January 2016 - Hello babies!

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Thread to share our experiences and also have a chat to someone also dealing with lively babies at 3am!

Funnily enough I was saying todsy I wonder if I speak to my baby enough. Sometimes when she's feeding etc it's easy to just drift off or watch TV. A couple of times I've read my baby books out loud. It's a good way for me to get info and for baby to hear my voice. But I don't always want to read.

I put her in rocker if more awake and talk and say things like "let's make some lunch" and just babble away. I know what you mean though. I haven't introduced toys yet. And I always think other people's babies look so snug and mine doesn't ever look snug like that..maybe that's just my insecurity.

I have a sling too I guess I could use that in house if she is quiet alert but I've never really tried that

Don't you have a bath. I think I'd really miss it at the mo of I didn't have it.

I have to admit I simply don't seem to have time for talking to DS2.. I'm manic keeping the toddler entertained! I feel bad that the little one doesn't seem to get that much attention.. But she seems pretty chilled. Do your babies still seem to sleep a lot? I'm looking forward to her being more alert?

She just seems to feed and sleep a lot! It's lovely, but I am looking forward to when they interact more.. And smile.

My baby still does sleep but has more awake patches but mainly wants feeding during these and they seem to last a while.x

I'm still here thanks first, checking the thread every day or so. Things seem to be going ok although we had a couple of nights (not consecutively) was worried might be bit colicy, but not sure that the episodes have been frequent enough - yet! He may have bit of reflux as some evenings he fusses when feeding and screws himself up, but I don't think worrying enough to seek advice yet as he seems happy the rest of the time.

I say we get out of the house 4-5 days a week for a walk. He loves his walk in the buggy and falls off to sleep and I'm enjoying the gentle exercise too. My sis-in-law has asked if want to meet central (London) next Week but not sure that feeling brave enough to venture that far in on own yet! The days we stay in I do wonder if I'm being lazy with my parenting...today we both stayed in bed for cuddles, feeds and naps haha. We don't really 'play' but give him little massages in hope will help with any colic like symptoms, and chat away as he looks at me like I'm a mad woman!

Glad on the main part everyone seems to be doing ok.

Welcome summer, I'm not formula feeding yet, but think there are a few ladies on here that do.

Your day today sounds wider full. I kind of do similar. I just like to enjoy her. Just haven't quite got the hang of having food and snacks to hand...

I talk to ds2 a fair bit but mainly just prattling on about whatever I'm doing or encouraging him to smile (I've had a couple of smiles but can't get him too smile regularly yet). I don't feel bad about ignoring him and watching TV while he's feeding though, I would think it would be too distracting for him to be talked at then.
Mostly I feel guilty about constantly telling ds1 I can't play with him because I'm feeding / settling/ chganging ds2.

I know the Fontanel and how sunken it is can be a sign of dehydration if it's extremely sunken.

When feeding and before and after ri like to keep an eye on it to see if it's going up or not. Today and last night it seemed to remain sunken quite a lot but couldn't get baby to carry on feeding today. So just letting her feed as and when.

Hoping everything is ok. Any advice

Hi, I am late to the party but please can I join the group? My LO is 6 weeks old. She is beginning to smile a lot more when people talk to her, but with me she is more likely to give the goldfish face -open mouth sucking and head thrown back. She has a strong appetite!
But in the past week she has developed colic. Lots of crying and straining even after she has filled her nappy. We started her on infacol on Sunday night which seems to be making a difference but would love to hear how others have managed colic. It all seems to be guess work!

I do suspect we've had a but of it but it hasn't been unmanageable so I haven't used infacol yet.

I've no idea why but HV told me not to give it if I could manage and was told it should go at 12 weeks if colic.

My little one is 8 weeks old today

Yeah, we tried to hold out from using anything, but she spent every waking moment on Sunday either crying or feeding. Baby massage, cuddles and walks made no difference. I've also read that it resolves itself at 12 weeks. But that is another 6 weeks away!

Welcome summers and littlejeopardy! Firsttime I don't know about the fontanelle but I would think feeding them is the right idea.. We're at four weeks today and I think we're just coming out of the woods.. LO is now only waking once in the night (6 nights in a row now.. Didn't want to jinx it earlier) so I'm feeling more human. And I seem to have settled into a routine with the nursery runs etc..

Plus, better weather is lovely!

We've just started having smiles from her, which is so nice!

Summers we're still BF at the moment. Using a bottle of EBM at one of the feeds in the day to keep our options open..
Hope everyone's having a good day!

Oh yes of course little I didn't mean anything by it. I just meant on reflection I don't think ours has been that bad.

Thought we were in a routine but didn't get much sleep last night because she wouldn't go down and slept with me but I don't sleep properly.

I've had smiles but don't know if they are social smiles at me yet I csnt quite tell. So I haven't cracked out my baby milestone card yet.

Maybe I need to try harder.

Oh I know you didn't! Sorry, I'm new to message boards. Is really hard to pitch tone! Really hope your LO sleeps better tonight. Bizarrely mine has been sleeping better last few days , think the crying is wearing her out.

We are using infacol. He was really screaming painfully after feeds and would take hours to bring wind up. It really seems to help him.

I got my first definite smiles today, truly amazing feeling to see him smiling at me :-)

Little I know I'm the same that's why I mentioned it too

Hiya, (backtracking..) summerdays I am formula feeding SMA. Have been for two weeks and he is 4 weeks old now. I try and make up recommended amounts on tin, but he always wants more!!! HV said to just go with it if he wants more. Also he doesn't poo as much as when he was on BM.

I think I'm about the same as the rest of you regarding talking to him then. Playing doesn't really happen as I just shake toys and he takes no notice! too young! haha

Sometimes I wonder about colic. Hes fine in the day but in evening from 5ish, a lot of crying. Its usually resolved with him passing wind tho! :D DP told hv he gets that from his mum.....embarrassing hahaha!

Ok so 8 week old has been awake since 7am. No naps really just tiny 5/10mins cat naps.

Hoping some sleep will occur this evening as cluster feeding has been taking place all this time too.

Can anyone reassure me by saying they've had this too? She didn't cluster feed much at 8 weeks and I'm thinking this could be a delayed 8 week growth spurt.

It's quite exhausting. Thankfully I've had people around to help me out. So I've dealt with it quite well I think.

How are you all. X

My 6wk old is completely inconsistent with daytime sleeping. He often spends the whole day pretty much awake with just small catnaps, usually at weekends when life just seems too exciting for him to want to sleep apparently. On other days though, he'll sleep for 3hrs, have a feed and then go back to sleep for another couple of hours. Oddly, his daytime sleep patterns don't seem to have a clear impact oin night time sleep...

I don't really let him cluster feed because if he feeds less than 2 hours after start of last feed, he doesn't seem to get enough milk and gets frustrated and swallows more air and then screams in pain from wind so in the long run he's much happier if he feeds at least 2 hours apart but it's hard when he is hungry before then.

Hope you had a bit more of a break today, first time

My DD doesn't sleep much at all - books say 18 hours a day! Hilarious, so far since about midnight she's had 5 hours! She'll maybe have another hour or two this evening and similar between 10pm and midnight - so total average is about 10 hours on a good day!! Does anyone know if this is bad for her??

How did it go First?

I have tried Gina Ford's sleep programme today. Up at 7, stay up for 2 hours then an hour nap (but it was up for 3 hours, 30 minute nap) stay up til lunch time then sleep for 3 hours (stayed up for aaaages, cat naps until 2pm then a long hour half sleep, then supposed to be up for a bit,have a 45 min nap just before 5 (stayed up until 5 and then slept until 7ish)
Supposed to stay away between 5 and 7 then be ready for bed.
So it didn't go to plan, but hes asleep now - touch wood - so the idea is, sleep for 5 hours between 7am and 7pm taken in 3 naps, one hour in morning, long lunch nap, short hour in late afternoon and then sleep for 10 hours between 7pm and 7am, 10.30 feed and I guess other feeds at night to make up the 2 hours wake time.

Sounds too goodto be true! Probably is! We'll see how tonight goes.. Liberty, I have no idea, So called child expert Gina seems to think 15 is appropriate!?

We're all different I guess, as are babies :S

Oh, and he's just awoken, thanks Gina Ford!

Fine thanks. I'm just going with the flow and trusting she knows what she needs rage r than following a programme.

Liberty from my point of view I'd say similar to u. But pop a message on the sleep boaeds

Sounds logical rpj - I live reading all these books, I've read baby whisperer too - they make it sound so easy don't they!!

I've got tge gentle sleep book and baby calm. Think I'm taking a different approach that may not be for everyone

Bit of change of topic, but has anyone's baby had their 8 week jabs yet? My baby isn't even 6 weeks yet but I'm already dreading it. I'm hugely emotional when it comes to seeing him in distressed and I know I'm not going to cope well at all. Also seems to be common reading forums that babies are poorly for couple of days afterwards. Anyone else absolutely dreading it?