Bella - Kyson used to do the exact same thing at about the same age. It was heartbreaking! Breastfeeding was meant to be a nice calm and loving experience, and I felt like it was in some way hurting him. All I could think of at the time was wind, so I would burp him lots and lots, but it never made much of a difference. He's much better now. He very rarely ever does it anymore, and never to the extreme that he used to. When he was at his worst I would actually feed him while bouncing on the fitball! Now I tend to think he gets upset once the breast starts getting less full and he has to work a bit harder to get the milk. I think he prefers it when the milk is just pouring into his mouth and he can be lazy. Do you find that Jem is a bit calmer if you swap her to the fuller breast? Hopefully she sort of grows out of it like Kyson is.
Amy - Woopsies happen and you shouldn't beat yourself up over it. When you first had Nat you were learning to be a mummy, and now that you have Phoebs you are learning to be a mummy of two! I seriously have so much respect for you and think you are doing a marvelous job! It's good that you had a little cry to let out the emotions (it must have been scary), but now you should try to put it behind you and focus on all the wonderful things you are doing for your little girls.
Bridg - I read on facebook about the twins getting new doona covers and sleeping like logs, Lol! Good work!
Jacinta - It's so funny when you see a toddler trying to put up a baby (as well as scary hehe). They tend to wrap their arms around their belly and the little babies arms end up around their own ears!
Naomi - Congrats to your friend! I love the name. At one point I had the name Kayden on our baby list, but DH wasn't a fan, and then I was worried about how many Kayden's, Brayden's, Jayden's etc are around now. But I still love the name
BG - Good to hear that E is sleeping better during the day. Do you find that she is happier when she is awake because she's getting more sleep? Kyson has a ripper of a nap yesterday morning. About 20 minutes before I thought he was going to go to sleep, I took him for a long walk in the pram and he came back fast asleep. Then I just wheeled his pram into the bedroom and let him sleep in it. He stayed asleep for almost 2 hours! That's his longest nap not spent on mummy, hehe.
Do you girls think I should shrink our baby list down to only those that post in this thread? It seems a little silly to have others listed that are posting in other groups...
Anyway just gave him a BF before bed and he happily sucked away so my goal is to ensure FF are few and far between so he doesn't get lazy re the boob. I feel guilty though, but I need to be practical too...... aaaah bloody mother guilt!!
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