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.

Eli is ff but heven managed to drop a feed by himself. Bed at 10 then he wakes usually around 3-4 and then sleeps till 7-8. He usually slept through two nights in a town early last week. Hopefully he'll do it more and more.

He thinks he can sit up he keeps letting go of our hands it's quite sweet!

Nazly Jessica has also been struck down by a cold so feeling your pain. First time she's ever really had one. We're just giving calpol, snuffle baby chest rub and extra cuddles and hoping it doesn't last long. Last night was hard. She didn't settle until 10.30pm and then she was up at 1.15pm crying for milk, but then was too snuffly to go back to sleep and kept screaming whenever she realised I wasn't there, so gave up in the end and slept with her on the sofa except I didn't sleep much.

How are other bf mummies finding night feeds?

I think I am very usual with DD. My eldest (ebf) would feed every two hours through the night until past 26 weeks old. She was 2 1/2 years old before she was sleeping through.

DD is exclusively breastfed and is sleeping through. I just feed 7pm and 11pm then I have to wake her to feed at 7am, to get her ready for the school run. Last two nights she has refused the bottle of expressed milk at 11pm so have gone 7am-7pm.

I use the dummy if needed if she stirs in the night, but she doesn't usually. Also helped by the fact that I have a full size 3-sided cot (one side taken off) butted up to the bed next to me, so I can snuggle up to her like co-sleeping, but without her sharing the bed. I think DD appreciates the closeness.

Someone upthread asked about stained clothes. Quite coincidental timing on that question since yesterday I noticed three of DD vests had stains from poo explosions. The following all failed to get the stains out:

• 40 deg non bio wash
• 40 deg bio wash
• 90 deg non bio

They were still stained so I finally ran a 40 deg wash with vanish white in it, and that has finally got the stains out. I'm not keen on the harsh chemicals in vanish, but it has worked and they are pristine white again now.

That was me Fate, I am not keen on chemicals either specially as D developed a habit of playing with his bibs and put them in his mouth- unless I use vanish in one cycle and then wash the same load immediately with non bio on 40 degrees hoping this will get the chemicals out?!?!!!! But does it?!?

Kitkat hope they both get well soon... I didn't realise it is this difficult to clear out babies noses, I wish they could do it themselves

Ds would not settle today just crying and quite happy together with runny nose and coughing and mile fever- gave second dose of calpol and boom, he is all smily again after half an hour nap.

I was supposed to go out with friends :( aaaagh , hate staying at home :(

*Unhappy

Can I ask what is to me a cultural question please from you ladies? What do different people think about visiting friends when you have a sick baby and they too have a baby? When would you cancel it? Of course you would if it was a more serious one like chicken pots but what about a common cold?

Sounds like there is no pattern to these nights and babies! Ah well.

I personally would cancel in the morning with the friend and say DS has a cold. Then if they're not bothered they can say 'don't worry come anyway' should they choose to. But this is my first baby and I haven't a clue what I'm doing lol.

Visiting friends often helps the sanity of both Mum's in question. So if my DD had a bit of a cold, I would be happy to still visit a friend. But I would call and give friend a get-out if she was precious about it. Something along the lines of:

"DD has a bit of a cold, nothing serious but just x, y and z symptoms. I'm happy to still come see you but wanted to check with you first. We can keep the babies away from each other but if you'd rather cancel and re-arrange, that's fine".

RE: chicken pox - I was close to rubbing DD up against a friends toddler with chicken pox last week. I doubt she'll get it 'cos I'm breastfeeding though. Getting chicken pox while still tiny is best time IMO.

lewis was going to bed at 8-9, sleeping for between 4.5-7hrs and then only sleeping 2 hrs or less for his subsequent sleeps. I have introduced a 6pm nap so bedtime is 9-10. that way we go to sleep together. his 1st big sleep has been 7/7.5 hrs last few nights apart from last & 2nd sleep has been increasing to 3-4 hrs. last night he did 945-3 then 4-645. he is ebf.

Barney is generally doing 7-1.30, 2-4.30(I apply dummy and go back to sleep) and then 5.45 and has started to then go back down and either chatters or sleeps or farts till 6.45 when daddy gets up. on Sat he went till 8.20 and sun till 7.30 so am hoping at xmas we might get some "lie in"s.. ie not up at 7!

Aargh, DS is barely feeding . He'll only feed when he's asleep as long as I put him straight on as soon as he starts to root, if he's awake he just screams, arches back and refuses outright to go near the boob. I think its his silent reflux getting worse, either that or thrush is back. It's being going on 2 days be now and really worried he'll get dehydrated. Today he's fed 5 mins at 6am, 10am, 2pm and 8pm and although he is fast feeder it's just not enough. He was at the doctor this morning and has been changed from ranitidine to omeprazole so really hope that kicks in and he's better by tomorrow. Doesn't help he drools a lot so is losing excess water.

Acorn

My DD has recently reduced her number of feeds. Because she doesn't seem concerned by the fact that she is feeding less, I have assumed she is either being more efficient in her breastfeeding or is just finding her natural weight (since she was/is big and heavy for her age, but I don't expect her to be big genetically) and dropping centiles naturally.

I've been trying to feed DD more often and she screams when I try. I even tried bottles of expressed milk so it was easier for her to take but she still refused. So I have decided to listen to her since she is clearly telling me that she does not want to be fed as often, so I won't feed her as often.

It does sound like your DS has silent reflux if he's refusing all feed when awake. But he may not necessarily be dehydrated and not feeding enough.

If you're worried about dehydration, you can check by gentle running your hand over the fontanelle. Although you can feel it, it should feel quite flat and in line with the head. If it dips in noticeably then LO may be dehydrated.

Hes not actually crying for food and seems quite happy otherwise - until I try to feed him. So sign of any dipping yet, and he had another feed at 10pm and now. He's so congested, that's not helping.

Oh dear. Seems like there's a lot of us with poorly babies. Hoping they get better soon.

Jessica had a better night last night - she's not quite as snuffly (although she is coughing more) but at least not being as snot-ridden meant she could get some sleep as she could breathe better. I think she was knackered actually after the bad night the night before. She went to sleep just before 10pm, then slept until just before 5am when she woke for some milk, then went back to sleep until 6.45am, then had another quick feed and slept until 8.30am! I definitely appreciated that as well after the previous night which was not helped by the previous night me having had a couple of double vodkas to celebrate my brothers birthday, and then having to spend a lot of the night awake with poorly baby and deeply regretting my decision.

Eli has gotten another cold! Bah!

He is ok for now but last time it got really bad and he went on antibiotics :(

Oh no cookie - hopefully this one clears out quickly

Fingers crossed D seems to be on the mend, we had a better night here too Kitkat 9-2:30 , very long feed till 3:30 (to make up for no feed during the day?!) then next up at 7:30 and then another nap
He still coughs but I feel he is generally better

Oh dear I wouldn't have wanted to be on double vodka first night D was quite sick; I just went to bed late and that was difficult enough, so I feel for you... I wonder if we ever going to get our lives back

Hoping Eli gets better soon cookie and that you don't need antibiotics again.

Pleased to hear D is a bit better too Nazly. I too have been wondering a bit recently if we are ever going to get our lives back. On Sunday night I decided to have a couple of drinks as I was having to give Jessica expressed milk for the evening anyway (brother wanted an Indian meal for his birthday, and since I learnt the last time I had an Indian meal that it gave Jessica a bad tummy ache - literally she screamed from 8pm until 5am I knew I'd have to give her expressed milk for the evening so thought I may as well let my hair down and have a couple of drinks too). It's the most I've drunk all year by a long way and even then I couldn't really relax as Jessica was with me and needing holding during dinner etc. I am starting to find myself yearning just to go out to dinner somewhere nice with DH just the two of us and just chill with a bottle of wine for a couple of hours. Nothing wild or anything, just a bit of chill out time. I miss it.

Hope Eli feels better soon, cookie.

Poo question. The last couple of weeks poo was sludgy green - comfort milk? Then yesterday and today mustardy yellow and a tad runnier than normal. Then today again back to sludgy green gain. We havent had two poos in a day for months. Anyone else ff whse little one has a variety of poo colours? And consistency?

holls that sounds exactly the kind of poos my DS does and he's on comfort milk. It is mainly green but we do get the odd runny yellow ones. Don't understand why!

I have a baby with a cold too, everything I do doesn't seem to help and he's taking far less milk than normal.

Hope they're all better soon, it's so tiring having poorly little people.

I get green poos too but Jessica is mainly bf (she has formula fed pre-bed though). xx

KitKat1985 Time will come when you can just chill out with a bottle of wine. It's not gone forever.

Or just change your concept of what chill out reward you enjoy. 10 years worth of parenting have resulted in me being more-or-less tee-total. I just don't drink anymore, I value my sleep far more! Time off from the kids is relaxing enough for me and DH. We might get some lovely food in and a box of chocs. Or we might just watch mindless telly and enjoy a night of knowing we won't be woken up, not even in the morning. Who needs wine, that is bliss!

Aw feel sorry for the poorly babies with colds. It's good for them ultimately though of course so their immune systems can build up. I am dreading Jessica's first cold though, eek!

Kitkat - I think green poos in bf babies can be a sign that baby is not getting enough of the fatty milk towards the end of a feed and too much of the more watery moll at the start. Try feeding off one boob for longer to see if it changes the poo colour? Ahh can't believe how much I talk about poo v these days lol. I'm longing for a bit of me time as well. Any time I do get (usually at 10pm when Jessica has gone to bed) is used up doing housework. Last night I was ironing till nearly midnight. Boo!

Banana I love you we areon comfort milk too.