Tuesday, September 19, 2006

cracking the crying code..

Today, Jadelle is 17 days old.. and her mum n daddy are probably hitting few hundred years old, since her incessant crying starts 3 days again from 1pm onwards until evening..

It is hard to decipher her cries. I can't figure out if she is hungry, thirsty, wants comfort or what..

her typical pattern these 3 days are:
12 noon: instead of feeding for 1 hr, she feeds for 30 min in total, 15 min each side before nodding into a light sleep, where she smiles and frowns and moves.
1pm: she wake up after only max 1/2 hr nap and cries again. And we have to carry her and cuddle her.
2 pm: by this time or earlier, her crying becomes insistent and loud and her face turns red. Her rooting reflex kicks in and i feed her again.
2:30pm: she falls asleep again! after feeding for only 30min?
3:15 - 3:30pm: she cries again.. and the carrying and cuddling starts
3:45- 4pm: feeding again for again 30min.. my breast still feels full leh!
4:45pm: her crying becomes incessant.. i put her to nurse again, after which, 10-15 min later, her suckling becomes comfort suckling and i have to unlatch her. She cries again within 10 min of unlatching..process repeats.
7:30pm: mummy has no rest and getting tired as BB repeats her routine..Her cries get louder and more inconsolable as evening prolongs.. it will reach a stage where even nursing her doesn't comfort her!
9:30pm: finally she MAY nurse longer then 30 min.. (if i still have milk left after all the comfort nursing she did, otherwise, Formula milk, here we come!)
12-1am: Another hour of nursing, following which she falls asleep for 2 hrs..
3-4am: another nursing for 1 hr.. falls asleep for ~2 hrs again..
6-7 am: another nursing for 45 min - 1 hr.. falls asleep fast after putting her down in the cot
9:30 - 10am: another round of nursing @ 3 hr interval
12pm: final round of nursing @ 3 hr interval before her pattern changes to 1.5 - 2 hr interval..

And the cycle repeats...

i am going crazy liaoz.. now, i try to rest as much as possible at night and in the morning b4 12 noon.. bracing myself for the evenings..

Been exploring whether she is going through cluster feeding or izzit colic.. still undecided..

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