December 2012: Dribbles, giggles and rolls!

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Thought we should get a new thread before the night shift

nutella - intrigued about the pressure point - is it a magic sleep button?!

ispy - I give T vitamins most days - wellbaby ones have brill tiny syringe but totally missed this price of advice with dd2. It's crap weird how the hvs at clinics don't advise on vitamins.

Just fed T to sleep, hoping she'll have a proper nap as she's only had a 10 min power nap so far today. She had her jabs this morning so fx for no ill effects. Need to tidy up tons a little as dd1 has a pal coming home from school today for tea - so cute! Just pointed out to DH how filthy our toilet is!!

Tried a dream feed with T last night as her reflux is terrible at night if she goes til 3 and she brings back the whole feed requiring new sheets, sleeping bag and my pjs. Then can take 2.5 hours to resettle her as we get into a feed/puke cycle. It helped lesson the puke but she was still uncomfy and took over an hour to settle then woke as normal at 3 for over another hour. Hmmm.

Today J has decided to eat and eat and eat yippee! He's also ripped his face to tatters and I've list his bloody bail scissors. The christening photos are going to look like something out of Edward scissor hands!

Hv rang this morning and is coming on Tuesday. What do they so at the 3-4 month visit?

Ok this is my 3rd dc, no one has ever mentioned vitamins (big dcs have a chewy multi vit now they're bigger but only from 4+) have I missed something important? Why do they need vitamins? And isn't rickets caused by lack of vit d, so sunlight?

Our new witching hour is 2-3. He screams something awful. (Which is not like him) and doesn't know what he wants. I think I may have almost boobed him into submission but he took some persuading

They recommend a multivitamin for BF babies iathat as breast milk doesn't contain vitamin d. The sub in this country isn't strong enough for most of the year to generate the levels required.

*sun

Reading kellymom it says that baby should get enough Vit d from me (as long as I have sufficient ) and sunlight at about 17 mins per day. And as I take cod liver oil for my joints I know my vit d levels are ok so I'm happy without the vitamins

Ah well they'd know better, I'm going on what we were tols on the frankly shit NHS breast feeding course.

3/4 month check for us was:

Weight
Length
Weaning
Pnd questionnaire
Any questions

He won't stop crying. Again. He's been fed, changed and only awake for an hour (crying for twenty minutes). This has now made dd cry. I've given him calpol but I don't know what's wrong he just cries all the bloody time.

We're having am afternoon like that spotty. Big dcs are now watching a DVD while we do skin to skin and snuggle in bed.

I can't do skin to skin or anything because I'm covered in bloody fake tan as is ds now

He sounds like two cats fighting.

Don't fake tan your baby :) there was a thread about that once OP had had a spray tan, then co slept and her baby was tanned down one side and she was trying to work out how to get it off so baby's dad didn't notice when he came for contact. A lot of us turned up on the thread going honey dragon is that you? As previously she had immaced her baby (twice ) and dyed her baby blue once!

I think he has a tiny bit on his face, it's a tear streak from where he was crying on my arm he's stopped crying now dd hasn't though

Apparently I need to call an ambulance because she's poorly

Woohoo I've been chosen to review pampers nappies on here. 30 free nappies winging their way to me :)

Me too!

Yay spotty I love free things!

Just put ds's babygrow on for bed and it's way too small but all his other ones are in dd's room and he was crying so he's having to sleep in it thank goodness for froggy legs...

WL there is a point between the eyebrows at the top of the nose. Usually when I go back to shush DS after putting him to bed (he doesn't cry, just whinges or stays awake) I gently stroke down his nose from just above his eyebrows.
Occasionally when he refuses to nap and is getting screamy overtired instead of gently stroking down his nose I rub/ massage the spot between his eyebrows. Normally he shuts his eyes and quietens down, then he sometimes goes off to sleep. It is like a magic off switch... But like all baby things it doesn't always work. I find giving him a break for a few mins then trying it again often has the result I want

After the song and dance that was going to sleep this morning he then slept for 1.5 hours. We went out for a walk in the pram and he fell asleep and carried on sleeping when we got home = 2 hour nap . And he has just woken from another nap.... I'm going to dress him for bed now but I'm not sure what is going to happen tonight....

Oh dear just had a row with DH, the usual that can be summed up as follows (DH works from home but not conventional 9-5).
Me "will you hold him for a bit?"
DH "not now maybe later"
Me (later) "ok what about now"
DH "maybe later"
Me (later still, exploding after a day of being physically tethered to the sofa) "I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN I'LL HAVE A BREAK BECAUSE I FIND THIS HARD"
Him: "well why don't you go back to work then".

(A) I get full pay for 6 months so why would I go back before then
(B) I'm not saying I want to go back now! Just that I need a bloody break for maybe half an hour every 24 hours from a baby who is mostly delightful but is currently teething and screaming inconsolably.
(C) I've worked all my life apart from 2 months between jobs, during which i planned our wedding and found a new job. He's been freelance so on and off and almost entirely supported by me when we first moved in together. I had a shitty pregnancy that followed a traumatic miscarriage. Maternity leave is the only time I'll get to actually spend time not going into the office every day! I may not be enjoying every minute of it but telling me I should just go back whenever I encounter a frustration, rather than helping me, is making me so furious I could hit my head against the wall. In fact I did just have a massive screaming fit, just screaming. I don't know where they come from but I seem to get so pent up. I am clearly in need of a constructive outlet for this frustration that just takes over me sometimes. Perhaps I should get my mum to come on specified days to watch Z so that I can just get on with something different, some sewing or other project.

Oh seconds that a rubbish thing for him to say I have been moaning lots about dd and ds recently but I wouldn't change them for the world!

It definitely sounds like you need a break. Could you do something in the evening? Go swimming? Or to a coffee shop to read a book and eat cake

Mmmm cake. I've managed 349 calories today, trying to do that 5:2 diet.... Dreaming of the buttery toast I'm going to have tomorrow for breakfast! (Oh and I had lunch and a big dinner today so not starving!)

Yay for free nappies!

IsthatThink the Vit D thing has come about as Willyou says due to there being insufficient sunlight in much of the UK (esp Wigan ) to make natural supplies, coupled with the fact people tend to be much more contentious about sun screen now. Had just thought that they had enough supply from before birth to last until 6 months. DS1 doesn't appear to have suffered any adverse effects from not starting vitamins this early but have got some for N now.

We've got the incredible no napping baby today - don't think he's had an hour in total, and that has been made up of lots of micronaps. He's not been upset, just wants to stay awake and be nosy no matter what I do. Hopefully he'll make up for it tonight, but somehow don't think that's how it works!

seconds ask him how he'd feel about a 24/7 job where his clients watch him shower, shout at him for having a wee and often make him work through breakfast lunch and dinner. No matter how much he loved it he'd want a few minutes off here and there non?

ispy we've had the same, virtually no sleep, mostly happy enough though.

spotty is that advisable when bfing?

Well I'm changing it slightly...only 'fasting' for 24 hours not 36 and (apart from not getting breakfast this morning) am still eating three times a day. Most people just have one meal in 36 hours. I've had more than my five a day so made sure I've got all the nutrients I need and am drinking plenty so should be fine. I've looked into it and the only worry seems to be about the nutrients so I'm just making sure I get all of them. It will probably only last a week anyway