Wow Smithy, congrats to you on becoming a nan - and congrats to your daughter. Hope she and bub continue to be well and she loves being a mummy too.
BW - to you. You look after yourself. I'm not sure how you do it!
Kelly - 5 months, yes time does fly, and don't you just love them so much. I love getting more and more back from them as they get older. Smiles, cuddles, kisses.
Green - yup, tell him to get stuck in and he'll be fine. My DH had to look after DS1 at 5 weeks as i ended up in hospital unexpectedly for a few days. He learnt VERY quickly!! Funnily enough, he co-slept all 4 nights...something he had previously thought was too dangerous.
Go to bed early marcellus..although it's a friday night...didn't that used to be party night when we were footloose and fancy free
DS1 had a fever from 8pm last night that has come and gone and come again. I have managed to get him into the dr at 7pm - just hope DH will be home in time so that I don't have to take DS2 as well. I've never seen him so sad and lethargic. He never watches tv for more than 20mins, but all he wants to do is sit lie down on the floor and so I've got the tv on for him. He's ok, but there must be something wrong. My poor big baby.
Lenny I had to chuckle at your DH and the co sleeping my DH was the first to try it in our house too. Instincts kick in eventually with DH's how DS1 is AOK
happy Birthday Grub hope you're getting spoilt
Marcellus hope you get a good night sleep instead. I've given up napping cos DS wakes, and today little bugga slept from 2pm and is still down at 5.30pm! Only 3 dummy replaces early on. Hope he sleeps as good as last night tonight
Just popped back in for a bottle q? Linc is looking for more food, not suposed to till 8 weeks but whateva. When do you go to a bigger bottle? not sure if I should persist with the smaller ones and offer a top up at the end for now. Cos it's not every feed. I'm using glass and putting off buying the big ones $$$$$$ especially since I've only just started using the small ones.
Green: Take Linc's queues, if he wants more then offer it to him. The tin details are only a guideline and Tara was always having bigger bottles than recommended. The tin says she should only now be having 250ml bottles but she has been having 240ml's for around 2 1/2 months, it also says she should be having 4-5 feeds a day but she generally only has 3 sometimes 4, with the 4th being a small bottle only. Trust me Linc will guide you on how much he wants and how freqently as well. Remember that when they are due for a growth spurt he will want to feed more and more often.
it's the nature of a baby to want to feed often. some may decide that three or four feeds a day are ok - but most need to feed much more often. they only have small stomachs, and need to have frequent small meals to allow them to grow properly. i would stick with the smaller bottles and only top up when needed. formula is exxy and you don't want to be wasting it!
Have to agree with BG - you can offer more if he needs it. But we only increased the size of Sam's bottles when he seemed hungry after he'd drained them on a regular basis. There's also been a number of times when we reduced the size of his bottles when he just wasn't interested. Easy to do when your formula is one scoop for 30mL of water!
to you. You look after yourself. I'm not sure how you do it!
how DS1 is AOK
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