December 2012: This too shall pass, this too shall pass

[HoneyMumandSon]

keep repeating the mantra...

hi all checking in after a long absence struggling with feeding issues. sorry I've not kept up and sorry to hear about pnd.

it appears George has a tongue tie hence all our feeding issues and inability to deal with over supply - I now realise he should have been able to clear the breasts more effectively. pretty down that I did.nt gettin checked sooner as we could have saved our selves a lot of heartache. I'm still bf and he'ssstayed in his line due to me generally being camped out in bed most days as our best latch is lying down. however some days it's a huge battle. so I can't post much or catch up on threads easily! its caused reflux and wind. and apparently a sling allergy

the one week he seemed ok he did manage ti sleep 6 hours so I know he can. poor thing still cluster feeds from 7.30 till 9 as is most relaxed so my eves are non existent. I spend
soo much time in bed!!

despite regularly crumbling over the bf I have been discharged from my perinatal counselling :) its worth seeking help for pnd even if you don't think you're that bad!

besides all this it's lovely seeing him develop at the mo. he's a funny little thing :)

appointment today for tt. not sure it'll get snipped sadly but will see.

that was very me me me. sorry!

making it sleep-on-front. It's worked a treat but only in that we're back to 3-4hours at a time! wl I'm still horrible for anxiety with him on his front though. Anything you can do to snap me outof it?

seymore and honey thinking of you both, and hope you find good RL help to talk to but also we are all here for you, even if not the same. second (third ) the not apologising for me me me posts - this thread single handedly stopped me going loopy in the first few weeks. Also second cake! Made this bad boy yesterday; it's AWESOME. Dh has decided it can be one of those 'like my mother makes' recipes ds can bang on about to piss off future girlfriends. [Grin]

oh yeah I'm trying dairy free as even the doc suggested it - withdrawal headache!!!!

I'm only doing it to prove it doesn't work either way I get satisfaction : disprove theory or happier baby

if anyone knows of guaranteed dairy free cocoa i will hug them.

Bum. Not sure how it ate the top of my post! Just saying thanks for everyone's help with the hammock to cot transition, and solved now with front sleeping which is working but making me paranoid..

clarella great to see you back on-thread, if sorry to hear about bf/tongue tie issues. Fx for a solution tomorrow?

Wow Clarella that sounds hard, well done for carrying with the bf

Glad you're getting better sleep utopian

Seriously wtf are my neighbours doing up? It's a lady with three teenagers and I can hear them banging cupboards etc why would anyone be up at this time?!

No sure Clarella but bourbons are dairy free as are aldi Jaffa cakes. My sister has been dairy free for over a year so I can ask about the cocoa powder as I know she must use it in cakes etc. also banana soreen is dairy free

Wow Clarella congratulations on carrying on BF. Hopefully you'll be given some solutions at your appointment today and glad your back

Have just read my last post. Its quite slushy but in my defence its true Utopian that sounds like an amazing cake, better with a nice glass of

Hugs to seymore and honey well done for recognising that you need a little bit of help

Hope they sort the tongue toe for you Clarella, a few tears go a long way in these situations! Explain to them how hard it is or they'll look at his weight gain and assume he's fine. Be prepared to fight. Cutting J's is the best thing I ever did. I was at breaking point with the feeding every hour on the hour and he gained 20oz in 10days after it was done. The only thing is that as he's > 12 weeks they'll need to give him a local wont they?

Well here's the solution to my dream feed problem. I didn't do it as we had a presumably teeth related meltdown. Hysterical sobbing for almost an hour, inconsolable only stopping when I gave him calpol and a cold teat to suck. He then had an entirely liquid poo. After he finally passed out I was too scared to dream feed h in case he woke up! Bad mummy!

seymore and honey really hope you get the support and help that you need. clarella welcome back - well done for persevering with the feeding despite all the obstacles.

seymore your blocked duct - when it popped was it strangely satisfying? I bet it was.

I really fluffing hate 5:30am. I never thought I'd be so well acquainted with it. Dd woke up at 10, 2, 4, 5:30 so far and won't go back to sleep this time. She's been a bit sick on me so am loathed to feed her as I don't think she's hungry. I caved in and fed her t this time yesterday after about half an hour of her refusing to go back to sleep and shouting from her hammock! Changed her nappy, shushed, rocked (bad mamma) and still awake. Yawn. Have my nCT buddies coming round later and told them to play down how well their los are sleeping as I may not be responsible for my actions...

thanks peeps and for the advice. do you get withdrawal headache with non dairy?!

I'm not convinced they will do anything today. we'll just have to soldier on but at least Dh will stop twittering on about stuff now he knows g actually finds it hard to feed at times.

Poor J Willyou, hope his teeth stop hurting him soon.

Sleepless doesn't sound like you've done anything wrong there. Its horrible when they feed till their sick and then cry for more (i say cry, i mean scream till they get boob). Sorry if you've tried this but i'm having a little bit of success with swaddling my LO's arms and holding her tight and singing hush little baby (i'm growing to hate that song but its the only one which settles her). I stopped swaddling for abit but doing it again has worked well. Granted its only been two days of doing it.

Well sleep training in the cot had a bit of a success last night put her down at 9 as she fell asleep after swaddling and singing. She woke at 10, wide eyed. I remembered what i read yesterday (Thank you so much for that Link Mama). I stayed calm brought her downstairs fed her changed her, then swaddled and sang that bloody song on repeat for a hour she was lovely and calm whilst fighting her sleep but eventually fell asleep close to midnight. I put her back in the cot, and she woke up at 4 woohoo (doing a irish jig here). I had 4 whole hours in bed alone yay!! I fed and changed her again she fell back asleep at 5 woke up at 6 (drenched nappy again) shes been changed and is now feeding will try and get her back in her cot if she falls asleep.

Well dream feed at 10 awake at 00:45, 3:30 and up now at 6:30.

I've got such a headache. I'm hoping this is just a growth spurt or something and is as bad as it'll get and he will go back to doing a longer stretch somewhen....

When he was waking before he was sucking his thumb eye but now he just cries no munching of hands or anything?

Dd came in at 3:30 demanding dp to read her a story

Yay for some sleep hales sounds quite tedious though hopefully she will soon get used to it.

Sleepless I think people who bang on about all their sleep should be denied cake

hales dd's song was hush little baby. Ds2s is frérer Jacques I'm sooo fed up of it it's untrue!

I never sing

Isthat i never knew that it was possible to hate nursery rhymes. Being a mum is teaching me alot ha.

Spotty i hope your headache goes and that last night was just a blip with all the waking up.

R just rolled!!! Now he's grotting because his arm is stuck :o

He's also moved his arms towards both dp and me in the hope of getting picked up :o

Looks like my awful night on Tuesday was worth it!! nearly

Ooh pidjin - that's great! Go r! My lo gets part way there and comes back again so far.

Song- wise I sing You are my sunshine - I quite like that one. I was singing Somewhere over the rainbow but it's hard to sing and a bit depressing IMO!

Yep, no cake for sleep braggers!

Oh sleepless, you're not a bad mummy for rocking! Whatever get you through is the right option right now.

Hales, I'm so glad you found the link helpful and that you had some success! Baby steps...

Decent night here which I will not talk about for fear if being denies cake. It was ok, nothing brilliant. But got up to see my is band had filled the blocked sink to heat last night's bottle. Grrr.

Yay for R, definitely worth a bit of lost sleep for that

I sing all day everyday! Songs make him laugh though not sleep. Our songs are que cera, cera and you are my sunshine - depressing central sleepless! It was moon river but he's gone off it! I sound about 70 with those song choices!

Clarella apparently all cocoa powder is dairy free?

annoyingly bournville say 'may contain traces...'

nothing wrong with rocking baby to sleep - I think it gets easier the more you do it. sometimes it only takes a minute of bobbing
now and he's sparko (just doesn't stay like that!)

well sods law he's fed from both breasts this am and now back on first.... not happened for months before 9! it's usually a cycle of latching and tears and maybe 1 boob before 10 or even as late as midday.

Yay Pidj.

I've had to get rid of the Moses basket from the lounge, on its stand. A keeps swinging his legs over the edge and starting to roll. I needed to remove the easy option of popping him in there while I do stuff.

Clarella if you look on the allergy board (think it's in health) somewhere there's a thread that links to a site with A really good list of dairy free stuff.

I tried going dairy free for a couple of weeks, which didn't make much difference. No headache from that, but I did get an awful headache when I tried to cut out caffeine.

Well massive boobs = too much milk too quickly massive puke requiring sheet and sleeping bag change = wide awake baby = 2 hour night waking!
Massive boobs again this morning, what is going on?

utopian the tummy sleeping is a toughie. We ended up buying a sensor mat which has helped me to relax a bit.

clarella what's the dairy free for?