Life is a newborn is so time consuming lol. Today I found myself vacumming and mopping my floors with a newborn strapped to me in his infant carrier. We got one for free when we bought our car seat. Its been a blessing as he loves it and I love that I can get things done, so can rest when he is sleeping.
Wednesday was our first mummy and baby group. It was good although really packed. There were 17 new mums with babies ranging from 4 weeks to 14 weeks. It amazing to see the different sizes. My Jack was the biggest 4 week old there. He was so good through the meeting.
Jack is in a good routine now, although he sometimes sleeps through his midnight feed and wakes around 2am instead which throws us out a bit, but I love the bigger sleep. He goes down between 8 and 9pm. Feeds normally at midnight and then again at 4am and gets up around 7.30am. Although the last couple of nights its been 2am and then 6am. Waking up around 6am is hard, but am liking only getting up once a night.
I hope your all loving not being pg and having your bubbas earthside. I love not being pg anymore although I do miss the afternoon naps on the sofa
Tasha, so glad things are looking up for you Hope there are many more 5 hour sleeps! My DH has been doing the last feed of the night sometimes too, and that bit of extra sleep is lovely.
vic, I love having my body back, I am still tired, but at least I can move and breathe! lol. The carrier sounds great It's amazing what babies will sleep through!
Congrats Andie! Glad you got the feeding sorted, sucks you had to deal with a horrible MW/LC though.
Congrats maybe How is your DD liking being a big sister?
Breastfeeding is a non-event here. Still Even after Emily's tongue was snipped, we still haven't managed to get a good latch. And now I'm not even trying as it was frustrating us both. My nipples are still cracked, sore and bleeding, and that is just from pumping. I spoke to the lactation consultant again because I'm sure this is not normal. I can't get in to see her until Wednesday. She did recommend using coconut oil in the meantime, so I grabbed some of that today. Fingers crossed it makes a difference. Everything else is going well, I was just saying to DH this morning how amazing it is to have a baby that sleeps! So totally different to my boys. I still can't keep up around the house though, I spend far too much time baby gazing (that, and expressing milk!)
tasha - 5 hours... yay! glad to hear things are looking a bit better today. I have been following your other threads but being a first time mum myself, don't really have many suggestions for you. probably should've just given you some of these anyway.. . not sure how you're settling your little girl, but my little guy likes to be swaddled tight (something I though I would never do after watching my sister swaddle hers & thinking 'they cant possibly like that'!). he squawks a bit when I do it, but calms down almost immediately. once swaddled, dh holds him on his side along the length of his arm & he just looks around with his beautiful big eyes for around 10-15 minutes & then drifts off to sleep. you could try something like that? (sorry if you already have... told you I don't have much to offer!).
I used the hydro gel discs too, very soothing. using lanisoh & drying breast milk on them too. bit of an everything approach at this stage, hopefully my nipples will toughen up soon.
vic - ill have to try out our baby carrier soon, we got one as a gift. its a sling style one. I think I want a ergo but have to do some more research on them yet. our little guys sound like they have a similar routine, except mine likes to have his longer sleep (5 hour) early morning/before lunch. wish I could get him to have it 12-5am... that would be bliss! I though I would miss being pregnant, and I would love to be pregnant again, but since he was born I haven't really thought about it. except when I put my maternity jeans on yesterday & had a little sigh when my band was all floppy bc I don't have my belly anymore!
peeks - totally get where you're at atm, it's a nightmare. out of interest, how much do you get when you pump? im still not managing much, maybe 25-30 mls if I have a good session. my baby seems content though, settles easily & sleeps well., wet nappies etc. I hope the coconut oil works out, let me know bc I might try it too!
afm - nipples still a bit stingy after this mornings feed. im finding I have less on my right boob now bc I rested it for 2 days, any suggestions on how to build up supply on just one boob?! (the other one is fine). ive just been offering the right one first at all feeds in the hope that it will adjust. and express a little a couple of times a day, but I don't get much out. hope you all managed to get some sleep last night. xx
Andie, my little Emily must be a bit of a piggy as she's having around 110mls per feed! Because I'm exclusively pumping, I need to keep pumping until I get a full feed for her. Sometimes that can take up to 40 minutes, which is a drag, as then I need to actually feed it to her, wash the pump/bottle/etc. It's so time consuming I bought a hospital grade electric breast pump, as recommended by the lactation consultant. Before that I was using an avent manual pump and didn't have as much luck with it. The coconut oil seems to be working it's magic already. Not nearly as sore today, and the cracks seem better already too. I was using marcalan which I thought was meant to be pretty good?? Not as good as the coconut oil! lol. It's quite strong smelling, lucky I like the smell of coconut
Even after Emily's tongue was snipped, we still haven't managed to get a good latch. And now I'm not even trying as it was frustrating us both. My nipples are still cracked, sore and bleeding, and that is just from pumping. I spoke to the lactation consultant again because I'm sure this is not normal. I can't get in to see her until Wednesday. She did recommend using coconut oil in the meantime, so I grabbed some of that today. Fingers crossed it makes a difference. Everything else is going well, I was just saying to DH this morning how amazing it is to have a baby that sleeps! So totally different to my boys. I still can't keep up around the house though, I spend far too much time baby gazing (that, and expressing milk!) 
. not sure how you're settling your little girl, but my little guy likes to be swaddled tight (something I though I would never do after watching my sister swaddle hers & thinking 'they cant possibly like that'!). he squawks a bit when I do it, but calms down almost immediately. once swaddled, dh holds him on his side along the length of his arm & he just looks around with his beautiful big eyes for around 10-15 minutes & then drifts off to sleep. you could try something like that? (sorry if you already have... told you I don't have much to offer!).
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