September 08 Remember what we were doing this time last year?[wink]

[Debs75goldrings]

So what were we all doing this time last year?

digital I seem to recall they should double their birth weight by 4-6 months and triple it by a year.
I really don't remember the 4 month thing with dd - but looking back we were on holiday at the time so we put her being messed up down to that. But this time...forewarned is forearmed...

Hi all, i've not been on MN for ages (a month i think) glad to see everyone is doing fine apart from the occasional blip.

Jessica is doing really well, now 9.5 weeks old. She does the best big baby smiles and adores her big sister too. She is still a bit colicy but betternow on a double dose of infacol. sleeping well with only 1 dreamfeed at about 4am (she goes down at about 10pm). She is also mostly going to sleep by herself in her basket - rarely need to cuddle her to sleep now Jess is so different from her big sister i still can't get over it - so much more relaxed, happy in her bouncy chair for ages - her only issue is that unlike DD1 she has not taken to DH very well. She is a definate mummy's girl where as DD1 was and is a total daddy's girl - i think my DH is a little hurt - but as she gets older and when i'm no longer the feeding machine i'm sure he will become the favoured one

By the way i love the festive names - hope you all have a lovely Christmas with you babies

Grrrr, crappy night here due to T's cold/cough thing again. I swear those three nights of sleeping through were just to tease me before he got ill. He was up about 3 times last night, absolutely screaming blue murder, coughing and hacking. He took a bottle at about 3, but still took ages to get back to sleep again
I've been holding off dosing him up with calpol and tixylix, but think I'm going to give in - he's so tiny to be stuffing full of drugs, but he's obviously suffering. Tixylix says it's suitable from 3 months, but he's 12.2 weeks, so only a few days off 3 months.

Debi I did suffer years of joint presents, and still get them occasionally! It did sometimes mean i could wrangle something really good, but mostly it's crap.

DG my normally very sane mother has been going on at me about weaning since T was about 7 weeks. I think she's beginning to realise I'm not going to wean him any time soon, but she still occasionally brings up the 'ferola in the milk' comment.

DG

'Am hoping to BF morning and night. Is this likely or will dropping the day feeds lead to my supply'

Absolutely. I did this. Your supply is no longer so sensitive so you can do pretty much whatever you want. Morning and night will work.

Lovely to hear from you Sagecat!

Vote for Starlight's christmas name here !!

I nominated her 'cos she thought of names for so many of us

morning ladies!

anyone's LOs constantly sucking their lips? M seems to doing all the time the last couple of days.... she actually interrupts her feed to do it!! she looks so cute when she does it though...

dd2 sucks her lips occasionally. yes cute. doesn't interrupt feed to do it (yet).

starlight are you still on that 'controlled crying' thread?

at name voting! Didn't think it was very good. Thanks though!

Foxy Haven't been on it for a while. It wore me out. Why?

Great news! Took C to be weighed today and she is now 11lb 7oz at 12 weeks!! She has put on 1lb 2oz in 2 weeks!!!!! Thought she might be having a growth spurt as her No 1 newborn nappies are a bit tight. She's been an angel though - still sleeping through and just taking bigger feeds during the day.

Hopefully I've been giving C calpol since she was 2 months old. We only give it when she's obviously ill but it does make such a difference.
he's so tiny to be stuffing full of drugs - i understand what you mean but surely it's much better to make him feel well and remove any pain he's in. When you've got a cold, headaches can be awful.

On the MIL front - my MIL has been saying things like "ooh, C, you'll be able to have some nice food soon won't you darling". Me: "No carole, not until she's 26 weeks - seriously it's not good for her".
Need to get message clear as she's having C 2 days a week from April!

I saw that you were being quite genuine on that thread. I know how they wear you down. I am a veteran of CC threads and have 'retired' from them. I am focusing on the positive instead of doing that. Any further info is better put in a private email.

Imsantasmum you're right - I gave in and gave him a dose of tixylix this morning (he didn't have a temp or I would have given calpol as well) and he managed to stop coughing long enough to have a reasonable nap, poor chap. He's now asleep in the pram in the sitting room with me shamelessly rocking it to keep him asleep

Those of you who have predictable babies/are fellow routine followers, how much sleep does your LO have during the day? I think I need to begin cutting T's back a teensy bit, as he is needing less and less sleep at night (cooing and smiling until 8pm at least, and up earlier than I would choose, also very happy and alert, not just hungry). I'm not going to attempt anything until he's totally healthy again, but just thinking about it. I found he needed more than most books said when he was littler, but he's still having a good 4.5-5 hours most days, sometimes a bit more. He's 12 weeks now...

littler? Smaller .

Well Foxy I'm intrigued!

And......look wot you did! You got me back on that thread .

(I think Hopefully was on it too though and you didn't pick on her.........

Hopefully I love the daily progress reports about T's sleeping. Don't take this the wrong way, but do revisit when you have no.2 it'll make you smile. They really are very sweet postings. It'll all come good though I promise!

Well Foxy I'm intrigued!

And......look wot you did! You got me back on that thread .

(I think Hopefully was on it too though and you didn't pick on her.........

Hopefully I love the daily progress reports about T's sleeping. Don't take this the wrong way, but do revisit when you have no.2 it'll make you smile. They really are very sweet postings. It'll all come good though I promise!

i haven't followed it closely. i didn't know hopefully was on it.

i felt a bit bad after saying 'better for a pvt email' but it wasn't meant 'that' way.

to put a long story short. in the past I have had people trying to troll me out and name change etc because of CC threads. I've had a lot of smirking, thinly veiled abuse on these threads from a couple people who are on that thread and while they have not 'chased me off' the threads, frankly, I have said my piece and I have moved on. I could have gone on there and poked holes where none had been poked but I am too busy for that at the mo as you can imagine.

Starlight I know, i often look at my posts and mutter 'pfb' to myself!

'poked holes where none had been poked'

I think I was working up to similar things when I lost motivation. Twas a very speedy thread.

foxy I wanted to ask you a question. As overjoyed as you must be with your DH back at home, has he annoyed you by interfering with your 'routines' that you set up in his absence? Just wondering really....

Hopefully

I think what makes me smile the most is how such a routiner is chopping and changing well thought out strategies all the time to best meet the LO's needs whilst trying to gain some predictability. It's lovely! I expect you're going to be/are a fab mum!

"foxy I wanted to ask you a question. As overjoyed as you must be with your DH back at home, has he annoyed you by interfering with your 'routines' that you set up in his absence? Just wondering really...."

yup. kept me mouth shut for the grearer good tho.

I just got called a 'Nana'! PMSL

Wot is it?

tol you it was time to step away!

Starlight I think for me parenting was always going to be about finding a compromise between a dictated routine and what suits T - i.e. I start from the point of view of a routine, and adjust it as necessary, rather than starting from the point of baby led (in my world, for 'baby led' read 'blind panic') and letting that lead me to a routine. I suspect that it all leads to much the same thing in the end, but it keeps me (and more importantly, T) happy!

Foxy lol at keeping your mouth shut for the greater good!

It was an okayish thread, but I give up now am being attacked personally. I have nicer threads to post on

Don't get me wrong Hopefully. I admire your style, and think if anyone is gonna get it right it will be you!

Just the way you overanalyse everything must be your making AND downfall. But I suspect you know this!

It's great being on the journey with you! Your contribution to the thread should be published imo. It will be the best parenting book!