Ttc first baby catch up with our babies!

[Fivebyfive2]

Just putting this on in case anyone wants to catch up? We're all at different stages, so might be able to help each other out?

@Delilah7 @RanchoRelaxo @MrsR16 @thumper59 @trashkitten10 @Bostonfern @crossfitgirl sorry I know I'm missing people, I'm blaming newborn brain!

I'll leave the link on the 'pregnancy' catching up thread xxx

[Larrydavid]

Morning! Sorry I've been a bit crap at replying to your lovely messages - I think I wrote one and then got distracted by Rory! Will write a proper post soon!

@MrsEG I love the name Rory - we've used it as a nickname for Aurora. Your boys have grown so much already! Beautiful. Yeah the birth and pregnancy was a bit complicated - I was hospitalized 8 times I think before I had her - then she spent the first 11 days in intensive care but it's been so lovely since she's been home! I cleaned a rug by 7am yesterday - the benefits of no sleep!

@Lemonysherbet How are you feeling now? Hope you're feeling a bit more like you're old self. Sending hugs!

I know I had other messages but I can't scroll backwards at the mo on the app! Will reply properly soon x

[ELW85]

@Larrydavid - I love that name!! It was on our girl list 😊
Oh God I didn’t know she was in intensive care; that’s awful, and obviously you being in and out too.
I’m pleased you’re all alright now though, and hope you’re having a lovely day today!

[MrsEG]

@ELW85 Ahhh he looks so cute!! The boys look like they just ran through the washing line today 🙈 had a very puke-y/leaky nappy morning so I just had to get them in to something clean before we left the house! I just about made it through yesterday; I kept trying to nap when they did but they had shocking naps too!! 10 mins, I managed! Luckily they slept great last night and naps today have been fine so I’m catching up with myself a bit now! Starbucks drive through sounds sooo good, as does afternoon tea delivered to your door! Have a fab day.

@Larrydavid Oh gosh intensive care! How frightening for you and Rory, I hope she’s completely fine now and it’s just an old distant memory! I bet you are just so glad to have pregnancy behind you! Have a lovely day today!

[ELW85]

@MrsEG - oh my god, look at them! I feel like they’ve really grown up since the last photo?
Are you having a nice day?

Quick question all; last night we did our usual bedtime routine (ending in a bottle) but Finn was awake (but drowsy) after. Awake enough to be chatting away to me, anyway!
I put him in his Snuzpod and he looked like he was going to drift off (but didn’t)...so I put a hand on his chest and when he got a bit grizzly, gently tapped his bum but stopped just before he fell asleep so he fell asleep on his own. Sort of.
Would you consider that enough of a gap to break the feed to sleep association?
To be honest, I’m just happy he went to sleep in his Snuzpod whilst drowsy and IF it works again tonight, I’ll gradually reduce the patting etc.
Pray for me!! I was indescribably happy last night so let’s hope it continues!!

[Fivebyfive2]

Hi all!

Joe napped really well yesterday (2.5 hours at lunchtime!) and sleep was meh but not awful, although he was in the snuzpod. Today he's clearly too excited by father's day as naps have been a struggle but has been very happy, laughing while we're trying to get him to sleep, despite the laugh turning into yawns 😂

Here he is, giving peas a chance!

@ELW85 @MrsEG, love the pics!!

[Fivebyfive2]

@ELW85, tbh I count anything that doesn't involve me having to pry my nipple from Joe's mouth a break in the feed sleep association 😂

[Lemonysherbet]

@Larrydavid how are you getting on? I'm doing much better thank you. Those 2 days were scarily intense but I feel more and more like me each day since. Hoping it carries on. I've realised I can't make many plans or I find it too overwhelming!

[Fivebyfive2]

Hi, how's everyone doing today?

So we've decided to keep to day naps in the cot and nights in the snuzpod for another couple of weeks, it's just not working right now having to go to him so often! Last night he went down in his cot (already asleep as he wouldn't go off in there) and was crying 10 mins later. Took him to snuzpod, lay him down with my hand on his chest (after a quick cuddle) and he went to sleep! He also only had 2 short wakes between 8 and 6 😀

It's our 8 year wedding anniversary tomorrow, can't believe it! We may order Chinese 😋

Weaning update - carrots are a hit but he is not sure about peas... He liked them yesterday but wasn't impressed today 🤷‍♀️ Will keep trying. Broccoli tomorrow I think!

[ELW85]

@Fivebyfive2 - you’ve got to do what works for you, so I totally get it!
I’m having a pretty rubbish day. Finn is sleeping way too much through the day (6 plus hours) and I’m starting to think there’s something up as he’ll often wake up crying too.
And I’ve worked myself up into an internet black hole about it.
Sorry for the outburst!!
I’m sure if I didn’t have him nap on me, he wouldn’t sleep that long.

Did DH like the biccies? I hope you had a lovely day!

[Fivebyfive2]

@ELW85, he did thanks, how was your afternoon tea?? Aaahhh the Google curse! Could you maybe ask your hv or gp to try putting your mind at rest? I don't know much about leaps but apparently they can make a baby sleep more? If it is any consolation, Joe barely has the minimum of what is considered average sleep, ever! Also, he wakes crying sometimes, doesn't matter if it is fed, rocked, self settled, in his cot or on me, it's all rather random. Sometimes he cries, other times he wakes with a massive smile 🤷‍♀️

Hope you have a goo night at least xxx

[MrsEG]

@ELW85 well done on the ‘going to bed awake’! I honestly wouldn’t worry about babies waking and crying Conor does it literally every time! I think the only time he doesn’t wake and cry is first thing; he cries after every nap and if he wakes in the pram! Someone suggested to me it could even be reflux related - bringing some acid up on waking. Just saw your bit about him sleeping a lot - could you wake him? The boys would have well over their ‘appropriate’ (aka the amount I now know is enough to make sure they sleep at night!) if I left them to it so I wake them up.

@Fivebyfive2 8 year anniversary! Wow congratulations! Have an amazing day whatever you manage to do! If Joe and you aren’t ready for the big switch yet then just do it whenever it works! Could he maybe have a few naps in there to get used to it? Conor went through a phase of being a bit ‘scared’ of the nursery (I actually think he’s a bit scared of the dark now!) so I started sometimes taking him up there and playing with him in the cot, putting on the disco ball and trying to make it seem not scary!

[ELW85]

@Fivebyfive2 - happy anniversary!! I hope you’ve been spoilt?
And a Chinese tonight; very jealous! Thank you for your lovely words last night. I shouldn’t get myself in a mess about it, and he’s definitely a lot more alert now etc but he’s probably sleeping about 6 hours through the day so I’m worried he’s just lying there at night awake. I’ll give the HV a shout but she’s terrible! She just told me to leave him be and if he needed sleep he would. So she’d leave him until he was a screaming over tired mess...then jump in the car with him. I know everyone is different but I can’t be doing that, for my own sanity if nothing else!

@MrsEG - it’s reassuring to hear that you and Fivebyfive2 have the same experiences of crying and waking. They’re so bizarre!
I’ve thought about waking him to be fair, but at night he’s in the habit of doing a near 8 hour stretch and then another 2-3...unless he’s awake in his crib and then I’d feel awful.
We’ve got a Snuzpod though and I can hear him resettling himself so hopefully that’s not the case.
I was wondering if napping on me has something to do with it too as I probably help him cycle to cycle, so today I’ve managed to get him drowsy in the Snuzpod and then asleep. God knows how.

I do feel like a bit of a fraud though on the in bed awake thing. He still gets drowsy or falls asleep having his night bottle, so I wake him up and then put him in the Snuzpod. Bit of a kick off and then asleep quite quickly. Same for his nap this morning. Does that count?!

[ELW85]

@Fivebyfive2, @MrsEG - that’s a great tip on play in the nursery! We’ve got lights etc and a mobile so every day while I’m getting ready, I put him in his cot and get him to enjoy it there so when the move comes, hopefully he’s fine with it.

[ELW85]

New thread here all and apologies for anyone I’ve missed!! Certainly not intentional 😊

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