December 2010 - Merry Christmas new babies!

[Chooster]

Hi, I couldn't see a post-natal thread but as we grow in numbers we'll need a place to chat!

All good here... Jude is now 5 days old and such a wonderful good baby. Mind you he must think he's been born in the Arctic as it was -16 outside this morning in Edinburgh. Brrrrrrr - Its not always this cold Jude .

How's everyone else getting on?

Bob is 4 months old (17 weeks last wednesday) and half way to rolling back to front. He rolls onto his side at night which is a bit scary as I half expect to find him flat on his face when I wake up. it is super cute to have him turned towards me though.

I went to a big family BBQ at DH's granny's house today. All 7 of her great grand kids were there including my SIL's new 5 week old son. I spent the first hour stressing out about the heat and sun and feeling annoyed about not being able to hold my own son (isn't it just awful when your baby is crying real tears and someone else starts jigging him about and making it worse - I felt like grabbing him and running!) but then chilled out remarkably as the day went on. Mind you - he is the only child in the family photograph crying as Great gran decided to re-ajust his sunhat and hold him facing the sun and then wouldn't give him back when I tried to take him. DH's mum was very emotional when she saw Bob and she's really been enjoying his company which is nice. Hopefully they will get some bonding time but I hope she makes time to see the newest grandchild too.

I have a day off from family stuff tomorrow, yay. Just going to chill out in the park.

My egg thermometer thing is still over 25 degrees, Bob is really hating it.

No weaning here either, I am going to wait until at least 5 months and probably 6 as I too want to do baby led weaning. The health visitor will be here on Tuesday and I know she wants to talk through weaning with me.

frankenonsense thank you for your sympaty and advice RE feeling down. I do think it was a sleep issue as the new routine and me going to bed earlier (apart from tonight!) seems to be working. I am less grumpy for sure.

Hannah is 19 weeks today and I heard her laugh for the very first time. Met up with a friend and her one-year-old DS and Hannah was fascinated by him. We went on an Easter egg hunt at Kew Gardens - lovely day out.
Weaning wise - H loved a carrot stick on Friday and was rubbing it on her gums. she couldn't grip a cucumber stick today. Not sure I should be giving her bread but she loved gumming on a hard crust. Doing well with the sippy cup; she drank an ounce of milk with her dad and has been liking cooled boiled water from it too.
Tomorrow, we're flying to Dublin and I'm a bit nervous of all the stuff I'll have to carry / wish I'd got a sling now.

Hannah's latest phase is wanting to stand up on my lap. Still no sign of rolling though.

Hope you all have some quality time with your other halves over the bank holidays. See you next week :)

Isadora is 18 weeks and I have just started two meals a day baby rice for one and veg for the other after two weeks of one meal, she was feeding every two hours or more. She has two teeth so haven't tried sticks of food as worried she might chew a bit off which she did with a bickie peg the other day. So far going well she seems to have a big appetite and always tries to go for what ever I am eating.
stenogirl I couldn't live without our sling my sister gave it to me and she is in it all the time she goes through phases of not liking the buggy so I always have the sling underneath which is a lifesaver.
We had a day of rolling last week but it seems to have been forgotten now!
DF Our bedroom thermometer was 22 last night but I was cold! I put I to bed in footless baby grow lying on her sleeping bag and zipped it up once temperature had dropped, she always has very cold hands, feet and face even with this weather must take after me.

franken loving your baby dump game Glad you had a positive chat with your DP and that things are getting sorted.

kiwi I've shockingly just had to sit here and work out how old Matty is - v bad mummy he's 18 weeks and 2 days

enjoy your trip steno

Matty's mastered rolling front to back but only on his right hand side. The other night he somehow managed to get out of his bouncy chair and I found him lying on his tummy at a right angle to his chair - clearly practicing escapology! He absolutely loves being up on his feet. I'm really pleased that he actually prefers being left alone to go to sleep now, rather than being cuddled or rocked. Makes life very easy. He's a very smiley baby and has been so talkative the last couple of days. He's likes to shout at us, which is fine, except DH has been working nights and is trying to sleep during the day when Matty's is competing with DD to be heard!

I had to rush around buying him some clothes for the warm weather, only for the sun to bugger off and the temperature to drop. Typical.

Hiya ladies and babies, enjoying another BH weekend? We went out for the day rather than stay home and watch the royal wedding, we watched the highlights when we got home. What a lovely dress!

One more day with DH home and than back to normal for me and Bea. She has loved having him home, and I've found it handy to get things done, by just passing her over and doing it, rather than waiting until the weekend. I am going to miss him so much.

We have dropped Bea's 2am feed and were worried about how she would respond, and she's been fine. I hope it continues. 10pm bedtime, 6am rising. She doesn't nap so much during the day though and is a monkey to settle for daytime naps.

Signing up for some new groups soon. What does everyone else do? Jolly Babies and Baby Sensory clash in our area, any recommendations? We also went to our first swimming session earlier this week. Even though the pool was warm, the air was a little chilly and so we got out early. They had a hair dryer that was a life saver, as she has a big mop of hair that she hates me towel drying. Her first hairdryer and she was fine. It was a not very hot one. Makes me wonder about finding mine out, but I think my husband may have killed it some years back [shows how useful I've found it].

Been trying Bea on some solids this week, seeing more if she's interested, as she'll suck anything that she nabs off our plate. Baby Rice seems to be a success and she's fine with the texture, mixed up with expressed milk. I may start weaning now and see how it goes.

I am looking about for more summer clothes for Bea, mainly second hand as I am not sure how much longer she will be in Newborn or 0-3, some stuff is still too big for her. She was weighed on Wednesday 10lb 4oz, still gaining but very slowly.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday!

have got back from devon, where my gorgeous girl charmed everyone! she was fine all afternoon, then put her down, whereupon she screamed and screamed and screamed, proper tears and high pitched screams. got a few burps up and finally fell asleep on my shoulder. have managed to get her down, but will she stay down....
arghhhhhhhhhhh commentators curse. she is not a happy bunny. may be in for a looong night.....

kiwi did you have all the advice as well... you should try cooing like this/swinging her back and forth/whiskey/singing somewhere over the rainbow... pass her here, I always manage to get them quiet/asleep... I don't know why you don't let her cry it out. Eveyone is soooo full of advice and I know it's well meaning, it just really gets to me as now she's 4 months I've got the knack of what to do, it just takes time, and not so many people shouting their advice. :) hope you had a lovely time.

last week I was asked several times "doesn't he have a dummy?" and told to give him a bone to suck on when he starts teething! MIL's visit went without a hitch though it does seem that everyone else wants to be the one to soothe Bob when he's upset/got wind/tired even though all he really wants is me. I had to stand by while he was passed round in obvious discomfort and stop myself from snatcing him back.

We have had some rolling over, back to front mainly. Bob rolled over in his sleep one night but hasn't really mastered rolling back. He's changing loads but his sleep is erratic at the moment so I am shattered.

Hope all are well :)

Best bit of advice I've had is that you are the expert on your baby. It also gets easier to stop playing pass the baby when they get a bit bigger and start to make it clear to everyone else that you are the one they want.

Glad mil visit went well DF

After weeks of dreadful sleep I've gone back to full-on co-sleeping, DS goes down in his cot at 8 but after he wakes around midnight he is in bed with me and I drift off to sleep while he feeds. I'mhappier about the safety aspect now that he's much bigger and stronger, still a bit concerned about long term getting him into a habit it will be hard to change but right now it is bliss getting a bit more sleep.

Re stupid comments from others - my best/worst was with dd from a stranger who I'd just told that she was 8 weeks old - "has your milk come in yet?"

Best bit yesterday was dd just glowing with love for her little brother - awww

Hi everyone, I've been awol for some time. I've changed my name from CAT as I felt that was too easy to recognise me with that name.

DD is fab, still can't believe how lucky we've been with her. She's the type of baby that the phrase "Is she good?" was made for. She's absolutely beautiful, I'm still totally smitten with her. She is happy, contented, but knows what she wants and knows how to get it. Her big, smouldering eyes have only got to glance in your direction and you'll move heaven and earth for her. She's fiercely independent and wants to be able to do everything on her own right now! She has the funniest laugh and the strangest thing will set her off. She takes everything in around her and is happy sat in her walker watching her brothers playing. She's rolling abouta lot. I put her in her cot at night on her back, feet down, and wake in the morning with her head down and on her belly! If she sleeps on the floor she will wake up a few feet away from where you left her and facing a totally different direction.

I'm still breastfeeding but she's now having 3 solid meals a day. That's happened a lot quicker than I'd planned as I'd wanted to build her up slowly but she's dictated what she wants and when. I haven't yet found anything she doesn't like and she surprises me everyday at just how quickly she has taken to it.

DP is going to be DH in less than 6 weeks time. We did have it booked for sooner but that was the 1st day DP could get off work. I can't wait and have been practising my hair already . We are only having a small, simple ceremony with immediate family only so there will be 13 including us but that suits us just fine. Neither of us want the years of stressing over every tiny little detail (or the expense). It will be OUR day done how we want it, no worrying about keeping this person and that person happy, so very personal and (hopefully) stress free.

I hope everybody is well and all babies are getting on just nicely.

Hi all. Haven't caught up with this thread for a long time. Hope everyone is doing well. We're ok, it's been quite busy. DS is lovely, still very cheeky and happy and has a wicked laugh. He's still fully BF and a bit of a milk monster, weighing in at just under 17lbs at last weigh in, so already doubled his birth weight. He sleeps very well at night (we co-sleep) but day time naps are getting to be a bit of an issue as unless we're out and about he tends to wake after 20 minutes. If he gets overtired he can be a real pain to go down in the evening.

DD was very similar sleep wise and she did start sleeping eventually, so I think maybe it's just the way my babies come. HOpefully DS will take after her and be a fab eater and a dream to potty train to make up for the lack of sleeping!

He's started to roll back to front then doesn't like it when he gets there which is quite funny. I love how his personality is really coming out now and he can do more things. He has lovely blue eyes and a gorgeous smile. So all in all, shattered but happy most of the time :-)

Oh and congrats 26minutes :)

26 mins congratulations!!

Haven't posted on here for ages but still keeping up with everyones posts.
DD will be 19 weeks on friday. She's beautiful and her independant, feisty personality is definately shining through! However, although ebf, she is feeding every 2 hrs including overnight so we are back to co-sleeping. I am knackered as she won't sleep unless fed to sleep and will not nap in the day any longer than 20 mins and only if on me!! So, I'm off to buy formula tomorrow to give me a break - can't be doing with the whole expressing thing as get so little! Hopefully mixed feeding will work but we'll see!

Weight is also an issue - she's only 11lb ish (due to be weighed on friday) which means she's only put on approx 3 lbs since birth. GP warned that she would refer her if dropped another centile which I'm sure she will have done on friday - thing is, she looks in perfect proportion, just dainty (which is a bit odd seeing as I am anything but dainty ).

She can roll from side to front and is nearly sitting up on her own. She laughed today for the first time . Well, it was actually more like a giggle!

Need to find a way to get her to sleep in her cot - as soon as we put her down, whether awake or asleep it's like she's had an electric shock!! Ho-Hum ...... maybe it will just come with time?

Congratulations 26minutes sounds like a great intimate ceremony.

CJMommy you have my sympathies, same going on here.

How much sleep is everyone getting? I am shattered. Bob is 21 weeks tomorrow and he is waking me almost hourly from about 2am onwards. I read on another thread that these weeks are called the wonder weeks because babies are learning so much and loads of different brain connections are being made but I am seriously sleep deprived as this has been going on for over 3 weeks! He does sleep ok from 8 - 1 usually but the last few days has been restless even then. Arrrgghhhh. I am just hoping some of you who are slightly ahead can tell me it does get better?

One good development is that he no longer needs to nap on me so I can put him down in the day on my bed and get some stuff done (or sleep) which makes everything much easier.

Hi everyone, not posted on here in a while but been lurking all the same

My lo will be 19 weeks on Friday, I had to work that out, I'm starting to think in months now. I'm amazed at all the rolling/weaning that's going on. I'm still thinking of DD as a newborn! She is the most delightful baby, and laughs until she gets hiccups. When I wake up in the morning, she's usually watching me and gives me the most amazing smile when I open my eyes.

Her routine is still very erratic, she bf's on demand throughout the day, but is happy to be put in her chair. She's only gone through the night 8-6 about 3 times, and usually wakes sometime between 2 and 4 for a feed. I think I'm used to this now but like DF says, if she wakes more often it throws me for 6 the next day! One thing I insist on though is that she goes to sleep in her cot at bedtime so that I can have the evenings to myself. It took a while to get into the routine, and sometimes she complains but on the whole she's far better than DD1 was at the same age.

I'm very worried about Saturday because I have a training day from 9-5. I'll feed her in the morning, then DH will bring her to me at lunchtime, then he'll have to manage on his own til 5! I just hope neither lo nor DH get too traumatized!

Morning Esian

Bob hasn't rolled for ages I think he has forgtten!

I met up with one of my NCT people yesterday and she seemed pretty amazed by the fact that I have never spent much more than an hour apart from Bob. I still haven't started expressing to try him on a bottle/cup and to be honest I can't be bothered even though I know it would free me up a bit. I just don't feel the need to have loads of time alone.

He's having a nap now so I am going to go and make some food for later!

hope everyone is doing ok.

Hey girls!
DF I'm still laughing at your give Bob a bone comment. It's the funniest thing I've ever heard . Also wonder weeks... Hmmm... I'm wondering where my dream baby's gone. My DD has become very demanding and dare I say it, a tad whingy!

We had a great holiday in Ireland. She was spoiled rotten and in someone's arms all the time and so expects me to keep that up! Also we were co-sleeping so she'd wake up for a boob snack at 3am... It's taken me a week to get her back to her routine as she wouldn't go to sleep until 9pm as well.
On a positive note, my partner has been very attentive and takes DD off for an hour a day. Seems he missed us :)

26minutes Good luck with your wedding and congratulations :)
CJMommy How's the mixed feeding going? What did GP say About your DD's weight?
esian Best of luck for Saturday!

Weaning is going great. Porridge every morning. Pureed veg for lunch and fruit for tea. Tried those Plum yoghurts but she didn't like them.

Steno we're off the hook!! DD is maintaining weight between the 2nd-9th centile which she bloody should do with the amount she feeds!! So, no more weight monitoring (Yay!!)

Mixed feeding is ok but I'm still trying to find the best time to give her formula? We were doing it as a last feed (1130pm ish) when she woke to help her sleep a little longer but we obviously forgot to tell her that! Tonight I have tried a different method - gave her the formula at 7pm then put her down awake. She woke 3 times but settled properly by 8.30pm and and went down quickly with each waking............am sure she'll do something different tomorrow!!

How are all your babes sleeping? DD has a feed at 7pm, lying down on the bed and we generally don't move until at least 8pm, even though I can tell it's just comfort sucking for the latter 30 mins. If I move before then she screams!! If I'm feeling brave, I'll lift her into the cot otherwise will leave her on our bed - although, that will have to stop very soon as she's almost rolling over. She then wakes at 1130ish, 1.30am ish 3.30ish....... am knackered but bring her into bed with me at 1.30 feed until morning! DF I reckon they call them the wonder weeks as we all wonder if we'll ever get a decent nights sleep again

DD was TT'd for first 12 weeks, was therefore constantly hungry and could never be put down so she is my little velcro baby!! It's lovely really but not sure how things will work out when I'm back at work in august?

DD now 20 weeks (this friday) and is taking an amazing interest in food. However, holding off at the minute as she doesn't seem to need anything else yet although she does like to keep me on my toes on a daily basis so that could change.

Another lurker but not posting much.. I keep up with the thread on my phone at night when feeding but then dont post...

Good to hear all the news and some familiar stoies of sleep and food! Jude is doing well and is a lovely smiley little boy, but his sleep has gone down hill a bit. He goes to bed in his cot between 7 and 9 depending on when his last nap was, then tends to sleep through til about 2am or sometimes 4am for a feed and then has been waking up at 6am. So not bad but not that great either. I've tried to pop a dummy in a few times but as he's a tummy sleeper i feel like I'm trying to shove it in, which isn't good.... Think i'll try a cuddle and dummy tonight and see if he goes back off. I dont think he needs the middle of the night feed much because he's not that hungry for his first feed of the morning. He's now on some solid food and I've been trying a few different types of things. I was going to try blw but just sort of got stuck in with puree. May read up on it and try.... Either way its playing havoc with his little bottom! He's straining now when he does a poo and goes bright red! Gone are the days when the yellow liquid just popped out...

Hope everyone is well!!! Need to head on the school run now... And jude is still sleeping, hate waking him to go out.

Hello all, another one who is a regular reader on the phone but often no chance for an indepth post! Thought I would make good use of my time at work

26minutes congratulations on the wedding, hope it all goes well - we still have that filing cabinet for you in the garage - may eventually get round to bringing it over - I know if we try and arrange it the car will go tits up so I won't tempt fate at the moment!

Sounds as if we are all having sleep issues! Hugh hit 4 months and stopped sleeping through just in time for me being back at work! I am up at least once a night with him sometimes 3-4 but he only wants to comfort feed most of the time. Obviously not BF now I am back at work so I go in give him the bottle and he grabs it and puts it in himself - he then drops it when he's had enough and goes back to sleep so sometimes he'll only have an ounce sometimes 4-5. He goes down at 7 after his bath and a feed (normally only 4 ounces before he hits the sleep wall!) and will normally go through until 11pm when he has 4 ounces again. I seem to be coping at work with broken sleep, thankfully my job isn't hard but I am tired by 10pm. Just wish DH didn't sleep through EVERYTHING!!

He is still Huge Hugh - last week (21wks) he weighed in at 20lbs 7. He is almost out of his car seat and definately in 9-12 month clothes now. I can no longer have him in his bath recliner as he is trying to sit up so I tried him in the "safety first" bath support we had for DD (fitted her until about 15 months) - I couldn't even get him in it as his legs and bottom are too chubby so have resorted to just lying him in the bottom of the normal bath with a couple of inches of water - he is half the length of our bath!

DF Hugh still can't roll, I think he just can't be ar**d, he will reach across and get stuff but because he is sitting fairly well with support he would rather do that - we have had to take the playmat away as he was using the arch as a pull up bar and when we sat him in the inflatable half ring we have and put the arch in front of him he somehow managed to get it right over his head

We have been doing puree for a few weeks now, trying different veg combinations and he wolfs the lot down, also as he is not PFB I a have already given him fromage frais and again it's almost as if he inhales it! Did try a little bit of cheese in with broccoli and cauliflower but he wasn't impressed, he also turned his nose up at white fish with his spinach today - I have to admit it smelt gross! I may have to try something in it to cover the smell/taste - it was only plain white fish but he could tell the difference

It's strange being back at work and leaving DH at home with Hugh all day. We get a good 2 hours in the morning as he is up at 6 and I don't have to be at work till 8. I then try and come home for an hour at lunch so I can feed him and I am home by 5 latest most days so again another good 2 hours in the evening. DH is coping really well so far but he can't seem to get Hugh to nap during the day - he is having a power nap on the walk to school and back but apart from that keeps fighting it. He'll sometimes have an hour or so from 11 but that's it and so he is often grumpy boy late morning and early afternoon. DH managing to do the other domestic duties as well although I did have to "splash out" on a "new" dishwasher the other day as ours died and DH seemed to have forgotton how to wash up by hand - spent all of £6 on Ebay for a BOSCH one - it's fab well it will do until I can afford a new new one.

Wow epic post and very self orientated - sorry!!

Hope you are all well

Mrs S

Hello all,

Congratulations 26mins sounds like a lovely intimate do.

Lovely to hear from you MrsS and chooster.

CJmommy that's great news about the weight gain. There's lots of advantages to having a small baby too though. My dd has slowly moved up from not even being on the chart to now being between 9th and 25 centiles at 3. It was great to be able to carry her around easily and saved a lot of money on clothes! People still think she is very advanced for a 2yo! I really notice the weight difference carting her brother around. He was the same weight at 4mo that she was at 7mo.

DS continues to be a lovely smiley boy. He sleeps a lot less than some other babies but I am coping ok. Have found out that he's allergic to cows milk protein which means I have to eliminate dairy but hopefully it will cure his horribly itchy head.

esian surely they still are newborns! It only seems like 5 mins since they were born.

df I have never understood why everyone seems to think you should want to get away from your baby as soon as you can. I haven't spent more than 2 hrs away from my little boy and have still never spent a night apart from his sister. I did go back to work full-time after I had her so time together was very precious.

Hi All,

Hope everyone is ok.

Congrats 26mins we had a small wedding too and it was fab!

WLL Matty's the same - rolls onto his front then starts moaning, coz he wants to be on his back!

DF you have my spymathies on the sleep front. I understand it's quite common for babies to have distrupted sleep patterns at around this age. IME babies and then toddlers go through phases of sleeping well or not so it will change. Make sure you sleep when Bob sleeps during the day.

steno glad you had a nice holiday

CJ congrats on the weight gain

MrsS glad being back at work is going ok. I was really ready to go back to work after I had DD but something tells me I'll be a little more reluctant this time! Matty isn't in Hugh's weight league quite yet but we put him in the big bath too. That was a serious ebay bargain btw!

Matty is doing really well. I won't be weaning until 6mo, but he's enjoying his milk and putting weight on nicely. He's a really sociable baby, very smiley and giggly. He's getting close to mastering sitting up and can roll over and move himself around on his front and back - I never quite know how/where I'll find him if I put him down on his mat and leave the room for a minute It's so lovely to watch him and DD interacting. They really are besotted with each other.

Hi everyone. I haven't even read this thread in ages. I see some of you are rolling and eating. Oh, I have obviously neglected my little boys development. He doesn't roll (probably because his belly is too fat to shift). He is not tall but some of his 12 month clothes are too tight! He eats a bit of cereal with formula at 10am but other than that only has breast milk and formula (mostly formula). Maybe I'll embark on some puree veg when he hits five month... oh wait he is 5 months today. Maybe next month.

I hope everyone is well. Sorry I haven't been around.

Is there a new thread somewhere?

this is the only thread, I think it's quite slow because none of us have time

Welcome back Strix

Bob hasn't rolled for ages, I think he has forgotten how! We are going through the nightmare of teething so my evenings are spent racing up the stairs to comfort him.