Got Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

[Kimbear 53]

so last night she decided to be a gremlin for 3 hours from 12 to 3 am. i hung out in the living room so my husband could sleep. it was hard because I couldn't take a break like usual by passing her off to my husband..

David went back to work on Monday so i've been doing the same thing. Caihla's screaming hours / fussy fits are between 12-5am. Last night she screamed for no apparent reason other than she has a voice from 4am on. So we stayed downstairs in the living room with me trying everything to calm her down. Even my dogs were scared and stayed up in the bedroom with David. She really freaks me out when she screams that loud, especially when its right in my ear

[Ontarkie 14,306]

David went back to work on Monday so i've been doing the same thing. Caihla's screaming hours / fussy fits are between 12-5am. Last night she screamed for no apparent reason other than she has a voice from 4am on. So we stayed downstairs in the living room with me trying everything to calm her down. Even my dogs were scared and stayed up in the bedroom with David. She really freaks me out when she screams that loud, especially when its right in my ear

Kimbear is she just fussy during that time? 5hrs is a long stretch and boy I know how that is. Alexis screamed from day one and the doctors didn't listen to me turns out I was right and she had acid reflux. Where does she sleep during the day if she sleeps better. You could try a slow/low flow nipple for the bottles it would slow her down and also help with the transition later if you aren't using them already.

I did the same thing when my husband went back to work, although with Alexis it lasted 6 months.

Edited November 13, 2013 by Ontarkie

[Kimbear 53]

Kimbear is she just fussy during that time? 5hrs is a long stretch and boy I know how that is. Alexis screamed from day one and the doctors didn't listen to me turns out I was right and she had acid reflux. Where does she sleep during the day if she sleeps better. You could try a slow/low flow nipple for the bottles it would slow her down and also help with the transition later if you aren't using them already.

I did the same thing when my husband went back to work, although with Alexis it lasted 6 months.

We asked them if she might have acid reflux since she also spits up / pukes so much it seems but they said it was more do to her cold which has gotten worse. She is extremely nasally and with the saline drops and booger sucker i'm getting out quite a bit of stuff out of her nose each day now. Hopefully its almost over. its been a week now that she has been like this. She hates when i use the sucker and screams at me.

all the nipples we have are slow flow, some slower than others ( those she takes a tantrum with). She is the most gassy baby i've ever seen. I swear its like someone stuffed a stick of dynamite up her butt just to see how she compares on the richter scale LOL. it still freaks me out how gassy she is from both ends. it feels like a jet engine starting every time she farts, and shes loud! David was upstairs in the office and heard her "explode".

during the night, it turns out shes just a very noisy active sleeper. she cries, flails around, whimpers etc and it turns out all with her eyes closed fast asleep. Every time i turn on the light to check on her she quiets down and looks like an angel. then when i walk away go back to bed, BAM, she does it again. I swear she is screwing with me on purpose sometimes lol. Turns out this active sleep is normal and eventually will turn into quiet sleep i'm told. It just sucks since i'm such a light sleeper to begin with.

good news, yesterday she breast fed and latched on twice ! one time was absolutely no problem, the other time was at 1:30 am, and she fought with me and screamed for a good 30 mins before she caved in and accepted my #######.

Now if only i could get her to sleep upstairs so i can rest my back on my bed. I miss my bed so much and cuddling to my husband lol.

[Kimbear 53]

Almost forgot, she had her appontment with the Pediatric Cardiologist yesterday. She had an Ekg done, and has to wear a holter monitor for 24 hours. The doc explained exactly where the problem was with her heart beats, how each beat has 3 sections to it and its one section the pac's that was the issue. he also showed me a better way to check her heart rate, rather than couting for a minute he said just do 6 seconds and add a zero. Way easier.

she will go back again in another 3-4 months for another checkup. But he told me not to worry at all and just relax. she weighed 8 lbs 6.5 oz which is only a 2.5 oz increase over a week ago. Again he told me not to worry that her weight will fluctuate for a while and to just check it on a monthly basis. At 3 weeks she is above her birth weight so its all good. I really like this Pede Cardi doc, he even teased me about my accent when i said about or out lol.

[Ontarkie 14,306]

Sounds other then that rotten cold she is doing really well. Hopefully once her cold is gone the spitting up will go away. Some babies do have reflux and spitting up is the only thing that bugs them. Most just need to be held 30-40 mins before being put down. Swings and other little seat things help keep them ad a 45 degree angle, and cut down the spitting up. So if her cold goes away and she still spits up that would be worth a try.

Hopefully you can start nursing more then pumping it would make it a lot easier on you, I think pumping is a lot of work so you are doing awesome keeping at it. If she flailing around you could get one of those swaddle me cocoons that keep her arms and legs tucked in so she doesn't jerk herself awake. Or does that interfere with the monitors she has?

[Marilyn. 340]

I had to give up pumping because it got to be too much and I wasn't pumping often enough and my supply kind of dried up. She never wanted to get if from the real thing. She always seemed disgusted with it when I tried. We went on WIC because there is no way we could afford formula otherwise..

I think my little Emily just went through a growth spurt because she has been a changed baby these last few days.. not nearly as fussy and clingy. She has also been sleeping better at night. She usually has one long stretch of 5 to 6 hours but of course it is never at the same time every night

she gets her first round of shots in about a week. I am not looking forward to it..

Edited November 17, 2013 by Marilyn.

[Ontarkie 14,306]

Pumping is so much work, and some women just don't respond to a pump well enough.

I'm happy to hear that Emily is sleeping better. Growth spurts are rough sometimes.

[Marilyn. 340]

the pumping would have worked but I found it hard to find the time to pump and sometimes could only do it once a day and that wasn't enough to keep up the supply

[Ontarkie 14,306]

Oh wow yes that would not have work out with once a day at this stage. At least you gave it a try. I don't think I could pump exclusively, I'm too lazy

[Kimbear 53]

you people must think i'm crazy then, i actually set my alarm every 3 hours to pump.

[Ontarkie 14,306]

Nope not crazy at all, very brave and determined. Big huge hand of applause to you. Dancing guys will have to do.

[Marilyn. 340]

Emily got around 3 weeks of breast milk so I don't feel too bad.

[Ontarkie 14,306]

3 weeks is great, I wouldn't feel bad either.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Kimbear glad to hear that Caihla is getting better and that she is finally getting the hang of latching onto you instead of always having to take pumped milk. Hopefully pumping will be a thing of the past for you soon as she gets the hang of latching on. I really have to hand it to you though, getting up every 3 hours to pump sounds like a lot of work but I am sure it will be totally worth it for her in the long run.

Marilyn, I don't know how formula mom's do it without some additional resources, formula is crazy expensive. I hope all of Emily's shots go well. I wouldn't be looking forward to that either - from what I hear babies get crabby and sometimes get fevers and such after vaccinations

AFM, I don't know what exactly the doctor did on Friday, it was the first time I met him with this practice. I had my group B strep swab and a cervical exam. Not dilated yet which is good for 35 weeks with twins. But man the pain afterward was horrendous - no bleeding or anything but cervical pain that basically made me lay in bed for 3 days. Ugh. Today I am feeling a little better. I can sit up which on Friday I couldn't do at all but not for long. I am so ready to have these babies and then start a whole new round of aches and pains. Every joint in my body ached last night and I tossed and turned.

We had terrible winds and rain here yesterday. Spent most of my day in the basement sorting through baby clothes and removing the plastic dodads that hold things onto the clothes. Baby socks were the worse, so many plastic things. DH just came home, I guess his place of employment doesn't have electricity this morning and he usually starts work at 6 a.m. I think I will just stay put for the day. I just turned on the news. Lots of schools are closed because of all the trees down blocking roads and electricity being out.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

My cloth diaper stash has made it to Maumee, OH as of last night. Should be delivered by the end of the day tomorrow. I went to the La Leche League meeting last night. I am glad I went. They discussed the 10 things to remember about newborn breastfeeding and I got to hear from other moms about their experiences including a lady I met at pre-natal swim class who had her little girl a month ago. They loaned me a book about breastfeeding multiples that I am looking forward to reading.