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

[MrsChezek]

awww the pic never loaded when i last looked! How cute is Hayden (hope i spelled that right). Have you tried MAM ones hun? I tried tommee tippee closer to nature ones but Ethan cant really latch onto those but when i got the MAM one he loves it. I also had to switch bottles for the same reason.. he needs a larger sized teat so have switched to MAM bottles which are amazing. The MAM ones are still orthodontic too which is good. x

I bought a set of Mam ones that were 0+ but they seem tiny in her mouth. She was pursing her lips to hold it and that seemed so opposite of how she suckles on my nipple so I got worried about nipple confusion! I need to go back and buy a bigger size I guess! I think the ones I got were the early start ones...

 

[sethsmummy]

awww the pic never loaded when i last looked! How cute is Hayden (hope i spelled that right). Have you tried MAM ones hun? I tried tommee tippee closer to nature ones but Ethan cant really latch onto those but when i got the MAM one he loves it. I also had to switch bottles for the same reason.. he needs a larger sized teat so have switched to MAM bottles which are amazing. The MAM ones are still orthodontic too which is good. x

I bought a set of Mam ones that were 0+ but they seem tiny in her mouth. She was pursing her lips to hold it and that seemed so opposite of how she suckles on my nipple so I got worried about nipple confusion! I need to go back and buy a bigger size I guess! I think the ones I got were the early start ones...

hmm i wonder if the sizes are different in the us to the uk. Ethans are 0+ and seem quite big for him x

 

[baby_maybe]

I know all about thumb suckers! All three of my girls would not take a paci and all three were/are thumb suckers. My middle one has ruined her teeth and will probably need to go to the orthodontist soon. The other two have escaped the teeth issue but both still suck their thumbs, even the 11 year old. Ruben thankfully doesn't seem to want his thumb, but absolutely loves his paci, he has one of the ones from nicu which is vanilla scented

 

[rose.]

I can't get it to work on my phone! Thanks though, ill give it a go next time I'm on my laptop!

Does anyone else's baby feed constantly from 6 until 10? Alfie cries for food, sucks lazily for a while, then falls asleep, then wakes up and cries as soon as I put the boob away, then sucks lazily and fusses and cries, cries when I burp him, has some more boob, falls asleep etc... It's a never ending cycle! Cooking and eating dinner is just impossible. I wouldn't mind betting he's having a growth spurt aswell as he's suddenly for the last 2 nights been waking every 2 1/2 to 3 hours to feed - before he was usually managing 3 or 4 or sometimes even 5! I'm knackered!

 

[Cherrybump]

Oh man im so behind lol.

My post is bit one sided im sorry ladies. Im super super tired. Past 2 days ive been pretty busy. Took paige to meet everyone in work yesterday and today i headed to mothercare to spend vouchers lol and tesco for little shop lol not that ive got money for even to buy a huge shop right now. . Due to being on mat pay and having to wait for the benefit pay all to come in lol..

Plus my little girl decided that from 3pm she's stayed awake and when i got to mums she was in and out of sleep probably due to my niece being noisy screaming when my sister mention there was a spider dangling down beside her Ammie is scared of them and she through herself at me crashing my mums new laptop closed lucky it was safe lol but poor ammie was in tears. Never mention a spider when she is around..

I only got one pumping section in today aswell from being over busy and i forgot to take the pump with me. But i dont think i would have got it done due to paige being unsettled.

ive to drop in to the library to get paige weight on wednesday ryan better come to i dunno what time we are meant to go lol :Z... then the hospital thursday for her hips lol xxx

 

[Kte]

We have the Tommee Tippee (sp!) and Avent dummies, the Avent ones have a longer teat which Sophie prefers to suck compared to the TT. I find it so hard that she hasn't taken to dummies though, Chloe was a big dummy baby but Sophie is similar to Hayden, just sucks on it like a mental case when she is hungry - or chomping away because she is windy and wants to suck then suddenly spits it out. I really don't want her to be a thumb sucker either and she has tried!

Went to watch my soon to be new roller derby team today, OH was helping out. It gave me an excuse to use the new Mei tai I got. It's fantastic! I do have a Tomy carrier which is good as it has a rain cover but I wanted something a bit more light weigh as well, the Mei Tai was great, Sophie just slept in it for hours, all snuggled up.

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

rose P does this as well but mostly I don't let him. He's pretty crabby from 5ish to 9/10ish. Apparently this is quite common!

 

[baby_bray]

rose, Abby is quite literally doing what you described right now...Shes been going "on and off" since about 7pm....and probably won't quit till around 10:30/11ish, and she'll be down for the "night"...which means she's up every two hours :/

Abby DESPISES every paci I've tried to use...she sort of gnaws on them for a second or two, almost like shes chewing/smacking on some gum, then SCREAMS....Wubanubs/soothies, nookums, nuk, no names, doesn't matter... and if she does get to sucking for a moment they all tend to make her gag and its such a scary sound/sight! It's awful!
She does tend to try to suck her fists though and I think if she ever untucks her thumb it'll be straight into her mouth :/ I'm like you MrsChezek, my thoughts are that it's easier to take a paci away than a digit

 

[MrsChezek]

Hayden cluster feeds at night as well...she'll feed once an hour 3-4 times before she goes down for the night...so with the actual feed time plus the time it takes to burp her, I have about half an hour between feeds. Usually this goes from about 6 and 10pm So yeah, dinner is a lot of scarfing down food and indigestion!!! It sucks but they do this to fill up for longer sleep at night. Usually she sleeps 4-5 hours after the last cluster feed. She cluster feeds again in the morning too - to catch up from the night I guess!

 

[rose.]

It is obviously very common! Last night was by far the greediest evening, I literally got 10 minutes between feedings! Until 9pm until he fell asleep, and I got to eat my dinner - perfect timing. We can't eat at 9 every night though!! I had to wake him for his bath at 9.45 and he was smacking his lips still hungry!! Lucky I woke him. He went to bed at 10.20pm and woke at 1, I thought oh no another night of rubbish sleep. But then he didn't wake again until half 5 which was lovely hopefully he will go back down for a few hours in a minute.

 

[sportysgirl]

Rose, Poppy does the exact same thing! We have been naming it the witching hours! lol. She has been waking every three hours in the night too! Hubby went back to work on Friday and he works long days so I am shattered! He is off today so hopefully I can get a nap! Cant believe our Lo's are one month old already!

 

[rose.]

That's what I call it too ha ha!! Last night he was asleep by 10.30, and woke up at 1 I thought oh no another long night. But then he slept until 5.30 then 9! It was brilliant hopefully he will do just one night feed again tonight.

I know the last month has flown!

Another gorgeous day... Here is my little man all ready for summer

https://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n597/dbjconstruction/08820BAD-7762-4CA3-865D-F512AE67022D-4061-000003D10A53293A.jpg

 

[Cherrybump]

Love that outfit he has on lol..

I had a weird night with paige. Maybe i should have left her to sleep instead of getting her up for a bath lol. But she did go down just before 10pm and woke at 2.40am and i was like lol but this is when she went into a funny pattern thing. Took her until 3.10am to fall asleep and then she woke again at 4.15am when down just after 5am and then woke at 7.30am This is when i decided to just get up lol.

even today she was wake from 7.30am when down around 9am but she never got into a deep sleep she re-woke about 10 i think and has only just re gone down but this time she's in a deep sleep lol no fussing, she's quiet mouth wide open. No nasle noises lol ad to rock the carseat though until she drifted off. Ive got her in there jst now as we're heading to ryans mums for tea. Ive got her again tonight as he was back to work last night but didnt get out early enough for his bus. So he didnt get in until 8am.

Fingers crossed for a better night tonight since her dad isnt working im sure he can help with the bath lol.. xx

Currently dosing myself up on coffee lol xx

 

[rose.]

We managed to go out for a meal with OHs mum and dad tonight, just to harvester but I'm so proud of Alfie for behaving and I breastfed in the bar too when he got hungry as soon as we arrived! Unfortunately he later refused his bottle even though he was crying for food - looks like he has realised how much he loves boob!

Ah I am so relieved to have NIP

 

[AmyB1978]

Yay Rose! So proud of you!

 

[rose.]

Thanks Amy!!!

I love this thread. I haven't made any mummy friends in real life yet and I only know one person who has had a baby. I am meeting her for a coffee on Friday but I don't know her that well, and it is nice to have lots of people to chat to who know what I'm going through all the time!

 

[AmyB1978]

Rose, I feel te same way. It's tough to having mommy friends and having the online support is nice!

Emily is sick she has an eye infection and some sort of virus. My parents have also flown in for a visit so timing is bad. I just want her to feel better!

 

[rose.]

Oh no hope she gets better soon! It's horrid when they are poorly and you can't do anything. Now Alfie has recovered from his tummy bug he seems to have picked up a cold poor little man he is so congested every morning!! I have to try and tickle his nose so he can blow the congestion out with a sneeze!

 

[sportysgirl]

Amy I hope Emily is feeling better soon.

Well done Rose, I am really nervous about breast feeding in public and not yet plucked up the courage! Love Alfie's photo!

I also really enjoy this thread and the ladies on it have been very supportive. Nice to know others are going through the same thing!

 

[rose.]

I was going to do it on Friday when I go for a coffee with my friend, but when we got there yesterday I didn't want to use the bottle up too soon so I just had to! Was the perfect opportunity.