Just Mumming Along (Viroids 3)

[cookielove]

There doesn't seem to be any links to the old threads on the old thread

So here is thread 2 which I accidentally filled up whoops!

the current grad thread number 19

And just shagging 36

Goes to show how much time we mums have on our hands!

Ok quick roll call too!

Name: cookielove
Age: 32
Just shagging Dc: Ds1 Elijah, born on 13th August 2014. 5lb 4 oz. He is almost 21 weeks.

First move failed

Sorry for extended absence! J is very demanding, lol, I keep starting messages and then failing to finish and send them!

Cookie, lol at nap fail, don't you just hate that? I read today that if you're transferring them to be super careful that you keep their head up and make sure that it's the last thing to hit the mattress - apparently if their head goes down first it triggers their falling reflex and it can wake them up! Going to test the theory tonite

Juni - glad you got to the GPs! To be honest it sounds like a blocked duct rather than full blown mastitis - now I've had it I know that if you've got it you bloody know about it!! The blocked duct hurts your boob, but it's when the backed up milk gets infected that you're in trouble, so the antiBs you've got should stop that happening thank goodness! I hope you're feeling ok now? I was running a high fever and having chills and sweats for two days - I felt like absolute crap. I sweated so much my pillow was literally wet through bleurgh!! The antiBs chased it off within 48hrs though, thank god

Furry, I can't get the hang of slings either, J isn't a fan He doesn't like being squished up to mr and not being able to see what's going on! There's a local sling library, so I think I might head along and try out a few... It'd be great to be hands free!

Wil, I'm afraid I don't have any first hand advice re: taking a bottle... We were very lucky and J just happily guzzled. I've heard that it's worth trying the milk at different temperatures, and also trying a couple of different teats? Does he take a dummy out of interest (sorry if you've said already!)?

Min, I too loathe burping! Since the mastitis I've started giving both boobs at each feed so I don't get too full, but J goes mental when I take him off to swap him over, and I'm sure he swallows a load of air whilst he's wailing! I've tried burping him in between boobs, but he's having none of it He was really windy last night and I'm sure that's why... He won't burp unless he's relaxed, and he won't relax once I take the boob away!

Had a nice day here: playgroup in the morning, then pub with NCT pals in the afternoon, and out for dinner with a friend tonite whilst DH stayed in with J I got home at 8:30 and J was having a melt down - apparently he'd been a nightmare all evening! Hoping it's not a trend, I want to be able to go out guilt-free...

No she won't take a dummy either. She actually could be used as a form of torture. Have a GP appointment on Thursday but that seems so far away.

Can you ring ooh? We managed to get the emergency gp at hospital from ringing them. They get you in quickly as baby is so young, they said they always give babies priority, especially since I said she was 'inconsolable'. She was, but it's apparently a trigger word as babies with colic will eventually settle down, babies with reflux won't.
Poor wee bairn.

Well after fighting sleep again but being good as gold on our first meal out I'm currently wide awake as I write at 1:30 waiting for her to join the living for food.
Did she rise?
Did she Bollocks!
Husband is on first feed so we waited for first Cue and got her up.
She's as quiet as a mouse...

Yay well done R!

Ah she does settle down eventually, I just find that first part of the night tough. I need to make more effort to get a nap during the day.

hey, hope you've had good days.

I found just an hour in the day made a lot of difference wil hope you managed it today.

So, the boobie is feeling a lot better, apart from dd refusing it most violently. I do like bf but by bloody hell there is always something to worry me. I just wish her feeds would be slightly more regular. Hey ho. Sure there's a growth spurt coming up to sort out this latest issue.

God I'm really finding the feeding a chore. I had blanked it from my mind. I feel bad for MiniWil that I'm strapped to the couch for three quarters of the day. Have had a nice quiet day though which is good. Weekends rule.

How's it going wil? Hang on in there (if you want to). Six weeks will be here soon and she'll start playing etc. Am in the same boat and getting fed up of worrying abt my boobs all the time!

I'll keep going definitely, just had forgotten the enormity of it all.

She has slept again all day aargh!

What has everyone done with their weekends? It's been super quiet here.

I've sat and fed/been slept on most of the afternoon. Not much getting done...Must be hard with an older one.

Visited family yesterday with Mr J who kept falling asleep

Boobie still sore but a bit better. One step forward, two back. Shooting pains have stopped.

I've walked, walked, walked all weekend, in a bid to get madam napping.
Yesterday bit us in the arse, she had a wicked morning nap, which she never does, only to take ages to get put down at night.
Then for the past 2 nights after her early morning feed she's been thrashing around in her Moses, so me thinking she was wKing up for food, fed her at 11:15, 2:30 and 5:30.
Turns out she wasn't that hungry, just fidgety.
So that annoyed me! I've been knackered.
Tonight she's going into the sleeping bag and co sleeper. She's too long for swaddle blanket and we bought a swaddle shell but she worked out how to get her hand through the neck straight away!
So that's going back.

Now she's napping on me, trumping away.

Argh I hate that min! Happens all the time.

My little lady is squeezing out an enormo-poo during her bed time feed. eye-roll.

What time do you put them to bed? I can't remember when I started a bedtime routine last time.

At least it's out juni & she's not gonna poo an hour after going to bed.

I have a stupid question, how do you stop a wiggly sleeper getting her feet stuck through the bars at the bottom of the cot? DD's still in her Moses basket but wiggles down every night, in a big cot her feet would go through the bars. I've got a cot bumper but just read another thread that says there not safe.

I just take her up when she's ready. I can't really explain when ready is though! Last week the earliest she went down was 6.30 and I've only just made it down now after she melted down at 6.45 tonight. I don't usually wait for a meltdown though, she just looks like she's ready to go to bed!

Could you tuck the blankets under the baby's feet furry? Like an apple pie bed? Sometimes I put DD down like that so she can't kick the covers off.

furry there is a cot bumper you can get called an air flow wrap (I think) it allows baby to breath if they mush their faces up against it unlike a cot bumper. Have you tried a sleeping bag to help with escaping feet?

We use to have a lovely routine at bed time but it's all gone tits up due to the never ending cold! Each night it is a guessing game :( but he is doing well with food so thats good!

Wits end here!
She just well not settle. Can't stop her arms and legs flailing around. Then the bastard dummy falls out and she starts moving her head to find it.
Then she's still, then kicks off again.
We have no idea what to do.
The husband is in the nursery trying to get her to relax, hes back at work tomorrow after a week off so we'll take it in turns to try and coax her.
Any ideas?
Did anyone else have this? Did it fix itself? Is only just been this bad in the last 2-3 days... Maybe the growth spurt?
Please lord, let it be temporary.
It'll be a long ass night at Minions.

I tuck the blankets under in her Moses basket but I've got an angelcare movement monitor thingy in the main cot & don't know if covers under the mattress would effect it. Will give the wrap a look thanks cookie, she won't sleep in a sleeping bag at the moment just wiggles around like a maggot!

Our bedtime routine is like juni's when she looks ready we go to bed but its currently between 10.30 & midnight, very of your early sleeper juni

DD did that at about 6 weeks minion lasted a few days then she calmed down again. I gave in & had her in bed with me against HV advise but I didn't care in the end I was too bloody knackered!

It was 10.30/midnight and then just turned into 8pm. And then days when she's not napped it's really early. But then she's up three times in the night so swings & roundabouts. Would like to try a midnight to 5/6am to see if it's better.

I must lie down!

min, it'll pass, I think I used to just keep feeding DD on those sorts of nights, or she'd just lie on MrJ's chest for a while and I passed out on the bed until she wanted to feed again. It's hard work. xx

Yeah I feel your pain Min. Have been trying to feed and settle this one since 10.15. Will she fall asleep on you and then put her down after? I have to wait until she's in a deep sleep before I'd even consider putting her down.

I agree with trying to get her into sleeping bag before moving to cot. Much easier all round. If you tuck blankets in at bottom does she still manage to kick them off?

We had that too Min, but it was only for 3 or 4 days before it stopped being an issue, I can't remember if we did something differently or if it just stopped! I think we ended up gently holding down both his arms by his side until he dropped off and then he gradually stopped flailing so much...

So we had our first night out last night, went for a curry and my folks babysat . He only did his first ever giggle whilst we were out! My dad was blowing raspberries on his tummy and he laughed! My baby has laughed and I haven't heard it!! Gutted! I bet it was the cutest thing EVER DH was hilarious, he was like 'oh, I'll get up with him in the morning if you like...' and I was like 'um, ok... Why are you volunte... HEY! You want to try and make him laugh!!' He'd better do it again soon, lol.

So which thread has lil on BFP watch? I'm so out of touch, but I enjoyed the FB thread earlier! How damned exciting if the IVF has worked - I've got everything crossed!!

I know, really hoping for a BFP although I think she should wait until Wednesday.

My nipples are killing me. I've been feeding a lot lying down at night which is probably why but I'm too damn tired to sit up. She's awake after less than an hour because she's windy/sore .

What?
What?
Lil has a line... I'll bob over.
Well sshe slept from 10:20 to 4:45, then til 7! Still very unsettled on the second sleep, but still... Much needed

Good to know is hopefully goes. It's exhausting isn't it!
Plans for today girls?
Lazy day for us.

How's it going mums?
I went to bf group today, as the leader is a friend of a friend and very kindly messaged me after a FB group meltdown! It was quite nice, not sure if I'll go again. DD fell asleep in the car seat on the way back so I've just had lunch and a sit down before a quick tidy up before baby massage group here at 2pm.

Just goes to show it's all phases. This is the first time in a while she's had a decent sleep in the day and I'm very pleased as hopefully she'll go down a bit later and I can get some sleep in before the night wakings!