Hi gals,
Thanks for the posts re: sticky eye. I thought Cam's sticky right eye had improved (he hasn't had it in the past couple of days), but this morning it's back and his right eye is quite gunky. But, as he's still feeding well and isn't running a temp, I'm going to continue cleansing it with saltwater and putting a little EBM in his eye afterwards. I don't want to rush off to the GP and be prescribed antibiotics if it will eventually clear up on its own.
Cam is now BFing most of his feeds, although I express at least one or two bottles a day so (a) daddy can give him a feed and (b) so he continues to be happy to feed from a bottle. For the most part we've got BFing sorted out, although he sometimes still takes a while to latch on and gets cranky. It always amuses me how, when he's getting ready to latch on, he opens his mouth wide and moves his head from side to side really quickly (obviously trying to find the nipple). Can anyone relate?
Poos - I'm still changing approx 3 pooey nappies per day.
Wind - Not sure if Cam suffers bad wind, but occasionally he's an unhappy chappy and I blame wind. He farts like a trooper though, so at least he's getting rid of most of it.
Sleep - Ususally he sleeps for 2-3 hours during the day, and he can sleep for up to 4 or slightly more hours during the night. Mind you, last night was a bit of a mess ... he fed at 2am, and from about 3.30am onwards has refused to settle. Thought he'd sleep after a feed at 5am, but he's still been a bit unsettled. I'm blaming wind, for lack of there being any other obvious cause.
Slings/carriers - I've got a babybjorn but not particularly confident with wearing it yet (as bub's only now just big enough to sit in it). My sister raves about her sling, as do some of you gals. Sounds like it might be a good alternative to the carrier.
Bleeding - I'm down to a very light discharge. I only had heavy bleeding for about 3 days and I wish I'd known that post partum bleeding (for me, anyway) would be quite light as while pregnant I purchased quite a few packs of maternity pads (including the yucky matress-size variety) ... and they're now sitting in my cupboard unusued.
Monitors - DH and I have an Angel Care monitor. It works well, although we can't have the parent monitor in our bedroom as it's too close to Cam's bedroom (and the monitors need to be several metres away from each other, otherwise there's bad static on the parent monitor. However, as Cam is in the bedroom next to ours we can hear him very clearly. Our parent monitor is in our kitchen/lounge area.
A comment about baby change rooms at airports etc. What is the go with stinky baby change rooms where mums are expecting to sit and BF amid the stink??? Was at Bris airport picking up my parents the other day and Cam needed a change. Thank God I didn't need to BF him as the smell in the change room was atrocious ... I doubt the nappy bins had been emptied in some time. It was just yuck and it was the quickest change I could manage (which says something given Cam did a 'poo shooter' while I was changing him and I had to change his nappy twice. Thankfully the change rooms at my local shopping complex are better!! I kinda get that it is hard to keep the air 'clean' in these rooms, but I don't think there's any excuse for the nap bins not to be regularly emptied. Hmmm, enough of my rant!
Hope those of you who have been teary and/or emotional are feeling better and ditto to anyone who is going through difficulties with their bubs re: BFing/sleeping etc.
OK, Cam is still a bit unsettled and is now fussing. He's probably after another feed so I'd better go see what's up.
Cheers everyone - have a good weekend.
Andie
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