Hugs MIT- Olivia had bad nappy rash too which bled and the sigmacourt cleared it up quick. glad b/f is going well. i am pumping now....one handed typing! I just wish Rebecca would stay on the boob, she fusses then sleeps....but takes the bottle`well...mmm.
Skye- Olivia was in the pavlick harness from 5 weeks til 8 months. initially it was hard but it didnt take long to get used to. i think it was harder for us to adjust. theres loads of things to re learn, but i wont tell you about that just in case you dont have to know. But if you do, I am more than happy to help you out in any way.
Skye - i'm finding Ochre is doing the same thing - grunts, squirms, makes little noises if i put him in bed awake. luckily, most of the time he is asleep by the time he has been wrapped after a feed so he goes into his snuggle bed already dreaming. if i have to get him to sleep i usually make sure he's wrapped and then it's just a bit of time spent rocking and patting his bum - maybe some dummy action. but yeah patience is the thing - pity we have little of it in the middle of the night hope you got some rest last night hon
mini - thanks for the tip for sigmacourt - will look into that as Ochre's bum is getting redder by the day. does Rebecca fuss at the start of the feed? I'm finding Ochre carries on for a good 5mins sometimes when I try to latch him on - he gets on then off, on then off etc....then finally starts sucking and is away.
mit - lol at the playboy bunny after my engorgement went down i almost freaked out that all the milk had gone...but they are back to being full and hard after only a few hours. and i know it's all working cos when Ochre pulls off out comes a heavy stream of milk!! with the wind we had a great night sleep after giving Ochre Brauers Colic Relief. I mentioned it in the Nov thread. Maybe give that a try? hope Lucus's bottom gets better poor love xx
Im Simone, Mum to Theo 2yo and had Tallon on 23rd Nov 3:52am weighing 7lb2 and 52cm long (with less than 2hrs active labour!)
And i dont mean to brag but things are going BRILLIANTLY here!!!! he is feeding great and slipped into the routine naturally....yes i routine feed but its not the old 4hrs one....i Follow Gina Fords CLB routines...and they work a treat for me (for both boys so far)
No nappy rash, no wind, barely any spewy after feeds....only a bit of diahoerea as he's a guzzler (have to lie down to feed him otherwise he's done in 5mins....)
Sorry to report that sleep is great i wake him up myself once through the night otherwise he'd sleep right through i reckon.
Hope everyone gets some good sleep soon xoxo
How is everyone else feeding? Breast/formula? Routine/demand? And how is it working for you all?
Well last night was great. Fed her at 10, 12, 3, 6,9. I can deal with that! And after her feeds she went straight back to sleep, even DH did the 3am feed and got her to sleep.
Mini - thanks for the info. I do hope we dont need to use the harness, but if we do it would be great to have someone who can give some advice. We will see what happens.
I hear ya with the fussing during a feed. M always does that! I sometimes (umm ok usually) end up giving her a bottle. She loves the bottle!
littlelalla- sounds like we are doing similar things. I give M the dummy if she doesnt settle, sometimes she loves it, other times she doesnt really like it. Anything to help settle I think. lol @ the engorgement, I only had one night, when my boobs were hot and I felt like I had a fever, but then my boobs were fine, just bigger. I also had the heavy stream of milk...I was getting into the shower and felt my boobs flowing everywhere...TMI lol!
smoz- sounds awesome! What is the Gina fords routines? Im doing breast feeding and EBM in a bottle, whnever she gets hungry which is usually every 2-3 hours!
Hi Skye its a book called "The New Contented Little Baby" by Gina Ford, an english Nanny....she's been around since before Super Nanny, just not many people in australia know of her.
I feed Tallon at 10pm, 3am, 7am....and i have to wake him for the 3am feed.
You can get the book from most book stores or they'll order it in
Ok I think i've been a little stupid. I have the most amazingly bad headache (like nothing i've had in years) and can only link it back to lack of water and regular BF. I'm sure I read something about making sure your hydrated as it takes a lot out of you. At least I hope thats it.
On the up side at least my swollen ankles are down today, I feel a little less like a blob.
Oh I did have a question are any of you still getting period like cramping, especially durring a feed? Is there anything I can do about it or is it all just part of the fun.
Well DH is bathing little man, we realised that perhaps the "relaxing bath routine" might not have the same effect on Lucus. It just seems to trigger a 3 hrs change/bath/feed/change/feed/burp/cry cycle and i'd rather it ended BEFORE midnight rather than afterwards. Dont get me wrong I think he's geting used to it and even starting to enjoy it but it just wakes him up too much.
Well I'd better go help set up for the next change. Boy can little boys go through a lot of clothes even with a well placed facecloth or tissue.
mit - the pain you feel when you BF is your uterus contracting - and it only gets worse with each child! it's all good though as it is helping to get your stomach back to normal. it can be toe curling at times but soon goes away oh i hear u on going thru the clothes - i think nearly everytime i change ochre he seems to do a wee that ends up soaking half his side! keep up the fluid as much as you can hon - we do need plenty of it to keep the milk supply going
smoz - you sound like you have a very happy, contended baby there..well done i'm fully breastfeeding ochre and although i feed on demand he seems to like it just about every 3 hours in the day (one 2 hour feed thrown in there usually around tea time) and then it can be 3/4 hourly at night. gosh 5 mins!! i wish mine was that quick. he takes his time - spends 25 mins on one side then might do 5 to 10 mins on the other if he is awake enough.
skyeblue - good to hear u had a great night hon. let's hope it continues. i also had a great night - ochre did a 4.5 hour stint then another 3 hours through the night - was bliss!!
oh laura i wish he would take longer!!! at least then i know he's getting enough....atm im reasured bythe fact that he looks so drunk and has milk in his mouth that he can't seem o swallow he's that full....i guess my main concern id that he's a lazy sucker....
And i hear you on the pain getting worse with each child....i barely noticed with theo but this time i had to have pain killers to control it
oh btw laura...looking at your sig i LOVE your kids names!!!! they are so unique and gorgeous
hope you got some rest last night hon 
after my engorgement went down i almost freaked out that all the milk had gone...but they are back to being full and hard after only a few hours. and i know it's all working cos when Ochre pulls off out comes a heavy stream of milk!! with the wind we had a great night sleep after giving Ochre Brauers Colic Relief. I mentioned it in the Nov thread. Maybe give that a try? hope Lucus's bottom gets better poor love xx
oh i hear u on going thru the clothes - i think nearly everytime i change ochre he seems to do a wee that ends up soaking half his side! keep up the fluid as much as you can hon - we do need plenty of it to keep the milk supply going 
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