Quickie from me - Zander fed at 6.30pm and went to sleep at 7.15pm - and then woke at 4am for his feed - and gee he sucked me dry ....
If only he would feed a bit later or have another one around 9pm I would get a nearly normal night sleep!
Mind you I woke at 12am, 1am, 2.30am - checked him each time ....
For those that are giving bottles - how much is your little one taking - whether it be EBM or formula ... just curious as I have no idea how much Zander gets with the b/f gig ...
If you're all going to show off about your sleeping babies, I am going to show off about my post-baby body. I now officially weigh less than my pre-pregnancy weight.
Sami: The calculation for mLs per feed is 150 x baby's weight divided by the number of feeds per day.
Jude had a worse night's sleep than usual and I am tir-ed. I don't know if it's because I actually settled him into a long sleep during the day or maybe it was too hot (it was freakin' steamy hot). I found my old rusty fan and I hope that'll make a difference. I'll have to buy a new child-proof fan one day.
I don't even know what my weight is pre-baby x 3 - I think it is on another set of scales .... my body has just changed shape so many times as long as I am happy as *me* this is a good place to start!
Yep I know what the calculation for what babies SHOULD be having - but what is everyone's babies ACTUALLY taking??? EG for my DD the formula tin said she should be having 4 x 200ml bottles at a certain age - and she only took 120ml per feed cos obviously that was all she wanted and needed. Zander just doesn't seem to take more than 70mls out of a bottle and I have tried a couple of different teats - trying NUK wide neck at the moment - I have Avent bottles so don't really want to have to restock on skinny bottles ......
ok on the bottles front - we're currently expressing and giving EBM... he will take anywhere between 100 to 200ml. The formula tin says for his age he should be taking 150ml 5-6 times a day. I think he is definitely taking more than that, probably averaging 150-180ml per feed - does that help?
Oh and on the post-baby body - another woo hoo. My weight was less than pre-PG immediately following birth (and has remained so) mainly due to not putting on much weight during PG with the GD (and being a bit chubby when I got PG anyways!)
HI everyone! I can't keep up with 3 baby threads but I miss you guys Heehee so I thought I would pop in and say hello even though I don't offiially belong here!
Georgi - Yay for Byron sleeping through the night! That is great and makes the days so much easier to handle doesn't it!
Belfie - Sounds like you are doing well! Thanks for the info - I am about to start expressing and freezing so that DH can do a few feeds and have no idea how much he should have!
Katones- Yay for sleep!!!
Kuraiza - I put on 20 kgs and have lost 14 but once I get to my pre-James weight I need to lose another 8 kgs or so to feel good again I think! I just want to get rid of my C/S overhang though - that disturbs me more than the weight and I wonder if it will ever disappear... ah the joys of 2 c/s in 18 mths.
Cathie - Glad you are doing well!!!
Itsme - Our unsettled time is definitely getting worse, it goes from about 430 til he goes down at 7-8 and then he is down for quite a long time but that time is right on dinner time so makes life interesting. He cluster feeds at that time so must be storing it all up for his big sleep! I just cuddle and feed and do what we have to, to get through but am looking forward to it settling down a bit.
I can't read back any further but hello to PP and AmandaJ and everyone else I have missed!
James is going super well - Sami I'm with you! James goes down between 7-8 for 6 -7 hours and I know I should be happy but I wish he would feed at 10 and then go down! ! He is a contented happy man though so I really can't complain! Lots of awake time with heaps of smiles and even some chuckles which is just adorable! Trying to catch them on camera but it is tricky! We have our MCHN appointment tomorrow - looking forward to seeing how much weight our man has put on again. Last time it was 430grams in 9 days but I am now only feeding one side per feed to ease the spews so it will be interesting to see how we go!!
Ok off to soothe my grizzly guy - have a great day all and I will try to pop in more frequently. I wish these 2 threads could be combined like they used to be. Makes far more sense but ah well.
kuraiza - I swear our babies are in cahoots! Often things that are happening with Jude are also happening with Maya! Maya also hates having baths, but we haven't tried the shower. Though I'm worried that she'd slip out of DH hands with all the water!
My mother baby sat Maya yesterday and DH and I went to Andre Rieu and now I am soooooooooooooo tired! But I had so much fun last night. It was certainly an amazing concert! And happily I didn't worry about Maya at all, so I really enjoyed the concert. It was so nice to go out with DH and not have to worry about her.
Anyway, it turns out that I had saved up 120mls for a feed (it took me 3 weeks to store that much up!) which I thought was enough for a feed, but apparently Maya was looking for more food. But my mother managed to distract her and get her off to sleep, so she didn't have to use any of the formula I bought.
Oh.. and I warned my mother that Maya won't go to sleep till 11pm and that she'll have to carry DD around with her until then. So what happened.. Maya went to sleep at 6pm and woke up at 10.30pm! Mum gave her a feed and put her back in bed at midnight and she slept till 4.30am! DH and I didn't get home till 12.30am and my boobs were so full and sore, so I had to express before going to bed and got out 140 mls! But I didn't get to bed till 1.30am and didn't fall asleep till after 2am. So I only got around 2 hours sleep. Then when I tired to put Maya back down at 5.30am she wanted to be up and bawled for half an hour at the top of her lungs! I finally got her back down after 6am and she slept till about 9am. So I'm surviving on around 5 hours sleep at the moment. I definitely won't be going out that late again for a long time! But I did have a great time.
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Heehee so I thought I would pop in and say hello even though I don't offiially belong here!
Yay for sleep!!!
! He is a contented happy man though so I really can't complain! Lots of awake time with heaps of smiles and even some chuckles which is just adorable! Trying to catch them on camera but it is tricky! We have our MCHN appointment tomorrow - looking forward to seeing how much weight our man has put on again. Last time it was 430grams in 9 days but I am now only feeding one side per feed to ease the spews so it will be interesting to see how we go!! 
although i was awake at 2.30am 
But I had so much fun last night. It was certainly an amazing concert! And happily I didn't worry about Maya at all, so I really enjoyed the concert. 
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