Babies Born May 16th - 31st 2008 #2

[Je$$_84]

Hi Mummas,

Well we had a good night again... Tiahna was unsettled like usuall but like saturday night she was asleep by 12.30am and slept right through till 6.20am... i was so happy with her... its so great to get a good night sleep... not expecting it to last so just enjoying it while its happening...

Boobs are getting better and the antibiotics dont seem to have effected my milk as Tiahna is feeding very well still... Tried to give her an EBM bottle but she still refuses to drink from the bottles.... GRRRR Not sure if i should buy new ones or just be persistant with the ones i have??? i want her to get used to the bottle as soon as possible dont want to leave it til last minute i know i have plenty of time left but just dont want to take chances. she loves the booby so much...

Mecil- my son used to get very consitpated on formula... you can buy special coloxyl drops (like the tabs used for preg women) you add a few drops in the bottle or on the tongue. over the chemist thing... think you can give bottle fed babies boiled water alsoto help out... (anyone else told that breast fed babies should or dont need water???) sometimes when i change Tiahna and i hold her legs up a little to wipe it seems to kind of help her push #2's out not that here hard- still like tooth paste... hehehe it mush just help her use her muscles there... its weird.

i read on the ABF website

Many mums also feel their milk supply is lower in the late afternoon/evening. Certainly your breasts can feel they are less full of milk than earlier in the day. Rest assured there is milk there, as breasts are never totally empty. As soon as your baby starts feeding, this sends the message for your breasts to produce more milk.

i find that sometime i feel like i have "NO MILK AT ALL" by the afternoon so offered a bottle 1 or twice but after reading thisi put Tiahna pn the boob and she always seems to manage to get something out... To all Mums who have babies with the horrid fussing hours arounf 8-midnight i recommend reading the arsenic hour on the ABA site... helped me out heaps

I also read this

The highest milk volume is usually in the morning and the lowest is in the late afternoon or early evening. The lower supply allows a baby to suckle for long periods during his fussiest time of day and not receive excessive amounts of milk.

Whish i didnt previously know... I always wondered why Tiahna's feeds were longer in the afternoons