September 2024 - Thread 11

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4 month old teething/growth spurt sucks. Losing the will to live. That is all.

@FuppinNora I hear you sister. Same here. It sucks big time.

A friend is pregnant with her first. All I could think was "oh you poor thing, I feel so sorry for what you're about to go through". I didn't say it obviously.

@HuggingAnIcePack887 Teetha gel and calpol are only cutting it for so long. Bringing out the big guns tonight - nurofen.
The house is upside down, I've shouted at the husband when he didnt deserve it (for once), Christmas presents all over the place. I'm about to explode.

@TripleESept24 mine is in size 3 because they were leaking. I've had to go posh though and get pampers, he has been wetting through lidl and aldis nappies if they aren't changed within 2.5 hours. Also, I think I'm bigger than I was pregnant ha! Really need to rein it in now.

@kc92 honestly do it, I wanted to hold out because I loved having the cute baby lying in the pram. However it ended up with me pushing pram and carrying ds like a fool.

So after all that moaning there is 1 positive - bedtime routine is going well and he puts himself off to sleep.

@TripleESept24 hi!
We're ok over here thank you. Some days are still a struggle and I find myself crying. Probably once a fortnight. Feeling overwhelmed, sad for my old life and missing having any time to myself.

I have a baby that cannot be put down for a nap so that's tough. She's also started walking in the night and refusing to go back in her crib. She knows the second I put her in. This can take 2 hours 😭

We haven't bought Ruby much for Christmas apart from some keepsakes like a snow globe.

She weighs 12-13lbs (haven't weighed her for 4 weeks) and also struggle with nappies. 2's are tight and 3's leak. She wakes wet through at night.

No teeth yet and don't think she's teething.

We had a little Christmas photoshoot for her to use for cards. They went down a treat.

Ooooh @WinsandSam these are so cute!! 🥰🥺

I have days I still struggle......a bit more with being bored just the two of us as bad as that sounds but I have no friends or family here 😭

We sound similar with the nappies it's like she's between sizes but sticking to 2s for now.....

Esme won't go down in the evening really only after her midnight feed and she still needs a feed every four hours!! X

Loving all the pics of your gorgeous girls. We’ve been so busy here with the house move and Christmas. Glad you and all the babies are doing well!

Indies 4 months on the 30th, but I dunno she’s going through a growth spurt or something right now as she’s feeding like crazy and waking every hour during the night. It’s been hard work, she’s also not sleeping in her cot again.

She has started rolling from her back to side though and I’ll pop her down on her mat and 10 seconds later she’s spun herself around.

Indies around 13ish lbs now I haven’t had her weighed in about 4 weeks, but she’s been on the 25th centile throughout. She’s still in size 2 nappies but I was thinking earlier are these getting too small? But seems the leap to size 3 is quite big if they’re baggy?

Hi pals!!

@TripleESept24 my smallie is still size 2 and they’re fine on her. A friend called today and gave us two big bags of Pampers so I hope she stays the same size for a while yet! Our 3m check up apt was cancelled for tomorrow so no idea what she weighs now but I think she’s still tracking well.

@FuppinNora kudos to you gal friend. Hope you’re doing ok, white knuckle as best you can. Delighted he’s taking himself off to zzz tho that’s great.

@WinsandSam i felt so similar with #1, really struggled the first while. I hope it all settles for you soon though. Take as much time as you can for yourself, not easy I know.

my friends baby is 5m and now sleeps 12h. I don’t think I’ll ever get there!! Still coaleeping even though I don’t want to so over Christmas I’ll really try get her in the cot. Been trying to get a routine going but it’s so hard, evenings are just mayhem at home. Yet she’s wrecked come 7/8 so the pet needs it. Still haven’t aced the sleep transfer so hopefully she learns to settle herself awake soon xx

@TripleESept24 & @WinsandSam your babies are adorable!! Stop showing me pictures or I'll go a third time for a girl.

@WinsandSam everyone says to enjoy contact naps and you'll miss them when they're gone (and you will!) but my god its hard when you don't get 5 minutes without someone touching you all day.

@TripleESept24 Mine is 16lbs 1oz according to his latest check & still in size 2. I also hear you on the boredom - think that's why I'm on Mumsnet too much. 😭 I used to spend all day either working or out of the house with my toddler. Harder to juggle leaving for more than one morning adventure with the two of them, and the walls are closing in.

@Emmaev how is the house move going? I moved the same month as having DS & still half living out of boxes.

@HuggingAnIcePack887 no one can prepare you for that first baby - I look back on all the congratulations I got and think how many of them must have been silently screaming "brace yourself!"

@FuppinNora moving pram was a success! The two boys were obsessed with staring at each other so kept each other nicely entertained.

@TripleESept24 I get the boredom bit! I'm super sociable and miss that aspect of going to work. I don't miss working, just the seeing people. Don't think the weather helps; it's miserable. Would be so nice to be able to sit in the garden or go for evening strolls.

Oh Esme, don't lie to let mummy have a good nights sleep. One day hopefully we'll all have a full night again. It's not something I've had since pre pregnancy

@Emmaev wow that's amazing about the rolling. Clever baby

@PinkWatermelon88 I've read others say about a 3 month check up.that doesn't happen here, we have nothing until 1year which is crazy. Who is it with?

The sleep situation is so tough especially when these little monkeys don't like their cots. She knows when her head hits the crib and starts to fidget. We do co sleep a lot but I don't like it and can't relax. Also want to have some drinks over Christmas and it's giving me anxiety about bed sharing.

@kc92 so know that'll be true! I should and do appriciate the cuddles most days but I'd like maybe one a day without having dead arms... I'd probably feel lost and miss it then 😂

@WinsandSam it's like she heard us..... The last two nights she's gone down about 12.30am after bottle and slept through till 7.15am!!! 😍 🤞

She's always so happy first thing in the morning too will lay on her changing mat for a while cooing and smiling whilst I make bottle!! 🥰

Wow @TripleESept24 that's amazing!! I we also had 2 x 6 hour chunks from 9:30-3:30 the past 2 nights. I then wake up wide awake and struggle to get back to sleep 😴 Aahh so cute, mornings are my favourite too as so smiley and chatty

Anyone's else's babas been to see Santa?? 🥺

@TripleESept24 adorable! Not sure she's a fan 😂

Honestly she was mortified, didn't cry but just looked in absolute shock like what the hell is this!!! Even for about 5 mins after when we were getting her in her pram 🤣🤣🤣

Just checking in, haven't been on for a while! Hope everyone is doing okay and almost prepped for Christmas!

@TripleESept24 so cute!!

We went to Lapland UK on Tuesday for my 4 year old, baby girl also loved all the lights and was fascinated by the shows and she was awake meeting Santa - I thought she would've napped through most of it as it was her typical long nap time at the time we went but nope, she had a change of plans 🤣 with my 1st born I used to stay in the house alot and let the naps rule all of my plans but I promised myself I wouldn't do that this time - I guess her being the 2nd makes a huge difference too as she just has to tag along with us regardless as I'm not keeping my 4 year old cooped up in the house, and being out on the school run twice a day has forced her to be a pushchair napper too 🤣 where as my son would not nap in the pram at all!

Her days and nights are still a tad mixed up though and she's 12 weeks - she can sleep so soundly in the day and then night time comes and she sleeps like shit 😂 I have to wake her up in the day so she doesn't sleep too much and to also feed her on schedule to get the milk in during the day. My first born slept through the night from 4 weeks so it's been a different experience this time round when she wakes 5,000 times a night 🤣

Also - all I can think about is this time last year we were TTC! Did anyone track their cycles - when was your baby conceived? I got my peak ovulation test on NYE so me and my husband always joke and say we entered the new year with a bang 😂😂

@BeautyAndTheBump1 I think we're all just winging it/getting used to shit sleep now 😂 I feel surprisingly ok with minimal sleep... at the beginning I thought I might die.

Ha it's almost a year since lo was conceived and that's crazy.. she was the 30th Dev after too much lemon cello and Proseccox a year since I had a period which is bliss

I found out I was pregnant in the boring space between Christmas and new year last year. It still blows my mind that we now have an almost 4 month baby. We only started ttc 2 weeks before after a long break off after loss.

So excited for Christmas with both our girls in our new house. Feeling very lucky.

I also saw a newborn the other day and I realised how much indie has grown in these few small months. She’s just going into 3-6 m now and is such a little chunk. Total opposite to her sister who struggles to put on weight, our eldest was in 0-3 m until at least 7 months old

Happy first Christmas to all the babies we were lucky to have this year 🥰 love Sam and Ruby

Hope everyone had a lovely first Christmas with their babies ❤️

Hey everyone happy new year!! Esme had her second lot of vaccinations on Monday, now Thursday and the last two days have been HARD. She is really screaming/crying for long periods which is very unlike her..... Also not wanting to sleep long in her crib, last few nights keeps getting in with us by 4am and we had been getting her sleeping through 😭

Anyone elses babas really struggling after their jabs? I've given her some Calpol about half an hour ago she has settled on boob for now. Hoping for a better night 🤞😭

Attached some Christmas photos 🤶🎄❤️

Certainly in my mum group, the second round of the vaccinations was very rough going for everyone for up to a week - it’s because of the the rotavirus. My DS was inconsolable for six days, he was so upset and in so much discomfort. It was a very stressful time!

Esme has been the same still today and we are day 4 after jabs. It gets worse as the day goes on.... Hoping not too many more days left of it 😥😥😥 they don't have rotavirus on the 3rd lot of vaccinations do they? Wonder if those won't be so bad then

Happy New Year everyone! (except for me). If we had a contest of the worst sleeper, I think I win. He slept so well weeks 7-9. 6-7 hours a night. Has never been replicated, he's now 18 weeks. For months now he wakes up at least 3 times a night. Naps are HARD unless it's a contact nap. Nights are worse as he screams and screams every 45 minutes. DH and I are both in pieces.

Co-sleeping does nothing. Cot or bed, tried every pyjama and sleep sack out there.

I have a new mums coffee group I go to and everyone else has been through the rough stages and has seen improvement. Except for me. I think I'll stop going as it's making me feel shit.

And we have jabs this week. So that will make it worse. The first dose of Rotavirus made him so, so sick.

I am not an anti-vaxxer and I can’t believe I am writing this, but I really really don't want to go for his jabs. I can't face his sleep getting even worse than it already is 😟.

Happy Christmas & New Year everyone! 🎁 We have our jabs this coming week, and I'm officially nervous for them after the reminder how rough this set is.

@HuggingAnIcePack887 gah that's so hard! We're up roughly 3 times a night, after I was so delighted about the long stretches up to week 9-ish. Even then, I keep reminding myself how much worse it could be. My first DS was an every 30-45 min baby and I genuinely had a little break down that first year from sleep deprivation.

I wish I could say I found a magic cure, but it was just head down and get through with as much sanity as I could save (not much!!). There were a few things that helped a little, but the most effective was splitting the night with my DH. I went to bed at 8 - awful antisocial hour - and he rocked the baby until about 12-ish. He wouldn't take a bottle, so there was a little crying if he was hungry, but genuinely felt like I had no choice. He did adapt to it within a few weeks and slept through as long as he was being rocked. Then from 12-6 he was non-stop fussing, feeding, wide awake, repeat. He did grow out of it, but it was a slow slog. I only share this so you know you're not alone in how horrific it is - and that it can eventually get better.