i had a nap for about an hour - at least i don't feel so i'll i'm going to be sick now - have even managed to stomach some lunch. E is still asleep. not sure if it's her mouth, her teeth, whether my milk is a bit weird due to hormones or the hot weather, whether the change in weather is impacting her (it's cool enough to have her in a long sleeve onesie now - yesterday all clothes were out of the question! ridiculous!). she had two mammoth poops last night as well (only four days since the last ones - better than the 8 or 9 days we've been averaging!) - so many things it oculd have been! poor poppet
naomi - see if you can add some watered down prune or pear juice for him - should help to soften things up a bit
amy - meant to say - i'm really sorry you're still having breast refusal issues - i can't imagine how hard it is to have a baby that is so definite she wants formula one minute, yet wants you at other times. perhaps the hormone thing IS at play now. i also wondered if maybe the bottle is easier for her and she just wants that rather than having to work for BM... hugs hun
Thanks BG - prune juice definately works here - tried and tested , I am hoping I can eliminate the constipation even occuring in the first place though too, so fingers crossed a few changes will help. Perhaps I just need to be a bit more careful with his diet until he become more active and mobile and therefore 'regular' hehehe
Just wanted to pop in a suggest Vaalia yoghurt for any bubs with constipation. AFter 6 months of HELL, numerous types of formulas and medications, this was the ONLY thing that worked for DS. He had very severe constipation for so long, that he tried not to poo at all which made things worse. 24 hours after his first vaalia experience, he was perfect and has been ever since.
Hi everyone! Just popping in quickly... trying to catch up frm housework I missed yesterday. No fires thankfully but one huge storm that has take a tonne of trees and branches down around here. Will be a pretty decent cleanup.
All going well, Allira cruising furniture easily and now letting go to try and stand on her own.
Naomi: Hmm. Interesting that the nurse hasn't heard of that happening. Your plan of attack sounds good to me - I think I'd do the same, see how things go for a week or so then go to drs.
Interesting about the weet bix - I have been giving P some of that for the last week or so along with some mashed up peach. Might give the porridge a go and alternate or something...
Am thinking of doing a medical admin statement of attainment. There seem to be a few job share positions come up in Medical administration, so I would like to add that course to my resume. It is only 5 Saturdays and isn't going to blow the budget (around $400 - we have a little bit saved up so we can shell out a little for something like this).
Yes, the cooler weather has arrived. Last night was sooooo much nicer than the night before. Yesterday we were all hanging out the front at my folks' place laughing like idiots because the breeze was so lovely.
BG: Sorry E is still out of sorts. It's hard when you don't know what's going on with them, hey. Thanks, we are getting by with the refusal - I am not finding it offensive anymore at least, LOL! I think you are right, at night when she is tired the bottle is a lot faster and easier for her. I am just not sure how much formula she should be having, KWIM? With boob it is easy, I can just offer it to her as much as she wants but am not sure if I can do the same with bottle? In any case, I think I am going to be a bit of a hard mum now- am going to just offer water between 12 and 5 and see how that goes... I really don't want her sleep to deteriorate to the point Natty's did.
Nicky: Wow, Allira's really on the move!
Do any of the FF babies in here still have overnight feeds? If so, how many, how much and when? Phoebe is waking usually 3 times a night now, 2 if I am lucky. I don't mind giving her two bottles overnight - she'd only drink 100mls max. But I'm unsure about a third... I wonder if it might fill her up too much so she's less keen to eat during the day, plus I don't want to get into a pattern where she does all her drinking overnight instead of during the day. *Yawn*!
Was glad Phoebe was happy to have the breast during the afternoon and the morning today as went out and forgot to take bottles, LOL! We are in such a weird place feeding-wise.
Amy- Logan doesn't wake up overnight for a feed anymore. He sleeps from about 10pmish til about 6.30amish. He has 3 solid meals a day, and about 4 bottles.
Naomi- I have never heard of the poop with spew thing before. Hopefully you get some answers.
KL- Yep, I'm still here. Family is good.
Vic- We use baby neurofen here. Logan seems to spew up Panadol.
BG- Poor E re headbutting Daddy.
Nicky- Lucky you having Allira on the go. What's Lachie like when she gets into his stuff? Logans headed for Jake and Zacs room a few times, and when I tell them, they quickly go and pick everything up.
Amy - not sure if this FF info is of any use to you but at this age the recommended in take of milk for FF babies is 600-800mls, Bailey doesn't even drink that, I think its a breastfeeding legacy TBH. I make up 4 x 150ml bottles a day now, and its rare that he drinks the whole thing, usually leaves about 30-60mls in the bottle so he is probably getting about 400 - MAYBE 500mls per day if he is lucky. But I do give him a 100ml baby yoghurt at lunch to up the dairy and calcium intake as the CYH nurse said I could count that as part of his milk intake. When he was regularly drinking at night, he was usually having a bedtime bottle about 6pm, then another bottle about 2-3pm and would drink about 120mls. The next bottle would then be 630-7am pre breakfast. According to the formula tin I should be giving him 4 x 210mls each day, but I only make up 150ml as its a waste of formula and its so bloody expensive. Like you I would be inclined to minimise the night bottles where ya can so she gets used to eating a good breakfast and get more sleep if she'll let ya
HTHs
ETA - when Bailey first went onto formula I was giving him 5 bottles - 1 overnight and 4 day, but he never used to drink much of the afternoon one so I dropped it and pushed his lunch back later, but since I have reintroduced it, he has given up the night one, but as we all know every baby is different and I think Bailey was just 'ready' to give up the night one too - lucky for me!
, I am hoping I can eliminate the constipation even occuring in the first place though too, so fingers crossed a few changes will help. Perhaps I just need to be a bit more careful with his diet until he become more active and mobile and therefore 'regular' hehehe
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