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@SleepyMonkey: It's just so weird because there are so many other babies around lol but I guess new babies are more fun! This cold has just wiped me out!

Oh man I have no idea RE your pumping question.

Is anyone else feeling a tinge of "baby blues?"

@BabyPenguinXO: thanks so much for the advice! Don't apologize for hopping in here, I need all the help I can get. I actually ended up not pumping because I figured the pump that I did was to replace the next feed. I probably should have pumped closer to the bottle feed time though. Tomorrow I think I will try that instead.

@CatchAFallingStar: mine are very mild this time around. I feel a sense of dread when the sun sets. But I have only cried one day but it was mostly because I was sad about my daughters birthmark on her face. I will say that with #1, the baby blues were brutal. I cried every day from days 3-20 I think. It was probably the toughest time of my entire life. Dont be afraid to reach out to us on this due date board or elsewhere to get the support you need!

@CatchAFallingStar: I haven't yet but have had some friends deal with some crazy PPD. Have you talked with your DH about it? We're all here for you if you need to talk. Hugs mama!

@CatchAFallingStar: I do. Most of the time I feel good, very happy - Henry is a cheerful, easy baby. But I get easily overwhelmed, and that makes me weepy. I think a lot of it is sleep deprivation, but some of it is certainly hormonal. Henry is 2 weeks old today, so I'm hoping I feel a little less emotional soon.

Henry is such a chunker! He was 7 lb 14 oz at birth, and at last week's jaundice check he was 9 lb even. I supplemented with formula for the first 4 days until my milk came in to help with his jaundice, but we're EBFing now.

Things with LO1 are pretty good - he lovvvvvves
"baby" and wants to hold and kiss him. But he's also started misbehaving a lot when I'm nursing - jumping on our recliner, shrieking, just generally being a nutso - and he's not even 2, so it's hard to communicate and pretty impossible to discipline.

I'm so worried about my mom leaving and being on my own all day while DH is at work!

@mfa_lady: Hope E got some sleep last night!

@mfa_lady: Hope your babe slept!!

I've been up and down with H since around midnight and both DH and E are snoozing away. (It's 8:30 am here.) I'm totally working that into a nap today! (DH let me sleep from 8 or 9 pm until midnight, though!)

This kid sleeps way more soundly in our arms than anywhere else. Sigh! Oh well. He's a swaddle-dini, too. I may have to pull out an old sleep sack of E's. I have a feeling we're going to baby wear a lot!

@mfa_lady: Same here with the tummy problems. For J, the little remedies gas drops (simethicone) works well most of the time to calm her down. You can give it before or after feeds and it basically works by bringing in all the little gas bubbles together to make one large bubble so it's easier to burp out. But J also seems to be straining and grunting when trying to poop. I really hope it doesn't turn into full blown colic =/

@CatchAFallingStar: I have definitely cried 3 or 4 times since J was born, mostly during her witching hours when she cries persistently and seems really uncomfortable and I don't know how to help her. I try everything and at some point she goes to sleep, but I don't really know what it was if anything that worked for her. I dread evenings and nights especially when DH is working his night shifts and I'm with her alone.

@namaste: hope you feel better soon!

@keepcalmcarrie: ughh I so know what you're talking about. My mom left yesterday. Luckily my siblings are helping out a bit this week but as of next week I'll have the little people by myself 3 days a week. I'm just glad B is in daycare during the day so it's only about 5 hours per day that I really have to deal with two.

@CatchAFallingStar: I feel pretty well so far but do react a little emotional on some things esp. the part about having the kids all on my own and then getting burdened with additional things overwhelms me a little.

@charmed: Hope your LC appointment goes well today. My LC was a lifesaver with my first.

@charmed: Hope they can pinpoint the latch issues right off! I remember how bad it was with E.

ETA: I'm glad DH will "stick it out" for at least a little while when H is fussing, but it makes it impossible for me to rest, because I know I could take him off the ledge with the boob so easily. But mama has to rest too!!

@Pumuckl: I've already caved to bringing him to bed. It got us through the first 6 months of E's life! It seriously wigs out DH, though. And H latches okay from a side-lying position, but my c-section makes it impossible to bend up and correct a shallow latch. Thankfully, I have no pain from the surgery except when I try to sit up!

@oliviaoblivia: I think I was carrying boxes at 3 or 4 weeks last time, so I'm hopeful I will have the same experience! (And now that I remember, I was carrying E in that gigantic Britax carrier immediately after birth anyway, ha!)

@Espion: Probiotic drops are a good idea, too. Mrs. Blue said they worked well for her kiddos!

@pmrlady: @charmed: It's so sad when their little bellies hurt! I'm here by myself with E today, and she seems to be doing okay which I'm thankful for. Our ped also thinks she has a mild case of reflux, which I think is true because her spit up (even though there isn't ever much of it) smells pretty acid-y. We just try to keep her upright or at least on an upward slope as much as we can.

@Espion: YES YES YES. This is how I am when my husband tries to help. It's the worst! I want him to feel like he can help, but I can't rest either--and our house isn't big enough for him to be able to get anywhere where I can't hear her crying. It's so hard! I hope you get some rest today!

@CatchAFallingStar: I have cried a ton, but usually it's been for happy reasons. I have had a couple of little breakdowns, about the way my husband said something to me, or how tired I am, or something...but I am generally over-emotional anyways (my husband and I say "I have a lot of feelings") and I tear up on the regular even when I'm not postpartum. How are you doing?

I'm happy to report that E had a normal night again last night! Even though I know newborn schedules are nonexistent, we've found that if we try to get her a solid afternoon nap and then keep her awake during the dreaded evening witching hours, she can go to sleep around 10 or 11 and sleep until about 3. AND, last night, I was able to get her back in her crib after an hour instead of the usual two! Now, though, I'm already worrying about tonight because she's been sleeping all morning with the exception of like 45 minutes total. (You'd think I wouldn't find a reason to worry about a 3-week-old sleeping all morning...ahh, motherhood!)

Question, anyone else's babies get hungry again after having a big poop even though they ate recently? This has happened to J several times where she seems hungry after pooping even though she ate an hour before, and I don't know whether to feed her or try soothing in other ways to drag out the time some more.

@Mrs. Tricycle: welcome! Was on your due date board with #1 too.

@pmrlady: yes, this happens to us! I just feed her again since I figure there is more room now in her tummy. Or it might just be a growth spurt and she is cluster feeding. Either way, I just feed her.

@Mrs. Tricycle: Welcome! So glad you're doing better this time around.

My cold is a lot better but now DH and I both have wrist injuries. He's having a carpal tunnel flair up as he's been coding nonstop for the past three weeks and I think I twisted mine. So happy A is still a newborn so it's not too painful picking her up.

We're taking A out to eat at a restaurant for the first time this Friday. She's been out other places so I'm not too worried. Any plans to take your LO's out anytime soon?

@namaste: Oh, no! Hope you and your husband feel better!

@HappyBaker: Oh my goodness. You're superwoman--you got this! Hope your DD feels better!

@Espion: OMG. I'm glad you got out of there!!!!!

@namaste: we took her to a bday party and to target this past weekend. Does that count?

@HappyBaker: oh no. I hope it passes soon for her and no one else catches it!

@Espion: agh- i would have been freaking out!

When does the engorgement stop? Its been 9 days since my milk came in and i still feel engorged sometimes. She only takes one side per feeding, so one boob will go 6 hours without being emptied. Its truly annoying me. And then she has so much trouble latching on my left side when its engorged.

Im feeling especially filled with dread with this snowstorm coming...dh keeps scaring me by talking about what happens if we lose power and have no heat.