Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[kellie_w]

Luke is so much better thanks, back to his usual naughty cheeky self! He still is coughing and wheezing but hope today will see a improvement when he eventually gets up!

Last night was hell. I am so finding things hard with Oliver's feeding. We had a good day with the mam bottles, and the decline since has been unreal. He has cried and cried for the past few days, feeding is taking ages, and yesterday and last night it's started with only taking half a oz then arching his back, shaking his head and then absolutely screaming. If I lay him down, he near enough stops breathing from screaming so hard. He gets hiccups after every feed which upsets him more and has started sneezing loads, all a sign of silent reflux he cried from 1-5.30 and really seems like he is in agony. he will only stop crying and sleep if laid on his belly on my chest but upright. I'm going to try comfort milk I think, and speak to my hv as he called yesterday. Now the guilt of stopping expressing is even worse

 

[kellie_w]

Or maybe it's just colic as this bottle going down fine. Erg parenting is hard!

 

[Sarahcake]

I don't know much about reflux but I was told to look out for the back arching as it is a sign as is the wanting to sleep upright. May be worth a trip to the drs if it carrys on lovely, or the health visitor.

Having some feeding issues myself ATM, Logan seems constantly hungry. He's getting 4oz every 3-4 hours but he's only been fed 2 hours ago now and he's screaming for more food. Just tried to give him a cuddle and he latched into my nose and began furiously sucking! Do I up his feeds. Make him wait or just give him another feed now?! I'm so confused lol

 

[Scally]

It is so hard to tell isnt it Kellie- this parenting malarky is so hard sometimes, you just want to do whats best for them but its difficult to know what that is! Do not feel guilty about giving up the expressing at all, god knows how u found time to do it for as long as u did!

Sarah- Looks like Logan has hit a growth spurt- i have heard that whatever milk they dont need they will bring back up so you cant overfeed. If he is sucking your nose etc i would give a bit more until he is satisfied x

 

[Inoue]

Kellie, your night sounds horrible . Its horrible to see your LO in pain. See what the hv says, could be colic by how things sound. Hope things improve soon, keep giving him cuddles

Sarah, bless you with the bladder issues, doesnt seem to be getting better does it . I hope you can at least get comfortable now without catheter in, what happens if this continues? Surgery? If LO is still rooting then I would personally feed again. Reimi does it to me and tries to suck my arm so I end up demand feeding Xx

I uped Reimi's BF yesterday (with much pain to my one boob) and she pooed 6 times over night! One very happy but gagging mummy here . She still isnt sleeping on a night at all but theres good tv on later night so im ok . Just got all my pictures printed off by photobox so now arranging them in my baby album, very cute!

Hope everyone elce is doing ok. Big hugs to Scally, Time, Lolly & pops xxx

 

[Scally]

Thats fantastic Inoue! Well done u!!!! Hows your boob feeling today? Lots of poos is a great sign, well done, but they are very yucky!

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Oh Kellie I'm so sorry hun no advice as I've never dealt with colic or reflux but speak to your HV and see what they suggest.

Sarah, just continue to feed on demand. You could speak to your HV about changing him on to hungry baby milk.

Inoue, great news How's the other boob doing?

Ally, pops and time hope you're all well? We are doing well here moving in 12 days time so just stressing out over that but Millie and Amber are all good.

 

[Inoue]

Boob (which in feeding on) is fully healed, no more bruising. The other one still in poor condition but its looking alot better than before, think more skin is now forming over nip as scab is peeling off sick. Told mw and she was happy I was still going with BF even with the disadvantage of only having one boob to rely on but im happy to use formula to top her up . I was ecstatic when Reimi pooped, was so funny, think I scared her with how I was acting .

Best of luck with the move Lolly, that will be fun with two kiddywinks! Xx

 

[pops23]

Hi ladies!

Glad to hear Luke is on mend Kellie and hope feeding with Oliver improves! Sarah sounds like Logan is having a growth spurt, I'd say deffo feed on demand.

Lauryn, rather you than me, good luck!!

Inoue great news on the poos, he he! Flynn screams blue lieder every single nappy change, tears at my heart so every poo is so stressful!

Ally an time lots of love to you both

All good here, last night gave bottle of expressed milk so knew Flynn was getting a really good feed in the hopes that he would go down as so full. Gave this at 12, gave up trying to get him to sleep in Moses basket at 1.30, put him on my boob and we slept till feed at 4 then 7. Bloody uncomfortable tbh as have to sleep round him and am scared to move incase he wakes up but at least I get some sleep!

Took him out tonight into the village where we lived, was so strange being out and about as a family, loved it

Midwife came today for final visit, Flynn has out on 200g in 3 days! Little fatty, but they Sao he's thriving which is great

Now all we need is some decent sleep and all would be amazing! Xxx

 

[Scally]

Hey, how is everyone doing?

I saw the photos of your evening out pops, it looked lovely! And yay for Flynn thriving and putting on weight well! Poppy is the same as Flynn and screams the place down when she is having her bum changed and if she has to be totally changed god help anyones ears in the vicinity!

Is everyone getting a HV visit once a week? Like literally she comes in gets the scales out weighs and goes?
We have another visit this afternoon, she will come to weigh her until she is 6 weeks old, then we will take her to be weighed at the local baby clinic, is that the same where you guys are?

How is everyone doing with their little ones?

x

 

[Sarahcake]

Hiya ally how's things? Once a week seems a bit excessive :S my health visitor came last week and she doesn't want to see me now until the new year, she's arranging for a nurse to come out and see me next week to weigh Logan but she is happy to not see me till next month.
I'm still under midwife care ATM because of the catheters, so he's getting weighed there weekly but my health visitor didn't know that when she said she didn't wanna see me till new year.

Logan is really restless at the moment, it's taking an hour ish to settle him after feeds. I think he may be suffering with colic, he's arching his back and clenching his fist when being burped, his tummy is swollen and he's spitting up his milk and he cries uncontrollably when I put him on his back in his basket, yet sleeps for hours on his front on my chest. I'm a tired mummy currently!

How is poppy doing? And yourself? Hope all of you and your gorgeous babas are doing great x

 

[Scally]

I am not sure whether its the norm, or whether she is doing it as she was worried about Poppy's weight?
Awww bless Flynn, colic is horrible! Its not everyones cup of tea, but Izzy had colic and she only slept on her front as it seemed to comfort her belly. She didnt sleep anywhere but on us for her first 6 weeks and then my step mum said to try her on her front and that was it, she slept! Alot of people dont agree with it, but for us it was a miracle, and we always had the breathing monitor on. Even with Poppy now there are times when she settles on her front so much better than on her back. Are you giving him anything for the colic? Infacol? etc?
Hows your health?
Poppy is doing well, we are currently coming out of the 3 week growth spurt, that was such a tough one but she seems to be calming a bit (famous last words!)
I am hoping shes put on lots of weight today, she certainly looks like she has chubbed out alot!

x

 

[Scally]

grrrrrr hv has just rung- she was supposed to be here at 3.30, just rung to say she wont be visiting!!!!!! does she not realise how hard it is to tidy the house madly with 2 kids????? lol x

 

[pops23]

Hi ladies!

Well it's ten to 1 and I'm still up with Flynn, no sleep as yet! Earlier he slept in his carrycot for 3 hours from 8-11, such victory! But.. He's been feeding since 11 and is wide awake. So frustrating, I'm just going to have to bring him into bed with me and hope he sleeps, am so tired! Not ideal when tomorrow is a big day for us as Flynn is being circumsised, could do with not feeling like shit tbh as bet I won't get much sleep tomorrow night!

My HV came today, she was lovely, Flynn is now 4kg and in 75th percentile, gorgeous boy he's becoming more alert every day, so amazing. I just wish he would sleep better! His days and nights are all back to front

Xxx

 

[ttc_lolly]

pops same here! Millie is wide awake between 11-3am, sometimes not but sometimes longer she's doing well overall though, she had gained 9oz in total since birth at our MW check on Saturday and was 8lbs 5oz we are now discharged from the MW's and have the HV coming tomorrow. Will be interesting to see what she's gained in 3 days, little chunk!

 

[pops23]

We were discharged from MW Friday and HV came yesterday and he had gained almost 400g little fatty! Xx

 

[ttc_lolly]

What's that in lbs/oz!?

 

[kellie_w]

Hi everyone,

Great to see your babies are all having good weight gains. My next health visitior visit is next Friday, won't be expecting any gain though. Ally, very strange yours in coming so often. My mil was just saying that hers was coming every week, then one time she turned up unannounced and her house was a mess, she hadn't tidied like normal and the hv said thank god there is a mess, she had been visiting so often as she was concerned about her house being so tidy! Maybe ask why they are coming round so often.

Sarah, sorry to hear you think Logan has colic. We tried nearly every bottle with Ollie now, colief, infacol and detrinox. The think that made the difference was changing from powder formula cow and gate to ready made aptimal. Apparently the powder gets lots and lots of tiny bubbles when you mix which causes the pain. It's more expensive but at the moment I don't care, I just need to get fluids in.

Pops, good luck either flynns circumcision. I think I read it was today!

We are off to the doctors again. Mil babysat earlier while I went for my depo and she not happy at all with Oliver's breathing. He is really struggling again today and is sleeping all the time. Its terrifying to see him going blue when he has a coughing fit and can't catch his breath and to hear the noises his chest is making. Night times are horrendous and now I Have a cough, sore throat, ears and chest so things are feeling even worse. My bp was 117/93 today, guessing the worry has brought the second number up! I just want us all to be well again

 

[Scally]

pops- hope all goes well with flynn today, sorry to hear he isnt sleepin great. How old is he now? u need a new ticker! sounds like a growth spurt.

lauryn- well done on weight gain, how r u finding the breastfeeding with having Amber too? Poppy wants feeding soooooooo much even though Izzy is happy enough i feel like i cant do much with her, I have a carrier which i use but i havent worked out how to feed in it yet. People i talk to say that the feeding calms down at 6/7 weeks, i hope so!

kellie- oh no maybe my hv is worried about something..... shes coming Thursday as she didnt come yesterday, does everyone get discharged at 6 weeks?
Glad u found a bit of relief for Ollie's colic- poor little man! And poor thing about his breathing, i do hope it gets sorted quickly.Why are u not expecting a gain? is he not eating much with the infection?
oh no about u being poorly, and your blood pressure, i think u r doing an amazing job, u have reaaly been through it x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Kellie I saw on FB that Oliver's been admitted to hospital can only imagine what you're going through hun, I am thinking about you all hope he's well and home soon xx

Ally - Millie is the same, she seems to be feeding so much. I think her 1 week and 3/4 week growth spurt are all merging together/coming early because she's definitely just feeding more and more! It's all worth it though as I really am loving feeding her myself Amber is like Izzy, absolutely fine and no jealousy, she's always been happy to do her own thing too but I like you am feeling a bit sorry for her. I often tell her to fetch a book and she'll sit with me and I'll read to her whilst feeding Millie, so that helps ease my guilt. I'm sure it'll all settle down once they are out of this newborn stage.

I only get one visit from a HV, which was today, and now I have to take Millie in to the clinics to get weighed etc. I can call up for a home visit or pop in to a clinic if I have any concerns though. Maybe it was down to Izzy's weight?