September 08 - Just ladies with babies

[pacita]

I thought I'd start a new thread before we run out of space...

hi guys. finally found you guys again.

i broke down at the health visitors yesterday because she wanted to watch Noah feed. She saw the problems I'm having with him, but she doesn't know what to do either.

Foxy, you know I'm moving to the UAE as an excuse so you can help me breast feed properly.

give me a ring eandz i bet the hv doesn't know much about bfing.

i will. i'm reading all the breast feeding threads now looking for hope.

thanks for the offer iliketomoveit as lentilweaverish as i may sound, i don't really fit into the category. besides, i have v little time to read now. i would read them thogh cause i love reading and it would give me an insight into that hippy-ish world.

for me cosleeping, bfing, and babywearing just happen to cross paths with lentil weaving types. these things make my life bearable/easier. it makes me get on with what i have to accoomplish in my day with minimal tears from me and the dd's.

ds2 obviously saw that I'd been on here yest boasting at him sleeping through as last night he took ages to settle after his last feed and then wanted fed again at 3.45. I'm not complaining really as I know he's still a really good sleeper. Only bad thing was that we then all slept in this morning as he didn't wake till 7.45 and of course today was the 1 day that dh had to be in work for a meeting at 9am(thankfully we're only 5 mins from his work) and I needed the car so had to take him there.

have just come back from seeing a friend's new born, 1 week old today and he is so tiny. He makes ds2 look huge. He's definitely not a new born anymore

Debi - I felt exactly the same yesterday when I went to visit a friend and her 4 week old, she was so tiny, only 6lb 8oz at her 3 week weigh-in, she made Elizabeth look absolutely massive and I felt a real pang noticing that Elizabeth wasn't the smallest baby around anymore.

Sorry to hear about sleepness nights, hope your little ones let you get some more sleep very soon.

I was brave today and took E into work to meet everyone. She managed the train quite well, just a little cranky as we approached London Bridge but the train was quite hot.

She was all smiles at first then got very loud, think she was fed up with all the new faces beaming at her and kissing her. After a quick half a bottle she was fine again and slept all the way home.

elli just been weighed hes now 7lb 13oz, bless him thats 1 1/2 pound in 2 weeks so proud and after screaming the place down is now quite content sucking his fingers.
eandz is there any kind of bf support group in your area? i find mine really helpful and it gets us out of the house for a morning

aw so happy he nearly on the chart!!! could sprinkle glitter everywhere, wont tho dh cleaned up yesterday

i have the floppy boobies to prove it

barnpot
we have tons of mommy baby support groups...it's just that waking up in the morning is such a hassle! it's the only quiet time in the house that i can lay down and just not think.

but it kinda breaks my heart a little watching all the other babies outweigh my little Noah. He's lost a whole 1lb in the last 3 weeks and is soo short compared to the other babies he was born alongside. he used to be the biggest of them. i'm going to see another bfc tomorrow. i hope it helps.

uuurrghhhh!! I juts had 6 2 years old at my house for DS's birthday. They are all very cute and not much trouble, but when they all in the same room it's chaos. It's lovely and quiet now . I had to come on her for a quick break before I have to give DS his tea.

I think I am about to stop bf as I'm really not enjoying it and the feeds are messing up the day for all of us . I was trying to keep going to stop her getting excema (like DS) but in the last few days she has started getting it on her face so my enthusiasm for bf has vanished. I think I am going to have to take the plunge and cut down on it before I go mad.

eandz sending sympathy and positive BF vibes your way. hope things improve soon.

barnpot brilliant news!

T has been v good today, hoping he manages it tonight as well and doesn't have a 3 hour party at 4am again! He's slept perfectly for all 3 of his naps today (one in the pram), fed really well and done lots of big smiles for my mother and step father.

still having same problem with bf... hv (she also works at bf clinic) this morning suggested not giving her dummy and see... but she doesn't have the dummy much. how can dd expect to feed if she doesn't open her mouth!?

anyway, jabs tomorrow...

and so much for my diet, i'm sitting here feeding dd (after 15mins of frantic nipple searching she's finally sucking) with a cup of tea and a scone with clotted cream and jam...

eandz you should be proud of yourself sticking with bf for so long (noah is about 10 weeks isn't he?). Hope it works out for you.

meglet a friend of mine who has 2 children at primary school bf the first and bottle fed the 2nd. The first has asthma and exema (can't spell) and the second has nothing like that. Not advocating ff ladies but it just shows you that every child is different and nothing is guaranteed!

... and now she's finally managed to feed, but she's vomited everything, new and half digested milk...

imoscarsmum It is really weird that they now both have excema, no one in either family has any allergies so I have no idea what is causing it. I can assure everyone that my house is definately not too clean . I did have bad IBS last week so maybe there's something in my milk that triggers it, DS was still bf a little bit up to 3 months so if something in my milk upsets them he also had plenty of time to 'catch' it.

thank you starlight. i will have to buy you some cheerleading pom poms .

I won't stop completely, but I am seriously considering giving DD a bottle once or twice a day. At least I can express in the evenings as she will probably be more settled in the evening. I'll see how I get on with bf the next couple of days, maybe we're just having a crap few days.

DD has just done a very loud fart on her playmat .

I am very of those who can express 6 oz and more,i can only ever get 2 or 3oz.
I really want to ebf but dont think i ever will
I never feel full or leak, i just feel like giving up but F really injoys bf although i dont think he gets much.
On the plus side F has been sleeping 8pm till 7am

Just catching up whilst Robyn watches American football with her Daddy.

Pacita Yes she does do the most horrendous smelly farts, like rotten veg. BF so they are basically the same as mine

Foxy liked the quote 'they can't be independent if they can't make a sandwich or wipe their own backside' That's most of our dp/h's then.

Just wondering when do we start to instill 'bad habits' on our LO's? I still feed to sleep and co-sleep some nights and we both pick her up when she cries for a cuddle. I want her to remain at the cuddly snuggly feedy stage for as long as poss but then I don't want her like that when she is 3 or 4.

We've had a really sleepy day and early evening with not much feed fests, am really hoping she sleeps well tonight as we are going to try and do Christmas shopping tomorrow.