Does anybody have a baby tracker app they like? Need one that covers feeding and sleep trends, and preferably puts it into a pretty 24 hour graph. Notes for meds would be good too. I did C's on paper because I'm old school, but maybe I should join the real world this time.
I like baby connect. A few weeks in now though and I’ve stopped tracking.
scm1011 Are you switching breasts after 7-10 minutes? Even though you still have milk in a breast after that time it slows down a lot so baby is working harder for less milk. It helps some people so might be worth a shot.
It’s petty that I want sleep to be even/fair but I told DH that I’m hiring help for a second night a week, expect him to do 1 full night and I will happily split the other nights.
I can’t wait for my 3 week pp appointment so I can discuss switching/increasing my anxiety depression meds.
namasteak, I just extended our night help another two weeks. Just one night a week, but still.
Good for you! Sleep is so important. What hours do you have her coming? I’m thinking 10pm-6am.
I’m happy I can get this help but also few guilty at the expense. Like I said above, we can afford it and I need to stop justifying the expense to myself. Dh reminded me we actually make $200/week with his per diem and mileage reimbursement. We save half of that for car expenses but $100 is half the cost of a night of help so that’s good.
namasteak , I just extended our night help another two weeks. Just one night a week, but still.
Good for you! Sleep is so important. What hours do you have her coming? I’m thinking 10pm-6am.
I’m happy I can get this help but also few guilty at the expense. Like I said above, we can afford it and I need to stop justifying the expense to myself. Dh reminded me we actually make $200/week with his per diem and mileage reimbursement. We save half of that for car expenses but $100 is half the cost of a night of help so that’s good.
Those are the hours we have her for. It's awesome. She's an angel. I'll usually get up and pump at 5:45 and then see her off and she has almost always done her best to time his last feeding to give us another hour of sleep if possible. She's like a baby whisperer, I don't know how she does it.
She does light housekeeping for us too so we wake up to laundry folded and bottles and pump parts sterilized and she organized my fridge last week because she had a little "free time." WTF. BEST MONEY EVER SPENT.
Thank you. I need to stop justifying this expense to myself.
Seriously, fuck it. Fuck anything that doesn’t make your life easier. A night nurse sounds great. You need support. Your health and wellness is important and there’s no price you can put on it. Fuck iiit!
Does anybody have a baby tracker app they like? Need one that covers feeding and sleep trends, and preferably puts it into a pretty 24 hour graph. Notes for meds would be good too. I did C's on paper because I'm old school, but maybe I should join the real world this time.
I use Feed Baby Pro. I used it for E1 (and still use it to log his growth) and am using it again for E2.
Tried D in his own crib last night. The first stretch was maybe 30 minutes better but otherwise no improvement. I probably slept a little bit worse because I was listening on the monitor instead of being able to tune him out in our room.
Tried D in his own crib last night. The first stretch was maybe 30 minutes better but otherwise no improvement. I probably slept a little bit worse because I was listening on the monitor instead of being able to tune him out in our room.
Ugh, I’m sorry. Having the monitor on makes me completely unable to get restful sleep. Even if it’s muted and the screen face down on the table.
Went to a practically empty theater (6people in a theater that seats over 100) to see Yesterday and Ds3 was perfect the whole time. He just slept, ate & slept some more in the ring sling 😍 I had to get up twice when I thought he was going to cry but he didn’t and a bit of pacing both times settles him right down.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Jul 2, 2019 12:36:23 GMT -5
DS gained 3lbs in a month 😭😭 he was born with a cleft in his soft palate, so it has been way more trying than I ever expected. after going from the 89th percentile around birth to dropping down to the 43rd at 1 month, he’s now rebounded to the 56th. So many doctors appointments and monitored feedings and setting alarms and struggling, and it was all worth it. I feel like I can finally relax and just feed the baby and enjoy him without doing calorie math over and over and over again in my head. happy tears!!
Post by oceanstbride on Jul 2, 2019 12:59:25 GMT -5
DD turns 3 months on Saturday and I think is going through the 3 month growth spurt early. She’s consistently been doing a long stretch at night anywhere between 6-10 hrs and last night was up every 3 hours.
Last week while on vacation I felt like I had something prolapsing. I went to the MW today and got checked out. Good news is everything is where it’s supposed to be, but said my walls are soft and suggested pelvic floor PT. Does anyone have experience with this?
DD turns 3 months on Saturday and I think is going through the 3 month growth spurt early. She’s consistently been doing a long stretch at night anywhere between 6-10 hrs and last night was up every 3 hours.
Last week while on vacation I felt like I had something prolapsing. I went to the MW today and got checked out. Good news is everything is where it’s supposed to be, but said my walls are soft and suggested pelvic floor PT. Does anyone have experience with this?
I'm doing pelvic floor PT right now and it is awesome! It's essentially a lot of kegels in my case, but now I'm doing them CORRECTLY. I'm regained a lot of strength and don't feel the need to RUN to the bathroom before I teetee myself. It's been really helpful when I'm doing some patient care and can't get to the bathroom for like 2 or 3 hours.
Yesterday I took DS for his one month pedi app't, and he was 9 lb. 10.5 oz. Up over 2 lbs. from birth weight of 7 lb. 8 oz., omg. At one month DD was only 8 lb. 10 oz. No wonder he's comparatively blowing through clothes sizes. I need to take the unopened box of Target NB diapers back and exchange for size 1, because we are D-O-N-E with NB.
In less fun news, today was one of those days where I couldn't put him down. He's previously been really easy, but today I literally had one 25 minute nap in the crib in the middle of the day which I used to shower, and that was it, I had to hold him the entire rest of the day. H has taken almost no time off (only 1.5 day since DS was born), and days like this are really rough to be doing entirely alone. I have better perspective than I did with newborn DD; I realize it won't stay this hard and that it doesn't mean my baby is a high maintenance personality like I endlessly feared with her. But I do often feel like no one else is "in this" with me, which is hard.
Just me and my giant baby over here. If growth rate has remained the same, he will hit 14 lbs this week. Between him and a 28 lb toddler my back is DONE at the end of the day.
Oh yeah. Got addition permits applied for today. County claims only two weeks or so, then they want to get started on construction somewhat quickly. Should take around three months.
Its been a really anxious day despite having tons of help.
I feel super shitty i ran out of Ds3s formula and had to give him the stuff that makes him super gassy so he was crying a ton tonight. At least I get more tomorrow.
Then i word vomited to our night nanny and then she gave me a hug and sent me to bed. I’m drinking a glass of wine trying to relax enough to fall asleep.
melmaria don’t feel bad.. She is on her back in a safe sleeping space and you need sleep too!
Idk if you have spoken with someone about your anxiety but don’t hesitate to call your OB or shoot me a pm. PPA is the less frequently talked about sibling of PPD and many people write it off as “new mom worries”.
A good chunk of sleep in a row and I’m still feeling shitty about the formula but not like the worst mom in the world. I’d love to go back to sleep but I think the big kids will be up soon so I’m enjoying the quiet and will nap when they are at MILs later.
So tired. The twin who usually gets up at 3 am STTN, but the twin who usually sleeps was up at 4 am when he got his arm through the slat of the crib and woke himself up screaming. Fed him a small bottle, and got him back down and was just drifting back off myself when the 2 year old woke up whimpering and calling out for us at 4:45. Get in there, tell her I can't understand her mumbles, and she responds "Watch Woody and Buzz". Tell her it's too early, she won't stop clinging, so I finally bring her back to our room. Managed to get her to go back to sleep, but then at 5:30 she's wide awake and so is the twin who slept. Need caffeine!
Post by oceanstbride on Jul 3, 2019 8:00:51 GMT -5
pooh8402 Glad to hear you think it’s been helpful. How many sessions have you done? I was hoping to get started ASAP but the first available appt isn’t until 7/22.
Susie sorry to hear you had a rough day. Hope today is better!
melmaria , one of my BFFs swears by the Owlet, she says she wouldn't be able to sleep without it. She has a now-7 month old, and used a previous technology monitor with her first. If you think it would help you sleep, then I'd definitely try it.
If it helps at all, both of my kids have been in their own rooms since the beginning. I experimented a little with DD in a PNP in our room when she was a NB because I felt like I was supposed to room share, and my sleep was for absolute shit with her in such close proximity. Not that it was great with her no matter what, but it was worse with her in my room. I woke up for EVERY NOISE. She was not a good sleeper, and I became so reactive to the slightest sound. It was bad for everyone. When DS was born, I never even put a sleeping containment device in our room. It's either the PNP for naps downstairs during the day or the crib in his room at night. I do all the OTHER anti-SIDS stuff: ceiling fan, in a Halo swaddle on his back, with a paci, in a flat crib with no other things or loose bedding. In my mind, that combination, with a better rested mom, makes him the safest overall. Not just when sleeping but also, e.g., when I'm running errands with him in the car. My reaction time and judgment are better because I have slept. I'm also a better mom at home during the day because I'm more patient when I have slept.