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

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Debs75goldrings · 03/12/2008 13:18

So what were we all doing this time last year?

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Kagey · 13/01/2009 15:52

Jenpet sorry forgot to add this to my last post - we had E christened at 7-weeks (RC).

I could not face flying with Ryanair in Dec because of the 'hidden' charges due to all the crap baby stuff we were carting around.

Jenbot · 13/01/2009 15:53

My hair is falling out loads too! Think I'm going to have it cut short actually. It'll be a change, and there'll be fewer baby grabby hair-pull ouch moments!

I have no real routine at all still, she has a nap when she yawns in the day, feeds whenever I think she seems hungry... I do wonder if that will work for me when there's two.

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digitalgirl · 13/01/2009 16:18

kagey A has shown no interest in rolling, he's 19 weeks.

digitalgirl · 13/01/2009 16:31

Does anyone else's baby hum when they're feeding? It usually precedes a long story that A has to tell me in between sucks.

Not that he's a huge talker (despite not being a roller either). He has chatty days and quiet days. He's currently watching me type with the most intense expression !

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Hopefully · 13/01/2009 16:45

T is not remotely interested in rollling either! In fact, he rarely does anything more than kick his legs a bit when he's put down. Also doesn't move a milimetre in his cot - he wakes up exactly where he's put down! He is incredibly noisy though - he's always the squeaky one at baby group.

DG T does lots of very inelegant grunting while feeding now. really embarrassing when I'm feeding in public, it's incredibly loud! He has also started pulling off and looking around and smiling up at me, which also makes public feeding a pain - I used to be able to latch him on and forget about him for 40 minutes.

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ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 13/01/2009 18:27

Starlight - move away from the sleep topic

M is 18wo and has only really started to move this week. If you put him on his gym he eventually twizzles around 90 degrees, he's also tolerating being on his stomach a bit more.

Hopefully - M's sleep has been all over the place during Christmas and the NY, but this weekend it has calmed down and returned to how it was before - so there is hope!

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eandz · 13/01/2009 19:48

i'm really happy to be back on this thread. i've been horribly busy with guests, traveling, the holidays, more guests and i'm supposed to be traveling but thank goodness we've gotten out of that.

my struggles: Noah doesn't sleep. i just don't get out of the house much unless i have help and the only places i can go have become so boring. out of the few slings i've tried Noah is only happy in the close sling and likes to be in it ALL the time.

plusonemore · 13/01/2009 20:00

oh starlight i have done similar things re your DS! Good luck for tonight, sometimes more sleep in the day can improve their sleep in the night cant it?

Ponymum · 13/01/2009 21:09

imoscaramum - 2 years for c-section to heal? OMG, I'm 40 now! Is this a general rule? I think maybe I need to see a specialist for some advice as to whether another PG is possible at all.

eandz - so sorry about Noah's sleeping problems.

DD's cold is awful. Have cancelled her vaccinations which were booked for tomorrow. Doc says take Calpol every 6 hours, and I have also bought some baby chest rub today (like vicks but pharmacist says she can use it now). So awful seeing her ill and wishing I could fix it. Doc also said green poo is a sign of fighting infection, so that answers that one.

ninja · 13/01/2009 21:41

Went to baby massage today and M loved it, despite being awake for nearly 3 hours by that time!

DH had a numpty moment - I went to the gym and said that M had slept better last night after me putting her in a long sleeved vest and socks under her sleep suit inside her sleeping bag. So he put her to bed in ..... the long sleeved top and socks only, covered by 1 cellular blanket. Now our room is quite cold, even more so as the windows were ajar to air it. He then wondered why she woke up . Not one of his brighter moments. She's now wide awake and chatty, but at least she might sleep longer when I take her to bed with me [hopeful emotion]

ninja · 13/01/2009 21:52

I've just been pointed to this as to why bf babies may ewake up to feed more at night at this age.

The being distracted during feeds part is certainly true ...

SunflowerNeedsSunshine · 13/01/2009 22:07

jenpet we got DS christened at 13 months as we had it done during trip to italy, so he was christened in same church/priest as when my parents gor married/me, DB and DSis got christened. Just booked flights for Easter (going alone with the 2 LOs) so I'll arrange DD's for August

my clothes are turning into fur coats and my pillow into a wig with all the hair I'm loosing! I just leave a trail behind me! it's horrible!

oh, not rolling yet here either, she had a couple of "nearly" moments, but she just hates laying down. starlight my experience seems to follow your theory, a part from my cousin's DD, who was walking (running!) & talking at 9 months!

eandz you're not the only one, don't get out much a part from school run which I have to do, with exception of when DP can pick DS up, and grocery shopping at w/end...

SunflowerNeedsSunshine · 13/01/2009 22:14

ninja - very interesting, M's always doing that, I can't talk when she's feeding now, she looks at me with such a crossed look, and if she hears tv/radio she'll stop too. If DS comes in, then it's even worse! oh, and the grunting and pulling! and her legs are constantly moving too. But I try to avoid distractions now, and normally give her a bottle of BM to make sure she's fed enough

imoscarsmum · 13/01/2009 22:16

starlight like your thread title!

On sleeping and routines the only thing we've kept consistent is C's feeds. She feeds 5 times a day, approx every 3 hours. Bath & last bottle between 6 and 7. She then sleeps for 12 hours. It's C that's done that though, not us - she just kind of did it herself and dropped feeds as and when she needed to. Most days she naps for 30mins at most, other days she can sleep for 2 hours.
She does sleep on her tummy though.

ponymum I was told 2 years if I wanted to go for a VBAC. I am 37 at the end of March, so would be around 39/40 if I went for another one. I expect you could conceive earlier and have an elective c section (a la Angelina Jolie).
However, C has been such an angel DP and I are scared a second one will never be as easy!!

Eandz so good to have you back. Don't worry too much about where you go, but do try to get out for fresh air every day, even a walk around the block is good.

rolling C isn't interested, though does try to grab her feet sometimes. She's 17 weeks tomorrow.
Interesting comment re walking or talking. C is very chatty and is trying to talk we think. On 2 occasions different people have said "did she just say hello?". She makes an "ee..oo" noise!
She does laugh and laugh at stuff as well (generally mama trying to erect a travel cot - she found that as hysterical as I found it frustrating!!)

Christening am christian but don't go to church. Is it hypocritical to have christening in church? DP and I not sure. may go for naming ceremony.

Sorry for long post. Just catching up as DP now asleep in the land of the jet lagged.

imoscarsmum · 13/01/2009 22:39

ninja even as a ff mum that article was interesting (though totally disagree with her comments about a 4 month old bottle fed baby: "Because by this time, mom has often handed the bottle off to baby to feed himself". What tosh, I'd never do that and c couldn't do it herself anyway!)

Interestingly one of the reasons my boss stopped bf around 16 weeks was because her DD was too interested in what was going on and was pulling her boobs all over the place (not saying it's a reason to stop, just that's what she said).

Hopefully · 13/01/2009 22:52

Imoscarsmum we're thinking of a naming ceremony, or something. We're not remotely religious, but like the idea of a 'welcome to the family' type party.

Ponymum I know plenty of people who've had CSs closer together than 2 years, I'm sure a doc would 'allow' it (not that they have much choice!)

Eandz will noah sleep in a pram? T loooooves his and nods off almost instantly in it if it's nap time. Sorry you're suffering with lack of sleep - i have just managed to get my mother to stay for a couple of days to do a night shift or two so we can get some sleep as T is waking 2-3 hourly, not necessarily needing a feed.

Starlight hope you're enjoying a long and uninterrupted sleep!

BabyStarlightsMum · 13/01/2009 23:01

You must be joking. Baby Starlight's wriggling around on her baby gym wide awake and yelling things to the overhanging animals.

Sorry you're going through a tough patch ninja. Interesting article.

Pacita · 13/01/2009 23:03

digigirl Diego has taken to humming at the nipple for a couple of days now. He also bites with his toothless gums when the milk has the audacity to flow slower than required. He also stops to look at me intently if I dare eat, talk or read while feeding. He chatters non stop and has taken to voice experimentation, gurgling, hollering and humming. Very funny (but not at mealtimes!).

Still no rolling over chez Diego, but he lifts his head like a merecat when on his tummy. Very funny to see. He's 15 weeks today, and I think today was his first ever belly laugh. I melted!

Pacita · 13/01/2009 23:05

Also, isn't it bizarre that during a growth spurt they are at the nipple all the time, and suddenly the next day the seem suddenly uninterested in feeding? today I only fed Diego 6 times instead of the usual 8 (for almost an hour each time these past days) because he did not ask for more. He has gone to sleep without any fuss too...

Sassyfrassy · 13/01/2009 23:14

Hi everyone,

Kagey, it really varies enormously when babies do different things. Katie first rolled over last week when she was 22 weeks (19 adjusted) but she's only done it three times since and only when I've been watching!

Is anyone interested in a hugababy ringsling, it's a padded ringsling, dark green. I bought it while pregnant, not sure why, and I just don't like padded ringslings. I don't want much for it and would be happy to send it to try before deciding.

Hopefully · 13/01/2009 23:25

Starlight just explain to her slowly and carefully that babies who sleep more in the day sleep better at night. It says so in the baby book so it must be true!

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