I think someone switched my baby!

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my daughter is 12 weeks old. she's changed almost overnight.

The changes include constant dribbling (soaking her clothes), her hand almost always in her mouth, picking up a night feed she had previously dropped.

On the plus side, she's learned to blow raspberries, which is cute, but she wants me to play raspberries with her all day long (is delighted by being able to copy me). My tongue is hurting.

Is this the beginning of wanting real food? I have four weeks to wait, at least. The night waking is knackering me out (I'd just started to get my sanity back)

Is this par for the course?

She might be teething already.

Sounds like it might be teething - are her cheeks a bit redder than usual?

yep

Growth spurt is at the root of this one. Up her feed volume if bottle feeding/if breastfeeding your milk supply will increase with extra feeding. At a certain age the saliva glands kick in and start working and the hand chewing thing is the first of a MILLION things she will stick in her mouth.

Hope that helps!

yep was for "is this the start of things to come" and NOT for the "real food" thing.

her cheeks ARE red, have been for about three days, but I've had a feel at her gums and can't feel anything unusual

I gave her a teething ring but she didn't like it

dribble everywhere.....

It was the fairies they have left you a changling. I think you have to go to a fairy ring and dance round it widdershins in the buff at midnight nad then leave them a bowl of milk and youll get your own baby back. Or something

tut. you need a good talking to "young" lady. Luckily I know just the person...

Growth spurt definitely. And the dribbling just happens IME. Both kids did it for ages before any teeth appeared (like months). The raspberries are cute, aren't they!

Ds did that about a month or two before I saw any teeth. It was maddening.

She has just discovered her hands - wait until she discovers her feet .

Personally would not start solids until 6 monnths. I started all 3 at 4 months and had no probs with first 2. My 3rd has severe food allergies and have since found one of their best chances is not to start before 6 months. Here in oz they are revising back to 6 months weaning start age due to increase of allergies.

UK advice has been 6 months for the last 2 years, anyway.

I didn't have to wait until 6 months with dd (nearly 3) and won't this time either. If it was good enough then at 4 months it is now. Dd is fine and no allergies whatsoever.

helsi my first two children are fine too. We have no allergies, asthma, eczema in our family anywhere. Our ds2 is the first. I always felt sorry for others and "knew" it would never happen to us. Everyone to make their own choices I personally wish I had waited now.

oi blackberries

who's gonna give me this talking to, then?

Are you the blackberries who takes a dip from her victorian bathing booth? I thought so.

Cheeky bugger

moi?

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certainly doesn't [knackered]

Righty ho... I now have a minimum of 30 seconds to myself as DS has finally dropped off after what seems like 2 days of perma-wake.

He started dribbling for England at about 8 weeks, and stuffing his hands in his mouth, also going pink, particularly just on the one cheek... looked like teething to me, and lo and behold he cut his first tooth - at 7 months old. They're tricky little blighters babies, I'll tell you that for nothing (usually I charge).

They also have many many ways of trying to fool you into thinking that they are ready for real food - although I have to say I had heard that the waking for an additional feed was a sign, I would personally wait a good while yet. As Cdo says, it will make no difference to night waking anyway.... DS still wakes up to twice in the night for more grub. (Getting so tired I'm considering handing him a sandwich and walking off tonight).

And of course theres the good old growth spurts where she will want to feed almost endlessly (seems more plausible than needing weaning at her age) - you'll know when its happened as nothing will fit her when she gets up the next day

Nah, food doesn't help, and I speak from bitter experience. Actually, dd's sleep has been MUCH worse since starting her on solids (at 6 months). At first she woke all bloody night pooing and with tummy ache, which was horrendous. Cut right down on food but her sleep hasn't recovered. Aargh!

dd2 "teethed" from around 3 or 4 months like her sister, but only got her first tooth when she was 1 yr and 1 week old...
and aloha's right, "food" doesn't do the trick...

food worked with my dribbling waking always hungry 5 month ds ........for a week now worse than he was before. Pureeing is a night mare leave it as long as poss to save yourself work!!!

back to the boiling plums, sweet pot & apples that were reduced today!