Post by princessisadora on Jun 20, 2016 2:16:47 GMT -5
Cluster feeding is awful. It happened to be the night right after he was born. Since then I have been encouraging cluster feeds in the daytime to try to avoid them at night.
Post by lakecountrygal on Jun 20, 2016 2:51:12 GMT -5
Hey ladies, I hope everyone is doing well!! I have had no time lately to check in and now I can't sleep.
DD give me a panic attack tonight and the adrenaline has me wired. It all started when DS came to crawl into our bed and I looked at the time. After about 15 seconds my brain processed that DD hadn't eaten in over 4 hours and so I grabbed her but it took about 5 minutes for her to wake up. I couldn't even get a reflexive movement out of her. Finally after a diaper change and some cold wipes touching her she woke up but of course now she's eating like crazy.
Post by frecklesnbrains on Jun 20, 2016 5:19:07 GMT -5
Cluster feeding is awful, but it DOES end. We did it every night for 3 weeks but recently my baby has been going at least 4 hours overnight. Hang in there cattuccino! Your day will come.
Update as of 5:34 am- still tired. Huggies diapers can suck a dick for leaking at night. My dogs can suck a dick for barking like lunatics when I let them out.
Update as of 5:34 am- still tired. Huggies diapers can suck a dick for leaking at night. My dogs can suck a dick for barking like lunatics when I let them out.
I'm dealing with bark dogs too! Ugh ...Anything that passes by the house off they go. Luckily this LO doesn't seem fazed. I'm using pampers swaddlers and have had pee leak up his back twice. Trying to figure out why it happens as it's not always. I also do tend to forget to point the penis down ...need to remember that!
I am sure the breaks in between are longer than they feel, but LO has been eating pretty much non-stop for four hours. DH finally took him because he could probably tell I was losing my mind a little. Now he is keeping him quiet by singing Irish ballads and oldies... I can't say I saw that coming. I figured I'd be the lullaby singer of the family. I think the baby is mostly stunned into silence.
Pampers 4 lyfe. I'm about to set these damn Huggies ablaze. We went through 2 88 count of Pampers with no issues. We were gifted a big box of the Huggies newborn size and several small packs in other sizes. Returning!!!
I'm up at 3am. I fed and changed her an hour ago but she's still awake. I can't even pump (which is kind of important since I exclusively pump) bc she will only be quiet if I hold her. So my boobs are killing me and I'm tired.
I'm up at 3am. I fed and changed her an hour ago but she's still awake. I can't even pump (which is kind of important since I exclusively pump) bc she will only be quiet if I hold her. So my boobs are killing me and I'm tired.
We've been up two hours. I've kind of hit my end. DH is not helpful, I woke him up and his brilliant suggestion was "Have you tried feeding her?" No dear, didn't think of that. he's asleep again.
I'm up at 3am. I fed and changed her an hour ago but she's still awake. I can't even pump (which is kind of important since I exclusively pump) bc she will only be quiet if I hold her. So my boobs are killing me and I'm tired.
Sounds like a good time for Daddy snuggles
Daddy's up now. I tried to go it alone, but she wasn't sleeping. I just finished pumping so at least I'm not uncomfortable anymore. DH is walking around the house with her in an attempt to get her back to sleep. I think I'll take a quick power nap in the meantime.
Well I feel stupid! I woke up at 3 to use the bathroom and just felt like my stomach was hard and she wasn't moving. The last couple days she's been going crazy and any time I wake to use the bathroom she's moving around so it was strange. Sat on the bed wiggling my stomach and poking it and she still wouldn't move so I drank some water and ice and got this tiny movement from her but that was it. I decided to go in because I felt like my mom gut was kicking in but now I'm thinking what mom gut since thankfully she sounds great. Still hasn't moved a whole lot compared to the last couple days. She moved a little when I got here but thought I'm already here might as well be safe than sorry. Now I'm here a while. I am having contractions just not real close together....always feel silly coming in and there being nothing wrong but if there was something I would have been so glad I did!
Post by frecklesnbrains on Jun 22, 2016 4:29:21 GMT -5
I'm pumping at 5am... We tried something new last night to help me get some more sleep. DH took the first overnight feed, which happened at about 11:30. Baby then went down for 4 hours(win!!!) so I nursed him at about 4am. But my breasts were sooooo engorged from not emptying for close to 8 hours and they're so painful, so now I'm pumping post-feed. Trying to get this whole supply and demand thing right is so hard!!! But at least I got a good 6 hours of sleep - that was beautiful.
athn64 grrrrr at your DH bighair12 I'm sorry you still have to wake her! Any chance you can back off on that soon? bgkc4 glad your DH stepped in - mama needs a break!
Don't feel stupid birdhut. You did the right thing if you were concerned. I'm glad everything checked out alright!
After the doctor looked she noticed the heart rate dropped a couple times during contractions so I am in labor and delivery. Will post more in a different thread.
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