MOTN Talks

[astheria]

I was sent to bed earlier for a nap while DS slept. I may have been breaking down emotionally at the time so went without argument. But ya, sleep when he sleeps good idea lol. He's normally up around 330 then 630/7. I lurk here during those feedings. I will try to say hi more.

[astheria]

I get to get up in two hours to take antibiotics. Fun. Waiting for DH to rock DS to sleep. He ate at both boobs forever and then took an ounce of formula and still isn't asleep. It's like he's insaitable atm. I hope that doesn't continue overnight. DH needs to help me redress my incision to keep it dry overnight or I would be catching zzz' in anticipation of my antibiotic alarm.

[motownthrowdown]

Aug 27, 2015 1:15:23 GMT -5 @missava387 said:

Its 215.. And I'm starving. Once Miss Amelia is back to sleep I'm raiding the fridge

I somehow missed your daughter's name. I like it.

[Deleted]

We are on the 2nd feed of the night. She went almost 4 hours before the first. I didn't go to bed right away because of the little league world series (local kids are playing). Of course the 2nd break was only 2 hours. Hoping for a decent stretch when she is finished.

[hopefulreturn]

She slept a 6 hour stretch from 8-2! Thank goodness I went to bed at 10 instead of waiting to wake for an 11 feed. I'm realizing that I can sometimes get her to do a longer stretch after her early evening feeding. After our cranky day this is such a gift. I know it won't be our norm but I had to brag a bit. I'm sure some of you hate me tonight though...

[RandomName]

I just got 4 hours of sleep. DS drained a boob and is passed out again. The only problem, in my sleepy haze I fed the left side back to back. Poor righty needs to be pumped. I guess I'm up for a bit now.

[astheria]

So DH got him to a light sleep but transfer to bassinet woke him. To when ch he responded with feeding ques. So back on the boob train...let's hope sleep is soon. I'm tired.

[joi922]

Just fed DD and now listening to her make her sleepy noises. Between that andy H's snoring I may never get back to sleep.

[RandomName]

I'm still up. DD is back to her recent antics of stripping off her pjs, removing her diaper, and poop/pee. I need to duct tape her diaper to her at night I think. I hope this is a phase that passes quickly!

[RandomName]

Aug 27, 2015 3:05:56 GMT -5 @aliam20 said:

Of course he would poop now, I already changed him!

Without fail, we do a min of 2 diaper changes for eat MOTN feed. Even when we think we've waited it out and he's all done... surprise!!

[hopefulreturn]

My little one just woke us with her choking. The poor thing was flailing and arching with spit up, but she insists on chugging it back down, making even more scary sounds. I'm holding her now and thinking I'm probably about done with sleep for the night cause that terrified me! She's done it before but this was the worst yet. I'm keeping her upright 30 minutes after eating to try to help keep stuff down...

[RandomName]

10 mins of quiet and then, as if coordinated, both kids have melt downs. What is up tonight (other than everyone in my house!)?

[astheria]

So we definitely fell asleep trying to get him to sleep. And now he wants food again. I thought he was just gassy. Full feeding is a go. Not going to be a pacifier this time.

[elizabethnevadap]

This is the first time I've had to put J in the swing in the living room, turn it up to 3 and blare the lullabye music on it to try and get him back to sleep. This is what I consider the big guns.
I'm on the couch with a blanket and pillow stress eating. I'm tired, child. Do you know how spoiled you are being swung to sleep while listening to Vivaldi??
What the hell did they do out on the prairie?

[bibliothecary]

11 to 4:30. Magic. And he didn't wake me up screaming. I actually had to wake him because my boobs were rock hard and leaky. So happy. More of this, please. This I can do.

[ampaints]

Miles went to sleep way earlier than normal, so he slept through H's watch and woke up right when I took over. Once I got him back down he only slept 2 hours instead of his normal 3-4. Not cool man.

[ajetter]

Thea woke at 2 to feed. Changed her diaper, nurse, change again cause she pooped, swaddle, nurse some more. She didn't fall back asleep so rock, pace, lay in crib, rock, pace some more. She wouldn't settle so I decided to try and nurse again. No dice. Naturally she poops and it explodes all over her. Change clothes. She pees on everything in the clean up process. Rock and pace some more. Nurse again. 2.5 hours later her eyes are finally closed.

I hate the nights. Hate em!

[funhaven]

Wow some of you ladies have very good sleepers !!!! My LO was feeding every two hours so since I was bottle feeding and pumping from start of diaper change to swaddle to sleep was like an hour, which would leave me with an hour to sleep till the next feed started but of course I would only manage like 30 mins, was brutal

Last night was our first night breastfeeding throughout the night and she slept from 10:30 - 1:30 Omg it felt like heaven!!! Then from 2:30-4:30. Of course now her feed is done and I am wide awake, I pumped, did laundry, and am listening to her coo in her bassinet , she is awake too but doesn't seem to be bothered so I am leaving her there with her ocean sounds on her cloud B sleep owl. I can't sleep though w her sounds...

Also I think I may be holding my pump too close to
My breasts cause they hurt now and were hurting towards the end of my pump session ... Blah, just what I need ! As if the nipple pain from breastfeeding wasn't bad enough

[amberlie]

No sleep tonight. E has woken up in a rage twice to dirty her diaper. So we went to the nursery to change, swing, and nurse. Finally fell back asleep so moved back to the bed only to find asshole cat on top of SO. We got back in bed, slept for 20 mins, and then E raged again. So now she's back in the swing. I'm so sleepy!!

[Deleted]

Aug 28, 2015 3:19:53 GMT -5 amberlie said:

No sleep tonight. E has woken up in a rage twice to dirty her diaper. So we went to the nursery to change, swing, and nurse. Finally fell back asleep so moved back to the bed only to find asshole cat on top of SO. We got back in bed, slept for 20 mins, and then E raged again. So now she's back in the swing. I'm so sleepy!!

Hope you get some rest soon!

[abvintage]

BFing now and my next session he gets a bottle of breastmilk while I pump for 20-30min. Normally we go through a few wakeful fits through the night of being gassy but tonight I had a hard time waking him up for his last feeding!

[hopefulreturn]

Aug 28, 2015 4:15:52 GMT -5 abvintage said:

BFing now and my next session he gets a bottle of breastmilk while I pump for 20-30min. Normally we go through a few wakeful fits through the night of being gassy but tonight I had a hard time waking him up for his last feeding!

I so look forward to the end of waking a baby to eat! I feel bad and it just feels wrong haha.

[abvintage]

Aug 28, 2015 4:26:31 GMT -5 hopefulreturn said:

Aug 28, 2015 4:15:52 GMT -5 abvintage said:

BFing now and my next session he gets a bottle of breastmilk while I pump for 20-30min. Normally we go through a few wakeful fits through the night of being gassy but tonight I had a hard time waking him up for his last feeding!

I so look forward to the end of waking a baby to eat! I feel bad and it just feels wrong haha.

Definitely! I never imagined I'd want a baby who wakes up during the night so much! The good news is that he's started to wake up to eat before the alarm goes off most of the time which is a huge win in my book. I set an alarm for 4 hours 2x at night and during the day 2.5 hrs. I might could scale back because I know when he takes a bottle he's getting 4-5 ozs and when I do weighted feedings he's getting normally 3.5 oz min so he's eating enough, but for now I'm sticking to my schedule because its the only thing that helped us get some weight on him.

[jgesi]

4 hours.... man, I've only seen that twice, followed by a growth spurt and cluster feeding hell. I get scared when he goes 4 hours now. I miss sleep so much.

[caitie713]

Aug 27, 2015 3:16:22 GMT -5 @aliam20 said:

This feed is always the worst. Such a sleepy feed. I usually struggle to get him on the second boob. Grr. And my nursing pad was out of place so second boob leaked all through my shirt. Gdi.

The leaking boob is the worst, especially when you think you have it covered.

[ajetter]

Thea just went 4.5 hours without eating, woohoo! Granted it took me 1.5 hours to get her to sleep, so I still only slept a 3 hour stretch, but progress???

Ever since she was born I drool while I'm sleeping. It's kinda gross. Anyone else? Am I the only one waking up with a wet pillow? Haha.

[bibliothecary]

I never knew how much of a hippie I am until I got pregnant. Home birth? Sure. Attachment parenting? You betcha. Bed sharing? Why the hell not?

What happened to me, you guys?

[amberlie]

Aug 29, 2015 2:49:30 GMT -5 bibliothecary said:

I never knew how much of a hippie I am until I got pregnant. Home birth? Sure. Attachment parenting? You betcha. Bed sharing? Why the hell not?

What happened to me, you guys?

+1 except the home birth bc I was scared without an epidural option.

E just slept 4 hours. I got up with her & asked SO to hold my phone light to make sure she was latching correctly instead of trying to bite my boob off... I told him "she slept 4 hours!!" And he barely nodded. He just doesn't get how amazing that is, apparently.

[ajetter]

It's been fun to watch which of my friends go full on hippie with their kids. I'm more middle of the road I think. No home birth and all modern medicine (I'm married to a doctor, so...) but I fully appreciate all the attachment parenting aspects. I tend to do whatever works to keep everyone sane. We did Ferber our other two at 6 months, but sleeping in our bed meant no sleep for anyone. For some reason bringing our kids in here never made them sleep.

[oopsiedaisies]

Aug 29, 2015 2:49:30 GMT -5 bibliothecary said:

I never knew how much of a hippie I am until I got pregnant. Home birth? Sure. Attachment parenting? You betcha. Bed sharing? Why the hell not?

What happened to me, you guys?

Same exact feeling here. My mom said it all shocked her watching me become a parent. I didn't do home birth but I did med free and she was amazed by it.
Eta: add I'm the fact that I'm still nursing a 2 yr old too. Total crunchy hippie. :-) and I love it