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Hi Bree
Soph spews after most feeds (small ones) and then does projectiles (that travel up to 1m) about twice a week. I always think they are when she has had too much!
I asked the DR and projectiles only a problem is happen constantly, travel for more than 2m and baby not gaining weight - then it is some kind of obstruction in the gut.
Soph had a lovely settled night last night! Slept from 6.30 to 10.30pm...back to bed around 11.30pm. Then up at 4.30am and 8am. Lovely chunks of sleep!!
M2W- What a good baby, how devine. Tobi did another 5 hours between feeds last night and DH did the late evening feed so I had 6 hours of straight sleep but when I woke up for the 3am feed I found it very hard to get back to sleep as my body is so used to running on about 5 hours sleep total.
Tobi was spewing a lot yesterday, had a couple of outfit changes. Hope today goes better, well as long as he is settled overnight that is the main thing.
OMG sorry ladies but I have to brag as I am soooooooooooo proud of her
8.30pm last night right through to 5.30 this morning :clap::clap::clap::clap: Then a great feed as I was rocked up big time and she crashed back out till 8.
Go Peppar go you good thing!! Quite possibly a one off but hey I feel a million bucks today ;)
Re: the spewing thing, about this time our milk changes again to accommodate the babies and becomes a bit richer and the feed time shorter. It takes a few days for their guts to get used to the richer milk and for them to realise they dont need quite so much anymore hence the spilling and spewing.
I am constantly gettting the spew between the boobs too, such fun times :D:D
Thanks for the spew feedback ladies!
Hi ladies, what an interesting week it has been for us.
My DS1 has been sick with a virus and has had a temp of 38.6 and kept vomiting, the poor little thing.
I have also been lucky to have my mum up for the last week, though all we were doing was trying to get stuff ready for a garage sale. It ended up being a total failure and we put so much work into.
Lennox has been really good and nice and healthy. I was really worried that he would catch the virus DS1 had so I have been kept on my toes making sure that big bro doesn't give Len big sloppy kisses.
He still has a bit of a gunky eye which I am starting him on eye drops tomorrow.
I have to say that Lennox has only ever spewed once on me and it was only tiny. I always worry that I am not making enough milk but he is putting on weight so quickly. He isn't a newborn anymore.
Cass, I just read the info on Nystagmus. Is your DH home yet, I hope so. It must be so lovely to just see his face again. I bet he has missed Robert too!
That is great that your mum sent a carrier. They are amazing and as I have said before I have one for every occasion. I even made a hug a bub out of 3 mtrs of material. Saved me $$
Shell, I can't believe how expensive photo's are either. One pic cost me $80 and the whole package was over $2,000. My jaw nearly hit the floor. We are just not that rich. Hope you get some nice ones.
Breesa, that is lovely you got some nice photo's done! You are so right that they are only little once and you should take every opportunity to remember that!
QB, It is such a bummer when you get your period back after being pregnant for so long. I also understand how it feels to go shopping with 2 boys! It is an effort and a half. I try not to lol.
Wow 5 hrs btwn feeds, so lucky!
Thrilled, great news your all on the mend. I think my stitches haven't healed properly as the doc sewed them wrong to begin with then had to undo them and start again. I just think he buggered up!
I also understand how hard it would be to go to formula when you just love BF so much. I give DS a bottle of formula once every 2 days when I need a rest and I just feel awful and I just shouldn't. They need food and formula these days is just amazing.
Being a mum is not easy and when your tired and stressed it is easy to get a bit down. I was down for about the first year when my DS1 was born. I did enjoyed every moment of him though maybe not the screaming for hours part.
M2W, I hope that Soph becomes more open to other ppls cuddles. It is so nice that they want you so much but hard to get things done or have some personal time.
How is it going handling the 2 littlies?
I am finding it a bit hard but I will get there. I just need 1 more hand!
Feijoa, that is a massive sleep from Peppar. You lucky thing. I am pretty sure I will be getting up every few hours for a long while. How did you do it??
We are off to get our 6 week check up this week. I would love to DTD with my DH ( sorry TMI) but I think it is going to be a long while. It just doesn't feel right down there.
Deedles - I was going to ask who has done the wild thing yet... DH and I finally got busy on the wend (not like I was in a rush or overly interested though) and thankfully it was all good with no major broken bits or soreness. PHEW!
We are regularly having 4/5hr stretches at night now, but its often followed by the normal 2/3hrly feeds. Im stoked though!
Had a lovely weekend with my best friend and her little boy, one day with DH and a day doing gardening and stuff around the house.
I got an itchy throat and runny nose last night - this morn I have a sore throat, head pressure and feel like ****. Hope bubs doesnt get it too... DH is keen to stay home and look after us both - yay.
DF and I tried to DTD last night. I was a bit worried it would hurt after such a big tear and stitches, but instead I felt basically nothing. Majorly decreased sensation, I couldn't even tell when he was in - sorry if TMI. :cry: Has anyone else had this problem? I have a doctors appointment next week so will ask about it then. I hope its not a permanent thing.
no time for personals sorry, Lacie is getting hungry xxx
Well done Peppar! :clap: Fingers crossed it isn't a one off. And to think I was proud that Robert "self settled" last night when I put him to bed after his bath and feed. He was drowsy but still awake, so I kissed him on his forehead and said goodnight and put him in his cot. I could hear him talking to himself for a while and it probably took him just under 10 minutes to fall asleep but he wasn't crying and seemed content.
I think Robert's waking up (in between feeds) because he's cold. It's too warm to have him too rugged up when he first goes to bed. It's that early morning air that's the bugger. Plus he's started to kick his blankets off, even though he's swaddled. I've got material to make him a sleep sack, maybe I should work on that today.
Breesa, I almost choked on my hot chocolate when I read what you had to say as .... DH and I finally got busy on the wend (not like I was in a rush or overly interested though) and thankfully it was all good with no major broken bits or soreness. PHEW! We are regularly having 4/5hr stretches at night now..... you go at it for 4 - 5 hours?!!! :ROFL: Well done, you go girl! WELL then I read it again and realised you meant the baby sleeping!
Deedles, DH is home on Friday - only 3 more sleeps to go. I fully intend to DTD the minute he walks through the door..... okay, well it's always like that when he's been gone for a while. I don't think it'll last 4-5 hours though (giggle) but maybe at least 4 minutes! Got to love catch up "haven't seen you in months" sex.
Re the spewing. Robert's had a couple of spewy episodes but not too bad - only when he's being greedy. I think my milk must be coming out too quick. It's like I'm drowning the poor kid at each feed. I have to sort of sit him up a bit while he feeds otherwise he coughs and splutters and I end up with milk everywhere!
Well I'm going to tidy up the kitchen while the young fella is still asleep - he fell asleep in his bouncer an hour and half ago and he's starting to stir.
SOOOO tired, Hannah for some reason wont settle after the first wake up feed.
she has been having a feed, bath then top up in bed by 930-10 ,wakes up at about 1230 4 then 630 for feeds and settles back down.:clap:
but now she wont settle back down after the 12 30 feed, so we are up with her trying to settle her for at least an hour and a half but last night:shakehead: she wouldnt re settle , she fed at 1230 put her back to bed wouldnt settle was up for ages had to give her to DF as she was getting stressed about smelling my milk, i ended up putting her in the sling at about 430 which she fell asleep in i sat there for ages untill i slipped her out of it and put her to bed at about 6 and got a little sleep
omg she has been going so well so i shouldnt complain she cant help it ;)
hahhaa 4-5 hours of DTD man that would be a mammoth effort.
DH and I jumped on that bandwagon when Peppar was about 2 weeks old. ;) Well it had been such a long time since we had done it (the labour inducing hop ons dont count) and the fact I felt ok down there I thought why not? I didnt have any stitches this time but yes Roxxie that "are you in yet?" feeling is normal. I have had varying degrees of stitches with all of my boys and sex afterwards is always different. I had pretty bad first birth, episotomy forceps etc so thought that my hoo haa would never recover but it did so give yourself time.
Not very nice but certainly gets you cracking on those pelvic floor muscle exercises.
Hands up who is holding now???? :clap:
Missy moo has now done four nights of sleeping through to at least 5 and I am stoked. Sorry Deedles no clues as to why but im certainly not knocking it. Make hay while the sun shines I say. :dance:
We have our needles on Friday but DH does those. I did my first sons first lot and I cried more than he did so I refused to take them for anymore. Dad can be the meany not me. :lol:
hahah u guys are all DTD and i am all excited i just got to wash my hair for thr first time in what feels like forever:ROFL::ROFL:
Oh my - I certainly didnt mean 4-5hrs of DTD ... silly me cut and pasted a paragraph in the wrong place!
Yep it certainly didnt feel like it used too, but I take heart to know that it will with time ;)
Oh my gosh Lennox has been sleeping ALL day. He woke up at about 8am then had a feed and slept till 12.30. He has only woken up to feed really and he has been awake for about 1/2 hr all day.
I bet he wont sleep at all tonight.
Is that normal? Should I wake him up by giving him some tummy time?
My DS1 is only 2 and I still can't remember what to do lol.
Deedles, I've had days where Robert's been awake all day and I've thought, well he should sleep tonight - WRONG! He continued the trend throughout the night. The other day he slept basically all day and slept well that night too. Some days though it's completely opposite. Personally I think they make up their own minds and change things all the time to keep their mum on her toes!!
Hi All,
We had Willow's 6 week check up yesterday and her first round of needles.
Am pleased to say Will is now 9lb 6oz (was born 7lb) and is 57cm long (on the longer side of the scale I've been told). All looks well with the little Willow.
She took her needles really well, yesterday she was a dream baby.
However today she has been totally out of her tree. Just screaming between feeds and NOTHING I am doing is settling her. Which, I know I've complained about before (the settling issues) however once she hit 6 weeks she sort of 'settled' herself and we were going ahead in leaps and bounds with settling.
I ended up giving her a dose of baby panadol at 4:40pm this afternoon, this stopped the screaming and we had our first lot of quiet awake time for today. She hasn't run a temp or anything, just really unsettled and grumpy. DH has settled her this evening and she's asleep at the moment, due for a feed around 9pm so I hope the Panadol has worked and that she'll be OK to settle tonight.
Will's sleeping has been great, we get a long stretch at night. Usually in two blocks however since switching to formula I am finding that we do a late feed at around 9-10pm and then she will sleep through till about 4-5am. I usually stay awake then after this early morning feed as it takes so long to settle her by the time she settled DH would be up and about getting ready for work and the house would be full of morning noises so sleeping is not so much of an option.
Does anyone know if a grumpy baby over 24 hours AFTER immunisations is common?
I kind of figured if the needles upset her, she'd have been unsettled last night, not today.
And yeah, Shell, for some reason Will is now more difficult then she used to be to settle after the middle night/early morning feed. She used to just feed and drop off quickly, now she looks to want awake time for a while and then she *might* drop off.
We are lucky, as it appears that Will is an OK self settler - with no real effort on our behalf. I've put her in her bassinet several times now when she's been awake (when I get to the end of my rope with settling and she's still staring at me all bright eyed and bushy tailed) and she must have dropped off to sleep as we wake up a few hours later.
Am really lucky with that.
Also, the Mums who are bottle feeding - how strictly are you keeping to the tin measurements/progess in age reccomendations.
Willow isn't 2 months till next week, however for the last week she has drained each 120ml bottle feed and her length of time between feeds have dropped from 4 hours to 3 hours - would it be OK to up her to the 180ml feed even though she is a week off being 2 months (teh age when the tin says to up to 180ml)?
Oh and yes, one thing we have NEVER had to worry about with Will is spewing.
When BF she never spewed, now that she is FF she has had a small 'spit up' now and again bit nothing that would drip or run anywhere on anything.
I guess we are lucky with that!
Long post, I know!
Thrilled, I remember that with DS1 (this is stretching the memory) that I had him on baby panadol for 24-48 hours after getting immunised. He had different reactions each time. In no particular order he had (and sometimes together):
- redness around the needle site which lasted a few days
- slight fever
- slight "rash" think this was a very mild reaction to the MMR
- just plain old whingy and clingy
I can't recall which one, but I do know that one of them he just sailed through with no side effects whatsoever. My doctor at the time just recommended keeping up the panadol to keep bubs comfortable - they can't really tell us that they just feel plain old ****ty.
Oh, and we have our needles tomorrow. Went to the clinic today and he's gained another 240g - 5.32kg (or 11lb 11oz)
Thrilled what Cass said
When Hannah had her needles she was not her self for the next few days,they day up to 48 hours,Hannah had a light fever she was clammy skin, crying wouldn't play with her things just was not her self, we gave her panadol and lots and lots of cuddles ,she eventually went back to her little self again
Deedles how did your little man go the other night? Hannah slept all day yesterday but slept all night as well ..its weird u can just know how they are going to be..