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Trixie, I am so sorry you have had such a tough time with Conor and figuring out what food will work for him. I really hope you're able to sort it out soon! Sorry your neck hurts. Maybe it will get better for you soon.

Dreamer and Claire, you guys are so lucky to have those classes available! I wish we had something like that around here, but I live in a very small town. (and I even live 20 minutes from there!). So there's nothing like that around here. Would be great to be around other new moms and babies and learn things.

Claire, I've had Jack in his own crib in his room since he was 6 weeks old. Our rooms are directly across from each other too, and I have a video monitor, so if he's making noise, I can just look over and see what he's doing and if I need to get up. I LOVE my video monitor. If any of you don't have one, I'd say it's definitely worth it once you put your LOs in their own room.

Stranje, I don't know what to tell you on Giada's not eating. How old is she now? Almost 4 months right? My pedi told me that some babies around 4 months start getting bored with just milk and may be ready to start introducing some solids. I definitely wouldn't do that till you talk with your pedi, but it could be that she's just getting bored and may be ready for some solids.

Well, work this past weekend went well. It didn't take long to get back into the swing of things. And luckily it wasn't super busy. Back again tomorrow!! And Jack is now sleeping from 8-5 without waking. Then I give him a small 3 oz bottle and he'll sleep till about 730 or 8. So we are definitely making progress!!

Well, gotta go....he's demanding my attention! Ha! Hope everyone else is well!!
 
Thanks ladies, i might think about putting her in her own room. She is sleeping quite well now so it could be time....dont think im going to like it though :(
I'll look into the video monitor, sounds great. Glad you settled into work ok lady.

Dreamer im so pleased you enjoyed your class, its nice to meet other new mums.
Trixie, its such a shame you dont have any classes in your area. Maybe just go swimming on your own? Hope your neck improves x
 
Hi Ladies!

Trixie I am so sorry about Conor. All i know is that the smell of nutramigen made me want to vomit! I have heard that a lot of babies will grow out of their milk allergy by 6 months, so I hope conor grows out of it soon. It must be so difficult. Have you tried soy? Although they say that many allergic to milk are also allergic to soy. My MIL said DH was always crying and found out he was allergic to dairy, and was a different baby once they started soy. I hope it gets better soon :hugs:

So glad work went well lady! I'm sure it is always bittersweet to return to work. It sounds like jack is sleeping well now! Yay!

I admire you ladies that put LO in their own room. I know I would sleep sooo much better as she is a noisy sleeper, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I know I'm a total masochist, but I think the real reason is because dh and I are not 100% sure we are going to have another baby, and I'm just not ready to never have a baby in my room again. I am not so good with change and it is killing me that she is growing so fast and before I know it she won't even be a baby anymore!! I used to totally make fun of my sister for keeping the baby in her room til 3 years old (and then my neice went to her room every night til she was 9 because she didn't want to sleep alone) and I though she was crazy and knew my baby would be in her own room right away blah blah blah, and now I am the crazy one lol! I keep extending the time I want to keep her in our room. Oh well. Oh- right now LO is in the pack and play. It is plenty big length wise, but she keeps turning sideways and has almost outgrown it that way. I bought the same brand matrress for that that I did for her crib, so I am hoping it will be an easy transition.

Well I didn't go to my mom meeting today. I feel a little weird as supposedly the babies are younger than 4 months, and she will be 4 months next week. I think I will try and find a different one with babies her age. I am also tired as she was up again last night. Thank you for all the input regarding eating. I am watching for all the things you mentioned....possible cold, teething, ready to move to solids. She was hungrier yesterday, but still fell a couple ounces short and woke up at 4:45. The night before she woke up at 4:30, but only talked to herself for half an hour and then went back to sleep. She's never done that before. Her appetite seems mostly back so I am going to persist and try to get her all she needs during the day today to see if tonight goes better. I only fed her an ounce and then took the bottle away last night as she was so tired and I was able to get her back to sleep. I knew if I fed her a lot she wouldn't eat at her normal 7:30 time. I seriously don't want anyone to babysit anymore. One bad evening of getting off schedule and I am still paying for it 4 days later. And MIL wants to come every saturday, which is much appreciated, but I am scared that the same thing will happen. I am going to have to tell her to persist with the feeding, even if it is just little bits over a long period.

Glad you enjoyed the baby cafe dreamer! We had one where I used to live, but never made it since we moved at 3 weeks!

Hope everyone is doing well!
 
hi girls, conor is finally settling whoo hoo!!!!

im now feeding at 6 am 9am 1pm with one spoon feed of baby rice and 5pm and 8.30pm and he has slept through 9pm till 7 only waking a couple of times for the dummy....please let this continue!!!!
 
Thats great Trixie, I hope it continues for you :)
Im with you stranje, I think im going to find it hard to put her in her own room, but shes rapidly growing out of her carry cot.
Also, the lazy side of me is thinking im going to have to get up in the night to feed her. At the moment I make her bottles up with boiled water and keep beside the bed, then add the formula and mix. So ive never really had to get OUT of bed to feed her as she take the bottles at room temperature. How lazy am I!!!
The time is approuching soon. But if she continues to sleep fairly well, I guess it wont be too much of a problem.

Hope you have all had a lovely bank holiday,for me its been so nice having time with hubby and Darcey. We took her swimming and she loves it!

What have you all been up to?

Hope you're all doing well? How are you preggers ones getting on?

Fizzio, how are you feeling these days??
 
claire we went swimming too....he loved it!!!!

we have conor in his own room from 5 weeks but i have a pretty small house and still use the monitor.....was going to get a vidoe one but not sure which one to get or if im wasting my money!...

i still have to rock him to sleep!!anyone else do this, how will i get him to go down on his own????

i decided to go back to work in august as our childminder is slovakian and is going home on hols till then..i dont know how i will leave him, but cant wait either!!

we have had our 3rd session with the cranial osteopath and couldnt reccommend her enough.....conor is much more settled, just whingy!!!
 
HI Ladies!

Trixie- so glad connor is settling a bit. I found a osteopath in town and I am going to call to see if he works on infants. I too rock giada to sleep. I do it every night and if he happens to wake in the middle of the night. In the day I usually put her in her swing to fall asleep. Sometimes I put her in a portable bassinet that I have on the couch and I leave her there if she needs a nap. She will fuss and then I go over and give her a pacifier and then sometimes she fusses some more and I go back over and then she falls asleep. But sometimes she fusses before falling asleep no matter what-whether I'm holding her or she is in her swing etc. I'd love to take her swimming. I bet she would love it!

Giada got over her not eating and then went back to her 9-10 hours of sleeping and was a content baby during the day. Then all of a sudden yesterday she started not wanting to eat again and was up at 4 in the morning to make up for it. I persisted today and got all her ounces in, so I am hoping tonight is better. I felt bad trying to push her to eat, but she is an unhappy baby when she had a bad night's sleep. Hopefully she'll be back on schedule tomorrow and wanting to eat her normal amount. I gave her a ready to feed bottle before bed because she seems to eat more of that, and she finished the bottle, so that was a good sign. She also rolled over from stomach to back a few days ago! I never thought it would happen. She did it 3 times in a row and hasn't done it since lol.

How is everyone else?? How are the working ladies doing? And how are our pregnant gals? I hope everyone is feeling well! Oh- I forgot to add that I started using white noise. NOt sure if it helps her sleep, but I think it helps me! I put it on loop on an ipod and turn it up high. I still hear her when she is restless, but I don't hear every little sigh or move she makes, so it helps a little bit.
 
I can't wait to take Erin swimming, we're going to do it soon (keep saying that!)

Glad to hear Giada got back into her routine Stranj, hopefully it was just a random blip, and she has a better night tonight. Haha on the white noise helping you!

Trixie, thats great that the cranial osteopath has helped Conor :)

Claire, when you put it like that, I can see why you like her being next to you lol, a lot easier in the night.

Haven't heard from lilrojo for a while, how are you doing?

Hope the pregnant ladies are all good. I saw so many pregnant ladies when I was out shopping yesterday, and it made me miss my bump! So glad to have Erin, and I truely love being a mom, but I do miss her being inside me, always being with me, and feeling her kicking and moving. I loved being pregnant. We definitely want at least 2 children, OH seems to only really want 2, but I don't like the thought of only being pregnant and having a little baby one more time. Maybe I can push him to 3 hehe.

Erin is now up to 14lb7oz, and 63cm. I looked on my chart and that puts her on the 91st centile for height, and also 91st for head circumference. She has a sleep bag that is 0-6 months, but it says up to 68cm as well. Theres no way thats going to last until 6 months! We had a photo shoot yesterday, can't wait to see the photos! Got to wait 7 days though lol.

Do any of you ladies use any baby carriers? I am looking to get one, thought I had my mind set on the Moby, but now I'm not 100% sure
 
Dreamer, I bought a second hand baby carrier. Its just a mother care one, I really like it. I tend to use it on short trips when I dont need my changing bag, others wise its just a pain. I thinking of getting a victoria sling, the ones that are really long that you wrap round you. They look cosy xxx
 
hi guys, i got the motorola mbp33 video monitor and its great so far....expensive at 100 quid but worth it.
conor had his 3rd jabs today and took a skin reaction to one of them but the doc said its ok and should go down in a couple of days....

weaning is fun so far....i have him on one meal a day....carrot parsnip and pear today, abt 5 spoonfuls and he near licked the bowl!!!

hope to go swimming again on sat!

he also slept 9 till 5 last nite....please god he does it again tonite!fx
 
Dreamer- I too miss being pregnant. I feel so lame for saying that because with all my bleeding I couldn't wait for it to be over. I get envious of pregnant women now (in a positive way...just very excited for them)
I have the Beco and the baby k'tan carriers. THe baby k'tan got great reviews but I dont think it fits me right. It seems to tight and would smush the baby. Now that she can keep her head out I should try it again. She doesn't seem to like the beco much either. I think I just need to get her used to it.

Trixie that is great that conor is doing so well eating!! I can't believe you are feeding him already! That makes me realize how fast time has flown and it is time for me to think about feeding Giada. My pediatrician said we would talk about it at our 4 month appt which is next week. I'm so worried about her getting constipated. Have you had any problems with that? Also, how do cranial osteopaths charge in your area? I called the only one here and he charges $250!!! So I decided against it! I really wanted to go. Is cranial sacral therapy the same thing? There are some people who do that here, but they are not osteopaths. Hope his reaction to the shots goes quickly...poor guy :(

Giada is still not wanting to eat all her bottle so it is becoming a pain at feeding time. I think I got most of what she needs in her today though. It seems she is more interested in trying to sit up and look upside down and roll on her side than eat. She didn't ask for food during the night, but she did wake up at 1:40 and talked to herself for 5 minutes, and then mildly fussed for 5 minutes and then went to sleep. I knew she wasn't hungry because she ate a lot before bed, and she didn't start really crying. I decided not to do anything since she was only mildly fussing and luckily she fell back asleep. I wonder if this is the 4 month sleep regression though...she never wakes up and babbles in the night, and now this is the second time she has done it in the past couple weeks. She also got really restless again at 5am til like 6:30...she even let out a couple cries in her sleep. She is sooo noisy and I can't sleep through it, even with the white noise blaring! If she doesn't settle down soon I am going to have ot move her into her own room because she is getting sleep but I am not!

Hope everyone is doing well!
 
the cranial oestopath was 30 pound a session! dont pay 250 dollars thats ridiculas!

im only feeding small amounts which seems to have totally cured the crying reflux episodes mind you i think that woman did the job too!....conor has 5 bottles but only takes abt 5 oz in each....sometimes he will take the whole 7 oz but not often!

spend your 250 on a good video monitor and move giada into her own room.....i found myself watching conor sleep at 5.30 this morning but its so reassuring!
sometimes babies just get sick of milk!!!!maybe she is looking some other food!
dont worry abt the 6 month rule....the guidelines here are 17 weeks to 6 months, but they have to be weaned BY 6 months not at 6 months....thats important for their speech development aand their tongue movement. 5 months is an ideal time to start, but i started conor basically cause of his reflux and he is gobbling it up!

Im giving fruit and veg for 2 weeks only at lunchtime, his poos are good now, but he is on lactalose anyway!...then ill move on to 2 meals adding meat in the evening.....but i should have him well weaned by 6 months onto lumps and hopefully solids...

its recommended that you only give puree for a month, then add lumps.
i specialise in weaning and guide parents everyday....if i cant carry this out without a glitch then i need not go back to work!!!!!LOL

is anyone going to do baby led weaning???
as in no purees just giving normal foods to them???
 
Thank you Trixie!! That makes me feel better about the food. I see the doctor next week so with his ok I think I am going to start. I'm so glad you advise on how to wean. I have a feeling she is getting sick of the bottle! I know nothing about it and am a bit scared!!
And I can't believe the osteopath is so expensive here! Are they doctors there? Here they are....they are a different type of doctor, but can still prescribe medicine. But we do have therapists that can do cranial sacral therapy. I might call to see if they work on infants. Or I might also try a chiropractor as I heard that can be helpful too.

Giada slept fine last night, 9:15-7, but again only wanted 5 oz this morning instead of her usual 8. I got her to take 6, but she refused anymore. I hate feeding time now!!! How can she eat so little after sleeping for 10 hours??? Ugh!
 
conor is the same, he was refusing the milk for abt 2 weeks and only took 4 oz tops....mind you he had thrush too!....

thats good that she slept for 10 hours!! conor is only sleeping for short bursts! 9 till 12 then only slept hourly till 5 and i fed him 7 oz at 6.30 and didnt go back till sleep till 8 to 9 and i gave him 5 spoonfuls of baby porridge and he only took 2 0z of milk!!! that will be him till abt 1.30pm then ill give him 5 spoons of potatoe and 7 oz to see how he goes...then 5pm milk and 9pm milk....at least we have got him past sleeping at 7pm but the nites are worse because of that!

the sacral oestopath is prob the same as the cranial here.....cause she was working on his sacral area???
so i would ring up and ask if the specialise in infant therapy......
 
Hey ladies! How are you all doing? Finding it hard to get on here to reply lately. Back working full time really limits things. I get on from my phone and keep up with everyone daily, but I hate typing on my phone, and I don't get to my computer much these days.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!! (well, the US ladies anyways; I know the UK ladies already had theirs). We had a great day. My family and hubs' family all came over and my DH cooked us all lunch. We gave my mom and MIL both a digital picture frame and filled them with pics of Jack. They were so excited!!

It's crazy some of you are already starting on solids!! They can't be getting this old already, can they?! They grow up so fast. Jack weighs about 16.5 lbs. (I unofficially weighed him by weighing myself and then weighed myself holding him). So I'm guessing it's pretty close. Jack will go for his 4 month pedi appt in a few weeks and I guess we'll see then when he wants us to start solids.
I began the transition from breastmilk to formula yesterday. He was only taking 6oz 3 times a day, and one 8 oz bottle at bedtime, but he started waking up at 2 am again like 3 nights in a row, so I figured he was needing to be increased on his amounts. So now he gets 8 oz at every feeding. I started combining 6 oz breast milk and 2 oz formula at each feeding and so far he's tolerating it very well. It took me forever to finally get over having to give him formula, but now that I have, I feel so much better. I think I just had to get it out of my head that it was going to cause his tummy to get all upset. I'm still pumping 3 times a day, but my supply has decreased tremendously. I used to pump about 45 oz a day, and am now down to about 20. I hope it won't take long to stop completely. I'm just so afraid of the pain. How did you ladies go about stopping your milk supply and deal with the pain?

I am very much an advocate of the video monitor!! I love mine!! It's Summer brand.
What exactly is the cranial osteopath? I've never heard of this.

We are going swimming this Friday at my friend's MILs house!! I can't wait! I've got him his little swim trunks and a frog sun hat and sunglasses!! He's gonna be so handsome!! :)

I hope you all are well!!
 
So good to hear from you LadyL! It must be crazy being back at work and having a baby to care for!! It sounds like transitioning is going well. I'm not sure about the pain because I started producing less and less milk and giada decided she would not feed anymore, and I had no pain at all. I think I had pretty much stopped making milk. I would say just reduce slowly like you are doing. I always heard that it is not painful because the baby starts taking less and less and your body just adjusts. Once you aren't making much milk it doesn't hurt to stop. You are going to love not having to pump anymore!! I hated pumping!!! Washing all the parts was awful! Glad you are doing well!

Trixie is sounds like conor is getting a great variety of stuff! Can you start with anything, like peas or sweet potato, or should you start with rice cereal? Also do you decrease the amount of formula when you start introducing solids, or does that stay the same?

Has anyone heard of that "wake to sleep thing" Someone had written about it where you stir the baby an hour before they usually get up to throw their cycle off and they should sleep longer. I tried it last night and I dont know if it was coincidence, but giada slept til 8:30!!!! It may have been coincidence though as her schedule was very off yesterday. She is still being weird about eating. It's driving me crazy and I hate having to persist and keep trying to give her her bottle after time passes. I hope it stops soon.

Happy mother's day to all celebrating today! Hope everyone is well!
 
conor just wants to gobble up all his food!! its going great....im now giving baby rice and pear or apple puree for breakfast.....he cries when i take the spoon out!
i have tried sweet potatoe, carrot, parsnip, potatoe, pumkin, butternut squash...pear, apple and banana....all in small quantites but i know he would eat a whole bowl full!

the milk is now 6/7 oz at 5am.....only 2 oz at breakfast, 7 oz at lunch with a veg or fruit and 7 oz at 5pm and 6/7 oz at 8/9pm then bed..

he still wakes at 3 but i give him the dummy and turn him on his side and sleeps for another 2 or so hours.....i would love it if he slept till 8.30!!!

im never going on that weaning forum or answering anyone on ther! people can be so judgemental cause im weaning early.....but if they had to listen to the crying and pain of reflux..huh!..anyway...rant over!

good to hear from you lady....glad your well....not to sure wat a cranial oestopath does but it must be abit like a ciropractor wer they manipulate nerves and muscles and bones....all i know is conor is much better now!
 
I learned my lesson straying to other forums. Some people are downright mean. I prefer to stay here with you ladies!!
I don't blame you at all for starting weaning. It sounds like Conor's doing great with it. I personally can't wait to start feeding Jack something other than milk. It seems like it must be so boring having the same thing for every meal. But of course, I'll wait till I get the ok from the pedi first!
 
Hello Ladies, I cant believe some of us are at the weaning stage. Darcey isnt quite there yet, but i'm going to a weaning talk thursday.

Good to hear its going well Trixie.

Well done on getting into work Lady, dont know how you do it x
 
Hi Ladies!

I don't know how you do it either going to work ladyl. I can barely keep up staying at home!

I hate the other forums too. I seriously can't believe how judgmental people are. I seem to end up in cat fights trying to defend myself. I need to just stay away them.

I am exctied to talk to the dr about weaning. We've got some stuff going on later this month and then dh is leaving for a business trip first of june so we might wait til he gets back to start. I am so looking forward to less spit up!! I have been giving her ready to feed or concentrate because she was eating less and you got more calories per volume on the ready to feeds, but I think they made her spit up more. I switched back to powder today.

I went to a baby class today. I kinda liked it. giada slept through most of it, and then woke up and was hungry...and then spit up everywhere lol. It was ok...we sang songs and asked questions. Kinda felt stupid singing songs to a sleeping baby but oh well. The only problem is the class is sooo long. It is 2 hours 15 minutes and I feel it is too long to be somewhere with a baby, but she did end early today so that was nice.

Is anyone else having back problems? Mine has hurt since delivering, and now my knee hurts really badly too. I went to a couple chiropractors but it still hurts a lot. I think I'm just too old lol!

Hope everyone is well!! :)
 
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