End of May 2013 babies CONTINUED..

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Astons going 6 hours at night ... Falls asleep downstairs with us 7-8 .. I take him to bed with me at 10-10.30, give him a top up and then he goes u til 4, another feed and then til 7 ...

Char - cant believe your lo is 7 weeks, Aston is only 3 weeks old!!

Now my baby blues have passed I'm loving it! ..

 

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Char - Astons been on 6oz for a week now... He drains the bottle but goes 4-5 hours between bottles

 

[pebbie1]

Hello ladies!
I've finally managed to get some Internet connection The holiday is fab! The weather is amazing, Marielle is loving it and Markus is great. So all in all really relaxing.

Omi. We don't have loads of money to spend and we are staying in mobile homes on campsites. Marielle loves it though and so do we. No need for big luxury hotels

Ducky, so sorry to hear you're not getting a lot of sleep. Markus now wakes once during the night. It literally changed overnight from waking up loads to waking once.

Char, that's pretty nasty! Hope the antibiotics will sort it out and that it's gone soon. Marlee is growing so much, the little cutie

Passion, that pic is so cute! I love love love the smile

So Markus was pulling all these funny faces and I took some pics and made a collage! Excuse the pink chair, it used to be Marielles hahahahah

 

[charbaby]

Char - Astons been on 6oz for a week now... He drains the bottle but goes 4-5 hours between bottles

are you going to put him upto 7? have you tried hungrier baby milk yet what type is he having?

 

[charbaby]

oh and Marlee drinks about 5 n half onz in the day,she has drained a few bottles but normally 1st botttle after doing 10 hours sleep thinking of just upping that 1 feed to 7-8 onz

 

[charbaby]

what weights are all your babies now? Marlee was 11lb at 5 weeks 5 days getting her weighed again next Friday

 

[OmiOmen]

CJ is 10lbs 11oz at 3 weeks.

I love the photos of Markus! That is a lot of expressions for such a little guy.

Char, 10 hours is amazing. Sorry about the infection, hope you feel better soon.

We wanted to go on a Disney cruise but once you start adding flight costs it will be too much because we have a car and some furniture to buy before we go on holiday too. I am thinking one of the nice mobile homes with Keycamp should make a good holiday with a baby and a toddler.

 

[pebbie1]

Omi, my husband works as a contract manager for eurocamp and keycamp! We're in a eurocamp mobile home now. It's brilliant!

 

[OmiOmen]

I hope you get a good discount. I used to love keycamp holidays as a kid, we would go away for 3 weeks at a time and they have a lot nicer accommodation now than they did when I was younger too.

 

[pebbie1]

We went on eurocamp holidays when I was little, in a tent lol. Mobile homes are lots nicer. And I think they're brilliant holidays too as kids can run around the campsite and there's animation and stuff. Pretty good. Marielle sleeps till about 9 every morning as she's so tired of running around outside lol

 

[Zfbaby]

what weights are all your babies now? Marlee was 11lb at 5 weeks 5 days getting her weighed again next Friday

Louis was weighed yesterday at 6wk appt and was 12lb 3oz. Biiig boy!

 

[pebbie1]

Do any of you breast feeding ladies feel like they're getting the flu quite regularly? I have it at least once a week where my whole skin hurts and everything aches. I keep thinking I'm getting mastitis again as it feels the same but then it goes.

 

[charbaby]

CJ is 10lbs 11oz at 3 weeks.

I love the photos of Markus! That is a lot of expressions for such a little guy.

Char, 10 hours is amazing. Sorry about the infection, hope you feel better soon.

We wanted to go on a Disney cruise but once you start adding flight costs it will be too much because we have a car and some furniture to buy before we go on holiday too. I am thinking one of the nice mobile homes with Keycamp should make a good holiday with a baby and a toddler.

I think boys grow quicker, My friend had her baby only a week or so before Marlee and he was only 7lb and now he is over 10lb not much between him and her now but at first it was really noticeable
I would love to go abroad this year but think Marlee is to little, so we are going to devon for 2 weeks end of July. Kids are really excited about it and as long as the weather is nice I am sure we will have a great time.

 

[OmiOmen]

Boys on average are bigger so it makes sense they grow a bit faster. Both my two put on rather than lost at 5 days and seem to grow fast. Although DH is big so that probably has a lot to do with it too.

I felt like that when feeding DS1 but not as much this time. I had one day when I felt like I was getting the flue but then it passed. Oddly I have lost my appetite a bit too and last time I was starving all the time when BF'ing. Mastitis made me feel like i had a bad case of the flu though.

Two weeks in Devon sounds nice. We haven't gone on holiday for about 6-7 years now and feel really overdue one now so really want to go next year. We wanted to go on the European Disney cruise but we can't afford it next year and since CJ will only be a year old we think staying close to the UK with a longer ferry crossing to cut down on driving time will work well.

Does anyone else's baby seem to wake up at the most awkward times? CJ wakes up just as my meals are ready without fail!

 

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Char - Astons been on 6oz for a week now... He drains the bottle but goes 4-5 hours between bottles

are you going to put him upto 7? have you tried hungrier baby milk yet what type is he having?

Not yet, was thinking of switching to the hungry one but I have 3 tubs of the one in using ATM in the cupboard ... I may switch after

 

[babyface15]

wow, char 10 hrs is amazing. we are on a similar schedule passion. crazy about your bleeding and infection char i hope you're feeling better xx

cute pics ladies
no pebbie i dint feel fluish, i wonder if you're fighting off a bout of mastitis

omni my baby dies this too. i get her down long enough to make food, awake as soon as i try m to eat it

does anyone elses baby grunt an excessive amount? sometimes when she's waking she just grunts like mad.

 

[charbaby]

Char - Astons been on 6oz for a week now... He drains the bottle but goes 4-5 hours between bottles

are you going to put him upto 7? have you tried hungrier baby milk yet what type is he having?

Not yet, was thinking of switching to the hungry one but I have 3 tubs of the one in using ATM in the cupboard ... I may switch after

Yeah I havent bought anymore for a few weeks and only have 1 n half left now of the sma gold so thinking of getting the sma white next week. what make are you using? I have just stuck with sma as used that with the older 2

 

[babyface15]

my baby girl was 10 lbs 3 oz at 3.5 weeks. hope it was a growth spurt or she's gonna be huge haha x

 

[Little Ducky]

Well I've decided to switch Alastair over to formula, his colic is awful we ended up at drs today as he'd been up and screaming 18 hours straight with no sleep and his cramps were getting worse
I've been trying to combination feed over the last few days by just topping up his usual night breastfeed with formula but apart from filling him up for longer didn't stop the colic... I'm now thinking my milk might be the issue and gave him two formula feeds in a row today and he seems much improved. I'm hoping its not a fluke, but I've been really struggling with breastfeeding such a hungry baby so I'm going to give exclusive formula feeding a go.
He's already constipated colicky and suffering with bad wind so I don't see what I have to lose from switching him cold turkey.
Do you guys have any tips or advice re feeding formula? The bottle recommends 4oz for his age but he was still hungry after that so I gave him more - is that allowed?!

I feel a bit lost with it all tbh. I just want to see him happy & out of pain.

 

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Astons been having 6 oz for about a week and a half ... The side of the tin is just a guide, you can't over feed a baby

I'm using cow and gate char ... I used aptimil last time but its nearly £10 a tub and aptimil / cow n gate are made by the same people/place
I get double discount once a month in my mums job so stock to then, I pay £6.50 a tub