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!!

Sorry posted too soon - she is too long for newborn and that's a shame because they have the best built in scratch mitts. Her nails are like tiny pins! Even when I cut them.

DD has wind issues literally all day long & explosive poo! She's ok at night (mostly) but there is a lot of grunting and straining which makes it so hard to sleep! Infacol helps but our first try of gripe water last night resulted in projectile vomit, so that was a waste of money! I can't find a pattern of when sometimes its night sometimes day so I'm thinking I may have to change my diet as its getting unbearable for both of us

Can't believe some babies are getting into 3-6 months stuff - time is flying isn't it! My little one has huge flipper feet, so I expect I'll need to size up soon too!

I managed to get him to drink expressed milk yesterday from a bottle (which we'd delayed due to tongue tie op) so happy now that I might be able to escape for a bit!

Need to get my act together and get him weighed this week though!

Hope tonight has been easy for everyone

Purple that sounds frustrating. What changes are you thinking of making to your diet?

Batbear that sounds like what I want to do! I've been reading about expressing and got v confused. What time of day do you do it? And how do you work it into the normal feed pattern?

LO was really difficult all day yesterday but slept ok. The HVsaid her rash was heat rash, and she'll be ok in just a baby grow. So I'm trying it, but also holding offon dairy for now.

I've given up dairy too - how are you finding it? I ate moussaka after 3 weeks to test it - felt a bit delicate and DC had a bad night, but so hard to know if it was due to the food as she has 'bad nights' quite frequently!

Have any of you read the Wonder Weeks book? It suggests they're going through leaps or growth spurts around this time.

Ds had a shocker of a night last night - from 3ish he only slept 45mins of every hour and woke me grunting and straining with wind for the other 15... it was relentless...

Handed him to dh when his alarm went off and he happily sat in his bouncy chair all through dh's shower and breakfast while I slept. Dh put him down again next to me without waking me when he left and I got another half hour so 1.5 in total - phew!

But what on earth can I do about the night time? How can I get him to stay asleep longer than 45min? As soon as he wakes he realises his tummy is bubbly and won't settle again lying on his back, I have to put him upright to get him back to sleep, so I can't see how any dream sheep or whatever is going to help that :(

Yep I'm cutting out dairy too + caffeine, alcohol (which I haven't really had much anyway), and any veg that makes me gassy! Day 1 of doing this didn't go well though, forgot that would include chocolate so slipped by 11am, then realised I didn't have anything in the house for lunch that didn't involve cheese, so made do with plain pasta with olive oil, pepper, tomatoes and red pepper, then ate cake this afternoon oops!

Sorry to hear about your night badguider, it sounds grueling... You said he settles when he's in his bouncy chair? What does he sleep in at night? You probably have, but just in case, have you tried raising his mattress at one end? I realise there's only so much height you can put under one end but maybe it'd help... DD did sometimes have gut trouble in the night like you describe, and was really unsettled as a result. Not sure how you're feeding - FF or BF - we use bottles for breast milk and it made me super paranoid about washing and sterilising thoroughly & not letting milk sit out too long. Not sure what made it go in the end, sorry I know that's not terribly helpful but I totally sympathise as it's really difficult watching and listening to them strain and struggle in pain from wind...

purple just wanted to say I've had mixed results with gripe water, but overall I find it more effective than infacol. In fact I found infacol made D more sicky generally. I did have a projectile vomit incident with gripe water once (think she'd gulped it down, you have to give quite a lot compared with infacol and it's a funny taste) but the rest of the time I think she finds it quite soothing and we've had some great burps afterwards! We've been using a plastic syringe to drip it in, bit long-winded but hopefully avoids it coming straight back up again. You know your baby best but it might be worth another go?

Hmm I am not keen to give up dairy! Had a cheese fest last night and baby had very smelly nappies today.

After screaming all evening again last night he slept much of the day. Saw hv in the morning and she reconsstress of in law visit had probably caused much of baby stress so we need to take it easy fit a few days. So had a tv day! Tired as all hell still. Thirdcattempt to put baby down....

Can't put my LO down either! She has been crying almost solidly since early evening - in off the boob arghhh! DHgot v stressed trying to settle her, which he doesn't normally. She seemed really hungry but also really windy.

She asleep now on me after a feed and I'm reluctant to try to put her down! Wondering if the Moses basket is too small as she flails and hits the sides with her arms - but hates being swaddled!

Hope we all get some sleep...

Had a reasonable day here yesterday as I have now got to 7 weeks and that little spurt seems to be over. He's 12lb so happily putting on weight too!

I'm trying to stretch the gap between feeds as he can be a snacky feeder (5 mins and hungry 30 mins later) and that meant he's only just woken after a 5 hour sleep! Amazing.

rollermum for expressing its finding when he is having a good sleep and going for it. He has long naps in the morning so I can get it done then - feed from just one side, settle him to sleep then express the other. If he wakes and fusses I try and settle without feeding to give me a chance to get my milk back. Does that make sense?!

Thanks Batbear that is useful. After expressing and you fed again do you go back to the first boob? If that makes sense! Are you using the bottle as a chance to sleep or escape? I got confused because I read a couple of posts online suggesting you need to express when you would have fed, which makes it pointless for sleeping / getting out. Sorry for all questions.

Queazy giving up dairy is ok. I had some headaches. I am concerned my overall calories have gone down because there are fewer foods I can just grab.When LO screaming yesterday was concerned it was affecting milk supply but don't want to leap to conclusions.

Had a spectacular white noise success last night so have just ordered a Ewan :)

He still woke every 45m but i just played 15m of white noise app and put my hand on him and we both went straight back to sleep.

We tried white noise at 2/3wks and it didnt work so quite surprised that it did last night.

Only issue is that dh keeps waking needing to pee cause of the noise :)

Ewan has been our saviour too! Though I also downloaded the Harvey Karp CD, there's some good various white noises on there - we use the raindrops one, and have it playing on repeat from a little iPod next to her! When she's really grumpy we turn the volume up to settle her, them keep it on v low when she's sleeping...

Wish white noise worked over here! Works a treat on me....

Thanks somethinglovely, I might try that - just need to get a syringe, we also tried it during an evening when she was already worked up, so that may not have helped. She started getting upset at 5 today, but I've managed to get her off to sleep in a swinging massage chair thing or borrowed, she keeps looking like she's about to star crying then chills again which is good so far, wonder how long it will last!
Chemist told me today to try infacol 20 mins before a feed instead of just before, difficult though as she sees it as a warning that boob is coming!

Re: Wind

We've gone from bottles to boob and found boob much less windy. Bottles seem to be hellish for letting in the air. No solution just an observation.

See thrush? It can feck off btw. Makes mastitis and breast refusal and even wind look like a walk in the park. So pissed off and sore. Am having wine and I just don't care!

I agree with you livvylongpants! New babies are so much easier than a screaming 2 yr old...

Saying that I have totally forgotten everything from the first time around - like counting the small victories of managing to put on a load of washing, putting baby in bouncy chair for 10 mins without tears etc. I love the intimate baby cuddles & feeding, but am looking forward to having more if a routinue in place to make things easier in dealing with the toddler.

Can anyone remember / does anyone know when things start to fall into more if a pattern or routinue?

(Ps. First post on this thread - have only just stumbled upon it! I've got a 2.1 yr old ds1 & 5 wk old ds2. Hello ladies & congratulations!)

Amazing Livvy - looks like you are doing really well. I'm not noticing a routine but feeds are spacing out so hope we are not too far off. Having said that I am just doing what I need to and he's brought along for the ride!

roller - you are totally right. I go back to the non-expressed side for the next feed. So far I am using it as an escape - even if it is just to spend a bit more time with the toddler and also to give Daddy some bonding time.

I had my 6 week check at the doctors yesterday - possibly the quickest appointment ever! "Are you ok? Any questions"... Not really worth the 30 minute wait in a germ filled waiting room!

I tend to get washing and stuff done with LO in the sling, but it is quite painful on my back. She is really hard to put down in the daytime.

Thanks Batbear - I think I'll try expressing soon. Really hope I can do it!

Talking of 6 week appointments does anyone know if an internal exam is likely if I had episiotomy and tear? Really hope not.

Hi Roller - from what I remember last time they will only look if you want them too ( if you are worried about how you are healing etc).

Changed and fed DS before I went to bed last night and only had him wake at 3 and 6.30. Feel like I had some decent sleep last night!

batbear nice one! We had a good night- took three attempts (as usual) to get him down after 10pm (finally got him down about 11:30) and then he woke around 3:15 and then not til sevenish which was amazing. Sadly he was super windy after a 15 min feed so was being burped and cuddled from 3:30 am until almost 5:30!! Less good!

Roller I had my six week check yesterday and was surprised by how brief and non-invasive it was. I very much expecting to have my stitches checked and iron levels checked after I haemorrhaged and was anaemic but she just asked me a few questions and took my bp!

Had an excellent night with DS last night, fed at 7:30pm, 12:30am and 5:30am, then went back to sleep til 7:40am! Happy parents this morning! Hooray for hungry baby milk :).