Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[florabean1981]

chaos- fab pics! and what a lovely house you have!

lk- i see what you mean about his arm... like chao said, it does look like the muscles might be contracted... defo spk to paed about it to make sure.

 

[littlekitten8]

God I'm so unfit! Just done 20 minutes on the Wii Fit and I'm knackered! Was doing step aerobics and rhythm kung fu though so thats probably why lol.

 

[Chaos]

Afternoon girls!

LK ~ Re the video, the hubby was watching it and I'd only mentioned about the arm to him, and he right away also noticed that James wasn't using his leg either. It don't seem to be bothering him tho .. as in there is any pain? Hopefully the pediatrician can shed some light.

Kaites ~ Sure go for it! Autumns Bumbo kept sliding down the ice lol I had to keep putting her back in place!

Well it appears that Autumn going on to formula only now (been 1 week as my milk went) has stuffed her up. Not to be gross, but if you look at her butt you can see its there wanting to come out, and she's really pushing, but nothing is happening. She's been really crying with it, I think its giving her belly ache too. Poor little mite just passed out because it's knackered her out trying!

Anywho .. I called the nurse and she said I can give her some warm "baby"apple or pear juice and it will loosen everything up in there. So I just went to the supermarket to get some and now I can't get my car back up the drive in to the garage because its like a sheet of ice lol. I just sit there wheel spinning. Ah well.

She's just had the apple juice (1 ounce) and she really really enjoyed it! Lets see if it helps things along!

 

[Kte]

if i take harry out in the pram he sleeps for however long we're out for, then wakes up within seconds of getting through the door, and he's happy to sleep in the car too, but when it's just me & him, he just fights & fights it. he's not hungry, coz he comes off me happy or dozy & refuses more booby time, but if i put him down, within 10 mins, he's either wide awake & kicking away, which i dont mind, or he'll scream blue murder. which i do mind, lol. he only very rarely takes a dummy, but when he does, he'll doze, but when it falls out, he wakes up immediately & gets upset, but then refuses to keep it in again.
i tried him in the baby carrier, and he'll sleep in it so long as he's moving, but if i sit down, he wakes up.... it's like unless he's moving, he's not settled... or i have to swaddle him in the dark in my room o get him to sleep!

it's such a contrast to the night when i can put him down awake after his feed & within 20 mins he's soundo & sleeps 10 hours straight with no issues!

Flora, I have this swing Chair that i put Chloe in, it swings, plays music and has flashing lights. Chloe can sit in it for 30 mins to an hour sometimes. It has a 30 min setting and once it stops swinging she starts fussing so i pop it on again. It doesnt alwas work as she may only last 2 mins but the she is getting used to it and likes it now. Its good as she is moving, sometimes she falls asleep other timers she is happy swinging away. My cousin put Lucas in it today too as he wasn't settling and it worked for a bit on him too. Unfortunatly it was a gift so i have no idea where to gert it from, when i have my arm free I will get a pic up

 

[littlekitten8]

Chaos - yeah he doesn't use the leg so much either. Showed my mum the video (she lives 2 hours away) and she just said I worry too much and its just still foetal tendancies cos he is only 9 weeks. Personally I think shes talking complete rubbish lol but thats just me. I'm going to mention it to the GP on Tuesday, maybe she will be able to speed up the paediatrician appointment.

 

[Kte]

Not sure why there is no sound, unless its my pc lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwYu0jDUXGg

 

[littlekitten8]

Kte - must be your PC lol cos it played with sound on mine. Very cool little swing I must say. Would love something like that for James.

 

[Kte]

lol thanks LK, im 1 handed so am limited to fiddling round the back lol I wish i knew where it was from, my couz wanted one too! It was in a bunch of stuff passed onto OH's parents so I dont even know who it came from to ask

 

[aimee-lou]

LK - Just seen your posts re: James's arm....I personally would go and see your GP as soon as possible. Can't remember when you said you had an appointment but in the next couple of days would be best. If he's not moving it much and you had a traumatic birth he may well have a bit of nerve trauma to that side which your Dr and Physiotherapist will probably be able to help. Does he have any pain when you move it for him or put any pressure on it?

I'm not meaning to panic you but the sooner you bring it to someone's attention, the sooner you can get any referals etc for him and then you'll stop worrying. As long as he has movement in his hand though, all should be fine! Earl still holds his left arm funny and with a fist more of the time as he got used to not moving it so it's having to catch up so to speak.

I'm just going from my experience with Earl here, so it may be nothing at all. Hugs to both you and James and just to say, I couldn't do 2 minutes on a wii fit at the moment, let alone 20! lol

 

[littlekitten8]

Aimmee - I have an appointment with the dr on Tuesday. He doesn't seem to be in any pain with it. When he is in the bath I encourage him to relax it and hold on to a little duck cos it opens his hand.

 

[littlekitten8]

Couldn't resist adding these pictures hehe. Put James in his cot for the first time tonight. His moses basket has been in his cot for weeks but have finally plucked up the courage to try him in his cot properly. He looks so tiny and cute.

 

[littlekitten8]

Well I'm home alone for the foreseeable future. OH is snowed in at work. His boss has a 4x4 and he hit some ice and rolled it. OH only has my astra lol. The snow was already bad enough that he can't get home tonight. And now its coming down again. Big fat flakes which have already added about another half an inch. Seems to have slowed down a bit now but if it carries on tonight we will probably get another couple of inches. Praying it doesn't! Otherwise I am completely stuck

 

[eswift]

Morning Ladies!

I'm still fine, MIL is still at home with SIL (thank goodness), but still having to do plenty of running about, taking them here and there... OH is taking them shopping on Monday...

OH is due to start his new job 4th Jan, so our 4 weeks of being skint has now turned into 6 weeks... oh well, at least we get some quality time finally..

DS's puberty is doing my head in... Argh!?!? He so clumsy, gone dense and knows everything (there's always a but!)

LOL shouldn't grumble...

CC's had to have her belly button treated again, it had started growing again... She's having her 8 week check on 30th Dec so they can check it again then, and treat it again if need be...

We've had a fair bit of snow here too, went to the panto last night; it was excellent! had to leave the car half way up the hill (in a car park) car infront was tyre spinning, taxi's further up had run into a wall and the snow just kept on falling... So we parked the car and walked the rest of the way... (We looked like snowmen when we met my parents in the pub...) OH started to shake himself off, covered a lass at the bar in snow... LMAO She was rather shocked and OH rather embarrassed, he hadn't relised he was doing it...

Anyway, may venture out with the kids later... Hope you're all well... Have a great Christmas if I don't manage to get on here before hand...

 

[littlekitten8]

Morning girls. Soooo did not sleep well last night. First time I've spent the night in a house on my own in years. It was not a good feeling I must say. Especially cos snow kept falling off the roof and making odd noises. James slept pretty well in his cot. Woke at 3.30am and took 4.5oz. Then slept til 7.30am, had his dummy, then slept til 8.30am. Had 2.5oz and is currently taking a nap so that gives me chance to get some breakfast and wash and sterilise his bottles. Hope everyone had a good night.

 

[Maffie]

Morning everyone, what a night we had! Noah didnt settle at all, he had a feed at 9pm on the boob while out. Sat in a car so my boobs were freezing, got home and he had another feed at 10pm 3oz then at 1.30 while I expressed as seemed to be too full for Noah and his blocked nose was making feeding hard he had another 4 oz then again another 3.5 oz at 6am and then another 3 oz at 7am. So in 9 hours he took 13.5 oz which seems loads, gave boobs a chance to recover (expressing is easier on me when im ill)

He is dozing now buit still not himself I hope he's better for Christmas. Went to get his main present yesterday but couldn't find anything I have a feeling we will be hitting the Trafford Center after oh finishes work on Christmas eve.

Noah poos smells a little acidic as anyone experienced this?

 

[Kte]

Morning all,

Sheesh I have become so much more soppy since I had Chloe, I cry at films I would never had before lol

Chloe slept so well again last night, she went to bed at 9.30 and slept all the way until 4.30, then woke at about 7.30. I think she must had tired herself out being all giggily and nosey when everyone came yesterday! She found my uncle really amusing, she just looked at him and was all giggily bless. I woke up really tired this morning and couldn't figure out why, then I realised that OH woke me up as he knocked some ladders over in the bedroom when he was getting up for work!

The snow has been melting away here, told you were in backwards land!!

LK ~ hope your OH isnt stuck much longer. James looks adorable in the vids and pics. Im going to be so nervous leaving Chloe in her cot, i will miss her! James looks nice and cosy & happy in his

eswift ~ the description of your DS kind of reminds me of that Harry Enfield sketch when kevin turns 13 . . .

Maffie ~ hope you feel better soon, eek your brave going to the trafford centre on christmas eve!!

Having a PJ day and a cuddle day today, off christmas shopping tomorrow, should be fun!

Have a good day all

 

[littlekitten8]

I'm hoping he will be back this afternoon. The snow is melting here so hoping it will be at work too. Its their christmas do tonight so he is supposed to be coming back here to get me and James and then we are going over to one of the other guys houses so me and his fiance can keep each other company. We are having pizza and DVDs so should be fun.

 

[Maffie]

Our snow is getting heavier, im hoping it eases up as oh will be driving back from seeing his kids later this afternoon.

 

[Kaites]

Good morning!

Chaos- too funny about the Bumbo sliding on the ice I imagine Autumn toboganning down the yard in her Bumbo, haha I didn't get outside to take the pics yesterday- looked at the Weather Network and it was saying -15 so I'm going to wait until it's a bit warmer (hopefully I won't be waiting 'til March!). I hope the apple juice worked its magic for Autumn.

Flora- we use a swing at meals too- it's a Fisher Price one with a mobile and Emma loves watching the fish "swim" overhead. We have a second swing at my parents too for Sunday dinners. She occasionally falls asleep in it, but mostly it just gives us time to eat without balancing a baby on our laps! When she gets tired of the swing, we usually switch her to the Bumbo on the middle of the table and she giggles away, being so close to the action

LK- James looks so tiny in his cot! I love his "bed head" Have fun with the pizza and DVD night!

Maffie- I think I know what you mean by the acidic poo smell. I think Emma has had a couple of those too- don't know what caused it but it didn't seem to bother her and it only happened a few times. Shopping on xmas eve?! You are a brave lady!

Kte- I think I've become more soppy too- romantic comedies are terrible for me at the moment! Definitely couldn't watch one at the movie theatre

Well, I didn't get any xmas baking done but hubby took Emma out to go shopping for xmas candy by himself (a first) while I puttered around the house getting some other stuff done. It was nice to be alone in the house for the hour but felt kinda weird at the same time! We have a busy day planned- heading over to my MIL's for a pre-xmas celebration since her and her husband are going to Vegas for xmas, and then to my parent's place for dinner. Hopefully that will tire Emma out nicely so she sleeps through the night again Hope everyone has a good day!

 

[aimee-lou]

I think I've figured out what was wrong with Earl - sleep depirvation.

I gave him the same again last night at bedtime - 5oz:2oz with hungry baby. He slept from 7.20 til 4am!!! He was still tired so I fed him and popped him back and he woke up bright as a button and starving at 7am! He's back to his old self and hasn't eaten more than 6oz all day at 2.5-3 hours intervals so I think it was a mammoth growth spurt (he did grow about an inch overnight last week) which really disrupted his sleeping pattern and it just needed to be reset...which hopefully, all being well, we can now reset!

We have now converted the pram into a pushchair and Earl loves it! He fell asleep within seconds of being put in it this morning. We took the dog for a walk in the snow (all 5 inches of it!) and took the pushchair and it really stood up well to it.

Anyhoo, munchkin is having a well earned nap and hubby is on the playstation so I have time to have a nap I reckon.

Hope everyone is ok.

LK - I hope your OH is ok. James looks so comfy in his cot!

Maffie - I hope that you and Noah are ok.