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, come on little babies, you know you want to come out and play!!!

Look we even have toys all ready and set up for you all!!

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Glad that most others are not bathing every day - was feeling bad about that as DS got done a lot more when he was tiny.

DD is currently experiencing baby acne which appears to have gone all scabby and dry on her scalp like cradle cap I think although have never seen it before.

She is also typically screaming for several hours every evening for the past 4 or 5 days so I think she may have colic? If still doing it tonight I think will phone doc tomorrow as it may be completely fine and normal, but may not. It is so difficult to know when you are being a neurotic mother and when to ask for help I find.

Silver - glad your LO is doing better now and glad hospital took good care of you.

Floozie - are you going to the breast feeding group on tuesday cos if you are will try and get there too so I can say Hi!!

Hope everyone else is doing well, I never have time to read everyones news now - most annoying!

I have only been bathing dd every few days, she isnt overly keen and has had a cold, she has had sore armpits from where she has got to moist after her baths so trying to keep her as dry as poss, it was quite yeasty, will be telling the HV on tuesday when they come out to see her for the final check up.
She has clean outfits on morning and night which is mainly because i seemed to of lost most of my bibs and she gets messy most feeding times.

silver Glad lo is ok :)

just had my first definate smile, it was beautiful :)

silver phew! glad all well, clearly it was worth going as he was a bit poorly.

floozie get all the bf support you can - go to every clinic! That's what I'm doing, don't care how menty I seem!, I'm sure will be fine in the end. Toby's latch went funny when we introduced the bottle of EBF to get his weight up but he seems to be able to correct it now.

Re clothes changes - as and when nappy leaks/spit up require it!! He hasn't had a bath yet as clothes changes bring on screaming habdabs so....I'm chickening out!!

Hurray for the smiles, I think Tobes is working up to it.....

dontstopI was reading about colic today - that does sound like it but it apparently resolves itself eventually....see what the doc suggests.

We're co-sleeping, kind of cos we had to really as Toby won't sleep on his own & I don't fit in the moses basket so it's easy to wake when T does (and to go back to sleep!)

Quick one. Dd3 not right. Symptoms -crying & clingy, been sick morr than usual, also been hot but naked ATM & ok. I have halfhearted cold so she may have part of it.
Phone dr tonight , phone dr tomorrow or see HV at baby clinic tomorrow?

Phone dr tonight, my HV said if ever concerned about dd to phone dr straight away, better being told its nothing then worrying all night :)

Just feels OTT as I'm worried cos my 5 week old baby is crying & has been sick. Thats normal for lots of babies.

It is and you more than likely are being OTT but she was hot earlier,you could phone NHS direct and ask how much calpol you could give, when my ds was 3 weeks old he was allowed calpol due to his operation so you should be allowed to give lo some in a syringe.

nymph I was exactly the same Saturday when dd was poorly so in the end I rang nhs direct for advice. They were lovely and didn't make me feel like I was being Ott at all. It's hard to decide what to do for best sometimes so I think nhs direct can help make that decision for you.

I think after reading your posts I may be overdoing it as I bath dd everyday. But she absolutely loves it in there!
Hope everyone is well

Also, just had another thought nymph it doesn't matter what's normal for other babies- if something isn't normal for yours that's what counts

I am having a mare. New problem has arisen tonight. Wants to be on my boob all the time. To eat and then drops off but when we move him To basket all he'll breaks out.

He just cries and screams and repeats. I am bf'ing and it's a bit painful so wonder if the latch is not right ? usually smarts a bit at first but it's smarting constantly and my boobs feel hot and tingly and sore.

Also he had a temp of 37.2 I stripped him and seems ok now. However I can't spend the entire night feeding him.

We have burped him ans got some corkers out. We so have some infacol not sure whether to give it or ring NHS direct or wot.

WWYD?

How old is he now? Infacol fine from brith- you need to use before feed though. Could be growth spurt needing constant feeding, um sore throat from coldy thing, um feeling colicky. Temp not bad would anwarm bath benenjoyable to him, or massage to settle?
Sorry not many solutions just didn't want to leave it as feeding my dd who has turned into limpet baby damding to cosleep tonight so you are not alone!

Um thrush?...I would lie in bed with him and stroke his tummy-clockwise circles and gentle downward strokes help if colic

Really hope he settles soon for you

Just been such a muppet. Dd went to sleep
and I put her down but instead of sleeping
myself have watched not one bur two catch up tv progs. Time to feed her again, should wake her up o course just want to sleep now. IDIOT.

Dontstop. I am going on Tues. Hope we make it at the same time. We've got a lot to talk about!

Nymph hope dd is ok. And sam12 ds. Sounds like colic or a growth spurt as Seashells said.

That should be Silvers DS.

Dh's comment this morning- "you look destroyed!! Dd looks a picture of contentment though..."

Hoping to god that this is the 6week growth spurt as I truly feel as rough as I look after the feeding marathon of Te last 24hrs!

I hope things settled for you last night

Dd3 slept with me last night, not v happy to go to dh :( not too bad in the night & only up 3X rather than 1/2. Going to phone dr this am, I need to go too as dh said I looked v rough & ear is v sore.

DS is two weeks. So very little still. I was cruising the boards last night and wonder if I have given myself mastitis by wearing a bra on Sat. Had to cos were going visiting and the cup did over floweth!

The little guy finally went to sleep at 1 ish. He fell asleep on me, we left him for 15mins so he was zonko. Then out him to bed. I ended up stroking his forehead to get him to settle which he did. Then be was up again gone 3. So he had a bum change and a feed. Again I comforted him to sleep in his basket which was about 4 if not later.

Then he woke up just before 8. So HI changed him whilst I had shower and I fed him again. Shower did help my boobs and whilst he fed I massaged them. Again he wanted to stay on the boob but I removed him and put him in his basket and gently stroked his forehead. He cried as soon as I put him in the basket. He is now wide awake with the hiccups and I am saf next to him.

Do you think he is just being clingy and wanting feeding as comfort? It's the only way to soothe him and stop the screams. He has trained me well eh?

I would appreciate any advice. I can't even get to the bf clinic as I can't drive and HI is out all day.

Silver He could be going through a grow spurth and just needing toping up. If you can't get out today and still feel unwell, try popping some ibuprofen, applying hot flannels to your boob and expressing off enough milk to keep your breast soft. Kellymom has lots of information.

Or if hot flannels aren't conviniant, try a rice sock. Fill a sock with rice and stick it in the microwave for a minute or two and apply that to your breast.

Feeding every 2 hours is normal that age, so doing pretty well going 4-8.
They do feed for comfort, especially of been crying for ages, but you are getting to the stage of a growth spurt(I 24hrs into one and shattered!!)
You may have a blocked duct-massage the area and position LO so top or bottom lip is aligned to the area to help empty it. Hermya got good advice too-oh the joys!! Mine cleared in 2 days but was agony for one-you can alternate paracetamol and ibuprofen.

Dd is STILL feeding every 1.5-2 hours. I will resemble a shrivelled raisin soon-can't drink enough to keep up!! Meant to go to a group today but stuck feeding LO and watching tv!

Morning all! Silver, my DD feeds for an hour everytime. She does about 40 mins on one side, then we break for hiccups and possibly a nappy change and go on the other side and regular as clockwork she comes off at the hour. The HV told me the other day she was comfort sucking and that she should only feed for between 20-40 mins and that after 30 mins I should break her off. Well, I tried that and ruined my afternoon. She likes to feed for an hour and if the last 15 mins are comfort sucking then good for her! As my mother put it ' what are you doing while she's comfort sucking? Resting! thats what!' Also, the longer time feeding means that she rarely vomits as I think it gives her time to let the food settle. I think I must have an incredibly slow flow as she struggled the time I tried EBF in a bottle. So, in a nutshell, if the latch is comfy, your DS is happy and so are you, let him feed for as long as he wants. Its also common it seems for babies periodically to be monster marathon feeders and that it seems, for a quiet life, needs to be indulged. Having said that 4 hours pinned to the sofa can give me cabin fever! I hope your boobs start to feel better. I can strongly endorse the old cabbage leaves in bra thing. They feel dead soothing straight from the fridge and they sorted out my agonisingly sensitive boobs in a couple of hours. I used Spring greens as thats what I had to hand. I think Savoy would be a little uncomfortable! .

Nymph I hope your DD is feeling better. It reminds me that I must register my DD at the local surgery.

Hello the shrivelled raisin that is Seashells! ~I know what you mean!

Hi all, thanks for bf advice and hope you're feeling better silver. Toby is still feeding like a monster and not sleeping much in the day, he must be taking all this weight gain stuff really seriously. He also comfort sucks and I agree with Elsas Mum - I am indeed resting while he does that. He regularly feeds for at least and hour and it is sore to keep doing that but not sure what else to do except get some cabbage leaves He's also started crying in the evenings in acolicky way - completely inconsolable even though he is fed, dry and warm, and then he just conks out and sleeps very deeply (so much so that he nearly missed a feed in the night, I just latched him in his sleep). HV visit tomorrow and BF clinic on Weds so I can get advice...

Nymph update on DD3?

Elsa I went out and bought a cabbage yesterday, it was sheer bliss. From what I've read it's better during the first few weeks to have baby at the boob as often as possible even if they're only comfort sucking as its this that stimulates milk production.

Nymph I hope all is well.

I am sending out HI for cabbage. Any particular type?

DS has not been sick once since being born tho I am sure that will all change.

He doesn't seem to sleep that much. This morning he's been alert and wide awake since getting up.

Thanks for all the advice. Wouldn't be so bad if not so painful!! When he is on I am massaging my boobs too and a hot shower this morning also helped.

Gotta go! More tears!!