Wish I had a magic wand to take away all these bf issues. And yes, it always looks so easy on the TV!
I'm finally over mastitits and things appear to be back on track woo hoo. I think I have a low supply in the evenings but hopefully that will fix itself soon. We are struggling a bit with wind issues, poor E gets very cranky. I bought some brauers colic relief today so going to give that a try and see if it helps him.
Sorry for no personals, going to try grab some sleep while I can...........
Peanut baby- Nice to know someone elses bub is guzzling the formula!! Frazer is averaging the same amount but we have gone from about 7 feeds a day to 6 or 5.
Here is a link to my facebook photos, I can't put the link to the professional ones we got done because they aren't on my page.
Hi girls,
well at least those struggling with feeding issues know we are not alone! Amazing how much of a challenge it can be.
I'm feeling much better now, thanks for those who asked - apart from having an allergic reaction to the antibiotics. I am now covered in a red rash, and Tadhg has it too (although the Dr said it was hormone rash before i realised i had it). He has also had a really sore tummy and the runs, poor little thing. We fed him formula for half the day and now i've stopped antibiotics i'm trying to feed again. We will get there!
Sangie - sorry to hear you have mastitis too are you on antibiotics - maybe thats also giving E a sore tummy? We have found infacol helps quite a bit, and T likes his tummy being rubbed in a gentle circle or even just pressure applied to his tummy.
Pooley - Frazer's pics are so cute! i love his chubby cheeks
PB - we are doing much better now, and a girlfriend has given me a homeopathic remedy for mastitis that a few people swear by - so i feel like i'm armed now, should it happen again! How many feeds a day is Charlotte having? I feel like i may have been starving T now, we only give him 100ml of formula, next time i might mix up 150ml and see how he goes! Also, Lottie is such a cutie yay for the photo!
Sanchez and Taurean - wow, no sterilizing - thats so much easier! I'll follow your lead then. Thanks so much for the advice.
Us - we did have a bit of a tough day yesterday with the aforementioned allergies and sore tummy - but T still slept well at night, bless him. He had a bottle about 9pm and slept until 4:45. I suspect he sleeps longer on formula than breast milk, we will see how he goes tonight - a few good nights of sleep would make the world of difference, not that we get bad nights - but just sleeping through would feel so good! DH is going away for work on Wednesday for a week, so i have mum coming up thursday night till Sunday avo, yay for mums.
Hope BB's are recovering and making lots of milk for everyone and bub's are growing and happy (however fast or slow they are putting on weight).
Kelly
Kelly - Lottie has 6 feeds a day still. Some 120ml and some up to 180ml (usually the last one of the evening is 180ml). She is definitely sleeping better on formula that BF. That sucks about your allergic reaction, what a pain.
We did a tour of Lottie's early learning centre today (she's not going until Jul next year but we've been on the waiting list at a fantastic school since her conception!). It was just lovely and everyone was so nice. They advised we should put her name down for kindergarten now (!!!) so we'll do that. Apparently the waiting list for Kindi is huge and we don't want to miss out
That's about all for me atm.. DH has a few days off now so we're getting stuck into some spring cleaning.
We arrived in Brisbane yesterday to freezing cold weather!!! Its going to take a little bit of getting used to not living in the tropics. Im in Deception Bay any of you Brisbane girls that may want to catch up???
I have stopped expressing now as I was losing my supply. I still have a sore right breast I think it may still be the thrush, I have been keeping an eye on it so I dont get mastitis. Just hand expressing when I feel the need. I am only sterilising once a day and just washing the bottles in hot soapy water in between feeds. I use a dummy with Indigo for settling. She has a really unsettled period at the same time everyday and is sleeping up to 5 hours at night.
Indigo is still tiny and wearing 0000-000 she would probably be nearly 4kg now lol
Gosh, Izzy is tiny compared to all the other bubbies! She's only 3.3kg and still struggling to fit into her 0000 wardrobe! She is still wearing 0000 wondersuits (not for much longer though - thought she'd be out of them by now!!) and premmie clothes from pumpkin patch. She even has a couple of 00000 suits! Its so cute but as you all know, I just wish she would grow a little faster. It really worries me
We are feeding izzy as much as possible again on the breast, with EBM and formula. Is so tiring, as a few of you know, and a little depressing. I'm seeing the doctor tom to get a script for the pills to help increase my supply. I think I have enough but the fatigue and stress is bringing me down. Izzy is sleeping well at night, usually down by 8 then up for a feed around 1 then another feed at 5ish, but having to feed 3 hourly during the day doesn't leave me much time for napping.
My thrush seems to have gone but my left nipple is killing me from the deep hole the burst milk blister left. Will get the doc to check it tom too. I dread feeding on that side. Izzy has taken to fussing during her night feeds too so my poor nipple gets yanked and chewed. I might have to bottle feed during the night to give it time to heal
So things are still tough but we are hanging in there. It's a good things she's so damn cute and placid (yes, back to normal after we reintroduced all the comp feeds)!!
Well I must get Missy off for a nap so I can express and continue cleaning. We have put our house on the market so the agent is taking photos for the Net tom morning. Thankfully DH is coming home early to lend a hand cause it's taken me 3 hours just to attempt the dusting - LOL!
Xx
ps Janine - Emily's newborn shots are gorgeous!!
PB - Lottie is damn cute! What a stunner!
Pooley - Frazer is beautiful and I love his chubby cheeks. Izzy is jealous
Sanchez, Kosi and Kelly - ivebeen checking out the latest pics of your rugrats on FB and they are so cute. We have a gorgeous bunch of bubbies in our group.
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are you on antibiotics - maybe thats also giving E a sore tummy? We have found infacol helps quite a bit, and T likes his tummy being rubbed in a gentle circle or even just pressure applied to his tummy.
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