The November 2023-ish baby club!

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@DollyGx we've had the same thing. It just wasn't shifting although feels like she's been sneezing alot more this past week so it seems to be shifting and help clear it up. Or maybe it was the Calpol post jabs that helped?

@JoyApple aww it’s rotten for them ☹️ we had jags a couple of weeks ago now but can’t think if the calpol made any difference for her? She’s snuffly again now anyway but I’ve got some of the snuffle babe oil in the humidifier in our room as suggested by others and I think it is helping! Hope it’s clearing for your little one too 🤞🏼

How did you get on with the GP@Alloveragain3 ?

I can't wait for this storm to pass, the wind is awful!

What was everyone little baby like with their first jabs , like feeding wise , sleeping

My little one hasn't had a bottle since 5.30 and his been so unsettled with sleep , his finally asleep but he cries in his sleep , I'm hoping this normal his not taking the Calpol well either . Is this normal sorry panic mum here I know every baby is different xx

@Thack Thanks for asking, it was ok. They've just suggested we use lots of emollient and only bathe her in Diprobase, not using any scented bath stuff.

I also realised I've been wearing a wool jumper sometimes when I use the sling, so that's probably not helping!

I really hope this does the trick as my son's eczema was horrendous and I don't want her to go through the same

@LeeanneD11 Bless him, poor little mite.
My DD was unsettled; sleepy and hot for at least 24 hours.
She wanted to feed less.
Oh and horrible poos with lots of mucus

DS1 screamed for a good few hours

Thankfully both were back to normal within 1 to 2 days x

Oh no how horrible, my little boy hasn't had a feed since 4.30, doesn't want a feed at all , not even his dummy just wants to be swaddled but worried he will get to hot as he likes to be swaddled like his close to me still he is anyway as sleeps in a next to me crib but these jabs are so horrible I hate them I remember when my older kids had them they wasn't like this xx

@LeeanneD11 I hate the jabs too! It made a settled baby so poorly. I also don't remember my older kid getting this ill. I wasn't keen on getting jabs in the first place and this has really put me off. If DH wasn't around, I wouldn't go for anymore.

I wonder if the second & third jabs will be easier? I really hope so!

@DollyGx I've just got some oil, hoping to try it tomorrow. I hope it works as it wasn't cheap.

Have you tried the rub?

If it offers any reassurance, my little girl had her second jabs yesterday and you’d never have known she had, had anything. Other than a cry when she was injected, she’s been herself and has had no side effects at all. Apparently the first one is for meningitis and that causes them to be unsettled but they don’t give that one during the second so they are much better with it.

How is it going today@LeeanneD11 ? One day unsettled will do no harm. As long as LO isn't dehydrated from not feeding then they'll be stronger for it in the long run.

Mine dropped a centile line (that they'd just gone up) when weighed two weeks after jabs. They'd also had a cold that week so it was to be expected. It was still a gain and they will catch up to where they are meant to be so it's not a worry.

My little boy was fine for 24 hours after the jabs but is unsettled and has dodgy nappies and is slow to feed since. No fever or anything like that but just doesn't seem well. Hope it passes for them all soon.
@Thack do you use an online centile calculator? I haven't had the word mentioned since I was pregnant. Midwife, HV and GP just said he looks fine and that was that. Should I be tracking his weight beyond ensuring it is going up? He hasn't been weighed oficially since being discharged from midwife care aha and GP don't weigh him. I weigh him weekly myself but don't do anything with the information

@Nov2023 baby centre has a centile calculator that I use when I weigh DS myself at home.

I also take him once a month to the health visitor clinic in the local children’s centre and they write it into his red book and track it on the printed graph.

@Nov2023 I'm just using the red book.
It's surprising your HV isn't weighing! I thought the NHS recommend monthly for the first 6/12 months

@BabyBabyBaby123 @Thack Thank you ladies! I have weighed him at the baby clinic but just write down his weight myself. I'll ask the health visitor next time. She has been to the house twice and not mentioned his weight. Same with the GP. His red book has a list of weights from his early days but nothing on a chart. I tried the baby center calculator and it seems he has dropped quite a few centile since birth so I'll need to get it checked. Thanks again!

@Nov2023 my son was born on 40ish centile and is now tracking around 9th and the health visitor is happy with that because he has found his line after birth and stuck to it. So don’t worry too much if he dropped, but has settled somewhere else on the graph.

@BabyBabyBaby123 Thanks! According to baby center my boy has gone from almost 90th to mid 70th so a drop but he seems chunky and happy enough. imagine they will be happy with that but I will check. If he didn't have reflux and spit up so much he might still be in the 90th centile!

Ladies this may seem a silly question but how are you doing night-time bedtimes? My LO usually sleeps from about 7/7.30 to around 3, then awake for a feed but I've been just going to bed with him at the 7.00 with him in the next to me.
I'd love to have an hour or 2 in the evening to unwind/spend time with my husband, and wondering if it's OK to put him down to bed at the normal time but to go back downstairs once he's over?
I'm just reading all thr advice on the have to be sleeping with you there at all times, and wondering what everyone else has been doing...
Just craving a bit of me time/adult conversation🙈

The advice is that all sleep should be in the same room as an adult until 6 months.

DD is 8 weeks old and we’ve been going up to bed at about 9:30 with her. If she falls asleep on me before then she just sleeps on me until we go upstairs. I expect we’ll do that for a few more months.

With my first we reached a point where he needed to be put to be put down to be able to settle. So me and DH would just watch telly in bed instead. And probably started leaving him just before 6 months.

Though tbf during the day if DD is asleep in her pram I usually leave her in one room or the hallway and potter about the house doing what ever needs doing or playing with DS. If I’m staying upstairs I’ll detach the bassinet and take it up with me but I won’t carry it room to room. But there’s so much more noise during the day of me and her brother moving about that it feels different to the evening.

It's more than definitely fine to go back down after putting baby to bed! :) You don't need to be next to them all the time. Mums with other kids definitely can't be in the same room with baby all evening. It's just not practical.

@Chellooo you'll find a level you are comfortable with.

DC1, I'd feel guilty going to the toilet! They had some reflux and colic so prone to be sick.
This baby barely spits up and I'm more relaxed, so I'll leave the room and potter in up to ten minute spells (within earshot). I don't like going that long but it's where I am comfortable.

Do you have a monitor set up?

This is one of those sides of motherhood that no one warns you about! I find maternity leave lonely. The loss of identity hasn't hit me so much this time luckily.

Sorry for the delay in replying his ok still very unsettled , won't drink his milk much , his very restless just won't sleep . I didn't think it goes on for this long . Xx

@LeeanneD11 I hope your little one feels better soon.

To those using mam bottles, have you moved on teat size 2? Not sure when we are meant to move up?

As for nappies, we are still on size 1, wondering when to try size 2? 🤔

His doing much better thank you , I'm using mam bottles and have changed my teats to size 2 and my little is in size 3 nappies the little chunk 😂😂 xx

We are in size 3 nappies now, moved up this weekend just to make it easier for us to put them on her when she’s wriggling, as I think we could have gotten a little longer in size 2 but we needed a bit more grip to help us put them on her when she’s kicking her legs about haha

We are using MAM bottles but still on size 1 for teat, I don’t know when we should move her up though as she seems to taking the milk perfectly fine so I guess I’m just waiting for an obvious sign that she needs to go up.