October 2012: onwards, upwards and rolling over?

[YompingJo]

Is this part 5 already? Where did that time go?

is it a good idea to start kickboxing? or should i give myself another couple of months to recover?

Zara it is forecast 4-10 degrees over next few days here. I hate sunburn but the thought of sun and heat on my bones sounds great. We hardly had the sun this summer. Don't you miss it? Get your vit D fix before you return to this grey land.

What do people here think of Boden? I have discovered it in last yr and undecided on quality for price.

Oh no Huffle hope it's not going to tell me everything I've done ever is wrong :o I feel like we started really well, then gradually introduced various props like the swaddling (which is okay really), ditto white noise - but the dummy is the one I have a feeling might become an issue. Was fine when she used it to go to sleep once at start of night then slept for 10-12 hrs but now that she's waking more frequently...

I think they roll / move more naked is because they get better grip and thus propulsion with bare feet :o Mini loves her changing mat with bare feet as she can really propel herself - I make sure she is never left there alone with bare feet or God knows where I would find her when I came back...

Already had one wake up to feed, going to bed in fit of optimism

Night ladies x

Oh and Zara you're fecking bonkers wanting to come back to this rain-lashed freezing island - please let me go and wallow in the lovely sun :o

Anyone seen Planktonette around?

Mike probably a little early for you. (aren't you the youngest baby?).
Do it kinda low grade. Listen to your body. Keep kicks smaller. Mind your pubic symphesis so no knees wide apart.

Have just discovered that baby smiley can move herself to the other end of her cot and turn through 180 degrees! Impressive....
However, she is rubbish at self settling. Never mind, it will come! Hoping everyone is getting lots of sleep tonight....

So waking 2-3am looks to be a regular thing...

Mini yomping doesn't seem well . She kept bringing up milk yesterday and then in the evening her nose seemed blocked - either some of the mucus and milk she brought up had got stuck or she has a cold - either way, the result is a horrible grunty/gurgle/snuffling sound when she breathes through her nose and when she tries to latch on to feed, she finds it hard to breathe/swallow so keeps unlatching. it's affecting her sleeping, last night it took 3 hours to feed and fall asleep because she kept panicking and crying even though she could breathe well enough to cry! Very unsettled for 3 hours and now awake again and feeding very noisily.

It's this normal? Was very close to taking her to walk-in centre last night but feel a bit silly, as she can breathe and feed but it is hard for her. What can I do to help her? Going into town today to get one of the nasal aspirators that you suck as it seems like blockage is in her nose, but can I do anything else? Horrible seeing her struggling and not knowing how to help

Baby olives has had a blocked nose for the past 2 months on and off. We have been using a nasal spray which loosens up everything inside and now she is 3 months I have just bought some olbas oil which I've put on a tissue in the bedroom. Our GP said as long as she can feed not to worry. But if you are concerned then go to the walk-in cos I did read somewhere that you should get young babies with colds checked out. They won't think you are silly.

Yompingjo are you using saline drops? They help to unblock if you're not. Also, need to use them before you use aspirater to loosen up any snot. Perhaps you are already. We've had partially blocked nose on and off from start, much better past month. But it's never stopped him feeding (no surprise) and never caused him to bring up milk. If you are concerned at all get him checked, as Olivess says, they want to see babies if you worried. Tho waiting room germs aren't that attractive to me either........

Obviously mini Yomping is her not him......

Agree, saline nose drops or spray good but any worries get her checked -,no one minds and it's worth it if only for peace of mind.
Sleep here continues to deteriorate. Now only in 45 minute chunks. No idea what to do except hope it passes soon, she just seems to wake up and want us, wanting lots of snuggles. Lovely but I want sleep too!

hmm. difficult feeding all day yesterday. then she fed 3 times between 6.30 and 9pm. then she slept for 9 hours straight.

I have no idea what to expect today.

Yomping I second the advice on drops and sprays. I could get no good out of the nasal aspirator. Also i found in the bath to wipe nose with wet flannel or sponge like a kleenex always brought out some gunk.

The wrap worked!!!
We woke at 7 and there were at least 2 night feeds (brief and straight back to sleep!!), but baby and I slept most of night. Wrap was E10 in Heatons. Brand WISEY . Looks like a cheap scarf. It is slightly stretchy with no velcro but did the job.

Crap crap Smiley, 45 mins....... Oof

London sounding promising..............

Lisbeth bloody brill....... Don't think there are heatons in uk. U might be going shopping for us all.......

Last 2 days we now on 10 feeds per 24 hrs!!! ??????

Last night I tried to pre empt his waking by being more awake myself and putting Ewan on when he stirred. Slightly more successful. One wake at 3.30 I rocked him and no feeding needed. Thus only 3 feeds through night. He's up now and didn't want fed. First ever on morning wake. Wish I could find instruction booklet for this motherhood lark.

huffle my little one had refused morning feed every day for the last week. she doesn't want it till after her first nap. plus she hates the bath note. she loved it last week. just when I think I know her...!

So so sorry for all the sleep woes. Jess is taking a lot more effort to put down ( and needed feeding to sleep and sneaky transferring last night) but is still sleeping ok. She is feeding so much! 10-12 times in 24 hours - and she doesn't feed overnight!! In the day I am just a mlking station...

She cries and cries before every nap and i feel like such a mean mama - I am very strict she gets her naps though! she is unbearable in the evenig otherwise

A friend is giving us a cot and a travel cot, so that's great. Her poor wee legs are almost sticking out the basket now...

Er I have no other news I am very boring. Any ideas for things to do today, I have no plans so far...

I am on my 5th feed so far today... 4.30am, 6am, 7am , 8.30 am and now she wants more!

I'd still take the sleep though!!!

Squid how do you get her to nap in day? Do you just put her in basket now? Or does she feed to sleep? DS no longer feeds to sleep in day at all. Will not settle in own. I feel v bad relying on car or pram and due to crap weather past few days has been the swing.......

London, I know, where did these new babies come from???? It's like being at the start again, bloody clueless. If he takes a notion against the bath I think I might give up!

huffle do you use a dummy? I definitely find it helpful for selling for daytime naps (I thought I was against dummies until I had a baby...) I just pop her down, stick the dummy in and as long as ashes been awake and active for an hour and a half or more she usually settles right down.

I have nothing against dummies. Especially as DS seems to be sucking thumb. But he will NOT take one. I hav tried every bloomin brand. He will take it if awake, in good form and happy, if I hold it. Just sort of for something to do! But it gives no calming or pacifying qualities. I am so disappointed! And if my mother says once more "if he would take a wee dummy........"

Bugger.

He has now been in swing for 10 mins shouting at me. Not crying now, just shouting. And his eyes keep closing.

Thank you London, well worth a try!

I ordered a Cuski last night after reading that article. I think we need new sleep associations other than movement cos he can sleep at night without it. I was dead set against comforters. But I need to do something. Advice is to put it between you when feeding, teach him to cuddle it and slowly he will gain comfort from that cuddle. ( theoretically........) Ordered the bamboo one for breathability.

Staring at me now, means he nearly there. And HV due any minute.

Ps. Dead jealous (in nicest possible way) of day napping easily babies. . I thought it just happened like that. And wonder if we just keep digging deeper and deeper with swing/car/pram. Hoping as he gets more active and more tired he will just magically sleep!!!

huffle hah! Daytime naps - I hold her, and rock her till she sleeps with dummy in stroking her head. Then I hold her till she wakes up, we get 30mins-2hrs. I tend to gather computer, book, cup of tea for this!! So very impractical. But I figure she'll onlyy be little enough to hold while she naps for a short while. And she is so good overnight i cannot complain!!

I don't know what i am doing re sleep! I rely on DS way too much to know what he's doing :( We have no set nap times, I don't do anything specific to get him to sleep - I just try to make sure he sleeps at some point during the day. I feel like I am doing it all wrong.

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