April 2015 - thread 17. The babies are still coming thick and fast, waving Pom poms a plenty in support!

[PenguinPoser]

Felt we might need a new thread to get through the night feeds and labours!

Sorry to hear that PenguinPost

Aww Brum, Im the same. I keep thinking they've given me the wrong baby. She slept so well in the hospital but none only on our chests. I know she's very new but come on baby!

It's weird that Im annoyed at DH, right. She feed pretty much continuous for 2 hours and stopped at midnight where DH took her away to settle her. I said wake me in couple of hours and I'll take over. I've just woken up for a pee,so I've had about 5 hours sleep and he just used some EXBM to top her up. He is going to be dead on his feet tomorrow.

How do you all wake your wee one when they fall asleep. I know she can't be done as she stirs when I put down but at moment is happily sleeping on my lap. Im not very good at being patient.

Also curious about a dummy. What if she's just a sucky baby? She's forever chewing her hands. It can't all be hunger related?

Oh no Penguin... hope you got some sleep.

Why do you want to wake her kismac? I try and let DS sleep if he wants to. They are fairly moveable when asleep at this age.

Woke up to a cold baby again but the egg says it's 19.... He was almost shivering even though he is in a vest, sleep suit and swaddled in a doubled blanket. This temperature thing is stressing me out!

Should I just let her sleep on me and not bother wilt the carry cot until she's a bit older?

Fi, is he maybe near a draught? We've got 18 here and baby is in sleep suit, swaddle blanket and large blanket folded over twice.

I change her bum kismac or you could change her clothes. They hate that. I do this when I want her to feed longer or if my boob hurts. She will happily graze and at night that is not funny
Aw Penguin sorry you are knackered. If we have a bad night I fire brigade it and feed her until she passes out and sleep on the floor next to her bouncer.

If I want him to eat more I will change his nappy kismac, at nights give him both sides. So one side, nappy other side. If that doesn't wake him then I shine the torch from my phone (which I use laid on the side to see to change his nappy) towards his face. Otherwise i I don't wake him when he's asleep. I personally kept trying to put Sam down, particularly at night and now he's pretty good at beinf put down in his cot once he's ready for bed and after a feed but is already asleep. During the day he's much harder to put down but I still keep trying him for periods on his bouncy chAir and hope he gets used to it! They will suck for comfort as well as hunger so to try and get off to sleep and if they have windy/uncomfortable tummies and whether or not you give a dummy has to be up to you. I don't want to give a dummy but I know many prefer that to thumb suckers. I've had one thumb sucker and one who kind of sucks on his own mouth as he puts his muslin to his face. Ds1 stopped sucking his thumb at 3 and ds2 still has his mussy for bed and if he's very tired/upset during the day and he's 4.5.

All you lucky ladies with babies that like bouncy chairs! The instant I put DD in hers bang! Wide awake and grizzly. We are going to work on putting her down to nap more in the day instead of letting her sleep on us.

Thanks Chicken and Cinnamon. She seems to settle fine in carry cot during the day but not at night. Been on boob for 2 hours now so I've given in and Im lying in bed on my side with her attached.

Dd went in her bouncy chair for the 1st time yesterday without crying, I tucked a blanket around her to make her feel a bit more secure and she fell asleep in it and I managed to have a bath in peace.
During the day I have been putting her down in the crib in our room or her cot in her room so that she gets used to them even though the cuddles are lovely.

I agree with you cinnamon - doing lots of putting down with DS as I don't want to mug myself by holding him all the time.

This worked perfectly well for first two weeks but he's three weeks today and seems to have started to wake up and make a fuss when put down. The battle of wills starts here!

Practically speaking he is going to have to put up with more bouncy chair/ play mat time than DD as I have the two of them now so it's not feasible to have him always on my shoulder or chest.

We need to try the bouncy chair again now DS is a bit bigger but he still looks tiny in it!

Almost time to move to postnatal I guess!

Kismac I use any of the following:

Wiping face with waterwipe/corton wool and water
Changing nappy
Remove layer
Skin to skin
Blow on face
Play with ears
Tickling

They were all recommended at hospital.

Feeling like proper failure today. Proper baby blues.

I also got told that chewing gloves suckling etc can be a sign of wind as well as hunger. Joy.

Awwww brum hope you feel better soon! It's so hard and sleep deprivation just makes everything so much worse!!!

Keep your chin up brum, we're all here for support. It is really tough and no-one can prepare you for it.

Brum first few days are really tricky. It does get better. Share your feelings with OH/ your mum it's all totally normal. I cried loads in first few days and panicked about how I would cope

We all have days where the feeding gets too much and you just want to send them back to the baby shop you just need a bit of sleep and you suddenly feel tons better like you can face anything they throw at you.

DD2 is asleep on DH and we have to go out to get DD1 in 40mins! She needs feeding before we go and so do we. I hate waking her up if she is asleep just because it doesn't fit in with our plans. She is currently snoring bless her.

Dh has pissed me right off! Wow I need a whinge! But will have to do it later because got to get ds to dr appointment... And we need to move to...

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NOW! Bye bye antenatal threads!