MOTN Midweek check-in 6/26

ChristineBaker23

Babywear said:

@Katherine200713 said:

nutmegs8 said:

Babywear said:

It's going to be a long day. Two nights ago W slept for 4 hours straight, followed by being up for three hours and then spent the rest of yesterday cluster feeding until 7 PM. We got him to sleep for two hours before he was up again for two and then had 2.5 glorious hours of sleep. He followed that up with an hour and a half long feed at 3 AM. Now he is up after an hour and a half and I am exhausted. It is going to be a long day...

In other news, when I woke up I couldn't figure out why I was getting water drips on me... Nope not water dripping, just my right boob leaking. Thought I had avoided it but... bring on the breast pads!

Ouch! I'm on here to complain about 2 hourly feeds and my nips being sore and planning to pump tomorrow, but I won't complain so loudly now

I collected almost an ounce of drippy milk when feeding the other night. It was random, but I put it down to the boobie bikkies I had that day.

I have no idea. Lol.

I've never tried quoting before and I'm on mobile so I don't know if this will work properly or not but after living in Aus for three years, I can help! haha.

'Bikkies' is an Aussie nickname for 'biscuits' which is what they call cookies over there.

Sorry @Babywear‌ for so randomly jumping in on this but I had to, it's so rare that I have anything useful/helpful to contribute rather than just creepily 'lurk'

:-h

You got it! I forget the language differences sometimes... And I have no idea what Lysol is - a disinfectant?



Yes it's an aerosol disinfectant.

tbmadeamistake

Up for the first time tonight. I got maybe three hours. I am so tired. DH is up working. He told me he may need to stay super late tomorrow, too. Awesome.

rainbowdashh

Night one at home. I'm a crying mess. I'm so nervous to sleep and not be touching or holding W. I feel like my toddler hates me. I feel like I'm crazy for thinking I could have two children.

I just needed to get that out.

Taymiller

@ohyealovely‌ - hugs!

roadspeckle

LO slept from 9-2. Unfortunately mommy was only sleeping for two of those hours because daddy got home and we had dinner late..

jaybee11

LOs' schedules went from being pretty well synchronized to almost nonexistent. We spent the entire evening from about 6 on juggling crying babies that wanted to snack and be held. Every time one fell asleep and we set her down, she started screaming again. Finally got Kate in her crib around 10:30 and Eva kept at it until almost 1. She was inconsolable until I gave in and fell asleep in the recliner with her on my chest. Kate just woke up, so DH is feeding her, and I'm pumping and praying I can finish before Eva fully wakes up. Urgh...wasn't paying attention and the bottle I was pumping into overfilled. Now my pajama leg is soaked with milk. :P ETA spacing that doesn't want to work. MOTN is not my forte.

jaybee11

@CAMag I've been wondering what other twin mamas are doing--are you BFing, EPing, FFing, or some combination thereof? With our NICU stay, I gave up and have been EPing, but I generally only have my hands free for 5 good pumps every day. Fortunately, I'm keeping up with demand for now, but I'm terrified that I need to be doing this more and we're going to start running out as they increase how much they take at each feeding. Yeah, I just pumped over 10 oz and am worrying about supply issues. It's a twin thing.

stephpaez

I haven't been on here much since the app update, total dislike.

I've about had it with DH. I know I'm the one who feeds her (EBF again that my supply is back up) but if I ask you to wake up to change her diaper so I can pee without a screaming baby, GET UP AND CHANGE HER! It's so frustrating to hear him ask "Why, your going to feed her anyways"

Ugh!

BMaidPlanner

ktcort13 said:

It's not the middle of the night yet but I feel like it's going to be a long night. She's been so fussy for almost 3 hours now. It's all on me to calm her down and it's getting to me. DH isn't good at calming her and I'm starting to resent it. He goes back to work tomorrow and I feel like it won't be any different than how it's been with him home. Ugh I'm just frustrated tonight.

I am a little the opposite. DH soothes her and did most diapers since I was always feeding her. Last night he went to bed at 11pm because today (Monday now) he starts back at work and so I did everything all night. Calming, changing, feeding. I'm on the couch now because I took her out out the bedroom for the last feeding/changing we did because she was gonna cry and wake him too early. Now I am realizing after he wakes and leaves I have a full day of this.

This is hard.

ricecakes1216

Have I mentioned how much I hate pumping? Especially in the middle of the night. I just want to feed and change C and go back to bed. I wish I could get him yo breastfeed.

Oh and I already changed his diaper and he pooped. Yay for having to change him twice in one wake up!

BMaidPlanner

@ricecakes1216‌ I have had the double diaper so many times. And the diaper than pee or poo on the changing pad. Sigh.

Bozzy2

Dd gets the hiccups almost every feeding and it makes her so mad she wakes up... So i spend about 30+mins every other feeding trying to get her to stay asleep.

roadspeckle

@CAMag‌ - I'm dealing with the same thing. LO just puked enough to soak a burp rap and got it in his nose. (His head was laying on my shoulder and he mashed in it) it frustrates me not only because I feel awful for him, but because it makes MOTN feedings longer because I'm afraid to put him down and choke.

ChristineBaker23

Thank The Lord for infant swings! Cora just slept from 11 pm until now (7am). I am currently WAKING HER UP (my boob alarms are going off and leaking everywhere) Woohooo! This swing better work again tomorrow night! I wish I could gif right now...

katekat8721

CAMag said:

. I BF, then bottle feed breast milk, top up with a FF then pump for the next feeding.

ditto! I also had been skipping the nursing for convenience sake, but this past week I've really been focusing on BFing more. We're at the point where they only get formula at night, which I've become more and more ok with.

My girls are completely off schedule. I try to do the one up, both up thing but gah! For feeding we've been cool with one up, feed her, put her back to bed, then wake up her sis... so they're maybe an hour off? But otherwise we'd be waking up a baby to just sit here and cry while she waits her turn! I just wonder if it's contributed to the crazy off schedule. I tandem nurse in the mornings but I prefer to nurse one at a time so I can really focus on that baby.

jaybee11

@CAMag @katecat8721 you gals are officially my heroes. If I had that many steps to feeding these girls, I think I'd already be in the looney bin. Sometimes it feels like just juggling the pumping and feeding is more than enough, and at least that way I can sometimes hand them off to DH when they're crying and hungry. We try to stick to one up, both up, but it's definitely staggered a half-hour or so. I'm not waking a sleeping baby while I have my hands full! However, I often struggle with feeding the one that has to be awakened; they usually end up taking partial bottles because they're still sleepy, then cry 20-40 minutes later when I've set them back down and they fully wake up realizing they're still hungry. It almost seems like it would be easier to let them set their own schedules completely--they try their hardest to anyway! For the ladies dealing with serious spit-up, have you talked to their doctors about giving them something to help? Eva was prescribed Prevacid while still in the NICU, and I can see a big reduction in how much she spits up when she gets that consistently. I don't like to get them started on daily medication so early, but when you're worrying about them choking in their own vomit, sometimes it's necessary. Hope you can find something that helps! Edit because my paragraphs are running together and it's driving me a little crazy. Come on Bump, get this crap together!

katekat8721

@jaybee11 were having the same problem with one up, both up trying to feed the sleepy baby. Any way you do it, feeding two at a time is hard haha! I'm currently nursing one while the other sleeps... so much easier!

I'm glad the Prevacid is working for her! No reason to let a baby be miserable of you can avoid it! Luckily mine haven't been too bad with spitting up, it's usually when they pig out and overeat. I've noticed it's gotten worse the better my supply has gotten so maybe mines an oversupply issue. I'll Google that later haha.

BMaidPlanner

ktcort13 said:

Thanks @Babywear‌. I think I just try to keep everything covered up so when it comes out it really comes out. I keep crying for no reason. Probably time to transition to the baby blues thread.

It's my favorite lately.

tbmadeamistake

Its not even the motn yet and this mama is exhausted! Charlie fell asleep just enough for me to be able to pit C to bed, but it was a half hour of screaming before that and mostly screaming in the hour and a half since. The only place he's even remotely close to happy is the ring sling and only of I'm walking. Dh isnt home

Had to stop typing because the carrier ceased to be a happy place. He's finally out!

tummommy

Haven't posted much since I've been exhausted and pass out every chance I get but wanted to join y'all in the MOTN thread since DS is now comfort sucking / hitting a growth spurt / whatever the hell it is and keeping me up longer stretches. Wow - moms of twins, you never cease to amaze me! Hope everyone gets some sleep tonight; I'm currently waiting on him to unlatch and drift peacefully into a full 8 or 10 hour deep sleep (hahaha). I can dream right? Even if I can't do it from a state of actual sleep

roadspeckle

I thought babies liked naps? LO has barely taken a "nap" today and I am exhausted. DH got a nice nap this afternoon and got to eat dinner hands free so he can get up with me tonight. This squishy face is worth it though:

ChristineBaker23

Random/SS- my new little bundle of joy is a cranky little old man. She constantly has a sour look or looks like she might fight someone.

BMaidPlanner

I'm "going to bed." No rest at all today. Help me lawd.

Taymiller

@ChristineBaker23‌ -cracking up over here! So damn cute and funny, she does look like she is going to fight someone!

k2k2tog

LO has been feeding every half hour or so since 6pm. It's now almost 1 am. Is it possible for babies to nurse TOO much? I wanna go to bed, if just for a few hours!

tbmadeamistake

Getting him to bed may have been hell, but he gave me five hours of sleep!! As in, I got a five hourbstrerch, which means he slept close to six! Awesome.

coffee89

It's my first real MOTN alone. DH woke up long enough at 1am to bring me the baby and passed back out. When I woke him to take LO for a change and put him back down DH said "10 more minutes, I'm too tired tonight" so I stormed off to do it. DH woke up 2 hours later to change that diaper, meanwhile I've done 2 feedings and LO won't let me put him down.

katekat8721

I slept 4 hours in a row and am now starting my "shift". It's 1:30 and nursing the velociraptors has begun! My nips are still sore from yesterday's all day nurse sesh.

ricecakes1216

I went out to get a bottle for C and discovered I didn't put the breastmikk I pumped before bed into the fridge. I could cry. I only got an ounce. Can't believe that happened..

katekat8721

ricecakes1216 said:

I went out to get a bottle for C and discovered I didn't put the breastmikk I pumped before bed into the fridge. I could cry. I only got an ounce. Can't believe that happened..

It should still be ok! I've read breast milk stays good at room temp for at least 4 hours (some say up to 8 depending how cool your house is).

An ounce is still something mama. You're doing a good job!

crhein26

katekat8721 said:

ricecakes1216 said:

I went out to get a bottle for C and discovered I didn't put the breastmikk I pumped before bed into the fridge. I could cry. I only got an ounce. Can't believe that happened..

It should still be ok! I've read breast milk stays good at room temp for at least 4 hours (some say up to 8 depending how cool your house is).

An ounce is still something mama. You're doing a good job!


@ricecakes1216‌ - WSS- BM is good for 4 hours on the counter, 4 days in the fridge, and 4 months in the freezer.. Pumping is hard...I pump every three to five hours and told DH I would rather go through labor all over again than pump like this for the next ? Months!!! And I'm only 2.5 weeks in. Hang I there and don't get discouraged!!!

rainbowdashh

After 3 hours, I think W is finally asleep! My pillow has never looked so good.

jaybee11

@crhein26 are you EPing? I have been, and while I can't say that it's become enjoyable, at almost 9 weeks in I feel a lot more sane about it than I did at 2.5 weeks. You're right; it's incredibly hard, but I try to focus on the positives: LOs are getting all the benefits of BM, but you have the option of handing them off to someone else to help with feedings. Heck, I've even snuck in a couple manicures since my girls were born! Keep it up--you're doing great! Just take it one day at a time. Edit to finish typing--silly Bump posting issues.

JulieSmiles

My DD is suddenly refusing one boob every time we feed. I've tried it first, second, when she is calm, etc but she just screams when given that one. It's engorged since she keeps refusing so I know its producing milk. Any ideas why she is doing this?

katekat8721

Why do my babies sleep so quietly during the day but at night they're SO freaking noisy? Grunting, groaning, making little weird alien sounds... wtf. Shush!

crhein26

jaybee11 said:

@crhein26 are you EPing? I have been, and while I can't say that it's become enjoyable, at almost 9 weeks in I feel a lot more sane about it than I did at 2.5 weeks. You're right; it's incredibly hard, but I try to focus on the positives: LOs are getting all the benefits of BM, but you have the option of handing them off to someone else to help with feedings. Heck, I've even snuck in a couple manicures since my girls were born! Keep it up--you're doing great! Just take it one day at a time.

Edit to finish typing--silly Bump posting issues.

@jaybee11‌ - yes I am. DD refused to latch after being in the NICU and FF because she had jaundice. It is nice to hand her off to people, but the motn pumping sucks big time!

JulieSmiles

CAMag said:

@JulieSmiles said:

My DD is suddenly refusing one boob every time we feed. I've tried it first, second, when she is calm, etc but she just screams when given that one. It's engorged since she keeps refusing so I know its producing milk. Any ideas why she is doing this?

Have you tried pumping a bit first?

I haven't yet, but will for our next feed. This last time she refused both breast so I broke down and gave her a bottle. I just wish babies came with a manual.

Savvy122

Do babies going through a growth spurt refuse to sleep?  D has regressed back to eating every 1.5-2 hours (he was going about 3 hours before), which is fine, but he's also flat out refusing to sleep.  He's clearly exhausted but fights all of my efforts to get him to sleep.  His naps yesterday consisted of 15-20 minute cat naps and he was up a good portion of the night too.  And when he's awake, he's only happy (read: quiet) if I'm walking around with him.  I AM EXHAUSTED!

diagonalley

@Savvy122‌ yes, but when he stops eating all the time you should get a couple of days with a lot of sleep.

roadspeckle

It used to be that LO had a poopy diaper at every feeding, but the last few days, he's just been wet with a few poopy diapers in between. How about your LO? Is this normal?