It's like midnight is my new bedtime. I slept on the recliner with baby on me until 5 am. He woke twice to eat and at one pt I dialed my brother and didn't realize. I saw this morning he called back at 4 am, oops. Then, the toddler thought 5:30 was a good wake up time. Had to wrangle us all back to bed.
Getting ready for Alex's 1 month appt. I bathed him this morning so he's spic & span clean.
I'm hangin out with Abigail right now. Long night, but mostly from interruptions for meds and such. The LC showed DH how to express and collect collostrum so we're getting her to suck using nipple shields since I have flat nipples apparently then giving her the good stuff vis syringe. We also let her root around and try to suck on her own too. She hates being moved from one position to another but DH is so good at quieting her. We're in recovery mode today. Hopefully go home tomorrow.
I tripped on myself yesterday afternoon. Luckily I'd just put Cora in her swing, so I wasn't holding her at the time, but I hit my knee hard on the inside when I went down. That's initially where the pain was. I was walking around fine after groaning in pain for 5 minutes. Then over the next 2 hours the pain got increasingly worse and it was swelling on the outside -- opposite side of where I hit. By 8pm I could barely walk. I went to the walk-in place this morning and they did xrays and said the bones are fine, but there is a lot of blood in the joint. But they gave me a knee immobilizer so I can at least walk a tiny bit better -- enough to do the bare minimum I need to do. I'm supposed to use crutches because of the blood in there, but seriously, that isn't happening. I can't hold a baby and use crutches.
Fingers crossed it's just a sprain though and will heal fast -- I don't have time for something worse.
I dreamt that I dropped dd down a flight of stairs, it was awful! She was like a little rag doll and I couldn't figure out how to dial 911 on my phone.
Also currently monitoring a potential uti, fun times!
I dreamt that I dropped dd down a flight of stairs, it was awful! She was like a little rag doll and I couldn't figure out how to dial 911 on my phone.
Also currently monitoring a potential uti, fun times!
Oh no. Sleep deprivation dreams are the worst. Uti for you or her?
I know, right? Dh has woken several times lately afraid that he fell asleep while feeding her, too.
Uti for me, well lets hope it's just me being a hypochondriac. It doesn't seem to be getting worse, but when I had one years ago I remember it hung out for a while before finally getting bad, so we'll see.
@kc295905 yay for a good check up! Lol at the spraying. And I felt bad for flashing my boobs...I need more nursing friendly tops Lucy fx your knee heals fast! crimpgirl congrats to your sis, how exciting to have them the same age! Winnifred I've woken up looking for baby on me when he's already in the crib. Such a panicky feeling. Fx that it's not a uti or that it goes away soon.
I think someone snuck in and replaced my baby with a mogwai. She's a sweet, cuddly nugget during the day, but at night she turns into a gremlin that doesn't like being wet or bright lights, and she goes crazy when you feed her after midnight. Then in the morning, she acts like nothing ever happened. 😬
My TMI... I thought pregnant me smelled bad, but post-pregnant me smells even worse! Compounded by less time to shower. Also, I love the idea of breastfeeding but in reality it is kind of gross. I'm hoping it gets better because the leaky boobs, spit up, etc. weirds me out, and makes me feel like I'll never be able to successfully nurse in public.
lola bahaha +1 on all accounts. Nursing does get better/less messy though. Right now I just feel like a cow 🐮 I was a lot more anxious about NIP last time, but I invested in some better nursing tops which makes it a little easier.
I'm glad to hear it gets better! I'm just now looking into nursing clothes, but I really love the one nursing tank I have. I can see layering over tanks working well for me. I also have several milk snobs to use as covers, but I'm not sure baby girl will like those.
Post by catherineoctober on Jan 3, 2017 16:03:06 GMT -5
I've missed you all so much. We have had family visiting for the last two weeks then took the weekend to recover. Jane is 1 month now. I can't believe it. Currently she only wants to sleep on her mommy or daddy. But I'm trying to get her to stay in her bassinet at night. Breast feeding is going well, but my nipples are so sore! I've been meaning to join the breast feeding group. Still don't have care secured for her when I head back to work on Feb 2. Trying not to stress out. Going to join care.com and start looking for a nanny. Still on the waiting list for three daycares.
I just talked to a postpartum counselor, and she recommended more skin to skin time with baby. Problem is, she seems to hate it! I tried with a sleepy baby and she went totally crazy. It just seems like there's never a good time. Add that to the list of things I feel like I keep screwing up!
Also, I like really miss intimacy with dh. I hate that we have to wait at least 4 weeks even though I know it's not physically possible right now. Also have not looked down there at all, too scared!
I just talked to a postpartum counselor, and she recommended more skin to skin time with baby. Problem is, she seems to hate it! I tried with a sleepy baby and she went totally crazy. It just seems like there's never a good time. Add that to the list of things I feel like I keep screwing up!
Do you have a baby wrap? Maybe that would help.
And you aren't screwing anything up! This shit is hard.
I think it's a good sign that you miss your husband though.
Winnifred Also have not looked and didn't even ask my doctor how many stitches. Was too sacred. They were down there for a LONG time, and she said I was a slight 3, whatever that means.
I just talked to a postpartum counselor, and she recommended more skin to skin time with baby. Problem is, she seems to hate it! I tried with a sleepy baby and she went totally crazy. It just seems like there's never a good time. Add that to the list of things I feel like I keep screwing up!
Do you have a baby wrap? Maybe that would help.
And you aren't screwing anything up! This shit is hard.
I think it's a good sign that you miss your husband though.
Thank you! We have a ktan and I've tried it a couple of times but I don't think I'm doing it right. I'm going to a postpartum group in about a week and I guess they'll help me with it. In the meantime, well probably give it another try.
Post by tbonequeen13 on Jan 3, 2017 19:30:22 GMT -5
lola, a slight 3 probably means you had a tear that was just bad enough to be considered 3rd degree...i had a 2nd degree with DD1 that only needed 1 stitch and healed super quick...this time I only had a 1st degree, but it required 4 stitches and it's still uncomfortable if I sit on a hard surface for a long period of time, so the degree really isn't a good indication of anything other than how deep it went
I think DD2 has a touch of indigestion. She's been on sensitive formula since day 2 and there are times when she's still like a little spit-up machine. Thurs night into Fri morning and Sun night into Monday morning she went down fine. After her first feeding (around 2:30-3) she WOULD NOT go back to sleep like she normally does. She would be quite and seemingly asleep for almost exactly 20 mins, and then she'd start crying. We'd go in and put the paci in her mouth again, and several times I noticed she'd spit up. Fri night, after I fed her again at 5:30 and she still wouldn't go to sleep, I gave up and took her downstairs with me and let her sleep on my chest in the recliner (she didn't make another peep). Mon morning, after her 5:30 feeding, DH got mad and got up for the day so I had him bring her into our bed. I put my arm under her head and she fell asleep and we both slept until 11. She also spit up after every feeding yesterday- sometimes as late as 2 hrs after her last feeding. However, I say a touch of indigestion b/c today she's had no problems whatsoever and hasn't spit up more than 1 or 2 times. We put some folded blankets under the head of her crib mattress last night so she slept at an incline, and she didn't spit up at all. We have her 3 week appt on Thurs so I'll talk to them about it then. I am a bit worried about that appt- they want her gaining more weight and I'm not sure she'd done that with all the spitting up she does....she'd finally gained 5 oz last week when we took her, but every other appt she's lost weight and they have us feeding her every 3 hrs or less and I feel like all I do is feed the kid since it takes her 30-45 mins to eat.
Winnifred I can't remember if you're breast-feeding, but we do laid-back breast-feeding and skin to skin at the same time. I take off her clothes so she is awake to feed and pull up my shirt so we're belly to belly.
@kc295905 It's Motherhood brand. I think my MIL got it at Macy's. It's nice and think.
LOL! I was proud of it and trying to keep it gone, but I'm horrible at losing weight
Haha. I'm just jealous!
I lost most of my pregnancy weight but I need to deal with the weight I put on before I got pregnant
I weigh less then before I got pregnant with the baby I lost in 2014. I'm terrified to gain it all back. I had no idea I would lose that much. So grateful, but it did not feel good.
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