Diana1 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Great to see a picture of Stefan. I shall attempt to upload one of Archie now he's a bit older. He's piling on the weight - today he was 10lb 10 oz - he's putting on 13oz per week so I feel really chuffed particularly because i have a cracked nipple and I have only had sleep to a maximum of a two hour stretch in any one go over the past 18 days. Yes he is 18 days old now. Poor lad he has had conjunctivitus pretty much from day one and now suspected oral thrush! So I'm off to the surgery tomorrow. Then it'll be breast feeding clinic again on monday. Hope this is not too much information. Being a parent is hard but for me the love is over whelming so it kind of balances out. Also as a third time mum I know this particularly hard time at the beginning does get easier in time.[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Archie at 16 days old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Wow diana Archie is growing fast you must be feeding him OK, apparently Grd recommends grated carrot for cracked nipples not sure how he knows this ............. What a lovely little boy he is thanks for the pic...........Hope all goes well at the doctors and the clinic...........Don't forget to keep us updated...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 It all sounds familiar....my mum had my last brother when I was in my teens and had severe post-natal depression for several years afterwards, so Jonathan was sort of my baby. He was severely lactose intolerant but otherwise an absolute dream with sleeping and feeding, and even then me and my dad were exhausted for about two years until he went to nursery and my dad could kip in the day a bit! I didn't dare put him down until he was about nine months old in case something happened to him (like he worked out I had put him down and started crying again). I can't sympathise with the cracked nipples from experience though! Or the sore c-section incision [/ouch]. They are wonderful, babies that is. According to the OH I have to wait a couple of years and make do with the chickens. I hope it's not being too hard and that you're enjoying your boys. I seem to remember that after about six weeks it all got a lot easier, but maybe that's wishful thinking. 'my' little boy is now a hulking great teenager who towers over me, but I still remember his little toes. And his little nose. And his tiny little fingernails.... Archie and Stefan are about the cutest things I've seen all year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Everyone seems to have abbreviations for their partners - took me ages to work out Other Half. So what does Grd stand for may I ask? Sorry to be dim. And more to the point what do you do with the grated carrot - put it in your bra? I think I'll stick to lanolin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Don't wait for babies is my recommendation. If you have found the right guy and love each other then make babies. Babies happen with your life and I don't think they can be timetabled. I maybe a hopeless romantic but I know so many who wait until they can fit it in and find they need IVF or that the biological clock doesn't allow for a series of miscarriages. I love the sound of 'a hulking teenager who towers over me', Aunty e. What a great asset to your mother you must have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Diana grd is grahams user name ............... I am not sure what you do with the grated carrot but it does sound messy..................I will let Graham explain.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I shall wait with baited breath. Close to giving up breast feeding. Last night worst so far - cracked nipple agony and reducing me to tears. Gonna give right breast a rest today, just gently express and perhaps try mixed feeding so that he gets a bottle at night when I'm too tired to concentrate on what I'm doing. Oh for a hulking teenager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 Horrible, isn't it Diana . I had to give up as it was just making me miserable and Tom very grumpy! Good luck. The best thing about using a bottle either part time or full time is that you get time off feeding as anyone can do it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I know the feeling Diana. I ended up giving my last (who is nearly 10 months) a bottle before bed. The rest of the time he was breastfed. Have stopped breastfeeding beacuse he could not manage that as well as solids but he still loves his bottle before bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 My sister couldn't get her two to breastfeed at all, as they were both two months premature. They're fine now, and have always been bottle fed, although she expressed the colostrum and some milk for them until it dried up. She was sad she couldn't breastfeed them, but the constant trying was exhausting her and the babies. There's no point making yourself miserable over it, my hulking teenager was fed on soya milk as he was lactose intolerant and 6'3" of him says that was fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Oh my friends how comforting I find your words. Today has been good. Erik and the girls went to Paultons Park with another family as a birthday treat for their daughter. I thought when we arranged the date that I would be able to go but I stayed at home with Archie. We seem to have mastered the cracked nipple and my confidence is restored . I have 5oz of expressed milk at the ready for tonight should I need it. I was sad (trying hard to contain the tears ) that I couldn't go but Amy said 'well mummy you can't do any gardening at Paultons Park'. So in between feeding and sleeping I managed a bath, managed to get myself lunch (wow) and potted up a few plants. We'll see what the night brings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 Keep your chin up Diana ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myles Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Diana...Archie looks like he's thriving I don't know if anyone else has recomended Kamillosan nipple cream. I found it to be a wonder product, £4.99 from boots. Give it a try Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Thanks I'm using this stuff called Lansinoh which is medical grade lanolin and it is wonderful. Night was OK - feeding Archie 12am, 3am, Archie woke for a burp at 5am and then a feed at 6.45. Had bacon and eggs for my breakfast. Going for my morning nap now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Diana, Archie (top name, my best friends oldest is called that) is gorgeous, and what a little guzzler! 13 oz a week - he'll be heavier than 5 of 5 at this rate! Keep your chin up, cyber hug coming your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I have 5oz of expressed milk at the ready for tonight should I need it. It would have taken me 5 years to have got that I never did manage to express very much despite trying in the hope we could have frozen some in case I ever wanted to get a life and go out without our little cherub. It never happend - the getting a life bit or the expressing enough for the freezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 They used Jelonet (a burns dressing) on my cracked nipples with great effect. They healed in no time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Refrigerated savoy cabbage leaves stuck down my bra sorted me out when Owen turned out to be a 'chewer' rather than a 'sucker'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Refrigerated savoy cabbage leaves stuck down my bra sorted me out when Owen turned out to be a 'chewer' rather than a 'sucker'. My midwife recommended this when I was having the same problems with DD. OH, being the helpful chap he is, went out and bought a lovely big savoy cabbage for me and then made it into soup. He was to find that I was meant to stick the leaves down my bra Had me and the midwife laughing for days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 What a lovely lot you are making my laugh Yeah I might have a cracked nipple but I'm not short on supply. In fact the sheer amount might contribute to the difficulty he has sometimes latching on. After I expressed that 5oz we had the most pain free feed yet with him gently getting on with it instead of coughing and spluttering and gulping air. That burns cream sounds good. And I minght just have to see what all the fuss is about cabbage leaves whatever next. I seem to have cribbed Gina's 'hi' topic. Perhaps I should start one of my own with a new pic too. Hope Gina's getting lots of rest and overcoming the challenges we're facing. Love and smiles to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Cookie, you are funny!! The Savoy leaves did help with 3 of 5 (my first child) but I used to put them in the freezer for 30 mins. I did find I smelt like a lithuanian soup kitchen though! I have just started 5 of 5 on cows milk at the tender age of not quite 9 months. My supply has virtually stopped and just wouldnt take the formula (have you tasted it? don't blame him!) so I offered him some cows milk in a bottle, as he has it with his cereal and in yoghurt, cheese and creamy scrambled eggs and we drained the bottle dry last night, this morning and this evening. So thats that, and I'm not going to a) stress about it or b) tell the health visitor. I'm sure he'll be fine. He's had the best for the last 8 months... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 You guys are great at reminding why I don't have children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 This is really making me laugh! I know what you mean - Rosie was a real guzzler too and I also had loads of milk (the only time I ever had boobs ) and I had to express some so that she could latch on. The Jelonet burns stuff is a net-like dressing with some gunk on it - you put it in your bra. A young midwife had just been on a trining course where this was mentioned, so she went and got some from A&E and it worked wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana1 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I know the stuff. Carla had it on her hand when she burnt it on a light bulb. I'm not sure my nipple crack warants such serious treatment. It seems on the mend now. Yeah its great having big knockers. I've gone from an A cup to a D cup. Shame is that they are untouchable. If you did you'd get an eyeful of milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
