Morning.
I should have come on last night - would have stopped my whining ass in its tracks.
P has done roughly 7-7 since she was 5 weeks old. No idea why, she just has. When she was swaddled we had to wake her at 7:30. We did do a feed at 10:30 though.
When she was weaned off the swaddle her mornings are more unpredictable but she never goes past 6:30am. That is fab.
Last night she woke at 2:30 - no apparent reason. She was just awake. I shoosh patted, rocked, put down, she was still for a few tantalising minutes before rolling back over and looking at me over and over again. By about 4am she was getting very upset and even once asleep she cried out and wailed fr another half an hour. In the end I think she was properly asleep by about 4:30. I had to wake her this morning as if she slept longer then everything would go to shit.
breaking news Kate is in labour. Bet she wasn't put into a ward with 4 other women being left to wait until the day shift comes in.
izzy I suspect that things may get harder (if that is possible) before they get easier. J will need to get used to the bottle and break his habit of comfort feeding. As will you. Can DH get a couple of days off work? My suggestion, for what it is worth, is that he needs to take charge of nights. He does the settling and bottle feeding. This will make it easier for both you and James as the temptation just to BF and settle quickly won't be there. As for missing doses - it happens. You will get into a routine where it just becomes part of your morning. If J starts to happily take a bottle you could maybe try my method of giving it - you still lose meds but it is stress free. You do need to use vari-flow teats.
Had more to say but that post took about 40 minutes so I will take a look back.