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[madcatwoman]

OH madly, do you think it could be silent reflux? i thought it could be colic as he was arching his back, it was also happening at the same times every evening(?). strangely we have had none this evening, and hes been happy lying down in my arms!

 

[madcatwoman]

Morning all

Madly i suggested the reflux thing to DH this morning, suprised by his reaction he said "Oh well that would add up then"(re why he likes to be carried upright and cries in the evenings otherwise). so im hoping now he undertands the crying is for a reason he might have a bit more heart!.
It doesnt happen every evening, but so far it has happened for most of them, last night he was fine. so thanks for the suggestion hun

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Morning. Introduced a dummy yesterday as all Alex wanted to do was comfort suck. Felt guilty at first but he settled and he still feeds like a champ. Back to sleep now lol it was a looooooooong night.

 

[molly85]

don't feel guilty just get the bleeding thing off him by the time hes teething save your self a fortune on braces.abby has her dummy after eatting when sat up to help digest as she can be a puker and will some times have it at night.

My little girl went in her sleeping bag in her big cot last night sniff, in her own room.matts not been sleeping with her in our room but still doidn't sleep with her out I think it may have been the monitor with her sniffing and farting. she settled her self to sleep fine and didn't miss me at all wahhhhhh

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Morning Ladies :wave:

Well I had a bit of a night I had a dodgy tummy think it was the prawn pasta salad I had for tea from tescos any how could not get off the loo However Charlie did exceptionally good he was snoozing on our bed at 11pm after his feed whilst I got ready for bed and went down in his crib about 11.15pm he woke for a feed a 6am GO CHARLIE BEAR he snaffled 4oz like a little piggy holding onto the bottle for dear life incase I should take it away and then went back down until 8am when DH got up with him and I slept in until 10am

Whilst I was sleeping DH cleaned our living room (we cleaned upstairs yesterday!) and I have just cleaned our kitchen whilst DH has kept Oliver occupied by playing with his lego I have a very busy week this coming week so I made DH help with the cleaning .... he lives here too and have got fed up of trying to ram everything into the week and ending up knackered out so now I will be making sure he helps out in the future too

We have a lovely sunny day today but I intend to do absolutely nothing now and sit with my feet up as much as possible

Molly such a cute picture of Abby and I love the headband so adorable and WOW Abby did so well last night tbh am dreading the transition to own room because Charlie will be moving in with Oliver BUT I dont intend for it to happen for a long time

madcat Charlie can be very selective too over his screaming behaviour if you remember this was what had us puzzled My Dr reckons Charlie probably has silent reflux for a majority but on an evening when it seemed to be worse he reckoned Charlie might have a touch of colic too so of course the two combined make for a hellish evening Prior to the gaviscon Charlie had some amazing days and evening where he was as quiet as a mouse and my Dr put this down to the reflux not been so bad at these times and also the fact that for two/three days prior he had screamed all day so his apparent good day was because he was so damn knackered out Its very possible it could be a touch of silent reflux Me and Gilz have opposite babies with reflux Noah snaffles his milk to help the pain and discomfort where as Charlie refuses it because he knows it hurts You did say Bailey was a good feeder and snaffles his milk too maybe speak with your HV or GP Am glad your DH agrees it could be this and fxed he takes this on board when Baileys has a crap evening oh and Charlie is mostly happy just sat in our arms too

Ozzie dont feel guilty about giving a dummy We gave Charlie one because we were told it helps with the reflux and it helps to soothe him no end when he has one of his screaming matches

 

[molly85]

just to add to screaming baby syndrom, Iknow you probably have but have you tried giving him a couple of ounces of milk at this time? or even trying the hungry baby or comfort milk at night?

Abby bviably gets normal reflux you can see her bring it up and the lookon her face is brilliant, its deffinatly a look of eugh gross.

I am just doing a dbd for my parents of abbys pictures so far, a first attempt of this for me i have even added music. hopw it works well

 

[molly85]

thanks madly, its a normal head band with a clip made specially for her attached.

 

[madcatwoman]

Molly, are you saying with reflux they are usually sick?, Bailey is hardly ever sick. Ive also ready that hungry baby milk is supposed to help , now i know this keeps them fuller for longer,but if this is the case bailey would go longer between feeds&im assuming not put on as much weight(?)

 

[Ozzieshunni]

ARGH! I'm so paranoid!!! Alex has spit up two of his feeds today and not just a little bit. I'm wondering if he's overheated. He's just in a vest and nappy. On top of that, he has what looks like little pimples on his forehead. I phoned my mom and she said that my brother and I had the same thing so I'm just going to keep an eye on it. Are all new moms this hyper worried?

 

[gilz82]

Ozzie the spots are just normal baby spots they are usual called milk spots i think although they have nothing to do with milk. It's just their little pores getting clogged. They go away within a week roughly, I personally just left them alone didn't use any cream etc.

Madcat being sick is usually one of the major symptoms of reflux and silent reflux, but it's possible to have reflux without the sickness

 

[madcatwoman]

Mmmm, the most he's ever sick is a tiny lil dribble out the corner of his mouth and thats it!!

Bailey is too hot though, hes already just in his vest, hes not impressed!.

He too has had the little red pimples, its totally normal.

 

[gilz82]

Off topic but I've had to move Noah from newborn into 0-3 vests etc this weekend he's just too long for newborn now. But holy moley everything he wears looks like he borrowed it from a fat friend. Nothing fits him round his tummy it's horrible.

 

[tas1]

Evening ladies

Hope your all ok!

How hot was it today?!? We've been out to a tropical butterfly house and it was lovely a great day! It's not like me not to go shopping on my birthday and I think I wi carry on going on days out for my boys as caden looked it he held an owl!
Caleb woke for a feed at 5am this morning hasn't done that for a while but he didn't have much of a feed last night which means today he hasnt had much but it's hot and I don't eat much when it's hot! I've had to strip him offto his nappy just so he could have a nap and he is due a feed now but I'm not waking him coz he has been so tired and fighting his naps!

Xx

 

[pinkclaire]

Been trying to catch up I never can!

Really hectic here, I'm shattered, neither kid will go to sleep tonight and matts away so feeling pretty stressed!

 

[DaretoDream]

Hey ladies- thought i'd ask a question- this might be a stupid one- but seriously- what exactly does a contraction feel like? I mean my mother had them and didn't know she was having them. She had to be told that's what it was.

I've had tons of braxton hicks, but want to know what the difference is for a real contraction.

 

[molly85]

i had back contractions little bugger turned on the way out.

i seem to remember waves town my back oh pain getting worse. the midwife later looked at my monitor print out and said i had had short but very sharp ones with not mush of a gap in the middle really not nice as i was constantly on the G&A i didn't get much time to have a conversation between them.

So tierd i feeldrunk these days, thanks matt for the post midnight bed times bleugh

 

[madcatwoman]

Morning all!

well, taking Bailey to the docs today ive decided. His reflux yesterday afternoon&Evening was so bad that he actually only managed one entire bottle.

Gilz, Baileys vests are a bit like that, hes long but not chubby enough to fill them!

 

[gilz82]

Madcat I hope the docs get something sorted for Bailey

I have a question for all the FF mums. Noah wakes up at 12 every single night on the dot. I posted last week in the FF forum asking how I worked out if it was a habit feed or a necessary feed. So all last week we he wakes at 12 and starts grumbling and whinging I've been giving him his dummy and a cuddle as he won't settle back to sleep in his crib. He then sleeps til 2 or 3 when he is properly hungry so I feed him.

The past two nights i've tried just giving him his dummy at 12 and not picking him up, just rocking the crib and putting my hand in his tummy. Both times he started crying so I had to pick him up and then I have to hold him until the feed at 2-3 How do I stop him waking him up at 12 as it's driving me nuts. I've always put Noah down sleepy but awake so he self settles each night at bedtime but at 12 he just won't. I don't mind having to get up for night feeds but I do mind being awake between 12 and 3 everynight for nothing basically.

Any suggestions

 

[madcatwoman]

Oh, you got me there!. I feel Baileys feeds correspond with when he was fed last. example, if hes had a bad evening and fed at 8pm and fallen asleep then we leaving him sleeping, and he'll wake up at 1.30-2am. But if he had a good feed at say 9-10pm then he wont wake till 4 or 5 am!.

 

[gilz82]

That's what Noah should be doing but he's not. The weird thing is his last bottle is at 7pm so he's happily going between 7 & 8 hours between feeds at night , which he'd never do during the day, he just doesn't seem to be able to/want to sleep for the same time period.