January Jellybeans 2013!...

[els1022]

I bathe Katie every night. It's part of our night routine. I make to put lots of lotion on after.
I took Katie to her 6 week appointment today. She's 12 lbs 6 oz now!! I had a feeling she was at least that because we moved up to 3-6 month clothes last week. I'm such a proud mama!

 

[Lilahbear]

We bath Eva everyday. We thought we would try and get some kind of routine going asap.

 

[Lillian33]

Great pictures Trissy & the story was even better ha ha!!

Brieri, hooray for a great night with Lilah's, hope your good sleep made you feel refreshed

Sonia I'm so sorry you're feeling that way, please try not too, there are many different challenges being a mum & don't forget your hormones are still all over the place. Archie sounds like he is doing perfectly, I agree with Brieri, don't know why she would have said that. Don't listen to her, she is just one person. Sending big hugs xxx

 

[Soniamillie01]

Thanks ladies, I'm just so confused as they all tell me something different each time I see them. I'm kind of inclined to carry on, last night he went 4 hrs and then took only 2oz and then crashed for 3hrs, took another 2oz then crashed for another 3 hrs. He has has a 4oz feed this morning and slept 2hrs, we're now snuggling and hopefully we'll hold out till 3/4 hrs.

 

[mellywelly]

I agree Sonia, just ignore her and carry on, he'll stop eating when he's full.

We only bath jake about twice a week, maybe we should do it more.

Jake had so much awake time yesterday, he didn't go down at night until midnight but then slept until 4.30 had a feed, and slept again until 7.30. I fed him laying down and fell asleep, he fell asleep after his feed too, and I woke up about an hour later with my boob still in his mouth, oops.

 

[CharlieO]

Sonia, the one thing i've found with midwives is they all contradict each other slightly. I wonder if her saying to switch from on demand is her way of helping you onto a schedule? Do what feels right, work your way to a routine that works for you and archie. and nxt time you see a midwife, ask a shed load of questions, get her to explain why shes suggesting something. big hugs, we know you can do it, and please dont feel down. x x x

 

[ARuppe716]

We do a bath 2-3 times a week. He has dry skin ( a gift from both parents) and although I put lotion on him, I'm holding off on daily baths until he needs them. Plus it's been so cold here the air is extra dry in our house!

We're almost at 2000 pages!!

 

[NellandZack]

Still no sign of Nora coming made it to my due date. Lost a little bit more plug last night. No blood. Can't wait for my doctor appt Thursday! Hopefully I don't make it though lol

 

[Nikkilewis14]

I give ella 2-3 baths for the same reason...her dry skin is awful, im about to slather her in baby oil... And its cold here right now and i still feel the chill with the heat on!!

 

[jellybeans]

we gave Katy her first bath last night with help from my MIL i needed a hand as my stitches are sore she didn't like it very much bless her but she slept so well afterwards!!

 

[brieri1]

I agree Sonia, just ignore her and carry on, he'll stop eating when he's full.

We only bath jake about twice a week, maybe we should do it more.

Jake had so much awake time yesterday, he didn't go down at night until midnight but then slept until 4.30 had a feed, and slept again until 7.30. I fed him laying down and fell asleep, he fell asleep after his feed too, and I woke up about an hour later with my boob still in his mouth, oops.

I fall asleep feeding Lilah quite often. She would not settle yesterday, screamed from around 6 to 9, so, at the end of my tether, I stripped her down to her diaper so we could do skin to skin and laid in bed feeding her. She finally fell asleep that way and I did too, so it stayed there until she spit it out, because it wasn't in her mouth anymore when she woke me up for a feed at a quarter to 1 this morning. I don't think its a big deal.

 

[sassy_mom]

Yep DH has the magic touch too Brieri. She loves to lay and look at him. I try and hand her over as much as I can so she can recognize him like she does me.

Melly your DH has mine beat. He hasn't changed one diaper yet. Not even a pee diaper.

Hang in there Sonia. I get those feelings too. I have to remind myself to take a step back and look how awesome everything really is. I think we get so wrapped up we forget how great we are doing.
I agree with Brieri about the feeding. He knows when he is hungry.

We do baths very rarely for the same reasons. Her skin is dry and it is freezing here. She doesn't sit in her tub either even though it says newborn ... she hates being naked and flails and screams like a banshee ... We do wipe downs if she gets really messy with eating and save bath time for when it is really necessary. I think she has had 3-4 since being born so about once or twice a week. When she gets more stable and a bit bigger we'll probably settle into a routine. I can't wait until the girls can play together ... we have a giant tub that will be fun for them to splash around in ... not to mention I can get both of them clean at the same time.

 

[Soniamillie01]

We do a bath 2-3 times a week. He has dry skin ( a gift from both parents) and although I put lotion on him, I'm holding off on daily baths until he needs them. Plus it's been so cold here the air is extra dry in our house!

We're almost at 2000 pages!!

Archie is quite dry skinned and they recommended vegetable oil with rap seed, it's worked a treat!

 

[Betheney]

We're the same baths are about once or twice a week. I just don't see cleaning him that necessary and he knows the difference between night and day

 

[DeedeeBeester]

Matthew is fighting his sleep! Sometimes he will go from feed to feed without sleeping. Not really crying, just... hanging out I suppose. LOL With his eyes wide open just paying attention. I wish he would sleep though... I barely get anything done when he does this!

 

[DittyByrd]

We bath every other day, or try to as it's been so cold here. If we don't bath then we wash down from tip to toe with warm water and cotton wool.

So Archie was weighed today and is now 9lb 13oz, at birth he was 7lb 12oz and 10 days ago was 7lb 15 - chunky monkey has gained nearly 2lb in ten days! The midwive suggested we no longer demand feed and feed every four hrs, ummm easier said than done. We've tried today and have managed one stint of three hrs, one of two - he was hysterically screaming the neighbourhood down at this point, and we are currently 3hrs 15 in to the next stint - although I had to call my mum to come over as he just wouldn't settle. He is currently on 4oz as she recommended that we don't put him up to 5oz - my thinking if surely if we did he would go longer between feeds? Also the formula recommends 5oz at his weight. I'm so confused.

I feel like such a let down, I don't know why but just feel like I can't do this. I know I can and am being silly but just feel so useless.

I don't know why the midwife would tell you to do that. Babies aren't gluttons. They eat when they are hungry and stop when they are full. There isn't a set gain amount for any baby and him gaining a lot says nothing. I would go back to feeding him on demand, honestly.

What horrible advice. Demand feed the poor guy!

 

[Lillian33]

Thinking of you Nell! Hope your little love comes really soon, hugs!

Hope everyone else is doing well?

Anyone else's LO still cluster feeding at a certain time of day? Harry seems to have his very fussy time between roughly 6.30pm & 8.30pm feeding on and off & not sleeping until close to 9 sometimes! He's 5 weeks today & I wonder if this is becoming a habit for him or if he really needs that much feeding??!!

xxx

 

[Lillian33]

Matthew is fighting his sleep! Sometimes he will go from feed to feed without sleeping. Not really crying, just... hanging out I suppose. LOL With his eyes wide open just paying attention. I wish he would sleep though... I barely get anything done when he does this!

Have you got a sling DeeDee? I find Harry usually drifts off if I put him in a sling if he wakes early from a nap, worth a try!

 

[els1022]

Thinking of you Nell! Hope your little love comes really soon, hugs!

Hope everyone else is doing well?

Anyone else's LO still cluster feeding at a certain time of day? Harry seems to have his very fussy time between roughly 6.30pm & 8.30pm feeding on and off & not sleeping until close to 9 sometimes! He's 5 weeks today & I wonder if this is becoming a habit for him or if he really needs that much feeding??!!

xxx

Yup, Katie still does that around that same time. Not every night but most. She'll be 7 weeks tomorrow.

 

[DeedeeBeester]

Matthew is fighting his sleep! Sometimes he will go from feed to feed without sleeping. Not really crying, just... hanging out I suppose. LOL With his eyes wide open just paying attention. I wish he would sleep though... I barely get anything done when he does this!

Have you got a sling DeeDee? I find Harry usually drifts off if I put him in a sling if he wakes early from a nap, worth a try!

I'm seriously going to buy one. I need it.