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I went shopping alone...and baby advice needed!
So I took your advice and actually left the house alone to get some nursing clothes the other day. I was only gone for about an hour but it felt wonderful!
The next day, I even left again to get my hair cut and colored (gasp!). It was long overdue and it felt nice to take care of myself for a bit.
On another note, Audrey has been having major fussy periods. Last night she was up every hour and a half, fussy and wanting to eat. Lately she's been super fussy when nursing too. Sometimes she won't even latch on when I know she must be hungry. At that point, I'll sometimes give her a bottle which she seems to take a little bit easier. She has enough dirty/wet diapers, so at least I know she's eating enough.
I thought she was JUST settling into a schedule...until the last few days:( Nights have been kinda brutal around here!
Is this pretty much normal? Should I try to force a schedule or is that pointless?
PS-she's 4 weeks old tomorrow if that makes a difference.
Thanks!
Re: I went shopping alone...and baby advice needed!
I don't have direct experience, so take this or leave it, but it sounds as though she might be going through a growth spurt?
From what I've read, it seems as though most babies have a growth spurt around 2 weeks and another around 4 to 6 weeks. So that could contribute to her fussiness and her eating so often.
It took us awhile to finally have a schedule. It wasn't until recently that I actually felt like we had one and T is going to be 8 months.
In the beginning we would have good weeks and bad weeks. She could be starting a growth spurt and thats why she is a little more wakeful.
Every time i think we have a schedule its out the door. Babies change so much, its hard to totally be on a schedule. Charlotte now has more of a routine, however, I wouldn't use the word schedule. She likes to change it up when I use those words. I ended up pumping more about that time to help her get fuller and i would even "dream feed" her so she wouldnt wake up screaming. Its hard- but they will go in and out of phases.
Good for you as well on getting out~ I wish I would have done it more earlier!
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Ah- see how easily I forget- we had gas issues- tons of them. We used both gripe water and the little tummies gas drops. We seemed to do better with the gas drops. it might be worth a try!
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Gripe water worked great for us when El was gassy too.
It sounds like a growth spurt to me too, but as Kel said, once you think you've got a schedule down, they'll just change it. It's much easier to just go with the flow. eventually, she will find her own rhythm.
I agree. Your post sounded like a gas/tummy issue when I first read it.We used both Gripe Water and Mylicon with success. And I figured out onions seemed to bother his tummy more.
Like MB said, don't force a schedule at this age. Not only is Audrey a little young to try that, but you are still establishing your milk supply! Whenever you think Audrey might want to eat, nurse her, even if she ate 45 minutes ago. (And when you give her a bottle, make sure you pump in place of it.) When babies get fussy and go through growth spurts, they nurse all the time to increase your milk supply to meet their needs. It seriously sucks for a couple days, but then they start spacing out their feedings again. I think Kyler did that at 4 weeks, 6-7 weeks, 3 months and he's either going through one now (almost 6 months, or he's just comfort nursing because he's sick and teething.)
Also like everyone said, just when your baby does seem to be on some kind of schedule, he/she changes it up! It sucks sometimes, but you'll hopefully have some nice, long "good" periods that outweigh the bad ones. That's how it's been for Kyler and us, at least!