hello everyone. hope you're all ok. springy that video is gorgeous, and feierabend, that fantastic news! tigga, I wouldn't want to leave H overnight my my mil either, i don't think you;re overprotective. they are so little just now. nice to read everyone else, hello hello hello. hope all of you and your little ones are well x
the test results were negative. Hurrah I think. As the poo is still bright green and liquid.
boff, I'm thinking along the same lines regarding weaning. H is almost sitting up unaided (can do it for about 30 seconds or so if if he is still and not wriggling) and opens his mouth wide of expectantly whenever food is anywhere near it. He grabbed a bit of my orange the other day and was nibbling it (and looked very surprised at the taste). And I don't think I can feed him any more than I am now without going back to feeding him constantly overnight, and that way madness lies. So I'm going to start thinking about it, and talk it over with my hv tomorrow. any advice? I definately want to continue BF
here's a post that I put on my thread in the BF forum.
"So we both survived my having to work yesterday, and the little boy had two bottles of EBM and 4oz of formula. I felt so sad about it all yesterday as I didn't have the test results back yet, but I couldn't do anything else. I've cancelled today's work so I can feed him lots today. I'm working again on saturday 12-4, so hopefully I'll be able to express two bottles of EBM for him by then.
Heard back from the doctors and the tests were negative. His poo is still liquid and green though. I'm not sure what to do now. I don't know if I can feed him much more than I am, it's been pretty much every hour of the day for the last week, and twice or three times over night (goes to bed at 8, and wakes sometimes between 1-2am and then always at 4am and then 6am).
Even yesterday when I was at work I fed him at 6am , 7am, 8am, left for work at 830am, he got 6oz of EBM at 10am and then his dad brought him to me for lunchtime. I fed him at 12 noon and 1pm. And then his dad gave him another 6oz of EBM at 2, I got home at 4pm and he was still napping, so I fed him at 430 and 530 and then had to go back to work and his dad gave him 4oz of formula at 730pm before bed. He woke up at 10pm too when I was home so I fed him for an hour . He then slept through till 4am this morning!
So even though I was working yesterday I fed him 8 times. I'm not sure how I do more.
My breast dn't seem to have responded to this regular feeding either. Still don't feel very hard or full, no leaking etc. Still woefull when expressing.
I've got an appointment with HV tommorow to measure his height to see how much he's grown in weight. I think I may talk to her about weaning and start thinking about it in the next month. any advice
The little boy still seems well in himself though, smiley, happy and very active, nearly sitting up unassisted and rolling about all over the place. He's alot more active than other babies I've met, so maybe he does need extra calories?"