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@snowjewelz: No, but I did try 2 different sizes of them but DD seems to have trouble latching with it or they were both the wrong size. She can't get a seal around it and sucks a ton of air and milk all leaks out the bottom. It could be user error on my part too but I followed the instructions of dampening the edges for a seal and inverting it halfway to place over the nipple...

@sunnyday: that is crazy!! so not what you want to deal with upon returning!

@IRunForFun: yea shields are weird... I bought a few to find my size. My first needed it for on the but this one didn't care for it and was able to latch anyway

@Peasinapod: I work for a very small company so usually my boss and my other counterpart just hustle... my boss has been delighted that both times I take maternity leave mid Dec - mid Mar b/c it's slower at work.

@IRunForFun: at this age they shouldn't be awake more then 45-60 mins, including feeding. She is a month and I feel like she is just starting to stay awake a little more. Not just eat, sleep, eat, sleep all day.

@IRunForFun: how is breastfeeding going? My lo was slow to regain her birthweight (Regained now at 17 days) went to see a lactation consultant today to have her weighed and they noticed she has a tongue tie and suggested if weight gain issues persisted I consider having it fixed. However besides being slow to regain birthweight (she was very big at birth though, and I had iv fluids) I've had no trouble breastfeeding so I'm weary to do something that may just cause more problems.

@IRunForFun: K is 7 weeks today... She is def awake way more, but she takes her sweet time eating and burping so there isn't much time left after. But at the same time she has stayed awake past her "limit" just bc sometimes I have to fend to my other kid and can't get to her, or someone else tries and she won't really sleep till I come back to hold or nurse her.

@babypugs: I meant to start a new thread earlier but never got around to it! I'm ok either way!

@Peasinapod: you don't have any latching pains from the tongue tie either?

My 2 year old has been sick so I've been a mess! Like not showering for days mess hah. I feel really bad but this baby had been on no schedule these days.. Maybe that was why it took me 3 hrs to put her to sleep last night she has just been sleeping/eating whenever with not much awake time (awake time is more just fighting sleep)

@Peasinapod: Does LO stay latched long? They told me that a tongue tie can make the baby's tongue tired because it has to work so hard so they might not eat as much or efficiently.

@IRunForFun: I'm sorry you're still having so much trouble breastfeeding. I'm doing much better though I get engorged at times. I have an oversupply and am block feeding to regulate.

@snowjewelz: @Peasinapod: My 2 year old woke up at 4 throwing up. I spent most of the morning in a chair with both of them sleeping on me. The good thing is that I think he is over it already. Hope your sick children get better quickly.

DD is gaining weight quickly. She had regained birth weight at 5 days. As of yesterday, she was up almost a pound at 11 days old. We have the 2 week check up tomorrow for me and her.

@snowjewelz: I don't think so. I used to have 12 hour nausea as a teenager. Wake up, throw up a few times, be better by noon.

Hope she gets better soon. I wish I could send mine somewhere, but DH is a SAHD. We really need to find a preschool for him. He needs more interaction with kids his age.

@Peasinapod: my LO has one too. So far it hasn't been an issue so we haven't done anything. It only hurts when she latches wrong.

I started putting her down to fall asleep on her own. It was taking almost an hour every night to get her asleep. It still takes a long time but at least I don't have to hold, rock, and pat her. If she starts to cry/fuss, I pick her up, and get her settled and put her back down. The downside is the stupid paci, she flips when it falls out. I get up a lot to put it back in till she is asleep asleep. But she is doing 4 hrs for the first stretch of the night. Then it is back to 2 or 3 hours. She is so grungy and noisy I really want her in her room so she doesn't wake me up all night. She has her one month appointment tomorrow(will be 5 weeks). I can't wait to see how much she weighs. Starting to out grow her newborn clothes. It is going so fast.

@IRunForFun: her gas is getting better. Reflux is the same. Some days better, then last night I thought she was choking cause it was coming up and she was sucking on the paci. So we will see what the pedi says.
And sleep in the guest room! You need a break from doing nights solo all the time. Try letting her fuss for a couple mins, you never know!

@snowjewelz: I hate any type of choking sound! Sometimes my let down is too fast and LO pulls of spluttering and choking and it scares me every time.

DD is cluster feeding or something tonight. I think she has gas too because she's burping and spitting up and pulling off a lot and seems uncomfortable. I have gripe water I might try. Hope this doesn't mean we are in for a bad night!

@IRunForFun: I think gripe water and gas drops at night are helping my LO.

She weighs 8.12lbs, so almost 2lb gain in four weeks. Piggie piggie! The doctor looked at her diaper, it was more green and she was concerned about the dark spots. They tested it for blood and luckily it was negative. She doesn't think she has reflux just more general fussiness for the age but said to limit dairy and see if that would help. But to call if we notice she seems in pain after each feeding.
She did a 5hr stretch last night after being so fussy( like both of us were crying) for over an hour. But I had to get up like 5 times and put that stupid paci back in her mouth. She drops it when she falls asleep and then wakes up after a sleep cycle and then wants it again. If we could keep it in her mouth I think things would be so much better.

DD1 has flu... Day 6 of fever. I have not showered. That is all... Hoping she is in the mend this weekend or back to the dr we go!

Trying to keep DD2 away and nursing tons.

She has been doing a 4-5 hr first stretch! Great when our bed times sync up... But even if not it's nice to be able to do something else! It's reaaaally hard to put her down during the day

I'm hoping we are making a little progress over here. Still have nasty crevices on my nipples but some feeds don't hurt or don't hurt as much so I'm taking that as a good sign. I also finally got her to sleep in the rock n play last night instead of in bed with me. I had to have it turned on and rocking, and had to shush and pat her a few times, but again...progress!

We are still not on any type of schedule at 3 weeks. I'm only now starting to notice/pay attention to her alert times and patterns. Typically she nurses around 7 am on and off for a while and has some awake time then, but goes back to sleep for 2ish hours, like 8 to 10. (And I go back to sleep too!) Then usually alert again around noon, 2, and 4 and then it's hit or miss. I try to do a "bedtime" feed around 8 where I'm in bed myself and then I want to be asleep by 9. She doesn't do much in the way of long stretches; I think 3.5 hours has been her longest. It's usually somewhere between 2 and 3 hours, although sometimes it's only an hour to 90 minutes! What drives me most crazy is when she only nurses a couple mins and then passes out and refuses to wake up and eat more. I know she isn't full but can't get her to keep nursing. That's usually when she'll wake up again in an hour. Haven't figured out how to troubleshoot that one yet...

@snowjewelz: oh no! I hope she feels better soon and you can shower!
@IRunForFun: she will wake up soon and those feeds won't be an issue. We didn't get a 4 hr stretch till 4.5 weeks. We still don't always get one. Hang in there. Glad some feeds aren't hurting! We still don't have a schedule. I don't expect one till I go back to work. Right now I just feed when she is hungry.
@babypugs: if she doesn't need the paci, don't do it! My LO1 never took one either. It does calm her down but so frustrating how it pops out and she freaks.

Last night was horrible. I wA crying, she was crying, I told DH I feel like a failure cause I can't get her to sleep. One week of trying to train her to sleep on her own and it isn't getting better. Now she won't even fall asleep nursing.

@Smurfette: I'm so sorry. That sounds really hard, but you're NOT a failure. This is just a tough job and these babies are impossible to figure out! If only she could tell you the reason she isn't going to sleep. I hope tonight is a better night!!

@Smurfette: yay! My 2 yr old still takes a while to fall asleep for nap and bed time too!

So DD2 went to bed at 8:30... Needed 2 quick pick up's before 10 and then slept till 3:30!

Today I'm trying to put her down for naps instead of wearing her...

@IRunForFun: do you try and wake her up? Get her naked? Wet a washcloth and rub on her neck? Hang in there! She will do a longer stretch soon.
@snowjewelz: woot!