hmmm well i am going to wait and see what he has put on in weight this week.... and then decide if i will do something.... i know he isn't starving because he has LOTS of wet nappies & LOTS of pooey ones.. and right now he has been sleeping for a good trot!! and i am getting a "fullish" feeling in my boobies...
TMI...
but have any of you DTD yet?? we have but was sore afterwards....not sure i shall be doing that again in a hurry
kuraiza - How many feeds are you doing in a 24 hour period? In the morning I am so full and Maya doesn't feed for as long. By the afternoon I have less milk and she feeds longer. I'm definitely lower in my milk supply at the end of the day, but not sure if I need to increase the supply? Generally I am only doing 6 or 7 feeds a day, so I don't feel like it's too many. Usually 2 feeds in the morning and then 4 or 5 during the period of 3pm till 11pm. Though she doesn't really sleep much from 3pm till 11pm, so maybe my milk supply is too low in the afternoon/evening?
Saying all that I've had a topsy turvy day! This morning she fed all morning and wouldn't sleep! And then she's pretty much slept the entire afternoon and early evening with one feed!
Maya doesn't have a 6 week check up with her paediatrician. Not sure if I should have booked her in or not?! But he never said anything about seeing her again, so I didn't make an appointment.
well i am about to wake the little man up... because last night he was a shiat when i left him too long before 8.30pm... so he will be awake shortly... coz i want sleep!!!!
my boobies are feeling awfully full BUT not overly full.
Itsme.. we had a GREAT morning aswell... he fed at 9.30ish.. went to sleep and slept for a "LITTLE' bit then decided to stay awake/ cat nap for the rest of the day....
itsme - e isnt having a 6 week c/u either. he had one at 2weeks and then 8.
Kur - maxolon can make u drowsy as well! just it case you feel tired and dont know why lol.
i dont have a low supply issue - didnt with dd either. just a day sleeper and a night owl little boy!
****!!!! Jack was fed at 8.30 last night then at about 9ish.. as he was STILL hungry!! took about 30mls of formular. went off at about 9.30/10 and slept till 5.38am.... mind you i was awake from 3.30am..waiting for him to wake up for a feed...he fed til about 6.25am and is still asleep now....
Am i letting him go too long between feeds?? I was a worried mess this morning after i had let him go that long... and i was having WEIRD dreams!!!
Kat - it is fine to let him go overnight without a feed , he will make up for it during the day!
Well i had to share my joy!
Ethan went to sleep at 930 and slept until 130am!!!!!! OMG DH and i had no idea what to do after such a big sleep lol.... we usually get 4 hrs in an entire night not in one go! lol
Anyhow he fed at 430 and 730 and now asleep again... woohoo.... lets hope the 3 hr feeds continue and improve!
I hope you are all well and your bubbas are doing wonderfully. hugs
Katones- He sounds content to me. Try not to worry, I am sure the last feed filled him up which is why he is sleeping again. As for dtd, I am so dreading it. Just not looking forward to it whatsoever.
Well last week the pediatrician wanted me to try and express some BM after Olivia had her feed and 20mins from her last feed give her the expressed BM which he said 60mls of it. Well tried that and was taking well over 1hr to get 60mls after she fed, so anyway she needed her feed on the BB way before that again and then would sleep or be on and off the BB's which is normal for her anyway. So then tried giving her some formula after she ate, didnt work either, she would have a bit of it, then I gave her some formula as a full feed, didnt work either, the whole lot was brought back up. So tried for a few days and was getting a bit worried that if I kept it up she would end up losing weight come Fridays Appt, so will mention it to the pediatrician then aynway, so fingers crossed she has gained some weight come Friday.
on the DTD thing.. No.. im still bleeding and im not sure when we would get time...
Katones - sounds like ur lil man is having a growth spurt i hope things settle a little for u!
PP - 4hours wooohooo!! fingers crossed it stays that way!
Mia is 4 weeks today! wow time has flown. She didnt have any formula last night so feeling very proud. She fed at 8pm, 10:30pm, 3am, 7:30am and had a little top up breast about 8:30.. so just waiting for her to wake.. any time now.
On the 6 week c/u. Yeh Mia and me have one tho i havent made it yet. I have a choice whether i make it with my midwife or my doctor. I think they like you to touch base thats all. Oh ladies dont forget we are all meant to have a pap smear 6 weeks ish after birth! *sigh* And i have to get a perscription for the mini pill at that 6 week check. Poor DP, sex is so no existant..thats the best contraception!
PP - YAY good for you getting some sleep too!! Good boy, keep it up! Did you do anything different?
Supply/demand - we all feel a bit *empty* in the afternoons and evenings, but that doesn't mean you have no milk mummies, so try not to stress about that too much. I have never had a supply issue though, but I feel empty too froma round 4pm and bedtime feed, Zander pull on/off etc grabbing my nipple pulling it down (let-down stimulation) - but I know that is because he is tired and gets a bit uncoordinated!!!
Gotta go feed !!!
Our routine still seems to be last feed around 7 or 8pm, bed, then feed again somewhere between 2.30 - 3.30am then up around 6.30ish .... still tired, what's with that LOL??
katones - rash - any excema in your family, or changed any washing powder, you put different moisturiser on your face/body, eaten anything different? I never forget the awful rash DS1 had all over his body when he was about 3 months - it was a bad heat rash - I was at my SIL's who have slab heating and didn't even think about him being on the floor was irritating his skin!! hope it is nothing serious
oh my gawd, it's just dawned on me that the 2 month immunisations are creeping up on us. I am not looking forward to having poor Jude stabbed with needles.
Sex is so far from my mind right now, I'm not sure my stitches have fully healed and I am still spotting very slightly (it's now officially beyond 6 weeks). And quite frankly, I'm way too tired.
Jude's being fussy this morning and wanting to eat eat eat. He usually saves that for the afternoon, which means I'll probably run out of milk early today. joy.
Sami: I really don't have a good milk supply. It's incredibly frustrating for both me and Jude. I don't understand it, but my right breast is almost always like an empty sack while my left breast has a better and more reliable milk supply, but not enough to provide full feeds all day long. I have a feeling it has something to do with the mastitis I developed in week 1 and how I couldn't feed Jude because my nipple was too swollen and expressing was extremely painful.
PP - Great to hear you got some sleep!! Here's hoping it continues. Ohh.. and I've been getting smiles now too. But I can't work out what triggers her to smile?!
katones - I haven't DTD either. I actually felt like it very soon after birth, but I was much too sore from c/s. Now I am way too exhausted to ever think about it! Oh and I agree that you should enjoy the long sleeps when they come.
Well.. Maya seems to have suddenly changed her feeding routine and now feeds heaps in the mornings and less in the afternoon?! She also fed more yesterday than normal. I read that they go through a growth spurt around 6 weeks, so I assume that's what it is.
Last night after a feed and bath we got her in bed at 11pm and she slept till 5am. So I got around 5 hours of sleep in a row!! But then she wouldn't go back to sleep! Eventually at 8am I pulled her into bed with me, offered her my boob and fell asleep for an hour with her feeding then sleeping next to me!
well my boy had dermatitus on his face/back of his neck so there goes our co-sleeping, thats why he has it!!!! too much heat/sweating from laying/snuggling....
Kat - can you co sleep with him on top of your sheets and you under them?
this is what i do.
Ethan also has heat rash - hard not to with the temps atm and it was 98% humidity up here yesteday.
Itsme! What are you doing still up at 11 lol! i try to watch all saints but pass out by 9! lol but great sleep!
Katones - Olivia has a rash on her face and back of her neck but has had it since the hospital, yet has become alot more worse. The Dr had told me in the hospital it was from the hormones. Last week I was told it was from the hormones too. I feel so sorry for her. Yet now it looks like she has developed excema on top of it. Looks like I am off to the Dr's again tomorrow and then as I have the pediatrician on Friday I may get him to check it out too.
Sami - I definately have plenty of milk too, its only when you go to express it with the pump does it not come out as quick as I would like, takes way too long. Yet once Olivia is on there she is gulping way too much from the quick flow. Go figure!!!!!! I am still tired as well. Cant believe how tired I am even after having not bad sleep.
Itsme - Those growth spurts, really keep us on our toes, I just wish Olivia would show some good growth when I have her checkups. I know she is only little, and has such a tiny belly and cant expect her to gain a heap of weight, but just as long as I get some weight gain that the Dr's will be happy with for her size. She is way under the weight graph in the blue book for her age. She isnt even on the bottom line. So fingers crossed she gets to hit the graph soon.
Hi PP..... hope your doing well.
Georgi - How is little Byron doing?
Hello to everyone else, hope your all doing well. hugs
PP we only have a bottom fitted sheet and then the doonah....(he doesn't have the doonah over him)
he has been in his bassinette since about 4.30 this afternoon.. so i am getting ready for a LOOOONG night....
Csab.. it is definatly eczema/dermatitus... we were at our GP's this afternoon, we are also going to paediatrician on monday for our 6 week check up
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and im not sure when we would get time...
i hope things settle a little for u!
hope it is nothing serious
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