March 2016 Babies Thread #11 - We've got smiley babies, screaming babies and farty babies!

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This time last year....my nephew was days away from being born, I was planning a wedding and looking forward to that holiday.....little did I know that I would fly home with a little souvenir

Thinking of beaut

Wow Rhu that's impressive, rolling already! Q we're a bit lax at tummy time here too, I try to remember to do it every day but DS doesn't much like it so it's often only for a couple of minutes. We have been trying to encourage him to roll when he's in bed with us in the mornings - if he's propped up on a pillow it's a lot easier so hoping it might help him do it on the floor at some point!

rhu well done on the rolling! Another one who keeps forgetting tummy time here.

purple C is another sleepy one, slept 10-6.30, changed, fed, back to sleep by about 7.45 and she's still asleep now! I actually asked hv if I should be worried about her sleeping so much, she doesn't really coo or gurgle much but I'm not surprised when she spends so much time sleeping, when is she going to learn anything??? Hv just said to keep her busy when she is awake and take her to baby groups. I take her out but she just sleeps through them!

Love the rolling, Rhu!

It's laziness really regarding expressing, Q! I haven't tried feeding lying down for a while, but DS2 still gulps loads of air and needs a lot of burping. (And I'm fairly sure we'd find ourselves in a puddle of milk too!) I'll give it another go though. Good idea.

My app told me today that 7 weeks is growth-spurt territory. So maybe that's it.

We occasionally have the odd few seconds of tummy time, but DS3 hates it (as DS1 did!). I figure he's in the carrier a lot so his head control is good. The rest will come, he's only little!

We just had the 6 week check. All good except I'm not allowed a coil till 6 months as fully BFing means a higher risk of perforation, apparently. Not that I'm in a rush!

C has a cold at the moment and it has him in an absolutely foul mood - seems to be alternating between sleeping, feeding and wailing like a banshee. He spat his Calpol straight back out earlier, leaving a lovely pink trail across my pyjamas!

We're starting to dig out the 3-6 month sleepsuits here - he's 8 weeks on Monday. He's a relatively slim baby but quite long, he was stretching the feet in his 0-3 month sleepsuits but there's quite a bit of room in the body of his 3-6 month ones. Size 3 nappies too - got a good deal on the Pampers Baby-Dry ones and he hasn't had a single leak since I cracked open that packet.

I've an appointment made to get the Mirena on June 16th, but we're supposed to be travelling that evening so I'm thinking of rescheduling it to July - the doctor at my surgery who does the coil fittings only does them once a month. Me and the mini pill never got on - I gave up Cerazette after 9 weeks when I tried it before after I had 5 periods in that time on it.

DH is having a lovely day being home with the kids. T's had two good sling naps with him and I got to take DS to Ikea to check out kitchens during the second one. DS is exhausted after the early wake up though, bet he naps during post lunch quiet time. I'm trying to figure out if T's settling into a daytime routine yet, using a free tracker app. Is anyone else this anal? It's making pretty graphs

Our naps have gone a bit to pot since S had her legs cast, as I can't get her into the Moby wrap any more. I've dug out my boba 3g but haven't taken her out in it yet after I tried it on at home and she screamed. I should do really as it'll free us up a bit.

Careful of the calpol trijo, when it dries it turns black!

Well after saying earlier about having a child who is refusing naps hw has currently been asleep since 11:30 and showing no signs of waking anytime soon - dp has just been drilling into a brick wall and baby didn't evenue flinch!

Yay, sling tested, she liked it!

Dom that advice is a bit weird, I'm also exclusively breastfeeding and just had the coil put in at 9 weeks pp! Never told anything about perforation risk being higher due to bf - can't see why that would be?

We've also moved onto 3-6 months clothes this week, was a bit surprised as much earlier than DD1 but DD1 was on the 50th centile and DD2 is on 75th.

DD2 was fine after her jabs, no temp or fussiness. She slept loads yesterday (day after the jabs) and I was hoping for a sleepy night but she had her usual three feeds! Sigh.

Had friends visiting today and one of them announced she is 18 weeks pregnant with her first, was very exciting! But wow reminded me of how long ass pregnancy is - she's due on Oct which is ages away. I definitely want another but I think I've already forgotten what a pain in the arse ttc and pregnancy are

I'm a bit hit and miss with tummy time tbh. DD2 doesn't seem to mind it too much, I just forget! DD2 actually loved tummy time and spent ages doing push ups. She was sitting at 4 and a half months and walking at 10 months so I do wonder if the tummy time made a difference but in the general scheme of things it doesn't matter as they all get there in the end!

He said something about hormones making the uterus softer, marmite. He also said the specialist contraception clinic might do it sooner but that he and the other GPs there weren't trained to do it before 6 months. There's no urgency for me here so I'm not overly bothered!

So I just tried feeding lying down - all very cozy and dozy till let down, then a fountain of milk over DS2's head. Got that under control but then has to change my top. DS got fussy so sat up to finish off the feed, whereupon he let out an enormous burp followed by an enormous sick all down my side into the bed. Fortunately DH came to bed at just that time and I got him to change the sheets around me while I finished feeding!

So we're deffo not ready for stealth-feeding yet still!

Ah ok, that makes me feel a bit better, I googled it and there did seem to be some link between bf and perforation and I had a mini panic that my GP surgery had done something wrong. I'm still spotting 5 days later so started worrying something was wrong. (Although i have no pain and according to Google spotting can continue for several weeks )

[DH is now snoring like a blocked drain. It's as gross as it is annoying]

I think I had my last coil fitted 7 months after DS1 was born. It triggered my periods returning and the heaviest period ever, initially. Proper 'I think I might pass out' heaviness (I didn't). It got better though.

That was the copper coil, I'm thinking of trying the mirena though but mini-pill and implant have previously given me continues light bleeding ("spotting"). What do you reckon the chances are of the mirena causing the same?

It's quiet on here today!!

Hopefully it's quiet as everyone's as lucky as us up Norf with beautiful sunshine!!

Sorry I've reverted to the lurking corner again recently, as until today I just lose track!

Hope everyone is well, time I hope you are doing well?! Did you get sorted with a swing. I second everyone's opinions re keeping schtum to HV re how you get your DD to sleep if it means it's giving you some peace. I know I've I let my DS sleep in his car seat too long at times but he's comfy...I'm not waking a sleeping baby!!!

We appear to have really turned a corner lately with Alberts grotty moods, all down to being overtired!! As soon as I get a whinge when I know he's fed and has a clean bum he's put back for a nap...all he seems to do?! Worried it would affect bedtimes but we have a bath and bedtime now and for the last 2 nights he's slept 8-4.30!

How are you getting on domestic after the book?! Hope it's helped?!

Hope your DD is not struggling too bad with her casts stealth.

We've got glorious sunshine here today, but only after a rainy start that meant I bundled myself dd and eddy up to go to church in jumpers waterproof rain coats and a blanket a couple of brollies. Then struggled to get home carrying everything in a too small bag.

Beautiful day here too. We had PIL over for lunch and went for a walk in the sunshine with them. DS has slept loads during the day yesterday and today and has not been particularly interested in his bottles today. I wonder if he's a bit under the weather. He just threw up a load of milk onto me and the sofa, yuck, that'll teach me to try and force more of a bottle into him that he clearly doesn't want!

Mixed day of weather here too. Sun glasses and waterproofs!

Yes, Poppins the book was really helpful in terms of sorting out napping and bedtime. He's much less grumpy, and he's going to bed after a bath in the evening but it's taking me aaages to get him to sleep still (though with less screeching) and he's still waking up a lot (dummy trick works as long as I replace it literally every 5 minutes. I suppose it doesn't work then!)

Did I mention I was weighed by the nurse the other day? (Apologies if I have - it's really bothering me!). They had me at ~9 kg over my usual, but I weighed myself on my own scales this morning naked, which is my normal benchmark, and it came out as only 6kg over. Which is better. But I gave in anyway and bought some t-shirts in two a sizes bigger than my usual.

On the one hand, I remember when DS1 could get his arms all the way round me for the first time and felt a bit sad that I was bony and not motherly with a cuddly bosom (if you know what I mean!). So in a way it's nice to feel a bit more snuggly and womanly. But on the other, I've spent 25 years getting used to the body of a teenage boy and I was happy with it! I don't know what to do with this one! It's too overtly feminine for me!
I am so conflicted.

I'm sitting here holding a dummy in DS2's mouth with the hairdryer sound on waiting for him to fall asleep so I can eat tea. This isn't much better than just cuddling him to sleep, is it!

Aaaah the good old white noise domestic, we are newcomers to this but I have never rejoiced so much over the sound of a vacuum cleaner!! My MIL was looking after DS last week and I downloaded an app on her phone and said when he's crying and refusing sleep to put it on as it soothes him. She thought it was hilarious as had expected Mozart or something similar!! Pleased the books helped, how old is your lo?! Albert has just the last few nights gone into his crib awake and settled himself which I love, he's 11 weeks.

Pleased others have been able to enjoy the sunshine!! DS has slept most of today so anxious about tonight now

I was enjoying the sunshine until a sudden onslaught of thunder and hail occurred!

Ds has no bedtime plan as yet, he gets a bottom change and put into his sleeping bag and vest at about 8:30pm and I then sit on the nursing chair, give him a feed and a burp. Then just rock with a white noise app on until he sleeps. Usually by 9:30/10 ish.

Hoping I can soon stop the rocking and just use the app but I'm sure if not ill find a way - he's 9 weeks and wasn't sure when you're supposed to stop rocking them to sleep as keep reading so many different recommendations it's so confusing!

Q that sounds like a bedtime plan to me!! I only started being quite rigid with getting DS to have a 'bedtime' as he was being such a nightmare and I needed the break!! Luckily (flukily) it seems to have worked. I didn't discover that DS would self settle, he always fell asleep bfing, but I left DP last week to do bedtime and he had no choice being boobless!!
If I only have DS to put to bed in happy to snuggle for hours, but it helps knowing he can settle himself if I have DD waiting to be attended to also!! I personally don't think there's any right or wrong, just what works for you

Sounds like you have your bedtime shit together Q. I'm edging towards a routine but only just, we move through to the bedroom around 9.30-10 and have a clean nappy, sleeping bag and feed in the dark. Sometimes white noise app too if she's feeling screamy. I plan to gradually push the time earlier - I did it too quickly with ds because all my friends had babies in bed by 7 and I panicked, and it kicked off months of waking hourly. We have quite a good thing going and I'm terrified of upsetting it!!

We're starting to get into a bedtime routine here. Not really by choice tbh, DD2 just can't seem to cope with being awake past 7. Me and DH have decided we need to do her bath and settle her earlier as we've been doing it alongside DD1s routine which is later and DD2 has been struggling and getting quite upset. Amazingly if she's not overtired she will actually just self settle which me and DH are a bit about as DD1 has only just reached a point where we can leave her in bed and leave the room at 2 and a half years old!

I suppose you're all right - when it's happening it doesn't feel like a routine, it feels like the rocking and noise are all that will get him to sleep and that it's just see what happens haha! Up for 1st night feed after a 4.5 hour stretch, must start trying to go to sleep when he does even just once or twice a week to get myself a good chunk of sleep too.

marmite at the min ds has a nap at about 6:30/7ish for about an hour then is awake until about 10,it'd be lovely of he went down for the night then though, her self settling is amazing fingers crossed it lasts!

Hope everyone had a good weekend!!! Just catching up, had my parents visiting for a few days who left and the PIL arrived... I swear I've never seen them so much as since giving birth.... So had a slightly over tired and grumpy baby for a few days, good job those that made her overtired were around to bounce through the evening screaming...

I had a terrible nights sleep.. R fast asleep but grunting really loud next to me but I just couldn't sleep, hoping for some naps today!

Those of you with slings, any recommendations for soft structured ones with buckles? We have a didymos wrap but looking for one a bit easier for DH to use, been looking at Ergos are they worth the money?