May 2020 Babies

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Still waiting for my little man to arrive but starting a thread ready. Can't wait to catch up with all the other May 20 mums.

Huge congratulations to those who have already met their little ones. It's been quite a scary time to face giving birth recently and you've all done amazingly.

We’ve had lots of unsettled nights the last week or so. Has always been a bad napper but nights were always better. But now waking every 1and half to 2 hours overnight. Was sleeping for 5-6 hours at a time so hope it’s just a phase and will pass soon. I can’t remember what my first one did at this age so it’s like starting all over again!

Hope everyone ok x

Omg it's so tough isn't it! I think so far he's been effected more during the day. His day naps are so difficult/rare. My saving grace was that he would be put down well... but now even that is out of the window!
But even last night when he finally went to sleep at 9:30.... it only took day 15 mins before I missed him and started looking at photos of him 😂🙈

Same here with sleeping. He has been waking every 2hrs the last month now.

Yesterday he woke at 5.30am. Napped 7-7.30am in pram, then didn’t nap again until 4.30pm! Despite several walks in the pram and sling, and almost falling asleep after each feed. So spent the whole day whinging with tiredness.

I am considering weaning next few weeks I think. Where we live it’s 5 months as guidelines anyway not 6. He’s 21 weeks tomorrow. I know early weaning isn’t recommended but the studies all say that’s before 17 weeks. Is it really detrimental to his health to allow him to join us at table with some veggies and millet porridge a few weeks early? He will prob be 22-23 weeks.
I’m not expecting miracles with sleep, I just think he might be more content daytime if he can eat with us instead of moaning at every mealtime we attempt, and dh can give him bits if I need to pop out ( he is still refusing bottle)

I’m not sure if he should be gaining more weight also. He is now over 99% for height, but only around 60% weight. Shouldn’t the percentiles be similar? He was 98% for both when born. He now feels skinnier torso wise ie ribs can be felt, but is very long.

Hi all,

My LO has had her first cold the past couple of weeks so has been disturbed as well. I've been having to feed her in the night again which I haven't done for a while now! Luckily the last couple of nights she seems to have slipped right back into her old routine and slept through again. So those of you who are going through sleep problems this message is just to say they will slip back into sleeping well again so don't worry too much and fingers crossed it's sooner rather than later for you!!

Although weaning is recommended at 6 months I started with mine a couple of weeks ago( she is coming up to 5 months) as I just felt she was ready. I am so glad I did as she has been so much more content since and her "cat" naps have disappeared. She now has a good morning nap and a good afternoon nap! I'm putting it down to her being full.

Have a lovely weekend everyone. Xxx

@Caspianberg no, the percentiles don't have to be similar. My first was always around 75 for height and 25 for weight. He has always been skinny. He never grew out, only up! His sister on the other hand is growing in all directions! At 4 months she was the same weight as he was at 12 months Same height though!

My pediatrician said at the 4 month appointment that I could start with weaning, but I think I'll wait until 6 months anyway. She's 22 weeks on Sunday
She's doing quite well at sitting up (but still hasn't rolled over ), so I might see how she is in the high chair at the table.

I think if you wean early then it just takes away space for milk, which has more calories and nutrients than any porridge, veg bits or purees.

@May2311 - glad to hear your having success
@AlmostAlwyn - yes paediatrician here also said we could start at 4 months, so waiting until 5+ seems like a halfway between here and Uk I guess.

He has fed a bit better the last few days so maybe we will see improvement soon with sleeping.
He’s currently napping on me after feeding, and I daren’t move him so am trapped on the sofa until he wakes.

@May2311 oh I'm so glad to hear this! My little boy has settled so well into sleeping, Itake devastating to see him struggling so much! My eldest was a horrific sleeper and I honestly feel like I have ptsd from it (I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but it really was that bad!! 🤦🏼‍♀️😂) so these past few nights have given me a bit of anxiety!!!

Omg weaning! I can't believe it will soon be here 😢 I have a little seat from mamas and papas which is good for him to sit in during the day but it also has a little tray for early weaning 😊

Omgggg I cannot believe how bad sleep has gotten! In the space of a week we've gone from sleeping through and being put down nicely to taken 2-3 hours to be put down and waking multiple times! I'm devastated :(

Ugh that’s hard. But just tell yourself that it’s just a phase and he will go back to sleeping well again. It could be sleep regression, or teething. But it will sort itself out. Just really hard to deal with especially when you think you’ve cracked it!
We began the week with waking every 2 hours and ended it with 2 nights sleeping through. I’ve learnt to just take every night as it comes and then I don’t get disappointed and I have no expectations.

How is everyone getting on?

@Raindancer411 hi there! Are you having as good of a nights sleep as me? 😂🤦🏼‍♀️
We're doing so well! He's just the most wonderful little boy who has such a sweet and calm personality but dear god the sleep thing is a massive issue. He barely naps during the day and then during the night we are now up hourly with usually one massive 2 hour plus awake block during the night at least once :( Trying to stay positive but it's honestly getting worse every night and I think I'm just starting to accept that j have another horrific sleeper on my hands! He was sleeping through 😩😩😩😩

Yes and go again now! She only has two 30 min naps as day and then up 3 times a night. She was also sleeping through lol

Il join you both in the ‘never sleeping club’!

Last night was awful. He goes to sleep fine around 8.30/9pm, but then wakes all night long. Last night he seemed to wake, settle again quickly, then 5-10mins later start instant screaming like he’s in pain. Do you think he could be getting a tooth? Even with me attempting to feed or us rocking him he would go all calm and asleep then re-scream.
He’s now napping as exhausted!

Otherwise he’s a general happy chappy. Rolling about, laughing at people. We have just started weaning.

@Caspianberg @Raindancer411 oh bless you both! I'm absolutely with you both in the sleep front 🙈 I have wondered about teething but he's hasn't got any of the other obvious symptoms and is otherwise fine! I think he just doesn't like to be on his own, he likes to be carried and cuddled and whilst I don't want to wish that away I certainly wouldn't mind a little less during the night 🤦🏼‍♀️
Are your babies still in your room!

How's weaning? @Caspianberg 😊

@november90 - yes he’s still in our room, in regular cot now though. He also is a happy smiling baby all day if held, and hates being put down.

Weaning is ok. Only been for a week ish. Mainly just given him odd bits of veggies smooshed up if we have. He liked some roasted sweet potato. Mainly just tastes so far. Oh I gave him a raspberry, the table, him and floor looked like a blood massacre afterwards, from one single raspberry!

I am stuck under a sleeping baby now. That's not going to help with sleeping tonight lol

All good here! I got the sleeping back to a fab place then decided it was time to take the dummy away so last night was tough! Second night tonight so hoping for some improvements - I’ll try and get back to the great sleeping pattern we had before, next week fingers and toes crossed!

Is anyone else preparing to wean? I think we’re going to start in early Nov which makes me think my tiny little baby isn’t so tiny anymore!

I really feel for you all with the sleeping issues. We’ve had the opposite here! He was a terrible sleeper who never napped. Now he has a good 2-3 hour nap in the day and sleeps through the night. I’m prepared for it to change at any point but am enjoying it whilst it lasts! My eldest didn’t sleep through until he was 3 so I deserve this 🤣

Just started doing tasters of food here. But our major problem is the lack of poo! 15 days and counting since his last poo. Have spoken to drs who aren’t worried and only to see them if he’s uncomfortable. Just wish he would go!

Wow, ours little one, for a breastfeeding baby poos for England!! I don't think she got the memo they they aren't meant to go as much.

We had a better night last night but changed a few things so not sure if it was luck or to do with the changes. We turned the temp up to 19.5C all night, she didn't go to sleep until 9:30pm and we had a tumbler dryer noise going all night.

Anyone else looking forward to Xmas?

@Raindancer411 I did that- turned temp up & put thermostat in her room so that triggered heating if it went under 19.5! Seems to have worked for my LO as well. Anyone's baby have a dummy? I can't decide whether I should wean her off it- any suggestions of how to do it it so? She is coming up 6 months. Xx

@May2311 My first had a dummy and we warned him off him about 1.5 years old and didn't have any issue. Sister in law, all here were a nightmare to get off. We were lucky that ours was out of sight, out of mind. This one won't take a dummy no matter how much I try lol

Pressed send to fast...

As I said we just took ours off him one morning and never gave it back, but he use to fall asleep feeding, so that helped. I wouldn't rush getting rid of it as it is also a SIDS prevention helper until they are 1 year old. Then you can try the dummy fairy maybe?

Anyone else breast feeding and have really uneven breasts?!?

Thanks @Raindancer411!

Dummy fairy sounds like a good idea! The only reason I'm debating weaning her off it is so she can settle herself back off in the night but she has actually started picking it up herself to put in ( just hasn't fully sussed which end of the dummy she needs to put in yet 🤣) xx

My first had a dummy till just before he turned 2. We had a few nights of upset but it wasn’t too bad to take it away. Having said that, I would take it away earlier because we had so many sleepless nights where he wouldn’t settle back to sleep without a dummy and had to get up several times a night to put it back in. And this happened even when he was old enough to put it back in too! Luckily Noah has refused a dummy so I won’t have that problem this time round.