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 :)

Good luck for tonight bunty let us know how it goes...

Apples ha ha, sounds like you have a good 'un there. We went out today too, but Molly just stayed asleep in the pram most of the time, then had a look about her. No feeding or changing required.

Molly is grabbing at things and getting very frustrated if she can't pull them towards her and stuff them in her mouth. The play mat is no longer the oasis I could dump her in and leave her for half an hour at a time entertain her with. She hasn't rolled yet, but that's just as well as I'm terrible for leaving her on the changing mat while I quickly grab something justy out of arm's reach.

Lots of dribbling just started here and the shoving everything in her mouth, but no sign of teeth. It's also a developmental thing I've read.

Good luck for tonight everyone...

Hello everyone

Finally found you all! Had a quick read through the posts and relieved to see we're not the only ones dealing with sleep issues and possible teething. Problem we have here is that if DD cries for long periods, DP gets a bit anxious and always wants to know the cause and then resolve the issue immediately. Often, I suspect she's overtired but DP assumes she's hungry and then accuses me of not feeding her enough

I can't believe that some of you have babies big enough for a jumperoo! DD had a go in one recently and she looked like she'd fallen down a hole as only her head was visible out of it and her legs were dangling in mid air. Think it's going to be a while before she is big enough, but meanwhile there's the playmat, mobile and the bloody swing to amuse her (these things take up so much room!)

We spent some time in the hammock today in the garden, which was lovely, although DP was a bit worried the neighbours could see my boobs when I was BF

Apple incident in library sounds grim. I've noticed that DD likes to have poo incidents in certain clothes (the posher ones)

It's not going well.

There is definite over tiredness - she seems incapable to stay asleep for more than 15 - 30 mins.

She's had a few good feeds, but won't feed to sleep. She is getting really angry - has a couple of sucks, pulls off screaming, and then will chomp on her dummy. Have given calpol and nurofen.

We both need sleep. This is a nightmare.

Eagle today was one of the few times she was nicely dressed and not just in sleepsuit!

Angie we were waiting for dss to finish watching Gangs show so we had been out for ages. She slept most of the time and was at her happiest when lying in her own shit in stroller without snowsuit while i despartely looked for open changing spot as stupid library ones were out of order! None of my others have done this! They all did the occasional poo explosion but Ivy does it all the time! :)

On the plus side all have been.in bed since 8.30 and i am scoffing rum truffles and finally doing some cross stitch [sad old lady emoticon]

Oh bunty thata really hard. I know it sounds mad but have you tried just leaving her in her bed, maybe with some white noise? I only ask as we had a similar (though not as extreme) prob one night and in the end just leaving her to it with a lullaby app on my phone worked and once shed settled herself she slept for longer. Reallt hope things improve for you x

Eagle I bf'd in the park today! It was great, really comfy and I felt far enough away from everyone to be private I assume everyone has as bad eyesight as me. Think LO enjoyed dining al fresco :)

Hi bunty,

I really hope your LO settles soon. Is there anyone who could look after your wee one while you sleep as its so hard when you need sleep too? I hope things get better soon for you and your wee one. X

Well done on your outdoor dining adventure Meringue I have to admit, it took me quite a while to be comfortable feeding away from home but am comfortable with most environments now (park, beach, garden, car park etc). However, I did get stage fright in the Ikea restaurant the other day and sloped back to the car to do it there - it was really noisy and I just couldn't see anywhere I would feel comfortable, and didn't realise they had a bloody room set aside for BF!

Sorry you're having sleep troubles Bunty We've had nights like that but after trying various things she will sleep eventually without us ever finding out what was causing the problem in the first place. I really hope the Calpol and Nurofen settle her.

Wow re the cross stitch Apple - I don't seem to have the mental energy to do anything creative, although somehow imagined I would spend maternity leave at the sewing machine making lovely clothes for DD and stuff for the house. Haven't read any books either. Rubbish really.

The past few days dexter had been screaming on my boob clearly hungry but not prepared to wait for the let down i assume. It usually happened twice a day and was more than happy after i gave him a bottle sod hv said it was fine as im offering the boob first.

This morning i woke wiyth two massive (and differently sized!!) boobs. This sorted out my worry that i wasnt making anything. I think its because i didnt feed when i was out.

Bunty do you take her out in her pram around the daytime naps? I noticed he wouldnt sleep at nap time unless in the swing or out in the pram/car.

So....last night my LO slept from 6.30pm till 6am but it clearly was a fluke as he woke at 1am and despite my best efforts to help settle him he continued to cry so I have given him his bottle. He is still gurning away despite having taken 6oz and I changed his nappy in case it was that......alas, back to the drawing board! He is 14 weeks now and all I hear is how he should be sleeping through! He feeds every 3 hours through the day and feeds well so guess he just isn't ready for an all nighter yet?

Hope everyone else is doing better than me!

Xx

Newbie, Lois is 14 weeks and hasn't slept through once. Longest has been 6 hours but that was 7.30-1.30 so no benefit to me.

I really wish her bowels would regulate and calm down, it's worse than dummy at the mo!

Got woken up by dd1 at 6.30 tickling my arm. DH is comatose in the spare room having got home at 2.30am from his just popping out for a few!!! oh well at least the sun is shining

Apples your library story made me laugh, Lois does the same at the garden centre every Thursday. The place is a jinx, the sneaky tea and cake makes up for it though. I don't have one flower in my garden

Oh I remember 4-6 poos a day with ds1. Dan is more of a regular once a day thank god. DS1 was a fantastic sleeper though and D is, frankly, shit at the whole sleep business . Never thought I would regard twice a night waking as a good night.

Off to Brands Hatch today to watch truck racing . Dans first race meeting, gonna get him a dinky racesuit. Ds1 is already dressed in his.

Morning all. Bunty hope you had a better night last night?

For the last week or so DD has finally gone to sleep at about 9pm (on me...), then woken at 1.30am, 4am and 6.30am pretty much on the dot. She then has a 30 minute power nap at about 8am. Would love it if she'd only wake once after midnight but hey.

She can sort of roll to the side and back, but seems more interested in trying to sit up . When she's in the buggy she holds on to the cover of the carry cot and tries to pull herself up and makes very sweet grunting noises with all the effort .

Loving the sunshine! Really wish we had a garden. Have a lovely Sunday everyone :)

We've had two good nights here, I've stopped with baby grows and she just has pyjamas and bare feet now. I have a horrible embarrassing condition called hyperhidrosis, that I've inherited from my dad so it's quite possible she has it too. It's excessive sweating, though mine is nowhere as bad as it used to be. Going to mention it to the HV on Thursday.

Nancy can roll from her back onto her side but that's it so far.

As difficult as I found bf to begin wit, I actually think it was easier when there wasn't a little hand pushing my top back up when I've covered my boob, and then holding on to my bra when I'm trying to put it away.

Sorry that some of you are having hard times at the moment x

Thanks everyone for asking after me!

We had a (slightly) more successful night. She finally went to sleep at 10 , had a squawk at 2, dummy in, up for a feed at 3:30, down at 4, and up for a quick feed at 6 and slept til 7:30.

Her middle of the night feed was excellent, as was the initial feed this morning. Subsequent feeds see the rage beginning about halfway into a feed.

Frankly pissed off with it. I know there's lots of milk and therefore it's not hunger - I hand expressed after getting her to sleep last night to make sure she hadn't been starved, and there was plenty.

I can only think she's getting frustrated with a slower flow, or doesn't want milk, and just to suck. The best of it is, when she's popping off in her rage, she has a mouthful of milk! I can literally see it in her mouth whilst she's screeching at me.

Maybe it's just this hellish growth spurt - 4 months is the bad one. But by god I wish she could talk.

Positive from last night - she slept in her own bed. I put her in a sleeping bag instead of a swaddle and put the heating on.

Argh.

Off for ice cream - hope everyone has a lovely day - enjoy brands hatch, pascha - I'm desperate to get DS a little Ferrari jumpsuit mmmm I love alonso

If anyone had any insights into my DD's frankly ridiculous nursing behaviour, would love to hear it!

Also - she has only had 2 bottles in the last month or so, so I don't think she's preferring a faster flow from them - I've lost my baby instruction manual I think!

Pleased last night was better for you Bunty, even if only slightly. I love Alonso too, the dirty Spaniard! Also a big fan of Mark Webber, but he's a bit skinny.

Oh bunty I'm sorry it's so tough right now. I always find kellymom helpful with these kinds of things. This page might help: kellymom.com/bf/concerns/child/fussy-while-nursing/. It may well be that she just wants to suck, Ellen does that and is much happier now she's found her thumb properly.

It will get better. In the meantime and / or

Bunty sorry no advice but i seem to remember dd1 doing something similar although she was older and had started on solids. She would seem hungry then scream and rage whilst on/off the boob. Freaked me out as my boys never did it! They were easy always happy as long as a boob was within reach x

Ps sorry not helpful but at least shows odd baby behaviour is normal. Also it passes!

Sorry Bunty sounds like you are having a horrid time. So frustrating when you don't know whats causing it.

Went cold turkey on dummy yest - ds was waking every 20/30 mins during day time naps and after midnight (slept well from 6 till 12 - no help to me). Took dummy away - was horrible crying for first nap, but since then just 5 mins of crying, and last night he slept from 6-1am, fed and back down till 6:40 - I actually got some sleep - after only 2/3 hours for the last week.

Anyone else suffering with PND? bad today - I'm grumpy as anything, don't want to be but can't help it - could do with spending the day in bed with ice-cream (maybe I got too much sleep - shocked my body)

Oh bunty it's tough isn't it?! So sorry for you. I honestly can't think what to suggest, other than the standard it's a phase that will pass and you may never know what it was all about. Very unhelpful but usually sometimes these babies get weird ideas in their little heads.

Hope everyone's having a nice Sunday. I'm feeling really frustrated to be honest today. Haven't managed to get out yet and feel like my life still consists mainly of feeding/changing/focusing on a baby. No me time at all, and I'm being so snappy with DD1 I hate myself for it. Poor thing, it's not her fault.

Apple I am envious of your cross-stitch. I have a sketch pad that's been waiting to be started since Christmas. Must get my arse in gear

Bunty try switching sides straight after first letdown to let her get two bursts. Also of she's raging before latch try switching to other boob straight away it worked a couple of times for me, think its just the distraction.

Just had lovely dim sum lunch

Thank you :)

Looking at kellymom, I'm more convinced than ever this is growth spurt related. Hopefully it'll pass soon.

This LO has only just started pooing every other day. At first it was 14 times a day!

Poos once every 3-5 days here, it's quite an event!