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@Mae: That's good about the pooping! At least she's getting enough to eat, although it sounds exhausting for you in the meantime. Alice and Blake both prefer to poop in new diapers right after being changed. It drives DH crazy! He's like we're going to have to buy stock in Pampers! Which reminds me that at some point I should start using our cloth diapers, but that seems way too daunting at the moment.
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@twodoghouse: omg yes her too! She has a bit of diaper rash so we try to change her ASAP when she poops so she doesn't get more irritated, but sometimes we change her and then she poops more like 10 min later and we're like... really? We've already gone through like 3 packs of diapers and DH will prob have to make a run this weekend for more. I have all our cloth diapers prepared and she is over 8 lb so supposedly they should fit her (and she already lost her umbilical stump so no issue there). But yea-- too overwhelming right now. I can't even walk upstairs to do laundry at this point and I don't want to put something ELSE on my husband's plate right now. Also I'll be a little sad to give up the wet strip on the newborn diapers. It is so easy to see if she is wet! Once we switch to cloth what do you do... just stick your finger in there periodically?
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Awww... I'm so sorry that you are dealing with this. We dealt with something similar. N would basically cry nonstop if he wasn't sleeping or eating. Turned out he had reflux. Once we got him on the proper medication for at least 2 weeks, he was like a different baby. It's tough but I hope you get in to the ped or LC just to have them do a once over on her to rule out any medical issues.
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@Mae: I haven't read all the responses so forgive me if this has been addressed but will she take a paci? I know a lot of people are concerned about nipple confusion and don't offer one..... but my daughter got a paci from the time she was in the hospital nursery and she was a champion nurser so it had no ill effect for her.
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@MamaMoose: We've tried the paci 3 or 4 times with her during meltdowns when we thought she couldn't possibly be hungry. She sucks for like 10 seconds, realizes she isn't getting anything out of it, then spits it out. Beginning to wonder if she's just a boob monster haha.
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@Mae: Hmmm....a few thoughts:
1. For your nipples: I am anti-lanolin and so is my LC, as it has no healing properties. I had SEVERE nipple trauma and tried just about everything. The only things that worked for me were: coconut oil, breastmilk, APNO, and Motherlove Nipple Cream.
2. I suspect it's probably the 1 week/10 day growth spurt. That thing was NO JOKE. If I put K down at all she started screaming. There was one day where DH took his mum to church and from the time he left at 10, until he got home at 1, I hadn't moved off the couch and had nursed her the. whole. time. I burst into tears when he got home and said, "I just want to be able to eat something!" So yeah, growth spurts are HARD but you get used to them with time
3. I so recommend finding an LC with whom you really click (I had to try three before I found an awesome one) and have her visit you in your home. It's much more helpful if they can visit you in your regular nursing environment and see where you sit, how you position baby etc.
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@Mae: Yeah sounds like you might as well just get comfortable on the couch and get used to having your boobs out 24/7. Growth spurts SUCK! And agree that you should wake the baby to eat at least until she's at birth weight.
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My LO screamed so much in the beginning and with all the back to back growth spurts I think I pretty much nursed him ALL THE TIME for three months straight. I also googled "baby never stops crying?" ALOT
Some babies are also just ultrasensitive outside of the womb-mine still is. I would suggest that you go with your gut after your next Pediatrician appointment if you think it is more then just newborn crying. I had to take my LO to the ped practically 10 times before they prescribed reflux meds and even then I dont think that was the real issue. The LC and La Leche League were really helpful during that time so if you are up to it maybe find a meeting?
Good Luck
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@Mae: Hugs mama! Sounds so rough. Poopy diapers is the best way to tell she's getting enough, but it sounds like she's pooping enough. It could be a growth spurt that you're just going to have to ride out. Maybe since she's sleeping pretty good at night, she's trying to get in a lot of her calories during the day?
My son had a growth spurt at around 3 weeks and for around 10-14 days, he nursed constantly! Like literally on the boob all day it felt. He would nurse, I would set him down and he would be rooting/crying not even 20-30 minutes later at times. It was exhausting and frustrating but we made it through. Hang in there! And it doesn't hurt to go see a LC or call the nurse to rule out anything medical!
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I didn't read the other responses but I'm saying maybe Reflux....Anna was like this as an infant and we just thought she was an unhappy baby. It took us a couple months to figure out it was reflux. And once we did she was a wonderfully happy baby.
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@Mae: lo freaked out when she realized there was no milk in a paci! So we never used one! She cluster fed a lot and I watched a lot of shows! I also ate like 5000 calories a day to make milk. You are doing great and it'll get better!
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@Mae: my son cries for 12-18 hours straight every day for the first three months. He was MSPI severely. Reflux meds dropped some of be screaming but it was insane. We ended up doing CIO at weeks old because he cried in or arms and in his bed so we put him in there and slept cause we needed the sleep. The sweet pease swing with white noise up so loud it probably would damage his ears where the only things that helped. We swaddled him and put him in the swing. The 5s' did help but I watched the movie to really get it. He hated the paci.
I have posted videos before of his crying
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