is now 3760 compared to 3580 when born and is 52.2 cms compared to 51 when born... shes grown so much in less than 2 weeks but is still in nb clothing! I've been having a few difficulties getting her to settle when she wakes for a feed in the middle of the night. I'm usually so shattered by that point that I'll call asleep comforting her but if shes not in her cot then she isnt crying and I'm so worried she will wake everyone else in the house up. She's really good apart from that, I think living with so many people is a real disadvantage as they practicallly pick her up all the time, dp is awful for waking her up in the morning then passing her on to his parents - it would be great if he let her sleep in or if he was waking her to see her himself but it bugs me a little that he does this! I just think shes going to get too used to people fussing over her all the time and that will make it hard work for me!
I do formula top ups or sometimes full FF bottle...but seeing though Zach HATES formula its a rare thing....its booby or EBM for him...fuss pot!
I use Karicare Gold as well, no vomits, same stuff i used for the girls.
Deb i hear ya on the sore nipples babe....but i think good thoughts while feeding and push the pain to the back of my mind....not sure if it helps or not. I had a good cry last night.
Amanda good luck for the u/s tomorrow, im sure it will go fine.
Kirsten yay on the good outing....the train platforms are useless in Melb....they should be level with the trains not higher!
TOnight is Zachs turn to not settle...fed at 830 and now wont stop crying no matter what i do
Well I feel pretty good today. DH did the night and early morning feeds so I went to bed at 9.30 and woke for JD's 6.30 am feed. so thats a great night sleep, thank god! I am sitting here pumping away so JD has a bottle before his ultrasound this morning. I am a bit nervous about it. He will probably scream and cry. so will take a bottle of my milk and a formula just in case I need more to settle him. So far still no poo. His last poo was Sunday night and it was a beauty. But I just googled it and some babies can go a few times a day to just once or twice a week, so that has me settled a bit. THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE AND BB!
Ok better go boobs are empty now, so will get JD's gear all ready so we can just out the door hopefully without too much disruption.
P.S. Last night after his fed he wouldn't settle again. So when DH came home he tried to settle him while I started dinner but he wouldn't which is very strange as he loves his dad. We burped and cuddled and played and still no luck. So we wrapped him and put him in his cot shut the door and let him cry for about 30 minutes. He would calm down and then start up again. Not really full on screaming all the time though. We ate our dinner and then thought well thats 30 minutes lets see if he has worn himself out so DH went in and got him and placed him on his chest and no more than 5-10 minutes later he was out like a light! So we let him stay on DH chest for about 30 minutes before putting him back in his cot.
Is this called controlled crying or something, is it ok to do this at this age? I really dont want to teach JD that he needs us to cuddle him until he falls asleep. I have to go back to work part time after 3 months and full time after 6 months so this cuddling till he falls asleep thing is not going to work for us.
Kim-yeah your telling me I feel a little scared getting off then on. Hope Zach settled down for you Ryley like that also and it takes a awhile to settle him down and its worst now its hot..
Puppies-glad things are going well..
Steph-glad Larissa is going well..
Plc1805-yeah Ryley is like that and sometime won't settle.
Hello to everyone else..
Well the MCHN just come to place and just left and Ryley now weights 3680grams and he head has grown from 32cm (birth) to now 36cm and he has a bit of thrush on his tongue so going to get some NilStat drops today for him but other than that he is going well she said and he is growing beautifully. And I feel much better and feed him ever 3 hours I thought it was ever 4 hours but he is waking up before that now so I'm happy and feel more relaxed. I think the mattress that came with the cot looks brand new and hardly used so I am going to use it.
Hope you all are well.
Kirsten
Last edited by RyleyMummy; January 20th, 2009 at 10:23 AM.
well we are back from the ultra sound and it went well. JD behaved like a champ. I was worried about nothing. I am looking forward to taking him out and about a bit more now. Will see what Pedi says about his results when we see him in a next few weeks.
Anyways, I am just on cloud nine since this morning went so well.
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