January 2013 - part 3 - where we have to stop them rolling off the changing mats!

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Ok, here we go with the new thread - we got to exactly 1000! Hope everyone enjoyed this balmy day. I got Felix out loads in the buggy :)

Great news birdies.

Havent posted for a bit. Been busy with LO, like most of you theres lots of hand in mouth and dribbling here. He had his 12week jabs today, quite upset and was choking on the Calpol and couldnt catch his breath :-(

His weight and height have dropped down on the percentile line, two visits running. HV not concerned yet, but dont understand as his feeding (combination) seems the same. Has anyone else had this??

Birdies that's such great news re the hips! Happy for you.
I know what you mean re tummy time. I have exactly the same problem, not only do I frequently forget, but when I do remember he doesn't like it much, grunts a lot and then starts crying. However I am persevering for just a couple of minutes at a time, whenever I remember.....
Creepy I have exactly the same at nappy changing. He puts both feet flat and then does a sort of riverdance. Incredibly hard to put the nappy back on but he seems to be having such a whale of a time doing this mad boogie that's I just start laughing and it takes even longer!

He has his 2nd set of jabs tomorrow. He was fine after the 1st set so fingers crossed will be unaffected once more.

birdies have you tried lying on your back and popping her on you for tummy time? That's generally a bit less unpopular with Ellen. Or a favourite toy in front of her - I did that with the ipad today with a film on it as she loves the tv and it worked a treat, she held herself up on her arms for the first time and stayed there ages. I think she just needed motivating!

Great news birdies!

Hi all can I join, my little lady will be 15 weeks on Friday (where has the time gone?!). She is currently snoozing next to me in bed as we co sleep, I love watching her in dream sleep, she roars with laughter sometimes, I would love to know what she's dreaming about?

Re tummy time i never consciously did tunmy time with ds1 just popped him down every now and then to see what happened. He rolled quite early and started crawling around 5 months (though it was backwards). They all get there when they are ready and if they're not happy doing something it seems unfair to make them if its not necessary IYSWIM

Also sure i read on here that having them on your front counts as tummy time. Ivy does little push ups on me and tries push herself over my shoulder to whatever is behind me. Is v cute.

How was the cinema trip Happyhow? I had the best time - the screening was in an arts venue with tables/chairs and loads of space for buggies. Also there were complimentary pots of tea and biscuits! It was sooo enjoyable, although Baby Eagle did a huge poo at a critical moment - when I got back from changing her, the plot had moved on significantly and I sat there in confusion wondering if it was the same film

Last night was incredible on the sleep front - she went down at 9ish and slept through til 5am!!! Stupidly I thought tonight would be a doddle but no, she's still fighting sleep and showing no signs of going to bed soon (think it was the post-jabs calpol that helped last night). All things, good and bad, are just a phase and the following day they have changed the bloody rules again.

Welcome auch its lovely watching them sleep. Mine does the giggling in her sleep too. My ds2 is 7 and he still does it! but then he is nuts

Octane Ivy does that funny happy dance in the pram when the dcs are talking to her and making her laugh shes all over the place. Then the dcs fight to try and make her do it again!

welcome auch

dd is another tummy time refuser. she doesn't mind if she's lying on my tummy and she really likes being up over my shoulder, which surely exercises her neck muscles too?

Winding on your shoulder also counts as tummy time apparently... Although dexter hates it done that way now aswell so i shall try him lying on me tomorrow. Feel so proud today re:boob supply, hes had two bottles one of which was expressed stuff cos i was being lazy and didnt want to feed him for an hour again. So im clearly up on supply if i managed just one ff :-D woo

well done lora

Does anyone else have weird parenting dreams??
I just dreamt I was back at work with DS in tow, it was a bit awkward as he kept crying... Then I dreamt we were doing BLW with chocolate muffins
I am a bit obsessed with chocolate muffins tbh,

DD spent her first night in her own room last night!
DP has to get up for work at 3am and his alarm wakes her.

Problem though .. I put her feet to the bottom of the cot, but throughout the night, she wriggled right up to the top of the cot so hear head was up at the cot bumpers!!??
Maybe she was just exploring!

Hi All, been a bit crazy here - put the house back on rental market so we can move (again - we've only been here 6 months )...the same day we put it up the agent phoned for someone to look that evening - house was a tip and I've been spending every spare minute tidying & cleaning so that panic never happens again.

aren't they all just getting so cute with their giggles & their little personalities coming through?? I'm so in love again this morning (especially since I didn't get out of bed from 11 till 7 - wooohoo)..

Got rid of the dummy at nap times - and I'm so glad we did!!! so now he self settles for most naps and definately at bed time - last night he cried out at 4am - I gave him a few minutes before I thought I needed to get up & he went quiet again... before it was dummy ALL the time!!

I always forget about tummy time - he'll get there in the end...

Got to find a new house to move into today - should be fun. Hope you all have a fab day!!

Welcome Auch and Scissy

Crap night again, can't win with this baby!! Tbf she had second jabs yest and had slight raised temp but it's bowels that are the main issue really loose and explosive not sure if its down to teething or something I'm eating.

On good note her first swimming lesson was fab, she was really kicking and didn't moan too much about getting a face full of water.

Re tummy time she will tolerate a few min's and the front to back roll is getting more consistent she has done it every day this week but now gets annoyed if she can't manage it.

Off to consult hv about bowels not sure why as they are nearly never helpful

Enjoy the day ladies and babies

We're rubbish at tummy time too and not really any signs of rolling yet. Hubby is getting quite good at laying B on his chest every evening for a while and I hold him up on my shoulder a lot.

I'm trying to get B to self settle too. Put him to bed last night whilst still awake and after 10 mins chatting, he'd fallen asleep. Just done it for his nap just now and it took 20 mins of chatting but at least it's worked. Just need to be consistent with it. I've been 'feeding to sleep' at night until now but want to get out of that habit.

Eagle, the cinema was good. I'd already seen the film one of the previous times I'd gone with B but decided since I was there I'd see it again! As B was sound asleep too, I had a little 30 min nap! Felt so much better for it yesterday!

Auch, we're birth buddies! Bailey was born on the 11th too. I'm guessing by your name that you are also Scottish?!

Yay for the dummy removal Louise! Boo for the moving though...

meringue I usually dream I've left the baby somewhere and am desperately trying to get back to the place she was left...

I tend to forget about tummy time, although Molly spends a fair bit of time being winded on my/DH's shoulder. She also doesn't hate it (DD1 screamed every time we attempted it with her at this age) but sometimes stays for quite a while. No rolling here yet although she got herself onto her side to feed in bed at 6 this morning...

lora was it you who did the plaster hand and foot thing? Can you recommend which set I should buy as I fancy having a go?

X was weighed and measured today. She's nearly doubled her birth weight :) Has also gone up the centiles for height - anyone else's baby grown height wise too? I know weight gain is usually good but not sure what height is meant to do (don't worry, am not looking for anything else to worry about though!).

But can someone please make me feel less guilty about my diet? I eat a lot of chocolate and cakes and then feel bad as I guess they go into breastmilk. Should we be eating ultra healthily while bf?

happy I agree re being consistent with the self settling. I'm a bit too soft at times and pick her up quite quickly.

Welcome auch

Welcome auch

Second lot of jabs today. She had a bit of a cry but was fine and full of smiles for the HV when she was weighed afterwards. She's 12lb8 now, still following the 25th centile. She's on the 75th for her height though so going to be tall and slim I think. Lucky girl.

There was another girl in the waiting room with a 23 week old and she was saying how he wakes every two hours at night. She asked me if Nancy sleeps through and when u said yes, she seemed quite annoyed and said "Oh, well I'm breastfeeding so that's why". She was even less happy when I said I was too. I thought that was quite rude of her.

How rude, creepy! All babies are different. You're just one of the lucky ones!

I can only describe my morning as hellish. Put Bailey down for his nap and after 20 mins of chatting, he eventually fell asleep for all of 20 frigging minutes! He's been all over the place. Wanting fed, not wanting fed. Had wind, being sick. Crying all the frigging time! Burping. Being sick again. Wanting fed again but then not doing anything but crying when the boob is put in his mouth! Eventually has a little nap on me then SCREAMS when I put him down. Acts like a complete angel during the weaning class put on by the drs surgery then crashes out in the car and round the supermarket. What's betting he wakes up the second I put him in the house??!! (I'm sitting outside the house in the car because I have peace currently! The ice cream will be melting though... )

How rude, creepy!

happy sorry you've had a shitty morning, hopefully the afternoon was better?

I think I need to start introducing a routine. Madam is giving me the run around and is definitely getting a bit spoiled. There are times where she won't be happy unless she's being allowed to bob on and off a boob, which even with a good latch gets a bit sore!

She's also a nightmare in the early evenings, needing to really go down with DS but refusing to sleep. I need to get out of the feed to sleep routine as well as she won't settle for anyone but me .

I think I'm just making the most of her as a baby as I've been told no more!

So rude Creepy! How long does Nancy sleep for then? I'm intrigued and inspired to know this is possible!

Sorry about your day Happy. I have such mixed success with LO when it comes to routine, not sure if it is due to teething or just whatever. Today he wouldn't go down for morning or afternoon nap so fed him to sleep in both cases and let him sleep the whole hour on my nap. Sometimes I just don't have the energy to get him to go down awake and not fed, sometimes he's perfectly happy to, other times he really kicks off.

He still seems to need a lot more daytime sleep than the books tend to suggest. After being up for 90 mins (inc feed) I can see him looking tired and cranky so I spend half my day living in fear of the next nap time approaching and guessing whether he'll go down easy or start to cry. I can't stand his crying. And while cuddles are lovely Bunty, I'm also starting to get a wee bit frustrated about the housework etc piling up.

In glad you all agree it was rude of her, I thought maybe I was being a bit sensitive. Nancy goes down between 9 and half past and more often than not sleeps until 7. Occasionally she'll wake at 5 and then go back to sleep after a quick feed. I've only ever has to get up once in the night since she was about a week old. Every night I prepare myself for it to all change.

birdies ive tried two different ones. The one that came with ready mixed clay was crap, it was too hard to push his hand/feet in. I think that one was mamas and papas from boots. The 2nd was a fiver from b&m it came with a gel which was crap so i ended up making play dough sticking his feet in that then mixing plaster from the kit. It looks great.

So cutr Ivy is shouting at ds1! He is making her laugh and talking back to her :) she is definitely my chattiest baby i've had.

Creepy that woman was just rude! All babies are different as are all mums. My friends ff baby is still on 3 bottles a night whilst i am gen only up around 12-1ish and then 5.30/6is. We are just lucky :)

Bunty i'm doing the same. I just want to enjoy my last baby