Does sleeping on your stomach affect your breastmilk supply?
Try it and see if you like it. Some people complain it leads to plugged ducts since you are mashing your boobs down but maybe that won't happen to you.
Post by Bluedaisy on Sept 27, 2015 12:18:16 GMT -5
Thanks @jemomma, Ive been giving blankets during naps when I can watch and he seems to love them but I've been terrified to give any at night. We have about a million of the little a and a blankets
How old do kids need to be before they can have blankets and quilts?
I actually use one now. Is that totally stupid? It's fairly thick and I lay it over the bottom half of his body. Every night he kicks it off (below himself) eventually. He's swaddled so I know he's not going to flip or get it tangled in his arms... Once he's not swaddled I may be more worried about it (and probably just use a sleep sack).
I've been sleeping on my stomach for a few weeks. I'm slightly paranoid about my supply since I just went back to work. I'm afraid it's going dry up but have no real basis four the fear.
Post by islandgirl14 on Sept 28, 2015 9:20:22 GMT -5
I have a dumb question... And since I can never remember anything of what we did with DS1, I have to relive the stupid questions all over again...
Here goes... Obviously once the kiddos can roll over they can't have their arms swaddled in. But, what about their legs? Does that matter? Currently we're swaddling arms out, but put his torso and legs int he swaddle still just to make him feel cozy still. Once he starts rolling, do I need to ditch keeping his legs in a swaddle blanket thing?
DS is sleeping in a cotton footed sleeper with a sleep sack. Since ditching the swaddle, his little hands are so cold in the morning! We're keeping his room around 74 and his face doesn't feel cold. Should I worry about his hands? Is there anything I can do?
Good question! My little man ALWAYS has cold hands. They don't seem to bother him but I'd love to know i there is something I should do. I've thought about mittens but he's at the hands in mouth stage so I think it would annoy the crap out of him.
So what do we put babies in during the winter to keep them warm when outside? I know that you aren't supposed to buckle baby into carseat with a coat on...so what - just cover baby with a blanket? Is there a carseat cover-thingy?
ETA - I just feel really stupid with this question, but it's like I cannot imagine how to keep my baby warm in the winter. Throwing a blanket on the carseat can't keep her warm in snowy, 20 degree weather, can it?
I vote cover with a blanket. I mean, you aren't planning on taking the baby on long walks outside, right? Just from the parking lot into the store, for example?
ETA- in the actual car seat we just used lightweight fleece hoodies and fleece pants for DD (or a lightweight fleece one-piece) and will do the same for this LO. Plus warming the car up in advance.
Carter's has a fleece "snowsuit" that you can use. It doesn't have extra fluff. Also, there are "caps" you can put on your car seat that don't go under baby, so they're safe. I got a bundle me and the car seat lady has a video on how to make it safe by cutting it.
It's longer than that for the regular pill. I would not count on that.
UHHHH can I go back in time to the weekend and stop my husband from doing what he did then?! Please do not say not to count on it. I'm counting on it!! Please, body, reject the sperm.
I have a dumb question... And since I can never remember anything of what we did with DS1, I have to relive the stupid questions all over again...
Here goes... Obviously once the kiddos can roll over they can't have their arms swaddled in. But, what about their legs? Does that matter? Currently we're swaddling arms out, but put his torso and legs int he swaddle still just to make him feel cozy still. Once he starts rolling, do I need to ditch keeping his legs in a swaddle blanket thing?
Everything I've heard is only about not swaddling arms. As long as there's no way the swaddle on his torso can come undone or work it's way up around his face, I would think it's fine!
Also Kristykristyleelee, I echo what Widget123 said... We also put the kids in a thin fleece coat,and cover them with a blanket. Also warm the car up when we can!
So what do we put babies in during the winter to keep them warm when outside? I know that you aren't supposed to buckle baby into carseat with a coat on...so what - just cover baby with a blanket? Is there a carseat cover-thingy?
ETA - I just feel really stupid with this question, but it's like I cannot imagine how to keep my baby warm in the winter. Throwing a blanket on the carseat can't keep her warm in snowy, 20 degree weather, can it?
I vote cover with a blanket. I mean, you aren't planning on taking the baby on long walks outside, right? Just from the parking lot into the store, for example?
ETA- in the actual car seat we just used lightweight fleece hoodies and fleece pants for DD (or a lightweight fleece one-piece) and will do the same for this LO. Plus warming the car up in advance.
We have a cover that zips on plus a kinky canopy. We're going to use both because the canopy blows off lots and I'm in Northern Canada.
Also Kristykristyleelee, I echo what Widget123 said... We also put the kids in a thin fleece coat,and cover them with a blanket. Also warm the car up when we can!
Post by dogmama22 on Sept 28, 2015 13:12:06 GMT -5
One month is what they say for the regular pill. I'm not sure how that compares with the mini pill. Plus, if you're EBF you probably haven't even ovulated yet. Don't be too freaked out
I had a week of hell with DB two weeks ago (I think?), up every hour in the night and super fussy in the day, was that likely his 4 month regression? Or a weird growth spurt? (He usually sleeps a lot during growth spurts)
He's more wakeful and it takes longer for him to fall into a deep sleep since then. The last 3 days he's been more sleepy, so I was thinking that now he's going through a growth spurt?
I just want someone to tell me not to expect more hellish days anytime soon, that the 'regression' is over.
Its over!
But really, I have no clue... DB will be 4 months this week. He slept terribly about two weeks ago and this week has been eating and sleeping constantly. Like 13 hours at night plus long naps.
Post by littlemissgrump on Sept 28, 2015 16:43:14 GMT -5
We are having the cold hands issue too but the rest of his body seems warm enough. I thought about mittens but I think once the got soggy with drool, which would happen in about 3 minutes, his hands would stay cold and wet.
I think we may need to think about a space heater for his room.
So what do we put babies in during the winter to keep them warm when outside? I know that you aren't supposed to buckle baby into carseat with a coat on...so what - just cover baby with a blanket? Is there a carseat cover-thingy?
ETA - I just feel really stupid with this question, but it's like I cannot imagine how to keep my baby warm in the winter. Throwing a blanket on the carseat can't keep her warm in snowy, 20 degree weather, can it?
If you get one of the cover "caps" erbear was talking about make sure it looks like this one:
(If kind of looks like a shower cap for the car seat!) As opposed to something like this one:
You don't want that extra layer behind baby...even though it makes it look cozy, most car seat warranties are void if you were to use a cover like this one:(
You can fix the second one mrsmonogrammed posted so it is compliant - the car seat lady posted a video showing you how to cut it. But the shower cap ones are just easier. I have the second one that was given to me so I'm going to try to cut and sew it like the video. If not I'll just get one already good to go.
But really, I have no clue... DB will be 4 months this week. He slept terribly about two weeks ago and this week has been eating and sleeping constantly. Like 13 hours at night plus long naps.
I hope this shift is coming soon for us. We're at a week and a half now of shitty sleep and weird eating patterns (barely eating at most feeds, sometimes arching his back, pulling off and crying until I sit him upright). V is 4 months next Monday.
Oscars still eating weird too. Pulling off suddenly, arching his back, etc. he actually does best right now when I put one arm under his legs and use the other to hold his head firmly in place. It's difficult because he's so big, but he likes feeling cradled I guess!
But really, I have no clue... DB will be 4 months this week. He slept terribly about two weeks ago and this week has been eating and sleeping constantly. Like 13 hours at night plus long naps.
I hope this shift is coming soon for us. We're at a week and a half now of shitty sleep and weird eating patterns (barely eating at most feeds, sometimes arching his back, pulling off and crying until I sit him upright). V is 4 months next Monday.
We are at a weird sleep stage too. She's been waking up in the middle of the night and just crying a lot. She's also sick the last couple days...just ugh
I feel like we are doing it all wrong lol C goes to bed in just her footie jammies, no blanket, no swaddle. We keep the room at 76-77 though and she's been sleeping on her tummy every night.
So what do we put babies in during the winter to keep them warm when outside? I know that you aren't supposed to buckle baby into carseat with a coat on...so what - just cover baby with a blanket? Is there a carseat cover-thingy?
ETA - I just feel really stupid with this question, but it's like I cannot imagine how to keep my baby warm in the winter. Throwing a blanket on the carseat can't keep her warm in snowy, 20 degree weather, can it?
I vote cover with a blanket. I mean, you aren't planning on taking the baby on long walks outside, right? Just from the parking lot into the store, for example?
ETA- in the actual car seat we just used lightweight fleece hoodies and fleece pants for DD (or a lightweight fleece one-piece) and will do the same for this LO. Plus warming the car up in advance.
We took the kids on long walks outside in sub-zero weather the winter after I had DS1. Lots of layers. And warm hats. And keep the wind off them. They never seemed to mind, and walking was part of our routine. However, the car wasn't part of the equation. When in the car, its fleecy footed pj's and a lap blanket, and maybe a hat.
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