CBFM (thread/statistics) graduates TTC,BUMPS & BABIES 2011/2012

[LadyL]

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!

 

[trixie79]

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!

 

[Claire1]

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?

 

[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!!!

 

[Claire1]

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

 

[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!!!

 

[Claire1]

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

 

[Claire1]

Im being dumb, how do you add photos?

 

[LadyL]

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.

 

[Claire1]

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

Thanks Lady, glad your lo is sleeping better x

 

[LadyL]

Awww....she's precious Claire!! Wish I could figure out how to make my file size smaller.

 

[baby2310]

Your little ones are so cute ladies!
Dreamer - my sil had something similar, i'm sure she said it turned out to be a blocked milk duct and it cleared up fine on it's own. Hope it's something similar for you hun.

Took Callum to the dr today and she gave us lactulose for his straining to poop. It seems to be working already as he has done 3 dirty nappies in 5 hours. He still crys a little but hasn't been straining for over an hour like before and the crying was nothing like it was, fingers crossed this is a turning point. Has made his poop very loose though so think will only use it every other day unless he's in pain again.
She didn't agree wit me that he has reflux, she thinks it is colic. Have been told to use the lactulose and if he still struggles with bringing up his wind will try changing to aptamil comfort milk.
Fingers crossed he won't suffer now - was in tears myself last night as it was the most pain i've seen him in. Wish i could do it for him! x

 

[StranjeGirl]

Hi Everyone-
Claire Darcey is just precious!!! What great pics you got. What was her birth date again? How old is she in the pictures? I hope everyone shares more pictures. It is so fun to see! And thank you for the suggestion to get the next size teats. I tried it again with Giada and it is going well. She will drink faster which is nice for night time etc, and it helps her get more before falling asleep if she is tired! I guess she was just too young when I tried last time

Lady I am so glad jack dropped his second feed. For me the second one was always the most brutal. Bummer about the rice cereal though...and yes, those BF forum ladies would have a field day...they will never know though! Glad you are feeling a bit better! Also I did read that poops do decrease. Giada goes about once a day now. SOmetimes a twice, and sometimes she skips a day. I think it is just in the beginning that they go so much.

Baby I hope callum is feeling better. How has it been since he has been pooping more. Have you read or seen the video called happiest baby on the block? It talks about colic and how babies can be calmed by mimicking some of the things in the womb, as the author, a pediatrician, thinks that they are born before htey really should be He calls the first 3 months the 4th trimester. His techniques worked amazingly for Giada when she was freaking out the first couple months. The book has good info, but I prefer the video because you can actually see the techniques and how they work. My husband and I seriously couldn't believe how fast we were able to calm giada down when nothing else was working.

So GIada slept 9.5 hours last night! Yay!! She woke up in a great mood and then was a total grump the rest of the day and had a hard time napping What happened last night was she fell asleep after 7 ounces, but spit up all over herself when I moved her, so I changed her and she spit up again and I had to change her again, and then she was wide awake. So I ended up feeding her 2 more ounces and she fell asleep. SO tonight I fed her early because she was hungry, and then instead of going to bed, I kept her up for another 45 minutes and fed her 4 more ounces. We'll see if it takes her all the way though again.

Hope everyone is doing well!

 

[_dreamer_]

Hi ladies,
I'm going in to work today, eek wish me (or more my OH!) luck lol.

I think I've figured out why Erin is sleeping longer now (3 x12 hour nights!), she properly found her thumb a few days ago, and on the days she's been doing 12 hours, if I'm up before her, she starts making noises (eyes still shut), I pop in and she's been finding her thumb, and then goes back to sleep. She's also starting doing this when she's tired on her playmat and falling asleep. I think she's managing to self soothe! Not last night, the one before, she woke for a feed at 2.30am, and when I went in, she hadnt managed to break her arms out her swaddle to get her thumb. So for someone who didnt want a thumb sucker (prefer a dummy as you have control, and can take it away) I'm now happy about this lol.

Glad the lactolose has helped Callum baby

Darcey and Giada are both adorable! Such sweet little girlies

Here's a few piccies of Erin. Will remove them in a few days, as you said Claire, I don't like the idea that anyone on the internet can see them.

 

[_dreamer_]

And one more

 

[Claire1]

Thanks Stranje, I think in order of the photos it was 6,7 then 8 weeks old shes nearly 10 weeks old. She was born on th 10th of feb The last photo is nearly 2 weeks old but she hasn't really changed much since that one, shes only about 1/2lb heavier.
Im so pleased the bottles worked for you, its so nice to cut down on feeding time Fingers crossed she does the same for you tonight.

Dreamer she is adorable, such a cuties...Darcey sucks her fingers sometimes I'll try and find the pic, its sweet xx

Baby, Darcey only goes once a day sometimes every other.

Come on ladies...lets see those babies

 

[Claire1]

Thought i'd out one up of me so you can put a face to the name, not such a great one of Darcey though, love the one of her sucking her fingerrs

 

[_dreamer_]

Awww beautiful one of you guys Claire, lovely to put faces to names. Here's one of me, it's upset me a little actually going through, theres loads of everyone else with Erin as I'm snap happy and want to record the memories, but hardly anyone seems to take them of me (except this one my auntie took and sent to me) unless I ask, which I feel silly keeping on saying can you take a picture of me

 

[babies7777]

Such beautiful pics, they are growing sooooooooooooo fast.

 

[trixie79]

was all set for a lovely post but surprise surprise conor has just woke up!!!!!

tomorrow hopefully!