Babies Born April 1st - 15th 2008 #1

[mgm]

Leyla you are definitely not the only one! DD has been waking every 1.5 - 2 hours at night to feed. I'm all too familiar with this pattern from my DS who did the same thing until fully weaned. Introducing solids didn't help at all. Early introduction of solids is linked to development of allergies later so personally I wouldn't rush to do it, as tempting as it is to try anything that *might* give you more sleep.

fire how are you and ci going? any improvement?

beatrix is MJ all better now? DD isn't rolling yet either - maybe the bigger babies have the advantage!

I have FINALLY managed to get DD to nap out of arms/sling - she only goes 30-40 minutes, but I treasure every moment!! It gives me a little time to play with DS and do the dishes.

as for 'routines' DD goes into nighttime sleep mode around 8pm (same time as DS goes to bed). there are usually a couple of wakeups between then and 11pm when I usually get to bed (taking her with me). She wakes up 'for the day' sometime between 7.30 and 8.30.

no time for more personals, but hi to everyone i've missed.

[bellelass]

All quiet here. Lila's still waking early to come to our bed but I'm ok with it. She's also been a little day fussy which is weird for her but I think its the chilly weather. Ikeep her rugged up but still... The house is pretty cold.

Leyla- good to see you back.I think thingd like sleep patterns are mostly a matter of luck that we have little control over. You can do it all "right" and they still get up. With my three older brothers my mother got up with them every other hour til about 14 months. I'm with the others on waiting to do solids. They're just too little, their stomachs aren't fully ready yet.

Mgm- Congrats on the day nap! That's so great, gives yo a little time without which is nice. Can't get Lila to nap to save my life....

Janine- Hope things are getting a little better with CI and you can find some sanity. I know you probably don't like the idea, but have you taken him to the dr? You never know, he could take one look at CI and say "Oh that's such and such, do this and it will help." Unlikely, but possible..?

Nettie- I was reading that exclusively fed babies between 4-6 months burn about 500 calories. When I used to work out every day that's how much I'd burn doing an hour and 20 minutes of cardio. Of course, I'm not getting the same heart work out as if I was on a machine but there you go. I wish my knees weren't so rubbish, it would be lovely and easy to go for morning runs. Oh well.

Beatrix- How's MJ doing, and how are you holding up??

Sarah- I hope your AF makes an appearance. Oh man. I had a little of that the other day, I stopped and thought "Oh god I haven't had one in a while" but she showed up the next day. Whew. Just don't know if I trust the mini-pill, you know? In fact, after getting pg accidentally I am pretty suss about all birth control.

No 7pm bedtimes, hah. I'm not going to work against her natural body clock though. If she goes to sleep at 11 and gets up at 9 til she's in school thats ok. I never understood why it is inherently wrong to keep a later schedule. Mum acts like its some scandalous thing.

No rolling, not really. If she's on a slight incline she can. Just heaps of wriggling. Wriggling everywhere. Constantly. Girl wants to GO...

Hello to anyone I've missed.

[Fire]

Ci is not better yet, but we have a plan cos I'm pretty sure I know what is causing it. I have taken him to the doc and gotten poo and wee and hair and saliva tests. Some are still due back. I feel a little better about it. I get frantic when he is screaming in frustration and his face is a mess, I feel so helpless. And now the substance I need to fix it only comes in drops without lactose here, which contain colors and saccharin!! For children!! Totally stupid. And the powder contains lactose and we're off dairy so that's pointless too. Until I can find nystatin in pure form, we're stuck. I'm looking online now. I'm also going to call around to chemists. He is going to chiro and had homeopathy today. So if nothing else, he will be fit as a fiddle in no time from bringing his little body in balance.

I'm glad you liked the info, Leyla. It is hard, even on this board, when others have babies that sleep even when bfing and we feel like there might be something wrong with ours and feel ripped off that we can't get that good sleep yet. But we'll get there. There are more of us than you think.

[jenh30]

Hello Ladies

I've been following this group since we were all pregnant, but was to shy to say hello. I thought it was time to join in, since i feel like i know you all anyway My daughter Isabelle was born on the 11th April and due to complications ended up being a planned ceasar. I have an older boy, James who just turned 5. He was an emergency ceasar and it was horrible, Isabelle's was a much nicer, calmer experience.
We had a lot of feeding issues early on, big boobs, flat nipples, tongue ties. I expressed each feed until about 6 weeks, when due to the stress of expressing and a very cranky baby, she went onto formula full time.
When she was about 6 weeks old, i got her up for a feed in the night and when i laid her down she started to choke and seemed to stop breathing for a minute, very scary. i rang the MCH line and explained all the symptoms she'd been experiencing and they suggested she may have silent reflux. i was a little skeptical, but after reading a bit, all her symptoms...the crying, back arching, gagging, generally very cranky and upset, seemed to point towards that. So we raised all her bedding, made sure she was always elevated and out her onto anti-reflux formula and we've never looked back.
She is now 15 weeks and last night she went down after a feed at 6 pm and woke up at 8 am the next morning....she's been doing that for about a month now. I have no idea how this happened!
my son still wakes up during the night at 5 and joins us in bed!
During the day she only seems to catnap for about 40 mins, but im guessing that it's a trade off with the 12+ hours at night.
I cant believe how much they've all changed in the last few months. My girlfriend had a baby last tuesday and she looks like the tiniest little thing next to my puffball
Hope everyone is doing well and i may come out of hiding another day to say hi

Jen

[Butterfly_Princess]

Hey!
Welcome Jen Hope to see you around more often
Sorry girls, ive been MIA because ive been hanging aroundon the Belly Buddies due Sept 1-15 2008 updating the girls about a member. Man its a blast from the past hanging around in the belly buddies threads, takes me back to the days of pregnancy. I actually miss being pregnant. Apart from the aches and uncomfort.
Isabell is pretty much rolling. She hasnt done one fully, purely for the fact i stopped her, if i hadnt of she would have rolled right off my lap, didnt want that. She has gone onto her side on the floor or change mat, but nothing more, i think she got a bit distracted or something. Im so proud of her. She loves talking though, she talks ALL day long, at the top of her voice..its adorable.
Well im off, Ben wants to use the computer.

[Fire]

hi jen! you lucky duck on your little sleeper there! *jealous*

[Nettie]

Welcome Jen! If you've been lurking for a while, you'll know how friendly & supportive these guys can be. Don't hesitate in posting - the more the merrier!

My gosh darned mouse scroll wheel is broken and I feel like my right arm's been cut off!! Grrrr!

Must go - Liam's getting grumpy in his cot (might be getting tired or just lonely!). Will post again later...

[Nettie]

Nettie- I was reading that exclusively fed babies between 4-6 months burn about 500 calories. When I used to work out every day that's how much I'd burn doing an hour and 20 minutes of cardio. Of course, I'm not getting the same heart work out as if I was on a machine but there you go. I wish my knees weren't so rubbish, it would be lovely and easy to go for morning runs. Oh well.

Sorry Steph, but I'm not sure what you mean? Do you mean exclusively breastfed babies? And do you mean that breastfeeding them burns the calories? Sorry - got baby brain bad here at the moment!

Anyone else looking forward to the Olympics? I love them and am really excited to be home from work this year while they're on!

I went in to work today to have lunch with a couple of the 'girls' and have organised to go to a 2 day seminar/meeting thing the week before I was due to return in Sept. This will give DH the practice he needs before the 'real thing' begins and will give me some much needed flexitime up my sleeve! Now I just hope my manager agrees (I think she will).

Not much else happening here. Sick of the cold weather - we're not getting out of the house much and we're probably going to get a massive power bill from the heater being on all day... yikes Nothing I can do about it though - we need to keep it warm for Liam.