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Hey Laura ds1 and Naomi both did this that's why I put her to bed at 7pm ;-) she's usually up around 2 and 4.30 which I guess might be an extra night feed but for me it's worth not to have a sad bubba all evening. I don't think either of them actually had colic thou ds1 might have he had reflux so hard to know! Just so unsettled ;/(((
LadyLaura, that's totally normal and called cluster feeding. A lot of babies do that. It's awesome for your supply (the continuous nursing when you are already probably running low tells your body to produce more milk) and it helps her amass calories so she CAN sleep a longer stretch at night. I know it's exhausting for you but try to keep going and just feed her on demand. The crying to be fed is normal too and not necessarily a sign of colic. They just know what they want! My DS2 and DS3 are like that and I literally sometimes switch DS3 side to side (with mere 5-10 min breaks) for hours! Proof that you are doing the right thing is your LO's beautiful weight gain. My babies (all breastfed) always gained tons of weight from the get go and were VERY chunky around 4-6 months (without any solids). The cluster feeding should slow down significantly after the first 6-8 weeks though. :)
Mine all cluster fed too. The explanations I liked the best were 1) that they are stocking up on the higher fat hind milk before their night time sleep and 2) it's a time of the day when they're tired and insecure so they're seeking out comfort.Quote:
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It doesn't last forever, I tend to just go with it as well.
Julian does the same thing, usually between 8-10pm-ish he is more fussy and likes to nurse more. Sometimes I'm able to calm him with a really tight swaddle, white noise and a passy to hold him off long enough for me to get some things done. He's otherwise a very content baby. I agree it's very normal so try not to worry.
Julian was a whopping 10 lbs even and 22 in at his 2 month check up. He's growing so darn fast!
Thank you for all the kind words. The reality of him being gone is just now really sinking in. Today was his birthday, normally I would have baked him his favorite brownies and gone out to lunch but instead I was putting flowers on his grave :(
Soz maybe wasn't clear yeah feeding all evening normal ds2 did this my other two have not wanted feeding just been really sad ;-((( don't put her to bed if she wants feeding.....Naomi just doesn't I'm a bit sad its nice to have them up when te house is all quiet and you can just snuggle them with no one being jealous ;-)
Southern so pleased to hear Julian doing so well Naomi has her check with the specialist baby dr tomorrow she seems totally normal to me (just on the fussy side but not abnormally so I don't think)
Hope my instinct is right, I'm not prepared for them to say anything s wrong with my princess ;-s getting a bit nervous about it now...
Yeahy Naomi declared all normal! They are going to do an ultrasound of her brain just to double check ;-)
It's oh so quiet here, hope everyone's bubbas well xx
That's wonderful fish. So glad to hear Naomi is healthy. It's chaos at my place most of the time. With 4 kids 5 yrs and under in really pushed every day!! Little Darcey is a gem and doing good stretches over night so at least I'm getting some sleep!
Lennon is more fussy in the evening too... He's perfect all day and through the night bu he has a couple hours of being high maintenance... He wakes depending when he goes to bed once or twice... I fall a sleep every night when I feed him which he loves cause he gets to sleep ontop of me for a,few hours lol
Southern I'm so sorry about your dad... He looked like an awesome grandpa! Do mind me asking what happend? My grandma had a very fast unexpected passing she went to the hospital to fin pancreatic cancer and was given a few years she lived 6 days :(
My neighbour told my utistic son that he's a fucking retard yesterday! I could have killed her! I called the cops and he said who cares! I'm livid! This is harassment! She refered to my four kids as three retards and a fat pig!
She also went on to say that I need to close my legs and stop having kids cause she's sick of her tax dollars paying our way... We are not on financial assistance DH works really hard to provide for us so I was quite offended... And even if I was what would make it any place for her to say anything! also I'm a whore cause I have four kids... I've been with DH for almost 10 years lol and apparently I'm fat :( lol this is a full grown woman acting like a 13 year old it's really pathetic she was giving me the finger and she was dancing around on her porch lmao it was quite a sight lmao she also said we are bad parents cause cps has been to our house...umm I told her well and crazy person can call on anyone so whatever helps u sleep at night
I emailed the news channel cause I have been seeing so many stories regarding autistic people being mistreated so thought they may be interested
Salsa keep telling me that lol I had 2 under 2 now have 3 under 4 need to keep hearing not to go for another ;-s
Wag she sounds like a loon, so sad that she has nothing better to do than share her lack of understanding with u and your kids,