Wake up 2. My 3 week old had been nursing great, with very little pain to me, but tonight. TONIGHT. He decided to forget everything and attempt to chomp a freaking chunk out of my nipple. I swear he did it because he was pissed off that I had changed his leaky diaper and his sleeper. This kid has a temper.
Wake up 1 was not a good one. I cried because I was so angry and in pain. Ugh. Yay hormones.
DD2 has been particularly difficult to settle the past few nights at bedtime. And night waking a have increased. Is this the 4MW I wonder... I snagged a Merlin sleep suit for $15 on a FB yard sale page, which I think we may try in the next few weeks. DH leaves for almost two weeks of travel in the beginning of November and we may try Ferber the week leading up to that to try and encourage me maintaining my sanity. Breaking the swaddle is going to be the hardest part, but she's outgrowing the RNP quickly and is rolling, so I think the clock is ticking.
Wakeup #2. DD woke after less than 2 hours screaming & crying, we couldn't get her calm/back down by just soothing, so I nursed her back to sleep. Then she slept for 6 hours! Possibly a first. She had her normal crappy sleep the night before, so this is very unexpected.
Wakeup 2 here. He woke up for this wakeup and wouldn't eat and then woke up 15 minutes later hungry. Now he is snacking and my milk is leaking everywhere because he is being lazy.
Wake up #3 already. We are doing every two hours tonight so no sleep for momma! She just woke up ravenous like she didn't just eat 2 hours ago. Crazy baby.
I debated going to sleep later tonight to watch TWD but decided sleep is more important and I can watch in the AM but now I am dying and want to know what happened.
Whoever says nursing doesn't hurt can go fuck themselves. This is starting to give me anxiety.
It hurts like hell for a while those people are liars. It's starting to really get better but gave me massive anxiety for a while:( I hope your night gets better!
After the epic length cluster feeding earlier I thought I'd get a nice longer stretch but unfortunately not.
It was a PITA but I made lunch (maple mustard glazed chicken Apple sausages & red potatoes) and breakfast bowls for the week. Hopefully it makes the week easier!
Wake up #1 after almost 5 hours. So I'm very happy about that! I slept for about 4 hours of that time.
After I was in bed about 5 or 10 mins, DH came to bed and tried to put the moves on me. I literally just stopped him dead in his tracks and said, "No. Not happening. We had sex last night." And he was totally dumb founded. I literally had to say to him, "I know you can't fully understand this, but I think you are forgetting that I gave birth just 6 weeks ago. I am not ready either mentally or physically to have sex two nights in a row. I need sleep. Sorry." And rolled over and went to sleep. He seemed kinda shocked and just didn't day anything. Dude?!?! Sex two nights in a row at 6 weeks pp. You are just more than lucky you got some last night. Leave me alone!
Post by longtimenopost on Oct 12, 2015 4:16:16 GMT -5
Just got the baby down after a long wake-up 1 and now the 2yo is sleep crying. I think she's getting sick so I'm trying to decide whether to go in or not. I definitely don't want to be up for the day so I'll give her a few minutes and hope she settles. Poor thing. Just hope we all don't get it!
Muddled nursing hurts so bad at the beginning and is such an anxiety inducing mind game. It does get a lot better though. It is hard to think long term with no sleep though.
My kid is being so weird. Each wakeup he falls right back asleep in my arms without eating . I want to feed him because otherwise he will be up in like 30 minutes and I'm already away. It isn't working though and now I'm leaking everywhere.
I've lost track what number this is. Q made awful gasping noises over the monitor during my 10:00 pump and I thought it was R having a seizure. Once I realized who it was and picked her up she mostly stopped, and didn't appear to be in any type of distress, but I've been sleeping on the floor in her room and keep waking up to make sure she's still breathing or something. So glad I'm off today.
Muddled nursing hurt for several weeks, it was probably 6 weeks or so when I was mostly comfortable and I don't think that is super far out of the norm. If you haven't already, I'd make an appt with an LC or go to an LLL meeting. If you can find an LC that will come to your house, it might feel less stressful - I really preferred it. Big hugs, this is a hard adjustment.
I woke up in a panic at 5am over paint color. Yes, roll your eyes. I picked a color for the beach house, but now I'm afraid it's too dark. They are having someone paint the doors even though I volunteered to do it, so I won't even know how it looks until we come back at thanksgiving. Ugh what if it's crap and I have to buy more paint and redo it all?
Wake up 5. I started a huge fight with DH around wake up 3. I hate sleep deprivation.
You have really been having a rough go lately, I'm so sorry. Did you struggle with your DD with sleep?
Yes, she was the same way. She was still having multiple wakings every night until she was 2, despite lots of attempts at sleep training. It was horrible then, but it's so much worse this time because my job is more demanding now, and with DD, I can't even really make up much also on the weekends.
I'm starting to feel super angry all the time, but it's so hard to say whether it's just sleep deprivation or ppd. I know my doctor will say I need more sleep, but I don't know how to make that happen. DS doesn't calm down for DH.
DH must be in DD1's bed with her. I heard her crying on the monitor about having boogers around 4. His alarm is going to go off in a few minutes. Trying to decide if I should wake him now.
(((Muddled))) have you seen an LC? Can we try to help?
I saw one in the hospital and the pedi gave me some numbers that I will call tomorrow.
According to the LC in the hospital, her latch looks perfect and I don't know the difference between tugging and pinching, but after a minute of excruciating pain, it should not hurt anymore. My nipples are so beat up that air hurts, so she's smoking something that apparently I need. It doesn't help that my nearly 42 weeker is a power sucker.
Both of us have been crying all night. I feel so inadequate.
Eta- I know the latch is not perfect because I have ridges on my nipple when she unlatches. I have no idea what we're doing wrong. From the outside, it honestly looks textbook, but it's killing me. Maybe her mouth is just too small?
(((Muddled))) have you seen an LC? Can we try to help?
I saw one in the hospital and the pedi gave me some numbers that I will call tomorrow.
According to the LC in the hospital, her latch looks perfect and I don't know the difference between tugging and pinching, but after a minute of excruciating pain, it should not hurt anymore. My nipples are so beat up that air hurts, so she's smoking something that apparently I need. It doesn't help that my nearly 42 weeker is a power sucker.
Both of us have been crying all night. I feel so inadequate.
Eta- I know the latch is not perfect because I have ridges on my nipple when she unlatches. I have no idea what we're doing wrong. From the outside, it honestly looks textbook, but it's killing me. Maybe her mouth is just too small?
I had the same issue with DD where her latch looked great externally, but I was in horrible pain. In her case, I really do think it was a combination of her mouth being too small to be comfortable and a lack of head control because it was okay once her mouth got bigger. Hugs. It's so hard in those first few weeks.
Thanks for all the commiseration and words of encouragement. I hope I look back on this as a blip on the radar one day.
I hope you can get in with an LC soon and it becomes a distant memory. Are there BF support groups by you? I found one I like and it was helpful to get advice and commiserate with others.
Thanks for all the commiseration and words of encouragement. I hope I look back on this as a blip on the radar one day.
I hope you can get in with an LC soon and it becomes a distant memory. Are there BF support groups by you? I found one I like and it was helpful to get advice and commiserate with others.
There are. I'll look into them. Thanks.
I'm at the point now, though, where I really don't feel comfortable NIP. It's just too much of a production.
Muddled -are you pushing your nipple into babies mouth or letting him pull it in? -do different positions &/or using a pillow help (cross cradle has helped me with ds2 vs cradle with ds1) - are you engorged ?
Muddled, if you can, definitely see a good LC. I had help from 2 different LC's at the hospital, and another one at my old pedi's office who told me dd 'nursed like a champ', which was complete crap. They all said her tongue tie wasn't bad, and none of them saw her upper lip tie. I finally called an LC at 3 weeks, and damn, I wish I had done it 3 weeks sooner. I felt like my nipples were going to fall off. She helped with the latch, and I went to a pedi dentist to get her ties lasered. What a difference.
Hang in there, with help it will get better. ((HUGS))