dyscochick
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So as I have a sleeping 10day old boy on my chest this is probably a good time to start my journal. I'll do a birth story soon I hope, but in brief Ollie was born on 20/12/2012 at 00.25. I was induced and he ended up being term+15. It wasn't the birth (induction, epidural, ventouse) I'd hoped for but feel ok about that, as he is here safe and sound. He is gorgeous and we are both totally in love with him.
He weighed 7lb4 at birth and the first 24h I struggled with breast feeding, but we got the hang of hand expressing colostrum, DH would feed from a syringe whilst I expressed. I got bf started on my second night but then struggled when I got home. He suddenly started feeding that evening and has never looked back! He was 7lb1.5 at his 72h weigh in and 3 days later was 7lb8!!!!! He'll be a chunk before I know it, although it mostly seems to be going to increasing in length atm. The hv comes Monday so we'll what his measurements are then!
The main issues we have right now are sleeping. Mornings are fab, awake time, good sleep but then in the afternoons he's harder to settle. Evenings he's fussy, cluster feeding and will only sleep on someone chest. Today we started a bedtime routine, just bath and bed but staying upstairs rather than up and down as we have been. He's never slept we'll in his Moses basket, preferring the cot on the pram so again trying to avoid that and only use the Moses basket unless we are out. It wil take a few days to know if we are making progress! We've gad a series of visitors staying, who have been great and meant more sleep for us but I think has also overstimulated him a bit and he fights sleep. Guests leave tomorrow and we gave another week of DH on paternity leave to try and get something workable figured out.
Well that's loads from me for now. Apart from to say that there are so many things about having Ollie that have already changed my life, including making me even more in love with my husband (which i didnt think possible) who has been fantastic so far, doing so much for both of us.
He weighed 7lb4 at birth and the first 24h I struggled with breast feeding, but we got the hang of hand expressing colostrum, DH would feed from a syringe whilst I expressed. I got bf started on my second night but then struggled when I got home. He suddenly started feeding that evening and has never looked back! He was 7lb1.5 at his 72h weigh in and 3 days later was 7lb8!!!!! He'll be a chunk before I know it, although it mostly seems to be going to increasing in length atm. The hv comes Monday so we'll what his measurements are then!
The main issues we have right now are sleeping. Mornings are fab, awake time, good sleep but then in the afternoons he's harder to settle. Evenings he's fussy, cluster feeding and will only sleep on someone chest. Today we started a bedtime routine, just bath and bed but staying upstairs rather than up and down as we have been. He's never slept we'll in his Moses basket, preferring the cot on the pram so again trying to avoid that and only use the Moses basket unless we are out. It wil take a few days to know if we are making progress! We've gad a series of visitors staying, who have been great and meant more sleep for us but I think has also overstimulated him a bit and he fights sleep. Guests leave tomorrow and we gave another week of DH on paternity leave to try and get something workable figured out.
Well that's loads from me for now. Apart from to say that there are so many things about having Ollie that have already changed my life, including making me even more in love with my husband (which i didnt think possible) who has been fantastic so far, doing so much for both of us.
try to establish good naps and a good night sleep even if that means rock him. (obviously thats only what worked with Amelie God it sounded like preaching you sorry for that)
