March 2012 - Brewed to Perfection!

[TroubleAndFyfe]

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Hi ladies

Quick question for you all - when your LOs are having a growth spurt, do they show the same signs every time (ie grumpy, sleepy, more awake etc)?

I ask because poppy has been v sleepy yday and today and on Thursday she ate for Europe, let alone England! This is different to previous spurts when she was a bit irritable, wouldnt sleep at all during the day and her appetite increased slightly. I've put these last few days down to a spurt rather than illness because her appetite hasn't decreased, she doesn't have a raised temperature and her nappies are the same, maybe just a little wetter. She seems happy in herself as she's smiling, laughing, chatting and gurgling as normal.

As i say, normally, she has to be really coaxed into napping so the sleepiness is a bit weird for me, hence my question! Xx

Hi Broody

How old is Poppy now? Callum is 11 weeks today and has been doing exactly what Poppy has for the past few days. During the heatwave he was unbelievably restless, waking throughout the night and hardly sleeping during the day too. I also found he was sick much more often after feeds than usual. However, it started to cool down on Thursday and he has done nothing but sleep ? I put it down to him catching up on missed rest! Similarly, he is his usual smiling and gurgling self.

I hope this helps :)

Funnily enough Ivy has been sleeping loads all day today- pretty much just fed & slept with only short bursts of activity in between. Very unlike her, but she certainly doesn't seem ill or anything, so I've just gone with it... She fed a lot the last few days, so I expect it's another spurt. She's 11 and a half weeks now. X

Weird! Fyfe slept loads last week, Tuesday and Wednesday particularly!

I was worried Ivy wouldn't sleep last night after all the daytime kipping, but she went for 9 hours straight! Couldn't believe it. She's asleep again now, too. Funny kind of growth spurt... maybe it really takes it out of them when they get a bit bigger? Don't know if it's connected, but she's taken to sucking her thumb (not something we introduced her to, she just seemed to find it herself) and in the night I sometimes hear her wake, but then she finds her thumb & sucks it noisily and it seems to pacify her and send her back to sleep again...

Snap kiki Orla is 11 weeks tom and is seeming to enjoy her sleep this week sleeping in the day and at night although not 9 hours straight. That must feel great kiki well done ivy do you feed her before you go to sleep?
Orla has also found her hand and spends time sucking most of it! You can hear her sucking away in her cot seems to soothe her.
Hope you're all having a good weekend it's pouring here

Hi ladies. And extra hellos to the new ones

Arden - sorry for nt saying about wheat packs sooner...been a while since I checked back. We got ours from a local organic baby & woman shop but I looked on amazon uk and you can order them off there too.

How was everyone's jubilee weekend? The London celebrations have been big on the news here. Bit jealous of you all getting 4 day weekend! We have one extra day, so it's been nice for hubby to hang out with us for an extra day, especially as Erin has taken to going to bed at around 6pm. I think ut's because it's really dark by then, so poor thing thinks it's night. Not so great when she wakes a 4 or 5 ready to go for the day!

Was looking at a website today saying that from 13 weeks babies are classed as infants rather than newborns, so Erin has only got a few as left as a nb! How quickly 3 months passes!

Kiki - can I snd Erin your way fr a chat with Ivy? Her longest sleep so far is still only 5 hours! Mind you, can't complain...I dream feed when I go to bed, she then wakes once during the night and then gets up between 4 and 6.30. So it's not as bad as it used to be!

Is anybody still swaddling? I want to start weaning Erin off it but not really sure how to. Any tips?

Haven't done an awful amount for the Jubilee- meeting some friends today & tomorrow there's a street party (though the weather doesn't look great). Bank holidays don't mean quite so much when you're freelance/ on maternity leave, do they? (DP is freelance, too).

Ivy did another 9 hours last night (8pm- 5am), though the bar down the street had a loud party 'til past 2am, so I still only got about 3 hours decent sleep! A lot of the time she's 'asleep' she sounds like she's chatting to Erin or someone, Bee- her finger sucking is very noisy! I was wondering when they stop being classed as newborns- I don't really think of Ivy as that little anymore, it's only when I take her out and about or catch up with friends who haven't seen her in a while that I realise she's still pretty small. She's just growing out of some of her smaller clothes, which feels a bit sad, but the big smiles make up for it!

I'd better get up- we're currently propped up in bed together like Morecombe & Wise!!

Hi all hope you're enjoying the jubilee
As I'm sat doing a monster feed just starting to look for some toys or things for Orla as she is starting to grab things and is looking round at everything. Think I have a nosy baby! What do your lo's like? She loves her play mat and bouncy chair. Think I need to get a mobile or something for cot as she is starting to lie there and chat to herself.
Think we're having some wind issues One feed a day she gets really upset and is lurching on and off screaming in between. Seems to be a different feed each day so can't see a pattern with it. Not nice oh well off to the pub now she has finally detached herself!!

punk poppy does that annoying screaming on and off thing - nearly always wind as, like you, there's no pattern to it. We give her dentinox as it needs to be given during or after feeds so when she's v bad I give her a little squirt of it.
Poppy is also v v nosy and is starting to play. She loves the laminaze toys as they're great sensory toys with noisy material, bright colours etc. however, in keeping with the common rule that kids prefer free things (like the boxes toys come in rather than the toys themselves), her favourite is the cuddly cow I got free when I signed up to the cow and gate baby club!! Never fails to make her smile!!

If you're looking for cheap toys, my friend told me about www.sensorywarehouse.co.uk. I ordered a few things off there last night. They've got a great range of toys including the maracas and jingle bells poppy adores when we go to baby sensory xx

Thanks broody will go shopping online later! We're starting baby sensory next week jingle bells sound like fun! Will check out dentinox X

Ooh let me knw what you think to baby sensory. We love it! You'll soon know all the words to the hello song [waltzes off singing "say hello to the sun, shining down on me, I love the sun because the sun warms me....]

Thanks, kiki, I'll check out amazon.

I know what you mean by noisy thumb-sucking! Tessa sounds like she's having a conversation with it...

We're finally off the every-three-hours schedule, but no massive sleeping through. She still needs a nappy change in the middle of the night -- why we're up right now, and boy she does not sound like she's planning to sleep again anytime soon. The sun rising so early does NOT help things. Well, I'm off to try to convince her it's still nightime.

arden, can you get a blackout blind?

Anyone's baby go wappy after second lot of jabs? She was up feeding every 2.5 hours last night. It was like having a newborn again. She was okayish on Friday night after the jabs- woke up crying a few extra times but could soothe her back to sleep and she just had her usual dream feed at 10, woke at 3 for a feed and then was up at 5 but Saturday night was just dreadful. Every 2.5 hours and having long feeds at that, so it meant a few stints of 1 or 1.5 hours sleep at best. Just aching with tiredness...hope she's better tonight!

Anyone else find this?

Oh, goodness, Bee, poor you. How did she react to the first set? Ivy's due her second set imminently, but the appointment has been messed up & the time they have offered her is the day before we travel up to London for a wedding. I think I'm going to postpone them, apparently it doesn't matter if there's a longer gap. Hope she feels better soon & you can catch up on some sleep! Ivy didn't feed more often especially after the first ones, but she was just generally quite grizzly & off colour for about a week, and the night of the injections we had to give her a tiny dose of Calpol because she just screamed inconsolably, which she never usually does.

bee hope your lo ok and you get more sleep tonight. We have second lot on Friday not looking forward to it
We have a poo issue or rather lack of! She hasn't done a poo since Tuesday poor thing is not herself. Doing lots of massage and moving her legs and trying to get some water in her but she still isn't that receptive to a bottle. She is usually so smiley and happy but think the poo thing probably links in with her getting upset after feeding and she is bringing back more milk than usual. It's really hard seeing her get so upset. Going to baby clinic on Tuesday so will see what hv say although not holding out much hope. Have a lot planned this week but worried about feeding her when out and about as she is getting so upset although generally this happens with one or two feeds a day do we might be ok.
Hope you're all having good weekends. The rain has finally stopped and we have had a nice day here

punk is your lo ebf? Many ebf babies don't poo every day and my HV said some only do one explosive poo once a week! Our lg goes two or three times a week. Dentinox makes her go a bit more though. [i never thought I'd be talking about poo with such authority!! What mummyhood does to you eh?] xx

Punk- Ivy usually only poos once every day or two (most often two). We were worried that she might be getting uncomfortable, but actually she's fine, it just seems to be her way. Have been advised that a small amount of orange juice or prune juice (i.e. the small end of a Calpol spoon) can help, or else a few drops of juice in water, if she'll take it. Ivy seems to like a drop of juice on a spoon.The thing to watch out for is that she's not dehydrated. A tell-tale sign is the wee smelling stronger than usual. Since Tuesday is quite a long time, though- might be worth speaking to someone tomorrow, if you can? When Ivy was at hospital and hadn't pooed for three days they were going to give her a tiny suppository... she didn't need it in the end- I gave her tummy a very gentle massage that time & it did the trick..! X

Thanks for the advice. Yes she is ebf and is having lots of wet nappies but I have noticed her wee has smelt stronger this last week. She doesn't normally poo every day normally every few days. Think there has to be an explosive one on the way x x

Thanks, Kiki & Punk. Last night we were back to her normal sleeps, thank goodness. She's been much less fussy today too. Kiki, hiking back, the 1st set did make her fussy but we have them done at 6 weeks here, so it was hard to judge because she was a much worse sleeper and a more fussy baby altogether at that time. I hope Ivy's next set go well. I found it a lot less distressing taking her this time. It's still tough though, seeing your baby in pain. Mind you, with whooping cough being the way it is here, immunisations are a must IMO.

Punk - has it been hot where you are? Could be affecting Orla's pootine?
Erin's bum is all over the place...sometimes she'll go three or four days and then two poos will come along in close succession. Like smelly busses, I guess.

She pooed this morning! Never thought I would be discussing poo in such detail thanks for the advice kiki and bee.
Took her to weigh in today and she is 11lb14oz and 3 months old today! Can't believe how she is growing and changing. It's good to know her weight is fine makes the bf worth it

bee btw liked the smelly buses idea! Will get ready for another one . Glad Erin is back to normal sleeping patterns.

Hurrah for poos, Punk! I fully understand the interest. I try not to discuss these things with anyone apart from my mum friends- they understand.
Was she weighed post-poo?

That's a really good weight too. Nice one!

We're going for her HV check up today to get weighed, measured etc. Will report back. DH and I have taken bets on how much she'll be (how rock and roll, right?!) and I'm hoping for 12lb, based on where she was last time and worrying about that bloomin graph. We'd already dropped through one line, so hoping she'll just be tracking nicely now. Fingers crossed!