December 2012 - Smiles all round!

[SpottyTeacakes]

And the one where Spotty's gang gets some sleep

Yes honey but one bottle won't make much difference. They are ime toothpaste consistency and more grey than yellow iirc

Thanks spotty

Spotty A loves his bouncy chair. It's only a basic one, but he can watch what we're all doing. He doesn't have to support himself too much either.

And I'm still getting good mileage from his playmat. Who knew hitting the toys suspended from it could be such fun?!

honey z is formula fed and breast fed but gets more formula than breast by some distance. His poos are soft and yellow and mustardy so they are pretty much like they were when he was exclusively breast fed, although he poos less often.

Thanks seconds

My little boy also likes to be more sat up than lying down so he loves his bouncy chair too. I think babies must get bored lying on their backs looking at the ceiling all the time!

DS is not turning his head to the left very well and doctor advised we gently turn and support his head for a few minutes during the day. So we did, and guess what? He rolled over! Proud mummy!!

Hi everyone.
I'm new-ish, although did post one message on a previous thread when DD arrived (I presume you're all the same gang?!). Do excuse me for just jumping straight in...

My 8 w/o DD is getting more and more fretful whenever she is naked - even if it's a matter of seconds when getting her dressed. Bath times are the worst - she just howls. I'm quite sure it's being naked, and not the bath.

I know she us just setting boundaries and it's normal for babies to feel vulnerable but the crying and screaming is getting worse. I just wondered if anyone has experienced the same and has any tips to calm her? It's about the only time she cries, she is otherwise a very chilled out baby.

Thanks!

cookies D rarely turn his head to the left either. He can, just doesn't seem to like to. Was that the same for you? Congrats on the roll! D will roll over if he has something to push his leg against.

Sorry I haven't posted in ages but I am a persistent lurker

FOD hope move went smoothly. We moved when DS was 10 days old...we found that getting the unpacking done really quickly and getting on with things really helped, even though it was completely shattering!

Honey hope the ff helped and that D gets on with it. No knowledge of poo I'm afraid.

When can you start using Bumbos? I think DS is still a bit young (7weeks) but he hates being laid down...will only tolerate being put in bouncer chair.

We're continuing to have major sleep issues here. DS just won't let us put him down. If we put him down when very sleepy he screamed straight away, and if we put him down when already asleep he starts within five minutes. Resorting to just letting him sleep on us :(

Ds likes his bouncer too but if he's in a mood he only likes if if it's being bounced

I think bumbo is technically four months but really from whenever they can properly support their own head?

equi DS first went in his bumbo at 10 weeks.

good luck for the move FoD

Morning!

Not sure why little one decided to wake up two hours earlier than usual but I know this means he'll be awake again before the suns up. Not sure about the rest of you but I find I can cope fine with being up with him once in the night, but more than that I feel knackered. Hats off to those of you who are managing more than one waking!

honey DS seems to find it really hard to turn his head left at all, doctor said the muscle on the right side of his neck is quite short but otherwise ok

Coffee we're usually up three times a night

Re heads not turning dd had this (although the muscles weren't tight) and ended up with a flat head it's never got completely better and won't now but at least she can cover it with her hair. I blame the forceps delivery and wish I'd got her seen by a cranial osteopath. I'm really paranoid about the same happening with ds!

FOD hope the move wasn't too stressful.

Cookie, congratulations on the roll you must of been so proud.

Bo welcome back could you not try some skin to under your covers as soon as your LO is naked and gently increase the length of time your LO's naked each time. Then when your LO settles with that take the covers away but carry on with the skin to skin. Then when your LO settles with that start doing part skin to skin part being left naked with you close by. Eventually you'll be able to just leave your LO naked. I know it'll be stressful at first but being against your naked skin might be quite calming oh and maybe try bathing together. Don't know wether you've tried that sorry if you have.

Eqi have you tried putting a hot water bottle on your LO's mattress and removing it just before you put your LO down. And also you get a teddy called the prince lionheart (i think) this mimics the sound of a heartbeat and is meant to be quiet calming. If you turned that on as well. Maybe the combination of a warm bed and hearing the heartbeat whilst lay down might help. Again sorry if you've tried that.

Bo and Eqi i just wanted to also say i have no idea if either of them ideas might actually work or even if they make sense. It might just be my sleep deprived brain coming out with rubbish.

I second what hales says re the naked baby? Perhaps she doesn't like the sudden change in temperatures which she will get from being clothed to naked then bathed. Dd does like her bath but she loves her bath when it's with dh or me.

I would love to move house, I feel a little like ours is the one jack built-mainly because in the past we've been so skint that any repairs have been done on the cheap. I've lived here since I was 19, I'm now 32 and never imagined back then is still be here don't get me wrong, it's certainly liveable and is 3 bed so we have enough room I'd just love a nice new house somewhere on a nice street with nice kids for ds to play with, I wouldn't dare let him play out on my street.

Dd woke pretty much every hour for feeding last night, didn't even get our long 4hr first stint! Thankfully I went to bed with her at 7pm so have at least slept when she has and despite it being so broken I feel mire refreshed this morning.

Pancakes and golden syrup for breakfast yum!

bo and eqi I think hales suggestions are really good, I love skin to skin, only wish I had time to do it more often.

eqi - controversial suggestion but have you tried putting lo on his tummy? Dd1 and dd3 would startle on their backs or if I managed to get them down asleep would wake up after only a few mins. The other thing I would get him checked for reflux/silent reflux - again dd1&3 had/have it and it does mean they never want to lay down as the acid comes up, and because they are sad they need extra cuddles and comfort. Good luck, I know it's exhausting.

Congrats on the move FOD - enjoy your new house!

We're off to Yorkshire today to see a friend who had a baby a month before N was born. It's the first time we've met up since the LOs were born and I can't wait to meet her DS. There's a few of us going over for lunch, so should be really nice. FX we can get across the Penines without any feeding stops!

Gosh you people can talk! I'm going to forget lots of the responses I had to news from 3 pages ago.

As for getting around London with a baby - my 2 bits of advice - there is an avoiding stairs tube map (includes which stations have escalators etc) here - www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf Really helpful!

Also, if you use the Google Maps app, you can select it to show directions only by bus - I just found this the other day, it's really helpful.

I am out and about in London a lot and find it mostly pretty easy. I walk a lot, use buses lots too, and tube only when I have to! Even the stations with lifts are a pain as it takes ages. To get out at Kings Cross you have to take 3 separate (very slow) lifts.

Little C seems to have changed a bit this week (coming up to 11 weeks) - way more smiley, more engaged with people, eye contact, cooing etc. Have we just come through a wonder week? Might explain the rubbish sleep last week.

FoD congrats on the move! You are brave!

Boho, have you tried baby massage? Might be a way for her to feel more secure (with skin to skin contact - via hands - with you) while naked. My baby didn't take to massage at first but is getting better at it, especially leg and tummy massage. Won't let me massage her arms yet!

Spotty, we're up 3 times a night too. For some reason, she can't go any longer than 2.5 hours after her dream feed. Doesn't seem right! Also, at golden syrup on pancakes. It's lemon and sugar, surely?!

So, we have our first trip away in 2 weeks' time! We're taking little C to Amsterdam for a long weekend, partly to see friends and partly to use up the benefits of living in EUrope before we move back to Aus! We're flying there and taking the train back. I've posted in the pushchairs sections - if anyone has an iCandy Strawberry and recommendations for travel bags, please let me know! I am a bit daunted about the trip - either it's going to go smoothly or be slightly hellish. Looking forward to it though - I love the Netherlands. My husband and I used to travel at least monthly, so with this being our first trip since last September it feels a long time coming.

We didn't have any lemon and don't have sugar in the house apart from for cooking

I have proper Canadian maple syrup in my cupboard, yummy on my French breakfast pastry that I can't spell the word of so won't try!!!!

I hate to say it, but I had a lovely night without F, slept really well, boobs didn't wake my until 9am, and now chilling eating my breakfast slowly with two hands. But I am looking forward to him coming home, and mil has sent me some beautiful pictures of him playing this morning.

We don't have problems getting F naked, it's dressed again he screams the house down, I suspect my DH's habit of wondering around the house naked has rubbed off on F already. I put F to bed on his side, with a blanket wedged behind him, stops him from startling but he can still wriggle onto his back when he wants to roll over.

Panicky mum here. Heidi has come out in a rash NHS Direct said to take her the GP tomorrow unless she gets ill then i have to phone the oncall GP. Really hoping this isn't measles but can see the rash spreading before my eyes

Oh dear hales hope Heidi is ok. Thinking of you both.

Oh no, hales! Fx for both of you!