August 2007- More boys than girls? Our beautiful summer babies are arriving at last!

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Thought I'd start a thread to give somewhere for Jem, Washersaurus and Bresha to discuss their little ones and make all those of us waiting impatiently jealous!

Who will be next??????

Jem - well I hope Mick didn't give her any eye contact or cuddles and put her out in the garden after he'd done the deed

dh ended up on the sofa again last night. dd woke up at 2am which was just before ds started to stir. So I guess it's a good thing that she's waking at the same time. Dh took her to my mum's today so I could have a lay in. Still only got 7 hours altogether.

I agree my2weegirls - I remember the episode of 'who do you think you are' with Bill Oddie where he found out that he had a baby sister. She choked to death on vomit because her grandmother wouldn't let her mother go up to her when she was screaming.

ds is still snacking so was up twice in the night instead of once. Not sure what to do about it. He does it in the day as well so it's really difficult to get him feeding at regular intervals.

GiLl - deapite my bes hopes, Evie is showing no signs of cutting her 2 feeds a night to 1. despite having been fed at 9.30pm, she still woke at 1.30 then 4, then 6 for a snuggle. i simply can't keep her awake long enough to feed dequately... ha ha ha... and then DS was up with a rotten snotty nose at least 3 times....

You must be exhausted shrinkingsagpuss. I thought I had it bad. I think I'm just worrying about the number of night feeds more because I'm going back to work full time at the end of November. I'm going to be useless to them for a few months unless ds changes his habits in the near future.

I asked the HV about ds's snacking. He's taking 3-4 oz every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours in the day. Sometimes he'll go longer and luckily he doesn't do this at night. She just told me to try to extend the time between the feeds - like I couldn't have thought of that one myself! She didn't offer any suggestions on how to do this so I guess I'll just have to wait til he gets himself out of it.

Anyone know how you're supposed to clean boys bits? Ds gets this white stuff at the base of his willy. If I clean it off it seems to get sore. I wasn't sure if you're supposed to leave it like you are with girls.

hi everyone - agree with all thats been said so far about bringing up baby - get crosser at the parents than cv though for letting it happen to their babies.

had a good birthday although went to indoor museums rather than an outside picnic as it poured all day.

ds had injections today. cried lots but not for long. seems very quiet now - is sleeping just now but will be keeping a close eye - the boots thermometer i bought yesterday decided to stop working this afternoon - great.

oh thats him waking - better go.

I'm also getting woken twice a night (10pm last feed, 2ish then 4.30ish) he goes longer during the day! Think it's because I'm so tired I doze off while feeding him so he doesn't stay on as long.

I give ds's bits a bit of a wipe but don't mess with them too much. Never had problems with them in the past! They are a real shock after doing girls nappies where you know what to do!

Just about to make a cake (why didn't I buy one!?) for DH birthday - he comes back from a week in USA on Sat. As he's definately not on a promise had to make an effort elsewhere

Just had time to catch up on everyone and add Emmie on to the stats. Then I realised that I had added her onto the top of the list instead of the bottom so sorry about that.

I've got to take DD for her injections on Monday but am planning to bf while they do it. Did this with DS on the advice of the nurse and it seemed to help.

And welcome back Katybird!

Gill ds is is exactly the same, feeding every 2-3 hours - 4-5 oz! My Hv said that some babies need to eat often and just keep going with it, as he weight gain is normal great when getting woken up 2/3 times a night still!

Also seems unsettled when he sleeps, i think this is due to either wind from the last feed or getting ready for the next one! i have booked him an appointment on monday for a cranial osteopath as this is meant to calm babies ( im hoping)

will let you know if this helps him!

Oooooh I think we had a break through last night! She went to bed wide awake at 7.45, not a squeak (well one tiny one), then woke at 1, 5, and was back in her cot each time, and then she stirred at 7!! Now... the down side is she's asleep now, which wasn't quite in my plan, but I'm not too worried as I can get on with thngs before going into town later. I think if we can crack the 5am feed, and make it a little later, we'll be onto a winner!!

Just think 8 weeks ago we were all tired and fed up, with swollen legs, feet, cankles, girlie bits. Now we have these smiling cute, slurping, growng little people who are ALREADY developing their own little ways. isn't it amazing?!

Must post some pictures, but lost my profile when I changed names... ahh I think I mght know what to do....

Gald you had a a better night Baggpuss!
Question, all them babies that are going down at an early time on there own are

1. cot or moses basket
2. own room or yours
3. night light or not
4. Musical soother or nothing

answers on the back of a postcard please!

cot, dark, our room, no music!!

..and.. a nap between 4-5pm, awake from 5, and a feeding fest between 5 & 7 which is easier said than done when bathing 2 of them!!

Pink, DD does usually go down between 8 & 10pm. I go to bed too at the same time. She is in a carrycot by the side of our bed and there's no nightlight, soother or anything. Think that will probably change though when she goes in her own room. DS cried and cried in his own room and we didn't figure out that he was just scared of the dark until he was old enough to ask for more light than the night light was giving (hope that makes sense!). Hmmm, must consult my new Guru Clare Verity to see if I'm doing it right.........

Baaad night. After his injections yesterday I gave him some baby paracetamol, then forgot I should have given him some at bedtime. He dropped off at 9pm, then was up at 1pm and just wouldn't or couldn't get back to sleep properly. He'd nod off on the boob but wake up kicking and screaming a few minutes later. In my exhausted state I didn't realise he might not be feeling well, so just kept feeding and cuddling him until about 5am when I realised he was quite warm, stripped him off, gave him his medicine and a bottle of formula (my boobs were knackered too!) and he finally fell asleep at 5.30am. Then all the alarms went off at 6am, my partner couldn't be bothered to turn them off despite me asking him about ten times so they woke baby up and he was back to patchy sleep, niggly crying and kicking around til we got up at 8am.

I am so fed up with dp's attitude in the mornings. Something has to change. I get told off for waking him up, told off if I fall asleep and he sleeps in despite all the alarms going off, and he seems to be under the impression I get loads of sleep! He doesn't hear the baby crying, or me getting up, I think he thinks we sleep through. Fat chance.

Moses basket but moving into cot tonight or tomorrow,our room, no light, 1 pull of his musical teddy thing

Alex goes down to bed at 7pm - then wakes at 1 and 4ish. Usually goes back into moses after a feed but I brought him in with us last night at 4am as he is a bit snuffly and it seems to be worse at this time of day/night?

James I make sure I always tell DH what times Alex was up in the night as he tends to sleep through his feeds or only wakes momentarily. Could you ask your DP to be on baby duty some mornings so you could have a lie in and a catch up. My DH doesn't work on Friday's so I managed to have a bath in peace whilst he took DS1 to school and DS2 for a walk.

banana - with you on the bad night. Woke at 2 for his feed and couldn't get him off again till gone 5 (called dh in USA at 4.30 in tears - was getting really angry with him and need to off load this on someone - he was ina bar ). DD came in at 6 and we were all up at 6.30 - good side was we were early to school!

Planning on going to bed at 7 tonight when he does his biggest sleep. Hate going to sleep at this time as it feels like it's the only time I get to myself (also miss good tv!).

Hope it stays nice hot and sunny like this all weekend.

that is angry at ds2, not dh. Does anyone alse get like this in the middle of the night or is it me being a nasty mum? DD keeps telling me I'm a shouty mummy at the moment.

i also get angry at 3 in the morning!

Hi everyone. Have not had a chance to catch up with all your news as I have not been on here since leaving work two weeks before Isabel was born and so I am sure I would need a good two weeks to read everything! Sorry to anyone expecting news of Katybird's birth from me as I was still deeply out of internet access when I got her text. Hi Katybird! Congrats on Logan's arrival. And congrats to everyone else with arrivals safely and well in August and September.

Our daughter was early. Unexpectedly so. I was so confident she would be late that I had a full week of appointments booked for the week following bank holiday and did not feel at all ready when contractions started at three am on Saturday morning. By ten pm that night they were at full strength and I was swapping between the beanbag downstairs, the second bedroom and a really hot bath to cope with them while they were still far enough apart to move around and kept my yoga breathing working for me. Once they started rolling together I got my boyfriend into action with massage and hypnosis triggers and at 6am we got into a very packed car (those who have trained in active birth will know you take pretty much everything with you!) and drove to the birth centre. unfortunately having been in lovely hot baths I found the pool horribly coolish and the midwife was having none of heating it above 36 degrees (my body temp is usuallu 37.5) so I had to give up on my lovely water birth dreams about half way between 8cm and 10 cm (so close and yet so far) and I gave in to the offers of gas and air because I was desperate for a rest. As it turns out this was a mistake as the gas and air made everything seem nightmarish and I could not get my head together at all in second stage when the midwife tried to get me to deliver on the bed (I think because she thought I was too exhausted to do anything else). It all got a bit nasty after that (I have just deleted about a paragraph to save you the gory details) but suffice to say my daughter was born naturally on a birth stool of all places (so not what I had dreamt of) in the early afternoon. She was and is gorgeous, latched on perfectly about five minutes after arrival and still feeds for Britain.
We named her Isabel almost straight away, and settled on all three names - Isabel Sophia Grace, by the time she was registered four weeks later.
I was horribly traumatised by the birth and felt so so guilty about crying and crying over it seeing as objectively speaking, things went well, and really I should have been enjoying her first days instead of dwelling on it, but everything has gradually gradually improved until at six weeks I can actually enjoy my daughter without clouds of depression getting in the way.
I started with her in a moses basket but we are pretty much co-sleeping most of the night now. I find it is easier on my hips to not have to try and lift her out of her basket as she has gotten heavier, and it has really made a difference to how much sleep we have had.
She has a little bit of reflux, so I have had to learn how to manage that after a panic stricken visit to the hospital when a community midwife thought she was having fits (she just gets frightened by the sick going into her nose), and she gets colicky in the evening, so I have had to learn how to manage that as well. Luckily most of Isabel's problems are solved by a feed and a cuddle.
Hope I have not left it too late to join in here. I will try to read everyone's mails as soon as I can, but baby is waking up now and I guess we should probably leave this internet cafe before she is really really hungry!

Hi kiteflying. Congratulations. Good to have you back. Glad everything's going well.

pink - ds tends to go to sleep around 9pm. At the moment he stays in the bouncer until 11pm when I get him up (still asleep) for a dream feed and he goes straight back to sleep in the cot. I do intend to start putting him in the cot when he first goes to sleep though.

Had a better night last night. Ds had his last feed at 11:15pm and slept til 5am.

Kite - Good to see/ hear from you!! Sorry you had a traumatic time, and that things have been a bit dark since.

I'm so glad you can tell us about your beautiful baby girl now, and hope that things are getting better for you.

When was she actually born?

ps its bagpuss by the way!

Hi everyone!

We are all doing fine, hopefully getting there now, but still v-busy busy busy in this house, so trying to get into a routine, Connie is a very good baby but still feeds every 3 hours around the clock, bless! I did a PND questionnaire last week with HV and I'm boarder line for PND and I was feeling so good too, but once Connie sleep's though the night everything will be fine and dandy! Doctor's are p!ss!ng me of£ big time still had NO post-natal check, and Connie's still hasn't had her 6-8 week examination or first jab's I ended up having an arsey conversation with them and demanded an app for her jabs as she'll be 9 weeks on Tuesday, which I got and now will be on Tuesday! Oh and big news she can move around the floor too (she puts her heals down and pushes off and after doing that afew times she ends up on the other side of the room) and laughs, smiles and talk's baby talk to you, she'll tell you all her woes if you let her LOL! Any way enough about me how is every one?

Really relly must change my name as I really dont have a bump any more (already back in my size 12 jeans and skirts ) and I've finely stoped bleeding, yay!!

Babymadxx

New name FKA babymad! And very fitting too as I brought another new pram/pushchair this week!

Really nice to hear from you, Kite and big congrats on lovely Isabel. Virtual hug too - sounds as though you need one. It is really normal to revisit the birth in the weeks following it - particularly if it didn't go the way you hoped. I ended up with an emergency c-section in the end instead of my home birth and weirdly felt guilty about it for a while after - like I'd let myself down for submitting to a hospitalised delivery instead of the calm water birth I'd wanted.

Hey, my Nell had exactly the same as Isabel - being sick through her nose. It lasted for the first few weeks and was terrifying as she'd hold her breath and go bright red - I thought she was choking and she seemed so distressed. Anyway, haven't had any episodes since then and I make an effort to keep her propped up for 15 mins after feeding. She's also colicky in the evenings. Haven't found any easy solutions there but cuddling her and rubbing her back and tummy at the same time with her propped up on her side on my chest seems to help. She cries a lot in the evenings, but I've learnt not to take it personally! If you've got a sling it's worth popping her in and walking her round when she's colicky as it def soothes Nell.

Hello to everyone else - hope things are going well for everyone. Oh, on a random note, breastpads - having tried lots I reckon the Lanosil ones (in Boots) are the best and most discreet! Others give me a really weird mountainous profile...

Hi buggymad, good to hear from you again. Ds is cooing now and wriggles across the floor. He even lifted his leg up and tried to roll the other day.

Dh p**d me off this morning. The other day he said he wanted to go to his uncle's to work on his car today. He didn't tell me he'd be gone for 5 or 6 hours. Maybe I'm crazy but I thought he might like to spend some time with his family at the weekend. Now he's going to come home when dd's tired and start shouting at her and tell me how horrible she is. What is it with men.