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JULY 2014 - WE HAVE BABIES

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justhayley · 12/06/2014 22:20

Well it's only mid June but I hear we have our first July 2014 baby - congratulations MrsC, also hear there is one going to be joining us very very soon so thought it was time to start a postnatal thread! Wow can you believe it's that time already!!!

I hope to be joining you on this thread in the next few weeks - have no desire to get to 40 /42 weeks in this heat thank you.

For now congratulations new mummies ThanksWine xxx

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VIPmarya212 · 19/10/2014 09:19

Hello. Just joined mums net and this thread is relevant to me (my baby was born in july 2014)

liquidstatehasrisenagain · 19/10/2014 11:37

Hello VIP come join the party! Do you have a DD or DS?

Am jealous of all the Jumperoo buyers. Luckily DD gets a go each week at baby group. Has anyone else started doing activities like swimming or baby sensory? DD loves her sensory class and I am thinking of doing Baby Splash swimming classes after Christmas as well. I am back to work in March so won't have time/money after that and want to make the most of it.

I also thought the Canada thing was weird but then we have so many idiotic rules as well in the UK...

ZingOfSeven · 19/10/2014 11:56

welcome VIP and congrats on baby!

liquid swim classes are fun, but best to do when baby had 3 lots of jabs done and so fully immunised.
I think wetsuits keep them warmer - you can't rely on pool always being a good temperature in the winter.
we had turned up a few times only to go home as baby pool was just to cold!Angry

I don't know what jumperoo is

VIPmarya212 · 19/10/2014 21:39

Hiya liquidstatehasrisenagain i have DS. I was thinking of a baby swimming class as well but I think I'll wait he's 6 months

Lol Zingofseven I don't know what a jumperoo is either

VIPmarya212 · 19/10/2014 21:41

*wait until he's 6 months
I agree with Zing's point on it being winter & all so it might be cold to take a baby swimming

AuntieMaggie · 20/10/2014 06:28

a jumperoo is like a baby walker but it doesn't go anywhere - they sit in it and bounce/jump and it has toys lights and music. they're quite expensive but we got one for about £60 on amazon and haven't bought much for ds so far. We also aren't buying each other presents this year and I'm hoping I can put ds in it and get on with more stuff.

I'm still having real trouble putting him down during the day and it's really getting to me - I don't even know where to start now I'm so tired.

icklekid · 20/10/2014 07:47

I'm so glad I'm not the only one yet to take ds swimming! I do want to but at £11 a session around here its ridiculous! Can't believe how none of my nct friends batted an eye lid at this and also go to baby signing, sensory classes, massage you name it. Maybe they are just better off than I am! Can't justify it with a ds that will just cry through most of it!

auntie have you tried the rubber ring play nest? Ds most likely to go in that than anything else and is a pain to put down. Yesterday he also was clingy to me and crying on dh Envy thought we were over that!

Welcome vip great to have you here!

Jumperoo- sunderlandparents.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Fisher-Price-Rainforest-Jumperoo.jpg
My problem with them is the size! HUGE!

anyone else scared to see antenatal threads due in June?! Where is time going?

Ds now in his own room but woke every 2/3h last night. moan alert. So last night I was shattered- went to bed at 8- ds had gone to sleep at 7 without feed as was shattered and kept falling asleep. Dh was staying up so asked him to keep monitor and deal with ds until he went to bed so I could get some sleep. He agreed. At 9- ds woke needing feed- dh had come up to bed but was reading whilst I was asleep. The bottle of feed was ready and waiting. Dh didn't even offer despite knowing how shattered I was and knew I would get a rubbish night sleep yet again. I probably should have just told him to just really wanted him to think of me for once. Sorry moan over- feeling fed up after being up 5 times in the night. ..

AuntieMaggie · 20/10/2014 10:36

ickle no I haven't tried one of them will look into it. he'll go down on his playmat for about 20 mins but because he'll only nap on me for any length of time (30 mins max in crib during the day) I'm finding it really hard and feeling really shit about myself now as I have no time to do any thing without him screaming.

Moan away - bad sleep is shit and ive been up since 3 this morning. What really annoys me atm (one of the many things) is that when I ask dp to get up with ds he says he needs 20 mins to have breakfast etc first by which time ds is climbing the walls and I've gotten up so it's pointless.

I'm lucky we have some good free classes at our children's centre like the baby massage etc

ZingOfSeven · 20/10/2014 10:45

ickle

all they do is splash about so it's really more for you to do something and meet new people than "learning life skills" as sometimes advertised! Grin

one of our best friends we met through baby swim with DS1, but I agree, for some people it's definitely a showing off opportunity to do many activities with babies (ah dahling, our Quinoa j'adores French class!) so don't get conned into thinking that by doing none your baby is actually missing out or you are a rubbish parent!!
I couldn't do any swimming with DS3 until he was 2.5 because of constant ear infections (where the ear drum/s perforate!!) and the crap I had to listen to about how he is missing out....oh boy!Angry
he is almost 10 and is a confident swimmer.
I also had to miss certain things because it clashed with lunchtime nap or schoolruns with the others.
They are still happy kids and have a lot of fun!

so do or don't do baby "classes" based on money, health, availability, timing, and whether you both enjoy it but please never ever because you feel/are pressured or made to feel bad if you don't, ok?

ZingOfSeven · 20/10/2014 10:48

Auntie

jumperoo sounds found, it's like a door frame bouncy thing I think.

do they do adult sized ones? I'd have a go!Grin

AuntieMaggie · 20/10/2014 11:26

I wish they did adult sized ones!

its taken me an hour to get ds to sleep in his crib - if he makes it past 12 I'll be happy! If I can get him to nap in his crib during the day I'm halfway to being able to do things! dp just doesn't get it - even his 2 hour commute and lunch break when he gets to do what he wants is a luxury in my eyes at the moment!

NancyinCali · 20/10/2014 15:41

Considering we live in California you'd think we'd be swimming all the time but we hardly ever go. DH is keen for DD1 (age 2.5) to learn so I will sign her up for lessons soon. She loves the water when we do go.

VIPmarya212 · 20/10/2014 16:47

I like your advice on not doing baby classes because you feel pressurised or left out Zing
I agree, in a way some of them are just money making schemes. But if one enjoys them or learns something new or different in those classes then sure, why not. Otherwise of they are just to make friends then I would rather just go to baby groups to do that lol

VIPmarya212 · 20/10/2014 16:50

Awwwww poor you's Auntie and Ickle. Sleep deprivation is the worst! But hang in there, it will defo get better as they grow & this stage will pass

AuntieMaggie · 21/10/2014 03:22

zing how the heck do you wind a baby that won't stay still? ds burps on his own after most feeds but not sure he's getting all the wind up but winding him is hard when he's trying to climb on me or launch himself out of my arms!

Casmama · 21/10/2014 12:31

Auntie you could try standing up with him onyou shoulder, sitting with his legs clamped between yours and his tummy over one leg or have him face down lying along one of your arms . Some times I find sitting sd on my knee facing me holding under each arm and slowly moving him to left and right then forward and back brings up some wind.

Fox28 · 21/10/2014 20:54

Hi all! Sorry I don't post much - I'm much better with posting on fb but have been following the thread!

I'm after a bit of swimming advice. I'm getting dd once of those wetsuits that lays flat then wraps around to keep her warm. I'll put her in a swim nappy underneath too. But does she wear a swimming costume as well? I've got a feeling she doesn't need to, but it seems strange just having her in the nappy and wetsuit?!

Becky2208 · 21/10/2014 21:30

Fox28 I've taken DS swimming a couple of times, and I've just used a swim nappy with a wrap around wetsuit on top.

Does anyone else's DC's have days when they just won't nap and fight sleep? DS has been awake most of the day, apart from 10/15 minute catnaps. He then gets really irritable and won't sleep. Usually if all else fails he'll fall asleep feeding, but he hasn't today. Does anyone have any tips?

Fox28 · 21/10/2014 21:37

Thanks Becky!

DD is exactly the same with her sleep. She's good sleeping at night but always fights it in the day! She tends to drift off if something's going on though, like if she's by the washing machine and its noisy, or if we go out and she's in the pushchair. I think it helps there's a pattern on the inside of the pram hood, so she'll stare at that and fall asleep. Sometimes I put her in her bouncy chair facing towards the tv, and just looking at the lights and colours makes her drift off after a little while. It's frustrating though when you know they're tired and they won't just give in and sleep!

GrouchyKiwi · 21/10/2014 21:42

Neither of my DD's are day sleepers. It's a pain. I think DD1 started sleeping better during the day at about 6 months so I'm hanging out for that with DD2.

VIPmarya212 · 21/10/2014 22:09

My DS is a great night sleeper (Thank God) but doesn't always sleep too much during the day which can prevent me from getting on with my chores sometimes

VIPmarya212 · 21/10/2014 22:12

Becky you could try rocking him to sleep?

AuntieMaggie · 22/10/2014 01:00

yep crap day sleeper here too but has been good at night until the past few nights!

thanks casamama - I find he burps ok initially on his own after a feed and he doesn't seem too uncomfortable with wind but he always seems to have plenty of bottom wind and I wonder if he'd sleep better if I could get more of it out - he hates being face down or on my shoulder now and at 16 weeks he's either trying to climb me or launch himself away from me!

Becky2208 · 22/10/2014 04:41

DS is a great night sleeper, but sometimes he just refuses to sleep in the day - he has fallen asleep in the car seat sometimes, but most of the time he just screams in it, he has also fallen asleep watching tv, but yesterday I ended up having to walk around the house for an hour rocking and swaying before he'd sleep, and then as soon as I put him down or stopped moving he'd wake up. Very frustrating, and it's done my back no favours!

Kiwi I really hope he gets the hang of day sleeping by 6 months!

icklekid · 22/10/2014 07:29

becky so glad my ds isn't the only one who doesn't like his car seat! Last few days ds long nap has moved from afternoon to morning. He sleeps much better on me and since its normally about 7 when he falls asleep I don't mind as can just chill on the sofa/ read in bed!

fox very jealous of your dd falling asleep in bouncy chair watching tv- ds only goes in chair if I'm sat with chatting/playing with him. Falling asleep in day requires pushchair or rocking and carefully placing him down!

vip chores getting done normally means ds crying or running around very quickly in a 15min window here. Trying not to worry about them so much and just enjoying that ds is much happier than previously!

Getting worried about clocks going back though as ds currently wide awake at 5/5.30am Sad will just have to persevere and get him back to sleep as 4am is not an option!!!