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I can't BF though because LO won't latch, he flat out refuses and just screams until he makes himself sick so we've had to switch to formula. I'm quite upset about it, but there's not really a lot I can do, he literally will not latch on the boob no matter what. I exclusively expressed for a week, but going forwards it's just not practical for me as it meant I was spending no time with him.
Oh the joys!!
dohh bananas - Lana, Pinkclaire - Claire, lou-lou - lou, samzi - sam?, glong88 - ????. or whatever you'd like to be called...
(and I haven't jumped off my roof from stress yet!)
Welcome Lana! Sorry I haven't text you back yet. Shelby was cluster feeding all evening and into the late night. She's got a rash on her torso too which we only noticed last night when trying to settle her with skin to skin. It goes away when pressed and she's not got any other symptoms so I think its just a reaction to the free sample of Persil I got from bounty. Back to my Tesco own brand washing powder me thinks!
I think she's actually managing to drain my overflowing boobs now, they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo soft for the first time since I got pregnant! They feel all pillowy and flumpy.
Aww Lana - baby blues suck eh! Take evening primrose oil! I used to take it as a teenager to balance out my raging hormones so thought I might as well try it now too and it seems to have calmed me down a lot. I was getting awful crying for no reason at all most of the evening - stupid hormones
I often find that if she isn't settling, hubby taking her away seems to work. Just hope she doesn't do that too often as hubby is back to work on Monday and he'll need his sleep. I'm hoping I can get into some sort of semi routine once he's at work, or at least get her sleeping in her crib at daytime so I can get showered and have lunch without having to carry her everywhere! She really is a cuddly baby!
Now we're all Mummys - how about we actually call each other by our names too - I'm constantly referred to as Mummy or just Boobies just now so would be nice to be known as Gill somewhere!
Now I'm guessing -Katy is Katy
P.S 2 weeks old today!
Welcome Lana! Sorry I haven't text you back yet. Shelby was cluster feeding all evening and into the late night. She's got a rash on her torso too which we only noticed last night when trying to settle her with skin to skin. It goes away when pressed and she's not got any other symptoms so I think its just a reaction to the free sample of Persil I got from bounty. Back to my Tesco own brand washing powder me thinks!
I think she's actually managing to drain my overflowing boobs now, they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo soft for the first time since I got pregnant! They feel all pillowy and flumpy.
Aww Lana - baby blues suck eh! Take evening primrose oil! I used to take it as a teenager to balance out my raging hormones so thought I might as well try it now too and it seems to have calmed me down a lot. I was getting awful crying for no reason at all most of the evening - stupid hormones
I often find that if she isn't settling, hubby taking her away seems to work. Just hope she doesn't do that too often as hubby is back to work on Monday and he'll need his sleep. I'm hoping I can get into some sort of semi routine once he's at work, or at least get her sleeping in her crib at daytime so I can get showered and have lunch without having to carry her everywhere! She really is a cuddly baby!
Now we're all Mummys - how about we actually call each other by our names too - I'm constantly referred to as Mummy or just Boobies just now so would be nice to be known as Gill somewhere!
Now I'm guessing -Katy is Katy
P.S 2 weeks old today!
lol - yes, be nice to keep some identity lol - Lana it is.
Yeah, the blues suck, big time. I feel guilty because xander is taking up so much of my time belle is suffering a bit - and when i do get a minute spare i'm too tired to try and do anything and have to keep telling her to go find something to do on her own. looking forward to getting into a routine of some kind!
Sounds like Shelby has the same idea as Xander and thinks we are just a source of entertainment for any hour of the day or night lol xx
Welcome Lana! Sorry I haven't text you back yet. Shelby was cluster feeding all evening and into the late night. She's got a rash on her torso too which we only noticed last night when trying to settle her with skin to skin. It goes away when pressed and she's not got any other symptoms so I think its just a reaction to the free sample of Persil I got from bounty. Back to my Tesco own brand washing powder me thinks!
I think she's actually managing to drain my overflowing boobs now, they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo soft for the first time since I got pregnant! They feel all pillowy and flumpy.
Aww Lana - baby blues suck eh! Take evening primrose oil! I used to take it as a teenager to balance out my raging hormones so thought I might as well try it now too and it seems to have calmed me down a lot. I was getting awful crying for no reason at all most of the evening - stupid hormones
I often find that if she isn't settling, hubby taking her away seems to work. Just hope she doesn't do that too often as hubby is back to work on Monday and he'll need his sleep. I'm hoping I can get into some sort of semi routine once he's at work, or at least get her sleeping in her crib at daytime so I can get showered and have lunch without having to carry her everywhere! She really is a cuddly baby!
Now we're all Mummys - how about we actually call each other by our names too - I'm constantly referred to as Mummy or just Boobies just now so would be nice to be known as Gill somewhere!
Now I'm guessing -Katy is Katy
P.S 2 weeks old today!
lol - yes, be nice to keep some identity lol - Lana it is.
Yeah, the blues suck, big time. I feel guilty because xander is taking up so much of my time belle is suffering a bit - and when i do get a minute spare i'm too tired to try and do anything and have to keep telling her to go find something to do on her own. looking forward to getting into a routine of some kind!
Sounds like Shelby has the same idea as Xander and thinks we are just a source of entertainment for any hour of the day or night lol xx
I have the exact same thing was James. He feeds constantly in the evenings. I do find the more tired I am the worse it is and also if I haven't eaten or drunk enough. I just try and get him to sleep in his Moses one stretch of the night now, usually the first. He spends most of the time in bed with me. I've accepted now that this is just what he wants and I'm not going to deny him.
I have no time for anything else at the moment, I'm just sooo tired! I've started loving bf now, that helps with the baby blues. Lana- I take my hat off to you and anyone else with small children, it seems near on impossible to me to look after both!
My hubby goes bk to work tomorrow, which for us means going away as he is in the forces on a course. 4 weeks until we next see him! There has been a LOT of tears I'm really worried about not being able to do it on my own and letting James down
You must be really worried about being on your own with him, I'm sure you'll be fine though, you're his mummy after all. I still haven't seen a pic of your little man. Sorry you're still in pain though. It's so exhausting having to hold him all night, I won't fall asleep because I'm scared of squashing him. So I have a bad mummy confession already, he'll only sleep in his bouncer, so last night I laid it flat (it goes pretty much horizontal) and let him sleep in that 
If it was a sat up one then I wouldn't do it, but he is flat on his back when he's in it. Still feel bad though, because I'm worried he shouldn't be in it that long.
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