-
Hi everyone,
Danni - we are using S26 Gold. It is working well for her. We tried Naan HA and she became constipated so now we stick with s26. How is she taking to the Heinz?
AM - a reason he may settle better with your DH is because Levi can smell your milk. Even though he may not need a feed he knows it's there. I had that problem with DS. It's good to change hands after awhile anyway as it's only human to get frustrated. Especially when they are screaming.
Lolpigs - I take it from the start of the feed as that is when their little bodies start processing the milk. I feed every 2.5 - 3 hours. It makes it easier to eliminate hunger as why she is crying.
If it's any consolation I asked our paed in the hospital about gas as she used to cry for 1.5 hrs because of it. He said their systems have trouble processing it at least until 6 weeks because everything is so new and they are learning. Jess brings up milk too. I keep her upright for 10 mins after every feed. Though sometimes she still then wakes with a vomit. I'm hoping she will readjust in time. Hopefully your paed can help her out, it's terrible to see them in pain :(
We had a better night sleep last night. Going to get her weighed today. Seeing that nurse that give me the guilt trip about formula even though she was screaming from not attaching and low supply. I'm hoping she doesn't say anything today or I might go off lol.
-
Gonna have a grouch this morning...in addition to the Little Man having me up every 1.5-2hrs when he normally goes 3.5-4hrly at night, DH thought it'd be a good idea to poke me in the brief moment I did get to sleep because I woke him up snoring.....grrrr!
-
Thanks Jan, I've been waking her every 2.5 hours of sleep and we got 7 feeds in 24hours yesturday which seemed to help her. I was counting from the end of the feed. I will start counting from the start of the feed. She seems to like to sleep alot and have larger feeds like 5 - 6 which means I have to comp more so this is better for the both of us it seems :) Does that mean your waking your DD to feed her on that schedule? I am pumping once a day to make sure I maintain my supply as in the evenings she seems very tired and might not be draining them properly. Least I will have a stash of BM this way. Providing we are in a quiet place with no distractions she just gets down to business now so BF is less of a strain, I can even doze a bit and she will just finish! It's like a different kid.
Oh BTW, in all the panic about the reflux I realised this morning that yestursday was the first 24hours with no bottle at all. She takes both sides now I wake her earlier and is content. WEW US!
Jan, If that nurse gives you crap just tell her to take a hike, seriously. If the MCHN did that to me when she came for her visit I would have just said well theres the door. People should not treat you like that in your own home imo.
Yeah she arches her back and screams when it flares up. Seems to be at it's worst in the afternoon, so I get as much sleep as I can in between the morning feeds as she dosen't seem bothered by it then. I'm using everything I can to get her to sleep because I know that as soon as she gets overtired like she has been its much much worse. (eg Saturday) Last night was alot better, still took her 45mins with the dummy to get to sleep but at least she slept and didnt scream the house down for hours. We called the Pead this morning and he is bumping our appointment to 3pm tomorrow, as I missed an opening at 9:30am this morning because we were all asleep Doh! But that is good. Hopefully he can give her something to ease her pain in the afternoons/evenings.
Hehe thanks Dan, no that is helpful its pretty much what we are doing, managing her symptoms.
CK, be sure to poke your husband awake when he is next having a nap as a thank you :lol: My husband does that stuff all the time, that's how I return the kindness LMAO :)
-
CK- yeah good idea, I think I'll write a list of things to ask my dr @ the 6 week checkup! There are a few people in my famit with bad peanut allergies and in general a few minor I tolerances (I can't eat gluten etc) so it worries me a little! Good advice!! Re your DH poking you- bah! Id have been so mad! It's like um, bad luck!
Lolpigs- ugh I know hey, I'm the same, my parents are so careful to make sure we get out space etc while settling in, and wait for us to invite them over etc.. But DHs family are the opposite. It's so frustrating hey... Sounds like we really have the same annoying in law issues!! They just have NO idea! I was thinking with Aubree, could it be anything youve eaten that might bother her? I'm not sure how common it is but my SiL couldn't eat onion or chocolate while BFding cos it gave her baby gas.. I've tried both and I haven't had any problems but it could be a similar thing with reflux?! Just a thought!
Re BFding I offer only one side each time cos she seems to fill up with just one side., it just means the other breast gets really sore just before feeding her next!
Violet does this thing where she throws her head back sometimes while feeding and still latched on.. Ouch!!
Personal question, but re the postpartum blood loss- has anyone else's not settled down yet? Mines still quite heavy 10 days after birth which is kinda annoying, it's slowing down but still heavy enough to need maternity pads!
-
xAmandax Im pretty careful what I eat, I think having the gestational diabetes has made me more aware what Im eating. With the PP bleeding, mine comes and goes, which the nurse said might happen if I have been doing to much.. Which I over did yesterday with vacuuming the house. If you are concerned though you should call your doc.
Lolpigs you sound like you have it all under control!
Well I had a little melt down last night... DH is going back to work tomorrow and Im worried that I wont cope because sometimes it feels like I cant setlle Aubree :( and at 4am this morning I cried myself to sleep because nothing I was doing was working...
-
Mollie, aww I know what you mean about anxieties over DH going back to work!! I'm already anxious about that too! With settling bubs, I know it's a small thing but I've started using Jurlique baby moisturizer which smells like lavender on Violets chest when she's hard to settle and it kinda helps- might be a coincidence but it can't hurt! I know what you mean though, we have a hard time settling Violet too and it drives you crazy sometimes wondering why nothing seems to work! I'm sure after your first day of him back at work you'll feel better! Thanks for the advice with the bleeding- I probably did overdo it yesterday as we popped out to some shops etc! I'll give my GP a call though in the next few days if it doesn't slow down any further!
-
Well following Jan's advice and in combination with waking Bubs early for feds yesturday seems to have done the trick, Bubs is now waking every 2-2.5 hours from the start of one fed to the next. Yay! Every BF Bubs is also content with just mum. :dance:
-
Levi settles for me during the day but won't at night. I get up feed him, change him and re-wrap, give settling a go then if it's nit worked (1 out of 4 anight work) them I'll get hubby up. He settles him in 15 mins max then comes back to bed. But then he's not up for the whole 45mins to hour.
-
Amumma I found changing Lilly before we start the feed means she settles much faster afterwards. Changing nappies seems to wake Lilly right up and it takes much longer to settle her afterwards. Also she hates lying down and being moved around so much with a fully belly. Lilly loves laying on my shoulder so becuase now we need to keep her upright 10mins after a feed, it just pop her there and burb her and pat her to sleep. Works almost every time because she is comfortable.
I also make sure I dont talk to her too much at night otherwise she thinks its awake time hehe. I am no expert but I hope that helps.
-
Mmmm, I change Alex in between boobs - wakes him up enough to take the second and he's usually asleep again before I lay him down, or pretty close to it. Strangely though, he hates being wrapped. Hates having his hands wrapped up and would grunt, wriggle and complain till he got them out so I gave up on wrapping...
Oh and he had his first time in the shower with me today. Mostly because he'd peed *everywhere* while I was changing him and I needed to clean him off, but he loved it. Was a bit cool for my liking to be safe for him, but he loved being cuddled with the warm water running over him :)
-
Yeah Lilly will only take wrapping when its cold, otherwise she is happy to have them out and will yank them out no matter what, so I just use a baby wedge and put the musiln over her legs.
-
Amanda I rekon I will try anything to help get Aubree settled! So I will get some of that moisturiser on our next outing.
And I might start waking her as well for feeds instead of letting her go and see if that changes anything....
Well we have had a better day, got all my christmas shopping done for the OUTLAWS... Im dreading Christmas this year, we have to drive to Mildura from Canberra with like a 6 week old baby! My MIL is an absolute tyrant! She annoys the poop out of me! So Im going to spend the week there biting my tounge and hoping that I dont murder her!
-
Mollie, oops I just realized I meant the food thing for lolpigs (I said Aubree but meant Lilly haha) and yeah the moisturizer could've just been a coincidence but it seems to help! The lavender helps sleep supposedly! Oh and the MIL thing- that completely sucks you have to drive such a long way with a tiny baby.. Poor you! Oh yeah don't even get me started in my MIL... Absolute nightmare.. Sounds like a few of us have pain in the a$$ MILs. Ugh. I still haven't called mine back after the stupid stupid comment she left in the voicemail the other day- I refuse!
-
I was feeding then changing. I'll swap and see how it goes.
Levi has to have his legs wrapped but struggles if his arms are.
-
lol Amanda I dont answer my phone when I see my MIL's number come up because I know she is going to give me some kind of stupid piece of advice, or make a comment that will really tick me off!!! Like when we told her that we were having a little girl, she told me that it was impossible because 'her' family dont have girls! BAH! I showed her!!!
Well we did the shower with mummy thing tonight.. She absolutely loved it <3 and so did mummy :) its so nice having some skin to skin time... After her shower I gave her a massage and then have my dinner and fed her on one boobie, changed and burped and then offered the other side.. She only fed from the other side for like 5 mins, but now she is settled and fingers crossed she will stay that way til next feed... Im not looking forward to tomorrow.. DH back to work, and they are predicting the temperature to be 30! Oh yay! NOT!
-
If I could share my MIL with you girls I would...I know I'm pretty lucky.
Hardly got anything done today - Alex was pretty unsettled and just wanted to feed a lot, but I got a couple of short naps in.
-
Naps are good, coles lemonade iceblocks are life savers in this hot weather.
Feeling cruddy tonight, my CS wound is all hot and sore all of a sudden and I started bleeding again, my OB sid not to worry unless I show signs of infection.. I am just bummed that I am back to feeling rubbish again. Only pain killers I had in the house were Endone from hospital so I took one. I hate how they make bubs sleepy sometimes however :S I ate all the panadol I had in the last 3 weeks becuase I didn't want to use the endone :lol: 2 packets I think.
HAHA Mollie sounds like my MIL, who said "we will acceppt anything sex wise" well dur of course you will you dont get a say in it... and who likes to always talk about about my weight post pre and during pregnancy. I neally slap her every time. Anytime they say "our baby" I say who's? I get silence in return, drives me up the wall. WOW your nicer than me going all that way with a newborn. I would be saying no heh, or telling them they can come to me.
My MIL living with DH father is not his birth mother so even worse :S They have a bad history. His birth mother is lovley (TYPICAL) but lives in QLD so I'm flying her down at Xmas for the weekend so she can spend time with Lilly monster.
Had a better reflux day today, had a few bouts of it, but nothing extreme, I think now that we know it makes it easier for us to manage for her.
Amanda, yeah I've heard about food affecting things too, although I have not changed my diet. I'm going to ask the Pead about it tomorrow and see but the fact it comes and goes dosent really point to anything specific food wise. The heat seems to aggravate it however which is weird.
Hooray for sleeping babies :) I will have to try the shower time soon sounds good Lilly loves bath time and kicks her leggies in the water alot we make the water quite deep for her so she can splash about hehe.
Hmm does anyone elses baby wake up and cry before BM? She isn't constipated, but she seems to freak out? This makes her really distressed and takes ages to calm her down again, which also flares up her reflux too I think.
-
Lolpigs - I'm glad I could help :) yes, I wake Jess for a feed. The theory is the more food they have during the day the better chance they will sleep longer at night. With DS I let him sleep and he would sleep for 4-5 hours straight during the day. Then at night he'd be up every hour or two at night. It went on for four months and it nearly killed me. I became a different person. I put him on a routine after reading Tracy Hogg's book and it worked for us. Jess will wake up for most feeds but the most I let it get to is 3.5 hr then I wake her up with a cuddle then she's screaming for the milk lol.
I thought Jess didn't like wrapping and had stopped. It didn't help keep her asleep. I'd noticed she would scare herself with the startle reflex and then she would wake up. I've changed the way I wrap her to wrap each arm individually so she can move them around and she is sleeping better.
Mollie - it is a tough day when DH goes back to work. I felt the same. Each day I become more confident and adapt better. Can you call someone to come over if you are finding it too exhausting? Or go to your mums place so you can nap? Even if you do it once a week it will help or even knowing the option is there.
Don't blame yourself if she isn't settling. It's normal for newborns to have unsettled periods. It doesn't reflect on your mummy skills. Same stuff happening here. I just take it as it comes. When it has been too long I pass her to DH to try to settle her.
AM it can take me 1.5 hours to settle miss J. Night times are worse than day time. For her it is gas that causes it.
Amanda glad to hear all is going well. DS has a nut allergy. He had mild eczema as a young baby. I had a feeling he might have an allergy. The first time I gave him eggs I just dipped some toast in a tiny bit of yolk. He had a nap shortly after then woke with a red rash all over his forehead. Had to avoid giving egg for a long time. The trend is then a possible nut allergy.
Didn't give him any until he had a bite if my muesli bar when he was 3. His lips swelled up straight away. I've got to get him tested again. A few weeks ago he had picked up a nut at my mums that he wasn't allergic to then he must've rubbed his eye. His eye then puffed up. It's always a good idea if you are worried about food allergies to introduce foods one at a time when doing solids. That way you know what caused it. Be careful of strawberries before 12 months too, can bring out severe allergies.
The lady at the clinic asked me how the BF went. I told her what happened in addition to DS being sIck and she agreed there was no point in continuing. Thank goodness I didn't get a lecture! Jess is now 4 kilo's so the formula is agreeing with her!!
Got some great tips for gas. She felt her tummy and it was full of gas as it was hard. Their tummies are supposed to be soft like ours. She showed how me to press firmly with my palm on her tummy. Then to move the gas from her right to left tummy by pressing and moving it along. It was very interesting! Will definitely give it a go tomorrow.
-
Jan glad the nurse was good about BF, I'm gonna dread our 6-8 week check up but I know my decision is best for us and our situation. Abby is like a different child, just so happy and content when awake and doesn't scream for hours like she is starving.
-
bad night again seems to be getting worse. every feed now she is having an attack ;( I was in tears again this morning after listening to it all night.
hopefully the pead can do something for her, it is terrible
-
lolpigs I'm so sorry you both had a bad night :( How is she today?
Danni - don't stress about your check up. Some people had suggested I change to a different clinic because of all the guilt ttrips the nurse gave me last time. I purposely went there as I didn't have much choice in the situation and why should
I feel bad? I went in there confident with what happened and was willing to stick up for myself if need be. I feel for first time mums who listen to their guilt trips without knowing it isn't their faults!
-
Abby was pretty unsettled last night, she woke at 10.30 and wouldn't go back to sleep until 2am then was back up at 5.30am for another feed. I think the problem was she slept too well yesterday and i should have tried waking her a bit more during the day for some wake time during the day, then she overfed on her 1am bottle and puked all over me - that was the first spew she's had and come up with a fair bit of force so i'll try and keep an eye on her volume intake i think.
-
Levi slept for 4 hours last night. Poor hubby stayed up with him because he knows I would fall asleep and then freak out if I fell asleep with him in my arms hubby's catching up on sleep now.
Levi is having a 2 hour awake period in the afternoons so I'm hoping that will tire him out some more. He's been laying on the floor taking to himself for 30 mins now lol. While hubby has a nap (took leave to come home for the sleep lol).
Hubby offered Levi a bottle last night and he only took 10mils.
-
Danni Jess has a vomit every now and then. It usually happens when she has a pocket of gas coming up and catapulting the milk out with it. I was worried about having too much milk but she seems to be handling it. I asked the nurse yesterday and she said they can have more than the 5 feeds than it says on the tin at this age. She takes between 90 mls to whole 140 ml bottle depending on feed. She has 7 feeds a day.
AM those 4 hour nights are the pits. I am tryingto go to bed at 9 to get in an extra hour or two to get at least 5-6 hours sleep. I find if I am sleepy I read a book while settling or watch tv. It takes the edge off the boredom too lol. DH gives me a break on the weekend.
-
Mollie & Lolpigs, sounds like our MILs are the same hey!! - yeah, i definitey dont answer when i see my MIL calling! infact i dont even like checking the voicemails she leaves!!! Mollie, good work having a girl after her stupid comment about her family only having boys! what a dumb thing for her to say!!!!!!! and Lolpigs, ugh @ the comment about "our baby" - good on you saying saying ''who's?" in return!!!! thats just like the stupid comment from my MIL saying "comngrats on thre birth of MY grandaughter" instead of saying "your daughter" ugh! my MIL told me she thought i was a 'princess' the first time she met me cos i made a comment at a restaurant about not being able to handle really spicey food.... i was like umm rude!!!!! and she came to our house once and rearranged my kitchen cabinets as if id done it wrong... and always makes stupid rude comments like she knows best about everything.. uuuhh, im SO glad she lives in another state... by the way, she currently intends to come visit us next weekend and keeps pesterimg DH to be able to stay with us! i said no way, his dad is staying with us this weekend which i wasnt thrilled about while trying to establish a routine with breastfeeding etc and still recovering etc, but his dad is really nice so it doesnt bother me heaps - but i couldnt handle it if she stayed! DH is like, wel how do i tell her that she cant stay? im like um, well its kinda rude for her to expect she can stay anyway so just say we need our space as a new family trying to adjust etc.. ugh. he still hasnt called her back, and it sucks cos she will know its my doing, cos when she asked, he was like, 'ill check with amanda' - grrr.
Jan, good advice re the allergies!! ill make sure i check about egg first and see if it causes a reation before i try nuts.. its so worrying thinking of allergies cos its such a scary thought testing out something for the first time and sudenly finding they have some kind of terrible reaction!!
Lolpigs, aww sorry to hear you had another bad night!! Hope the pead can help.. you poor thing, i can imagine how upsetting that would be... *hugs*
Ã* got projectile vomited on thismorning - it was very forceful!
-
Lolpigs :hug: Sucks about the bad night! I hope the paed can do something for little lilly :)
Amanda I cant believe how alike our MIL's are... Im sure if they met they would be the best of friends. DH got into an arguement with his mum before Aubree was born because her and FIL wanted to stay with us and DH said no, and she was like "oh so FIL and I cant come see you when the baby is born" and DH was like "I didnt say that, I said that you couldnt stay with us" and then she got on the phone to me and said how hurt she was because of what DH had said, and she was like so we can stay with you.. My answer.. NO! Dont worry my MIL hates me, Im pretty sure she thought I was worse then a princess when she first met me.. I cant believe I have to go spend a week and half down there with them! ARGH!
Jan Glad your app went well :)
Well first day kinda by myself..(good thing we had a half decent night last night - 8:30pm-1:30am) My mum and nana came round to keep me company :) But it went well DH went off to work at 7:30, and the morning went really well.. Fingers crossed tomorrow goes as smoothly.. DH got a lovely present when he got home from work - a Number 3.... Poop everywhere lol.
-
Thanks guys, today was a little better, pead gave her Losec to try and help her. Said that should show improvement in a week if it is going to help. He said he thinks is colic not reflux but we shall see how the meds go. He said it is hard to say as she isn't presenting with the pathalogical symptoms eg projectile vomiting etci hope she goes down after this feed, we had a bath tonight too.
I am no Dr but know when she's in pain. I am hoping the meds help her. I think it might be silent reflux but what do I know :lol: I also bought some infacol just in case. She has put on another 200g so I am doing something right!
I hope everyone else is doing well :-)
So hot today. What is with this weather! Lilly feeds worse in this heat fussing and falling asleep. I have had to use a cool wet rag in her to keep her awake sometimes.
-
Having to offer bottle :( took 80 ml but still screaming :( Lilly not settling and for some reason just isn't getting enough no matter how many times I offer Breast tonight. What a crappy day, I get teh feeling my husband would prefer me to FF as he is loosing patience I think with all the unsettledness. I dont think he quite believes me that how their fed dosent matter if they are just being unsettled, but due to my supply problems I guess it always comes back to that for him.
He started saying tonight how this behaviour started when we stopped comping her...
*sigh* really struggling atm, feeling like giving up on it all. /sad face
Edit: got her to settle in the sleepy wrap with her dummy. I have no idea if it was hunger or comfort. Kinda loosing my mind atm and starting to doubt myself again.
-
Aww and now I feel like the worst parent in the world, I plopped her down on the bed next to hubby and she bounced and hit her head against hubbys chest :( Hubby says she is fine but I feel terrible. :cry:
-
Oh Lolpigs!!!! :hug: :hug: :hug: Your right with the feeding.. It doesnt matter how they are fed, if they are unsettled they are unsettled! If it was a hot day today that could contribute to Lilly been unsettled, is was like 31 here in canberra yesterday! and it took me ages to get Aubree to settle during the day! and then last night we had huge thunder storms and the little toad slept through the whole thing (I on th other hand didnt).... Dont doubt yourself hun, you are doing a great job!!!!
-
Thanks Mollie :hug: She slept through until 6am then BF and went down to sleep again so I'm really confused. She seems to have periods where she dosent want to sleep in her bassinette only on me in the sleepy wrap. Sometimes she will go down in the bassinette, sometimes i'll get her to sleep put her down and 10mins later she will wake up and after a couple times of doing that if I pop her in the wrap with her dummy within 30secs she is asleep and stays asleep in the wrap.
What I'm trying to work out is if she is hungry the reason she is waking or just wants to be with me? Could she just be drinking the formula becuase it's offered or becuase she is actually hungry that is what I can never work out. I gave her a top up BF this time 15mins after she finished both sides to be sure she wasnt hungry but I have doubts as does husband becuase in the hospital they always said if they are hungry they will wake and that is why they will be unsettled? So confused.It's super hot her being in the sleepy wrap due to the weather here but she seems to prefer it 50% of the time. If I give her about 20mins I'll try and put her to bed again see how we go, sometimes that works too.
:wtf:
-
I don't know hun..I guess just keep on trying different things and go with what works :hug: Is she staying awake after a feed during the day to play and so on? Or is it pretty well straight back to sleep each time?
Could be a growth thing too, Alex seems to have gone from settling down at around 8-9pm and waking around 2am then around 6am to wanting to feed every 1.5-2hrs (from start of feed) around the clock, with occasional longer sleeps but a lot more awake time through the day as well. It's not that he's really unsettled or anything, it's just that he's awake and wanting to feed more often. Makes me think I might take him down to the clinic and weigh him at some point, see whether it is that he's just growing rapidly at the moment. He does get shirty if I delay his feed though :p
-
She just is not settling no matter what, I wish she would be straight back to sleep :( It's feed, cry, more crying, wont sleep around and around we go. I wouldn't mind if she was awake and not screaming the house down, but she is. I just gave her 30ml EBM thinking she was still hungry and she just kept crying. A nappy change seemed to settle her for now but it never seems to last long becasue I can't get her to go to sleep. I am about to start pumpig again after every feed becuase I think it's me :( Yet, this morning she settled after her BF, and went to sleep after only a little crying so I don't know.
She is just really miserable atm and I wish I knew why. It is hot today so that might be making her grizzly but she is litterally impossible to settle. She hasn't slept for a decent amount of time since her morning feed where she slept for 2 hours :S DO you think the heat would annoy her enough to stop her from sleeping? It is pretty hot and didnt want to put the air con up too high lest we have the opposite problem.
Also an issue is she dosent seem insterested in being with my husband only me so extra pressure.
Edit: No that lasted about 5mins.. back to crying
-
Lolpigs I've had a similar day. She has been so unsettled. Very frustrating! I can sympathise with you Don't overthink it too much. I'm just taking it a day at a time. I have no idea why she is unsettled. I think she has hiccups where milk comes up and that really annoys her and if it's not that then the gas? It's early days. I'm hoping it will improve by 3 months. I hope your day improves :hugs:
-
I don't know hun - wish I had more than just a hug to offer..
The heat might annoy her a bit, not enough to scream constantly like that I wouldn't think unless it was disgustingly hot. Can you put the aircon on down low just to take the edge off? The other thought is whether maybe a chiro or osteopath might be able to help?
Hope she settles soon hun..
-
:grouphug:
OMG she just fell asleep on dad. :dance:
I'm going to pump and let her sleep for now. Pumping can't hurt I guess. That was awful. It's hot, but the air con is on 26 degrees? But she is still not happy about the heat. I think she just might be having a bad day but it is stressful.
She has the right output and put on 200g in a week so there must be enough milk but I always doubt. Think I always will :( It is so hard not to when they are like this.
:hug: Sweetpea I tried gripewater and that didnt work, I thought it might be gas no go. Hopefully she will stay asleep for Dad for at least an hour or so. I think by now she would be overtired as well wouldnt she?
Hugs is just what I need CK!
Well its week 4 next week, only 8 more weeks and hopefully some improvement.
-
There is a good chance she was overtired/overstimulated as well - which makes it even harder for them to settle down. Fingers crossed she has a decent sleep now - and maybe you can catch a nap too.
-
Hey Girls!
Just wanted to give a quick update on lil miss Z :)
She had her 4 week check up and her results were -
Weight - 4.9kg (has put on 820g in 2 weeks)
Length - 56.1cm (has grown 2.2cm in 2 weeks)
She is going great guns! Have had her a tad unsettled the last couple of days, non stop crying for an hr yesterday arvo! non stop farting (her, not me :P )!
I got constipated the other week so was eating LOTS of fruit (specially nectarines) and licorice as well as lots and lots of water! So we think that the nectarines and licorice caught up with Z through my boobie juice! hence the non stop farting and scream session! poor tyke!
So I am now off nectarines (rumour stone fruit affects the most) and no licorice! ahhhh the things we do huh!
Speaking of the things we do, lil miss H just walked passed farting like a damn trooper! she too is a nectarine fiend! so they are working on her as well....my house is going to smell LOVELY!!
LOL - Harriett was like that NON STOP! would only sleep for 30mins to an hr at a time! for about the first 3 months! its tiring, but it DOES get better! some bubs just do that!! but it is heartbreaking and emotionally draining :( hope she starts to settle for you soon xx
Good luck girls! Tis a tough couple of months to start and then the *woooohoooo* begins!
-
Thanks Nikky, well just had to call and leave a message for my LC, Lilly seems to have forgotten how to suckle again.. she is just back to nibbling and spending forever at my breast instead of drinking. I dont really understand becuase she was actually doing really well the last few days. Every feed she was draining both and doing well.
I'm going to keep trying but I just had to comp her this feed because she was on there for over an hour and wasnt getting enough. I dont know if it is my supply or she is still having trouble attaching and drinking. Going to pump after every feed until I hear from LC tomorrow. I am also now having issues getting any milk out when I pump :wall: Wish me luck guys.
:( Crappy end to a crappy day. Thanks for letting me vent guys.
xx
-
Could be because you're both a bit tense. Does she relax after a bath or shower at all? At least enough to help you relax before a feed to help with let-down? Hopefully the LC will have better advice than I do and things pick up again.
Heheheheh, Nikky I just got the image of you and your little ones tooting your way around the house and had to laugh. And good to hear Miss Z going so well!
I think I may have made a similar mistake last night as Alex wasn't as settled as usual (I won't say unsettled as such, just not his normal cruisy self) and then I just remembered I'd had thai green curry for dinner the night before. Not a hot one, more flavoursome but there was a little tingle there and I haven't had much chilli lately. It's either that, a growth spurt or he's got his days and nights mucked around the wrong way again. He had a big sleep this morning/early afternoon (3.5hrs) then a big feed and is now asleep again. I might wake him at around 5pm in hopes that he'll then sleep tonight rather than be up all night, as much as it goes against everything in me to wake my sleeping baby...
