Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

[bbymc]

I have no idea. Yesterday I fed him only one side through the night and he didn't have any porridge before his last feed and he was up every 3 hours. I figured he was hungry so gave him loads of porridge in the morning and an extra feed before bed and ive fed him both sides during the night but hes waking up the exact same as he did yesterday. So now im not sure if its hunger or habit!! I'm at complete loss as to what to do. He doesnt seem to want to feed more during the day which he usually would with a growth spurt. Thats the only reason I reckoned it wasnt that. Its sooo exhausting! ! Its like going back to when he was first born! !

One thing I would say though is, if I forget the time and im a bit late feeding him during the day he will scream and really get into a state pretty quickly. He doesnt do that through the night. He complains for ages and sometimes goes back to sleep. Other times he will eventually scream and I'll have just kept myself up listening to him knowing I'll have to go to him eventually.

 

[arlene]

Hi ladies, great to hear the boys are feeding well, definitely sounds like a growth spurt for Lewis.

James is on to a 9ozs bottle every 3.5hrs, think I'm going to have to buy bigger bottles now! He likes his jumperoo too, fascinated by all the colours! xx

 

[lj2245]

Emma, you should definitely google '4 month sleep regression' if you haven't already

 

[arlene]

Hey girls. Meant to tell you that my brother and his girlfriend found out last weekend that they are expecting a wee one in April. Unfortunately Angela woke up with some bleeding on Friday, went to the docs but they won't scan her til Monday. She then went up to A+E and they still wouldn't scan her there. The bleeding stopped but this morning she had some heavier bleeding and thinks she may have lost the baby They won't know for definite until the scan tomorrow but it's not looking good. xx

 

[lj2245]

While it doesn't look good, I bled for a week when I was pregnant with Alex. They won't scan while it's still too early to see anything and they def don't scan at weekends. I started bleeding on the Friday and didn't get scanned until the Monday.

fingers crossed all is ok

 

[arlene]

I know a couple of people who have bled as well and all has been ok. Fingers crossed!

Laura, if you check facebook, I've liked a page called My Fayre Lady, it's a monthly fayre in different places in West LOthian to support local businesses. There was one today in BAthgate where someone had a stall advertising their cakes, maybe worth a look for Jappacakes? I'm doing a stall at the next one for Avon. It's £15 for a table on the 14th of sept at Centrex House in LIvingston. Xx

P.S. I lost 4lbs this week on my diet!! Xx

 

[bbymc]

Aw no, Arlene. That's not good. But like Laura said, it doesn't always mean the worst. Fingers crossed for them!! God knows how they must be feeling!

I had heard of that Laura but never looked it up. Definitely sounds like Lewis!! I reckon I'm just gona roll with it for now and if things aren't better in a few weeks I'll readdress it then. I guess until then I'll need to nap when he naps so I can function lol.

Well done on your diet Arlene!!

 

[lj2245]

Well done Arlene

Were the people selling cakes at the event or taking orders only?

 

[arlene]

Just taking orders but I suppose you could sell too! Use them as samples lol. xx

 

[lj2245]

I thought I could take along loads of boxes of cupcakes and try and sell them. The problem is I have a 2 tier christening cake due on the 14th and 2 x 2 tier birthday cakes due for the 15th! I may not have time to fit the Fayre in I really want to do it I may need to draft in help!

 

[arlene]

You'll need to send them a pm re a table Laura, they seem to be filling up fast. One of the organisers was a good friend of mine at school and when I spoke to her today she said they try not to have more than one type of table at each event so you might need tp xheck they don't have a cake stall booked in already xx

 

[arlene]

You'll need to send them a pm re a table Laura, they seem to be filling up fast. One of the organisers was a good friend of mine at school and when I spoke to her today she said they try not to have more than one type of table at each event so you might need tp xheck they don't have a cake stall booked in already xx

 

[lj2245]

I'll need to have a wee think about whether I can manage it or not. Don't want to let my customers down with the orders I already have. When is the next one after that?

 

[arlene]

No, that totally makes sense Laura, I understand that. They do them every month, if you like the fb page it should come up in your news feed when they post the dates of the next one. The one today was in the Regal Theatre in Bathgate so the next one might be there too? Bit closer for you than livi xx

 

[lj2245]

Alex was up every half hour from midnight last night. It's now 6:30 and he's refusing to go back to sleep now. We have our first dietician appt at 9:30 and I can barely function. How typical!

 

[arlene]

Must've been something in the water last night! James wouldn't sleep on his own from 1am til 6am, ended up sleeping in the spare room with him! Xx

 

[bbymc]

Aw no. I wonder what's up with them! Will either of you get a rest today? I hope your appointment goes well laura. You'll need to let us know how you get on. Im interested to hear any advice about diet and upping your supply.

Well I came on to say lewis had a better night last night. Duno why tho. We tackled it from all angles lol. He has black out blinds but they let light in at the side so we blocked all light with towels, then I fed him every hour from 4-7.30 (3 bfs and a bowl of porridge). He first woke after 5 hours so I fed him. Then he woke after two but wasnt actually crying so I didnt go to him and he fell asleep. He woke up 2 hours after that and ryan went in a few times but he wasnt going back to sleep so I fed him. He wasnt upset but he'd been awake for about an hour. Then after I fed him he went down fir another 4 hours and missed out his usual 6.30 wake up, even though the dog barked at 6.45! Still nothing like he used to sleep but its wat better than the last few days!

See when he woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep, even when ryan put his dummy in, given that he wasnt upset (no crying just kinda shouting), do you think I should have just left him or fed him?? ( I only went in to feed him cos he'd been awake for an hour). It had been 4 hours since I last fed him but I know he can go 7-8 hours.

 

[arlene]

You could leave him next time Emma and see how he goes? I've kinda learned the difference now between James content babbling and the babbling that leads to waaaah i want milk! If you know what I mean?

James is now on 9ozs every 3-3.5hrs suring the day. I didn't want to give him solids til 6 months but at the rate he's growing I may have to give in! When did you start the boys on porridge and stuff? Xx

 

[bbymc]

Yeah I know what you mean. It would be so much easier if I could sleep through the babbling lol.

I started lewis on porridge at 4 months and a few days lol. It never had the desired affect though so im considering going back to breast only for now.

 

[bbymc]

Any news on your sis in law Arlene?