Khéna is a great baby… Of course there is not such thing as a bad babe, but there are babe’s that are easier than others and he is one of the easy ones.. of course it helps that all of his needs are met the second that he expresses them and he is never out of arms awake or sleeping.. but he is a very relaxed and mellow baby.. Days are spent sleeping, nursing and with a few diaper changes and ECing thrown in there.
I started to EC him on Sat morning so he was 4 days old then… Now on Day 9 he gives me good signals when he has to poo… and semi clear to pee…
Yesterday I caught all of his poos except for one and though his diaper is most often wet when I go to potty him, he still does one then also… today again I have just missed one… and his signals are getting clearer… or at least he is expressing himself louder 😉
Nursing him has also been really easy. Though I didn’t have big problems with Xavier or Colin, I have even less with Khéna. Though he was doing a lot of clicking noises for the first 2 days until my milk came in, he had no problem latching, he wasn’t hurting me at all and just a few times of sucking on my finger and me pushing his tongue down a bit combined with my milk coming in fixed that problem. He is also the first of the three that has no problem latching on while laying down and doesn’t gag at my overactive let down. I guess those few extra pounds have him an advantage…
This has made night so easy. He nurses when we go to bed and then gives us a solid 5-6 hour stretch before waking to nurse. Simon gets up to change of diaper, potty him and then I nurse him and he gives me a few more hours.
I have really enjoyed baby mooning also. Besides having twice slept in a bouncy chair next to me while we ate supper he hasn’t been out of our arms or cuddled near us in bed since birth. I have also not been out of the house since I gave birth. We have ordered groceries online, Ordered gifts for the kids online, Simon has walked to the store`with the boys etc… we have not had many guests either, so we have truly been in a bubble made for five…
To be honest, though I am getting antsy to leave the house, I am not looking forward to going out, not in the car at least. Because Simon doesn’t drive that means that I have to, which in turn means that Khéna will be in the bucket seat in the back seat. Simon will sit next to him but he will seem so far away from me and I am not looking forward to that. Though I was very attached to the boys after birth, this baby moon has made me so much more attached faster.It is truly amazing and I didn’t think that it was possible.
What does EC stand for again? I know what it is but can’t remember what the acronym stands for.
Do you know of any good websites to read up on it?
EC = Elimination communication
here are a few sites:
http://www.timl.com/ipt/
http://www.natural-wisdom.com/nihgentlealternative.htm
http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/
I’ve been blessed with a good sleeper too. My mom jokes that it isn’t fair (out of the 4 of us, only John who is the youngest wasn’t up every 2-3 hours). I’ve probably had maybe 15 or so nights where I’ve been up more than once with her(last night was one of them, but she’s teething and has a cold, it’s my fault, we’re co-sleeping more and more and I should have just left her in bed with us). It is so nice that you have Simon at home with you too so that he can get up at night and then not worry about getting to work (I told Sacha I want him to take at least a month off next time).
Enjoy your babymoon!
Yeah.. it is great having Simon home but even when he was working he has always been the one to get up… I do the breastfeeding, he does the other stuff…
It worked out that way cause if I get up I can’t get back to sleep… And if he gets up he can fall asleep before his head hits the pillow…
Co-sleeping is the best way for everyone to get sleep… I think a lot of “sleep problems” would be solved if more people didn’t buy into the cultural ideal of babies being independent before they are ready to do so…
ITA, That’s why I’ve been doing it more and more often… I LOVE it and I want to get a King sized bed before we have our next baby (so does Sacha!). I’ll cosleep with the next one right from the start (she was in our room, just not in our bed). I think most baby sleep problems are just unreasonable expectations.. Luckily from the moms I talk to CIO is not the norm whatsoever where I live… I have friends with 2 year olds who still get up in the night with them.
I let Sacha sleep except on weekends or if the Genster decides that 3am is playtime and mommy needs a break (that has only happened a few times). He is great with her though! I hope Ontario follows Quebec’s lead with their very generous paternity leave.
Wow, so glad to hear it. Logan is also doing a really big nurse and then letting me sleep for a good 6 hour stretch. She doesn’t eat frequently like LLL says they should, she tends to nurse more like 6 times a day but each time she nurses REALLY big so I guess she’s fine. I feel like she’s my first baby. I really need to write her birth story but my baby moon has been more trying to get everything ready because Ken is only home for a few more days and then I’m on my own all day…bummer. Khena is so sweet sounding. =)
Paxye do you have any kind of restriction in your diet while nursing baby new born? *
sweater girl:
ahhh… 3am playtime…. that is fun isn’t it? lol… they seem to all get that especially around the 7-8 month range…. With Colin we just gave him a few soft toys and let him play and just used our legs and bodies to block him from crawling off the bed… soon he realized that playing in the dark with two sleeping adults was boring and decided that he was better off sleeping…
and King Size beds…. a must… especially with more kids… we got the King after Colin was born… love it!!!
Marta:
No diet restrictions at all….
I’m glad EC is going so well. It’s on and off with Zari–I haven’t noticed any clear signals. She’s fairly regular though, so most of my catches are simply based on timing (after nursing on the first side). I think she is noticing my cueing and does respond to that. I catch a lot more poos than pees. I’ve noticed that she gets really fussy/upset right before she pees, only when I am holding her over her potty bowl. Sometimes screaming her head off fussy! Of course she doesn’t do this when she pees in her diaper. Weird…
I really want to buy a Baby Bjorn little potty so I can sit her up on it. I’ve been using a small tupperware bowl, but her pees are starting to shoot all over the place and hit my legs more often than the bowl.
Oh, and I LOVE our king size bed! We switched to it about 2 weeks after the birth and put our queen in another bedroom. Now there’s ample space for the 3 of us plus our large dog.