Jan 2013 Part 4: More noises, movements and more sleep?! Hmmmm

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I leave B during the night until he's making persistent noise - I don't usually wake up til then anyway! He's always wide awake; he's never done the dream feed thing. I tickle under his neck or blow gently on his face to keep him awake...

He's still in with us but will be going in his own room once his blackout blind arrives and we've given it a good Hoover. Probably in the next week or so.

B is still mostly in 0-3 clothes . I've started putting him in 3-6 vests but his other things mostly look far too big on him still (he's 19weeks). Sainsburys stuff is bigger though, as is Asda.

Hubby has taken B out for a long walk so that I can get some of this marking done. Bailey seemed to think that 3 15min naps today was acceptable so he's been doing my head in and I've gotten absolutely nothing done. He's just point blank refused to sleep today.

*traipsing

Haha lost! Clearly we have chosen the wrong week to watch This Morning when our having our cup of tea!!

Bailey usually gets fed at 8pm give or take and he's in his bed within an hour. Lately, he's only been sleeping til 12-12.30 and then til 4-4.30 and then up at around 6.30. He used to do 8pm-4am. Looking forward to the day when he finally decides he'll sleep for longer again...

Bailey was 14lb 14oz at 16 weeks and he's 21 weeks tomorrow. I'll maybe take him to the clinic next week and see how he's doing.

Angie, hope you got a drink or chocolate or both to steady your nerves. If she seems fine, she's probs forgotten about it now. I'm bad for leaving B but I know rolling isn't far away...

I've still got B just on plain baby rice but I've only been doing it a 5 days and I missed two of them! He ate a lot more today though and less got spat out. Ordered some Annabel Karmel books so just waiting on them arriving.

So after a mainly mardy day he perked up at 7 and was laughing at his own fake coughs... so I left him to it for fear that the sound of my voice would set him off again!

We weighed him on the bathroom scales and he was 16 and a half lb at 20wks. Chubster. He still not rolling at 21wks. He was upgraded from the pram carrycot thingy today to the pushchair bit (obviously) he seems to like it but yet to successfully nap in it. Was looking at shades today was going to get a buggy buddy one but apparently its crap. Mum gave us one called a lionheart or something or other its like a pop up that goes over the whole chair.... looks ridiculous with the chair facing me but think I'll stick with it cos we only get two weeks of summer anyway.

I got a sense of hope reading that im not the only one being slowly driven round the bend... so thanks for suffering everyone it helps me feel better must remember he doesn't cry cos he hates me its cos hes an impatient git not happy with something.

Had a well deserved bulmers as a congrats for surviving today. Tomorrows a new day!!!! Essay over

Well done Lora!

Yes I think LO often cries from boredom and frustration. I can't wait for him to be able to sit up as I think he'll then sit and play with toys independently for much longer. To be fair to them, it must be annoying not to be able to do that!

Thanks ladies. Molly is fine - slept longer and with fewer wakeups than before, so either that's mild concussion or the start of the end of this horrible phase...

M is 20 weeks, and we had her weighed last week - 8kg, which google tells me is 17.6 lbs. She's a chunk (just as well, the layer of fat probably softened the fall...)

Lora, we've got a [[http://www.snoozeshade.com/] snoozeshade] which we haven't used much with Molly, but was quite useful with DD1.

link fail: snoozeshade

That snoozeshade looks like a great idea. D has also just upgraded from carrycot to pushchair seat and the hood, although enormous, doesn't stop the glare and he won't quite settle in it yet unless he's knackered. I will wait til the new buggy arrives and see if I can get one to fit.

Daniel is 22 weeks tomorrow, no idea what he weighs now. He can sit unaided for about a second then falls over, has done a couple of rolls but mainly just gets on his side and stays there.

Just eating breakfast watching him get some real air in his jumperoo. DS1 is putting his lawnmower round the kitchen so all good at the moment.

I reckon it's the beginning of the end of this horrible phase angielka . Ellen managed a 5.5 hour stretch then another 2.5 then another 1, which is almost back to her best

Her highchair arrived this morning and I put it together, she looked ever so pleased when I popped her in it. We won't be starting solids until August (born 31st January and allergies in the family so waiting even if she can sit up, grab food and get to mouth etc), but she's started insisting on sitting at the table while we eat and I want my hands back.

Hi all! Center parcs was amazing, and we've had brilliant weather. Nearly home to the inlaws now, and it's gorgeous up in sunny Scotland as well - yay! Going to get some washing on then collect my boy, who came up with my parents.

Looking forward to another sunny week. Cameron is in her fifth wonder week, back to shitty sleep. Argh!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sun!

Arrrgh! Why does she go 9'hours between feeds one night then get me upbevery 3 hours the next?!? Thats just mean :(

Bunty of centre parcs but glad you enjoyed yourself! Would love to.take dcs away but we'd need to start saving now for next summer!

Re sunshades my pushchair is useless at keeping sun off Ivy and parasols are a nuisance on it so dp getting an extra hood cover off ebay as until now i cover useless hood with blankets and then have to chase them in the wind... Am sure thats why Ivy won't sleep properly in there

Am jealous you all have sensible sized babies! Ivy is at least 20lb sumo baby :)

You need a snoozeshade Apple Molly went out in the pushchair rather than carrycot this morning for the first time and when she started getting sleepy I leaned her back, put it on and she went to sleep until I got home and instead of leaving well alone had to take it off to look at sleeping beauty which promptly woke her up and had me madly pushing her back and forth until she went back to sleep

Bunty glad you had good hols but about shitty sleep I thought it was all ok now until another sleep regression at 8 months argh!

dd is 23 weeks (18 adjusted). No idea what she weighs as haven't been to the clinic for ages but she is smallish for her adjusted age.

I moved her into the upright pushchair a few weeks ago, then moved her back again as she sleeps better in the pram. I just drape a muslin over the front to keep the sun off her, attached with a couple of clothes pegs very stylish, me

Touch wood, dd is coming out of the grumpy non-sleeping phase. We've had three good nights in a row, last night she had feeds at 11pm, 4am then 7.30am, and didn't wake up apart from that. She is so much better tempered in the day as well. I've discovered that I should ignore all of the advice saying not to let babies nap after 5pm, dd is a baby who needs her sleep, or else she becomes a screaming mess and doesn't sleep properly at night.

Hi everyone,

Sounds like we are all experiencing similar issues! My LO is 21 weeks today, cannot believe it! He got weighed last week and was 15lb 7oz. On a VERY exciting note though, he has started sleeping through from 6.45pm till 6am and sometimes 7am, I think the penny has finally dropped :) to be fair, he has always slept well but was still waking between 2 and 3 so maybe it's a fluke but that has been the last 3 nights!

Bizarrely though, he has hardly eaten today? He is fine, checked temperature etc, peeing and pooing so not sure whether he's just not that hungry? If he is still not taking his usual amount in the next day or so I will call the HV but hoping the fact he is still taking something that he will be ok, plus he had a ridiculous amount yesterday so maybe he is still full!

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Well this LO is either thirsty due to heat or on another growth spurt... On boob non stop since lunchtime, kept emptying both sides... Now downing a bottle like its going out of style...

B is just not for settling tonight... Put him down at 8pm (an hour earlier than usual) and he woke at 9pm. Been awake since and rocking/feeding aren't getting us very far. He doesn't want to play but doesn't want to go down either. I'm wondering if teeth are beginning to become an issue but he's having no issues with feeding. Also, we've had a millions little poos all afternoon/evening - bug?

I agree bugsy about the nap after five. I managed to get him asleep in this chair, which conveniently can lye flat, im thanking the sun hat he had over his eyes for making him think it was night so had a sleep.

Im not sure on this sleep shade I like the idea that he can see me.. doesnt it get hot in there? I might follow bugsy with the muslin and peg look... got plenty of them :-D

My cousin had her baby last week and now as im quite clearly an expert these days I sent her a mother-must-have thermos mug with the baby outfit. I think I will direct her here aswell to make sure she finds the same help we did in knowing our darling cherubs were behaving correctly and they made us all worry over nothing, especially poo.

In proud mum news I gave him a bit of banana in the net sucky thing I mentioned a while ago and he got the hang of it straight away he absolutly loved it. plus it kept him quiet for ten mins

Another shit night here! :(

Grumpy. Go back to sleep baby! Stupid birds, shut up!

Shit night here as well, sick note baby ill again with cold and cough, just goes round in bloody circles. Ended up taking her in with me, I was too exhausted to settle her every 20min

Sorry about all the shitty nights. I think [fingers crossed] we might be on the up. 8-7.30 with 3 wake ups. Beats the hourly wake ups we have been experiencing until recently. Only thing is, Molly has discovered rolling back to front, and now clearly prefers to sleep on her tummy, head to the side and thumb in mouth. I know it's SIDS guidelines for babies to sleep on their backs, but she moves herself... anyone else's doing this? After the really crap sleeping we've been having, I'm tempted to let her do whatever it takes to get some extra hours, but should I be more worried?

newbie congrats on the sleeping... I know what you mean about the feeding though. Molly is so easily distractable and feeds are way shorter than they used to be. I think they just go through phases of being hungrier and then too busy to bother with food!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend in store. We've got a friend's baby's first birthday party this afternoon - what an opportunity to get the girls in pretty summer dressed, and bbq planned for tomorrow.

We have a tooth. Clearly the reason he was a nightmare the other day so im glad I smothered his mouth with that powder poor soul. Should have known really cos he only cries if hes hungry or when he was hurt (by the nurse not me!!)

Sorry about the shitty nights

Angie DD does this too, the first few nights I turned her back onto her back but she just kept doing it so I just leave her to it now

Lora congrats on the tooth! I'm sure DD has one coming through but I can't feel anything yet

Nice sunny weekend ahead! DP has been at work since 2.30am and he is stuck at the shop all day today so were going to the park and then seeing the rents this afternoon

angielka I think I've read that it's ok to leave them provided they can roll both ways, but can't remember where. I think you should do what you're personally comfortable with (if you know what that is!).

Hi everyone, we're back to 3 feeds a night here. I've chucked the routine out of the window!

Question for those of you whose baby's have a tooth - does breastfeeding start to hurt?

I'm exciting news, having been worried re lack of rolling, we now have lots of half rolls, very nearly all the way over.

angiel once they roll its fine for them to sleep on their front. Otherwise you'd spend half the night moving her back.

angel dd does this too, although she is still in her small crib so she only makes it to her side and spends the night there with her face pressed against the bars