Feb 2008 - The Final Thread - Get a Blardy Move on Jaysthird, princessllama and tyaca!!!!!!

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Wonder how many posts we will get before we can start the post natal one.

Come on girls, keep getting jiggy and eating those curries.

Not my thread but my DS was 18lbs at 8 weeks and he was breastfed. He never stopped.

There we go, not a very exciting profile but the pics are ok!

Thanks for looking at my video and lovely to see everyone else's pics. Reckon Feb ( well Jan to March) babies must be the cutest ones going....

cosima, i asked the maternity nurse we know who has loads of experience. she says they should never feed for 2 hours at a time. she wondered if he was falling asleep during this time or wasn't latched on v well. her advice is to do 40 minutes on one side making sure that he is really awake and latching well and 'glugging'. then 10mins winding then offer him other side for about 10mins. she reckons that the feed should be over by 70mins. then you can gradually reduce the amount he feeds til the feed is 40mins. there should be at least 1 hour break before the next feed, grad. increasing to at least 2 hours. she said you should get someone else to walk him round so that he can't smell the milk until he's ready for his next feed. she said he's probably unsettled because he's not getting time to digest the milk. also you should be eating 3 meals and 3 snacks to keep going with all the feeding. hope this helps and not too bossy sounding.

i thought we could have 'sore nips and no naps' for thread title but i don't know how to start it and have to go and climb into bed now

Here is new thread - let's hope this works!

Sorry! Should have put the date as well so HERE is the real new thread!

Princess - how does one eat all that food while trying to sleep inbetween feeds? . Until i started giving Katie 2 bottles a day, i had to make a choice between trying to sleep, eating or drinking. No wonder i felt so awful!

princees that is great, thankyou and your nurse sounds brill and the only person who hasn't told me to keep feeding him. he doesn't fall asleep, I often have to detatch him , he never comes off with that contented satiated look. The mw say my latch is good but i don't know.