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[Mrs W 11]

Ps Freya was 12lb 10 at 8 weeks. She's 10 weeks now but we only weight every four weeks so not sure what she is now x

 

[josephine3]

Did i miss something is Mrs MM expecting again? I thought she was just posting! If so im thrilled for u Mrs MM ! I hope u are....

When u guys say onesie what do u mean? A vest with just the popper bits and no legs? Or a 'sleepsuit' with arms and legs?
Some of u must be in pretty warm places to just be in a nappy and one layer ! Its getting cold here Georgia is in a vest, top, leggings, cardi and blanket in our house!
Do u ladies bath every night? Talk to me about your bedtime routines im trying to introduce one! The health visitor recommended starting to think about it soon. Im confused about how to bring her last feed forward too. ...
So we are saying there is a growth spurt and mini sleep regression around 6 weeks? I hope she goes back to sleeping thru i was loving it!

Cute pictures bug he's adorable! Xx

 

[armywife11]

Did i miss something is Mrs MM expecting again? I thought she was just posting! If so im thrilled for u Mrs MM ! I hope u are....

When u guys say onesie what do u mean? A vest with just the popper bits and no legs? Or a 'sleepsuit' with arms and legs?
Some of u must be in pretty warm places to just be in a nappy and one layer ! Its getting cold here Georgia is in a vest, top, leggings, cardi and blanket in our house!
Do u ladies bath every night? Talk to me about your bedtime routines im trying to introduce one! The health visitor recommended starting to think about it soon. Im confused about how to bring her last feed forward too. ...
So we are saying there is a growth spurt and mini sleep regression around 6 weeks? I hope she goes back to sleeping thru i was loving it!

Cute pictures bug he's adorable! Xx

A onesie is a body suit with sleeves no legs.

Its in the 90's here. It gets chilly at night though.

Our routine is bath, put on pjs, nurse in dark quiet room, then put her down in her crib. We try and do it around the same time every night but she goes down between 7 and 9.

We started bathing every night the last few days.

 

[Bug222]

We don't really have a proper "routine"... things just started to happen around the same time each night so we try to keep it like that. Iain gets a bath every second night. Prior to the 7pm feed either bath and pj's or just into pj's... he is usually fussy between the 7pm and 10pm feeds but then falls asleep right after the 10 pm feed. We put his sleep sack on just before the 10 pm feed.

Iain is a really warm baby... gets really sweaty with anymore than a long sleeved onesie and pants. It is just starting to get cooler in the evenings here so I am sure we will be adding layers before long.

 

[josephine3]

i totally missed it cant believe it! Hope to see u over here permanently soon enuf mrs MM! So happy for u i had to read back all the pages in the journal to see the lines!xxx

 

[josephine3]

Thanx for the responses to the routines Georgia seems to be enjoying the bath so think we will keep that up at least

 

[rosabelle]

Congrats mrsmm!!!

When i said onsie i meant a suit with sleeves and legs and she always wears a singlet (or i think some of you know it as a vest?) under anything she wears.. Its still pretty cold here where i am in Australia..

Our night routine starts between 8pm and 9pm, OH will give her a bath or have a bath with her (their special daddy/daughter time) I usually use baby sorbolene to give her a massage, mainly just on her legs and tummy. Then dress her into a full onesie then she has a bottle and burp (she has to burp otherwise she will wake up screaming when she needs to later) i then swaddle her nice and tight and rock her to sleep. After that routine she normally sleeps about 5 hours but last night she slept for 8 hours!! WOO HOO!

 

[Mrs W 11]

We don't have a set routine either. She has a bath every second or third night. We just put her sleep suit on during the evening, around 9 ish. We also just have cuddles & quiet time, no playing. Then I feed her in bed, low lights around 10pm. Half way I put her sleeping bag on and then she falls asleep feeding and I put her in her cot.

When I do start a bedtime routine earlier though it will involve reading her a bedtime story. I'm waiting until she can do more than 7-8 hours on a regular basis as just now if I put her down at 8-9 pm she wakes at 3am.

 

[MrsMM24]

Thanks JOSEPHINE3 and ROSABELLE.... One day at a time, hoping this bean sticks!! The pg on the title of my journal (78) was to help people not have to search so much, but I'm glad you found it. I hope after the appt on the 8th I am over here like I use to be!


BUG222 IAIN is handsome! So very handsome!

 

[josephine3]

Cold in Australia?! Isnt it your spring over there? Try being in wet and windy England lol!!
Im glad most of you still have quite late bedtime routines.. I was worried that her bedtime was still too late!! Iv no idea how people get it right down to 7/8 o clock tho..

Well we started doing the bath routine a few days ago and its going well. Last night I took her for a bath at half 8, then fed at 9, then normally I wait till she is hungry at 11pm to feed her again, and split this feed either side of a nappy change so she really fills up!
But instead I brought it forward to just gone 10pm and fed her in bed after a nappy change, in the dark as usual. she slept from 10.30 right thru till 6.30am!! wooo!! fxd for a few more nights like these like we had before!!

 

[armywife11]

We have an early time because hubby has to get up for work at 5am. She wakes around 630 or 7 so it gives me some me time to get breakfast and do a load of diapers before her first feed.


So I have a crazy fast let down and general flow. As soon as she starts sucking it literally pours out. I have been trying a few things to help her out but holding her straight up kills me right now. I have tried laying back so she can eat on her belly and even tried laying down but she doesn't like it. I have gone back and forth with the shields today and they seem to help some. When its the watery milk she really likes them when its the thicker stuff she sometimes spits out the shield. I read that you could pump some to help or hand express I did both. She was still fussy so I decided to try out a bottle and see what would happen. Its flow is just as fast so she didn't take it really well. I ended up tipping it back and letting it drip out she sucked a few times then passed out. I am hoping that I don't regret giving her a bottle to early.

 

[likeaustralia]

I'd avoid the bottle if I were you, army. It was really hard to get my son to get back to breast after being on the bottle in the hospital. (He was in the NICU for two weeks.) I also have a fast let down and was using a shield until he was 5-6 weeks. Keep working at it... I know how hard it is!

 

[armywife11]

I'd avoid the bottle if I were you, army. It was really hard to get my son to get back to breast after being on the bottle in the hospital. (He was in the NICU for two weeks.) I also have a fast let down and was using a shield until he was 5-6 weeks. Keep working at it... I know how hard it is!

This last feed I started with the shield then she got fussy I took it off and she nursed without it. But now fussy again. Keeps acting like shes hungry but won't take either breast shield or no shield. I think she has gas now... I am solo parenting at the moment while hubs is gone for work. about to pull out my hair to be honest!

She didn't really like the bottle she just let me drip it in her mouth.

 

[rosabelle]

wow thats a good sleep jo!!

I am in the capital Canberra and it stays pretty cool here (especially at night) until later in the year.

 

[Mrs W 11]

Just to give you another experience army I had to give a bottle in the first weeks as Freya lost too much weight so had to be topped up by bottle after every feed. We did this for about a week about she always took bottle and breast fine. We only bf now.

Maybe she does have wind, have you tried infacol or gripe water?

 

[skeet9924]

ms w thats good to hear that freya was able to take both..i'm hoping my lol will be able to..i would like my oh to be able to do night feeds since he gets home at 2 am anyways...

 

[likeaustralia]

I'd avoid the bottle if I were you, army. It was really hard to get my son to get back to breast after being on the bottle in the hospital. (He was in the NICU for two weeks.) I also have a fast let down and was using a shield until he was 5-6 weeks. Keep working at it... I know how hard it is!

This last feed I started with the shield then she got fussy I took it off and she nursed without it. But now fussy again. Keeps acting like shes hungry but won't take either breast shield or no shield. I think she has gas now... I am solo parenting at the moment while hubs is gone for work. about to pull out my hair to be honest!

She didn't really like the bottle she just let me drip it in her mouth.

Aw I'm sorry it's been rough for you. Believe me when I tell you that I know how you feel though! There were many nights (and days) those first few weeks where I just wanted to give up on Breastfeeding altogether. Just remember you're both still learning at this point and it will get easier.

 

[armywife11]

Just to give you another experience army I had to give a bottle in the first weeks as Freya lost too much weight so had to be topped up by bottle after every feed. We did this for about a week about she always took bottle and breast fine. We only bf now.

Maybe she does have wind, have you tried infacol or gripe water?

Haven't tried anything for gas yet all they have here is not FDA regulated and makes me nervous to give her.

I did find out what the issue was though. I had been using shields until this last week. Decided to get rid of them fully to help wean her from them. Turns out my flow and let down is so fast she was being overwhelmed by the amount of milk. So I learned that we need to start with the shield and once she has drained them pretty well we can nurse without them. She tells me when to switch too. She will pop off and then root but refuse to take the shield. So I remove it and she latches right on to the breast. She was getting a lot of air before because she was popping off to breath and sucking in air in the process. We tried this method last night and all day today and so far so good. I am seeing that it takes loner to feed her now but could also just be her age at this point. Shes eating more than she was earlier.

 

[armywife11]

Aw I'm sorry it's been rough for you. Believe me when I tell you that I know how you feel though! There were many nights (and days) those first few weeks where I just wanted to give up on Breastfeeding altogether. Just remember you're both still learning at this point and it will get easier.

Thanks for that! I am glad that I have people around me and online who have been there and can say its totally normal and your not alone. I feel lost out here because all the help I had before she arrived disappeared. I haven't heard from my midwife since I left the hospital and the OB who delivered me is just to busy and couldn't even fit me in before 8 weeks for my post postpartum check up. They have parenting classes here and a breast feeding aid but they are not what I need. I have done really good though considering how much I have been on my own these last few weeks. Family and friends have checked in on me but having them here would be better. Thankfully hubby will be home tonight!

I knew breast feeding would be hard but had no clue this hard at the start. Everyone I knew that breastfed never shared their bad stories so I am being sure to share mine.

 

[josephine3]

Hmm im interested to hear ur stories on how ur babies have taken to bottle and breast combo also... Im thinking of trying expressing for the first time on friday as its my oh's birthday and id like to go out for a few drinks with him while my mom babysits. If i can get her to take a bottle of expressed milk we can go out for a few hrs and i also wont have to worry about her getting the alcohol from my milk. Im sort of reluctant to give her a bottle tho as bfing is going sooo well i dont want to ruin it.. It would give me more freedom tho if she would take a botle occasionally.. Shes 7 weeks now... Is that still too soon?

Hope its getting easier for u army!