Lo fell asleep around 9:30 again but I'm up pumping early (I've been getting up at 2:00). Ouch. I still only pump maybe an ounce on one side and 2 on the other.
Lo fell asleep around 9:30 again but I'm up pumping early (I've been getting up at 2:00). Ouch. I still only pump maybe an ounce on one side and 2 on the other.
I'm up for no reason. I just pumped at 1215 & don't have to pump again until 315, yet it's 1am and I'm on here. If it makes you feel better about your supply I only get 1.5 oz total on a normal pump. Are you taking any supplements? I'm taking: goat's rue, fenugreek, alfalfa, & more milk plus as per my LC. I have PCOS and I'm hypothyroid so I'm pretty much screwed since I can't get LO to latch and help out. Sorry I ended up turning this into all about me when I meant to just be supportive. You can ignore my little rant.
T has had a hugely nasty poopy diaper change, lots of milkies, and is in his pj's. All he did for naps today were brief. I hope we longer stretches tonight!
Up for our first time at 12:30, which means I got 3 hours of sleep! I'll take it! But I'm starting to think he will never sleep through the night. He woke up, nursed for about a minute, and passed out. Couldn't we just skip this?!
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Aug 6, 2015 0:54:23 GMT -5
My kid might be driving me crazy with day naps, but she's an awesome nighttime sleeper....I think her bedtime is moving a bit earlier, tonight we started around 7:30 (usually is 8:00) and she was asleep 8ish!
musicfrk2002 I don't blame you! I still have LO in a bassinet in my room. I would totally stay up holding her until I knew for sure she was okay if that happened. Out of curiosity do you have the crib mattress flat or elevated?
It is flat still, I wasn't really sure if elevating it would work since he refuses to sleep on his back.
We are cosleeping tonight...well, H and J are sleeping, I seem to have been pushed out of bed since j wants to be as close to me as he can and I don't want to smother him.
I'm sorry, stinybean. Kudos to you for keeping it up! I eat oatmeal with flax, drink mothers milk tea, and I have brewer's yeast for lactation cookies, but I fear I just might not respond well to a pump.
9:30-2:30 seems to be her range. This means she'll change it up on me asap.
musicfrk2002 I hope you all get some sleep and J is good for the night.
erbear I feel like that might be my issue too. I'm even using a hospital grade pump. I'm prob going to give you soon. I'm going to give it another week and see.
About to lose my shit. This kid is waking on the hour every hour tonight. Doesn't want to nurse really- plays around with the nipple and eats for a minute or two but is then done. WTF?! I can't do this!
About to lose my shit. This kid is waking on the hour every hour tonight. Doesn't want to nurse really- plays around with the nipple and eats for a minute or two but is then done. WTF?! I can't do this!
So sorry! That's how our night was two nights ago, yesterday was back to normal, now we just had our third wake up for comfort nursing. I feel ya! Hope it gets better soon!
After the 9:30-2:30 stretch we got a 3:30-6 and then after nursing until 6:30 I was able to sleep until 7:30 - when h brought her back into our room wailing for more. She's such a cluster feeder in the morning.
I swear my kid gets up in the MOTN just to make fun of me. She woke up an extra time last night (down at 9:00, up at 1:30, 4:00, and 6:30. Usually we would've skipped the 4:00 wakeup) and smiled hugely at me when I went to get her, as if she just wanted to see if I'd come for her. I re-swaddled her more tightly and then she drank like 1 oz of formula, so she wasn't hungry or anything...just wanted to say hi. Then she sat there grinning at me until she drifted back off to sleep. On one hand, so cute. But on the other hand, I start work next week and really can't be doing this. DH and I have agreed that once I start work, we'll be doing every other night MOTN duty. It was my cousin's idea, because it's worked well for her and her wife with their twins. They said it makes the MOTN wake-ups much easier to take when you know you'll get 8 straight hours the next night. I'm so looking forward to it!
M slept from 930-130 and 2 to 5. Finally got some rest. Needed this after he spent all day crying or sleeping with barely any calm alert time.
Wtf wonder weeks, at 6.5 weeks he shoulda passed the extra fussy stage.
We're at 6.5 weeks too- glad to hear we aren't the only ones that aren't lining up with wonder weeks. B has been extra fussy the last few days- what gives?!
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Aug 6, 2015 10:55:11 GMT -5
I wish I could explain my nights. Im not sleeping at all, and losing time for sure. Jazz usually wakes up once around 2am, but shes up for about 2 or 3 hours and fights going back to sleep.. She will fuss and fuss but eventually fall asleep several times in my arms but wake up as soon as I put her down.. twice if you count the early morning wake up (7am) as part of MOTN since sometimes we do go back to bed but I count it as a nap since its light outside by then. So she usually gets to sleep 10ish to 2ish, although sometimes she's out by as early as 8, if Im lucky. Then she'll wake/eat/swaddle/rock/fuss/backtosleep around 4:30. Sleep 4:30-7 when daddy leaves for work. Side-lying BF and bedshare sleep from 7:30-9ish if Im super lucky ducky. If not, we're up at 7.
Last night she fussed and fought sleep from 8 til 11, slept from 11 til 1, 2:30 til 5, was up from 5 til 7, and cat napped from 7 til 9. I am still migraine city over here and cant fall back asleep in between wake ups. WTF is a girl supposed to do with a year long migraine, a year of no sleep, and the prospects going forward of a future with no sleep in sight either??? Im freakin out man!!!!! Its got to get better from here!!!!!
Post by billyhorrible on Aug 6, 2015 11:28:03 GMT -5
periwinkledaydreams - hugs. My heart goes out to you because I've had migraines and bad nights, sometimes together, but never as long as you. For me, it was also a "damned if you do" situation, because caffeine always meant nights like that for LBB. If I had any he'd have frequent wakes, wouldn't stay asleep, hard to get to sleep, and would be wide awake in the middle of the night. And of course, most migraine meds have caffeine or something similar in them. No advice for you, just tons of sympathy.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Aug 6, 2015 13:57:13 GMT -5
Hmm billyhorrible, first thanks for the hugs. I never thought of the caffeine. Mines not coming from meds, my migraine meds are all prescription and none contain caffeine but I am certainly a coffee drinker, to the point of addiction. I utilize coffee and tylenol on top of my scripts to help with a headache but honestly at this point I just have a perpetual headache that never leaves and I don't even know why I allow my body to be a pharmaceutical wasteland if nothing is working anyway. They say it is trial and error with chronic migraine to find what will work for each individual person but I just kinda call bullshit on that. I feel like a science experiment, I feel lucky that my baby was unharmed while they experimented on me, and Im tired of it. I want better! Sorry for the "All About Me" rant.. Im done girls, carry on..
Post by baileybaileybne on Aug 6, 2015 15:00:48 GMT -5
periwinkledaydreams All I can offer is yes, I have to believe it does get better from here! You must be exhausted from the duration of your symptoms but you keep on going and you will again until your LO sleeps through and you get some relief. I wish for you to see the end of this very, very soon.
periwinkledaydreams hugs! I hope you feel better and J gives you some real rest! It will get better...at least I think it will
It's 8:45 here but it feels like the MOTN. H was a disaster today! DH came home and took her and was like, oh she's fine, what are you talking about she's totally calm. Well that lasted about an hour and he's been trying to get her to fall asleep ever since. He's been rocking and singing to her for half an hour while she squirmed and wiggled. So she just drifted off and now I'm sitting on the couch smirking while watching him inch backwards towards her bedroom to try and put her down without waking her. He stops and watches her in terror every time she squeaks. I feel vindicated lol. Now PLEASE sleep for 5 hours, baby!
She had a great first stretch 4.5 in her rock n play instead of swing. I thought for sure she'd be right up after going down. She just ate and went back down. Hoping for 3 hours at least!
O was doing her normal grunting and moving around, so I leaned over and gave her the binky and thought I smelled poop, so I went ahead and got her up. Dammit. It was just a stinky fart. She most likely would have slept until after 6 :/
E had his shots yesterday afternoon. I've never seen him cry so hard, and I saw his first real tear rolling down his cheek while I comforted him. Poor baby, it broke my heart and I could hardly hold back my own tears. I spent most of the evening with him lying on my chest sleeping, since that was the only position he stopped crying in. I was finally able to put him in the PnP next to me around 12:30 and he slept! Until 1:30. I've had maybe 20 min of sleep since then, because although he hasn't really cried or woken up, it's been constant sniffling, coughing, sputtering, choking and restless thrashing along with his low grade fever. I gave up trying to sleep at all about twenty minutes ago and just laid him back on my chest. He's been perfectly still and silent except for his occasional contented little sigh. That makes it worth it, so I'll just keep holding my feverish little baby and wait for my chance to sleep later. This whole mother/baby bond and the physical difference it makes for the baby is just amazing.
Does anyone else have a LO that wakes up in a frenzy? My baby girl is literally a lunatic when she wakes up to eat. She screams at the top of her lungs until I get the bottle into her mouth and moves and kicks so much while I'm changing her that I have to remind myself that she's a baby and exert my strength over her to get through a diaper change. She then squirms through the whole feeding so much that I have to be super alert because she could throw herself off of me!
Does anyone else have a LO that wakes up in a frenzy? My baby girl is literally a lunatic when she wakes up to eat. She screams at the top of her lungs until I get the bottle into her mouth and moves and kicks so much while I'm changing her that I have to remind myself that she's a baby and exert my strength over her to get through a diaper change. She then squirms through the whole feeding so much that I have to be super alert because she could throw herself off of me!
Yup. I have started to always feed him first or the screaming would break my eardrums! And he just started kicking a lot, which is both cute and annoying lol.
She had a great first stretch 4.5 in her rock n play instead of swing. I thought for sure she'd be right up after going down. She just ate and went back down. Hoping for 3 hours at least!
I also had a good night in the RnP instead of the swing! TWO 4+ hour stretches. First time ever. And I slept almost all of it!
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