New, fresh thread now that all of the Nov babies are here!
New, fresh thread now that all of the Nov babies are here!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Yay!
DH is on baby duty and trying to let ne get a long stretch of sleep. Having trouble getting some shut eye...
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@scg00387: went out by myself for the first time today! Ran a few errands, felt like a human being!!!
@jesslc: glad ur home from the hospital!!
@travelgirl1: yay for good sleep! We've had a good few nights too...knock on wood.
@highwire: bfing is such a roller coaster every day! Glad C calmed down w the boob! Hope it gets btr each day!!
@mrs. Tricycle: I'm sorry you haven't been able to sleep!! hope it gets btr and u get some rest soon!
We've been going back n forth from a+a swaddle blankets and halo sleep sacks. A wiggles around a lot and I don't think he likes being too tightly swaddled...
He just spent three hrs cluster feeding and is passed out in the swing rt now... I only hope the night won't be too horrible.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@mrsjyw: Does A cluster feed a lot at this time of night? Between 9 and midnight it feels like I always have a baby on my boob. But then she would sleep right through after that that if I let her, so I shouldn't complain. I wake her up every 4 hours at night to feed, but she never really wants it, so it takes ages!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@travelgirl1: yup around 8ish the last few nights! I think it's why he's had longer stretches of sleep too... Haven't woken him up yet... He usually wakes at 4 or 5am for feeding...
@mamamoose: haven't asked pedi yet because he was on a 2-3 hr schedule up til the last few days. We go back wed for a weight chi and will ask him then....
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@mrsjyw: Yeah it's much better if they wake naturally for feeds, then you don't need to spend an hour waking them up. It's not unusual for me to have to keep dabbing at her face with a cold washcloth during our middle of the night feeds. I feel so bad doing it but the usual feet tickling etc has no effect on her and I daren't let her miss feeds until I've spoken to her doctor.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I just slept from 7-230. Bliss!!! DH fed her pumped milk and formula during that time. C is up now but is content just to be held...I don't want to strip her naked and shove my boob in her face and make her hysterical because she wants it but we can't figure out how to get latched. Sad. So we are just snuggling. I would like to pump but not sure how to hold her and pump simultaneously
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@highwire: oh wow, that's some great sleep! I know exactly how you feel about not wanting to distress her, good thing is she wants to breastfeed, even though she gets hysterical trying, at least she's interested in it. Enjoy the snuggles with your babe!
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
For all you mamas who swaddle: do you unswaddle them for night feeds? I take A's arms out to wake her up but her hands are crazy during feeding, get in her way then frustrate her when she doesn't get milk quick enough. Sigh.
blogger / pear / 1964 posts
@travelgirl1: yes - I do take him out to swaddle. He's too cozy comfy if I don't - he wouldn't wake up well enough to really eat much if I left him swaddled - but his hands DO get in the way
Calling my dr this AM to ask about an Rx for sleep/anxiety. Tonight isn't awful, but I can't have a string of days like yesterday - I'll go nuts.
PS - Love that we're all up at various times thorough out that night - I know this thread is always good for a few minutes of distraction at 4:00 AM...
honeydew / 7687 posts
@travelgirl1: it depends how his arms are, sometimes he has them bent funny under the swaddle and it'd be impossible to get him close enough
@highwire could you pump one side with a hands free bra and snuggle on the other side?? Jealous of that chunk of sleep!!
@mrstricycle hope they can get you in and a good prescription that helps!
I've been up and either nursing or eating myself since 2 ugh. I am as hungry as he is I think, lately I have to eat twice at night otherwise my stomach wakes me up!
pear / 1992 posts
@travelgirl1: Only occasionally can I leave Ellie unswaddled for a feeding day or night. I have the same problem with her hands! Our routine usually goes like this: she starts to stir, I take her and feed on one side and if her arms came out during sleep and she's calm we go with it, then a diaper change and re-swaddle (if arms out didn't work I would just change and swaddle again right away), then feed other side, then transfer to crib or swing.
@highwire: Dang that is a nice sleep stretch! Makes me think I should start pumping some so I can get a solid block in sometime. I haven't slept longer than a 2.5 hr stretch these last 3 weeks. Hope you feel nice and rested and enjoy that snuggly baby. Oh and I was just looking at kellymom.com earlier at how to pump and feed/hold at the same time - might want to check it out!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I just nearly overflowed a bottle pumping. Holy hell that was amazing. Tried to start nursing sesh with the nipple shield, took it off, and she's been latched on since! Also snuck in two more good stretches of sleep from 230-7. Let's have it always go like this lol. Off to pedi in an hour to check her weight!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
@scg00387: oh yeah my appetite is strong and anytime i get a chance to eat im trying to make sure to eat well and alot lol
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
@travelgirl1: I unswaddle for all feeds. No way to get her awake enough otherwise. Wish I could feed her without both of us having to get so naked!!
clementine / 824 posts
@travelgirl1: I take her out of the swaddle (Halo sleepsack/swaddle). I haven't figured out a way to feed and burp her with her in it.
Do any of your LO's have a period each day where they are inconsolable? For the past few nights, 8-11 pm has been our time. It's been terrible. I feed her repeatedly, she's fussy. I change her, she's fussy. I hold her, yep...fussy. And fussy isn't even the right word. She seems downright MAD. Panting, snorting, and climbing all over my chest to find a boob that she doesn't even end up taking. After a few hours, she seems to exhaust herself. I didn't know if it could be gas or just her bad time.
Good luck to all you ladies whose DH is going back to work today. I'm in that camp too and hoping it's a good day. We meet with a LC today and it's supposed to be 60 degrees in the Chicago area (but maybe rainy), so at least well get out for a bit.
pomegranate / 3225 posts
@SLR: we also have trouble from 8-11. She's good as gold all day then starts getting fussy. I try to feed her more then if she wants it, beyond that, not much works.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Thanks guys! Will try keeping her swaddled tonight and see. She doesn't realise her hands are to blame when she's struggling to feed, bless her.
@SLR: @kml636: Yeah that's A's fuss pot time too. She does all the chest climbing and whiney crying, cluster feeds like crazy. Never fully sure if there's anything wrong with her but I always suspected that's when she'd be most awake as that was her lively time when I was preg.
@highwire: good work on the pumping and good luck at the ped today.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
@travelgirl1: we unswaddle. they told us at the hospital to do that during feedings - they said it confuses them or something. i have no idea why, but we always unswaddle.
@SLR: ours is fussy from 7-10pm usually and that is when she cluster feeds. when she was like 3-4 weeks, she used to be seriously fussy and would fight the boob, even though i knew she was hungry (because she makes the panting noises) and would eventually latch on for like 3-4 minutes, and then repeat the cycle. i googled it and a lot of newborns go thru this "witching hour" in the evenings. now that she is 5 weeks, she knows a little more what she is fussing for and will feed for a normal amount of time.
pear / 1616 posts
hi ladies! i'm a little late to the party but thought i'd join in. i was supposed to be a dec mama but baby evelyn decided to show up 2 weeks early on thanksgiving! it looks like i'm about where alot of you are. LO is a week and a half old. she's doing pretty good altho last week her weight gain steadied for a couple days so her ped had me start exclusively pumping until she gets her weight up. i'm not sure what i'm going to do after her weight comes back up bc pumping, altho tedious, is alot less stressful to me than bfing. her latch was alright but it took 5-10 min to get a good one. and apparently she might have a posterior tongue tie which is why she wasn't really gaining weight even though she was feeding for a long time. so i'm not sure if i'll keep exclusively pumping or try to start nursing again.. we shall see.
@mrsjyw: @highwire: jealous of you guys getting so much sleep!! can't wait till E gets her weight back up.
and yay @highwire for the weight gain! does this mean you can go back to a more normal feeding routine? i think i read you had to pump, nurse and feed formula?
@SLR: E is starting to show signs of the witching hour. right now shes just wide awake in the evenings. If i put her down to sleep, she starts fussing. her paci will help for alittle bit but it just seems like the girl just wants to keep eating! yesterday she ate 5oz (in a 2 hour period) b4 she would sleep where as usually 2oz is what i usually feed her b4 she passes out. but she did sleep alittle longer which was nice.
today is DH's first day back at work too. so far so good. i may try to take the dogs and baby out for a walk if i'm adventurous enough.
cherry / 220 posts
@SLR: yes! Between about 2am and 4am.
I've been really frustrated with breastfeeding. I was hoping the pain would start to decrease by now, but most of the time it still hurts like hell. She's got a decent latch, but my nipples have damage and she's a hard sucker. Sometimes the pain goes away after a minute or so, other times it lasts almost the entire nursing session. I'm going to talk to a lactation consultant and see if that will help, but I'm tired of books and websites saying it should never, ever hurt.
blogger / pear / 1964 posts
@SLR: 6-10 PM is our fussy period - inconsolable is right! The only thing that works at all is having him nursing constantly
.@highwire: wow! That's awesome. We had an appt today and baby is finally over 6 lbs - ped said now that he's surpassed his birth weight, there's no need to wake him up anymore to eat. Nice!
Another week home with DH, but Im already stressing about him going back. Booo
cherry / 220 posts
@Mrs. Tricycle: my husband is working part time this week (just a few hours here and there) and I'm dreading him going back to work next week too. When he's gone for a few hours, it's no big deal, but 9+ hours a day will be a lot different...
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
@kodybear: welcome! Sounds like we have similar feeding issues.
Have to keep up with the schedule until we see lactation consultant on Wed, but if my supply keeps increasing we can cut back on formula then
pomegranate / 3225 posts
@petuniasandpearls: I know. I can't believe they try to say it shouldn't hurt. Wtf. The most accurate thing I saw on some nursing book was that the "toe curling pain" should only be a few seconds so that's what I keep telling myself! Toe curling is right!
pomegranate / 3225 posts
Miss lily got her newborn pics done today! I'm so excited to see them!
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
Hi everyone! Glad we started a fresh thread!
We had little M at the ped this morning because she has been having lots of spit up and mucus in her poo. I was worried about an allergy but doc thinks everything is just due to reflux. She's obviously getting enough to eat even with the spit up because she has gained 5 ounces in the past 3 days and is now back to birth weight on her 1 week bday. Doc thinks I have an over supply and a fast let down which is probably causing her to gulp. He suggested shorter and more frequent feedings. Sounds like an easy fix but I am already having to force her to wake up every 3-4 hours to eat. She's going to be so hard to wake up more frequently!!! I have to completely undress her down to her diaper. And then I have to keep her upright after her feeding (to combat the reflux) so once she's ready to be out down I have to redress her and then she gets fussy and getting her to sleep is tough. So the nights are a little rough but I'm considering trying to make one night feeding a bottle do hubs can handle it and I can sleep.
@Mrs. Tricycle: Just FYI I had a total break down in the ped's office about how I feel like there is no where safe for baby to sleep! He told me that is a totally normal fear for new mom's and the hormones obviously play into our fears. So it was help to me just to know I'm not crazy. We talked all about how I'm scared she'll spit up and choke in the crib. Or that she can roll on her side. He assured me that even if she can get totally on her side she can not get on her belly and she will be fine. I also showed him a pic of her in the rock and play. And he said he's fine with her in there as long as she can't get on her side (which she can't since we strap her in tight). Our goal is to do the crib as much as possible since hubs and I sleep much better when she's there. And then use the RnP if she's too fussy to be left alone.
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
@kml636: ooo can't wait to see!! We were supposed to do ours today but had to go to the ped so we're doing them Wed.
blogger / pear / 1964 posts
@MamaMoose: we had these same conversations with our ped today and received the same answers. I even meant to take a photo of her sleeping in the R and P, but forgot. Nice to hear you got the same answers!
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@highwire: Good job!
@kodybear: Welcome, love your daughter's name!
@kml636: Aw! What kind of props did you use? We just chose our pix, get them back in a few weeks I think.
@MamaMoose: Good job on the weight gain!
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@Mrs. Tricycle: @MamaMoose: Glad you both got some good advice and reassurance. I was driving myself nuts thinking about SIDS last week, and remembering all the stories I wrote as a journalist about it. The other night I was googling all the interviews I'd done with the families then made myself stop as it was sending me insane. New mum anxiety is awful.
cherry / 155 posts
So-- I'm a creeper in these posts
I have a 16 month old and my husband and I decided to start TTC for another and I wanted to remind myself of the newborn phase. It was only a year ago but feels like forever!!
We too had the 'witching hour(s)' and what helped me was holding my baby and dancing around my kitchen. I think he liked the movement and I used it to 'work-out'. I even played my running play-list on the IPod. And now my son loves to dance when he hears any type of music.
So I say do whatever you can to survive the fussy hours-- you will get through! Feed, bathe, sing, dance, swing- try it all.
Congrats to all you new parents- thanks for letting me share in your baby newness.
honeydew / 7687 posts
@highwire yay!! that is great news. hope the LC gives you better news on wednesday about easing up on the schedule!
@SLR 8-11 sounds amazing... ours seems to be 2-5 am
@kodybear welcome!
@mrstricycle i am jealous! mine went back today.. he was trying to get home early but i dont think its going to happen. i want to shower but am worried i won't hear if baby wakes up!
@mamamoose glad to hear anxieties were calmed! woo hoo weight gain.. i want to know how my little guy is doing now, wish we were closer to the hospital where they weigh for free
anyone have advice on nursing pads? I was using lanisoh disposables and changing once a day - i dont leak that much but like them more for protecting against rubbing against my nursing tank. then I read you're supposed to change after each feed to avoid thrush, etc.?? that would be insane since we've been nursing like... 8-12 times a day. The fabric reusable ones I tried peeled off my skin (gross, ouch).
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
@scg00387: really, after each feed? I defo haven't been doing that.
DH went back to work today too and I made myself get a shower. I was super quick but she was crying a bit when I got out. I was really proud of myself for doing it though, lol.
pomegranate / 3225 posts
@travelgirl1: @MamaMoose: she did all kinds of poses with wraps, hats, flowers, naked, etc. At first I thought they would be kind of cheesy but now I want them all!
@scg00387: I did not hear that about after each feeding either!
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