January Jellybeans 2013!...

[darkstar]

Melly - great Jake is back to bw

Fingers - not circumcising our boy

I forgot how much after pains hurt! They suck!

 

[sassy_mom]

You ladies feel free to laugh hysterically at my stupidity....

I put the cloth insert in ... facing the wrong direction. So it wasn't absorbing because I had it on the wrong way. I feel like an idiot. Way to go sleep deprivation and not paying attention. I think one side is fleece and the other hemp ... I had the fleece side up instead of the hemp. The second insert I put on her worked just fine.

 

[NellandZack]

Just got back from my appt. no progress some how the doctor said I was 1 cm today when last week I was 1.5 cm. ugh! Not sure if he really knows. Head is still very low. Next appointment is 2 days past my due date I hope I don't make it. Fingers crossed! They seem to think my diarrhea is dietary or viral. "/

 

[sassy_mom]

Just got back from my appt. no progress some how the doctor said I was 1 cm today when last week I was 1.5 cm. ugh! Not sure if he really knows. Head is still very low. Next appointment is 2 days past my due date I hope I don't make it. Fingers crossed! They seem to think my diarrhea is dietary or viral. "/

Sorry you didn't get better news. Hopefully things will happen for you soon!! I know how bad the waiting is.

 

[DeedeeBeester]

You ladies feel free to laugh hysterically at my stupidity....

I put the cloth insert in ... facing the wrong direction. So it wasn't absorbing because I had it on the wrong way. I feel like an idiot. Way to go sleep deprivation and not paying attention. I think one side is fleece and the other hemp ... I had the fleece side up instead of the hemp. The second insert I put on her worked just fine.

Awww! LOL I'm glad that it wasn't your detergent haha.
I've done crazy things too while being tired lately, no worries. Last night I took a nap while hubby held Matthew, when I woke up I was looking for him all over the bed... was about to start freaking out because I couldn't find him hahaha.

 

[BlossomJ]

Deedee - I used to do that... even now if I'm driving somewhere without DS I'll start thinking that he's being really quiet, then freak out for a split second that I've forgotten him, then remember that he's with someone else!

Sassy - Glad you figured it out! Sounds like an easy enough mistake

Nell - Sorry you didn't get better news & hope you're feeling better. It could still happen suddenly though! I'm getting checked for progress & getting my sweep tomorrow morning.

 

[ARuppe716]

I sleep with a body pillow and when I wake up in the middle of the night I always have a panic moment where I think it's baby and I somehow fell asleep with him cuddled in my arms and I'm squishing him!!

 

[La Mere]

Sassy- thats great! I am glad it was something as simple as that and not your detergent.

DeeDee- hehe, i've done that. But its worse since Sam does end up sleeping with us.

Fingers- we will be curcumcising our boy. It was both of our decision.

Kim- wish you the best, hope you get everything sorted out that you need to. We will miss you.

 

[NellandZack]

Deedee - I used to do that... even now if I'm driving somewhere without DS I'll start thinking that he's being really quiet, then freak out for a split second that I've forgotten him, then remember that he's with someone else!

Sassy - Glad you figured it out! Sounds like an easy enough mistake

Nell - Sorry you didn't get better news & hope you're feeling better. It could still happen suddenly though! I'm getting checked for progress & getting my sweep tomorrow morning.

Aw good luck! I hope you have better news than me and that sweep gets you on your way!

 

[Lillian33]

Huge congrats Prayingforbby!!!

Oh Sassy, we all make silly sleep deprivation mistakes don't worry! Good on you for using cloth already

Sorry you hadn't made any progress Nell, I have everything crossed you don't make it to your next appt!

Good luck Blossom, hoping your bean comes soon!

We're so close to having all our babies, so exciting!

xxx

 

[La Mere]

Congrats prayingforbaby!

I can't wait until the last of our jellybeans arrive!

Here are a couple pics of my darlings!

 

[sassy_mom]

I don't know what is going on and I am at my wits end ...

Every time Chloe eats, she will latch on to the bottle, do quick sucks without swallowing (like a comfort suck) and then let go and scream because she isn't getting any food. After about 5-10 minutes of taking the bottle out and trying again she will all of a sudden just open up and start drinking properly. This is happening every single time she eats and it is wearing me out with the constant screaming for food. DH thought perhaps the hole is too small on the bottle so she thinks she isn't getting any in her mouth. He made a tiny, tiny cut in one of the nipple to open it slightly but we haven't tried it yet as she doesn't need to eat again. She also is still not sleeping very much through the day and she cries a lot for me to hold her. I did find a white noise sampler that I am playing right now and .... well she was asleep ... I was going to say that seems to help but never mind she is up again. This only happens in the day time. At night, she wakes up, eats (still fights with the bottle), and goes back to sleep. She is sleeping 3 hours at a time but during the day I can only get her to sleep in my arms and even then she won't stay asleep long. I really feel like I am doing something wrong or missing something. I make 4 oz bottles, make sure she is clean and dry, swaddle her, don't swaddle, rock, bounce, walk with her ... we've tried her swing which she hates .... Does anyone have any idea what is going on????

Also I wanted to add, she burps good, not constipated, wetting diapers just fine, no signs of painful gas ....

 

[DeedeeBeester]

@Sassy: Maybe it is the nipple. I know Matthew gets a little anxious about eating and will go a tin crazy looking for nipple even if it's already in front of him. Can only imagine if the nipple was too small, he'd go coco. I hope it is hun.

@La Mere: Beautiful kiddos!

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Ella is only on like 2.5-3 oz...i feel like she should be eating more? Am i wrong? She will eat every 3-4 hrs during the day and at night she will eat 4oz..sleep 6hrs then back to 2.5-3 oz every 3-4 hrs....

 

[ARuppe716]

When we were in the hospital and bottle feeding expressed milk and formula we were told not to give any more than 2oz for the first two weeks... Not sure what it should be now? I left a 2 oz bottle when my parents babysat and Oliver quickly ate the whole thing and would have taken more...

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Okay...then that sounds about right i guess...shell be 3 weeks friday.... Im always worried about something or other!

 

[Soniamillie01]

Sassy - I'd try a new teat, maybe that will work. I know with Archie we changed from slow flow to vari flow and he feeds much better.

Archie is on 4oz formula and sometimes feeds every three hours, sometimes every four, sometimes every two! Midwife still recommends to demand feed here until 8 weeks and a eating pattern established. I don't like feeding him every two hours so try to hang him out till three with a pacifier or give him just an oz (sometimes of water). I'd say that if baby is showing signs that would drink more maybe make bottles up to the next oz and if they take it then great, if not than no harm done. That's what the midwife recommended to us, and also don't be surprised if suddenly goes back to only drinking what he previously was, it may be growth spurt. Archie will sometimes take 4oz, sometimes do 3 and other times would probably take 5 if I made it (we're not going there anytime soon though!)

 

[ARuppe716]

I agree... I think the recommended amount is probably an average of what's needed but your baby will cue you. It's the same with bf- some feedings are close together and some are far apart, some meals really short and sometimes he would stay forever if I'd let him! Our job is to make sure their needs are met and they are happy!

 

[DeedeeBeester]

Oh, if Matthew drank only 2 onz every 3 hours I wouldn't sleep and he would cry all the time. He eats around 3 in average. I just think he is built big. Nurse at pediatrician told me could even do 2 every 2 hours, so pretty spot on. I express 2.5 every 3 hours, so have to still top it off with some formula. today he slept for 4 hours and demanded more milk when he woke up. I'm just going as he asks. ???

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Yea thats what ive been doing, demand feeding.... Its exhausting sometimes lol..i just hate to see her fuss!... Hubby on the other hand will just let her cry, i hate it!