Hi Tilda - great to hear from you. I think we're all doing great and sounds like we all have the same issues so we're obviously all normal after all LOL! Amelia likes to be cuddled to sleep too and don't you just love that Baby Love book, was just reading it before and read that same bit about it not spoiling them so felt much better. Amelia only went to sleep at 6.00 pm after being awake since lunch time! Not sure what her caper was there but now she's due for a feed but I'm going to let her sleep a bit. Hope she settles for the night that's all I care about right now! I found taking her to peoples places can unsettle them too, mostly I think because they're in and out of the car and everyone wants to hold her....although it is good to get them used to being out and about and having other people handling them. Hmmm.
Oh and Rose, I did find some nipple shields at the chemist, phew what a relief!
I'll pop back later to do some personals, but wanted to wish you all a happy new year.
We managed to stay up till midnight, but I "hit the wall" at 12.01am!
Jacob is growing like a mushroom - haven't had him weighed since 23 Dec (he was 4.3kg, up from birth weight of 3.6kg), but I reckon he must be closer to 5kg. I had to go and exchange three boxes of Huggies newborn nappies today (for Infant size) - there was no way the little tyke was going to fit the newborns for much longer, so I wasn't opening a new box. It's no wonder though, he feeds like he's a bottomless pit. Will get him weighed on Tuesday with the child health nurse at our local pharmacy.
I had an OMG moment this morning - after feeding Jake about 10.30pm-11pm, he slept through till 7am this morning . Not sure this is necessarily a marvellous thing, though I'm not complaining - I was always led to believe they need a feed/top up during the night until at least 3-4 months of age. Anyhoo - not complaining, trust me. DS1 slept through the night from around 3 months and Jake seems to be following a similar pattern.
As indicated, I'll pop back later on to do personals ... have friends popping over later and I really must go pull out the vacuum cleaner while the kids are sleeping!
Hi AndiE - Happy New Year to you too! Wow is Jacob in infant nappies already, what a lovely growing boy ha ha!
I have a very unsettled little girl yesterday and today, she is sleeping fine at night but won't sleep during the day and won't stop crying unless I hold her. I don't know what's wrong with her!
We had a lovely nye. We went out to a restaurant on the water up the central coast with my parents and aunty, uncle n cousin. Jett was an angel slept the whole time we were there even with a live band playing and he woke at 11.45pm to celebrate with us all. Mummy was very tired as it was long past my bedtime.
Alison I am having the same problem with Jett he is excellent through the night and not during the day he is only quiet if he is on the boob. I am not sure if I have enough milk for him. He feeds almost 2hrly during the day and sleeps for 20to40 mins that is all. I am thinking I may have to give him a formula top up around 9am 10am to see if I can get him to sleep a bit during the day.
Is anyone else having to give formula top ups?
I have the nurse coming on Monday so I will ask her.
If I can avoid formula I want to but it seems Jett is hungry all day then exhausted at night n he just sleeps.
Hope everyone is enjoying watching their little bundles grow.
Hi the lovely Lani! Yep, I'm topping up with FF and even giving a whole bottle some times! I've given in the last few days and it's helping.....after her not settling today (same issue as you) I topped her up with FF and she had 60 mls!!!! Been happy ever since! I think mate if they hungry they are hungry...like you I don't think my boobs can keep up with her growth spurt. The formula has loads of goodness so don't worry, I was like you and didn't want to do it but if its helping I'll do it. Lots of people have to FF full time so even if we're doing half half that's still good I reckon, better than no BF'ing at all huh.
Give it a go with Jett, I bet you'll find it helps lots and will keep you sane. Even when I express I'm lucky to get 40mls in a sitting!!! So I mix that in with the formula. One good thing about formula is it's quicker to feed and it fills them up, Amelia sleeps for 3-4 hours after a formula feed! She can easily drink 120mls at the moment!
Hi girls, I'm green with envy re your bubs sleeping though the night, even if they're a bit wakeful during the day. Matilda is getting worse and worse at night. She has refused to be put down at all tonight. DH was up her until 1am and I've been up with her since then. Ita now 4:30am. I've tried putting her down several times but she wakes everytime and starts complaining. I'm cuddling her at the moment with the keyboard perched on my lap. I think I'm going to bite the bullet and call the sleep consultant on Monday. I know she's only a month old and you're not supposed to be able to spoil them at this stage but this can't go on indefinitely. We'll go mad!! My parents visit during the day and keep saying what a "good" baby she is. But they don't see her at 4am and even if I point this out I dont' think they really get it. Well I might try putting her down again, but she'll need a feed soon anyway. Wish me luck!!
tilda, what a shame matilda is so unsettled. i have this book called baby on board and the author reckons bubs are often unsettled if they are overstimulated. so, that could be them being too overhandled by visitors or being exposed to too much excitement duringthe day. he suggests keeping things simple and keeping them in a quiet, dark space inthe afternoons if the are getting wound up so all the adreneline leaves their body. im not really explaining it well but you get the gist. he also says newborns arestill learning and it will get better! good luck, hun. x
to thegirls with unsettled bubs during theday- jack is the same. im not too worried as hes in a good pattern at night, he wakes at 2am and 5am after going down at 9.30pm. not sure how else toget him to day sleep as im only bfing and have enough milk to feed triplets! any tips from anyone else?
andie- very jealous of jacobs long sleep!
atm-sorry for the typos. im on this dumb pen keyboard and i cant use it!
not sure what you all do at night but ive got a new routine that works for us. we put him in our bed after his bath, dh reads to him, i feed him, wrap him then pat his bum til he shuts his eyes, usually round 9.30. then pop him in the bassinet. hear him stirring at 2am, take him to my bed for a bf lying down, then pop him back. same at 5am. i dont change or burp him and that way he doesnt really wake! dh then chnges him at 6. two of my friends recommended it and now we all get a much better sleep. i use natures friend so dont need to burp...
I think we're all doing great and sounds like we all have the same issues so we're obviously all normal after all LOL! Amelia likes to be cuddled to sleep too and don't you just love that Baby Love book, was just reading it before and read that same bit about it not spoiling them so felt much better.
Amelia only went to sleep at 6.00 pm after being awake since lunch time! Not sure what her caper was there but now she's due for a feed but I'm going to let her sleep a bit. Hope she settles for the night that's all I care about right now!
I found taking her to peoples places can unsettle them too, mostly I think because they're in and out of the car and everyone wants to hold her....although it is good to get them used to being out and about and having other people handling them. Hmmm.
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