When would you say is your babies most wakeful time of day? I'm really surprised that LOs Is most wakeful/restless from 330am-9am. During this time she takes short naps and then is up hungry frequently. Ugh. I hope this does not mean she is an easy riser. Anyone else having this similar wakeful time?
Baby girl is most wakeful from about 5:30-noon. After her first feeding with the sun up she will lay down but she grumbles and chats the whole time and doesn't actually go to sleep. Then she usually stays fairly alert maybe with a 20 minute nap or two until around noon/1. Then she will sleep a good nap until 3 or 4 and stay pretty sleepy until bedtime.
I'm lucky right now where she generally doesn't have night time wakeful periods. But now that I've said that tonight will probably be awful..lol!
To moms who's hands swelled and had to remove your rings, at what point did you decide your fingers just changed size and you need to size up your rings? Or did you find after breastfeeding was over they changed again? This didn't happen to me last time so I didn't pay that close of attention to my body I guess.
I'm lucky right now where she generally doesn't have night time wakeful periods. But now that I've said that tonight will probably be awful..lol!
To moms who's hands swelled and had to remove your rings, at what point did you decide your fingers just changed size and you need to size up your rings? Or did you find after breastfeeding was over they changed again? This didn't happen to me last time so I didn't pay that close of attention to my body I guess.
Lucky you!! Hoping this doesn't curse tonight for you. Im going on 2 1/2 years since DS was born and the size of my hands never went back. My wedding ring is an infinity style w diamonds all around and I took it to a few jewelers and it can't be resized without adding more diamonds. Haven't decided what to do yet. For now I just wear it as a necklace.
Anyone's LO have what looks like pimples/acne on the cheeks?
Mine has had at least one spot on her face since birth (3w tomorrow) baby acne is common, but I'm going to try putting some breast milk on it and see if it does anything....you could maybe try that? Otherwise you're not really supposed to touch it, it should go away on its own!
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jul 5, 2015 15:00:50 GMT -5
LO will be 3 weeks tomorrow...I pump at night and have DH feed her a bottle of pumped breast milk...I've been giving her about 2oz each feeding....is that an ok amount? I know BM isn't like formula so I just want to make sure I'm feeding her enough! She's giving me 3 hour stretches (actually longer, I have to wake her up at night) but we're having a slow weight gain problem so I just wanted to check in!
Anyone's LO have what looks like pimples/acne on the cheeks?
Mine has had at least one spot on her face since birth (3w tomorrow) baby acne is common, but I'm going to try putting some breast milk on it and see if it does anything....you could maybe try that? Otherwise you're not really supposed to touch it, it should go away on its own!
Another vote for "don't touch it" or breastmilk if you feel like you need to put anything on it. Right now their skins are adjusting to not being in fluid 24/7 and learning how to regulate the oils. So you end up with oil spots and dry spots. Acne and peeling skin. But if you put anything on it (lotions, diaper cream, etc.) the skin thinks its doing a great job and continues to over/under produce in those areas. That's why you're not supposed to put anything on the skin but water and baby wash for 6 months. Obviously if there's an inflammation (diaper rash) then treat it with A&D, Aquaphor, butt paste, prescribed meds during the duration of the inflammation.
tiffbot, I couldn't remember when the swelling went down last time either, so I shoved my rings back on after 1 week. That was a mistake. My wedding band was fine, but my e-ring was too tight and I could not get it back off. It's just now starting to be "normal" feeling and it's been almost 4 weeks.
@poppyc8, BH is on the same schedule as your daughter. Most wakeful in the morning, after 3:30. Whatever time he wakes up after that he is pretty much UP. I can get him to sleep with me until about 6/7 and then he wants nothing to do with sleep until around 9am.
LO will be 3 weeks tomorrow...I pump at night and have DH feed her a bottle of pumped breast milk...I've been giving her about 2oz each feeding....is that an ok amount? I know BM isn't like formula so I just want to make sure I'm feeding her enough! She's giving me 3 hour stretches (actually longer, I have to wake her up at night) but we're having a slow weight gain problem so I just wanted to check in!
Kellymom has an expressed milk calculator as to how much should be in each bottle - I can't get the site to load right now for some reason, but if you can't find it I'll keep trying to post the link
My LO is most awake from around 5am to noon, as well. He'll usually nap in the afternoon (I have to wake him to feed him) and gives me 3ish hour stretches at night. He is definitely hard to get to go back to sleep around the 2am feeding, though....
LO will be 3 weeks tomorrow...I pump at night and have DH feed her a bottle of pumped breast milk...I've been giving her about 2oz each feeding....is that an ok amount? I know BM isn't like formula so I just want to make sure I'm feeding her enough! She's giving me 3 hour stretches (actually longer, I have to wake her up at night) but we're having a slow weight gain problem so I just wanted to check in!
Ive been giving LO 3oz of BM in a bottle at a time for awhile now- he's almost 4 weeks and a lot smaller than your LO so he's got more catching up to do. Sometimes that even isnt enough for him and i have to offer another ounce shortly thereafter. How do you define show weight gain? Is she gaining at least .5oz a day on average? My LO has been gaining more than that on average, but again he's tiny.
When would you say is your babies most wakeful time of day? I'm really surprised that LOs Is most wakeful/restless from 330am-9am. During this time she takes short naps and then is up hungry frequently. Ugh. I hope this does not mean she is an easy riser. Anyone else having this similar wakeful time?
Yup this is DD 100%. She keeps Mommy up during the unGodly hours of the AM, then between 9am and 5pm we can usually get 2 decent naps of 2-3 hours out of her. Then she catnaps all evening and if we're lucky she'll give us another 2-3 hour stretch from about midnight-3am. And repeat....Mommy is exhausted!
+1 for LO having baby acne as well. Doctor told us not to do anything about it. It's starting to clear up a little (3 weeks old tomorrow).
Does anyone know the reasoning behind restricting driving for 2 weeks after a vaginal delivery? DH goes back to work tmrw and of course my drs offices have wanted to schedule appts for this week. Both mine and the baby's Drs are about 40 mins away. Anyone drive prior to the 2 weeks? I wasn't told explicitly this but saw it in my discharge papers that I was just looking at. I feel like physically 2 weeks is a little overkill.
Does anyone know the reasoning behind restricting driving for 2 weeks after a vaginal delivery? DH goes back to work tmrw and of course my drs offices have wanted to schedule appts for this week. Both mine and the baby's Drs are about 40 mins away. Anyone drive prior to the 2 weeks? I wasn't told explicitly this but saw it in my discharge papers that I was just looking at. I feel like physically 2 weeks is a little overkill.
My OBs never had such restrictions for a vaginal delivery and I started driving again almost immediately. Go to your doc appts, odds are you'll be fine
Does anyone know the reasoning behind restricting driving for 2 weeks after a vaginal delivery? DH goes back to work tmrw and of course my drs offices have wanted to schedule appts for this week. Both mine and the baby's Drs are about 40 mins away. Anyone drive prior to the 2 weeks? I wasn't told explicitly this but saw it in my discharge papers that I was just looking at. I feel like physically 2 weeks is a little overkill.
I think it's an instance of CYA to guarantee you've physically recovered enough that you have solid reaction time while driving. If you drive before that 2 week period is over and you were to be at fault in an accident, I'd imagine you could face being charged with reckless operation, since you are on doctor's orders not to.
Does anyone know the reasoning behind restricting driving for 2 weeks after a vaginal delivery? DH goes back to work tmrw and of course my drs offices have wanted to schedule appts for this week. Both mine and the baby's Drs are about 40 mins away. Anyone drive prior to the 2 weeks? I wasn't told explicitly this but saw it in my discharge papers that I was just looking at. I feel like physically 2 weeks is a little overkill.
Forgive me, because I just don't remember, but anything weird about your delivery? I didn't have any driving restrictions following the delivery - and I asked. They said I could have driven home from the hospital if I wanted to. Are you taking pain meds? Maybe it's related to that? I skipped them this time because they make me sick.
I definitely drove before 2 weeks and nothing has fallen out or off
Does anyone know the reasoning behind restricting driving for 2 weeks after a vaginal delivery? DH goes back to work tmrw and of course my drs offices have wanted to schedule appts for this week. Both mine and the baby's Drs are about 40 mins away. Anyone drive prior to the 2 weeks? I wasn't told explicitly this but saw it in my discharge papers that I was just looking at. I feel like physically 2 weeks is a little overkill.
Forgive me, because I just don't remember, but anything weird about your delivery? I didn't have any driving restrictions following the delivery - and I asked. They said I could have driven home from the hospital if I wanted to. Are you taking pain meds? Maybe it's related to that? I skipped them this time because they make me sick.
I definitely drove before 2 weeks and nothing has fallen out or off
The strongest stuff I'm on is Motrin as needed. They did consider my delivery traumatic because I pushed for 5.5 hrs. Maybe that's it-the instructions are on the generic aftercare papers they give to everyone though-not my specific discharge paperwork.
Does anyone else find it really odd for the grandparents to want their LO'S social security number?? Both of my in laws have asked for it and I have said no. Dh and I got into an argument over it and decided to discuss it later when his dad and step mom leave. I personally don't see a need for them to have it. My MIL claims it's for bonds but, you don't need it to buy a savings bond. I see no need for myself and my husband to have it. Am I just being a crazy ftm or am I being rational, and justified??
Does anyone know the reasoning behind restricting driving for 2 weeks after a vaginal delivery? DH goes back to work tmrw and of course my drs offices have wanted to schedule appts for this week. Both mine and the baby's Drs are about 40 mins away. Anyone drive prior to the 2 weeks? I wasn't told explicitly this but saw it in my discharge papers that I was just looking at. I feel like physically 2 weeks is a little overkill.
I was allowed to drive after a week as long as I was no longer on any pain meds and could push on the brake with no pain I was allowed to drive.
Does anyone else find it really odd for the grandparents to want their LO'S social security number?? Both of my in laws have asked for it and I have said no. Dh and I got into an argument over it and decided to discuss it later when his dad and step mom leave. I personally don't see a need for them to have it. My MIL claims it's for bonds but, you don't need it to buy a savings bond. I see no need for myself and my husband to have it. Am I just being a crazy ftm or am I being rational, and justified??
Stocks? Life insurance? inheritance? Trust? Eta- college savings plan? Im not sure if any of these things require a SS no. but from your prior stories related to your IL's its very believeable they would want to put money aside somewhere for your LO- they just might not be completely honest of where its going. Eta-i also doubt they could do much harm from having it.
Does anyone else find it really odd for the grandparents to want their LO'S social security number?? Both of my in laws have asked for it and I have said no. Dh and I got into an argument over it and decided to discuss it later when his dad and step mom leave. I personally don't see a need for them to have it. My MIL claims it's for bonds but, you don't need it to buy a savings bond. I see no need for myself and my husband to have it. Am I just being a crazy ftm or am I being rational, and justified??
That sounds weird to me that they would need that for any reason but I don't know much about bonds and such.
Does anyone else find it really odd for the grandparents to want their LO'S social security number?? Both of my in laws have asked for it and I have said no. Dh and I got into an argument over it and decided to discuss it later when his dad and step mom leave. I personally don't see a need for them to have it. My MIL claims it's for bonds but, you don't need it to buy a savings bond. I see no need for myself and my husband to have it. Am I just being a crazy ftm or am I being rational, and justified??
Stocks? Life insurance? inheritance? Trust? Eta- college savings plan? Im not sure if any of these things require a SS no. but from your prior stories related to your IL's its very believeable they would want to put money aside somewhere for your LO- they just might not be completely honest of where its going. Eta-i also doubt they could do much harm from having it.
My Dh said it is probably for a trust of some sort. Apparently my FIL did it for my dh neice and nephew, but his mom's reasoning is kind of crazy. Bc I've bought a savings bond without the person's ssn before. I didn't think about college savings funds, just figured that would be something we would set up. My parents have asked once we do it to let them know so they can put money into it. Kind of figured that's what his parents would do as well.
Does anyone else find it really odd for the grandparents to want their LO'S social security number?? Both of my in laws have asked for it and I have said no. Dh and I got into an argument over it and decided to discuss it later when his dad and step mom leave. I personally don't see a need for them to have it. My MIL claims it's for bonds but, you don't need it to buy a savings bond. I see no need for myself and my husband to have it. Am I just being a crazy ftm or am I being rational, and justified??
I needed SSNs to buy savings bonds for DS1 and his cousin a couple years ago. Has that changed? If you don't trust them, don't share it. Child ID theft is awful to deal with. I have no problem sharing our kids with our folks but I also trust them 100% to not share it or use it inappropriately.
Post by holliberry28 on Jul 5, 2015 18:20:21 GMT -5
I know some babies are fussier than others, but my LO has seemed to have "colic" since a few days old, and from everything I've read, it doesn't start til 2 weeks. M is 16 days old and cries during day and night, after formula and breast milk. I worry that it's my fault bc I took Zoloft during pregnancy- someone please tell me it's just that his stomach is immature and these crying fits will stop. He rarely sleeps for more than an hours time.
I also had a two week driving restriction; my doctor said it was so I didn't tear my stitches.
I've wondered if the two ounces of BM was enough, too. She's down to only getting a bottle of we're out (I haven't gotten my nursing cover yet) or if I'm just exhausted in the MOTN and h feeds her. I'll go check out kellymom!
LO will be 3 weeks tomorrow...I pump at night and have DH feed her a bottle of pumped breast milk...I've been giving her about 2oz each feeding....is that an ok amount? I know BM isn't like formula so I just want to make sure I'm feeding her enough! She's giving me 3 hour stretches (actually longer, I have to wake her up at night) but we're having a slow weight gain problem so I just wanted to check in!
Ive been giving LO 3oz of BM in a bottle at a time for awhile now- he's almost 4 weeks and a lot smaller than your LO so he's got more catching up to do. Sometimes that even isnt enough for him and i have to offer another ounce shortly thereafter. How do you define show weight gain? Is she gaining at least .5oz a day on average? My LO has been gaining more than that on average, but again he's tiny.
LO still isn't back up to birth weight (9lb when born, lowest weight was 8lb 1oz, she stayed the same weight for 4 days, but is now 8lb 6oz as of Friday at the dr) after she started actually gaining she's been averaging .5oz/day which I know is normal, but with so far left to go to get back to birth weight it worries me! She's eating about 11-12 times a day...every hour to 2 hours MAX during the day, and then I wake her up 2x at night because she still won't wake up on her own.. She always goes right back to sleep after her 2oz bottles, but maybe I should bump it up to see some extra weight gain??
billyhorrible thank you for the suggestion! I'm going to look it up right now:)
I wasn't told about any driving restrictions and I had a second degree tear with stitches. I was driving all around a few days PP. I didn't feel bad at all though, I didn't even have to take Motrin this time. Complete 180 from my last recovery, I was still taking Motrin 10 weeks PP for pain with DS1-3rd degree tear and episiotomy.
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