April Mummies 2011

[gertrude]

sazzle - I'm in the same boat - pickle lost too much weight and we've been on the 3hr regime with 2oz formula top ups after each feed - she's thriving on it

I know how you feel as I cried non-stop for about 3 days, felt such a failure to my LO and OH xxxx

 

[moomoo]

sazzle - I'm in the same boat - pickle lost too much weight and we've been on the 3hr regime with 2oz formula top ups after each feed - she's thriving on it

I know how you feel as I cried non-stop for about 3 days, felt such a failure to my LO and OH xxxx

Me too Gertrude & Sazzle! Had the same happen with DS too! Some people just don't make enough milk I guess

we are doing the same regime, although I'm not waking her too feed at night (sod that!) also not pumping as I don't have the time with DS!

girls, it's heartbreaking! XX

 

[gertrude]

pickle was found to have a tongue tie, so now I don't have enough milk because she's not been sucking properly and they made us do top ups

someone should have listened to me 2 weeks ago

I'm cross

 

[CrazyBird]

Big hugs Sazzle, its so horrible isn't it. I'm sure its the tiredness that makes us feel this way. Tell your DH that its normal to cry a lot, my OH knows this, his mum even told him that I would probably get very tearful so she must have been the same. I still don't like crying on my OH but I can't help it sometimes.
Its true that having a baby can make or break a relationship, I can see why as it can be stressful.

My LO has just been asleep for the last 3 hours and I actually rested with him for the first time.

 

[caro103]

girls. We had similar problems when Alex was a few days old, did the feeding, pumping and topping up regime (total killer), within 24 hours he's gained something like 240g and we were allowed to stop!

Hopefully it's just for a short while and the extra stimulation of expressing will help increase your supplies.

Gem, so glad you've got Ollie home! he's prob just way more alert now he's that bit older. Alex wouldn't sleep at all today from like 7.30 till 3! he wasn't crying or anything, just needing entertaining! even starting to take some interest in his play gym for very short periods. Xxx

 

[CottlestonPie]

Big Hugs to everyone

Gem... So glad Ollie is finally home with you where he belongs.
Crazy... One thing I found with infacol is don't expect instant relief. It took a day or 2 to have any affect on Toby and after a week or two, it reversed the problem. He had no trouble burping but was getting painful gas lower down and had issues farting it out! He spent a couple of nights grunting and crying so I took him off it. If he gets gassy pains in future I'll be trying gripe water since he's a month old this weekend.

I'm having DF issues again. Hes watching a film that he admitted was a pile of shite.
He sat down to watch it while I did the washing up, cleaned and sterilised the bottles, put the kettle on to boil the bottle water, put a load of washing on and took out the rubbish...
I'd literally just sat down for a break and Toby started crying.

DF: oh yeah he's due a feed now.
Me: *hoping he'd volunteer* you should probably put a bottle on to warm up
DF: *silence*
me: Are you just gonna wait for me to do it? I've JUST sat down.
DF: well I AM watching a movie.

This cones after a chat we had last night... He snapped at me the other morning because he had the baby for 3hrs so I could sleep. In that time Toby didn't stop crying and it stressed DF out. I explained that that's how I feel after EVERY night shift. Only, that's much more than 3hrs.
I thought he understood but clearly rubbish films are still more important to him than feeding his son and it doesn't matter if I get stressed.

Sorry ladies, needed to vent. ARGHHHHH. I just want a tiny bit of help or empathy from him or something. His solution is to leave him overnight wil MIL who is over an hour away but at 4 weeks old I don't want to be away from my boy.

 

[JakesMummy]

Hope this works - Amelias Birth story. Not very interesting and probably forgot lots but finally got round to writing it down!

https://www.babyandbump.com/birth-stories-announcements/599703-arrival-amelia-grace.html

 

[lilgemsy]

Sorry to hear about any of you having problems with OHs.
And you girlies who are having a tough time BFing.
Big hugs to you all!

Im so glad I chose bottles and Im single lol. Extra work doing it all alone like but I dont mind

FOB is a total douche though. Fed up of him dragging my name through the mud when Ive done nothing wrong.
He hasnt even seen Ollie since last Saturday. Only even asked about him once in that time too. And because I didnt tell him that Ollie was home (why should I if he's not even interested enough to drop a simple text asking how is son is?) hes decided he'll tell people I'm not letting him do anything with Ollie and I'm keeping him from him
When thats not the case at all!
Ive asked him does he want to hold/feed/change Ollie and every time the answer is "Nah, I have to go. I have more important things to do."
Whats more fucking important that your own son? :/ To me, nothing is. But to him it seems like everything is more important
Prick lol.
/rant.

 

[gertrude]

I'm really lucky with my OH, he can annoy me and not do what I want him to do occassionally but actually he's being bloody brilliant

I don't however understand how anyone can be a single mum - I'd have lost my marbles ages ago with this whole thing!

 

[CrazyBird]

Gertrude I'm the same about my OH, he can annoy me at times but really he has been amazing with LO. It must be quite hard for the OH's.

 

[lilgemsy]

I find it easy being a single mum... for now haha.
Just all the shit with FOB is hard. When hes not around its so so easy.

 

[caro103]

i totally admire you gem, i'd so be struggling if I was single right now. Dreading DH going back to work, but we'll manage!

any ideas how to cure the hiccups or stop babies getting them in the 1st place? Alex seems to get them a lot after feeds and they really bother him, so totally wake him up then he's all grizzly :S x

 

[CottlestonPie]

If there's a cure for hiccups, I'd like to know it!!
I heard something about putting something on their forehead (paper for example) which is meant to stop it but I don't know if it's superstition... I've never tried it!

 

[MissFox]

I put Rosie back on my boob for a ew minutes and it works every time

 

[JakesMummy]

I do the same as missfox. It's like if we had the hiccups, drinking slowly seems to get rid. Or if you use a dummy aka pacifier that sometimes helps too.
Ah I'm off to some county fair tomorrow with both kids and dreading it! Went Into town today and that was bad enough- the baby is perfect, it's the bloody toddler! He kept running off and driving me mad. I have a buggy board and s baby bjorn carrier so kinda prepared but it's a nuisance!

So tired now and oh has the bloody football on so I'm just going to chill on my bed with my 2 kiddies. And he is making dinner...apparently!

 

[DanaBump]

i feel very lucky to have my dh as well. he's trying so hard with abby and is there for me 100%. so sorry for you ladies having to deal not only with your babies, but also you dh's being not so helpful either. just don't think that's fair at all.

 

[CrazyBird]

George also gets the hiccups a lot after feeds, mainly at night and it always wakes him up. He had hiccups a lot when he was in my tummy.

 

[lilgemsy]

Ollie hiccups alot too and it tends to keep him awake sometimes.
I just pop his bottle back in for a few mins and they usually stop after that

 

[caro103]

cheers ladies, so back on my poor boobs it is then! lol. Managed to express a bit today so hoping to top up a little this evening with a cup if he needs it, my poor nipples need a break!

managed to get him to sleep beofre 10pm! mind its in his bouncy chair, but once he's fully gone will attempt the transfer to basket then i'm getting an early night! xx

 

[CottlestonPie]

Girls I'm a wreck. Me and DF had a talk about why im so stressed and cry a lot. I said I'd like some help with night shifts as it gets lonely and I get so tired. What I meant was i wanted him to help out. But instead he's sent Toby to MILs for the night. I miss my little man so so much already.