July 2016

[primarynoodle]

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DS has had a sicky day today. First time he's vommed the curdled stuff. Really hoping it's not a sign of things to come because I was loving the fact that he wasn't sick after every feed like DD was He's also been screaming really hard - not for a long time and he always settles pretty quickly but when he does..oof his poor little screwed up face. So after my 4hrs of broken sleep and today's activities, I'm knackered. I want to go to Tesco to buy curry - can't face cooking - but don't know if I want to leave DP with both! He's doing DD's bedtime atm. I want my calm baby back please! I purposely didn't order a colicky one this time round, ffs!

primary today must have been difficult and bittersweet. Make sure you have lots of cuddles with Annie. Pleased that you've bought a plant to help you. Ellie will always be there with you and the plant might help when Annie is old enough to want to know more.

sock We have escaped milk from a bottle too although it always seems to go down her neck (the bibs are too far away). I haven't worked out how I can hold dd and the bottle and wipe her neck though.

Ah good to know dats and it's my right side that's tricksy - also getting tricky to wrestle giant greedy baby biting at boobs, good job he's blinkin cute! Hope you get some much needed rest soon xx

Cheery if you're getting bruised, his latch almost certainly isn't right. I'd really recommend that if you can seek help from a bf group or a mentor that you do - it will make the world of difference. If your baby is thrush free and latched correctly it shouldn't hurt. It might feel kind of intense until your milk lets down, but it should be a fully comfortable experience for you.

Primary for you as you remember your precious baby today.

Dats are you me!!! 3 week thing maybe ;) our sick began last night.. hoping it is a snot related phase.
we had fish n chips watching the walking carnival - easy tea as the pasta I was going to give DD was possibly a salmonella risk, I haved lost a day somewhere!

Is anybody else expressing? How do you manage when you are going out/have things to do? We had a busy day on Thursday with visitors, lunch with family and the health visitor. I knew my supply would be affected because I hadn't been able to express but wasn't expecting it to drop so much! I went from getting 70-90ml each time to only 20ml! Trying to build it back up a bit now. I don't know what to do when I'm out/busy though.

I can't help tams but want to tag onto your question (lots of expressing mums on here) - if you are EBF would your supply be affected as dramatically? Annie doesn't have any kind of daytime feeding routine and some days feeds far more frequently than others - are the lesser feeding days messing up my supply?

We've had a sickly few days and Infancol (thanks for that suggestion!) and a proper good winding session I.e. 10+ minutes over the shoulder but not really patting or rubbing, followed by a bit of tummy time (dd' s wind tends to come out the other end) has worked wonders. Touch wood no sick since last night. I second whoever said its a major laundry problem though!!

The less you express, the less you will produce. If you can express 4 times a day then you should be able to do that the next day and so on if that makes sense?

All out of kilter this evening. Wee man usually has a nap at around 5 or 6, only really lasts an hour. Well, he went down at 5 and only properly woke up at 9! He woke about 7 for some food but now he's wide awake just when we'd be putting him to bed!! Add a nice big spew and a leaky nappy (thankfully just pee). I just want to go to sleep!!

Thanks sock. That makes sense. I had a routine going for expressing every six hours or so but because Thursday was so busy it completely went out the window. Do the times that you express matter? For example, rather than every six hours, how much difference would it make if I expressed once in the morning then nothing until the evening but expressed early evening and before bed then once in the night? Also, what would you do if you were out when you were due to express (hand pump/electric pump/miss it/something else)?

Sounds like you had a nice sleep routine going sock. Hope he goes down well for you now.

I didn't really go out! My electric pump took batteries though so the one time I did it away from home was relatively easy. With me it didn't matter when I did it but was roughly similar times each day, one morning, one afternoon and one evening. All depended on when wee man was napping!

I'm sorry you're having such a rubbish time with your mil indians. Is she someone you or oh can talk to and reason with? Would she listen if you told her that bf was going well and you wanted to continue (I think you said you were ebf aren't you?). Guidelines say that water isn't necessary for bf babies unless there's a heatwave like a couple of weeks ago. Clearly a baby who is ebf can't stay away from home but could you negotiate for some point in the future...like next July...

Thanks again sock. I'll have a play about with it and see how I get on. I'm hoping it was just a bad day for expressing and I was expecting it to have an effect, just not that much! Family visits should quieten down soon too which would help on the expressing front.

Well, he's had his feed, spewed, been changed and is now zonked! Dh taking over at half past 2! Fingers crossed he's asleep till then!!

Indians rar! Stupid mil! I remember my mum saying something about boiled water (I'm assuming you didn't mean boiling??! ) when I had DD. Shut UP, already.

Rolly we are living in a parallel universe of sick! Hope you have a better night. DS has been asleep for the past 3 hrs. Kind of would have preferred him to wake up about 9.30 for a feed so he's ready for another one at 12-12.30 but he is so peaceful I've let him snooze. I may regret this

Hope Raff's is cold-related and passes quickly!

Re bf and pain, I had loads of support and DD's latch was allegedly fine but it still hurt. I think so much depends on the baby and actually the boob. Mine aren't gigantic but at 3 weeks post-partum they're still pretty huge and I have to support them while shoving them in DS's gob. Inevitably, when I then want to shift position, my boob shifts too and sometimes his latch slips. I remember this from first time round. When DD's mouth got bigger and my boobs got smaller, it was easier. I bf for 22 months the first time, so you'd think I'd find it a breeze this time, non? I only stopped 7 months ago so I can't have lost all my skillz, you'd think? It's easier this time around but pain-free it ain't!

primary - been thinking if you today, and hope you have had lots of cuddles with Annie. A plant in Ellie's memory sounds like a lovely idea. I hope you are all ok. Sending you big hugs.
Emmie makes really strange noses when feeding, sometime it feels like she is a wild animal!
socks - we have the same issue with bottle feeding. It goes everywhere. All down her neck. As soon as she finishes the sick then starts and can go in for a while. She can be projectile sick quite a distance!
pupli - congratulations on the arrival of your baby boy. Looking forward to seeing pictures.
kate - I agree with others, Ivy is such a cute name.
indian - your mil sounds a nightmare. I would definitely ask you OH ti say something.

Cheery I'm finding breastfeeding quite painful too. Not during, so much, but after he's fed my boob feels a bit bruised. Latching on is getting less painful, except during cluster feed sessions where my nipples get sore. I've had his latch checked by loads of people and it's fine, but as dats says he slips sometimes when I move or he wiggles, and then it can start hurting while he's feeding. I always take him off and relatch when that happens. I think it is just going to take time to build up to the holy grail of 'rubber nipples', as my MIL said to me this morning!

I'm also finding that when I get out of the shower or when I go for a walk in the evening, my nipples start stinging like they've got a thousand paper cuts. I assume this is me getting erect nipples due to cold air, and the sore tissue not enjoying the experience? God it hurts! And it's quite hard to resist the urge to walk down the street with my hands clamped over my boobs to protect them!

dats I am so happy to hear you say the magical words when my boobs got smaller. Was worried I was stuck with porn star boobs for life.

So, little one went to sleep on daddy this evening so I crept out of the lounge to go to bed for a nap myself. Thought I would just nip to the loo first... TWENTY-THREE minutes later, I had managed to squeeze out a very stubborn poo. Honestly, it was a flashback to that time I got stuck in the loo at work while pregnant. Fortunately I had a book in the toilet with me this time (have got wise to constipation) but sadly I did not turn the light on when I went into the bathroom and by the time I was halfway through the poo it was getting too dark outside to read the book from the window light .

Early morning all
Haven't been posting much as we finally moved house on Friday and I reckon Claudia'll be at secondary school before we unpack everything.
The place is our forever home and will be amazing eventually tho. Will post my tres organised spice rack later!
Congrats pulpi! Pic of mig pulpi Jr. Please!

Congrats bluebs on your own 23 minute production.

All good here with Claude despite the poo projectile that just occurred and soiled everything in 1.5m radius.

Thanks ladies for BF advice - flossie I'be got a health visitor apt tomorrow so I'll see if I can get someone to come out to give me some support. The BF cafes etc have all gone a bit haywire over the summer and there isn't one anywhere near for 2 weeks and I don't think my right boob can hold out that long!!!

dats - good to know that I'm not the only one that finds it tricky - I was told by lady on NCT helpline that I should be enjoying it...?!!! Not massively helpful when you're looking at your baby smacking his lips and then at your actually bruised purple boob.

bluebell here's to rubber nips and easy poos! I absolutely recognise the tiny paper cuts sensation! Yeeeouch.

eliz looking forward to seeing that spice rack! Great that you're in. Sounds like you've got years to unpack so no rush

P.s. bluebell I've caught myself walking along the street with hands covering sore boobs - completely oblivious. I've lost any sense of propriety

Going to be brave this morning and attempt to take the wee guy to church. This could be interesting...

Hope it goes well sock - bet everyone will be delighted that you're there. People do love babies!

He was good as gold! He didn't cry once. One of the ladies hugged him and carried him around for the whOle service so I could actually pay attention!