bec - we were set a routine from the special care nursery with Hamish. he feeds every four hours at 10, 2, and 6 am and pm. feeds 15mins on each breast, then a top up of breastmilk and formula (50mls), then i express. he sleeps in between each feed. the last couple of nights he has been awake for a couple of hours after his 6pm feed so we put him in his swing which he loves.
teresa - thats wat the middies got me doing cause Lauren was so small she was tooooo slepy to wake for feeds so we had to make it easy 4 her, i have a nice stash of EBM in the freezer and with fenugreek i have almost completely cut out formula (onoy use it now as a back up whhen out and dont have 50 mins to spare , i know not the best but as i have started freezing ebm i hope to cut out formula all together)
ttc - what is fenugreek? is it some kind of formula or is it something to increase your breastmilk? when i express i am getting around 60mls but would love to get more if i could.
teresa- fenugreek is a herbal thing i use natures own brand this was like $15 fr 60 caps, its actually for relief of mucous congestions but apparently also works for improving lactation (there is some stuff on ABA's website). I take 2 tabs 3 times a day but it is meant to be 3 3 times a day...
I can get about 60 mls AFTER she has had enough to put her to sleep so about 40-60 minutes worth.
Having said that i have only ever "leaked" twice and both have been over night if she slept for 5-6 hours.
HMM she wouldnt settle upstairs, she would fall asleep on the boob then i would put her in the bassinette and with in about 3 minutes she would wake up eating her fists again! so i come down stairs so daddy can get an hour and a half unsettled b4 work, i gave her maybe 2 minutes onthe boob and now out like a light! oh well i will finish yesterdays laundry...
Thought I'd join in the fun! My bubs was born on 10/02/10 at 7.01am by emergency c-section. Good to see that there are others born on this day, Tascha & natari what times were your bubs born?
Well my little man is already 3 weeks old and the time has flown by too fast! He's had a few unsettled days lately but he seems alright today so fingers crossed!
Congrats to all you fantastic mums! Hope everything is going well for you all xx
bec - good to hear that josh is going well and he is gaining weight - Natasha did 400g in the last week too so our bubs are doing well. I am also going to do fortnightly checks at the clinic but I am still having home visits as I have another 3 weeks c-sec recovery until I can drive so my clinic nurse is home visiting which is a nice help. As for sleep I just bought today the "save our sleep" book from big w. A friend in my mothers group used it for her first born and I really want to get a good routine set as I have an 18 month gap between the girls and they have sample routines for a toddler and baby. It sets sleep and feed times so I am going to start giving it a go from tomorrow to see how we go - not that Tasha is bad atm but it still helps to set a routine early on esp since we ended up in Karitane with Alicia when she was 7 months old .. happy to pass on tips if you want ?!
littlebear - welcome ! hope you are recovering ok from your emergency c-sec. My first daughter was born by emergency c-sec as well and I found the recovery a bit hard but better this second time around ..
Hi to all the other ladies in here hope everyone is doing well.
We took my DD1 to playgroup yesterday and a new play centre today to get out and about which was nice. My DH is back at work on Monday which is sad cause he has had 4weeks off but life has to get back to normal sooner or later hey !!
Hope all the bubs are doing well I cannot believe my little one is 3 weeks old already seems to have flown by !! Means my older baby is 19 months on Monday too ... yikes !!!
Bec - Madden is behaving on a sleep, play, feed routine.... not specific times as yet, but a generally similar routine each day - e.g bed between 11pm and 12am, wake at 4.30am for feed, sleep till 8am, feed and play, sleep again at 11am etc...
little bear - Our little guy was born 10.57pm 10/2/10 on his due date (just!)
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