October Babies - Part 2

[hercules]

It seems we have part 2 threads on other months so I thought I'd do one on October babies even though we only discovered mumsnet in Jan.

DD is doing well, breastfeeding only and holding out well for 3 more weeks before starting solids. DD sleeps well during the night although havent got a clue whether she feeds during the night as we never wake up properly to feed iyswim.
I'm going back to work for one week in July and then back properly in Sept.

They are much better than other slings but still not for long periods. iiwy with a bad back I would avoid carrying at all.

The baby björn carrier we had was straining my neck too Spod and giving whopper headaches...
The sling I find does not upset my back and I have got abit of a dodgy one myself.

Sorry hercules - only just returned to this thread and realised you asked me a question - why didn't I wait until introducing solids? The answer is that my bf baby showed signs of being hungry before the three hours between feeds. I decided to give solids a go and she nearly bit my hand off so I decided that maybe she had wanted more. Her gag reflex had definitely gone and she was able to sit up qith only slight suppport so that wasn't a problem. She now happily goes five hours between feeds which gives me an element of freedom that I have to admit I was missing. Sometimes I can go off to lunch and my dh can take her (She always refused milk from a bottle)

She's always been a reasonably good sleeper with notable exceptions (See earlier post) so I don't really think that solids helped her sleep more. But then you knew that already....

hello all... how are you all? things here are up and down.... some nights good, some variable but none awful!!! probably just jnxed myself! dd much happier in the day, with a touch of calpol and some herbal powders to settle the teething problems........ still no teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does seem to have upset tummy more than usual...i'm guessing thats teething related too! sitting waiting for two elderly aunts to pay us a visit and tell me what i'm doing wrong!!! if one more person says 'oh shes not on solids yet...you are leaving it late' i will grab their nose and twist it hard. one of these aunt gave me a wooden peg for dd to teeth on (yes really) so i shall now go and lie and say that dd didnt like it. well thats better than saying 'are you mad? you seriously expect me to give my dd a wooden, unhygenic peg to such on for weeks on end, get splinters, just because thats what youu gave your kids???'. no i just smile sweetly.... and will tut when i get told that the diretions i gave them to get to my new house are wrong....which inevitably they will be! aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

my ds was born 30 october...so hello all october baby mums, can i join you? (only discovered mn about 10 days ago)

Welcome Sophable.
No sign of teething or teeth yet for dd and am just debating which highchair to get. I had decided on Ikea but they wont be getting any for a few weeks!
Like the peg
I am desperate for someone in rl ask me when she's going to have solids so I can shock them but apart from hv it hasn't happened.

i started weaning at 4 months, despite fully intending to bf until 6months as ds was waking every 1 1/2 hours for feeds, he nearly bit my hand off when offerred food and has slept much better since (one blip last week, see other thread)...but worry about the allergy thing and am taking things easy and slowly...

Hi everyone. Well Spod, maybe I've just got my come uppance for reducing breastfeeding early. (She started to accept milk from a bottle after I started her on solids) My dd has just had her very first cold and consequently it's been a miserable week - for her and us. Don't know whether it's because she's not getting so many of my antibodies but it does seem a coincidence.

All routines have to go to pot of course when they're ill - I have been doing everything I can to comfort her. Usually a good sleeper, she's been fining it difficult to settle herself back to sleep when she wakes in the nights so I've started having three or four night wakings. Have bf her every time as it's the only thing capable of getting her back to sleep and she needs the comfort. Consequently I started bringing her in with us after the last feed as couldn't be bothered to traipse down the corridor that many times.

It's now a week later - she's now fine but I have, of course, caught the stinking cold (inevitable really - she actually sneezed in my mouth a few times in the night! Lovely) and if last night is anything to go by my dd has now decided that she rather likes being fed several timess a night. Last night she went down at 6.45 (knackered as unable to get to sleep properly in the day) and woke at 11.30. This is the first time she's woken before 3 in ages. After I fed her she sobbed and sobbed until we bought her in to bed with us. Just got her down to sleep when our phone rang (It was midnight and we'd gone to bed at ten to try and 'catch up' on a week of terrible nights - already backfired after the early waking) It was my sister in floods of tears after a row with her boyfriend. Could she come and stay? Of course. So I dragged myself out of bed and sat down comforting her from 12.30 until 2.00am (Feeling grotty and with streaming cold) DD then woke for feeding at 4 and again at 6. She didn't want to sleep after the six o clock feed and refused to eat anything again until 12 today (So I expect she'll try and make it up in the night again) Ho hum. The joys of motherhood. Did I mention that she's absolutely gorgeous? No - too busy crapping on about the minutae of my nights. Since becoming a mother I seem to spend far too much time obsessing about this kind of stuff. I even bore myself!

hey ragtaggle... i know... we do become obsessed with these things... when people say 'how are you' i really should just say 'fine' in stead of going on and on about the kind of night i had and how many times dd has crapped her pants and whether she has had a nap, said 'ah goo', learnt to walk, ride a bike or whatver. i promised myself i wouldnt turn into on of those saddod who go on and on about their baby... BUT I HAVE. and its because she is soooooooooooooooooo georgous! he he. I just ordered a highchair... solid food here we come!!!!!

hope the nights have settled down for you ragtaggle.

Ours are unfortunately disintegrating - the best we get is 3 wakings... the last two nights it has been every 2 hours. Oh dear.
She will go back to sleep when I hold her hand.. she is right next to her us on her futon, so I don´t think she is hungry. Although she looks to be very keen to start eating. But I am waiting until 6 months is up.

I just wish she would sleep............

Hi
October mum here (but new to this chat board). Have a ds most of the time but since he decided he didn't want his mid morning milk I changed his feeding routine. Mistake I think. He now has 3 meals a day with a bottle to go to bed but the trouble is that he now doesn't know when he wants his daytime naps. Should I persue a new routine or revert to old one. Difficult day today

Hi Jeeling
Welcome to our October babies thread.

I am unable to offer any assistance regarding your ds.
Perhaps you should post a thread about it!

All the best

my ds has started sort of holding his arms up when i go to pick him up...i love this. and has discovered blowing raspberries in a big way, does it all the time and looks v pleased with himself. i have got a horrible cold and am praying that he doesn't go down with it too as sleeping is pretty good at the moment (sorry those for whom it isn't but it'll be me tonight/next week)

Question for october mums. DD cries everytimt a stranger looks at her ie anyone else apart from ds and dh. It makes visiting difficult as I cant ask people not to look at her and heaven forbid anyone tries to hold her.
We are going to a large do on Sat and I know there will be loads of people who will insist on holding her and I know she is going to be upset the whole time but we have to go as hard to get out of. Can i just ask people not to look at her or try to take her? Or is that too rude?

No holding should not be considered offensive if you explain quickly that she has been getting upset. But no looking will difficult. Do you think she will adjust after alittle while?
Good luck

hercules, i would say totally you could do that...explain it the way you have here if they say anything (anyone who's a parent should totally understand)! i don't think its at all rude to put your dd first, and anyone reasonable will not have a problem with it. hth
ps. sounds like your dd is well ahead of the game and is individuating and learning that she is seperate from you and that you are her special beloved people (and therefore wants to be near you)

hey all... hows things? I'm trying to start solids - mixed results so far!! think we need to practice eating! having a few probs with feeding (milk) as she seems off her feeding just know... how many feeds does your ds/dd have each day? am also trying to work out how to get dd to sleep longer at night...any ideas? at the moment she's fed at bedtime (8.30 asleep) then I dreamfeed her at 11.30 (or earlier if she wakes) then sometimes shes awake again at 2.30, sometimes not till 4.30... but the most she manages is 5 hours... and as soon as she s in my bed she seems to feed a lot. when she was 12 weeks she slept 8 hours without a feed....whats happened?? dd is also holing her arms up to be picked up (sometimes) and is generally a cheerful soul although i think teething is making her grumpy. what are your little ones like?

Hi all. Spod- dd has recently started on solids and is taking it slowly. It just seems to have dawned on her today that she needs to actually open her mouth to receive it. Someone here suggested me feeding her off my finger and that worked and she now will take something off the spoon.
Her sleep sounds like your dd although we never had the 8 hours. She is in with me and often just needs a cuddle and if she does feed it is very quick.
As for he day, she still has lots of breastfeeds, 3 short naps. Her bfs are very short though, not more than 10 minutes normally.
No sign of any teeth yet though.

?Doesnt hold her arms up but kind of stretches iykwim and although she has rolled a couple of times 2 weeks ago doesnt seem interested in it andI can see her being a late crawler as she hates being on her front for very long.

Ignore ?

our dd hates being on her front too... seems more capable of shuffling along on her bum! i will try the feeding off finger thing as she doesnt open her mouth etither! well she does, but gets the timing all wrong and shuts it again just before the spoon gets there and then her dinner goes up her nose! no rolling over here either.... she doesnt seem interested as she shunts herself around! certain her teeth MUST SURELY be nearly here as yesterday was grottiest ever day... and think i can see teeth????

hello! haven't seen the october babies bit before....lots of things that ring bells for me too! ds was 20th - is now trying to stretch and roll to get things he wants, very cute! he ripped a little poster off the wall near his changing table and gummed it to death yesterday!

we've been doing solids for a few weeks - great enthusiasm and mess from ds....no teeth though

hercules - I'm sure people would understand about your dd. it's horrible seeing them upset isn't it?

Hi all. DD does the bottom shuffle in the bath but hasnt connected that to sitting on the floor yet. Also this is done backwards!
They all sound very funny and getting more and more interesting. SW - how is the goiung back to work thing going. I should be back now put am putting it off for a bit longer but we do need the money so i do feel a bit selfish as she will only be left with dh anyway.

Quick question for October mums - are your babies sitting unaided yet? I only ask because my mum insists that her books used to say that this is the age that they 'should' although my Penelope Leach says that six months babies can stay up without toplling for three or four seconds. I'm not bothered - all babies develop at different rates - but I'd be interested to know how yours are all doing on this front. Mine hasn't lifted herself up from the floor yet but can sit without help for a bit before she topples! How are yours doing?

ragtaggle mine was born on the 8th and will sit unaided for a short time (varies from secs to maybe a couple of mins) and will topple over then. I have to sit with her.