Dashing through the snow... One escaped early, which December baby is next?

[HoneyMum21]

Getting the thread ready when all the Christmas puddings start making appearances...

Yes then they are awake all night....

I've tried stimulating him more, making (eg) daytime feeds more active and lively. Right now he's asleep on my chest but despite lights, TV, me talking loudly, he's not even vaguely restless.

Yep slept from 1045 to 1415 and then I woke her for a feed and then 1515 and still asleep now

Anyone else feel like they are click watching constantly

Clock not click!

Bellaboo, yes I'm obsessed with feeding times.

The advice i had was to feed from one side for 2 hours then switch if the feed is less than 10 minutes, that way they get the thinner fore milk - that quenches thirst - and fill up on the creamy hind milk, while the other boob replenishes.

God bless my memory for random trivia

How my life has changed!!! But I wouldn't change her for a thing...gush of mummy love!

Pidj I'm confused sorry...so alternate feeds between boobs or swap halfway through feed? Help!

What if they only feed for ten minutes every 3-4 hours though?!

Do you mean for 2 hours solidly pidj or any time in a 2 hour period they want to feed the swap after that? I've been told that if they empty one boob and you switch the hind milk comes through straight away.

spotty he'll be doing fine. As long as he's crying for feeds when he does want them (every 4 hours or so min) dash feeds for about 10 mins at a time but I've got stupidly full boobs so the hv said he gets what he needs in a shorter time. Also could just be very efficient at getting the milk out

How do you know when you're empty?

Say you do 10 minutes on the left then he latches off. 5 minutes later he's making food signals again. Instead of switching to the right and starting a new feed, you put him back on the left and treat it as a continuation of the same one. After a couple of hours, or when you can feel that the left one's depleted, you start a new feed on the right.

Mud or crystal??

Crystal. Thanks pidj. Baby brain making me stupid!

Got it! Thanks!

bella empty when no more milk comes out - at least not easily. I only get empty when I'm expressing. And my right book never seems to completely empty!

I would guess that if they feed for 10 minutes then sleep well, they're full and have had as much as they need. It's when they latch off then grizzle for more that you do the 2 hour thing. Some babies will get a full feed fast, mine can take an hour and a half to drain one boob!

Mine go sort of soft and floppy when they're done - think male anatomy

Is that because you have big boobs pidj mine are pretty much pre pregnancy size

I'm finding it really confusing about stomach size and growth spurts etc with Dash having been so early. I'm guessing as he was only due now his stomach is prob now the same size as a term new born? But that is all based on my guesswork! And growth spurts I dunno if I should expect them at actual age or corrected age - so 6 week growth spurt at 6 weeks or 12 weeks which will be adjusted 6 weeks. Or just somewhere unexpected in the middle?! So confusing!

Boob size has nothing to go with amount I milk apparently. My mum has tiny ones but breast fed all three of us successfully much to my dads mum's annoyance who had massive ones but couldn't produce much! And insisted on commenting in it to my mum constantly!

I've gone up one back and one cup size - but i did start off as a 36D :o

Size has sod all to do with efficiency, as honey said.

No idea, but have a friend on fb i could ask if you like, honey?

That would be great if you don't mind pidj

I'm still setting my alarm to get up for night feeds am I being ridiculous?

I started a 34A and am now a 36DD

DS either sleeps, feeds or cries, there is no time for stimulation and entertainment (miserable little man!)

How often spotty? Is e stirring himself before you get to him for feeds? personally i would be inclined to stop the alarm clock and let felix wake you when he's hungry - at least for a couple of nights and see how it goes. but I have no experience and am purely making that up