Jan 2012 - Higgs Boson Gang pt1

[Oeisha]

Link to antenatal thread for convenience

Not a very good title, but it will suffice 'til we fill this one in record time!

Congratulations to all that have popped so far!

Goad = glad, silly iPhone

She would have got an eff off from me too buzz ....................silly cow.

Last night was our best night so far
8.30pm bath
9.00 feed then attempted bed
10.00 top up feed then bed
2.30!!!! feed
5.30 feed
7.00 get up

We have no daytime feeding schedule yet as feeding on demand.

Prior to last night we were feeding every 2 and a half hours. I woke up at hour as I had had my usual amount of sleep and could have easily got up and got on!

We had a good day out and about yesterday and I had my first public breastfeed at the toddler soft play. We then went to the sure start centre to the breastfeeding group and I signed up for baby massage and art groups waiting lists.
I can't beleive it is all free! I am lapping it up before the tories knock it on the head!

Congrats to all our new members x

I had a routine going of sorts- currently in my world 2 days in a row seems to be routine.

7pm feed
8pm we all go to bed
11-1.30 am feeding and fussing with wind
1.30 - 4 sleep
4-5 feeding
8.30 am feed

Last night it all went wrong and we ended up with the fussing windy feed from 9pm-1am!

Thea seems to be having poo issues. The last few days she seems to have wet nappies all day but then when we get to the fussy mega feed at night she gets wind and needs a poo. We then have unsettled fussing until the poo arrives. The next couple of nappies will also have poo but then we dry up for the day again. Before this pattern we were having poo nearly every nappy. Is anybody else having these issues? I can't see me getting these night feeds to a reasonable timing if I can't find a way to help her with the wind/ poo issues. I've got my discharge appt tomorrow so can always ask the MWs then.

Ps - she also has 4-5 boobs during the fussy feed.

Omg Buzz, I had an emcs and am v upset about it. If someone had said that to me I would have been in pieces and my dh would probably have been on the warpath on my behalf. What an insensitive bitch. Are you ok?

I'm not trying to get into any kind of routine with ds really, though to be fair with this fever i'm struggling just to keep my head above water, so as long as neither of us is crying I feel like we're doing ok really atm.

I find the kiss of death to any semblance of routine is to tell someone how well it's going! At present R is feeding a lot during the day but (shhh!) feeds about 10pm, then about 2am then about 5 am, and I can cope with that. Cue crap night...
Oops, can hear crying and boobs are tingling - must go!

we are trying to stick to the routine of:

10.30/11am
2.30/3pm
6.30/7pm
10.30/11pm
2.30/3am
6.30/7am

It's the same routine DD got into naturally as a baby, and works well for getting up for the day after the 7am feed and going to bed with the 11pm feed. Although, at the mo his best sleep is just after his 7am feed - where he goes down in his basket whilst still awake and falls straight asleep - why can't he do that during the night??!! so I am staying in bed to get an extra hour or 2 in the mornings...
Won't be able to much longer though, as once I'm driving I'll need to take DD to nursery, then her hours are reducing so she'll be at home with us, so will need to get up at 7am for the day with her.

Hope DS gets into a better settling routine at night time.

Here - is everyone giving their baby a bath every night?? I wasn't, but after reading above am thinking maybe I should be? Does it help with getting them settled for night time?

I haven't bathed her yet. Been top and tailing in the morning but I'd like to get into a bath and bed routine.

buzz I cannot belive that woman said that-what a shit. I would have had to restrain myself from issuing slaps.

parsley I have bathing J every other night

Routine is something were yet to achieve but he's in a natural pattern roughly at the mo. She said...until today where he just cant get to sleep this afternoon for the want of a gripe in the tummy.

Poor baby is very fractious today. Managed to calm her with skin to skin and a blanket over us. Not sure what's wrong. :(

The hospital said not to bath her for a couple of weeks. something about natural flora protecting the skin. I was going to check with the MW tomorrow before starting the routine.

mooobee J is exactly the same he's really really fussy and tired. He's been trying to have his afternoon nap since about 1pm but he keeps cat napping but waking within 20 mins crying.

Mia we are just bathing once a week. The changing mat is beside the sink so we wash her bum under the tap for any poos.

When you say top and tail, what do you mean by "top"?

buzz what an ignorant cow that woman is. Explains why you don't talk to her usually.

Moobee I find growth spurt can cause extra fussiness. And there are tons of them in the first 3 months.

Baby is pooping like it's going out of fashion today. Had 4 dirty nappies in 1 hour today. And a few others to keep me occupied.

I'm not timing anything so it is a natural routine for us. She fusses, I change her nappy and then offer a boob. She feeds about every 2 hours during the night but I have her in a cosleeper cot so we fall back asleep whilst feeding. Working very well for us.

Are you all changing nappies during the night? I'm finding the no. 2s leak so am waking her up to change it once. But then she's awake for a while after.

Does anyone else sit and just laugh at the ridiculous faces their LO pulls??? Me and DP have been in hysterics at her poo face tonight

Thea has an "any chance of a boob"? face - which makes me laugh.

"Top" just involves wet cotton wool and face, ears, hands, neck and armpits.

i'm sat here expressing-theres an image for you girls :) hehe.

Abi had a brilliant night and morning. We took her in to DH's work, and then I braved town and the bus journey home alone.

All was going really well until her first FF and it's taken 5h to calm her down. Shes just had more formula and is ok. Think she just took too much before and gave herself indigestion.

My milk production already seems to be drying up. Down to about 100ml per express and am already on 4-5h expresses not 3h, mainly because I'm either asleep and won't wake myself/Abi up just for the sake of it, or she's yelling and frankly, if I'm going over to formula then there's no hurry IYSWIM.

All I can say is 26... Edinburgh PND Scale test. Crap. Will re-take tomorrow and see if it changes. If not, will def make an appointment with GP.

For those that are feeling traumatised by their births in any way, my MW told me they'd happily have a consultant or senior MW go through my full hospital notes for me, as I feel very PTSD about it all. Irrationally, but it still makes me want to cry just thinking about it and am having to really bite it back when people ask how it was.

It's also very comforting to know that for any subsequent pregnancies/births I'll be considered high-risk, because of the retained placetna...no idea why that's comforting, but it is.

OK, now she's yelling again. Please god don't let this be an allergy to formula...

Oh sho I forgot to ask. How did your LO take to formula? Any tips? Today she seems to have fed too much, puked and raged and then puked a bit more. Not as much as is going down in the first place. Same with breastmilk ever since that first formula feed. Am using the medela slow-flow teats and Aptamil.

oiesha he took to ff very well. He is a messy eater but u think that's partially down to greed and a slight tongue tie. We're using Sma and avent bottles. Give her a day or two to get used to the change. If your still having concerns maybe change the formula. Abi might not like aptamil.
As for the Edinburgh test. Has your hv done this with you yet? try writing down your concerns/feelings. I find that helps a lot. X

I put the kiss of death on our routine - well the night time one. Not too bad though.

The last 2 nights William has decided that it's 'wake' time after the 12:30am feed (last night) and the 3:30am feed (the night before). He would feed, get changed then 'fuss' for two hours. What I do is no different (lights low, no eye contact, no contact - just business and hopefully bed!). Daytimes are OK although he can be slightly fussy during the day. He's waking up not cos of hunger just because he's finished with his nap. Tried baby bouncer, playmat, his 'tiny' elephant toy, sitting up on me etc, etc.

The one good thing that is going well is the bathtime routine. Bath, feed and then bed. Perfect (so far). We did put him down at 7:15pm on Weds but due to his 2 hour 'wake' at 3:30am, we shifted it to 8:15pm but then he shifted his 'wake' to 12:30am for 2 hours. I left him to cry for ten minutes but his sobbing broke my heart so I went in and gave him his last 2oz of milk before exhaustion broke him. His 6am feed went really well though despite the explosion out of both legs of the nappy.

Do I need to give water alongside formula? I know BF babies don't but not sure about FF babies. He produces a wet nappy after every feed though.

Oiesha i just did that test-I got 7, I can't belive how robust i feel in comparison to last time when i was scoring very high. I have sent you a PM lovely-I have been where you are. Sounds like you are aware of everything you need to do to get yourself ahead of it xxx

Ok i'm worried about my boy a bit-I had to wake him at 2.00am for a feed and he hardly took any boob-just a fluttery nibble after having a full feed at 9pm and i woke him at 7am and he did the same and he's still sleeping now. He's farting loads and he produced a LOT of dirty nappies yesterday afternoon. I know how lucky i am to have a sleepy one in terms of me, but it doesn't feel right that he's preferring sleep to food. Mind you yesterday afternoon he was so fussy he was off an on the boob all afternoon. I am engorged to hell this morning-just expressed again for my own comfort. I'm wondering about called the HV, but he seems fine in terms of temperature and everything else-he's just a sleepyhead.

Hi all, haven't ventured into the thread for ages, congratulations to everyone with their new babies. Are there any ladies still lingering into February?

BabyGiraffe is 4 weeks and 2 days now, growing very quickly, his feet don't fit into 0-3 month sleepsuits he weighed 10lb last Friday so between 50 & 75th centile but he's just so long!

Our daytimes are fairly calm and he's feeding well (and very often :)) but night times are a whole other story ......... Zzzz

m2b I think water is recommended if they're constipated or if you think they're dehydrated. My MW recommended water rather than upping her feed in case she was thirsty rather than hungry. Didn't work tho!!!

5ish, maybe he was cluster feeding to up the supply and that's why he's calmed down now? It would explain his indigestion of yesterday too.

I am posting from my phone whilst baby cakes dozes on my boob. Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow! As for faces I love h his ' that was a nice feed' face, he has this blissful look with raised eyebrows and a milky grin. Melts my heart every time! I also love his feeding frenzy face complete with grunting - no wonder I call him truffle pig!

Anyone else seen ads for pregnant in heels? Think i'm going to have a good laugh at it and have it in my sky plus instead of obem which I can't watch any more.

Mine has a "lean, mean milking machine" face when she latches on, she has a little furrow at the top of her nose that deepens, and her eyes go all glary-stary, and it makes her look like an eagle attacking. Also know the "truffle pig" and "poo" faces . She definitely has a WTF face for when I'm talking to her as well ...