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[freckles09]

Sorry for the one sided post - am sat here in tears as Elliot has been up since 11am just feeding and crying. This isn't normal is it surely? This is after he was up for 8 hours last night! I don't know what else to do or why he is crying. Am seeing the health visitor tomorrow but am not looking forward to trying to get through tonight

 

[melissasbump]

Awww Bec im so sorry you are upset, i cant really offer you any advice as i dont have a clue myself, are you on your own or is hubby with you, dont like to think you are this upset on your own. You are doing such a fabulous job as a mummy. I feel like this had been quite useless to you though.... xx

 

[freckles09]

Thanks Mel, Hubby is here and is fab but there's only so much he can do if Elliot is constantly feeding. He tries to take him away in case Elliot can smell my milk but he still cries. Am starting to think it might be colic so we are trying him on infacol. I just don't understand how he can be up 6 / 7 hours and not be tired and still hungry

Am Hoping the health visitor will have some suggestions for me tomorrow but I just think I will break down in tears, esp if he still hasn't reached his birthweight when they weigh him.

 

[melissasbump]

I understand hun, im sure the health visitor will have some good advice for you and im sue its just one of those really common things and nothing to worry about, colic is a very common thing isnt it so you may be right there. Either way, hang in there hun and realise you arent alone and you are doing a fabulous job! xx

 

[melissasbump]

pains are back... sigh... here we go again....
On the upside, OH is currently making a yummy toad in the hole for tea ! xx

 

[DragonMummy]

On phone hence brief. Becs I had the same with Harry, I remember how awful it is. Is he doing it every day? If not could it be cluster feeding to increase your supply? If it is every day, does feeding him stop it? If it does I doubt its Colic. When h had Colic he would just scream every evening for 4 hours. Nothing we did helped. I think colic is more an evening thing. Could just be he is using the nipple for comfort, in which case have you tried a dummy? Xxx

 

[Aaisrie]

It sounds like a growth spurt to me if he's doing that..

 

[Aaisrie]

Mel I'm resting my foof too with crazy pressure pains... Glad you had a good day even though you OBVIOUSLY stole my sunshine!!

Tor it BUCKETED down... like proper freaking crazy heavy rain.... fortunately it stopped while we got round part of it but the worst thing is it's still warm so it's that you don't know what to wear type weather!! 19 degrees but chucking it down?!

Hann are you gonna fly over here and look after Saraya? LOL

 

[melissasbump]

Mel I'm resting my foof too with crazy pressure pains... Glad you had a good day even though you OBVIOUSLY stole my sunshine!!

Tor it BUCKETED down... like proper freaking crazy heavy rain.... fortunately it stopped while we got round part of it but the worst thing is it's still warm so it's that you don't know what to wear type weather!! 19 degrees but chucking it down?!

Hann are you gonna fly over here and look after Saraya? LOL

lol, you gotta love foof pain!
Rain comes with the territory in Ireland doesnt it?!!

 

[Clareabell]

Bec Niamh has colic and crystal most evenings for around 3 or 4 hours and there is no helping her! We tried infacol and it never really seemed to work. DM suggested Colief to
me which I got and has worked much better and now she is much more settled. I also tried the crianial sacral therapy around the same time which is rated as being fab with colicy babies. We did that at the same time as the same time as the same time as the colief so wouldn't know which one is responsible for her improvement!

I agree with DM it may be worth trying a dummy!

 

[Clareabell]

Jesus sorry for typos on phone and it's gone mental!

 

[freckles09]

He has been cluster feeding for a while, maybe a week or so but it's only been the last two days when he's pretty much constantly been awake. It's for hours on end in the day and also in the evenings. He just slept 5-6 but that was the first time since 11am.

DM he is fine when feeding but as soon as we lay him down after he screams. Even if he falls asleep on the breast he will cry as soon as we put him in his Moses basket. When he falls asleep on me trying to wind him after is like mission impossible!

Maybe it is a comfort thing, I just tried to feed him again but he only fed for a few mins and is now asleep on me! Didn't really want to resort to using a dummy just yet...

Mel I hope your pains are the start of something!

 

[Hann12]

Hi on my phone but just about caught up.

Mel - glad you had fun today and yippee for more pains!

Eve - same to you, might not be long!!

Clare - glad the cranial osteopathy helped, I'm def going to try it!

Bec - I felt so bad for you reading your message. I'm so glad your hubby is so supportive but it must be so hard still. As I said to BV I am sure you are in the majority and what 'you are experiencing is normal forva growing baby but I know that doesn't make it any easier. I can't provide any words of wisdom, in fact by the time mine comes I'll be coming to you for help, but please know we are always here and I hope things improve really soon. He is a gorgeous little bubba though!

Linds - sounds like Harry is really cute around Soph, I'd love to see a photo of him washing her hair - too cute!!

Simmy - your post made me laugh, I reckon you'll be one of those people that just pops without any indications!

Haven't been on much today, just been to see a friend and borrow some DVDs. I'm all sorted for when my nct friends pop and I'm still waiting!
No more pains as yet today and I'm not expecting anything much to happen.
Hope everyone with babies are having nice cuddles now and for those of us ready to pop sending 'you all labour dust! Come on the babies!!

 

[Aaisrie]

Mel I'm resting my foof too with crazy pressure pains... Glad you had a good day even though you OBVIOUSLY stole my sunshine!!

Tor it BUCKETED down... like proper freaking crazy heavy rain.... fortunately it stopped while we got round part of it but the worst thing is it's still warm so it's that you don't know what to wear type weather!! 19 degrees but chucking it down?!

Hann are you gonna fly over here and look after Saraya? LOL

lol, you gotta love foof pain!
Rain comes with the territory in Ireland doesnt it?!!

Yup pretty much that's why we've so many green fields!!!! And NO I DON'T LOVE FOOF PAIN!!! LOL

 

[Hann12]

The beckham baby is here - girl 7 pounds 10, no name announced yet......

 

[Aaisrie]

Oooo I'll be watching to see her name! She's the same weight Saraya was!

 

[mummySS]

Ooh thanks for the heads up Hann, I'm so intrigued to find out what they call her!

Bec I'm probably not the best person to advise you, and like Hann I'm sure I'll be turning to you for advice in a few weeks, but just wantedto say hang in there, sounds like he's cluster or comfort feeding, my niece did the same she was just a very clingy baby, my sis ended up just letting her suck through the night, probably not the ideal solution but it seemed to work for them. I hope the HV can help tomorrow and that he's put on weight. You're really doing a great job, so please hang in there

 

[Aaisrie]

One of my PAL girls asked me to measure my waist - 47inches!! LOL I didn't think it was THAT big!

 

[Blue_bear]

Aha, have caught up on all the missed pages but now its feed time so i have no time to reply! lol.

Big loves to you all for now xx

 

[mummySS]

Wow eve impressive stuff! Last I measured mine it was 43". Honestly I thought I was big but your bump is seriously humungous lol! But I remember even your 6 week bump was huge. It looks lovely!