Babies Born April 2008 #5

[BabyWrangler]

Hugs to Zennie, Russell and Nessa!

On our front, I think El Piggyoli was the result of a growth spurt!
After going to bed at 5pm last evening, BJ has been as follows:
10:30pm Bottle
11pm sound asleep!
2:30am Bottle
3am Sound asleep
7am Awake and playing
8am Bottle
8:05 sound asleep!
10:30am Bottle then playing, and trip out in the car
12pm Asleep in car
12:30 bottle (in about 3 shifts!)
1pm sound asleep
and now, here I am at 4:30 waiting for him to wake up for a feed and a play and a bath, then probably bed!
He's sleeping through toys with bells and buttons jinggling and crashing their way around the dryer at the moment!
He's taken to sleeping on his "taggie" a nice soft blanket which is minky soft (same as my dressing gown) on one side, and flannelette on the other, and i have sewn little 1inch long tags of coloured ribbon in all different sizes and textures around it (he holds the taggies).
He has a little one from his very special Auntie hanging in his pram (she's also making a couple more "good" ones), and I have made him 2...he;s a chucker, in about 3 days they'll all be in the wash at once...god help me that day!!

Off to do some ironing while I wait! (Have already done a load of washing, made his second taggie, washed the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, and cleaned up all the sewing mess!)

[Sharon19270]

Nettie it was only about 3 weeks ago when Oliver was only having between 90-110ml at each feed and some feeds where only 70 or 80 ml so you may find that Liam will increase in a few weeks, as long as he is gaining weight it doesn't matter.
Fire how are Ci's pox going, hope you don't get them too.
BabyWrangler if Oliver wakes really early in the morning I don't make eye contact or talk to him because he will give me that huge grin and start flapping his arms about and kicking his legs because he is so excited, if I just put the dummy in, stroke his head once, go shhhh, and walk out he will normally go back to sleep. I can't wait for the giggles, they are just so adorable. The 'taggie' sounds really cute, nothing like a home made toy/blankie, I can't sew to save my life
alittlegrubi I still have good days, bad days and then REALLY bad days, but the REALLY bad days aren't happening as often.
laurab welcome to the thread, there are a few 1st time mums here, I am now up to #3 and there will definitely be no more.
MummyMeg I find that when Oliver is really over tired he makes a fuss about going to bed too, they just find it too hard to turn off.
Beatrix I am sure your parents wouldn't think you failed them, at least I hope not, as that is the last thing you need right now, hope they give you lots of support
Zennie hope your little man gets better soon.

Oliver was a good boy this morning, after altering his wrap slightly last night he wasn't able to escape so easily and slept until 6am, he then went back to bed at 7am and slept till 9.30am so mummy got to have another couple of hours sleep this morning which was fantastic.

[shellbell]

Hi all,

First day back at work today. Luke was such a good boy for his nan and it all went very smoothly. I managed to get away to feed him at lunchtime and that made it easier for me too. Anyway DH is waiting for the computer so will write later

[Butterfly_Princess]

Oh and i just realised she likes to be wrapped in one particular blanket. Had a bit of a horror day today coz we had to wash it and she just wouldnt sleep, when we had the wrap all dry and nice, wrapped her in it, into cot, dummy, sleep. So im thinking its that, or the fact that i played with her heaps and heaps and heaps before feed, then sleep.
What time do you girls start the day routine (feed, play, sleep) and what time do you start the night routine (feed, sleep)??

[Sharon19270]

shellbell glad to hear that Luke was a good boy for his nan, and that was great that you got to go and feed him at lunch time, still it must have been hard leaving him though to go back to work
MummyMeg don't really have a feed, play sleep routine with Oliver yet as he is a catnapper and also first thing in the morning he doesn't want to feed straight away, he likes to play for about 15-20mins, he then has his bottle, goes back to bed for an hour, gets up and plays for an hour, back to bed, up for bottle etc, he then usually has his bath at around 5.00-5.30, he is dressed in his jammies and then has his bottle and is usually asleep by the time I am finished wrapping him at around 6ish.

Nothing much to report with me, just the "same stuff, different day"

[alittlegrubi]

I haven't got much time tonight - fighting off colds in our household ATM. But I just wanted to comment on shellbell's first day at work

Hi all,

First day back at work today. Luke was such a good boy for his nan and it all went very smoothly. I managed to get away to feed him at lunchtime and that made it easier for me too.

I just wanted to give you a and a for a wonderful job well done and on getting to feed at lunchtime. Once you get into the swing of your new routine you'll be more comfortable with the choices we are forced to make as working mums.

I need to work on expressing off just enough to cover 24 hours as my Mum is taking the 2 kids overnight on Saturday for DH's b'day. Partially looking forward to it, partially not. Knowing that engorged feeling is going to wake me is making me wonder if it is worth it.

[Nettie]

Meg - we keep Liam wrapped at night and try to get him to go back to sleep during the feed. He's a good boy and doesn't give us much trouble (except when we have to change his nappy - then he wakes up and we have a cuddle!)

Shell - comiserations on having to go back to work At least it seems to have been minimally traumatic!

Well, we put the cot together last night (see new pic in gallery) and he seems to really like it. Have put him down for sleeps all day in the cot but will keep him in basinette in our room for the night sleeps (when we're in bed). Hopefully he won't find that too confusing! Only trouble is the lamp we have in his room throws the light right over the cot so we'll have to move it (and the cot sits between the two power points in the room so we'll need an extension cord!).

When he wakes up in the cot - he just starts 'talking' to the mobile hanging above him! It's sooo cute! He's such a happy boy! I'm so lucky.

[sarah_dobbo2]

Morning all,

Just quick update...

Put cot together on Sunday, have only put Wyatt in it to have a play with his toys. (mobile, activity centre - tied onto cot Plastic).

Have noticed when I am at home and inforce a routine, he is just wonderfully. Even slept his 7hr last night before his boobie. But am going to risk it today.

I have to go and get some more ceiling paint, as kids bedroom wardobes go in on Thursdays, the there is blue walls and ceiling behind the old crabby built-in their now. So rip it down tonight, give it a coat of paint, another coat 2 morro and have new ones in on Thursday. Am so excited I'll be able to get better orgainsed in house. Will be more room in kids bedrooms. I just have to get ready so when he wakes up we get in car and do all the things I have to within an hour and half tops. Be back at home so my preious can go back to sleep.

Nettie We are going to do the same, try and put him in his cot during the day sleeps, and with us of a night time. Not sure how is will go, as its so much bigger...

Grubi: That will be good you get a night off, to spend some alone/adult time with DH. But I am like you, would be worried to leave them all night.

Shell: Glad to hear you first day back went so well. Esp that your mother is helping you, you will have piece of mind knowning she is with family. Did you feel more like a human again? I cant wait till my boys are both at school for me to go back to work. To do other stuff beside house work....
* I understand some mothers have to go back to work ASAP. But there isn't any way I could do it leaving my baby with a complete stranger at a daycare centre where he could catch anything. And they don't know the specail way he go to sleep or the specail way he likes to be cuddled. I would just be worried all day.

Meg: my first DS has his teddy, and it's so cute he rub's Beckette (teddy name) on his noise, has done since he wasn't wrapped up at about 9months old.
* TIP: try and buy same one and swap them around, so you can wash one.

Sharon: How are you copping with the same old stuff? There are little buggers when they escape from their wraps. If wyatt does then I have to re-wrap him and he wakes up more which mean longer to get back to sleep for both of us.


Oh yeah on Cong to Keith and Nicole having a baby girl. Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. What wonderful news, they seem such a wonderfully down to earth couple (aussie).

Well better get off, let the rat race for today being...
Cheers all
Sarah

[Fire]

Meg, not sure when we start the day, because it kinda goes:

6.30 - feed but looking at window, knowing it's morning
7.00 - stops feeding, closes eyes
7.30 - giggles and cuddles, cue him to poo and he may or may not do one (in a little bucket) nappy and new suit on the edge of bed, down to nana's for nana time while mama eats with DD.

I guess I'd call the 7.30 part the start of the day, but we're definitely "awake" before that, but both of us too damned lazy to do anything about it. Play is still on a body here, on a lap, or in arms or in sling. Although recently, I've put him on the play mat on the floor but it weirds him out. Too much stim and he can't take it for long. Then we do a mini feed when he starts to grizzle and then sleep. At night, there isn't a routine, and I can't stand it. I'm trying to implement one but DH has him at that time while I deal with DD. At the moment, the only cue he has that it's sleep time is that it is darker, dinner is being eaten at 5pm and we have a bath sometime around 6pm. He sleeps on the couch while DH surfs online and is brought to me at each hunger wake. So there is no "bed" to have bedtime for. I must change that soon.

Which reminds me, I'm getting a tetra bed. Anyone used one? His cot overwhelms him, so I need to "shrink" it for him, and this will come in handy when we eventually bring him into the family bed. He's a big boy though, so I hope they're big!

Who does night time nappy changes? I... don't. Bad mummy. He goes 12 hours sometimes in the same nappy (he has feeds in that time, just isn't awake). He hasn't had a rash or anything, but has soaked through his clothes at times but I use two boosters now and that has curtailed that. Tell me someone else does that so I don't feel so bad.

Michelle, that's cool about how it all worked out for you!

Nettie, your cot looks just like ours.

Can you all keep me updated on how your cot transitions go? What works, what doesn't, etc. We are cot napping, co night sleeping too so I'm interested how others take to it. Ci only does one half hour stint before he wakes and until I can brave putting him in awake over and over until he sleeps, that's probably all I'll get.

Does expressing mess with your supply? I'm worried about getting too much milk again, now that my supply has chilled a bit. But I want to build a freezer supply, but don't want my body to go nuts replacing all that milk that His Chokeness has to deal with. Is there a best way to do it?