Late December - Early January Thread 2!

[Bella1985]

Hi! We're on to our 2nd thread for babies due at the end of December/Early January. 3rd trimester is in sight...!

Oh no, you had to take her to hospital? Poor thing. Hope she's getting much better by now. That must have been so scary for you.

DS slept for 6hrs straight Thursday night and 5.5hrs Friday night! It was between midnight and 6am too so actually felt like a full nights sleep - it was amazing! We were back to shorter spells last night though

Going for 8 week injections this week - eek! Will be looking for swimming classes to start attending as he loves a bath so he'll probably love swimming sessions!

Yes. We had seen gp who told us if she got worse to go to hospital. He breathing was really rapid, then she would stop breathing. She was also really wheezy & struggling to breath. It was scary but thankfully she's getting better now.

It's nice when they start sleeping better. DD was up 3 times on Saturday night & would not sleep in her bed. Every time I put her down she woke & cried. I got 3 hours sleep, then lastnight she slept 11.30-5.30. I'm glad you got more sleep Bella. You start to feel more human don't you.

Fingers crossed the jabs go ok. We are only just at 6 weeks so have a couple more weeks before that. With DS he cried a bit but was soon over it. They have changed the meningitis part now tho & they can get a temperature I think. DS was a bit poorly when he had men B jab privately. Feels so horrible to be taking them for jabs. I want to take DD swimming too.

Morning ladies. It's gone very quiet on here - I'm guessing everyone has their hands as full as me!! Be great to hear how everyone is getting on. All good here. DS is doing well. Had his first set of jabs yesterday and we seem to have come through it relatively unscathed!! Things have definitely changed over the last 2 weeks or so. He is far more alert and sleeping much less in the day. I hardly dare say it but he seems to have dropped a night feed and since Saturday has been waking just the once, around 3am. I'm well aware that this could change at any moment but I'll take all the sleep I can get for now!! He definitely doesnt doesn't feel like a newborn anymore and it's only when I see younger babies at groups that I realise just how much he's grown.
Hope everyone is doing ok hope to hear your updates soon!

Morning Happylass. It has gone very quiet. Iv checked back a few times to see if Iv missed anything. The days do just blur into one. DD is now 8 weeks. She's had bronchiolitis & we all came down with a bad tummy bug over my birthday which was fun. Seem to be on the mend now! Phew. She had her first sleepover at my parents which luckily went ok. She's even been invited back!!

Glad to hear you are both doing well. Well done on getting to groups. We are venturing to our first one today. Iv been so busy with DS & being poorly that we haven't managed any yet. I am really looking forward to it though. You have also made me feel better about the jabs, they should have been last week but with her being poorly I postponed them. They are on Friday & im dreading it. Been through so many with DS (we have had a Few privately for him) that I should be used to it by now. He reacted to the new meningitis one that I thought DD might be poorly. Did you give calpol at all?

Good news on the sleep! We have got into a routine (ish!) of putting her in her bed at 10.30/11 & then she wakes 2/3 before going back down again until 6/7. It's helping me feel somewhat normal! We do still have the odd night where she wakes up more but thankfully that's more the exception now.

I love this bit where they start smiling & cooing. My DS was 11 weeks old when he started smiling (being 5 weeks early) and it was a long newborn stage. Those smiles at 3am make it a little more bare able.

I think Iv finally decided about contraception after a near miss. I had to embarrassingly admit it to the dr too. Could have been having another baby at the end of the year! that would be too much! Iv lost count of the amount of times people have asked if I'm having more/ or assumed as I have "one of each" I must be done. Even random strangers comment! People can be so nosey.

Glad to hear you are doing so well Happy. Look forward to hopefully more updates!

Nice to hear things are going well. Things are good here too. DS will be 11 weeks tomorrow (where did time go?!) and he definitely looks less and less like a newborn each day. He's alert and watching things, smiles and coos! He can hold his head up and sit up straight (supported) rather than slumping so that helps a lot with wind. He's moved up to size 3 nappies this week as he's weighing around 14lbs and is long - I can't believe it!

A belated happy birthday emz! DS won't take a bottle so a sleepover is off the cards (sadly) but I managed 1.5 hours at the hairdressers by myself, much to their disappointment as they wanted cuddles but DH wanted father and son bonding time so he took him to B&Q!!

Sleep has improved massively for us, he's been consistently sleeping 5-6 hours from 11pm for about 3 weeks and last night he slept 7.5hrs from 11 until 6.30am. He still cluster feeds from 6pm-11pm so that he doesn't wake for a night feed and although I'm tied to him in the evening, it's a very small price to pay to sleep through the dreaded 3am feed! We have to be really careful for the first feed of the day though as his little tummy struggles with the large amount of milk he takes on and we often have a projectile vomit and he's terrible for avoiding sleep during the day. He will nap in the morning but will do everything to avoid any more naps so I'm on a mission to find what works for him as he needs to sleep more during the day.

Hi everyone! Hope you're all well. Sorry this thread dropped off my list. Baby stealth is 14 weeks old and all is well after a horrid 2 weeks where he had a cold and then I had norovirus. He's definitely a daytime sleep avoider too - he's too social! Lots of talking and he's starting to grab things and has rolled over a couple of times. And well over 6kgs. Can't believe how fast the time is going!

How is everyone? Baby stealth was 4 months this week - can't believe how fast the time is flying!

Hello everyone - hope you and little ones are all doing ok? We must all be reaching the 4 month mark - can't believe that H is no longer a newborn and close to rolling and sitting! We've had a few fluke rolls but nothing consistent.... it's wonderful to see her develop and show her personality but a little sad knowing that she's no longer a completely helpless baby!

After getting into a good routine I can see the sleep slipping away... has the '4 month regression' hit anyone else?

Hi Guys. I completely forgot to check back. Life is manic with 2! Approaching 5 months & no idea where the times home. DD is so different from DS. We are still BF which has gone better than I had hoped. I don't want to give it up so will just start weaning at 6 months & as food increases then my milk should reduce. She was taking a bottle but this last month has refused. I have a hen weekend next month so we have had a stressful few weeks but finally found a bottle she will take. Think we have tried almost every one on the market!! Still not sleeping through. She goes to bed about 7.30, wakes at 1.30ish & then 6.30ish. Can't complain as it could be worse. How's everyone else doing?