End of May 2013 babies CONTINUED..

[babyface15]

omg I feel so bad! calla has only been sleeping about an hour the past few weeks, maybe up to 3 on a good day if she's out and about in the stroller. I'm staying in bed today with her trying to get her to rest. any tips on getting them to nap??

 

[pebbie1]

Awwwww bless you babyface. Markus sleeps on and off but he sleeps best in the bouncy chair downstairs or on my chest. You can try putting her in bed after every feed and she'll get used to it that it's nap time and she'll sleep. That's what I do with Markus now as well. He goes into his bed after his feeds and he sleeps longer in bed now.
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[Zfbaby]

We have two methods for getting Louis to sleep which are working better and better as he learns to recognise what it means. We swaddle him so he doesn't wake himself up and then I shush-pat. I make long shush noises near his ear and pat his back in a tick-tock rhythm. Ive just done that now and he was asleep in 4mins dh swaddles him and then kinda does squats whilst patting and shushing and that works too but my thigh muscles are no where near as strong. Have you got a white noise machine? They work really well too.

 

[passion4shoes]

Matilda sleeps loads in the day. She is usually only awake for 1 hour in 3. She sleeps loads at night too (wakes up for feeds). As soon as she is yawning I put her in the pram. Shush pat works really well, if not a dummy is bloody amazing! She takes up to half an hour of looking about and yawning until she goes over.

Omi would you consider tubal ties? I remember your OH is planning the snip. Although that is another operation for you to undergo.

CLH - I am drip feeding the idea of more kids. We had said to start trying in Mach but OH must have forgotten as he says next year is for partying and festivals. Lol! I don't want to scare him with the idea of another pregnancy so soon.

My birthday today. Bleurgh. 35. Bored of them now! Lol

Zf. Louis is gorgeous!!! Glad he is happier now.

 

[pebbie1]

Happy birthday Passion! I had my 35th in Feb and wasn't too bothered with it lol

 

[Zfbaby]

Matilda sleeps loads in the day. She is usually only awake for 1 hour in 3. She sleeps loads at night too (wakes up for feeds). As soon as she is yawning I put her in the pram. Shush pat works really well, if not a dummy is bloody amazing! She takes up to half an hour of looking about and yawning until she goes over.

Omi would you consider tubal ties? I remember your OH is planning the snip. Although that is another operation for you to undergo.

CLH - I am drip feeding the idea of more kids. We had said to start trying in Mach but OH must have forgotten as he says next year is for partying and festivals. Lol! I don't want to scare him with the idea of another pregnancy so soon.

My birthday today. Bleurgh. 35. Bored of them now! Lol

Zf. Louis is gorgeous!!! Glad he is happier now.

Know what you mean, my birthday is on the 1st of aug. not looking forward to it

 

[OmiOmen]

Happy birthday passion.

In theory a full hysterectomy would be a smart choice for me and I don't think I would have an issue getting a doctor to refer me but I couldn't cope with putting myself through surgery for that or my tubes tied. I have considered counselling to try and get me to the point I could go through with it but I honestly don't think that would work.

 

[pebbie1]

Well Passion. I'll never forget your birthday now that the little prince was born today! Hahahaha hope Kate and Will enjoy the sleepless nights lol. Nothing royal about that

 

[Zfbaby]

Something makes me think they won't be having any sleepless nights pebbie. the royal nanny may well though

 

[passion4shoes]

I hope they use cloth nappies!

Can you imagine wills dealing with meconium?!

And Kate crying with bleeding nipples?

Wouldn't Harry be the best ever uncle??

 

[OmiOmen]

I think more people would use cloth if they didn't have to change nappies or wash them too. I'm not convinced royals look after their own children so much as get them handed over to them when the baby is in a good enough mood for cuddles.

We aren't using cloth at the moment. I realised it was making CJ's reflux a lot worse so we stopped although try a cloth nappy each day in the hope it is his build at this point of him growing but so far he is crying in pain from them so he is quickly back in a disposable. I'm feeling really irritated that I spent so much on them now.

 

[pebbie1]

Hahaha. I asked my hubby yesterday how many nannies they'll have. Plenty!! Has she left the hospital yet? I've not been watching any updates but I heard this morning the royal hairdresser had arrived. I'm sure she has a royal make up artist as well and she'll look stunning when leaving the hospital. Wills was allowed to stay overnight in hospital. Pffff no 9am - 9pm visiting hours for them!

 

[pebbie1]

Wow Omi, how can cloth nappies make the reflux worse? Amazing you've discovered that so you could relieve CJ a bit.

I've completely fallen out of love with my hubby. It's gone! All I feel now is anger and I'm annoyed at everything he does, which really isn't a lot and that annoys me even more. I'm going to be alone with my family for a week next week. That could be really good or really bad....ugh I just don't know anymore

 

[babyface15]

thanks for the advice ladies, with a bit of shushing, rocking and patting I got her to nap for over 4 hrs yesterday and to bed at 9!!

happiest birthday passion, hope you had a great day

I was wondering that myself, I wonder if they'll try to be normal about raising him or if they'll have a nanny watch the babe all night. I know in those early days I probably would have taken the nanny for a night or two

aw Pebbie I'm so sorry you're feeling bad. I understand though because I felt this way last week. My husband is going through a tough time and I have a lot of resentment built up over it. I feel a lot of the burden of the baby was on my shoulders. I was (still am to a degree) so easily annoyed and angry with him all the time.

do you think it could be the stress of the baby/lack of sleep making your feelings worse? I talked to my hubby about this and my feelings and suggested couples therapy. He's been much more helpful and focused since then, lol!! which had made me more capable of dealing with the stress. I guess he doesn't want to go to the therapy hah.

 

[OmiOmen]

They are tight on his belly. They are only just tight enough to make sure there are no gaps so I would not have thought it should be an issue because there not too tight...or so I thought. I only noticed because he was better on a night when in disposables and once I was looking for it then it was clear he was getting upset and more sick when he went into the cloth.

Hopefully the brake away will help. It can be a common feeling after having a baby and for some people it seems to last a few weeks or months.

 

[passion4shoes]

Pebbie I hope you are able to rekindle your love. It happened to me and my ex. I didn't even bother trying - I just left. Regret how I treated him now.

Apparently it is very common. He has fulfilled his duty of giving you a child and nourishing you through pregnancy. Now you don't need him so your emotions switch off. Relationships are meant to only last 18 months. This is what I was told and made sense to me at the time.

I hope you remember why you loved him - I hope he realises what he stands to lose. Xx

 

[CLH_X3]

Wow Omi, how can cloth nappies make the reflux worse? Amazing you've discovered that so you could relieve CJ a bit.

I've completely fallen out of love with my hubby. It's gone! All I feel now is anger and I'm annoyed at everything he does, which really isn't a lot and that annoys me even more. I'm going to be alone with my family for a week next week. That could be really good or really bad....ugh I just don't know anymore

What do u think has made you start feeling like that?

 

[babyface15]

yup she looked gorgeous leaving the hospital. I looked like a big bag of shit after the sleepless nights and spit up and food stains on my sweatpants that I wore every day

passion, I can see some sense to that! I'm sorry you regret what happened with your ex. It's so hard with the stress of it all and the sleep deprivation to not be negative sometimes

hope you are feeling ok pebbie

I had to be out on the go in the car half the day and now calla is overtired because she didn't nap. I hope so much she's not up all night, I'm dreading her first wake up :S

 

[Zfbaby]

The royals will absolutely have a nanny even if they tell the world they won't. My friend is a norland nanny and has said that norland have been approached already. I'm
Not even going to watch the news the whole thing pisses me off really. Why have a child if you're not going to be the sole care givers. Plus I think I have more respect for her is she walked out of hospital looking like she's been run over by a bus a few times, like I did. Id bet a lot of money that they won't be losing much sleep or dealing with a baby who has colic or reflux on their own. I would love to see Kate with spit up stains on her designer clothes just the once though.

I'm sorry things with dh aren't great pebbie. I totally understand, my dh can make me want to kill him sometimes. Hope the break away sorts things out for you xxx

 

[babyface15]

did you guys see how they had the lo strapped into the car seat??? lol I hope she fixed it once in the car