Part 2: in which our babies learn to sleep through the night and make us tea in the morning
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October 2012 babies part 2: winding, yawning and grizzling, and first smiles?
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YompingJo · 13/11/2012 05:20
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Elpis ·
07/12/2012 07:03
DS has had quite a peaceful night, and his second dose of antibiotics. Very much hoping he doesn't develop thrush, because I always have during ABs and I know a couple of you ladies have had a similar experience. Yeast and sugar-free 
He doesn't like it much when I massage around the abscess as instructed during a bath, but who would? Thinking of those on here who've had blocked ducts and mastitis... So lucky to have escaped without any of that. Feeding was sometimes painful during pregnancy, but that was hormonal so it was easier to grit my teeth and bear it. As londonmrss asks - is expressing painful because of cracked nipples, or do you have a lot of discomfort with letdown?
I consulted Dr Google and he was quite reassuring. Apparently it's overwhelmingly boy babies who develop a perianal abscess and only when they're toddlers is it sometimes an indicator of another condition.
DD still suffering with her flu, so we're going to have a quiet day at home. The thing about being in sole charge of a sick child is that you can't go anywhere except in an emergency. Managed to nip into the Co-op while waiting for the bus home from hospital yesterday and pick up bread and an expiring Bakewell tart... Ate half of it on the sofa. 
DH left for work half an hour ago. He is miserable, but in a sad rather than bad-tempered way, which is easier to cope with. He did call me 'off-the-scale neurotic' when I was tearing up on the way to A&E yesterday. Why is it neurotic to be upset at the prospect of your DC being admitted to hospital? We really need more time together. I know exactly what you mean about losing touch with DPs because the baby comes first.
Elpis ·
07/12/2012 07:16
Zara If you do want to try relactating, it doesn't have to be total and you shouldn't worry about DS' frustration if he roots and can't latch on, as long as the episode doesn't last longer than a minute or two. My DS can't latch in the dark and roots about while I'm half-asleep, grunting and whingeing. It doesn't do him any harm. I know your experience with lactation consultants hasn't been good. Maybe when you get home you could take him to a La Leche League meeting, and see if the leader there can watch him try to latch on? Perhaps try the Medela Calma teat, which mimics the action of bfing? Some women try to restart their supply by expressing, but I wouldn't go down that road again right now. He likes being close to you and cuddling skin-to-skin, and if you can bear it I think it can do him no harm at all. 
WantAnOrange ·
07/12/2012 09:32
October 
Is baby ok?!
Zara what a horrible feeling. If he is still trying to latch could you keep giving him the opportunity? With the mindset that it is for comfort/ just to see if he wants to, rather than for food? You can still do lots of lovely skin to skin, have baths together and do baby massage to keep that physical warmth and love alongside FF.
Am still pulling my hair out over bottle refusing DD, why dont they ever fit in with our feeding plans?!
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Woolybob ·
07/12/2012 12:31
My goodness - what a traumatic 24 hours, epilis + october hope beans are ok.
zara your posts make me 
. Totally sympathise but important thing is you are looking after bean and making them big and strong by whatever means necessary. Don't know if this helps but when bf lady came to visit and we were discussing supplementing dd she suggested to hold bottle under my arm parallel to boob - would this work for you? Could be a way of getting the skin to skin and closeness of bf position without the frustration?
huffle was looking up one sided feeding this as dd started refusing left boob this am. According to kellymom perfectly possible (which would make sense or how would you feed twins?) but yes does result in lopsidedness so you might end up walking in circles...
We are doing ok, have started giving one bottle of formula a night and have appointment with paeds Monday am so will see what they say.
Sorry to hear about all the nobberish other halves, DH made one of his hilarious 'jokes' about how few thank you cards I'd written last w/e and I shoved dd at him and suggested he have a go making lunch one handed, of course when I went in the kitchen she was happily cooing away in her bouncy chair while he microwaved soup. Got the last laugh thou, just as we sat down to eat she did one of her trademark baby gro filling pops. Don't think he dared ask me to take care of it...
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