December 2013 - sleepless nights & lots of cooing

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Our very first Thread :)

Wow! Bath time was lovely this morning, I did as someone suggested and had my DD in with me, she absolutely loved it! I was whooshing her back and forth and she was so chilled! We managed to have fun and get really clean and wash hair with no tears or fuss. This is the way forward I feel, my DD is 9 weeks today, where on earth is the time going???

Yay! So glad you took our advice and found a way to enjoy bath time.
My dd is 8 weeks tomorrow, hasn't it just flown!

Hope all are feeling better! Boo to baby illness :(

Who knows anything about sleeping bags? Ds is escaping swaddled and kicking off blankets...

We use sleeping bags hot we find them much better and she can't kick off. At moment we have 2.5 tog, I'd also get easy to put on and off ones cos I had a fiddly one to do up and it wasn't too ideal

With gro bag/sleeping bag things don't their lil arms get cold?
Though saying that I swaddle dd and she gets her arms out and sleeps with her arms up. Like someone's pointing a gun at her lol

Glad you enjoyed bath time hot. Seb is very chilled in with me. He was getting a bit upset when I passed him to dp and I think it's a bit of a shock coming from lots of skin to skin and warm water to a towel. Now we make sure dp has his tip off and he takes him to his chest and that seems to help.

Alyssa how is he tonight? Poor little man. I dread seb being ill. It's so awful when they are tiny. I was mean today and stopped a little girl touching him on the school run. Little girl always has green snot and an empitgo type rash around her mouth. Not her fault but I don't think I want seb poking at by anyone but us. There are a few bugs going around at school so have been making dd change her clothes and wash her hands and face when she gets in from school. It might be a bit precious but I don't care lol.

He has just drifted off to sleep lovely in his crib. Loving his white noise app!

My ds2 uses gro bags but his body suit keeps his arms warm.

Lost another 2 and a half pounds this week, so that's 11 pound in 3 weeks hopefully lose another 3 next week and get to a stone xx

Well it's tricky cos my DD hates swaddling, she likes to have her hands free, also she kicks blankets off so sleeping bag is best option, I do wonder though if it's ok that arms or hands get colder.... Not sure but it's best option for us I think

Hi everyone, found you! Haven't read thread but thought I'd pop on. Was on some antenatal threads til I lost track. Had dd on 6th dec and she's 8 weeks now, had her 8 week check and her jabs today and haven't been able to Put her down since. Shes not a happy bunny. Am going to feed her soon and see if she will settle in Moses basket but not holding my breath.
Will read thru thread later to catch up.

So ds1 has had a cold, then DH, think ds2 is getting it, I've got a sore throat and now I think Joshua is getting it so much for breastmilk protecting him from it! He's been cranky today and more clingy than usual. I'm worried as he's so small but I guess at this stage there's nothing I can do...

Hiya quietninja

alyssa that's fab, this is my first week with slimming world & get weighed thur so keeping my fingers crossed I've lost something!! Hope your LO is on the mend

mum oh no! Hope it all passes, nothing worse than a houseful of males with colds!!

Goodness everyone has colds! I hope you're all feeling better soon. Also those with colicky babies( J has this and it's heartbreaking , poor little man.

We're not doing too badly I think. Bf every three hours-ish but would not sleep in back. At all. Or side. For the last two weeks I've been getting. About two hours a night. I spoke to the hv who said to try j on his front during the day as long as I'm nearby and he's checked often. Well, what a difference. He slept for 3 hours , fed, slept for three hours, etc. amazing. We've been doing that for about a we know and have decided to try him at night on his back. I've bought an angel care movement monitor and as soon as that comes, he's sleeping on his front. I know it's against the guidelines , but he won't sleep any other way. I guess he just hadn't tea the manual.

San guidelines are just that, just a guide, they don't work for every baby and so long as you are aware of the differing risks and do thing sensibly everything will be fine.
How're you doing MrsS?
Hope everyone with colds gets better soon, Genevieve seems to be quite congested the past few days but its not broken in to anything cold-y so I'm hoping she's being able to fight it off. DH is being much more of a wuss about his snotty nose!

I agree with Mogz about guidelines - some of the 'rules' are just not practical either for babies that just don't like them (such as sleeping on front vs. back), or for family life to go on (such as keeping babies with you at all times when they're sleeping - it's just not always feasible!).

Hannah is now growing too big for her Moses basket - there's no way she'll be in it by 3 months, let alone 6 months, so we're going to have to move her into her cot in her room soon. I know we moved DD1 into her own room at 4months, but I think Hannah's going to be moving sooner. I feel bad because of the guidelines, but I can't keep her in a moses basket that's too small for her!

7 weeks today here - cannot believe where that time has gone!

We were a bit bunged up here for the last few weeks, but it seems to have eased up over the past few days - hope everyone else's stuffed up noses get better soon.

Sorry if you've already said, I've got a brain like a sieve! Has anyone's lo had their jabs yet? Was just wondering if we should expect any side effects after them, just about to call the docs to book.

mogz I got a letter with an appointment, L has his next week when he will be 10 weeks.
Mine were always just a bit twisty and clingy after them.

Good luck with the weigh in mrs let me know how you get on xx

Dd had hers yesterday. She was not happy. She wanted lots of cuddles and wouldn't be put down. Later on she was quite sleepy. All fine today though.

My DD had last week and she cried so loud at the time, loved the oral drops for rotavirus as they were sweet then fell asleep for hours, woke up screamed for a bit until fed then slept until late evening when she woke up and was normal self again, she was clingy though. Good luck! We have BCG next week!

Hi mummies,

Hello to those I've not chatted to before.

I am constantly saying this - but I feel so lucky that DH, DS and myself have all managed to avoid the colds thus far.

So, I am still in no sort of routine & am just breast feeding on demand which sometimes is an hour in between sometimes 3 but more often it's more like an hour or two. So it is getting exhausting. I don't want to be one of those mums who never leaves their baby so I know this means I need to express.

But how? If I pump then is DS going to go hungry - unless I feed him the freshly expressed milk? If yes, what's the point? Also, how do I know how much to pump for him per feed? I'm so confused and to be honest I really feel like I can't be arsed with sterilising & pumping. I'm enjoying BFing & DS is thriving (bang on his growth chart). I am (perhaps oddly) feeling pressure to pump as several people are implying I should be able to leave him for at least an afternoon.

Blargh. Advice please??

Oh & also re: injections, we are scheduled for Feb 14 but we are visiting MIL & there will be lots of cousins, aunts & uncles who haven't met DS yet so I hope he's not too clingy or cranky.

1 last thing. In the past couple of days DS has been drooling loads & spitting up much more than previous weeks. He's also pretty fussy - according to wonder weeks we are in a stormy period. But DH just asked could it be teething - surely the answer is no! Please say no!

Been a bit teary this week so any funny, pick me up stories??

Do the Doctors automatically make the appointment for jabs or do I have to ring and do it?

Crispy - do you want to go out or do you just feel you should? Expressing is a faff so only do it if you want to. Fwiw my ds is bottle fed and ive still only left him to go to dr for 30 mins. Mil took him for a walk once so I could sleep and I hated him being away from me. If you want to then great but don't be pressured into it, he's only a baby for a short time

If you do then think you're meant to express after a feed esp in the morning, if you do it at same time each day then your supply will increase. Or could you use formula for those odd times? Maybe try him with a bottle to see if he will take it first.

stom you'll have to do it

You should get a reminder thing through the post, but if not it's worth booking it anyway - you need them when your dd is 8wks.

Hello, checking back in...
Question, is anyone else not sure if they have got a 'social smile' yet?
My DS is coming up for 8 weeks and will smile but not hold eye contact for long.
He is pretty good at eating and sleeping, has had a lot of gas which makes him groan and cry even in his sleep.

Morning all

Crispy I'm ebf and have been thinking the same. Really don't want to start expressing so gave him some formula on Friday. Well dp did. Only so I know he will take a bottle if I have to be away from him. My theory is that he is less likely to get nipple confusion having formula in a bottle as its something different. But don't feel pressured to leave your lo if you don't want to.

We get definate smiles now. And have little conversations. Well I talk bollocks at him in a silly voice gurning like a loon and he coo's back at me. We get little squeals as well now. Very cute.

We all have colds too. So far seb seems ok so Touchwood he misses it.

stom it must depend where you live as when any of my kids are due for inhections, the doctor sends an appointment out.
I wouldn't have a clue when they were due otherwise.
Xx