Hi Girls just checking in - it's been a unreal couple of days and nights!
Basically my little boy has arrived - 12.44am Sunday 4th February 2007 via emergency c-section after 13 odd hours of "established" labour.
Connor James Gray weighed in at 7lb 11oz, a decent weight, but newborn size stuff seems to dwarf him bless him.
We are both fine - I'm a little sore and shocked (I'll post the birth story on the annoucement drive when I have time!).
He's lovely, dark hair, big blue eyes and very much looking like his daddy - including daddy's big feet. Will post pictures when OH is up (he's holding the baby at the moment).
Anyway - back to my "help" - we came home yesterday and my milk has just started to come through - I'm desperately trying to breastfeed but Connor suckling across both breasts for up to an hour at a time and still seems hungry.
We topped him up with formula last night to get a few hours sleep (I hadn't slept since the operation on Sunday morning) and even the Midwives at the hospital couldn't passify him and brought him back to me after an hour of trying to settle him.
Problem we have is that he WILL sleep after feeding even if only for a short time (he slept for quite a long time after the bottle), but only on me or Daddy - he simply will not go into the moses basket, he hates it and he hated the cot in the hospital.
We've out our clothes in with him for our warmth and scent, we've swaddled him, we've tried putting him in awake, putting him in asleep, dark room, living room - nothing seems to work. Within about 5 minutes he's awake and screaming. We thought after the bottle (because that's the first proper feed he'd had) he'd just conk out but no good.
We just need him to sleep in the basket for at least an hour after feeding so we can just get a few zzz's ourselves.
Has anyone else had this problem? I'll post on the "ask a mum" topic too.
Hope everyone else is OK - any news from Kellie - she was due the day before me!!!
Basically my little boy has arrived - 12.44am Sunday 4th February 2007 via emergency c-section after 13 odd hours of "established" labour.
Connor James Gray weighed in at 7lb 11oz, a decent weight, but newborn size stuff seems to dwarf him bless him.
We are both fine - I'm a little sore and shocked (I'll post the birth story on the annoucement drive when I have time!).
He's lovely, dark hair, big blue eyes and very much looking like his daddy - including daddy's big feet. Will post pictures when OH is up (he's holding the baby at the moment).
Anyway - back to my "help" - we came home yesterday and my milk has just started to come through - I'm desperately trying to breastfeed but Connor suckling across both breasts for up to an hour at a time and still seems hungry.
We topped him up with formula last night to get a few hours sleep (I hadn't slept since the operation on Sunday morning) and even the Midwives at the hospital couldn't passify him and brought him back to me after an hour of trying to settle him.
Problem we have is that he WILL sleep after feeding even if only for a short time (he slept for quite a long time after the bottle), but only on me or Daddy - he simply will not go into the moses basket, he hates it and he hated the cot in the hospital.
We've out our clothes in with him for our warmth and scent, we've swaddled him, we've tried putting him in awake, putting him in asleep, dark room, living room - nothing seems to work. Within about 5 minutes he's awake and screaming. We thought after the bottle (because that's the first proper feed he'd had) he'd just conk out but no good.
We just need him to sleep in the basket for at least an hour after feeding so we can just get a few zzz's ourselves.
Has anyone else had this problem? I'll post on the "ask a mum" topic too.
Hope everyone else is OK - any news from Kellie - she was due the day before me!!!
I know its not what alot of others moms would do though 
