August 2012 - sunny (ha!) summer babies

[ImissMiniPop]

they're starting to arrive, so here's our 'Due in August' post natal thread. To talk poo, pee, burping and everything else, too...

Here's link to antd-natal thread for those we'll be waiting for www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1511603-Due-in-August-Thread-Part-6

Have borrowed Needles list, which I'll start here, please feel free to add your details to it. I'm rubbish at list keeping, and hopefully Needles will be along to keep it updated :o

BIRTHS
tigger8 (?) DC? due 27/7/12, GIRL born 11/7/12
missjemima (?) DC2 BOY due 3/8/12, born 10/7/12
PoppySeed34 (34) DC1 BOY due 4/8/12, born 28/5/12

Oh dear geek wonder what that is, although tbh seems like no rhyme or reason sometimes! Hope your day improved.

Had brother in law, wife and 1 yr old visiting today. Needless to say it was v nice to see them but LO is now over tired, over stimulated and a bit upset cos she just wants sleep. Didn't get to do bath time tonight as she was too tired.

Thats good to know capecath and yes to big brains

Hope your day improved geek and your LO managed to settle, I think they just have off days every now and then, hope you have your dh to help as it's so tough.

Our routine at night is similar to yours Ham I have a bath with Noah at about 7-7.30 and then feed him in our bed and he falls asleep, sometimes he disturbs esepcially if he's not napped well through the day but usually he sleeps well until around 11-12, he wakes a couple of times through the night for a feed but then he goes straight back asleep so it doesnt feel too bad and I manage to be up getting ds ready for school at 7am so this is working for us atm and I dont mind co sleeping right now it's so much easier when BF. Through the day were not really into a routine for naps yet but im sure in a few more weeks we'll start to see some sort of pattern forming and just settle into that.

Is everyone looking forward to christmas with their LO's this year? Are you getting them any presents as their so young?

Hey everyone. We had an awful night on friday lo was screaming on and off from about 8 till 2am think it was an upset tummy was soo tired staying up with him until he eventuslly dropped off. Kept reminding myself he was ok cos he was still feeding but was kinda crying but with a scream in his sleep. Seems fine now tho bless.

Lo is still a nightmare to settle in the night well from the afternoon onwards it seem almost impossible to get him to go for more than a cat nap unless I take him out in the pram.

Still get lovely smiles from him and he is playing more and more he loves a nappyless kick on his change mat.

Hope everyone else is doing good.

She magically became herself again after two more sleep/eat cycles during the day.
We also made her nappy free, looked for redness or rashes and used sudocreme on those, checked her temperature, looked for irritants like hair or bits of food and did I mention constant feeding?
Phew. Yes I did have dh to help. Dreading it ever happens again on a weekday!

TMI alert!
My lochia appears to have finished (4.5weeks) but I've been left with a quite heavy mucous-y discharge. Normal?

Can I ask if you think this is 'normal' for the 6-8 wk growth spurt: Last few days LO has been fussy/over-tired but difficult to get to sleep (during the day especially). Once she's off at night she's ok.

Today she wouldn't settle so took her for a walk in the pram which usually works. I then realised she'd gone ~ 5 hrs between feeds - during the day! . She's just fed now and is falling asleep on me. No sign of dehydration and she fed well this morning, almost like a morning cluster. Do you think this is the growth spurt and is ok? She's 8 wks in a couple of days.

TIA :)

Im not sure Lois sounds like it but my LO has been fighting sleep alot more the past few days (same age as your LO) only through the day aswell, I think it's just that there more alert now hoping it passes soon. I have managed to get Noah asleep eventually but it's taking much longer than usual.

Glad to hear you are doing the total cosleeping thing too bears I sometimes feel I should be trying to get him in the cot more but meh can't be bothered when he sleeps well with me.

If she was content and fed well before/after the episode I wouldn't worry lois and if it is any consolation sandy is still all over the shop feeding at 10 weeks. Last week he was food striking and going 5 hours between and angry when hungry... This week he is feeding every 1.5 hours and for up to 45 mins like he is brand new again wtf!? I just glad he is feeding well though

Don't want to jinx it but I feel we are finally through the worst of it. His poo is back to how it was up to 4 weeks ie not weird smelling, mucousy and coming regularly having come off lactulose. Food strikes are now mild episodes of screaming which lasts only a little while. A sleep always wipes the slate clean and he feeds well after he is happy and gurgly again too. Today was so sweet we had a bath as he had a poo explosion up to his neck! And as I dunked him inthe water he grinned and went ooh! Hehe. Also 2 nights in a row he has napped for 3 hours alone in bed while me and Dh get the evening to ourselves yay pay off seems to be he is up for an hour in the night hungry but not feeding... Will see if we can rid that tonight. It's slow but there is progress.

EDINBURGH MN MEET

I don't think anyone on the thread only (ie not in the fb group) was planning on coming to this one (I know cath was coming to the next) but here are the details anyway. If you want to come let me know and pm me for my mobile number if you like!

1pm, John Lewis restaurant, meet outside the restaurant.

Ps about 5 or 6 are going (fb) including me :)

Meet up sounds lovely, unfortunately York is too far away. I hope you all have a lovely time!

Hola all waves

Hope you and bebes are all doing well?

Quick question - has anyone mastered the 4 hour feeding schedule yet?

With dd I was obsessed with 4 hour feeds and routines but have been quite lazy with little man (as managing his high maintenance sister is quite tough lol) so he's feeding approx every 3 - 3.5 hours but has settled himself into a little routine where he wakes up (happy yay!) at 8amish which is good...

We do (FF) four hour feeds at night, edging towards four and a half hour but every two and a half to three hours during the day... Seems to be working for us...

Hopping on to say hi. Hope y'all are well and babies are thriving. I've had a tough few days again due to very unsettled baby and reflux issues that gaviscon is not resolving. It's been a nightmare to be honest and I've felt very down about it all. I just want him to be a happy settled and comfy little boy and hope it clears up soon. It's been really hard to get any sort of routine in place sofar, but am hoping that one will emerge soon. Because I'm really keen to keep my milk up, I'm expressing a lot because I find it almost impossible otherwise to administer the gaviscon otherwise as he spits it all out.

Anyhoo, it's supper time here again, so will head off for now. Hope you have a good night x

Reflux issues sound terrible. hope your LO settles down soon MrsMiggins.

Should we be moving onto 4 hour feeds now? LO is still going 3 hourly during the day. At night he's doing 7-7 most days, but feeding twice, mostly at 1.30am and 4.30am. Any idea on how to get him to drop one of these night feeds?!

Met up with a friend last weekend who's DD slept through at 5 days old! Mind you, another friend still has to get up twice in the night and her LO is 18 months.

Hey all. My lo still seems to be doing about every 2-3 hours 3-4 at night but am feeding on demand and he does not seem to have settled into a firm routine yet. Sometimes he takes till 10-11 to settle at night and sometimes he will go down at 8 it seems to take longer if he has been awake too long and over stimulated like last night cos my mum and sister were here in the afternoon it seemed to take ages to get him to sleep tho he did eventually self settle in the moses basket with a dummy and winnie the poo lullaby thing.

mrsmiggins hope the reflux gets better soon its sounds awful we had one night of lo screaming in pain from bad colic and I could not stand it! Dunno how you are surviving!

gnomi twice a night sounds good to me ds1 was feeding twice a night till 10 months when we trained him out of it as was only comfort feeding and I went back to work each baby is different. I know people with nearly 3 year olds who don't sleep through!! But I think maybe that's cos you need to try and sort it before they get to old.

We are all getting on good here tho still getting fed up with my over supply issues but had to use breast pads nearly the whole time while feeding ds1 so I guess there is no magic to make it go away just fed up of smelly milk and yesterday I had to change my top before I went out as leaked through a breast pad :(. Still my issues are nothing compared to some so I guess I should stop moaning!

I had that problem yesterday susie ended up with milk all over my t shirt

Sounds like a few of us are similar on the feeding then. I think little man usually feeds 3 hourly(ish) during the day and then at night 11pm, 3am, 6am but may try upping the frequency of daytime feeds if it gives longer night time breaks like nightfall

Managed to somehow get dd and little man to nap at the same time today, absolute joy to get a little time to myself for lunch etc

We;re on a 3.5 hour routine at the moment, last feed at night is 10:30pm, then we feed around 4am and then next feed is 8:30am.

It's just shame t hat Minipop isn't asleep between 10:30 and 4am..! He's poor tummy wakes him up all the time, so generally I have to sleep with him on me at some point until he settles back down until the 4am feed. He can sleep for hours solid if he's kept upright, unfortunately Mummy can't!!

I think I need to go to bed earlier, because he usually (runs off to touch wood!) sleeps well between 7pm feed and 10:30pm feed.

Sounds like everyone is getting nice little routines in. My lo seems to be settling into her own routine which I've only realised by logging it on my phone. It seems I feed and change at 11 then put her down properly between ten and eleven she wakes at 3 for a feed then about half five. After this Feed she rarely goes back down if I put her back in her Moses basket so I put her in with me following the advice given on here around safety. She will then sleep from 6 ish til 9. Feed again. Mornings seem to be a bit cluster feeding and napping. Bright normally on an afternoon having short naps into the evening. Then tends to cluster feed a bit early evening.

Does this sound ok?

Also noticed in last few days she is feeding for longer but have introduced a dummy to try stop her using md for comfort as she only fed in short bursts. Not sure whether she is feeding for longer due to not snacking and therefore getting a better fill or if my milk has increased ?

She is four weeks now. Is it worth trying to get some structure in the day or is it too early?

I dread to think the current state of affairs will emerge as a routine! She still cries an awful lot... feeding is regular but very often, both day and night although she sleeps at night. Lots of dream feeding going on. She sleeps regularly during the day but only if we go out. Hopefully it's all a phase.

Signet, that said, I wouldn't impose a routine on a 4 week old. Go with baby's flow maybe?

signet if that's your babies natural routine at 4 wks sounds good to me :)

My LO now gets VERY upset if not in bed by 6.30 to settle down and sleep by 7 or 7.30. Was out yesterday, got back a bit late and she had a little meltdown cos she was over tired. Can't blame her and she settled down the crying after 10 mins so note to self for tonight!

She went 6.30 to 1am last night (yayyy!!!) but then 3 feeds since so haven't quite cracked that. Still a bit unsettled from growth spurt.

Who's had their jabs yet and how do you get on? Were the LOs unsettled or not so bad?

Have a good day everyone! :)

At 4.5 weeks we still don't have a real routine. She tends to cluster feed from about 5pm and I take her upstairs for final feed at 8. Sometimes she goes straight down, other times DH takes her so I can get some sleep. At night she normally sleeps 4 hours then 2 hours. Last night 8:30 til midnight, then 1 til 3, then she took 2 hours to settle and ended up in our bed... She seems to like to spend most of time between 8am and about 11/12 feeding and being held which makes me getting breakfast, showering etc a little tough. Then she'll sleep for an hour or so and then be awake most of afternoon...

I'd love it to be more like one feed every three hours during the day and one every four at night, buy fear that's a while off yet!

signet I agree with comments above, sounds like a fab routine as it is but I wouldn't bother worrying too much til 8 weeks at the earliest?

lois little man had his jabs two weeks ago and was absolutely fine, as with most things I almost cried more than he did lol!

I have an interview tomorrow and should be prepping but am mumsnetting and watching TOWIE instead .

How long are those of you working planning on taking as mat leave? I took a year with dd, but if looking now I'd need to start working in Jan which I feel is a bit too soon as he'll only be 6 months?

Hi everyone, wow it's been ages since posting, hope everyone is getting on well!

Loving being a mummy! A bit harder than I ever thought and I still cry, but things are starting to feel more real and perhaps a tiny bit easier (today at least?!) I actually have to laugh when we have a crying fit as the red face and little fists that come can be so hard to see but after a little while, what can you do? so I have to laugh it off a wee bit. This happened in the doctors today at the 6 week check up and the doctor wanted all her clothes off which resulted in a big cry and afterwards I had to try and dress a stiff baby that shrieked, yikes! the doctor congratulated my sense of keeping a happy face throughout, phew got through that one.

At 6.5 weeks we sort of have a routine - every 2.5/3 hour feeds in the day and every 4 hours in the night. LO loves sleep, hurray takes after her daddy! she can sleep through unless we wake her.

Only got this going for the last week and following the EASY routine started it but we have to go for Eat, Activity, Sleep (in our arms) to Eat, Activity, Sleep to a 5 minutes You ... bouncy chair is helping with the 'you' time which actually is when I can wash the bottles and sterilise them, oh well we're getting there.

Good luck tomorrow ishop x

Aw that's great. My mum keeps saying she should be in a routine by now but I was a bit puzzled as to his exactly you demand a baby sleeps. I've managed by tactical use of a dummy to prevent her feeding for comfort. As a result she is feeding 3 hourly most of the time with a few hours of cluster feedung. Her feeds are longer and she is more interested and less fussy. Only use dummy when she is definitely looking for comfort And not hungry.

Also I've started to lay her awake on her carry cot for twenty minutes/until she cries and she seems to really like stretching out and looking at her teddy. I actually learnt the other day that it's the best thing to do when she is having a certain frenzied screaming fit. Check feed,bum, temp. Of rocking and shushing makes her worse pop her in there. She settled herself in minutes. Think sometimes she just wants to be left on her own. My flustered attempts at soothing her sometimes make her worse.

She has put on 2.7 pounds in 4 weeks but everyone still says how dainty she is. She seems massive to me now !!

Glad everyone getting on ok. It's amazing isn't it