July 2014 - sleepless nights but lots of smiles

[NancyinCali]

The old thread is nearly full so here's a new place for us to chat about our July babies. Help yourself to some tea & cake to keep you going through the sleepless nights .

Welcome Huffpot! I hope your dd enjoyed her first xmas!!

Welcome, Huffpot!

Merry Christmas (belated) everyone.

DD2 is being a right terror with sleep at the moment. She had been doing a good seven hour stretch (almost) every night, but for the past week has been waking exactly every three hours to eat. Last night, however, she woke every hour from midnight till 6am. I am exhausted.

My parents are here atm so Mum has suggested starting DD2 on solids to see if that helps. I'm thinking carrots and apples to begin with. Can't decide whether to puree them or cook till soft and offer as finger foods. What has everyone else done?

kiwi the advice I was given was to syary with carrot/apple one at a time for a few days and puree for first 2-3 weeks to get them used to having something other than milk then cook til soft and give as finger food. Also choose one time of day initially, don't give it to them when hungry and don't expect them to eat much as they're eating to get used to it not for hunger at this stage. some advise to start with mornings so if it does upset their stomach then it doesn't affect their sleep.

We were going to start this week but ds has had bronchiolitis which has already upset his stomach and resulted in hospital visit so have decided to wait until he's better.

having said all that my HV said the other week they go through another development thing at this stage which upsets their sleep so maybe it's that with your dd or a growth spurt if she's eating that much more or teething? or maybe she's just picking up in the Christmas excitement.

I am so tired :(

Ds has been ill since Monday and every night since he's slept mostly on me/in my bed so I've had very little sleep and I haven't been able to even look away from him without him screaming let alone put him down or give him to someone else so Christmas has been a bit shit :( he's a bit better today and has played for a bit but his voice is so hoarse and his bum is so sore it makes me really sad :(

I'm a very bad relaxed mother and DD is already on solids She's the 3rd though. Since she's been having something on top of boob/bottle for dinner she's been sleeping through for the first time ever. she was a big baby as well (10lb 3).
The teeth are kicking in now though and we had a restless night now.
She loves the cheesy lentil recipe on mumsnet

I was going to start Elijah on solids later this week but I have a virus (nausea, shivering, runs) and DD has a runny bottom & temperature too, so I will just wait for the dust to settle - I'm hoping nobody else will catch it.
It's really nasty. TMI but I'm actually sitting here with a nappy lining my knickers - I have not made it to the loo in time twice already, not taking any more chances.

I am exhausted!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas - we had a good time.

Auntie

big hugs

Thanks for the advice, auntie.

Hope your little boy is happier soon.

Zing Get well soon!

Huffpot Can you link to that recipe, please? DD1 might like it!

Thank ladies. DS'S bum is still runny and he sounds so sad with his little hoarse voice and occasional coughing :( I've been sat with him on my lap with no nappy but a disposable bed mat to try and dry out his bum rash.

zing hope you feel better soon

use vaseline Auntie

huffpot welcome! We've been weaning for about 3 weeks- mixture of mashed/puree and finger food. Just fruit/veg/baby rice so far - can't believe how quickly he's gone from spoonfuls to bowls!

auntie I've got a don't want to be put down ds too! It best be teeth - already got bottom 2, can see whites of top ones. He's been waking between 1-3 regularly and only sleep on /next to me. Was rediculous 2 nights ago put him down on spare bed fine, in his cot instant screaming. I gave up and coslept. Half of me worries about bad habits the other half doesn't care as long as we are safe and getting sleep! I made dh do the 3am last night and he ended up bringing him downstairs and I took over at 5- fed and fast asleep on me still - love my morning cuddles really!

Oh zing that's no fun over Christmas holidays - have you got friends /family to help with dc as you need to rest in order to get better

ickle I'm also worried about bad habits but after a week of him being ill I'm knackered :( normally I can put him in his cot at night but he keeps waking up last night I could see he was desperately trying to get back to sleep but the coughing wouldn't let him. I struggle to leave him alone usually but he's not normally very cuddly these days as he wants to be sat up looking around so I know he's ill cos he just wants cuddles and his crying sounds so sad cos he can't even cry properly where he's almost lost his voice :( we also bow have two bottom teeth that have just appeared so I'm sure that's not helping.

Thank you for the advice - been using a combo of stuff to try and help and leaving nappy off where I can. He fell asleep on the floor naked the other day which just shows how knackered he is too and I've had him sleeping on me on a bed mat with a blanket over him.

hope your ds is ok snow - breaks your heart doesn't it?

bad habits? don't worry about them. most bad habits you can change in a week at this age. plus babies change so much what is relevant and a problem now will be not an issue in a few months anyway (and vica versa!!!)

please believe me when I say that going for easy solutions over "what it should be" will do far more good than harm right now. you can always change things later. we have done, tons of times. nothing EVER stays the same

Thanks zing thats exactly what I needed to read- ds woke at 3 again, went in and settled him twice and he was close to getting back to sleep but it was 10? last night and I knew if we coslept would be asleep straight away and I wouldn't worry about him being cold!

snow we use that cream and it is brilliant!

auntie hope it is short lived once teeth through was definitely better for us (except not long before next ones start coming! )

So just gone up to size 4 nappies at night because he was soaking through size 3- but friends with 1 year old dc use size 4- they aren't enormous on him so guess that's ok?

ds slept 9:30 to 3:30 in his cot stirring a few times and then was up for an hour upset/coughing/etc so managed to get him asleep in our bed and he slept til 7:30! He's now on the floor trying to take his nappy off! Yesterday dp managed to get him to sleep on the bed for the first time.

DS who has shown no interest in food stole some of my cake yesterday and this morning his nappy was greenish with dark bits in it... I also had pasta for the first time in almost 6 months so it may all be coincidence and he seems fine this morning apart from the continued coughing which he seems to have shared with me.

He won't even let me put bonjela on the two bottom teeth that have just appeared so I think they must be sore

Auntie

use some calpol from a syringe. I wait until they cry, mouth wide open, then put syringe in mouth, and do little squirts so they only have to swallow tiny amounts not spitting out tye lot.

do not aim towards the throat though, they could choke. aim towards the inside of a cheeck instead.

you can do it. he might hate it, nobody likes being "forced" to do anything, but you know it's necessary, so be firm but gentle if that makes sense.

once he's settled down, he'll probably let you apply the Dentinox as well. It's hard work, but you are doing your best. so be proud, not sad, ok my friend?

ickle

I'm glad what I said helped. there's sooooo much pressure on us to "do the right thing" and being constantly told what we "should" do is a bloody blow to the confidence. but we must trust ourselves to know what is best in any given moment!
And if that means you choose the easy way instead of struggling so be it.

I think you are all doing very well, small babies, especially 1st ones are tough work.
so group hugs me lassies!

And a very Happy New Year to all of you

the green poo is unlikely to be from you or the cake, it's more to do with the fact that he's unwell, coughing, teething and I wonder if there might be an infection/ virus going on.
Don't mean to scare you, but if he's been coughing for over a week he might have a chest infection (mine did, no fever).
probably worth checking out

if poo is slimey as well that's mucus trickling into gut.

Thanks zing he's been checked twice in the past week once at the hospital after being taken by ambulance a few days ago (sorry thought I'd written about it on here) and the diagnosis was bronchiolitis - he's better than he was but still has a cough and what sounds like a sore throat and he's feeding more than he was. He's been really windy with it and had lots of small dirty nappies as opposed to the normal one or two big ones but that seems to be improving too. Apart from the green nappy he seems much better today and it was normal other than the colour.

Green nappies are not uncommon in bf babies - scared the hell out of me first time I saw one with ds1 though

I do exactly the same as zing re calpol but also blow on ds2s face after each little squirt of calpol as it seems to make him swallow.

Happy New Year all, hope it's happy, healthy and prosperous for All of usxxx

Officially 2015 - 1st birthdays are not far off!

Oh zing don't say that! Is scary enough comparing scan pic with the lump ds is now! How is my new born so nearly 6months- although every month is getting easier and more fun.

Did everyone have a good new year? Very glad I didn't stay up to midnight - ds was wide awake at 3am and I really didn't appreciate it but would have been worse after only 3h sleep!

Can't believe how horrible food poos are! We had green for months but health visitor wasn't worried. He's ff though so not that useful.

casmama like the breath on him tip may need to try that one to make him swallow as he doesn't really like calpol!

Happy New Year ladies :)

I know it's scary how old our little ones are already... ds looks like a little boy these days.

I sort of stayed up - Ds woke at 2 then 6.

I'll keep ds on milk til he can deal with his own poo then ickle

He likes medicine now and gets excited when he sees me shaking the bottle... This isn't a good thing is it?

oh we stayed up, we always do.

big day today as BabyZing will have his first taste of baby rice.
can't wait, love that face of wide eyed wonder!

Aww zing we started ds on carrot today... he'll only probably eat a couple of spoonfuls the HV said... nope he loved it :) so glad we waited until now to feed him as he did so well he was obviously ready As there was very little mess!

It was lush watching him but also a bit sad as it's another sign he's growing up and sitting here now I realise he probably wouldn't care if I stopped BF :(