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

Sympathies tri R was like that last week, then out of the blue did 2 nights of 6 hour stretches of sleep so hopefully you'll get the same

R just woke up freezing cold, I feel like a terrible mum. All his sleeping bags are in the wash due to major sick explosions and he had kicked off his blanket too.

Hope beaut and time are ok.

rhu that superman outfit is adorable!

ohwool glad to hear the antib's are kicking in.

Those pictures are all so cute - not teeny wrinkly newborns anymore though

dom I don't even bother with lie in stand off, I'd lose and get annoyed haha I did yesterday however feed, wind and change ds then hand him to dp and tell him i was going to bed. Eyes needed sticks to stay open!

We had a few friends round on saturday and the only childless couple the man said 'oh I'm soooo tired' pah - I told him that I wish I was as tired as I thought I used to be before kids haha (I know it's a mn faux pas but don't worry I know there's not any conception troubles or that they'd long for having a child and the tiredness that comes with it etc)

tri that does sound relentless. Does he feed for long every time? I'm just wondering if half the feeds are actually him getting himself off to sleep? DS2 does this too given the option but if I take him out and about, or DH rocks him he manages without the 'feed'. Could you try a dummy? Just a thought, though none of my 3 have ever taken one despite my best efforts so hopefully someone else will be along with better advice soon.

q that tiredness comment would've driven me mad too! My brother thinks he's tired all the time...he lives with his inlaws who do all the cooking/washing/cleaning...his DP is pregnant and I'm secretly laughing inside at the shock he will soon get!!

My DH has woken in a seemingly more sensible mood today quite right after 8 hours solid sleep and has taken all 3 down and brought me a cuppa. Slowly redeeming himself.

Maybe I think I have nicked your long sleeps at night , after nearly 10 weeks of feeding every 2.5 -3h at night E has gone two nights in a row for 5h. I'm making the most of it though as it may change back, I really wanted to watch the new GoT after her 10pm feed but put my sensible head on and went to bed. Hope you regain your nights soon.

TriJo what a way to spend a bank holiday, he's obviously thriving but fingers crossed he gives you more breaks. Funny that he can go so long at night, must be a relief.

Q I'm sure he'd have cried as soon as he was uncomfortable, E often kicks off her blankets (night is in sleeping bags, naps in the day in blankets). Her hands get scary cold but her core usually seems fine. We has explosive sick yesterday too, she was lying on a pillow on the sofa and sicked up in the air for it to splash back down in her eye. I swooped in and wiped but she didn't seem phased.

He had his best night yet there - slept from 10:15 to 3:15, then through until 7:40 after that! He's just asleep again after a 2 boob feed and a nappy change. A dummy doesn't work - he just spits it out. He is a borderline bottle refuser too - he's very picky about the bottles DH gives him, they have to be close to body temperature or he will howl. I think I need to get DH more involved with rocking and soothing - find ways of calming him that don't necessarily involve a million visits to the boob.

DS went down at 9. Woke at midnight to feed. Up at 3 to feed. Up at 6 to feed.

I realise this isn't that bad especially as he just feeds and goes back to sleep but I would so love 4 hours unbroken...

maybe, we also had midnight, 3am, 5am and 6:30am.

Stupid thing is he finally settled to sleep at 8pm. Instead of first, waiting for him to wake up again, and then watching GoT and tidying up, I should have gone to bed then.

But I did win the lie-in standoff today (we're all on half term here). And managed a whole extra 20 minutes. Go me!

Glad it's not just me Dom. I also make the mistake of not going to bed when he does. He just doesn't seem to do any stretch of sleep longer than 3 hours at the moment.

Bless my DMIL. She's got DS for the afternoon while I rest with T. Think my cold might actually be flu. Aches and chills, nausea and exhaustion. Could just be cumulative sleep deprivation, though. T's just fallen asleep beside me, so bring on a nice long afternoon nap for both of us.

Bad night here too, probably because we went to my mum's yesterday and S slept the whole way back in the evening so didn't feed as much as usual before bed. Feeling utterly shattered today. We've just been out for the morning and I've sent the boy for a nap so I can chill on the sofa with the baby. But she's still feeding, not yet asleep, and I've got NO BISCUITS!!!

S has always been a bit rubbish at feeding when we're out and about, and it's getting worse. The last couple of days, she's been clearly unsettled and hungry while we're out, but won't stay latched on and keeps pulling off and grizzling. Ds fed anywhere and everywhere so this is new to me. Has anyone else had this? What did you do about it?

You know those babies that just close their eyes and fall asleep on the playmat when they're tired? I want one of those. Mine seem to need half an hour of screaming every time.

I catch the sleep cues, move him away from stimulation, etc, do everything right. But no, we have screaming. And nothing will calm him (I swear picking him up makes it worse) till he just conks out. Aaaargh.

Then, if I put him down, even if it. seems successful. He'll wake up after 10 minutes (and be tired and grumpy all over again).

dom I ordered of those kind this time too but also got sent the wrong one. Sympathies. But no advice I'm afraid. Boob often works here but I think you've said it doesn't for yours?

Thanks magpie. No, he won't feed if he's worked up at all (even about being hungry ). So it's just a case of waiting till he stops. I'm really tired and a bit hungry, (and DS1 chose that moment to start demanding - don't know what, I couldn't hear him!) so struggled to cope with that bout.

He's sleeping on me now, though stirring.

Oh dom magpie i'm so glad another one is like that, this one doesn't go to sleep without a meltdown either - it makes no sense to me, you're tired so just bloody well sleep! I have to rock side to side, white noise app screaming from my phone, get to a point of almost crying myself and then he will nap. 4 times a day eurgh! I thought we were setting up for bad habits by rocking but it makes me smile (sorry) to know we're not the only ones!

Q! It's nice to know you're not the only one, isn't it!

DH and I have taken to whispering to each other when we're out and someone else's child is having a tantrum or being unreasonable in some way. It's so nice to see it happen to others (and it's never as unpleasant as you imagine when it's yours).

With DS2 I found myself asking him why he needed to make such a fuss. Falling asleep is easy, if he'll only provide the opportunity I'll happily demonstrate!

He's now been sleeping for ages. Should probably wake him up...

Evening all. Have volunteered to stay up for the late feed tonight because E managed to sleep from 11pm until 6 last night. I know this is a one off and I'll regret staying up but dh does look shattered.

Dom and Q we had screams tonight as well and then all of a sudden (after an hour of screams) the bloody Peter rabbit music box was the best thing in the world and prompted lots of smiles and gurgles. Can 11 week olds tantrum? Because that is how it felt.

Can't believe the rubbish weather here today, looks like half term will be a wash out. Poor ds. Had my neighbours funeral today too which was sad but nicely done iykwim?

Off into central London on the train tomorrow with my two. Not getting any tubes but still a little nervous.

That's brave, Purple.

We're off across the country on Friday. Google maps reckons 4 hours. DH reckons 6. (I reckon maybe more!)
Planning on breaking up journey A LOT!

So DS2's been asleep since about 8:30, I think. Didn't take my own advice though did I. Going to attempt to cram a boob in a dream feed and hope for the best.

As predicted sleeping until 6am didn't happen again. Dh back to the last evening feed tonight.

Dom that drive is more brave! We were invited to a summer wedding in Devon but have declined because the thought of the drive was stressing me out.

Oh dear purple I feel for you, am on the 3rd feed of the night. Ds slept 9-2 then awake every 1.5 hours since then damn it.

Don't envy you that drive at all dom 6 hours in a car is a nightmare at the best of times never mind with 2 weenies

We've had a bad night too, a string of them in fact. Last night she wouldn't go down until after midnight, I'd get her settled and she'd wake up a couple of minutes after I put her down. Repeatedly. Combined with her sudden inability to sleep in the pram, she's suddenly gone from an easy baby to a non-sleeper. I hope this is just the effect of a leap (my app says we were due one) and not a permanent change.

I'd love to go back to bed now, but need to drag myself up for ds.

We have another appointment for S's feet today, I think she's going to end up back in the casts as her feet have definitely turned back in a bit.

Of course she's bloody asleep now I'm up. Oh well, at least I can have some breakfast in relative peace, eating waffles and watching Dora the Explorer with the boy is cheering me up a little bit. Though I feel like I need to make the most of this to tidy up a bit, have a shower etc, so it's hardly relaxing.

Pretty regular night here (I.e. crap) - dd2 slept 7-12.30 fed,then had feeds at 3 and 5.30 before sleeping till 7. Dd1 is usually up by half 6 so me and DH had a bit of time lazing in bed which was nice.

Long car journeys suck Dom! We just put DHs tablet tied around the back of the passenger seat and let dd1 watch films. And hope dd2 stays asleep! Longest we've done is 2 hours though we've a 4 hour journey soon to see my bil and sil up north. No idea how we'll manage the drive!

DH is away at a stag do all this weekend, amd the weather forecast looks shit, no idea what going to do. Going to the in-laws on Friday and had planned to do a day trip Saturday but no idea where I can go for a full day in the rain which won't be overwhelmingly rammed...

Must have been something in the air last night as we had a bad one too. J up at 2am for a feed, just got back to sleep around 3 and DS1 wakes up shouting for the toilet. J wakes again at 5 for another feed, also waking DS1 who then gets into our bed. J falls straight back to sleep but DS1 wide awake.

Lots of big mugs of coffee for us all I think.

J has his next batch (12 week) jabs today. No DP for support as he's working and will have DS1 in tow.

I'm feeling rather envious of all these car journeys! I can't even take T to the shops in the car. She loathes the car seat with an angry passion and screams blue murder. She also hates the pram, so if I want to go anywhere it's bus, sling, enormous backpack, and holding onto DS, who invariably gets tired or upset and wants me to carry him too! We haven't used the buggy for him since he turned 3, but I'm tempted to take the pram attachment off and let him ride with all the gear, then I'll only have to carry T. My back is getting dangerously close to injury.

Well that turned into an unexpected rant! Ah well, it won't be many more weeks till T can sit up well enough to go in the buggy with the seat reclined. She sits ok with support already. I think DS was 4.5 months when we made that change.

Sorry to hear about the difficult nights.

It seems DS2 has developed his own unbreakable routine. He was asleep by 8:30 (this varies), then the last 4 or 5 nights he's woken at midnight, 3am and 6am.

He completely refused the dream feed at 11pm last night, and then woke at midnight anyway (after I'd had about 45 minutes sleep).

So it seems this is the new normal and I better get used to it.

Good idea re: the iPad, marmite. Unfortunately DS1 gets a bit travel sick so I don't think it's a good idea! I'm thinking about making/buying and eye spy thing. But concerned looking at a page, even intermittently, might have the same effect.

We'll be breaking the journey up loads with NT cafes along the way. Hopefully we'll survive!