How's everyone sleeping?? We're pretty good for the most part but Miss P seems to think a Rave Party in our bedroom somewhere between the hours of 1 and 4am is appropriate behaviour!! I have had some stern words with her, bought a Grobag (she loathes being swaddled!) and hoping tonight is not a party night! Wish me luck...
Just a quick drop in! My DD arrived 15 days early on 18 November. I'm a first-time mum and the only breastfeeder in my family, so I hope you'll all be patient with my questions...
Nickle, our bubs could go party together. Ours loves to be swaddled, but kept wriggling out of her wrap and startling herself awake... so we got a Wrap Me Up - she sleeps so well in it and we can put her in the carseat or pram in it too. I hope you had a better time of things the other night!
purple pixie - congratulations and welcome!! This is also my first bub so am with you on the question asking!
Well Little K is 2 weeks old now!! eeeeek!! Seems to be going by so quickly! All is going fairly well.
nickle - i have the same issue also but at more acceptable hours.. usually between 6 and 10 in the morning he wont sleep, very alert and loves to look around.
Does anyone else have more milk production in one boob than the other?? My right boob becomes so full and engorged while my left doesnt. It still has milk but nowhere near as much! The size difference really bothers me. My mum had the same issue when she breastfed too. The nurse said that its quite common and as long as it doesnt affect how much bubs get than it should be fine.
The weather has been really hot and muggy here lately, and bubs seems to be a fairly hot and sweaty baby. lives in singlet and nappy at the moment, even at night. Loves his baths too!!
Hello purplepixie! don't worry about asking questions! thats what we are all here for!!!!! as for ur question on how are we keeping bub cool, well Miss Em is spending alot of time in nappy and singlet, and loves having some nakey time!
Well for us our witching hours is between 1800-2400 and it drives me nuts! its a loooooong time of alertness and cluster feeding! and not the best time of night to be going through it!
Also today is my 1st whole day alone with my 2 girls! so far so good! i do miss DH already tho!
Breastfeeding is surprisingly going well - but does anyone else feel like a cow? are does anyone else get a little frustrated with having to get your BB's out constantly? sometimes im so tempted to switch over to formula also! but i guess thats just the sleep deprived me talking! i would really like to make it to the 6wk mark and prove my OB wrong at my check up!
Question with expressing -now i seem to have alot of milk as DD is putting on heaps of weight and sometimes chokes on it all when drinking! however when i express it takes ages (manual expressing) so my question is.... is it okay to express some, put it in the fridge, express more to the previous amount later than freeze it?
Eza I have exactly the same issue - rightie is embarrassingly prolific, leftie is a lagger. I spoke to a nurse at the community centre today who seemed to think the same way as your nurse - not a problem as long as bub is well-fed. She suggested feeding off the less-productive breast first for a while to boost supply, so that's the plan for now. This is probably good as it gives right boob time to leak a little - Amelia has a bit of trouble attaching when it's over-full and leaky.
HJ I occasionally look up at DH and dare him to call me Daisy... moo! I've had the "hang it all and hand me the bottle" moments too, usually late at night when I'm tired and everything hurts. I do find it pretty convenient though - Amelia tends to yell and yell from the time she wakes up til the time she latches - the times she has had EBM or formula (we were comp feeding to begin with as my milk took ages to come in) she has become quite hysterical whilst waiting for the bottle to warm up so bf soothes her much more quickly.
I'm trying to get my head around bf in public though. I feed barechested at home so am used to having nothing in the way. Now that we're starting to get out a bit more I'm struggling to feed around a shirt, muslin wrap etc. I haven't been fitted for a maternity bra yet as I am living in the nursing singlets (these things rock!!) and the couple of bf shirts I bought from Target are oddly shaped in terms of the cups/openings and not very comfortable... any suggestions for good styles to wear? Preferably cheap
I'm not sure about the expressing question - I use an electric pump (which really does add to the whole dairy cow experience!!) so it's quick and the EBM goes straight into the fridge or freezer depending on need. In hospital the nurses would just add the tiny bits of milk I was expressing to the one storage container as they came along, so I assume it's okay to do that. I'd just transfer it as quickly as possible to maintain a clean container?
DD has been living in a singlet and nappy too. She still freaks out a little bit about bath time (although she is improving) so the cooling effect of the bath is counteracted by the hysteria.
She is very loud, and has been since birth... Can't quite believe us two calm, quiet, homebodies have ended up with such a noisy drama queen of a daughter. Love her to bits though - gee she's cute
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