September Life w/ a Babe thread - Page 3

[grumpymama]

Kristin--we are definitely having the boobie-fighting baby here. The past couple of days it seems more often than not it's a battle when he eats. I know it's cause of overactive letdown, but it's a pain in the bum! He wants to eat so bad, but at the same time, he doesn't want to eat.

[taradt]

We also have the boob fighting thing but at 2am sigh...
Kienan is gassy and can barely keep up with let down, pulls off in gassy pain, burps repeat and it is worse at night

tara

[2 in August]

Originally Posted by JenMidwife

Jen, I'm SO HAPPY for you that Ian's gaining & the ped is cutting you some slack. WaHOO!!!

Thanks! It is a relief. We are happy too!

[veganf]

Yep. the boob fight happens 8-10pm here!

[Subhuti]

You mommas are awesome, loving reading your tales..We're fine here. Gingi's 11 pounds now (up from 9 at birth) at 5 weeks! I had a c-section and the recovery is going very well. I've got a toddler and she's been a love to my new one EXCEPT today she spent the entire day trying to kill her!!

I wasn't getting any sleep (2 or three hours a night) but as of this weekend, have been getting about five (albeit all broken up). Gingy is a big nurser and has to be right next to me to sleep. During the day she is easy and quiet, but definately an "in arms" baby at all times! Thank goodness for the sling and mei tai -- the latter I'm really digging... I didn't know you could use it for a newborn!I just pad it a bit with blankets around the butt and the neck. Even that may not be necessary...

Must run -- baby calls!

[magpiedee]

coop_mom, i'm pretty sure we are twins of some sort, with the same labor/delivery story and the same excellent baby that turns into a boob-fighting freakshow when the sun goes down! I totally feel your pain!

I think our problem is garlic-- she's gone into the routine twice, once after garlicy hummus and once after garlicy tziki. In the womb, she always had a fit when I ate garlic, but we had hoped that meant she *liked* it. Not so much, apparently, as she acts starving, then pushes with both hands and digs with both feet and wiggles and bows and grunts and snorts and squeaks. So exhausting! I fed her for 2 hours solid last night, 9 to 11, and it was like missing an entire night of sleep.

On the good news spectrum, today was my first day driving/out in the world, and Cleo's now 2 weeks old. We went for our first ride together to visit all her "aunts" at work and then to see the great-grands. She was an angel-- sleep in the car, alert to visit, feed one side, sleep in the car, sleep through the entire great grand visit. They just want to watch her sleep, anyway! So yay for a good day and yay for a tired baby actually taking an afternoon nap!

[coop_mom]

hi magpie-

yep, twins we are...I just posted to your birthstory saying how similar mine was

glad you had a nice trip out and about, doesn't it feel good to get some fresh air?

hopefully the booby-fighting will calm down soon... and hopefully it's not a garlic thing for us, i love garlic!!

--k

[rebeccalizzie]

I get a little of the boobie fighting--it's like he is starving and can't figure out that the breast is already in his mouth! He squirms his head all over and fusses for a good few seconds.

Mostly right now we are having serious gas issues...poor baby is just miserable in the evenings and early at night. Trying to eliminate dairy to see if it helps...how long does it take to get rid of the dairy I've already eaten? The last thing I had was milk on my cereal two days ago, and then cheese on my chicken at dinner...hopefully he will get over it soon if it was actually dairy?

[mrs rockstar]

Anybody have a baby that spits up? My first daughter didn't really that I remember, maybe once a week, so I'm not sure what's considered 'normal' or 'too much'. Charlie spits up once every other day or so, but it honestly seems like when she does it's A LOT. I vaguely remember hearing that it always looks like a lot more than it is and if the baby doesn't seem bothered by it, don't worry but since I have no real experience with it, I'm all paranoid. Thoughts? Tonight she did it again and it seemed more like vomiting than spitting up...she was sleeping and woke up heaving, I had enough warning to get a blanket under her chin. I thought spitting up was more sudden?

[the_lissa]

My first babe went through a 2 or 3 month period where she trhew up copious amounts. The doctors couldn't figure it out. She was gaining very well, and hitting all milestones, so it was just one of those things. It did seem better if I cut out dairy.

[AmieV]

yup, both my babies are/were spitters unfortunately. I seriously hate the smell of baby puke, and trying to keep myself out of its fire. But what you heard was correct, as long as baby is gaining well and doesn't appear disturbed by the spitting up then you have a laundry problem, not a medical one. They call them "happy spitters". I have overactive letdown too and E lets milk run out of her mouth while nursing...so by the end of the day I just feel like a baby puke, sticky milk mess.

We have a couple of time periods where we have boob fights here too. In the morning from like 8-10 and for a couple hours at night. Tonight I gave her gripe water and it was like magic...she had a big fart and a big burp and conked out 10 minutes later. Not sure if it was coincidence or if the stuff is that good, but I'd definitely try it on your gassy babies!

[veganf]

Okay...this could easily go in the rumbly tummy thread, but since everyone's discussing it here too....

I haven't eaten dairy in 14 years, and I don't eat eggs. Baby #2 had colic for 2 months and was quite gassy. I gave up wheat, soy, tomatoes, garlic, and cabbages...no difference. So I went back to eating it all around 2 months and about a week later the colic and gas started to subside. I really doubt what I ate made much difference at all.
Nate isn't exactly colicky, but his tummy sure does rumble. Not ALL the time, but quite a bit, and he's been gassy and having some gassy poop about 1/2 the time. I cut down on tomatoes, soy, and spicy foods, but after last time I'm just going to wait until the "fourth trimester" is over, since these things often sort themselves out themselves by then.
Luckily none of my boys have been spitters. I can count on one hand the number of times each of the has spit up.
It is hard getting through these first months!

[veganf]

On a happier note (for us at least), Nate has finally started taking a paci. He wants to suck a lot, but gets really mad at times when he's at the breast. He just wants to suck but doesn't want any milk.

I've also been pumping 4-8oz. in the morning before his second feeding, which seems to reduce any big letdown and he gets more hindmilk. Plus it makes me feel lighter.

[magpiedee]

So, can the experienced moms tell us when our "newborns" technically become "infants", and when they start to be... um... responsive? :

[2 in August]

Well, Ian is 5wks (almost 6) and when he's awake (and not having tummy trouble) he's much more alert, looks around, makes all sorts of cute sounds/faces.

[mamamilkers]

Originally Posted by magpiedee

So, can the experienced moms tell us when our "newborns" technically become "infants", and when they start to be... um... responsive? :

If I remember with Iris, I really started noticing her becoming more responsive at about the 9-12 week mark. She laughed for the first time, could really hold her head and look around and was in to her environment, etc. It wasn't until she was older than 12 weeks that she was very enjoyable to be around, though but of course I had a pretty crabby newborn!

I remember that with my first, just being so excited for the baby to be born and then needing to wait for what felt like forever until I could really start interacting with her.

[mamamilkers]

Oh, and in other news, I pumped 10 ounces of milk last night in about 5 minutes. I feel like a freakin' cow!

I want to look in to donating milk, actually, has anyone here ever done that? My supply is just insane! I can't believe I have more than enough for a newborn and a toddler.

[2 in August]

Mamamilkers, where are you at? I would love to give babe donor milk instead of formula, but I don't know how to get in touch with someone about it. I have to say, too, I'm so jealous. (In a good way.) I was ecstatic the other day when I pumped 1.5 oz, lol.

[veganf]

I think I'm going to donate this time too.
An acquaintance/local mom/assistant midwife who fed her first son largely on donated milk and her second son entirely on donor milk plus about 10% of her own milk (that's all she was capable of producing) really got me considering it with my second. But he was so difficult I didn't want to deal with pumping too.
Here's her website. www.milkshare.com It's a great place to start.
I'm storing my milk in the freezer in Avent bags right now. But I guess it's better to use thicker plastic bags or glass bottles, so if I can get hooked up with someone who wants my milk and can pay for the better storage containers, etc. then I really want to do it this time.

- Krista

[NewAtThis]

I totally bawled at the morning's LLL mtg. I guess I didn't realize how much my fussy baby/food issues were getting to me.:
All the moms were super nice though, but I still felt like a dork afterwards. I hate crying!! Damn these hormonal sleep-deprived nutrionally challenged first few weeks!!