February Valentines 2012

[TeQuiero]

It will not necessarily come back if it is a blocked tear duct. The milk essentially is cleansing the tear duct out, which makes it so it isn't blocked. DS2 had a blocked tear duct and we did milk, warm compresses, and massages, and it didn't reoccur at all. HTH

 

[Guppy051708]

I guess it just depends bc we cleansed Isaiahs eye with warm water and BM and his didn't go away until 4 months. Some days were better than others though. Essentially its an "immature" eye, so if the eye was close to maturing or became mature then i wouldn't think it would reacure, but if it wasnt to that point you it may come and go until it does.

On the flip side Elliots one eye looks greatly better today than yesterday...the other one is still nasty though lol

but cleaning it and massaging it will help keep it from getting blocked, its just not a gurantee.

 

[Junebugs]

Thanks ladies, either way it looks so much better today which i am so happy about. Thank so much for the tips! Hopefully if it does come back it wont be too often!!

 

[mumanddad]

Well i have just had a shit time.

I walked a mile to get corbyn weighed to be told by a hv that i should either fully bf or not do it at all!!

:-@ how dare she!! He feeds as long as he wants but then will stop and scream till he gets a bottle, she has told me im not allowed to use bottles for a week but im not starving my baby!

Now shes telling me i have to go to baby groups but rest as well.. The nearest baby group is 2 miles away so i have to walk there and back and to be ignored by all the mums there because im not a local person!!

Sorry for the moan i have had a shit day and to top it off corbyn has has hardly any boobie time and only 6 oz of milk since 3 am!! I am giving him cooled water to keep him hydrated x

 

[Guppy051708]

OMG! That is rediculous! Every drop counts and the benefit is still extrodinarly better even if baby isn't 100% getting BM! Shame on that care giver!

 

[mumanddad]

OMG! That is rediculous! Every drop counts and the benefit is still extrodinarly better even if baby isn't 100% getting BM! Shame on that care giver!

She did it infront of 5 other women aswell he gets breast when ever he will take it but i cant force him

 

[Guppy051708]

OMG! That is rediculous! Every drop counts and the benefit is still extrodinarly better even if baby isn't 100% getting BM! Shame on that care giver!

She did it infront of 5 other women aswell he gets breast when ever he will take it but i cant force him

Exactly. You do your thing girl. And follow your mom intuition, that is almost always the best way to do things. So follow your gut x

 

[becstar]

What a cow!

I am amazed that all your babies seem to have feeding schedules already... Although I guess Jacob came later. Jacob is still feeding non stop!

 

[Junebugs]

What a cow!

I am amazed that all your babies seem to have feeding schedules already... Although I guess Jacob came later. Jacob is still feeding non stop!

LOL... Mason seems to have a different schedule for every day. Yesterday he was on every 3-3.5 then last night he started every 2-2.5 hrs. Then there are days it seems like he could go 5 hours if i would let him!!!

 

[Guppy051708]

elliot is far from any type of schedule

 

[swanxxsong]

Aria has no schedule. lol.

Last night she was up from midnight until 5:30am. Wide. The hell. Awake. I wanted to die. I'm actually unsure how I'm awake now and have been since 8:30.

Then she woke up to eat and at 945 decided to be awake AGAIN until noon.

When she's awake she eats every hour or less. Asleep, she can go up to 4 hours without waking sometimes. Usually an average of 2-3 hours. Occasionally she will wake in an hour.

So I never know what to expect. I'm just glad I'm a SAHM now because if I had to go to a desk job after a night like last, I'd kill myself.

 

[GossipGirly]

Well i have just had a shit time.

I walked a mile to get corbyn weighed to be told by a hv that i should either fully bf or not do it at all!!

:-@ how dare she!! He feeds as long as he wants but then will stop and scream till he gets a bottle, she has told me im not allowed to use bottles for a week but im not starving my baby!

Now shes telling me i have to go to baby groups but rest as well.. The nearest baby group is 2 miles away so i have to walk there and back and to be ignored by all the mums there because im not a local person!!

Sorry for the moan i have had a shit day and to top it off corbyn has has hardly any boobie time and only 6 oz of milk since 3 am!! I am giving him cooled water to keep him hydrated x

sorry you have had a shit day, why wont he take breast or milk but will take water? i really wouldnt offer him water instead as he def wont take any milk as his tummy will be full. sorry if iv missed a reason why he wont take it xxxx

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Wow, this thread is moving fast! I don't know how you ladies find the time to get on!! LOL Sebastian is sleeping and I've updated Dh's calendars and replied to all my business emails so I came to say hello!!!

My cousin sent me a box full of stuff for us and one of the things was the Leap Frog dog, Scout. It's so cool! You can connect him to the computer and he learns how to say and spell your babies name!! Plus you can download different songs and such. He's from my aunt and she's gotten him for both her grandsons who still play with him so he sounds like a winner! Really cute little guy!!

Sebastian is doing really well. My only complaint is I'm not getting enough sleep, but it's not Too bad. For a while he was up every 1.5 hours and would stay awake anywhere from 30 min to a couple/few hours. Lately he's been sleeping for 2 hours and is only awake for about 30 min at night except for 1 of his night wakes he's up for 1-2 hours. I know it's not that bad. I try to get 1 nap a day but it hasn't happened the past few. I feel better today but yesterday and the day before I was so overtired that I had a bad headache. Last night I slept HARD. It felt like I'd only been asleep for 5 min each time he woke, but it was good sleep, lol. Just need MORE of it!!

Otherwise, all is well! We go back on Friday for another weight check. Our last one he had gained a good amount but still wasn't up to his birth weight so the Doc wanted to be safe and scheduled us for another appt. I think he still looks like a tiny little guy but Dh says he's growing! He's so stinking adorable. *sigh* I just love him to death!!

In other news: so excited - we have 2 REAL vacations planned for this year. The first will be in the beginning of October. One of my cousins is getting married in Connecticut so we're going for a week so that we can go to my old "haunts" and go into NYC and Boston and to Salem and whatever else we can pack in. Thank goodness my mom is going because I won't know how to find any of our old areas...we moved when I was 12!!

Then, yesterday I booked us onto an 8 night Disney cruise! Leaves on his 1st birthday (Feb 1) and returns on our anniversary (Feb 9)! That one is a really good price and if there are any discounts between now and then (fingers crossed) they'll be applied to our account!! Woohoo!!

 

[Jokerette]

Mumanddad- how dare she say that to you!!! I mean you are Breastfeeding as much as you can! I'm sorry she felt like she could but into your business.

JP- yay for vacations!! That sounds awesome! Oh how I wish I could go on a vaca ... I would certainly appreciate it more now than I ever did before, LOL.

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What do you ladies do with LO's during their day time awake time? Am I supposed to be "stimulating" his mind already and doing activities? Or do I just stare at him? Or do I put him down and just let him look around?

Also does he need to keep wear hats? They had one on him at the hospital so we have had one on him literally every second of his life except when Breastfeeding. Our house is 69-70 degrees.

I had a moment of weakness today where I thought "ugh to hell with Breastfeeding". I didn't really mean it but i'm just kind of jealous of DH and how he gets to just hold Kenny and stuff when he wants, and go to work, but I am so tethered. I feel like a milk machine. It would be so much easier to just bottle feed or do formula. I found myself counting saying ok ill do it for another month, or two , but maybe not a year . But I WANT to do it for Kenny. I want to give him the gift of breast milk it's just tiring I guess. Anyone relate to how I'm feeling?

 

[mumanddad]

Well i have just had a shit time.

I walked a mile to get corbyn weighed to be told by a hv that i should either fully bf or not do it at all!!

:-@ how dare she!! He feeds as long as he wants but then will stop and scream till he gets a bottle, she has told me im not allowed to use bottles for a week but im not starving my baby!

Now shes telling me i have to go to baby groups but rest as well.. The nearest baby group is 2 miles away so i have to walk there and back and to be ignored by all the mums there because im not a local person!!

Sorry for the moan i have had a shit day and to top it off corbyn has has hardly any boobie time and only 6 oz of milk since 3 am!! I am giving him cooled water to keep him hydrated x

sorry you have had a shit day, why wont he take breast or milk but will take water? i really wouldnt offer him water instead as he def wont take any milk as his tummy will be full. sorry if iv missed a reason why he wont take itOTE]



Not sure why he wouldnt but he had a full boobie feed and full 3oz of ebm too so he has made up for it

 

[GossipGirly]

Glad to hear it!! xx

 

[swanxxsong]

I cannot believe they said that to you mum! What the heck?! Stick to your guns, I say. What a !

I am so ready to crash and burn. I wish I was able to nap because my 2 hours of sleep are hitting me hard.

Joker, I usually play with her for awhile, but she tends to whine if I just hold her when she is wide-awake lol. So we do tummy time, then when she gets peeved about that I put her on her back on her play gym mat and we play and make faces, or I sing to her and stuff.

Aria hasn't been wearing a hat much at all. I actually read somewhere not to have them sleep in hats because of overheating/SIDS...? I don't know. Our house is anywhere from 68-70 during the day and 65-68 at night (our thermostat is set to drop at night), so we just layer her clothing based on the temp. I make sure her feet are definitely covered and hands at night if we can and I leave her head alone. But if we're going out I normally put a hat on her head since it's not warm here yet. (that being said it was 60 today and nice, but that's not common February weather LOL)

I totally, 100% have had those moments too. Last night I was ready to bust out the Enfamil from my hospital gift set because I thought maybe if I gave it to her, she'd sleep. It's a crock and I know it's the last thing I want to do and as long as I'm able, I'll be BF her, but when you're running on little sleep and stuff, it's not easy. I have to plan all my errands around her schedule - or I feel I have to anyway, since she's still the world's messiest eater and NIP always results in a disaster LOL - and am constantly worrying about feeding, pumping, bulking my supply/maintaining it, etc. I think it's also tough because sometimes I just wish OH would feed her so I could get some more sleep, but I feel bad asking him to give her EBM in the middle of the night anyway since he's working and I am not. So I just keep telling myself that it'll get better, and when I'm more rational (aka, RESTED lol) I realize I'm just upset about feeling so out of sync with reality atm. I know other moms who told me they've experienced the same feeling, so apparently we're not alone! But I can totally relate, I've had that thought many times too.


ETA//. Totally just read back my post and realized I rambled endlessly. Sorry!! lol. I need sleep. XD but the summary is yes, though I love BF and will continue for as long as I can, I've definitely hit that frustrated point more than once. lol.

Now... a nap. Huzzah!

 

[Junebugs]

Mumanddad- how dare she say that to you!!! I mean you are Breastfeeding as much as you can! I'm sorry she felt like she could but into your business.

JP- yay for vacations!! That sounds awesome! Oh how I wish I could go on a vaca ... I would certainly appreciate it more now than I ever did before, LOL.

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What do you ladies do with LO's during their day time awake time? Am I supposed to be "stimulating" his mind already and doing activities? Or do I just stare at him? Or do I put him down and just let him look around?

Also does he need to keep wear hats? They had one on him at the hospital so we have had one on him literally every second of his life except when Breastfeeding. Our house is 69-70 degrees.

I had a moment of weakness today where I thought "ugh to hell with Breastfeeding". I didn't really mean it but i'm just kind of jealous of DH and how he gets to just hold Kenny and stuff when he wants, and go to work, but I am so tethered. I feel like a milk machine. It would be so much easier to just bottle feed or do formula. I found myself counting saying ok ill do it for another month, or two , but maybe not a year . But I WANT to do it for Kenny. I want to give him the gift of breast milk it's just tiring I guess. Anyone relate to how I'm feeling?

I normally just put Mason in his chair and let him look around or hold him and let him study my face and talk to him a bit. As for the hat i was told at the hospital by the Lactation specialist that they should only have the hat on for the first 2 days of life then no hat after that because it makes them to hot and causes them to burn alot of energy though sweating. I have not had him with a hat on since then (unless i take him out somewhere).

I find that sometimes it is more of a hassle giving the bottle then just breast feeding. I hate warming up the milk and then every time i hold him to feed him i start leaking like crazy! Then at some point i need to pump aswell to get it out before i become to engorge. Also, when i have someone else feeding the bottle i find i start to miss that bonding time with him. I don't mind doing the bottle every once in a while but i do think BF is the best for him.

 

[ellitigg]

Urgh sorry you had to go through that mumandad. She sounds like the mw that started lecturing DH and I the day that Josh and I got readmitted to hospital. DH said she was probably having a bad day...fair enough...BUT if you're going to work in that kind of job you've gotta understand the damage you can do by criticizing new parents.

Joker - yes I've totally been feeling like that. I've been having a reallllly low couple of days. Last night Josh woke at 9:30pm and wouldn't settle until about 4am, and then we had another long period of awake this morning. He was constantly rooting, even after being on the breast for ages. This morning we caved and gave him a bottle of formula to top him up and he went straight off to sleep so I figure my milk must have got really low with lack of sleep etc. I think we are going to top-up the bf with a bottle of formula at the late feed around 10pm to try to get him to go a little longer at night. I get so incredibly stressed everytime I wake him for a feed, worrying that he won't settle again, I think that the bottle of formula to supplement will give me a bit of reassurance. I'm still going to express etc to try to get my own supply higher.

Becs - I'm like everyone here, no routine at all yet. We're -trying- to feed every 3 hours but a lot of the time he'll wake before that so I have to constantly readjust.

Big to everyone. Sounds like we're all going through it at the moment.

 

[TeQuiero]

Mumanddad, do not let anyone tell you that you are doing something wrong! One of my friends was actually told that she had to supplement with formula because her son was not eating enough when she tried to breastfeed. Don't let them tell you that you are wrong.

Jokerette, I talk to Adelina when she is awake. Sometimes I put her in her swing to let her watch the lights and hear the music. When DH gets home he likes to talk to her and he tries to get her to watch soccer with him

I am sorry for all of you ladies that are not getting much sleep .