December 2012: Sunshine, saliva & sleeping more...we hope!

[WeeJo08]

New thread ladies

spotty not sure if it would work for you but we do the below with naps to coordinate the 2 kids. Times give or take an half hr-hr as day turns out.

Morning nap- around 9/9.30 for an hour depending on when got up & how sleepy (dd normally wakes up around 5am and comes into bed with us & falls back asleep immediately but get her up when ds wakes up which normally 6-7). If nursery day this nap is in the car on route and in cot if at home.

Midday- this is in pram around 12ish whilst ds finishes lunch etc. she slowly falls asleep looking at us so asleep by time I take ds to his cot at 1pm for his nap. Dd sleeps 12- around 2.30. sometimes I need to push pram around to get her back off if she wakes. Ds normally wakes about 3 so gives me some time with dd alone.

Afternoon: For half hr to hr anytime from 4-5.30 depending on when she seems to get tired. If nursery day I coordinate this with picking ds up so she sleeps in the car. If at home in cot but frequently this is when we're out so will be in pram.

Bath around 6-6.30 with bed following this.

Well he went down at 7.45 no problems, just 20 min feed. Woke at 10.30 starving, emptied my boob in super quick time and went straight back down again! I've just had a shower (in cold water as my boiler has been condemned) and gotta sort some washing but I might leave that until tomo, sleep sounds enticing right now. yawn

Well, I know a live teething post is not nearly as exciting as a live labour thread but teeth three and four are crowning right now! He's had the white marks on his gums for over a week but they've decided to put in a proper appearance tonight, accompanied by red cheeks and much shouting despite having been a happy little soul all day. He's been dosed up with bonjella, calpol and teething powder and has finally dozed off. Poor little mite - they feel really sharp .

WL - I've had to be strict mummy this evening too. DS1 was being an absolute nightmare at bedtime. I think he was overtired from nursery, but he's definitely going through quite a cheeky stage too - he's only three and half, so I dread to think what's in store once he starts big school!

Ddas those times are the ones I would work to if I could but its impossible on the days dd has nursery.

Four teeth

Second wake up for us. Food not made any difference but I'm not expecting it to until he's on three meals a day....

D still won't roll back to front. He rocks and gets half way then realises if he continues he'll be in his tummy, which he hates. If I put him on his tummy he flips himself over straight away. I don't think he'll ever crawl.

Is everyone starting to use a cup rather than a bottle now? (Sorry if I missed this discussion)

We're using a cup for water but I'm starting with milk in it until he knows what to do he doesn't have a bottle anyway.

Ispy i'll join you on the live teething thread. She had 2 pop up from the bottom on sunday, and i'm just watching the top 2 coming through. Shes the same really shouty but not too upset by it. She bit me with the bottom 2 though and they were sharp makes me nervous now when i rub the teething powder into her gums.

Honey i don't use a sippy cup i use bottles. I probably should try her with a cup though i was lucky i suppose as she never had nipple confusion so i didn't need to try.

ddas that amount of day nappage sounds heavenly! Like spotty we have no routine other than that she generally has a nap on the school run but tends to wake soon after we get home. Dd2 doesn't nap and doesn't go to nursery so the rest is made up as we go along.

Horrendous night here, up every hour. At 5.30 I sent her off with DH as I'd fed her at 5 and she was up again already.
Really hope it's just her trying to make up for eating less while she was I'll and building up my supply again if its dropped. If she's still doing it in a couple of days there's going to be action!

Stack, yes Dr can prescribe ranitidine.

I've read it tends to go with domperidone, but I think generally you try just ranitidine and add domperidone if it doesn't work, and not start with domperidone. At least I've got the instructions/ freedom to mix & match a bit if necessary.

A seems happier on the ranitidine. Still sick, but not in pain. I'll give it a couple of days and see if I want to mix.

No soporific effect from the medicine overnight though!

I had to take DH into hospital to have his wisdom tooth out (again!) and it's opposite my office, so I popped in. A behaved beautifully, and I saw my boss so at least I know where to report in a couple of weeks when I start back.

I wonder if there's a bit of realisation with older children that the babies are here to stay. DD has been playing up, she's started lashing out and hitting when she gets cross or frustrated. Bas enough when she slaps DH on the face by his removed tooth, but she also goes for A's head.

Root canal half done he couldn't finish it as I have very narrow canals apparently.... Next appointment not for two and a half weeks.

Sorry you had a bad night WL. Was she drinking or just comfort sucking? How old is she now? Ds seems to have found his thumb again yay!

I am using a cup as E refuses bottled!

Dds being bloody horrible. She won't eat any of the nice lunch I made her (things I know she loves) and he being whingy and moaning a lashing out waking ds up when he hasn't slept all day.

spotty at least it's half over.

She's just coming up 5 months. Bit of both drinking and comforting. I'm clinging to the theory that she's just making up for the feeds she refused when poorly and bringing supply back up so should be back to normal in a couple of days - haha!

Hallo all, quick check in.

Having lovely time with family her in Aus, but jetlag has been hellish. Been here almost a week and c still up for 3 hours at night, either 10-1 or 12-3. Horrendous. Not making time up during day with long naps, so is sleep deprived. She is a happy soul, as everyone says, but I see the difference in her. I could do with more than 6 hours sleep across whole night, esp as I haven't really recovered from long flight.

Impressed by babies with teeth! Lots of drool here but not much more.

Wish me luck with my sleep tonight...

Yoghurt is a huge hit :o

Don't bother with the good luck wishes - it's 10.15pm so of course she's awake. A whole week of this shit! So over it!

Oh Mama i hope that it gets better for you so you can enjoy the trip more.

Pidj we tried mango and passionfruit yogurt today (soy as we still don't know about her lactose intolerance yet) it was a big hit.

H is booked in for her first dentist appointment tomorrow, awww it feels like shes growing up too quick.

Oh no mama

WL join me in the 'it'll be better once they're weaned' saying

Wow hales! They don't see them round here until they're two but they're happy to have a look when you're at you're appointment iyswim?

I can finally eat and have gone a bit over the top with my tomato and basil cob topped with mozzarella and tomatoes with a balsamic glaze mmmm

3 meals a day and still bf every 2 hours round the clock here

Noooo pidj don't say that!!

Yum spotty. I'm afraid weaning did nothing to improve dd2s night wakings :-(. There was a time Tabs had just one 3 am feed and she even slept through a few times. She did this hourly waking once before which I guess was a growth spurt and I know in a cruel trick of nature supply responds best to extra demands made at night. Fx it will settle down soon if not...! hales are you doing some sleep training or did I imagine that?

I've locked us all out the fucking house!! I don't have anything apart from my phone and purse

Spotty, around here we're encouraged to take them as soon as their 1st teeth arrive. It might be due to the high amount of tooth decay in children in this area.

WL, i was going to try putting H in her cot everytime she slept so that she got use to that being her sleep place. I also was going to try and gently bring her bedtime forward, but i've been lucky shes sort of doing it by herself. I'm going to wait until shes at a regular time and then i'm going to start leaving her bit by bit at the moment she wakes when i leave the room.

Our night time routine is we have a shower at 7:30pm, then come back downstairs till i spot shes getting tired. Then we go upstairs i lie her in my bed put her teddies next to her and give her a bottle, sometimes she takes it sometimes she plays with her teddies she eventually takes her bottle and falls asleep though. When shes asleep i leave her for half a hour then i go the toilet if i can flush the chain without her waking i transfer her into her cot.

When she wakes up i change her bum and give her a bottle. Shes been falling back asleep but if she doesn't i leave her in the cot playing with her teddies and i lie down on the bed. If she cries i try her bottle again (the same bottle not another one) and she'll go back to sleep. I will not get her out of her cot though. She might wake up another time and i repeat the process. I don't get her out of her cot at all unless its passed 8am.

I've been lucky, as the last few nights shes been getting tired around 8:30 and in her cot by 10pm. Her 1st wake up is between 1 and 2 her 2nd wake up is between 4 and 5. Then she generally gets up at 8:20 for the day.

Also if i hear her stirring i try shushing her from my bed i don't touch her or move. Sometimes just hearing the shush makes her stay asleep. But if i don't do it she wakes.

Sorry that was so long, i'm not sure if it will help at all.

Oh no Spotty i hope you get in somehow

Dp isn't answering his phone and ds doesn't even have a blanket. Dd hasn't got a cost on. I'm so pissed off what would happen if one of us was dying he wouldn't even know I know it's my fault not his but its cold out here and he won't be home for two and a half hours.