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The 5th Gemini luxury bus - the one with babies!

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FrustratedSycamoresRocks · 21/06/2013 15:07

As we have all our gorgeous babies now, welcome aboad the 5th Gemini bus.

Drinks and previously banned foods supplied in bulk, Car seats installed, slings and prams at the ready, as we head into parenthood, and all the excitement, and sleepless nights our little ones will bring along the way.

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peardrop2 · 28/07/2013 22:59

Soooo cute when asleep. I have taken a lot of photos of baby pear sleeping...at least 2 a day Grin

Sod it. Do not have time to waste. Have brought option A. Now just have to decide what time of day is best to express as the last attempt to express at 10pm ended up in very engorged boobs and restless nights sleep!

bringonthetrumpets · 29/07/2013 00:07

Nothing too exciting to report. M has been fussy, crabby, clingy, and constantly wanting to eat. This kid HATES her carseat. I even went so far as stopping at the shop on our way to the park as a preventative and buying one of every kind of dummy available and she spat them all out and still screamed the whole way there. I can't get her to not scream her head off every time we're in the car. It's so stressful! It breaks my heart as it's so dramatic and she starts choking.

pear You make the most milk in the mornings, so it tends to be the easiest time of the day to express milk. The first day it might seem like you will be playing catch up with feeds and will be lower in milk production, but it'll even itself out on the second day and your body will just accept the expressing of milk as another feed.

I heart co-sleeping too! Mostly for naps, night time is harder because she wiggles so much and neither of us get much sleep.

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 02:53

Reflux absolutely sucks Hmm DH has just abandoned me for the couch once again and I'm left settling a yelping baby Angry He's now settled upright on me but I can't sleep like this as I don't feel it's safe. I'm not somebody who can sleep upright!

Bring ~ I know how you feel dummy wise & car wise. We have about 20 dummies now and none of them work ! I might have easily spent £80 on dummies now. Ugh that is depressing!! And as for the car...baby pear has major melt downs if we go anywhere in the car, sometimes singing helps but more then often nothing comforts him Sad

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 03:44

Another hour had passed and I'm still awake with a sleeping clingy baby Hmm maybe it's time for co sleeping now that DH isn't around Sad

Lorelei353 · 29/07/2013 04:39

Hi. Sorry I've been quiet lately. All good. I'll post property in the morning. Just wanted to share that ds just 'slept through the night' - 5 1/2 hours from 11 to 4.30! Grin

FrussoHathor · 29/07/2013 05:08

Yay for baby lor Grin now enjoy your lie in (4.30 onwards).

Reminds me of a random conversation I had yesterday, and found myself saying, "oh he'll sleep all night too, except when he wakes up" Grin

pear if DH is on couch you may was well co-sleep, plenty of room. You need to sleep too.

I hate to say the car sends ds into a doze. But of I dare stop the car at lights, or for petrol you'd think the world had ended.
bring can m see the boys when in her seat?

FrussoHathor · 29/07/2013 07:40

TThank you DH for waking the entire house on your way to work. Angry

Anyone else found that that seemingly random strangers come up to you and ask about the baby in a way that suggests they know you i don't mind so much if I can place where I've come across them before, but I struggle with my memory when it comes to names and faces.
Like yesterday someone approached me in the shop, "oh is this the new one, doesn't he look like dd" and my brain is working overtime thinking "do I know you? am I supposed to know your name? Have we spoken before?"

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 08:40

Yep we did try co sleeping but only got 2hrs. Omg!

FrussoHathor · 29/07/2013 08:56

2hours is better than none.

I'm still jealous of libs 5.5hrs

Lorelei353 · 29/07/2013 09:01

Well having put him down at 5 ds then woke at 6 for another feed. Still dh looked after him after feed and I went back to bed for another hour and a half. ds also slept in his gro bag which he's been resisting until now.

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 09:11

No not really. It was 1hr at the start of the night and then another hour at the end. I actually feel worse for it Shock

Lib ~ I'm glad something is going right for you after all your bf nightmares!

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 09:12

I mean Lor. Is there a Lib? I can't even remember that Hmm

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 09:14

Oh I'm in a muddle...it's lib with the bf issues. I take it back Lor...Wink

FrussoHathor · 29/07/2013 09:22

Sorry I meant lor with the 5.5hr sleep. Blush

FrussoHathor · 29/07/2013 09:23

Oh pear I thought you meant in one go. No, not good if a huge gap in the middle.

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 10:17

Lib & Lor you might become one soon. Far too confusing for us lot with baby brains Grin

Lorelei353 · 29/07/2013 10:24

Ha ha. Lack of sleep getting to everyone around here.

So yeah, thrilled with the lovely sleep last night but that's after a few days of cranky baby not sleeping. We did have a night where he refused to be put down too (think it was Friday). DH ended up sleeping on the couch for four hours with DS asleep on his chest. Funny little creatures aren't they? We also have some evenings where he's just really tired and won't sleep so is constantly on the boob. DH thinks I'm making a rod for my back by giving in and letting him suckle for a bit to help get to sleep when he's crying and over tired it I just can't let him cry it out as I don't believe in it in general and certainly not at only 6 weeks.

Beginning to think about bringing in a proper bedtime routine. At the moment we're justo going with the flow, although generally manage a bath around 8-9pm then big feed, then he fusses a bit (tired but won't sleep), then small feed and bed by 10.30-11.30. Thinking that maybe we shouldn't be trying so hard to get him to nap after his big feed and maybes just try and hold him quietly and sing/read.

kittykatsforever · 29/07/2013 10:27

Oh dear, sounds like a bad night pear and an equally unhelpful dh, I'm always glad when their answer to a baby crying is to move to another room! Thanks for that Hmm
I couldn't co sleep, I've always been the same with the cats, hate feeling closed in and worried then I end up having no sleep so defeats the object
Well done on the sleep lor

kittykatsforever · 29/07/2013 10:32

Lor gave you tried bringing his bedtime forward, if he's too tired it will hinder his sleep, you might find if you bath him at 6:30/7 he will sleep longer and go down easier, I'm lucky dd will pretty much put herself asleep from awake in her cot 9 times out of 10 but sometimes if they are over tired I have found the only thing that works is to put then down and leave them, I have found it takes less then 1 or 2 mins for it to work but would never leave her crying properly for more then 5

kittykatsforever · 29/07/2013 10:34

Lor babies need about 16/17hrs aday sleep at that age

Lorelei353 · 29/07/2013 10:41

We find he just won't sleep at 8/9. We often try to get him down then, assuming hell just wake up for a little feed a few hours later which is fine. He just fights and fights sleeping then. His little eyes will be rolling back in his head but hell still wake himself up.

The other issue we have is that we can't go to bed at 8/9 so we'll put him down to sleep in the pram in the living room in the evening so he's in the same room as us, because it's supposed to be safer right?

We haven't really tackled trying to get himself to settle in his crib yet (even with us there with him).

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 10:45

Baby pear doesn't sleep 16/17hrs during the day even if I'm at home and put him down constantly. His daytime naps never last longer then 30mins in his bed.

I have to somehow muster up the energy to go out and buy more Gaviscon as our prescription has run out already. Idiot Dr who only prescribes 3 boxes at a time grrrrr Hmm

peardrop2 · 29/07/2013 10:48

Lor. You need a video monitor so that you can put him in his bed and leave him sleeping. That's what we do. Baby p never drifts off on his own though. He would cry for hours if I leave him. I have to either feed him or rock him to sleep. I've tried getting him to settle on his own but it never works. He would still be screaming at 20mins which is no good Hmm

kittykatsforever · 29/07/2013 10:48

I put my dd's down in their rooms for all their naps at home, I have the monitor on and just check every hour, I've never heard of having to have them with you all the time just that its safest to have them sleep on your room for 6 months, unless your watching them continuously I can't see why it'd make much difference but that's just me, you would probably find he slept better in a quiet dark room without stimulation but at the end of the day if your not happy doing it your not happy doing it

kittykatsforever · 29/07/2013 10:50

Pear it's a totally different ball game when you have a little one with reflux or colic etc Hmm