July 2010: The end is nigh... To antenatal we say goodbye!

[stac14]

We're all nearly at the end so here is our last antenatal thread

mlic sounds horrible :( sorry your lo is such hard work! I can't dreamfeed, it's just never worked, Sam either won't feed at all or wakes up too much.

Just popping on to whinge really, Sam won't settle in his moses basket at the moment, the last 3 nights he's slept in our bed the whole night long with about 4-6 feeds...don't know if he's on a growth spurt or what but I'm shattered. I long for an evening just to DH and me. And the worst is DH has to start his new job 3.5 hours away on Monday and we can't move up til end of the month so I'm going to have the 2 LOs all week to myself - dreading it :(

Rahhh! We've got friends coming over tonight so thought Id express so could give him a bottle as his last feed, Ive been expressing what feels like ALL DAY and Ive barely got 4oz.
I dont get it, its usually really easy to get that, Ive heard morning is best time to express but how do you fit it around actually feeding him?
I try and feed him one side and express other but he seems to favour my left side so therefore I dont get much milk from my right side.
What a pickle...

dh I find I get more in the evening with expressing, and if he feeds more off the left, the more you express on the right the more you'll make iyswim

mylife Devon has both feeds, why do u want to do one or the other. Im trying to do 4 hourly now, except it doesnt quite go right as he is waking at 7ish rather than 6am, which suites me much better. My plan should go 7am,10am,2pm,7pm,10pm,2am,7am etc. It seems that no matter how late i push the last feed he still wakes some time between 3am and 4am for a feed. last night i stayed up for Big Brother so didnt feed till 11.30ish, he still woke at 4 for a feed and was up at 7.15. Whats ur lo doing at the moment?
DH why does stuff always happen/not happen when u have plans???? Tomorrow u will probably get 4oz out in half hour. It must be frustrating, hope u have a nice night though.
chulita Thats rubbish for u. Do u have much support from friends or family? Its really hard with one who wakes once at night, i cant imagine how hard it is with two. U just gota focus on the end of the month i guess, its not far away now!

Omg I hit Dylan in the face last night :(
He was sleeping on my chest and I was also asleep having a dream, in my dream I brought my arms up and crashed them down on someones head, well I also did this in RL too and yes my arm came crashing down on Dylan's face and he cried in pain :(:( I was so annoyed and upset with myself for A) hurting him and B) waking him up when he was sound asleep at 5am and him not going back to sleep til around 7am. Bad bad mummy.

Am going to see MIL today, fun fun...then DP is going to watch the F1 and Im taking Dylan out for a walk down the beach as its such a nice day and Id rather die than watch the F1.

Hope everyone else has a nice Sunday.

Morning,
mylife How much are u feeding him at one go? How many bottles is he having in 24 hrs. I do see what u mean, i would rather drop that night feed, my friends baby has droped it naturally, one night he woke and she gave him a dummy and he went back down and hasnt woke in the night since. NICE. Idealy id like to do a 10.30/11 feed then a 7amish feed, that would be amazing, currently he is waking between 3&4am for a feed. I am feeding 6 bottles of 6oz in 24hrs I would be interested to see what everyone else is doing though.

morning ladies, how have you been? I have a hangover so quite fragile, luckily dp has taken rileigh to meet yet another aunt lol.

Since changing rileigh to the hungry baby milk she takes less feeds because shes fuller for longer. It works out she takes 5 6oz bottles but some days she can take more or less.

What are you all up to today? I'm relaxing on my bed watching harry potter lol x

mylife yeah thats what my formula says too but he was draining a 5oz bottle a few times a day so i made some 6oz ones and (being a silly bint)kept getting them all mixed up so i make them all 6oz now and he pretty much has it all, he may leave about an oz in a couple of bottles a day. I agree it does sound a lot doesnt it, maybe i need to push the last feed later and not do the night one as ur saying but he does have the whole lot between 3 & 4am so i dont really know, think im just going carry on untill he hopefully naturally drops the night one. Good going that he didnt feed in the night then, i try to settle him back down every night but he doesnt have it and cries till he is fed. I dont mind though coz at least its only once a night.Does he sleep between 6.45pm and 11pm? Devon is still suffering with colic and even woke up in the wonder swing last evening, which is scary!!
'morning' stac Did u have a good night out? Remind me why u changed Rileigh to hungry baby milk? Does she wake in the night? She is a few weeks older than Devon if i remember right.

mylife i think u and me are at opposite ends of the scale! But ur lo is much bigger than Devon, maybe that makes a differance. Are u getting him weighed this week? Do u think he is putting on weight and seems happy? Devons crying starts between 7-7.30 and theres nothing thats calms him, have u found anything that works to stop the crying? He sleeps in his swing till 10ish then seems to be ok after that, i totally dont get it at all, its really heartbreaking as he is lovely during the day. Im worried about sleep associations and the fact that he doesnt go down in his moses till after his last feed either.

viks we had to change her as she was taking 12 to 14 oz in 4 hours which was making her reflux worse so it was better to try and satisfy her with a different milk. Had a great night thanks

memphis we have sky but baby tv is in the childrens section

mlic your right to chase them up if they dont contact you about lo's test i wouldnt let it go x

vik lyndon went onto hungry baby for same reason as rileigh, drinking way too moch to be healthy now hes on hungry baby he takes 5oz 6 times a day but think tomorrow hes going onto 6oz, when you pull his bottle he lets out a high pitch noise like a kitten as he hates being disturbed during his feed!
stac good night last night then!!:)
went out on bike today alone, it was strange im never on my own anymore!! its mums birthday tomorrow so got her some nice presents and im taking her to our favourite tea rooms for lunch!

Vik and mlic im with you on the colic. The last 3 nights ellies is bavk with a vengeance. And she really screams and as you say nothing stops it. We tend to maybe get a few mins of a break when she goes on the bouncer but it doesnt last too long. It really os heartbreaking. Iys putting her off her food in the eve which i dont like cause she is only on 4 feeds a day now because she sleeps so long at night and one of her day feeds she goes 5 hours. She takes 6oz bottles. Shes so good and contented during the day so its horrible to see such a happy little baby like that and know that theres nothing you can do to help.
The 3 of us woke up with a cold today. So bloody irritating!
Also is anyone elses lo showing signs of teething? All week ellie is really drooling and chomping on her hands. Its not bothering her though but csnt believe its happening so quick! They probably wont come through for another couple of.months though??

memphis it was fab and i am knackered lol. Bet you enjoyed your bike ride, i felt funny today as i'm always with at least one of the kids so kind of felt lost. What did we do with our time before the babies?

kk,mlic and viks you poor souls and the lo's must hate it. Have you tried gripe water? I'm bad enough with the reflux. Also putting them beside the washing machine, they love the noise x

kkfairy DD starting teething at 8 weeks but got her first tooth at 10 months, it's not constant though, you'll find some days they're really bad and others they'll be fine. DD's now teething with her last 4 molars and that's been off and on for 2 months and still no sign of them! Watch out for nappy rash if she's dribbling a lot.

memphis I'm so used to going out with DD or DS that I feel naked if I'm out alone. Doesn't happen often though! of the bike, I sold mine after DD even though DH bought me a gorgeous CBR600 before we realised I was pg. I just couldn't afford to have an accident cos DH went to Afghan for 6 months and 4 months after that I got pg with Sam...hardly seemed worth keeping it for the 2 rides a year. I really miss it though!

DH has just left to go to work for the week. I'm feeling a bit more positive than I was even though my brother was supposed to be visiting but couldn't afford the train fare :( Sam and I have started co-sleeping, I really didn't want to but Sam just doesn't settle at night at all unless he's within licking reach of my boob typical man, lol! Anyone who's co-slept know at what age you should stop? I'd rather not be doing it at all...

mlic is it worthwhile seeing the doc or hv for you both? Something has to be done before you end up ill. As my hv said sleep deprivation is a form of torture so its probs more that than pnd.
chulita i co-slept with ds and didnt get him out my bed till he was 6, more because i didnt know how to stop. I think it depends on you, maybe be ok till you start weaning as by then he should be more settled at night. Is dh home at weekend? X

Eek! stac I was thinking more along the lines of 10-12 weeks I don't sleep well with him in the bed and it kind of curbs frolicking iyswim Yea, DH is back at the weekend then away again the week after then (hopefully) back for 3 days til we move together.