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!
Well yesterday was the first day we started feeds every 3 3 1/2 hrs and I tried to keep Frazer up for as long as possible playing/ etc. Did a feed at 4pm.ish, 7.30pm and a dream feed at 10.30pm. (But most feeds at night are dream feeds cause he just doesn't seem to wake up! Even with a nappy change.)
He slept through til 4!!! Yay! I woke up at 4 and then just listened to him murmur for a while and then just decided to give him a feed since I was up, then slept through till 8!
Hopefully as we keep going with what we're doing he may get into some sort of basic routine.
A question though, should I try leaving him sleep til morning after the dream feed and see how long he lasts or should I just keep doing the 4 am feed whether he wakes or not??
Frazer is already into the infant nappies, they are a little big but I keep thinking the newborn ones are so tight they're gonna cut off the circulation to his little chubby legs!!
Peanut baby, sounds like your schedule is working out well. What a good sleeper she is!
Well.... Emily has her 8 week immunisations today, not fun at all. I cried when she had them done, how sad is that, lol. Poor thing didn't like it one bit, they do an oral liquid thing, and 2 needles, one in each thigh. It was heartbreaking to hear her cry in pain. She was a bit unsettled afterwards but has actually coped pretty well with none of the common side effects so far. We finally finished organising all our medicare/family assistance stuff today and just scraped in under the income limit so qualified for family tax benefit B, yay!!!
Another woo-hoo is I think i've finally picked a wedding dress. It's a grecian style and just gorgeous, now I just have to lose the rest of my baby weight so I can fit in the size I want.
Jason flies back out to work tomorrow, sigh. the countdown starts again.
Sanchez - I use the Avent Isis Manual pump, works a treat Yay for taking the brace off, bet you can't wait! Will seem weird having a floppy baby though lol
Art - The swing is THE best thing we have bought for her by far... i'm so pleased we got it, it's a godsend. She falls asleep in it sometimes now when she's tired, and she LOVES the little turtle on the mobile, it's her favourite.
PB - it's pretty hard to shift the tummy bulge hey... anyone got some good tips? I'm pretty lazy though so something that doesn't require much effort would be great. I now have 6 months only to get myself back in shape for the wedding.
Pooley - YAY for Frazers awesome sleep! Are you without DH again this weekend?
Pooley that's great! I'd maybe not wake him at 4am and see how long he can go? Can't hurt to try and you never know, he might stretch out until a more human hour of 6am! I've been giving Ethan his last feed at around 11pm and he has been lasting until between 5-6am.
Janine - immunisations suck hey? I made DH come with me when DD had hers and I think I cried more than she did lol! YAY for finding a wedding dress. I need to lose tummy fat too. DH is buying me a Wii fit for our wedding anniversary so I'm going to give that a go. I'm really hoping I can get back to my normal weight before Summer hits!
PB - lucky you with bubby that settles so easy!
Sanchez - yay for taking off the splint soon Well its not hot enough here for me to be sweating. Send some heat here please, its been so cold and I'm over it
Kelly - finally you got your cot! Have you set it up yet?
AFU - E is driving me a bit nuts the last couple of days. He is only sleeping when I hold him and as soon as I attempt to put him down he cries blue murder! I've been co-sleeping at night as its the only way we can all sleep. I'm going to pull out the sling today and give that a go.
Hope the rest of you are doing well and getting enough shut eye.
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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