June 2013 (3) - teething & not sleeping!

[rrreow]

I broke the old thread! Step this way, step this way.

They offered 2 days a week, I don't think they are really able to (and they like going off in the caravan with no notice ) so compromised at 1 day when OH has his short day. It will help with childcare costs.
Anyway they say today was great, but things don't add up, they were bringing him back by 4.30 but at 3.45 rang to say he was sleeping and had been asleep an hour. they eventually got here just after 5 and said he had 1 1/2 hours sleep. I sent him with 2 rice cakes and fruit for lunch, apparently they fed him but also gave him rice cake in the car on the way home, but there was a rice cake left so god knows what they actually fed him. Main problem is I sent 2 bottles of bm and he came back with them. so no milk in nearly 6 hours ? they said we gave him what you sent him with then left so I didn't realise until too late. He has fed 5 times since coming home ! usually would be twice in that time.

Curly I feel your pain. I am dreading the day DPs parents offer to have dd. And I know it will come when they want to take dsds and dd out together and I just don't know if I'll be able to do it.

My parents are very similar to me in how they do things, take time to ask me and watch how I do, and I know if they do something I'm not overly happy with we can talk about it and not cause offence. And even get away with a roll of the eyes and say 'that's a nanny thing, don't expect me to do that' and my mum is in tune enough to know when I'm trying not to say something and won't do it again.

With the bottles, I know dd can be very fussy if it's not me feeding her, do you think that might have happened and they didn't say? I hope it improves for you so you feel ok on the day they have him.

not sure about the bottles, he took a full one from OH last week so he will take one. Maybe it was because he is not used to them. I was concerned as they were both still fridge cold.

Morning all, That was the exact thing that happened with my dd1 and sil and it turned out she didn't even try giving her the milk I sent in the cup because apparently "dd made too much of a mess with it" we had massive reverse cycling and for a baby that slept very poorly anyway it was an absolute nightmare!!

I now have a baby that still wakes every 2 hours but also decides to stay awake shouting from 2:15 -5:30, I don't think my eyes are even working today!

Very much looking forward to taking dd1 to her ballet class today, she looks so god damn cute in the tutu :-)

Hi all. Eeesh sounds tough on the childcare issues and sibling issues. My mum has been doing half a day a week for the last month but I think it's bewn pretty easy as she's been sleeping for most of it as it's after nursery.

We're planning to get the next car seat today. Experienced people have told us to get one that reclines and if possible one that can be rear facing or forward facing. Does anyone have any other sensible advice you can give us? What have you all bought?

We've got a Britax Dualfix which is expensive, but does face both ways. My DH spent hours researching car seats and decided on that one.

Regarding parents looking after babies, it'd really annoy me if grandparents didn't do what they were asked to do in relation to babies' feeding. They certainly wouldn't be getting to look after DD again if they left her without milk for 5 hours.

ds has had a temperature all day and not slept got his temp from just over 39 to just under 37 with calpol and boob but worried about how he will be overnight, if he gets to sleep. as soon as I put him down he wakes up and OH is out so I am on my own.

Have you got any ibuprofen you can give him curly? Alternate them (ibuprofen is less frequent though, so double check timings), so that there's always one or the other working iyswim. Should help his temp not come up too much. Also, cosleeping is good... Hope it's not too tough for you.

we only have calpol, probably because he hasn't really needed anything apart from for his teeth. we sort of cosleep with a three sided cot. he just wont sleep !

How'd it go, Curly? If its any help, we had a rough night too - repeated wakings every 30-45 minutes from about 4.30am so I'm now up and dressed even though its Sunday. Must...find...coffee...

How did it go in the end Curly? I really think this sleep malarky is a killer!!
We had an average night here with wakings at 10:30, 2:30, 5 & 7. I really wish I could give dd2 the chance to settle but she is so noisy and immediately wakes dd1 so don't really have another option. We were supposed to be going to a wedding reception next Saturday but it's not going to happen :-(

My day with dd1 yesterday wasn't that great either, we weren't allowed to watch so I spent an hour in the car and then dd2 informed me that she wanted lunch at home because she had missed dd2!!

dd1 informed me

Probably about 5 hours sleep in all. woke twice screaming in what I assume is pain but he seems ok now.

We bought our car seat. Went for the Maxicosi Axiss as its got a funky swivel echo makes getting the child in and out of the car easier.

We had an unusual night for us. I think she new I'd been out on the sauce so had a bit of a tender head. At 2.30 this morning she was doing her impression of a metal detector. She didn't want milk, cuddles, rocking. She just wanted to lie in her cot and make an almighty racket for 1.5hrs. DH was on nightshift so was just me. Boo!

Have succumbed and bought a jumperoo...will be waiting impatiently for it to arrive!

That's exciting Rue! It may be the biggest lump of expensive plastic but well worth it in terms of pennies per hour of pleasure.

DS thinks everyone ought to behave like a jumperoo and bounces himself on our laps!

Amy does that too, Mrs. She adores her Jumperoo and can spend an hour in there easily!

It also has the benefit of inducing poo, so it's rather handy with slight weaning constipation. :-)

We had a bit of a crap night last night thanks to teething. I'm sure we will have more teeth soon. I'm so bloody tired today though. And I go back to work 4 weeks on Thursday. Gutted.

I'm mostly hoping it will keep M in one place! He's currently emptying my bookshelf (again...) but desperately needs to sleep after last night. He's not having it though!

I also recommend the jumperoo. We've got something similar and when DH and I were struck down with D&V last weekend it was a life saver. She played happily in it for hours while we lay on the sofa groaning.

Rue, is Michael crawling yet? I remember he is one of the oldest in our group. No crawling here yet (at 7 months and 1 week) but lots of attempts and tangled legs!

jumperoos good for constipation MrsBri? Wish they were big enough to accommodate ds in that case. AWFUL weekend for him - constipation all day Saturday, crying cos he couldnt' go, dosing with prunes pears and even a suppository which still took hours to take effect. Combine that with conjunctivitis in both eyes and then crying hysterically last night for nearly 4 hours, and we just could not work out why. We think maybe he was crying because he couldnt' get to sleep??

Thankfully dd slept through it all and only woke the usual once to feed. She's very close to crawling - lots of rocking back and forwards and can make pretty good progress backwards. I think our wooden floors don't help though - she gets on much better on our carpeted bedroom floor!

Amy is an expert at going backwards, Aloha. Seemingly without even realising!

It must be the jumping that helps the poo escape...it's a shame your DS is too big to have a jump as it's been a saviour for us recently.

We are suffering broken nights from teething at the moment. She gets much more clingy and cries if she loses her cuddly mouse while she's asleep. :-/

Heya peeps,

My boy is nearly 7 and a half months old now (scary how time flies!). Just wondered for those mommas breastfeeding, how many feeds roughly does your bubba take now we are all weaning? My boy is having roughly 6-8 feeds a day along with solids, dya think this is ok?

Weaning is a whole new challenge-doing traditional weaning with homemade purees and he has 3 'meals' (should I say 2/3 heaped teaspoons) a day-some days are good some days are hit and miss.

When do you slowly make the transition to more lumpy food? I am trying to make it more lumpy but he gags terribly on it. My homemade purees are quite textured so not completely super smooth, just worried he won't be able to make that transition-how do you do it? I know I should not worry as I don't know anyone who is still on puree food so everyone does grow out of it but how?

Any tips/advice?

Hi Eliza, welcome to the thread!

I'd say that's a normal amount of feeds. I find with breastfeeding it really depends on the baby. Some like to feed little and often, others have big sittings. There is a huge range of what is normal. My LO is 8mo and probably feeds 8-10 times in every 24 hours.

I'm doing BLW, but gagging is normal. Babies have a very sensitive gag reflex, it's simply their way of moving food around their mouth and making sure they don't swallow stuff before they've gummed/chewed it enough.

Aloha, DS1 goes into our Jumperoo... He's definitely outside the weight range but it seems fine and I decided it was a battle not worth having lol

Welcome Eliza. I still BF, dd is 8 mo next week and I feed her 4 times a day, 5 if she wakes at night. She does eat quite a bit of solid food though, probably at least 5 tbsp per meal. We do mashed, rather than pureed food - either fork mash some of what we're eating, or I boil a big pan of mixed veg plus fish, and mash it with a potato masher so it still ends up with lumps in. I do try giving her small bits of soft cooked veg but she doesnt' get on great with them, mostly they come out after a bit, but I expect she'll get there eventually. I think as long as you're giving finger food to play with/eat then your ds won't be solely used to pureed food. You can also try adding little pasta (I use those tiny stars) to add texture as they're really easy to swallow. Or foods like really soft avocado that turn to mush in the mouth without too much effort.

rrreow I have been telling ds today he is NOT allowed in baby's bouncer thing. He's way too heavy and he'll break it.

MrsBri maybe next time I'll let him jump about on our bed and see if that gets things moving!!

I long for the day when I can stop having to obsess over my kids bowel movements...