December 2012 - the fourth trimester is nearly over

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Why am I awake? J's asleep I should be too!

willyou after an awful night last night it took me ages to get to sleep and now I'm struggling to see/type!

spotty :-(. One day he'll go longer. I did do controlled crying with the big 2 to get them sleeping through but not til they were much older. It was awful (but short lived) but I was at breaking point.

We're up an hour earlier than usual. I guess that's what happens when she's refused sleep all day so was too tired to drink much at bedtime.

We're up again too I'm not too worried. I'm pretty sure once in stop bf and switch to ff he will sleep better. I'm just not sure when ill ever want to do that!

2blessed fenugreek really does work but you have to take quite a lot - 3 capsules 3/4 times a day until you smell like maple syrup!

spotty funnily enough I was thinking about weaning today and how we're nearly half way to starting - time is flying by so fast! Quite looking forward to her being less boob dependent but also sad/scared about it.
She's just done a big wet burp all over my neck, possibly down my back and onto my pillow - nice! Too tired to care!

Ds has zonked out again! I know I can't believe we are halway there either! I would like to keep bf if he ever sleeps better but if after weaning he's still waking really frequently I might have to think again, I know that's pretty selfish

We're up but we managed to skip the 12 feed so its been 4.5/5 hrs (I can't remember what time he fed.

Not selfish spotty you do need some sleep at some point! Hopefully he'll get better at this sleeping malarky soon.

Dd proving tricky to resettle after her feed. Keeps puking on the sheet :-( which wakes her up and needs boob to fall asleep again.

Oh dear WL hope she's settled now. I can't get back to sleep again!

IsThat that's a good chunk of sleep

And he's awake again after 90 minutes. I haven't been back to sleep yet

I hope you're sleeping spotty

WL ds2 gets sicky when he doesn't need the milk but is comfort sucking. Do you use a dummy ?

Has anyone else's LO ever taken a dummy fine and then started to fuss over it weeks later? Ds2 has had a sunny since birth pretty much with no problem. But in the last few days he's started to spit/pull it out all the time and I can't work out why.

Gosh I'm glad he just woke up, now my boobs will get some relief!

Isthat, my LO refuses a dummy most the time, despite me trying to give her it alot. But very occasionally she'll take it.

I think H is getting ready to do a massive poo, shes got really really restless and keeps coming on and off my breast. She hasn't pooed for 36 hours so it'll be a large one,

Thanks for all your kind words re DHs cousin, she was found last night, shaken but well. Would appear she wanted to go to London but got lost on the underground (I think we can all relate to that!)

F's sleep is just getting worse, thought ff babies slept well? He slept 9-1, 1.30-4.30 and didn't want to go back to bed. He's looking sleepy again now but we have to take DH to work at 6.30.

Wl I got plastered in sick yesterday, definitely greedy boy syndrome!

isthat I've tried giving her a dummy on and off since she was born and shes just not interested so I gave up. I'm still hoping she'lll find her thumb instead as she does obviously like to comfort suck. She sucks at her hands often when I've put her down if she's not completely zonked and in the sling before she goes off.

eggs that's good news

D has always happily had a dummy. When we worked out he could pull/spit it out he started doing it for fun-especially now he's worked out his to get hold of the handle and properly take it out bit then he gets upset and wants it back. Now he's working out how to put it back himself.

Completely liquid poo, normal colour and seems ok in himself- is this normal or so I need to worry?

We often have liquid poo.

Ds had a dummy from birth but won't take it anymore.

I've woken up with a really upset stomach, does anyone know if I can take Imodium?

Honey ds2s poo is always liquid.

It's odd spotty that they were fine and now won't take it. I'm going to keep trying. Always found dummies to be lifesavers.

Well 2.30, 5 and 7 wake ups aren't bad I suppose. Dcs back to school today yay for normal routine! although ds2 is going to be a pita as he's had daddy and big bro and sis to entertain him while I work for a week and suddenly it'll just be me again

We have fairly liquid poo too. Seems normal for us. Edward gifted us by sleeping from midnight until 7.30am!

We always have liquid poo. In fact, the imminent arrival of the most recent one is why I haven't been back to sleep since the 6.15 feed. Yawn.

Fantastic news Eggs.

Just catching up from the other day re slings - WL, N was 12 weeks on Saturday but he is quite big (16lb 1oz) so not sure if that helps with carrying him with his legs out of the sling.

Ds keeps trying to sleep on his side in the hammock which is making me nervous he'll suffocate. I put him down on his back and he wriggles till he's pointing sideways. When do i have to think about a proper cot? Was hoping to buy once we've moved..

Also have has green poo on and off for a few days here. Time to call the hv? We're ebf.

R has been legs out since birth, i didn't know there was another way

I tried legs out yesterday and she did seem more comfy, and actually so did I. She's also big (91st centile) and strong. Going to have her legs out again this morning when I take big dds to the park (inset day here for dd1).

We always had liquid pop before gaviscon. Green poo normal too.

Not sure about immodium spotty - when I had it it only lasted one aft/eve so not too bad.