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

[Amy_T]

Hi all... Been stalking but not posting much!

Holly has also never slept through, she used to do a 6-8 hour stretch but that has stopped and she is getting hungrier by the day! Thought growth spurt at first but now wondering if she's getting ready for food.... She's been feeding a lot at night for well over a week, stares at us when we eat, licks her lips etc! I wanted to stretch it out as long as possible but there's no way she'll get to 6 months!

 

[skeet9924]

I had an interesting conversation with friend that has 4 kids.. And was asking her about the night time feedings. She pretty much told me that I have to stop the feedings if I want him to sleep through the night and that he's capable of it. Her question to me was " why is he going to go back to sleep if he knows your going to bring him food? ". She said at some point with all of her kids she had to stop the night feeding..

Well last night I skipped the 12 one and he fell back asleep no problem.. I was going to see what kind of struggle I'd have for the 4 one but my oh just got home from work and he went in and fed him before I could even say anything .. So needless to say I at least got to sleep through the night lol. The only issue I have with the 4 feeding is that when he wakes up at 7 for the day.. He doesn't seem all that hungry.. Either that or he's just excited to be awake

 

[Kte]

Sophie doesn't STTN but then Chloe never did at this age so I'm not worried. She wakes up for two feeds, 2ish and 5ish. Chloe was around 7 months as that's when she went into her own room.

 

[Amy_T]

Hehe I should add that none of my children sleep through!

 

[Kte]

Hehe I should add that none of my children sleep through!

I can imagine if one slept through, one of the others would be awake instead. Chloe and Sophie seem to take it in turns and that's just two!

 

[Amy_T]

Haha oh yes they have a tag team approach that's for sure... Although it is incredibly rare that any of them sleep through, they just take it in turns waking up in the night! I won't go in to our sleep problems but will just say that I'll take a baby any day over my toddler!!

 

[skeet9924]

I definetly feel better knowing that its not just me!! My friend has a daughter that is 2 weeks older then Carson and she always claims that she sleeps through but I know better considering they put her to bed at 11 and she's up at 5 or 6.. I'm sure if I put Carson to bed that late it would feel as though he's sleeping through instead he goes 7-7 with 1 or 2 wake ups

 

[MrsChezek]

Hayden typically sleeps 7:30-6:30...sometimes she doesn't go down til 8 and sometimes she wakes at 6 or once in a while at 7, but about twice a week she wakes up at some point in the middle of the night...tends to be somewhere between 3-4:30am...last night she woke up at 12:40am and stayed up for an hour!! That was hard....

She was always a great sleeper but this last week she won't nap much and has been harder to put down. She wakes up a lot so maybe we'll see a tooth soon She had diarrhea earlier this week and seems off. But who knows!!!

 

[skeet9924]

oh ms chez carson has been off too.. along with diarhea today!! He pooped 3 times!! usually he only goes once a day. I'm not sure if that its because he's been way off schedule as he's been at my moms for the afternoon for a couple days or if maybe he's cutting a tooth. i also started him on cereal yesterday but i cant see that doing it since that usually does the opposite. He loves his cereal though!!!

 

[sethsmummy]

Hey ladies...sorry iv been mia for so long! K need to read through and see what iv missed.

Ethan is doig well...hes now 14lb 10oz. I had to stop giving him jars of proper food as it was making hia tummy sore but he has finger foods instead helooves organix carrot puffs and rusks and even likes toast! We bought him a high chair yesterday but hes too small for it lol. Hes still in 0 to 3 clothes but needs 3 to 6 for sleepsuits now. He has rolled both front to back and back to front although hes only done it a few times...he still doesnt like being laid on the floor! He wants to be up on his feet all the time and looooves his jumparoo. He can stand holding onto the sofa and can sit for a few seconds by himself...till he sees something he wants lol. He is an angel at night time... I have to get him down for 7.30pm or all hell breaks loose but if iget him on time he goes down no bother and sleeps straight trough till 7. Last night was the first time in a long time hes been up through the night but his imms had given him a fever. Once id got his fever down he went straight back to sleep.
Also ds1 has started talking!! Finally!! I love his little voice and cant wait for him to talk alll the time!

Hope your all doing well xxx

 

[MrsChezek]

seths - Yay for Seth talking! How exciting I can't wait to hear what Hayden will sound...her babbling sounds cute already! And boy does she LOVE to babble...so i bet she'll be a talker

skeet - still no tooth! She still poops 2-4 times a day though and drools A LOT but nothing

We weighed her at 5 months and one week and she was 16.5 pounds! She's trim in size but very dense...lots of muscle from all the standing and pushing around she does. She won't sit still at ALL. I'm so glad she's a good sleeper cause her awake time is very intense...she just wants to get up and go EVERYWHERE, which of course she can't so she wants you to hold her up while she 'stands' and 'walks' everywhere. Quite a bit of work! We're off to Seattle for 8 days on Wednesday so I'm a bit nervous about the 6 hour flight...hopefully it will go smoothly.

 

[sethsmummy]

seths - Yay for Seth talking! How exciting I can't wait to hear what Hayden will sound...her babbling sounds cute already! And boy does she LOVE to babble...so i bet she'll be a talker


..she just wants to get up and go EVERYWHERE, which of course she can't so she wants you to hold her up while she 'stands' and 'walks' everywhere..

OMG this is Ethan too!! I feel for you hun lol Have you thought about a push along walker? Im going to get one for ethan and start teaching him how to use it... means a lot of extra work to start with (holding them up and walking with them.. really hurts your back) but its worth it once they can do it themselves. i did this with Seth too.
And Thanks ITs sooooo amazing hearing seth talk.. although hes a cheeky monkey.. yesterday i was asking where he put the tablet computer... and he was just coping what i was saying instead of answering me lol.. let him away with it though since weve waited so long to hear his voice! I need to write a list of his words and sentences down for the nursery... theyr going to be so shocked! xxx

 

[sharnw]

Hi all xxxx
I've been a poo follower lol.
Haven't been in bnb much either.
Kaylee is saying mum mum mum mum mum lol so cute. She's starting to do her little army crawl. I will have to buy a play pen and lock her inside it while I haven't got my eyes on her.
Still no teeth for her yet.
So glad all your bubs are doing so well xxx

 

[rose.]

Hi everyone

Sorry I have been away for a while too, have just been so busy now that Alfie requires more entertaining/stimulation!! He is learning new things all the time.

Sharn that's so cool that Kaylee is saying mum!! Must be so lovely to hear. Seths mummy, I am so glad Seth is doing well with his speech. Mrs c, I also have a very active baby - he is only happy if he's standing or sitting, sometimes he will lie down but he will flip over very quickly on to his tummy and practice his mini push ups then get cross that he can't work out how to crawl!

Alfie is now sitting well (still tips over often though) and bears his weight well on his legs. He only really relies on me/the sofa for balance. He has started to look as though he may commando crawl soon. He pushes himself up very far and wriggles his legs. He isn't strong enough to kneel on them yet but I'm sure it won't be long.

We have tried 10 different fruits and veg, baby rice and porridge. Had another sick incident with porridge yesterday so will give it a break again (this was his second time of trying it) and then try a different brand and see how he reacts. I am concerned he may have an allergy/intolerance to the milk in it.

It is lovely now Alfie laughs so much and seems to be interested in everything. He prefers sitting up in his stroller now.

Sleep is still a challenge. He goes down about 7pm, feeds at 10pm and then usually another 2 or 3 times before he wakes between 6-7am. He normally has 3 naps a day, sometimes lasting 30 mins, an hour, or very occasionally longer!

 

[baby_maybe]

Hey ladies, missing my bnb action, but with all four kiddies off for the holidays it's manic here!!

Ruben is doing great, can't believe he's almost 6 months old already, I don't know where the time has gone. He's fully weaned now on three meals a day with a bottle before bed and sleeps between 11-12 hours a night straight through. It's done wonders for his reflux and now only has a tiny bit of thickener in his nighttime bottle He is pretty much sitting unaided now and has also just started trying to push himself across the floor with his legs, although he still gets grumpy if he's on his tummy for too long I think it's more frustration than anything though. He is another one that likes being upright and although he can't take his own weight on his legs for very long at a time he loves being in his jumperoo, sometimes he bounces so hard I think he's going to bounce himself right out

Hope you ladies and babies are all doing fine

 

[anna1986]

Rose = just read your post in the weaning section. it may also be the oats in the porridge my daughter has a allergy top oats. if I was you id try a baby cereal that isn't porride. Heinz do a yummy banana cereal (taste similar to angel delight) or a peach n apricot one and see if he acts the same n is sick. if hes sick on that I would try him with a lil yoghurt or something and if the same reaction ie hes sick then id say it was a cmpi (intolerance) but as he hasn't reacted to your breast milk it seem strange as babys with cmpi still react to dairy in breast milk.
hope that helps a bit.

AFM - Williams doing well. hes 6 months now! where did them months go??!! hes loving his food weve just started with meat n fish. he loved salmon n he loved chicken! hes also havin finger food - his face when he bites a bit of is hilarious.
hope everyones doing well

 

[sethsmummy]

Anna - oh my gosh its going so fast isnt it. What kind of finger food has he tried? Ethan has biscotti, carrot puffs, apple rice cakes and toast. Im goin to try him on some proper carrot battons soon and apple chunks. Iv gone some stage 2 jars for him to try to see how he copes.

sharn - awwww thats so cute! Ethan daid muuummmmm yesterday but I dont think he meant me lol more just moaning.

rose - oh wow commando crawl incoming already! Hehe youll be in trouble lol.. well done Alfie on sitting by himself! Its so funny watching them when they try grab something lol.

Baby - woohhoo for the reflux being much better! Thats fantastic and well done on having him fully weaned! Is he a fussy eater?
Glad im not he only one with a fussy tummy timer lol..ethan lasts all of a few mins then starts screaming... he tries to push alog with his legs but doesnt remember to keep his head up lol.

afm - ethans being tested for lactose intollerance as hes had loose stools for around 4 weeks now, got to try take a stool sample in before 1pm tomorrow. If it shows no bacterial infection hel be reffered to peads. I put him in his big cot last night in seths room and t went well. Woop woop. Xxx

 

[baby_maybe]

Thanks seths, im so glad he seems to have grown out of the reflux, that first few weeks was no fun at all!! No not a fussy eater at all at the moment. I say that because neither was my last dd until after we went from purées to 'normal food' and now she's the fussiest eater around! I'm hoping he'll be more like my other 2 who eat anything though

 

[MrsChezek]

Yay for reflux getting better maybe! That's great news

We've been super busy too. I can no longer touch my phone while feeding Hayden cause she immediately gets distracted and tries to grab it!!! So the only time I can catch up on email, here and text messages is after she goes down. However, that's also when I eat, shower, clean, do some work, etc. it's hard! I definitely miss you girls! I'm glad everyone is doing well Hayden sits for as long as she doesn't get distracted by something out of her reach and then she lunges at it She still doesn't like tummy time much do I don't foresee her crawling anytime soon. I think I'm just going to embrace her walking prowess and get an exersaucer and a walker. Going to start solids next week! Exciting yet scary...times flying!!! Will be 6 months on Thursday.

 

[baby_maybe]

Awww I can't believe all our little march babies are coming up to 6 months already. Ruben is on one of his naps at the moment, hence I get time for a quick post on here! I wouldn't call him demanding, but he definitely likes to be the centre of attention while he's awake With his feeding I have recently started offering him some finger foods after he's eaten his purée. So far he's had cucumber, tomato, ham, breadsticks, banana, watermelon, strawberry, crumpet, bread, toast and cheese. As of yet I haven't really found anything he doesn't like the taste of. I'm thinking of starting to offer purée with lumps soon, he's pretty good at chewing already so hopefully he'll not have too much trouble!

Mrs c - good luck when you start Hayden, will you be going baby led weaning or are you going to offer some purées as well?