Hi mummies. My little Izzy has been an absolute star over the last couple of days. She's doing a first sleep at night of between 6 and 8 hours (unfortunately it starts at about 7pm but hey, better than nothing!), then following that up with at least 4 hours. So for the last two nights I've had a minimum of 8 hours sleep with only one feed break in it. Crossing everything she stays that way. Today we're "being the book" - trying really hard to perservere putting her down for day time sleeps and not giving in and picking her up when she cries.
Sarah - so sorry to hear about Justin's friend. That's really awful - always very sad when anyone passes away but when its someone so young it seems especially tragic.
Kelly - I'm not expressing at all but when my community nurse came to see me when Izzy was 8 days old she said at that point she should be having 90mls per feed, so 140 for Luke now sounds pretty good. I hope your incision starts feeling a lot better soon and your nipple too. And good luck for your first day without Ryann home. You'll be absolutely fine. Enjoy the time alone with your bubby. I sometimes think it would be easier to get some sort of routine if Rein weren't here during the day!
Tan - I'm not letting Izzy go for longer than about 3 minutes before I go back in and talk to her. If she's really upset then I pat her and rock her cradle. If she's still really upset after 10 minutes I pick her up, but I don't leave her alone at all if she's really upset - grumbling I'll walk away and see if she settles. That's great news about your girlfriend too - will be lovely for you to have bubbies fairly close together.
Heather - I'm with you. I am soooooooo hungry all the time. Given how much I'm eating I have no idea how I've managed to lose weight - I only put on 5.5 kgs while I was pregnant and I've lost 16kgs since giving birth - great diet!!! I'm actually wearing clothes that were too tight for me before Izzy was conceived! Hopefully it will last. Like Lis though, I have a very floppy and unattractive tummy. No amount of walking is going to get rid of that - unfortunately its going to need serious exercise
Well, I'm off to have a shower now (which means of course that Izzy will wake up just as I get shampoo in my hair!) Hi to all the mummies I've missed (and sorry about the long post - just so excited to not be feeling completely exhausted). I hope you all have a lovely day.
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