Is there a September 2013 group yet?

[Gingerandlemon]

Just that really! I gave birth two weeks ago on 1st September and am so ready to start asking everyone if they're going through the same stuff as me!!

Are any BFers using infracol whatever it's called? I looked at it in boots today but the instructions said add to bottle before feeding but I'm ebf so can I use it? just squirt it in his mouth? sorry if this is a dumb thing to ask!

pink yes - just squirt it in their mouth if bf. Speaking of which, I've got lazy with giving infacol, must try harder!

Pleased to hear I'm not the only one getting no sleep. It's brutal isn't it? Dd is 7 weeks and 90% of the time can't settle herself. Will go to sleep on me but when I try to move to basket will either wake straight away or 15 mins later.

Resorted to co-sleeping last night, out of desperation, but then felt guilty all day...

A slightly better night here. Co slept a little but managed to put him down for a bit too so no 2 til 7 an screaming! Thought the in laws are here so I might start screaming next.
kellymom.com/parenting/parenting-faq/fussybaby/
Someone posted this recent and it made me feel much better about everything. There was also amn thread about Co sleeping and I'll post and link to that x

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?call=ThreadsImWatching

Lots of rl experience of Co sleeping

Well our co sleeping days have ended and I am a bit sad about that. DH wanted to try B in the cot (the Moses basket never worked for her, I think it wasn't firm enough support) so we got it down from the loft and bought a new mattress. Last night was the first night on her own, just shy of six weeks. She had a screamy evening (and to answer Mooster I think quiet evenings without TV definitely help keep things calm, but don't have much bearing on the rest of the night) but went down to sleep in my arms with a few mini feeds when I was ready for bed. I gingerly put her in the cot and she snuffled a bit but then relaxed.

Woke at 1 for feeding, and she also had a big crap, so since it was DH's idea to have her in the cot, when I put her down I asked him to change her. He did... When she next woke at 4. She then peed on herself while being changed, so he had to do a sleep suit change, well, handed her to me for feeding with a new sleep suit to put her in one-handed while she was on the boob. He left me in bed and went downstairs because being that awake at that time of day he knew he wouldn't get back off to sleep. So I could have had the last part of the night cuddled with baby, but I put her back in the grobag in the cot at 4.20 and was next woken at 7.40. I grudgingly agree that the cot seems to work well for us all (early-hours changing issues notwithstanding...!)

Lexi glad the cot working for you. I can't wait to get LO into grobag as I think faffing with blankets and a cold bed make her wake up.

Fl0b0t hope inlaws haven't made you start screaming yet?

Mooster getting anymore sleep?

We had a terrible day yesterday with lots screaming, digestive pain. But then in the evening / night she went 4 hrs between feeds three times. Amazing! Probably won't happen tonight because she's so random but gives me hope.

I am trying giving up dairy, started yesterday. My pre-pregnancy hives are back and LO also has a rash. Digestive discomfort can be an issue too.

No comment re: screaming!
Robin had his worst night ever last night. We tried to go to bed early, about 8pm ish and it went very wrong. Robin screamed like he's never screamed before. DH took him for a walk in the sling which worked at first, so came back about 11:30pm with a sleepy baby. Who promtly woke up. Did a feed, and he screamed a bit more, so lovely DH took Robin downstairs and cuddled him to sleep until about 1:30am. He's never been like that before- absolutely inconsolable. Screaming with fury. Absolutely horrible. Had to be when inlaws were here so I was a bit more tired and on edge- and DH kindly helping out which was great but MIL I'm sure already thinks that DH does everything for me, so I didnt' want to appear like I was letting DH do everything, even though obviously I do 80% plus of the childcare usually! Very stressful :-(

Oh no, sympathies Fl0b0t! Sounds horrible. I know what you mean about MILs. Mine basically said 'pull yourself together for sake of DH' when was tired and exhausted from traumatic birth. Also heavily implied he shouldn't have to do too much childcare because has to go to work. True, but some balance is needed!

Hope you've had less screaming today. Been so so here.

fl0b0t Martha had one of her worst days when my MIL was staying. According to my nutter HV "stress flavours milk" which is clearly bollocks but I reckon mummy being on edge makes baby much more likely to create. If I was you I wouldn't give a toot about what your MIL thinks of her son caring for his child. He isn't helping out he is doing his bit because he can't do even half of the baby stuff. It's only right that he sit up with the screaming bairn not a favour. I cannot even begin to imagine how difficult this childcare carry on would be if it weren't for modern, useful DHs. My DH is better at getting Martha to sleep particularly if I've been trying for ages. I reckon my tension and the smell of my milk combine to keep her fractious.

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Those of you from the antenatal thread might be interested to hear that my SPD returned having taken only a two week break following the birth. It's not as bad as it was but particularly difficult to lie down. Hmmph! I would weep but I'm too tired and dehydrated to summon up the tears.

Haven't been great at keeping up with this thread and need to add myself to the stats but just read the last post by Livvy and had to mention that today my DS moved up to 3-6months clothes! He never went in his newborn things :( luckily we hadn't bought many! I was a little sad at putting his 0-3 away but also excited as he has some gorgeous 3-6 :).

People were sensible with their gift buying after discovering his 10lb4oz birth weight!

Livvy How weird. DH and I were just wondering about the same thing. DD has mostly breast but with some ebm and some formula. Today she breast fed from 10 am until 8 pm with only very few breaks to be changed and doze very lightly. Then she had 100 mls of ebm and I have no doubt she'll have a full 4oz bottle of formula at some point plus more breast at 2 am and then again at 5 am. It's relentless. I thought it was a growth spurt but it's been over a week now.

DD gets weighed at least once a week by one or other of the hideous health professionals we have attending us. She has never been below the 50th centile for weight and seems to be gaining steady but not excessive.

My goodness, my 6wo has a cold and on night 3 of no sleep Just fed and winded her and she woke again after...30mins!! Argh! I've got a cold too and such a headache. She doesn't sleep well in the day at all so I'm surviving on. 3-4 hrs a night. Anyone else feeling ill through sleep deprivation?! X

Queazy I'm feeling rather run down too so I empathise. I'm ff but DS (6 wks) is VERY hungry so wants fed 7oz every 2.5 hours and is terrible at getting wind up lately so the process of feeding, winding and changing (he poos almost every feed) is taking 1.5 hours. If he doesn't get his wind up half way through the bottle he refuses to take the rest! So very little sleep here these past few days.

Oh and my DS is very snuffly in general, often waking with a blocked nose. Try putting Olbas Oil for children on a tissue and place near.moses basket or at top of cot... it says not to use until 3 months but I don't put it right under his nose as instructions state. Also swear by saline drops or spray.

Aye I'm sure stress compounds grumpy baby. ... they'regoing soon....

joksar I can't bridge it has come back! How unfair! What will they do for you?

Iv have just changed the grossest napply ever, and he has a really grumbly wundy tummy

I am so behind with this thread but just wanted to say we are going through similar.
Ds fusses from 9pm ish to 11/12 then sleeps in two chunks with a feed half way till about 4am then has wind grunting and straining 4-6ish then another decent sleep till 8.

Dh covers the 9-11 shift with a bottle of ebm so I get a chunk of sleep then I get little sleeps the rest of the night.

Seems the evening fussiness is totally normal but does anybody else get the 4am gut troubles??

Ds2 is still feeding every 1.5 hours at night which is pretty wearing. Wish I could somehow get him to take more and go longer. He normally settles ok in the co sleeper cot but from around 6am tends to sleep on me.

We are now into the 3-6 month clothes and size 3 nappies... where has my tiny newborn gone?

Wincher, I have the same issue that DD will only sleep on me in the morning. I just attempted the Moses basket again and she only slept for 30mins.

She's just growing out of her newborn stuff, and her long legs are even stretching the 0-3 months too!

Thanks for suggestion of children's olbas oil! I didn't know they did that, so really helpful.

I had (another) quick question - do you swaddle in the daytime? I just can't get DD to sleep more than 30mins at a time and wondering if swaddling in the day could work!

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Queazy I've never swaddled as DS is too strong and just pulls his arms out and kicks the blanket off!

badguider We have 5am gut troubles but also 2-3am. Basically half an hour to an hour before he is due a feed. Doesn't seem to happen during the day though!

badguider we have evening fussiness combined with gut troubles - gets two things out of the way at once I suppose! She saves her crap for about 11pm, and once that's done, she can go down to sleep properly.

So I got sleep from 11.15 to 1am, then to 4am, then DS whispered in my ear at 6am that he had wee'd in bed, the ensuing kerfuffle woke baby so she had a sleepy feed at 6.30, then a proper grunty grumbly feedmenowdammit at 8.15. She seems to like a two hour morning nap and a two-three hour afternoon nap with only a little playing in between. Most of her alert time is late afternoon and evening. DS is definitely more lark than owl so life could be interesting if baby continues in this vein!

queazy we do swaddle in the daytime and at night. DD (5 weeks) won't settle and stay asleep without it... She kind of jolts her arms around maybe 10-20 mins into sleeping and wakes herself up. She can wriggle out of most normal wrap swaddles so we bought a Miracle Blanket which is like a straight jacket, holds her arms straight down by her side (gerty this could work for your DC perhaps) and she settles pretty well in it... We get roughly 3 hours stretches asleep day & night (and in response to discussion about feeding quantities & frequency, she usually has about 100mls of expressed BM each feed, feeding every 3 hours)...

The night time 6 hour wakings have passed for now though, thank god! Tested out only keeping everything dark & in the bedroom, bottom slathered in bepanthen and changing dirty nappies rather than the damp ones - she's still a bit unsettled between sleeps but at least not up all night - hope I haven't jinxed it by posting!

Joskar - sorry to hear about SPD :( I'd been wondering how you were.

I'm starting to get twinges again the last couple of weeks, started about 6 weeks.

Does anyone else find the need feed(s) take hours? I feed LO for 35ish mins, it's getting her settled again that takes time -like 3.5 hours total last night. Urgh. Badguider it could be wind causing it but not sure.

Wincher yes! Can't believe they grow so fast. She is too l