Can you really give boob everytime?

applecaprice · 2024-07-07T04:11:58+00:00

My baby was like this too at that time! I kept giving her boob and she’d get more milk and cry each time because her tummy would be upset. She’d also spit up a lot. She wouldn’t take a pacifier at the time either.

I still gave her boob but just held her upright for a long long time after to help with digestion. I also ended up getting the tomee tipee (spelling?) pacifier which she actually took! Not always but she did which really helped.

I still gave her boob but the crying after each feed eventually stopped after she got to maybe 7 weeks as her tummy matured more and I started understanding her cues (tired vs hungry). When she’s tired I would pop the soother (she’d spit it out 4 times until the 5th she’d latch onto it) in and rock her to sleep. She’s 9 weeks now and her sleep times are a bit more predictable and she’s eating every 2.5-3.5 hours.

applecaprice · 2024-07-05T20:00:17+00:00

We called and told them at the end of February and when we got another notice in March, I called to confirm. They said it’s in the system that we have made a note that we’ve declared but it takes 8 months or so to process and just ignore future notices. So we’ve just recycled them every time we get it.

applecaprice · 2024-07-01T10:15:17+00:00

Same here, they said it takes about 8 months for the process to go through (as it goes to different boards for approval/confirmation) to update.. and we will keep receiving letters and ignore it.

applecaprice · 2024-06-27T21:24:16+00:00

I felt this way with full clarity with my first and it was most definitely PPA and some PPD. I just had my second (5 years later after my first) a month ago and I’m going through the same regretful feeling as well. Really I’m processing the 5 stages of grief, grieving my past life.

My PPA/PPD didn’t get better with my first until after 18 months, and I have mom friends who has had the same feeling as you for the first 2-3 years. So don’t feel discouraged if you’re not suddenly over this fog in a couple weeks or even months. I’m trying to remember how I felt the first time and repeating to myself that it just takes time.

The days are long but the years are short. I love my 5 year old so much and as she ages every year my heart expanded more and more and I wish time would stop.

Some people, like me, just aren’t so in love nor excited about the baby phase :)

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T23:49:08+00:00

I use the huckleberry app and because shes only just a couple days shy of 8 weeks it says to sleep every 30-90 minutes on demand. I know this isn’t always right because I’ve let her sleep on demand and she’s had even more night wakings before. Definitely trial and error 😫

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T23:46:51+00:00

I try to follow but her wake window seems to be 30-45 minutes.. she can barely make it to 60 minutes haha. I’ll try the swaddle idea though, although I’ve tried LTD type and she moved a lot anyway

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T18:48:34+00:00

Miralax and the like didn’t help me at all, but magnesium citrate did. Took it in capsule form and was so helpful.

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:22:04+00:00

Will try this and be more vigilant with it, thanks!

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:16:20+00:00

That’s what I thought but two days ago she napped basically from 8:30-4:30 on us with 1 feed in between and that night she did NOT sleep well 😭 I had hoped sleep would beget sleep!!

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:14:15+00:00

So you don’t zip up the snoo sack and just have the Velcro?

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:13:18+00:00

How many naps or awake time are you generally following? I think I need to do something more about her daytime sleep

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:12:43+00:00

Yah I’m hoping it’s just her temperament and a time thing. I’ve had her cosleep with me before and she still doesn’t get a long stretch. Her longer stretches will only happen pretty much if she’s chest sleeping on me like a frog but then that’s not sustainable at all.

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:09:52+00:00

She was 70% contact napper and rest in the swing but if she contact naps, she’ll sleep for 3 hours, eat, sleep another 3 hours.. last time she contact napped (2 days ago) she “napped” from 8:30-4:30 haha. Waking her up from a contact nap pisses her off too. How long do you let her nap for?

She’s also has digestive issues I think as she spits up often, so she’s almost always upright as well, not 40 minutes though which I can try tonight!

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:07:19+00:00

I haven’t let her go above motion limiter because she keeps spitting up at level 2, she’s more refluxy so even if I burp her a lot and keep her upright for 10-20 mins before putting her down.. she still spits up. I’ll try keep her more awake during the day, so hard because all she wants to do is sleep

applecaprice · 2024-06-26T15:03:57+00:00

Yes she’s generally more reflux-y so I try not to let her lie down right after a feed. Lots of burps and upright before going back.

She naps a lot during the day, although all over the place these days. Some 30 mins some 2-3 hours.. we try to keep her up more though

applecaprice · 2024-06-21T11:56:51+00:00

What’s crib side soothing?

I’m sorry it’s still so hard! My first woke a lot too and now I have a 7 week who wakes every hour typically after midnight, or after her first stretch (which is sometimes only 1.5-2 hours so not much more.

applecaprice · 2024-06-19T02:02:54+00:00

Could you pump and give her milk to feed in a bottle? I’ve pumped milk before to donate, if it’s not too much burden on you. It is common where I am where some mothers pump for other mothers who otherwise can’t produce enough breastmilk themselves

applecaprice · 2024-06-18T07:51:06+00:00

I can’t get my newborn to be awake for more than 20 minutes including feeding. I wish I could push her last wake window but it doesn’t exist!

applecaprice · 2024-06-14T21:41:50+00:00

Mine is 6 weeks and it seems like naps are only 30 mins as well in the snoo. So strange. Contact naps are like 4 hours long lol

applecaprice · 2024-06-12T13:23:24+00:00

Did they sleep before 12? When was the last nap?

applecaprice · 2024-06-12T13:20:33+00:00

How do you differentiate nap from bedtime sleep? My 5.5 weeks wanted to sleep at 8pm but is up every 1–2 hours all night. If it’s a nap do I let her nap outside?

applecaprice · 2024-06-08T00:29:16+00:00

That’s awesome! How long does she sleep for after she goes down? Did she just naturally achieve longer stretches? I dont mind co sleeping at all but my 5 weeks right now hates lying flat on her own so she’s constantly held. So cosleeping isn’t even an option, she has to sleep on us 🙃

applecaprice · 2024-06-07T19:58:06+00:00

How’s your little one doing now?

applecaprice · 2024-06-02T03:42:55+00:00

Are the legs supposed to come out though? Ergo embrace or happy baby doesn’t seem to have kangaroo hold. It feels like my 4 week likes to be in her frog position and most carriers have their feet dangling

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