Post by musicallyinclined on Mar 1, 2017 18:14:35 GMT -5
shawnabm1320, sorry to hear about your great grandma. I hope she improves. And I also hope LO doesn't keep you waiting too much longer. That's a tough situation all around.
Post by flyinghorses6 on Mar 1, 2017 18:19:57 GMT -5
Feeling like Wonder Woman. Dinner and both kids clean all before 6:30. And so much couch cuddles happening while we watch Shrek. My babies smell so good. It's intoxicating.
I'm all excited about being able to work out again on the one hand.... on the other DD and I are waiting on blondies to come out of the oven. We were feeling bougee so we put some fleur de sel on them #saltbaes
Post by crazycatlady6 on Mar 1, 2017 18:40:20 GMT -5
shawnabm1320 - I hope your great grandma improves.
Today has been a day. R is latching a lot better but I'm not producing all that much, especially for feeding sessions that he won't latch. I am pumping after every feeding, I have another LC appt. tomorrow. We have been supplementing with formula and at this point, I am Really Close to exclusively formula, which makes me feel like a massive failure. Or maybe I'm that close because it's been a tough day with a lot of crying and no rest. DH went back to work today and mom is helping out as much as possible but she can only do so much. My bleeding has picked up again so that is a sign that I'm doing too much.
Post by dancerspose on Mar 1, 2017 19:03:20 GMT -5
shawnabm1320 healing thoughts to your great grandmother.
crazycatlady6 huge hugs my friend. I hope your night is better and the appointment tomorrow goes well. Whatever happens, don't beat yourself up or think yourself a failure. The most important thing is that your boy will be fed and happy.
crazycatlady6 don't feel like a failure. Your baby is getting fed, and that's what matters! I had the sAme issue with low supply vs. his needs at each feeding. A lot of what is out there makes you feel like a bad mom for not BF'ing and it shouldn't. So try not to let it get you down. You're doing a great job
Post by sweetieheart32 on Mar 1, 2017 19:45:58 GMT -5
shawnabm1320 So sorry about your great grandmother. Prayers for healing so she can meet your lo, who is coming soon! Hang in there, you're almost done! pivot your DD is adorable 😁💖 Don't get down on yourself crazycatlady6. You're doing the best you can! I hope you get some rest tonight. DD1 is being a toddlery PITA. She had no nap today and spit out her dinner, took all her clothes off while in time out, so it's bath time and going to bed early tonight! At least DD2 has been napping in the bouncy seat while all this is happening. Thank God for small miracles.
crazycatlady6 you are not a failure no matter what happens. With my first we stopped nursing at 7 weeks and it was 100% the right decision and I was kicking myself later for giving myself such a hard time about the switch. It relieved a lot of stress and for us it was the right choice. It's an emotional decision but either way you are doing a great job. I ended up choosing to EFF from day one with DD2 and haven't regretted it once.
So I've been dealing with a little stomach bug the past few days and N just had a liquid poop. Do you think I need to call over this or wait it out? He doesn't have a fever.
Question for you all: where does your baby sleep? Do they sleep in the crib right away or have you seen them with more success in a bassinet or swing?
Over the course of the night we use the bassinet (which has a dockatot in it), a RNP, and cosleep. Mostly bassinet as that's where we start and she does well in it. The RNP is a last ditch effort usually like 4 am. And on me if she lasting less than an hour in either of the other 2; so if I doze off while nursing. I'm so happy this kid likes her bassinet! Praying it makes crib transition easier than with her sister!
Post by monicageller on Mar 2, 2017 1:04:42 GMT -5
crazycatlady6 LO is in a rnp in our room. I'll probably try and transition to his crib once he is going longer stretches at night. With DS1 we moved him to the crib at only a few weeks old. But we have moved since then and our master is now on the first floor and the kids rooms are upstairs. So I'll probably keep ds2 in our room a little longer.
Question for you all: where does your baby sleep? Do they sleep in the crib right away or have you seen them with more success in a bassinet or swing?
Bassinet now, but in the early days he hated the thing so more often than not we ended up cosleeping just to get by. We plan to move him to his crib in another room at 4ish months.
Question for you all: where does your baby sleep? Do they sleep in the crib right away or have you seen them with more success in a bassinet or swing?
The unfinished nursery is upstairs so for now we're working to train DS to sleep in the bassinet in our room. We have more success during the day, but night time is going ok. If he falls asleep right away in it he usually ends up in our bed later, like for his last feed. Or if he has trouble falling asleep, DH gets him to sleep on his chest out on the couch so I can sleep then once he comes in for his 2nd feed I can usually get him in the bassinet after that. But we've only had one night with 100% success so far.
Both of my girls were straight in the crib because we had the space for it in our room and they hated the bassinet so we just put the crib in our room. We probably would have gone straight to the crib in our room if DD2 wasn't still in it.
Post by littleredfish on Mar 2, 2017 7:58:06 GMT -5
My night has been less than fun. Had my own breastmilk coughed into my face at 2 separate feeds because he was being too lazy to deal with a let down. Put my hand in baby poo at not 1 but every change tonight. Got peed on (this mom of girls keep forgetting about the penis). And got stuck in bed between a sweaty infant and a horney H who kept groping my rock hard BF boobs in his sleep even though I kept shrugging him off. So I'll be good and fucking exhausted today.
Post by wildflower810 on Mar 2, 2017 8:55:00 GMT -5
I'm still pregnant. I'm really hoping today is the day, though.
H has been oversleeping his alarms. Yesterday by an hour and a half. Today I went in and woke him up... TWICE. Then his noise in the shower woke DS1 up, so I was awake a full two hours earlier than normal AND had to deal with a toddler seeing daddy before work (which never ever happens). I was not happy.
And of course the toddler is grumpy now because he was up too early. I foresee a heck of a lot of screen time today. My give a cares are gone.
crazycatlady6 don't feel like a failure. Your baby is getting fed, and that's what matters! I had the sAme issue with low supply vs. his needs at each feeding. A lot of what is out there makes you feel like a bad mom for not BF'ing and it shouldn't. So try not to let it get you down. You're doing a great job
I'm 3 weeks PP and pump, at most, 52ml with most pumps being around 25ml. Pathetic. I could drink more water and I suck at pumping 8x/day, especially now with DH back at work. I'm going to give it one really strong week and give it my all, but if it doesn't work, I'm probably going to movie to exclusive formula. That extra 30min for pumping/setup/cleanup is valuable sleep time.
ETA: my point being - low supply effing sucks and the benefit v reward isn't always there.
My pumps are pathetic too. And I agree, I feel like it's time I could be sleeping etc, that would be better spent considering how little I end up with. I get max 20ml each time. It definitely sucks.
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