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

[skeet9924]

Hi ladies!! Just popping in quickly to say hi!! I have my hands full at the moment.. Carson is suffering from his first cold all he wants to do is be cuddled .. It's so hard seeing him struggle with his colic and his cold. We had our first chiropractor appt today for his colic .. Fingers crossed it works

I haven't been to they gym yet either.. I just spend a lot of time walking!! I'd also love to get my hair done!! It got so long and thick during pregnancy and the thickness never left... I just need to trim it up and make it look health again.. Ohh and cover all of these Greta that popped up during my pregnancy!!

Ms chez- I hope things get easier for you.. Carson has good nights and bad.. I was reading that the crying peaks between 6-8 weeks then lessens..

 

[MrsChezek]

Kte - so did size 3 workout or did you have to invest in size 2?

Rose - did u ever get that huge nappy? Hayden had 3 sm to med poops yesterday AM and she just kept farting!! I felt like I just had to keep undressing her all morning!

skeet - h is 9 and a half weeks and the crying has definitely lessened! So they are right but it never goes away! She goes from happy and smiling and just chilling to crying cause she's tired or hungry. Wish she would just fuss rather than fall apart!!!


Yesterday was strange...she woke up early but then went down for a 2 hour nap after being awake for 3 hours. She then went down for another nap two hours later and slept 2.5 hours! At this point it was close to 6pm so she started cluster feeding and went down for the night at 9pm. She slept for six hours!!! It's ljr she caught the African sleeping sickness!!! I'm not complaining but it's so unlike her so I'm waiting for her to go nuts we'll see how the next 24 hours goes...

 

[rose.]

Mrs c glad Hayden slept for so long that must have been amazing!! Alfie did have a poo but no more than usual. He seems happier now though I think he gets annoyed if he keeps it in for too long.

Skeet good luck with the chiro hope it helps! And I hope Carson gets over his cold soon, they get so frustrated don't they! I hated it wen Alfie had a cold he was so grissly and wouldn't feed or sleep well.

I definitely think crying does peak between 6-8 weeks - Alfie is 6 weeks now and he never used to cry at all, we would go whole days without a cry, now if he doesn't get what he wants it doesn't take long before he starts wailing! We have also had a couple of spells of really loud crying - normally when we take him out the bath. I hate that cry its so loud with real tears

 

[MrsChezek]

Rose - that cry ruled my life for the first 7-8 weeks of Hayden's life! She was always crying so hard with tons of tears being shed. It's awful do I sympathize with you especially if it just started and you're not used to it For us, it just became a sight and sound of everyday life and you sort of become somewhat immune over time...but just somewhat


It's grown very quiet on here! Just the same few faces popping by and chatting! Hope everyone is hanging in there!!!!!

 

[anna1986]

it is getting quiet in her mrsC think a lot of people r reading still though. I always read but rarely get time to reply/respond.

AFM - well all fairly settled here at the moment William is doing great hes smiling n giggling. hes cooing a lot too which is mega cute. plus my child never sleeps! hes always awake during the day. im not use to it. my daughter slept all the time until 3/4 month so this is new too me.
W is still suffering from reflux n constipation but is on medicine for both.
Does anyone elses baby headbutt them all the time William is always headbutting when im cuddling him (hes currently headbutting my shoulder :s).

 

[AmyB1978]

Just wanted to say hi. I've been reading, just not posting lately much.

Emily is still sik, she's been to the doctor three times, yesterday they had to take blood. Thy are still saying some kind of virus and if her fever isn't down by Thursday they need to see her again and repeat blood work and maybe do a chest X-ray.

To top it off I am starting to feel crappy and have a horrible sore throat. AND iam to go back to work Saturday for the first nome. ( am working just Saturdays, or now, to bing in a little money.)

 

[skeet9924]

Thanks ladies.. I think Carson is also constipated.. After the chiro I was told he'd have a big poo.. He did poo but it was pretty solid for him.. I think the formula is bunging him up.

Ms c- Carson is the same.. He goes from happy to miserable.. No in between.. Plus he still doesn't like to be in his swing or bouncy chair while awake.. He only likes being laid down on the kitchen table where he can look at the lights and stretch and kick

Anna- Carson head buts all the time.. I'm always afraid he's going to hurt himself.. He head butted my collar bone one day pretty good which got him pretty upset

 

[sportysgirl]

Hey everyone, Poppy is 6 weeks old today.

Anna Poppy head butts sometimes when I am cuddling her. She has also been crying more.

Amy B I hope you and Emily are feeling better soon.

We have just been for a lovely coastal walk in the sunshine, Poppy was in her carrier and she seemed to like it.

 

[baby_maybe]

Ruben goes from happy to crying with no in between too. I'm not used to it, the girls weren't like this at all. He had his first lot of vaccs yesterday and was a proper misery all afternoon. Luckily he still slept his usual 6 hours last night though and today seems much happier, although we did have a bit of a moment in tesco's!

Anna - Ruben head butts me all the time, I've read it's a reflux symptom, along with head/face rubbing while they're on you as well.

 

[Kte]

Skeet: Hope Carson feels better soon

Sportysgirl: A walk on the coast sounds lovely. What kind of carrier do you have?

MrsC: Did you manage to get any rest with Hayden's unusual sleeping? Your right about it being quite, nice to see a few pop up since, when I came back after the weekend I was shocked there wasn't pages to catch up with! (I've answers your teat question below, was a bit long!)

Anna: No head butting here, well only from my eldest (by accident) and she has a rock hard head!

Rose: Baby tears are horrid aren't they

Amy: Sorry to hear Emily is still ill, I hope it can be sorted soon so she doen't have to keep having bloods Hope you feel better soon too All the best for when you go back 1 day a week too

baby_maybe: Glad everything was okay after his jabs.

AFM . . .

Took Sophie to Bounce and Rhyme again today, I was undecided if I would go after my bad day yesterday but it was good to get out of the house, I really enjoyed it and Sophie half did - she slept the rest this time I then headed on into town to get the teats. I ended up buying size 3, I figured I could get size 2 later on when OH got home if she was still having problems, some feeds have been better than others but I can't tell if her snuffly nose is part of the problem. I stood in the shop ages trying to decided, I have a VERY indecisive brain when I am tired, even though we had another great nights sleep! She fed like a dream last night, had her last feed at just after 10 and that was it until 2am! She only took 30 mins to feed and be winded and go back in her bed!! That was it again until 5am - then she went onto her 2hr run so was up at 7am which was when we had to be up anyway.

Sophie does the cutest thing when she is on the changing mat. She calls out to Chloe, at first I thought it was a fluke but she has done it several times. It's kind of like a cough or a click she makes, always when looking at her sister. Makes my heart melt!

Right best be off, I'm supposed to be finishing my dissertation - I have set up the table and got ready to start and that's about it. Deadline is 10th May so I really must get on!

 

[Cherrybump]

Hey ladies, Sorry i aint been here for a few days

Ive got my self a little fuss pot baby lol Now a month old today and its her daddy birthday to.
Her sleeping pattern is fulling to. She'll nap then wake nap then wake every few mins. The other night she slept from 9.30pm until 4am when i woke up to realize just what time it was lol. She'll fall asleep ok in my arms and as soon as you put her down she's awake again. Today has been ok so far. Not sure if she had an upset belly or something but she gave me one heck of a nappy this morning. thought she's just farted so i took a look and omg it was coming out the sides ..

And this weather we're having been trying to make the most of it to lol.

We've got another app tomorrow to get this harness re-adjust so that should be exciting lol..



Head butting thing. Paige does this from time to time with her mouth open sometimes sort of like she's hungry but isnt due for a feed.


I think post of our babies are keeping us just that to busy to post lol. mines sure has been since last week. Things seemed more settled now but its he evenings she plays up. So im hoping today could be different lol Ryan's taking her down to his mums for a little since its his birthday lol. I also got her swing i build it myself and im dying to try her out in it but she fell asleep before hand lol

xxxxx

 

[sethsmummy]

sorry iv not been posting much ladies but i have been reading.

Amy i hope Emily gets better soon hun not nice to see them ill.

Anna - Ethan head butts all the time but i have always thought its just due to the neck muscles not being strong enough yet, they can only hold their head up for so long and when ethan gets tired he just bangs his head back down lol either that or he does it if he unbalances himself

I agree with the peak in crying.. Ethan started being inconsolable this last week but has been much better today. He has now become a great sleeper at night going on average from 9-5.. last night he went from 8 till 6. He still sleeps pretty much most of the day too... 8 weeks old today!! Its gone so fast. He's not smiling much yet though and has only giggled to himself once or twice.. we do get the odd coo through the day though like he is trying to have a conversation with us He has his first imms on Friday.. not looking forward to those as DS1 had his last friday (mmr booster/pre-school booster) and he has been feeling awful ever since.

hope your all ok xxxx

 

[MrsChezek]

I didn't mean it as a complaint that it was quiet here! No need to apologize I was just worried/thinking about you all - that's all!

anna - Hayden headbutts me all the time! Mostly my shoulder when I'm trying to burp her…sometimes she makes this sudden swinging to her side motion that gets me in a cheek or my nose when she's up by my shoulder - that hurts!!!

amyB - I'm sorry to hear Emily is still ill I hope you both feel better soon!

skeet - Hayden doesn't like swings or bouncers or anything unless it has a heartbeat and body heat!!! It's awful On days she doesn't nap it's the worst! She does like to lie down on her play mat for a bit but no more than 10 minutes at a time…once or twice a day.

Kte - I wish I could nap when she naps during the day! But as I'm usually either wearing her or pushing her in her stroller, it's not possible But she hasn't been sleeping too badly at night. I just still can't figure out how to cash in on her longest stretch which is right after she goes down…as I haven't eaten dinner at that point yet so I can't go to bed until at least an hour after I eat!!! I wish I could just sleep the 5 hours she sleeps for! I'm so glad the size 3 teat is working out and Sophie is eating better and sleeping better in response. Woo hoo :yippee:

sethsmummy - I'm so jealous of Ethan sleeping 8 till 6!!! That's AMAZING! Maybe I should have him show Hayden how it's done

Well, it's almost 11pm and Hayden has been asleep for 2 hours so I guess I should hit the sac so I can cash in on some Zs before she wakes up in 3-4 hours! We're meeting a bunch of moms for a stroll in the morning…the weather has been fantastic lately so cashing in on it before it gets too hot. SO glad to see so many of you pop by and hear that everyone is still surviving

 

[sethsmummy]

i jinxed myself telling you all how good a sleeper he is lol. its almost 6am and iv had not a lot of sleep on my very uncomfy sofa. He's congested so has spent most of the night awake and also has a temperature so just had his first taste of calpol... he wasnt too impressed with it!

MrsC I hope Hayden starts to sleep on her own soon hun. I remember how frustrating it is having to hold them all the time... DS1 was terrible for it.. and STILL needs to be cuddled if he has an afternoon nap at 3 years old xxx

 

[Kte]

:sethsMummy: Hope Seth is feeling better from his imms. Chloe had hers recently and she had a mini freak out, now she hates the Drs. Dread it when she has to come and watch Sophie get jabbed! Think lots of Dr role play needs to be done for a bit! Hope Ethans bad sleep pattern was just a blip!

MrsC: Awww that is a shame I was forgetting she likes contact to sleep, baby brain!


Sophie is 1 month old today ~ where is the time flying?! Wasn't it 2 seconds ago surely we were all in 3rd tri?!! I'm not complaining, it's just funny, you spend all that time waiting then suddenly it flies, feels like forever ago (mins the fact my body is still lumpy and bumpy!)

Right, 'break' over.

 

[sethsmummy]

:sethsMummy: Hope Seth is feeling better from his imms. Chloe had hers recently and she had a mini freak out, now she hates the Drs. Dread it when she has to come and watch Sophie get jabbed! Think lots of Dr role play needs to be done for a bit! Hope Ethans bad sleep pattern was just a blip!

MrsC: Awww that is a shame I was forgetting she likes contact to sleep, baby brain!


Sophie is 1 month old today ~ where is the time flying?! Wasn't it 2 seconds ago surely we were all in 3rd tri?!! I'm not complaining, it's just funny, you spend all that time waiting then suddenly it flies, feels like forever ago (mins the fact my body is still lumpy and bumpy!)

Right, 'break' over.

Thanks hun, he is feeling much better right now running riot chasing his dad with his lazer quest gun with a snotty nose lol. Getting him dressed now in nice clothes so he can go get pics taken in a little while.
Ethan isn't looking too good though. hes very cranky with his little cold.. so he may or may not get his photo taken ... im hoping to get at least one nice one before he starts kicking off too much.

i feel the same hun! We waited so so long for them to be born and when they are the time just flies past us! x

 

[rose.]

Jabs sound horrid I am dreading Alfie having his! Hope your little ones feel better soon.

It's lovely to hear from so many people!

Well we had a much better night last night also had a fantastic day yesterday, I went to work for a few hours and took alfie in with me. I am not going back until January but they were desperate for a few hours help and said it wouldn't interfere with my maternity pay. Thought I might as well, would be a good experience for me and Alfie and good practice of feeding away from home! It went really well, he slept lots and didn't cry at all while we were there! Have also had a good morning, went for our 6 week drs check, and then to baby group - started chatting to a few people which was nice, I think they could become quite good friends

 

[AmyB1978]

Rose, glad things are going so well. That's nice you got to take Alfie with you to work! I hope you got paid!

MrsC I hope Hayden starts sleeping better for you soon!

Sethsmum, I hope pictures went well and that Ethan feels better soon!

Everyone who's bAbyjust had shots, I hope your lo's are feeling much better.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Emily is still sick and I am feeling pretty lousy myself. I have a job interview this afternoon for a part time job that I am pretty sure I am not going to take... It's not a job I would want long term and I am just not ready for more than Saturday at my old job right now.

 

[rose.]

Good luck for the interview Amy! Hope you feel better soon

 

[Amy_T]

Hi everyone. I haven't posted in here much, think the last time was to say about my baby being born. But I read the thread every day (usually middle of the night when feeding actually!) so feel like I know what you're all up to even if you don't know me!

My baby is Holly and is 5 weeks old then I have Lucy who is 2.5 and Grace who is 7.5 so its a busy household for us! Things going well with Holly, I'm breastfeeding which in itself is going well but I'm struggling as with the others its hard when I feed constantly. Holly doesn't have much of a feeding pattern so I can be sat for hours sometimes which is hard on the other girls and because she's so unpredictable it makes planning things quite difficult and I also think it confuses my body/milk supply.

Anyway, its lovely reading about you and all your lovely babies