January 2013 - New year arrivals welcomed into the world.

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As a few of us have popped early I thought I'd start us a post-natal thread.

Congrats Bunny!!

Tinkle, that sounds awful. Hope the dr listens and you can get something to help.

Bailey keeps being sick after just about every feed. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. He doesn't seem bothered by it. Any ideas how to prevent it, or what's causing it?

Well done bunny!

Hormonal you could try winding him more often its probably just burps voming up with the milk.

Bad mum alert.... I trapped his little toe in the baby wipe box... God knows how, he didnt winge about it much though aand theres no physical proof so dont be telling SS on me just yet. I think i felt worse than he did :-D or praps it was shock that his mum could hurt him!!

The sick thing was for happy not hormonal :-D

I think it may have been the curry I made the other night that's upset his stomach. He's only been this sicky over the weekend and I've just given him a big feed and he settled straight away with very minimal sick so it must be out my system. All weekend, he's been very awake and being sick for up to a couple of hours after a feed.

Next question... Want to start building up a milk supply in the freezer. When's the best time to express - before/after/between feeds?

I find the best time to express is between feeds, and I have the most milk in the mornings. does anyone else know how much is needed for one feed? i can only express an ounce or two at a time.

the last few days dd has fed pretty much constantly from 8pm till 1am and yesterday I woke up with rock hard boobs again so I guess this is increasing my supply? she's then been very sleepy in the daytime and I've had to wake her up to eat because my boobs are hurting!

congratulations bunny

Hi all, we ended up in a/e tonight as did has been screaming in pain all day today, she has a umbilical hernia which we thought was the problem, turns out she does have severe silent reflux we have medication to get started with and we will hopefully get some rest soon,

Thank you so much to lolli for pointing me in the right direction!

glad you have an answer,tinkle.

up feeding dd now. on the plus side she has slept solidly from midnight to now so can't complain too much

I find expressing after a feed in the morning works best. From experience I would freeze in batches of no more than 2oz as its much quicker to defrost and you can combine bags for the amount you need. Its much less wasteful that way.

Kellymom milk storage guidelines

Feed amount calculator

Dan has decided 2am-4am is wakey time every night now. He sleeps blissfully downstairs from around 9pm on DH til he comes up at 1am, then settles down for a short kip in his crib and wakes for milk around 2 then doesn't settle at all for up to 2 hours of upset crying.

Its so different from DS1 who would wake, feed, sleep for a long time from very early on. A dummy has made a difference to daytime naps though, in that he does actually sleep in his swing seat now as opposed to needing holding all day long

Glad you found an answer Tinkle here's hoping its much easier for you from now on.

Do they do surgery on the hernia, or is it a case of watch and wait?

Ah hope your baby feels better soon tinkle

pascha it's 3-5am wakes time for us! Not crying though, just awake. How do you get Dan to sleep in the swing? Do you put him in awake or asleep? I've managed it twice but really need it to work more often. Help!

Wakey time I mean, not wakes

Pascha and birdies ..... Darcie also thinks its a good idea to be awake at this time too!! She just won't settle at all during these hours !!

Cheeky babies, all of them!

I just had to leave Dan crying in his crib for ages as I settled DS1 down for his nap. Its horrible hearing the screams work up but the only way he would have settled is on me and I just can't do it and get the other to sleep at the same time. I didn't try the swing as it was all the way downstairs. Tried the dummy several times before leaving him but he just spat it out.

The house is a mess, there's shopping in the car, I need something to eat and a cup of gin tea and I'm stuck on the sofa feeding Daniel and typing this. How the hell people go to work as well I do not know.

If I'm up tonight at 3am I will give you all a shout out on here We can commiserate with matchsticks holding our eyes open together.

Dr gave me some antibiotics so with them n the continual massaging hopefully i'll get a working boob back.
Im going to google this hernia twinkle ive never heard of it, glad you got some answers anyway.

On the sleepies front i seem to be lucky although it doesnt feel that way at five am

How do I stop DH and I arguing? :( we're arguing almost everytime I feed her. I'm already feeling like I'm struggling and he's making me feel worse.

She's just woken up screaming, so I went to change her nappy. She managed to wee all over herself so then I had to change her clothes too. As I'm trying too soothe her, he shouts in for me to stop crying. I wasn't crying! Then as I'm changing her vest, her still screaming, he comes in to tell me I have to be quicker because she's hungry. I say I'm going at fast as I can, which then apparently means I'm arguing.

I feel bad moaning about him, because he is being amazing with both of us.

I'm really feeling low today and like I won't be able to cope with her on my own :(

Hi all,
Hope you don't mind a late joiner - have been lurking for ages but baby Lucy was finally born on January 24th (at 38w6d), my little PFB! and it's so helpful to share the experiences of others whose little ones are at the same stage as your own!

Lucy's 11 days old now and sleeping is definitely her favourite activity. We struggle to do any active time during the day - anyone else finding this? (She then has her 'witching hour' of about 12 to 2am where she's wide awake...)

Getting a playmat delivered tomorrow so hopefully that will keep her stimulated for a few minutes during the daytime...

creepycrawly we've all been there! My DH went back to work today - you'll cope fine

creepy I don't have the answer but I think it's very normal to argue when you have a new baby. If one of you can stay calm regardless of how unreasonable the other is being then at least it won't escalate.

Welcome roamimg

Anyone else with a newborn and toddler - there's a thread you might want to join www.mumsnet.com/Talk/parenting/1606960-On-becoming-Mary-Poppins-Toddler-and-newborn-support-thread-2.

Ps how is everyone dealing with the sleep deprivation? I find myself stressing over the lack of sleep which makes it worse and ironically harder to sleep when i do get the chance

Birdies I like the sound that link, my toddler is 2.4yrs, to be fair he has been a little gem, but I feel he is getting extremely bored!! I'm going to attempt toddler group with him tomorrow!

Creepy, do not worry, I think a combination of sleep depravation and all your attention on a newborn is a trying time for even the strongest relationships!
Last night my DP said it was like living with a housemate at the moment (I just smiled and nodded rather than punching him in the goolies) as we Havnt so much as had a conversation let alone have a cuddle on the sofa! ...... It will pass xxx

Creepy i change him mid or after a feed so hes not crying. Praps the arguing i just cos you both wrecked itl get better.

Birdies the lack of sleep is awful esp cos when he goes sleep il remember the stuff i need to do so then i wont get to sleep cos im catching up

well dd fed solidly from about 9pm till 1am last night and I wasn't even allowed to go to the loo before she yelled for more. the payoff was that she then slept beautifully with one night feed that she went straight back to sleep afterwards.

now she's back on my boob and I am feeling very guilty because I accidentally left the cat locked in the bedroom and she's scratching to be let out but I am trapped here. I hope she doesn't shit on my bed

thanks for the milk info pascha. I am already planning my first night out on the piss without the baby

welcome roaming. dd is still mostly asleep in the day and is only lively in the mornings and evenings. she is 6 weeks old but only one week adjusted for being premature. at the moment we just let her sleep if she wants to. I'm sure that in a couple of months we will be desperate for her to sleep more so we can get things done.

creepy I only change dd before a feed if she needs to be woken up for it. otherwise I do it when she finishes on one side, and it normally wakes her back up enough to have the other side too.

DD is on the GF routine lite and she has been soundly asleep since 7.30pm!!! .
It either bods well for the rest of the night... or not.

She has not pooed in 3 days, and is fairly mardy (again) so it is a weird but welcome break - not used not to carry her 24/7!

I was getting worried cos dexter hasnt pooed in two days n i hear him grunting and groaning about it. He completely refused water which was the drs advice so its a waiting game. Plenty of trumps going on though.

I considered something like gina ford but ive not had chance to look into it properly yet plus im not the best at organisation/routines myself!