Jan 2015 new year new babies new thread AND EXPLOSIVE NAPPIES!

[bigfam]

Apparently the other thread is closed. How're nappy explosions going?
Baby bought up a little bit, but I thinks it's because she had a total of 9oz in an hour.

I spoke too soon Dec, my dd's sleep obviously isn't improving. She was just teasing me with a couple of ok nights!! I don't think it's anything you've done wrong, I think all babies have their own ideas when it comes to sleep!

Wow bigfam that's a decent stretch!

None of my others have slept like her, I'd have to cuddle and pat them to sleep, but I never tried a white noise app with them. She makes up for it in the day though because she won't let anyone else hold her, even the oh and mil, she cries til she stops breathing

Thought I'd treat her to a little bit of yoghurt

Wow bigfam! How did she take it? Are you going to start weaning now?

Had a rough 2 days with ds. Naps have gone to shit again and he's only doing three half hourly naps and getting himself in such a tiz coz he's so over tired. I've tried everything to help him settle but it's been awful. Last night was the pits too. He woke at midnight fed for an hour! Then woke at 4 again wide awake babbling loudly so I had to feed him to sleep again, took another 30 mins to settle.

Potty training continues and troubles with that. So I'm not a happy bunny. It's our wedding anniversary today and we're going out for dinner but ds is so unsettled I'm nervous to go as Dh's sister is babysitting and has no experience with children. We were so confident the two of them wouldn't wake but I'm not so sure tonight.

Happy anniversary little
Your night sounded like mine -dd woke up at 3.30am and wanted to play! So she was on my pillow chatting away till 5am!
Boob is sooo sore. She keeps giving me blisters.
But... We are enjoying the sunny weather during the day

Hope you manage to have a nice night little. I don't think I will wean yet, it was just a bit of an experiment to see if her reflux was any better, I know it's supposed to improve when they start solids, but yoghurt isn't really solid (in my book lol) she kept it down though.

Q isn't doing too badly at the minute with sleep, he's going down about 9pm and then waking sometime after 3 but he can sleep right through until 7ish. He's not napping brilliantly but seems quite happy luckily! He won't feed to sleep anymore though unless he is hungry so I have to have him up on my shoulder and he falls asleep like that and then I can put him down.
He has permanently got his hands In his mouth, I don't think he's really teething but he's so dribbly, he's permanently soaked!
He is massive though, have found my other boys weights at this age and he's the biggest out of them all. He's in 9-12m today and has the most fantastic chunky thighs lol.
He's having his hip scan tomorrow so hopefully all will be ok with that!

Look at those thighs! So cute! I hope the hips scan goes well for you both

He's so cute!
Sleeping here has regressed slightly, in that she won't sleep through anymore. She sleeps from 9 til about 3 or 4, then back down til 7.30. Last night she was up at midnight too, though, and wouldn't settle without a feed! She's still only a teeny toot - she's still in her 0-3 month clothes!
I gave her some finger food the other day as she seemed really keen (she keeps trying to steal my food, and puts EVERYTHING in her mouth). Lumps of banana were apparently a tasty surprise though!

How's everyone's weekend been? How's ds' eye now eliza?

We went to bed at 9pm last night as we were exhausted so we could get a coule of extra hours in before ds woke and what did he do- woke at 10.30 and took ages to resettle! I couldn't believe it . He never wakes at that time. I thought we had until at least midnight. Gah!

He's teething pretty bad now. Dribbling like nobody's business, everything in his mouth and very unsettled. Teething is awful.

little dd is definitely struggling with her teething too. Poor things, it's so horrible isn't it?
I'm really trying to help dd learn to self settle, but she does have some props still as I couldn't go cold turkey with everything! She's getting so annoyed by waking up and not settling herself again that I decided now is the right time to do it. She's actually doing ok and is much happier when she is awake because of it. We only started yesterday though so we have a long way to go and it could all go to pot again!
The weekend has been nice, Dh actually admitted that it's much easier being at work despite having a very stressful job. It's taken 2 years to come to that conclusion so it's cheered me right up and made me feel far less of a failure. He did one whole night and day yesterday and has now conked out
I am debating when to go back to work. I have been very down the last few weeks as Dh and I are in the same profession and before I went in maternity the first time we were at the same level. He has since got 2 promotions in the 2 years I've been out. He totally and utterly deserved these as he is fantastic at what he does but I now feel so inferior to him. I have always been very ambitions and worked hard to get to where I have. I know it sounds so terrible and I sound so ungrateful but I'm just feeling pretty down about the whole thing. Please don't think it's because I don't value what I have done with the children over the last couple of years and I have a new respect for SAHM's. I also see how different people feel about working or staying at home and hate that people feel they can judge either way. (Almost everyone expects I should give up my career). Sorry rant over... I need to stop feeling so down about it but I just don't see how right now really sorry if anyone thinks I'm being selfish.

Dec honestly rant away, god knows I did last week when I'd had enough and it felt better after I'd let some steam off to u lovely lot
Speaking of having had enough, I put the baby in the jumperoo whilst I was hoovering and she started her (newly developed) very high pitched scream, then just as suddenly nodded off! I found it hilarious! Her hair colour is changing dramatically, she's now very fair, I should of guessed really as she's not had eyebrows since she was born

She's lovely bigfam! I really wish my dd would fall asleep like that. I'm sure this kid is totally wired. She gets tired easily but just refuses to sleep!

Dec yes do rant away! That must be really tough. I met up with some colleagues last week and it's the first time I've felt a little worried that I am being left behind, and that maybe I won't be valued in the same way when I go back. Dd will always come first and that's a feeling that is so much stronger than I ever thought it would be, but I've worked really hard to get to where I am professionally and it just won't be the same when I go back. I'm planning on taking the full 12 months off so fortunately I don't have to think about it too much yet!

Aww what a cutie bigfam

dec know exactly how you feel about feeling left behind

I change my mind every few days about when and how to return to work .. Up until yesterday I was going to return 3 days in December cz I'm going mad at home and strangely miss having a class of kids

But tonight I'm feeling really terrible anx baby is crying and not settling to sleep and I'm thinking 'how can I leave my baby, I'm gna stay at home and use up savings to pay mortgage etc' grr so indecisive
And I'm still waiting for my dh to realise what a tough job it is raising baby 24/7- took yours 2 years?

Anyone's lo rolling yet? Josie honestly seems like she can't be bothered with it, she gives a half hearted leg swing and thats her commitment over, oh my and the scream she has developed is out of this world!

bigfam I think dd is the eldest here and yet she doesn't roll. She has done it once, so she is capable of it, but I don't think she can really be bothered either. She prefers sitting! She's able to do that independently now, although she does end up looking like the leaning tower of Pisa after a while!
Poor dd has a sickness and diarrhea bug, as does Dh. Dh is defiantly making more of a fuss than Dd who is being golden considering. I had to take her to the drs earlier though as she's refusing feeds, so have to keep a close eye on all of the facts. Ds has become a whining nightmare at the minute to. He is so super cute, but when he starts whining.... I could scream. Dd has also found her voice and just shouts at everything •. It's so funny.
Hope everyone's having a good week.

Hello everyone! Seems ages since i last posted. Sorry to hear about the various difficulties you are all having, but the photos are brilliant! What cuties they all are!
DS is also a dribbly, hand sucking wee guy now too. He has a Sophie giraffe which he seems to especially love because she's so easy to chew (we needs to keep the dogs away from her tho - they think anything that squeaks is for them!) He's been a bit unsettled too but nothing too major and generally sleeps from 7.30pm - 5am. I'd love him to sleep a bit longer in the morning but I think the light mornings are waking him and he thinks it's party time! I'm knackered! Keeping him up later results in a grump, overtired baby too so I think i'll just need to get used to the early starts.
As for work, I'd bloody love to be able to never go back. I can't stand the place and they've messed me about a bit while I've been off which has made me like them even less. I'm going back full time too I'm back mid-August so feel like the end of mat leave is in sight.
On the plus side, we're taking DS camping for the first time in a couple of weeks. Can't wait!

Hope everyone gets better soon Dec, and that it doesn't pass on to you, nothing worse than being ill with a bug and trying to look after babies!
Dribbling is non stop here too, she has a bibble change every couple of hours and still manages to smell damp lol! She's picked up a really adorable comfort thing (I used to find it annoying because thought she was rubbing her eyes) but if I leave her to it, she covers her eyes with the backs of her hands, she does it every feed and it looks so cute. She's also moved into a cot with little fuss, still waking once and self settling when put down at night.

Gorgeous pics ness

We have the 5am wake up problem sometimes too Ness. Seems to have started since it got lighter in the mornings. She seems to be going to sleep later, waking up earlier and waking up more frequently during the night. Last night she finally went to sleep at 9.30, woke at 11.30, 1.15, 4.45 and then 6.15 for the day. I've tried to go with the flow and be guided by her but I just think I'm failing at this whole sleep thing!

Can I ask how much everyone's lo's sleep in the daytime? Dd still needs a fair amount of sleep during the day probably making up for waking every few hours during the night.

She's rolled a few times each way but doesn't always seem fussed. She's currently obsessed with her feet and is really pleased with herself now that she can grab them when she's lying down!

Ds is waking twice in the night. Funny thing is he self settled at bedtime and starting to at naps. He needs the company at night I suppose. I'm also convinced he needs weaning. I was shocked at how much milk he had last night. We've been working hard on the bottles and he took one at bedtime last night draining 7 ozs in a matter of minutes then cried clearly wanting more and took a full breast. The fact he's having two full feeds at night too makes me think he's ready for weaning but I'm just nervous as he's still only 19 weeks.

Was at sisters at weekend and the pressure I got for him to have a dummy was over powering. My sister, her mil and my mum ganged up on me and railroaded me into giving him one which typically in front of them he did but with me he thinks it's a game where I spend all day plugging him back in while he spits it straight out! Dd sucks her fingers which my sister hates and tells her off when she's her doing it which upsets dd so she tells me if Ds takes a dummy it'll stop him sucking his fingers. It's like I've failed dd by not forcing her to have a dummy when she was a baby but she wouldn't take one I did try.

The other thing they were on at me for was to give him water in a bottle. Only coz I tested him with cooled boiled water as I'm sick of wasting so much milk in bottles that he refuses and he guzzled the lot and since then I was badgered to give him water. I kept saying bf babies don't need water as they get it all from the bm but they wouldn't have it. Felt so pressurised all weekend.

Sorry to hear about the d and v dec. It's awful I hope it passes soon x

You are right about bf babies not needing water little, baby has dummy but she really only uses it at night and doesn't cry if it falls out. My other two girls were attached to their dummies day and night and it is quite hard to break them of the habit, they also say it causes speech problems but I take that with a pinch of salt as ds is the only one who DIDN'T have a dummy and he has bad speech delay. At the end of the day, it's your baby and you do what you feel is best.
Mil deserved a slap the other day, the baby has some serious separation anxiety and when she thinks someone's trying to take her from mummy she screams to the point of not breath, mil just turned around and said 'well one of your kids has to love you, the others were all for me and hated you'
I couldn't believe it. When my first was born I had no experience with babies and found it hard to settle her, I also had a bloody great breast abscess that needed surgery and then daily trips to the doctors for weeks afterwards, but eff me when I'd woken up from my op my little girl was brought to me in my hospital room where I looked after her. She's the most vacant grandparent ever, she never babysits or has them over for the day, but I get lumbered with HER child, lol. Sorry sorry rant!!

Gosh bigfam that would make me so mad!! I get lots of comments from the mil too. Last week she said the very same thing about giving dd water from a bottle. I just couldn't worki out why I would need to! She's also been on at me to give did a dummy but she just refuses to take one.

Mil lives with us so I'm listening to all these comments all day long(!)
Grr

Hope you guys are feeling better today dec

sept dd awakes at 7 then sleeps for an hour 8.30-9.30 after she will nap for 20mins if I sit still and in silence at 1, 4 and 6pm

Bigfam, what a bitch! That's an awful thing to say!

I have given ds cooled boiled water occasionally - it's only been when it's been hot outside and he's seemed a bit dehydrated (soft spot a bit sunken). He's ff and seemed rather unimpressed with the water tbh! If I had still being bf then I'd have just given him the boob instead as that's all they need.

Pressed post by accident!

*been, not being. I'm not being bf obv!

I'm really proud of the baby and the way she self settles at night (it's honestly an achievement because my other 3 wouldn't sleep unless in my bed, the three year old still pushes to sleep in my bed now!)
Last night she was completely awake, I put her into her grow bag, in the cot with her white noise and shut the door, I checked on her whilst getting the others ready for bed and she was awake still but did nod off around 8 without a murmur, she stayed in her cot until 4.30am at which point I had to get her in my bed with a bottle because I missed her
But for how fantastic she's being, patsy is really pushing boundaries. We never had terrible two's but horrifying three's