And I feel like I haven't seen her in three days as I've been focused on C and her sickness and let all the visiting family soak up baby. In the meantime, she seems to have finally sorted out night and day and is sleeping great at night. DH had her last night and she fed at 10:45 and again at 6:30. 
I'm not sure how great her sleep was because he couldn't find her halo sleepsack/swaddle.
), and we're going to head up to my parents so I can have help. I'm cherishing this time when the house is "ours," before my husband leaves.
G seems to go 1.5 hrs during the day, but she eats for 20 minutes at the most so I don't mind!This thread has been closed.
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I'm so excited DH will be home for a week. The holidays without family around to help have been rough. B really needs his activities and they are all closed for holiday break.
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@BandDmommy: yeah usually at an hour but he takes forever to sooth to sleep so by the time he is asleep it's nearly 2 hrs unless we are in the car or something. Basically it's hard to get him to sleep with a toddler shouting in his ear! But I need to be better about forcing it.
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@BandDmommy: that's awesome. Jealous!
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Is anyone else finding it more difficult dealing with their toddler than newborn? D is an incredibly easy baby. She is sleeping long stretches, 6 hours last night, I gave her a dream feed around midnight.
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@winniebee: have you considered introducing the pacifier?
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@MrsF: so strange that it hasn't changed after 2 weeks. Did u cut soy too? Have u had stool tested for traces of blood?
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@BandDmommy: just tried yesterday and he rejected the playtex one. Just tried the nuk this morning had to trick him and nurse him a little first but then this...
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@BandDmommy: oh yeah the toddler is way harder than the newborn. He's cooped up today because my husband is back to work and I just didn't feel like taking them both out. Plus the toddler doesn't nap. The house is constantly a wreck and I just don't have the energy to keep up. The newborn doesn't sleep well at night yet but is easier to manage overall!
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@winniebee: score!!! Paci for the win!
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@winniebee: @BandDmommy: thanks! I guess I thought there would be a lump too. I'll do some reading
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@winniebee: so glad he's napping! I've had to force it a little lately and make sure he's swaddles and rocked.
I've cut milk protein and soy proteins, but not soy oils (apparently most MSPI kids can tolerate soy oils). I might consider cutting them but the diet is SO much more restrictive that way. We'll see.
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@BandDmommy: yeah - the toddler is way harder, even though J is a pretty tough (fussy) baby. Why did I have a baby in the winter again? It's so hard to be stuck inside with a toddler
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@winniebee: Ahhh, he's so precious!! Glad you found a pacifier that works! Xander used to routinely be up for 2 hours at a time as a newborn, but he wasn't fussy during that time, so I think he was just more wakeful than most babies.
@BandDmommy: Definitely finding the toddler more difficult these days!! He's been tantruming more and more lately - guess we're entering the terrible twos. Meanwhile Logan just sleeps and eats and hangs out and is just sweet and easy!
@MrsF: Ugh, yes! Winter is the worst with a toddler. Xander wants to go outside all the time but it's so cold! Plus by the time he gets home from daycare, it's too dark out to go for a walk.
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@MrsF: same here! Next time a spring baby
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I never wanted a winter baby, but I guess there are some things outside my control.
I know I'm probably really ungrateful, but I'm very ready to have my house back and my life back to myself. K is 6 weeks and I only have 1.5 weeks before I return to work. I've had family in my house for 4 weeks now. But sometime on Friday it will be MINE again. No more family visiting for the planned future.
Seriously, in just 1.5 weeks my little girl will be in daycare.
And I feel like I haven't seen her in three days as I've been focused on C and her sickness and let all the visiting family soak up baby. In the meantime, she seems to have finally sorted out night and day and is sleeping great at night. DH had her last night and she fed at 10:45 and again at 6:30. 
I'm not sure how great her sleep was because he couldn't find her halo sleepsack/swaddle.
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Hope you ladies don't mind I'm crashing the thread! I was originally on the nov boards but was so bad at keeping up...DS ended up being a Dec baby anyways. It's been so hard to even be on the regular boards lately with LO at home and holiday stuff going on.
A's sleep and feeding have been killing me. Is anyone else dealing with a newborn who needs to be fed almost every 1-1.5 hours because he doesn't take enough during a feed?
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@winniebee: after he spits up, does he cry or get angry? A keeps swallowing his spit up and will end up choking on it and then cries angrily. I know all babies spit up but I don't know at what point I should see the ped or LC.
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@MamaG: that's so soon! I don't blame you for wanting your house back!
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@Freckles: he doesn't seem bothered by the actual spit up but does seem bothered when he has a burp he needs to get up (which is often followed by some spit up) He needs to be well burped all the time. He usually only nurses one side and I'm trying to follow his cues and not over feed him because I think it makes the spit up worse. I don't know if he eats small or large amounts but I have an oversupply and he gains well so in guessing it's enough. He can easily go 2 hours between feeds if he has a nap but if he's awake he wants to nurse much more frequently. He's also a small baby (born 5lb 6oz) so I feed him whenever he asks and was therefore reluctant to use a paci but I used one today which resulted in a good nap followed by a good feed and then another nap.
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@winniebee: now that he is 1 month old, maybe I'll try a pacifier today...it's been sitting in a box on my dresser! He wants to comfort nurse after a wet burp/ spit up which only contributes to more spit up. You would think id have a better handle on things since this is #2 but so not the case.
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@Freckles: yay hi! Mine is 4 weeks and during the day she sometimes is ready to eat by 1-1.5 hrs. But then she takes 2 really long nap (like now going on 3 hrs!)
I'm waiting for the next super fussy moment to offer paci. So far she hasn't had a really bad episode. Or she did but it's too close to feeding time so I chose to nurse.
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K has bad napping days too and have def been up over 3 hrs before. I'm seeing that she generally takes 1 long nap and a few shorter ones.
I still can't figure out if she likes swaddling or not! We only did it a few times. She seems to fight it. At night we don't use it bc she just nurses to sleep snd we co sleep right now.
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@snowjewelz: The advice I have with introducing the paci is that it might take her a while to really "get" it...and also be ready to try different types! N didn't love the soothie (but would use it every once in a while while I held it), and hated the newborn "orthodontic" pacis. We had a random one that's meant for older babies, and that is the one he can keep in his mouth. He's snoozing with the paci next to me as I type:-). Good luck!
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@MamaG: So sorry you haven't had your house to yourself! I totally empathize. After all kinds of visitors on and off for N's first 6.5 weeks (including our visit to my parents place where I would have to rock him to sleep sitting on the floor!), we have two weeks at home with just the three of us. I left the dogs up at my parents (2 hours away), with the goal of using this quiet down time to get N on a schedule. We're slowly chipping away at it. My husband is going to be gone for work for two weeks (he leaves in a week
), and we're going to head up to my parents so I can have help. I'm cherishing this time when the house is "ours," before my husband leaves.
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@Freckles: We've dealt with our fair share of swallowing spit-up:-(. Sorry you're going through it. Some days are worse than others-he's been having a huge spit-up after eating on each side for the past few days, but previously to that he had a solid week where he'd only spit up occasionally. It's the worst during MOTN feedings because it totally wakes him up:-/. We're trying to feed him in shorter spurts with more burping but I don't know that it's made much of a difference.
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@winniebee: Blissful photo! Congrats on finding the right paci. It took us 3 different pacis to find one N would take, but I'm SO glad we kept at it. It's making a huge difference in his sleep!!
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@MrsF: Sorry you're having to cut so much out of your diet
. You spend 40 weeks carefully monitoring your diet for pregnancy, and then to have it so restricted the entire time you BF isn't fun! I had an LC recommend I cut dairy, but I didn't see any sort of difference when I did so I have it back in in limited quantities.
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@BandDmommy: Yay for DH being home! I can't imagine mine not being here/off and I don't have another LO
@winniebee: He looks soooo cozy!!!!!
@Freckles: Welcome!
G seems to go 1.5 hrs during the day, but she eats for 20 minutes at the most so I don't mind!@snowjewelz: Swaddling is a no go anymore..she hates her hands wrapped and well kinda fusses when swaddled, last night I gave it up.....lol I feel like she will get cold, but she is ok!
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@Freckles: M is 5 weeks today (he is a Nov baby but was due in Dec) & at his 1 month appt they said to increase his feedings to 3-4ozs every 3-4 hrs but he does not cooperate. He still eats 2ozs every 1.5 - 2 hrs most of the time.
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@AngelicOne: are you formula feeding? K is 6 weeks and we are doing 4oz about every 3 hours during the day. Now that she has dropped a MOTN feed I feel like we should consider increasing each bottle but she seems okay so far.
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@ChiCalGoBee: thanks! I have smoothie, some other brand that I got as sample, and two other ones lol so at least I am well stocked!
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@FaithFertility: hey whatever works right! When she was fussy at night Id rock her while swaddled, but I've also done it without and I don't know if the swaddled made a difference lol. I opened 2 swaddles so far, def not opening anymore in case I need to just return them!
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@FaithFertility: we're not swaddling either! It doesn't make any difference in his sleep plus it's one less step I have to do for MOTN feeds. I just put him in a warm sleeper and he's good!
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Wow we just fed for 45 mins :))))
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@whenoceansrise: yep that is what I'm trying tonight!!
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@MamaG: Nope I pump & give him bottles of breast milk.
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We swaddle only sometimes. I use it to settle him during the day but he actually sleeps longer stretches at night without so we use it about half the time at night. He's in the rock n play and I tuck a blanket around his legs. Something I never would have done with my first!
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We swaddle for all sleep (except if he just randomly falls asleep in my arms or something). Seems to get us longer stretches of sleep but I'm sure it's a crapshoot. We swaddled my DD for months and then switched to a sleep sack. That and white noise are big sleep cues in our house!
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I only swaddle at night. We get very long stretches with the swaddle.
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@MamaG: Wow, that's a long time to deal with family visiting! I'd be going crazy!! So glad you're going to get to enjoy some time with just your family before you go back to work... which is way too soon.
@Freckles: Welcome!! Logan for a while was doing 1.5-2 hour feeds, which was annoying, but he's finally lengthening them now that he's a month. Does your LO nurse from both sides or just one?
We also swaddle for all naps and night sleep. He seems to sleep better and longer swaddled.
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