Oh Roxxie you poor thing. Hope you (and Lacie) get a better nights sleep.
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Oh Roxxie you poor thing. Hope you (and Lacie) get a better nights sleep.
Oh Roxxie I hope tonight is better for you.
I've heard that just like breastfeeding, expressing is an art and it can take a while to get it happening. I think one of my books actually says to start expressing 3 days before you require the milk - it can take that long to get a full feed expressed for newbies.
I tried hand expressing the other morning when I was "full" as I was planning on keeping some in my fridge for a 'top up' feed when Willow is most girzzly, but after a full 10 minutes expressing I had less then 10mls. So I gave up and am trying 2 hourly feeds of an afternoon when she is most girzzly and unsettled.
Willow is still putting on weight and appears really quite content after a feed so am trying to remain confidant about my supply. I know how easily it is to doubt your supply - it is the first thing I always think is the problem when Willow starts to become unsettled (I say to myself, oh she must be hungry, she's not getting enough at feeds, my milk isn't filling her ... it's a downward spiral).
The childcare nurse said the other day at her visit to stop doubting my milk, Willow is putting on weight and it's just normal baby behaviour to be so unsettled in the early weeks.
We'll see how we go.
I have heard some very positive things about a comp feed though.
I have a tin of formula just in case.
Roxxie - like the others have said, I hope tonight's better for you. With a nice bulky feed of formula hopefully Lacie will let you get some much needed sleep :hug:
I know you probably don't have any time for baking right now but just wanted to let you know that I tried a lactation cookie recipe that I found here on BB and I'm pretty sure they helped increase my supply. I don't think my supply was overly low but Toby was feeding so much I began to wonder how much he was getting. Feijoa Mum tried them too and I think she found them to work. So if you can con a friend or relative into baking for you it would be worth a try. Here's the recipe:
Housepoet's Famous Lactation Boosting Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip & Flaxseed cookies
Serves: 6 dozen cookies
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
* 1 cup butter or marg
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 4 tablespoons water
* 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal (can be found at any local health food store)
* 2 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get them
* 1 cup or more chocolate chips
* 2 tablespoons of brewers yeast* (be generous) (IT MUST BE BREWERS YEAST, NO SUBSTITUTIONS)
Directions:
* Preheat oven at 375 degrees F.
* Mix together 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal and water, set aside for 3-5 minutes.
* Cream (beat well) margarine and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mix well. Stir flaxseed mixture and add with vanilla to the margarine mix. Beat until blended.
* Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and chips. Add to margarine mixture. Stir in oats then chips.
* Scoop or drop onto baking sheet, preferably lined with parchment or silpat. The dough is a little crumbly, so it helps to use a scoop.
* Bake 8-12 minutes, depending on size of cookies.
I couldn't get to the health food shop so instead of flaxseed meal I used LSA (linseed, sunflower and almond I think), which was at Woolies. The brewers yeast was at Woolies too but it only came in tiny packets, probably not the most economical way to buy but saved me driving around to find it elsewhere.
thrilled - good on you for trying hand expressing. I could never get the hang of it and never got much out. I have a manual pump now and can get a lot more with that. Might be worth a try if you're still wanting to express.
Toby had his first check up with the CHN yesterday. He's only just back to his birth weight now so I'll have to keep weighing him weekly to make sure he's gaining. I'm not too worried as he's happy and settled most of the time and he feeds every 2-3 hrs and he is gaining weight. Just slowly! DD was a slow gainer too - although a lot of that was because of reflux, which apparently often kicks in around 3 weeks.
And I got my first real smile yesterday too :D I almost cried! I've had another one today so I'm pretty sure it's for real and not just wind. I'll tell myself that anyway ;)
I was doubting my milk supply too because I couldn't seem to fill Robert. The CHN told me he's obviously getting enough as he's gaining weight. Last night after having my boobs out for what felt like the whole day, he fed at 9pm, 1230am, 4am and then 7.30am. Today though we were back to two hourly feeds. I would rather feed all day then have the longer breaks at night.
Roxie, I also don't get a lot of milk when expressing. I try to get as much as I can in a 24hour period so I can freeze it. Our bub's are way more adept at getting the milk out than we ever will be!
Jandals I'm going shopping tomorrow morning to get the ingredients and I'll ask my mum to bake me the cookies. BTW, when I read "brewers yeast" it reminded me that my pop used to always recommend a glass of stout - good for mum and good for the old milk!
Thanks girls! Lacie has had a very settled afternoon so fingers crossed it continues throughout the night. She's only put on about 5 grams since coming home so I'm hoping the formula will help her to gain some weight quickly, she's 11 days old today.
Jandals - thank you for the recipe! I'll definitely give it a try in the next few days. Yay for baby smiles too :D
I hope everyone has a good nights sleep tonight xxx
we had an accident this morning
My Df was putting bubs into the pram she was in the carrier and it attaches to the pram, it didnt sit in properly and it tiped over,bubs fell out , it was not from a far distance but she did fall out and screamed and looked at me like why did u do that to me.
We took her to the hospital and they checked her and she wad fine and we went home.they were really good and made sure we knew that accidents do happen and stuff but i still feel awful
I can not get the look from her face out of my head
Hello new mummies!
I'd like to introduce myself to this forum. I was originally due for April 1st 2010, but was induced earlier. My daugter was born on 12/3/2010 weighing 6lb6oz.
After a torturous 2 weeks of pain from after the birth it was time for bellybelly again.
Harper is a brilliant baby really. We always get6-9 ours of solid sleep EVERY nigt
I look forward to getting to know you all in this journey with me.
Love and Happy Easter everyone
sorry to be brief but we did reach a mile stone just over 3 kilo now yay!
Squidipa-Love the photo of bubs and congrats.
Shell, I'm sure you and your DF were way more upset than Hannah..... Thank goodness babies are forgiving!
We had a shocker of a night. Robert wouldn't settle at all. We had a bit of busy day yesterday at the shops and it was very noisy and he was a bit stressed and didn't like being in the pram at all. I managed to get him to sleep at 515 this morning for an hour and a half after 20 minute naps throughout the night. I hear him grizzling, so I better go feed him.
Hope everyone has a lovely easter - Shell give you little one lots of extra kisses from her BB "auntie".
That's wonderful news! Way to go Chakotay! :dance::
Hi All,
Hope your Easter breaks were lovely and chocolate filled!
We had a really trying Easter at our place. Beware, this is a long post.
It was our first visit to the inlaws and lets just say it ended in tears ... both mine and Willow's.
My inlaws mean well, but it rarely comes off well for them.
Willow is the first grandchild on that side of the family, they have been waiting quite a while so it's safe to say we are a litte OTT when it comes to the baby. They drive me up the wall most of the time the way they carry on around the baby and in my book I see my MIL as only ever wanting to be a "fare weather" Grandma ... she's around for cuddles and cradling, but once a dirty nappy or screaming fit rears it's ugly head she is out the door. Or worse, she starts asking questions like "I wonder what is wrong with the baby", "Do you think she's had enough to eat ... she needs another feed", "I wonder if you are producing enough milk", "I don't ever recall my babies screaming like this".
Anyway, it was safe to say I was pretty anxious about the thought of spending some time at their place on Easter Saturday and I am sure Willow picked up on this and played up.
She'd been unsettled most of the night previous, so we were pretty sleep deprived by the time we got to their place. Willow just wouldn't settle.
Of course Grandma came marching over and without even asking to hold the baby, she pulled her from my arms with the comment "I have 10 minutes for a cuddle before the gravy is ready". Nice one to start the day.
Then as lunch is served we put Willow in her pram as she'd managed to drop off, but we suspected it wouldn't be for long. DH and I agreed that he'd eat first, I'd nurse Willow when she stirred and then we'd switch. Grandma had other plans.
Once we were all settled at the table she waltzes in and takes the pram to where she is sitting and parks it right behind her seat (on the other side of the table where I could not get to it easily). I didn't like this arrangement at all, but figured while Willow was asleep it shouldn't be a problem as I could still see her.
Willow woke shortly after everyone sat down to lunch and of course started to scream.
DH and I are not fans of controlled crying, and it's crazy to think a baby this small could understand the principles of it anyway ... Grandma has other ideas.
She has asked us several times if we have 'just let her cry it out' - we have repeatedly said no, we are not believers in controlled crying.
Obviously Grandma is a fan of controlled cyring and thinks that when we visit her place, we should play by her rules. Once Willow makes it clear she is unhappy in the pram Grandma grabs the handle of the pram and starts to rock it saying "She's fine, leave her, she's fine". I was clearly getting distressed, my baby is screaming and we never leave her to scream at the moment, it was our first outting to their place, I didn't want to cause a scene but I didn't want my baby to cry and we were very sleep deprived.
After a few minutes I got up from the table and said "I'm not leaving my baby to scream". As soon as it was clear I was walking over to pick up my baby Grandma wisks her out of the pram and starts craddling her saying to me "She's fine, she's fine, she's fine". Willow was clearly not fine, she was screaming her head off.
I then stood next to Grandma waiting for her to hand her over to me ... she looks at me and says 'She's fine'.
I lost it.
Walked out of the room in tears.
My Sister-In-Law came after me and said "Tell her it's not OK, tell her to give you the baby". Poor DH then came after me and said the same thing.
Stupid, non-confrontational me didn't want to cause a scene (too late I suppose) and so I just sat in the loungeroom and cried.
MIL then came in and patrionisingly said "Oh dear are you hormonal. I am worried about you, you know".
It took all my efforts not to rip her head off (I mean this literally and figuratively ;) )
The day went downhill from there.
I am so upset and angry at my MIL for what she did.
I do not want to go back to their place.
I feel for my poor DH as he really is caught in the middle, it is hard when your wife doesn't get along with your mother. He has told me not to worry, we will work it out, she's our baby and they have to abide by our rules.
I am so angry at myself for not sticking up for myself and just telling my MIL that what she was doing was wrong. You don't separate a 3 week old baby from her mother.
Just as much as Willow is only 3 weeks old, I am only a 3 week old Mum too!
Am I being too OTT?
Oh you poor thing Thrilled. Isn't it just horrible how someone can pressure us to go against something we believe in. I've been guilty of doing this too - it's so easy to do with such "controlling" people like your MIL. Don't beat yourself up about it, what's done is done. At least you know that you have the support of your husband and obviously your SIL understands too. I don't think you are being OTT. I don't know how you can manage it, but maybe get your husband to tell her that no one touches the baby without first asking mum or dad's permission and, NO ONE keeps mum away from bubs. I couldn't care less whether she was 3 weeks or 3 years, she's your daughter and that shouldn't happen.
OMG Thrilled i was just telling DF about your post
I dont have the best time with my mother in Law either ..If that had of been me i would in your positiion i would have been a wreck i am not good with standing up for myself like that and with in laws its so hard, i had a bad enough time with my family over this weekend and trying to get them to understand how i felt about things when it came to my Hannah.
ld have cried as well if it had of been me at your in laws place, i cant believe your MIL , ppl like that i just dont understand, she is your baby and needs her mum and u need her, she had NO right to not let u have her, i dont believe in controlled crying either and it would have killed me to see that and not to be able to pick up my daughter straight away, i just cant get over it.
I really really feel for u and i am so so glad that your DH and SIL agreed with u as it is so so hard when u dont agree on things like this or stick together at times like this especially when its family involed like In laws ext its so so hard
Hang in there babe and stick with wat u believe in its your BABY
I wou
OMG thrilled that is so awful :hug: she had absolutely no right to do that.
My mum told me that my Nanna (her MIL) did that to her once, took me away from mum and wouldn't give me back, with both mum and I crying. As a baby apparently I never let her hold me again without screaming, and have never had a close relationship with her. Willow may be the same, she'll learn that she doesn't want to be around your MIL and there won't be a lot she can do to change that.
I hope you both have recovered from the stress of it all xxx
My poor little man has caught my cold.
His nose is so snuffly and every now and then he coughs. He's bright eyed enough (and chatting to Grandma at the moment on the couch) and has had loads of wet and pooey nappies so that's good. He just isn't so good at lying down flat - everytime I put him back into bed he's okay for a bit then he coughs and wakes himself up - must be yucky stuff running down his throat. I've been laying on the lounge with him on my chest so he gets some sleep - I do to that way.
I think we have to just ride it out. If only he could blow his nose......
Hey cass have u tired one of those little kits u can buy for babies-it comes witha saline spray which u spray then u use a little thing that sucks stuff out lol
i use it for Hannah when she has a stuffy nose
Thanks Shell, I think I'll go down to the chemist this morning and get one. Don't babies do the cutest little sneezes?
oh they do :) i love the build up when u watch them and they get ready for the sneeze aawwwwww
Cass Peppar has a cold too. Its awful isnt it? She has a horrible little cough too that I got all parnoid about. Me thinking the worst, googled Whooping cough! Why did I do that???:wall::wall::wall:
It clearing up now but she gets all stuffed up and gets frustrated when she is feeding. Its so cute though to see her getting ****ty about it. :lol:
Well touch wood but im thinkng we may have this baby thing down pact. She has pretty much set herself on four hourly and occasionally some longer stints over night.
One day is a more awake and a bit unsettled day then the next she is an angel and sleeps all day. And lots of lovely smiles :D
She is such a time waster and I love just talking to her and having her respond back to me. Her little coos are so cute and she smiles with her whole face, it cracks me up everytime.
Thrilled dont let MIL get to you. Im sure she didnt mean to upset you but shes a MIL thats their job :lol:
Seriously though she is your baby and you are the one that knows her best so thicken the skin love and tell her whats what!
She will probably get her knickers in knot with you but oh well, not your problem! She is the Grandmother you are the Mother.
I had the same kinda issues with mine with my first son and like you I didnt wanna rock the boat. But then I felt anxious around her and felt that she was always judging me.
So one day I lost the plot at her and told her politely back off. :o It went down like a cup of cold sick and she didnt talk to me for a while but eventually we came right and she kept her 5c to herself after that. Not all the time of course but it was much better.
Good luck and its great the DH supports you.
I am baking today as I confiscated chocolate off my children so I had better turn it into something or they are going to want it back.
They got so many eggs its not funny. Even Peppar got spoilt and my backside does not need the eggs on her behalf!
Cass its called fess little noses, its just saline and a little dropper to help get the naughtys out but it works.
Girls also, i just got some infacol to have here for bad bad nights ,it says the ingredient is
Simethicone which is the ingrediant in the adult wind tablet Degas, whic you can buy from your supermarket , i use it after every meal as i get really bad bloated tummy and wind and stuff it works soooo well for me i dont have any problems anymore, its safe during pregnancy breastfeeding and they even give it to dogs lol ..so i am guessing its safe for Hannah .
Just thought i would let u all know if you are having bad wind with your bubs
PS Feijoa lucky u with the feeds , we are still at every 2 hours :( Hannah is a short feeder who falls asleep there fore needs more feeds sigh :) we will get there
Ive been busy with family over easter and you ladies have racked up almost three more pages – oh my!!
Feijoa – Im planning a shop tomorrow for the same reason (decent tops to feed in that aren’t daggy!) and mum is coming along to assist with bubs. Should be fun.
I was also going to get some new bras (only have 2 at the moment which are a bit small, and with milk leakage they don’t always last a fully day). Any ideas how long my boobs will stay this size? They are still a bit bigger than during my pregnancy, but I don’t want to buy new bras and then in 2 wks my boobs start shrinking again and it’s a real waste… experienced mums please advise!
Roxxie – sorry to hear you are having a tough time – hope its all passed by now
M2W – Im also struggling with the boy being demanding during the day. He wont sleep unless im holding him (or laying on me) and is barely sleeping from 6am – midday so my mornings are pretty much a write off. Gosh I hope this pattern changes at 6wks!
Thrilled – ive just ordered myself a breast pump so hopefully that will speed up the expressing process will let you know!
Just read your Easter post – OMG that is horrendous and you have everyright to be upset. My MIL is testing me a lot to (she did controlled crying and was to lazy to breastfeed) but nothing this bad. If I was you I would have demanded she hand over YOUR baby (probably while crying). Do what you need to assert yourself, and maybe DH needs to chat to his mum and layout some ground rules???
Cass – Im still feeding in bed but just grab an extra pillow, half sit up/ lay back and feed away. That way I can still rest and be a bit sleepy and just lay bubs back down again after he finishes. I just find that once a night a need to get-up and walk him to sleep, but the rest of the time he just dozes right back to the land of nod for a few more hours.
Jandals – hows the boob change-over going? Sometimes the little man falls asleep before getting to the second side (annoying for me as he then wants to feed again in under an hour) so its not perfect.
Shell – that must have been scary. I gave Ciaran a tiny bruise on his arm taking his seat belt off, and felt bad for 2 days looking at that, so can imagine how you feel.
Other news:
I haven’t had Ciaran weighed for 2 weeks – is that bad? He is clearly putting on a lot of weight (getting chubby!) so no concerns about milk supply here thankfully.
My dad, brother and sister in law have just gone home after being here since the Thursday before Easter. It was sooo lovely to have them all here (they live interstate) and what a blessing having people to pass the baby to when in need a break! DH is still off work for another week, but still sometime we are both wanting to do things and only one can due to bubs wanting attention/grumbling so with others here it was SO EASY to pass him over for cuddles and was the easiest 5 days ive had in ages…. Now they are gone im sad and scared.
The other good news is I have been brave and ventured out in the last week for dinner (at a restaurant) twice, and most days with the sling/pram for a walk and social time with the family.
My earlier fears about taking bubs out at night have passed, so it’s a relief to have done it a few times and had good results (he slept most of the time!)
PS – No Easter Eggs in our house this weekend, Easter seemed a non-event with all of our focus on family and baby!
HI girls - been a long time since I have been on - as we have had a sick household.
Toddler was sick early last week and had him at DR (had dry cough for a couple of weeks but turned chesty). Then Sophie got sick. Massive temps - screamed and screamed and screamed!! Stopped feeding. Dry nappies. Hence, off to hosptial. Starting projectile vomitting feeds after panadol. So had to give her small feeds every 30-60mins. Three days of absolute hysteria...and 2 all nighters and a night with 1 hour sleep!!!. DH and I sick too - so a very chaotic cranky household.
Last night, Sophie still slept on me all night. She now has a cough and sore throat - temps gone. She is sleeping in her cot right now!! Out of my arms for the first time for one week!!!!!
Last few nights (after temp gone) she has screamed from 7-11pm. I think it is a mix of wind and feeling sick. Crying a lot in the day too...poor bub...where is my relaxed baby
?????
We were meant to have people here on Good Friday, Saturday and Sunday - we had some mini events as people over from Spain and up from Sydney - somehow ploughed through!
Can't wait for some normality!!! Sophie was so sick - poor thing!!!
Shell - Water never worked for my son's wind - but anything is worth a go! We are still feeding every two hours here!!! Well last night - after a panadol hit and not sleeping for hours prior - Sophie fell asleep for 4 hours in bed with me...but otherwise it has been between 2 and 3 hours!
Beata - Good info re Infacol from paed.
Cass - I fed my son every two hours in the day - filled him up - and he slept through at 8 weeks...hoping Sophie might do the same! Hope bubs cold is better.
Feijo - Hope your bub's cold is better 2. The Fess worked with my toddler.
Thrilled - With you hubby's backing, put MIL in her place next time!!! Investment for years to come!!!! Feel for you! Oh and Happy Birthday.
Roxie - Tough time!!! Hope formula works for you.
Miamunchkin. Thanx. My son did a poo every 7-10 days when he was little..and boy was he cranky the day or two before that came!!!!
QB - Very stressful - feel for you.
Bree- Not bad re weighing - Soph only weighed at 1 and 4 weeks...you can see if she is putting on weight!! U r feeding like me in bed.
Squid - Yeah for cracking the 3 kg mark!!!!
We had a weigh-in today - 4.61kg now. Sorry short post & no personals, off to put my feet up and watch a dvd and feed bubs....hoping we both fall asleep for an hour or two!!
Just a quick vent for now sorry ladies.
thrilled- I know exactly how you felt with your MIL. I have mine here at the moment and while she isn't quite as obvious as yours she still tries to grab Toby off me when he's crying. When she arrived at our place after DH picking her up from the airport she walked in to the lounge and I stood up to give her a hug and say hi and she proceeded to grab Toby and start cooing over him. Not even a 'hello' for me! Not a good start to her stay :shakehead: I've started feeding in my bedroom so she can't whip him away as soon as he's finished feeding. Honestly, the mother lion in me is very close to coming out and whooping her ass. How can these women, who have had children themselves, be so oblivious to the fact that mums need to comfort their baby when they're upset?
We're having a bit of a rough time at the moment. Although not a patch on you M2W, you poor thing. Toby is very unsettled after feeding, which is about 2 hrly. He hasn't slept for more than about 45 mins at a time during the day for days now. He'll drop off to sleep because he's exhausted but I'm pretty sure he's getting tummy pains that wake him and he can't get back off to sleep unless I'm holding him. And even then it's not for long. I'm not sure if it's just bad colic or something more. DD had reflux and an intolerance to the protein found in cows milk, and the screaming and wriggling and taking hours to get a poo through (although they are runny) can be a sign of this intolerance. I've decided to look in to taking Toby to a paed just to get him checked out. We left it way too long before we acted with DD and I'd rather be overly paranoid than have something overlooked that may be easily fixed ie. me going dairy-free or a prescribed formula. I ended up with PND after months of DD not sleeping and I'm so scared of this happening again. I've been a bit teary today and desperately hoping it's just sleep deprivation. It's so heart-breaking to see my wee guy so uncomfortable and in pain all the time :cry:
Do any of you know if Medicare will cover part of a consultation with a specialist? And will I need a referral from our GP? I'm an old hand at all of this in NZ but no clue here!
Sorry for the lack of response to everyone else. I'll be back when I have some time without a baby attached.
Hi Ladies,
I have finally gotten a chance to pop on here for more than a quick read through.
Seems like easter was a bit stressful for some of you. We had a very quiet weekend and just relaxed at home to make the most before DH had to go back to work yesterday.
Would have loved to go home and visit mum and dad but the Blues festival was on down there and we didn't feel like being stuck in horrible traffic for the weekend.
Wow Thrilled it sounds like you MIL was a bit full on. My Grandmother is just like your MIL thinking that she knows what is best. She yells at my 2yr old DS and expects him to do things a 5 yr old would and when he doesn't do what she says she threatens him that she will smack his bum or lock him outside. That just makes me mad.
M2W- poor little Soph and the rest of your family dealing with ghastly colds! It is so hard seeing them so sick when there so tiny. I hope your all on the mend now and getting some sleep.
Cass- I just got my lil man weighed today too. He weighs 3.65kg now and the child health nurse said he was doing great and put on 600grams in 3 weeks. Hope you got to have a nap with bub while watching some dvd's. sounds like bliss. Might give it a go while DS is at daycare tomorrow. Are you both over your colds yet, I hope so.
Breesa- Thats so great that you have been out and about with bub. I still haven't gone out for dinner yet but I am hoping to get out of the house one evening soon. Maybe if I can express enough I can make it to a friends Bday dinner without the 2 boys but we will see.Sounds like you had a lovely easter spent with family as well, how nice!!
Feijoa-How is Peppar and that nasty cough going now? Getting better I hope.
Well today we had the child health nurse come and do a home visit. She weighed Lennox and measured him. He has grown 6 cm and put on good weight which is good.
She also said that he was still a bit jaundice and to take him to the GP for a check up. She said it could be breast milk Jaundice which I had no idea existed so I am not sure if I need to be worried or not?
Sleeping is another issue, from about 2am he is up and feeding till about 4am on and off. I just put him next to me on the bed. Really feeling the sleepless nights now as are some of you I see.
Hopefully bubs will get into a bit more of a routine as he gets older.
Jandals- We are also going through a similar thing, I was considering changing formula. To answer your questions, yes Medicare will cover part of the consult, and you will need a referal from the GP.
Good luck.
QB - Gosh it sucks doesn't it?! Not sure what formula you have your little one on but with DD she was hugely improved (as in different child) once I stopped breast-feeding and the paed put her on Pepti Junior. She was 8 mths old then.
Howdy...just wanted to check in with some good news for a change...
We had a peaceful night last night! Yeah! Toddler slept through!! No coughing fit to keep him up.
Sophie slept in her basinett until 4am!! She fed at 8.30pm, 12.30 and 4 and 7!!! Good sleeping space in between. I didn't get her to sleep until around ten pm but then she was very settled until 4am. She was awake from 6pm to 10pm but was lovely...no crying!!!!
Just wanted to celebrate a successful night!
Cass - Gr8 news on weight gains.
Jandals - Feel for you...
Deedles - Get sleep anyway you can!!
Howdy...just wanted to check in with some good news for a change...
We had a peaceful night last night! Yeah! Toddler slept through!! No coughing fit to keep him up.
Sophie slept in her basinett until 4am!! She fed at 8.30pm, 12.30 and 4 and 7!!! Good sleeping space in between. I didn't get her to sleep until around ten pm but then she was very settled until 4am. She was awake from 6pm to 10pm but was lovely...no crying!!!!
Just wanted to celebrate a successful night!
Cass - Gr8 news on weight gains.
Jandals - Feel for you...
Deedles - Get sleep anyway you can!!
Lucky you M2W!! I had a not so restful night. Bubs slept well until 12.30 - from then until 2 (when I gave in and ventured to the couch) he just couldn't settle. Just before 4 I ended up having a nice warm shower with him. It must have been good because he started to fall asleep in my arms, guess he could finally breathe properly in the steam! He slept then from about 445 for an hour then I gave him a bit more of a feed. He hasn't been feeding properly just little bits and often. Thank goodness he's done some great weight gain. I'm going to ring the paed this morning, he's a lovely man, to see if there's anything else I can do for him. After the screaming fit yesterday when we tried the fess drops I really don't want to try them again, I think I'd rather a doctor do that.
My GP said to make sure you only do one nostril at a time and have a few minutes break in between otherwise they can feel suffocated. Not sure if you tried that but it may make it a bit easier?:
Cass was it the spray pack u used? i found it ok when we used it with the spray then the bulb
we had a terriable night last night,Hannah had her normal routine ,feed, bath, song on the rocking chair with a top up feed..she went down for about 15 mins then started screaming
we changed her, fed her , burped her ,checked her temp, gave her medicine , even tried boiled water which she vomited straight back up..all we could do was walka round the house bouncing her on our shoulders .
at 4 this morning after being up all night we took her in the car ,she fell asleep. DF was getting her out of the car and the taking the seat belt of the car capsule and the belt made a loud clip noise..Hannah woke up started screaming again :(
i sent DF to bed i stayed up with her eneed up getting her to fall asleep on me and then popped her down which she slept for an hour and a half before waking to feed again.
she has been in the close carrier sleeping on me most of the day,just woke up for a feed..
poor little pet..she has it bad atm but they say colic gets at its worse during 4-6 weeks which we are in now..she is feeding at night something shock be growth spurt?
Going to a mums and bubs group run byt the local nurse centre,anyone been to one yet?
Shell and Cass - so sorry to hear you both had rotten nights!! Fingers crossed for you for tonight.
Shell - I am hoping you are right that wind is at its worse from 4-6 weeks....Sophie is 6 weeks on Monday...but my son got shocking wind/colic from 8 weeks to about 4 months! Hoping you are right and he was just an anomoly.
Hi Everyone,
Not too much to report. Feels a little like groundhog day at our place ... change, feed, play, cry, sleep and then REPEAT. But we are slowly but surely edging our way closer to 6 weeks and a hopefully more settled baby.
MIL has settled down thankgod.
Not sure if it was SIL or DH who told her to pull her head in. She is actually coming around and helping without the added criticisms. Although my new tactic of dealing with her is to busy myself when she visits. I usually hand over the baby so she can have cuddles and then I go clean the kitchen, put a load of washing on, hang a load out or just busy myself in another room.
It gives her nice time with Willow and I don't get so upset or uptight about her being there and being her usually nutty self.
Anyway, it's my coping strategy at the moment.
We have introduced a comp feed (formula) of an afternoon for Willow.
Was hard to do, I am really pro-breastfeeding, however DH and I were at our wits end.
We tried everything ... rocking, patting, walking, glider chair, sling, car ride, pram ride ... the only thing we hadn't tried to assist with settling was a comp feed.
It took all my effort to put the bottle into Willow's mouth and low and behold the little bugger took the bottle straight away and we've not looked back.
She has two comp feeds a day - the afternoon and evening feed - when my milk production is at it's lowest and Willow is usually at her hungriest. I am still breastfeeding as much as I did (around every 3-4 hours) but just following up the two late in the day feeds with a 60ml bottle.
Not sure if it is the comp feed, the fact I am settling into Motherhood or maybe Willow is growing and settling herself, but we have had a reasonable 4 days.
It's only been these last 3 or so days that I can say I am happy to be a Mum ... I have really struggled getting through these first 4 weeks. Would never want to repeat them, but looking forward now.
Hope everyone is doing OK and settling into our new roles.
Thrilled - Glad to hear that you have had a good last few days. And my biggest advice from my first son is - do whatever you need to do to keep you, bubs and your family sane and happy. The fact that you are feeling good at 4 weeks is great! I think I was in a complete daze for at least 8 weeks with my son. In fact, I don't think I could say I felt good really until he was 4 months old!!!! So you are doing really well!!!
Poor Sophie is very upset as she has not done a poo since Tuesday (now Sunday). My son did not poo until 7-10days and I had to give him prune juice on day 7, 8 ad 9 for him to poo. He did this for 6 months!! Sophie was going multiple times a day early on, so I was hoping we would not have this issue! As it makes for a very unsettled baby as each day passes. But looks like we have a windy baby with bowel issues again!!! At least I know what to do this time - as last time I was in a panic when she didn't poo for a day and went to the doctor after a few days. Dr said up to ten days is fine! She recommended the prune juice dose of 5ml day 7, 10ml day 8 and 15ml day 9. Then come to Dr if no action on day 10 but there always was. So this time I at least have a strategy. However, Sophie is so unhappy that I going to give her 5ml of prune juice today.
We also have a projectile vomit issue with Sophie (which never happened with Will). She does it about twice a week. She did it last night and in the day on Thursday, which actually hit the wall 1m away and the amount is huge!! Think I will make Dr appointment this week and ask about it - I think she is just greedy as it seems to happen when she has had a few feeds quite close together eg 2 hours apart.
On a brighter note - generally she is extending out to 3-4 hourly feeds mostly. A couple still closer together each day, so gone from 10 or 11 feeds a day to more like 8-9. It would be great if she dropped feeds this early as my son was still have 10 feeds a day at 6 months!!!
She and toddler seem to be nearly over the flu!!! Just a little cough left...finally!!!
Hi everyone,
I apologise for not writing any personals - have been keeping eye on posts but haven't had much time to sit and write. It is good to see that most of you are having a great time and have settled into good routines.
I just thought I'd let you know that we have Sophie in hospital at moment. She was really grizzly Fri arvo and wanting to be held. I thought she was just colicy so gave her boiled water and some Colic relief. Then at 10pm I noticed she had temp (38.4), so gave her more water and put cold flannel on forehead. She had terrible night and wouldn't settle, still with high temp. Temp was up to 38.8 on sat morn so decided to ring Parent Helpline for advice and they told me to bring her straight to hospital. Bought her to A & E and after a number of hours of tests (some which they had to do 5 times in order to get enough blood - only for it to clot before test could be done!!!) and numerous consults, they admitted her to Paed's for observation and to await results. Since we have been here she has improved and temps generally down, but having the occassional temp spike which worries them, as wells as still grizzle for no reason. Her belly is somewhat distended which makes them think she may have stomach bug like what DH and I had after she was born. She also had bleed from naval which was somewhat worrying but better now. Thought we may have been able to go home today, but as she had temp spike again last night and is still grizzly, the Paediatrician this morn wants to do another round of tests, including Lumbar Puncture, just to rule out Meningitis. Fortunately we were moved from 4 bed High Dependency room yest into single HD room, so at least it isn't too bad (apart from sleeping in a fold out chair!!!) Hardest part is being away from DS again, but my mum and dad are still here from Easter so they are spoiling him rotten!! It is horrible seeing her unwell but I am conscious that it could be so much worse and that she is better off being in here with lots of care, than at home with a stressed mum!!
Will update again when I get a chance.
Lou xx
Oh Lou I can totally sympathize with you. It is so horrible isnt it? Your poor wee baby having to go through all those nasty tests.
Im sure Sophie will be just fine but as they said to me being so little they have to rule out everything.
Sending you loads of :hug::hug::hug: to get you through though.
Get well soon Sophie
Lou - Sending all the best wishes for little Sophie and strength for you! Keep strong! I am sure Sophie will be her old self before you know it, but comforting to know she is in the right place for help.
Just wanted to report the prune juice certainly worked and then Soph went for 5 hours between feeds for the first time at night!! Yeah!!
Lou, sorry to hear about Sophie. I hope all is going well and the tests turn up nothing too horrid.
I took Robert to the doctors on Thursday. He listened to bubs chest, had a look down his throat and in his ears. Everything looked good. He said just to give him a saline spray not the drops which don’t go very far up the nasal passage. Also he said a vaporiser is a good idea but so is giving him nice warm showers to get things (the snot) moving. Other than that he looks nice and healthy.
Over the last few days he’s also learnt a new trick....how to projectile vomit! Instead of his normal little up chuck, he decided to ramp it up a bit and shoot it out!
On Sunday Robert had his first trip to the beach. He slept the entire way there in the pram only waking up when I took him onto the beach. I don’t think he was that impressed, except when I gave him a feed (he’s first picnic at the beach!). It was perfect weather. Nice and sunny, but not too hot and no wind.
The last couple of nights Robert has slept in his cot. Until now he’s been in the bassinet. He seems to settle back down after a feed pretty quickly, so I guess he doesn’t mind it. Last night though he decided to feed every 2 hours... I guess he’s going through another growth spurt. I'm going to keep up his feeds today every 2 hours in the hope that he gets enough calorie intake today to have longer sleep stretches tonight. I wish I knew about cluster feeding with DS1 - I assumed that I wasn't producing enough milk and put him on formula.
Oh, yesterday I bought a bouncer online at Gumtree for $17 (rrp$75). It’s a Fisher Price calming vibrations. I put him in it when we got home and he was gooing and gaaing... I think it was a good investment. Okay, so some might criticize and say it’s a “babysitter” but if it gives me time to put dinner on or do a quick tidy up while he dozes I think it’s wonderful!