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

[sharnw]

Hi ladies, I haven't got through all the posts. Hole you are all well xx

I have caught the common cold!!! hope bubby doesn't catch it!

 

[JenJen80]

Good night for us again last night Martha did 9-4.30 then 5.15 till 7am but I can't seem to get her back down in her Moses basket for the second part of the night, she ends up sleeping on me.

Daytimes are getting a little better but still tough. I do find she will take a dummy now which is really great and I can do a few bits. Luckily she doesn't need it over night.

Sorry to hear those of you and your Lo's who aren't well hope you all get better soon.

Had Martha weighed on tues She put on 7 1/2 oz in two weeks HV said she would have liked a little more. She thinks she may have silent reflux. We are at the doctors today for our 6 week check so will have a chat with her today.

Also struggling with clothes. All her baby gros are up to 10lb and they hang off her. I ended up in Asda yesterday and got a load of clothes that were up to 9lb and they are still big.

 

[Kte]

Sophie did 10 - 4 then, about 4.30 - 7. That was great minus going to bed at 1am due to my dissertation and Chloe climbing into bed with me at 4am and being wide awake when the sun came up at 5am, she thought it was morning time and wanted her breakfast

Sophie is eating like crazy today, no sooner has she eaten and gone down she is awake again searching, she isn't even lasting the full 2 hrs between feeds. I guess the 6wk growth spurt prep is starting.

Oh I remembered this morning, I am on pram number 8 I forgot I had a Mamas and Papas Luna, the little clip that you use to clip in your baby broke on that and you can't fix it so the entire pram had to be scrapped!

JenJen: Hope everything goes well at Martha's check

 

[rose.]

Sounds like a lot of our babies are getting in to similar routines! Alfie did 10pm til 4.45am this morning and then 5.30 til 7.15 tonight he will sleep in his cotbed for the first time - hubby just needs to move it in to our room. Hopefully he likes it!

Jen good luck for the apt!

 

[Amy_T]

Just a quick one... For those ladies who have had poorly babies lately - did any of your little ones suffer with a cough? Holly has one and cries each time she coughs, its horrible. But don't think there's anything I can do, any ideas? Neither of my others had colds this young. X

 

[rose.]

Maybe some calpol if its really bothering her? I would speak to your health visitor and see what she suggests.

 

[Kte]

Amy: Sorry not got any info for a cough, I'd defo ask GP/HV since she is still so young, hope she feels better soon

Sharn: Forgot to say, hope you feel better soon

Rose: If he doesn't like it, if you can, try popping in him in his current bed inside the cotbed, it might help him get used to it. I don't know why it makes a difference but it seems to! Hopefully he will be fine anyway

 

[anna1986]

William seems to be doin good overnight he has a 7oz bottle at 6:45-7pm then hes asleep by 7:30 n sleeps until 2:30ish then bk to bed til 6ish (6 is fine for me as that's wen my toddler gets up) I cant believe how much my boy is eating hes having 6oz bottles every 3hrs during the day then a 7oz before bed! greedy boy!

 

[kraftykoala]

Ella slept 12-7.30 last night, much better, she's been much more settled today as well, maybe it was the growth spurt!

I'm not faring so well, after bleeding near enough constantly since having her, the last couple of days it became really heavy to the extent I was soaking through the highest absorbency tampon in an hour. My stomach is really sore too. Went to the doctors this morning and they suspect an infection in my womb so I now have 2 different kinds of antibiotics and instructions to go back if they don't improve matters.

It's a good job Ella is cute, what with the PND, the wound infection and now a womb infection this has been a sucky postnatal recovery!!

 

[skeet9924]

I envy you girls that your lo will go to bed around 7:30-8.. Carson will only go to bed at 10.. He then sleeps until 3 .. Then from 3:30-7.. I keep trying to early his bed time but he takes it as a nap and is up 1-1.5 hrs later

 

[rose.]

Oh no koala that sounds horrid! Hope you recover soon, it must be really hard coping with a newborn etc with that heavy bleeding!

Thanks for the tip kte! I will give that a go if he doesn't settle.

Don't worry skeet Alfie is the same and he doesn't even normally nap in the evening! The hv said its quite normal but suggested moving his bath back 15 mins every few days if he seems tired earlier. But she said babies will sort their own routine out so I don't need to actively try moving his bedtime unless he seems tired earlier.

 

[Kte]

Ella slept 12-7.30 last night, much better, she's been much more settled today as well, maybe it was the growth spurt!

I'm not faring so well, after bleeding near enough constantly since having her, the last couple of days it became really heavy to the extent I was soaking through the highest absorbency tampon in an hour. My stomach is really sore too. Went to the doctors this morning and they suspect an infection in my womb so I now have 2 different kinds of antibiotics and instructions to go back if they don't improve matters.

It's a good job Ella is cute, what with the PND, the wound infection and now a womb infection this has been a sucky postnatal recovery!!

 

[rose.]

Anna, glad William is feeding and sleeping well. A quick question - I remember seeing you wearing William in a moby. I just got one and can't seem to get it right. What's the best hold for a baby of this age? Alfie likes to look around and have his legs free too.

 

[anna1986]

yes I had something similar to a moby. I have moved onto a ring sling which I prefer now.
best wrap for alfie would prob be the kangaroo wrap there are picture instructions n a video on the moby website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZroE4pDg6g - that's a video.

 

[rose.]

Thanks Anna! It's much easier to see a video. I will give it another go tomorrow! I also have a ring sling - my SIL gave me both to try. Any tips on using that? I haven't got the hang of it yet either

 

[anna1986]

Rose - i love my RS. Its so much easier than a wrap. Again look on you tube n there will be loads of videos. William was legs inside the RS until 2 weeks ago when i put him legs out. Only tip i have for the RS is make sure it tight n you have the shoulder bit spread. So hard to explain. Will add a couple of pics for u when im up feedin william during the night of different ways ive had him in the moby n RS.

 

[skeet9924]

Wondering if any of you are having this issue.. Carson was originally a horrible napper.. At about a month he became a fantastic napper... I followed his schedule closely to make sure he napped well recently I took him to my work for the day and it threw him off.. Now he's hard to get to nap again and will only sleep for 30-40 min abs is becoming very grumpy again!! Any advice??

 

[AmyB1978]

Koala, sory you are having such a tough recovery! I hope the antibiotics are helping.

Rose, a hug hold or kangaroo hold would probably be the best ones right now... I use both with Emily (we started with the newborn hug hold but she seems to squashed for that one now. She loves the moby. We are also currently renting a catbird baby pikkolo from our baby wearing library. I dunno if you have them there, but here there are groups you can go and get help with wrps, slings, carriers and even rent them. An added bonus is being around other mommies. We have only been once but it was nice.

Skeet, I wish I ad napping advice but we are kind of in the same boat. She used to nap fairly consistently well and then she started sleeping better at night and got sick and her naps are very hit or miss now. The going to bed earlier may come for you though, she used to go down around midnight but then all of a sudden fell into more of a 7-8 o'clock bedtime.

 

[anna1986]

heres some pics sorry they're not brilliant ones


hug hold


kangaroo hold






he always falls asleep in the RS

 

[Kte]

Anna: He looks happily zonked in it!

Skeet: Sorry no nap advice as such, although I have just noticed that by not taking Sophie upstairs to the bedroom whilst I finish this darn dissertation, she kept waking in her 2 hrly slots whereas normally she is fast asleep still. Do you think maybe that might help him nap - the location?