March 2016 - I can't think of a pithy title because I'm too sleep deprived :/

[DomesticAnarchist]

New thread?
Sorry, really couldn't think of something humorous!

O has been rolling from back to front for about 4 weeks now but STILL can't go from back to front, he just crus until someone comes and turns him back over!

He has started sitting unsupported over the last few days and can now sit quite steadily (albeit leaning forward on his hands) for quite a long time. He looks so impressed with himself while doing it, it is so cute!

I feel for you MrsElls, I had a similar thing the first time I left DS with my DH. It's heartbreaking isn't it. It even happened when I left him with my sister for a few hours when he'd been mostly formula fed for weeks (we combination feed) so don't feel bad, like others have said, no long term harm was done.

Well done new rollers!

DS is 25 weeks but his sitting is still very wobbly! He topples over a lot unless I sit him between my legs or with cushions around him for support. Not worried though, he'll get there in his own time.

We went to a birthday party yesterday and DS went absolutely crazy for the balloons! He loved touching them though I was worried he'd pop them and give himself a fright!

Weaning is going well, he pretty much eats anything I give him with gusto and is happy with really quite lumpy textures already. Yesterday he had cauliflower and I just mashed it up with a fork rather than puréeing it and he ate most of it, gagged on a few of the bigger bits which freaked DH out until I told him it was completely normal and not to worry! Although I didn't want to do full BLW, I also didn't want to be messing around puréeing everything for too long so I'm glad he's heading in the right direction quickly.

1st attempt at cc tonight.
God I feel guilty but I need to get her to sleep without a dummy so I can crack day time naps because I literally can not take anymore

time

Good luck. Remember consistency is key. Also don't go in if she's just whinging. PM me if you want tips

It's just heartbreaking isn't it. I've got to wait 7 minutes now and she's wailing away :'(.
What if she hates me after this ??

Also if she's wakes in the night do I offer milk? Do I start from 3 minutes again???

time

You are meant to repeat the controlled crying for all night wakings except for pre decided feed times yes, otherwise baby gets mixed messages.

But because your DD was prem I'm not sure of the rules for her? My DS has one feed (if he wakes before 1am I don't feed him) for the next month and after that we'll wean him off it.

And she won't hate you, my DS always smiles and cuddles me the next morning as always

Persevere!!

Thank you.
Dd is 17 pounds now and is capable of going all night without feeds. Some nights she just has one. She's between the 50th and 75th centile now. Littl chunk.
Thank you. I have given her a Muslin cloth and comforter.
She's dry, winded, fed but I feel so bad.
My routine was bottle, wind, massage lotion into her, nappy change ( all with white noise on in the dark), I sang her a song and had a quick cuddle and put her down awake and said "it's time to sleep now, mummy will be just outside and will see you in the morning" . Then I left.
I keep saying this is for her own good as well. She needs this sleep because it's making me miserable and her as well.

You will feel bad. We started the new cc routine day before yesterday and it was awful. 1 hour of crying initially and then he woke 2 hours later and screamed on and off for 2 hours because he's so used to being fed every time he wakes. Then he was up and down the rest of the night.

But last night he went down without a peep at 6.30, had his feed at 1.30 and slept the rest of the night til 6.30. I've put him down tonight again at 6.30 and he's babbled to himself for a bit but he's been quiet for ages now. Too scared to check if he's asleep though!

The main thing is don't be disheartened if tonight doesn't go well as the first night is usually the worst.

If you want my email address pm me as I'll be up quite late I expect and I'll happily back and forth with you so you have some moral support.

Thank you.
Fingers crossed for tonight for you.
Dd I think has just gone to sleep after 30 minutes.
I went into check at 7:05 and she was drifting off...
I'm a bit worried though as she's self settled for some naps before but has still woke after 20 minutes so I don't see how it will improve her sleep??
Also what do you do for day time naps? Do I do the same? Or let her have her dummy ??
Thank you. I shall send over my e-mail. Am happy to use Facebook as well if you have/want to?

Cool send me your email/Fb, we'll chat :)

Good luck ladies. maybe how do you settle him without a feed? I try so hard but ds just gets hysterical and I just end up boobing. Last night he went 7:30-1:30. Then up at 1:30,3:30,4:30,5:45 and up fr the day at 7. I know he couldn't be hungry at most of those but the only thing which would calm him was boob :-(

Q the first night was horrendous I won't lie, I just went in at the controlled cry times and patted and shushed him until he went back to sleep. No doubt when I try to wean him off the last feed it will be awful too, and no idea how tonight will go yet.

But last night he didn't wake at all til past 1 and i could feed him then. The idea of cc is you don't settle them, they settle themselves. Sounds horrible I know but nothing was working for poor DS, he was so knackered and I was at the end of my tether tbh.

Sorry that sounded unclear - with cc you don't pat/shush them to sleep, just keep going in and doing it at intervals til they drop off.

Yes-
I am doing it for my dd own sake.
She is so tired all the time- even after an half hour wake time in the morning after a nights sleep she is yawning and cranky. She needs this as much as I do.
Good luck to anyone that is trying it x

Hope tonight goes well for you Time. I think if I had to try CC I'd definately nominate DH 'lead parent' on it. He has much greater tolerance for DD crying - though to be fair he can't resort to boobs..

My DH has been worse than me haha!

I think tbh because I was the one up every bloody half hour my incentive to do it was stronger

I think I may have to join the sleep training bandwagon. He's awake (fully awake) only an hour after he was last fed (which was 2 hours after the previous time). I can't remember the last time I had more than a couple of hours in a row. I thought we'd avoided the sleep regression, till I thought properly...

How did your nights go maybe and Time?

Brought DS into our bed when he woke up early this morning. He and DH are happily snoozing. But I'm not - because DS seems to have this uncanny ability to edge further and further into my side until, as now, I am perched on the edge of the bed clinging on for dear life, looking wistfully at the acres of empty space between DH and DS on the other side! Yet I daren't risk waking him up of course!

An excellent night. Asleep at 6.30 (I think) and fast asleep til feed at 2am. Woke at 5am but according to sleep plan we aren't allowed to get him up til 6 at the earliest so had to do cc then too. Didn't work - he was awake and pissed off til 6 when I got him up - but that's ok as apparently mornings take longer to crack!

NEW THREAD ALERT!!! Just realised we're almost out of space on this one.

Good news on the sleep maybe!