January Jellybeans 2013!...

[Lillian33]

Thinking of you & Remi Betheney, hope the scan goes well, big hugs.

Hope Oliver continues to improve Aruppe!

Sassy sending you big hugs, take some deep breaths, things WILL get easier, we're here for those rough times. Big hugs!

xxx

 

[BlossomJ]

Betheney - I hope everything checks out ok. Like ARuppe says, Remi has a rather special position in the group & we all want to see him well! Hope the wait isn't too stressful

Sassy - Hope you're not coming down with something & get through the day ok. Please don 't think that the things you're doing are wrong, there are just going to be times when one of your children will have to wait a minute & trying to work out what is going on with a newborn is near on impossible half the time! If things are overwhelming you make sure Chloe is safe & take a break for a minute. I think you're doing amazing looking after both of them & recovering at the same time... I sit here thinking well if she can do it, so can I!

 

[Betheney]

Sassy -

Big big big big big big hugs. As a parent you know there are good days and bad.

your baby sounds like a completely normal baby. Remi does this exact thing! he has huge really good 20min per side of strong good sucking feeds and then wants to feed an hour later, then he has short crappy feeds and then wont feed for 4 hours. I told my nurse and she said it's completely normal and to not let it stress me. Now i completely pay no attention to it and just feed him however he wants whenever he wants, babies this young don't need to be in a routine. I must admit since not paying attention to these things i'm alot more relaxed. You're stressing yourself out by putting emphasis on the lengths and frequency of feeds, don't think about it and just feed baby whenever. If someone asked me how often and for how long remi feeds during the day i'd would honestly have to shrug my shoulders and say somewhere between every 1-4 hours ranging from 5 mins on just one side to 20 mins on both sides. We're both happy and going with the flow, don't put too much pressure on yourself to figure out babies routine, just lay back and go with the flow, if you didn't let her feed frequencies get to you today think how much more relaxed you would be this evening, babies are fickle little things, i don't think they even know what they want. Of course i've found i'm breastfeeding in public alot because i'm not organising trips around feeds like i used to because i never know when he's going to want to feed, i've fed in 2 waiting rooms, a restaurant, at indoor soccer and at a stadium about 20,000 people full. lol.

But i really hope you feel better soon, i know the stressed out feeling, our first day with Remi home was like that and it was horrible!!!!

 

[jrowenj]

Betheny- praying for little Remi's health and that everytging turns out great. Praying for your sanity also as this must be weighing heavily on you. Xoxo

Sassy- hoping ur just having a bad night and will wake up tmrw with a new refreshed attitude. Sorry ur feeking frustratd! Xo

Congrats to the new babies!

 

[darkstar]

Hugs Sassy. Can you order groceries online? I did that after my second was born. Big help.

 

[Soniamillie01]

Congrats to all those with new arrivals, so exciting to see our little jelly beans entering the world, I wonder if we'll have December, January and February jellybeans?

Deedee - sorry to hear that Matthew was in NICU, glad to hear you are both doing better.

Betheney - I hope the scan goes ok and glad they are checking it out. Thinking of you.

Aruppe - Archie does that breathing thing, well it sounds similar. He will breathe normally and then change to short, shallow breaths and then back to normal breathing. I'm not sure why he does it but midwife didn't seem too worried. I hope it settles soon.

Sassy - big hun

Sorry if I've missed anyone.

I have posted something to my Facebook status, it's a shares status from a Bounty club post about feeding from a babies point of view. It is very, very funny and light hearted and certainly made me smile at 3.45am this morning when Archie was crying for no apparent reason have a read, when I can get online properly I'll post it here and also to our FB group (feel fee to copy it and add to here if someone gets online before me). Hope it puts a on your face x

 

[BlossomJ]

That's Brilliant Sonia! So true - the babies are all conspiring against their mummies!

 

[mellywelly]

Have had a quick catch up, congrats to all the new mummies, looking forward to seeing lts of pics!

Betheney, be thinking of you and remi, hope all is well.

Sassy ,

We came home yesterday, within 10 mins I wash wishing I was back in the hospital, it was total chaos! Ds had lego everywhere, mil was here talking about rubbish, dog was going crazy over jake, thinks he's his personal bodyguard, he even cries when baby does! Dh as normal oblivious to everything!

Jake has stared to latch on now, spent most of night with him feeding! I swear as he came off once he smirked at me! It was so funny!!!

Q, can I use a dummy and still breastfeed?

 

[Soniamillie01]

Melly - glad to hear you are home, Jake is gorgeous. My DH seems to be oblivious to the state of the house, piles of washing, washing up etc.

 

[sassy_mom]

Thank you ladies for letting me unload all that! I felt all the love you sent and it helped a ton!
Last night when I finished feeding Chloe, she slept for 3 hours, ate good and then went back to sleep for another 3 hours, ate good again and we got up at 9:30 this morning! I even got a chance to curl up to DH when he got home. He is always so warm and I was freezing.
I feel better today. I know it was just normal happenings and being overly tired and letting events get the better of me. I really appreciate you ladies being there!
I was able to get some really good baby snuggles this morning. I haven't really been able to sit and snuggle up with her as something or someone is always needing my attention. I think that helped tremendously. Funny how those precious little ones can be all the medicine you'll ever need.

 

[ARuppe716]

Melly- we use one with no issues. The hospital used it with him and he loved it so much that we made sure we stocked up. They recommended the Avent Soothie... It had a larger rounded nipple so it mimics a real breast more than a lot of other brands. We use it when he's really upset and can't e calmed any other way. I also keep it on hand when starting a feeding bc sometimes he's so hungry he's mad and can't focus to latch. The pacifier calms him and starts him sucking so I can then remove it and he's ready to nurse better... I only intend to use it in the first few months before he learns to self soothe. I refuse to have a preschooler with one strapped to his short!

 

[els1022]

Melly, I use one, too. It's the same one from the hospital, the one that's shaped like a nipple. She hates the wider pacifiers. It's not often that she wants to just suck. I find it helps after she's done nursing and wants to suck w/o getting milk.

Hope it gets better for you Sassy!

 

[jrowenj]

I use one too, melly. Mostly like els1022 I give it to him after nursing when I can tell he's just sucking to suck and not really getting milk

 

[Lilahbear]

Yay, eva got weighed today. She was 8lb 8oz at birth, 7lb 12oz on day 5 and now 8lb 11oz on day 13.

 

[jrowenj]

Yeaaa for Eva!!!!!

Ok, sooo I tried Blake in his big boy crib during a nap and he hates it!!! Cried for ten mins. The second I picked him up he stopped crying. He fell asleep in his swing so I tried putting him in his crib and he woke up crying after five mins. Ughhhh

 

[darkstar]

You ladies that went overdue have my utmost respect. This sucks. 40+2 now and no sign of him.

 

[prayingforbby]

I thought I got lucky and skipped all the "is she here yet "calls. Wonder why everyone feels they are going to be left out of know when she makes her appearance??

This teaches me next time to tell people Im due one month after the actual due date

 

[mommyof2peas]

having a bit of show but dont know if it's from sweep yesterday or real show. Looks like bubba has dropped though, so thats something

 

[mellywelly]

Another question for those of you bf'ing

My boobs are killing, 1 of them is enormous,and both rock hard

Jake is constantly wanting to feed, so I'm not sure if he's not taking enough, and seems to be crying every half hour. I'm wondering if its a good idea to pump so I can see much he takes and feed just 1 feed in a bottle? Would this effect his bf?

 

[BlossomJ]

Scan day tomorrow & I'll find out if I'm being booked in for induction or left to potentially go beyond my due date. I think I'd rather go into labour naturally, but am nervous about the size of the baby if I go much over (even though I know it won't be huge).

Also seeing the midwife on Thursday for my regular checkup, though it would be easier if they could just do my blood pressure etc tomorrow & save making the extra trip