a real restless day
Hi I just need a bit of an escape really and here seems the perfect place. My OH is away until Friday, we have a gorgeous 8 week old and a dog. I have been managing quite well so far with OH being back at work and also working away but my gosh today has been trying.......After waking up at 5am and not really settling, i ended up putting her in with me, slept on and off until 8.30, we then got up to walk the dog, who pulled all the way (she is a cocker) and my LO crying all the way, this morning things have not got better. We went to the cinema which was lovely and a meander around the Trafford Centre but then when we get home she is screaming and no amount of dummy or cuddles help so I resort to feeding, she was only fed 2 hours earlier from me, she sunk 6 oz of breastmilk from the bottle but still she is unsettled, we are on infacol (2 thingies full) and she has a good burp but still she is very very unsettled. Now I have changed her, cuddled and she has slept on and off but still she spits the dummy out for a good cry I am at my wits end. I am fed up of brestfeeding, I don't feel she is getting enough as she wants more 2 hours later (this has been going on for a few days now), I think formula may be more substantial, I don't know if this is a growth spurt, at 8 weeks???????? I am just fed up and tired and p'eed off that OH is away getting good nights sleep...jealous....yes a little.
I have had to just put her in the bedroom for a good cry as I can't cope at the moment.
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I have had to just put her in the bedroom for a good cry as I can't cope at the moment.
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Thank you for replying, it is nice to chat even if it is cyberspace x x
Anyway, I am rambling now. What I am trying to get at was that my LO used to cry an awful lot, and would feed an awful lot up to 8 weeks and beyond. I actually can't remember when we finally got into a nice routine whereby she didn't need to feed so often. If you are concerned she isn't getting enough milk from you then do whatever you have to do to ease your anxiety about this. I worried for a while that my LO wasn't getting enough but I knew if I introduced another FF in the day I would end up solely FF and that wasn't what I wanted, and I knew that with the 2 FF I gave her and the countless BFs she was getting her quota for the day. Like you say tho, she had 6 oz of breastmilk from a bottle and was still unsettled, so it can't be that she isn't getting enough.
My LO was a hungry baby, maybe you have one of those too. It will get easier. Just do whatever you think is best for your own sanity and peace of mind x