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

Anyone else have a super sleepy baby the day after jabs? She's just been asleep, feeding or crying a pathetic sad cry all day. Should I calpol her again maybe? I have no problem giving ds calpol if he's under the weather, but she's so tiny still.

Poor kitten

Here's my epic parenting fail of the week. For context, DS is in preschool five mornings a week and is pretty bushed by Friday - today's walk home he was in tears the whole way, repeating over and over that he wanted a cuddle (by which he means carry all forty pounds of him as well as T in the sling, so that's not happening). T has had increasingly green and mucous poo all week, health visitor had a look at baby clinic and thinks she just has a virus as she's otherwise well and happy. I'm inclined to agree. Today she blew out two nappies already (just the bamboo part, the wraps kept her clothes safe thank goodness). Still with me?

Ok, so three o'clock rolls around, DS napped through his quiet time and T's asleep on my lap after feeding. I figure what the hell, let's have a treat and walk over to the supermarket cafe for chips. Decent walk there, T sleeps in the sling all the way. Order chips, sit down to wait. Literally as the chips are walking our way, T wakes up, squirms, and has an enormous poo. It leaks. The sling, my trousers, my shirt, everything's been hit. The server kindly takes the chips back to stay hot while I drag DS to the baby change room. Queue bathroom freak out from DS, who has a major phobia of those fucking Dyson hand dryers that sound like military jet afterburners. Change T, who screams through it all, wipe myself down as best I can, DS howling through it all. Return to table, chips arrive, DS now so worked up he can't eat. He clings to me sobbing while T screams and refuses to feed (probably because I smell of poo!). After a couple of minutes trying to convince him to eat, I just had to say fuck it, we're going home. Shit stained sling back on, screaming baby in, sobbing preschooler jacket on, march out head held high.

Dragged poor DS home, plunked him in front of cbeebies with reheated leftovers for tea and he's magically happy again. T changed into another sleepsuit as the spare one got poo transferred from my shirt. Strip myself and into pj's. Sling and everything into wash. T has now nursed herself back to sleep the poor little mite.

I told DH we're having takeaway tonight.

Oh mship, poor you! We're feeling the end of term tiredness too, I drove to preschool today which I'd never normally do. Ds is also terrified of hand dryers, to the extent that he'd sometimes rather wet himself than admit he needs to use a public toilet. Hope you manage to get the poop out of the sling!!!

mship sorry that sounds like a shit afternoon.. (Sorry pun intended!) I don't know why they insist on putting those hand dryers right on the changing tables I think it sets them up for years, I used to stand and guard them to stop people using them while my friend changed her dd.

swear I was wondering the same about the calpol she still seems really uncomfortable her usual witching hour crying is more pained even than usual.. She's not slept all day just grizzled and whined which doesn't help.

MShip what a nightmare! I've been pretty lucky with DS so far in that all his escapapoos have taken place at home! Not looking forward to the inevitable day when I have to deal with one out of the house!

Swear I have given DS a couple of doses of calpol over the last two days when he's been really unhappy with his cold. Both times he perked right up afterwards so I think he needed it. It's suitable from 2 months and as long as you're not going crazy with it I don't see why they shouldn't have it when they seem to need it.

Oh mship for you in abundance!

swear your dd is so cute and newborn looking still - ds has such prominent features he already looks too grown up.

Is 10 week cluster feeding a thing? Ds has barely been off boob in 48 hours now, literally on there for 40 minutes off for an hour then back on - alllllllll day!
He also won't settle himself to sleep anymore and needs to be shushed and rocked then held for at least 15 minutes before bring put down. My back is agony from the last 2 days of it!

swear Cassidy slept loads after both her sets of jabs, she had her 12 week ones yesterday and i think she has probably only been awake a few hours all day, she was so sleepy I put leggings on her and put her in the buggy to get ds from nursery without waking her up.

mship we often have poo explosions, c just seems to have really runny poo all the time, as soon as I lie her on the mat it seeps up her back and if she's in her chair it seeps out of her legs.luckily she tends to only go once a day but it pretty much always needs at least a vest change. I'm dreading getting it on my new carrier.

q it may be a developmental spurt - there's one around 10/11 weeks according to the wonder weeks app. DD2 is 10 weeks and we've had increased feeding and struggling to self settle. I'm fact struggling to sleep at all! Yesterday was a bloody nightmare!

DD2 has also been super windy recently and really struggled with it yesterday. Super smelly farts as well so I wonder if the rota virus vacc is still hanging around. Up for the second feed of the night already - think she wasn't actually hungry but woke herself up farting

Swear DD2 was super sleepy the day after her jabs. she was happy in herself though so we didn't give her calpol but would have done if she'd been distressed.

Off to Bristol this weekend to see my family and catch up with friends and I have a massive painful spot brewing on my chin. The first in months and months. Typical!

Hi all. Have a very trying little one today - doing loads of sleeping (basically been asleep on and off since 8am) and any time he's awake he's either grumpy or feeding. He's taking much longer at the boob too - usually he's a six minute on one side sort of feeder but now he's wanting a good ten minutes on both. Possible growth spurt or could there be something wrong? He's 10.5 weeks.

maybe sounds like a growth spurt, but could be coming down with a cold? T's been feeding extra all week, think her throat is sore and the liquid is soothing, plus she's a terrible comfort nurser anyway.

Back to yellow poo this afternoon after almost 24 hours of nothing! DH says it was pretty liquid, but that's normal for T. Currently watching DH attempt to assemble a baby swing with DS's "help" while T has yet another dozy feed. I'm the tool user in the family and it's killing me to sit here biting my tongue!

Did consider he might be getting ill. I hope not

swear George had a really similar day to yours yesterday. Massive stretch of sleep and then an hour and a half screaming until I got him fed and asleep again.

He seems so hot and fed up today, doing a massive sleep again now and I just don't have the heart to wake him. (Even though my boobs are gifuckingnormas.)

mship ohhhhh Lordy that sounds awful! I'm impressed how you handled it, I would have been in tears. I hope you had a flipping lush takeaway.
My mum fail today was thus....
I had to take my grandma shopping (nearly 80, very much a Mrs Bucket/bouquet in an adorable way, very early dementia.)
Because of G being all out of wack from the jabs we actually got up an hour later than normal meaning we were rushing to get to the other side of the city. I'm meeting my sister and her one year old there as well which was a nice last minute addition. I get there as G is grizzling for a feed and I get to the nappy bag ^and remember I've left the sodding nipple shields in the microwave steriliser^ he just won't latch without them. I can't think straight at all so thankfully my little sis takes over and she and DP get all my grandmas jobs done while I attempt to feed G without shields (nope.)
We get to the shopping centre and sis takes grandma shopping, me, DP, G and 1 year old go Boots for new shields, then to cafe and he feeds 1 year old lunch while I finally feed the poor baby.
I felt like the worst mother in the world.

Now we are home and he has fed and slept the rest of the day. Going to give more calpol before bed because he was so bad last night.
Exhausted doesn't cover it. Pass the fecking gin.

Help! I think I have a blocked booby. I'm sat downstairs pumping on the slowest most gentle setting with runny nose and eyes. I feel miserable. It aches all the way to my elbows (which is just where the achey wrists stop.)

They are really hot too, is this mastitis? I think I remember someone, possibly swear having this weeks ago. What do I do?

Oh no wool! It does sound like it might be mastitis or a blocked duct (and yes it was me, good memory!). Get a hot compress on it, a disposable nappy works very well, and keep feeding or pumping on that side. Lean forwards to let gravity help. I hope it clears up quickly

Ta very much sweary I've microwaved a wheat bag and tucked it in my dressing gown. It smells like feet! I've dug out my Ina Mays Guide To Breasfeeding to see what else I can do. Typical it's a bank holiday Sunday and I can't even bezz out for some painkillers.
Sorry to be all woe is me! There is another thread at the mo about a lady babysitting and whilst the parents are out the dad got hit by a car. ☹️Puts things in perspective and all that.

Poor you wool. Supermarkets are open today if you can get anyone to grab some painkillers for you? Is that why G is unsettled do you think (not really sure if that's how it works). Gorgeous pic by the way!

Maybe how is your little one today?

DS1's party today. It's sooo stressful organising it at home. We have a bouncy castle coming so keeping everything crossed for the weather. Can't wait for a super large gin when it's all over! It's superhero themed and have a 'super baby' outfit for J .

oh wool G looks like a proper little boy! Ds was the same uf you had put him in pink as a newborn it would have looked wrong straight away, C still just looks like a baby and even in pink has been called he! Just feed, feed, feed on that side and try to push the milk from the blocked section towards the nipple by massage. I had mild mastitis with ds, it was horrible, it was summer and I was sitting in a blanket as I was shivering so much. I do remember feeling better fairly quickly once it unblocked though. I don't want to fond the thread you mentioned

maybe hope all is well today?

Wow - R just slept from 11pm to now! I have awoken with the hugest leaky boobs but most refreshed head.

Morning all,

OhWool that does sound like mastitis. I think you need to see OOH adapt today. You need antibiotics. Don't try to hold out till Tuesday.

I'm in a lie-in standoff with DH (he probably doesn't realise). I'm not getting up with both children again. He can do it. (Grr)

ohwool hope your boobs feeling better soon, sorry to hear about your rubbish day yesterday.

R seems to be back on form after her jabs.. She didn't sleep much yesterday but has then done 9pm - 7am, there is nothing more soul destroying than setting an alarm for 2:30am to wake and pump when she's asleep, I'm just worried about dropping the night time one and then not having enough for her... Might just do it and accept that if that happens we gradually up the formula.

Dom hope you won the stand off.

Thank you all so so much for the wise words and comfort ☺️

MrsE thank you! He hasn't had a rolly polly chubby stage at all, he looks so much like my DP all I get is "He's a mini Ted!" 😄

Rhub,Dom I'll give them a ring and see what can be done. Is there any painkillers I can take in the meantime? I can't remember if I can take ibrupurphen or not.

I came back up to bed about five and fed G, he slept until seven which is his giggle time and then DP took him downstairs and let me sleep spread eagle on my back. He's just come up with a brew and hungry baby - lovely man!

Q huzzah for sleep!

Lovely morning this morning. DS woke up at his usual 5, had a bottle and went back to sleep in his Moses basket but only for 30 minutes or so. So when he woke again I brought him into our bed and cuddled up and he fell right back to sleep, then the cat came and cuddled up on my other side. So warm and snuggly!

We're going to take DS swimming for the first time tomorrow! So off today to buy swim nappies and a wetsuit thing.

Ohwool that does sound like mastitis and I agree with the others that it sounds like you need antibiotics to clear it

vroc you're doing amazingly well to still be up in the night expressing! I admire everyone who does it - I certainly couldn't. An extra bottle of formula a day won't hurt though if you want to give it up.

Hi all, a belated thanks to all the support the other day for my MIL issues! And the tips too (reminding me that I don't have to put up with this again for a year helped to put it into perspective!!) DH has agreed to take a week off work to help support me and we may all go away somewhere, and a friend has given me a key to her apartment so I can invent some friend dates or appointments and go and escape there whenever I want

Does anyone have any good tips for entertaining babies now DD is so alert and active when awake? She loves her playmat/jungle thing and entertains herself for 15 mins at a time on it, but I'm worried that a) she'll get bored soon and b) I need to interact more directly with her. I chat to her as much as possible and read to her , or walk around with her etc, but then kind of run out of ideas ! Any tips from the baby sensory classes? Should I have various toys etc for her by now?

ohwool my sympathies, I've heard mastitis can be awful, hope it gets unblocked soon

me I'm interested in taking DD swimming soon! Are you going to a class or just doing it yourself? The classes start from 6 months here and they are v expensive so I'm thinking of going alone but a bit nervous!

rhu I love baby superheroes, post pics!!! Good luck!!

Called 111 and got an emergency appt this aft. Plenty of bottles in the fridge for G since I've been pumping since the wee hours! Thanks for all the love ladies, I don't have anyone to vent and moan to IRL so the collective you get the full brunt!

Vroc I'm so impressed with the expressing, we did it for a week while he was tiny and it was knackering. I don't have any advice about milk supply though. Expressers get missed out on all the info from midwives and so on.

ffaux I'm the same! For so long I was used to pottering round doing house work as G slept between feeds but suddenly having to be an entertainer is confusing! I've ordered some shakey rattle balls from Amazon so he can practice reaching and grabbing. Also got quite a few bold coloured board books.

I can't wait to take him swimming! Should I wait until he's had his second lot of jabs? He loves a bath so I'm hoping he will get on in the pool too.