March 2017 (3)

[purpleviolet1]

Thread three!

Thanks blondes. Let's say he wakes at 3, I offer water and he takes it. But then wakes again at 5, I should offer milk then right?

Hmmm I may be tempted to try water both times. Does he usually wake twice? And does he take lots of milk during night?

I know you said ds seems more restless with a df and may wake again so maybe he really is hungry

But if doesn't have a lot of milk then maybe worth trying water

Sorry. I'm not being much help am I lol

purple
Same, I've been avoiding going out at nap times, although can't always do that!
I guess it makes sense that they can't sleep in busy environments, especially if there are bright lights. I bought a Snoozeshade for the pushchair hoping it would help, it hasn't magically made him fall asleep in it more quickly, but I think it helps him stay asleep a bit longer. I call it the parrot technique (as I've heard you can cover a parrot's cage and it goes to sleep because it thinks its night time)

@Blondeshavemorefun he usually wakes once , can be any time between 2-5am. I've only been giving him 3oz for the last couple weeks as later feeds were knocking his morning feed

@NameChange30 lol

Blondes
Good idea to try putting DS in his own room for a night, for some reason I had been thinking we had to commit to making the change for good, but of course no harm in trying it and if it doesn't work out we can keep him in with us a bit longer.
Good luck for tonight, teething and a cold is a double whammy!

lol @parrot effect

Is it worth trying to get to sleep in buggy at home so when out is more used to buggy?

I would def try water in the night. If all goes wrong ignore me and milk tomorrow night 😂😂

Yes @name try own room for a nigt. Doesn't have to be forever

Think gonna be a long night - dd very restless and whimpers in sleep :(

Know I shouldn't complain as I never get bad nights as dd sleeps 7/730
Every night

Just horrible when under the weather :(

Hoping for a tooth very soon

And guess cold from 35* to 12 :(

Tho some say planes and their air units cause colds

blondes she has the same breakfast whether she has a 2, 3, 4, 5am top up. 3oz followed by porridge, the porridge has only been the past few weeks though.

If she wakes during the night I usually offer a feed if giving her her dummy doesn't settle her. She's really good at settling if it's just the dummy she wants. So if she cries I try that first then if she doesn't settle I would offer a feed which will most likely be 3oz, 4oz is rare.

Again I would offer water if dummy isn't settling her

Doesn't sound like she's starving if wakes. So may be habit knowing she's gonna get warm milky

Hello everyone, I hope you and dc are all ok. I've only just caught up from being awol for a bit. We had family to stay with us and now I'm on day 3 of dh working away (back late tomorrow). DD is so good but family affected all her routines drove me mad so I've had to work hard to support her getting back on track.

name we're continuing the breastfeeding as long as DD wants it, and we're into our third week of weaning. Once dh is back and we've settled down again, we're going to move DD out of her snuzpod and into her own room. We've been getting her ready for this for a while, but I think she's showing readiness for it I'm dreading it though

DD goes in her cot between 7pm & 8pm with a decent feed first as she's doing quick feeds during the day cos she's too curious about stuff to focus. This means she's always still hungry at that time. The latest she'll fall asleep is 8.30pm but usually by 8.10. At the moment I wake her for dream feed at 11pm and to take her to the snuzpod and she definitely needs this at the moment. Then she will sleep through till between 5 & 7am for a feed with waking up properly at 8am.

There's definitely some nights she needs more food or comfort, generally if she's had a busy day or teething. I'm wanting to keep one feed in the late night or early morning to maintain my supply. Gonna post this now hopefully as website keeps freezing on me!

@Blondeshavemorefun DS doesn't have a comforter. He's recently been given a toy monkey that he seems to really like so I give that to him at bedtimes and nap times, and I try to give it when in buggy too. Hopefully that'll become a comfort to associate with sleep.

@NameChange30 is an ergobaby a baby carrier? He does tend to fall asleep if I put him in a carrier when I'm walking about, I hadn't thought of that. Would be difficult if out for food but anything is worth a try!

I don't want to be the kind of person who doesn't go anywhere or do anything because of DS's routine, but sometimes I do think it would be easier to be like that!

Am a bit annoyed with DH atm. We were invited to a wedding party tonight and I said I'd stay at home as DS had late night last night and hasn't napped well today, do DH went on his own. Said he wouldn't be long/wouldn't drink much, didn't take house key so I had to stay up - he got back just after midnight pissed as a fart and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow! I wanted to go to bed hours ago!

Another example of how life hasn't changed much for DH!

@100yearsdotcom good to hear from you! Hope you enjoyed having family round and hope you're getting on ok without DH. I bet DD will be happy when she sees him!

Well after refusing her DF last night DD had 5oz tonight but I offered it closer to 12 than 11.

Not sure about offering water as I don't give her warm milk she prefers it cold

Ta coupester yeah I think she's really missed him. Unfortunately, having family here was just stressful but we're getting back to normal now thankfully. I've found that having DD in the sling is guaranteed to result in her napping really well so worth a try!

Back to 6am wake up. No crying just baby chatter she did a full flip and a roll last night so ended up on her belly and her head was at the foot end of the bed lol

No complaining. She slept from 6:45 til 6 with 1 df at just before midnight

03:10 awake, whinging
03:15 lullaby came on itself (forgot to turn it off earlier)
03:25 lullaby stopped. Happy whilst on
03:30 started whinging again /wide awake and no sign of settling so went in and offered 2oz water. Happily drank it.
03:38 switched night light off and left room
03:55 after a play he nodded off
04:05 wriggling and whinging agAin. Offered another 2oz water. Happily drank
04:20 left room and settled straight away
04:30 checked monitor fast asleep

How much water should I be offering given that he used to have 3oz milk?

Was 20 mins too long to see if he settled before I entered the room?

Between 4.30-7 he did cry out a few times in his sleep but he did that the previous night too

@100. Lovely to have family but as you said routine goes astray

@coup. Maybe try monkey - mussie - soft small blanket etc

I would have left key under mat /bin etc

@purple. If you are happy with 20m then it's fine.

Seems happy with water. Maybe continue tonight and hopefully will drink lots of breakie milk

Tried df. Dd flatly refused. Mouth tightly shut - whimpering thro night. Woke at 5 crying and went in and resettled with bunny and slept till 755

Just downed 8oz and made extra for porridge

Off to see my dad after her 9/10 nap

Have a good day all

DD her usual 3oz for breakfast. Didn't want much of her porridge which is weird, she went for her nap at 8:20! I was holding her an my knee playing after porridge to try and keep her up til at least 9 but she just put her head on my shoulder and went to sleep without her dummy! Transferred her to sleeping bag and cot.

She was off her solids a bit yesterday but I put it down to teething and the fact it was still lumpy (didn't blend enough)

Aw poor DD's blondes and carolann, hope they have a better day today.

purple no advice but sounds like you're doing just fine.

Does anyone else's LO get really upset with pooping now? When DD started weaning her poos went firmer and sausage-like with no problems but her last couple she has really cried whilst doing. I'm assuming that she's just getting used to the difference?

@100yearsdotcom DS seems to have struggled with pooping since it has started to change. Hasn't been going as often, seems to find it painful as he wakes up crying inconsolably then we realise he's pooped, and doesn't seem to poop as much (as in the quantity when he does finally go).

He struggled with pooping when he was newborn so I'm hoping it'll sort itself out like it did before.

Sorry some of you had a bad night, I hope you manage to get some rest today

Going to be a long morning for DD she woke after an hour at 9:20

Ds refused breakfast again, still seems under the weather! Nose still running and teething also. Oh well can't force him. No point getting stressed about it

So true purple!

Thanks coupester your ds sounds very similar to mine. I never thought I'd be thinking wistfully of pre-weaning poo! 😂

Just noticed there's a bit of white showing on DS bottom gum, had a feel and can feel a tiny bit of tooth popping through! No wonder it took him so long to settle last night!