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I love that the clocks went back on the weekend. My darling girls went to bed earlier than usual last night and it was bliss! Added bonus was getting a feed in to them BEFORE DD woke to get ready for school. It used the be during and that was hard, trying to BF and brush someone's hair is a disaster waiting to happen.

I hope the girls don't adjust to the new time!

In the meantime, they are sleeping and I really must grab a shower while I can.
 
shelleney- you're not the only one struggling hun. It took 4.5 hours to get Travis down the other night, and still finding breast feeding so hard i have to give formula as he screams so much its a vicious circle cos then i dont have enough compared to it. He's the same he sleeps in my arms but when i put him down he cries. I'm going to try infacol before every feed. Does she cry when you put her in moses basket? cute pic.
ma- dont know if you've tried but give Amelia a stomach massage clockwise and bringing her legs to her chest i was advised this for constipation. i feel the same about feeding with the guilt and completely agree about the amount of people who are fine

so with feeding i'm now putting him on me to calm him while boyfriend gets a bottle ready then when he comes off and gets frustrated its ready so he doesnt get too hungry i'm also pumping once or twice a day and giving him that but its pretty much all formula and a little breast
 
Mine cries every single time I put him down n the basinett. But the moment I pick him up he is ok. He hates his basinett. It's so aweful. I am losing my mind! It makes me so crazy. Someone said put mine or Sean's shirt in his bed so he has our smell? Idk what to do!
 
could you try something other than the bassinet? Mine likes his crib but doesn't like his pack 'n play. i don't get it cause they are really similar, just a flat place to sleep!
 
NY, I am there w/ you. He sleeps at night if he is next to me I can't get him to sleep in his crib or his bassinet the problem is I am not sleeping w/ him next to me. I have tried putting him in his crib when he is passed out and he does sleep but when he wakes up I can't get him to settle in his crib again. I'm not sure what to do but I know I can't keep going w/out sleep!! :(
 
I have tried basinett and pack n play. And he hates that too...have now discovered he will do hours in his swing. Tonight after bath time h fell asleep in oh arms, I laid on the couch for "5 minutes" and woke up 3 hrs later to find oh put him in his swing n he didn't fuss. So now it's 2 am and I'm feeding and bet he will cry when I put him in his basinet. He really hates it! Lol.
 
the past 2 weeks about It's been taking 3-4 hours at night to get him to sleep. Not really sure what that's about. Plus in those three to four hours he goes on a food binge and eats a TON (like 8 ozs).

My guy refuses to lay flat in anything, so i have to put the boppy pillow in the bassinet/pack and play and then sit him in it. :dohh:
 
Mine likes the swing too. I can't sleep either if he is in with me. I miss him a little because he's not in bed with us, but it's worth it to get the sleep I think.
 
hubby had to do that with liam last night. Our swings are in the living room so he slept on the couch and I was in bed with Connor. Our boys normally will sleep in their cribs until their first feeding and then wont re-settle so I bring them into our bed. Last night was a crazy night with both screaming and eating a ton! Once we had them settled though they slept till 3:30 without waking for food.
 
I get so scared when he sleeps in the swing cuz don't have the Angelcare monitor on......I think he hates laying flat also. And the basinet sheets are freezing for some reason....it's almost funny. I feed him, he falls asleep, I set him down, he cries, I pick him up and immediately he is asleep. I can be holding him upright still and he will be asleep. Then repeat. I do it over n over til he finally sleeps in the basinet for a but. Tiring!
 
I had that problem last night. LO has been a great sleeper in his bassinet since birth. Just lastnight he grizzled from 11pm to 6am he would settle when I picked him up or If I put him next to me in the bed. Maybe it was because I left him for the first time yesterday with my mum and now hes making me pay for it LOL
 
Since the weather's been getting colder I've been looking for a flannel sheet for his crib so it won't feel so cold. But I haven't found anything nice yet. I do think the colder it is, the harder it is to get him into his crib without him waking up. The other night he kept waking up every half hour starting at like 3am and I didn't know why... finally I thought he must be getting cold, and probably felt better every time I picked him up because I was warm. Poor kid, it's hard for me to think straight and figure out stuff like that at 3am. :wacko:

I am also addicted to the Angelcare. It really helps my peace of mind. I'm worried about when we go visit DH's family at Christmas, if we should bring the Angelcare with us or if that's crazy... DH's sister is having a baby in Feb so has a crib we can use. She has an Angelcare on her baby registry, and I would just say we should buy it for her so we can use it while we're there, but she registered for the $300 one with video...
 
I am not sure if mine actually gets cold during the night....he is wearing the halo sleep sacks and still being swaddled and underneath has got a footie sleeper on....and my monitor says its always 68-70 degrees in there...but those stupid sheets are shockingly cold. Lol. I may try wrapping one of OH's shirts around his mattress afterall. Then its cotton, so warmer, and smells of daddy adn maybe that will help? I just gotta figure out how to make it very tight, im afraid of loose stuff in bed.
I would soooo bring angelcare with me! Unless I order a to-go one that clips on the diaper. Im considering one of those for the car/stroller. Deciding yet how far I need to take this. Him getting closer to 2 months when SIDS risk increases, im becoming more c razy I think....

Oh she wants the video eh...yea, stupid me, I kinda wish I had it now for when he's in his own room. Didn't think of it cuz we bought it and he is sleeping right next to me. Ooops. Oh well...I will hafta get my fat butt up and go look in on him often. Or just buy a video one separate off craigslist or ebay. Can you go in with other people for it???
 
Wow.. after reading on the sleeping problems I'll thank my lucky stars for how good my girls are being. Not sure the trade off of colic is worth it but it would seem a the end of the night they are just too pooped to fight sleeping too hard. The past two night have been fantastic, two nights ago they slept 6 hours overnight and last night 5 hours. Yay! Our pattern seems to be that they get a bottle last thing around 11pm-12am and then I snuggle each baby a very specific certain way and once they've been asleep on me 5-10 minutes I lay the baby down in her moses basket and then on the to the next. Some nights I have to settle one then do the next only to have the first wake and scream but generally after about an hour (worst case 2 hours) I can get them to sleep.

The girls went to the doctor's yesterday. Ashley weighed in at 7lbs 8oz and Libby was 7lbs 15oz, though both were in wet diapers and hadn't had a bowel movement in 24 hours. Everything was good but we did confirm what I suspected, Libby is tongue-tied. I got a call today though for her to go to see a specialist tomorrow.

Oh and on the breast feeding front... the girls have only been getting one bottle a day of 2oz at night and the rest of the feedings are breastmilk directly from me. I thought I was going to have to give in fully to the bottle and then it just suddenly started working. Weird. Didn't stop me from taking 10 cans free from the doctor's office though! I thought the nurse would only give me 2-3 cans.

Now if I could just find time to clean the house, play with DD1 and relax once and a while... lol
 
Oh, there is one that clips on their diaper??? Never heard of that, what is it called?

Littlestars, 2 oz per day is not much at all! I was reading in the La Leche League literature that they recommend not giving up until 4-6 weeks because those are the hardest. Maybe you've gotten over a hump and things will be easier from here on out? Mine I think is having a growth spurt, he just wants to eat all the time the past day or two!
 
in addition to my above post its 6pm YES PM and hes finally crashed out (i think) *prays to god*
 
Wow octbebe, your litte guy really didn't want to sleep all day?

Zb I Know of Respisense and Snuza to be two brands......
 
So I just got back from the specialists office. I awoke at 4am for a feed for one baby, then got 20 minutes back in bed only to wake for another feed with the other baby. I really should have feed them at the same time but I was too lazy to, came to bite me in the bum though. By the time the feed was over it was time to hop in the shower and start getting ready. I have to pull DD1 out of school to come to the hospital with me because no one could pick her up after school. By 7:30am everyone was dressed, recently feed and in the car heading to the hospital. We got there early but if we'd gone later we'd have hit way more traffic and been late. the doctor after checking Libby's tongue decided the best bet was to clip it so she could feed better and her latch wouldn't hurt me so much anymore (yay). Libby didn't care for the procedure but recovered back to her docile state almost immediately after. We hung around for a little to make sure the bleeding stopped, and we headed home. It would seem Libby is completely unaware of anything being different. I haven't tried a BF yet though, I brought formula out with me and they aren't quite due to feed yet. FX it makes a difference!

And after the feed I'm just about ready to pass out from being so tired. I really hope I can get some naptime in this afternoon.

As for these angelcare monitors.. I think they would make me more nervous having them.
 
I love having the Angelcare monitor. I want one for everywhere! I feel a lot more at east with it on...except when the alarm goes off because I have the temperature thing set for a low temp...and my room got below that. Lol. I couldn't make the alarm stop so I was mad!!! Had to turn it off.
 
how long after tongue tie clip do they suggest she wait to eat? Seems it would hurt to eat soon!
 
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