August/ September 2019 babies #2

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Thread number 2 for our August / September 2019 due date babies.

DS is having a regression on nighttime sleep since moving over to combi - seems to want to wale at 1am whereas before would always go through until 3am...

Sorry to hear Arthur's not feeling well @horehound . I personally would be treating that as a skin rash from the look of it, not a food allergy rash, although I don't have direct experience of them- I expect allergy rashes to be more hive like, large spots, or to come out as eczema. Because of the location of the spots, I'd see that more as sweat/heat related or through physical contact with something. But, like I say, no direct experience!

Can you try an oat bath for him maybe, help soothe and calm it?

I was just eading about heat rash there...it does look like it.
He does have small patches of eczema on his outer elbows and a tiny dot behind his leg but I think the rest of this rash looks different.
I'm Gona give him a bath in some aveeno baby wash I have bought.
But there does seem to be some kind of correlation between me having milk and him being sick.

That's a pain for you both. Have you tried breast milk/ lanolin on the rash and eczema? I think I'd be reaching for both of those first before bath stuff, but my older girl had eczema as a toddler and anything in her bath made hers flare up. The cold weather mixed with central heating was her trigger every year.

Oh right yeh that's a good idea. I'll try breast milk!

Some new photos of the rash. Off to Dr thus afternoon

How did you get on @Horehound?

Hi @stroan thanks for asking. Dr said it isn't eczema or Psoriasis and just looks like a rash of a baby getting used to the world.
He told me not to change my diet
He said Arthur isn't agressivley sick and doesn't have a rash around his mouth etc. Neither me or his dad have asthma.
He said babies in third world countries are more resilient and probably because they can't be too fussy with what they do/how they live.
He told me just to wash using what we have(aveeno and Johnson's) and that was pretty much it. He wasn't worried at all. Said we can always go back later if we need to.

That's good news! I suppose if you're still worried you can always keep a food diary, see if there are any common factors?

Although if your diet is anything like mine, there's no way anyone wants to see what's written down- 90% crap at the minute!

Glad the doctor isn't worried about the rash. Not too sure of the point he was trying to make about third world babies, but ok. Hopefully the rash will fade quickly.

I think Alice has been hitting the 16 week sleep regression for the past few days. She's fighting daytime naps harder than ever, and not sleeping as long at night. The nap fighting is really dragging me down now. She's arching her back, screaming and full blown sobbing, which has driven me to sobbing alongside her. I might not be the best of mothers, but at least I could fulfill her basic needs. Now I can't seem to even do that.

I sometimes wonder if she'd be happier with just her Dad and I just expressed milk for them. He gets smiles and coos all the time, I get the occasional smile when she's not fighting being held by me.

Sorry for the pity post. Just needed to vent. Hopefully it'll be a (very) short phase. One that's not made worse by her jabs. fingers crossed

Hey new to this chat but I was wondering if anyone has any advice
My baby has bronchiolitis and I just want to know when she will start to get better we had to take her a&e the other night cause her breathing was fast!
But I am so scared she's not getting enough milk cause she's being sick a lot. She is drilling getting wet nappies but not as much as before she was poorly and she's hardly taking much milk she's breastfed so really
Hard to know exactly but she's only only
For about 5 minutes when normally it can be anything from 10 to 20 minutes!!

Has anyone else on here been through the same thing ??

Hi @hannahb123

My baby had bronchiolitis at the stat of December and we also had a hospital trip. He is breastfed and I didn't feel he was feeding well or having wet enough nappies, it took 2-3 days before he started to feed really well again. I just offered him the breast more than normal, probably every hour during the day and he eventually built back up again once he was less sleepy and could breathe more easily.

@Dyra lack of sleep is a bitch and is the reason you feel like that. Your baby loves you unconditionally and you absolutely are the best thing for them. You are their safe place and that is why they sometimes cry and are irritable with you, they're not as confident when not with mummy. Are you feeling ok general in yourself too? X

@KnobJockey Haga yep that's so true. I did start making a food diary and it's pretty horrific!!

@Dyra I think he just meant they just get in with things and can't wrap them up in cotton wool like we maybe tend to here or seek ways of treating every wee thing when they don't have that option and are fine. Anyhoo I'll just keep an eye on him. Had a wee bowl of cereal last night wooo rock and roll.

It does sound like you're in the regression. Poor you! When I realised Arthur wasn't going to nap as long I just reduced the amount of naps. He used to nap four times I'd say for an hour each now it's 30 mins and right at the beginning of the regression he would wake up as soon as I out him down so he had to nap on me. It's tough work really but I'm sure you're doing just fine, don't be hard on yourself!

Dyra, she absolutely wouldn't be better off with just her dad! It may not be the same thing, but Indie is going through a leap at the moment and has completely changed how she wants to go to sleep- cuddling is pretty much out, laying in the dark and only allowed to hold her hand is in. It happened literally overnight, very bizarre! She also fights sleep at the minute too, but seems to need more.

God we are having a stressful night. Arthur is so irritated and basically anything we do isn't right!
Tonight is the first time I've ever seen him look angry after getting annoyed with a toy!
He's only just started to quieten down now being walked around in my husband's shoulder but god ..it's been a lonnnggg evening

Thanks everyone. ❤️

I'm doing alright. Just a bit melodramatic, hormonal and definitely a little sleep deprived. We've gotten on much better today, think I have to try to settle her asap after 90 minutes awake time otherwise she gets overtired really quickly. She still fights, but she doesn't get hysterical about it.

Anyway, I can't keep my eyes open any more to see in the new year/decade. So wishing you all a very happy new year

That's good @Dyra. Happy new year!

Luckily ours got better not king after ours posted! Actually felt really emotional when we were doing the countdown and little Arthur was smiling away at me. We all helps hands and sand auld Lang syne

So impressed you were seeing the new year in! I was in bed by 10 🙈

We saw in the new year as wills had a lay in yesterday until 9:30!! Today not so much and he's been chatting for 10 minutes... he's not falling for it today - up we get!! Here's to 2020 you wonderful lot x

Happy 2020 🥳

(DECAF on a nc! Again!)

Glad Arthur settled not long after @Horehound. His smiles during the midnight countdown I bet will become a treasured memory.

DH and I saw in the new year after all as Alice decided to wake just as I put her down. Fortunately she resettled quite quickly with some breast and cuddles, so she was asleep when midnight itself struck. We didn't countdown, but there was a firework display nearby, so we watched that from our bedroom window.

Knackered today, but DH kindly got up with Alice. I'm staying in bed until the knowledge that I have loads to do before we can head out to see my parents forces me out. Or Alice wants a feed. Whichever happens first.

So far so good 2020!

Happy New Year all!
Leap 4 fussy phase is driving me nuts, we saw in the New Year as Felicity fell asleep on me. We had a quiet night just watching films and eating cheese.
So far today she has screamed whenever I am out of sight which is a massive PITA when trying to muck out, but may come in handy later as we have to go for lunchtime drinks at the in-laws so it will give me a means to escape

I am looking forward to getting back to our baby classes next week to give us some structure to the week- we start baby massage on Tuesday too for 6 weeks.

I really, really need to get the hang of expressing though-just can’t seem to find the time but really want to start riding again in March so need a stash!

Happy new year all!

@Hannahb123 how are you doing? We spent 3 days in hospital with bronchiolitis in October, all ok now though. If you think your baby is taking much less milk than usual it might be worth going back? Dehydration was part of our problem, so they tube fed fluids then expressed milk for a while.

@Dyra I'm so glad you are feeling a bit more positive! It's so tough getting all the tears when someone else is getting smiles. And it carries on forever- treasures at school and horrors at home... you are her safe place, double tough when you are exhausted. Hopefully you got a bit more rest this morning!

@Megan2018 I'm hopeless at expressing. And even worse at getting anyone to drink the expressed milk! By March you will have hit 6 months though? So should be ok for a good few hours without milk, and can take water in a sippy cup, and solids if interested. I've done half days at work at 6 months and no milk taken whilst I've been out (despite DP's best efforts! But no woe either). Fingers crossed that works for you too!

I know she doesn’t need it @DustyDoorframes but DH needs something he can give her when she is screaming the place down. She is so clingy and despite feeding immediately before I go and come back I can’t even get an hour out now which is driving me crazy!
She might be distracted with food when she’s 6 months but probably not the 3hours I need. I’m really enjoying BF to my surprise but I do feel a bit trapped. Trying to muck out with a velcro baby is stressful!