The 7th Broadly Gemini Luxury Bus - Now with highchairs!

[AGnu]

Old thread here

Bibs at the ready, things are about to get very messy!

Ah those thoughts bring I'm having them at the moment too. Moans because I picked up his clothes from where he dumped them on the bedroom floor and put them in the wash bin. And I'm in the wrong becaus I didn't check his pockets for money. What kind of little boys are they? I'm not his mother! I have enough children.

Help! Anyone got any advice for me I'm still giving a 11pm dream feed and baby pear wakes at 3am for feed. I need to get rid of the 11pm feed and go to bed early. He's becoming impossible to wind and often I'm falling asleep before he ends the feed which is the cause for failing to wind We had another night of endless wake ups due to painful trapped wind and I'm exhausted! Happy to wake up once to feed but staying up for dream feed is proving to be too much!

Thank you bring I have just had ibroprofen to try and help wisdom tooth pain. Feeling very sorry for myself today

pear what happens if you don't dream-feed? Could you try just going to bed early & letting him wake you up?

In defense of some men... DH got Calf up & breakfasted, brought me tea & bread in bed, brought up the phone when my mum rang, stripped Calf's bed & is currently downstairs putting the washing in the machine. I always knew he was a good-un but I didn't know quite how good until I found MN! He's not quite perfect though... We're currently all sleeping in the same room because we're going to get a carpet in Calf's room. Before that can happen we need to move the radiator & will be getting a plumber friend round to help but DH is supposed to be getting it to the point where he can just come & do the cutting/welding. DH has pulled up the plywood but now seems more interested in replacing dodgy floorboards than actually getting the plumber in! Calf has discovered that he can pull the awful wallpaper off our wall. It was yuck beforehand, it looks terrible now but I don't think we could remove it to redecorate without pulling off the old plaster & we can't afford to replaster atm so we're stuck with it!

He wants you all to know he's also emptied the dishwasher...

Agnu has your DH hijacked your MN account?

If I don't dream feed he wakes up at 1:30 for food and then 4:30. Problem is he's quite difficult to get back to sleep at 4:30.

LOL! Well thank science he can empty the dishwasher. Mine has his moments... it's just easier to complain when everything is driving me mad!

Ohhhh, urgh.... M woke up every 2 hrs last night I'm so flipping tired. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Teeth or hunger bring?
Love her video, how clever is she, kitten hasn't started to do anything like that but she loves dd1 who makes her laugh by doing anything, it's so sweet!
I'm currently being and loving a mum of just a baby! Watching Harry potter, eating peanut butter toast and putting the tree up, I love it! My darling dh has taken dd1 to a christening and we felt it wasn't worth trying to take babs as it's 1 1/2 hours away and she's not a good traveler
Poor dd1 will probably sleep the entire journey as not sure what time she went to sleep, for the first time in her life we didn't put her to bed as if we go out it's always after she's asleep so she got upset then we were told she wasn't asleep when she got checked on at 8:30 but lying quietly then shouted us up when she heard us come home at 11:30 little love
Pear could you just not feed him at 1:30? I'd go to bed early, let him wake and try to drag out that feed, til his usual time was it 3ish, yes you will probably be awake for those 2 hours but if you've gone to bed early that should compensate and after 2/3 nights he shouldn't wake for it until the later time, he won't really be hungry now as he's on solids itl be more habit

First food! Mashed, roast sweet potato mixed with breast milk. We jumped the gun on the six months by 10 days as he seemed so ready for it. He ate the whole portion, taking the spoon from us and putting it in his own mouth. Seemed to love it. I feel so proud and happy! (first time mum).

Ahhh lor so cute, that's what it's about isn't it, following your instinct and his leed, sweet potatoe is a great staple aswell, love things like baby corns and things that they can knor on! With those teeth he will be chomping through everything in no time

Hunger Kitty She was an eating machine yesterday (which in result made me starving all day). I think she's hitting another growth spurt as she slept last night and is taking an epic nap today. I'm exhausted too! She'll be 6 months in about 2 weeks. Contemplating on jumping the gun as well and starting to introduce foods. But then again... it's so easy to just keep breastfeeding.... decisions, decisions. (she chewed on a green bean yesterday, does that count?)

Hooray Lor! Excellent news. Also means he was ready to eat since he loved it so much. Well done mama!

Lucky lady getting the house to yourself with the wee one.

Suddenly realised tonight that today marked the first time that ds had any food/nutrition that wasn't from me. Made me feel a little sad but I am so happy and proud that I managed what I set out to do - I'd hoped to exclusively bf for six months. I'm so pleased I managed it.

You've done so well lor! And they have to eat at some point and if you cooked it it effectively came from you?! Lol
I've not ebf kitten like I'd have liked but I do plan on doing it for longer this time and I've learnt from no1 that you just do your best, that's all you can
Bring to me 2 weeks wouldn't make any difference it's not like she's suddenly going to make a big change but maybe gage it how she is the next few nights? Bf is easier but if she's going to wake up all night then is that not making your overall day a lot harder? That's how I'd gage it.
Must admit my life has become much more pleasurable for the last few months getting good sleep!
And yes the day was very lovely, not sure when I'll ever get a day to myself though dreams about that day sigh

You watch lor how quick they start to demand your food! Kittenmakes a grab every time I eat and shouts at us if she's not getting any lol

Ha ha kitty he's a bit like that anyway! We're going to feed him every other day this week as we're away next weekend visiting the in-laws and can't be doing with the pfaff of feeding solids. After that we're back in London for Christmas and new year so can feed him properly from then on.

bring might be worth a try especially of you think she's ready.

Kitty, he's now waking at 10:30 out of habit why did I start the dream feed?!?!

Must admit I was never a fan of the dream feed idea but like I said to lor pear we do what we think is best at the time, no point beating yourself up, it must work for a lot of people or they wouldn't still do it
If it was me ( and this is me, I know it's not for everyone) but I'd take the tough love approach, it obviously does him more harm then good at night because of wind/ reflux aslong as he's getting plenty in the day I would just do cold turkeyno feeds, yes you will have a few nights of very little sleep but that's all it would be, honestly I did it with kitten and I do t mean leaving her on her own to scream all night I just mean if I'd go in pat her on the bum and shush her then leave again ( I didn't pick her up only because I think it winds her up more when she can smell it) and it lasted 3 days then I had a few nights where I had to just move her and for the last month plus I've had to do nothing at all, she goes down at 7 and wakes between 6-7:30 and I think I've had one bad night in all that te where she cried a week back that it, she just doesn't wake at all now, feel free to ignore I appreciate it's not for everyone

Kitty ~ I'm very interested to hear your approach. So you pat their bum and stay with them until they fall asleep? Last time I tried that baby pear screamed with big tears for 34 minutes before falling asleep. It was horrible for both of us

God pear I couldn't do that. Can't cope with the total sad-face, big tears crying.

Pear, I don't/ didn't stay with her, kitten always has gone down on her on either asleep or awake straight after her bottle but when she started to wake around 4 months I was happy just giving her one feed and she'd go back to sleep but then it went to two, then it was getting earlier and she wouldn't want her breakfast milk, she start stiring and I wouldn't go in until it was crying and I just go in and say shush pat her bum lightly and say its sleepy time sweetie and then walk out again, the crying usually escalates when they realise they will not get what they want so is wait a few minutes and repeat, it could easily take 34mins or longer but like frus says it should get shorter each time and steriotypically it doesn't take longer then 3 days to achieve but it's not for everyone no as it's never easy to hear them cry, the sucsess is though that kitten never wakes or crys so if she does like the other night I know there is something wrong but that's one night in I don't know how long, what I'm saying though In Your case is food is also the triger for his upset and discomfort anyway , just in another way so it's cruel to be kind if you know what I mean. I was lucky I never had to do it with dd1 and although it was hard I promise they don't hold it against you! I get greeted everyday with big big smiles every morning.

The thing is you have to be committed though, or you've gone through a sad night for both of you for no reason and you feel bad that you a) did it to you both and b) I'd didn't achieve anything
It would/will be hard if you do it so you have to be prepared for it
For me she's a happier baby all round for better sleep and I'm a better mum as I'm on my own a lot as dh works long hours and shifts and while I was getting no sleep I then had to function all day with a toddler aswel for which you need a lot of patience, I didn't want to be narky and cranky because I had no sleep all the time

Kitty ~ thanks for your encouragement. We will be moving baby pear into his room in a few weeks either before or after Christmas and I thought it would then be a good moment to try the technique again. I found when I did ssshhh pat and stayed with him it made it worse which I can understand because he's probably thinking why isn't she picking me up she's right there! Last time I had to abandon it because of his reflux but now he is off all meds and will soon be eating protein so I can be confident that he's getting enough milk and nutrition. I'm also interested in the pick up put down method but then isn't picking him up just saying cry and I'll come and pick you up?! To me it sounds like a step down from rocking which I don't want but maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick?!