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Oh, I forgot to say, Jack rolled over twice yesterday!! He went from his tummy to his back. I haven't been able to get him to do it again though!

hi girls....god its hard to keep up with everyone!!!!

conor has woke at 1230 and 5 the past 2 nites!!! wats up with that! so i only gave him 3 oz at 12.30 and nothing till 8 am ...dont know if its the teething thats bothering him or we just may never have a full nites sleep again!!!

we also started him back on lactalose and he now poos soft at least 2 times daily wereas it was once and really hard! think this has made a difference to his temperment!

You lucky thing Dreamer, enjoy your sleep. Im pleased to hear your not stressing over your lump, Its not worth the worry and Im sure your doctor is right and its just a cyst or something related to breast feeding maybe?

Well done Jack! I cant believe how quickly our babies are growing. It'll be school next!
Sounds like the feeding is getting better.

Hope conor starts to sleep well again for you Trixie, it must be hard going back to regular feeds at night. Fingers crossed

AFM- LO is going down between 7-8pm every night. Its so nice to have sometime to myself in the eveing. I dream feed her at 10.30ish and then she wakes between 2-4 for another feed and then 6-7am. I dont think she'll be going through the night for sometime because she is so hungry when I dream feed her and the following feed she guzzles as well, but then she hardly takes anything at her next feed. Not really sure why, I guess shes full from the earlier feed?

you could try stopping the dream feed and see when she wakes????

i never dream fed conor and he sleeps USUALLY from 7/8 till 3 then till 7...
it must be the teeth......its weird cause he isnt taking as much as wat he was....so today im feeding 3 hourly so i get 5 feeds in, and ill see if that helps!!!

Originally Posted by trixie79

you could try stopping the dream feed and see when she wakes????

i never dream fed conor and he sleeps USUALLY from 7/8 till 3 then till 7...
it must be the teeth......its weird cause he isnt taking as much as wat he was....so today im feeding 3 hourly so i get 5 feeds in, and ill see if that helps!!!

Thanks Trixie, I might give that a shot.
Hope he starts to feed better, I dont know what teats your using but I did buy the next size up which is helping x

Hi Everyone!

So good to hear from you dreamer! Please keep us updated on your appt. The last thing you need right now is to have to worry about a medical issue. I hope they can figure out the problem quickly and give you peace of mind that it is totally benign

Trixie- Giada did the EXACT same thing for 3 nights in a row. She woke up at 1-2am, and then again at 5 and then seemed to push her food away during the day. HOwever, when I documented how much she was eating including that 1am feeding, I realized she was eating about 8oz more(44oz total) than she previously was, so I decided to try and feed her more during the day. I tried to feed her all 44oz between the 5am and 8pm feeds and for the past 2 nights she has slept 7 hours, eaten and then gone back to sleep for another 2.5-3 hours. i hate to even write this because every time I think I figured something out it seems to change the next day. We'll see if it continues. I'm sure it also has to do with how much she sleeps during the day, but I have seemed to notice that greater intake, especially in the evening, leads ot longer sleep most nights. I've been feeding her every 3 hours and if she doesn't finish her bottle I wait 15-30 minutes and then give it to her again and she finishes it. If this keeps working then I will try to maybe increase each feed by half an ounce and see if that takes her longer at night. The problem is she already eats 7-8oz at a feeding so it is hard to try and give her more because it is already so much. Oh well, I am perfectly happy with one feed after 7 hours of sleep...now if I would just go to sleep when she does! ANd I decided to swaddle her differently. She has a halo sleepsack swaddle where you put her arms through the holes and zip it up so her arms are out, and then it has wings so you put her arms at her side and use the wings to velcro them in. She kept escaping because when she is awake she hates being swaddled, but she sleeps so much better because she doesn't wake herself up. So I thought it would be brilliant to not put her arms through the holes and instead zip them up inside...that way she could move her arms around but not get startled and hit herself in the face. Well it wasn't all that brilliant as both nights her little hands found either the holes for the arms or the neck and her arms got stuck. It did last longer than the other way though so I am doing it again tonight. Unfortunately she is trying her hardest to roll from her back to her stomach and once she does that it means no more swaddle Which means no more sleep

Lady I can't believe Jack rolled from tummy to back already!!! Giada is not even close as she hates tummy time so I rarely do it. She will probably be the only child who rolls back to tummy first. How are you feeling by the way?

Hope everyone is doing well! HOpe we all have good things to report tomorrow! I love seeing the pics of the babies. If you have any to upload please do so we can see more. I can't believe how time is flying. I will include a couple of giada. The one with the pink bib is at 11 weeks and the other two were from last week at 13 weeks. Hope all is well!!!

Originally Posted by StranjeGirl

Hi Everyone!

So good to hear from you dreamer! Please keep us updated on your appt. The last thing you need right now is to have to worry about a medical issue. I hope they can figure out the problem quickly and give you peace of mind that it is totally benign

Trixie- Giada did the EXACT same thing for 3 nights in a row. She woke up at 1-2am, and then again at 5 and then seemed to push her food away during the day. HOwever, when I documented how much she was eating including that 1am feeding, I realized she was eating about 8oz more(44oz total) than she previously was, so I decided to try and feed her more during the day. I tried to feed her all 44oz between the 5am and 8pm feeds and for the past 2 nights she has slept 7 hours, eaten and then gone back to sleep for another 2.5-3 hours. i hate to even write this because every time I think I figured something out it seems to change the next day. We'll see if it continues. I'm sure it also has to do with how much she sleeps during the day, but I have seemed to notice that greater intake, especially in the evening, leads ot longer sleep most nights. I've been feeding her every 3 hours and if she doesn't finish her bottle I wait 15-30 minutes and then give it to her again and she finishes it. If this keeps working then I will try to maybe increase each feed by half an ounce and see if that takes her longer at night. The problem is she already eats 7-8oz at a feeding so it is hard to try and give her more because it is already so much. Oh well, I am perfectly happy with one feed after 7 hours of sleep...now if I would just go to sleep when she does! ANd I decided to swaddle her differently. She has a halo sleepsack swaddle where you put her arms through the holes and zip it up so her arms are out, and then it has wings so you put her arms at her side and use the wings to velcro them in. She kept escaping because when she is awake she hates being swaddled, but she sleeps so much better because she doesn't wake herself up. So I thought it would be brilliant to not put her arms through the holes and instead zip them up inside...that way she could move her arms around but not get startled and hit herself in the face. Well it wasn't all that brilliant as both nights her little hands found either the holes for the arms or the neck and her arms got stuck. It did last longer than the other way though so I am doing it again tonight. Unfortunately she is trying her hardest to roll from her back to her stomach and once she does that it means no more swaddle Which means no more sleep

Lady I can't believe Jack rolled from tummy to back already!!! Giada is not even close as she hates tummy time so I rarely do it. She will probably be the only child who rolls back to tummy first. How are you feeling by the way?

Hope everyone is doing well! HOpe we all have good things to report tomorrow! I love seeing the pics of the babies. If you have any to upload please do so we can see more. I can't believe how time is flying. I will include a couple of giada. The one with the pink bib is at 11 weeks and the other two were from last week at 13 weeks. Hope all is well!!!

Aww she is so cute, such a beautiful girl
Hope you get the swaddleing issue sorted, I never did bother with my LO. She has a sleeoing bag instead.

I will try and upload some pics, but i wont leave them on long...im a bit of a security freak and dont like the idea of the whole of the internet being able to see them but obviously happy for you ladies to have a peek

Im being dumb, how do you add photos?

Trixie, I swear our babies were designed to throw us a curve ball just when we think we have them figured out!! Hopefully, he'll get sorted soon for you.

Claire, I'm with Trixie, maybe try not giving her the dream feed and see what happens. To upload pics, click the paper clip to add attachment.

Dreamer, I'm hoping all is ok with the lumps. You have a great attitude about it. I guess there's not much sense worrying till you know if you have something to worry about.

Stranje, Giada's pics are precious!! She looks so grown up!! And about increasing the feedings, I read, that what you omit at night, you have to replace in the daytime feedings. For Jack, since he no longer gets the 2nd night feed (which was only 2-3 oz), I increased his bedtime bottle to 8oz. So he gets 6 at every other feeding and 8 at the last one. I really think it has helped him sleep longer too. (I only tried the cereal for 3 nights, and he did seem to get a little constipated from it, so I stopped)....please no one tell that to those ladies in the breastfeeding forum!! Haha! I'll never hear the end of it!!

I am feeling better. I just go through down days sometimes. I think we have officially been able to knock out Jack's 2nd night feed. So now we're only down to one!! Yay! It's been between 2-3am, so he's starting to go a bit longer now. Yesterday, he only woke at 3 to eat and slept till nearly 8!! But this morning, he woke at 230 to eat, then again at 6, but I was able to console him and avoid feeding him, and he went back to sleep about 645 and slept till 8. So I am starting to feel like we are finally getting somewhere.

Has any of y'all's little ones poops started decreasing? Jack used to go 2-3 times a day, but now he's only going once every 2 days (but when he does go, whew, it's serious!!). I guess that's fine. He doesn't seem to be bothered by it (other than the one time he was a bit constipated from the cereal).

Have any of you heard from Future Mama since her BFP? Or Future, if you're lurking.....I hope everything is going good for you and would love to know how your pregnancy's going!! Fingers crossed this is a very sticky bean!!

And to all the others who don't post as often...I hope all is going well for everyone!!

Ugh, I tried to upload a few pics but it kept saying "file too large". I may try later on.

Ok Think Ive done it! Here is my precious little girl

Thanks Lady, glad your lo is sleeping better x