March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[skeet9924]

Well after a few days of things going well Carson and I are having a struggle.. He currently spends most of his day crying and nothing soothes him it's so frustrating.. He is still sleeping about 2 hours at a time at night though..

I've had a bit of a struggle with oh too.. Last weekend he worked the whole weekend.. Today he decided he was going to a ball game with a friend.. He took my car which had the stroller and forgot to leave me keys to his car..so I've been stuck in the house all day with a screaming baby.. He text me to tell me after the game he was going out for dinner.. I asked him not to and to come home.. He ignores me and went out for dinner anyways.. He decided to text me to tell me he was having a nice dinner and deep conversation with a friend.. I was so frusterated I started crying.. I called his mom asking for advice how to get Carson to stop crying.. His dad ended up calling him to tell him to come home to me .. I'm so angry I don't even want him home

 

[rose.]

Sharn, sorry that you've had a bad couple of nights. Could it be wind? Alfie is very noisy and restless in bed if he has wind. I have to get him out, help him to bring it up, then he sleeps much better.

Skeet, sorry your oh is being so unhelpful! My oh went off on a countryside cycle yesterday morning!! They just don't get how hard it is being with a baby 24-7. It's lovely, but so so hard. I'm glad his parents are on your side. I'm sure things with Carson will turn around soon.

Alfie has now had 2 good bed times in a row which hasn't happened for ages! I think I am now getting used to what he needs to get off to sleep. He also seems to be feeding more during the day and less at night. He only feeds for about 20 minutes each night feed. He went down at about 11pm today and didn't wake up until 1.45am! And he's just fed for about 20 mins now he's asleep again in my arms. I think what helps is that he is getting used to bringing up wind, and I am getting used to burping him better.

I am sure the good streak can't last long and he will probably have an awful night tomorrow!! But I will make the most of it now while it lasts

 

[skeet9924]

thanks rose!! I have to admit if i follow my bedtime routine carson goes to be so easy and usually sleeps for a couple hours..its just getting him back to sleep once he wakes for his feeding that is difficult...I even put him to bed early tonight so i could get some peace and quiet.

I'm so happy things are getting better for you and alfie

 

[sharnw]

Rose I'll try that tonight if she does it again. Thank you x

 

[Kte]

Hi ladies, i'm just a stalker at the moment it feels, i keep trying to reply but I've only just started to feel human. Plus I pop Chloe to bed at 7.30 and then Sophie's 'witching hour(s)' start around 8! OH has let me sleep the last two days but he is out tonight which leaves me 1 handed

Skeet: Sorry to hear your OH is being insensitive, I don't blame you fir being upset

Here are some pics, can't believe she is 1 week old soon! Have yet to complete her birth story!

 

[baby_maybe]

I think quite a few of us just stalk here at the moment depending on how bad the previous night was

I thought Ruben was doing ok on alternating the milks, but last night he was very restless and gassy and all day today he has been fractious. So we've decided to go back to only the comfort milk for now. Not sure if it's just wind that's the problem or if it's something else in the normal milk that doesn't agree with him, my first thought is the lactose because it's reduced in the comfort milk and also we were giving him gripe water with the normal milk to combat the wind and it didn't seem to have any effect. So I think we will hav to suck up not getting a lot of sleep in between feeds for now and see if we can sort out the milk once he gets weaned off the gaviscon.

 

[AmyB1978]

Kte, good luck tonight! The picture of the two girls is just precious!

Emily is having a rough few days, not wanting to sleep in her bassinet and being generally fussy. I thunk it is partially her reflux, which i am calling the dr about this week but we are also trying to get her usedmto swaddle sacks from a truemswaddle and she doesnt like it. She just started crying actually so I gotta go.

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

I have given up on Porter sleeping in his bassinet. My sleep is directly related to my sanity, so we made the decision to let him sleep in his infant to toddler rocker. I'm happy to report that this led to two 3hr sleep blocks last night and mama was much happier in the morning

 

[Cherrybump]

I think this is the only thread i take time to read just now lol. Im still with the april ladies and the thread is a fast moving one...

On the sleeping front thing we're all more or least in the same boat right.

ryan said Paige kept waking every 2 hours not good. I wish she'd stay awake more through the day and slept better at night lol. She seems to be restless through the day these past 2 days. but i noticed she sleeps pretty well in my arms is not until i put her in the moses basket she stir every so often. I know your not meant to fall asleep with the baby next to you, but as i cant sleep on my side yet still te other night i let her sleep next to me prompted with a pillow under her so my arm was resting on it. and let her have a good sleep from 6.30am until 9.00am lol then i moved her to the basket and she slept for little longer before getting restless.

It was my first day out yesterday to and i just wanted to moan about ryan family being a little over to excited about paige. His sister wanted to feed her but i feel like she was doing it all wrong not even winding her *sighs* when paige coughed she took the bottle out of her mouth but then was quick to put it back in again with trying to see if she was choking on it. His brother kept wanting to hold her and wouldnt just leave her alone basically kept stroking her nose and wasnt doing as his mum told him. I was furstated that ryan didnt say anything really about it to them. just told his brother to move away from paige more than enough times. ( his brother is that attention what do you call it ADHD probs gone that wrong) anyways i dont think he noticed his sister not feeding paige right so i cant say much on that. I just feel like it wasnt my place to say anything as it ryan family he should have lol. grrr

Just little vent sorry girls.

It my turn to watch paige tonight so fingers crossed she is good for mama xxx

 

[sethsmummy]

dont worry hun the 2 hours feeding is normal.. she will soon start going longer between feeds as she gets older

I would have told them regardless of whether my family or dhs hun. in fact.. i just dont let any1 else feed Ethan lol. my friend wanted to do it when he was 2 weeks old and i point blank said not a chance. I think as long as you dont normally move around in your sleep your ok hun... iv lost count of the amount of times iv "co-slept" with Seth and Ethan... it was kinda scary with seth because of how small he was.

how is everyones little one getting on with formulas?? I am switching to HIPP combiotic today as i have heard so many good things about it and people saying their babies were like different babies within 24 hours. Ethan spent the wHOLE day yesterday crying and nothing i could do would soothe him. he was ok whilst feeding.. but then after 2 mins he was back to screaming. I got him to sleep properly at 9:20pm (he had 10 min naps through the day) and he slept till 3am! then back down at 4 till 8am xx

 

[skeet9924]

Sounds like a lot of our babies are having a rough time.. Carson's crying most of the day and will only nap in our arms and that lasts only about 30 mins.. Up until last night his bed time routine gas worked amazingly and he's been in his bassinet.. Last night however was a different story .. He woke up constantly.i eventually gave on and brought him to bed.

Kte- love your pics

 

[Cherrybump]

we're using aptamil milk dunno if i spelt that right lol. My mum picked up the one for colic and diarrhea i think it was lol and ryans mum got us the normal one which we're using just now. She's drinking it ok but when i give her breastmilk in the bottle i dont feel like she get full of it. Wish i could pump more ( hopefully once i get my new pump) lol um buying me the electric on

Yeah see i really wanted to say something but i just bit my tongue lol. i wouldnt even think of letting her feed paige i know she 18 and an adult but she still young and didnt really know what she was doing. I just mention to ryan i think his family are little to involved and i would prefer it if they weren as much. which he hasnt really repsonded to lol

 

[sethsmummy]

Cherry - men just dont get it sometimes hun lol. After a bottle of breast milk hun you could try topping her up with some formula and see whether she is more settled.

Skeet - argh sorry you had a bad night hun. Iv had Ethan in the bed quite a lot lately.. he sleeps on my chest (knew having big boobs would come in handy one day hahah they are like a little barier) xx

 

[baby_maybe]

Ruben quite often sleeps on my chest in bed in the early morning times if he's restless in his crib (big boobs here too )

He's a bit more settled now we've switched back to just comfort milk, although this morning he vomited for the first time in two weeks. Hopefully it was a one off or we'll be back to the docs to see if we need to change his gaviscon dosage. He slept better last night, went from 11.30pm until 3.30am and then from about 4am until he got restless at 6.30am, after that I let him sleep on me and he went back to sleep until 7.30am

Sethsmummy - I heard that the hipp milk was great too, perhaps when we're ready to try him back on normal formula I'll go for that one rather than the cow and gate that we usually have.

 

[rose.]

When I had a formula day with Alfie he had aptamil. It made him very gassy and bunged up. That might just be because his tummy is used to breastmilk though

 

[rose.]

Oh and I had to buy a new carseat today - I had noticed that Alfie's head rolls around in his, and I've had a few scary moments where his head had fallen in to a bad position and I've had to pull over! The new car seat is fab and I feel much more confident taking him out now I had to buy a new pushchair too as its not compatible with the one we have. Expense we didn't need but you can't compromise on safety

 

[Kte]

I used Hipp with Chloe but we had to switch to Cow and Gate as she ended up on Hungry baby milk which Hipp didn't do at the time - they do now. This time we have just gone onto cow and gate for Sophie.

Glad you got a new car seat and pushchair Rose, like you say, it's peace of mind and their safety is so important

Cherry Yup sometimes OH's don't quite get it or darent say I held my tongue on a few things but sometimes I say if I get really irate - I think it's just, choose your battles!

 

[Cherrybump]

thanks hun.. I use that aplamil and paige gets gasy now and again but i noticed she's seem to be sick alot to.. :s. that cant be normal. today i noticed the milk spilling down the side of her mouth more than normal :S.. i know this one is the closest to breastmilk but im having second thoughts on it maybe i should try another brand and see if it helps.

 

[rose.]

Cherry, it may just be that Paige is drinking too much and getting rid of the excess by throwing up. Speak to your midwife/health visitor and see what she says, I think as long as its not most of every feed then you're ok

 

[Cherrybump]

I will do not sure when i see the health visitor this was the last day or seeing the midwife lol its not on every feed which is good.

Think she is starting to wake up now oh dear. she hasnt slept very long