September 2010 - meet-ups, pram addicts and the cutest babies in the world!

[Chelle1986]

Am taking the innitiative and doing the new thread! Bombs away...!

awh,is that luke! whata cutie,doesnt seem to impressed though eh?!

patito we have no routine,i have no idea whan arlo,feeds sleeps etc...you sre not alone.

comix we wont be weaning any time soon either.he's still so little,i cant imagine giving him food yet!

loving one born every minuite...makes me really want to become a doula.
must decide on course!!!

arlo-20 weeksish?!

It was good I thought, although some of the things I said I must have told her telepathically as they never came out of my mouth! I just got a 24hr subscription for £1, but it should be in tomorrow's paper too.

That is such a great pic cinnamon.

patito I've given up on the idea of routine for the time being

Cinnamon what a great pic, made me smile.

Am not alone in my unplanned/bumble along parent-style then. Most of the time am v. happy with it, but every now and then I get a bit oh shit everybodies doing XX why aren´t I, my kids are going turn out terrible type of paranoid ranting.

oh and debs75 im happy to post/courier the cot if you wanted it its this one

you can make me an offer if you'd like it,with hardly used mattress pretty much perfect condition

cinnamon Love the pic! He doesn't look that impressed!

Routine wise, Olly just seems to do the same thing every day. I haven't "worked" at a routine. He's obviously going to be an organised person when he's older!

No immediate plans to wean here either. Olly rams everything in his mouth but has done since birth so I'm not taking that as a sign. He was very funny the otherday tho. Sat on my knee while I was eating a burger salad. He literally bent his neck 45 degrees backward following the food from plate to mouth! I am starting to look forward to the thought tho, rather than dread it!

MammyG umph is my middle name at the minute. I think its lack of sleep! Its great, Olly sleeps for 10 hours straight. BUT its 6.30-4. then he only cat naps till 5.30 when he wants to be up! so I'm pretty much up from 4am everyday! wheres the "tired emocion??!
My wonderful mummy is coming to help me tonight!

Anyone heard how Sassys getting on??

Olly 20weeks! Its going too fast!

cinnamon Just rang DH to buy the paper! Awwwww....... lil Luke! Really not his best moment He must smile for some of the food??? no???

Was wondering about sassy too. She did say she'd have no computer for a while tho.

As per routines, we're lucky I spose as Jack is like clockwork these days without much effort from us.
He's always asleep by 7/8pm
Sometimes we dream feed at 11pm
Feed at 4am then self settles to sleep within 10mins
Awake and chatting to his ceiling at 7/8am
Feed at 9am
Nap at 10/11am for anything between 1-3hrs tho only done more than 1 1/2 once
Feed when he wakes
Then feed again at 3/4pm ish
Nap for around an hour
Last feed at 6/7pm then bath and bed.
BOSH

Jealous of all the swimming stories! We're going to try on Saturday after DH has dropped him down the slide in the park after hearing that cinnamon did it! His words: 'well.....if cinnamon's doing it, that's it! Park here we come!" I'm pretty sure he pictures you all as my imaginary robot friends

Officially not the most miserable day anymore so

beadit my DP says things like that but I think he's being a bit more sarcastic than your DH!

Who was talking about that woombie? I can't remember. But it looks good, I might get one. I like this design. Have you found any in an actual shop where you can look at them?

I'm still thinking Orlaith's nowhere near ready for solids yet either. She does look at us eating but in the same way she watches me brush my hair or put make up on or whatever.

patito we don't really have a routine either, although I often feel like things might be better at night if we did. She has 2-4 naps during the day depending on what we're doing, at no real set times. I've started giving her a bath ever night again to try and help her settle and maybe sleep better (don't think it's working very well). Then she goes to sleep anywhere between 9.45-11.15, wakes up 2 or 3 times in the night, sometimes feeds lots, sometimes shouts lots, sometimes cries lots , then wakes up properly anywhere between 8.15-9.45.

How do you settle your babies back to sleep in the night when they wake up properly? Orlaith will often wake and settle herslef within 5-10 mins without me getting up. But she wakes 2-3 times and builds into screaming very quickly. I've been trying to pat her, doing shushing, then maybe pick her up and try to settle her back down, but it never works, I always have to give her a bottle, and she still hates her dummy.

saoirse it's good that she hates her dummy! Jack relies on it now to sleep (except middle of the night) and it's a pain. He never gets it when he's awake tho.
Some dummies fall out constantly tho..... you tried a different kind?
I have a wooden mobile hanging from the light shade which I spin before I leave the room and he watches that without making a sound and is soon asleep. He only cries to burp or if he's tired/hungry tho so not really sure if it would work for Orlaith. I'm touching wood now cos I'm so flipping good at jinxing myself
Someone bought us a Slumber Bear when J was born. We never really used it but I know lots of people who have used them.

Do you ever feel like going upstairs and screaming into a pillow for a couple of minutes?? Grace is teething and has screamed all morning!! She's off her food and seems really uncomfortable and can not sleep!! Hope everyone is having a better day than me. She's awake again

newmum I'm sorry things are difficult for you at the moment. It must be really difficult. I hope things get better for you and Grace soon.

I think Orlaith could be teething too. She's not feeding much but does like to bite things. She's been generally more unsettled too. I can feel her teeth through her gums but I've never had a feel before so not sure whether it's always been like that.

She also keeps scratching at her one ear, does anyone know what that means?

beadit I had thought it was good for her not to have a dummy but I'd be very very happy if she'd just go back to sleep at night and not scream!

I juat feed Lucy back to sleep, sometimes she just latches on, other times she feeds for upto 30 mins. We tried in the makeshift bedside cot last night and she settles in it ok, she did wake up for a feed about 1.30 and then just as she finished dd2 woke up and got in bed. I then seemed to spend the next 3 hours squashed between them before putting Lucy betrween us so she could feed from the other side. I have major backache today. When if we ever move we are getting a kingsize bed.

Clumsy Thanks for the offer, I will see if this one stands upto the job over the next two weeks. If you don't mind hanging on for a bit?

saoirse, Aphra also scratches at her ear - one more than the other. I've been putting oilatum cream on it same as we've been putting on her eczema, in case that's what it is.

LOL beaditAli!!!! My DH has only commented once to say what ridiculous names you lot come up with for yourselves! Luke did love the slide but I think my mum would have gone mad if she'd seen, I am much more reckless with my children than she was with us. And no Luke doesn't like any food unless it's the milk variety! I bought the paper myself today to find that as well as the picture on the website there is one of Luke on my lap where he is exposing my extrememly unflattering nursing bra to the world :(

Saoirse86 rubbing an ear is also a sign of teething, not seen it myself but it is one of the ones that are considered to be a symptom. Have you tried encouraging her thumb into her mouth? Maybe she is actually hungry, have you tried the teat without the bottle attached?

newmum001 go and do it! DS1 was a really needy, crying baby and I would put him in his cot so he was safe and go and stand in the garden for 5 mins just to get a break from the crying. If screaming into a pillow works to help you feel better then do it. Take her for a walk, even if she doesn't stop crying you will feel better to be out of the house and the fresh air might get her off to sleep for a bit. If she is try leaving her in the garden for a nap as long as she's wrapped up warm she'll be fine and then you won't risk waking her getting her into the house.

Oh forgot to say that I texted sassy34264 about the meet up possibly being in March and to get her dates and she said all is going well with the house.

No need for the screaming i caved and gave her baby nurofen and she seems much calmer (fingers crossed) I didn't want to give her medicine cause she's had it a lot recently with having a cold etc but i'd tried everything else and nothing worked! Poor little thing has been poorly with one thing or another for over 2 weeks now! I did however keep going to the garden for a break and also went for a walk. I just feel really sorry for her and also very frustrated that nothing soothes her when she gets that upset. Her scalp has also gone really dry again and her hair is falling out (not that she has much anyway) so been to buy cradle cap shampoo to see if that clears it up. She's falling apart, i keep joking that we're going to have to send her back and get one that works!!

She managed to have 8oz as well so hopefully having a full tummy will make her feel better!

We gave her baby rice last night and she didn't seem keen tbh although she deffinately ate some, there was evidence in her nappy before, sorry if TMI! We'll try her for a week and see what happens. Think we'll try adding banana to it in a few days. She's tried that before and really seemed to like it.

I forgot who was asking about toe nails but our HV suggested we file Graces nails, maybe a bit of gentle filing would stop them turning up at the ends??

Saoirse - try a bigger sized dummy - its what we did with Olly when he couldnt keep it in his mouth. (Maybe my son just has a big gob!)

Well Olly went to bed at 7:15 last night and slept through until 06:00 when he decided he was hungry. He stirred 4 times but I just popped his dummy back in and he went pretty much straight back off. Good night - praying it continues. Maybe the swimming conked him out?!

Well just been to baby massage and he seemed to enjoy it (although my back is killing now and I need a massage!!!). He fell asleep in the car on the way back and where as he would usually wake straight away when I take him out of the car seat, he let me take him out, walk to the house and put him in his boucer where he had another half hour kip - all without waking! So must do some good! Gonna try before bed I think!

Of course all the other babies in the class we're really quiet - but not my son! He was chattering to the baby next to him and when he didn't respond turned to the one the other side and tried her! Very cute....!

beadit - sorry everything went mad then and I has to go - I'll text you.

Day five of baby rice and porridge here and we're up to 5 little spoonfuls. He seems to be doing ok on it, however I wont be introducing any other kind of food for a few weeks yet.

Just sat watching him in his swing now and his eyes are going....but he fights it and fights it! Little bugger!

Olly - 16+2

Oh he's gone now! Hehe.

Chelle i've got a baby massage book but never tried it. I might give it a go and maybe find a class if she enjoys it. The book is hilarious though, in one of the pictures the babys arms seem to be kind of crossed over his back and he's slightly bent forward and it looks like he's being arrested!!

Grace won't take a dummy either, she sometimes has one when she's in the pram but won't entertain it any other time. I know it's probably better in the long run but sometimes i really really wish she'd have one!

We do baby massage as well, Lucy loves it and it is the most contented, apart from feeding that I have seen her.
On Friday she had her massage class at 1.30, fed at 2.15 then back in the pram and walked home. She fell asleep and slept till 7pm and . And all that afternoon nap and she still slept well on the night.

She won't have a dummy either, no surprise there as none of my 4 have ever entertained a dummy. It is better in the long run but sometimes one would just help her sleep.

Hi all, haven't posted for ages! Lots going on here in preparation for moving house next Tuesday - only one week to go and it's just hitng me that time is running out to do all the thngs I said I'd get organised (like having a MASSIVE clearout!) - yikes! I'm quite excited to be moving into our own place, having been renting but moving is always SUCH a pain...

All good here with teh girls. Today is the first time I've managed to bath them without at least one of them crying so am really hoping tey've overcome their hatred of bathtime. Can't imagine how they'd react if I took thm swimming!!!

Right, off to catch up wth the thread...

cinnamon, read the Times just for your piece! All sounds fairly sensible & shouldn't have people tearing their hair out or cursing you I don't think.

I was slightly unsure why the study requires the babies to be exclusively breastfed though - isn't the point more about when you start giving them food other than milk, rather than when you stop giving them only breastmilk, then? Couldn't they also do the study with ff babies or mixed-fed babies? But I've answered my own question by looking on at the EAT study's website - FAQ 4 - but it wasn't clear from the Times article, which is a shame, because it still makes it seem a bit as if it's EBF vs weaning rather than "when do you wean".

Guys - does anyone have a babasling that they want to sell at all?

Phoebe is taking a dummy. TBH I find it great as it settles her during the night without her fully waking up. The boys had one too but just gave up on them once they started eating. I have a feeling Phoebe will be the same. I wont let her have it past 6months anyway. Its much easier to deal with when they are babies than toddlers.
Ditto on the teething front. She only took one full bottle today and fussed on all the others. She is gnawing on her hand constantly and isnt as chirpy as usual. Its all so tough on the wee things.
newmum I know you mentioned banana before but I would be very wary of it. Its one of the last foods recommended to introduce. It can cause horrendous constipation. DS2 has such trouble with constipation and even got a tear in his bottom! It was awful - we were both in tears when he needed to poo. He ended up on and off medication for most of the first 18mths. Dont want to scare you just wouldnt wish it on anyone! Try pear maybe - it seems to be a favourite too.

ooh ta Mammy! It's all so bloody confusing isn't it. Shall go and buy pears tomorrow, i should move into tesco i go every day! Chelle when do you give your LO his baby rice. We're doing it before the evening feed atm as DP wants to be involved. And also do you give him a bottle at the same time? We gave Grace half her bottle tonight and then the baby rice but it filled her up and she didn't want the rest of her bottle.