September 14 babies - bring on the weaning!

[KitKat1985]

New thread for the Sept 14 babies. :)

Honestly whats up with this kid, bed at 8 and woke once already

Hope you all had a lovely weekend

I guess its to be expected that things will slow down relationship wise, but its nice to know that you're not the only one sometimes

Beautiful pics! you are all very lucky and I love all the cute outfits, I will have to order some online soon as he is straining at the edges again and ready for the next size up

With bottle feeding, I'm not sure if you can get the Avent 'natural' bottles and teats over there but I've really liked them. We still sterlise and use a milton bath as it's so easy to have the bottles bobbling around in there ready for the next feed. I'm now solely formula feeding, and went through a really down period for a few weeks after I stopped bf, apparently it's due to the hormones suddenly dropping away.

Off to baby group shortly, this week's discussion is sleep - every parents fav topic

Haha yes Apples I know what you mean. I feel like a teenager too in that I feel like I've forgotten how to DTD as it's been so bloomin long. Lol . Now that J has gone into her own room though it'll be more likely that there will be some romance !

We have DTD twice since E was born to be fair E does not go to bed at 7 and then when he does go down i just want to sleep.

Been and got him weighed today he is almost 27 weeks and 17lb 11& 1/2! We tried to weigh him in our scales they put him at 20lb so glad that was wrong!

It can be difficult to keep the romance alive but I think DP and I are much better off than we were when I was pregnant and a crazy hormonal person! I am lucky that DP is very affectionate and will make me stop what i'm doing for a cuddle etc. We probably DTD 1-2 times a week which is enough for me for now but perhaps not for DP...

In other news - you may remember I posted a little while ago about Molly having smaller harder stools (not like rabbit poo, just one small stool several times a day about the consistency of play-doh) for a few days but then a normal soft stool again. I called the HV who said just to keep an eye on it and speak to the GP if it arose again. Has happened again the last couple of days (I am keeping detailed poo log on my phone) so the GP prescribed Lactulose and said I could use that or try some fresh orange juice in cooled boiled water, and just try to get some water in to her between feeds. I'm reluctant to use the Lactulose...has anyone had experience with it? And has anyone tried putting orange juice in some water for constipation? I know it's one that lots of older women did when their children were babies.

ds woke every two hours again last night and at 4:45 I thought I had enough of feeding, gave him a dummy with shushing him. Then went to bed leaving him to it until he started nagging again and I did the same until 5:50 when I physically could not take it any more and offered boob, he was asleep in 5 minutes! Aaagh

Over the phone with my mum:

Me: mum ds has started waking every 2 hours at night for the last few nights
Mum: oh honey that's difficult, why does he wake up for?
Me: I have no idea mum but he sleeps as soon as I feed him
Mum: oh but it is much better if you did not feed him hun otherwise he gets used to it
Me: oh really? And what did you used to do if I woke up in the middle of night when I was a baby? Did you let me cry?
Mum: no; I'd just offer boob!!!!!!!!!
Me: aaah!!!thanks mum for advice then !!!
Mum: I am just saying this for your own sake dear
Me : ......... Aaaaaaaagh

Lilone I just give him a bit of water ; less than 30ml , and it helps him normally... To be honest I would not worry about putting tiny amount of orange juice in water either; consider this: in a little while your lo will be 6 month and you can give her tiny amount of juice in water anyhow...

What milk is she on?

lil...I can tell you that fruit makes b poo instantly!! water used to do the trick.

Haha Nazly your mum sounds really helpful

Nazly, whats the teething situation?

DS has been doing this. This morning - tooth.

lil when E was little we gave him 1 part prune juice to 3 part water that helped flush it through!

nazly at your mum. mine does a lot of "I told you so...m" or - even more irritating, smug little sigh (I can hear her grin down the phone in a self satisfied manner) and "I won't say it....but...."

Red I think it may be teething but I was waiting for some very red cheeks but they are not red yet. I wonder if everybody gets red cheek. Runny poo is here though. No temperature yet.

He has been rubbing his head just above the ears for a while now (maybe for a month but recently even more) and i know that could be related to teething. In the past couple of days he is a lot more interested in the spoon than the food in it, does not want to eat as much as usual, and his gums feel somewhat harder (as he keeps showing me that with chewing my fingers!! )

So could be but who knows? I think I may start giving him the powder thingie to see if it soothes him...

Red can you see a tooth?

Yes. Just. As of this morning. It looks like a cut in his gum, but you can feel it underneath. Definitely a tooth. Last night he went to bed at 8.30pm was up at 1am, 2am, 4am, 5am, 6am and DH gets up at 7am.

I went at 10.30pm and had the best night sleep I've had in three days. I am slightly relieved in seeing a tooth.

Ear pulling was seen here yesterday evening.

Eugh, I need to stay away from the sleep boards on here - they just make me think I should be doing something more proactive than cosleeping and feeding often through the night. I hate feeling worried about doing what feels right. He's going through so many changes - in the last week he's got 2 teeth through, can now sit up properly, roll, seek out and grab things and has started weaning. Along with uncomfortable trapped wind and worsening reflux surely it's perfectly understandable that he wakes often and just wants a cuddle or feed back to sleep . He doesn't just feed to sleep, he can be in the sling and last night he even fell asleep just by putting white noise on, as long as he's lying on me. But on the other hand I feel like if I just ignore it then he'll be in my bed for years and it'll be a much bigger upheaval to kick him out when he's older.

Acron I honestly don't know but a couple of my friends co slept and ended up having three to four really bad nights to get their kid to sleep in their own bed! 3-4 nights only? I take that any time over not sleeping for... Say 9 months?? !

I try to avoid co sleeping just because he wakes up for a feed more often, but at the rate it is going I am so exhausted that I am not sure if I can avoid it going forward.

Specially as I will be working part time from tomorrow for two weeks trial and if OK then going forward.

What was the signs of teething there Acron? And how is weaning going?

Red that's interesting. Thanks, I now think there maybe some light at the end of this b####y tunel.

I post a lot on the sleep boards. If you don't have a problem with your DS sleeping on you acorn, then let him sleep on you, it's fine. He will associate going to sleep with being held or on you, of course he will. But that in itself is not a problem unless you don't want him to sleep on you.

My best friend co-sleep with her DD for nearly 6 years. She was not ready to self settle before then and my friend wasn't prepared to remove her DDs comfort so they co-slept quite happily. I had my DD around the same time, but I did CC at 12 months because I needed her to not need me to sleep.

(incidentally, when myself and my best friend went on to have other children, we made sure that Mummy was never established as their main source of sleep comfort from early on)

Brain studies show that babies/children cannot just lie down and go to sleep like an adult does until school age, so aged 5 or 6. They need something to help relax them - Mummy or Daddy present, feeding, cuddles, dummy, "blankie", thumb suck - whatever it is they use as a comfort to sooth and settle to sleep.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Mummy being the comfort sleep trigger for a child. In fact it is normal and natural. Stress and problems only arise when it is decided that Mummy can no longer be the sleep comfort, if done before baby is emotionally ready.

Nazly - not a lot of teething signs really - a ton of drool and desperately chewing on everthing he could cram in his mouth. He did have a red cheek but could have just been from being warm! Didn't notice a temperature and sleep no worse but then it's bad anyway! We ended up cosleeping cos I was so exhausted. I couldn't stay away for feeds so I'd end up falling asleep sitting up and felt it was too dangerous. Now he sleeps cuddled right up against me so I sleep while he feeds. Weaning is mixed, I tried pear which he ate well on day 2 but refused on day 3 and I think it made his reflux worse. Tried avocado today which was ok, though he was sick later.

fate - just now I dont mind him needing me to sleep but the thought of doing it for 6 years like your friend scares me! I'm a really light sleeper and just now it's giving me more sleep but i know that'll change soon enough. He's showing no signs of liking cuddling up to blankets and still won't take a dummy. He does suck his thumb when he's trying to self settle but it isn't enough. If he's going to be an only child it won't be so bad, don't see how it works with a newborn too. Plus when he goes to nursery at a year he needs to be able to sleep in a pram or cot. Aargh, small steps I think. Maybe get him in the cot for the first sleep of the night.

Nazly - was it you saying about your lo not taking formula? I wonder but I seem to remember something about babies being able to smell breast milk and perhaps that may be one reason? sorry, that gem (!) just popped into my head!

so...advice please? I love my son but since he discovered he can sing/make noise we get it when he wakes up at night. do I give him a feed to settle back down? This am it was 3am and the dummy worked it's magic. but then from 5.45 dummy keot being pulled out so he could make noise. he isn't crying. anyway I have given in and fed.but he is wide awake. I am zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. is one night's unbroken sleep too much to ask for?

Bah you think you'vr cracked it with the sleep then it all goes tits up!

Good news I am getting my hair cut today :)

Acron btw if I did not let ds sleep on his tummy I would have the exact problem you are having with sleep

Holls thanks yes I have heard it, I leave the room and let dh or mil try, but it has not worked as yet; at all...

Nazly, DS woke at 2am, just needed re-settling. No feed. No nappy. Slept until 6am. We've not had many nights since Christmas that he hasn't needed a feed. Coincidence?

Holls. If the dummy won't do, I would feed. I'll only try two or three times with a dummy and if not asleep then it is a waste of my precious sleep time to persevere so I feed.

Do you dreamfeed when you go to bed? This may help your DS sleep through.