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

We have Ewan but I find he's nowhere near loud enough for DS. He loves white noise but it needs to be very loud for it to have any effect. I've downloaded loads of white noise Hoover sounds on Spotify which are his favourite but does mean I have to leave my phone in his cot half the night!

He seems ok after his jabs yesterday. I gave him the full three doses of calpol (which he seems to love the taste of - weirdo!). Maybe a bit more clingy than usual and he was quite grumpy yesterday evening but nothing too horrific. Fx it continues!

FTM my DS usually naps of his own accord. In the morning he's asleep loads, then more awake in the afternoon. He always falls asleep with white noise. Generally if we go out he might fall asleep in the buggy but more likely the sling which he prefers. If he's really overtired and cranky I put him over my shoulder and pat him, that usually sends him off.

Dummy trick didn't work for us either last night. J definitely needed his bottle at 3am and then took a good hour to go off again. Not complaining though, he is still so young and not really ready to give up him nighttime bottle.

FTM J normally cat naps in the morning, then goes down for a few hours in the afternoon. Sometimes he will struggle to go off but the car or pram usually does the trick.

I read the baby whisperer for DS1 and loosely followed it. Haven't really bothered for J as we are in and out so much he kind of has to just fit in.

FTM DS loves Ewan! So do I, find it really soothing! maybe have you checked the volume? There is a loud setting which we turned ours up to, much more effective for DS now.

As for naps, DS is hit and miss. If we go out he usually naps well in the car (although I don't like to leave him in the seat for too long obv) or pram. If we're at home he doesn't nap so well but I think that's because he doesn't have any obvious sleep cues that I recognise! I usually try and get him to have a good length nap after lunch but he won't always.

Has anyone else noticed their baby really starting to notice the tv? I always have it on when I'm feeding DS and he's started to really stare at it!

FTM O is terrible at napping in the day and would be awake all the time and cranky if we let him. He refuses to sleep in his pram and screams most of the time if we take him for a walk in it. He will sleep in his sling though and we have dogs, so luckily he naps in there while we walk them twice a day most days.

ftm I've noticed ds always has a 1.5 hour nap around now, another around 12 ish and dp pointed out that ds is always asleep when he gets home from work at 4:30/5pm. He will be 8 weeks on saturday.
It seems if he gets these naps he has a really good night's sleep too, the morning nap is usually on me until he's in a deep sleep then drop him into his basket and ill get showered and sorted.

He doesn't really give many cues for it except getting a bit whingy and I know he's fed changed and warm. I lay him on me and play a gentle white noise app and he's usually asleep in minutes.

I realised today that I've had 13 weeks off work already - how on earth did that happen??!!

me yes the loudest Ewan volume is still too quiet for my weird DS! The volume on my iPhone is turned up to nearly the max before it's loud enough for him.

ftm DD2 is 8 weeks old today and she naps more than is awake during the day... she does struggle to go down for a nap and gets a bit antsy so I usually pop her in the sling when she's tired or the buggy.

Terrible morning here. DD1 up at 5.30 screaming for DH to go in her room and wait for 'mr sun to come up' (gro clock); didn't want him to get into bed with her but to sit in her room in the dark. Cue massive tantrum loads of screaming when he refused, waking up DD2 etc. Finally at about 6am she agreed to stay in bed until mr sun. So all a bit grumpy/tired and then DH was late as we all got out of bed late, and he helped me to hang up washing in the garden (I told him not to bother) and a couple of other bits and pieces that needed doing. Didn't leave till gone 9am and he was grumbling about how it was my fault he was late today and it was my fault he was late yesterday after the whole debacle over getting the date wrong for DD1's appointment yesterday. I got pissy with him because he was being an arse and I don't like have stuff thrown in my face, especially when I have apologised for it, so we had a big old argument. then after he left he had to come back twice for forgetting stuff, and when I tried to apologise he went on about how I need to help more (wtf) because he's stressed at work (fixed term contract, needs to do well to secure another one) and he has loads on. UGH! like I'm not completely swamped myself with trying to look after DD2 during the day and keep the house looking relatively ok it still looks terrible. I said this and he apologised but am now feeling annoyed and stressed out . He has been leaving later than usual recently but mostly (in my view) as it's such an arse to get DD1 ready at the moment. DD1 has been a bit of a nightmare this week with tantrums, waking up pre 6am etc so think it is getting to him now but am annoyed as I am also dealing with shitty sleep - DD2 is not bad but still waking three times (12-1, 3-4, 5ish) so my sleep quality is absolutely crap. Sorry for the massive essay but needed to vent!

Sorry to hear that marmite it sounds really tough. I find it hard enough with just my one DS, anyone who copes with two or more has my infinite admiration!!

House a mess here too. Got so much bloody cardboard left kicking around from the move and can only dispose of it in small amounts every week in the recycling. Doing my head in. Space is limited enough as it is in a 2 bedroom flat with a baby and two cats!!

Ah marmite that sounds tough, it's so hard when everyone is so tired. And you really feel it when the older child who is supposed to sleep/amuse themselves a bit etc is being difficult. No advice to offer as we are often oh he brink of an argument but both holding back as we know we're probably on a short fuse. Just to say I hope your day is ok and things are better this evening.

Today is supposed to be my quiet day with DCs at achool and preschool but DS1 was up vomiting in the night, he's FINE now but obviously has to stay off. So I'm stuck watching Go Jetters and admiring Duplo creations instead of reading/watching /daytime to/getting useful stuff done. Humph.

Sympathy marmite & magpie.

On older siblings - so far a 5 year gap is ace! He can do things himself and understand what's going on (and he's at school during the week!).

On messy houses - our house was pretty good yesterday (especially since it's usually a tip when I'm working). But an evening upstairs with DS2 meant that it's a complete state today! Haven't got on to sorting it out yet. Fortunately neither me or DH are overly excited with a clean house - I mean, it would be nice, but we'd rather do anything else than clean/tidy!

Just had DS2 weighed, he's 12lb and will be 6 weeks tomorrow. Little chunk!

Dom I think you are right as I googled and a growth spurt is due now. She doesn't feed more in the day though. Good weight gain for your ds!

Ftm E also drops off to sleep here in the day, the pram is the best place for her to nap. Between 5-9 though she forgets she knows how to sleep and needs to be rocked and cuddled. Her new favourite is snuggling up next to dh on the sofa and evening napping there. Propped up on a cushion she looks like a little Queen.

Marmite sorry to hear you had such a shitty start to the morning. Tiredness and relationships don't work very well. I hope tonight is better with no more arguing.

My exercise class was cancelled because the instructor was ill. I was strangely looking forward to it. I went for a long walk in the sun instead with my neighbour and her baby. We haven't spoken much before but I enjoyed chatting so hopefully it's a new friend for us.

Ha! I've jinxed it! Just back from school and DS1 has hit me for asking him to get changed out of his uniform before he played in the garden.

He's been sent to his room, and is now staying there all evening (he spat at me from the top of the stairs when he was sent for a 5 minute time out) and has followed up with screaming (like, proper deathly Wilhelm scream) and stamping so hard the loo seat was rattling and I'm pretty sure he's done some structural damage.

And DH is out all evening so this'll be fun when DS2 starts joins in screaming in an hour or so.

I even fed him (DS1) snacks in the car to avoid the hangries. Primed him by talking about what we needed to do etc (he was all agreeable then). People assured me this behaviours would pass when he was a toddler, but here we are... at least he reserved it only for me and behaves like an angel for others!

Aw domestic, that sounds fairly epic...good luck going solo tonight. I have a 4 year old madam who has a complete sassy spoilt streak in her at the moment!! Thank Christ for pre school, think time out does is both good!!

Marmite how old is your DC, we found the Gro Clock an absolute game changer when DD started getting up at the crack of dawn!! She actually likes taking ownership of it. If she wakes earlier than she should she is really good at playing in her room until 'sunshines on'.

Re naps, I've been so conscious about getting DS to take one that I'm now worried he's sleeping too much?? (When will it end?!). He will be 10 weeks old tomorrow and today has been epic. Up with us at 7.15, 2oz formula at about 7.30, dozed lightly from 9-10.30. 3oz formula at 10.45 and then slept 11.15 until 2.15. Fed from me both sides at 2.30 then back asleep from 3-4.30?! Now awake!! And crying!! Food time!!

Well eddy has just had his first lot of jabs. Liked the calpol a little too much and screamed like he was being stabbed again when I sat down and offered him boob. After a quick stroll around town and a swift walk home his calmed down enough to anger nurse. Jabs weren't too traumatic understandably he screamed but was happy to go back in his pram as soon as his baby grow was done up until the calpol was all gone anyway.

dom I think the heat is doing strange things to dd the slightest thing doesn't go her way today and she just melts down. Counting down to bed time here.

How is everyone doing with keeping little ones shaded in the pram? After spending a small fortune on a nice parasol which proved to be little more than useless I got a sun sail type thing that attaches to the hood which is amazing. Looking for a nice 3 to 6 month sun hat for using in the sling as he looks like his going to out grow his current one soon.

Marmite- sorry to hear your morning was crap! Nothing worse then being sleep deprived! I'm the worst with no sleep!
Thanks for all Your advise on napping, DS has been better today bless him... But he doesn't nap for long. He took a nap for 45 mins this morning, then had a nap this afternoon for about 30 mins, I'm trying to rock him to sleep now see if that works- lots better then he is normally tho normally he doesn't nap at all.
Has DS weighed also today- he's 10 weeks and 11lb 1 ounce. He's following the 25th centile, I was worried about him thinking he should weigh more for his age but HV said this is fine as long he is gaining weight and following his centile trend.

Dobby- re the parasols I ordered one online last week it never turned up so DH ordered another one but it was different and cost a fortune £30.00!!!! I couldn't believe it, he said he didn't know how much they should cost so assumed this was normal! I haven't used it yet as it arrived today so I'm expecting amazing things for that amount of money! ( unless I'm being tight of course and that's a reasonable price :/ )

I just drape a large muslin over the peak hood to shade him from the sun, and take it off when he's not in the sun.

*pram hood, I REALLY must learn to type X

FTM DS is 10 weeks too and weighs 11lb4, he is also tracking the 25th centile line nicely so don't worry. I'm amazed DS hasn't gone up a centile line as he's packing away his milk (ff so easy to track how much he's having).

I was a terrible mother today, DS was in the shade most of the time but I fed him in the sun and he's now a bit pink have now bought baby sun cream! I need to get a parasol too, I've been making do with a muslin like magpie but it always falls off!

me I found the same with using a mussy after chucking the parasol under the pram. Even with pegs it kept blowing off. Even in glorious sun shine it still seems to blow s gail!
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Well, DS1 was able to convincingly converse with me about his behaviour, he came down and ate & played a bit. But then when I was bathing DS2 he kicked off again and came and hit me again while I was hiding DS2 in the bath . I've now said he'll need to earn back the right to go to a birthday party at the weekend. Eventually, that had the right effect. He is now asleep in bed (whoop!) aaaand... so is DS2!

Not sure how long DS2 will sleep for. I'll need to wake him about 8:30-9ish to feed if he doesn't wake up himself.

Point is, I survived the storm and we have definite improvement with DS2! (And speaking of storms, one in the south of the county right now!)

Guys does anyone else have a lo who doesn't come off the breast by themselves? My DS just shakes his head from side to side and gets annoyed at the end of a feed (usually has gas). He only really does the satisfied drunk grin during the night feeds. Bizarrely he sometimes gets annoyed at the boob during the day and takes forever to latch on but never ever does this at night. Any thoughts??? I'm grateful the night feeds are smooth but I'm starting to fear feeding him in public during the day as it can take a good ten minutes of him getting worked up and screaming before taking the boob.

Er, that's a typo, I wasn't hiding him in the bath. Holding him, I think I meant!

maybe ds sometimes comes off himself, sometimes just falls asleep and I realise I've been sat for 5 minutes with him just holding my boob in his mouth and not sucking '-swift dummy swap does the trick then. Sometimes he will go forever, but then when I swap him to the other one he will do a few mins and be happy.

The fussing around the boob is usually wind with mine and he's not actually hungry, gripe water has been a godsend for getting it up too. Used to take forever, otherwise white noise app to calm him and then try again -they get so angry with themselves and then take it out on the boob haha.

Oh dom what an evening you're having, I feel for you but ill bet you're enjoying the peace right now! Do you have to wake ds2 for a feed? R is 11lbs 11oz now, 8lbs 12oz born and I was told to feed on demand and not to bother wake him up as he was putting weight on fine.