December 2012 Babies Half a year already and still kind of sane.

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@ cage, I need to sell the rocking crib so I can bring the travel cot down so I have a safe place to dump him if needed.

DS doesn't feed great if we're out and about, my bf peer worker said it was just the age as they are so easily distracted and that it does pass, they start to be able to seperate off from the distractions when they're feeding. But obviously if you want to make the transition then I'm sure it could work. Do you have any success expressing? Do you think you could express enough for the day feeds so your supply stays up but it's easier to feed out and about?

27 degrees! Spotty, remind me where you are? That's crazy indoor temperature. It's nothing like that outside, is it?

I can only express if I skip a feed one side and I don't think it helps with my duct issues! I think I will go with the one bottle a day idea - should I do it at the same time or vary it?

Mama I'm Sussex/Surrey border was about 22 degrees here today. I've had the windows open and curtains shut all day but the sun shines in all day and we've got massive windows with wooden frames etc so I can't keep it cool

Mama she started to get it about a month and half ago before that she did at 2 hour sleep if i was lucky and then napped for 15 minutes a few time a day she usually got 5 hours sleep in a 24 hour period. But since we changed her milk to the reflux special stuff its made such a huge difference. Last night she went to bed at 11pm (which seems to be her bedtime) woke up at 5:30 had a bottle and changed her nappy, then she went back to sleep till 9:30am.

Spotty my HV said that as long as you BF through the night it keeps your supply something to do with hormones. Not sure how true it is.

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to say I've not forgotten about you all but my phone keeps chucking me out of the mobile site. I've made it to the laptop so I'm going to post something in Site Stuff, but in all probability it will be my now-getting-on-a-bit phone (contract not due up until October though).

FX I get it sorted and manage to catch up properly soon.

WLmum do you have a Waitrose nearby? Then you could order one from John Lewis and have it delivered there free to collect on Saturday.

A took a full 5oz bottle at nursery this afternoon. Clever boy! He's been ok both days, which is a relief.

Not so impressed with DD, who had an accident on the floor at nursery and got her friend to clear it up!

beasty she's a manager in the making! I guess it's true that they won't starve themselves and we sweat it more than them. Good idea re JL - have a waitrose at the end of the road!
spotty I flash people a lot too as I end up chasing her round with my nip!
I'm just about to get into bed (well onto my lilo!) and do a dream feed. I think if she settles back to the 1/2 quick ish feeds with quick ish settling I'll just bring her back into our room for a bit and revisit it if necessary after weaning etc. I still don't like the idea of her on her own, or of me walking about at night!

Trying to leave to settle himself more often, boobed to sleep about 8pm, quick snack feed 9.45pm and this is first proper feed since then, hurrah. A few snuffle episodes (not really awake, no shouting/crying) we chose to ignore which he sorted on his own, it means dh wakes up too though, but hopefully we'll get used to leaving him and it'll keep improving?

wl sounds like you have a better night too

spotty i'd heard that night feeds are what affect your supply/hormones the most too, hence why it's difficult to conceive while still feeding at night. Have any of you managed this? Just wondering our chances if we start trying in August and he's still up twice between 10pm and 6am..

Note to self: if you fall asleep with a fan on, don't wake up at 2 and turn it off! J is not settling now, yawn.

10:30 feed and now 4:35 he did need settling at 12:30 but didn't come out his cot

Teething >yawn

I've been told that night feeding is best for supply - cruel cruel Mother Nature!
I had a better night - dream feed at 10.45, up for feed at 2 but quite quick to feed and settle, wake at 3 but settled quickly with a pat, feed at 4 but again quite quick to feed and settle, up at 6.45.
Another step in the right direction and I can live with this for a bit so she and I are moving back in with DH. He quite wants her to stay in her own room but I want minimal disturbance for night wakings. He actually quite wants to do sleep training and stop the night feeds but I only want to push it if I'm desperate. He's fed of not getting any! He's just going to have to get used to an audience (albeit a sleeping one!)

Hello ispy!

I think Jamie gas earned himself a one way ticket to his own room! After I turned the fan off he was up knobbing about until 4, then up at 5:25. Complete killer night.

Naughty baby fandango !

He is indeed WL. Now I've put him down for a nap and he's stolen his Ewan and is slowly gumming him to death. If he wasn't so funny I'd go crazy!

I know I'm hogging the thread but I'm gonna crack up today! J is fucking wailing nonstop. He's had a poo so that's not it. He's refused bottles, porridge and fruit purée. He's knackered but won't nap. I think it's a sod the diet day. My fat arse can wait, my sanity cannot!

Okay I've calmed down About 30 seconds after the last post I forced a bottle on him and he promptly fell asleep. I had a swim tots class planned and need dinner first. There's also bottles to be made and washing to peg out but literally the second I put him down he starts to wail. So for now I'm watching how I met your mother, mums netting and eating skittles

Clearly the only plan of action available willyou. Hope he cheers up soon.

Could it be teeth Willyou? Hope J is ok. And that you get sometime to yourself its horrible when the babies are like that because its just so relentless.

WL bet your made up that sleep is going better

I took H to the GP this morning as she is still very chesty. I don't really want her on antibiotics but she just seemed to be getting worse not better. Turns out shes got bronchitis they've given us antibiotics and told us if she gets worse to get her seen straight away. Poor little mite

Poor H Hales hope she picks up soon.

I've since had wotsits and a penguin! I don't think it's teeth I think he's j

Haha that made me laugh Willyou .

Oops just hot and grumpy!

Plus I just got a letter from work confirming that the maternity thing is worse than I thought. The pay won't affect me this time but they're now saying unless I go back for 9 months (instead of the 3 that it was before) then I'll have to repay all mat pay other than SMP. Surely they can't do this? I've started a thread in employment to ask.

I'm not sure Willyou, but i didn't think they were allowed to change the terms without consulting you first.

Willyou, sorry you're having a crap day but your description of J 'knobbing about until 4am' made me laugh!

OK night for me - no dreamfeed as my husband was out, so I left her to sleep. She was down at 6.45pm, woke at 12.15am for a feed and then again at 4.15am. That would be AOK but she stayed up for an hour. Woke again at about 7.15 but needed the dummy about an hour before that. I'm hoping the restless mornings are the tail end of jetlag - she's never needed dummying like this before.

My husband was out for a fair few drinks last night and was pretty hungover - so much so that he managed to put C's nappy on backwards this morning. Quite the feat, with the tabs in the back and everything. I was a bit when I was taking it off again.

Does anyone buy the Just4bums nappies from Kiddicare? A friend recommended them yesterday at they're 60% off at the moment - 164 nappies for £20. Not bad! I hope they're decent.

Weigh in this morning - at 26 weeks C is 19lb/6.8kg. Sticking firmly to the 91st percentile. Little lump.