The March-ers 2019 - Baby Talk #2

[Angelmiracle]

Thread 2 for all our newborns ❤🤗👣

@kee80 I have massive back problems . I've seen am osteopath who has supposed to of aligned my pelvis and that back normal but it went back to its aching awful self after a few days . Also get the period like feeling . Altho I did have my first period a couple of weeks ago I still had that feeling prior to that .

@Jenlou1992 I'd say it's my back more than anything. Did you go to the doctors and get referred or did you make the appointment yourself? I need to do something!

Looks like we're back to the newborn days (without the day time naps). She didn't settle till 10.45, then awake for 45 mins just babbling at 3am then awake again at 6 laughing to herself. What happened to my baby that slept through from 7 weeks. It sure was to good to be true. When does this regression end

Ugh I just lost a post! Let me try and remember what I said...

@kee80 get thee to a physio. I haven't had pain like that after either section but I DID have a rubbish back after lugging DS1 around and changing his nappy in a rubbish position. The physio helped a lot.

We are also back to multiple night wake ups despite having been doing 8-10 hours straight recently. Gutted! He's also stopped napping in a solid block during the day. Meaning I get NOTHING done, even when DS1 is at nursery. I could have cried yesterday - a whole nursery day and just one load of laundry and a small food shop achieved!

I have managed to rid DS2 of his cradle cap though- hooray! It was mild but all over his scalp and was driving me crazy to look at it. I rubbed it with olive oil an hour before bath time, then shampooed it and gently rubbed his scalp with a towel. That got rid of about half of it, then a week later I shampooed it again and the rest came off. Yippee!

@kee80 I just paid to go see one privately . Think I might go GP and get referred to a physio tho because I can't even change LO bum on the bed without it really hurting the bottom and middle of my back .

@Jenlou1992 @BadBadBeans I'm going to get myself an appointment. Can't even sit without it aching.

@BadBadBeans I feel you. The night waking is bad enough but the day seems worst! She just moans cries cos she's tired, I have to stand rocking her. As soon as I put her down her eyes ping open. She's having 30-40 min naps throughout the day. I daren't do anything in case I wake her. It's a vicious circle. Where has my routine gone!!

Thanks all for the advice on the feeding less. We spoke to the HV and she weighed him for me and said he's looking ok and it might just be the heat making him less hungry as it would us? @ballanj ha can't believe we both went up to 8oz then not long later they're taking just over half. They do have such similar feeding patterns. We did manage to get 7oz this morning.

The sleep regression continues here and like others has extended to daytime naps. Can hardly put him down now as he just pings awake then cries. His 7:30 bedtime is out of the window and he'll fight sleep til gone 9pm. When we take him up at 10:30/11 for a last feed and put him in our room this used to be the bit where i could put him down drowsy and he'd be asleep in seconds. Now he scratches the snuzpod mesh, eats toes, babbles for about 45 mins..then throughout the night this gets repeated. I feel absolutely drained. DP is taking DSS out this evening so i have to do the whole thing myself which just fills me with dread after a night of no sleep... 2 weeks in here no sign of it ending, if anything its getting worse

@kee80 we're the same. Used to be able to hoover and not wake him but now i don't dare even move half the time as his sleep is so light!

My LO wakes up up to 6 times every night. Never went longer than 3 hours without waking. Naps have always been short and mostly in my arms. I've had this for 4 months. Be grateful for all the sleep you got before now, and the sleep you'll likely get after the regression is over.

@Sheeni yes i suppose we have been lucky up to now. X

@Sheeni I really don't know how you do it, you deserve a medal. Mines been brill since 7 weeks old, just this past week or so it hit hard. I don't think I would've coped if I'd have had it as hard as you

I hear ya @Sheeni. I'm in a similar boat. The longest he's ever gone is 4-5 hours tops. ONCE. Any other night I'm feeding a good few times and naps on me during the day (like right now). I wonder is it just because we breastfeed? So he's used to constant contact? But I'd hate to stop bf just because of that.

Has anyone considered weaning yet? I've started giving my little one baby rice this week as he's really going for some on the formula and thought I'd introduce this first for weaning. He's had it two days nice after his 'breakfast' bottle and seems to really enjoy it. I know some might think it's a little early but I do think he's ready now and is certainly growing at a rate.

@ballanj They used to say wean from 4 months, I did with my dd. Baby rice is really just thickened milk, I can’t see it doing him any harm. After all, we know our babies best. Freddie’s doing fine on just milk at the moment but if it’s not filling him up I’ll probably do the same.

@Sheeni @Brobot we wake up multiple times too. Had a single night with one wake up but it's usually at least 2. We're managing to reliably dream feed at 10pm though which is great. I've just put her down in her cot and she has self settled so fingers crossed she stays asleep. She's such a noisy sleeper though - so many grunts and grizzles.

@ballanj I'm holding out until 5mths. She's not really showing interest yet whereas my first was fascinated by us eating by 17weeks. I go back to work at 6 1/2 months so want to start before I go back.

@ballanj my sil gave me a couple of fruit and veg purées (pouches). I gave her a couple of spoonfuls of both and she loved them. Was opening her mouth ready for the spoon to go in and kicking her legs with excitement. Think I will just keep giving her little tasters of different things a couple of times a week till she's around 6 months

@ballanj Not weaning yet and not planning to rush it really. His digestive system has enough to struggle with as it is, so we'll wait until at least 5 months. We've done a bit of prune to help him poop though I think he'll be happy once we wean him, as he seems to like different flavours, but he's not great with swallowing yet and can't sit unsupported, so it's definitely too soon for him.

@ballanj not weaning until 6 months here. DD2 is 5 months this week and seems ok ebf plus I remember the mess of weaning from dd1 and it’s another thing to fit in the day so in no rush to start here.
We will be doing baby led weaning I hope dd2 loves food as much as dd1 only thing she doesn’t like is chips

I’m another one who is shattered dd woke 3 times last night and today had only wanted to nap on me zzzzzz

@Brobot DS2 has only been breastfed and was sleeping unbelievably well until last weekend. In contrast, DS1 had formula in his first week of life (blood sugar crashes while we were still in hospital - he ended up with a nasal feeding tube for a few days) and then had such a bad latch that I ended up doing several stints of having to feed him expressed milk from a bottle round the clock while my nipples healed - so he was used to being bottle fed by both myself and DH, and theoretically should have struggled less to be separated from me. And yet he slept quite poorly - it took me well over six months before I could get him to sleep in his cot during the day! I don't feel there's any particular reason why DS2 has been such a good sleeper this time - he just is. I swear a lot of it is down to chance.

@kee80 I know right! The moment I start to think I've cracked a routine, something changes and it all goes Pete Tong again.

@ballanj I waited till 6 months with DS1 and I'll do the same again. I am not looking forward to proper poo. I quite like the yellow stuff. It's such an attractive colour!

Anyway, bedtime started here at 6.30pm with DS1's shower and has just ended three hours later with DS2 finally going down in his basket. I'm flipping wiped. DH is doing a lot of evening work at the moment so there's no one to share the baby cuddling out with. I was hoping to get something creative done tonight once the boys were asleep but I'm so tired that I can feel it pressing behind my eyes. It's bed for me!

@BadBadBeans I take comfort in that because I hate to think that what I am doing makes him a better/worse sleeper. I know personality and temperament have a part in it too.

I'm not planning to wean until 6 months. He seems to watch us eat but he can't sit unsupported and is doing fine ebf for now.

I'm solo parenting again tonight as hubby is away with work again. Tonight's bedtime was a fiasco. I've literally just got him to sleep after bathing him at 6.30.

Can anyone else's little ones sit unsupported just yet?

@Brobot dd can’t sit yet my 1st daughter was 7 months before she could sit unaided but she also didn’t roll until late and didn’t crawl until after her 1st Birthday. Lois is already rolling all over the place it’s odd seeing a tiny baby move so much I’m not used to it.

@Brobot my little one can sit on the sofa with cushions but not quite unsupported just yet but she is really staring with her head and neck so can't see it being much longer before she can.

Does anyone else's little one roll into their side and stomach to sleep in their cot? Mine was doing all night last night and she seemed really comfy but I was getting paranoid and kept turning her back. Would you leave them as they are or keep turning back?

Strong not staring!

@brobot Forgot to respond to this earlier. His sleeping in the cot is us sitting by the cot watching him throw a tantrum, replacing the dummy and stroking the bridge of his nose until he finally accepts the inevitable. We could never manage the boob-to-bed transfer, ever. Best I can do after he falls asleep on the boob is get him to sleep next to me. And even that is like 50/50.
I can't leave the house for longer than 2 hours, as he's not really taking the bottle still, either. Such a mommy's boy.

@kee80 I think once she can turn around herself, it's OK to leave her. I would be still worried with mine, as he can turn from back to tummy in 2 seconds, but I've only seen him so the tummy to back three times, so I'm not 100% sure if he would know what to do. If yours is good in both directions, let her be comfy