OMG, OMG, OMG - what is giving this baby wind and why wont she freaking sleep at night?? I'm going to lose it soon....my head feels like it's going to explode and I cant keep my eyes open when I'm on the couch with her!!!
I'm that desperate for sleep I just leave her attached to my boob and put my head back and sleep that way, even then it's only for about an hour or so and I wake up with a broken neck....why is this so hard????
I hate not being organised before DH goes to work...I like to have a shower and be dressed for the day and have JD fed and dealt with a bit but I just couldnt get it together this morning...I was passed out on the lounge in the upright position with Abbey on me and JD watching a DVD already and it was only 8:15am....poor neglected boy....
I had no chocolate whatsoever yesterday in the hope that she'd have a better night but didnt seem to help....I have a very limited diet as I'm super fussy so it's not like I'm eating a wide range of things so nothing's changed to make it worse or anything??
Sorry for the whinge and I hope everyone had a better night than me....
just wanted to give you hugs..my kids get put in front of the telly all the time...i usually put the wii or playstations on so i figure it helps there coordernation lol
Shayna - Have you tried any wind remedy? Brauers one, or infants friend, or infacol or gripe water? We are having issues with wind here too, so we are using infacol and gripe water if it gets really bad.
Oh and in the early days its ok to rely on tv - whatever gets you through the day babe!
Tygress - yup FF babies need water but I think DS wouldn't take any till he was a few months old. I'm pretty sure I tried from when he was 4 weeks old though - just 5 or 10ml at a time - cos he was born in the middle of the queensland summer. DD1 was born in winter so I don't think she got any until closer to summer.
jd's mum big vbig hugs argh isn't wind just terrible?? DD used to get it something SHOCKING and wanted to live on the boob, which only made it worse. Definately give the infacol or what not a go and see if it works. i hope you have a better night tonight. don't feel bad about the dvd at 8:15 either, i've had quite a few of those mornings! i even had a few towards the end of the pregnancy, haha. you're doing a great job!
Argh i had such a crappy night last night, and it wasn't even theo! kaili woke at 3:30 and i could not get her back to sleep. i put her in bed with us and she was a little turd. Theo then woke at 430 and she was in there helping me change his bum and feed him. he finally went back to sleep, then she was finally down again at 630
Crap night here too we were driving around the neighbourhood at 1am, screaming all the way...then a good couple of sleeps from about 2 till 10 then more screaming...Wondering if this is a new developmental stage or something...
I asked dh if he was looking forward to going back to work so he could leave us and get some peace and I started crying haha...I think im really going to miss his help and company...Im going to have to seek other ppl out soon because ill feel so lonely..
I think all our babies have plotted against the lot of us!!! Haha!
Archie is the same with the day sleeping! He'll only sleep in my arms and when i try to put him down he wakes up crying! So yesterday i slept on the couch with him in my arms for three hours! We are still co-sleeping at night though so he sleeps really well. Only wakes two or three times for a feed and i change him once and then we just fall straight back to sleep, thank goodness!
JDsmum: Don't stress about JD watching too much telly! Give yourself time. My DD got the box set of Mcleods Daughters for Xmas and all she has done since is sit in her room and watch that since! I feel bad too! But in the grand scheme of things it is only a few months out of thier lives and once we all settle into a routine things will get better for the older ones too. Bigs hugs to you.. Archie has had a bad tummy a few times and the Brauer Colic Relief worked really well for him.
Has anyone got AF yet?? I am wondering if i had a visit from her yesterday.... I have been feeling a bit crampy and although i never really stopped bleeding since the birth it has suddenly got darker today (sorry if TMI) and last night (TMI, TMI!) we DTD and i had clots!! Is that normal!!!??? I was rather concerned as it was quite alot. Archie is fully Bf'd but DD was fully BF'd and i bled for 3 weeks after her birth and i got AF exactly four weeks after. So i don't know whether it is just AF or something more sinister.....
Been really hot in perth and Archie has bad heat rash, poor little poppet.
Did i mention i wanna have another baby!? I really really do!! DH not so keen though, although didn't seem too concerned last night..... hahaha!
Hi Kymmy - I thought you didn't get AF while BF'ing or am I stupid? I thought it prevented ovulation but what would I know ha ha! Not sure of the clots, that sounds a bit yukko, can you ring your midwife and ask her? We haven't DTD yet, I can't until after 6 weeks apparently, am a bit nervous as it's been so long. Poor DH, we realised the other day it's been 6 months since we DTD last ha ha! We both found it too weird in the end. How how is it in Perth, I haven't left the airconditioning today at all! Millie had a bit of a heat rash on her belly yesterday but it went pretty quickly. Can you wear your wedding rings yet? I can get them past my knuckles but no further without it hurting, will my fingers ever go down so I can wear them again!
Hi Natty - sorry you had a crap night, hope tonight is better for you. Might be another growth spurt for V.
Hi Telly - hope you have a better night tonight as well!
I made an appointment at the OT for next week, my back and shoulders are killing from feeding, haven't been since before Amelia and can't wait!
Kymmy I started bleeding heavily again last week with lots of clots, sorry TMI!!. After going to the clinic for James today I was told to go straight to my ob. Now I am having ultrasound tomorrow and have been told I might be back in hospital wednesday morning! So you should maybe let your doc know if it doesn't settle quickly.
Are you bf? If you are I didn't think you got AF? But I may be misinformed?
James has screamed from 1pm til now, I don't kmow how much of this I can take.
Alison, I still can't wear my rings yet either, bummer cos i got a lovely new one from dh when James arrived!
Hi Tygress - OMG are you ok? What do they think it is then? Like you I didn't think you got AF while BF'ing. Wishing you the best with your ultrasound and hope you don't end up back in hospital, keep us posted.
As for James, you poor thing, Amelia has been the same the past couple of days, not too bad today thank goodness, I thought I was going to slit my wrists the day before yesterday however! Hope he settles soon and you get some rest.
And congrats on the new ring, I'm still waiting for mine!!!!
Last edited by Alison1973; January 4th, 2010 at 05:06 PM.
Hi Ubba - that's been Amelia the past few days!!!!!! I'm thinking growth spurt?? Although she did sleep 5 hours in a row last night, what a shock but I'm not complaining!
Hi Shayna, big hugs to you - definitely try Infants Friend, my friend swears by that stuff. You need to get some sleep, can you get someone to FF for a bit so you can have a rest. I do it when I'm desperate!
Last edited by Alison1973; January 4th, 2010 at 11:39 AM.
DJsMum, you poor thing!!! i agree you should try somthing for her wind it might help! i used gripe water for the other two at night and it really helped. good luck, hope you can get her settled soon.
sorry no help here never had wind problems...Serenity slept 7hrs straight last night,loving the night FF then i only did boobie so she was up in a couple hours,have to remember not to be slack and get up and give her a bottle so she sleeps another good stretch...weve had more puking problems, she doess fine with ff but pukes alot when bf, anyone have any ideas,once shes puked shes fine but it doesnt seem like she can control it
Hi Mon - go the FF top ups LOL! I have no choice to do them these days, I have a little piggy poo on my hands! I did get 5 hours though and that was after a BF last night so happy about that! Amelia has only thrown up her milk twice and both was on formula after a top up so obviously had a little too much. Maybe she's guzzling the breast milk quicker than the bottle?
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Have you tried any wind remedy? Brauers one, or infants friend, or infacol or gripe water? We are having issues with wind here too, so we are using infacol and gripe water if it gets really bad.
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