March 2017 (2)

[purpleviolet1]

Second thread!

Oh that was just til lunch time, she wakes at 4am for a feed then wakes again at 6:30 but I normally wait til 7:30/8 to feed her coz she's not asking for it and she will only have 3 out of 6oz today she had 4oz. Then she was having another feed at 10:30/11 but today I moved it to 12 to see if she would eat more and she had 5oz out of 6 usually she would only have 4oz.

So today I changed it to 4 hour feeds she had...

4am 5oz
8am 4oz
12pm 5oz
4pm 6oz
6:30pm 5oz bed at 7
Will df at 10/11 normally has 5oz

That's interesting Carol! Thanks blondes. I hate the sterilising faff

Thanks blondes yes we do three meals . Might try a df around 10.30 and see if she lasts then .
I still sterilise and will do for a good while yet

maybe try small snack at 5am, i usually limit feeds after 430/5am to 2oz then so when wake up for morning they are hungry and start the day again

def worth adding A DF, then you hopefully will get sleep till 6/7am

im still dithering whether to cut down df tho i know if i def feed at 10pm she will def sleep all night 'touches wood'

Thanks I've df at 10.30 fingers crossed !

Just woke up and had 4oz 😩. Hope everyone having a better nights sleep .

Oh no @mother. Growth spurt?

Dd woke 715. Can't complain. That's 13hrs as zonked in my arms just after 6 and nothing would wake her up

She's now downing 7oz

I keep waiting for the 4mth sleep regrression. We seem to be the other way. Want more sleep

Mother

We had a terrible night as well, woke up every 15 mins looking for dummy from 3 onwards. He went to sleep (or appeared to) as soon as he was given the dummy. At 5am I had to put lamp on for 2 seconds to find it and he decided that it was time to get up for the day, bright eyed and bushy tailed. I then felt really stupid for not offering a feed beforehand and so made one up but he didn't want it. He just wanted to play, kept making this funny sound he discovered. I left him in his cot but every so often he wanted the dummy/ started whinging so had to keep getting up. At 6.30 I gave up and brought him to bed. Offered another feed and he kept fighting the bottle even though he wanted it and in the end managed 3/4oz. Finally managed to put him to sleep but he's up after 1hr 15min.

Any ideas?? The night before was perfect,, he didn't sleep more than 3 hours yesterday daytime.

Need to ramp up the solids I think but he hasn't quite got the hang of it yet

Think we need to go cold turkey with the dummy but I can't face that right now. It just seems more hassle than it's worth....

I got him used to sleeping the night without it before but with the reflux flare up I know it soothes him so have been giving him it and now he is dependant on it😒

If the dummy is causing more problems /wake ups the. It soothes for reflux then yes time to go cold turkey

It will be hard but dummy's are usually got rid of within a few nights - pat and shush or white noise if won't go back to sleep or even a lullaby

We play one off you tube and turn it on as go into dd bedroom. She associates sleep with it and although does Mina /winge even cry some days she's usually asleep by 5mins

Dd is getting wingy 10/1030 and bottle usually 11 so think will start porridge tomorrow and then will be on 3 meals a day piglet

I've heard that this age is a good time to introduce a "lovey" / security blanket / transitional object type thing... might help provide some comfort instead of the dummy?

Aden + Anais do some nice muslin ones with silk edging, thinking of getting them..

Just make sure whatever you use /buy

1. you have spares
2. you rotate so all smell /feel the same
3. can buy easily if lose it when out

Yes good points! The Aden + Anais ones come in 2 packs which I thought was a good idea.

Tie a corner to the bars so 1) can't lose it 2) can't smother over her face

Apparently the muslin ones are breathable. Definitely going to get some based on what you've said Hugh

DD has cuddled her Muslins for a while, she likes to stroke then against her face when she's sleepy.

Dream fed at 10.30 again , hoping for improvement!
Yes blonde I think must be a growth spurt as she's having lots of food & milk in the day !
Eldest DD and I went to get our hair done today (mine took 4.5 hours ) I feel so much better and she was so happy too

Made a bit of progress last night (touch wood) df DD at 11:30 She slept until 5:30, put dummy back in she went back to sleep and has just woken up. Will try and delay feed until 7:30 She just wants a chat for now lol.

We are out for the morning today, for those who have used a thermos how long can I keep water in it and it still be ok to make up the feed while we are out?

Thanks last night he was much better, woke twice for the dummy (massive improvement on previous night) and he slept until 8.30am! Probably because he was so tired from the previous nights shenanigans though. I do feel that when the reflux is bothering him he is difficult, otherwise he is quite happy.

He only had a lick of puréed pear at lunch and wasn't interested but managed to have a few tastes/licks of mashed banana in the afternoon.

Is it quite normal for baby to not really be interested or is it coz he hasn't liked anything he has been given yet?

What do you guys do when you take out the freezer in terms of getting it to a reasonable temperature without the fruit / veg turning brown? Do you just leave to defrost and warm up itself?

Carol- I read a report (when I was getting all paranoid lol) and 500ml stays at 70 degrees for 3-4 hours and a 1 litre flask will stay at 70 degrees for 7-8 hours. The flasks need to be full. 70 degrees is meant to be the ideal temperature to kill bacteria in the formula whilst retaining the nutrients.

Thanks purple she only had half the feed I made while we were out. Only had 2 45 min naps today. Her routine always gets disrupted at at the weekend. On top of the very little sleep she's had she's not eaten much 17oz all day and she's had her bedtime feed

I do 30 sec in micro and give a really good stir then check it purple . My lo took at least two weeks to really start enjoying the food . Try some veggies too so he doesn't just want sweet stuff all the time maybe ? Also the Nuby spoons are amazing much better than any others I've tried ! Less mess !
Our night was pretty bob again I'm exhausted but calling it a phase and I'm sure it will soon be over maybe when her cot which I stupidly ordered from Switzerland with 6 weeks delivery arrives hahaha .

I'm having one of those days where I'm ready to just flip out. I feel resentment building towards dh and I don't know how I've let it get to this. I've been checking in with myself every so often and I've been happy with the way things have been so I don't know if I'm just exhausted and having one of those days. He's going away for a few days and I think it's just hit me that I'm with ds pretty much 24-7, and do all the settling business etc. I do all the bottles prep and all the headache that goes with how to manage ds If that makes sense? Partly because dh has been busy building furniture / putting things up so the evenings and weekends have been totally taken over with that. He sorted his currency for going away and I think that just tipped me over the edge.