June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[GeralynB]

Starlight- where does baby sleep? For bedtime I just make sure she has a clean diaper and then feed her. I started doing formula and breastfeeding yesterday. I give her the formula and then make sure she has a good burp then I rock her and give her the boob and she drifts off. I wait a few minutes to make sure she's fully asleep then put her in the bassinet part of the pack and play in our room. I also use a white noise machine.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Lol last night I fed G and winded her but I didn't want her to go to sleep yet so I sat her up, talked to her, danced with her then gave up and plonked her in her crib to piss her off and wake her up for seconds and she slept for 3.5 hrs she barely had any feed either so I don't think it's hunger that's waking her every 2 hours

 

[Boo44]

Starlight it's really hard to say what is the best way because babies are so different but also parents are so different and what is important to one mum may be completely against the principles of another!

I agree with pixie that self settling is an important key to sleeping well. However I think all of our babies are quite tiny at the moment so I definitely wouldn't be encouraging or enforcing it yet (I don't do sleep training really) but I guess if they show happiness to self settle already then that's brilliant!

Some may prefer co sleeping or letting the baby feed to sleep or sleep on their chest. Just whatever works!

For us, after his 7pm ish feed we pop Arthur in his Moses basket in the room with us. He lies there awake looking round and quite happy. He either falls asleep himself around 9 or he starts getting unsettled and a quick cuddle and back down and he'll be asleep. Then the key is whenever they wake in the night keep it dark and don't chat to them just quickly feed burp nappy whatever you want to do, and back down. The reason to encourage self settling is that they will be happy to do it in the night after feeds eventually too

Overall I really wouldn't worry too much about routine or anything like that yet. They are so tiny! They just need to know we're here and we love them and they're safe

 

[Starlight32]

Teeny, sounds like you're progressing!

Geralyn, she's sleeps in a crib in our room. I gave her the breast again to drift off but I need to find smother method because my breast are very lopsided as she will only take my right one. Unfortunately I think stopping breast feeding all together is the only option . Sometimes I walk around with her until she drifts off but that is exhausting if I'm tired. I've been running a fan as white noise but not sure if it helps or not.

 

[GeralynB]

Sometimes babies don't like their crib at first because it's so flat and they've been used to being all curled up for the last 10 months

 

[AngelofTroy]

We went to a breastfeeding group this morning, our first 'outing' that wasn't hospital! Weigh in is at 4pm, gulp. I am worried we have cut down on top ups too quickly. Also worried that her poos have decreased in size rather a lot.

 

[Teeny Weeny]

Good luck at the weigh in Angel. As long as she is happy and content try not to worry. Xx

 

[mommyxofxone]

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

I wish i could help. with my first i tried everythign to get her to sleep by herself and it didn't help. She wound up co-sleeping for a month. I did find swadding helped a ton though.

With this one, if i put him anywhere else he fusses within minutes. But when i put him in the bed next to me? he's silent. for hours! he's only waking twice. he's just happy to be next to me. you know, his milk cow lol! I'm not fighting it this time, if i learned anything from the first it's that the added stress isn't worth it. So if he wants to co-sleep with me i'm ok with it. every once in a while i'll try moving him and if he doesn't settle easily enough i'll move him over. i don't really want to co-sleep but i'm sleeping mostly through the night so in the end i think it is worth it for us. We're all a much happier family right now.

My SIL had a baby in the bathroom by accident too!

Had my bloody show this morning. Could be something, could be nothing. Xx

hope it's it for you! seriously i had bloody show like three times. nothing happened. so unfair.

We went to a breastfeeding group this morning, our first 'outing' that wasn't hospital! Weigh in is at 4pm, gulp. I am worried we have cut down on top ups too quickly. Also worried that her poos have decreased in size rather a lot.

i'm sure she's doing great! don't second guess hun! can't wait to hear how well she's doing

 

[mommyxofxone]

anyone else's babies peeing through their diapers? the ped said it's because he's catching up on lost time, cause he lost a lot of weight and seriously is eating EVERY SINGLE HOUR during the day now and when he pees, omg! it goes through EVERYTHING. last night he peed through his diaper, his shirt, his swaddle, the towel he was on (we bed share and i put a towel down cause i'm always terrified i'll leak since still so early pp) and through my sheets so i had to get up and change everything. i've never experienced this amount of urine! it's crazy! i do hope it slows up!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Good luck with the weigh in angel =)

 

[mum22ttc#3]

Sounds promising teeny. That was the only sign for me, I had my bloody show in the morning and he was here within 24 hours

 

[joeybrooks]

ladies I'm struggling with my 4 year old behaviour. I know this must be such a tough time for him but he has turned into a crazy person. He is throwing tantrums for it hung and constantly whining for nothing. I mentioned his cough before, the Dr has diagnosed a chest infection but he is refusing point blank.to take the medicine. I have tried literally everything. its a vicious cycle because he is sick and coughing so can't sleep so is grumpy and won't eat and it is all just feeding into each other. I'm crying daily.over it.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Oh joey =( that sucks! I can never get my two year old to take medicine either. It takes two of us to pin him and even then he just spits it back in protest. So stressful! Does it make a difference if u offer it from a spoon or a syringe. As I find the syringe easier especially if you have someone to pin them down. God sounds so awful doesn't it. But it's only cos we care ! Hopefully he is on the mend soon and the tantrums calm down.

 

[Starlight32]

Angel, keep us posted!

Mommyx, wow your boy sounds like Hannah! She will cry when put down but usually calms if being held (unless something else is wrong like gas). She has taken to the bassinet this week if already asleep or half asleep. I wish I could co sleep but I move around way too much. And that's a lot of pee! What diapers are you using?

 

[karlilay]

With Poppy I feed her a bit of bottle, burp her and then bath her at 7.30pm ish, then she has the rest of her bottle, and zones out till 10 ish, when she wakes at this one, I keep quiet, room dark, and other than a quick cuddle after her bottle, she is put down and goes off to sleep on her own. I do the same at 3pm ish when she wakes. But I'm extremely lucky in that she likes to be put down, she much prefers to be laid flat in her basket than be held and happily goes off to sleep on her own.

 

[vaniilla]

We went to a breastfeeding group this morning, our first 'outing' that wasn't hospital! Weigh in is at 4pm, gulp. I am worried we have cut down on top ups too quickly. Also worried that her poos have decreased in size rather a lot.

Good luck with the weigh in, try not to worry

anyone else's babies peeing through their diapers? the ped said it's because he's catching up on lost time, cause he lost a lot of weight and seriously is eating EVERY SINGLE HOUR during the day now and when he pees, omg! it goes through EVERYTHING. last night he peed through his diaper, his shirt, his swaddle, the towel he was on (we bed share and i put a towel down cause i'm always terrified i'll leak since still so early pp) and through my sheets so i had to get up and change everything. i've never experienced this amount of urine! it's crazy! i do hope it slows up!

I hope it slows up for you in the meantime some of those potty training pads for the bed would be a good idea so you're not changing all the bedding every night.

ladies I'm strugglingi with my 4 year old behaviour. I know this must be such a tough time for him but he has turned into a crazy person. He is throwing tantrums for it hung and constantly whining for nothing. I mentioned his cough before, the Dr has diagnosed a chest infection but he is refusing point blank.to take the medicine. I have tried literally everything. its a vicious cycle because he is sick and coughing so can't sleep so is grumpy and won't eat and it is all just feeding into each other. I'm crying daily.over it.

Is he eating yoghurt still? I would hide his medicine or in some form of pudding - or a fruit puree if he'll have either. I hope he gets better soon, as the infection goes hopefully he'll feel better. He probably feels a bit vulnerable from being ill and having changes in his life but it should settle. I've heard many people say a strong routine for the older child helps, if he knows for a few weeks what's happening and when it can give them a sense of control.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Where is lavo?!

 

[Lavochain]

Good luck Teeny, I hope it is something positive for a change!

Rhi - I hope that you don't give birth on the toilet but at least little girl is feeling low. It can't be much longer for us all, surely?!

I'm not too active right now as my OH has put me on bed rest. I managed to slip off the end of our bed earlier and land between the base and the wardrobe. Luckily I stopped myself in a way that it didn't hit my stomach, but I did crack my head on the corner of the thing! I also then struggled to get up and smacked my head again on the wall. I am so huge now, I can't even get up from the floor. Baby has been moving lots so I'm not worried, but I am monitoring him as it shook me up quite badly.

I hope you're all doing ok. I've had a skim through but don't really have any advice to give on most of your dilemmas. to you all though!

 

[vaniilla]

Lavo - that sounds painful glad you and lo are okay, I think your dh is right to put you on bed rest, I hope you feel better soon.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Oh there u are! I thought maybe u had gone and had your baby. Instead you're just chucking ya self off furniture... glad you are okay =)

I bloody well hope it happens soon I'm sick of moaning about it and if she is born on the toilet I'll remember to flush first. Haha