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Congrats 4nnabella :j

Lauralou wrote: »

Is there anything we can do for the noises? Or just a case off i need to learn to swtich off and cope with the noises?!

Laura, you really have my sympathy, it must be so distressing having a baby with colic As for the noises, Katie will be 7 weeks on Wednesday and her noises still keep me awake all night. She is going into her own room tonight, but OH will be sleeping on an airbed on her floor as she is still under the weather with her chest infection.

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4annabella congratulations, hope everything went ok. x have pm'd re facebook

expressing, i fount it so much easier with an electric pump rather than a manuel one. and also easier if id just had a nice warm bath or shower. or straight from a few hrs sleep as its stored up and ready lol.

Emily926

Re, expressing: I have a manual pump and haven't had any problems. I get the most in the mornings after a bath/shower. i find it helps to massage the boob a bit first to get things flowing!

Im going to a baby drop in clinic tomorrow as DD has really bad nappy rash for over a week now and it seems to be getting worse. We have tried various creams and have been giving her some nappy free time every day. It looks really sore but i dont think it bothers her that much as she doesnt cry when getting cleaned or changed. Still i'll be happier when i get it checked out.

Kira - Glad you had a good night, hope it continues.

Lauralou - I feel for you with the colic. Try and get as much rest as possible. As with noises, Isabella will be 6 weeks on wednesday and makes loads of noices, grunting, groans etc from about 4/5 in the morning. The last two days i have moved her into her room after the 4/5 feed. I can still hear her but its quiet enough for me to drop off (she makes the noises in her sleep). If i dont move her then i get no sleep after that feed.

Im not sure how our night will be as she has been really hard to settle and only napping for 40 mins to an hour at a time. Im hoping she will be really tired!

Aimless

4nnabella wrote: »

Things are going ok so far I think. We had a tough night last night when she just wouldn't settle and wanted to feed constantly. If she dozed off at the end of a feed and I tried to put her in the Moses basket she'd just wake and scream and nothing but feeding would calm her. I've been looking at my latching on technique though and am not sure it's quite right so am going to try to go to a breast feeding support group session on Tuesday to get some advice, just to make sure she's getting enough milk.

We had one of those nights (and days!) yesterday. He was wide eyed and restless, and fed almost constantly from 8am till gone 2am, finally nodding off just as I was on hold for the out of hours doc! Took him over this morning to be on the safe side as he'd been pulling gagging sort of faces, and it seems my adorable eldest has passed on a cold, but no temp or anything worrying as yet. The cough's appeared now, and he's thrown up all over me too. Of course, his Daddy went home ready for work just before this started.

I know I moaned lots about my other half before, but it's adorable seeing him fall madly in love. I didn't cook for about ten days, and he insisted on doing most of the nappies while he had the chance. I think he'd've taken him home if he could.

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emily926 have you tried oilatum cream? im not sure if its still recommended but with my eldest who is 12 it was recommended to use egg white, paste it on and let it dry, really worked was the only thing that did. you will have to google it though and see if its still a recommended thing or not.

*Ro*

Hello all
First proper post on here!
Me hubby and little Scott are having a bf nightmare !
Kira saw your post on preg thread and have not had time to read through this thread but basically have been bf LO born tues. he was weighed this morning and has lost 13%. Mw phoned hosp he was nearly going to have to go to hosp but have been given 24 hrs to try and feed him up. Every 3 hours 10 mins each breast, 60 ml formula and I need to pump each breast until milk slows. We started at home this afternoon and have been very worried. LO seems fine but it has been made clear he will get sick etc quick if don't sort out. We were very left to own devices in hosp when baby born. Mw saw me Friday but because was bf in chair and latch looked good she said all well etc. reality is that I have been bf in stupid positions lying down as could not seem to get proper latch and it has been painful but thought he was getting what he needs but clearly not.
Upshot is we are getting the formula down him, have been bf in chair but nips are sore when he is latching but not every time and cannot get a single drop out using Medela mini electric pump even though my nightie is being leaked on by breasts *so* frustrating . We have the rest of the night to go have given up with pump just trying to do the bf and formula and hope to god he has gained and not lost when weighted tomorrow at 10 am

Had a really crappy day tbh and mil and loads of relatives were here to visit so added to stress as could not let mil wait longer to see LO as already upset at delay in seeing him as we wanted to be home first for visits.
Lots of tears today as milk is def in as breasts are leaking but so worried will have to go to hosp with him. But thing is looking at him you would not think there is a problem, he is not dehydrated, listless.

Anyway feel better for sharing

Hugs to those who need them

Ro xx

mozzyc

Ah Ro. Really hope LO has gained and you don't have to go to hospital. Good luck hun x

Kira000

*Ro* wrote: »

Hello all
First proper post on here!
Me hubby and little Scott are having a bf nightmare !
Kira saw your post on preg thread and have not had time to read through this thread but basically have been bf LO born tues. he was weighed this morning and has lost 13%. Mw phoned hosp he was nearly going to have to go to hosp but have been given 24 hrs to try and feed him up. Every 3 hours 10 mins each breast, 60 ml formula and I need to pump each breast until milk slows. We started at home this afternoon and have been very worried. LO seems fine but it has been made clear he will get sick etc quick if don't sort out. We were very left to own devices in hosp when baby born. Mw saw me Friday but because was bf in chair and latch looked good she said all well etc. reality is that I have been bf in stupid positions lying down as could not seem to get proper latch and it has been painful but thought he was getting what he needs but clearly not.
Upshot is we are getting the formula down him, have been bf in chair but nips are sore when he is latching but not every time and cannot get a single drop out using Medela mini electric pump even though my nightie is being leaked on by breasts *so* frustrating . We have the rest of the night to go have given up with pump just trying to do the bf and formula and hope to god he has gained and not lost when weighted tomorrow at 10 am

Had a really crappy day tbh and mil and loads of relatives were here to visit so added to stress as could not let mil wait longer to see LO as already upset at delay in seeing him as we wanted to be home first for visits.
Lots of tears today as milk is def in as breasts are leaking but so worried will have to go to hosp with him. But thing is looking at him you would not think there is a problem, he is not dehydrated, listless.

Anyway feel better for sharing

Hugs to those who need them

Ro xx

Big hugs sweetie. I know what you are doing through. If you can't get the formula
in to him, try bf 20mins in 2hrs instead of 3. We were told 3 and expressed but dh couldn't take bottle, hence we upped to 2hrs. It wont harm him and its what saved ud. Drink lots yourself and try to stay calm. It may not be technique, just timing of milk and his need being off. My milk took 6 days to come in properly, most likely fuel my epidural for the forceps i am told...
good luv. thinking of you
k xx

Emily926

Ro big hugs, it's really scary when they don't feed properly. Our DD stopped feeding when my milk came in as she couldn't get a proper latch on. We went back down to the hospital and the sister recommended nipple shields. They are shaped a lot like a bottle teat and so she was able to latch on. After a while when my engorgement settled down I started to wean her off them and now we don't need them. Another bonus is that the milk pools in them and you can tell that she had some, they also help with the sore nips!

I hope the lo has gained when weighed, thinking of you. It may. It seem like it at the mo but things will get better x

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ro first of all congratulations on your new baby, ahh im missing the newborn stage already. x im sorry its not going so well , hugs. x i would try doing it every 2 hrs instead and se how that goes,
if you need to go back into hospital for a bit then thats ok, it doesnt mean youve done anything wrong each baby is different and it takes them time to get used to things, try not to beat yourself up about it. i would tell the visitors not to come for a bit, i know how much they want to see baby but they will understand, you need to relax into it and not stress youself (easier said than done i know) make sure you drink plenty and eat too.

hope everything goes well. x