Just Mumming Along (Viroids 4)

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A lovely thread for all the JS Grad Grads to chat feeding, sleep and post-birth STUFF.

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Roll call please ladies and perhaps add the number of slings and buggies you have acquired at the time of posting...

Ah sadly not at the hospital for that Min. It's bath day - which actually I'm looking forward to. It'll be nice to get her properly clean. Got 8 week check tomorrow though so will talk about referral then. Probably shouldn't complain about traipsing through to hospital when you have to do it every day Lauren - sorry. I don't think you can change the calorie count of your milk. Your body should do that automatically although not sure how it all works when you're expressing.

zyla does she sleep in the daytime?

Lauren I don't believe there's anything to increase calories in your milk but my mum (who is a HV) advises eating plenty of high calorie hot food (steamed puds and pies!) drinking plenty and resting when you can. Porridge oats are meant to be good for supply.

It's such an emotional time and I certainly did the "what could I have done different to avoid this" thing but there was nothing. That said, I do believe it's all processing it through the brain and helps deal with it...eventually. Keep going xxx

Cripes it's foggy here.
Lauren sounds like a great excuse to gorge yourself silly on treacle tart and such.
I hope the hospital has a good idea at what tui do.

lauren we had a lot of weight loss as H was reluctant to feed and my milk didn't come in properly until about day 6ish. It's not your fault and he'll gain it back (took us to 5 weeks to get back to birth weight), don't worry and keep going with expressing, you're doing amazingly well!

wil I'm hoping that's it, she seemed a bit calmer during the day yesterday, so hopefully her tummy/throat will settle more today and tonight will be better. DH is home tonight too, so I'm passing him the baby when he gets home!

She does sleep during the day, but not for long if I move her off me! I'll see what today brings, we've nowhere to be so taking it as it comes.

Also, AIBU?.. (I, aware I've been emotional and up and down, but wanted some opinions on this..) my mum and I don't always see eye to eye, but it's usually ok. We had her round for a roast on sun as it was Mother's Day, H was really screamy so I kept getting up to walk with her and comfort her etc (was the day before doc gave us gaviscon so she was really bad). I ended up eating my main course after her and DH, though he had offered to take H earlier. She wailed and wailed so I tried to feed her to settle her and DH and mum brought their puddings in to the same room as me, DH brought mine too for me! I was in floods of tears as I knew H was unhappy and I couldn't work out why, my mum sat down, watched TV and I swear...didn't even notice I was crying. DH comforted and cuddled me, but... Mum has rung since then to ask how H is, left messages, sounding bright and cheery, AIBU to not want to talk to her cos she's so self centred, or doesn't care about me enough to notice I was in floods of tears?!

H is on top of 2 pillows next to me in bed (I use them for feeding) and she's zonked out on her side, curled around my boob, as if she's saying 'it's mine!' Cute! :)

Hope microwil enjoys her bath! :)

And I'll stop the multiple posts :)

zyla could it be that your DM is trying to be bright and cheery so as to not attract attention to it? I know I much prefer it if people just continue as if I'm okay even if I'm sobbing lately. It helps me regain control a bit- could she be thinking this?

wil please don't apologise! I imagine it being much harder work dragging a baby to the hospital than it is just me! And I'm sure ill be complaining about outpatient appointments once I've escaped

Also, thank you for the pie advice ill show DP this thread, I'm losing weight quite quickly and although I do need to lose it I don't mind the odd pie if I have a reason

Zyla that is seriously weird of your mum. You're not being unreasonable at all.

I'm so tired and have such a busy day - aaargh. I need to suck it up!

Here's Isaac having his hearing checked yesterday before they put the tube back in

lauren he's a cutie!! :). My bf support people kept telling me I'd earnt cream cakes lol! And my mum would comment if she noticed something she couldn't help herself I don't know whether to ring her and tell her I'm annoyed and hurt and that I need a break from her, or to just ignore...

Mum just rang me, to ask after H (not me ofc!) and I asked if she'd noticed anything ... Nothing, she's so self centred, told her to leave me alone for a bit. Grr

Ah, weird. I was going to say perhaps she noticed but she didn't want to embarrass you by drawing attention to it. You're doing the right thing having a break if you need. You've enough on your plate with MiniZy.

Hope MicroWil enjoys her bath wil!!
Lauren you know none of this is your fault. Get some cake down you! Fenugreek and oats are good for increasing supply but I don't think you can alter the constitution of the milk. They do lose weight after birth and even non premies can take a while to regain (if my antenatal group is anything to go by anyway). I know it's hard not to worry though. Gentle snuggles for the little man! xx

Just to make me smile....she doesn't scream all the time! ;)

Aw cuuute Lauren and zyla. Hope you're not too annoyed about your mum Zy.

Had a great day. I have a clean, smiley baby. Now all I need is for her to start sleeping and we're onto a winner.

Fx for tonight wil clean and smiley is a good start! :)

Ach she puked all over her hair when lying down

Good nights everyone? We seem to have hit a routine where I get no sleep after 4.30. This is not the kind of routine I like.

Ok, well I'm hoping last night was the start of a new phase! For the last 2 nights I've been putting her I the bedside cot to sleep instead of her being on top of my bed etc, as I'd come to the conclusion the crying was reflux related, not to do with wher she was sleeping. Mount last night... DH stayed with her after 11pm feed until 1.30, he says she was fussy but she often is that time of night, but she slept for 45 mins or so. Then screamed so had gaviscon and a feed. I then went in with her and she woke every 2 hours or so for a feed, needed gaviscon at 5ish, BUT (and this is the good bit...) settled herself pretty quickly after a feed and slept until the next one!

So feeds are very clo together, but I've been getting an hour and a half between them, until about 8 :). That's ace for us! Hope it continues and improves more I've probably jinxed it now

wil sorry about 4.30! :(

Sorry for typos, stupid ipad thinks it knows what I'm writing, and doesn't!M

Excellent news zyla!

wil sorry about the early mornings! I bet you can't even steal a nap in the day either with mini wil!

Isaacs feeds have gone from 3 to 4 hourly and there's talk of him having his tube taken back out if he stays on track we are hoping for a Monday escape...only if he puts on weight!

Fx lauren sounding hopeful! They wouldn't increase time between his feeds if they weren't pleased with him :)

Yay for the potential hospital escape lauren & well done Isaac

Sorry your up so early wil keep your fingers crossed the clocks changing will fool micro wil into sleeping an extra hour!

Well after the last growth spurt DD has decided lying on her back is boring & constantly rolls on her belly but cant yet roll back again so spends ages growling at herself. She's also regularly sleeping 11-7.30, I may cry if the 4 month sleep regression kicks in & she has me up all night again!

God I love the thought of being able to feed on some kind of schedule. Sounds promising Lauren.

Nope no daytime sleep for me. Worst thing is I would have got four hours but MiniWil was up at 2. Sigh. One day I will be able to stop complaining about sleep patterns again.