We went tothe GP's today after the community nurse suggested if Saoirse wasnt any better to go to the local GPs. Our usual GP is off having a knee reconstruction so we went with a recommended GP up the road. Lovely Egyptian Dr who was just fabulous. Turns out our little one has colic. He suggested that SMA Gold was not recommended as it causes constipation. Recommended Norcal formulae designed for babies with Colic as well as Infocol drops. Gave some great suggestions as well as laying the baby on her side for sleep with rolled up blankets on her back and stomach area. We touched on how we were demand feeding & exhaustion was settling into our routine. Every 3hrs with a 7hr break from 11pm through to 6am and offer her tepid water during these hours so that she begins to form a sleep habit. We'll see how we go but its finally great to get some good recommendation and the possibility of sleep rather than waking every 2-3hrs sounds like bliss....
I beleive tomorrow and Monday maybe incredibly challenging but she should settle into a routine from Tues/Wed onwards. Lets hope!
Anyone else having challenges?
Hope you're all doing well. Im feeling like Im aching all over & flu like. Sleep would be nice... Oh well mid week and a few hours sleep will be enough to keep me going....
Hmm well looks like our little one doesnt have reflux ... none of the mylanta etc is helping at all, although when we tried topup feeds of formula she vomitted so his lactation consultant recommended formula for low birth weight and premmie babies and she took that without throwing up. ATM I feed her, then if she is still fussing I offer her some formula, he said she will only take it if she is still hungry. Last night she took 30ml, and slept but still woke after the 2 hours for a feed. The next feed she took nothing extra and was very unsettled.The wind drops and gripe water help with the wind but no idea why she still isnt settling hopefully as my milk settles in this helps
Jen I hear you loud and clear on the challenges. Lilly is feeding every 2 hours and takes forever to feed. Some of my night feeds are done laying down because I am so tired I am scared I will drop her. My pediatrician says colic usually settles after about 12 weeks but there s no definite time, we know Lilly has colic but none of my others did and I am so exhausted. My pediatrician said sometimes we can make it worse by reading too much into it because we become stressed and the baby picks up on it. So for me I am tryingto relax and take each feed as it comes. I just wish DH was home more to help but I guess I am in the real world now.
Hi Ladies,
I posted yesterday and cant find it here. So not sure what happened.
I had my first bub Charlotte after having to be induced due to my BP increasing and the fluid levels dropping over the last few weeks. It was a 6hr labour and very intense, wish it had been spread out a bit but Im not really gonna complain lol.
When Charlotte was born she wasnt screaming or moving which kinda made me think what the H!@# is going on arent they meant to be screaming. After 5 mins on oxygen we got a whimper and she was whisked off to the special needs nursery for about an hour. DH didnt leave her for 1 minute which left me to twiddle my thumbs and wonder what the heck to do.
Anyway now she is almost 6 weeks old and after 2 weeks we chose to stop BF as she had kept loosing weight and at one stage wasnt off my boob for any longer than 1/2 hr. My mum and grandmother had the same problem so Im assuming maybe it could be a genetic issue or something.
Now she is feeding about every 4hrs and is putting on weight very well. Only problem is we have a wind issue. Lots of bottom burping which I have been told is normal but the amount she does kinda has me wondering. We will see the pead in 2 weeks so will wait till then. I have tried a few things like breaking up feeds with burps, using gripe water, infacol, changing formula, leg movements and tummy massages.
I was also wondering how many of you have issues with baths. Little Charlie screams soooo much and ends up with tears falling down her cheeks. Last night I tried bathing her with a towel draped over her and it did calm her a bit, I just want her to love the water as much as me.
Anyway chat to you all later
Jicky Lilly hates the bath too, we wrap her in a flanelette nappy still and then slowly unwrap her, but we can only get the legs out at this stage she likes her arms covered still. I am sure charlie will get there if you dont have a flanelette nappy try a small towel or something
Hello to my old pals from our "due Aug 1-15" group and hi to the new ones! Liana was born on August 2nd by c-section due to breech presentation. A popular day for girls haha.
We've had a few hiccups, not helped by me being on antibiotics for nearly a month. She also has terrible wind, we find Infants friend works well for her. Still trying to adjust to the lack of sleep but I wouldn't change one second and every time she smiles and coos at me it makes it so worthwhile!
Mrs P - Have you tried a swing? Shani loves hers and will sleep for ages in it, I also find if I put her in the sling while I am doing things around the house that she is happy and sleeps or is content at least.
Hi Girls..
Thought I'd pop in and say hi as my little boy, Darcy Lewis was born on the 12th August so instead of just reading and learning from you all, I may as well introduce myself! Things are going great so far..started with 2 hour feeds but am now starting to stretch him out which is going quite well. Look forward to chatting and learning from you all.
Trish
Yes - my hair has started falling out, a little later than with my first which was at 3months. This time it was about 4 months. It is completely normal and eventually stops. Had Shani's needles today, she cried a little but has been great since. She now weighs just under 6kgs and 58cm long (her brother weighed this at 8 weeks!).
As to solids, I prefer to wait til closer to the 6 month mark. I will be doing baby led solids which is completely finger foods, no purees or spoon feeding. It worked great for DS and I started with him at about 5.5months. I hope everyone is going great and are organised for christmas. We haven't even put up the christmas tree yet as SIL is moving in with us so have been rearranging everything.
Only 18 days to go
How is everyone going? We don't seem to be very chatty in here lately. Shani had her first immunisations yesterday. It was't too bad. She cried when they went in and then was ok. So far there are no side effects that i have noticed so hopefully it will stay that way. Her night time sleep is improving now to 12 hours the last couple of nights, daytimes aren't so good thought but I suppose you can't have everything.
Gee it is tiring having two littlies how do you guys with double that and more cope??
Kylie I don't know how you do it with two! Ha ha. Liana had her shots last week too and was ok though she did scream for a minute or two then fell asleep in my arms she was so tired from it! She did an 8 hour sleep on Sunday night and has done a couple of 7's, but last night was a 6 then a 3hr. Am hoping she will continue stretching it out over the next few weeks and eventually make it to 10 or more!! 12 must be lovely She's also not a good day sleeper and only does about 3 x 30 min naps - so it's hard to get anything done really or have much of a break. But of course one look at her cute little face and I don't really care
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She's also not a good day sleeper and only does about 3 x 30 min naps - so it's hard to get anything done really or have much of a break. But of course one look at her cute little face and I don't really care 
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