Had to go back into hossy last night to get my ceaser wound opened and drained ewww the local didnt work so it was nice a pleasant....not....but hopefully now with the antibotics everything will started healing so i can go back to normal!
Sebastian feeds every 2-3hrs during the day except between 4-8 where he cluster feeds every hr. Very time consuming especially when trying to get tea organised and fit in time with DD. Most nights he will have a long 5hr stint then 3hrly after that so its not to bad.
Is anyone having trouble with wind? Seb seems to have a lot of it and we are having trouble getting it up. Have been using infants friend but it doesnt seem to be cutting it anymore.
Hope everyone is doing well...will try and keep it with this thread more often
Petal - to be honest i am not 100% sure how much time on each, some days she has a good 15min on each, others it's say 15min on 1 side and 5 on the other.
At night when my (.)(.) are full she mainly takes 1 side and then the other side enough to have a bit of a let down.
I do 1 side, change her bum (to wake her) and then the other side, if she's still awake then i put her on the floor for a play with DD1 but i think she's normally awake about 45min - hr, then sleeps about 1-2hrs and then up for another feed. sometimes she doesn't sleep in b/w at all.
With day and night all i do is use a touch lamp in our room at night, keeps the room nice and dim, during the day she is in the lounge with us, curtains open and there is ALWAYS constant noise, if were not in the room i turn the radio on.
I'm even horrible enough to NOT tell DD1 to be quiet, it's not fair on her if i'm constantly telling her to shut up and so far it works Z sleeps through her and even the vac under her bassinet (most days).
Will do more personals tomorrow as prob wont get a chance today.. we are taking Ava to her allergist appt, 4hrs at the RCH doing skin ***** tests and a food challenge, my poor baby girl! (well not my baby anymore but you know what i mean)
Worst part is the appt is at 1pm, it's about an hr drive in then we have to be there 4hrs PLUS possible an extra hr to make sure she has no further reactions.
So chances are we wont be leaving until 6pm and then i might have to go to the real estate to sign docs as we may have sold out block, thats an 1.5hr drive.
I'm nuts, really i am 2 kids by myself in the hosp all day.. lets hope today is the day Zara decides it's ok to just eat and sleep.
I hope my poor princess Ava is ok, she HATED the skin ***** test last time.. makes me feel sick to think they are going to feed her something she could possibly react with
Sorry its taken me so long to find this thread....my name is tracy and my baby girl was born on 15th January. I cant believe she is nearly 4 weeks old already.....although it has been the toughest 4 weeks of my life thats for sure. Nothing prepares you for what it is really like and I am finding I appreciate my Mum a whole lot more now that I know what she went through for me
We are going OK although I have pretty much given up on the BFeeding....I am expressing and giving it to her in a bottle. She also has formula in the evening cause the breast milk doesnt seem to sustain her long enough. She is a big bubs, 4.5kgs born and I weighed her yesterday and she was 4.65kgs. She wasnt getting enough from BFeeding so I decided to express it to make sure she had enough and if not then top up with formula. I do feel quite sad about it though, would have been nice to BF properly.
She has also started being miss cranky pants in the evenings, its like a switch goes off at 6pm and shje wont settle, just cries and cries unless I am holding her, she then seems to drift off to sleep but everytime i put her down she cries again, its so frustrating. Its always in the evenings too when I am most tired. Anyone else experiencing this?
JenJams, Illey, Bun and Daytonas mum so good to see you in here, looking forward to continuing the journey with you and also looking forward to getting to know the other mums as well.
I started writing this post at lunch time and have just finished it now.....lol....I guess thats what happens with a newborn hey.
Welcome trace! Don't beat yourself up about the feeding. We all do what it takes. As long as she is having about 5-6 wet nappies and a couple of poos in 24 hours then she's getting enough.
The cluster feeding is hard to deal with but it's just their way of catching up and increasing your supply. My DD has two periods of cluster feeding - mid morning and evening. It's bloody hard entertaining a toddler as well! Thank goodness for the wiggles!
I am getting through it by telling myself it's not going to last forever. And it won't ya know, it's such a short time in the big scheme of things.
Minny, how are you feeling? Sorry to hear about your scar. Hope you are feeling better
Leah- how did A's tests go?
Sorry not many personals, am on my iPhone and can't scroll back to see all the posts!
Teagz - if you feel up to DTD, then go for it. I'm waiting for my 6 week check next week as I had quite a few stitches in my hoo ha and want to be sure they are all gone!
Leah - glad to hear it went well. Poor little Ava, she sounds like a trooper!
Good morning everyone hope we got some sleep last nite
Milly has nearly out grown the newborn nappies i think i might cry when i have to buy the next size up! My mum bought the cutest matching outfits for the girls the other day...i always said i wouldnt do it but they are going to look so so cute
DH is booked in to see the surgen about having the snip and whilst i dont want to have any more babies the thought of NOT being able too is a bit sad kwim.
Leah glad to hear the test went ok...poor little Ava that must have been horrible, what are you putting the egg in? i cant imagine trying to get lucy to eat a raw egg white mind you she does eat everything lol
DTD after having a baby is like doing it for the first time all over again
I've said to DH we'll need to work out contraception. We are undecided yet about a third baby. We are both open to the idea but we will see what happens I guess. So no snip for DH just yet. I've told him once our family is complete then he has to get the snip!
My Dr was gonna give me the pill on leaving the hossy, but in the past it hasn't agreed with me so I said no.... unfortunately the little teeny tiny town I live in mustn't believe in contraception because the general store doesn't sell condoms, so poor DH has to hold out another night. I don't want my little man having a brother or sister so close together either
Leah, Jackson is going really well over nights. It's just the day time naps we need to work on, he can stay awake aaaallll day. I have noticed if he doesn't have at least one decent one he's really hard to settle at night - I'm talking ear peircing squeels! - although once he's settled he can sleep up to 6 and 7 hour blocks - his little tummy wakes him up, loves his booby! Yesterday he went down for a nap at 3.30 and woke up when I woke him up at 7 and then went back to bed at 8.30 :| I had taken him out to my parents work and all the ohing and ahing from nan must have tuckered the poor fella out BUT, he had a really restless nights sleep... not so much wkaing up but making random little noises in his sleep that I kept getting up to because I thought he was awake, it was very odd!
Bun, make sure you do your pelvic floor exercises. I have read a few posts from the ladies who have said they have helped and worked wonders... I'm sure your hoo ha will be fine in no time
Party-Of-Five, Jackson has almost outgrown his small nappies too, and there is no way in hell he's gonna fit into any of his 0000 suits anymore It's so sad, they're growing so fast. I was looking back at photos of jackson the day he was born and he's huge now! I want him to stay little for just a while longer, not ready to part with my little new born yet. Humph.
well, hooray I finally managed SOME persies!! Now I'm gonna go clean my kitchen, while the little man is asleep - yep got him down for a morning nap
I hope all is going well. DS has been great the last 2 nights, going nearly 8 hours between feeds on Thursday night and another 6 hours lat ...As much as I like that he is sleep longer at night (touch wood - early days yet!) the downside is when he wakes up I realise that my BB are SO FULL and painful...last night I filled up a nursing pad (the gel/silicon pidgeon ones), leaked over my singlet and bed sheets then cause they are so full he only has 1 side and doesn't even empty it...I don't want to express to much as I then will make more...catch 22. I also want to get rid of some cause I really dread getting mastitis again. Is this only happening to me and everyone's milk supply has balanced out?
Harley's Girl - I see you are still BF and your bub's sleeping like a log! What do you do? I think mine would literally explode!!
Hummingbird...woohoo on the sleep. Last night DD, slept until 3am and the previous night she slept until 4am (went to sleep about 9:30 both nights). In the morning my boobies are heavy and full and warm and I dribble a bit, but unfortunately I don't leak gallons. I would be more reassured about my supply if I did though She only took one side yesterday morning and I had to express the other so I did that, got about 50mls and stuck it in the freezer. Other than that, apart from the last couple of mornings, I *think* my supply is starting to balance out, until her next feeding frenzy!
Hummingbird - haha nah im lucky i have soft saggy boobs lol nah its not even 12mths since i stopped feeding DD so my milk settled down within the first week of having william. hes being like his brother anyway, DS1 used to sleep like this at 5wks, has ALWAYS been a great sleeper at night. mind you DS1 sucked during the day and william seems to be doing well during the day so far so im hoping he will be good for all sleeps. 3 time lucky lol
Bun, don't worry. DD may be good with her sleep but DS still wakes up once or twice a night. I still get up anyway. DH usually gets up to him on the weekend. I catch up on sleep in the afternoons.
BUN I think my body wishes that DS was waking up that often...it's a shame when the baby sleeps through and your body doesn't!
HARLEYS GIRL As much as I like the look of my very full BBs I wish they were soft and saggy!! At least I could hug my DH! ha ha!!
Hopefully my supply will settle down soon, my body must think that DS are triplets!! A friend has kindly offered to lend me her electic breast pump (whoo! hoo!) so I might borrow it and start making a stash of EBM rather than having it drip all over a towel...then I can take my DH's offer and have him do night feeds for a night and I can have a few long awaited vinos! I guess I should do this before my supply does drop off....
On another note....what happens when you DTD? A friend told me if you orgasim then you leak all over the shop? Just wanting to know whether to warn DH or surprise him? It's been a while I hope I remember how to do it!!
Well, Jacks has been asleep since 4 today (it's 7pm now) and I'm wondering... do you girls wake them up after a certain time for their naps or just let them go? Especially since it's sorta running into "bed time"... I would rather not though ><;;
Also, do any of you still have sensitive nipples? I'm not having any trouble with them while feeding, but things like a towel against them is a bit of a shock to the system...
Humming, when we dtd I kept my bra on JIC. Didn't want to cover poor DH in BM, he thinks it's a little odd as it is that my boobs aren't "his" anymore haha. But I didn't notice any leaking... mind you the only time I notice any uncontrolable leaking is after a shower or after Jacks feed.
ewww the local didnt work so it was nice a pleasant....not....but hopefully now with the antibotics everything will started healing so i can go back to normal!
It's so sad, they're growing so fast. I was looking back at photos of jackson the day he was born and he's huge now! I want him to stay little for just a while longer, not ready to part with my little new born yet. Humph. 
then cause they are so full he only has 1 side and doesn't even empty it...I don't want to express to much as I then will make more...catch 22. I also want to get rid of some cause I really dread getting mastitis again. Is this only happening to me and everyone's milk supply has balanced out?
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