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

[AmyB1978]

Her last nap is random, in fact, all her naps are random... Her daytime sleep is inconsistent,at best, but we were doing so well at night.. Even not swaddling (this is week 2) It's almost like she's in pain when she lays down and she's been spitting up more, maybe her reflux is worse... I tried sme gas drops and might try her back in her reflux meds (a prescription her Dr said she can take only as needed.)

 

[skeet9924]

It could be the reflux .. Do u have her wedged up? It helps with reflux .. Carson sleeps on a wedge.

 

[sharnw]

Her girls, stupid question\.. But what is reflux?

Xx

 

[sharnw]

Omg MrsC that's a cute and funny capture hehehe
I woke up with Kaylee sleeping sideways too! I haven't swaddled her since she was 4weeks old
She hates it I just tuck her tight with her sheet and blanket from her chest area

 

[AmyB1978]

Reflux is where milk and acid come back up after they eat, it can be pretty painful for them and is different from just regular spitting up.

Skeet, she does sleep on an angle. Not sure how I will do it with her crib, but we've got the bassinet angled.

 

[skeet9924]

Lol Amy if I figure that out let me know..I've been trying to think of how to do it as well

 

[sharnw]

Ooooo, Yes i remember kaylee having that a couple of times. Thanks Amy x

 

[Kte]

Sorry everyone is having a rough time with sleep patterns. Sophie has started to wake about about 10/11pm now but I am just riding with it as I am sure she will change back again at some point. She has gone down now at her normal time, it's just an extra wake up. She sleeps quite a bit in the day still but is very interactive when she is awake and soon wears herself out again.

I think she will go in with Chloe when she is around 6/7 months, it does depend on how she is sleeping but I think we have about 1 month max left in the moses basket, it's close now! The will have to go in the travel cot next to me for a bit. It's not ideal but I don't want her in with Chloe so soon, plus we need to buy bunk beds. We have finally found a double bunk at a decent price - we will build it up but not put the bottom bed slats on, then her cotbed will fit in / underneath the top bunk. Chloe is currently in the cot bed, it's converted into a toddler bed at the moment. The room is just so small, it's our only option. We have no money to move, convert or extend so it will have to be.

 

[MrsChezek]

She was on her side/back with her feet up on the slats! She was spun around even further when DH came to bed...lol. To Igor we decided not to swaddled her...she went down at 8:50pm and we'll see how the night goes!!!!

She slept much better today and seemed in better spirits...hopefully that's the end of this growth spurt!

 

[anna1986]

hi all

wow there were so many pages to catch up on after my holiday! had a lovely time n William was an angel.

baby photos are gorgeous. can you believe how quickly they r growing??

well tonight was/is Williams 1st night in his cot in his nursery he went to bed at his usual bedtime 7pm n has woken at his usual feed time (330) so all in all a success so far.

will add a few pics as been a while.







cuddles with his big sister

1st night in his cot

 

[sharnw]

OH is an arse!!
It's 2:00 in the afternoon....
I've been in my pyjamas all day. Haven't even been for a shower. Thought because its Sunday I would relax with bubba, do the dishes and hang the Washing out and watch friends Marathon on pay tv..
OHs father rings up and wants him to go over there. OH asked me to come. I didn't want to go because it would take a bit of a while to get ready, have shower, get dressed, make up, get LO fed, wind her and get her ready etc... So that was my answer to pretty much say no anyway...
Anyway so OH asked if he could take her for "half" hour.
I said politely without sounding offensive that I don't think she would be ok with out me for half an hour. At that time she was fussing for the boob. So he turned around walked outside, slammed the door, put the dogs in his truck and sped off!
So I sent a photo of her after I finished feeding her... Of her on my shoulder just about to go to sleep. I hope he feels guilty now!
Ggrrrr rant over x

 

[sharnw]

Lovely photos Anna

 

[MrsChezek]

Aaaaand she woke up at 1:45am!!!! Started fussing first so we ignored it in hopes of her going back to sleep but within 10 min she worked herself up into an inconsolable state.she was practically hysterical so we got her, changed her and now I'm feeding her. Hopefully she won't wake again until the morning!

Anna - William is so big! Very cute. Glad u had a nice holiday.

Sharn - men just don't get it sometimes. My DH and I argued this morning cause I wanted to go crib shopping and stop by a nursing store to get fitted for nursing bras. He got all offended that I wanted to leave the dog home alone for hours while we went shopping. I told him he's crazy cause I'm saying we need things for our child and not like we're choosing to go party all day and leave the dog alone. Besides, she's a dog!!! Augh...he made me so mad for guilt tripping me...anyway. Hope u managed to have a good rest of day

 

[sharnw]

Wish they knew.
Thanks MrsC

Hope little Hayden sleeps right through x

 

[AmyB1978]

Anna, Williams a cutie! How did his first night in his cot go?

MrsC, how was the rest of the night?

Sharn, sorry OH is being stupid. My DH and I got into it yesterday before I went to work over me trying to remind him not to drink his hot coffee while holding Emily. Urgh!

 

[anna1986]

well Williams 1st night in his cot was a success 7pm-6:30am wih a feed @ 3:30am

 

[MrsChezek]

Nice work William!

Hayden got up again at 6am and then 8am for the day. So not TOO bad but still...I miss sleeping in long stretches...I think she was cold. Going to put her into the fleece blanket tonight and see if that helps.

 

[AmyB1978]

Anna, glad william had such a great night!

MrsC, not too bad at all, Hayden did better than Emily did at the start.

Emily had a better night last night, I gave her her tummy medicine so not sure if that helped or not. I also went back to nursing her to sleep out in the family room, I had been going in the bedroom cause she seemed less distracted... Who knows?!? Just glad it was better. She even slept upstairs in her crib this morning after her middle of the night feed. I decided to try her out in there and she slept just past her normal wake up time! I think it was harder on me than Emily, having her all the way upstairs instead of just by the bed!

 

[MrsChezek]

Oh good work Emily! I totally agree...I think it's always harder on us to separate from them than vice versa

We went out to lunch and timed it with Hayden's nap...she normally falls asleep in the car ride over and then sleeps through lunch. BUT today my mom sat in the back with her and she kept touching her and her toys when she was whining so she never fell asleep on the car trip over to the restaurant. So when we got there, mom and I took her on a short walk after ordering our food. She fell asleep nicely so we went back and she was sleeping well until this old man decided to stick his head into the stroller (even though it was covered!!!) and spoke loudly "who have we got here?". I wanted to KILL him! As after that wake up, she kept getting woken up by every little noise and finally got up 10 minutes later. AUGH. I don't understand people like that...AND he claims to have 9 grandchildren!!! How does he not know better???

 

[MrsChezek]

Forgot to ask...so what is everyones MO on napping too long? The last few days, Hayden has been going down for her morning nap as usual but instead of sleeping for 1.5-2.5 hours, she's been sleeping 3-4 hours! Which in one way is great but then it throws off her whole afternoon So should I wake her? On the one hand, I'm thinking that she must need the sleep or she'd just wake up on her own but on the other, I'm wondering if she needs me to wake her so that she can get up, eat, play a little and then go down for a second 2 hour nap. What do you all think?