Hi Emma, wow 40 hours! you must of been exhausted, glad Alyssa came out safely in the end for you.
Hi Porkbackribs, our dd is also getting a little harder to settle. She settled very quickly in the first couple of weeks but this week shes taking alot longer. She looks lovely and settled until we put her in her bassinet!
dd seems to get in a cycle when shes a bit unsettled... feeds, then poos, needs nappy change, gets a little grizzly, more boob, another poo, another change, more boob, another poo, another change! more boob to help settle her, then as shes falling asleep she does another poo which wakes her. A midwife at the hospital said if she starts to settle its ok not to change her nappy straight away, but dd HATES a dirty nappy (and I don't blame her), she likes it changed straight away and grizzles if we don't. Infact one of her favourite places seems to be the change table oddly enough!!!. shes very relaxed on there.
Jen - wow, you must go through a lot of nappies!! I was changing DS about 20 times a day last week but this week he has settled down a bit. He hates being changed and screams the whole time, so I'm glad he's not needing to be changed as often anymore, it was draining! You're lucky that your DD is chilled out while she is being changed.
Emma - a 40 hour labour sounds absolutely exhausting, you poor thing. Alyssa is a gorgeous name, does she have a middle name? I know what you mean about unsettled bubs - DS was up for 6 hours this morning too and just wouldn't go to sleep. Poor boy got so overtired and didn't know what to do with himself. He was so tired that he couldn't even feed properly...thrashed his head around and couldn't latch on. Now he is really grizzly - I hope he sleeps tonight as I need a break!
PBR - I hope your DD settles a bit better for you soon. My DS is the same at the moment, he was so placid for the first couple of weeks but now he is becoming more alert and really doesn't seem to want to sleep, especially in the night. I was loving it when I could just feed him and put him down, but now it is more of a production each time...he cries after feeding every time, then chucks, then gets the hiccups...during that time I try to burp him but he has a sore tummy so he arches his back and gets more upset. It can sometimes take a few hours after feeding to settle him, so there isn't even a break before the next feed. Most of the time it takes about an hour after feeding to settle. I hope he doesn't have reflux. I spoke to the clinic nurse and she said that their digestive systems are still getting used to the milk, so it may take a while for him to settle down. I'm not going to worry about it unless it continues past the 12 week stage, as I think during this time our bubs are still adjusting to being outside. It's tiring though...
Hi to everyone else, hope you have lovely weekends and your bubs are going well!
Emma, you do sound like you had a tough time. I wasn't in labour for 40 hours but I did have a similar dramatic ending to it all.
Lou - I vote you join us! I hope Thomas is going well.
Heather - great to have u here. I'm looking forward to getting more of your wise advice.
Lou, PBR, Jen - we're just starting to have settling issues. Last night Poppy cried for hours for no apparent reason. Then she suddenly quietened when DP handed her over to me. She did it again this afternoon. She didn't want milk or water, her nappy was clean, she didn't seem too hot or too cold, she didn't seem to want a cuddle and if it was wind, the offending burp didn't come out. She fell asleep when I put her in the hugabub and went for a walk but then cried again when I put her to bed. I am hoping this isn't a new trend. I need a bit more sleep to recover from the infection. I'm still feeling quite knocked around from it.
Hope everyone else is well.
She's finally down. Been up for 4 hours trying to prove to mummy and daddy that she's a big girl and doesn't need to sleep no matter how much she'a yawning!!!! I'm glad to see everyone else is having the same issues and their little darlings look so settled until they're in the bassinet or cot. Drives me bonkers when I think she's just asleep and then she's crying again. I'm trying to put her down just before she 's fully asleep so she learns to settle a bit herself and that was working fine last week
lou I think arching the back can be a sign of tiredness as well so it might not be a sore belly...... Anyone else know this for sure??? I'm still pretty new to all this like many of us are!!
Jen, our little miss loves her change table too. If she has her nappy off she's happy as. Unfortunately we're using cloth nappies on top of the mat and we're going through 6 -7 a day because she's as bad as a boy when the nappy comes off and pees everywhere. At least it doesn't fountain all over me I guess. Although hubby copped a poo off the change table down his leg last night. He thinks I now owe him lots of changes. Must have forgotten I was the one on the ground scrubbing it out of the carpet at the time . She's pretty talented......
Gotta go. I've got parents and in laws coming for lunch (and had my last clean shirt on which Alyssa has chucked up all over - lovely!!). Should really be putting some of the junk away in the lounge room!!
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. She's pretty talented......
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