hi all, still settling in with our new addition, he has given us a dream ride so far the least time between a feed over night has been 3 hrs and the most 6 hrs
Wow no body tells you how hungry little boys are!!!!!!
we went to the clinic yesterday and Angus was weighed he has gone from 9lbs 2 ozs birth weight to a whopping 9lbs 10ozs in just a week....what a little piggy!!!!!
Does anybody else have a problem with their bubba's stools being a little grainy and slimy??? the clinic sister told me it was because he has been over feeding....does this sound right???? I didn't think you could over feed a breast fed bubba???? mind you he does like the booby
other than that he checked out brilliantly
hope we are all loving our extended families hugs to all and kisses to all bubbas
i think what she was prob trying to say is that bub might be getting too much foremilk and not enough hindmilk.
Ie feeds and stopps after let down or you swap too early on sides and they get the sugary thirst milk at the beginning of a feed and not enough of the fatty milk at the end.
Try after bub seems to have finished putting him back on the same breast before swapping sides and see if it makes a difference,
Blizz - that is what happened to Zander and I with our feeding with the grainy runny stuff - too much foremilk, and he is a short feeder anyway (read : efficient) - so I was swapping him prematurely but now perservere with one side for longer before offering the other, and he only has a snack on the other side.
Well 6 week check was fine - Z weighs 5kg - well, 4.995 actually. So he is doing well and still fully b/f so I am feeling proud - until I get overtired again ...
PP - I know what you mean re sibling wakings - I took my DD to bed last night at 7.45pm so I wouldn't have to get up if she woke too early, or needed me in the night etc so I was already there - hubby not home until 11pm tonight so will probably do the same for my sanity
Amanda - that is amazing sleep at that young age - I am just hoping for one night feed to drop let alone a sleep through!
Hollye - LOL yeah a breeze - the little buggers are clever, just when you think you have it nutted out and in some resemblance of a good routine for everyone - they have a growth spurt, or something. My husband always says - calm down, everything is a phase - but he has said it too much now and I tell him he might be a phase too if he says that again ..
I haven't been able to make it past offering one breast at a time due to the amount of milk that I am producing...It is starting to settle down slightly now but Angus hasn't had much of a chance to get through one breast before it fills again it's a tad bit out of control at the moment, hopefully it will start to settle down now it is starting to feel like we are getting to the end of a breast but it has only just started to happen hopefully things will settle sown soon, thanks for your advice.
might have to wake him shortly for another feed as I have a pain in my right breast that feels like the beginning stage of the mastitis I had with Paige, have been expressing when it gets too much to bear but I am trying to let my body adjust as I don't want to encourage any more milk production than I have currently got
I don't know what you mean by slimy, but from everything I've read and been told grainy poos are completely normal, as in any colour from yellow to green (with bright orange in the middle).
As long as bubs gains weight and is healthy, nothing to worry about.
Thanks for the welcome, I'm gonna hang around like a bad smell now (since i was the slowest on the uptake to gatecrash haha!).
SamiH - awesome work with Zander's weight gain! Congrats
Hollye - good luck with getting your BF'ing sorted - it is such a challenge!! But you're doing a brilliant job.
I'm gonna run outta time to say hello to everyone, but wow everyone's bubba's are getting older so quickly - 4 weeks already wow.
We seem to have hit 6-week growth spurt snacky time! Xander is normally quite consistent 3-6 hourly feeds, but the last half week he keeps getting really snacky/sleepy for hours at a time. This morning he was feeding or I was expressing solidly from 9.30am through to 1.30pm!! I was talking to my LC (about our BF'ing challenges too) and she said they have a big growth spurt at 6 weeks so that's why - which made me feel better. I weighed him unofficially at home and I'm sure he's over 5kg now. He's also into the Infant Huggies... OMG!!! I was so excited by that.
BF'ing is an ongoing challenge (I've got inverted/flat nipples and feeding using a nipple shield). It's really inconsistent - just when I think we have it sorted, we have a hellish 24 hours where he doesn't attach well, leaks milk ALL over the place, jerks back, pops off, cries... etc until we end up going EBM or FF (if i'm out of EBM). Then just when I think it's a disaster, suddenly he feeds brilliantly! Go figure. Honestly I don't know how people feed their babies without the bottle as a back-up!
My LC is coming out again next week so we can try again without the shield. I've tried a few times with little success... but I think I'm too nervous... I look at my poor flat teensy little naked nipples... and the gaping maw of my hungry baby boy!!! And I'm like EEEP you're gonna squish it! So i'm sure my LC will help us.
He's also starting to smile heaps more - it's soooo gorgeous just melts mummy's heart all over again. Oh and I think he's the snortiest baby in creation... I don't know if it's adenoids or what... but he is seriously snorty/snuffly! Everywhere I go people have commented on it (even strangers in the supermarket the other day cos he snorted so loud! ), so I'm going to ask the paediatrician at our check-up next week. Does anyone else have a super snorty baby?
Eep gotta go he wants feeding! Hope you're all going well - shall have to do more personals later!
Hi all.. a quick one from me before Maya's last feed.
PP - Thanks for the suggestion about trying to feed upright. I'm actually not sure what you mean by feeding with her upright, but yesterday I tried feeding with her sitting next to me, so that most of her body was upright and that seemed to help!
Also thanks Hollye for the suggestion about attachment. I realised that I had stopped thinking about attachment and just kind of shove her on the boob. So yesterday I started thinking more about attachment and getting it right and that also seemed to help with the feeding! Oh.. and I thought I'd stopped bleeding and started wearing panty liners and then one night after a feed.. bam.. I bled A LOT! Right through my clothes cos I wasn't wearing a pad. So I don't know how to tell when you've actually finished bleeding!?
Welcome Belfie! I got used to you being around in the due date thread, so it'll be nice to see you in here.
That's all the personals I can manage right now.. cos I am so tired.. Maya woke at 4am for a feed, but then wouldn't go back to sleep till 9am. So I only got around 3 hours sleep last night, plus a 2 hour nap today.. I can't wait to crawl into bed.
I had my MIL come round today and we spent ages talking about stuff and she did some house work. So I had a nice day despite the fact that I am mighty tired!
Yesterday I did something really stupid.. my cat got in a fight with another cat and I went to help and put my hands in the way.. and now I am sooooo sore. I am badly cut up. It's even hard to type right now. I just hope that they don't get infected!
Itsme - yep that is what i mean. Prop her up against a pillow and brign your breast to her or even have her on your belly when you are on a slight incline and have her feed onto of your breast (this one is a litle harder to manage) but it mean that bub will drink what she needs without extra milk flodding her mouth.
Blizz - i had a major oversupply issue with Ashley when she was breastfeeding. what i found was the best thing to do was feed off one breast within a 2 hrs period. So if bub was hungry again within 2 hrs feed on the same breast not the other side. This calmed the supply down after a few days.
I actually started doing this straight away with DS so that i didnt get the same problem. ANd it has made my supply calmer 2nd time around from the get go! HTH
Belfie - Yep Ethan is snortsville! DH says he cant sleep with DS snorting and sneezing all the time. Ashley was the same though in the early weeks
HOllye - yay its the weekend. I hope DP is home for you! hugs
Well ok night last night. DS slept 1030-130 in his own bed and then came slept in with me So 3 hrs sleep was nice! lol.
Byron slept went from 7pm to 2.30am, feed to feed. I managed to get 4 hours sleep, straight. Fantastic! He was such a good boy yesterday. Slept well & fed every 4 hours which was great. And so far, so good for today. I find he stays awake for 1 - 1.5 hours now. We have a nice little routine going which involves some aerobics & play session. It's lots of fun & i've noticed his so much stronger.
RE: Bleeding... I bled for the full 6 weeks. Althought the last couple of weeks were very light, it's safe to say 6 weeks.
Itsme: Did the bleeding calm down again? Was it bright red or dark/brown? Just watch that bleeding, it sounds possibly like the placenta site reopened or something. You need to chill and relax so the site can heal. Yeah I know, I am SO sick of being told to relax and put my feet up. YEAH RIGHT! However, you COULD try not to get in any more cat fights, maybe start with that.
Belfie: Jude snorts when he's sleeping, but not so much during the day (well that might be because he's awake most of the day). Although he's sleeping right now, which is sweet of him so I can work on the face mobile I'm making him (with photos of mummy and daddy's faces - I was going to add his Nonna and Poppa, but then I'd have to add my MIL and FIL and I would rather not look at their stupid faces, so ... I digress). I'm glad you're here, Belfie, you're quite the entertainer!!
Georgi: Thanks for the information about your nightly routine, but it made me feel SO inadequate because I've only managed to cook dinner once since Jude arrived. My poor husband comes home from work and cooks dinner. Every day I fully intend to cook, but Jude's been so demanding since he doesn't sleep I just never have time, however I decided to implement a bit of a routine and try to encourage him to sleep at least for an hour during the day in his nursery so I can tidy the house and chop some vegies for dinner. I have to do something productive or I'll go (even more) insane.
I have to say I have been not that diligent about doing breastfeeding perfectly, but I don't think there are any issues (as long as Jude keeps putting on weight). AND as long as I don't get mastitis again but I don't have an oversupply of milk at all. My boobs rarely feel full and I was worried I was losing milk supply for no apparent reason, but I read in Baby Love that many women never feel full and it calmed me down. It does help explain why I am so bad at expressing milk. Got a huge 40mLs yesterday, Woot!
Milestone: Jude smiled at me this morning after his feed. A big happy grin. I told my husband who came in to have a looksy and Jude looked up at him and grinned at his daddy (who Jude loves so much!), which made my husband nearly cry and he rushed off to get the video camera, but Jude just stared at the camera and then had a bit of a puke. Heheh.
Jude's been great at night! I got 2 consecutive 4-hour sleeps last night. How's that for Miraculous?!
Yesterday we went for a walk on the beach and walked through a scene of H20 - Just Add Water that was being filmed on my beach. Maybe Jude's first TV appearance at just 1 month, . I'm sure we'll end up on the cutting room floor.
well this morning DH was finishing a feed of EBM with Xander (while i took the dog out for the neighbourhood play session - first time I've done it since X was born ). Anyway, just as DH was lifting X up for a burp, he did a HUGE spew... right down the INSIDE of DH's top!! Then he looked up at DH and gave him a huge cheeky grin. I love it.
Apparently when DH went to shower it was quite a look... hairy manly chest covered in masses of milky vomit.... I'm still laughing!!!
kuraiza - awesome work on the sleep, gotta love that.
Georgi - Byron sounds so cute and your routine sounds great, I'm impressed.
PP - thanks for the info re snorting, good to know I don't have the only little snortabug! I hope you get more good sleeps.
Itsme - oooh ouch on the cat scratches. Teatree antiseptic ointment is great for cat scratches i find (I have 2 cats). It is so instinctive when something like that is happening, it's only after that you think ooops shouldn't have done that. Hope the hands heal up quick. MIL sounds like a good help and I hope you got more sleep last night.
Gotta go, happy Saturday to all
EDIT: just had to add a new pic... finally got one of those smiles on camera! link here
Last edited by belfie; November 8th, 2008 at 10:04 AM.
well, that was a fun night...I developed mastitis in my right breast complete with the flu like symptoms and the hots and colds so got SIL to babysit and got DH to take me to the gp, luckily I've had it before so I new pretty much how to fix the problem so I gave Angus a super sized feed of the breast and expressed it till empty(well as empty as I could get it) and although I still have a couple of very tender spots in the breast I can tell it is heaps better the doctor gave me a course of antibiotics as well so hopefully that will get rid of my sinus as well as help prevent an infection in my breast.
feeling heaps better...it is scary just how quickly mastitis can come on, and how sick it makes you feel.
back to normal this morning Angus fed a couple more time over night which was a good thing but I still got heaps of sleep as DH just brought him in to me when he needed feeding and then he did the burping/settling.
well hope every one else is doing well
belfie - Thanks for the tea tree oil tip. I'll give it a go. Hands are feeling much better today.
kuraiza - The bleeding was bright red and it happened to me twice now, but in the earlier weeks, and it didn't last long so I wasn't worried about it. More like a huge gush. And yes it has since calmed down, though I do still get spurts of small bright red bleeds every so often. Most of the time I am not having any bleeding though. So I still have to wear pads 'just in case' which is annoying. Ohh.. that's so cute that Jude smiled. I keep thinking Maya has smiled, but then I wonder if it's wind pain instead.
Georgi - Your routine sounds great. What do you do during play time? I'm looking for more ideas on what to do with Maya.
PP - Yeah having Maya on my belly for a feed sounds a bit harder. I'll have to give it a try though. But I definitely found having her sitting next to me on a pillow worked well!
ITSME I lay byron on the edge of the pillow & shake toys in front of him (tummy time) so he lifts his head up, then I turn him over so he's facing me & do what I call aerobics. Hands together then apart x4, feet together then apart x4 opposite hand to feet x4 then bicycles, all while singing stupid songs. I do that twice. Then I support his neck with one hand while I bring him up for a few sit ups, holding his legs with the other hand. Then do some roll overs, from back to tummy. Then finish off with more tummy time on the pillow. I learnt this from a nurse who taught me the benefits to doing it. It gives us some time together plus it tires him out so he sleeps much better when we have done this. I don't do it at night though. So he knows it's long sleep time. HTH
BLIZZ I hope that mastitis eases up. It's just so awful isn't it. Make sure you rest up
BELFIE OMG Xander is just so cute. That pic is adorable. Thanks, the routine certainly works for us
KURAIZA Maybe you can try some excercise for Jude, like I mentioned to Itsme. It might tire him out so he sleeps more. I put Byron in his nursery for every sleep. He sleeps for 2.5 - 3hours each time. Though sometimes I do need to re settle him. Sometimes every half an hour. I definately agree that if he's putting on weight, then you're doing it right
Byron kept waking up last night. He's got trapped wind. I could hear him trying to push out farties & they just wouldn't come out. I ended up co sleeping with him from 4am so he could lay on his side. It didn't get the farties out, but it did give me a bit more sleep. I went to bed at 9pm but took ages to get to sleep cause I had a nap from 3pm - 4.45pm earlier that day. Byron woke at 1am for a feed. But I had to re settle him at 11am. Didn't take long though.
My sister & nieces arrive today (from Sydney). I can't wait to see my adorable little girls. They're 3, 2 & 1 (years old). They're meeting their cousin (Byron) for the first time.
Georgi: The eerie likeness continues. My sister is coming from Sydney on Wednesday with her children, 3 and 1, Jude's only cousins. Are you sure you haven't had children before? You're a natural at this mummy thing! I WILL try that exercise.
Itsme: When they smile for real you go "oh that's a smile!"
Ok now I'm off to try express another piddling 40mL or so. I'm starting to think it's not worth it.
Hi guys - I thought I would drop in to ask what you suggest to treat a red bum (nappy rash). Logan has lots of pretty liquid poos that i think are irritating him and would appreciate any suggestions. Maybe i need to persist on one boob for longer as suggested earlier. OMG - any suggestion for stopping him weeing all over himself every other nappy change LOL. The joys of having a little boy!
Blizz - thinking of you and hope you are feeling better. Glad you got onto it so quick. I don't have an over supply, didn't even get engorged when my milk came in. I think Logan was onto it straight away and didn't give me a chance. My boobs never feel really tight and I don't leak, but I suppose that could still happen as my milk only came in on Wednesday.
Kylie - try to wash his bum with a flannel and warm water (not wipes) - and make sure it is dry before any thing else... A DRY BUM IS A HAPPY BUM!!!
And i loved curash zinc ointment for ashleys bum! you can get a zinc ointment from the chemist usually too which they make up and very cheap and it will also work wonders. I would coat it on and it would be gone in the morning.
Otherwise bepanthen is good - i use it too at times but find it takes longer to clear the rash up.
I haven't been able to make it past offering one breast at a time due to the amount of milk that I am producing...It is starting to settle down slightly now but Angus hasn't had much of a chance to get through one breast before it fills again it's a tad bit out of control at the moment
, hopefully it will start to settle down now it is starting to feel like we are getting to the end of a breast but it has only just started to happen hopefully things will settle sown soon, thanks for your advice.
just melts mummy's heart all over again. Oh and I think he's the snortiest baby in creation... I don't know if it's adenoids or what... but he is seriously snorty/snuffly! Everywhere I go people have commented on it (even strangers in the supermarket the other day cos he snorted so loud! 
Maya woke at 4am for a feed, but then wouldn't go back to sleep till 9am. So I only got around 3 hours sleep last night, plus a 2 hour nap today.. I can't wait to crawl into bed. 
). Anyway, just as DH was lifting X up for a burp, he did a HUGE spew... right down the INSIDE of DH's top!! Then he looked up at DH and gave him a huge cheeky grin. 
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