*Baby Corner*

[MARM 7]

sorry lol i can't even use preggo brain as an excuse anymore. can i blame the pain meds?

so i asked for them to take the baby for a while so i could nap for a couple hours and now he's back and there's a pacifier in his crib

I would be just as upset as you...pacifiers are a BIG NO NO as far as I am concerned. I don't know for sure why it is upsetting for you, but for me, it is just wrong to "plug" a child/baby to keep him/her quiet...not to mention the very likely hood of the baby having buck teeth and stomach gas because of the pacifiers...

Edited April 15, 2009 by MARM

[Autumnchik 6]

That's frustrating Nessa about the pacifier. Talk to them again and remind them of your wishes. After all, it is YOUR baby, not the nurses!

I said this in the other post ... but seriously, Ben is one of the cutest newborns ever!!! I can't wait to see more pics.

Congrats on the breastfeeding. Have you bought a pump for home too? The hospital pumps are the best, but the Medela double electric pump is just about as awesome.

[Nessa 23]

i told the nurse, i dont want him getting a pacifier this early, in the future yes.

i bought a medela pump dual, expensive, but working full time it's wworth the money. the hospital ones for rent would wind up being too expensive in a long run (i intend to bf at least 1 year if everything works out the way i hope) i hope i can pump enough milk for him, i dont want to have to buy him formula, but if i do, oh well.

[Eveline 9]

Nessa, I would be upset too about the paci. I was dead set on the 'no paci' rule with Adam but his need to suck was so strong that I asked for one the day after he was born. We never had any nipple confusion and he looooved his paci, still does two years later. He wasn't a comfort nurser and I don't think of it as to 'plug up' your child. As long as baby tolerates it there's probably nothing wrong with it. Allie on the other hand never took a paci. We tried but she kept spitting it out. She also is no comfort nurser but she prefers her thumb instead of a paci. Whatever works.

Congratulations on the diaper change..sounds adventurous

[Nessa 23]

is it normal the crying during diaper change? is it maybe the wet cold baby wipes?

and holy cow, i just noticed my boobs and dayum, i put pamela anderson to shame

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

zaid screamed for almost every diaper change until he was 3 weeks old

[Nessa 23]

i've been sleeping less than 4 hours total a day. they say enjoy now that u're in the hospital, but everything here sucks, the pain, the sleep position, the lights, the noise, the fact that even if he goes to the nursery so i can sleep, he'll be back in less than 3 hours, so that'll give me 2 hours tops to actually sleep. and i'm kind of paranoid with letting him out of my sight, i want him here all the time.

[Chrissy25 0]

i've been sleeping less than 4 hours total a day. they say enjoy now that u're in the hospital, but everything here sucks, the pain, the sleep position, the lights, the noise, the fact that even if he goes to the nursery so i can sleep, he'll be back in less than 3 hours, so that'll give me 2 hours tops to actually sleep. and i'm kind of paranoid with letting him out of my sight, i want him here all the time.

Everyones different i suppose. Have you decided if you'll get up to walk today?

[Nessa 23]

yes. i've been only going to the bathroom, changing his diaper, etc. but today i want to take a shower if i can and go se other babies

[Missbollinger 1]

Henry sucks REALLY hard, especially on my one breast *cringe* we only let him have a paci at night to help get him back to sleep better after a mid-night feed. As for the crying, yes they do at diaper changes, get a wipe warmer and make the diaper change as fast as you can. When Henry gets upset at a diaper change he pees! DH changed his diaper the first week we were home and got peed on THREE times!

[Nessa 23]

lol i didnt get peed yet. one of my breasts are really sore, the nipples, it hurts. i'm applying lanolin. i guess we get used with the pain after a while

[Autumnchik 6]

Declan didn't scream during diaper changes, but at my hospital, they recommended using these soft paper clothes they provided with warm water on newborns, so he didn't experience the cold wet wipe right away.

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

My hospital too gave zaid a paci without asking me first, I was not against it so it was never an issue but they did just take it upon themselves, I asked them to give him one coated in sugar water for his circumcision which they did. Sometimes during the first 3 months ALL I WANTED was for zaid to take a paci bc he was such a crabby baby but he hated it. If it wasnt food he didnt want it. Its funny bc he found one of his old pacis the other day and had no idea what it was, so he started to chew on it!! lol.

[chri'stina 190]

i've been sleeping less than 4 hours total a day. they say enjoy now that u're in the hospital, but everything here sucks, the pain, the sleep position, the lights, the noise, the fact that even if he goes to the nursery so i can sleep, he'll be back in less than 3 hours, so that'll give me 2 hours tops to actually sleep. and i'm kind of paranoid with letting him out of my sight, i want him here all the time.

I also couldn't wait to get home from the hospital. I hated the bed, the IV machine(Had it a long time b/c of getting antibiotics after the c/s!!), and hardly slept at all while at the hospital those couple days. I was only there 2 nights though, but 3 full days. Sujeet did a lot of stuff for me while in the hospital and when we got home he had to do a lot too, as well as other family members. So I knew I'd still have help if I went home to where I was comfortable. The thing about letting them pamper you at the hospital didn't really work for me either hehe, I just wanted to go home. But Kavi was with us almost always in the room unless they took him for a test. I didn't change a diaper until we were at home though, after a day or so hehe, it hurt to bend a little like that for me to reach to change it. I also didn't take a shower until home too, I just did not have the energy for it while in the hospital. Just make sure when you get home Charles helps a lot.

I called Sujeet "Superman" for a long time following Kavi's birth because without him doing a bunch of things to help I don't know what I would have done.

[Nessa 23]

well with charles working i'll be doing everything. but it's not that much, diaper, feeding, i have frozen food for me and snacks. i had the idea i'd be able to do friday grocery shopping, but no, can't do, i'll skip this week. next week i want to go visit my work and do grocery.