Happy 3 weeks Alannah......mmmmm........that means a month next week and then only 11 months till she is one! See what happens when you add a ticker for their first bday, time speeds up!
Okay, I think we are sorting ourselves out. Have kinda drawn the conclusion Alannah is cluster feeding from after dinner onwards till about midnight / 1am. She slept from about 1am till I woke her up at 7.30am this morning so gotta be happy with that. Am feeding her every 3-4 hrs during the day and prolly every 2 hours after dinner.
Tonight I will just sit up with her as she won't settle and hates being put down for even 5 mins during 'those' feeds. I am also starting on Fenugreek Flow (tea) to help boost my milk.
HWow Nikki and Pretz - a week old already.
Nikki - Yep mastitis gone. Stress related and also I think coz it was the side I was sleeping on. Just started feeds from that side for a cuople hours and a hot shower and it went away! Phew!!! With Bailey I had it for 6 weeks straight and was on so many antibiotics and ended up weaning him at almost 8 months. Was like having the flu for 6 weeks with all the aches and pains etc Someone said i should have been admitted to hospy....not really sure about that though! lol
Pretz - how are you going hun? Bet your Mummy is super proud. First grandbaby????
Wrote a post this morning and lost it.....how annoying!!
No, not FF top up feeding, was just having a moment but am over it now!!! My milk supply also seems to have increased heaps in the last day or two, i think i was probably a bit more stressed than i realised with the chnage of leaving hospital & coming home, then the inlaws were here on my doorstep an hour after we got home and i just wanted time with Ty & DH, that was stressful! MIL even took pillowcases back to her house to iron them for me , WTF??? ...i iron nothing!!!
Vix - know what you mean about the feeding & unsettled period, Ty is unsettled between 6/7pm until about 11pm just wanting to be fed and cuddled, then cuddled & fed, he then sleeps from about 11.30 to 2.30/3am, then awake again at 6.30/7am, i figure can't complain about that & once he sorts out the cluster feeding (whenever that is!) we'll be getting plently of sleep. I think you mentioned tired signs, we're pretty good at recognising them, but sometimes(see below) his will to fight against sleep is SOOOOO strong!!
Ty had a pretty good daytime routine going over the weekend( was even self settling with only a little grumble!) but is being a little monkey today & is really fighting sleep. He is one very strrong minded little boy, but i suppose he gets that off both his parents!!
Hope you are all enjoying your newborn cuddles & getting sleep when you can! xx
PS. just updated ticker & my little monkey is finally asleep, heres hoping it is more than a catnap
Last edited by Sparkles; October 11th, 2010 at 11:30 AM.
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