I just figured I might as well start up a new thread for this week.
My question for stms: LO has thrush and we have to put medicine on her tongue. The dr suggested rubbing it on with gauze. That's not really working well. Any suggestions?
Here's my question: we are working on getting B comfortable with bottles because he's going to have to take them at daycare in a few weeks. Previously, we'd give him the occasional bottle of BM so DH or someone else could feed him and I could pump/have a break. He did fine with them then. He was hungry, so he ate. Now, I feel like I have a different kid. We are using the same bottles/nipples that we've always used, but he screams bloody murder and refuses them now- no matter how hungry he is. What gives? Is he just more aware now and demanding the real thing? Or should I try different bottles/nipples? Ugh!! This is stressing me out big time!
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
I would assume it would depend on volume of milk you're defrosting...maybe try an experimental one to see how long it takes in the fridge? Just remember it needs to be used within 24 hours. Sorry I'm not more helpful!
Hey I'm finally posting on the right day. Two stupid questions: First LO has some wax in his outer ears. I assume I shouldn't use q-tips to clean it right? Just leave it? It's not bothering him I'm just curious if I should be trying to get rid of it.
Also I know this really doesn't matter but if LO is propped up and rolls over off the towel does that "count" as rolling over since I assume it would be easier?
Here's my question: we are working on getting B comfortable with bottles because he's going to have to take them at daycare in a few weeks. Previously, we'd give him the occasional bottle of BM so DH or someone else could feed him and I could pump/have a break. He did fine with them then. He was hungry, so he ate. Now, I feel like I have a different kid. We are using the same bottles/nipples that we've always used, but he screams bloody murder and refuses them now- no matter how hungry he is. What gives? Is he just more aware now and demanding the real thing? Or should I try different bottles/nipples? Ugh!! This is stressing me out big time!
Do you warm the milk? LO hates bottles, but we have more luck getting him to drink them if the milk is very warm, and also warm the nipple. Maybe experiment with temperature to see if it helps! Good luck-I know it's frustrating!
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
I think I've read to put it in the fridge for about 12 hrs. That's what I did for a bottle today with 4 ounces of milk. It worked fine!
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
i think this depends too much on volume and the temp of your fridge. I used to defrost the night before, and it was still slightly slushy when we left for daycare, but had thawed by the time he needed it there (with DS1)
DS2 isn't taking a bottle at all. Nor is he napping anywhere but on the boob. It's been a fun day! /sarcasm
Hey I'm finally posting on the right day. Two stupid questions: First LO has some wax in his outer ears. I assume I shouldn't use q-tips to clean it right? Just leave it? It's not bothering him I'm just curious if I should be trying to get rid of it.
Also I know this really doesn't matter but if LO is propped up and rolls over off the towel does that "count" as rolling over since I assume it would be easier?
I would clean the ears. Its easy enough to do so why not?
Im having a hard time imagining #2. I would have to see it to judge
clbehenna and Joolschweets thanks for your suggestions. Yes, he is 10 weeks now. We are still using the slow flow nipples, so maybe it's time to switch- that makes a lot of sense because he has been fussy at the breast, too. We usually warm the milk to room temp, but I haven't thought about warming the nipple too- we'll have to try it out!
I just figured I might as well start up a new thread for this week.
My question for stms: LO has thrush and we have to put medicine on her tongue. The dr suggested rubbing it on with gauze. That's not really working well. Any suggestions?
We have thrush here too. LOs medicine is liquid oral suspension, I have to give hr 1ml to "swish and swallow" she pretty much gags and gurgles and spits most of that ml out, I give her a paci once its in her mouth hoping the suck reflex will help her swallow a bit/the longer she keeps any amount swishing around, the better. Then Im supposed to apply 1ml to each cheek with a cotton swab (LOL). 1ml is a lot of liquid, Ive mostly just been dabbing a bit more on if she's not in hysterics by this point. Oh, and 4 times a day. Thrush sucks, Im sorry you all have it too. Also, sorry this didnt really end up being advice...
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
I don't know, but I DO know it takes approx 4 minutes of running hot water over a 4oz bag of breast milk to take it from frozen to room temp. So personally I wouldn't bother pre-defrosting it. Especially since then if you don't use it you have to toss it!
Hey I'm finally posting on the right day. Two stupid questions: First LO has some wax in his outer ears. I assume I shouldn't use q-tips to clean it right? Just leave it? It's not bothering him I'm just curious if I should be trying to get rid of it.
Also I know this really doesn't matter but if LO is propped up and rolls over off the towel does that "count" as rolling over since I assume it would be easier?
Clean the ears!!! Always! A few years back during a mom and tot swimming lesson there was a boy who had huge wax balls in his outer ear area. Totally gross.
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
My mom, who will be daycare and has watched Owen the most, has asked me to not thaw milk ahead of time. If you warm up under running water it only takes a couple minutes from frozen.
I just figured I might as well start up a new thread for this week.
My question for stms: LO has thrush and we have to put medicine on her tongue. The dr suggested rubbing it on with gauze. That's not really working well. Any suggestions?
We have thrush here too. LOs medicine is liquid oral suspension, I have to give hr 1ml to "swish and swallow" she pretty much gags and gurgles and spits most of that ml out, I give her a paci once its in her mouth hoping the suck reflex will help her swallow a bit/the longer she keeps any amount swishing around, the better. Then Im supposed to apply 1ml to each cheek with a cotton swab (LOL). 1ml is a lot of liquid, Ive mostly just been dabbing a bit more on if she's not in hysterics by this point. Oh, and 4 times a day. Thrush sucks, Im sorry you all have it too. Also, sorry this didnt really end up being advice...
You did answer it! You said you use a cotton swab that's way better than guaze! Thank you! We have to do 1 ml 3 Times a day. I can't imagine 4 Times! I squirt some in each side of her mouth and then was putting some on guaze and rubbing her tongue with it as per the Dr. A cotton swab will make it much easier. Through trial and error I found she takes it better in the middle of a feeding. But your right 1 ml is a lot at once and when she's really fussy most of it ends up on her neck.
Post by paintdadanta on Aug 30, 2015 22:13:36 GMT -5
Anyone else have unexplainable blood in dirty diapers? Pediatrician had us try probiotic, dairy-free diet, and now prune juice. LO just screams by late evening straining to go but it's not constipation they said because he has multiple watery stools a day. They are currently contributing it an internal fissure but just seems like 3 weeks is a long time.
Anyone else have unexplainable blood in dirty diapers? Pediatrician had us try probiotic, dairy-free diet, and now prune juice. LO just screams by late evening straining to go but it's not constipation they said because he has multiple watery stools a day. They are currently contributing it an internal fissure but just seems like 3 weeks is a long time.
My LO had a streak of blood when I wiped her bottom yesterday. She has watery BMs and frequently strains as well. This time in particular I was in the middle of changing her and she was not done going as it turns out, and as I wiped she strained and some watery stool and a tiny streak of blood came out. I was so scared but the ped didn't seem all too concerned and just said to bring her last 2 dirty diapers to her next appointment so they can do tests and call if it happens again before then. So I guess we will see from there? Im so sorry, I cant imagine 3 weeks. Its so disconcerting to see.
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
When I froze the 5 oz round Medela bottles it took well over 12 hours to thaw. I usually tried to pull them out 24 hours in advance. The thin plastic bags only take maybe 4-6 hours, although I find with those I can just keep them in the freezer and run them under hot water for a few minutes until it gets slushy enough to pour in a bottle for the bottle warmer. Hope that helps.
I had asked this in a separate thread, but didn't get an answer. How long does it take to defrost breastmilk in the fridge (basically, how many hours before I need it should I move it)?
I've only ever defrosted them one at a time. I would just stick the frozen bag submerged in a cup of hot water and let it sit for 5 min. Then transfer it to the bottle.
Is anyone else having trouble getting baby to nap? J sleeps well at night, but I have everything I can do to get her to take a half an hour nap in the AM, and an hour or so in the afternoon. She sleeps better in the car seat, but I'm trying to get away from that... My MIL is astonished that she isn't sleeping 3 2-3 hour naps every day. I feel a little judged... and am slightly (guiltily) looking forward to her babysitting all day on Thursday so she can experience it herself. But frankly, I would like more nap time, too, so I am willing to try more things. I do swaddle arms out, we stand and sway and shush, we rock in the rock and play and the glider, and nurse to sleep. All will occasionally work, but recently it's been like she'll pop up a few minutes to a half an hour after putting her down. The weird thing is she usually seems refreshed after her tiny little micro nap. Any advice, or barring that, commiseration? Weirdly enough, I think I'd feel better if I knew that there were others in the same boat, not that I'd wish nap trouble on any of you! Edit: spelling is a hard, hard thing.
bookninja mine goes through phases. Today she took 20 min micro naps. It's such a bummer when they do that especially when you go through so much to help them sleep.
Is anyone else having trouble getting baby to nap? J sleeps well at night, but I have everything I can do to get her to take a half an hour nap in the AM, and an hour or so in the afternoon. She sleeps better in the car seat, but I'm trying to get away from that... My MIL is astonished that she isn't sleeping 3 2-3 hour naps every day. I feel a little judged... and am slightly (guiltily) looking forward to her babysitting all day on Thursday so she can experience it herself. But frankly, I would like more nap time, too, so I am willing to try more things. I do swaddle arms out, we stand and sway and shush, we rock in the rock and play and the glider, and nurse to sleep. All will occasionally work, but recently it's been like she'll pop up a few minutes to a half an hour after putting her down. The weird thing is she usually seems refreshed after her tiny little micro nap. Any advice, or barring that, commiseration? Weirdly enough, I think I'd feel better if I knew that there were others in the same boat, not that I'd wish nap trouble on any of you! Edit: spelling is a hard, hard thing.
T doesn't nap in his crib. At night, he's a crib champ (well, playard bassinet). For naps, he likes to be more inclined in his "lambie seat" (a cozy baby holder that doesn't bounce, and used to vibrate before the batteries died). And sometimes he naps for 2 hrs, sometimes 30 minutes. But that's his "thing" right now. Lambie seat or bust.
And for further commiseration, DS#1 just sucked at sleeping in general, all the time, everywhere. But when he turned one we nailed down 2, 2 hr naps every single day, and sleeping all night. And he is just now giving up naps at 4. So there is hope!
bookninja LO is terrible at naps. She'll only take one in the swing (at the top level), in her car seat (sometimes), or on you. The moment I try to put her down she pops right back up. It gets frustrating sometimes, because I think she has to be so tired, but it is what it is, I suppose.
Tmi sqs - anyone else still have some discharge going on? I'm 11 weeks pp today and, yeah, still need to wear pantiliners. It's gross. I don't think it's something I should call my ob over.
bookninja mine goes through phases. Today she took 20 min micro naps. It's such a bummer when they do that especially when you go through so much to help them sleep.
This. I was getting super long naps around week 10. But lately (week 12) I'm getting 4-5 short naps. And yeah, he seems happy and refreshed afterwards. I want my naps back.
Baby girl is sleeping about 2 5-6 hour stints at night now. My boobs are having a really hard time with this. I'm trying not to pump hoping they will get the hint but it's getting kind of painful and I've had to steam clean the couch twice this week due to leaking through a bra, tank top, shirt and heavy duty breast pads. Any suggestions? How long should it take for them to even out? Baby girl is 2 months.
I have a terrible napper. Yesterday my app said Z slept less than 10 hours in the 24 hour period - that includes the 6 hours he slept overnight. 2 of those hours were one hour blocks in the car and the rest were 20 minute cat naps.
bookninja, if I'm reading that right, your LO will fall asleep but won't stay asleep for naps? I went through that with E recently because he sleeps while I'm holding him but wakes up too soon when I put him down. Now when I want him to get a longer nap, I stick a small electric blanket in the spot I want to lay him down (swing, bed, bouncy seat, etc.) and then once he is asleep I take it away and put him down in the warm spot. I read about someone else on here doing that to get their LO to bed for the night and figured it wouldn't hurt to try for a nap. E naps much longer that way, and if we have a bath & feeding before he's usually out for well over 2 hours and I can make dinner uninterrupted.
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