Hi there, new thread! How is it going?
It's only 10:30pm EST here. In bed, been feeding for nearly 40 minutes. She is pretty much asleep/comfort sucking but last night was so bad that I'm less inclined to detach her and test the waters!
DH is on the couch, last night wiped him too.
Anyone else fall asleep while nursing? I hate that I have.
PSA: The "my brest friend" pillow makes my boppy seem useless. A must have!
Re: MOTN 7/10 into 7/11
Married to DH 10.29.11
DD born 1.26.13
DS born 6.12.14
#3 due 12.6.16
It's stable. I can make it as tight and as high on my waist as I want and it doesn't budge. Boppy always moves away from my body.
Because of the above I can practically nurse hands free.
I can stand up with it (holding it) and walk carefully to another room if needed without disrupting LO nursing.
The pocket is convenient for my cell phone/chapstick/nipple butter.
LO seems well supported, there are little soft bumps where her head goes, very cool feature.
Back support helps me sit up straighter.
I have both because Boppy is better for the "football hold" but really I use my brest friend more and more often since I got it.
We went to the park with the kids today and LO was hungry but he eats so poorly under the hooter hider. He does this whenever we are out, cries and then falls asleep on the boob under the cover but then when I move him he screams bloody murder so I put him back under the cover and merry go round. So of course when we got home he had a major nursing sess and sucked my boobs dry. Sleeping now and of course I'm not BC DH started his summer job and he's on the night shift for the next three weeks and I hate sleeping without him. DD1 has come in twice trying to weasel her way into the bed but I cosleep with baby so I sent her back to her room with DD2.
Yes I fall asleep during MOTN feeds too I always wake up hoping LO has finished that boob and is ready for the next one lol. I usually fall asleep during the 7ish feeding BC baby boy usually just wants to comfort suck so I don't even get out of bed, I just turn over and put a boob in his mouth and we both fall back asleep.
Really need to go to bed now BC he's gonna wake up soon, why didn't I go to sleep when he did?
Ugh, feel better soon @skamber! It wasn't outpatient surgery? I had mine done after dd2 and I was in and out in a few hours.
Edit: words.
And he's up!
@skamber - oh no! I didn't know you were going through that, I'm so sorry. Hope you have a speedy recovery and are feeling better asap.
actually thinking of you earlier. This same thing happened to my friend. Hang in there. Huge hugs to you.
Why do they say you can't over feed a newborn? Because they will just spit up the extra?
She is wide awake on my bent legs right now too. Figeting and looking everywhere in the near dark.
Also @BrightEyes112 I have the deluxe one too, didn't realize there was a regular!
I'm waiting for W to fall asleep. I was dumb last night and stayed up watching orange is the new black instead of sleeping during her longest stretch and I've paid for it today!
She thinks the only help I need is for her to take my babies and put them to sleep in the middle of the afternoon even though I've told her we are trying to get them to sleep more at night.
I haven't showered in like 2 or 3 days. I meant to when the boys went down at 7:40, but then they were up at 8. And after we got them back down Granna was already in bed so I couldn't take one. Pretty much all household functions stop when Granna goes to bed because her room is in the middle of everything. I can't even sneak outside to have a calming, relaxing 10 minutes to myself.
DH told me today that apparently when he told her I got a job at Wal-Mart she says "you better go back there and tell her she can't. You guys can't pay for a babysitter and I'm not going to watch them." Seriously the audacity stunned and amazed me. I got so mad. Does she really think I won't figure that out before I start working? Like wtf. Like I'd even want her to watch them all day. Seriously.
And her sister came to visit and see the boys today (without telling me, yet again) and as she (the sister) goes to leave she says "one day I'd love to babysit one of them! Just one though, I don't think I could handle two!" And Granna goes "are you kidding? SHE can't even handle two!" Oh i almost ripped her damn throat out.
And apparently she thinks I'm lazy because I pulled 2 internal stitches and am not to do too much before my 6w appointment, so I don't go for walks yet. She thinks I should go walk up and down our huge hill and let her and DH watch the boys. Sorry if I want to make sure I dont pull more stitches. And she hasn't even asked me. If she had, I would have told her that as soon as I get the go ahead from my doc, I'm going to start taking the boys for walks every day.
And can I say anything? No, because she is a grandmother in law from the deep south. DH can't even say anything, and she raised him!
Sorry for the novel, I am just so frustrated with her.
My LO cluster fed last night and what feels like most of the day. I'm thinking we are repeating another tough night tonight. I'm so frustrated and tired. I hate that I feel annoyed when he shows feeding cues.
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
@mrsdbc stop selling drugs, yo. Jkjk that is odd and that sucks. Do you have an option to block the number on your phone instead of changing the number?
Tonight was the first time I had to ask DH to do more than a diaper change as LO was just not going to sleep. Since she's constantly messing herself, she rarely settles into a good sleep after nursing like she normally does, so she just kept rooting and I finally got so frustrated I had to wake up DH to take her
Also, finally got up the nerve to try on some regular shorts and they fit, but I think there must have been a little bug hiding in them because I cannot stop itching now. Awesome night.
My mom went home from work and had us come over and I spent much of the day crying off and on and feeling like a failure. I'm dreading today bc I thought DH would be home but he won't be.
I have a million things to do today to get ready for my sisters bridal shower on Saturday so I'm hoping that keeps us all busy and happy today!
Last night DH actually helped for once and I was able to pump while he fed her bottled breast milk. Tonight he has reverted to the ass who "works harder" than I do and doesn't "sleep all day"...
Yeah, I don't remember the last time I napped during the day considering LO hasn't wanted me to put her down for even two minutes. So sorry I'm keeping you up because I can't keep OUR child from crying. There's a couch in the living room calling your name!
Sorry for the rant but my baby blues have to do with the distance between DH and I... I never expected him to be as unsupportive as he's been and he's just making me feel like I'm in this alone.
Hope all you other mommas get some sleep tonight.
Hope things get better for you.