Babies born April 2008 #4

[shellbell]

Hi all, didn't manage to get back in yesterday. Have had a lovely day today shopping and lunching. It was great to get out and do something. Luke was great apart from lunch when he decided that he wanted to be awake and cuddled. hard to eat and cuddle. We too had our needles this week. He took it all pretty well, was drowsy and cranky afterward but seems back to normal now.

BW hope that BJ is getting better and that you and your DH are coping OK.
Sharon hope you had a nice lunch with your hubby. Hang in there with Ollie. I have noticed that Luke is much less interested in sleeping during the day now... I find it really frustrating because he ends up so exhausted at the end of the day that he goes down hard between 4 - 6pm and then wakes up at 2am for the day to start again... grrr...
grubi hope she settles down soon so that the cot transfer can occur. I am dreading moving from the cradle to the cot as it is so easy to settle him with the rocking. Starting to do some naps in the cot to get him used to it!
Nettie jealous of your night swapping with DH - I have gotten my Dh up once to help me give luek some panadol and I got "Oh, but I am so tired"...

There goes my little man - chat later.

[Katstribe]

Hi everyone another message from Babywrangler

As long ashe can keep his fluctuating temp down over night Benjamin can go home tomorrow with antibiotics for a week. A good outcome overall.

So fingers crossed he will be home tomorrow. I have told her you have all wished them well also. Have a good night everyone

[sarah_dobbo2]

Hi all,

Sound like we all have a cold in out house hold somewhere. Wyatt has just gotten it. It went through DD, then DS then Me now Wyatt, so DH is next.

I had another melt down yesterday. I just can't seem to settle Wyatt in his bassinette during the day for any longer than an hour. It doesn't help when DS runs around house yelling. Someone tell me they have had the same as me and it GETS BETTER SOON...

So who else has moved babies over to cot? I am waiting on out builder to come back and do kids built-in before I change. Which hopefully will be in the next 2 weeks. I fear if Wyatt keeps eating the way he is he wont last much longer. I know its another string I have to cut, and let him grow up but he is SO big already I want the NEW baby. (3 days old)

Anyway I better go, DD is watching TV with Wyatt. He'll want some boobie, a wrap and back to bed soon.

Cheers all
Sarah

[Fire]

oh my goddess what a night. kill me now.

dd cried all night bar the hour b/w 2am and 3am. so itchy with pox. she has them where the sun don't shine too... not fair. ds didn't poo in the wee hours (heh, wee hours, should be called poop hours). at least i was blessed with that.

BUT!

we have an invention! dh bought a chair hammock that looks like this , attached to the ceiling on a spring - it bounces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can bounce him, and lay back in comfort! True geeeenyis. I may go into business with the AP version of a bouncing hammock.

I've also had some success with transitioning to the cot, for those in the same predicament. The wonderful suggestion of the lullabub may have helped, although we haven't actually put him in the cot without it so it could be coincidence. But it is really mild, you couldn't call it a cot rocker, it makes the mattress sound like a heartbeat, that's the setting Ci likes best. But I did a whole naptime package, and phased it in slowly and gently, like Pinky Mckay suggests.

I started by playing a rainforest track at naptime on repeat for a couple of days, but napped him as usual in the sling and bounced him to sleep. Then I played the track, put him in the cot with the lullabub, and pulled him out when he got upset for a few days, bouncing him and slinging him again. Some naps were actually taken in that time, but short ones of about 20 minutes. Then I did the whole thing but this time when he woke I resettled by rocking the whole cot (that's the best feature of the lullabub, you can rock the cot like a cradle cos it's on special cushion feet!) and patting and giving him my finger to suck, removing it before he fell asleep completely, no bouncing. He slept 3 hours - the longest nap since he was a newborn.

I read giving heaps of sleep cues is helpful, then you can use just one of them in an emergency and it have the same effect.

Anyway, I'll keep you all updated on how it goes. I'm happy so far, and it's been gentle, no cry, which is important to me.

LOVIN' MY BOUNCY CHAIR!!

[Beatrix]

hmm I havent yet made the transition to cot, she sleep in her bassinet in the cot though. She still has plenty of room though.
Have tried putting her in the cot and she doesnt like it grrr.


I am having a slight prob that is driving me bonkers though. She is such a on off type with regards to the breast. Plays around so much gets a good let down pulls off and i have a huge squirt going. even if she is staring she pulls on and off all the time. But she still only feeds every 4 hrs and goes about one 5-6hrs streach over night

[Fire]

Ci hates my letdown, Beatrix. he also does the on off thing too. ABA said it could be slow flow, even though the let down is fast, my general flow could be slower than he likes. Not sure, but it is annoying, esp when he reefs right back before he pulls off, I swear my nipple will go one way and I'll go the other one day! Sounds like she is doing nicely though, she might be getting more than it seems with her method.

[Katstribe]

Hi everyone just a quick update.

I got a message from Babywrangler this morning to say Woohoo got the all clear! just waiting for Dady to come!
So yay BJ is on his way home, so glad everything is ok