October 2011: our growing, rolling, sleeping (we hope) and growing more gorgeous by the day babies

[LittlePebble]

Our third thread!

ThR breastfeeding network have some information. It's the older style antidepressants which have more side effects that are not great when breastfeeding, the SSRIs are the newer type. Seroqual is usually px for bipolar but my memory a bit rubbish as not worked since pregnant with ds2. Sorry if I interfered

Sch it is a faff and -most- some of the time I do wish that I could bf him (a combination of v low milk - resulting in dangerously low blood sugar - and lots of pain meant I had to give it up for the sake of my sanity and Seb's health). I don't blame you wanting to keep at it.

Oops. most

Ff has just become second nature to me now. Yes I wish I could have bf longer, but it's not the be all and end all. I still get to snuggle with my baby while she feeds, still can laze about with her etc

fuzzzy you make fresh from flask then? We tried that I think but the water seemed to cool and we were never sure of the temp. Perhaps we should invest in a thermometer. I also heard that you can mix hot and cold but presume you would still need thermometer to check.....

Sorry, I don't mean it as a dig to those who are ff! Just playing on my mind atm

Yeah. It's a flask my mum had, but it keeps the water really hot all day! I wouldn't trust doing half hot/half cold. I sorta know when she is due a feed so can usually make bottle just as she is waking from nap, so by time iv changes her etc it's cool enough for her. I'll test the temp of water 2mrw with thermometer just out of curiosity. Im just going by the fact there is steam and it takes the same amount of time to cool making from flask as it does using straight from kettle

sch don't worry, didn't take it that way . I often feel like I need to explain why I gave up bfing. Benefits of bfing are pushed down your throat everywhere.

I know it would be hard to stop, but you must think of your own health/well being too. You have managed 4 months which is fantastic!

Scheh I hope you get sorted tomorrow, be strong and confident when you see the GP though about what you want, they are not always right. You should have seen the face on mine when I said hb . The beauty is you can research so much stuff on the internet so be more aware/have more info these days.

P has been waking every 2 hours :( Crazy feeding baby!

Signing out now as the internet will not be connect at the new house for NINE DAYS bloody slackers

Thanks Cheshire! Nine days!! Madness.

One lovely 6 hour block of sleep here.

LP so sorry about your cat

Is anyone giving probiotics to lo? I'm thinking I should after these ABs ate finished. L's poo has gone really thick and pasty - I'm dreading a thrush outbreak. He is very unhappy in the evenings, goes down but wakes and cries/goes rigid. I can get him back to sleep by rocking. Shoulders are killing me !

sche, have you been offered any nonmedical treatment for PND? I'm waiting for a referral to the post-natal mental health clinic but really hope they have something other than drugs to offer. I feel exactly the same. Giving up bf would be awful.

ed we are still clinging to the swaddle here. I hope the night goes well. I'm dreading the transition.

Urgh up approx every two hrs here too but because he's unhappy. Can't figure out if it's wind or teething or both poor little man (sounds a but like L Jnice I've been rocking him half the night and shoulders are agony!). So tired, I've been spoilt with 3-4hr blocks recently so hard going backwards.
Scheh and Jnice hope you manage to get some good answers from doctor and something to help that doesn't rule out bf.
BB3 had to stop myself driving to raid your stash, I'm meant to be starting a diet but think this week might be out of the window already

sche and jnice I hope you both feel better and can get something to help - when my dsis went to the dr for PND I think they found that her pill was making it worse, so changed that.

LP sad about your cat - I love cats and have known to be very upset when one died! We even had a wake for our old cat when she died.

A rolled from his back to side today! It was a total surprise and now am terrified he'll roll onto his belly while sleeping. I mentioned earlier about someone in my buggy fit class losing a baby to SIDS - since then I have become crazy paranoid about losing A, am having nightmares and everything. It's terrible to be this scared about it, and was wondering - is this normal? Interested in your views? I know every mum is terrified of losing their children, but do any of you have nightmares about it as well? I am most nights now, and am starting to wonder about the fine line between being worried and being worried to the point of worry being bad for me

pene I understand u will be worried more than most after ur friend! Maybe it will be worth getting an angelcare monitor I had this for DS it sets of an ear splitting alarm if baby hasn't breathed for 20 seconds.

jnice sleeping bag is fab, M slept from 8.30pm till 4.00am 8.5hour stretch this could be coincidence though hope not.

Morning all. Sorry about cat lp

Angelcare monitor is v reassuring - we have one and it definitely helps me sleep. We used a similar one for ds until he was 18m partly because of his asthma type problems.

Scheh - I took antidepressants for 9 months whilst bf ds for pnd. I hated it but I couldn't have given up bf as it helped me bond so much and I felt it was the best thing I could do. I really didn't want to take them but it made me so less anxious. And there haven't been any effects on ds. Have they offered you any counselling? I have to say that helped me as much as the drugs, so if you are determined not to take anything maybe that would help?

C just slept in the bed with me for an hour :) my shoulder feels like it's about to drop off now though! No clue how people co sleep and feed lying down either!

Sorry, x post cheeky I'll see what my nurse says, she's here in one hour. No counselling offered, only another stay on the ward :(

Hi all, not been around much the last week or so and only caught up on the last couple of pages so sorry if I've missed anything major. I might be a bit absent for a while as we got our mortgage approved for our first house so in any free time! I get I'm trying to sort stuff in the house in preparation for the move.
lp sorry about your cat, it's heartbreaking having to say goodbye to them.
scheh sorry your having a tough time hope things get better soon.
To those asking about making up ff we make up 4 or 5 bottles at a time and rapid cool them in the fridge then re-heat in a mug of boiling water when we need them. So much easier than making fresh each time (and on the advice of a v nice hv)
W has been in his cot in his own room for 2 nights now and seems to sleepso much better and falls asleep easier than in the Moses basket - long may it last

sche I only ever co sleep for an hour or so at most then we either get up or I put M in her basket. She lies on her side at boob, I have my arm bent with hand behind my head so when/if we fall asleep I can roll away a bit onto my back.

sorry to hear about your cat lp.
every 2 hours cheshire - poor you!

had to share this with someone...

have just opened the tin of shortbread my mum gave me with my birthday card to bring back to NL after the Christmas holidays (have been congratulating myself on waiting so long, such self-control) but instead of delicious biscuits opened it to find my mum's greeting card collection. So, may not have yummy shortbread but have a ncie selection of "Happy 50th" and "congratulations on your engagement" cards.

just rang my dad to tell him and he killed himself laughing and said at least she didn't give me the tin with their life savings in

Hope scattiness is not hereditary

Engels

Scheh good luck with discussing your medication with nurse/dr. You seem to be really enjoying bf, you do not have to stop if you don't want to, I think it's pretty irresponsible of your dr to try to pressure you into stopping. Stopping bf is hard enough when it really is time, I can imagine you'd feel a huge loss if you were 'made' to stop now.

Sorry about your cat Pebble. My dad's 16yo cat was run over in front of his eyes the other day. He rang me in tears, the first time I have heard him cry since his father died. Awful.

Still no routine here. Sometimes I've noticed DD2 will hardly nap all day because whenever she drops off, it's time to pack her up and get out of the house for a toddler group. She's ok on it at the moment, I think i had DD1 in a routine by 4 months (DD2 not quite 3 months yet, one of the youngest on here).

I will have a couple of glasses of wine and feed DD2, I just use my common sense. With DD1 I was quite blase because she took a bottle so easily, so I could go out and get pissed merry and she'd have a bottle. The only problem was a couple of time she threw up the next morning So if I had more than a couple of drinks I would pump and dump afterwards to get rid of the 'bad' milk.

No need to pump and dump this time, she still won't reliably take a bottle so no nights out for me!

Haha thats hilarious Engel I'd have been so disappointed after gearing up for shortbread!

Urgh this baby is so hungry, feeding every hourish!