Feb 2020 babies

[Ginny1234]

Hello, any Feb babies and new mums out there? I can't find another thread. My son was born on 5th Feb so 10 and a bit weeks old now. Would be nice to chat to mums with babies at the same age to compare notes and support each other. I'm feeling the strain of lockdown because I've pretty much been at home and isolated since I went on maternity leave at the end of January so was just starting to get out and about, baby groups and taking baby to meet everybody for the first time when lockdown happened. He's still not met any of my family as they live a way away so had planned to come during the last few weeks.

Anyway, finally got baby Ted on to just breastfeeding after having to add in formula in week one because he lost so much weight and my milk didn't come in. His reflux and constipation seems to have gone with the formula so that's good. Still seems to have painful trumps though.

Getting really clingy andcwont let me put him down now. Mostly sleep s on me. Feeds at least every 3 hours still, started blowing bubbles and sucking his hands. Dummy is no longer his happy place BOOBIE!! Is what I imagine he would be shouting if he could but instead just screams uncontrollably until I put him on my boob. Not getting anything done, even did a wee in a Tupperware in the kitchen the other day because I couldn't get to the loo on time because I can't put him down 🤦🏼‍♀️
My husband is doing my head in because he's still working full time and, although he doesn't actually say it, is clearly not happy that all the housework isn't done and his dinner isn't on the table every night. Also, he thinks if I just let Ted cry out and don't pick him up then he'll stop doing it so , because I don't, it's basically all my fault 🙄

Apart from all the shot stuff, Ted is gorgeous and it melts my heart every time he smiles at me 🥰 Hopefully it will all improve soon!

Please join in and tell me it's not just me!!!

Cute little monkey 🐒

Hi!
My little boy was born on the 15th Feb so I'm in pretty much the same situation as you - haven't been able to get out to any baby Groups or anything and he hasn't met any family yet as they live at the other end of the country ☹️

We spent the first week in NICU as I had an emergency section because of a cord prolapse and then he took a while to breathe and then was a bit poorly the next day. Thankfully he's doing really well now and bright as a button!! My concern at the moment is whether or not he has a milk allergy as he was having terrible nappies - that seemed to clear up when I stopped using Aptamil powder and went back to the bottles of liquid - and super dry skin. Skin is improving slightly but now he seems to be bringing up curdled milk on a regular basis.

I know it's terribly but I feel a bit (irrationally) resentful, like my maternity leave has been stolen because of all this going on and the special time I was looking forward to with him, going to groups so he could meet other little people etc is gone ☹️ As I said, irrational I know 😊

Hi folks, my little one came a week early on the 22nd of February (due leap year day,!) so basically my getting out of the house increased at lock down to one walk per day! He has been breastfeeding practically for two and a half months nonstop... Apart from nights he's a decent night sleeper. Naps require the sling to be a proper length!
Your husband sounds so unsupportive op, can't imagine what I'd do without mine doing everything! 3 hours between feeds would b amazing! Know what you mean about putting down though mine has just started to be much more tolerant of that - I keep the Carrycot in the loo so can pop him in it when I need to pee!!

Hi my lg was born 23rd Feb. Currently feeding as I type. She's starting to get clingy. Falls asleep on the boob then when I go to transfer her she's awake 🤨 she likes to kick out at the duck in the bath and has started following it with her eyes. Not keen on tummy time but my 5 year old wasn't when he was a baby either.

@ifeeltheneedtheneedforsleep mine is the same but sometimes it's not even had a chance to turn to curds. I think she has a bit of reflux and colic but it's eased as I'm not bathing her around the time she gets unsettled in the evening which helps her. With the reflux I folded a hand towel and put it under her Moses basket mattress and she sleeps abit better. Still every three hours for a feed though.

These are my monkeys.

Hello, I looked for one of these threads before but couldn’t find one. Thanks for making one! My DD was born on the 14th. She’s not a clingy girl at all, she will only really cuddle me now when she’s tired or upset (rude!). The rest of the time she’s far too busy for me!

At the moment she’s decided that she won’t nap for longer than 25 minutes (if I’m lucky) which is painful for both of us. Although overnight sleep is okay. I’m hoping that she’ll remember how to nap again soon.

Yesterday me and her both ended up crying at one stage - being in lockdown and caring for a baby is really tough, it’s not what any of us expected and the lack of contact with other people going through the same stuff is so hard.

@Dillybear I hear you with the lack of contact. I'm afraid DD is going to be strange with everyone when this is over

@tinatsarina your kids are gorgeous!
I ended up speaking to the doctor on Friday and he diagnosed reflux (which we had suspected and bought one of the wedge pillows) so he's now on baby gaviscon. Fingers crossed it helps as He seemed to have the knack for vomiting right down the inside of my top which I cant say is particularly pleasant lol. We're the opposite - his bath helps calm him down - he's a total water baby and loves being in there!

We had our first sleep through the night last night - he had some of a feed just after midnight and then slept until 7.30 this morning!! Hopefully tonight will bring more of the same 😊

Well done for him sleeping through the night! Mine still wakes a few times but more for comfort I think.

@ifeeltheneedtheneedforsleep Amazing! Did you wake up around the time he’d normally wake up anyway? I do that whenever DD goes longer between feeds than normal overnight!

@Dillybear I did lol - I think I've become programmed to waking at that time as work again last night too 🤦‍♀️

Woke again even, silly autocorrect

Hi everyone! I didn't get any posts due ages so stopped checking this thread. It's reassuring to hear you all experiencing similar things.

@ifeeltheneedtheneedforsleep we got baby gaviscon for our boy at about 2 months but found it made him constipated which he found really painful so ended up taking him off it. I managed to get back to solely breastfeeding shortly after that (lost a lot of weight at first so had to have formula as well) and as soon as I stopped giving him formula the reflux stopped. If you're getting the constipation as well and not breastfeeding then it's maybe worth trying a different formula 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've just started with our boy sleeping in his cot. He had been getting quite settled at night and happy to go down to sleep so I thought I didn't want him to be too settled in and then have to change it all at a later date so we just tried it. He was fine, slept the same as he usually does - wakes up for a feed after around 4 hours then 3 hours. Quite pleased he seems happy with it but really hadn't expected it to happen so soon. I'm sleeping in there with him at the moment but will get a baby monitor at some point so I can go back to my own bed once he's sleeping through.

During the day he seems to not want to sleep after his morning feed so has another feed around 10am, then I take him for a walk in the baby carrier rucksack thing and he sleeps for 1-2 hours. Then another feed at 1ish, might sleep/night not. Same at 4ish and gets really grumpy and has his oh last feed at about 7/8. I try to give him more at this one (some expressed breast milk) to try to get him to sleep for longer. In total it's about 12-14 hours a day which doesn't seem enough to me. What do you think? How do you're babies compare?

Ooooh! My baby was born on the 21st. It's so hard being on lockdown. Everyone says it doesn't matter but I'm worried it'll be scary for her seeing other people when this is over as she won't be used to it.

@Ginny1234 I've found the same with the gaviscon unfortunately. The nappy this morning after not going for 2 days was not a pleasant experience). It was definitely helping the reflux though as I didn't give him any after his feed yesterday morning and by evening he was gulping again. Going to try changing to every third feed and see if that helps, if not, back to the drawing board

@Ginny1234 DD gets around 14-15 hours’ sleep on a good day, usually naps for four hours in the day, broken into four naps. She gets really tired after about 90 minutes awake, but cannot fall asleep without movement. People talk about their babies just falling asleep and I’m like where did you find these babies?! To be fair to her though, once she’s down for the night, around 7/7.30 she’ll stay asleep pretty reliably, which is good.

To get her to sleep for more than one sleep cycle during the day I have to hold her at the moment, otherwise she wakes up after 25-40 minutes. I’m hoping/guessing that will change as she gets older so just going with it for now.

She used to sleep well in her pram and I’d walk her around the park to get her to have a good sleep in the middle of the day. But now she’ll only do exactly (to the minute - how does she know?!) 25 minutes in the pram. Baby sleep is such a minefield, I never feel like I’m doing the right thing.

Hi all, my LO was born 17th Feb and I'm feeling all your pain on lockdown. Feel I'm totally wasting my maternity leave at the minute.

My DS suffers from reflux, we've only just starting giving him gaviscon but he absolutely hates having it and I hate having to give it to him. We started off on 4 times a day but he was constipated yesterday and was crying in pain trying to get it out. He eventually did but it's making me wonder if the gaviscon is worth it. We've only seen minor changes so far anyway. The main issue of the reflux is that he's not sleeping well for naps and wakes every 2 hours at night. I just want him and me to be able to sleep!! I'm exclusively breastfeeding.

Is there any other reflux tips to help with sleep??

Many thanks in advance!

Hello,
My 2nd girl was born in feb 2020...I'm currently struggling with Postnatal depression, wondering if anyone else is in the same boat or have been through it... would really like to have a chat abd know more about