Babies Born August 1st ~ 15th 2009 #2

[Willow]

Hey all, thougth I'd pop in quickly while I have sleeping children and 5 mins to myself!

Sleep/feeding overnight - Totally agree that feeding every hour etc is over the top. I think if you're feeding every hour or many times at night then something's probably amiss but you do what works for you at the end of the day. I don't however see anything unusual in a 6 month old baby that feeds once or twice overnight. Not at all. I think it's unrealistic to think that most babies could go all night without a feed. If your baby sleeps through then that's awesome, but I'd dare say most babies wouldn't at this age.

For those who are resettling instead of feeding - How are you doing this? ie rocking, patting etc?? And how long are you spending each time? Nights like last night where we had a shocker and he woke about 4 times I think I need to resettle sometimes instead of feed. But to be honest, he doesn't settle quickly and I get so tired I just cave and feed him again I don't have a problem feeding him once or twice overnight but I want to cut out any more feeds than that. Have set myself a goal to work on them one at a time.

Also, anyone else down to 2 day sleeps already?? I've decided to stop fighting DS to have that last late afternoon nap and instead am putting him to bed at 6.30pm. Not ideal but I think he's over it to be honest. I've persisted for about 3 weeks now and he is still refusing that third sleep. He has two good sleeps of at least 1.5 hours usually, so he's still averaging 3-4 hours sleep a day. On the days he has short sleeps for some reason then he will have three but as I said, his naps are usually pretty good so that doesn't happen very often.

Misty - Glad to hear Baz is finally worm free. You must be so relieved. Good work on the weight loss too, you're doing an awesome job!

Saffi - Just noticed yesterday that D is cutting his two top teeth. Ouch! They look very red, inflamed and sore. I can clearly see the whites of the teeth so hopefully they won't take too much longer to come through. He hasn't been too out of sorts with it though, wonder if that teething necklace really works?? He has had a third on the bottom popping up and down for about 3 weeks now but still hasn't cut it. Weird. I know that can happen but I've never seen it before. Hope Immy is feeling better soon. How long now till you go back to work?

Koru - Glad to hear your sister is OK.

Megs - Glad to hear DD is feeling better. Hope she gets the hang of the solids soon. I switched to finger foods/BLS a bit a few days ago and have seen a huge improvement. Doing a mixture of that and mashed stuff too. I am so slow, I didn't realise you were in Newcastle! Have I already told you we are planning a move up there hopefully in about 18 months time??