MSE Parents Club Part 6

tarajayne

Glam, why are you worried about the waking/feeding, if you don't mind me asking? Did you think it would be more of a routine?

cazscoob

hello everyone! have tried to catch up but i have no energy left, my voice is going and im feeling awful:( everyone at work was great today they are all on a house hunt for me! the guy that does the fuit and veg box deliveries said he will have an extra drive around! i could have cried at how nice they all were! they all laughed at my bird incident this morning!

oh and we are having a barn dance on sunday! its a free open weekend at work with bouncy castle, face painting and loads of activities. once that is done its bring your own booze and a dance! im really looking forward to it but OH doesnt seem too keen!

hope everyone is ok and ill try to keep up! might not be on much the next while as i really need to start ebaying and packing xxxx

newmoneysaver_2

Glam - Yep. That's how my mum did it, and my sis for her 3.
Tara - because the door get opened it's not as cold as the actual inside of the fridge.

My MW advised to boil the water and keep the water in the fridge - again, she said not in the door - and add the powder when needed - but the powder is supposed to be added to water over 70 degree to ensure it is sterile, but I wouldn't heat the water to that temp so I figured the other way is safer. The powder is going into v. hot water to kill the nasties, and being kept in a sterile bottle in the fridge, so not chance for nasties to form

Glam - it will get easier - honest

tiamai_d

The door is less cool and the temperature fluctuates more than in any other area of the fridge due to you opening and closing the door Tara.

Glam, if you listened to everything you can't do, most babies born up till now would have all died with some horrible but vague disease or something (why is it that milk powder is bad again?). My boys would have gotten it as I made up bottles of water and just kept them at room temp for 24 hours and added the powder as needed (as I was told at the time) and my neice who was given bottles of milk that had been stored in the fridge and heated up...

tarajayne

But of course Tia's not suggesting you don't do what the MW has said. :whistle:

Glamazon

tarajayne wrote: »

Glam, why are you worried about the waking/feeding, if you don't mind me asking? Did you think it would be more of a routine?

Feeding - the hospital said he needed to feed every 3-4hrs because of the jaundice and because he was taking such small feeds. The problem I have is I can't wake him up to take the feeds that often so I worried that he wasn't getting enough. He was only taking 20mls at a time and I was struggling to get him to take more than 4 feeds a day. They say he need 300mls a day.

Waking - I think I just expected him to be awake more.

Today, he went a long time between morning and lunchtime feeds but then had a feed at 3pm and another one at 5pm so I guess he will let me know when he's hungry!

I think that because he had so little in the first 2 days because my boobs are crap I worry that he doesn't get enough.

I'm over that now I think - now I've worrying about making up formula!!!

tarajayne

Glad you're managing to hold yourself together Caz, you're being amazingly strong! XXX

Glamazon

aw thanks everyone! I need to stop being so anal and just go with the flow I think!

silly question - so do u run the bottle under the cold tap to cool it before it goes in the fridge?

newmoneysaver_2

I don't

LO is keeping me fit tonight - he's decided he's wide awake again, and I'm running up and down stairs to re-insert dummy!

tsstss7

Ohh congratulations weezl :beer:- v. jealous also but happy for you :j - your little ones will be great company for each other. I always wanted two close together but ended up with two 10 years apart......:D (my OH is a bit overwhelmed by the baby thing :rolleyes:).