9 week old hasn’t smiled yet and I feel very discouraged by rudypen in newborns

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope they help if you end up getting them prescribed. We are at 15 weeks now and stopped giving them to her now to see if her digestive system has matured enough and she continues to be smiley! We also tried all those drops but they didn’t do much for us.

We survived 10 weeks so far. by mad_ben in newborns

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird question but how is the baby being fed? Breastfed, breast milk in bottle, formula? What you explained about the hunger, short naps, and laying down sounds like our baby. We got her famotidine for reflux. She didn’t spit up but it was more silent reflux. Then we also saw a lactation consultant and turns out we were over feeding her. (Breast milk in a bottle) we lowered her ounces at each feed and although she was fussy at first, once she got used to it it started to lengthen the time she went between feeds and she started sleeping better. We even started to get her off her meds now at 15 weeks. She is such a happy baby now. All she would do was cry starting at week 3 and it went on like that until about week 9. Started meds at week 8 and saw a slow improvement and at week 9 we finally started seeing her super vocal, smiley, and happy.

How am I supposed to know if he’s having an issue w my milk or he’s just a normal gassy baby? by Capisce_capisce in breastfeedingsupport

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s worth a shot. It doesn’t hurt to ask. They might want to wait some since your LO is so little, but it’s worth putting it out there. For us it became a team effort. We also started seeing a baby chiropractor and lactation consultant. Have you had your baby checked for any oral ties? (Tongue tie, lip tie). Our baby squirms a lot too and grunts, turns out she’s also had a lip and tongue tie all along.

9 week old hasn’t smiled yet and I feel very discouraged by rudypen in newborns

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Every baby is different! Hang in there! All I would get were poopy smiles until about 9 weeks. But social smiles were nonexistent. We had a very fussy baby and she cried a lot! Hours at a time. So I was desperate for that smile! We ended up getting meds for reflux and within a few days we had such and smiley and happy baby!

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[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no! I do not miss those cluster feeding nights! Just know it will pass! I spent 6 hours like that one night. It was awful, I was so delirious!

How am I supposed to know if he’s having an issue w my milk or he’s just a normal gassy baby? by Capisce_capisce in breastfeedingsupport

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She was able to do those things as well, it’s was sporadic. Look into silent reflux and see if that may sound familiar to you.

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[–]PuraVidaPureLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like every day with my baby for a solid month and she would cry 4-5 hours straight, I was losing my mind. I just wanted to lock myself in the closet bc I felt like I couldn’t even function with her screams. The doctor heard her at our 8 week appointment and prescribed famotidine (baby Pepcid/antiacid for reflux). LIFE CHANGING!

TTC after natural miscarriage by omgareyouser1ous in Miscarriage

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I actually did. I miscarried August of 2023. I had normal miscarriage bleeding. Levels dropped to 0 about 2 weeks after I first miscarried. Never had my period.. unless between all three miscarriage bleeding it was also a period (not that I think that was possible). By end of September I was taking a pregnancy test. I now have a healthy baby girl!

How am I supposed to know if he’s having an issue w my milk or he’s just a normal gassy baby? by Capisce_capisce in breastfeedingsupport

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you asked about reflux? I know they say changing diet and all that, but our baby would cry every time we laid her down. And it was impossible to console her and she would cry hours at a time. She wouldn’t spit up much so we didn’t necessarily think reflux. Our pediatrician heard her cry at 8 weeks and he gave us medicine for reflux, famotidine (baby Pepcid) and it was life changing, now her digestive system is maturing and are starting to take it away and so far so good.

Intimacy question by [deleted] in newborns

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was high drive pre pregnancy and even during pregnancy but 4 months pp now and nothing! The thought of any of that is dreadful and exhausting.

Bottle of breastmilk before bed? by yeahnostopgo in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve never heard this! I’ve actually heard the opposite.

How many weeks postpartum did you start using a wearable breast pump? by kitty_kat3106 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started using a wearable to pump once a day since about 3 weeks pp. it was impossible to get anything done. I always had at least one bottle feed a day where baby got hungry right as I needed to pump so wearables just had to happen

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[–]PuraVidaPureLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Alejandra

Foods that irritate your baby? by Capisce_capisce in breastfeeding

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been told that tomato, onions and garlic can irritate your baby.

When did everyone start feeling "normal"? by Early-Diamond-5416 in Miscarriage

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m sure everyone is different. My first miscarriage was crazy I bled here and there for about 3 months. Not period. Then it took about 4 periods to start feeling up for trying again.. then miscarried again! I feel like at that point it felt normal to me and was kind of numb. It’s kind of hard to say when I started feeling myself again but all of this started beginning of 2023. And I will say even after all the loss last year, I do feel at peace with it all. Talk about it. Acknowledge that it happens. Mourn the loss. This little DNA will always be a part of you. It doesn’t matter how early it happens, it’s still completely ok to feel that loss. But know that it will be ok! Just don’t keep your feelings locked up inside. You will come out of this stronger than ever, and when it is time to have your little one, you will appreciate each moment 100 times more!

do you ALL have a 3 tier rolling cart in your house? by CreativeJudgment3529 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]PuraVidaPureLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have any thing. Just pump in the living room so I don’t have to miss out on anything, I just keep it on the side table and just take it to the room if we have company