December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

[WillYouDoTheBunnyHop]

New thread for us ladies

Hales, maybe start a thread in the sleep section with all the details? So many ppl on here who could help. I think on this thread the conversations meander so much and you could do with dedicated help.

Hales that does sound tough. I agree with mamapo please post in sleep. Even if they can't help there will be lots of encouragement. You do know that the less sleep babies need the more intelligent they are?!

That sounds really tough Hales. I agree a dedicated thread would be a good plan. Hope you get some helpful advice soon and in the meantime.

Well, we've been to baby clinic this morning and the little chunk is now 18lb 2oz. There was no mention of weaning, and I'm in no hurry to start it. He does have good head control and can sit well with support but isn't sitting unaided at all yet. I know it's not the only factor, but he just doesn't seem ready. Think I'm going to take a similar approach to you WL - sit him up at the table with us in his high chair once he's sitting well enough to go in it, offer him some bits of food and see where we go from there.

That is a good idea i'll try it. Thank you

Wow what a weight Ispy

Wowsers I had no idea there could be such a huge difference in weight. J's 14 weeks and 12lb 11oz, I thought he looked massive!

Oh god Hales you must be on your knees especially as DP isn't being much help either. Hope someone has some specialised advice for you

So we've learned a new annoying trick here pulling the bottle out of his mouth with both hands and putting it back in again himself! It makes feeding him a nightmare but I find it ridiculously funny

Hales, make sure you post the link to your sleep thread here so we can come over and comment.

18lb, nice work. I'll get C weighed next week, when she's 4 months.

C fell asleep at the baby cafe this morning, and I managed to squash her into her pramsuit, tuck her into her buggy, walk around for a while including around the shops, and come home and make tea and toast, all without her waking. now that I have jinxed it I will hear a wail

I couldn't find the sleep thread so i posted it in chat.

Willyou that does sound funny, i thought H held her hands out to my boobs last night as i got into bed haha.

Forgot to say spotty i hope your right about the intelligence thing. Might make it worth while

In case you want to repost - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep

Hello! I'm slightly late to the party... Am I still allowed to join?
I have a wee boy born who just turned 16 weeks yesterday, he's my first so I'm still muddling along the best I can, slowly feel like I'm getting the hang of it though! Took him swimming for the first time the other days he didn't hate it, or love it. I guess he's a pretty chill baby anyway!

Welcome ski

Thanks! I will try and catch up the best I can.

Welcome Ski my DS is pretty chilled about swimming. He just floats along watching everything and sucking the chlorine off my hands. Except last week when his grandad took him in, he was unsettled and cried for the submersions. I was beside myself at the edge of the pool wanting to take over and tell FIL he was doing it all wrong!

Ye, stacks, I just swooshed him about a bit and he looked around. Was too scared to dunk him all the way under though, the water slashed over his nose once and he spluttered and coughed like nobodies business! He is so squirmy and kicky the rest of the time, I just expected him to be splashing about!

Our swimming lessons are basically teaching commands to the babies. To get them going under the water you have a command "name, ready, go" then wait a few seconds before putting a handful of water over their face, stroking your hand down their face at the same time. Practice in the bath, 3 times each bath time, and do it every time you swim. They learn it, and to expect the water, so hold their breath. We did it for about 3 weeks before the first time we put the babies under.

It's also important to commit to putting them under the water, if you do it too slow, or too shallow, their gag reflex doesn't kick in and they'll swallow the water.

Welcome Ski

Official terrible mummy alert

I just dropped J out of his car seat. Forgot to do up the straps and he flopped out forwards. He wouldn't stop screaming so I had to take him to A&E where he proceeded to laugh, coo and stroke the nurse's fingers! I feel awful . He's fine though.

Oh WillYou we've all done silly things don't beat yourself up baby's are very bouncy

Oh dear willyou, I'm sure it upset you more than him. A couple of weeks ago my LO rolled off the couch (I was sitting right next to him!) and I cried for longer than he did.

Those swimming lessons sound fun stacks. The nearest pool is about an hour away so I probably won't omit to anything like that at the moment.

willyou I had to run across the playground earlier as I'd forgotten to strap ds2 in the buggy and ds1 was attempting to push the buggy over a walking beam (fine for the front when he tipped the buggy back but when he tipped it forwards ) we all do silly things especially when sleep deprived. I regularly used to once nearly knocked dd out by lifting her out her car seat and whacking her head on the top of the car door frame. She's still alive at 8yo. I also bounced ds1s head off the pavement by falling over with him in my arms while wearing silly high heels I cried for longer than he did

Chin up, and don't be hard on yourself.

Thanks all, I read the thread about parenting stuff that doesn't matter on the long run and someone said she lived by the motto "everybody fed, nobody dead". That is my motto for today! Luckily it was on the way back from asda so I have ice cream and wine!

I'm very excited to start weening and I'm sure it'll be here in no time and ill be cursing the food mashed into our stupid cream carpet. He can't sit up at all yet at 12 weeks without us holding onto him and I do worry I don't give him enough floor/tummy time but he gets so frustrated and screams after 5 minutes.
I was going to take E for weighing today but it was too snowy. Wonder if its work if I stood on the Wii board with him?
Seymore, I've had a couple of stressed out "why the hell are you still crying its been hours" meltdowns where DP finds me in a ball staring into the distance sobbing. It's good your DP helped out it makes all the difference. I still stay on edge because DP is increasingly struggling with the crying.
WillYou how awful, glad he's alright. DS has the scream until in the presence of professionals down to a T!
I found him grasping into an elephant toy shoving as much of it in his mouth as possible today. It's the first time he's done something like that so I'm very proud today. He had his 12 week jabs yesterday and has pretty much slept since, I'm feeling very refreshed.

Ds HATES tummy time and just lays there sucking his fist or crying

C turned the corner with tummy time recently - she loves it now. Chats away to herself.

Proper swaddle in the house! Fx for decent sleep.

Willyou - as everyone else has said, don't beat yourself up. These things happen and J is fine. Have a and be kind to yourself. Think "everyone fed and nobody dead" is a fantastic motto - will keep it in mind esp when DS1 is having one of his more 'spirited' days and N is having yet another growth spurt!

Welcome Ski - I've got a 16 week old too. Just waiting for the sleep regression to hit!

When Edward was 5 weeks old he rolled off me chest, off the bed and got wedged. between the bed and the crib.

He slept through the whole thing. I cried for an hour!