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[alayne926]

DD woke up an hour earlier than normal and only took 2 oz...I feel that we'll be up around 5 instead of 6 now...awesome...

You would think I'd go to sleep, but no, I'm reading the boards instead.

[carolyngrace]

DB slept 8-12 in the car and 12-4:45 in my SIL's house.

I, on the other hand, started getting paranoid about hearing him wake up around 3 and then had a nightmare about him drowning. Wtf. Really hope I can go back to sleep after this feeding.

[erbear]

kemdupuis, have you tried moist heat? Lanisoh makes little gel packs you can heat and put around your pump to encourage let down.

LO woke up at 6 so I'm going to count this as one wake up! She'll likely be up now. Good thing h will be up with her!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Aug 15, 2015 2:39:25 GMT -5 kemdupuis said:

Suggestions for letting down for the pump? I know I'm producing enough milk- LO is gaining weight and has plenty of wet and poopy diapers each day. However, I can be completely engorged, go to pump, and barely get 1oz out. What gives? I've tried watching videos/looking at pictures of my LO, tried massaging my breast while pumping to encourage milk flow, not sure what else to do. Help!!

ETA: tried pumping after LOs early morning feed, too

You could try pumping whatever side baby isn't eating off of while baby is eating...that way you're kind of "tricking" your body into letting down for the pump. Then after a little while like that you should just be able to pump without having to feed LO too. Might be worth a try!!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Aug 15, 2015 3:07:39 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

DD woke up an hour earlier than normal and only took 2 oz...I feel that we'll be up around 5 instead of 6 now...awesome...

You would think I'd go to sleep, but no, I'm reading the boards instead.

This has been us the past 2 nights!!! Usually she only wakes once MOTN (4am) and then is up for the day around 6:30 or so. But for 2 days she's been waking up at 2am and then thinking it's ok to be up for the day around 5am. NOT cool, little baby!

[mcp6286]

H slept great while we were on vacation this week, giving us first stretches between 5-6.5 hours. Then the grand finale of last night....she slept from 10pm-5:30am!!! I feel so good and rested, even though I couldn't get her back down at 5:45 after her bottle. If she can do that from now on, this working mama will be very appreciative!

[kemdupuis]

mrsmonogrammed and erbear thank you for the suggestions- I haven't tried either one of those strategies yet. Will have to give them both a try.

[dogmama22]

kemdupuis it wouldn't work if you're away from baby, but if I hold Z and smell his head, I let down better. I also drink water while I'm pumping and that seems to help, but I'm not sure if there's anything scientific there.

[cnumbers]

Currently have insomnia. LO is lying on my chest.. I'm awake until he is in a deep enough sleep that I can move him without him knowing & screaming the place down. I've tried to put him down three times already & everytime he wakes up.. I'm beginning to feel like a zombie.

[stinybean]

Aug 15, 2015 21:38:30 GMT -5 cnumbers said:

Currently have insomnia. LO is lying on my chest.. I'm awake until he is in a deep enough sleep that I can move him without him knowing & screaming the place down. I've tried to put him down three times already & everytime he wakes up.. I'm beginning to feel like a zombie.

We had that problem initially with LO too. We just kept trying though found that she had to be completely passed out too. She will only sleep in her bassinet for the sttn sleep and the nap after that. Otherwise one of us is holding her. We really need to work on getting her to lie down somewhere else during the day because DH will be the only one with her in a few weeks.

[jessila]

O napped beautifully all day. Then woke up around 545pm and tried to go to bed at 8. He usually goes to bed around 10 so 8-9 ended up being a nap. I fought him until 1030 when I gave up. DH hung out with him until 1215am when I nursed him to sleep. What I wouldn't give to have a magical baby who sleeps more than 4 hours consistently.

[mcp6286]

Well so much for the dream that H will now sleep thru the night regularly last night we were back to 4.5 then 3.5 hour stretches. But she's all cute and smiley this morning so it's ok.

[erbear]

LO only woke up once! She slept from 9-2, fussed and didn't fall asleep until after 3, and then slept again until 7. Go, baby girl, go!

[bendherova]

Ufff. The gas grunts were back this am. LO was only up once, but he would grunt and otherwise make noise that kept me up from 5am on... which is the time that I got back into bed from feeding him at 4. So basically I've been up since 4am. grr.

he pooped twice at 715 and then fell asleep while nursing for another hr.

[dogmama22]

Aug 15, 2015 21:38:30 GMT -5 cnumbers said:

Currently have insomnia. LO is lying on my chest.. I'm awake until he is in a deep enough sleep that I can move him without him knowing & screaming the place down. I've tried to put him down three times already & everytime he wakes up.. I'm beginning to feel like a zombie.

You're alive! We've been wondering where you went!

[mirage86]

E has hardly napped the last 2 days. We had DH's cousin's wedding rehearsal on Fri and the wedding on Sat. It was outdoors, hot, loud and E was so interested in looking around at everything and everyone that he wouldn't shut his eyes for anything. We stayed at my in-law's house Fri night and the baby would not even fall asleep for bed until I gave up and decided that he would only sleep if he were in bed with DH and I.
We drove home last night with E screaming in his car seat until he fell asleep. He slept most of the way home, about 1.5 hrs. We got home at 11:30 and I changed & fed him before bed.
Then a miracle happened. I woke up at 6:30, and he was still sleeping! He started fussing maybe 10 min later, so I fed him and put him back in the PnP. At 8 he woke up again and I brought him into our bed and SL nursed him so we could sleep longer. It's after 10 am now and I have baby sleeping on one side and DH on the other. I know this will probably never happen again but it's been beautiful.

[shahoi]

O slept QUIETLY from 9:30-7:00am!!!! This is a first! Normaly, like budders and bendherova she grunts/makes noises and keeps me awake. However, I still didn't sleep well because all I can do is stress/worry about going back to work tomorrow and leaving her. I'm having an extremely difficult time with it.

[mcp6286]

Aug 16, 2015 10:46:09 GMT -5 shahoi said:

O slept QUIETLY from 9:30-7:00am!!!! This is a first! Normaly, like budders and bendherova she grunts/makes noises and keeps me awake. However, I still didn't sleep well because all I can do is stress/worry about going back to work tomorrow and leaving her. I'm having an extremely difficult time with it.

Tomorrow is the first day I have to leave H with the nanny. I worked last week but DH was off and with her. It's a lot harder to think about leaving her with someone new, even though our nanny is awesome (she's 60 and spent most of her life as a pediatric RN). I know it's all I'll be thinking about at work tomorrow.

[carolyngrace]

Aug 16, 2015 10:49:38 GMT -5 mcp6286 said:

Aug 16, 2015 10:46:09 GMT -5 shahoi said:

O slept QUIETLY from 9:30-7:00am!!!! This is a first! Normaly, like budders and bendherova she grunts/makes noises and keeps me awake. However, I still didn't sleep well because all I can do is stress/worry about going back to work tomorrow and leaving her. I'm having an extremely difficult time with it.

Tomorrow is the first day I have to leave H with the nanny. I worked last week but DH was off and with her. It's a lot harder to think about leaving her with someone new, even though our nanny is awesome (she's 60 and spent most of her life as a pediatric RN). I know it's all I'll be thinking about at work tomorrow.

Good luck. It's so difficult leaving these little ones!!

[carolyngrace]

Baby O has been doing so good on our trip. Sticking to a couple of 4 or 5 hour stretches at night, and napping in the car or in relatives bathrooms (in the RnP).

[shahoi]

Good luck mcp6286 and thank you carolyngrace! I'm glad your LO is doing well for you on vacation