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

[AmyB1978]

Boxxey, glad he is doing so much better. How scary!

 

[Cherrybump]

Sorry to hear few bubs have been not well glad their on the mend though.

we've just started the comfort apitamil on paige. It looks so much like breast milk lol and the power tastes minging lol but she seems to be enjoying it..

She does spit up alot but not with every feed. i think she tried to take a little more than she can handle at times lol xx

 

[Kte]

We have the health visitor tomorrow, I'm going to see what they think about Sophie going on hungry baby milk. She's only just 2 weeks old and on 4oz/120ml, sometimes more and has 4 feeds a day and 4 through the eve/night. Today she has been going only 2hrs between feeds and not eating properly because she over eats and is sick. It can't be healthy fir her. We give her a dummy to chomp on sometimes to put her on but it doesn't last long. I'm not sure as a night she goes 3-4 hrs.

 

[rose.]

He's just been sick again and is now starving hungry again!! I've had to breastfeed him again as he was crying from hunger - tried a dummy for the first time but he just kept spitting it out! I am praying it was just a bit of wind and he's not going to be poorly again tonight

 

[skeet9924]

Hi ladies

Boxxey I'm sorry to hear about your lo.. Happy things are getting better though

Sounds like many of us are having issues.. Carson is not doing well in his bassinet lately.. He only seems happy sleeping with me.. He slept and hour in it last night then started screaming I fed him and every time I tried to put him back in he screamed.. Do you think at a month old he's learned that if he screams ill put him in bed with me? He will sleep a good 4-5 hours in bed with me without waking

 

[rose.]

I'm not sure skeet! I wouldn't have thought he would have learned it this early but you never know. I am sure if he has learnt it, he can easily unlearn it! It is so hard not to give in though when all you want is a good nights sleep.

Tonight I wish I could co sleep - I am petrified Alfie's going to be sick in bed. Earlier I managed to get him down to sleep but he was quite restless every few minutes and then he made a weird wet noise in his throat and I panicked and grabbed him out thinking he was going to be sick. He actually wanted more milk (I don't know how he possibly fits it in that tiny tummy) and fed sleepily for another half an hour. I have just this minute put him down again and he seems a bit less restless than before but I still don't want to even get up and go to the loo in case he is sick while I'm out! I feel less able to go to sleep tonight than I did last night - odd. I thought pregnancy was a worrying time and couldn't wait for Alfie to be here so I could stop worrying - ha what a joke it's 100x more worrying when they're here!

 

[anna1986]

glad all the poorly babies are on the mend.

skeet - its natural for baby to want to be with u. have u tried putting something that smells of you in his bassinet? ie a top? some babies just don't like bassinets/moses baskets n sleep a lot better once they go into a cot.

is anyone starting a bedtime with their lo's yet? I try to give W his bottle around 6 to be in bed by 7. so far tonight hes gone 6:30pm - 1:20am now bottle time before bk to bed

been shopping for some 0-3 months clothes for William but when I tried some on him they r still huge. he still happily fits into newborn. cant wait for him to fit into his new clothes as he has some mega cute stuff! cant believe hes nearly 9 weeks old n still in newborn clothes lol

 

[skeet9924]

I tried once putting my shirt in the bassinet.. Maybe ill try again..I love sleeping with him but it scares me too.. I usually give up around 4 am..

Anna- I tried for awhile to do a routine but Carson never settled well before 11..so I usually do bath, boob, swaddle, rock, bed.

 

[Kte]

I don't do a routine but then she is only just 2 weeks old! I didn't with my first until she was much older and in her own bed, so I will just wait until then too with Sophie.

Had an awful night last night, think it's because I couldn't swaddle Sophie like normal, it was 21-24 degrees in our room for some odd reason, the house thermo was set for 19 degrees but the bedroom was unusually warm. She didn't sleep well not being swaddled and so neither did I.

Best go, she is screaming again for food even though she ate not so long ago. When she eats her stomache makes a noise like I have starved her.

 

[rose.]

Anna, Alfie has now outgrown his newborn vests but still fits in his newborn baby grows. I have started putting him in 0-3 clothes in the day time but a lot of them are still a little bit big.

Alfie has started his own schedule but it seems to have gone back an hour since he was ill! He is now in bed by 11ish (most nights!) and then wakes for a feed about 3, 7 and 9.30am. He then eats for most of the morning but is now having a little nap! I just had to bring him in the bathroom with me in his bouncy chair to keep an eye on him, as I was worried he might throw up on himself in his cot if I left him. He must have liked the sound of the water as he fell asleep and has been asleep since

 

[rose.]

Kte, I hope you get a better night tonight! Weird about the temperature in your room - it was a bit warmer yesterday I think as our heating is set to 18 but hardly came on. Maybe that's why you had an odd temperature!

 

[Kte]

Like your new avetar Rose!

yeah it was odd as the rooms that get hot were cold and our room is normally cold, well 'comfortable' about 18 degrees. Thinking about it your right tho, it was warmer yesterday and the sun was out more which heats up our room - I just forgot since the warm weathr has been quite rare

 

[rose.]

Thanks our room is also the warmest in the house. Luckily our thermostat is wireless so I just put it in whatever room Alfie and I are in to keep it the right temperature!

 

[baby_maybe]

Ruben had a better night last night, went from 10-3.30 and then until we woke up to get the girls ready for school at about 6.45. He did have a bath before his feed though He is now in mostly 0-3 month clothes in the daytime, but his newborn vests and sleepsuits are just about still on him. We have the hv at the clinic tomorrow and I can't wait to see how much he weighs, two weeks ago he was 11lb2oz! He was sick a little more than normal last week, but I don't think it's stopped him putting on weight, lifting him in his carseat now is almost painful

 

[Cherrybump]

I feel a bit lucky. Ive noticed you girls get up alot throught the night.
Paige normally would go down around 10-11pm at night not wake until around 3am maybe 4 like the other night then down and back up 7-8am in the morning.

She had an off day yesterday but i think that was due to the milk since she ran out of the first normal box of milk she has now got comfort so hopefully maybee this is better for her lol..She was eating loads and i noticed she has trapped wind. Her belly would make that funny noise to lol

Also paige has some tummy time yesterday she doesnt seem to bother about it lol i put her on my chest and in her basket but we keep close eye on her.

she still spits up milk also but im beginning to think its normal lol or she just like taking to much milk in lol.

 

[rose.]

Tummy time is great! We put Alfie on his play mat and if we put a hand on his feet he pushes himself forward like he's doing the commando crawl! He is quite strong. I think he is having a growth spurt as he seems to be constantly eating and sleeping today!

I just made a mould of his hand and foot print using a clay kit we were given from mothercare. It was so hard to press his foot and hand in flat! Managed after a few attempts - luckily he was sleepy so didn't protest too much.

Can't believe my baby is already 4 weeks old!

 

[Kte]

Normally Sophie goes down at 11 then wakes at 3ish, then 7. I find myself feeling lucky with that, it's just on an off night she wakes more. Although now that means 9am she's hungry - the time I need Chloe at pre-school!

The HV has been, she is happy with Sophie's apetite and says its better she feeds more in the day and its quite normal. So if 2 hrs is normal and Sophie is happy then fine by me She has jumped fronm the 50th centile to 75th already though - she was 8lbs 2oz Sat, 3 days later she is 8lbs 12oz!!

 

[rose.]

Kte, Sophie's routine sounds very like Alfie's. I hope he has gained as quickly as Sophie when he gets weighed on Thursday - especially as he lost so much from being ill.

 

[Cherrybump]

Aw that sounds nice a memory of just how small his hands and feet were lol.

What is centile? lol i noticed people saying this while pregnant to.. it was never mention to me either..

 

[skeet9924]

you girls are lucky!! carson still has a hard time with bed time... I usually have a hard time getting him to settle before midnight.. Last night started off decent. He went to bed at 12:00 woke up at 4 am for feed..then I couldnt get him to settle until 6.. he slept until 6:45 I was so tired from being up that instead of getting up with him I brought him to bed with me and he slept until 10. I think I'm going to slowly start trying to settle him even earlier in the night.. Those of you that have a good sleep pattern are your babies breast fed or formula?