Wow
Posted
Friday, October 23, 2009 7:22 AM
Seth was only a little fussy last night! Danny picked up some ovol drops yesterday after work and we gave Seth a bit when he was pushing and straining, and voila he farted! He also had a few short naps yesterday evening and then I went up to bed with him to breastfeed lying down at around 9 and we both fell asleep!!! I think he woke up 3 to 4 hours after that and then about every two hours. AND boy did he ever fart alot last night! I think those drops really got him going, thankfully. I got up with Danny at around 5 and now Seth is napping ! Phew. He feeds really well at night, he'll eat a bit then pass out and we go back to sleep, or I'm able to feed lying down and we just both fall asleep afterwards, which is nice. But it's in the morning and during the day the feedings are more complicated because he's awake enough to get angry at my flow, poor thing. He'll eat for a few minutes then squirm around and then latch off crying. I try to pump or hand express the letdown but it still doesn't seem to help it. So I'm really hoping the lactation consultants can help today.
So I'm looking to buy some good parenting books. I have a few like 'What to expect the first year' and 'Breastfeeding made Simple' - which is REALLY good, and another medical one. But I'd like some others, I've heard that the Sears books are really good, any suggestions?
When I was pregnant, I was SO worried that Danny wouldn't find me attractive after giving birth, was I ever wrong lol. I can't believe how into me he has been lately. As soon as Seth is napping, the first thing Danny wants to do is have sex, and he can't stop saying how hot I am, which is weird because most days I wear pjs all day with no makeup and sometimes no shower! AND he actually watched the whole birth down there, I thought it was really going to turn him off of sex for awhile, but no, he was ready to do it pretty much the next day. He always surprises me... It helps though because I probably wouldn't be up for lovin' lately if it weren't for him being so into it. It really has made the last couple weeks less stressful.
Anyways, like I've mentioned a thousand times, we're going to see the lactation consultants today. I'm excited because I just want to get some advice about the flow issues and hopefully they can have some advice on how to get Seth to take the bottle better. Has anyone else had problems introducing the bottle? We've tried a few kinds and the best so far is the playtex bottle. He's not very good at it and he barely eats anything from it. Although, we haven't tried giving it to him lately, so we'll have to get back into trying everyday, but I was scared to lately since he was having problems with gas.
Edmo - I tried replying to you in my last post. What kind of pacifier did Boston eventually take? We've tried four kinds with Seth and so far he pushes all of them out with his tongue - It's like he has no idea what to do with it.