June Bundles of Joy - 2016

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I'm using Dr Browns and they are great, Leo has hardly had any wind. Not sure if it makes a difference that it is breast milk he is drinking out of the bottles but I wouldn't imagine that would make any difference.
 
Can't take another night of this pain =( not contractions just shooting pains. Like being shocked ?! So odd. Braxton Hicks same as usual all day long with no progress at all. So sad =(

Bottles- always used tommee tippee. Only from six months though so my recommendation is probably useless. Haha.
 
We have been using tommee tippee with no problems, same as for my son.. But we have only had to give one formula top up in 24 hours and one of expressed milk! :happydance::happydance: She has done so well and seems so content! Fingers crossed tonight goes as well and her weigh in tomorrow... worst case scenario we can add more top ups back in but I am feeling positive :)
 
That's so brill Angel!

We use tommee tippee too x
 
Angel how great!

Rhi so sorry about the pains it sounds dreadful! You are so close though. Wonderinf if your pains are SPD related. I had them really bad this pregnancy. Doesn't mean no progress either! You can't see to tell! Could be doing wonders on the inside!
 
Angel, so great!

We got TT bottles to try out. There are so many bottle options at the store! I read somewhere that TT can help with gas so figured it was worth a try.

I'm hoping sleep goes better tonight. The 7pm bottle turned into an 8pm bottle so I may try to move the other feedings to 12am and 4am.

Sorry for all the silly questions but can anyone give advice on putting baby to sleep? What do you ladies do to put your baby down for the night? Is there some kind of trick I'm missing? I dread it every night :(
 
Starlight I have always got myself into bed for the night and then just fed baby at the breast until they have fallen asleep. Then I attempt to move them into their basket etc. If they give too much fuss I just leave them in the bed with me. This gets everyone off to sleep quickly but it means I usually have a nappy to deal with at 1am :haha: however I think bottle feeding mums usually have more of a schedule than that ? I know all my friends do and their babies always seem to sleep better than mine. Try and make baby as sleepy as possible ? Maybe offer a massage etc and a feed then down for the night? The less hungry they are the longer they will sleep I guess =)
 
Rhi - the shooting pain is horrible, combined with the bh I'm not surprised you're feeling fed up :hugs: I wish there was something that made them both go away but I don't think there is apart from the occasional paracetamol.

Angel - that's great news, today she might not need the top ups at all!

Starlight - I'm no help I'm afraid, I used to dread putting him to sleep too, most nights at that age it would consist of one of us holding him whilst he slept until he was in enough deep sleep to be put down or lots and lots of rocking. I hope she sleep better for you tonight :hugs:
 
Vanilla - last night the shooting crotch pain was so severe I almost convinced myself I needed to go to the hospital. It was like someone was cutting my cervix open with a knitting needle. I changed positions all night and at one point stood up to pee and thought I would pass out from the pain ! I don't think it's spd as the muscle I pulled the other day has all but healed and I'm back to a relative level of movement in that area. The Braxton Hicks are easier to get away from (just change positions etc) but it made for one terrible nights sleep. :haha:

Google tells me the cervix pain is nothing and means nothing... how annoying eh.
 
:hugs: Starlight Xander was the same. I hated bed time and would spend hours rocking him and feeding him to sleep, then I'd try to sneak him into his cot without waking him, half the time his eyes would ping open as soon as his back hit the mattress and we'd start over :dohh:

I really felt like the issue was him not being able to self settle and drift off to sleep on his own. Having Georgia has made me believe that even more. Her time in NICU meant that she's had to self settle since day one, she does fall asleep feeding but I can just wind her and pop her down and she goes to sleep.

I don't think there's anything wrong with feeding to sleep but for us it was the only way Xander could get to sleep and I honestly have never been more miserable.

Georgia is sticking with her trend of having a few hours of awake time in the middle of the night. And I'm sticking with my trend of feeding, winding and ditching her and going back to sleep lol.
 
We bed share. I struggled for months to put my eldest down and then I discovered the Infant Sleep Information Source which has evidence based guidelines for safe bed sharing. There has not been a single occurrence of SIDS where all safe bed sharing guidelines were followed. I did the same with my son and moved him to his cot around 6 months ish.

Georgia had her tongue tie snipped yesterday and I can really feel the difference. It looked tiny but turns out a lot of it was sub mucosa so could be seen when they pressed on the floor of her mouth.

Who was the other mama potty training (this board moves so fast). How is it going? I managed to persuade Aaron to go back in nappies buy today he's insisted on pants again. He's dry bit only with prompting.

Weigh day today :-/

P.S. uk ladies don't forget to vote today!
 
Google is hopefully/probably wrong, to me that can only mean that baby's head is very low, which can only be a good thing surely. Heat has helped me with the shooting pain sometimes, with one of those wheatie bags. That and walking around hunched over like a goblin :haha:
 
:hugs: Rhi that sounds awful! Hopefully when you do go into labour it'll be really quick after all the pain you've been having :-(
 
Thanks girls :) My sweep is booked for the 6th and that is the date i'm trying to beat, it does feel like her head is stupidly low, like at one point i was trying to explain to my husband about how when you are in labour at the end and it feels like you need a poo but it's the babies head. I had that feeling last night :/ i was quite concerned at one point, i don't wanna be one of those toilet birth stories lmao. :haha: I didn't need to go to the toilet so it must have been babies head!

Dory- i'm potting training although i don't think i have mentioned it :) taking a very relaxed approach over here as with the baby being due any time now i know i should wait but he decided and it's hard to get them to put their nappy back on :haha: He is mostly just toying with the idea atm, in the evenings he strips off and will wee in the potty all evening instead of using his nappies, but he isn't interested during the day. We have only had one poop in the potty, although we did have several attempts! (yeah ew)
 
My SIL had a baby in the bathroom by accident too!

Had my bloody show this morning. Could be something, could be nothing. Xx
 
Ohhhh teeny that's awesome! I had my first baby really soon after having mine! :)
 
I hope this is it for you you teeny! more often than not baby is born shortly after a bloody show! :dust: get on the birthing ball if you have one!
 
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