Post by geauxtigers79 on Feb 4, 2017 3:02:16 GMT -5
Hopefully there are lots of sleeping J17 babies right now!
We are up for wake up #1. B was quite angry he was so hungry!! 2oz in to this feed and he's just now not screaming when we stop to burp!! He gets hangry from his mama!!
Post by geauxtigers79 on Feb 4, 2017 3:15:31 GMT -5
lakegirl I'm awful and likely MOTY, but I have several videos of DD making the best noises and faces with #2's when she was this age!! I cry from laughing so hard when I watch them! DS is following in her footsteps. I lovingly refer to them as the "machine gun poops"
C could really take the right boob for me... She gets herself worked up before she gets latched and we end up playing eenie meenie miney moe with which nipple she'll finally get on. She lands on left most often.
So we had an interesting day over here. My blood pressure shot through the roof, and after 2 office visits and a prescription for bp meds, it wasn't down where they wanted and we were very close to hospital time. One of the midwives from my practice came to my home unexpectedly to do a house call and doubled the dose of meds and put me on bed rest for the weekend. Literally can nurse the baby, sleep with her on my chest or pass her off to someone and that's it. Can only leave my bed to use the bathroom, the goal is sleep because I haven't. My H is being a rock star after he realized how close I was to emergence status, and both grandmas will be over to help. C will only sleep being held. We've tried all the swaddles, even arms out tonight and nothing gets her in her bassinet. We've gotten her in the RNP only one time out of dozens of tries. So any suggestions on that would be appreciated. Right now instead of fighting it, im just letting her stay on my chest bc my sleep is apparently important here too
Post by geauxtigers79 on Feb 4, 2017 3:53:02 GMT -5
Oh pibblemom how scary! That happened to me too, the blood pressure scare, after DD once in the hospital and then once at home. Hopefully with the new meds and sleep it will be controlled without a trip to the hospital. Glad your H is stepping up and that you have grandma reinforcement to help!!
I hate to say it, but if she will sleep on your chest and you can also sleep with her there, go for it. Some skin to skin time may help regulate your bp too. So if you can get some quality sleep with her there, then go for it.
An hour in to wake up #1 here. Going to get back to bed soon and for longer than a couple of hours.I geek like I need at least one 3hr stretch of sleep to be functional. I really must go to bed earlier because getting up at midnight after just over an hour really sucks.
Yikes pibblemom! +1 to the advice above. Skin to skin is good and just embrace it. Ds wouldn't sleep during the day unless he was held. It sucked. But now I look back and wish I had enjoyed just sitting there doing nothing with a itty bitty baby. It sounds like you have a good support system and plan in place. Rest up! ❤️
pibblemom I'm sorry for the bp issues but I'm so glad you caught it. My only sleep trick is making the bassinet warm before I put the baby in so the transition is easier. lakegirl my little guy is a sneaky pooper. He keeps pooping while I'm holding him and I don't hear it at all. @geauxtigers I hope you fall asleep soon and get some good rest. bazinga I know the feeling. I'm never sure how long Rs first stretch will be so I can't ever decide if I should go to bed or not. When I do he wakes up early and when I don't he sleeps for a couple hours. I always end up getting about an hour of sleep too, it's hard.
Oh man pibblemom, so sorry for the scare! Sending you good vibes for lower bp and a sleepy baby.
lakegirl, my DS is definitely more flamboyant with his poos and gas. He literally cocks his leg up to let it rip. No looking forward to his teenage years.
B gave me a glorious 4 hr first stretch...followed by a 45 minute one. I'm back up for feed #3. Guess he knew he still wanted to get 3 in. The silver lining is that DD is at the inlaws so I can go back to sleep and not be woken back up at 6:30 by a toddler!
Post by silvermelody on Feb 4, 2017 6:12:22 GMT -5
lakegirl haha, N has had some very un-ladylike poops so far!
pibblemom I'm so sorry about the bp and bed rest. As far as getting her to sleep: swaddle super tight with arms in, rock her and have white noise on. If that doesn't work she's either gassy or still hungry in my experience.
We're on wakeup two I guess. I thought she was down earlier so I pumped and then she woke up. And was fighting the bottle until she pooped. And then she's been very restless and noisy while she slept. I'm tired and frustrated
Dd slept well the first part of the night but the second part was a shit show. Every diaper was loaded with poop and there was one poop through. So maybe I shouldn't be too excited about that weight gain? I got covered in spit up. I brought her downstairs at 4. When I went back up to get a clean onesie mh said he noticed I had been downstairs (did your 2.5 hours of uninterrupted sleep give it away?) and asked if I started the coffee yet. Nope. Had a baby on the boob dude. My vag is sick and tired of pads. Ds still has a fever although it's in the high 102s now so hopefully it will keep going down.
lakegirl so much puke and poop here too! Lol to your H asking about coffee.
We had our best night yet! Looking at the logs on my phone app, each stretch of sleep was between 2 and 2.5 hours. My bar is pretty low lol. This kid is loud just like his brother, which means he'll probably get the boot to his room sooner rather than later.
Post by weeklyplanner on Feb 4, 2017 8:36:30 GMT -5
pibblemom How scary! I hope you're feeling better soon. I wouldn't worry about where she sleeps right now. Enjoy some cuddles and skin to skin time and then pass her off to be cuddled by DH and her gmas so you can get some solid sleep. A baby needs a healthy mommy. Maybe try some side lying nursing. That's always good for cuddles and then DH can come in and scoop her out of bed without even disturbing you.
Regarding the swaddle. Have you tried a really tight arms in swaddle and then nursing her? DS used to fight the swaddle for magbe 1-2 min. He acted like he hated it, but he actually really needed it. So, we'd swaddle then I'd nurse him until he was in a milk coma and then place him down.
Also, my good friend's baby would only sleep on them for the first 6 weeks and then she transitioned fine to her crib, so don't panic. It will change!
Post by weeklyplanner on Feb 4, 2017 8:39:02 GMT -5
Soooo, don't hate me...it was probably a fluke anyway...but DD celebrated turning 2 weeks old by sleeping 10pm-6am with one wake up at 2am. I can't remember if I woke her up or she woke me up (I had a 4 hour alarm set just in case). I'm sure tonight she will party all night, but it was nice.
LO had bad gas pains after I put him down so I ended up with him sleeping on me, on the sofa in his room. DH had to be up rally early for a daytrip andi didn't want to disturb him too much getting in and out of bed. I didn't sleep great but with a bit of back patting and paci replugging we got a 4 hr stretch.
Its 6am now and DS1 still be up soon so I guess I'm up for the day...
Thanks everyone. I can already feel a big difference today. The fluid in my legs is down so much that I can almost see my ankles. We got some pretty good stretches of sleep in, and her 2am wake up was short and sweet for the first time ever, and then she slept again til 6am. I feel like a whole different person.
Another midwife came over just a bit ago to check on us again, and she said they'll be coming every day to make sure this is managed. I'm now even more happy that I went with this practice, because no one does house calls anymore.
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