Signs of 4 month growth spurt/nightmare?

[AngelUK]

I had a google for pics and it isn't pretty but as far as I can see it is mostly white on the tongue and inside the cheeks? I totally know what you mean about it feeling so wrong for a baby to have such a thing, though of course it isn't a std and actually just an imbalance of bacteria that causes it. But still, totally with you on that.

 

[Siuan]

Yeah, I know it's just a bacterial thing, but it seems so wrong! Her tongue is usually quite white after a feed, but it's always been like that and I've just always put it down to the fact she's just had a feed!

Nothing on the inside of her cheeks that I've noticed. It's all very odd. Ah well, I have the doctor's appointment for me tomorrow so hopefully he'll take pity on a knackered Mummy and take a look for me.

 

[floofymad]

Aw hugs Siuan.... X my LO totally tests my patience like that sometimes! Sat and sun I had to hand her to Dh and walk away!...

 

[Wishing_well]

We've had one very fussy, difficult bedtime too.
Took nearly 2 hours to settle and she'll be awake anytime soon!

 

[Wishing_well]

Quinn slept 7 hours!!!

She finally went to sleep at 9pm and didn't wake for a feed until 4am, and then 7am.
I'm really finding it hard to believe that she slept that long - I'm probably forgetting that she woke up before 4, but I really don't remember it!

She's only ever done 5/6 hours before, and that was a one off!


Lets hope tonight isn't a massive step backwards.

 

[Siuan]

lol!! Are Quinn and Francesca the same baby?? F only woke twice last night. Slept 8:30-12:15 then 12:20-4:15. It took 30 mins to settle her again after that waking, but then she slept 4:40-7:30!! I feel so good today! (I have an app on my phone to record all this which is how I can be so accurate about it!)

To add to the good news, doctor checked F's mouth and its not thrush (thank goodness) He reckons all the white dots are the beginnings of teeth!! Poor baby if that's the case, her mouth is a mass of new teeth all moving at once!

 

[Wishing_well]

Aww well done Francesca!

 

[Siuan]

Fingers crossed for both of us that our LOs don't decide to have an awful night tonight to make up for it!!

 

[AngelUK]

My Oh had night duty last night and said Dominic did two 3 hour stretches! YAY! I so hope this continues! Yay for you ladies too. Will cross my fingers!

 

[Siuan]

Good stuff AngelUK, long may it continue!!


LO is napping well today too. Of course, tomorrow everything could change 'cos we're going to the Olympics. Tickets were booked before she was even conceived! So we're still going. 3-6pm so shouldn't be too bad. But not really sure we'll be home before her 8pm bedtime (it's around an hour by train from Liverpool Street, but we'll be at the Excel so could take some time. Who knows!)

 

[oh my belly]

As if on cue, the dreaded four month growth spurt has arrived. We were up every two hours for a feed. I should have known it was coming-he was hungrier during the day.

I know this too shall pass, but after having a few weeks where we had 5 straight, glorious hours of sleep, 2 hour feedings suck!!!

 

[Wishing_well]

Quinn slept 8pm to 1am last night, had a feed and slept until 5.30am, had another feed and woke at 7am.
Back to "normal" sleeping.

Makes me wonder if we just had the 3 month growth spurt instead of sleep regression?

 

[AngelUK]

I am pale with envy Wishing_well! I got one 1 h 40 stretch of sleep and then was up every hour till six when I gave up on sleep.

 

[Wishing_well]

I am pale with envy Wishing_well! I got one 1 h 40 stretch of sleep and then was up every hour till six when I gave up on sleep.

Oh no!
We had that on tuesday

 

[AngelUK]

But maybe I'll get what you just had some time soon too Hope springs eternal

 

[misslupin]

My LO is going through this right now, shes 17 weeks today but its been happening for the last 2/3 weeks. First she started fussing with the bottle, and started refusing the dream feed, I thought the teats were too slow for her, so I bought the avent vari-flow teats, which were too fast and scared the hell out of her, and woke her during the dream feed. so switched back to the slow teats which were still too slow.... we are now back on the vari-flow, it took a while for her to get the hang of them but we got there. BUT she has started to wake in the night, (She had been going 7-7 with dream feed at 10pm from 8 weeks) Tonight we are going to try with the dream feed.... We are all over the place to be honest she was having 7oz every 4hrs but no feed from 10pm-7am, but shes now on 8oz bottles every 4hrs no feed 7am-7am!! Part of me thinks she needs to start with baby rice, but I'm going to try going back to the dream feed first. BUT I did read somewhere that one you drop it you shouldn't start it again????
Any advice greatly appreciated.