Hi everyone!
Bindy, how could you imagine we wouldnt miss you!!!??? Of course we will! Good luck with a smooth move with a newborn, you are a brave woman!
Kristielee, dont know about the poo thing. Celeste is having spraypoos almost every feed still. She is 10days younger than Jemma though and BF only. Maybe the FF is why?
Nik, So glad that Amy is putting on weight! It really makes you feel you are doing a great job doesnt it? Hope things continue to work out for you in that area.
As for late night tv, phleeeuurgh. Terrible. At least when I was in hospital the tennis was on, not that I paid much attention. The nurses would come in and comment on it and I would realise that I had been staring vacantly at it for ages lol. Brain not engaged at that time hehe.
On the feeding topic: I am so happy that everyone in here is so understanding and supportive of each other. We are all individuals and so are our gorgeous bubs and each situation is different for each of us. I have really struggled with the BF thing but we are slowly getting there and I am determined to keep going. That said, I am totally in agreeance with you all that for those that it doesnt work out for FF is the way to go!!! There is no point having a miserable time for the first months of your relationship together, where all your memories are clouded by the misery of feeding problems. Same goes for co-sleeping or cloth nappies, dummies or whatever else.
Question: those of you that co-sleep, how exactly does it work? Like if bub goes to sleep at 8pm do you put him/her in your big bed till you go in there later? What about when they get more mobile? Do they sleep in the cot in the daytime? How do you stop them from going under the covers? Just curious.
Celeste has developed a routine of snacking on and off all evening, like every half hour to hourly. Then she goes off for a proper sleep around 9 or 10pm. She sleeps for around 4+1/2hours but then is awake for at least 2 hours till she goes off for another 4 or so hours. It is driving me crazy! Last night she was awake from 12.30 till after 3.30am!!! I am so glad I went to bed at 9.30 when she did! I dont know how to fix this. I am trying to wake her every 3 hours in the daytime for a feed to make her sleepier at night but dont know if this is setting up a pattern of needing smaller, more frequent feeds in the night too. Any suggestions? Also, I thought maybe a dummy would help to settle her so she doesnt think she needs a feed all that time she is awake but she doesnt seem to want one. Maybe this is confusing her? Aargh, I just dont know!