Post by mrsbaldwin2012 on Feb 25, 2017 23:33:06 GMT -5
So happy to have DH home for the weekend with us, however he all of a sudden is complaining of body aches and general not feeling well. I hope that he isn't getting the flu! I feel guilty, I intro'd and I haven't been a very active member of the group. But these girls are just kicking my butt! I promise that I will be a better member of the group once the babies and I figure each other out. For now I'm in survival mode. I told DH that I would handle both babies feeds tonight since he isn't feeling well so I'm praying for some good stretches of sleep from them!
Post by flyinghorses6 on Feb 26, 2017 0:57:23 GMT -5
EmMilAlly I cut the buckle out of mine too...but we are using it way less with R which I am thrilled about. Its our back up if the bassinet doesn't work. But so far she is doing awesome in both.
So happy to have DH home for the weekend with us, however he all of a sudden is complaining of body aches and general not feeling well. I hope that he isn't getting the flu! I feel guilty, I intro'd and I haven't been a very active member of the group. But these girls are just kicking my butt! I promise that I will be a better member of the group once the babies and I figure each other out. For now I'm in survival mode. I told DH that I would handle both babies feeds tonight since he isn't feeling well so I'm praying for some good stretches of sleep from them!
Congrats @comsicav and coffeeonice! These babies sure are coming in spurts!
We also swaddle and don't buckle in the RNP. I'm sure that will change.
Also, we want to transition to the bassinets but they are so big and the babies have so much room, it's easy for them to kick off their swaddle blankets, which is scary. We want to put them into swaddle sacks - but what should they wear underneath? I'm afraid the kimono + fleece sleeper + fleece swaddle sack is too warm for them.
Congrats @comsicav and coffeeonice! These babies sure are coming in spurts!
We also swaddle and don't buckle in the RNP. I'm sure that will change.
Also, we want to transition to the bassinets but they are so big and the babies have so much room, it's easy for them to kick off their swaddle blankets, which is scary. We want to put them into swaddle sacks - but what should they wear underneath? I'm afraid the kimono + fleece sleeper + fleece swaddle sack is too warm for them.
We do a onesie, cotton pj, and cotton sleep sack.
We do a fleece sleeper (last week was cotton sleeper since it was in the high 60's) and a cotton sleep sack.
My ILs came yesterday. It was nice to have help but it was a stressful day. Poor nugget was having gas and poop issues and was miserable. She refused to eat at one point last night so we resorted to the qtip method. We're having a much better morning and I'm hopeful things keep moving. Who knew I'd care so much about poop!
@wineandcupcakes -fleece sleep sack with fleece sleeper here. It was 20 degrees last night. Earlier in the week when it was 60, I did cotton sleep sack with fleece sleeper.
Post by mrsbaldwin2012 on Feb 26, 2017 8:12:05 GMT -5
staz we were obsessed with poop when we got home from the hospital too. Baby A was going on three days with no poop and it was making me a crazy person.
No sleep for me last night. I let DH sleep and the girls were not on the same schedule at all. I was up about every hour with one of them. I feel pretty delirious this morning. A couple of my friends are visiting this morning so I'm hoping that maybe they will let me take a nap when they get here. Tonight I don't care, if one baby wakes up I'm waking the other up to be fed. And thank god my mom is coming over tomorrow for the day so I can catch up on sleep. Everyone says it will get better, when does that happen??
Post by flyinghorses6 on Feb 26, 2017 8:17:35 GMT -5
The gas drops didn't help the 3am grunting and groaning session. I have no idea why she randomly gets uncontrollable gas only from 3-6. And then it's smooth sailing the rest of the day.
On a great note- she slept in the bassinet from 8-12:30 so I got a really good stretch of sleep and I'm happy it wasn't in the RNP!
Then 2:30 feed, and 4 am the grunting started. She nursed again at 6. If we could get rid of the barnyard sound effects that occur every night--she would actually be on a great schedule.
Anyone else dealing with the grunting/groaning? How are you managing it?
Post by dancerspose on Feb 26, 2017 8:30:14 GMT -5
@wineandcupcakes we do light cotton onesie and heavy fleece sleepsack or a full body sleeper with a lighter cotton sleep sack. Basically whatever layering you'd be comfortable in is what you should do.
Post by dancerspose on Feb 26, 2017 8:35:18 GMT -5
I'm so excited for today. My oldest brother and his (pregnant) wife will be here with his 2 1/2 year old and my other brother will be here with his wife and their 9 week old. It'll be the first (and probably last time) for the cousins will all be together, and the first time in probably a year and a half that both my brothers and I have been together. My oldest brother is moving to Texas this week so this was the rush visit so they could meet the babies before they move.
staz we were obsessed with poop when we got home from the hospital too. Baby A was going on three days with no poop and it was making me a crazy person.
No sleep for me last night. I let DH sleep and the girls were not on the same schedule at all. I was up about every hour with one of them. I feel pretty delirious this morning. A couple of my friends are visiting this morning so I'm hoping that maybe they will let me take a nap when they get here. Tonight I don't care, if one baby wakes up I'm waking the other up to be fed. And thank god my mom is coming over tomorrow for the day so I can catch up on sleep. Everyone says it will get better, when does that happen??
My best advice is to stick with your plan - one up, both up. The nights where they wind up 1.5 hours off are awful because it's diaper, feed, burp, swaddle & immediately repeat with no break. DH and I have been splitting the night in shifts but that's not going to be sustainable when he goes back to work on Tuesday so we are trying to get into a night routine where he does the 11p, I do the 2 & 5am and he does the 8am feed before work.
Are they back at birthweight yet? If so, you don't have to wake them any more which will help.
Yes they are back at birth weight, actually each girl is about a pound over. One baby eats 4 oz about every 4 hours, I swear that girl has a stomach of steel. Second baby eats 3 oz every 2-4 hours. She has a more sensitive stomach and can't handle any more formula than that or she pukes. My DH went back to work last Tuesday and I told him I would handle feeds during the week since he gets up so early and works 12 hour days. He insists that I wake him up but I feel bad doing so since I can at least nap (hopefully) during the day. I'm trying to get them on a schedule of an 8 pm feed, midnight, 4 am. But that's wishful thinking with 3 week olds.
Yes they are back at birth weight, actually each girl is about a pound over. One baby eats 4 oz about every 4 hours, I swear that girl has a stomach of steel. Second baby eats 3 oz every 2-4 hours. She has a more sensitive stomach and can't handle any more formula than that or she pukes. My DH went back to work last Tuesday and I told him I would handle feeds during the week since he gets up so early and works 12 hour days. He insists that I wake him up but I feel bad doing so since I can at least nap (hopefully) during the day. I'm trying to get them on a schedule of an 8 pm feed, midnight, 4 am. But that's wishful thinking with 3 week olds.
We have the same set of twin girls! Our girls eat the exact same. I've noticed that they will stretch out to 4 hours more and more now so I think your 8, midnight and 4am is realistic. Does your husband get home in time to do the 8pm feed? If so, maybe head to bed around 9 and stay asleep until the midnight feed.
Yes he is home usually by 630 at the latest, and he is super helpful when he gets home. We are both so exhausted that we try to tag team the evening feed and all go to bed but it never fails that one baby just won't go to sleep and it throws the schedule off.
Here's my update. We went back to the pedi on Friday for another weight check. E weighed in at 7lbs 14 oz. so she had lost 2 ounces from Tuesday. Still hasn't hit her birth weight of 8lbs 3 oz and yesterday was 2 weeks from her birthday.
After some discussion, DH, my pedi, and I all came to the same conclusion. We needed to supplement with formula until I could build up enough of a pumped supply to exclusively pump/breast feed. It was a really hard place for me to get to, but since then, I feel like my anxiety and overall stress levels have gone way down.
E passes out after bottle feeds now, instead of fussing the second you put her down. We're getting heavy poops. The nightly screaming has stopped for now. (Knock on wood.) I can know definitively how much she's taking in and don't obsessively worry about whether or not I'm starving her. It wasn't my ideal scenario, but I'm her mother. Anything that results in her being happy, healthy, and reaching her developmental milestones is the biggest win I can ask for.
I really do miss the time she was spending on the boob, since DH is giving her so many of her bottles while I pump, but he's loving feeding her. It'll be ok. So weird that you can miss someone who's in the same room as you!
I emailed my LC this morning because I do have some concerns about my supply. Every time I pump (every 2-3 hours around the clock), I get about an ounce from each breast. I think I used to produce more, but the fact that she's such a lazy eater and wasn't transferring as much has somehow signaled to my body to slow down. (Example: I used to have let down milk leak from whatever boob she wasn't on whenever I'd BF. Sometimes as much as 3oz of leaked milk! I now have zero leaked milk and am consistently pumping just an ounce every 2-3 hours.)
Don't know if this is normal, but we'll see what the LC says. Either way I've pumped and stored about 14 oz. now, so once I hit a full day's supply I can give her expressed milk and not formula.
And yeah... that's where things are at. Big change, but overall I'm happier and less stressed.
Post by loves2shop4shoes on Feb 26, 2017 9:56:39 GMT -5
flyinghorses6, E struggles with gas, but only really in the wee hours of the morning. We give her gas drops and though they don't completely rid her of gas, they do mitigate it.
Post by notagoddess on Feb 26, 2017 10:20:16 GMT -5
Baby was cluster feeding and pooping nonstop this morning and I'm already wiped out. She's sleeping now and I'm trying to get it together and shower and be productive, but man is this glider comfy.
I want to leave the house today but it's pretty cold out. I might take her to a coffee shop or something. I could use some coffee and a change of scenery.
Post by dancerspose on Feb 26, 2017 10:27:31 GMT -5
loves2shop4shoes I'm sorry you had to change the plan to something less than ideal, but I'm glad you're at peace with the decision and feeling less stressed. I too, am mostly pumping and bottle feeding. Originally it was not by choice since her latch was so bad and I was so physically beaten up by her. I will say that my favorite thing about it is knowing exactly how much she eats. Since she's still small I get a major complex that she just gets worn out on the boob and doesn't actually eat to being full. On the bottle I know exactly what she's eating. And when you have a husband around to do the bottles while you pump it really doesn't take any more time than nursing. I've been almost exclusively pumping (and even when I do try to nurse I almost always still offer a bottle, for aforementioned reasons, and pump after) for over a month now. It can be frustrating, but it is working for us. I'm no expert, but if you have any questions I'll happily try to help. My number one piece of advice - get a hands free bra. Also, do you know the trick that you don't actually have to wash the parts after each pumping session?
Regarding your supply, it can take some time to adjust to pumping rather than nursing. I would make sure to do lots of skin to skin to make up for the missed boob time and (even though it's a pain) commit to pumping every 2 hours for a couple of days rather than going 3 hours sometimes.
dancerspose, I think I remember having relief within 48-72 hours of starting antibiotics. I would try a hot compress before nursing or pumping to see if it softens the lump and makes it a little less tender.
Edit to clarify, it wasn't totally relief within that time frame, but enough to make me not wince every time my boob was touched or jostled.
This. Also take some ibuprofen for pain relief. I'm dealing with mastitis, too, so I literally feel your pain.
And the excess pumping has officially effed up my supply. I had a good handle on my oversupply before the infection, but now I'm trying not to pump as much to combat it. Mastitis sucks.
PAL May '17 Siggy Challenge: Picnics - Feminist Picnic
Two MM/C 1/09/12 & MM/C 4/26/12 BFP#3 - Rainbow #1 born 5/11/13 via unplanned C-section Two CP 11/23/15 & 5/13/16 BFP#6 - Rainbow #2 born 2/10/17 via planned C-section
A is a poop machine. A machine! The girl poops like 10 times a day and her poor bum is red and getting raw. It doesn't seem that the aquaphor is helping.
Any suggestions? She just gets her ass wiped so much! Now I'm blotting just to try and not cause her pain.
Try the desitin with the purple lid. That stuff is like putty. We usually use aquaphor, but when rash gets bad that purple desitin does the trick.
PAL May '17 Siggy Challenge: Picnics - Feminist Picnic
Two MM/C 1/09/12 & MM/C 4/26/12 BFP#3 - Rainbow #1 born 5/11/13 via unplanned C-section Two CP 11/23/15 & 5/13/16 BFP#6 - Rainbow #2 born 2/10/17 via planned C-section
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