Pregnancies April 2018 - #3 the babies are nearly here !

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So we’ve nearly finished with thread 2! Just on time for the babies joining us !

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/3070393-Pregnancies-due-April-2018

@PinkRose24 that's exactly what it's like! I'm breastfeeding too, and he fusses about! I know supply is not an issue. I'm lucky to make plenty. I'm also worried that he is using me as a dummy at time (he doesn't actually have a dummy). Some nights he can be as calm as you like, down at 7.30 then wakes st 11.30 for a feed then goes through to 3.30. Then 5.30/6am. Does then like a big morning nap around 8.15. It's literally those few evening hours thy are driving me around the twist!
Agree with the googling! I'll never learn. He was a bit pale the other day (or so I thought) by the time I'd finished, I'd truly terrified myself. Ironically, by the time I looked up from my phone his colour was fine.

@kirta Omg they sound like the same baby. No mine doesn't use a dummy either, we've tried him with one but he hates it. Has been so good but then this week he's been a nightmare bless him..I'm thinking it may just be a phase they may be going through. I will speak to the doctor when he has his 6 week check just to rule out colic ECT...Have you tried grip water or anything like that? I tried infacol just in case and he hated that too so never given it him again. I've also given him cooled boiled water and tbh it does help him bring up his wind better but doesn't settle him any better

It sounds like your babies all go to bed much earlier than mine.... I'm lucky if he's asleep for the night by 11. Up until then he's feeding on and off for about four hours. Plus he still refuses to sleep in his cot and just wants to be held constantly

Reading up on the fourth trimester helped me understand my baby and her needs in the first few weeks so I'd highly recommend that.

Be careful offering water under 6 months as this can cause water intoxication x

Thank you @@AnnaMadden I'll give it a read. I don't go overboard on the water I tend to just give it him as a last resort to try and soothe him I never give him more than 1-2 onces but only maybe 2x a week or less depending how unsettled he is

@PinkRose24 been at my mums the last few days and we have tried a dummy again. My dad actually walked up and down the garden with him and encouraged him to take it. He actually started using it and we have had the most settled evening for the last 3 weeks! He is very chilled. Fed well and has actually napped in a cot during the day. We tried the Avent dummies and they seem to be working. May be worth trying again??

Thought I had lost this thread. Hello everybody.

Kirta its really normal to have fussy evenings its called cluster feeding they basicallu are tanking up for the night x

@loosemoose28 I think my PIL think I have invented cluster feeding.... They keep asking loads of questions about it as though they don't believe it's a real thing, or that I'm spoiling the baby. Drives me insane!!

You cannot spoil a baby argh. I was told I was making a rod for my own back using a sling to settle her and allowing her to nap in it by my OH friend... good job its my back not hers then

Cluster feeding is hard- I jusy keep reminding myself its normal and many women accross the world are going through the exact same thing.

Cluster feeding is definitely a thing and always has been! You definitely did not invent it @Fieau My PIL have some very strange ideas! Mine are convinced I am trying to freeze him to death because I don't have him in 46 layers of clothing! My daughter cluster fed and was really calm, and I just sat up for hours and drank tea, ate biscuits and fed her. It was a lovely time. This time with my son, I don't actually think it's cluster feeding. He wasn't napping brilliantly in the day, therefore not feeding well, which culminated in hours of screaming. I resisted the dummy (stupidly, as my daughter hadn't had one) and didn't really persevere with it. Now he has accepted it, he settles quickly for a nap and stays asleep for much longer. Fed more efficiently yesterday and went down at 8pm. Woke twice, fed, and then was up at 7.15am. Very early days, but I think lack of decent daytime sleeping is/was the cause of my particular issue.

It's is so hard not to compare to your other children! I constantly have to remind myself that he's a totally different baby! My daughter lulled me into a false sense of security!

Hey everyone. How is everyone getting on?can you believe how quick the time is going! My son was 3 months last week! He's got his 2nd set of jabs today!

Hi I was just thinking of this thread the other day lol. We're great...Áine is 4 months old today. I can't believe how fast it's going. She has a third injections on Weds ☹

Hope everyone and their babies are doing well xx

Anybody still on here? Currently got a grumpy 7 month old just cut his first tooth! 😬

I'm still here! Grumpy 6 month old who is still refusing to nap!

We have 2 teeth though, they cut at the same time...that was fun...not

@amysaurus87 aww no! I hope you manage to get some rest! I'm currently awake and have not yet slept because of that one tooth he is sprowting! I'm beginning to miss the early days again. So on edge I don't even want to shut my eyes because it's false hope!