Dec 2007: Gummy grins give way to teething tyrants

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How about this?

Oh, and i was apparently given solids at 8 weeks!!!!!.....and it hasn't done me any harm

Hello all

Sorry to hear that your hubby is being made redundant, beckle. That must be a worry for you.

Good news about the bottle, dundee! That will be a relief for you.

Wizz - good to have you back!

My dd has a tooth!!!! She has been dribbling a lot and constantly sucking her fingers for a couple of weeks and some days she has really rosy cheeks so I thought there was something happening. It was so cute as I noticed it when I was making her laugh yesterday. I am thinking of giving her some baby rice tomorrow as she is draining bottles now and is waking up earlier. DD is 23 weeks now but agree with Skid and Clara about the guilt thing. There seems to be so much conflicting advice about weaning and although I wanted to wait until 6 mths I'm not going to put it off if she is ready.

I wanted to bf for 6 mths too and I didn't quite make it....

Lily is 21 weeks and just not interested in food at all - have stopped offering cos she just screams

Hi everyone

Just back after a few days in Skye, had a lovely time with DD and DS and DH, wee DS gets so many lovely comments on what a smiley wee boy he is (sorry ridiculously proud mother emoticon!).

Weaning: I've been trying DS with some baby rice mixed with EBM for a few days but he hasn't really got the hang of it so I've decided to leave it for another wk, he's 22wks.

Macdoodle how your DD1 enjoyed the baby massage, must've been lovely to have both DDs there.

Beckle I hope the redundancy works out ok for your DH, like you say might just be that helping push he needs.

Lovely to hear from you Insy I was thinking today of some people that don't post on the thread anymore - has anyone seen theLady around? I hope things settled down for them with the sale of their business and the wee ones feeding. Those newborn days seem so far away now!

Amani & Clairey and Skid we have good days where I am so glad for the 22mth age gap and feel quite content and days where I too am screaming! It's hard work with 2 but this time round things have clicked and makes sense a lot more - can't really explain it but I hope you know what I mean.

Wizzska snap! we were offline for a month too whilst we changed ISPs due to a technical fault and wow I am so glad to be back online!

Must go to bed now, DS is tending to wake at 1ish then 4 then 7!

Oh nearly forgot, I'm going on a days cooking course tomorrow so DH will be looking after the DC, I'm a bit stressed out with sterilising the bottled and defrosting expressed milk etc, I hope I can switch off and concentrate tomorrow when I'm there but I know I'll be fretting how everything is going!

I was told by the HV that at 4 months DS was ready for weaning but he only took a bit and wasn't that enthusiastic. Have tried every couple of weeks since then to see how he reacts. Last week when we were in France he seemed to be ready so I offered him some apple which he liked. He's had rice, banana, weetabix, sweet potato. He has about 6-8 tiny spoonfuls to taste then he rejects it. He's interested but not hungry for much. He sucked on an apple I was eating the other day and loved it. I'm just going slowly and seeing how he reacts. He'll be 6 months on 2nd June so he should need something extra soon.

Louise congrats on your DS's tooth. Still lots of dribbling here and rosy cheeks but no teeth showing yet.

Sorry Louise, DD I meant. Force of habit typing DS.

Hi

I haven't been on this before and was just having a look and thought I would type a message.

My little boy was born on 23 December, so has just turned 5 months old.

We started weaning at 17 weeks as he suffers from reflux and doesn't drink much milk. His weight gain was very slow so we weaned as he needed extra calories.

He has taken to it very well, which is nice, as it was a nighmare giving him milk. He is now on 3 meals a day and really enjoys them. He is taking a bit more milk now too, which is nice.

No teeth yet, but lots of dribble and red cheeks.

Hi

I haven't been on this before and was just having a look and thought I would type a message.

My little boy was born on 23 December, so has just turned 5 months old.

We started weaning at 17 weeks as he suffers from reflux and doesn't drink much milk. His weight gain was very slow so we weaned as he needed extra calories.

He has taken to it very well, which is nice, as it was a nighmare giving him milk. He is now on 3 meals a day and really enjoys them. He is taking a bit more milk now too, which is nice.

No teeth yet, but lots of dribble and red cheeks.

Hi everyone.

I havent posted for ages and ages!

Hope all your babies are doing well and you are too.

Ethan will be 6 months on the 6th June .
That went flipping quick!

He has both bottom teeth. They're not completely through yet and luckily they didnt cause him much pain.
His sleeping has been dire for a fair few weeks and a couple of weeks ago we went to Spain where things went completely downhill. In fact he spent a few nights sleeping in the pushchair so I could rock him to sleep!
We decided when we got back that we would put him to sleep at 7pm with dd and ds1 and he would be awake.
Its working really well. He has a bit of a cry but is asleep within 10 mins.
He then wakes at 10pm for a feed and again anytime from 3am. He is starting his days anytime from 4:30 which I am trying my damned hardest to sort out

We've also started weaning which is going ok.
Nothing he particularly dislikes yet but I haven't tried him with much so far.

hi everyone, feels like ages since i posted. been in oxford all week visiting family. had a really lovely week, ds was fabulous! he slept all the way there and back - left after bathtime. and he ws brill when we were there. only prob is, he's picked up i bug and is really poorly. got a phonecall from the family we visited saing their little girl had started bein sick etc. he started yesterday afternoon, awful nappies, pojectile vomit and crying - he never cries! he's still feeding from me though,dont think anything would put him off that! hope my little boys gets better soon

hope everyone is well, welcome to the newbies!

Hello sausagebear and welcome!

Lots of dribbly babies here, and a few have teeth already!

NBG - hello!! Can emapathise with the early mornings, ds is the same, we end up putting him in bed with us at that sort of time to try and induce him to sleep longer!

Kelbel - hope your little man is feeling better soon, the boob will help speed his recovery up!

AAAAAaaaargh. Martha keeps flipping herself onto her front in her cot and wakes herself up and screams. Not sure if that's what's causing the problems but she is awake on and off all night at the moment. Dh and I have to take it in turns to sleep in with her, then swap over at about 5am so the other can catch up a bit. Only problem is we're meant to be going to stay with friends tomorrow night so it looks like we'll BOTH be getting no sleep as she'll be in with us (and possibly dd1 too if she won't sleep in the same room as her little friend). Dreading it!

Put ds in his cot awake after feeds, after 15 mins of singing to him he drifted off to sleep... only to wake up 10 minutes later, Dh tried to soothe him, then me, he ended up hysterical, really upset. Tried feeding him, kept pulling off crying, ended up giving him calpol he was that upset - think it is a combination of a cold and teething. He's stirred a couple of times but is currently still asleep.

I also have had a day of cold and teething - nightmare - miserable grizzly can't feed cos can't breath poor thing poor me poor DD1 (kept yelling at her for waking baby up though really wasn't her fault)...still gotta pack going to Dsis for week tomorrow cannot be arsed knackered....might go to bed and pack in morning but if baby still grizzly will not end up leaving till lunch time - agggghhhhhh!

Hi

Just wondered if anyone has any good tips for long drives. We are going away for the first time in a couple of weeks, and have a 6 hour drive!!

My ds usually just sleeps in the car, but will this affect him sleeping at night?

We plan to have plenty of stops along the way. Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi

Just wondered if anyone has any good tips for long drives. We are going away for the first time in a couple of weeks, and have a 6 hour drive!!

My ds usually just sleeps in the car, but will this affect him sleeping at night?

We plan to have plenty of stops along the way. Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Plenty of stops! And entertainment as well.
You or your dp should sit in the back with him. DH and I have done 4 hour trips, we try to go when he would normally be asleep, but this may not be possible. I would avoid travelling after lunch, or it may affect your ds's sleep.
The 4 hour trips DH and I have done have been down to my mum's, we normally set off for hers at ds's bedtime, around 7.30, but last time we had to stop after 3 hours to feed him.
ON the way home, we set off late morning, and I tried to keep him awake but it was hard. We stopped twice for toilet breaks and to feed him.
His sleep was a little bit disrupted, but he is still waking up lots at night anyway.

Thank you BouncingTurtle. We will probably set off as soon as he has had his bottle in the morning. He usually has a sleep after that. I will sit in the back and my dh will drive. My ds is sleeping through the night, so I hope it doesn't affect his sleep too much!

I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely sunny weather!
DH, and I took ds and dss to Hamsterley Forest, very nice but rather breezy!

We've had to postpone ds's Christening though.
Our chosen Godparents, Dh's db and dsil have temporarily split . It is looking very hopeful that they will get back together as they have both agreed to go to Relate and DH spoke to DB last night and he sounded very positive. They are just having a bit of time apart to get their heads straight. Really hope they get it sorted as they are lovely and seem so good for each other. They have 2 little girls as well.

Dad is being an arse again
We said we would come over in October but we haven't as yet agreed on dates - Dh needs to clear it with his new manager as his current one is going on ML in a few weeks, but his new boss has only just started doing handover stuff, and so holidays in October not exactly a priority!
And guess what he's pressuring me to book dates now because DSM's sister and dp want to come over at that time, so dad has put me on the spot to basically book now so that he can tell his dsil if they come or not so they can take advantage of some cheap flights. And they need to know now because the price might go up.
Well the chances are we'll be coming over when they want to come because that is when the flights will be cheapest for us. And dad's dsil and dp are not short of money. We're the ones who are broke until I go back to work, and we haven't been able to get over to visit since June last year and WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE HIS ONLY FUCKING GRANDSON!!!!
Sorry am just so fucked off with all. Am going to have words with him later. I might try and calm down first.

Welcome Sausagebear.

Finally caught up, will try to do better now I've got my iphone and can MN on the move. (poor redundant laptop)

Hi everyone, it seems like the same trials and tribulations around:
Teething - no sign of tooth at all, but those fingers are constantly in her mouth and she does get quite shouty.
Weaning - after talking it through with the nursery nurse at Baby Massage last week, I've finally figured it all out. I couldn't understand how to switch from regular bottles 3 hourly to breakfast/lunch/dinner. But we now have baby rice at breakfast, about 8am followed by a small bottle. Either some puree or half a jar of food at lunch, about 12pm and half a jar for dinner about 4pm then a bottle about 7 and again at 9. So far it's going great, and she loves her food, I love it when she sucks it off the spoon.
Sleeping - last night she slept from about half 7 though til 6.30am (her usual waking time these days) though I don't get her up then, give her the dummy and change her and she'll sleep for another hour or so. She's been going down at 9pm before last night so at least I know she can do it now.
Weight loss - Don't ask, it seems to be creeping back on although I'm not eating any worse, actually better - love it now I can make homemade soup. Maybe I should try exercising or cutting out bread, but I'm not too concerned until I can't fit into my clothes at all.

I think my main problem with weaning is that Daniel doesn't have any kind of schedule to his feeds, he is still fed whenever he feels like, sometimes every couple of hours, sometimes more frequently.
Fellow bfers who have started weaning, did you have a schedule for bfs before you started?

Feel very lax and routineless, only routine we have is his bedtime and even that feels very vague...

happy bank holiday everyone

bouncing - I had no routine feeding Milo - just fed him whenever he seemed to want feeding but I have found now that he has started on solids that a routine has suddenly presented itself:

7am ish wake up and BF
8am ish - breakfast and (small) BF
10.30am ish BF
12.30pm ish lunch and (small) BF
3pm ish BF/expressed bottle
5pm BF
6pm dinner
7pm bath and BF and bed

Seems to work OK although not at the moment as he is also teething and doesn't want any solids at all so I am back to feeding him whenever he wants which can be up to every hour...

I am also very lax with routine but because we already have an eating routine, he has one too IYKWIM

We often go to Hamsterley Forest as well btw - it's gorgeous isn't it?

Hi sausagebear - i would definitely try to go when your DS is due a sleep - preferably at night if the journey is six hours! otherwise you will be stopping all the time and it will take forever to get there

Hope you're all enjoying the bank holiday - my workaholic DH insisted we have a normal work day so here I am in my office doing loads of work MNetting, NOT FAIR!!

hi!

nightmare sleeping here - ie none!!

bouncing i got some good ideas for routines here as i was wondering the same thing!

Oh baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad mummy - have just in desperation put a wriggling crying dd down in her boucy chair in front of cbeebies - she is calm and transfixed....I feel awful........!

Caz - I got upset as ds pulled off me feeding to watch the fecking tweenies!!

Skid - yes it was great! BTW MN meetup on Saturday, having a picnic in Durham, on Palace Green I think. Thread here