New mum’s questions!!

hi aimee re the nappy change i think i did before i put the boys back down - cnat quite remember. and to be honest i cant remember what i used to do for brestfeeding!! shocking aye

as for the clothing thing the plunket nurse told me to dress the boys light as you can easily out blankets over them if the get cold or remove when they are warm instead of trying to undress or put more clothes on while they are sleeping

oh yeah i meant for when you out bubs down for a sleep. and def the beanie thing - i do remember being told about the heat loss lol. i used to stress about if they were warm enough too.

Hi Aimee
I feed Jacob one side, and offer other side. sometimes he takes it, other times not, but I was told to always start on that side next time, as it will be full from not being drunk, or half full, and its important that bubs drains breast to get full benefits. I pop a tissue under stap of my bra so i remember what side to start on. Also I change after feed, but if bub is sleepy, you could change after one side to wake her up a little.
As for clothes, it is really hot here in Blenners at the mo, so I am having issues with Jacob being too hot, but as a general rule, i think it is one more layer than you have on, and at bedtime i used to have a sleepsiut/stretch n grow and xtra blankies which I could take off/add according to temp. now he just sleeps in nappy and singlet, its very warm here at night.

When I was breastfeeding I was told by my midwife that when they first start drinking (at a feed) the first 3-4 minutes is "watery" milk and after that is all the milk with the "goodies" in it. So I kept this in mind and depending on how full I was on either side when I fed her determined whether I just gave her one side or most of one and some off the other to relieve me!!
- Have a paper and pen next to you when your feeding so you get an idea on how full you were b4 you started - if you gave her one side or both... and now im rambling!!

Nappy change, Arna usually cried for a feed so I'd feed her, change her, play and back to bed.

Clothes - as Jacks Mum said - usually an extra layer then you + a hat / beanie.

Take our advice and use what you think is relevant!!

All the best!! Being a new mum is fun ay!

yep everything the others have said sounds like me. lol. it really depended on how hungry my girls were on whether they got the second side - for a long time there ayja built up my supply so that she would only need 1 side and be full to bursting with it, then have the next side at the next feed - other times she would have both sides if it hadn't been long enough between feeds and there wasn't much in either. the clothes thing - is 1 one more layer than you ahve on. as a rule i usually have a cotton singlet - then a silk-n-wool singlet, then bodysuit and a normal suit over that or just pants and cardi. now that it's getting a bit hotter it's didfferent - today we had a bbq at the daycare and by the time i got the girls home we were all so hot that ayja is in bed in a singlet and nappy and paris only has her nappy on.

with the changing thing - i would decide according to how wet or dirty their nappy was when i got them up - if it was ok then i would feed fully first and change afterwards... but at night, i would change first to wake them up properly, and then feed - i know its bad, but sometimes you just don't want to wake them up by changing them when they are all nice and dozy and milk drunk - i didn't feed them to sleep - just until they were dozy enough to go straight to sleep once in bed. lol

I have found from most of my friends as well as my own experience that bubs usually takes after one or the other when it comes to them feeling the heat or the cold most. I was lucky Chloe took after me in that way but when I was round visiting a friend who has just had her first and she kept going and saying to her hubby do you think it's too cold in here? She never feels the cold but her new son and hubby always seem to.