Another quick one - at gp to get my nipples checked again and get a script for pills to increase my supply
Art - moving to a new suburb. We are putting an offer in on a house in a suburb we've loved for ages. The house is smaller and older than our current home but will definitely do the job until we are ready to build again. We are basically buying it for block value as it's one block from the river and so close to everything. Fingers crossed our place sells quickly as I'm dreading keeping it spotless for all the home opens!
Sanchez - PMSL!!! Gold boob award - love it!
Pooley - I'd be waking Frazer after 3 or 4 hours max to feed him again then see how he goes. Do that until a time your happy with for bed time, say 10pm, then give him his last big feed. Izzy tends to do a longer sleep for her first nightime sleep too then a shorter one for the next snooze and then shorter for the last one. For example Izzy will feed at say 7pm then wake at midnight for a feed then wake a 4 for a feed then again at 7 or even 6. She seems to be getting into some sort of routine but I'm not expecting much of her yet. Not sure if that helps at all!
Bit of an update on us. She's always been a pretty good sleeper, but the last 5 days especially Emily has gotten herself, with a little persuasion into an awesome sleep routine. In the afternoon she feeds at 12, 4, 7 and 11pm. She has her last feed around 11pm then sleeps for at least 8 hours, she's still not up yet today and it's been 9 1/2 so far. She always has an unsettled screaming fit between her 7pm and 11pm feed which maybe just wears her out so much she sleeps well. So fingers crossed this continues as it'll make it so much easier when DF is away if she sleeps like this. She's awake for a few hours at a time now through the day as well.
I'm still expressing full time, but my supply has increased so I'm doing it every 3 hours now and getting 1 1/2 feeds at a time which is great, i'm now up to 6 spare in the fridge. I'm not finding it too bad at all so far, that might be a different dtory when DF flies back out but for now i'm just going to keep doing this, it's much easier now her sleep patterns are mostly predictable because I can make sure I do it whilst she's sleeping. She's now 5.00kg, put on 300gms in 4 days last week which was very reassuring because she only feeds 5 times a day and I keep reading thats not typical so was a little worried she wasn't feeding enough. She's fits into her first 00 now, but is still a pretty good 000 fit. She has grown 10cm in length, and 2cm in head circ.
She smiles lots and makes heaps of wonderful cooing noises and is extremely ticklish! Her eyes are now definitely blue and her hair is getting fairer, her "milk" rash is starting to clear up now. She's obsessed with the mobile above her changetable and on her swing and now loves being nude.
I'm in a much better place than last week, I feel heaps better about things and am very very happy with how everything is going, despite the expressing.
Nicola - Dbay isn't far from me at all, would be great for you, Pooley, Sanchez and I to catch up one day for a coffee or something.
Taurean - Good luck with the boobs today! Hope your offer for house gets accepted!
Pooley - I found that sleep book I told you about yesterday, will catch up with you Monday or Tuesday next week if you're free and bring it for you.
Art - 1kg is awesome Hope you're coping okay with the 2 kids, don't know how you do it!
Sangie - sounds like things are looking up for you, that's an awesome sleep!
PB - I haven't even given kindy a thought yet, can't believe they take enrollments this far in advance!
Kelly - Hope you're both on the mend, you've had a rough time with the BFing. It's great that your mums coming to help you out wilst your DH is away, mums are great support. Mine is staying with me Friday & Saturday, so at least I only have to do 6 days by myself after that.
I better go wake little miss for breakfast so I can get her 5 feeds in today, hope you ladies have a great day!
Hiya, quick update while Tadhg is actually asleep.
Sangie - glad you are on the mend, and no doubt you'll get on top of the wind issues. Ours have gotten heaps better recently and I'm not 100% sure what has changed, but i think T is drinking slower, probably partly since i'm making less milk now after mastitis and maybe growth spurt related. So here's hoping E is just having a growth spurt too and will settle into better feeding and burping soon.
Sanchez, how annoying with the bottle feeding. I did read that its hard to introduce a bottle after 6 weeks. Have you tried some different brands, as maybe the teat shape would help? I'm using Pigeon now and they have a really nice teat which is flexible and more nipple shaped. That being said T wont refuse anything with food, and will even drink cold milk from the fridge if he is hungry - crazy baby.
Art - woohoo on the weight gain, A is certainly doing well in that department! Have you tried doing tummy time on your chest while you are reclined back? It might give A a chance to use her neck muscles without being able to roll - still impressive trick!
Pooley - how frustrating, it seems some babies are just born with a biological clock set for different times. I agree with the plan to try and wake him every 3 or 3 1/2 hours until 10pm it might take a few days for him to get used to having a longer sleep later in the evening - but it would be worth it for the reward.
We had a frustrating day yesterday with T looking really sleepy and then only cat-napping when i put him down. Today i'm ignoring the early yawns after a feed and keeping him up longer, which is kinda working so far. I'm also doing more regular feeds as DH thinks he might need more time feeding and cuddling, which seems like a fair theory.
We finally got our cot delivered today - yes 4 months since i ordered it, no thanks to Heart and Home in NZ, still waiting on the bookcase. I can't unwrap it yet cos its in the nursery where T is sleeping. It better be nice!
K
Another day - another struggle with the bottle. Having no luck unfortunatly.
Kelly I have the pigeon as well as a lac consultant said it is the best for breast fed babies. I will keep trying...you never know one day it might click! I have had many of those catnapping type days - i could have cried at the end of them i was so tired! That is terrible the cot took so long..if memory serves me correct you got the free bassinette - but even still.
Janine - the word jealous comes to mind at the thought of an 8 hour sleep. Good job on the weight gain and 10cm! that is awesome! What pump do you use? Can't believe all of these well behaved babies.
Pooley - good luck with trying to move the "big" sleep. Hope some ladies have some good advice for you. Again i am completely jealous at 7 hour sleeps. I am just demand feeding so my nights are not great. I usually feed V 4 times between 10pm and 6am. Not great.
Art - Yay for the weight gain and A's acrobatic display!
Sangie - what is with all these well behaved babies sleeping well..... am i the only person not sleeping?! My milk supply is really low in the evenings too - so frustrating. Good job on the formula top up though - bet you loved that long sleep
Nicola - I hear you on the bottle front - i am just refusing to believe it and am trying my best to wedge it in there!
All is well with us, had our hips ultrasounded on Monday which came back great. We had to take the splint off for the scan and i tell you the smell when it came off was really bad - sort of like when a plaster comes off i guess.
So we saw the Dr yesterday and great news we can take the splint off in 2 weeks ourselves at home - and the first matter of business, will be giving her the biggest clean of her life! I held her in the scanning room without the splint and oh my god she was floppy - I thought i was going to drop her!
ps...i am loathing this heat already - summer is going to be a nightmare! Does anybody else end up drenched in sweat when feeding their bub?
Sanchez, no 7-8 hour sleeps here either. She will do 4-5 at best atm. Last night she was awake every two hours, so it is still quite a mixed bag. Is she still wanting to feed every couple of hours?
Kelly, I can't believe they took so long to get the cot to you! I am not really worried about tummy time, she is very strong and has excellent neck control already. I didn't bother with tummy time with DS because he hated it and he still managed to sit and walk very early.
Janine, you 'sound' much happier. Are you still having to jiggle away on the fit ball or is the swing giving you a bit of time to do thing? There is a thread in the feeding section for full time expesser support.
Taurean, sucks having to keep your house clean! When we did open homes there was a mad rush on a Saturday morning to get the place tidy lol
Hi all, We had the best night ever last night. Charlotte's pretty much been in a good routine from the word go but last night we have her 180ml at 9.30pm, she went down at 10 and slept through until 4am. Up 20 mins then back to sleep until 8am. Fingers crossed this will be her pattern for a while until we can get her through for a bit longer.
She is so easy to settle, a 2 min cuddle then down she goes without a peep. We didn't experience any "3 week change" so does that mean it will be a shocker for the so called "7 week change" ??
Janine - 5kg is fantastic! Lottie is now over 4kg and we are thrilled. She's pretty much 100% into 000 now and we can practically see the growth.
Taurean - Didn't you just move into your house!? We built about 2 years ago and I don't think I could possibly do it again anytime soon. Its great you are looking at a ready made house!
Sanchez - Yay two weeks for the splint! That is fantastic. It will be wonderful to fully hold your little girl without the contraption.
Hi to everyone else and hope things are going well. Better go and get ready as we are having lunch with a gf today. She's lending me some dresses to try on for this wedding we have in 2 weeks.. I need something to hide the tummy bulge I still have!
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Hope your offer for house gets accepted!
Hope you're coping okay with the 2 kids, don't know how you do it!
am i the only person not sleeping?! My milk supply is really low in the evenings too - so frustrating. Good job on the formula top up though - bet you loved that long sleep
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