SQS 8/9

[dogmama22]

budders we were just talking about this in my local group - many moms said they did the same with searching the pillows and sheets, so it must be pretty common. I also haven't heard of anyone getting up though.

[tiffbot]

So weird, this happens to me too but I've never thought too much about it because I freqeuenty have vivid dreams. Since having DD I've woken up in a panic looking for DS and freaking out that I can't find him after I find her. But he's 2, and has been sleeping in his own room for a year and a half now haha.

I think it just eventually ends!

[Widget123]

Anyone have experience with a baby with a blue line across the bridge of the nose? Ive been reading all sorts of interesting things online about correlation to tongue ties (LOs was snipped), cranial compression, the sugar bug, digestive issues, etc. Our 2 month appt is tomorrow, just curious

[bookninja]

+1 to the frantically checking the bed... When's she's actually snoring in the rock in play... I think it is just our brains adjusting to the sudden addition of a person you want to keep safe at all costs. Most other relationships like that (DH, even parents, good friends) you sort of ease into, where as baby is more sudden, and tremendously more fragile and dependent.

[erbear]

budders I have the same dreams, although I haven't had them in about a week. I usually dream I'm nursing her and I fell asleep and she's stuck in the blankets somewhere. It's terrifying!

[Deleted]

budders I had these same exact awake/dreams with DS. I forgot all about them until you mentioned it. My reoccurring one would be that I would be half awake/half asleep digging around in the blankets because I thought DS had fallen down in the middle of me breastfeeding him. Then I would look over and he would be sleeping in the bassinet. I think they are stress induced and also related to sleep deprivation. Once DS turned 3 months they went away.

I haven't had any this time around. So not sure why I only had them w my first baby

[mrsmonogrammed]

When does the # of feeds/day go down? We're hitting 8 nursing sessions per day, but sometimes it's a struggle to get that 8th one in with naps and her just not being as interested....she'll be 2 months old on the 15th!

[bookninja]

Aug 9, 2015 16:55:36 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

When does the # of feeds/day go down? We're hitting 8 nursing sessions per day, but sometimes it's a struggle to get that 8th one in with naps and her just not being as interested....she'll be 2 months old on the 15th!

I don't know the official answer, but J will be 2 months on the 18th, and I have noticed the same thing...

[musicfrk2002]

How do I know if my FF son is getting enough to eat? He is still taking 4 oz at a time (has since about 3 weeks old), but seems to only be eating 5 to 6 times a day, so 20 to 24 oz total. He usually seems full after eating, but always screams when we go to burp him. We have given him more a few times but then he spits most of it back up.

[Widget123]

Aug 9, 2015 16:55:36 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

When does the # of feeds/day go down? We're hitting 8 nursing sessions per day, but sometimes it's a struggle to get that 8th one in with naps and her just not being as interested....she'll be 2 months old on the 15th!

Follow your baby's cues, but i wouldnt expect eating fewer than 5 or 6 times a day until the baby is eating a significant amount of solids. So dropping down to 7 sounds fine assuming she's eating enough in quantity.

[Widget123]

Aug 9, 2015 17:43:30 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

How do I know if my FF son is getting enough to eat? He is still taking 4 oz at a time (has since about 3 weeks old), but seems to only be eating 5 to 6 times a day, so 20 to 24 oz total. He usually seems full after eating, but always screams when we go to burp him. We have given him more a few times but then he spits most of it back up.

If you want to try to offer more maybe wait 30 min- 1 hour then do it, but it sounds like he doesnt need it.

[carolyngrace]

@freckleface, I'm not sure, but my LO does the same thing. I feel like he charges up on days where he sleeps a lot.

mrsmonogrammed, I feel like as long as DB is gaining weight you should just follow her cues. I know babies the same age as my DB (10 weeks) who nurse 10+ times a day for shorter periods of time. I'm not sure how many times I nurse per day, but it's probably not more than 8.

[shahoi]

Aug 9, 2015 17:43:30 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

How do I know if my FF son is getting enough to eat? He is still taking 4 oz at a time (has since about 3 weeks old), but seems to only be eating 5 to 6 times a day, so 20 to 24 oz total. He usually seems full after eating, but always screams when we go to burp him. We have given him more a few times but then he spits most of it back up.

O has the exact feeding situation as your LO... She's 2 months old and takes 4 oz either 5 or 6 times, depending on how late she sleeps into the morning. I burp her 3 times during each feeding, and she screams because she's mad I took her food away... usually after the feeding she burps without crying and is about half asleep. She's not showing cues that she wants more, so we haven't increased the amount of oz yet.

[musicfrk2002]

Aug 9, 2015 19:57:08 GMT -5 shahoi said:

Aug 9, 2015 17:43:30 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

How do I know if my FF son is getting enough to eat? He is still taking 4 oz at a time (has since about 3 weeks old), but seems to only be eating 5 to 6 times a day, so 20 to 24 oz total. He usually seems full after eating, but always screams when we go to burp him. We have given him more a few times but then he spits most of it back up.

O has the exact feeding situation as your LO... She's 2 months old and takes 4 oz either 5 or 6 times, depending on how late she sleeps into the morning. I burp her 3 times during each feeding, and she screams because she's mad I took her food away... usually after the feeding she burps without crying and is about half asleep. She's not showing cues that she wants more, so we haven't increased the amount of oz yet.

We once in awhile give him an extra ounce, usually once or twice a day he seems to want a little more. J usually cries after his bottle too, but is usually fine with a pacifier, but I don't want him just settling with it if he is still actually hungry...but he would let me know he was still hungry, right? I can't seem to distinguish his cries or anything still so I never know if it's a hungry cry a wet diaper cry a tired cry a bored cry or anything else.

[tulips114]

Aug 9, 2015 16:55:36 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

When does the # of feeds/day go down? We're hitting 8 nursing sessions per day, but sometimes it's a struggle to get that 8th one in with naps and her just not being as interested....she'll be 2 months old on the 15th!

We're down to nursing 6-7 times. I don't imagine it will go less than 6 until we start solids.
As long as LOs weight gain is good, just follow her cues.

[pghtruelove]

Aug 9, 2015 18:50:53 GMT -5 @freckleface said:

Any idea why babies sleep so much some days vs other? Yesterday, LO was awake almost the entire day with like one 2 hour nap. Today, he's been napping nearly the entire day.

I'm not 100% on this but I think it has to do with growing because babies grow in their sleep. I've noticed with Jules is on days after she has a big nursing day.

[turtletyme]

budders my husband has had this, he keeps thinking he is holding the baby and wakes himself up flipping out. Does he have girl hormones or something?

[wormgerm]

I had 2 scary baby dreams. One I woke up patting the knot of bedding looking for him. The other I dreamed he kept choking on the plastic wrappers from my nursing pads. They would be halfway down his throat sticking out of his mouth. Traumatic imagery for sure. Our poor brains!

[mathistm]

Any tips for starting to run again with these ginormous tatas? I feel like they are going to explode and hurt most of the day sooo I'm not sure running will be awesome feeling. I'm thinking double sports bras and maybe trying to go right after Lo has nursed so they aren't so bad.

[trixi282]

Aug 10, 2015 10:58:19 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

For the past 2 nights around 7pm, M has had what I can only describe as "inconsolable tantrums." She will be perfectly fine and then all of a sudden start crying hysterically.  We try to hold her, rock her, feed her, change her, etc. and nothing seems to calm her down.  This has happened at the exact same time for the past 2 nights and goes on for about 30 minutes until she eventually tires herself out.  

Anyone else have this happening or heard of this happening? 

Witching hour perhaps? My 1st did this for about a week or two and nothing we would do helped... It was always just before bedtime, and eventually stopped, but we attributed it to a witching hour where she was possibly overtired and needed to sleep, but couldn't be soothed to do so.

[holliberry28]

Aug 10, 2015 11:24:22 GMT -5 mathistm said:

Any tips for starting to run again with these ginormous tatas? I feel like they are going to explode and hurt most of the day sooo I'm not sure running will be awesome feeling. I'm thinking double sports bras and maybe trying to go right after Lo has nursed so they aren't so bad.

mathistm, I love the moving comfort Fiona sports bra. It offers really great support. You can order it from zappos and prob ably Amazon too. I just tried my old ones on and none fit if that's not motivation to lose weight, I don't know what is.

[holliberry28]

Speaking of jogging, yesterday I went on my first run - made it a mile and a half albeit super slowly. I noticed pain/soreness in my low abdomen as soon as I started. Is this normal and just my non existant ab muscles responding to excercise?

[PurpleIris]

mathistm, I love the moving comfort Fiona sports bra. It offers really great support. You can order it from zappos and prob ably Amazon too. I just tried my old ones on and none fit if that's not motivation to lose weight, I don't know what is.

I really like the Moving Comfort brand also. Definitely get a sports bra that fits your current size. We FF this baby, but my first was BF and when I started running again I would go after feeding/pumping.

@bubbs119, I was able to wear my pre-pregnancy sports bras again after weaning, hold onto your Lulu ones!

[tiffbot]

Aug 10, 2015 11:24:53 GMT -5 trixi282 said:

Aug 10, 2015 10:58:19 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

For the past 2 nights around 7pm, M has had what I can only describe as "inconsolable tantrums." She will be perfectly fine and then all of a sudden start crying hysterically.  We try to hold her, rock her, feed her, change her, etc. and nothing seems to calm her down.  This has happened at the exact same time for the past 2 nights and goes on for about 30 minutes until she eventually tires herself out.  

Anyone else have this happening or heard of this happening? 

Witching hour perhaps? My 1st did this for about a week or two and nothing we would do helped... It was always just before bedtime, and eventually stopped, but we attributed it to a witching hour where she was possibly overtired and needed to sleep, but couldn't be soothed to do so.

This is all I could explain for about weeks 2-6 for us. It started out as a several hours thing every evening, and every week would shorten by an hourish. Now it just doesn't happen any more. She cluster feeds from about 6-8pm now but if there's ever crying throughout any part of the day it can easily be fixed.

Hope it's just something she grows out of soon for you too, @jemomma!

[paintdadanta]

Aug 10, 2015 10:58:19 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

For the past 2 nights around 7pm, M has had what I can only describe as "inconsolable tantrums." She will be perfectly fine and then all of a sudden start crying hysterically.  We try to hold her, rock her, feed her, change her, etc. and nothing seems to calm her down.  This has happened at the exact same time for the past 2 nights and goes on for about 30 minutes until she eventually tires herself out.  

Anyone else have this happening or heard of this happening? 

DS has been doing this for weeks almost daily between 2-3 pm until DH gets home around 6 pm. The only thing I've found to help is to swaddle him and lay him on my chest or up next to me in bed. After screaming like this for 20 min he'll go to sleep until something wakes him up and we start all over. Everyone keeps telling me colic but who knows. Warm bath sometimes helps too. Hope your LO can find some relief for you both!

[stinybean]

budders I had a lot of freak outs like that the first month. It is the worst!

[musicfrk2002]

Aunt flo arrived today. Am I allowed to use tampons? I didn't think to ask at my appointment last week.

[alayne926]

Aug 11, 2015 9:35:47 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

Aunt flo arrived today. Am I allowed to use tampons? I didn't think to ask at my appointment last week.

Yep! I asked at my pp appointment since I had started that morning.

[musicfrk2002]

Aug 11, 2015 9:38:47 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

Aug 11, 2015 9:35:47 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

Aunt flo arrived today. Am I allowed to use tampons? I didn't think to ask at my appointment last week.

Yep! I asked at my pp appointment since I had started that morning.

Thank you!

[thecatsmeow]

musicfrk2002, alayne926,

Sooo, I feel like a 12yo asking this... but is it feeling comfortable using tampons? First one today is uncomfortable, like I can feel it whenever I am up and moving. I know it is properly inserted and I assume dryness shouldn't be a problem, hoping it gets better as body adjusts again. I was really hoping to not have a period for awhile... ugh.