Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

[lj2245]

We got 1 hour sleep Got Colief from the minor ailments service and was giving him that yesterday and it's made him worse! It seems to have constipated him and no amount of burping him could get him to bring up any wind. All night I sat rubbing his wee back and nothing Every time I lay him down he started grunting and squeaking like he was trying to poo.

Ditched the colief this morning and gave him Infacol again and he did about 10 massive burps, 2 dirty nappies and is now sleeping on my shoulder. He's still grunting if I lie him flat so I'm going to keep him upright for now.

4 hours sleep in a row!! What a luxury! I can't remember the last time I had that....last July maybe? Lol.

How's everyone else getting on?

 

[bbymc]

Aww laura what a shame for you both. You're really not having an easy time! ryan's cousin's wee girl had really bad colic and reflex and she got some relief through the use of baby massage. Maybe try that?

I think my brother is going to do a photoshoot with lewis tonight. I hope lewis is feelin ok for it!

 

[lj2245]

Awww that will be awesome I hope he plays ball I want to get a photoshoot done with Shaun and Alex but no idea where to begin looking lol. Cant wait to see your photos....Lewis is so cute


It's hard but for some reason I don't mind the lack of sleep. I do mind him being in pain though. One of my friends has just suggested baby massage on FB too, I'm going to look into it. I'll try anything to help him at this point. What do you think about the water and sugar suggestions? The pharmacist mentioned it yesterday and when I looked horrified she said 8oz water with 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, I'll be lucky if he drinks an oz so an 8th of a teaspoon of sugar. She says that's better than infacol. I'm still dubious though...seems wrong to give a baby sugar. I don't let Shaun have spoons of sugar in anything!!

 

[Kaybee]

Hi ladies

I have had Kaiden's tummy bug. Dave got it now too

Laura you should be able to see some vid clips on you tube to do baby massage. I have never heard of giving a baby sugar. TBH I dont think I would feel comfortable doing that.

Emma looking forward to seeing your pics of Lewis. I was trying to think of some ideas for getting pics done of Kaiden and Dylan. Will have a wee look on google for some ideas.

Christine how is Paige getting on?

We have the HV coming tomorrow avo.

 

[bbymc]

I'll find out what my bro charges if you want? Hes done loads of photoshoots of babies and children. Thats how he got started

Laura I think I'd try massage first but if that doesnt work try the sugar. I'd make that a last resort.

 

[lj2245]

Yeah that would be good. I keep seeing deals on Gumtree but not sure how good they would be!

Karen, am I correct in thinking you have a baby wrap/sling? Which one is it and is it good? I'm thinking I might need one if I'm to get anything done but no idea what to get!

 

[bbymc]

I got a babasling off gumtree the other day. Not used it yet but I'll let you know if its any good.

 

[lj2245]

Hi ladies

I have had Kaiden's tummy bug. Dave got it now too

Laura you should be able to see some vid clips on you tube to do baby massage. I have never heard of giving a baby sugar. TBH I dont think I would feel comfortable doing that.

Emma looking forward to seeing your pics of Lewis. I was trying to think of some ideas for getting pics done of Kaiden and Dylan. Will have a wee look on google for some ideas.

Christine how is Paige getting on?

We have the HV coming tomorrow avo.

Just noticed this message. Hope you feel better soon would be a nightmare being ill with newborn and 3 year old. Fingers crossed its a 24 hour thing!

 

[arlene]

Hope you're feeling better Karen and it's just a 24hr thing. How is everyone else?

James is still being a wee toad and taking periods of not settling at night unless we're holding him but he's doing well. His wee cord fell off when John was changing him this morning as well. xx

 

[bbymc]

How you feeling today Karen? A bit better I hope.

My cold has gotten much worse and poor lewis isnt any better either. I ended up with him in bed with me and awake most of the night as he was choking on flem and would spew loads of yellow/green stuff every hour or so and be gagging loads Its better out than in, but it was a worry and a real shame. He's settled a bit now I think. I can hear ryan downstairs singing him hearts songs lol.

How was your night laura? Any more sleep?

Arlene im sure james will settle better at night soon. Lewis still has trouble sometimes. They can get more windy in the middle of the night. Maybe it's that? Thats good his cord fell off. That was quite quick!

 

[Kaybee]

Thanks girls am feeling more like myself now although now have a cold and sore throat. Meh! I am so glad Dave was here to watch Kaiden and bring me stuff. I got ill around 1am and stayed in bed (well apart from frequent toilet trips) until 5pm, came down the stairs and 20 mins later it was Dave's turn to be ill. I'm also glad we weren't needing the toilet at the same time

Laura I have the Close carrier that I got off ebay. Its good and comfy to wear. I haven't worn it as much as I thought but thats probably cause if I need to do something he is usually content to be on the bean bag or Dave will entertain him. I'm thinking of using it for our next walk though as he hasn't been too happy in the pram the last couple of times.

Emma poor Lewis. I dont know why everything is always worse at night if you could ask your bro about prices that would be good.

 

[lj2245]

I wonder if anywhere in Livingston sells them so I can go and try a couple on. Might have to pop to Mamas and Papas at the Fort and try theirs.

We slept not too bad. He got really colicky at 4am again after doing well until then and I had to bring him into bed with me and sit up with him sitting on top of my chest, upright. I'm thinking he might have reflux instead of colic so I am going to see the doctor with him. Someone on here PM'd me and recommended infant gaviscon which you can only get on prescription so I'm hoping to try that.

You are all suffering this week eh!? We seem to be bumbling from one night to the next lol. What a nightmare! At least Dylan seems settled at nights! Hopefully all our little ones will sort our their body clocks soon and will stop chucking up and not wanting to lie down!

 

[Kaybee]

There is a sling library in Edinburgh that you can try some out. edinburghslinglibrary.com

I was going to say do you think Alex may have reflux. Worth getting it checked out.

We have the HV this avo. Think this will be the last time she comes round and then I will need to go to surgery to see her. Not sure that I will go that often this time round

 

[lj2245]

I only went once a month with Shaun and got a hard time about it...now they say they advise only going once a month as getting them weighed more often can cause confusion!!

I phoned the doctors office and asked about getting him an appointment and registered. They said we can't get an appointment for a few days as they are totally full. She suggested I phone the HV and ask her about it as she can ask the doctor to write a prescription. So I phoned them...and now wish I hadn't bothered. She's made me feel like a right idiot. She has basically said there's nothing wrong with him and the best thing she can suggest is getting someone trained in baby massage to come out sometime in the next few weeks to show me how to do that. She made me feel terrible for not having him registered with the GP yet. I said I can't get out the house because he's sick all the time and there's no way I'm driving to the doctors on no sleep with a sick baby in the back of the car by himself. She asked why Stephen couldn't help...like he doesn't flipping work. I'm so upset now. I told her I've had a baby before and he had colic and this is different so I don't appreciate being made to feel like a paranoid new mum. I'm not an idiot...this is more than colic. She said oh but he's not projectile vomiting! I said it was coming out his bloody nose with so much force this morning he was choking!!! It's still caked up there now!

I'll just have to try and get up to the drs and get him registered and persevere until they can see him.

I'm glad my HV is nice...if she had spoken to me the way that one did today she wouldn't be allowed in my house again. Raging!!

 

[bbymc]

God. What a joke!

When I wanted lewis seen I knew it might be a few days so I phoned nhs24. We got an appt within the hour and even though he was ok, apart from being choked up, the doc was lovely and reassured me that its better to be safe than sorry. So if I were you laura I would phone nhs24 once your surgery is closed and he'll probably get seen really quick.

 

[lj2245]

where were you seen?

 

[bbymc]

The hospital. But thats cos its 5 mins away. There's various places they could have sent us.

 

[Kaybee]

What a witch. I only registered Dylan at the docs a few weeks ago when I needed him to be seen. You would think that when you switch from MW to HV they would do the paperwork to register then.

 

[lj2245]

There's nothing anywhere near us

 

[bbymc]

Aw no. Thats a shame i'm really shocked that it'll be days before you can get an appt tbh. With him being so little I'd have thought they'd prioritize him. It's pretty shocking!