After just over 3 weeks of pretty much feeding every 2-3 hours around the clock, my eyes feel like they are going to fall out of my head. Silly me, I've not been going to bed early enough to compensate for the increased awake time during the night, although I have just begun having naps during the day when he does.
Tonight, he finally did it... slept from about 10:30 through to just after 4am!! Wohoo!!
I was still up several times, as he was coughing and I thought he was awake and ready for a feed, but at least I could go straight back to bed (and on my own!).
When he finally did get up for a feed, he was a very hungry boy, obviously. And there was plenty of milk available for him. He finally finished, and I lay there still cuddling him, wondering if he was in a deep enough sleep to go back to his own bed without waking. Until he started coughing... and coughed some more... and...
WHAM! Out came all that milk!!
We're not just talking a little after-feed-baby-chuck here, we're talking a full-on explosion!! I wonder if there was any milk left in his tummy at all! I was soaked through from chest to thigh, and Cooper from neck to toe! Just what you want at 4:40am ;)
I assume it was just a reaction to being over-full, not that there is something worthy of a doctor's visit? On the upside, he is as happy as Larry, and now having a playtime on the lounge floor. Seems I again am only getting 6 hrs of broken sleep tonight, but hopefully the big sleep was the first of many! And hopefully his tummy copes better with it next time!
Oh those chucks are fun eh? He he. I had a few of them with the twins in the five months I was with them. I wouldn't worry about seeing a doctor unless it was really regular or upsetting him. It's not that abnormal.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I can relate to all of the above (except for sleeping that long- you are so lucky). The annoying thing is they then are hungry, and want to be fed again- but they've already got all the milk.
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