Loving hearing about your gorgeous little bubba's and how everyone is settling in!
Miss P seems to be getting the hang of day vs. night - this makes me VERY happy! She wakes for a BF at around 2am most nights and then goes back to sleep until somewhere between 6 and 8am. We are BF and comp feeding with formula or EBM as I have had two breast reduction surgeries and I don't have a great enough supply for Miss P. I am taking motilium to boost my supply and I definitely have more milk than I had with my last bub. Miss P loves a BF and I am hoping that we can continue to have a BF relationship... how long it lasts depends entirely on Miss P! My DD1 was a small baby and poor feeder (and I had no idea what I was doing!) and DS weaned at 3 months when I stopped producing any milk at all. Miss P is an amazing feeder and has no problems feeding from both breast and bottle. She has a definite preference for the breast - I have tasted formula and I am not surprised!
I have a Medela Swing electric pump and i love it! Much better than the manual pump I used last time.
purplepixie, I will BF Miss P just about anywhere. I do like to be discreet and am not one for flashing my boob around! I have found that a singlet top in a stretchy fabric can be pulled down under my boob, then a loose style t-shirt over the top is pulled up (you can use the loose t-shirt to cover your boob/bub's head while attaching and no one sees anything). Target has good long line singlets with lots of stretch and I have some good loose t's from Sussan's. Don't know if that makes sense?? It works for us, but I have found it much easier this time than with DS as Miss P will latch on to a nipple which is waved in her general direction without any assistance so there is no stuffing about in public trying to attach!
Kids have been out swimming with DH but have just come inside. Better go and shower them!
Hope you are all well and enjoying this special time!
Hi girls. I hope it is ok if I hang out in here with you guys. Campbell was due in this group! I am also popping into his actual birth group but I know most of you guys and would like to keep chatting.
HJ - I always use a new container for each lot of expressed milk but I don't think it would matter if you combined providing it is just milk from the same day and you freeze it that day also. The more times you open the container it is stored in the more chance you have of introducing nasties to it. If you are only expressing small amounts, why don't you try freezing it in ice cube trays (the covered ones would be best). That way you are not wasting a big container for a small amount if milk and then you can just defrost as many cubes as required!
I also have a medela swing and it is still going strong after exclusively expressing for Caitlin and now for Campbell.
Nickle thanks for the info on the motilium dosage. I have increased what I am taking and have now seen an increase in supply.
Campbell had his 6 week check up with his paed last week and is now 3.7kg a 1200g increase from birth which is great. We are now putting a thickener into his bottles to try and reduce his spewing (he had been spewing for 4 hrs between feeds) and now he barely brings anything up which is great. We have had the odd 6 hour stint between feeds over night but for the most part he is only making it 4 hrly.
Anyway, I hope all the babes are behaving! Enjoy xx
Thanks everyone! so although i have had my moments with bfing and im sure there will be more to come i have decided to hang in there! exspecially after today! Miss Em has put on 300grams in 1 week!!!! wooohooooooo
so her 4wk check up, which was done today at 3wks 5days her stats now are
Births - Weight - 3800grams ------- Now - 4640grams
Length - 51cm ------------ Now - 57.3cm
Head - 34cm ------------- Now - 37.5cm
Hello!!! Hope everyone is well and not too tired!!
Sorry, typing one handed so will make it quick... just wanted to say hi!! We're doing ok but Campbell is showing all the classic signs of reflux.. so hasn't been much fun. Lots of spew and a very unsettled bub at times! He's not too bad though and had a great sleep last night.. he went about 5 hours straight (which is great for us -LOL)!!! After that it was back to 3 hourly though! He's got the dummy now too.. which is helping HEAPS!!! And the b/f is going so much better for me this time than last time... I've got heaps of milk though and Campbell has been putting on 800gm a week!!! Crazy.. he's so big already!! Anyway this one handed typing is hard work....
i just thought i would pop in and say goodbye!!! our nice and late little dude needs the next group!
was a pleasure sharing our pregnancy with you girls though!
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Nice work Hj!!!!!
Hey ladies - no time to read through all the posts- have just had a quick scan!
Like the feeling like a cow comments - am with you on that, although DS isn't feeding too often 7-8 times in 24 hours. Doesn't help that DH says to him - "oh, time for your udders again". I kid you not.
DS has unsettled time between 7 and 10 at night, which isn't too bad. I keep expecting things to be as awful as they were with DD and he keeps surprising me! Feeling really good that he generally goes straight back to sleep after his night feeds. In fact the more I reflect on DDs night waking and large amounts of vomiting, the more I think she probably did have some degree of reflux. Poor love, being the first baby, I just thought that was normal.
DS is stacking on the weight too, kel! 1kg in 18 days. I was worried that this was over the top, but you've eased my mind with Campbell's weight gain!
Well, off to enjoy a bit of quiet time before bed!
Been a bit quiet in here!! Hope all are doing well with there bubba's.
Little K is doing really well.. He is a little Budda now, getting big so fast!! Can't believe he is a month old on Sunday!! Having a few dramas with wind but luckily he isn't much of a cryer.. Takes a bit of time to get his wind up so he won't sleep for a good hour or so after feeding, mainly at nighttime too But we will get through it. Bought the cutest little chrissy outfit for him to wear tomorrow, can't wait. Pity the whether is so crappy at the moment, although I'm still hoping that we get flooded in so we don't have to do all the outings. Got 4 different places to go, just hope it doesn't upset the little one with all the running around.
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But we will get through it. Bought the cutest little chrissy outfit for him to wear tomorrow, can't wait. Pity the whether is so crappy at the moment, although I'm still hoping that we get flooded in so we don't have to do all the outings. Got 4 different places to go, just hope it doesn't upset the little one with all the running around.
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