Nov/December babies 2020?

[Kj1010]

New thread I've started incase the other one has filled up and no one has started

@kkr168 my lo was finally diagnosed cmpa at 5 months. I've just started weaning this week only done veg so far. How old is your little. My boy also suffers with nasty reflux and can sometimes vomit 30 times a day. What meds/milk are you on?? We are on neocate, carobel and omeprazol.

@kkr168 poor bub, glad he's feeling better now!

We've tried carrot for our first food and LO broke out in a nasty rash within 5 minutes, followed by explosive diapers. He's only just coming out the other side after nearly two weeks. Makes me so anxious trying out foods 😣

Lo will be 6 months tomorrow , big bouncing baby boy. He just will not stop fidgeting. By this I mean like rolling/thrashing around in my arms when I offer a feed, have him sat on my knee or am carrying him around. Can sit unaided and also roll. I'm not sure if the fidgeting is because he is frustrated with not being able to crawl yet or if it is to do with teething discomfort? If I put him in his chair or on the floor he is happy and interested in toys for like a minute but then cries to be picked up. Has anyone experienced this with Thier baby?

@Nic2908 His was picked up quite early I think, he was 2 months when diagnosed, he'll be 6 months tomorrow. He was put straight onto an amino acid milk because he'd 1st reacted through my breast milk, so the next thing the Dr wants us to try is aptimal pepti, which contains broken down milk protein I believe!
He's currently on alfamino, he reacted to carobel so we switched to magic mix, however the past week I've not thickened his milk at all, with no issues so far & lastly lansoprazole, we've got him down to 1.8ml now & no symptoms have returned.
We hadn't noticed any reflux symptoms for a few weeks, which is why I started reducing his meds, I think being upright the majority of the day & sleeping on his front has helped massively with this.

@Yellowbeansontoast poor baby, it's awful isn't it.

My niece is also cmpa, she is currently half way through the milk ladder & all's going well so far. Hopefully our babies pass successfully one day

Hey guys, back with another update.

My daughter is doing great. I started her weaning journey nearly 3 weeks ago, just before she turned 6 months. She is happy to try everything. I am spoon feeding her purees but also leaving food on the tray for her to pick up her and try herself. Today she tried some broccoli and cauliflower. Safe to say she hated it. She loves banana, peas, cheese, yoghurt, apple pears etc. Hates potatoes and avocados. She can sit unaided but not for long and leans far too forward, she almost bends herself in half! She's making all the sounds ma, na, da, ba and has long long conversations with herself and everyone else!

On the down side, I've not been great. I know I talked about my mental health in the past and how to go about getting help. Things just have been getting darker and darker. I didn't want to try medication as it advises to stop breastfeeding and I am just so attached to doing it. I feel horrible at the thought of taking that away from my daughter. I wanted to keep breastfeeding until 1 year.

I'm ashamed to say I ended up self harming on two occasions.. not proud of myself. First time in my life that I had done this but I found no other way at that point. It was stopping me from doing anything beyond stupid and irreversible. My health visitor and GP have been great. They've been acting really fast. Contacting me regularly, my health visitor wants to check on me weekly now. Doctor thinks CBT will do me good. I'm still on the fence about medication. If I wasn't breastfeeding I'd go for it in a heartbeat but the thought of it possibly affecting my baby girl is heartbreaking. I don't want to switch from breast to bottle so abruptly either. Sorry for such a dark post girls, I guess even talking on here helps too. I hope you're all doing well with your babies.

Hiya @Asianchick6693 that's fantastic your daughter is doing so well my lb likes to scream currently is funny enjoying near on everything I'm feeding him with I think we going through a spurt as he has basically been whingy for the last 3 weeks just constantly whinging especially in the living room I think he hates this room as that's where we are all the time no toys entertain him either he has to teeth and am sure others maybe contributing to the moaning currently been waking up for a bout early hours bit goes straight back to sleep I am sorry you are in a rough place with ur mental health but u have done the right thing being in contact with the hv and dr cant comment on the breast feeding and medication as I've not breast fed ever but do what you feel is best for you and bubba please just come on here to vent etc whenever you feel you need to we are always here xxx

@Kj1010 thank you for replying. My little girl also has 2 teeth and she seems to be waking up in the early hours too. She usually sleeps through the night until 8/9am but lately waking up around half 4/5 and then fully awake by 7. My daughter also fusses if I am in our bedroom for too long, I'm living with my in laws until we save enough so my husband's siblings are a great help at distracting my daughter and keeping her entertained. Definitely find it harder on my own when they are in school. You're doing a great job with your little one and thank you for being there x

@Asianchick6693 aww ty hun it is certainly hard at moment though especially when you cant soothe them and the you get frustrated which they sense and play up more lol but I do know it will get better soon just have to roll with it

@Asianchick6693 wonderful to hear how well your little one is doing. You're clearly doing a fantastic job. As for your mental health, your honesty is amazing.... well done for speaking out how tough it is for you - on here and going to get the help you need from GP and HV. Great to hear they are so supportive. As @Kj1010 said, please come on here for a vent... we are all here for you.
Sending you hugs. Xx

@Kj1010 @Jwl45 thank you girls 💖 when you're in a dark place it's hard to believe anyone cares for you. You just feel so alone but the reality is everyone has been so loving and caring. Even all you lovely ladies here and I've never met any of you so it really does mean the world to me, especially at a time like this. Xx

@Asianchick6693 I cannot imagine for one minute how you feel in that dark place, but am so glad that you can talk about it and can see that so many care for you.
Even your " net friends " here xx

Hi all. Baby is sitting really well so we've started weaning. She was six mo the a couple of weeks back. I'm using 'how to wean your baby' by Charlotte Stirling. It has a 30 day plan where you give baby something different each day. It starts with the more bitter veg so that baby doesn't immediately favour sweet food. It has some great recipes too.@Asianchick6693 I am glad your health visitor and GP have acted so quickly.

We sit for a little... not long at all before face planting the floor! I'm sure it will come. The voice is very funny at the moment, a big screen mostly and there's suddenly a lot of growling!! Where on earth did that ce from?! 🤣
Last few nights, she has been rolling over onto her stomach and sleeping like that. Yesterday morning, the minute I realised -around 6am I went to turn her around ... well there was no way she was going back to sleep! What a long day lol . 8am onwards is her norm! Again this morning, I woke to find her on her front. I turned her again and she did sleep this morning. It's worrying me ... this whole belly sleeping....

@asianchick6693 it might not seem like it but I think you have come a long way from when your first were feeling down and wouldn't even pick up the phone to the gp. As for your little girl she sounds like she is thriving. When she is old enough to understand I am sure she would have preferred you to be looking after yourself. She needs you strong and happy for the future as you have many many years together.

@Nic2908 you're right. I'm able to realise when things aren't right and have managed to pluck up the courage to reach out when it's all unbearable. It was my birthday yesterday, had a rough patch in the day but by the evening I managed to accept my husband's offer at going out. Had a nice meal and ended up having a good night's sleep. I don't think I'll get better overnight but I'm glad that I've started a process of trying. I'm going to research more into the medication the doctors have suggested and breastfeeding. Hope everyone is having a good day x

@Asianchick6693 I'm so glad that you reached out for help & that it was given, hope you start feeling better in yourself soon. Happy birthday for yesterday x

@Jwl45 Tommy started sleeping on his front around 5 months old, it's worrying isn't it but as long as they can lift there head & roll over by themselves it is fine. This last week he has suddenly started sleeping on his left side instead!

He is now completely off of reflux medication & has taken well to aptimal pepti, which has the dairy milk protein broken down, so things are going well on that front.

@kkr168 ... yes she can hold her head and roll... both ways by now. She has always rolled onto her side and loves pushing her face up against the side of the next to me...(we are still in that at the moment! I need to sort myself out!!🤣) I did have a fright...she could have been there minutes.. or for all I know most of the night...She is in a sleeping bag so there are no blankets etc.
We are almost sitting up unaided... well she does for minutes before face planting the floor!
I put her down now and she goes straight onto her front and spins around. Very funny to watch! One leg gets to a crawling position... and that's it .

We start our baby classes tomorrow so that will be a nice change.
Hope you're all well 😊

Been a while since I caught up with you guys!

DS is 23 weeks today (5.5 months next week) and is so physically strong! He’s been sitting up unaided for about 2-3 weeks for a couple of minutes and can lower himself up and down. He rolls over multiple times and in the past week, has started leopard/commando crawling everywhere.

We haven’t started weaning yet, more out of laziness than anything, but are also planning to use the Charlotte Stirling book.

He’s still on 3 naps a day but the afternoon one tends to be short (15-20 mins) and if he sleeps two hours at lunch, then I sometimes drop it completely. We put him down about 7.30 ish and tend to get about three wakes between then at 7/7.30am. I’m still ebf so trying to get him to stretch out his periods between feeding at night - still surviving on 2.5 hour stretches!

Sounds like everyone is doing really well, so interesting to see the next stages that DS will hit - I’m pretty sure he was the youngest on the original thread!

Tommy gave me the fright of my life earlier! He was sitting in his cot whilst I put some washing away, he then pulled himself up to standing, I practically flew across the room to stop him falling out. I thought it might have been a fluke but no he carried on over & over, definitely time to lower the cot! I wasn't expecting him to be doing that already.

How everyone getting on with the heat? Tommy spent most of yesterday in & out of the paddling pool

Baby has started going through the night! It's lovely.

@kkr168 oh wow... No, I wouldn't have expected that either. Same here, Elsi loves the paddling pool and I bought one of those UV tent things from Argos so she was in and out of the both. I notice she is one bottle down several times now - whether that's the heat.
She's not fussed on water though.
We have star
Yes the 7 month pouches fromEllas kitchen - so I could see consistency. She mostly gags. Have your babies done this? She took some of it , but it was horrible to see her heave with it. We have our 6month check tomorrow... Bit late as they are a bit behind. We turned 7months on the 9th.
@tigerbreadandtea fab! Doesn't it feel great?!

@Jwl45 yes Tommy always gagged at 1st then clamped his mouth shut, I think he just wasn't ready. The last 2 weeks though he has really started to enjoy food, yesterday he had his 1st proper meal with us of baby potato, haddock & peas, he loved it. This morning he had toast & again really seemed to enjoy it

@kkr168 oh love him. Well to be honest, today she did much better.. first few mouthfuls I thought oh no... But she got better then. Porridge is good in morning. She didn't take toast v. Well
Will come back to that.
She still loves the pureed fruit sachets. Might try some banana later.
She's going to the dentist today. 😂 My eldest 2 have an appointment and they said to bring her along lol.

Hi, can I ask what time your little ones go to bed? And how much they nap during the day? My LB is 5.5 months and wakes every morning at 4.30am no matter what time he goes to bed or how much daytime sleep he gets 🙈

Morning all havent been on for a little while how is everyone's doing with this heat my little lenny doesnt like it much either awake and quite irritated or asleep he has just been in a nappy and fan on while indoors or if out just a vest he isnt drinking loads anymore either only around 3 to 4 the most he does have a ounce or 2 of water or juice his poo scared te life out of me looked black and very firm at a closer look it's dark green and brown and he seems to be straining alot to get it out so I think a bit of constipation he loves his banana but that can cause it he doesnt cry or seem in pain wen going though just seems he pushing that little more to get it out well I weighed him on our scales today I sat him on them and he goes 8.618 kilos which is 1 stone 5lbs and is on the 91st centile is this good bad I dont know trying to get through to hv is none exsistant they still arent seeing anyone other than vaunrable children so cant even get him weighed on their scales lenny is 27 weeks what do you ladies think ty