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@oliviaoblivia: glad your LO is below the limits for jaundice. I hear you on being alone with both kids. My DH is back at work since yesterday and out of town. Luckily my mom is here during the day to help out for this and next week (she normally lives 5h away) but last night I was alone with both kids and the worst chase scenario struck and both were crying at the same time B hat wet trough his diaper again and was soaked and J was hungry. Oh well, we all survived and I was back to sleep after 2h too I really enjoyed my nap today though.

@oliviaoblivia: requested you It's my first and last name!

@oliviaoblivia: you rock! Hope both are down for a while!

Hi guys. joining this thread! Got home today and big sister met her little sister. She seemed intrigued and very gentle. Not jealous yet.

When did everyone's milk come in? I am 48 hours past her birth and am waiting. My boobs are bigger for sure and I thought I felt a tingly sensation at the last nursing session but I don't think she is drinking anything...just colostrum so far.

I think I'm a little nervous about the baby blues too. I had them so bad with #1...maybe PPD? Anyway I am worrying about it already. Did anyone who had it with #1 not get it with this one yet?

@SleepyMonkey: welcome! My milk came in on day 3 PP.

@HappyBaker: I agree it definitely sucks having to be at home all the time. We did manage to take baby out in the stroller for a walk twice so far, just made sure to bundle up. We actually have a balcony that I would have loved to use in warmer weather but now I can't even go on there because we had to insulate the door to prevent drafts from coming in

Yesterday DH and I felt very accomplished. We managed to go to babies r us and grocery shopping with LO in under 3 hours. She slept the entire time in the car seat and just started waking up from hunger as we arrived back home.

@pmrlady: good job on getting out and about! I don't think I did that with #1 until LO was like a month old.

@HappyBaker: I'm really lucky I got what must be one of the easiest babies on the planet. She's just generally really content.

We have aftercare midwives here that come check on you and baby for the first couple of weeks (at your home). J failed her weight gain goal though I believe part of it was bad timing yesterday since she would have been due for a feed but hadn't eaten yet. So her weight on Monday was the same as on Thursday and Friday. So now I have to squeeze an additional feed in during the day. Hope it works out today. She'll get checked again Thursday, so we have two days to get her weight up.
Poor girl also caught her brothers cold. So she has a stuffy nose. Luckily she can still breath okayish and at night she gets a nasal decongestant. We tried salin nasal drops during the day yesterday but I'm pretty sure that they were the cause for the massive spit up after the feeds. So I think I'll skip those today.

@SleepyMonkey: same thing here about hospitalization. If the temp goes above 100F you have to go to the hospital. Really trying to avoid that.
Last night I was measuring her temp and she projectile pooped all over the thermometer and my hands.
As fo burping my little lady is kind of the same. It actually works better with her to rub her back with a little pressure than to pat it. Also laying her down flat and picking her back up a minute or so later also often gets the burp out.

Hey ladies! Not sure how I'm just noticing (re-noticing? I'm sure I knew abut it at some point) this thread.

E is 19 days old, which I can't believe, and we're trucking along and getting used to parenthood. Her sleep is still really hit or miss, and we've just gotten to the "witching hour" stage where from about 6 - 10 every night she's crying unless she's nursing. The good news is that last night it seemed to wear her out and she slept from 11-4 and 6-9 after freaking out before bed.

On the advice of my LC, I pumped for the first time yesterday to make sure she takes a bottle since I go back to work at 10 weeks. Girlfriend took the bottle from her daddy like a champ and I just pumped again while he was feeding her. The first time I pumped, I got 3.5oz total (it was after feeding her in the morning) and when I pumped at dinnertime when DH was feeding her, I got almost 5oz (both breasts, hadn't fed her in a while). Does that sound normal? It seems like not much to me, but then again she's two weeks old. She sucked down all 3.5oz for DH like it was nothing, though. She's a hungry girl.

How is breastfeeding going for everyone? My nipples are still pretty sore but I also have Reynaud's syndrome, so January is not a great time for having my boobs out all the time. Other than that it's going pretty well for us--minus the fact that this babe seriously seems to want to eat on the hour all day long. Can anyone commiserate on that one?

So happy that so many of these beautiful January babies are here--even though I'm late to the party!

Hi ladies! Happy to join you on the other side. I'm just coming out of the fog as I've had a nasty chest infection starting the day I went into labor 9 days ago. I chose to leave the hospital early because I just couldn't get any rest with all the interruptions.

DD2 wore me out cluster feeding every few hours all day and night and I felt she wasn't ever getting enough to eat so I decided to switch to formula and supplement with pumping. I was getting frustrated being her sole source of food and constantly on call. Now I am able to spend time with DD1 while DH feeds DD2 and we are all happier.

DD2 has her days and nights mixed up. We are trying everything we can think of to keep her awake more during the day but she's a stubborn one. She sleeps through everything we try but is wide awake and noisy all night. We didn't have this problem with DD1 so I'm not sure how long this could last. DH has been a huge help letting me sleep the first half of the night and then I take over the second half. He's going back to work next week and it's going to be tough.

I took DD1 to Target today and it felt good to get out, even if it was just to run errands. I was glad to have a padsicle for when I got home though. The stitches are still sore but not terrible.

@SleepyMonkey: They tested for flu just in case but I knew it wasn't flu. They said just keep up with cough syrup and/or Mucinex and of course keep up my fluid intake. Otherwise it's some viral chest thing that's going around and lasts for weeks. I feel a lot better but can't shake the wet cough. DH has had it for almost a month now. It started as just being wiped out and an annoying cough. Within a day I felt "sick" and my chest was so tight that I could barely catch my breath after coughing. After a few days my chest finally started to break up and now I have the wet cough that sounds terrible. Sometimes I pee a little when I cough so that's annoying! At least it doesn't hurt down there every time I cough anymore. Hope you find some relief from your cough!

@SleepyMonkey: Yes, just Robitussin. Or the 12-hour Mucinex pills. Too much cough syrup makes my stomach feel gross. I'll start the kegels once these stitches dissolve. Don't want to mess anything up down there. I'm wearing the super thick pads due to postpartum bleeding right now but I hope I stop cough-peeing soon!

@pmrlady: In my experience, the witching hour crying is more just at a certain time of day (usually late afternoon to evening for us) and colic or other issues is more constant or during/right after feedings. On the feeding thing, does she arch her back much? Spit up often? If so it could be reflux or silent reflux (silent refluxers don't spit up much if any). Our boys both had it but it took me a long time to figure it out because I had no idea what to look for. One of my guys was really gassy for the first few weeks, and the baby probiotic drops were the most helpful thing we tried. They seemed to have a better effect than the gas drops or gripe water. We also did lots of bicycle movements and things like that to help get the trapped gas out since they aren't always very good at getting it out on their own that young. Just a couple thoughts from our experience!

@pmrlady: @pmrlady: those probiotic drops sound great! I may have to try them. Our girl also has serious poopoo issues--I know they don't really get how it all works yet, but whenever she needs to go she really struggles and she has belly bubbles pretty much all day long. We have gripe water which helps with the hiccups, but that's about it. I'll have to try and find those drops!

@mfa_lady: I don't have much advice as I have similar issues. Have you tried swaddling before putting her in the crib? I also found that saying "Shhh" over and over again while pacing helps, it's like creating a white noise for them.

I actually broke the rules and brought LO into bed with us and we coslept. She had her longest stretch of sleep and I actually has to wake her up myself to nurse because I was getting so engorged. I don't want to set up a bad habit but I need the sleep! Fortunately after the next feeding I was able to put her back in her bassinet.

@pmrlady: She's swaddled before she goes into the crib, but we're using the A&A swaddles and she can still kick her legs around a ton, haha, so sometimes that seems to be an issue. I've def done the "Shh" thing, too, but sometimes she is just hardheaded. And don't feel bad about bringing her into the bed now and then! We do the same sometimes if she wakes up in the really early morning. You do what you gotta do!

@Pumuckl: She is super picky about the pacifier. It's like she won't take it unless that is what she specifically wants. I've found a new trick, though--if I bounce her on the yoga ball and paci her at the same time, she's more likely to take it. I should be more vigilant about that when I know she doesn't need to eat again in the night. Also--2nd time mamas are superwomen. I cannot even imagine how I'll do this again when E is a little older!!

@namaste: Gah, this is so encouraging. Fingers crossed!!!!

@mfa_lady: haha J's the same - she doesn't take the paci if she doesn't want it. Totally crazy to not want a paci all the time if you ask her big brother

We totally rocked our weight check today.
She's back at birth weight too. Now she just has to gain a little more so we can use our carriers.

@Pumuckl: nice job on the weight gain!

How long did your babies all take to regain their birth weight? We are going into the Dr for a checkup tomorrow and she will be 8 days old so I don't think she will be there yet. But I am hoping to stop having to wake her up every 3 hours to eat in the motn pretty soon.