December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

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New thread for us ladies

FoD at 5 weeks I was crying for an hour because his cheeks were so beautiful if that had happened they would have had to sedate me!

He keeps screaming but it seems he's just starving. Had 16oz over the last 3 hours. Hope he's okay.

Tummy time is just eat your fist/the rug time in this house! Ah they all get there in the end.

Welcome Ski

Willyou i'm glad both you and J are ok. Could he be having a growth spurt?

So my day has been interesting took my dad to a routine hospital appointment. After speaking to the Dr for all of 2 minutes she told him, she was admitting him to the heart and chest ward for close observation. So he's hooked up to a ECG monitor he's had his bloods done and and chest X-rays. The consultant came round and said that they will probably do a angioplasty sooner rather than later due to his angina becoming so unstable. Its weird though because i'm not worried and i'm actually looking forward to spending some alone time with Heidi. I'm a bad person aren't i?

Oh, little C's tummy time is often 'lower my head so I can chomp on my fist which, usefully, doesn't seem to move too much'. She still enjoys it.

Oh, willyou, don't worry. C had a little fall the other day, bomped her head a little bit and had a cry. I kept calm, gave her a feed and she was fine. One of my friends dropped her baby onto the radiator - he's completely fine.

Bedtime. Husband will do the dream feed. Fx she stays asleep for the rest of the night a decent stretch.

Hales not at all, they are being preventative rather than reactive to your dads heart so your anxiety is probably quite low. DF had his prostate out last month, I could have fretted that cancer had spread but instead I was just happy they had removed the tumer.

Not looking forward to tonight, F was terrible last night and tonight he woke an hour after putting him down so (bad mum alert) I have put him to sleep on his tummy and has been asleep over an hour. Have the sensor mat monitor on and can hear him breathing. He had better get used to his cot bed quick, I have no patience and a short temper in the night.

I think my anxiety is low as well because i know he's ok and the hospital will look after him really well. Also i get to have some precious alone time with Heidi

I forgot to ask how is your dad now Eggs?

hales not bad at all, alone time with Heidi will be fab and hopefully a lovely relaxing bonding time - it sounds like you've always got a lot going on with which you cope amazingly but only natural to want a little down time with your precious lo. Enjoy it!

willyou - a while back I pulled up on the drive and dd2 hopped out of her seat - I'd completely forgotten to do her straps up! We all have awful parenting moments - in any job (especially a 24/7 one) you can't be perfect all the time.

T was so brave at her jabs, bless her. I managed to drops phone when I was changing her and completely shatter the screen - grr. Somehow it still seems to be working! I just can't read anything! Having been awake almost all day she fell asleep in the car at 4.30 and I woke her up after I'd put the bigs to bed at 8! It's been lovely having some one to one with her and we've had a lovely time playing, chatting, smiling And a few proper laughs. Now just feeding to sleep (fx).

Welcome +ski*

spotty I've got a confession to make, I haven't done any tummy time with all 3 of mine. DD hated it and not doing it made no difference to her development so I just didn't bother with the others. DS1 was mobile by 7 months!

willyou I hope you're not too rattled. I've done something similar and plenty of other things too. Have some

hales I hope you've got some good advice on your sleep thread. I'll be checking it out! It's been nearly 2 weeks since we had a 4 hour stretch. Last night at 1am I had that awful thing where you wake up and the last thing you remember is being sat up feeding. DS was safely asleep in his bed thankfully. I'm glad your dad's in good hands, nothing wrong with enjoying a bit of alone time with Heidi!

wl no, poor phone! Can you get a replacement?

The 4 months jabs didn't make DS sleepy unfortunately, and it took him nearly 4 days to get over them. Swizz.

I woke up last night with intense pain in my left breast and a raging fever. I've got bacterial mastitis and some antibiotics, hopefully they don't affect DS's tummy! Got DD's Easter hat parade today, I'm worried I've made her hat too whacky, hopefully she's not embarrassed wearing it.

WL the last couple of years i feel like i've dealt with something new every week. But as long as no one dies i'll cope Sorry about your phone screen.

Seymore theres been some good advice someone has just mentioned a 90 minute rule. Where you put them down 90 minutes after they've woke up in the place you want them to sleep and eventually they start napping in the day which in turn leads to better sleeps of a night. I'm definitely going to try that. Theres also been other useful tips Sorry about the mastitis do you have a natural remedy shop near you? Theres a tablet you can buy which is herbal one and it prevents you getting thrush from the antibiotics. I can't remember the name of it but maybe someone who works in the shop can tell you. Hope it clears up soon.

ISpy - it might already have hit. He was sleeping so well for a few weeks, 8-7 with one feed at 4am, but now he is feeding 2-3 times and needs settling at least one additional time. I'm fine with that for now so I'm hoping I've got lucky!

Hales - it sounds like your dad is in good hands and getting what he needs

Seymore -sorry to hear about you mastitis. Easter hats are supposed to be wacky, does it have those fluffy Easter chicks on it?

LO quite likes tummy time now. I usually put him in front of the mirrored wardrobes and he just stares at himself. He's rolled over a couple of times but always looks very shocked when it happens!

Spotty - yes, moving this Friday, but not whole house move thankfully as we're staying in a furnished flat my grandmother owns till we sell our house/buy another. Dh is coming back up on Saturday to collect more clothes etc after moving me, O, cats and pram on Friday. .

Wlmum- sorry about your phone! I did exactly the same a month ago and bought a screen protector stable door, bolted horse anyone? which holds the screen together and it still works but has crazy cracking every where!

Hales he is fine, relieved to be peeing without a catheter! Seymore hope your boobs clear up quickly, it sounds very painful.

Bad mum alert! After yesterday's terrible night, I wasn't up for bring up every hour again tonight, so when he woke just 1hr after going down I resettled him and put him on his tummy. He slept for almost 6hrs so now he is fed I have resettled him on his belly again in the hope for more sleep. I'll try him on his side again tonight. I'm hoping he just needs to get used to the cot.

Hales - completely agree with 90 minute rule. So easy for babies to become overtired, and then sleeping becomes more difficult. I jealously protect C's naps - one of my friends (who doesn't have kids) thought I was mad for letting c sleep on me for hours during the day, until I explained the importance of naps. Maybe she still thinks I'm mad!

Just had a look hales some good tips. I hope you're getting more sleep soon. I struggle with daytime naps too. He wakes after 30 mins and needs lots of resettling because he's too cranky to get up, why won't he just nap for longer!

Eggs I'm looking forward to DS rolling back to front because I remember being told that once they're rolling you can settle them to sleep on their front. My other DCs always slept much longer like that. I'm pretty sure it's fine now they're this big and have good head control?

utopian good luck with the move!

ski we went a bit mad with the glue gun and it had chicks, geese, bunnies, eggs, paper flowers... etc! I didn't make the parade in the end because I'm feeling so fluey with mastitis. DH went though!

DS has started biting me a lot. Anyone else having this? It's usually at the start or end of a feed, he properly clamps down and sometimes I have to open his jaws with my finger and free my nipple! it's bloody agony on the mastitis side

Hello,

We've made it back to the uk safe and sound and are at the coal face of the jet lag struggle now....

Welcome skibunny

So much to catch up on! I can't remember who said what so shall
Stick to topics. finances - I'm the main earner by a long way so without my salary coming in I am going to struggle to take more than about 7-8 months mat leave. I'd ideally like 9. 12 feels a bit long to me because I'll miss a complete annual "cycle" at work. But at the same time I am torn as I really want to do up the kitchen. Mat leave is a good time to do it as I can plan it and manage the project, plus it'll be some before Z starts crawling then, but there's the little voice in my head saying "bad mummy, you're forgoing 2 more months at home for that". Please say things to make me feel better about it...

When we went through a financial sticky patch a few years ago when my husband wasn't working and I'd moved out of a city job into the public sector, we found the ixpenseit app was brilliant for budgeting.

heart stuff - I have a referral to a cardiologist as I had so many blood pressure problems during pregnancy and all the appointments have started to come through. I'm a bit scared generally. If they tell me it's because of my weight then I guess that's the best outcome isn't it but solving the issue is easier said and done. It's not as if I wouldn't already BE slim if getting there was anything other than incredibly hard.

Marking place.

I feel I've been reading my life on this thread so far....

fod I've had tendonitis for last 8 weeks or so, its an absolute nightmare! Went to the hospital to get a brace fitted after my 6 week check and the lady said that if it doesn't improve, once I've finished bf I will have to have steroid injections - ouch!

Ds has been really unsettled today and has been up feeding on and off since 4. He normally sleeps through... Growth spurt perhaps?

The weaning advice is back again from family members, especially as he is now 12 weeks. Or people think I should be mix feeding him or putting something in his milk to ' bulk him up'.
Need to talk to someone in rl as things are quite tough at the mo with dp, guess its due to ds arrival and he has recently moved in with us. This too shall pass? Bloody well hope so.
welcome back.seconds, fx with your referral.

2blessed have they told you that you have to finish breastfeeding before you have the steroid injections?

Apparently they are safe even whilst feeding.

seymour that mastitis sounds awful, poor you.

seconds you must do what's right for you , kitchen al all!

2blessed that sounds tough - time for some counselling? Hopefully you will back on track soon.

Well thanks to the jabs I guess T slept 10.30 til 6! Unfortunately I was up 4-5 feeling crap with my cold, was freezing cold and my throat was sore. Now boiling hot with sore throat. Boo.

Seymore ouch ds does a lot of pulling whilst still latched on after a growth spurt when my let down is fast etc could it be something like that?

2blessed sorry you're having a hard time our relationship is never as strained as when there's a new baby it helps that we both accept that and know it won't last.

Welcome back to sunny England seconds! Most people return to work after nine months so don't feel bad.

Hmm ds appears to be awake. Dp has a week off now. Dd has just asked him to do some painting think he will realise how full on having two is now....

Yay for sleep WL. Stupid colds. Get some nasal spray and dose up on paracetamol

Welcome back to the island Seconds, just in time for the sun to come out! 2blessed hope you are able to sort things out quickly, DH and I had a set to a couple of weeks ago, cleared the air very nicely!

I'm hoping to go back to work in August, provided I can get some bank shifts to top my pay up, our house is rented and the credit card isn't maxed out earlier.

He won't fully realise spotty unless you go out for the day and leave him to it!

You're probably right WL! I'm going out for lunch a week Sunday so that will give him a few hours... Off to soft play this morning it's the closest one to us but I've never been because its forty minutes away. Hopefully dd will like it then potty training will commence....

Ds took a while to settle from his nap think he was over tired.

Are you going to little angels at rokers farm? Worpleston/Guildford? Hell on earth! DH takes big dds there, they love it, I hate it!

T was just dropping off on the boob for a nap then woke herself up with a poo! Just trying again but will only be a short nap as its my turn to open playgroup in 45 mins

When does the startle response stop? It's driving me crackers!