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"Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message
My theory is that that applies to people whose babies leave 3 or 4 hours between feeds, not to those of us with normal babies :-) Hmm, babies who feed 3-4 hours are normal too. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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Sue writes:
"Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message My theory is that that applies to people whose babies leave 3 or 4 hours between feeds, not to those of us with normal babies :-) Hmm, babies who feed 3-4 hours are normal too. ) I did put a smiley in - and the baby in question was 9 days old, IIRC. I certainly don't think it's *common* for a 9 day old baby to voluntarily go 3 or 4 hours between feedings - do you? Sidheag DS Colin Oct 27 2003 |
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"Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message
I did put a smiley in I know, that's why I put the smiley in there too because there are lurkers who might be worried that their babies go longer. - and the baby in question was 9 days old, IIRC. I certainly don't think it's *common* for a 9 day old baby to voluntarily go 3 or 4 hours between feedings - do you? It might not be common, but it does happen. DD3 would go at least 3-4 hours when she was that little, not all the time mind you, but in those first few days she did. I seem to recall DD1 sleeping 4 hours straight the first few nights home. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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"Emily" wrote
In the meantime, I highly recommend Soothies. They're expensive, but they feel *so* good on sore nipples. You can usually find them at bf clinics and high-end maternity/baby shops. I also found them at my local Walgreens in the baby aisle. rj |
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"Sue" wrote in message ... "Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message I did put a smiley in I know, that's why I put the smiley in there too because there are lurkers who might be worried that their babies go longer. - and the baby in question was 9 days old, IIRC. I certainly don't think it's *common* for a 9 day old baby to voluntarily go 3 or 4 hours between feedings - do you? It might not be common, but it does happen. DD3 would go at least 3-4 hours when she was that little, not all the time mind you, but in those first few days she did. I seem to recall DD1 sleeping 4 hours straight the first few nights home. Both of mine have slept 5 hours straight at night from early on (3-4 days old) and dd (now 4 months) has regularly had at least one 3-4 hour stretch during the days. Can't remember what ds did during the days at this age (nights were more memorable if we did/didn't get sleep!). :-) |
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"V." wrote in message ... Thanks for all the advice earlier! Makes me feel better that things seem normal so far! We do nurse to sleep almost exclusively, although sometimes she will nurse, sleep for 15 min or so, then have the cute "awake" period. At the end of that she either nurses to sleep again or falls asleep on her own. We are back to sleeping in the bassinet, I moved it to a warmer side of the room (I live in Maine, so external walls are cold). Here are my current "problems": 1. She is on a 2 hr cycle of wake-feed (30-45min)-sleep or awake (1-1.5hrs) and so on. This means that I'm nursing 45min out of every 2hrs or so. Plus, she sometimes sleeps for 30 min and wants to feed again. Even though we have a good latch (as far as I can tell and as assessed by the LC and visiting nurse), my nipples are getting pretty sore. No cracks, bleeding, etc, just really tender. I use Lansinoh lanolin on them after allowing some expressed BM to dry on them, but I do cringe when we first latch on. That pain does go away after nursing for a few minutes. I think this is all normal (she's 9 days old), but I really need to know if the latching on pain goes away at some point! According to my reading, this pain was supposed to peak already and it certainly hasn't. Although the pain is probably normal , like others said, look out for thrush - I had pain that didn't go away for the first couple-three weeks and it turned out to be thrush - I had thought it was the normal newborn-nursing pain, too. So just keep an eye out and see if it starts getting better. If you want to try something in case it is thrush, you can rinse your nipples in a solution of 1Tbsp white vinegar to 1 cup water after each nursing session and apply Lotrimin lotion sparingly on the nipples as well. It is a pain to do after each nuring session, especially as your baby is nursing so often, but if it is thrush, this should help you feel better in a couple of days. Another thing to try for the pain is to switch nursing positions - if you are doing the cradle hold, try the football hold or nurse lying down, etc. That will put the pressure of the baby's mouth on different parts of your nipples and maybe give the sore parts a break. Worked for me in the past. But as long as it's not thrush or some other problem, it should fade soon anyway. Good luck! |
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