LO won't burp & now she just wants to scream... And...she has a horrible cough that makes her gag & she sounds congested. I'm NOT ok with this & I'm kind of freaking out...
Do you have a nose frida? I use it all the time to clear LO nose.
Post by pghtruelove on Jun 28, 2015 5:29:33 GMT -5
I feel like such a hypocrite saying this because I complained so much about being pregnant towards the end, but after J nurses she always has to lay on my belly to fall asleep and it makes me miss her being inside me. When I was still pregnant I thought everyone who missed being pregnant was crazy, but I totally get it now. I hate sharing my baby with people. I miss when it was just us.
Ugh yesterday I was having pain on and off that I couldn't tell if it was intestinal cramping or uterine pain. It would come sort of like contractions. I'm nearly 2 weeks postpartum and I haven't been getting the uterus cramps for a while so it was sort of freaking me out. Turns out it was a bad belly ache that some toilet time after a MOTN feed took care of. I was started to get nauseated before I passed the offending material. Que panic of how I would take care of a 2 week old with a tummy bug... scary. Glad it was just a little blip in the radar.
Little girl actually slept fairly well last night. She ate at 9:30, didn't wake up to eat again until almost 1:00. Then she woke at 4:00 and 7:00. Much better than the every hour or two stuff we've been dealing with. However, I couldn't sleep!! I guess I've gotten so used to getting up all the time that my body just couldn't relax. Stupid insomnia.
I feel like such a hypocrite saying this because I complained so much about being pregnant towards the end, but after J nurses she always has to lay on my belly to fall asleep and it makes me miss her being inside me. When I was still pregnant I thought everyone who missed being pregnant was crazy, but I totally get it now. I hate sharing my baby with people. I miss when it was just us.
I had this feeling with my first pregnancy postpartum. I would go to sleep at night w the baby in the crib next to my bed but have this feeling of emptiness in my body where I missed the feeling of being pregnant. which is nuts because I hated being pregnant when I was pregnant. This time around I haven't felt anything like that.
Little girl actually slept fairly well last night. She ate at 9:30, didn't wake up to eat again until almost 1:00. Then she woke at 4:00 and 7:00. Much better than the every hour or two stuff we've been dealing with. However, I couldn't sleep!! I guess I've gotten so used to getting up all the time that my body just couldn't relax. Stupid insomnia.
My LO is settling into a routine too. She eats at 730pm, 12am, 3am then 5am. I'm actually pretty well rested everyday and so thankful that the wake ups aren't that frequent.
Little girl actually slept fairly well last night. She ate at 9:30, didn't wake up to eat again until almost 1:00. Then she woke at 4:00 and 7:00. Much better than the every hour or two stuff we've been dealing with. However, I couldn't sleep!! I guess I've gotten so used to getting up all the time that my body just couldn't relax. Stupid insomnia.
My LO is settling into a routine too. She eats at 730pm, 12am, 3am then 5am. I'm actually pretty well rested everyday and so thankful that the wake ups aren't that frequent.
We were in a good night routine with feedings and wake ups, then the 6-week growth spur hit. That was a tough week.
Little girl actually slept fairly well last night. She ate at 9:30, didn't wake up to eat again until almost 1:00. Then she woke at 4:00 and 7:00. Much better than the every hour or two stuff we've been dealing with. However, I couldn't sleep!! I guess I've gotten so used to getting up all the time that my body just couldn't relax. Stupid insomnia.
My LO is settling into a routine too. She eats at 730pm, 12am, 3am then 5am. I'm actually pretty well rested everyday and so thankful that the wake ups aren't that frequent.
This is exactly our routine, too. At 5 I usually nurse in bed and he'll sleep until 7 or so and then he's up.
Little girl actually slept fairly well last night. She ate at 9:30, didn't wake up to eat again until almost 1:00. Then she woke at 4:00 and 7:00. Much better than the every hour or two stuff we've been dealing with. However, I couldn't sleep!! I guess I've gotten so used to getting up all the time that my body just couldn't relax. Stupid insomnia.
We are in a similar pattern as well. She eats at 10pm, 2:30ish, 5:30ish, 8am. I am grateful that her days and nights seem to be straight as well. I usually wake ip as she starts storring and go get her bottle ready. i take her out of the pack n play, change her diaper and head to the nursery to feed her in the glider in the dark. As soon as she turns over to burp she's back asleep. 30 mins from the time I get her bottle ready till I'm back in bed. I'm enjoying it while it lasts!
Post by ravinraven216 on Jun 28, 2015 20:32:55 GMT -5
DH is currently napping in preparation for tonight and I dozed/fitfully slept from 6:30-7:30pm and 8:00-9:00pm. LO has us up almost every hour to eat at night and it's taking a toll on us both - last night I didn't get any sleep until after 4:30am. We just vegged on the couch all day, we were that tired from last night. LO's also going from 0 to 60 on demanding to be fed, waking with no warning and angry/ravenous. I'm so sore form his barracuda mouth, which he has even with a good latch. He's painfully aggressive and getting through letdown is agony. He's also falling asleep after one side, which I think is contributing to him not sleeping as long between feedings.
Post by carolyngrace on Jun 28, 2015 21:30:24 GMT -5
Silly me for saying we have a routine! DB slept from 8:30-9:15 and has now been up screaming (unless he's on the boob) for over an hour. What's the deal kid? Not looking forward to tonight.
We are in a similar pattern as well. She eats at 10pm, 2:30ish, 5:30ish, 8am. I am grateful that her days and nights seem to be straight as well. I usually wake ip as she starts storring and go get her bottle ready. i take her out of the pack n play, change her diaper and head to the nursery to feed her in the glider in the dark. As soon as she turns over to burp she's back asleep. 30 mins from the time I get her bottle ready till I'm back in bed. I'm enjoying it while it lasts!
So jealous of this. Feedings with V last 2-3 hours (4 last night) since he is wide awake after he eats, and so two feedings happen during an awake period. Right now we've been awake and cluster feeding since about 2:30 with short 20-30 minute naps interspersed. I am praying I'll be rewarded with a long sleep tonight, but not counting on it.
I think that because I'm not breast feeding we don't really do the cluster feed thing. Late last week we were giving 2-2.5 oz and she'd cry for more within an hour so we upped it to 3 and its done the trick. I was feeding her in bed and found that she would not go back to sleep plus I didn't want to wake DH since he's back to work so I started taking her to sit in the glider. I read an article that said to keep it as dark as possible and to try and get to them before they full on wake and lose their shit. We sit in the dark with the hall bath light on. So far she does well going back to sleep since she's never super awake.
I'm using a nipple shield and my nipples are still sore. Ouch. On one hand I'm excited - she's feeding from the breast more often and More successfully - but again, ouch!
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jun 29, 2015 0:53:33 GMT -5
Up for the first MOTN feeding....still having to "wake" baby to eat at night, but my H is a champ and feeds her a bottle of pumped milk while I pump in the living room. Knock on wood, this is my most comfortable pumping session ever....aka my nipples don't feel like the they are being tortured;)
Anybody know how much I should be getting each pumping session? DB is 2 weeks old today:)
Post by ravinraven216 on Jun 29, 2015 2:41:24 GMT -5
Hey, LO. You know how you could nurse better? You could let me sleep and give my body time to replenish my supply instead of suckling at my mostly empty breasts for an hour. Crazy thought, I know. You could sleep, too. You'd probably enjoy it.
I seriously hate breastfeeding sometimes. Even when we have a good latch it's still painful, A is so lazy he always ends up needing to be taken off the boob a few times and to re-latch. He is so much better from a bottle. If it wasn't nutritionally better and cheaper I would toss in the towel right now. I miss formula. I kind of hate everyone who says breastfeeding is easier. It certainly isn't for me. I would rather pump than breastfeed 95% of the time. I'm grumpy and just kind of over it right now.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jun 29, 2015 4:00:08 GMT -5
Ugh lalamomma I hear you!! There have been SO many times I've wanted to throw in the towel with this breastfeeding thing! Mostly I don't because, like you said, it's cheaper, it's been great for losing baby weight, and because I spent so much $$ on things to make it "easier". Not to mention the mommy guilt over quiting when some moms would kill to still be able to BF. All I can say is keep it up sister, you got this!
So jealous of this. Feedings with V last 2-3 hours (4 last night) since he is wide awake after he eats, and so two feedings happen during an awake period. Right now we've been awake and cluster feeding since about 2:30 with short 20-30 minute naps interspersed. I am praying I'll be rewarded with a long sleep tonight, but not counting on it.
Are you still swaddling V? He sounds like DS#1 who was wide awake during night feeds as a newborn. I had been unswaddling him to feed but as soon as I left him swaddled (just with a quick unswaddle at beginning or middle of feed for nappy change) this improved a lot. I always kept DD swaddled MOTN feedings and she never went through the wide awakes. So far doing it with Freddie too and going well but he's only a week old so plenty of time to prove me wrong.
I agree keep swaddled. Also not to sound mean but another way to discourage nighttime awareness is do not talk to them at all at night and make minimal eye contact. Even after swaddling if you are rocking them make minimal eye contact. I know at this age they can barely see but it's important they don't have any stimuli at night if you want them to go back down faster.
There's a baby in an adjacent room that screamed ALL.NIGHT.LONG.
So in addition to being up to nurse every couple of hours and because Luke threw up 2x MOTN (they warned us it would happen bc of how fast he came out, they expected he'd swallowed some fluid on the way out, he did), I heard a screaming baby all night long. hooray for rest!
There's a baby in an adjacent room that screamed ALL.NIGHT.LONG.
So in addition to being up to nurse every couple of hours and because Luke threw up 2x MOTN (they warned us it would happen bc of how fast he came out, they expected he'd swallowed some fluid on the way out, he did), I heard a screaming baby all night long. hooray for rest!
I'm really surprised the nurses let them scream all night. Any time DD cried for an extended amount of time a nursery nurse would come by ask if we needed help.,,usually it was because I was having trouble with trying to BF. They would help me get situated and get her on the boob or swaddle her for us and also see if we wanted her to go to the nursery to get some rest. I rarely heard other babies cry for more than say 15-20 mins
mrsmonogrammedravinraven216budders Thanks for the understanding! All my friends try to be encouraging but as successful bf mommies I just don't know if they get how I feel lol. It's nice knowing I'm not alone
There's a baby in an adjacent room that screamed ALL.NIGHT.LONG.
So in addition to being up to nurse every couple of hours and because Luke threw up 2x MOTN (they warned us it would happen bc of how fast he came out, they expected he'd swallowed some fluid on the way out, he did), I heard a screaming baby all night long. hooray for rest!
I'm really surprised the nurses let them scream all night. Any time DD cried for an extended amount of time a nursery nurse would come by ask if we needed help.,,usually it was because I was having trouble with trying to BF. They would help me get situated and get her on the boob or swaddle her for us and also see if we wanted her to go to the nursery to get some rest. I rarely heard other babies cry for more than say 15-20 mins
I'm pretty sure it was related to BF. At one point, maybe 3am ish?, I heard them doing a weight check and they said something like she hasn't lost much from her birth weight.
DH supposes it was more than one baby- one on each side of us, which is possible too.
mrsmonogrammedravinraven216budders Thanks for the understanding! All my friends try to be encouraging but as successful bf mommies I just don't know if they get how I feel lol. It's nice knowing I'm not alone
I know how you feel 100%. After 18 days of trying, and feeling completely hopeless and emotional, I finally threw in the towel. It was the hardest decision that I have ever made, and I was consumed with guilt at the time. But I know now that it was the right decision for me and my baby girl. It had gotten to the point that I felt I was missing out on all the wonderful parts of being a mom, and only stressing over nursing, dreading the next feeding, feeling down on myself because we couldn't get it right, and my stress was rubbing off on the baby. We struggled through most every feeding, and I was barely producing any milk, and at her 2 week appointment, she was still 4 oz under her birthweight. Cue even more guilt. Now I feel like myself again, and I have a much happier LO.
You are doing a great job. Set small goals. If you make it to one goal, then set another. If you decide to quit, know that you are not any less of a mother because you are not breastfeeding. Your baby will be healthy, and you will still have lots of bonding time. Those were the worst for me. Good luck!!
mrsmonogrammedravinraven216budders Thanks for the understanding! All my friends try to be encouraging but as successful bf mommies I just don't know if they get how I feel lol. It's nice knowing I'm not alone
I know how you feel 100%. After 18 days of trying, and feeling completely hopeless and emotional, I finally threw in the towel. It was the hardest decision that I have ever made, and I was consumed with guilt at the time. But I know now that it was the right decision for me and my baby girl. It had gotten to the point that I felt I was missing out on all the wonderful parts of being a mom, and only stressing over nursing, dreading the next feeding, feeling down on myself because we couldn't get it right, and my stress was rubbing off on the baby. We struggled through most every feeding, and I was barely producing any milk, and at her 2 week appointment, she was still 4 oz under her birthweight. Cue even more guilt. Now I feel like myself again, and I have a much happier LO.
You are doing a great job. Set small goals. If you make it to one goal, then set another. If you decide to quit, know that you are not any less of a mother because you are not breastfeeding. Your baby will be healthy, and you will still have lots of bonding time. Those were the worst for me. Good luck!!
I think because it didn't work with DD1 I'm pressuring myself more. I really thought things would be easier this time. I didn't account for just not enjoying it. I'm miserable with it, but I am not totally ready to give up. I keep thinking its early and I need to try a little longer and it might get better. I'm going to make an appointment win a LC and see what advice they have. FWIW as a mom who did formula the first time I don't have negative feelings on formula. It's great we have an option on how to feed our children. I say do what makes us happy and works best for our babes.
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