June 2020 Babies - newborn snuggles, recovery, milk and night feeds!

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First post natal thread for June 2020 babies! Looking forward to seeing our birth club thread members here soon!

Thanks @Busylizzie85 I've just bought one

I hope it helps @Blizy

I have to say if they made adult size ones I'd sleep in it they look super comfy!! 😂

@Blizy I've literally just bought a sleepyhead for the same reasons! Found a gorgeous one in John Lewis with elephants on and couldn't resist! I know you're not supposed to but it's the only way B will down anywhere (we borrowed one to try!) So have even used it in his snuzpod at night!!

@Blizy I have used a purflo at night since night 1 she really likes it I think .. it's where she has her longest sleeps and she's all cocooned and cosy I'll be worried when she grows out of it what she will be like in the crib !

I actually had sleepyhead grand for ds, he slept in it at night until he was 3! He was another refluxy, Velcro baby. I'm very anxious this time round though, I'm picking up the sleepyhead tomorrow, praying it works so I can get some time with ds.

@Blizy hope it works for little Rose
Ooooh I might have to look into that did it go in the cot then from around 6months ?

@Mj2196 sorry i didn't reply this thread moves too fast!! Hope little one is feeling better

@Gigitree i definitely felt like this first time. Honestly at this age the most they need is a cuddle, singing, copying facial expressions. My dd loves to be under a tree watching the leaves move.

As toys go im a big lamaze fan.

Hope everyone struggling with their c section cuts are feeling better .

For exercise I dont know if im allowed to post the link but my pilates instructor is doing online classes. I went to her pre and post natal with ds and was going until lockdown with dd. Shes amazing and really knowledgeable about the post birth body and safe exercise. If anyone wants the link to her classes I'll pm you. (I have no affiliation to her or get anything for this referral i just think she's great!)

@mrssunshinexxx ds was around 4 months with I bought it. He was a chunk and I wasn't paying for the the smaller one to only last a couple of months! It was a good fit in his cot bed but will fit a cot too.

I'd like the link please @AndddddHerewegoagain

Have signed up for MUTU but not in good enough shape to start yet.

Hi all...my little one is 4 weeks today, time flies!

Just wondering how peoples day times go? I've seen it's a pretty common struggle for people to get their babies to go down for a nap! With mine...he will wake up to be fed and after doing the routine of feeding / changing / cuddling I would look to put him down to sleep. But this seems to be more and more difficult these days. Am I expecting too much thinking he will go for a sleep through the day like this after feeding? Probably sounds like a silly question but if yours arent sleeping during a day, what are they doing? If mine wasnt asleep or feeding / being held I think he would just be crying lol. So not sure what people do of a day?!

@AndddddHerewegoagain it’s ok! he’s still really snotty but we had his tongue tie done on Saturday so have been dealing with the fall out from that aswell 😩

Baby must be able to fill up more now , We had our first 5 hour sleepover last night! He still has a shallow painful latch but I’m hoping in time it will improve he’s had 8weeks to learn bad habits. Any Bf ladies have any suggestions to get him to latch properly ?

@SRS1311 they should be asleep a lot of the day but don't necessarily always fall asleep on their own!

Try www.preciouslittlesleep.com/are-you-keeping-baby-awake-too-long/ or a lot of mnetters seem to rate an app called Huckleberry.

@Mj2196 nose to nipple and when mouth open wide quite firmly push his head on and get as much of your areola as you can in his mouth- if painful break off with your clean little finger and go again x

TMI POST APPOLOGIES! Have any of you ladies had experience with nipple thrush, Freddie is starting to get a bit fussy during some of his feeds and yesterday I had a really itchy nipple. I can't see any obvious white spots in his mouth but he's definitly more grouchy than normal and my nipples are more pink than usual - still trying to figure out what's normal lol.

I just had to share my excitement! This is the first time I've been able to put him down asleep and he's stayed asleep in the evening so I can eat my dinner with two hands!! Now just hoping he likes the sleepyhead enough to give me a few hours at a time overnight!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Sorry can't help @Cornishbumpkin but hope someone has the answer for you soon

Yay so happy for you @BabyBird20 hands free dinners are goals!!

Anyone who also has a toddler how are you managing bedtimes? We had it so good here 3 weeks ago but bedtimes are getting harder not easier. Been at it for 2.5 hours and im done flitting between bedrooms. Any ideas? Tonight was trickier cos ds needed a bath which instantly adds 30 mins to bedtime

@Cornishbumpkin I had it terribly. Breastfeeding network has a help sheet about it - if you have it you and the baby need treating.

@Cornishbumpkin not had it sorry just keep getting painful blocked ducts- fun!
@Pegase doctor asked for pic of wound yesterday as antibiotics run out this morn the wound is much dryer but the skin very pink at one side so she's prescribed me another week of same stuff I asked what happens next if this doesn't work she said let's just be hopeful these do as other stuff causes issues with BF so now I'm panicking if these don't work I'm going to have to stop BF ?! 😭
@AndddddHerewegoagain no toddler here that sounds tough. Can you and husband do one each? X

@mrssunshinexxx dh helps when he's here unfortunately he's a shift worker and has been late shift for the last 4 nights. Just got to get through tonight and then he will be around to help again, but i need to work out a way to do it!

I think it might just be one of those things that gets easier the older she gets

@AndddddHerewegoagain I’ve tried to keep DD’s bedtime routine the same as it was before, just do it while holding baby DS. It sometimes works and sometimes is a nightmare. So at the moment I read her stories while holding ds (sometimes feeding, sometimes he’s asleep), then I sit by he bed while she drops off to sleep (I’m a softie I know).

Will have to change this eventually but thought I’d wait until the initial adjustment period was over for her. We’ve had a few tearful bedtimes where she wails “I want mummmmyyyyyy” over and over despite the fact I’m sitting Right next to her (what she means is she wants mummy all to herself!)

Once or twice a week dh does her bedtime but she kicks off about that so don’t have the energy to deal with the resulting tears more than twice a week. whatever works to get the bigger one to sleep is my age approach, and just make baby fit in with that somehow!

@Magpiefeather we did this in the beginning but now if dd isn't asleep by 630-7pm she is an absolute nightmare and will just scream because shes overtired but shes infuriating. Will drink half her bottle, fall asleep, put her down, she wakes up and screams finishes milk and is then wide awake and i have to keep resettling her. Bedtime with her can take over an hour which is so unfair on ds but i can't make her drink her milk quicker/ settle!

I also sit in ds room whilst he settles.. you're not the only one

@mrssunshinexxx touch all the wood but mine seems like it might have dried out now - after a whole month of antibiotics?!

@AndddddHerewegoagain you have my sympathies - DH was doing shifts when we had our first. I went and stayed with my MIL the first time he did nights as didn't know how I could face it. She was no help...

@Cornishbumpkin www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/wp-content/dibm/2019-09/Thrush%20Detailed%20information%20and%20Breastfeeding.pdf

@Pegase sounds like my dad playing with my son for 10 mins whilst i battled the baby into bed and him saying well thats my childcare duties done hope that was helpful 😂😂🤦‍♀️ thanks for the whole 10 mins haha

When he's on night shifts i take a powder pot, bottles and a thermos upstairs with me so i dont have to be measuring powder or waiting for a kettle to boil whilst keeping a baby calm.

@AndddddHerewegoagain are we supposed to sterilise the powder pots ? I know the powder itself isn't sterile...

We use a perfect prep machine which I know is slightly frowned upon but we have had no problems with it.

When I stayed with MIL she said right I'm off to have my bath and went and had an hour long pamper session in the middle of the afternoon. Didn't offer to hold the baby so I could have an uninterrupted bath for the first time!!

@Pegase that's amazing does your tummy still feel sore to touch ? How much walking are you doing does it feel ok to lift / push pram etc
@AndddddHerewegoagain that's tough! My husband works offshore mon to thurs I only have the one but it's hard with no help at all for 4 days even when visitors come no one is holding her due to Covid so it's all on me not moaning as I love her but it is hard work
How old is your other child I know not great but could you leave her in her room/ lounge watching something calming on iPad whilst you get baby down?