December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

[WillYouDoTheBunnyHop]

New thread for us ladies

[WillYouDoTheBunnyHop]

No Spotty I started keeping him up til 8:30 when he takes another bottle. Seems to have done the job

[SpottyTeacakes]

Oh that seems like a good idea

[WillYouDoTheBunnyHop]

It was his idea, i.e. he refused to go to bloody bed several nights running!

[EggsMichelle]

Well done Willyou. F has been weighed today, has passed the double birth weight point, and since he lost a lb just after birth, it's epic! HV started talking about weaning but we agreed there are other options like hungry baby milk. Going to review it again in 4wks and see how he's doing.

I have always been the breadwinner (DH perpetual student/immobile due to destroyed knee) but now DH has a job I plan to just go back part time. This will be the first time we have had 2 proper incomes (if payroll ever sort their shit out and pay him) so will make a nice change to have money for holidays and nice things.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Eggs why did your HV mention weaning? Did you give you the latest weaning leaflet? (Sorry I can't remember how old he is now!)

[EggsMichelle]

Spotty it's because of the rate he is gaining weight and the amount of milk he is drinking. They didn't give me any literature but think that cause I said I'd rather review it next month. He is 16wks on Thursday and has gone from 9th centile to 91st, no surprise my boobs couldn't keep up!

[MaMaPo]

How much does F weigh, Michelle? He and C are the same age and she's a big baby, but nobody's mentioned weaning to me.

[FriendofDorothy]

Someone in my ante-natal class whose son is a couple of weeks older then The Little Mister has been talking about weaning her boy. Her idea of weaning is letting him lick bread and icecream

[SpottyTeacakes]

I was thinking he must be big because he weighed the same as my Felix when he was born but he hasn't doubled his birth weight yet it's just the nhs leaflet says the opposite to your HV I have never had a big baby though so can't comment!

[EggsMichelle]

He's 16lb6oz, dropped to 6lb13oz after birth. I've not read the literature yet, my DH is into reading Cochran reports but I will have to do some reading myself. It definitely won't be ice cream on the menu though (I never share my ice cream!)

[SpottyTeacakes]

Dp just put ds into the bath after dd had been in there with a bath bomb ffs. Now he smells of fake flowers

[itsMYNutella]

eggs interesting hearing about weights and ages. DS is 12 weeks today, he was last weighed 2 weeks ago and was 5.2kg so I would guess he is now a bit over 5.5kg, when he hits 6kg he will have doubled his birthweight... My mum keeps suggesting a bit of baby rice to help him sleep at night. But I think he sleeps well at night although I do wish it was a bit longer

[PurplePidjin]

Nutella, R was 5.2 (11lb7) today and he's 18 weeks!!

[itsMYNutella]

Awwwpidj! T was tiny when he was born and lost 10% of his BW in about 2 days. I think he went down to about 2.7 so I'm really impressed at what a greedy guts he is how well he is doing. How much did R weigh when he was born?

[SpottyTeacakes]

Nutella what are the weaning guidelines where you are? Do they follow the WHO guidelines?

[itsMYNutella]

spotty I have absolutely no idea.... Our next appointment for jabs is in a little over two weeks so I'll ask the Dr. My midwife said 4 months at the earliest & 6 months at the latest to start giving him puréed stuff. But I can also ask the midwife doing our fitness class tomorrow. I'm curious now

[SeymoreInOz]

What are the weaning guidelines in the UK? I've not been given any literature here so I'd better look it up. The other DCs weren't big so it's news to me that he should be weaned earlier because of it, although the HV and GP have both said it now. He's 16 weeks and 19lb 4oz.

Another awful night here, at 2am on our third wake up since 10pm I had a very embarrassing meltdown. DH banished me to the spare room for sleep, he had to get on a plane to Brisbane at 6am this morning.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Ah Seymore you just needed some sleep, it's good that your DH helped out :)

this is the NHS guidelines I want to leave it as long as possible because it's such a hassle I'm going to do a mixtue of mashed and finger foods.

[WLmum]

Poor you seymour. Great that your DH is helping. I had a cry in the night a few weeks back - I often have a cry if I'm really tired. It really is cathartic.

[MaMaPo]

A few weeks back, WL? I cry all the bloody time.

Not to worry Seymore - sounds like you're into the sleep regression. It'll end. But it's bloody hard and frustrating to be in the middle of it.

[SeymoreInOz]

Thanks spotty that's just what I needed! No mention of size there. We're hopefully going away next month so I'd ideally like to wait until after that.

Thanks mama and wl it was really cathartic actually. I threw a pillow, and shouted into the other one. I hope you're right and it's a passing phase, we're down to 90 minute sleeps now!

[halesball]

Seymore my LO is like yours and Eggs' LO's. She got weighed at 13 weeks and was 16.3lbs. I saw the HV when she was 11 weeks and she gave me the literature about weaning then. The HV is due back tomorrow (for yet another visit) so H will get weighed again then. The earliest i'm willing to wean is 17 weeks as she is showing signs of wanting food now. I was reading about baby led weaning last night, i'm not sure how i feel about it yet. Will have to do abit more reading around it.

Also H doesn't sleep very much its a killer isn't it. I'm cried every week since she was born.

[halesball]

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[EggsMichelle]

Compared to your babies (all I ever hear in rl is "my baby was sleeping through", makes me want to smash faces) f is quite a good sleeper, and even he drives me to tears so I can't imagine how you all feel. So far I have had to resettle him 5 times, he has never been this bad before, and this is his first feed. DH is working an early and since I was asleep before he got in last night, he is desperate to tell me about his day now

[PurplePidjin]

Nutella, he was 2.8 (6lb3) dropping to 5lb8 then back up at 5 days. Tracking the 0.4 line nicely :o