June 2014 Moms

MOTN 7/10 into 7/11

BMaidPlannerBMaidPlanner member
edited July 2014 in June 2014 Moms
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!
Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

image
«13

Re: MOTN 7/10 into 7/11

  • Loading the player...
  • Went to put Murphy down at 8pm because he fell asleep on DH, nope he needed a diaper change and is hungry. This growth spurt blows! But I am giving him a huge bottle and hopefully he will sleep for a while! I am back to pumping because my nips are bloody stumps but I got some steroid/antibiotic cream for them so hopefully he will be back on the boob soon.
  • After an evening of DS crying while nursing like he wasn't getting enough, I am trying a "dreamfeed" and then heading to bed. Hoping it gets me some extra sleep. He hardly woke up, but enough to latch and eat and I know I felt a letdown, so here's to hoping he's getting enough to let momma get some sleep!

    Married to DH 10.29.11

    DD born 1.26.13
    DS born 6.12.14
    #3 due 12.6.16

  • DD has been crying for 4 hours. Nothing will get her to stop. Going insane. That is all.

    image
    June 2014 - June Siggy Challenge - Favorite Hottie
    BabyFruit Ticker   image
  • Abenedict2011Abenedict2011 member
    edited July 2014
    I'm afraid the antiviral Perscription the pedi said was okay to take (for a cold sore) is decreasing my supply. LO is getting angry at my breats and pulling away frequently. I'm getting about 4 less ounces when I pump! I may have to bust out my one freezer supply or supplement until my supply improves again. So here I sit hoping she had enough to fill her belly to stay asleep!
  • I also love the my brest friend. I agree with @BMaidPlanner‌ but just a heads up to my plus size mamas the reg one wouldn't close around me. I ordered a second cover, the deluxe which is minky and baby loves it BC it's so soft (I can tell he loves it more lol) and the strap is Velcro which is diff from the reg adjustable strap. No back pain for me while nursing compared to the Boppy. The fact that it wraps around the back makes it more stable and I also can get up and move to another spot without bothering baby. It is so much more bulky though and I really have to shove it under the stroller to fit it in there.

    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?
    Pregnancy Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • lest12lest12 member
    DS is sleeping on my chest and I'm all, let's hang out and watch tv! Instead of going to bed like I should.

     

    image        image

  • MrsAyMrsAy member
    LO is sleeping on my chest, tried to put her down 2 times and she woke up. DH is snoring so bad she jumps every time he does it, I wanna send him to the couch but poor guy gets up so early I just feel bad waking him up. I took a 3 hour nap in the afternoon so hopefully that will hold me thru the night.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Married 05/15/13 FTM with EDD 06/24/14
  • lest12 said:

    DS is sleeping on my chest and I'm all, let's hang out and watch tv! Instead of going to bed like I should.

    Ha great minds think alike, I am doing to exact same thing. I need to put him in the crib and sleep because I am going to regret this later!
  • Bozzy2Bozzy2 member
    I got Aamie to bed at 730ish and it's now almost nine I should be sleeping but I am reading instead what in wrong with me. I also fall asleep with her feeding sometimes.
  • @skamber‌ hugs! That sucks!
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • sumochiksumochik member
    edited July 2014
    skamber said:

    Waving hi from the hospital bed. I had to have my gallbladder removed (yay, thanks body) today. I haven't seen DD in almost 2 days :'(


    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!
    Pregnancy Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • lest12lest12 member
    Taymiller said:

    lest12 said:

    DS is sleeping on my chest and I'm all, let's hang out and watch tv! Instead of going to bed like I should.

    Ha great minds think alike, I am doing to exact same thing. I need to put him in the crib and sleep because I am going to regret this later!
    Me too! But it's so nice to have a few minutes sometimes.

    @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.

     

    image        image

  • BMaidPlannerBMaidPlanner member
    edited July 2014
    @skamber‌ hi! I wad


    actually thinking of you earlier. This same thing happened to my friend. Hang in there. Huge hugs to you.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    image
  • BMaidPlannerBMaidPlanner member
    edited July 2014
    LO has been cluster feeding again and spitting it all up.

    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!
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    image
  • @skamber‌ hope you get to see your baby soon!

    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!
  • C has been up since 4:15am with gas pains. This means I've been up since then. I'm exhausted. He's been screaming all night. Finally feel asleep on me and I'm moving but I'm also not in a comfy position. H works super early tomorrow so he can't help me at all tonight. I still need to pump. This night is going to suck.
     TTC#1 Since April 2011 
    BFP#1 5.23.12 C/P 4w4d 
    BFP #2 10.1.13
    EDD June 10, 2014
    image
    imageimageimage
  • @skamber‌ - oh no! Feel better!
  • Granna, DHs grandmother, who we live with, is going to drive me to do something I regret. She keeps repeating that the twins are spoiled when I am within hearing range, and it takes everything in me to not snap at her.

    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.
  • Why is my 3 week growth spurt happening as she turns 4 weeks today? I just want to stop this cry, feed, spit it all up, poop then repeat cycle we are stuck in.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    image
  • jjvajjva member
    @CJnKR2014‌ she sounds awful. Hugs to all of you whose babies are screaming instead of sleeping. I just fed dd and I'm really hoping she goes down easy this time instead of the extensive fussing and crying of 3 of the past 4 feedings.i gotta sleep!
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • @skamber I hope you get released soon! Sorry you are having so many health issues recently!

    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.
    image
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • sjn00sjn00 member
    Trying to figure out how I am supposed to sleep for an hour before LO wakes up to eat again.. She takes about an hour to eat and now takes an hour and a half to go back to sleep then has an hour to sleep before she is up to eat again.. Really?! I wish she would just pass out to sleep right after eating like she used to her 1st week or not need to eat as much so she can sleep longer in between feeds. This inbetween stuff is hard on this Mommy!!
  • @skamber‌ - fx for a speedy recovery!
  • @skamber‌ omg hugs! that sucks I hope you get to go home soon
  • cas889cas889 member
    edited July 2014
    It's 3:37 here and I've barely gotten more than 20 minutes sleep at a time tonight. :( We even supplemented with some formula around midnight because after nearly 3 hours straight on my boobs, B still wouldn't sleep and kept rooting. He still barely slept after that. Growth spurts suck! I was spoiled last week when he went a few nights sleeping 4 or 5 hours at night!
    image image

    image

    image
  • @BMaidPlanner‌ my lo just hit two weeks on tues an I think he's hitting a growth spurt. Everything you just names is all he does lately. Plus he normally gives me a 4-5 hour stretch when he first goes down and tonight I only got 2. Jealous of you ladies whose little ones go to bed at 730. This one won't until ten.
    November D16  Siggy Challenge-Thanksgiving Fails





    Pregnancy Ticker
  • @skamber‌ oh no it sounds like your body has been through the ringer! Hope you get to go home soon and gave some serious snuggle time with LO.

    @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?
    Pregnancy Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • LO's stomach bug is still getting the best of her... Why did she have to get this, especially coming off a week long marathon nursing growth spurt?!

    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 :/ again with the mom guilt

    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.
  • Today (yesterday?) I basically had a mini meltdown. I changed the girls formula and they had horrible tummy issues from it, so they were miserable and I felt like mom of the year. They spent most of Tuesday night/Wednesday with gas pains and by Thursday morning when the were both fussing I was just done. Hubby was back at work and it was so hard with two babies who wanted nothing more to just cuddle with me. I only have so many arms :(

    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!

  • Just fed LO and put him in his crib after 3 hours of sleeping on my chest. Please let him sleep!!!!
    First time mommy-to-be
    E.D.D. June 1, 2014

  • Just gave LO formula because my poor nipples need a break after nonstop nursing with a horrible latch. My baby turns into a terrible nurser at night :((
    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.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker 
    MET: 12/31/06 ENGAGED: 5/23/11 MARRIED: 11/11/11 DD DOB: 6/6/14
    image image image
  • @mrsdbc aka home girl, yes the lady gunk stuff is so gross. It's hard to get to during regular bath time so I take Q tips and dip them in water and clean around the area. No issues and now they're clean!

  • Up again. Pumping in the MOTN sucks and I ended up going half and half with formula on this feeding. I think this will work great until my steroid nipple cream fixes my broken nips!
  • Been awake since 11pm, it is now 5:23. And the boys have been alternating who is awake. Now they both are. DH has been snoozing away... but i haven't woken him so its not something im mad at him for. Just frustrated.
  • b48kateb48kate member
    edited July 2014
    @meritmacalpine‌ I am hearing you about the terrible nighttime nursing. My LO loses all control of himself at night. Had to give him my only bottle of expressed breastmilk at the 230 feeding because his latch was way off and causing my nip to be compressed (to the point where the milk flow stopped)....sigh.
  • @meritmacalpine‌ Your H sounds like mine. I love him, but I'm mad at him all the time because he has disappointed me. I thought he'd be more help, instead he thinks I live in nap land and he works so he needs his unwind time.
    Hope things get better for you.
     TTC#1 Since April 2011 
    BFP#1 5.23.12 C/P 4w4d 
    BFP #2 10.1.13
    EDD June 10, 2014
    image
    imageimageimage
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"