May 06 - Part 2 - The Return of The Thread

[hockeymum]

So here it is - a brand spanking new thread!

[plama]

Good for you hockeymum - glad to see a new thread. DD2 is coming on nicely, not quite rolling yet. I'm trying to hold off weaning at the moment as she's only17 weeks, but the boobs are struggling to keep up with the demand. DD1 started solids at 16 weeks but the "rules" were different then. I have bought some baby rice in anticipation though!

[sniff]

thanks very much for the new thread

just a quick question has any ones little one cut any teeth yet because gracie is only 16 weeks and I felt the sharp signs in her mouth this morning and a tooth is peeking through!

I am quite upset about this because it means she is growing up!

[asur]

Sniff, there is a LO with 4 teeth already - I'm pretty sure it's Hockeymum's DS but not 100% sure. My DS had a tooth but it disappeared again. It's such a weird thing to think of these babies growing up, they're still little but they do grow up fast!

I was with my niece (2½) at the weekend, she saw me feeding DS and said "ooh, Hamish is getting porridge!" I must have very strange boobs!

[louismummy]

well yesterday was a very stressful day. spent 1.5 hours in the morning trying to get ds to take a bottel. to no avail. then spent 30 mins stuck in traffic with him yelling his head off. arrived at hospital 20 mins late. fortuneately the consultant was very nice so didn't punch her/ burst into tears. got told ds2 has probably got silent reflux, so given ranitidine for him. see if this improves his feeding.and they are sending me a haberman bottle to try. he got weighed was 7.42kg and 67cms so doing well in that respect. just wish he would sleep more. he's just gone to bed he had a 10 min cat nap in the car all since getting up at 7.30 grrr

[squidgeymiller]

hope the new bottle and reflux stuff works for you louismmummy.

DD is currently in her cotbed fighting sleep, she's been up since 9am (very VERY rare lie in!! usually she's up from 7.30 every morning) and is refusing to nap. It's the 1st time she's been in her cotbed so I think it's a bit weird for her, it's the 2nd time I've put her down this afternoon, had to put her back down coz she's soooo tired. Sounds like she's beginning to lose the battle so hope she'll get some sleep soon, otherwise I don't know what to do. I suppose I'll have to keep going to get her and putting her back in.

She'll still be sleeping in her crib for now until she sleeps through the night but I'm putting her in her cotbed for naps now to get her used to it.... do you think that's too confusing or a good idea? I'm not sure now..

[hockeymum]

squidgy - I do know people who've done it the way you do, in that they have naps in their cotbed and sleep at night in their crib. Personally, I just found it easier to put both mine in the same place. As soon as Theo was out of his moses basket, I did just put him in his cot in his room (DD was in with us for 9 months!) Was worried at first about him sleeping elsewhere but our walls are paper thin and he sleeps literally 3 feet away from me albeit through a door. He did take a little bit of time to get used to a different cot, but by day 2 he'd got used to it. I found it helped that he knew that was always the place for him to sleep. He looks at the familiar things arou d him (his nemo pictures) and smiles at them and then just drops off.

IMO the only way to do the nap thing is to let them do the crying thing, keep going back and then putting them down again. Both mine got the jist in a day, by day 2 the crying was down to 2 minutes and by day 3 there was none. DS loves going for his naps now!

Hope it goes well for you.

Louismummy - sorry you are having a tough time with your lo. Hope the tablets work well (worked a treat for a friend of my dd's). Still thinking of you.

[mummymic]

hi sniff- my dd had 2 teeth come through at 16 weeks- ds1 got 2 teeth at 18 weeks, but ds2 )now 19 weeks) hasnt got any!! however, for about 3/4 weeks he has ben eating his hands and doing lots of dribbling so im sure its only a matter of time (as in a few weeks not a few months!)

[plama]

Squidgymiller, I put DD2 in her cotbed in her room for naps too, she only sleeps in the crib in our room at night. We did the same with DD1 and it worked out fine. Go with the flow and do what works for you and your family.

[mummydany]

hiya,
my lo has started teething as well... she is now which is sometimes not so easy to deal with...it hurts my heart so bad when she is crying because of the pain, but i guess every mum knows how that feels. I give her teething gel ever so often, and when it is really bad some calpol. She is growing so quickly... one min, they are born, than u get over colic and now the teeth oh dear lol

[SAHMof1]

Big night for firsts last night - first solids (baby rice) and first night sleeping all alone in his cot in his room. I missed him and cried . He was fine !

[squidgeymiller]

well, second day of Niamh fighting naps in her cotbed. She completely refused yesterday, which resulted in her sleeping until 6am this morning (which isn't a bad thing) and then snoozing after her morning feed for a couple of hours. I had to wake her up for lunch amd now she's refusing to nap again, even though I can see that she's really tired. She's not crying / unhappy, just tired.

I tried picking her up and putting her back down but she just won't sleep - she chats and shouts away for ages and then eventually gets upset, at which point I pick her up and put her down and she starts again.

I suppose it's a matter of perseverance, but it is hard

My heart goes out to you SAHMof1 - I'm finding this emotional enough, really not looking forward to moving her to her own room altogether

[plama]

SAHMof1, I know how you feel. DH is quite keen for the baby to go to her own room overnight (DD1 did it at about4mths when she outgrew her moses baket) but DD2 has a crib as she hated the moses basket. The crib is still plenty big enough, and I don't want her to go in her own room just yet, it is solovely to wake up in the morning with your baby gooing beside you and smiling up at you. I'm trying to hold out for 6 months !

[hockeymum]

I've been spending the past few days cooking and pureeing up a storm in the kitchen and I now have a freezer full of bags of cube shaped fruit and veggies - hoping it lasts me a couple of weeks as it took AGES! So far ds hasn't refused anything. I did get the idea that he wasn't too keen on courgette (even mixed with his favourite butternut squash) but I'm persevering as its green! not the usual orange he prefers!

I figure if it's green and it tastes gross it's got to be good for you, right?!

[luckymummy2Sophie]

Hi all,
I'm new to MN, just joined last week and LOVING IT!! I hope I qualify to joing this postnatal group, my dd was born 17th May 2006.
Juat wondering, what does everyone actually DO to fill the day? I just don't know how to amuse a 4 mth old??!! There's only so many times I can sing a nurseery rhyme CD to her or wiggle a toy in her face. I read her stories, we go out walking a lot, I meet up with BF who has baby same age once a week. Sometimes though, I just don't know what to DO with DD?? I love her to bits, but it can be a bit, dare I say it....boring?? (don't shoot me!!) blush

[squidgeymiller]

I get her up and washed/dressed then feed her, then get me washed and dressed, usually by then it's around 10/11am. Then I give her a baby massage and once she's dressed again I feed her (baby rice / veg and then milk) and then she has a nap (usually an hour or 2). When she wakes up we sometimes go for a walk or play for a bit (sometimes in her activity arch, sometimes a book, and sometimes in her door bouncer). We play until she needs another feed and then we're winding down to bath and bed. Usually we'll play a bit more but she feeds quite a lot in the afternoons (maybe coz she's still bf?). I aim to get her in the bath between 6 and 7, depending on feed timings as lead by dd, and then it's food and bed.

There are days when I don't know what to di, but usually it's more a tough decision of what to play with next. We don't have loads of toys for her, but she just doesn't seem to get bored of them.

She's also learning to type at the mo (when I'm in the middle of an mn post when she gets up fro mher nap, she sits on my lap helping me type until I'm done - much fun!)

[luckymummy2Sophie]

Thanks squidgeymiller.
How old is your dd? My dd just doesn't seem old enough to actually 'play'. She grins and giggles if I sing to her, or will look at pics in a book,and sometimes lies on her babygym fiddling with toys, but she seems to get grizzly very quickly and i find it hard to keep her from being grizzly. Maybe I am expecting too much, but I love it when it gets to 5:30pm and I can start thinking about her baby massage, bath, feed, story and then bed.It means I get to spend quality time with her but in a productive way. She likes her bath etc. I love her to bits and would happily play with her if she seemed to enjoy it more, but she just gets grumpy quite quickly. Maybe I'll start doing a massage ealrier on in the day aswell. She seems to like that. Thanks for your comments.

[squidgeymiller]

Hi luckymummy2sophie, dd is 19 weeks and finds the simplest toys the most fun - at the moment her favourite thing is a string of plastic rings - the type that you use to attach toys to play arches and cots etc with (about 3-4cm wide and 7-8 long in different colours and textures. They are thin enough for her to hold and manipulate quite well so she has fun banging them around.

My HV says babies do need time playing on their own, and while sometimes dd is not in the mood to be left alone, sometimes she's quite happy playing on her own under her arch. Maybe you're over-stimulating her?

[sniff]

my DD is sixteen weeks and she does nothing!! in the way of play at all she just likes being held and wtching what your doing!! and she doesnt sleep its odd because my other two where playing and into a routine by now

and she is getting another tooth

[mummydany]

My DD was born on the 18th of May 06 and she likes to play by herself, but she likes it as well if I sing to her or when we go for walks, we go to babygroups where she plays with other babie's ( well she lies next to them :D she listens to music and of course has her naps in between as well... I think it is important to let them play by themselfs. And the older they get the more of course you can do with them, but you don't need to entertain them all day.

[lrwg]

Can I join please?
DD is 19 weeks and an absolute joy. Went in her own room a couple of weeks ago and love playing on her own. Also loves being sung silly songs too and her Daddy coming home from work!

[hockeymum]

squidgy, ds has the same rings and they are his favourite thing too. I hand them from his car seat and he puts his hands through them like a train whistle and shrieks with happiness.

luckymum2sophie. Your dd will suddenly get a lot more interesting in a few months when she gets on the move, you wont be able to sit still all day as you chase her around the house and make sure the floor is clear of earwigs, pins etc etc so she doesnt choke on something. Enjoy the little peace and quiet you have now it wont last long.

[plama]

Hello eveyone. Am I the only one who worries about how I'm going to "babyproof" the house for DD2 when DD1 is around? DD1 loves to do "crafting" so there are numerous bits around the place, sequins, feathers, spongy things etc,etc, plus silly shoes from dolls,pen tops, you can imagine. With DD1 I managed to keep dangerous things out of reach -how can I do this without making DD1 feel she has to give up the stuff she wants ( I feel the answer is to be very tidy but thats hard!)

[luckymummy2Sophie]

Thanks everyone for your comments. dh did wonder if we were overstimulating her. She sleeps 13 hours at night so she must be tired (7pm-8am, yes I do know how lucky I am...honest!!)

I will try and get hold of these plastic rings you all have. Did you buy them or make them yourself? Funnily enough my Mum (granny) has something like this from when I was a tot and dd did like playing with them at granny's house!! Perhaps I'll have to steal them!!!

[luckymummy2Sophie]

sorry plama can't help you here as I only have one dd at the moment!!! But I do see your problem. I'll be interested to see replies for future reference!!

[hockeymum]

luckymummy. ELC do them for £4, they're called linking rings.

PLama - been wondering about this myself. I guess the only way is to make sure that you are very tidy and to tell DD1 to be extra careful about small things and explain why. I was going to get ds used to his babydan playpen soon before he starts moving so at least if there is a work of art in progress it wont get eaten!