She's 7w3d now
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She's 7w3d now
Oh I feel better I'm not the only one who's baby seems emotionally unstable lol yes I totally forgot how challenging the newborn stage is. We are getting there though :) they'll be months old before we know it and easier to read.
Tubbles when Bub was born the midwife said he had a very mild posterior tongue tie. So mild it wouldn't need any fixing. He feeds well, no nipple damage and can poke his tongue out. BUT he has symptoms of a baby with a tongue tie like all the farts, his latch is only ok, he clicks intermittently when feeding, and leaves me with lipstick shaped nipples. The farts don't smell but seems to pain him so that was why I wanted it checked. I'll ask the GP at his 6wk needles next week and I'll ask my midwife when I see her next week too. But I'm feeling more confident that it's not a tongue tie, he's kid a farty bum and it will settle with age.
Strange that they told you not to block feed... I do 1 boob per feed. I did it with my first too and it works well for me. If his farts are smelly maybe go back to one boob and see if it changes? That's interesting let me know how it goes.
I asked DP today, now that both our boys are here and settled in, is he still sure he's done having kids. He thought on it for a little bit and said he just hates the pregnancy bit. I do too, it comes between us. But he's totally going to be onboard for another. I don't think I'm done either...
Woo, more babies! I'm thinking of having a womb closing ceremony, to try make myself feel better, but at the moment I feel like I want to have all the babies!
Could be farting because of the clicking. Remi has started farting more as his click has increased. He has also got a mild posterior tongue tie, and mild lip tie that will grow out. But when they click they swallow air.
I only feed one side each feed, always have with each kid. Tried offering both with DD, and it made her have frothy green poos, so horrible! Owen was block fed, for 4hr blocks, because he snacked so much. I was doing 2-3 hour blocks with Remi, but then he started doing little sharts all the time, which made him get a rash on his bum, so LC at ABA said to stop block feeding and see how it went. Offer breast, and feed for 5mins. Then if hungry 30mins later offer other. Think it may not be working for us. Maybe block feeding for hour would be better, as sometimes he feeds every half hour and then could go 4 hours without a feed.
Haha all the babies! I'm going to give it a couple years and see how I feel. I want to BF this Bub longer. Henry got cut short because of my pregnancy stuffing it for him and I don't want that again.
I'm not surprised the clicking makes them swallow air. Luckily it's only intermittent, and not the whole feed. He's been pretty comfortable the last couple days and nights so I'll just keep chugging along.
Getting a few smiles now. He makes you work hard for them though!!! He mostly just looks crazy or cranky. Standard baby emotions.
6 weeks tomorrow omg! Needles Tuesday boo!
How old was Henry? I was quite happy with 2 and a half (almost 3!). His ties made feeding quite painful, so was relieved he finished, with no desire to reintroduce. He apparently doesn't even remember breastfeeding ?! Feel a bit hurt by that, lol.
Lol at your little one not remembering. I think Henry remembers. He says he does. He was 21 months when he had his last feed, and while he seemed OK emotionally to not feed anymore, health wise I would have liked to continue til he was more like 2&1/2 or so. He's not a big eater, pretty slim and he got sick almost constantly after he weaned. But he hasn't been sick for months now since he left daycare.
I was ttc from when he was 6months old though and I knew it could mess with my milk. But I really thought it wouldn't for me and I'd end up tandem feeding.
I weaned DD so I could get pregnant with DS, with the intention of trying to relactate once AF returned so I could tandem feed.. She wasn't interested in it though, boo! She was only 14months. She was fine though, I would've loved to have fed her for longer, but at the time a close gap was important to us, and we were ****ing in the wind it seemed, trying from 6 months also. She ate heaps though. DS1 didn't. He didn't even swallow any food til he was 11months old, and was primarily breastfed until he was weaned really (or maybe a month or two leading up to my supply finishing up). It took him a while to start eating lots, even now he doesn't eat *that* much some days. But he was something like 32-33 months old or something.
Ah ok. My AF came back at 8 months pp so I knew we weren't too far off conceiving. I day weaned Henry at 14 months. I know most people night wean first but I wanted to go back to work and know he wouldn't be looking for a boobie while I was gone. Then once he was used to going day times without it, I let him have it again on my days off. It helped a lot while I had morning sickness. Being able to keep him still and put him to sleep or just laying down.
Taking Bub off for his needles soon! I sent DP to do all of DS1s needles for the first year so don't know what to expect. I just hope it's quick.
I've done all needles. DP had to come for DD's 4yo needles as he wanted them , I didn't, and she only agreed if he came. Hate vaccinations. Hoping to hold off Remi's until he is one.
So do you not vax usually tubbles or delay them? Is it the process you hate or the vaccines themselves?
When do the new laws come in about FTB and vaccines? Will the affect people who delay vaccines?
Bub did really well today and we got the most lovely patient nurse doing them so I felt less anxious too.
I am not sure about vaccinating, but don't think their immune systems are strong enough for it, so young. I'd prefer to allow them to choose to get what they needed when they can choose. DP is pro vax without reading anything, just says "they tell me to do it, so it must be needed to be done" which frustrates me, but as they are our kids (his kids too) I delay. I didn't really delay with DD, with DS1, I delayed what I could. And he was caught up by 2.
FTB changes haven't passed yet, so unsure as to when they will come in to affect.
Ugh... Because I left hospital same day and because we all got sick etc, I'm only just getting DD hearing test done now. I've been sitting in this damn waiting room for over an hour
just sneaking it - some of the new laws have come into effect with the immunisations - i actualy lost my CCR and CCB this week cuz my GP practice had not put in my son's paperwork regardng his immuisations being up to date. very frustrating since i followed this up with the GP four weeks ago! now i have to wait till all the paperwork is up to date at Centrelink til it kicks back in! very frustrating!
so if you are not up to date from now you will lose whatever benefits are applicable to being immunised.
How frustrating for you AM!! Hope it gets sorted quickly.
I think there has always been a loss of some benefits for "forgetting" immunisations, but if you had a CO form, you didn't lose them.
And how'd you go with the hearing test, EssTee? I hate waiting! I don't think we waited for the hearing test at all, but we waited ages for the MW to finish her appointment so we could do all the newborn check and what not the day he was born, was so painful as we had brought our other kids too - who complained the WHOLE time.
Hearing test went fine :) thank goodness I didn't have DS there though...
How is everyone doing?
Would love your thoughts ladies... DD has been getting quite a few green poos... Some with mucous. Reading dreaded interwebs suggests that it may be an allergy or infection... Others suggest a feeding/latch problem.
I offer just one side each time to feed. She has a normal looking latch, although does do clicking and she often chokes with letdown... She usually comes off, and I sit her up to let her catch her breath and then latch her back on. She also has several breaks while feeding where I have to burp her and she will go back for more. Thoughts?
How long does she go between feeds? Whenever my kids poos went green, I'd block feed until I got them back to mustard and then slowly decrease block amount of time until I was back to swapping each feed - I've never been able to offer both breasts each feed.
I read a really good link the other day which might be your scenario. I have "oversupply" and a fast let down, so they get an imbalance of foremilk / hind milk.
This is the website I read the article on the other day https://www.breastfeedingbasics.com/...ch-breast-milk