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January 2013 Part Two: Coos and smiles but not always so much sleep...

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SpringFlowers · 04/03/2013 15:02

Our first thread has almost finished so I thought we'd need a new one!

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Hormonalhell · 04/03/2013 16:15

Marking my place Grin

DS is 7 weeks old now n just starting to smile n sleeping 5 hours at night. Still making grunting noises even when not needing loo. Anyone else's little one do this?

happyhow · 04/03/2013 17:12

Thanks Spring!

We're just out of the 6 week growth spurt too and have been sleeping for 6 hours at night but it's a bit more unsettled after that feed at 3-4am.

Pascha · 04/03/2013 17:15

6 whole hours Envy

lollipoppi · 04/03/2013 18:08

Marking place Smile

Hormonal my DD grunts all the time it's like she constantly has wind!

In other news my ds1 has shown his artistic side by drawing all over my walls, wardrobes and wallpaper with red wax crayon today Hmm

octanegirl · 04/03/2013 18:24

Yup also going 6 hours now. Long may it continue - and extend!

mrsbugsywugsy · 04/03/2013 18:31

dd is 10 weeks (5 adjusted), and grunts and snuffles and makes goat noises all night long. she sleeps for one four hour stretch, followed by a three hour one.

she has just started smiling Smile

Tugstonia · 04/03/2013 18:31

Just have to say that I love Ewan :) DD has slept in her crib for the last two nights, thanks largely to Ewan. She did a 3 hour and then a 4 hour stretch. Very happy!

Anyone got/had breast thrush?! I still have it - it's been 3 weeks now and it's driving me mad. Have taken various meds, probiotics, cut out sugar, dairy etc. but it's not shifting. If anyone has any tips of how to get rid of it I'd be v grateful! Breastfeeding still bloody painful, although overall it is better since the tongue tie.

Pascha · 04/03/2013 18:46

Hmm. We go approx 2.5 - 3 hour stretches overnight, the feeds are generally very easy though and Dan resettles quickly in his crib with his dummy. Very very rarely we get a 4 hour stretch. I'm ok with this though, holding onto the magic 12 week mark when hopefully his tummy ache will get a bit better.

DS1 has adopted Quack the bath duck and has to come to bed with him at night now Hmm

BuntyCollocks · 04/03/2013 19:42

Checking in!

DD is being fussy with her naps ATM. Taking ages to settle for them and then she's not sleeping long. I may resort to buying a Ewan ...

9 weeks past Saturday, and we've had smiles and chat for a good few weeks. She's such a sweetie!

She only grunts when she's pooing - which is a lot Hmm

She has, however, put on a whopping 17 1/2 oz in 2 weeks! Go super boobs - and that was with a lip and tongue tie!

katolla · 04/03/2013 20:12

My dd is apparently copying baby bugsy; animal noises, 4 hrs then 3 hrs. Can't wait for that to expand. Also to be quieter.

Meringue33 · 04/03/2013 22:51

Hello all!
So jealous of the six hour babies!
Does anyone else feel they've hit a brick wall with sleep deprivation? LO is nearly 8 weeks we still have nothing resembling a routine. He is fussy and cries a lot in evenings, often gets overtired refuses boob and takes a few hours to go down. Last night did sleep for 4.5 hours this was a record.
Keep thinking I should retry GF or Baby Whisperer as this can't go on indefinitely... Can it?

MarasmeAbsolu · 04/03/2013 22:53

Marking place!
Took both DDs on hols on the continent last week... Epic!
Easyjet nightmare. Will updte soon

Hormonalhell · 04/03/2013 22:57

Meringue yes my DS is very grumbly on an evening sometimes crying for half n hour, he's on colief but finding its making him sick just lately. So worrying when they bring almost a full feed back Hmm

Mrs Bugsy yes Charlie sounds like a baby horse Grin

Meringue33 · 04/03/2013 23:14

Yes he's projectile vomited on DP's face twice now, he was not pleased! Can take the whole evening to settle, gone are the days of a relaxed meal and telly. DP is lovely tho he often brings up the iPad and keeps me company while bf, or paces the floor with baby if he is being fractious.

Lora1982 · 05/03/2013 00:03

Sleep seems to be going well over here. Last feed at ten then he'll wake about half three then sleep til nine... So why am i still wrecked? :-D

planned my first drink evening with work people so dp will FINALLY have to do the night shift... Only fair, since ive done it for two months.

On the dodgy boob front... The dr CUT OFF the scabby bit and im now left with what looks like brain matter in a big hole. It is healing though ive got dressings etc, was annoyed the nurse wanted a district nurse to come out and change it daily. I was like do you think im THAT incapable its a bloody glorified plaster i can change it myself thanks. (i got my own way). I dont wish this on my worst enemy (ok perhaps i would) im taking the itchiness as a good healing sign. I read a link pascha gave me and this only happens to 3-11% of us, i should of got a lottery ticket.

Meringue33 · 05/03/2013 05:51

Ouch! You poor thing Lora. Your story beats anything I've heard re nightmare childbirths etc!

Lora1982 · 05/03/2013 08:39

Has anyone had the first set of injections yet? Is it as nasty as ive heard? It might be the day he stops smiling at me :-(

Hormonalhell · 05/03/2013 08:43

Meringue your baby sounds exactly like mine! I pace the room any time between 6 and 10 in the evening for an hour Hmm

lollipoppi · 05/03/2013 10:00

Hormonal, between the hours of 6pm-11pm you will normally find me pacing the kitchen with the extractor fan on full, white noise seems to be the only trick that will get her to sleep at night, but she will settle just fine in the day!

Anybody's LO had oral thrush?? DD has it, her tongue is white its been like this for weeks and the doc prescribed her medicine but it makes her sooooo sick!!! I really don't know if I should carry on giving it to her today and suffer the sickness or leave it??? X

BuntyCollocks · 05/03/2013 10:10

Keep going lolli - also I've heard good things about coconut oil and gentian violet for thrush.

katolla · 05/03/2013 10:36

Lora I dreamt I was you and having boob surgery :(

AppleCrumples · 05/03/2013 10:47

Lora we've just had first jabs this morning and Ivy gave me a massive smile when i sat down to feed her after we got home (though sometimes think its not me she's smiling at but my boobs :) )

Yay to all the sleeping! Ivy always sleeps 3-4 hours til 3ish but its more hit and miss after sometimes settled for another 3 sometimes up every 90 mins

In other news i am 33 today and really hoping i.can get a shower for my birthday! Thinking i will post pone birthday til i can enjoy it Grin

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CreepyCrawly · 05/03/2013 11:02

Happy birthday Apple!

Hope your boob is on the mend now Lora, your posts do make me laugh.

HV thinks we have thrush too. I've got awful pain in one boob. Nancy's not showing any signs though. I've been given canesten to rub on my nips and told to wipe it off before a feed - but there's nothing there by the time it comes to the next feed.

Nancy slept from 23:30 (much nicer than 2am!) until 4am and then until 7:30. After her 7:30 feed, I changed her and put her durn with the intention of running to the loo before she kicked off but when I came back she was fast asleep, and still is now!

snowqueenrollo · 05/03/2013 11:19

LittlePrince (I have a 7 year old too known on here as BigPrince) had me awake every hour through the night. This 6 week growth spurt is hard.

As i'm new here I'll share a bit about myself. 37, this baby is DS2 for me but first baby for DH. Born 3 weeks early, but still got my lovely homebirth - followed by a week in and out of hospital for jaundice treatment. LittlePrince also has talipes (club foot) of the left foot and so we are undergoing Ponseti treatment to correct that. Weekly trips to hospital to have the foot manipulated and re-cast - soon he'll be going into boots and bar. Not looking forward to that...

Pascha · 05/03/2013 11:23

Shock Apple Its my birthday today too! I'm now officially the wrong side of mid thirties. Boo. I've celebrated by going to Sainsburys and changing the bedding.

Danny was good last night. After his bottle at 9.30pm he only needed 2 feeds at 12.30am and 3.30am, with one resettle plus dummy at something past 4am. Shame we can't get him to accept more than a couple of oz ebm in a bottle as he won't sleep for more than about 3 hours yet. I would rather like him to sleep for 5-6 hours in one stretch at some point.

Lora hope you found some of that info helpful. Hope your boob is more normal looking by the day. How is the feeding going? I'm sure it will pick up on that side quite quickly now the pain is gone.

Countdown to 8wk check and 1st imms on friday...

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