September 2014 Babies leave the newborn stage behind. Thread 2

[SeptemberBabies]

New thread because our initial thread is about to max out.

For babies born around September 2014 - or just before for early arrivals and just after for late arrivals.

Yes, I've just noted the same Cumbrian! It seems way too early for her to be teething (she's 9 weeks 5 days) so not sure why she's doing this?

A is only 11 weeks so I also thought too early for teething. Glad he's not the only one doing it though!

My MIL told me last night that my BIL started teething at 7 weeks! DS has been doing much hand sucking though not hungry and on Monday I caught him chewing one of the rings on his dangly toy. He's 11 weeks.

I fear the worst.

Cumb yes to both...

Ds is breastfed and I can't measure volume but he so clearly feeds less or more different days/weeks (period of feeding, how full my breasts feel) I just feel like us babies also may want different amounts depending on activities, how warm or cold it is or how well they feel...
Ds normally feeds just before bed, tonight he would not feed, so I put him down without last feed... I would not worry unless he is obviously unwell or has a weight drop when I weight him in a couple of weeks

Red ds do all these things, I am pretty sure he is not teething
How did your night out go? Was your ds OK with MIL?

Night out was good but weird. I felt lost and like I was missing an arm. It took me a long time to start enjoying myself. Mind you it would have helped if DH hasn't spent half the night Instagramming !!!

DS was amazingly good. He was just settling as we left at 7.30. He decided to sleep until 9pm, had a feed without any fuss, then dosed until we got in at 11.30pm. MIL was disappointed as he was so good and she didn't get much playtime with him! He slept until 6.30am this morning too (after two nights of waking at 4.30am).

I wish he was as good every night! I almost feel a little disappointed he doesn't seem to have missed me too!

Yes to both the immense amount of dribbling and the fist chewing. In fact, I was thinking of posting about exactly this earlier today! She shoves her fingers so far in her mouth she frequently gags on her hand. Doesn't seem to put her off doing it though!

For the feeding, she's EBF, so it is difficult to really tell, but she does have days where she seems to constantly want feeding and other days where she just occasionally snacks. I just try to think about his she's been over the past few days and try to think about how much she's fed on average.

Not attempted a night out yet. We have discussed it, but thought it would be too stressful and that we wouldn't be able to relax. We thought maybe around Christmas time we might be up for a night out. We go out for a nice lunch most weekends though, so I'm not feeling too deprived

Am having a wobble! Someone talk me round please. Sometimes at night I get anxious (always have done even pre DS) and it makes me feel sick and have an upset tummy. Dh is away tonight and I had this fleeting thought 'wouldn't it be bad if I got anxious tonight'. Bam. Feel sick, been to the loo :( I know it's psychological, which makes it all the more frustrating. Anyone have any brilliant coping strategies? I need to just get off to sleep and then I'll be fine. Prob doesn't help im in the process of trying to drop a night feed so worrying about managing that to. Someone pass me a grip!!

Team, if we hadn't have bought tickets for last night before DS was born then I wouldn't have gone out as I didn't feel ready. As it was it kind of forced me out, which in hindsight wasn't a bad thing (apart from the insane roadworks everywhere on our way home which made the journey home feel like they were taking forever).

Honey - have you tried listening to relaxation or meditation podcasts? I find they help both with the anxiety and the getting to sleep issues. Hope you're doing ok. X

fate it's similar here! I have to give ds2 a 'snack' to get him through the preschool run if that will likely clash with a feed, and he goes to bed later than DS1 so I can get his bedtime sorted. I just think of it like I'd have a drink before I go out, so he does too. I don't have any routine in the sense of a set bedtime or certain things that happen before bed, he just cluster feeds from about 7 to 9 or 10 then we go to bed when he's fully asleep and he sleeps to about 3 ish, then he's usually up and down a bit til morning. I think the recommendations not to have a routine for bed before 3 months are referring to sleep training (CC, CIO etc) rather than the natural rhythms of your family.

Never thought of podcasts, that's a good idea thank you. DS started to stir not long after I posted so I had to focus on him which helped. Think I fell asleep stroking his head (co sleeper crib). I managed to soothe him through that and also stirring at 1 which meant he went from 8.30 to 3 with no feeds. I'm hoping he's going to stop the stirring soon and just sleep through.

Anyone else having to actively drop night feeds? The health visitor told me he was waking out of habit, he's not really hungry, so try and drop the feeds gradually. She must be right, he doesn't cry in the night, just wriggles and huffs and puffs. He'd cry if he was hungry! Only done two nights of this so far, so hopefully soon he will sleep longer. Supposedly he's going to realise there is no point in waking up?!

Honey, that sounds like what DS was doing. I just left him and he didn't cry for food and just went back to sleep. Unfortunately the last few days he's been having the munchies again. We had a good two weeks of sleeping through though. I think the problems we've had with not being able to shift his wind and not eating big enough portions have caused the issue as we aren't able to get enough food into him during the day.

I think I may have just about killed my electric pump. The motor sounds dodgy as if its loosing power. I suspect its not designed for such heavy useage.

That's intersting red I haven't considered just leaving him. I'm just so desperate to get back to sleep I want to hurry things along! I also just assumed it would escalate to crying.

Hope your pump holds out! I only use mine once a day and it's managing fine, I would imagine frequent use will tire them out eventually.

Snacking probably would lead to wind. I've found since DS is feeding less frequently his tummy is much more comfortable. We only have a dirty nappy once a day now which is much more manageable! Although of course lots of wet ones still.

Just realised I misread your post and you were saying the less milk and snacking is leading to less sleep, not more wind! D'oh! I'm tired... :)

Eli has got a cold, bless him! First time ever he slept from 8. He woke at 12, 3 and 7.30. He drank 3 oz each time but I think the cold isn'the helping his hunger. I would of thought he was to young to stop feeding though the night he is 13 weeks bit 7 weeks adjusted.

Cookie you can get a snuffles baby bath by cussons. Supposed to be good with kids have colds. Im guessing its got eucalyptus in it to help open the airways?

I gave up all hopes to get ds to sleep through now I think... Just thinking and planning for it was getting stressful... Dr told me to feed ds little and often to reduce the effect of reflux which is actually helping- but this means at no point in the night he is full enough to sleep for a long time; the longest he has slept is 6 hours but it is normally any time between 4 and 6 hours from 8ish ... And because he sleeps so early I can't go to bed at the same time and feel tired then...
I am hoping this whole thing will resolve gradually by the time he is 6m

People who have refluxy babies... Have you thought about weaning early? I didn't want to wean early as after some research I was convinced 6m is the right time but I am thinking isn't it better to introduce baby rice instead of continuing on Gaviscon given first one is natural and second one is a medicine and they both do similar thong supposedly ?

I don't think I'll wean early, though he has an appointment next month at the paed hospital so I guess if they recommend it then I'll reconsider. I don't know if being physically big means you can wean earlier or if it's more a mental thing. I haven't limited his feeds, though the gp had suggested to feed little and often I wasn't actually sure how to implement it. Mine sleeps for 2 hours at a time on a good night! Last night he slept 4.5 hours - I bet it was a total fluke.

Acron if you ask can you let me know? We don't have any appointment coming up...

About how to implement it- I feed ds before he is hungry and crying for food, so he feeds less...

Has anybody bought a highchair yet? Any recommendations?

Those with reflux are recommended to be weaned early 1- food is harder to bring up than milk 2- to help with weight gain

I don't think it will be long before we start weaning. We were weaned at 6weeks! I dont agree with that young but ime if they are weaned when they are ready they will have a good relationship with food

I thought I had seen somewhere that the guidance re weaning was changing from the blanket 6 mo to a seemingly more sensible when baby seems ready? I may be wrong though?

Ems been very unsettled the last few days, sometimes just screaming for no apparent reason. I don't think its colic though as I can calm her down - the wonder weeks book does say they have another 'spurt' at 8 weeks so fingers crossed it's that and she calms down again in a few days, she gets herself in a right state bless her.

misog I thought we had a spurt at 8 weeks. However b v restless and eating LOADS this week so perhaps having a second one at 9....

re weaning my HV mentioned weaning the other day and I got the feeling she thought we would start at 5 months. 3 to go....:-)