jj-rabbit
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i really need to start expressing regularly as i want hubby to be able to do a feed too. I just find it takes me soooo long. I get more if i express in the morning than any other time, but if i express after i've fed Chase and put him down because it takes me nearly an hour to get 3 ounces (which isn't even enough for one feed i don't reckon) he can sometimes wake up shortly after i'm done, leaving me either no time to get ready or do any jobs so i find myself thinking i don't have time to express and not doing it. Any idea why my expressing is so slow and any tips anyone?
On a positive note my left boob seems to have sorted itself out, i did some reading on the net and i madfe sure Chase went on there first every feed and that it was emptied, as well as massaging it. So happy it was really painful.
Ahh mummy_em i hope Ella doesn't have reflux. Chase's is silent in that he doesn't spit up or be sick it goes back down again meaning it burns his throat twice. You can hear him going, grrrr clearing his throat and he squirmes in painBefore he was diagnosed we had a terrible time with his sleeping but now we know why! We,ve elevated his matress and that has helped him and he's on infant gaviscon, which seems to work better some days than others. One thing we find great is a swing that we just got him, for some reason he seems worse in the day and i could hardly get him down, but if i put him in his swing he falls asleep and because its quite upright his reflux doesn't get aggrevated
Poor Chase, that sounds so painfulI'm actually wondering if perhaps Lachlan has this too, as he makes this really irritating growling/throaty type noise in bed and gets quite agitated, it wakes him up and keeps us from sleeping sometimes...maybe that's what it is. I'll try and take a video of him making the noise so I can show you and see if it's the same noise Chase was doing
And I might try elevating the top end of his bassinet tonight to see if that makes a difference
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yeah hun it does sound like Lachlan may have it? , its a funny noise but like you say its kinda like a growl and it's like he is trying to clear his throat. Does he ever do it after a feed too? When i'm winding Chase or he is on my shoulder he will do it then too.
Chase was was awful with his sleeping before we got gaviscon, for about 4 days he just wouldn't go down at all and if he did then after a while he would just make those noises and wriggle then cry.
There is also some other symptoms but they can have just one or a few or all. Chase always gets hiccups too, has a little dry cough sometimes, sounds a bit hoarse when making babbling noises and is also bunged up a lot, oh and he chokes sometimes when feeding me poor lil man its horrid. Reflux is very common and most babies don't require treatment unless being very sick but if it's silent reflux hun it needs treating as it burns the throat twice and the throat can become very sore (thats what our doctor told us and i've read it too on the net). Yeah post a video if you manage to catch him doing it xx
And he chokes when feeding, I just put it down to my fast let down 
Lachlan always looks and sounds so sad when he does!
He's been doing it on and off for about a week now, but I wasn't sure whether or not it was gas - didn't want to misdiagnose. But he's been smiling while looking at me, and it reaches his eyes so it's gotta mean something right? 
And he tells me that he's lovely etc etc. He did admit that for the first week and a half or so he wasn't too bothered about him - I think this is because we were getting our bearings (Lachlan included) and had a couple of rough nights so it hindered things a bit. But he told me he really does love him a lot and he's looking forward to looking after him and bringing him up 
). I'm not sure if he has it, from looking up symptoms. But I do wonder what that noise is to do with, as he seemed to swallow when he did it this morning I noticed! Who knows 
silly boy
