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.

Sorry, been totally out of it recently! We went to a wedding reception last night, which was scary as it was out first formal event out all together. DD was quite well behaved until she got tired, but slept for a while in her car seat. However the drive home (a good 45 minutes) was AWFUL. She was over tired and very windy, and just screamed nonstop. We ended up stopping for half an hour so I could feed and cuddle her in the hope of calming her down. Still didn't really work, but as soon as we got home she lay on the bed cooing and smiling and generally acting as if butter wouldn't melt. Little madam! Then she slept for 8 hours, which was amazing. She didn't even need a dream feed.
Today we had a lovely lunch with my parents, followed by a browse of the wee baby boutiques in the west end of Glasgow. Spent way too much money but hey ho, she's worth it.

Sounds as though you've all had exciting weekends!

Dd had a couple of really unsettled nights but last night went down at 7pm and didn't properly wake up until 7.45am (needed feeding 3 times but went straight back down so I can cope with that). Went baby clothes shopping today. She's just moving up into 3-6 months and we've run out of outfits that we were given as gifts! It was actually quite nice to pick some things out ourselves.

She's currently napping in her car seat but looking at me out of a partially open right eye (how do they do that?!) just in case I move...

Can I ask if any of you take your little ones to any baby classes yet? I'm not sure if she would appreciate anything just yet but she is getting more interested in other people/babies and is fascinated by the silliest things when we take her out.

We go to the class at the local library, which is just nursery rhymes, baby sensory, and we're going to start water babies in a couple of weeks. It's really nice just to get out and meet people, and it tires her out so she has a good nap afterwards! She LOVES the singing at the library class and baby sensory. I can't wait til swimming starts!
This was our best purchase of the day. She's such a cutie.

Oh that's just tooooo cute!!!

I'm so at all those long sleeps! Ds doesn't even sleep for that long! Are you guys still swaddling. Dd gets annoyed with her own arms and yet gets out of the swaddle no matter how hard I try. We had a woombie with Ds but I can't find it for the life of me and can't remember what age Ds used it until anyway so don't know whether it's work purchasing another. She's also not always self settling (Ds didn't until he was about 10 months) so I'm not too concerned about this but know it can help!! Arggggh! Hate not knowing what to do for the best!

Of and meant to say, poor dd has only been to toddler groups so for as I had no one to have Ds. Since mums now retired, I have booked on to start baby sensory and the baby club at the local children's centre. I did baby sensory with Ds and it was fantastic. I have taken dd swimming as well but not as part of a group!

I've not swaddled since she was big enough for her GroBag. She hated her arms being restricted so it seemed sensible to stop. Now she sleeps in a sleepsuit, mittens (cos she ALWAYS has cold hands) and a 2.5 tog GroBag. If the bedroom is below 18 degrees I put her in a long sleeved bodysuit under her sleepsuit. Through LOTS of trial and error that seems to get her at the comfiest and most settled.

Ive never swaddled, I tried it a couple of times and it didn't make much difference. She'll sleep on her back now with no problems.
My weekend hasn't been exciting as such, my oh's 11 year old sister tried to get my eldest dd to kick her own sister down the stairs, when dd refused, she kicked my eldest dd who then knocked into dd2, dd1's tablet got smashed, which doesn't really matter, because had anything happened to dd2 the situation could of been a lot worse. Mil honestly doesn't seem to care, so myself and oh have made it clear how mad we are, don't think she'll be round ananymore. Atleast not until she teaches her daughter how disgusting her behaviour was.

In no bigfam that's awful! Shows how good your dd is though for standing up to her. You should be proud of your girls.
Must be something in the air today with mil's. It's nowhere near as bad as your situation (a first world problem really) but mil and her sister decided to tell me I've lost a lot of weight but also lost all of my boobs. It's done wonders for my already low self esteem!

Well they're obviously jealous and had to get their digs in didn't they, to try and make themselves feel better. Hope you're ok xx

I've found baby's tickle spot (this fascinates me as all my others didn't seem to be ticklish for months)
It's right in between her little sumo books and when she laughs it's amazing! (does anyone else's lo look like a shrunken sumo wrestler when wearing just a nappy?!)

*boobs

What a nightmare bigfam!

Dec I've never been able to swaddle dd as she always has her hands up by her face. She's in a grobag now which has helped massively as she started to kick all her blankets off and got cold. If it makes you feel any better, her sleep is still very changeable at the moment, she doesn't self settle and we pretty much have to cuddle her until we go to bed at 10ish each night!

Dd sleeps in a gro bag too. Has hated having her arms wrapped in a blanket or anything since day2!

I have had an inner voice telling me not to kill mil this weekend! I'll only end up going to prison and evil sil will see my dd more than me as I rot in prison for murder!
I hate them all! Aaarrrghhhhhh

Baby smiles are the only thing that have got me through.
They just say horrible things and think they can get away with it. Dh never ever stands up to them which infuriates me more.
So there have been a few sessions of me breastfeeding in years in a quiet room away from them :(

But that little strawberry hat photo really cheered me up!
And I should look into baby classes- maybe I'll try a rhyme time in the local library first

*in tears!
Not years

Oh pesto that's horrible, hope you're ok.

It's awful that you go off and cry and tbh I'm getting really mad thinking about it!

pesto sorry to hear you have had a horrible weekend. Why do people have to be so rude? Like bigfam says it's probably jealousy
bigfam I'm fine, thankfully Dh has been lovely and has decided we won't see mil for a while so she realises she's done something wrong. No point in confronting her as it ends in a huge argument and Ds loves his uncles (who still live at home) so we wouldn't want to rock the boat too much! She managed to insult Dh earlier in the week too so she's definitely managed to upset both of us! pesto I do really feel for you with Dh not standing up to them. I guess I'm very lucky to have Dh's support. My bil is like this with my sisters mil and she finds it so hard.

Had a great weekend including a girls night out last night. Drank far too much wine but luckily I didn't feel too bad today. We went to a farm for lambing day. Such cute little lambs.

DS sleeps in a grobag. Have recently started putting him in his moses basket around 9pm and he tends to go till round 4am ish after which he'll come in the bed with me.

I did baby sensory with my other 2 and can't wait to start it with DS. At the moment he comes to baby groups with DD2 but doesn't get a huge amount out of them. He does like the singing bits and at boppin tots when the musical instruments come out.

Ooh sorry for all the questions tonight but I was just wondering of everyone still has their baby in with them? Dd is such a light sleeper and she wakes at everything! (Have to have constant white noise on in a hope to not wake her)! I'm starting to wonder if she would be better off in her own room, but want to follow correct advice. I thought Ds was a light sleeper... Then Dd came along!

I still have DD in with me (DH sleeps in the spare room when he's working but sleeps in our bed at the weekends). I'm planning on keeping her here as long as possible, only because I love the convenience of it. I'm awake for no longer than 15 minutes for night feeds, and I usually don't even put the light on. I have an app on my phone with white noise on a timer, but I actually really like it as I hate complete silence when I'm trying to sleep.
Sorry that's not much help I'm afraid.

My dm has been poorly and I just feel like I'm a million miles away and I can't do a lot when I visit cz dd seems to be permanently attached to boob!!
I'll be fine
I'm going to be the better person and just try to draw a line under this weekend- when all I really want to do is point out how mean they are!! So annoying when aunties and uncles become involved.
Just want to be in a bubble with my mum and my baby ... Maybe hubby!

dec My dd will now sleep in the cot which is next to me. In the mornings she comes into bed with me about 6.30am
She is such a light sleeper during the day. Awakes if someone coughs, shuts the door a little too hard or if I move!
Some days she naps for 5 minutes and other days I can get 20 mins and that's it... But she does sleep during the night waking for feeds only... Most nights.
When did your son start sleeping in his own room?

I still co sleep. I love staring at her while she's asleep.
I've grown strangely attached to my white noise app too, what setting do you use, just out of interest?

Q is still with us. He's now spending the whole night in his own bed, I usually bring him in with me once he wakes after 6 ish. He'll go into his own room between 10-12 months like the older boys.

He seems to sleep through most things but naps can be cat naps of 10 mins or a good 3 hours and I never know which it's going to be!

bigfam I have Sound Sleeper and my favourite by far is the thunderstorm setting. It's so soothing!

Dec, ds is still in his crib at the end of our bed. I know guidance is that baby sleeps in the same room as parents until he is 6 months old but that won't be happening here! It's like sharing a room with a gremlin - he's such a sound sleeper but snores, squeaks, wriggles, farts, grunts and groans all night!!!!! It's so cute (mostly) but keeps dh and I awake. Like I said before tho, I live in a shoebox so even when he does go into his own room, he'll still be reasonably close by - don't know if I'd want him in his own room if my home was bigger.

Sorry to hear about all your in-law related woes everyone. Mine are very good to us but mil is a terrible bigot which I find really hard to deal with. She lives nearby and sees ds a lot - I don't want her to pass her prejudices on to him in any way which might make things tricky in the future as we're both pretty forthright!

Ds was 12 weeks yesterday! How did that happen! Time is flying by!

ness I'm glad I'm not the only one (albeit for different reasons) that's considering moving dd before 6 months. Ds has just woken dd up again and I can't help but get angry inside (although I don't show this to the dc). Ds really doesn't need to be waking still at 16 months, but with all his allergies and illnesses I find it hard to be tough in him as I don't know whether he is really I'll or not until I get into his room (even then it's just a guessing game sometimes). The amount of times I have gone into him and he is covered from head to toe in sick I don't wish to count. He has asthma and so coughs a lot in his sleep. Hence why I don't know if he's really ill or just playing up. I went in though and he was just having a paddy! Not impressed! I've had to leave him to sort Dd and feel horribly guilty but know he is safe etc just playing up as he wants attention.

I have to say I don't fee lovely comfortable moving dd early. Ds was the same and we moved him at about 5 1/2 months. I really wish I had heavier sleepers then I would keep them in with me for a lot longer
The time really is flying isn't it? Dd will be 15 weeks this week. It's crazy! Could be the last time we have a baby. That's weird to think that! I'm still torn on the subject! Never say never though hay