June 2020 Babies-Six months on: mobile babies, feeding adventures, and still sleepless nights! 3rd thread

[UKtoSK]

Hi everyone! I made a new thread as we were at the end of the last one. A new thread for the new year! I changed the title as we don’t have newborns anymore!

@NeurologicallySpeaking I can't get Ivy to drink much at all most days! I'm lucky if she has 4oz in the morning followed by porridge and then 4-5oz in the afternoon and then around 6oz at bed time. I just make sure she has dairy like yogurt and cheese in the day and water. Not sure if I am doing the right thing but I can't get any more in her.

Happy first Mother's Day everyone! 🥰

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! Hope you all manage to have a relaxing day 🥰💐
Lovely to see everyone’s recent updates, can’t believe how much our little ones have changed in a short space of time.
Grace is crawling everywhere - so speedy - she’s pulling herself up on everything and has even managed to take a few steps with her Walker 😱 can’t believe how quickly she’s growing 😩😩
She’s become quite the little chatterbox as well she loves saying ra ra ra ra ra and has said mama a few times which just melts me even though I’m sure she’s just making sounds and not actually calling me mama, but I’ll take it.
Still on team no teeth here 😂 and she can only roll in one direction so a few times has got herself wedged in a corner of her cot and we have to go in and help move her 😂😂

Just catching up on all the messages and updates - cant believe how far we have all come and that we are heading into month 9! Hope you all had a lovely mothers day - it was so nice being a Mum on Mothers Day, even though it felt a little strange lol

@UKtoSK ours sound pretty similar...mine was a non stop mover whilst I was pregnant and he is the same now! Crawling everywhere, getting himself into a sitting position and now standing up. Its exciting and terrifying, I'm so worried he is going to fall back and hit his head! We have had a few bumps on the head

We have two bottom teeth but doesnt feel close to any words yet. Hes still just making noises, he loves to shriek! His weaning is going a lot better these days, he eats almost anything but is better with a mushier texture..tonight he had falafel!

It will be strange to come out of lockdown in the next few weeks, I think he could get very overwhelmed with seeing new people. He starts nursery in May as I'm back to work then...I feel so anxious about it!

His sleeping hasn't been as good recently but cant complain when people here are having multiple wake ups! He seems a bit unsettled, and waking early and not going back to sleep. Cant decide if he might be teething again, it also feels like hes in a 'phase' at the minute and my wonder weeks app says hes in a developmental leap so could be that...so hard to know!

@SRS1311 @Gigitree Lovely updates! We also have a good sleeper but seem to be starting the day between 5-5:30am...I wonder whether day light savings might help us!? It feels like the only way we can get to a 6:30-7 wake up is if we have wake ups in the night!!

@Magpie21 same here, her wakings seem to be getting earlier and earlier, I pushed back her bedtime by 15 mins to see if that would help and she just woke up even earlier 😩

@Magpie21 @Gigitree I'm the exact same..he has started waking up around 6am or just before. I've tried adjusting his day time sleep and putting him to bed later but seems like an alarm clock goes off in his head at this time! He has a black out blind in his room also to stop that early morning light coming in. I'm hoping we can get back to 6.30 wake times as although it's only half an hr it feels like a big difference!!

@SRS1311 @Gigitree My LO is already desperate for her first nap of the day 😳 It's not even 8! I at a loss about what to tweak because I have no control over daytime nap length - LO does what she wants! Could be half an hour could be 2!

Oh I feel you with the varying naps lengths @magpie21
The only thing I can think to suggest is if you can increase the gap between nap 1 & 2 and 2 & bedtime, just a smidge to help you out?

Sometimes though I’ve found if she’s up really early and won’t go back to sleep, her morning nap is longer (around 2hrs) because I think she’s using that nap to catch up on the sleep she should of been having 🙄

Yes @SRS1311 I totally feel you, for some reason 6am seems miles apart from 6.30 😂

Never thought I’d be complaining about early wakes as I know I’m so so lucky that currently she sleeps through, but it’s not the getting up early that bothers me, it’s more that it then just throws everything off for the whole day 🙄

I think you need to wake her after half an hour on her morning nap this will encourage her to have a longer one when she is next put down x @Magpie21

What time do you put her to bed @Gigitree

@Gigitree thank you, I will try that. I really understand what you mean about sleeping through but wanting the later wake ups! You get accustomed to the sleep!

@mrssunshinexxx Thanks for the advice. I was thinking about you this morning as I know you had success with the 'just chill muma' course. What is your LO's routine like now? Is it very consistent. I have been tempted by the course but I'm terrified of upsetting routine which is already pretty good.

Must be a thing at the moment as Ivy keeps waking at odd times like 5:30 or 6:00 where she used to sleep till I woke her at 6:50 ish! I wish she would nap better in the day but she will only ever do 30 mins in her crib only way I get her to go longer is going out in the pram. She still wakes on average 2 times a night every night even though she goes down awake and self settles well now.

Am I the only one that has a lazy baby? He got up at 10am on Mother’s Day 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Magpie21 yes she's in a really strict routine but it really suits us both I just wish I had implemented it earlier, going to with next baby.
She wakes between 7.30 and 8am if she isn't awake by 8am I always wake her.
Naps roughly 10.30-11 in pram on our morning walk again always wake her by 11 but she usually wakes after 25 minutes afternoon nap always in her cot at home 2-4pm again wake her at 4pm. She is always asleep by about bang on 8pm

@mrssunshinexxx Thank you for this! Is the recommendation to do the shorter nap in the morning and the longer nap in the afternoon? How are you feeling btw? Xx

@Magpie21 yeah that's right. I think the jist is that we control the timings and then they get used to that like I say my lo 90% of the time will wake around 25 mins of her morning nap she is just so used to the routine now. I know at some point she will drop to one nap and probably a shorter afternoon nap before then but for the moment and the last couple months this has been really set.
Oh thanks for asking I'm pretty nauseous to be honest I feel exactly like. I did with Nelly so very interested to know if it's another girl! X

Good to hear about the good little sleepers!

I still have a 9 month old who wakes multiple times throughout the night! No teeth yet either so I am convincing myself she's just constantly teething 🙈
She has a great bedtime routine bath 6:15 or 6:30 depending on wake window and if only lasts 10-15 mins. She is then asleep by 7-7:15.
9 times of of 10 she will always wake 30 mins after put down, sometimes wind sometimes just wakes. she then might wake between 2-3 times more before midnight then about 2 maybe 3 before 6:30-7 when she's up for the day.
First name is usually around 9:30 and bang on 30 mins occasionally she will treat me to an hour.
Afternoon nap is usually starting somewhere between 1:30-2:30 and can last from 30 - 90 mins.
At night by 11pm I'm usually tired and sore back from all the bending into cot and standing and rocking so I bring her into our bed. This saves getting up the rest of the night but doesn't help with neck / back pain as I find it really uncomfortable the position I need to lay in to feed her and sleep safely!

@mrssunshinexxx hopefully the nausea passes quickly. I remember it was like a switch at 12 weeks and I felt so much better! Exciting times ahead.

Il have a play around with the naps tomorrow and report back!

@Smiffette some days I just think the teething is constant! I felt this for many months before they made an appearance too! The rocking is killer on the back as the babies get bigger 😖

P.s. love how this thread is still going strong a year and a half on

@Magpie21 I'm pretty sure mine stopped last time by around that time so hopefully will again. Can't wait for he scan to know everything ok. Yeh do let us know x

@mrssunshinexxx @Gigitree @Magpie21

A couple of months ago my little one was getting up at half 5. When I put him down for a morning nap he would have a lovely long sleep to make up for his lost sleep time, usually 2 hrs. I read that this extra long morning nap can then change their sleeping rhythm and they end up continuously waking up early morning as they think they need to be tired for their extra long nap. I began waking him up after hr and a half and this did stop him waking at half 5 when he knew he wasnt going to get a lovely long sleep haha.

Agree with setting the day routine and the baby will get used to it and expect sleep at that time. Our routine is a little different with an equal morning and afternoon nap, but I think it depends on what works best for your daily routine/ life. Mine goes down at 9.30 and about 2.15 and usually sleeps an hr and a half each time, or I wake him up. Hes in bed for 7 and asleep at 7.10. Wondering what it will be like when the clocks go forward soon!!

@MrsMarrio wow that sounds like an amazing start to mothers day! Lol..what time does he go to bed? I had to sacrifice getting up later in the morning in order to get my evening back...its hard cause I was thinking the other day how I havent had a proper sleep or long lay in since he was born!!

@SRS1311 he goes to bed around 7.30/8pm depends on what time we’ve had our dinner to start his bedtime routine. Then he wakes up 9.30/10pm for his last feed, then goes back down 10.30/11pm until 8.30/9am. I don’t mind him having a later bedtime as me and my husband don’t usually get in from work until 6.30pm so I want to be able to spend a little time with him when I pick him up from his nans after work. Although I’ve tried getting him to drop his fourth bottle but it’s just not happening! He drinks 12/13oz in 2 hours of a night time, I’ve tried giving him bottle 3 later I’ve tried putting more oz in bottle 3 but he still wakes for bottle 4 so he must need it

It's great when it all falls into place isn't it. I really hope the clocks don't affect too badly! @SRS1311

Jj has taken to waking up at 5.50 or 6.18am . Which is fab when he barely closes his eyes at night. He’s so grumpy and overtired i just feel in a fog all the time

@mrssunshinexxx how long did baby cry for And when did the night waking improve when you sleep trained?We did a week of 10 min intervals and every night was 60mins + to get to sleep and still hourly wake ups 😟

@Picklesbaby honestly I would say the first 2 /3 nights very hard lots of crying and resettling then it just clicked into place but I didn't back down. I did a gentle type of sleep training where I didn't leave the room at all until she was either quiet and calm or asleep I didn't leave her to cry but I didn't pick her up out of the cot it's all about them settling themselves in the cot so start with shushing and patting bum or tummy