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*Nutella*

Gillyx wrote: »

Hope your LO's birthday goes well Nutella, love that she loves pancakes, I make amazing pancakes and I don't think A appreciates them...

Well, if you run out of fun activities whilst in London you know what to do!

Bamama

Yes but you should see me today fluff. It is not pretty!

Mrshaworth2b

Has anyone had digestion problems since giving birth? I'm going to the doctors today I've been getting trapped wind in my chest and having other issues I hate that my body is messed up at the moment. Maybe I'm not giving myself long enough for my body to heal, I don't know

Aimless

Elisabeth, my enormous 90ish so centile boy has slowly drifted down the charts and settled between the 25th and 50th lines. It might be your boy is just finding his line. More important to look at how he is, if he's happy and obviously well fed, than at the scales.

Gilly, it's a pain when they're away, isn't it! Owing to a diary malfunction we're onto week 3 without daddy, I normally won't let it go past 2, but there was no way to make it work. Hope he gets the job!

martafdz

I think I haven't weighted her since week 8, she seems happy, she's fine, she's got energy and is growing. I don't want to obsess about percentile lines. I want to weight her soon just to have a record and see how she's doing but I think she's doing fine.

I have pains all over my tummy. I went to the GP and did a ultrasound scan yesterday, everything is fine, so at least I know that area is ok. It can be muscle related, or my bowels, which is quite likely. I'm already taking anti-inflammatories for them, so it.might just be that they got worse after the birth and it will take a while until my body goes back to normal. I started losing the extra hair about two weeks ago,.it's insane, I keep moping and vacuuming the floor but I find hair everywhere. Every time I wash it, I get between my fingers a ball of hair as big as a small orange. I guess my body is starting to balance the hormones, maybe it's the same for you mrsharworth.

Who was saying about 4 month regression? My lo was sleeping at three months for at least 5h before a feed. We could do 7pm to midnight, then she would go down until 4-5am and sleep finally until 9am. A couple of days she even did 8pm to 2am, then all the way until 7:30 am. But that was then. Since 4 months, her sleeping pattern is non-existent,. We do a bed time routine every day, between 7pm and 7:30pm, but she wakes up three to four times at night. I feed her once or twice, the rest is dummy and cuddles with me, but she wakes up anyway. She also has no patterns for naps, and three times in the last week I had to wake her up because she was gone for the day at 3pm and 4pm, when I had thought she was just napping. Even if she goes to bed at 7:30pm, she sometimes wakes up at 7am, sometimes at 6am, sometimes at 8am... The other day even at 5am! So a couple of months ago I could have said she was waking up once, twice max, during the night, but everything changed since! So yes, I agree, 4 month regression is exhausting, I just try to have one nap at least whilst she naps. But even like that, I'm lacking sleep and feel exhausted. My brain is not working. I forgot my keys two days ago and I was locked outside the house since 11am, my DH had to come from work and open the door for me so I could get the keys and he could go back to work. And three days before that, I was out and I had to go back because I had left the house in my slippers, instead of my shoes. I keep forgetting to do stuff all the time. Quite often I volunteer to make a cup of tea and it takes me fifteen minutes and three to four trips, because I put the kettle in, sit down and forget, so when I remember, I have to put the kettle on again and it happens again!!!

Lola888

elisabeth854 you'd know if he was hungry and you weren't feeding enough, he'd be permanently attached to your boobs. My LO dropped from 75th to just above 25th and she was ebf. My friend's LB hovers near the 9th centile, he's always been small, but then neither she or her husband is massive. He stayed the same weight at one point, but he's now 1 yr old and he's fine.

martafdz I think forgetting stuff is probably to do with baby brain as well I do that all the time. I think I'll pop upstairs and get *** I get upstairs and forget what I went up for. I go back down and remember then forget again by the time I go back up. Being tired probably makes it way worse!

I'm getting a bit stressed, my LO refuses cow's milk, I don't mind bf, but I've gone back to work almost f/t and I'm expressing, but its getting less and less. I used to be able to get a 7oz bottle in one pumping session, now its more like 2oz. I bf her when I'm home in the mornings, which is 8 out of 10 days. She always takes a bottle in the evening as she refuses the boob completely. Recently I've been giving her around 6oz of ebm with 2oz of cow's milk mixed in, she'll drink that. I'm trying to wean her off the boob, I'm going to give her 5oz of ebm with 3oz of cow's milk next week, then 4oz with 3oz etc. I just hope I can express enough to get her totally on to cow's milk.

HV keeps saying I should give her a beaker, she won't drink anything apart from squash or juice from a beaker and then its only a small amount so I'm going to stick with bottles and just tell the HV yeah yeah I'm giving her a beaker!!

*Nutella*

Lola888 wrote: »

I'm getting a bit stressed, my LO refuses cow's milk, I don't mind bf, but I've gone back to work almost f/t and I'm expressing, but its getting less and less. I used to be able to get a 7oz bottle in one pumping session, now its more like 2oz. I bf her when I'm home in the mornings, which is 8 out of 10 days. She always takes a bottle in the evening as she refuses the boob completely. Recently I've been giving her around 6oz of ebm with 2oz of cow's milk mixed in, she'll drink that. I'm trying to wean her off the boob, I'm going to give her 5oz of ebm with 3oz of cow's milk next week, then 4oz with 3oz etc. I just hope I can express enough to get her totally on to cow's milk.

HV keeps saying I should give her a beaker, she won't drink anything apart from squash or juice from a beaker and then its only a small amount so I'm going to stick with bottles and just tell the HV yeah yeah I'm giving her a beaker!!

We're starting on cow's milk in a couple of weeks - we're on formula, so what I'm hoping to be able to do is switch over a period of 6 weeks because she has 180ml in her bottle - so reducing the amount of formula and increasing the amount of cow's milk by 30ml each week. I really hope that'll work, otherwise I'm not quite sure what to do! My LO won't drink milk from a beaker either. We don't give her juice or squash, but she loves water, which she happily drinks in a beaker. I think she's refusing milk in a beaker because there's a major comfort element to sucking on a bottle It's not a battle I'm going to fight I think - I might try again for her morning milk, but I'm not taking away her beloved bedtime bottle...

Is she doing well with solids? If so, could you make a concerted effort to include more milk in her meals so that it matters less if she doesn't drink as much? E.g. porridge/weetabix for breakfast, pancakes, other food that contains milk, plus more cheese and yoghurt?

Lola888

She's really good with food, she loves cheese, she's like a giant mouse :rotfl:. She's not fussed on porridge, but I do make cheese sauces and give her yogurt. She's not fussed on cereal when I feed it to her, but will happily bug me when I'm trying to eat mine so I usually give her a bit, but I use semi skimmed and they say she should have full fat, but I can't eat full fat myself. I may have to pretend to eat and see if I can trick her that way!!

I think she would happily give up milk all together. We've always given her last bottle then done the bath and bed routine so she doesn't need it to fall asleep she has her trusty thumb for that!

HV is as helpful as a chocolate teapot, keep trying her on it. I've done that genius, someone else said give them chocolate milk!!!

I think I'll just have to keep pumping as much as I can and hope for the best

Gillyx

I honestly wouldn't worry Lola (feels sooooo weird calling you that ) A has no milk at all any more except in his breakfast and in cooking. I do just try fill him with yogurt and cheese. Pregnancy can have an affect on supply btw so it could be that

*Nutella*

I'm sure you'll be fine - it sounds like she's having lots of calcium-rich foods. I love how babies always want to eat/drink whatever you have! I don't think a bit of semi-skimmed will do her any harm.

:eek: at the chocolate milk suggestion! But maybe a healthy, homemade smoothie would be worth trying? Maybe something like banana, strawberry and milk?