July 2013 - Part 1. Remember your pelvic floor exercises!

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Time to start the post-natal thread.

And start those PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES!

I got really excited thinking about weaning yesterday when I.was reading your messages. It seems like one of the great adventures with babies and I know my dh is going to love doing it with C.

Vinegar great news on the bathroom front. No home shower in 3yrs? You are one stoic lady

Managed to push C until 5am for her first feed of the night and feeling hopeful of her dropping the earlier wake/feed herself if I keep it up. She's still in with us at night, but I am hoping her longer stretches, and dropping a feed, may help us begin to transition to her cot eventually. All / any advice appreciated!

Mrsross can't advise on cot transition from experience but have heard putting mosesbasket in cot can help, also using cot for daytime naps

J had 12 week jabs and first rotavirus vaccine yesterday and has been really upset since. Anyone else experienced it? Seems to have made reflux worse poor chap

Yes Cheek - j was irate as all hell after his 2 month jabs and his reflux was so much worse - but he was better again within 2 days (though came down with a cold!). His 2 bug brothers had bad reactions to their jabs so I was rather expecting it. Calpol and boob for him, choc and ice creams for you are my top tips!

cheek my J was out of sorts for two days after his 12wk jabs too.

We're going to have to start using the cot soon. J will soon be too big for the pram and won't be much longer in the moses basket. I think he's been having a sneaky grow, as his 3 month size clothes are getting a bit small too. I'll have to buy some sheets for the cot first though.

Not sure how easy it's going to be. He's been very easy to settle to sleep - self settling in fact. However, this last week he's started waking and crying after being put down and I have to settle him. Sometimes getting him up for a burp works and sometimes a sort of Shh pat gradual withdrawal process is needed or sometimes both. He's also fighting daytime naps when obviously tired. I'm really hoping it doesn't continue to deteriorate as we approach the 4 month mark.

Cheek my J also had his 8 weeks jabs yesterday. He was unsettled thereafter but one dose of calpol and boob sorted him. The rotavirus gave him increased bowel movt about 5 in a space of 8 hours including a poonami which messed up everything as it seeped thru his jogging bottoms. I was prepared as the nurse had mentioned increased bowel movt. He has been fine today.

Abz got no advice re: cot transition as I have always used it from day1.

I went thru DS2 old clothes yesterday and managed to get a couple of clothes for J as he has outgrown all his clothes. Also bought a couple of jumpers from H&M. I buy J's clothes basing on weight most of the times as I find age to be on the small side.

Hi all, haven't posted for ages it seems but have been lurking. Sounds like the next round of colds are on the way so to everyone feeling poorly.

For cot transition I found with DD that grobags really helped, as she got all warm and snugily in that and didn't notice too much when she was put in the cot.

I think L is starting to teeth too, lots of dribbles and gnawing on anything he can get his gums round. He's still waking twice a night but thankfully goes straight back to sleep really well after it.

I'm aiming to wean at 6 months but I'll let L lead on it. I remember with DD I just knew she was ready at 5 months and she took to it very well.

Hope everyone else is ok

Theo was really gouchy after 2nd lot of jabs, clearly didn't feel very well and very sensitive but just had the 3rd lot (lots track of weeks!) and they didn't seem to upset his as much, just a little more sensitive than usual.
Think he is starting teething too.
When transferring into the cot I put theo into a grow bag and also rolled a blanket against one side to give him a bit of a boundary he seems to sleep well in to over night however wakes after 5 mins during the day!

Cranial osteopath update...have had poos 3 days out of 4 and Thursday night he slept from 9:30pm-4am...not done such a good stretch since, but going 4/4&half hours and settling quickly after feeds.
My tiny premature baby is almost growing out of his 3-6month clothes!

Hi everyone
No advice on cot transition. We moved DD1 from a crib in with us to a cotbed in her own room at 6 months, at the same time as we moved home. It was awful.
We're moving home again this week (our 6th home since 2.8y old DD1 was born!). Hoping N doesn't notice too much.....

Flipping heck, SNFED - why all the moves? Is it to do with one of your jobs? Sounds seriously stressful! Does DD1 get bothered by it? Hope it goes well, anyway.

SNFED - hope the move goes well.
Children are very resilient & adapt.
Great tips on cot transitions - we're moving K in to his cot this week.

When will I learn not to comment on Theo's sleeping on here! Worse night ever he was wide awake for 3-6:30 then woke at 7:30! Did manage to get him to go back to sleep for 2 hours this morning but he's very grumpy! Can't cope with too many of those!

We kept moving for DH's work, but now he has a permanent position, so hopefully we'll be in the new house for a few years this time.....

Beginning - I think babies just like to mess with our heads by changing what they do every time we think they've settled into a routine. He'll be sleeping brilliantly as soon as you've given up hope of it happening again.

I have given up already! It has been a long day, I need my happy baby back don't know if its a delayed reaction to his vaccinations or if he's coming down with something but this is really not like him!

beginning it may be a new stage in development,, dh and I have been reading this book: www.wonderweeks.com as LO has been so tearful this week.

got elka weighed last week, shes 12.10 now, in the 50th still (she was in the 9th when born). DH talked to HV about her development and talked about how elka likes to stand as he was holding her and HV said "dont let go!" as if DH was going to drop her! idiot woman!

honestly these hvs!

Morning all, not posted for ages, busy as ever. Anyone else finding their normally chilled baby has been extra clingy? M is 12 weeks and I haven't been able to put her down much at all for last week or so. She has 2nd imms tomorrow so don't suppose that will help much. Where has my relaxed baby gone
I have just booked place on a residential course I go to every year, 2 nights in a hotel just me and M and a load of colleagues!! What am I thinking of??! She will be about 4 months by then and probably just hitting the 16 week sleep regression stage. There is another person taking their baby too, though hers is a bit younger than M. Still at least I'll have no housework or dishes to do for a couple of days!

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Oo no...sounds like a lot of upset babies with these awful immunisations.
K has his second lot next week - not looking forward to it at all! He seemed to 'sleep off' the last ones but I doubt it will be that easy this time.

Having a bit of a pain with fussing a lot at bedtime at the mo, not sure if she's overtired or not tired enough... In the daytime it seems easy to tell when she's tired but I feel I keep getting it wrong in the evenings. What are your babies doing in the way of rough timings for naps/bedtimes?

Sleep regression noooo really does that happen...I've only just slept. Hope the course goes well though, might be nice to have the change and a hotel means no housework

vinegar, our rough pattern is a short nap about an hr and a half after waking...then hopefully a longer nap at 1 (but that fluctuates depending on what we're doing) then short nap (15 mins)in early evening if possible but sometimes he is too hungry/excited to sleep then so then he gets overtired and we struggle to put him to sleep at 8. Then wake him at 10:30 for his formula feed. But thats just the pattern, I'm not doing much to enforce it i.e. he didn't have naps in dark rooms at all as often out and about. Its hit and miss, he's not a very settled baby as he'll have some days when he only wants to wriggle and others only sleep but its getting better

Famous last words from me too! Since my last post L has woken loads during the night and cried every time I put him back in his cot. But looks likes everyone is in a similar situation at the mo. am I right in thinking there is a three month growth spurt? Coupled with the beginnings of teething trouble it's probably no wonder things have gone a bit pear shaped for many of us.

Vinegar, L (generally) wakes is woken up by noisy big sister at about 7am, he has about 30 min nap some time after 9am, another 30mins to hour nap at 1ish, starts cluster feeds and mini naps from 5pm, bath 6.30, cluster feeds until 8pm when he's put down for night in cot. Up until the other night he's generally woken at 2ish and 5ish at night but we're currently on every 1.5 hour wakes, which is killing me! If we go out in the car or push chair he generally falls asleep no matter what the time is!

That's interesting cheek that's practically the same pattern as Luca! I also don't enforce a daytime pattern, it's just what he's worked out for himself

Residential course sounds fun Thinking - and avoiding housework is a nice plus.

Cheek - yup sleep regression at 4 months depressingly common. But as J is up again at least 6 times a night at the moment (delightful mix of cold teething and reflux) am wondering how it can regress any further.

Vinegar - you really wouldn't want to follow js lead! But basically up for day between 6 and 7, goes down for sleep sometime between an hour sand a half to two hours after waking, has meds 3 times a day, feeds roughly 3 hourly until mid afternoon then every 2 hours till down to bed sometime between 7.30 and 8.

PS I try to do one nap a day in his cot - rest of sleeps are in sling or buggy

K wakes about 6am has milk then naps about 9-9:30am for 30mins. He has feeds every 4 hours during the day. His next nap is around 1:30pm for approx 30+ mins. He has bath about 5:30pm, final feed at 7:30am & most nights sleeps round til 6am.
This is his general routine on days we are at home all day.
He seems to be a very nosey baby - I think he likes watching his big brother all day so hence minimal naps.

My wee man is having his first nap in his cot in his own room. Took a little longer to settle, but he's found his thumb today (not sure if this is a good thing).

He looks like he fits the cot now, and won't have much longer in the 0-6 sleeping bag. Must be designed for a reet skinny 6 month old.

I feel slightly bereft. I don't think I'm ready for him to be big enough to have his own room yet.