December 2012 - the Christmas buns are coming out of the oven

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New fred...

bella yes they can

How do you tell.if wind is an issue? Lo has been snacking for 4 hours now- small feeds during which he falls sleep no matter what i do to keep him.awake, but 15 mins after handing over he's rooting for milk on poor dh!

My little one also has the 'wind witching hour' - this morning, from 8am but other mornings from about 5 or 6. We use infacol all the time - I did skip a couple of doses and thought it got worse but hard to tell!'

Bella - glad that YouTube vid helped. For everyone else - if you search for something like 'assisted release baby fart' you should find it.

I mentioned this windy behavior to the hv yesterday and she said early morning is typical time for it, and to try to wind baby before feeding. I keep forgetting!

Ethan has major wind but he's pretty good at bringing it up. Some days he sounds like barbet from the Simpsons burping! and he farts constantly. When he's having a bad day with it he's screams an ear piercing scream and pulls his legs up to his chest. Then I put him in the sling and walk, being upright and the movement helps him work it out and he expels it quite well!

I'm leaving DH at home with the big dcs and taking Ethan out shopping with me, to spend my birthday money :) I hope everyone's babies behave better today

Expresso anyone??! Sounds like these babies all had words and decided to gas up last night.

My experience last night wasn't as bad as most, I was adamant I was getting her in the Moses for the 4-7 am stretch but she was having none of it....and now I'm paying for it.

As soon as we get over this 3 month hump it will be teething city urghhhhh, sleep regressions and all sorts. What have we done?

Hello there- what a lovely thread. Flora Emilia was born by c section 18th December and really sorry but she is an absolute dream so far. Contented, sleeps, breast-feeds cuddles and poos. A little cry when she's changed. Can't believe my luck!

My first daughter however was a winding nightmare and very beautiful like a tiny porcelain doll but needed so much from us 24 hours a day! Premature, reflux, tiny and slow to grow, constantly ill so can empathise with hard days.

Did any-one else have a c sec here in Dec and if so are you still bleeding/ in pain?

Welcome newby love the name Flora

Dp has taken dd to watch football so if ds sleeps (which he probably won't) I can have a nap! He really hates his car seat proper screams when he's in it until the car is moving and then starts again when it stops he had real tears earlier too

Welcome Newby and Flora.

hi newby , gorgeous name and congratulations!

I had George by section on the 10th. yes the pain has only just begun to fade a month later but I have good days and bad. take it as easy as you can - I've not been a good patient and it's flared up when I've over done it. and just today I seem to be bleeding lots and have period pains but that's a first. today was first day I felt able to push pram over bumpy ground and kerbs! everyone is different in their recovery though.

oh mama, not heard wind before feeding, will give that a go!

Welcome newby

Well me and ds went shopping but only bought him one top from mothercare and part of the 'new baby' present for bil and SIL. Nothing for me. I couldn't find any cheap 'just for now' trousers and I don't want to pay too much for stuff when I'm starting exercise on Monday.

Oooops posted too soon. Ds wanted a feed so went into ikea and had a pastry and drink, went into the little bf area. And was joined by somebody else feeding :) nice to see other people feeding too.

Welcome Newby, and congratulations!

Tmi alert, we have dtd! No where near as scary as that first poo.

I have a very unhappy baby here :(

Well gone Eggs! Dp won't be getting any action for a while until he agrees we can have another one

Same here Honey hope you're ok? I just got another 'cant we just bottle feed him?' Ffs. Ds won't even drink formula. The two times we've tried he's not interested but will take a bottle of expressed milk fine

He's gone from being a relatively happy, never been sicky baby to this week having horrendous trapped wind and bringing up milk and screaming. I just don't know how to make it better for him

Welcome Newby

You're brave Michelle, at almost 3 weeks post-birth my chastity knickers are still firmly in place.

I think you need to discuss with him how shit it makes you feel Spotty. I'm sure that he doesn't mean it in an upsetting way, I think it's just hard for them to see how knackered you are from feeding and they think that formula will solve all your feeding problems, let you get some sleep and be a miracle cure. Tell him from me it's really not!

We've had a lot of vomiting today. J would only take 2oz of formula then throw it up, then want another 2oz and repeat... Think there was some stubborn wind stuck that was upsetting him. Fingers crossed the last feed has stayed down.

Aw Honey we're in the same boat. Maybe ring the breast feeding helpline or midwife? It may be something like a food intolerance or reflux. Could you keep a food diary? His corrected age is similar to j's age and it's really common for colic to start now.

Fandago sounds like he thinks he's hungry because of the colic, but really he's full that's why it's all coming back up. Honey can he have grip water yet, or do you have to go by his adjusted age for that?

Had to bite the bullet and go for it, F is 4wks old and only had a small amount of tearing so knew I was fully healed

Maybe michelle it's awful when you can't do anything for them.

I only had a tiny 1st degree tear but I still feel quite tender down there. Maybe there was more bruising than anything.

eggs Ethan is 4 weeks but we havnt sorted out contraception yet so DH shall be staying out of my knickers for the foreseeable!

Ive started expressing so DH has some milk available when I go to Zumba on Monday. Can't wait to do some exercise!

Felix has been either crying or feeding all day and is still really pulling away whilst latched on

I did say to dp 'do you know how that makes me feel?' And he just said 'oh I only mean because it's so hard on you' blah blah now he's having a bath because he's going out tonight and I haven't even had time for a bath for four days

spotty it sounds like you're having a really rough time atm. I hope it gets better soon. for you and

Sorry I must be moaning lots I'm going to eat a whole pizza to myself for dinner!

Awful day here - I've never had to deal with a properly crying baby before. Of course we were out for lunch in central London yet again (when the inlaws leave I am going to stay at home for once) and I just couldn't relax. She just seemed constantly unhappy. Since coming home (after 5 hours out) she's fed a couple of times, had a bath and done some big (for her) vomits. I guess she's been a mixture of overtired, overstimulated, windy, and probably picking up on my stress. Walking home she cried actual tears for the first time (and I did too). So someone reassure me I'm not an awful mum? And what do you do to get an overtired baby to sleep?