April 2004 babies part the fourth!

[Yorkiegirl]

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Hi YG. Ooh, new thread - very exciting!
I also had a bad night last night. Ds woke at 4.30am and didn't go back to sleep. Still not feeding him in the night (don't want to go back down that road) so got him up at 6am but so tired. Not sure I'm doing the right thing. He's eating loads during the day but is very grumpy today probably due to lack of sleep.

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That's what we are also trying to do. dd wakes at about 4ish and if offered she just guzzles a bf but I'm sure she is getting enough during the day to not need it so dh and I are trying cc and attempting to settle her without food.

ooo-er good luck with the non feeding @ night ds earliest 5am ,but only if he goes 2 sleep 2 early
thanku 2 all those who had the bounty chat as nudged my v bad memory abut the small tub of sudofed cream hich has helped with ds latest skin sores which I seemed helpless 2 make better ta v mucho !!

ps , we are in High Wycombe between london and oxford on the old M40 so either would be fine 4 us
the b-pump was great for easing the presure IUKWIM , but ds always ate all I had ! so I did nit need 2 do it v often , but it does getbetter and easier wiith pratice , but u no if u get it sightky wrong cos the boob goes a v odd shape !

My dd is waking a lot (and crying) at night at the mo. I usually end up breastfeeding her - it's the only thing that seems to calm her. Don't think she actually needs the milk though.
Re solids, so far she has had four meals of baby rice - and one of newspaper! She is 'travelling' now when we put her on the floor - not exactly crawling but by rolling and pushing and force of will she gets to where she wants to go. Thus I turned my back for a moment this evening and then found she'd eaten a corner of yesterday's Guardian! She should be all right though - shouldn't she?

Just saw your last post dolbear - I did a bit better with the pump today. Am using it for the baby rice, while she isn't eating much.

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Ah phew! Thanks Yorkiegirl. I'm not a bad mother then

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I find socks come off all the time with no help from anyone - how come we can keep them on but babies can't?

I think it is the way they scrape their feet along the ground. Although I did catch dd holding her feet and pulling her slippers off with both hands the other day so that explains why they aren't ever on for long.

Another newspaper eater here with a lovely black face from the ink.

morning all. lovely and sunny after 4 rainy monday mornings in a row!

Have never had a paper-eating baby. dd3 likes to squish up the paper instead.

HMC how's the 2yo dd? I've spent a lot of time over the last year feeling guilty about lack of attention to my dds. but actually I think 2 and 3 year olds are just like that - sometimes tantrummy and toddlery - with or without a baby sibling. I have eventually learnt not to blame toddler behaviour on having another baby. My neice is just 2, no siblings, and has hit toddlerdom with a vengeance. meanwhile my hyperactive dd2 (age 3) has been lovely for the last week or 2, after a fortnight of bad behaviour.

periods came back today. am still fully bf apart from solids. huh. am now worrying about contraception (seems I am the only one on this thread who doesn't aspire to 4 children, judging by the postings on that 4 children thread )

ah no fennel one is enough 4 me -a
BIG paper-eater here , @ least I am not the only one ! have resorted 2 giving ds the old argos catalogue ! also big carrier bag fan , good job the experts don't listen in , I would be hauled over coals !
re meeting up was thinking that any big city will be scarey - parking getting lost etc , is there not an attaraction or hse or sdomething with free parking and easy to find on a map I use only as an example warick castle ?

Hi Ladies,
We have got very hyperactive on this thread lately!
I have been wondering. Dd is certainly not as mobile as all your babies. She does enjoy tummy time for a little while and she is certainly closer to sitting. I mean,if I hold her at nappy level she sits up but pn her own she grunts a bit trying to stay up before eventually falling onto her nose. She can't roll as yet, but I do believe that is because she does wear big nappies I think I need to give her more time rolling around naked.
However, she is certainly ahead in the eating stakes. She ate porridge with us yesterday, to celebrate her 6 month birthday! With greek yoghurt, maple syrup and cinnamon. Well she loved that!! Courgette au gratin (sounds impressive) for lunch and butternut squash and pear puree for dinner - still no teeth! I am having problems bf her though. I have been bf first and last thing but she has started crying and snatching when I feed her and I don't know why? Fennel?

Oh and guess who's got a g-mail account?

hi Mrs D

plenty of our babies aren't that active. dd3 still sits but no standing, crawling or "travelling". Only the very occasional roll, when nappy is off.

as for the messing around when bf, there seem to be a few threads on that recently. I think they get interested and distracted more easily. it becomes less of the centre of their life as they get more sociable and enjoy playing and interacting.

or she could be teething. dd3 got her first tooth yesterday. she was a bit sad and weepy.

Dolbear - what about Cadbury world nr Birmingham? then we could stock up with chocolate

It's not distraction, she usually pulls off and smiles all the time when she's like that. No, she si really upset, crying and thrashing about. maybe my flow has dropped to almost nothing. Although when I squeeze to see, it almost hits the other side of the room. maybe I should start a thread?

Uhmm Now that's and idea - chocolate!

maybe it's not coming as fast as she's got used to from a bottle? if that's the case you could go in one of 2 ways.

1, decide it's not worth the effort and go fully to bottles.

2. (what I'd prob do at this age) up the feeds a little to increase milk supply. but if you're at work all day and not into expressing that could be hard.

or 3. just keep going and assume she'll regain interest a bit in a few days.

though really, regarding chocolate, cadbury's is not dark and chocolately enough for a true chocoholic. For that we would have to have a trip to belgium, or perhaps to Thorntons?

MrsD - I've just emailed (g-mailed?) you. What is g-mail anyway? DD is distracted feeding, and teething. Doesn't sound like it's your supply that's the problem. Also, re dd 'travelling' - it's earlier than I was expecting to be honest (hnece the newspaper incident!).
Fennel - you say your dd got her first tooth. Do you mean it's all the way out or just poking through? I always wonder what people mean when they say that.
That porridge sounds lovely MrsD - can I have some?