APRIL CHIT CHAT!!

[zanacal]

Ugh, I'm so sorry you're having feeding issues DM. Felina is lucky that her mummy will stick at it - I'm sure she'll be a little booby monster in no time

I'm waking up several times a night every night with a) period type pains b) the need to wee c) desperate for a drink .... and each time I can't get back to sleep again! Occasionally I get such a strong braxton hick that it wakes me up and I wonder for a moment whether my waters have gone or I'm in labour, thought it quickly becomes clear that I'm not! I have a child free day tomorrow so hopefully I'll be able to have a little nap to make up for the night time insomnia!! Despite the whinging I'm feeling pretty good at the moment. The baby pops in and out of my pelvis so there are still plenty of opportunities to walk without too much discomfort - when she's down low I look a sorry state though

I'm thinking of you today princesssarah - good luck!

[lobella2]

DM I am sorry to hear about your little ones feeding issues. But I am jealous that you have already stopped bleeding I am still bleeding. It's not a lot, but enough to wear a pad every day and night.

Z- You are getting so close. How exciting!!!

Mocha- Yes throw away the boy stuff. You are having a girl! Woohoo!

Ingle- I just saw the pics of the twins on facebook. They are so precious.

Princess- I hope everything goes well and you get to meet your little man very soon!

We are doing well. My little one loves to nurse. I feel like she is constantly eating. She has a strong desire to suck even when she is not hungry, but she will not take a pacifier. At night I often have to nurse her lying down in bed because she nurses so long and then I can sleep too. She is doing better with spacing out her feeds a little. Sometimes she will go 3 hours but its usually just 2. I had to take her to the dr yesterday because her eye is oozing yellow stuff. The dr thinks it is a blocked tear duct infection. so now we have to treat it. But they weighed her and she is 7 lbs 13oz. So she is still tiny at under 8 pounds, but she is growing fast. It makes me sad since she is my last.

[zanacal]

It may help to treat the eye with breastmilk too

[DoulaMama]

Lobella- when you have let down, unlatch her and squirt a bunch of bm in her eye. Then massage it in over her tear duct. Do this every time you nurse her. It the the BEST cure for blocked tear duct And bum rash...and ear aches...it's magic stuff!!

Thanks for all the love guys It's so nice to have such sweet ladies in my life xoxo

[lobella2]

I wondered about using breastmilk. Thanks I will try it

[Glittergirl]

I think I have been living under a rock--I never heard of placenta smoothies! OMG Z and Princess will having their babies in no time! can't wait to see pics! i posted pics of my sweet girl on FB too if anyone want to see her--she's 9 weeks now and I can't believe how time has flown by! She smiles and coos and is very alert now. Dm sorry about the BF issues, those are the worst I think. Nothing is as frustrating as feeding issues and a new baby. I cried with ds2, ds3 and now my dd with bf issues (ds1 was born knowing how to bf) but it seems that 6 weeks is the magic number when everything including gas issues resolves. After 6 weeks they become booby addicts. Lobella--I too am trying to get her to take a pacifier. I have never had a child take a pacifier before but ds3 sucks his thumb still and I really want this one to take a paci--last night I went and bought a diff type hoping it would work. Anyone have secrets that will help her take a paci? I just want something that will soothe her for car trips, etc. ds1and2 took nothing and I felt like a human pacifier, ds3 sucks his thumb and plays with my hair--but now with a 4th child, I can't always be the human pacifier when I'm running around with errands and homework!

[lobella2]

Glitter- both my other two took a paci. My son had health issues and was in and out of the hospital so he took it because it gave him comfort when he couldn't nurse. DD1 did not take one until she was 4 months old and I went back to work. I tried to get her to take one also but she wouldn't. I have tried 2 different kinds for DD2, but she only takes them evey once in a while. I am a human pacifier at the moment I go back to work at the end of July so I am hoping she will take one by then or maybe she won't take one until I am back at work. I wish I had some suggestions for you but I am in the same boat.

[Glittergirl]

I agree--I'm not giving up ad will keep offering her one. Sometimes she just cries at the boob cause she doesn't want the milk to come out, she just wants to pacify and it breaks my heart to see her so upset when it lets down like a firehose in her mouth she will try sucking her hand too then she gets frustrated cause it wont fit in her mouth!

[dannikins]

Ugh, I'm so sorry you're having feeding issues DM. Felina is lucky that her mummy will stick at it - I'm sure she'll be a little booby monster in no time

I'm waking up several times a night every night with a) period type pains b) the need to wee c) desperate for a drink .... and each time I can't get back to sleep again! Occasionally I get such a strong braxton hick that it wakes me up and I wonder for a moment whether my waters have gone or I'm in labour, thought it quickly becomes clear that I'm not!

i have been having the exact same things....word for word!!!

wont be long and our little ones will be here...

[Glittergirl]

Dannikins--you're due soon too! I forgot, are you team green or did you find out! Wishing you all a healthy, happy delivery! Can't wait!