May Babies... part 2!

[GeorginaA]

... just because we can't stop yammering on

Morning all,

Hooray! what a good night dd went down at 7.00pm and then slept until 2.30am then went through till 7.00am this morning
Georgina- are you still giving an 11.00 feed? dp and i are have dropped that last big feed and are letting dd wake when she wants now, just at night, in an attempt to stretch out time between feeds. So far so good, she's definatly going for longer at night.
Libb how are things?
Another vote for Sudocream here, dd has had nappy rash once and it cleared it up almost over night.The group i went to yesterday was quite good, everyone seemed to be in about the same place with their Ds. I told them all about mumsnet!
Spots, glad the feeding's getting better.
DD just batted a toy on her play mat purposfully for the first time!
xx

how old is your dd cat?

Yup, still doing the 10/11pm feed, but don't mind that particularly.

I'm fuming at the moment though - having real problems with ds1. Normally, he's quite safety conscious when we're out, but today on the way back from a friend's house he threw a strop and refused to hold my hand half way across a main road. I really struggled to keep my temper and I've sent him to bed for an hour's nap/quiet play as soon as we got in (not really an appropriate punishment for the crime, but the sleep will do him good and the time off will be good for me too!) He'd been getting better this week too

I can sympathise with the stroppy oddler Georgina - dd has just gone to sleep after being in bed since 1.15. Poor thing was completely knackered but just would not go, and I was determined not to cuddle her to sleep as that will just lead us back down the slippery path to 2 hours in her bed each night.
I think she probably picked up on my stress - had a horrid conv. with doctor who refused to give us DTaP - am now going tocompose a stinging letter of complaint about the refusal and the attitude.

I've sort of dropped the 11pm feed, simple because it's been inconvienient for a few days. DSis going from 8-1.30, then waking at 8.30ish (I know I should be getting him up earlier but I really can't be bothered - please don't tell Gina anyone)

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Egypt dd is 9 weeks old.
Aww twiglett, is it getting better now?
Prufrock i know how you feel. 7.00am is NOT nice, especialy when dp and i decide to be irresponsable parents and try and capture out non baby days by watching Alien until 12.45 and drinking gin and tonics
This morning, despite having a really good night's sleep dd decided she wanted to sleep at about 7.30, which we would normaly try and encourage against, but this morning i was so tired i let her sleep in her chair, and put it in the bedroom so i could sleep as well!! 9.45 we woke up I'm sure I'll pay for that tonight
Okay so i've been told 3 different things in regards to what's classed as a temperature: the chart we got in our bounty pack says anything above 37.2 degrees c, the nurse at the surgery said anything over 37.6 and the Calpol website says 37.4. I need to know which one it is so i know if i should be very worried, worried, or just mildly concerned that dds temp is going inbetween 37.7 and 37.4, after having her jabs on Tuesday.
Anybody?

Back of our ear thermometer says normal range is 36-38.0C, but to be honest I always try to get a reading while they're well and work from there. Ds1's normal temperature is right down around 36C, so he can be having a temperature at 37 ish even though that's supposed to be "normal" I know he's unwell.

Ds2's normal temperature is just under 37C - he became slightly warm up at 37.4C after his jabs but never got any higher. I wasn't unduly worried - whereas I would be if ds1 was up at that temperature - does that make sense?

yes it makes a lot of sense Georgina, thanks. Wish i'd thought of doing that BEFORE the jabs!
I think generaly dd is well though, i'm probably just doing the panicky mum thang (anybody else SWEAR they wouldn't be like that?!)
xx

Twiglett PMSL... and Ilove that you're admitting to it now...(tho sympathise obviously)

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Didn't even spot that thread twiglett but it could have been me at times too. DS is not being the easiest child but sometimes I feel so sorry for them as well. Never really appreciated quite how much of a juggling act it will be.

As for nappy rash I really agree with whoever said to leave the nappy off. I do this in the morning and at bathtime with DD and it really helps. Little Madam did a massive poo on my lap tonight which totally leaked out of her nappy (changed by DH I have to add) all over my pale blue trousers.

Egypt, dd2 seems to have changed her routine slightly the last couple of nights. Last night she went to sleep at about 10pm and woke up at 5am for a feed, fed again today at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7.30pm. She's just gone to bed now so again a 10 pm bedtime. I don't mind that so long as she sleeps through. She seems to have dropped down to 5 feeds a day but since she's taking 6oz in a bottle she's still getting 30oz a day, HV mentioned that don't know how significant it is. I'm not doing GF but I do have the book bought it more as a guide to what I should roughly be doing. With dd1 she just ate and slept when she wanted and it didn't bother me as I only had her to concentrate on but this time around I wanted to try and get dd2 into more of a routine than dd1 had.

Georgina is the ear thermometer a good thing to buy? We didn't have one of those with dd1 but have been thinking of getting one. Any recommendations on which one to get?

Linnet - I like it, mainly because it's so quick to get a reading. It also seems to be what the docs use in our surgery for young kids/babies so I presume it's fairly accurate. We have the Braun and it's fairly simple to use... just clip on a disposable cover, insert in the ear, press and hold the button until it beeps (a matter of seconds). Nice and easy to do when they're asleep too with minimal disturbance.

I can't believe how much we talk on here! I think we have beaten all the other threads hands down!

I am on my own for the whole night as DP is going to a friend's barbie down in sunny Watford(hah!) and doesn't fancy driving back (and I'm too chicken!). Plus it wouldn't be very child friendly, think non parent drunks lurching about. Besides I am not a big fan of the birthday girl's husband, he's a muppet of the highest order - however it is not my place to get in the way of the true love that DP feels for him . . . he he.

So DS and I are going to stay up late, eat whatever takes our fancy, watch something corny, drink a bottle of vino and lament about soggy barbecues - or we might just follow the "have a bath, have a feed and please will you try to leave out the 2am feed, dagnammit!" routine. Then I'll have a glass or two of wine and creep into bed. Wish me luck (not with the wine though obviously, that I can manage - thanks).

enjoy libb!

linnet, we were in bed at 7pm last night (love to compare nights with you!) didnt sleep until 8pm. think will make bedtime 8pm tonight! woke at 12, 3.30, 5.30, 6.15 - sucked finger, went back to sleep) and 7.30. WHEN am I going to get my dd to go through more than 4 hours during the night???????????????????????????? ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH

well we are having some of dh's work friends, a couple, over here tonight. takeaway curry and bombard the poor things with photos i spose. never met them! (and prob wont again ) . they want a baby. we've said we'll put them off! whats the betting she sleeps through tonight!?

oh yeah, wanted to share with you. my cousin, who is norwegian, has a dd who was born 20 May. apparently it is usual practice in Norway, to have your newborn sleep IN your bed WITH you until they are 6 months! Scary, i know, but get this. The baby sleeps and always has done practically from day one, ALL NIGHT, just as they do. Yes, not even a feed. This can't be right?! She has 4 girls and has done this with each. I NO UNDERSTAND (confused and jealous face). Don't think I believe her.

I can't believe it - we slept through grin]. And proper "sleeping through" by anyones definition - 8pm to 8am. Admitedly I did wake up at 2am, convinced I'd missed him crying, and agin at 5am, and at 7.45, and by 8am I'd convinced myself that he wasn't crying because he'd died in the night so I had to get up and get him But he did it.
(I'm sorry to boast but I am so pleased - and remember I've got at least two weeks on the rest of you)

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DP just phoned to let me know of his arrival and said in conversation that he deserved a night off - from what exactly? me creeping about steathily at 2am to feed DS? so why am I missing this man after just three hours? Must be insane - or in love.

Bah! I spend all week with just DS and now my weekend with adult company has been stolen by someone who can't even have the decency to be having a milestone birthday - just as well I like her a lot (but not her husband) I told him we could've had burnt sausages at home . . .

Blimey, when did I get this pathetic and sorry for myself?

Might just have to put a cheesy chick flick on or something - get DS in touch with his thoughtful, feminine side so he doesn't end up like his dad!

Twiglett, your DH sounds lovely - despite it being at the expense of your sleep!

I think the worm has turned, not that my dd2 is a worm of course, well she is very wriggly but anyway.

Last night she went to bed at 10pm, woke at 5am for a feed. Woke again at 9am and dh gave her a bottle. She went back to sleep and slept until I woke her at midday! She's been ok during the day ate again at 1pm then again at 5pm then had last bottle at 8pm. Wasn't tired though so again didn't go to bed until 10pm. I think the fact that we're not getting up early and rushing out to school has thrown her a bit and me, I don't know what day it is half the time. Will have to start practising earlier routines soon for when the schools go back. dd2 had a good day though with lots of awake time and spent ages in her bouncy chair hitting the balls. She has a little turtle that's suposed to be clipped to the pram hood but it kept falling off so I've tied round the bar on the bouncy seat. She spent ages staring at it and giving it big smiles, lol

I wouldn't have dd2 in the bed with me and dh all night, even if it did make her sleep right through. My dh often thrashes about in his sleep and I often get clonked on the head by his elbow plus he spends half the time hogging all the duvet then piling it all back on top of me because he's so hot. poor dd wouldn't stand a chance if she was in with us. In saying that sometimes in the morning after she's had her 7/8am bottle I keep her in bed with me and let her sleep on my chest. Sometimes I lie her on the bed but I don't usually put her between us I put her on the otherside of me. Don't they say in the cot death guidelines that it's not safe to have babies in bed with you all night? But then in saying that if they do it in Norway why is it frowned upon here?

dd2 managed to find her thumb today, but lost it again after a few minutes. dh doesn't seem to like the idea of her sucking her thumb as he said you can get them to throw a dummy away, that's what dd1 did when it started to break we asked her to put it in the bin which she did and never asked for it again, but you can't throw out a thumb. I said we'll wait and see if dd2 makes a choice between her thumb and the dummy. oh the great thumb/dummy debate don't you just love it .

Linnet, you sound just like me - DS just appears in the bed after the 5am feed? not sure how so it must be the pixies . . . . he must love a canoodle with daddy I guess.

I have also had to wake DS on purpose at 9am recently - otherwise it isn't just his ability to snore far too loudly that DP and he have in common.

You will be pleased to know that I haven't had that Bridget Jones "all by myself, don't want to be . . . " moment yet tonight (I daren't because he'll wake up!) but have found myself watching Wayne's World and tittering - someone shoot me.