April babies...part 2

[KristinaM]

Here it is

Morning all! I got to sleep ALL NIGHT until 5.30am so am feeling miles better today. How are you all??

Hi Kristina - I got a lie-in in too as dh got up with ds at 6.30am

hello all on new thread. well I didn't get a lie in. dd3 woke at 5 and again at 6 for a feed. before this week she hadn't done that since 4 weeks old. I am so very tired. bring out that baby rice.....

dd2 is 3 tomorrow and we are having a party. cos it was august I thought lots of people would be away, and it would be sunny summer, and invited loads of people. now we have 20+ children plus 4 babies plus various adults and our garden is a pond! aaggh...

we're also knackered... ds2 has started a new and exhasting habit of waking up at 3am-ish, and then every hour until 7am... He only gets a feed at the 6am wake up - the other times we just settle him back to sleep, which only takes a minute, but is still completely knackering just having to get up. Really don't know why he's doing this, as he's eating and drinking tons. We also don't know whether to start leaving him to cry himself to sleep - knowing this will mean a few awful nights if he cries for ages. It's more tempting to settle him back as it doesn't take so long.

Tricky...

The only good thing about my first day back at work is that it's the day of our office move to a new building, so all will be chaos! I'm hoping to get lost in the madness and hope no-one expects me to do anything other than plug my computer in for the first few days..!

dot - that's partly why I like going back to work at end of July. in universities it's so quiet over the summer I can ease in really gently and there's noone around to pressurise.

I have a theory that babies start waking more around this age because they realise they can, and get attention, rather than always cos they're hungry.

dd3 enjoyed her baby rice!. So my great resolve to wait til 6 months to wean didn't last, she's 4 months and 2 days..... it was that or put the others in foster care for 2 months while I just fed constantly.

Dot! Hey you'd better sort out ds2 sleep pattern by the time you come to visit! we'll have no night time shenanigans in this house.... each babe is allowed to wake up once and that's it!!! [grin)

Fennel - I'm glad your dd enjoyed her food - hopefully you'll start getting a few breaks between feeds?!

Bea - I know!!! V. worried about disturbing the peace at yours (we're going to Bea's in a couple of weeks - there's a Thomas the Tank Engine thing on - ds1 will die of happiness..!).

May start a bit of controlled crying tonight (i.e. leave him to cry for as long as we can stand...)

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Hi Yorkiegirl - my ds was born 1st April so we're very close! He rolls over onto his tummy now but can't roll back so I spend all day rescuing him when he's had enough! He's started rolling off his changing mat too before I mange to get his clean nappy on.... grrr....

Know what you mean Lucy... hi Yorkigirl! You posted on the first April babies thread for a while didn't you - also I think I've talked to you elsewhere (on breastfeeding threads perhaps?)

Am wondering about the solids thing myself at the moment. While dd isn't exactly feeding more frequently (like yours Fennel), for the last few nights she has taken longer to feed herself to sleep. Last night (or was it the night before?) she fed herself to sleep, I thought that was it - then she woke up again shortly after, was bright as a button for a while, before feeding herself to sleep all over again. Is that a sign she needs more do you think? She still sleeps well once she is asleep for the night.

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Hi Bea and Yorkeigirl!

Interesting that lots of our babies are waking more at night. Regardless it seems of how they are being fed. Maybe Fennel is right - its nosiness rather than hunger!!!

As a reward for being a clever clogs and posting the link to the new thread.......can i annoy the rest of you and ask Fennel and Dot a qustion? We're going to a wedding in Chorlton soon and are having problems getting accommodation. When we try online we just get city centre and airport hotels, which are too far away. Any suggestions? what areas shoudl we look in? We will have the baby and 4yo so obviously need soemthing child friendly.

Thank you everyone else for your indulgence.....

NB good luck for the party tomorrow fennel

DD (19 weeks tomorrow) was sleeping through the night till last week so we weaned her and now she's back to waking around 5-6.30am. Hurrah! She has one meal a day at the mo. Wish I was organised enough to cook for her. The closest she gets to fresh food is mashed banana with baby rice (she also hates baby rice by itself).

Both dd and ds are mere slips of things, taking after my skinny dh. Lucky them. I am somewhat more Rubenesque...

hi all on part 2, never manage to keep up with the messages every day, DD is 19 weeks on thurs no signs of rolling over yet and really doesnt like to entertain herself so very different from DS at this age.

very strange this afternoon after her 1.30pm feed she feel asleep at around 2.00pm and didnt wake untill 6.30pm i kept checking her thinking something was wrong but shewas soundly asleep it was lovely got to bake some biscuits with 3yr DS havent had much time for just us since she has been born it was lovely.

really feel for all you who are returning to work feel free to complain though i would.

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dd3 slept through til 7am again. hurrah! am convinced she was ready for weaning. Not just the waking in the night but also, HD - dd3 was doing the same as your dd and waking shortly after a feed for another feed. she just didn't seem satisfied however much milk she had. and I know I was producing lots of milk cos on Monday at work I expressed 18oz!

KristinaM - I see Dot and I are allowed to exist now! I can't think of any hotels in the middle of Chorlton but will ask friends who might know when I see them today. Some of the "airport hotels" are actually in W. didsbury and Northenden, only 2 miles from Chorlton, but I guess you're looking for something walkable?

yes Fennel you are allowed to exist. unless you are teh same person. But only in an existential sort of way

no hotel doesnt need to be walkable as we will have the car. But airport to chorlton seem a long way on map??? Also lots of hotels dont include breakfast and charge a tenner even for teh kids, so will add £60 onto hotel bil. A lot for 6 plates of cornflakes!!

You can probably tell i don't stay in hotels a lot and it all seems exorbitant to me.....

Sorry good morning to to you all!

Geee Am I relieved to discover all your babies are awake at night?
From 8 weeks dd slept form 8pm-6am, but alas no more. Ever since I was sick in July, infact. Always once a night. I have just been waiting for the mixed feeding to kick in, hoping it was because she wasn't yet absorbing enough nutritionally. Last night I decided to leave her a bit but that didn't happen - how come they always seem to sound louder at night? It is gettting better mind, 4.10 this morning is better than it has been. There is no way I would be able to settle her back down without a feed, she latches on like a mad thing. I would really like her to be back to sleeping through before I go back to work. Hopefully, nursery practice will tire her out.
Funny what you said about rolling Yorkiegirl. I leave dd's nappies off in the morning (she's in cloth) and she rolls around all over the place. I have been trying to work out how she manages to move such distances in such a short time, and always when I am not looking!!
Dd is 19 weeks, 20 on Saturday.
Fennel - can I be really nosey and ask what you do in university? Only because I work at a university too

I think we should be really proud of this thread. It really is impressive

Do you know, 10 of us have posted in the last two days???

KristinaM - the hotels I initially thought of are all "no children" it seems. there is an airport hotel which is on the main road between the airport and Chorlton, but it's a huge 60's thing and doesn't look very pleasant to stay in. I'll ask friends this afternoon.

Mrs D I am a social psychology researcher. I manage an EU funded project on transitions to parenthood (what encourages people to have children and when, if and how they go back to work, what childcare they use) in 8 European countries. very topical for me in fact! I find it very interesting.

That must be really intersting Fennel. I'm sure you can imagine this is a subject that is (has become) very close to my heart. I bet the others feel the same too.

Kristina - I can't think of hotels in Chorlton either - it's a lovely place - we go quite regularly 'cos there's a fab organic supermarket (and a Woolies!), but no hotels that I know.

I can recommend a Travelodge at Parrs Wood - might be listed under Didsbury (I'll see if I can find the number). We stayed in it when we came up to get spermed (as it were) - the rooms aren't a bad size and they provided us with a travel cot for ds1 and did a good buffet type breakfast the next day. It's probably about a 15 minute drive to Chorlton, just down Kingsway (big road!).

There's also a either a Travel Inn or Travelodge in the middle of Stockport, which was lovely and also child friendly. It would be about a 20 minute drive from Chorlton.

The airport's not too far away from Chorlton though - probably about 20 minutes by car aswell!

V. tired today - ds2 screamed (and I mean screamed) for 1 1/2 hours last night - we were determined not to give him his dummy and get him to settle himself. Went in every 10 - 15 minutes but he just screamed and screamed. But then fell asleep until 7am, so didn't have a feed at all...

We'll probably persevere through the next few nights - was horrible though and makes me feel like the worst mummy in the world

Dot :( on the screaming. did you do controlled crying with ds1?

I guess you mean Unicorn organic supermarket in Chorlton? it's brilliant isn't it! they do large jars of organic apple puree, no additions, for about 50p. very useful for weaning.

mrs d. you can find details of my project on the web, and even, if you are clever, links to photos of my beautiful (if badly behaved) dds. if you type gender parenthood transition into Google. I'm reluctant to post the actual site.

Found it Fennel, but I am obviously thick because I can't find dds !
I notice the May thread has posted pictures of their babies. Will ask dh tonight beause I LOADS of pictures uploaded but I don't know how to post them!

Morning everyone. Ds woke at 4am last night but apart from rolling him back over :) we just left him - he just seems to giggle at his mobile and then gets himself back off to sleep. I gave him some cow and gate fruity muesli for breakfast and he loved it (cried when I wouldn't give him any more) - I haven't been all that adventurous with the weaning so far, still mostly carrot, sweet potato and banana (not altogether!) and some jars. He's 21 weeks on Thursday - just think in another 3 weeks he can have weetabix, hard bolied egg, toast!!!! Don't think he'll be ready for an egg just yet somehow :)