March 2017 (4)

[purpleviolet1]

Follow on from March 2017(3)

Welcome all!

[coupester]

Took over an hour for DS to fall asleep, he only slept for 15mins max then woke crying!

Am just giving him a bottle then hopefully he'll go down again.

Have so much still to do, haven't had chance to do anything yet today! Might have a cry in a minute

[Carolann8584]

coupe I know how you feel.

It's never ending washing, drying, sterilizing etc

We have my DSC weekends and I just feel like taking DD for a very long drive just to get away from it all

[NameChange30]

Sorry to those of you whose babies were unsettled at night and for nap times... if it's not one it's the other!!

purple
Thanks v much for the info about the sleep lady - that sounds quite reasonable actually. I will follow your suggestion and enquire about the options
Why does your DH want to change the routine to 30 mins later? I would be inclined to think "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"! But I guess there would be no harm in letting DS sleep until 7.30am if he naturally sleeps past 7. I would still put him to bed at 7pm if he is tired though.
Hope you had a nice day with your mum for her birthday even though everyone is a bit poorly

Blondes
Hope you've been having a great day at the wedding!

coupester
I feel your pain - trying to pack when your baby won't nap is so stressful (I've been there several times!) Hope you've managed to make some progress and your DH has stepped up

We had one of those annoying nights when we agree a plan before going to bed and it basically goes out of the window! I wanted to limit feeds to no more than every 4 hours, so having fed DS at 7pm I didn't want to feed him again until 11pm or later, and then 4 hours after that... the plan was to rock him to sleep in between times. Well DS clearly hadn't read the plan 🙄 Rocking just wouldn't settle him and he was crying and crying so I just gave up and fed him in the end. Fed him at 10.30pm, 1.15am and 5am. I really want to get it down to 1 night feed, but 2 feeds would be progress at the moment, so I think that's what we need to aim for - we'll just keep trying I guess. I am trying to fill him up in the day but it's tough when he's distracted or unsettled or just not interested. We also have a new problem which has developed in the last week or so - he is really unsettled from about 4/5am and won't sleep properly from then onwards. He has been waking for the day around 6-6.30am which is too early for us given the broken nights! And I think it's too early for him because he is now tired and grumpy in the mornings (whereas he used to be happier when he woke around 7am).

We had a nice day with PILs here all day, they helped with DS and a few chores so that was kind. I'm feeling completely knackered though! Think I'm still a bit under the weather. If only I could sleep it off

[Carolann8584]

4 hours and 20 mins between sleep. That's the first time in a couple of months she's gone to sleep later than 7. Usually 6:45 at the latest. She's finally given in. She's on her tummy so will have to move her in a bit

[Carolann8584]

Yeah shaking her head, smacking her arms down on the mattress, lifting her head and "dropping" it. Then she would let out an " I'm so tired" cry.

[purpleviolet1]

Sorry to hear about LO’s fighting their naps today.

@coupester hope you got packed up and are relaxing now 

@NameChange30 , I find it tough getting up at 7am , and dh is just a bit lazy lol. I think in the winter months it can be quite depressing getting up when it’s pitch black isn’t it. We both did / do it for work though.

Glad to be of help - let me know how you get on!

@Carolann8584 Ds sleeps on his tummy all the time now. He seems to prefer it. He can easily roll over so I leave him to it.

We had a lovely day but had some relatives over and I got carried away. Left there at 6.30pm dashed home and quickly fed ds and I think I forgot to burp him put him down and he seemed to have nodded off. About ten mins later there was hysterical crying so I went into see him, picked him up and he coughed and brought
All his milk up poor soul feel so bad. Changed his bag etc and he finally nodded off at 8. I think he’ll be up soon though as he’ll probably get hungry and I’ll feed him straight away.

Hope everyone has a good night.

[coupester]

Hmm, well DH has helped a bit. I still feel like I did most of the prep work! Always the way I guess.

I have to be up at 5:30 and I've just got into bed, so I'm not going to do my usual thing of catching up on social media etc!

I hope everyone has a good night, DS took a long time to settle (overtired as hardly napped at all today) but was fine after df so fingers crossed he sleeps through now.

[purpleviolet1]

Have a great holiday coupester hope you managed to get a decent sleep.

Ds didn’t wake until 5:20, offered him his 7oz bottle then (since he was sick last night) and he took 5oz and settled quickly. Just going to wake him up now at half past

[Carolann8584]

Have a nice holiday coupe

DD had 5oz just after midnight then 4oz at 4, she didn't settle until 5 but I had to wake her at 7:30. She's having less and less of her morning bottle only an ounce today. She did have 5 spoons of Aptamil porridge mix for breakfast though.

[purpleviolet1]

That’s great carol

What app do you use to log feeds etc? Been meaning to ask. I write it down on bits of paper and it’s mostly in my head but think I would feel much lighter having it in an app!

[Carolann8584]

It's just called baby tracker

[NameChange30]

I use the Medela one. You can track feeds, sleep, nappy changes, height and weight.

[purpleviolet1]

Thank you!

[Blondeshavemorefun]

@purple. Sorry ds sick

Yes to Rusk tho break in half and dd gnaws on it. Keeps her quiet for a good 10/15m tho makes a huge mess and fingers very gooey

Wipes needed before cuddles 😂😂

Never put in bottle. They could choke.

Make sure you buy original and not low sugar as they have milk in them

Tho they can't say they are dairy free as made in a bakery that uses milk - but the original are fine

@coup have a lovely
Holiday. Where are you going?

@name. Pick your battles. Yes 4hrs is nice but if has fed settled and slept well since 7 then feeding at 1030 is ok

The first wake up I'm happy to feed as think they may be hungry - after that sometimes it's habit and if you try and settle him he will smell and want your milk

Can dh do a few nights if ds wakes after midnight so swap Ines about - you give descent feed at df and if wakes after midnight dh tend to him. I know he probably works but ds may settle better as won't smell your milk

Wedding went well. Think as dd is in a good routine I know when she wants feeding and sleeps so fed her in church at 11.45. Wedding 1230. Stunk the church out with fish pie. Didn't think about that when got food out of freezer 😂

She slept on way to reception and transferee into
Buggy for another hr which was good. Meant she was happy for reception /meal/speeches and then had jar about 4 during speeches and then nibbles on our food and rusk (as above)

Bottle 6 and took babygro and grobag and was asleep in buggy 620. Big brother picked up at 7pm as no children allowed after 7

Slept till 720 tho muttered at 630 and I ignored

Sunny here so just about to hang washing out and go and pick up car

[Blondeshavemorefun]

coz im mean , she does get both bits but give once first half is eaten

veg, maybe cook lots and puree and freeze in cubes/pots, then just take out in am and defrost all ready for meals later

pitta bread, fish fingers, chunks of pepper, brocolli raw

[Carolann8584]

DD having a funny day. Only had 3oz over her 2 morning bottles. No surprise when I try and put her down for her afternoon nap (She started falling asleep in the car) she hungry. She's not usually a crier especially for food but was screaming. 6oz in less than 10 minutes! Now she's flat out!

For a finger food lunch DD has sticks of cucumber, carrots etc with natural yoghurt or cheese dip so she can dunk

[Carolann8584]

Messy but she likes it x

[Carolann8584]

Another later bedtime for DD ☹

[purpleviolet1]

We had a late one too carol, all sort of went pear shaped as he woke after 1 hour into his lunchtime nap. So I put him down at 4pm for 30 mins and he nodded off at 4.15pm. Did his usual bedtime routine but he kept crying after I left I think he’s got used to watching the vtech projector but I don’t want him to use it for every sleep time in case we are elsewhere etc. He kept looking at it and I gave in and put it on he was quite happy until it stopped playing. Then he cried and the music starts up again in response to a cry but I think that jus frustrates him as he can’t see it haha. He eventually nodded off at 7.30pm. 30 mins later than usual.

[Carolann8584]

Same here. We were at my MILs today and didn't get home til 2 and it took her until after 3 to go to sleep and she slept for almost 2 hours

But tomorrows another day to get back to normal bedtime. If this is going to be the new norm for bedtime I don't mind DP will get to see more of her but she would normally be grumpy from 5 so will have to tweak her whole day I think

[purpleviolet1]

Ds woke hysterical at 11, lip quivering and everything had that feeling sorry for himself look. Think he was in pain though as no matter what I did he would not stop crying and usually he will at least smile in between crying, if not stopping altogether whilst I work out what’s wrong. Gave him nurofen and 3oz and eventually he settled at 11:50. He then got up at 05:50 and I gave him a bottle. Yesterday worked out nicely, giving him a full bottle at this time and then topping up after breakfast around 8.30, rather than the other way around.

Feeling achey today ; just can’t shake this cold off