End of May 2013 babies CONTINUED..

[passion4shoes]

Mam fan here too. She was making a mess with tt. Just ordered some pink bottles (silly I know) and more dummys.

Zf I meant to say how much you made me laugh getting kicked out if bf support group! There needs to be a ff support group.

I gave birth to DS in Germany and they gave the babies fennel tea in a bottle in between breast feeds. Didn't get my permission but I didn't think about it. They obviously weren't worred about nipple confusion.

Everyone is off! We are going to Northern Ireland in August. Has anyone ad to get passport photos done for baby?

 

[pebbie1]

Yep, we've had to had passport pics taken or Markus before we went to France. He's 6 days old on them and they're going to stay in there till he gets his new passport when he's
5 years old! You should've seen the guys face at passport control at the tunnel when he saw
Markus his passport pic and then Marielle's! She's had her pic taken when she was 10 days old and she's 2.5 now hahahaha

 

[Zfbaby]

We are having Louis's pic taken next week ready for his passport. Grandmas gift when he was born was filling out a form and paying for it to be done so that we come out to visit her. Bless. We were hoping to goin August but it'll probably be end of September now.
Just given Louis a bath in the kitchen. I went to have a shower whilst dh dried him and when I came back he was fast asleep on the kitchen table! Absolutely sparked out he's been awake since 2am again so he obviously needs it.

 

[Zfbaby]

Is everyone keeping baby in their rooms until 6 mnths? Dh has a theory that Louis doesn't like his Moses because it's too cramped and that he prefers to stretch out??! We will be using a crib this weekend so will see if he likes it. If he does dh wants to put him in a crib in the nursery but I'm nervous about him being in another room. We definetly don't have space for a crib in our room.

 

[pebbie1]

Markus is starting to get cramped in his Moses basket too so he won't be in for 6 months.
We "kicked" Marielle out of our room after 2 weeks. She was the loudest snoring baby ever and we all just kept waking each other up. We all slept loads better afterwards. As long as you've got a monitor it'll be just fine, but your oh could be right about Louis feeling to cramped in there

 

[babyface15]

Thanks girls. i tried the diaper cream on her neck yesterday it seems to have helped a bit. her face looks worse today so i might try a bit of lanolin on it. i hope she's not getting eczema or something


I'm not sure the flow but i would think fast. the are just rubber nipples with little holes poked. i couldnt be bothered to try the bottle last night, I'll have to do it today! i did find a bottle that i got for free in the mail that's supposed to make them work for the milk like the breast, I'll probably use that

wow 6 oz good work. do you use an electric or manual pump?

oh clh lucky you to get him to see what you deal with every day lol!

omni did you have the catheter removed? how are you feeling??

we will have baby in our room in the crib for the 6 mo or more, but we have a large bedroom and can fit in it well

 

[charbaby]

I took Marlee out of her moses basket at the start of the week and she is now in her swinging crib which she will stay in till 6 months and then go into my daughters room with her in a cot.
Had her weighed today 11lb 10 onz now at 8 weeks 1 day so shes slowed down which is good, she was really grumpy last night from her injections but seems back to normal since she woke up today. Is everyone else getting the hot weather? Its about 25 here at the moment ment to be 28 the weekend and early 30s next week!

 

[babyface15]

oh yes by crib I mean uk cot

uh terrible hot weather! it was really hot here earlier the week and i think that's why calla has the heat rash.

so i think I've messed up baby girls routine. its 10:45 am and she's still asleep (albeit in bed with me). last night she fed 9:00, 12:00, 3:30, 6:30 & now is still asleep. its great to sleep in but she's up so much at night I'm not getting much then. shes waking more frequently between feeds at night lately & not going back down easily. then going a nice while between feeds early in the morning, instead of late at night like before. Her old routine was 8:00pm, 12, 4 & 8.

I'm not sure how to fix it bc i didn't do anything to get her on her other routine, she just did it on her own.

 

[OmiOmen]

Back from the night in hospital and I have bladder functioning! If all goes well I won't be back for 3-4 months.

CJ was 9lbs 10oz at birth and 11lbs 8oz at just over 3 weeks. He gets weighed every week because I have extended care with the HV's.

If your looking for a gentle cream for a rash CJ's cream is amazing. It is gentle on CJ's skin and got rid of a persistent patch of eczema on JJ when no other cream would.

Sorry the injections didn't go too well char. They are so horrid.

Hopefully it will be the last time you get mastitus.

CJ will be in our room probably longer then 6 months.

 

[Zfbaby]

Ok odd q but how are people making up their formula? With hipp organic formula we've been making the feeds using boiled water that has been poured into bottles and left to drop to room temp. This is so it doesn't kill the friendly bacteria. It's worked well so far in that if we go out we just take a bottle with powder and a bottle with water and mix when needed. Yesterday my gp put Louis on nutragimen formula to see if it would help with the wind. This says you need to make it with water that is 70c. I'm
Confused (sorry if I'm being thick)! It says to boil the kettle and leave for 30mins (really, with a baby screaming for food?) then mix with the powder when the water is 70c and serve immediately. Isn't that waaay too hot for baby? Also how am I meant to do this when traveling like on Sunday when we go to York. How to I pre prepare feeds so he's not starving? How do you ladies make your bottles up? Can I mix the powder with a small amount of boiling water then top up with sterile cooled water?

 

[pebbie1]

Babyface, Calla could just be having an off day? Maybe she's going through a growth spurt. That can throw the whole sleep - eat routine. Just try to stick to the times as best as you can and she should get back into it again.

Zfbaby, that's an odd way to make a bottle! I now boil the kettle. It'll cool down a bit and then I make the bottle.
What we had in France and with Marielle is a car bottle warmer. We'd just have sterile water, and warm that till the tight temperature and then add the powder. I'd say 70c is a bit warm to drink but then I have no idea how warm Markus his bottles are when I go w them to it. Just stick with your method of checking the right temperature.
This is the bottle warmer we have
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Babytec-Car-Bottle-Warmer/sim/B000NC8EI0/2

 

[Zfbaby]

Thanks pebbie!! I mad the feed up using some recently boiled water and mixed it with cooled water. He took it fine. He drank 7oz the first bottle and then 5oz the second. He still windy but its not as bad as usual and colic crying only lasted an hour over the whole evening. He's now asleep in his swing which is a first!! We tend to have these vast improvements that last a day and then things l go back to normal so I'm not jumping for joy yet but at least he's not screaming the house down whilst I'm on my own. I even ate some food, hurrah!
I will say though the formula stinks!!!! It smells like a cross between potatoes and pork scratchings! Vile!

 

[Little Ducky]

Edited - as I didn't check the rest of the thread & its already been answered lol

 

[Little Ducky]

Also ZF I meant to say, it was you asking about ff poop wasn't it?
Ally's is clay like, yellow no bits & often very thick. He can sometimes go three days without going too.

 

[babyface15]

thanks for the tip omni. congratulations on getting your catheter removed!!
what a big milestone in your recovery

pebbie, i think that's exactly it. she might be going through her 6 week spurt a little early

how are you ladies keeping lo cool in the hot weather? it was sooo hot and humid today and baby was not bf well due to the heat. i tried her with 1 oz of a bottle of expressed milk as a top up and she did really well with that. we can't even open our windows tonight due to smoke blowing over from wildfires in quebec... we're melting!!

 

[Zfbaby]

Holy cr@p Louis just slept from 11pm-6am!!! Straight through no fussing, no night feed?????! Probably a massive one off but still that's incredible. I woke up at 2:30 and made a bottle ready for his feed. Dh had just come home so we went up to bed expecting him to wake any second. Next thing I know I hear him fuss for food and the room is light. Looked at the clock and boom!!

 

[babyface15]

wow congratulations zfbaby!! Howe incredible. here's to hoping this is the start of good nights for you finally.

 

[Zfbaby]

Thanks babyface. I'm not getting my hopes up, I always do and then I'm upset when things go back to normal but I'm pleased for him. It's the most sleep he's had in one go. Dh fed him and it went ok but then he did go back to sleep on me because of the wind but he's slept another 2 1/2 hours so can't complain

 

[pebbie1]

Brilliant stuff zfbaby. At least it's a sign that he can do it, so that's really good. Fingers crossed he'll soon get into that rhythm
Markus wakes once during the night. He skipped his 11pm feed last night and slept from 7.30pm till 2am, had a feed and then slept till 6am. Not too bad

 

[OmiOmen]

That's great zfbaby. CJ can never go any more than 4 hours tops.

As for keeping him cool in this weather we live in an old ish house with high ceilings so with the windows open it isn't too bad. He is wearing less layers and more breathable clothes too. When in the garden we have a patch of shade and me and him sit there while DH and DS1 are more in the sun.