March 2007 - even though it hasn't actually arrived, some of us have (iyswim)

[CallieNewMum]

Here we go girls - Amie, Kiwi, Dixia, Flannelettepyjamas, we can start comparing motherhood notes on this one and wait for the others to arrive one by one. Although I suspect the other thread will be our home until there's critical mass. To those of you still waiting to join the post-natal people - get a move on!!

Mossie - it's a bit hard to describe, but with Toby I either just lie on my back with him sort of draped diagonally across me, or sort of half on my side with my arm round him and his head resting on my elbow, and what would be the top leg if I was totally on my side hooked over so my knee is just lower than his legs. This sort of points the nipple at his mouth and from there he can do the rest himself.

my boobs are so humungous that they just lay there and I just pop my hand on it to stop the boob suffocating him...
No skill here aside from 3rd time complacency and soggy boobs...

Kitty all mine have been like that in the evenings (suck and snore time) I read once its called their "social time" LO very Loud!

I remember Ds1 being plugged onto my sore boob every evening.

With Monti I feed him about 5.50-6.30ish then stuff a dummy in his mouth until his next feed (3 hours later) I refuse to be his comfort nipple for whole evenings its not fair on me or the other DCs - I usually get Dh to walk the floor with him for an hour or so. Yesterday I was knackered so lay in bed with him, me holding dummy in and he slept (so did I - bliss)until about 9pm, when I was due to feed again.

I find evenings the most difficult time - just when we need to relax they get more demanding

Piffle/Lunar - re. the night feeds - do you find they latch proper;ey if you let them (when you do lying down feeds). I always stuff my boob into their mouth, squashing the end like a burger and ramming their mouth on - can't imagine just letting Monti loose on my delicate nips - does it get uncomfortable after a few minutes lying in those positions or is it relaxing

piffle - there are a group of us in London/s East too - mostly SE and Sw London and east Sussex I think. How far is it to drive between London/Lincs?

Monti is not too bothered by nappy changes if I chat to him - always use unscented wipes - can't stand the cotton wool/water perfaffle

if I had time I'd try and work out how to upload Motni pics

Ds1 still doting on his lil bro and calls him "the little fella"

DH printed me off a really interesting article from Oz about demand feeding vs timed feeding - said timed fed babies put on more weight, which I find hard to beleive (I time feed and Monti hasn't put on much anyway) hmmmm

Ldn to Lincs erm depends on your speed M25 and M1/A1 LOL
Anywhere from 1.5 - 3 hrs
Train here is quick though 1 hr.

Logic would dictate that if we planned anything, we should go to where the most people don't have to travel to IYSWIM?

Cannot believe that about timed feedings, no way could Finn put on any more weight!
3lbs in 3 weeks
Gawd, I've bought a sling (new native pouch one) I already have a bjorn carrier which is good but carrying Finn has seriously shocked my little weak wrists, he is nicely... a LUMP!
Apparently I can feed him from it as well
Hooray, other people will get fed again in this house aside from just him

WE have had something and salad for weeks
pasta
ham
chicken
and when i really push the boat out new potatoes -
Everything from a bag oh the shame

oh re the latch
I just let Finn sort it out
I think I have kevlar nipples

With ds1 I had to sit up to feed, but nowadays I find lying down much more comfortable. Hasan doesn't open his mouth! He latches on by sucking the nipple into his mouth
He doesn't cry either, will probably make up for it later on though! There's always someone to hold him so he just feeds, poos, sleeps, and gets cuddled and carried about. No wonder he's happy!

rosy finn is the same just sucks it in until he has enough of it to get cracking
He sucked my little finger yesterday
man that is SOME sucking power he has

I am v impressed with those of you doing the lying down feeds! With DS it took me til 6mths to get the hang of it & I haven't even tried with the baby yet

If I had not mastered it with ds1 13 yrs ago I probably would not have slept for 5 mths.
He was the milk equivalent of a vampire.
Do or die thus

cotton wool?!brings back memories of ds and dd1 when we werent 'allowed' to use baby wipes

fox-i sometimes do that of a night,hold the dummy in Elsies mouth and fall asleep like that.i have her moses basket right by the bed atm.

better go...she is screaming for food again evn though its only 1.5 hrs since the last one

Glad to hear I've been doing the "right" thing in dressing madam in just a vest. I thought the weather would be cold until at least May so her wardrobe consists of cardigans, fleecy things and other warm stuff with no summer weight clothes at all.

Kitty mine seems to feed all afternoon and evening as well.

Sazzy/Mossie it's only been in the last couple of days that she has stopped screaming every time she's undressed. She's taken to waving her legs around now instead!

I think Monti is too laid back to bother crying when I change his bum!

I still use water and cotton wool/reuseable wipes
I have a thermos by my bed for nighttime changes
Am trying to figure how long I can leave him without changing if he has not done a poo during the night
Am loathe to wake him without need. and he rarely poos in the night... takes much longer to settle if I change him

I could lather a good barrier cream on him at bedtime and 10pm change I guess and then leave him from then on?

Piffle - I think it depends how many times he feeds i.e. how much is likely to come out the other end. I am reluctant to change Monti at night for the same reasons as you but have found that if I don't change him at least once his nappy leaks eventually so he wakes up with wee smelling clothes or poo leaking from the sides. I changed him twice last night (he fed 4 times).

Finn feeds between 2-5 times a night but rarely poos regardless.
Am hoping this lasts until he is toilet trained of course

Hasan usually has a pooey nappy in the night.

I'm probaby tempting fate here - but so far (all of 13 days) I've only had to do one night-time nappy change, and that was on the very first night. Long may it continue!

foxcub - he actually seems to latch on better on my right side if I lie down to feed him than he does normally!

Rosy do you change his bum at night?

fox, Hasan is too laid back to cry too. He couldn't even be bothered to cry for most of his heelprick test. The others howled and it was like torture for everyone involved, horrible tests

Yep I change him once or twice at night. He usually sleeps through it

Rosy - he sounds great

Hee hee, he's a dream, he's making me broody!!!

Rosy I was broody when DD was born as she was so easy peasy. Monti is easy too but I am getting old now...3 is enough (it is! it is! she cries)

R U thinking of having another after Hasan?

Fox, I don't think so. (Though you never know ) The thing is Hasan was totally unplanned and I was completely screwed up at first because I honestly didn't feel I could cope. But now I am in a totally different place, it's amazing. I'm elated that I can cope and what a happy accident Hasan is!