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MATITIS! ARRRGH!! Hit me hard yesterday afternoon after feeding baby, I started to get the shivery shakes and within an hour had a raging temp went to the doctor quick smart and got some antibiotics, and feeling much better today (just tired, like recovering from a flu). I think it happened because baby didn't feed very well during the night and milk pooled up. I still feel quite sore on the one spot, but it might be just residual pain and from too much massaging.

good news though is I had my first maternal health nurse home visit, and it went really well - baby is now weighing 3.9kg, up 500grams since her last weigh in last week. yay for me as she's drinking about 95% breast milk with 30ml formula top ups once a day. next check up is next week!

@FannyMae: ugh! That sounds terrible! Hope you are all recovered by now!
@Finfan: I have my 6 week appt this week as well. I seriously cannot believe it either. I'm already dreading going back to work on feb 1st.

How's sleeping going for everyone? Our guy is a champ at night (4-5 hours, followed by a couple 2-3 hour stretches) but is NOT a fan of daytime naps. I nurse him to sleep in his darkened nursery with the sound machine on and then lay him down. He will usually sleep for 10-20 minutes and then right back up and crying. Occasionally he will sleep for an hour. I've tried a swaddleme, Aden and anais swaddle blanket, no swaddle and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Im also nursing on demand and he likes to eat at least once at hour, if not more. My friends say that their babies go 2-3 hours during the day between feelings. I'm not sure if it's too early for a routine, but I'm getting anxious about him starting daycare in 6 weeks. Any advice?

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@Miss Sarah: Poor thing! Is reflux aggressive spitting up? I know my friend tried one of those inclines under the crib mattress and it helped her baby. I also meant to ask you if you've weaned Claire from the nipple shield? How? Working on that .... but he mostly turns his head and cries if I don't use it.

How is everyone doing? Cooper will be four weeks tomorrow (!!!!) and I can hardly believe it. Things are going well, with nursing being the biggest challenge still. His latch is better but he wants WAY more food than I can make. He takes 4-5 ounces every 2.5 hours or so!! Supplementing with similac. Also, we got our newborn photos! But HelloBee is not letting me upload right now.

@Finfan: so sweet!

@Miss Sarah: we had some baby acne right around 4 weeks as well. It was all over his face, chest and shoulders. Luckily, it had almost all gone away now at 6 weeks. Poor little girl with the reflux! Hank is definitely fussy in the evenings, but can be soothed by either eating or bouncing and I'm still nervous for the holidays. I feel this pressure for my baby to "perform", which is ridiculous. I'm sure everyone will just be happy to see your little one and will understand that babies cry!

@wrkbrk: four weeks! Time is going by so fast! Cooper seems to be a champ eater like Hank! Have you started pumping yet? I started at around four weeks just once a day, right after his first morning feed. I want him to practice taking a bottle and have a little stash for when i go back to work. It's nice bc DH can feed him too. So far, he's been pretty good at taking the bottle and then nursing for the next session. Let's see those pics!!

We are doing pretty well overall. Still sleeping really well at night. Daytime naps are getting better now that I have a ring sling. He really likes to be worn and I know that I'll have to transition him to the crib for naps, but right now, it's with it for him to get some sleep during the day or else he is a terror in the evenings. So..... i slipped and fell while I was holding hm on Friday. I tripped over the laundry basket and fell backwards hitting my head on the floor. I was holding him in the crook of my arm and he hit his head too. It was so so awful. I still feel so terrible about it. We are both fine but it was so scary.

@FannyMae: my little man is eating every 2-3 hours during the day too. Our problem is he falls asleep after eating on one side. Then, if I wake him up, sometimes he'll eat more but often spit it all up. If he doesn't eat more, he often gets hungry before the 2 hour mark. Are you using a pacifier? Might help with all that sucking. I've been using a soothie and little guy seems to like it.

@miss Sarah: so sorry to hear about your LO's reflux. Hopefully they'll use some meds to get her more comfortable and she'll grow out of it!

@peaches1038: that is so scary. When LO1, I accidentally hit his head into a door frame when I was walking through the nursery too quickly (my dog had gotten out the gate and I was trying to set LO down in his crib so I could chase the darn dog). I felt so awful. Obviously I haven't forgotten it, but LO was fine!

@wrkbrk: wow, Cooper is hungry! Does he keep it all down?!? Mine will keep eating and likely take that much, but then he spits it up. I've only pumped a few times but seem to get around 2 ounces on each side in the mornings - probably less as the day moves on.

As far as our little guy, we are doing good. He's still sleeping in RNP at night and either sleeps in a flat bassinet, his crib, car seat or our arms during the day. I've managed to get both boys down for nap at the same time twice which made me feel like a rockstar mom. On breastfeeding, I probably should call a lactation consultant... I think I have overactive letdown (he spills milk while he's drinking, pulls off sputtering and will go on and off a billion times). Seems like his latch is suffering as a result too.. Sometimes he gets so frustrated he just gives up. He spits up constantly as well... Though luckily he is a happy spitter and was gaining weight at his 2 week check so the doctor wasn't concerned enough to discuss reflux or medication.

@peaches1038: yes! It's so frustrating. I can pretty much count on him spitting up if one of the following things occurs: he tries to poop, I change his diaper, I put him in his car seat, I put him in his swing, I put on a clean shirt (for either him or myself).

Does yours sleep in the RNP or does he seem fine flat on his back?

@peaches1038: I have tried pumping but I just do not seem to make enough to save any. That is, I pump if he sleeps through a feeding and give it to him that day normally. Luckily he LOVES a bottle because it's easier to suck, I am sure Hank does too! They are not dumb.

@Miss Sarah: when we asked our doctor about the RNP, he said it's fine... But it could create bad habits that we'd have to break later. Well we decided that with a 2.5 y/o and this guy, we need as much sleep at night as we can get so we have been using it for a month. To help prevent flat spots which I've heard about as well, I just don't use it at all during the day. I think anything can cause a flat spot (even a crib) if the baby is sleeping in the same position every time. I'd like to break the RNP habit when possible (preferably before 3/4 months because I think it'll get harder after that point) but we'll see... Rhett spits up a ton and the only place it's less of an issue is the RNP.

@peaches1038: I'm going to try that turning trick at nighttime. Good one! I'm nervous about the bad habits but also kinda like "screw it." We did everything by the book with LO1 and still had to sleep train him at 7 months so I've kinda just resigned myself to doing what works this time around and if we have to fix it later, then we do. Hopefully I don't regret that later!

Here's the Christmas card/birth announcement we sent out. I designed it myself and am really proud of it haha

Resorting to posting a screenshot .....

@AggieDaze: thank you!!
@wrkbrk: thanks!! Cooper is so so sweet! Love the little bonnet!

@wrkbrk: haha yup! He only woke up at 4:30 and now at 7:30. Can't complain!

@AggieDaze: haha he does make more noises after 5:30 am now that you mention it!!

We've only seen a sneak peek of newborn photos thus far. Cutest feet ever