January Jellybeans 2013!...

[Lillian33]

Huge congrats Leinz, Zoela really is gorgeous

Brieri, im so sorry you're going through this scare, I dont know much about it but I really hope Lilah's numbers normalise really quickly, stay strong and positive

xx

 

[Betheney]

Lilah's bilirubin count is 15.8 on her 4th day of life. I'm so worried. The pediatrician has us supplementing with formula now to bring it down, but she's so lethargic, its hard to get her to eat much of anything. I'm so scared.

i may be uneducated with Jaundice but Remi had it and they just put him under the lights for 24hours and he was able to continue getting breastmilk. I thought any fluids flush their systems, why would they need to give formula instead of breastmilk. Don't get me wrong i'm not trying to be an anti-formula person here by any means.

Remi i'm sure had a reading in the 20's although i could be wrong and i know it was somewhere in the first few days of life and he still didn't need formula and you would think with a prem baby they would of done the quickest way possible.

I just don't understand is all.

Either way i hope baby get better very soon and you can relax and enjoy your new baby

 

[mommyof2peas]

I'm so beyond frustrated. Yesterday morning I got my sweep 9:40 am. Later that afternoon I got contractions for about 40 mins that were 10 min apart, then they moved to 17 mins before stopping all together.

Then this afternoon I took a nap, when I got up I had bloody show. It had brow and bright red so I knew if wasnt all from the sweep. That started at about 1pm. Been loosing show since then. COntractions still wont get any closer then 10 min and only about 70% of them really hurt. I know that haivng a bloody show doesn't mean labor is going to start NOW, but out of 4 kids this is the only time Ive had a show. So I was kinda excited.

 

[Kaiecee]

Hope it's the sign of something

 

[BlossomJ]

Brieri - Hope she's alright

Leinz - Big congratulations! Hope you're both doing well

Been awake since 3.30am as baby has been squishing & pummelling my internal organs all night. She's quiet during the day when I can't nap due to DS I have generally been sleeping well up to this point though, so I'm not going to complain, but can she sleep more at night when she arrives please!?

 

[Kaiecee]

Riley sleeps during the day but at night it's a fight nothing will get him to sleep and I can't stay up all night cuz he's bored I'm tired

 

[ARuppe716]

Hang in there brieri... From what I understood from our stint in the special care nursery, I think 15 is the cut off for them to start to take action. Sounds like they are on top of it and hopefully it will be resolved quickly. I'll be thinking of you as it's always scary when we get news like that.

Nikki- my iPad autocorrects my last name so that every email I send comes from Amanda Ripple... It still does it with autocorrect turned off!!

 

[Betheney]

Riley sleeps during the day but at night it's a fight nothing will get him to sleep and I can't stay up all night cuz he's bored I'm tired

What happens when you just stick him in the cot at night... SOME nights Remi does the same and i say to him "Sorry little dude but i'm too tired tonight to stay up with you" i stick him in his cradle and i climb back in bed, he will squirm and whinge and grunt but then over the space of 20-40mins he slowly puts himself to sleep, but this time though i'm out like a light.

Have you ever tried to see if he puts himself to sleep. I will let you know when i first put him down he has a huge whinge which verges on a little cry but it's very very short and it doesn't last until he falls asleep. So if you're putting him down awake and he's protesting give just a little bit of time and if he's swaddled he'll probably settle.



Like right now for example - Remi s wide awake and I'm knackered, I swaddled him put him in hid crib and I climbed into bed, he grunted and squirmed for about 15mins and I can now hear that he's still awake but slowly going to sleep. But the room had to be BLACK and total dead silence, if me or hubby squirm he starts ggrunting and whinging again.

With Eva I spent hours and sleepless nights rocking and cradling her to sleep because i had it in my head she had to go down asleep which is sillyy she can go down awake and put herself to sleep. with Remi I stick him in his bed which I'd next to me and pretty much say "figure it out yourself" and he pretty much always does and is asleep soon. Or if he's not asleep he's staring at the walls and I'm not staying up just to watch him do that, he'll nod off when he's tired. This is not crying it out either bybthe way, just in case it sounds like it

 

[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?

If he's crying every half hour maybe he is really hungry and your full boobs are showing that there's plenty there he just might not be taking it.

As someone else said it might be a latch problem.

Babies will always drink more from a bottle though so it's hard to equate a bottle amount to a breastfeeding amount. It wont hurt your breastfeeding i wouldn't think by giving him one bottle, the nurses at the hospital told me nipple confusion doesn't happen as often as women think especially when they are still getting lots of breast.

Maybe your cutting your feeds off short of when he's really finished. Maybe what you think is finished and full isn't actually finished and full. If he is crying every half hour then feed him every half hour, Remi definitly has painful days like that and then days like today where he wants to feed every 5 hours (which is concerning me). But it's okay for some feeds to last 40 mins, sometimes i think Remi is finished but he really just needed a rest. Is baby sucking and swallowing, watch babies jaw and see if it looks like he's doing proper feeding and moving his mouth and really getting into it.

It can take him quite a few goes before he latches properly, and if he can't do it straight away, he gets so stressed and is screaming uncontrollably. Once he's on, he sometimes pulls off after 5 mins and won't go back on but sometimes he feeds for about 30 mins. Either way, yesterday, the screaming would start up agin after 30ish mins. I know he's taking it in, I can see his jaw moving and hear him gulping. He's been a lot better today, but is still struggling to latch. I don't think he opens his mouth wide enough. I've pumped an ounce off today to see if that helps I'm get latched on as my boobs are now huge and hard. Maybe I need to offer him boobie before he asks for it, so he's not as stressed?

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Lilah's bilirubin count is 15.8 on her 4th day of life. I'm so worried. The pediatrician has us supplementing with formula now to bring it down, but she's so lethargic, its hard to get her to eat much of anything. I'm so scared.

Ellas level was 13... Lots of feedings will flush it out which is y they are having u supplement... Hers was gone in a week... Just be sure to wake her bc she wont wake up on her own most times...if shes still hard to feed, strip her down, press on her feet etc...shell be ok hun

 

[Nikkilewis14]

We noticed a marked increase in her alertness as it was leaving her body... Shes up usually from 2pm til 5... Catnaps for an hour ..feeds and is up with us til 10pm, and sleeps all night with two feeds in between..usually around 1:30...5:30am then we get up at 9:30 am . And beleive it or not..she wakes on her own like clockwork!

 

[Lilahbear]

Congratulations leinz!

 

[sassy_mom]

Congrats Leinz!! She is a beauty!

 

[mellywelly]

Congratulations leinz, she looks like you!

 

[BlossomJ]

We noticed a marked increase in her alertness as it was leaving her body... Shes up usually from 2pm til 5... Catnaps for an hour ..feeds and is up with us til 10pm, and sleeps all night with two feeds in between..usually around 1:30...5:30am then we get up at 9:30 am . And beleive it or not..she wakes on her own like clockwork!

That sounds like a really nice routine she has going!

 

[BlossomJ]

My scan went ok - on track for around 7lbs if I make it to 40 weeks, which seems huge to me. Fluid levels are also good, but the blood flow through the chord is a little too high. The consultant wanted to check it again early next week, but there are only emergency slots left, so I've been told to keep a close watch on movements & come back for a sweep next week. I'll then be induced somewhere between 25th & 29th Jan if nothing happens & there are no problems before then... So I will be having a January jellybean as opposed to one in Feb!

I'm a little concerned about the bloodflow after googling it, but I'll talk to the midwife tomorrow & see what she says.

 

[DittyByrd]

We noticed a marked increase in her alertness as it was leaving her body... Shes up usually from 2pm til 5... Catnaps for an hour ..feeds and is up with us til 10pm, and sleeps all night with two feeds in between..usually around 1:30...5:30am then we get up at 9:30 am . And beleive it or not..she wakes on her own like clockwork!

I will warn you, Violet had a lovely schedule going. I was satisfied with it. And then it all went to crap for 3 days. Last night she slept well again. Growth spurts, maybe???

Just when I think I have her figured out....

 

[jellybeans]

any ladies who have had their babies get a runny nose before hand?

 

[La Mere]

Well, its been busy here! Lets start with the congratulations!

DeeDee, Mathhew is adorable! Congratulations, honey! Glad you are both home and doing better.

Leniz- Zoela is beautiful! congratulations!

Brieri- congrats on you little girl! Hope her bili levels come down.

Beth- so happy to hear about Remi's awesone weight gains! Will be sending tons of thoughts and prayers your way!

Melly- congrats on little Jake! He's a cutie! as for using a dummy and bf'ing, Sam only gets one when he won't be calmed down before feeding or when he just wants to suck. It hasn't affected him nursing at all...

Cetarari- congrats on little Alice! Glad everything went alright with her being early!

sorry to the new mommies I missed!

ARuppe- Glad Oliver is feeling a bit better. Hope he continues to improve quickly!

Sassy- We're here whenever you need to vent, hun. Hope things get easier from here on out.

A little update on my babies. Rayven is still adjusting to not getting all my attention ang tbh its a little hard for me too. Sam kept us up most of the night last night, so I am hoping he will stay awake more during the day today. we weighed him again today and he weighed 7 lbs 4 oz.

 

[Betheney]

Melly - Remi I'd happy to have 50 attempts before getting upset so I don't really have any experience in what your bubba is doing. Sounds like he gets very frustrated very quickly. Your idea to feed him earlier sounds like a great one.

I will tell you tho I have zero patience at waiting for a wide open mouth, I cheat and hold his chin further down when he does open his mouth.

I don't know if that is good advice or terrible advice but it worksfor me.