I was wondering if I could join in with you guys. My DS was born on 10/12/2008 2 weeks early, he was due 24/12/2008.
Overall he is a pretty good baby. We have had a few issues with his feeding. DS is ff after a hard introduction to bf and overall I am happy with the decision to ff. Recently the GP thought he had reflux but I have my doubts. Last week he just seemed to snap out of his grumpy behaviour, fingers crossed it stays that way!
Our main issue is day sleeps at the mo. Little man wont sleep for more than 1 sleep cycle which makes it hard to get anything done. Although I would rather have cuddles than do housework any day!
Nights aren't too bad but he is yet to sleep through. He usually wakes between 3-4 for a feed but is straight back to sleep after that. The longest he has gone is 4:50 at this stage.
my little girl Aimee was due 8/12/08 but arrived early on the 11/11/08 but I have joined this baby buddies group as I know a lot of these great girls from our bellt buddy thread. The short day sleeps must make things tricky, Aimee has a lot of short day sleeps but then has a really good sleep in the arvo for 2-3hrs in her cot with the lights out. Wish I could help you more but she settled into this routine on her own.
Littlelala- sounds like o is growing well, how long before you make the big move? Our holiday was great but we didnt actually spend much time on the gold coast Dad lives in Evans head 1 hour south of Byron Bay, gorgoues little town its so relaxed.
mel_cur - a spa would be lovely one day (dont think it'll be in the budget for us for some time). The stinky poo's after vaccination are because of the rota virus ( a form of gastro) vaccination, it is a live vaccine so they get a mini dose of gastro - yucky but better than the real deal. When I worked in paeds we would often have half the ward full of kids with rota virus when there was an outbreak that was really bad
Skye- hope Mia is a bit more settled for you, if only we could speak baby and understand what is going on
Kitten hope little laa has continued with the good sleeps
Well I think Aimee's throat is better but she still has a blocked nose which is making feeds tricky, she gets frustrated with not being able to feed and breathe at the same time (perfectly understantable I'd crack it if it were me). She now is 67cm and 7kg so growing well, paed thought her weight percentile had dropped and it had on the paeds chart but not the one in the blue book (the one they get at birth) so who knows she is looking chubby and bright still and still gaining so Im not worried. We will go back for another measure in about a month. I think she is becoming a thumb sucker, now she has found it she loves putting it in.
Things aren't so good here at the moment, it's becoming a struggle to get Jaycen to nap at all during the day, he only falls asleep after he has become so overtired that he can't keep awake any longer or when he's in the pram and I'm walking. It's frustrating because I can't get anything done. Then when he is asleep 9 times out of 10 he wakes up screaming. MCHN sayd it's a stage, but it's damn frustrating and I'm in enough pain as it is.
My neck and the base of my skull has been sore, and I've been getting really bad migraines and tension headaches for 3 weeks now, I'm going to the doctors on thursday so hopefully I can find out whats going on.
I've also had AF 5 times now, my body has gone completely haywire!
On the upside, I've started working as an Avon rep and will be having a stall at my local sunday market selling bits and pieces from around the home, like jewellery, baby items, avon products, linen, furniture and other household items. I'm also selling Nappy Cakes. It brings in a bit of extra money, so it's worth it.
Sorry about my rant, needed to get it out, and DF is away at work so I can't lump it all on him.
I hear ya on the no day sleeps, I am lucky to get one sleep cycle out of Elise during the day, so about 40-45 mins then she is up and only has cat naps for the rest of the day.
She is in bed by 830pm and sleeps through til 6-7 though, lucky otherwise I would be one unhappy mumma. I tend to get what I need to done at night after she has gone down.
I just can't do anything during the day and was making myself stress out about it, so switched to nights.
If you leave him in the pram after a walk will he stay alseep? I've done that a few times with Elise, left her just inside the front door.
I hope you get your migranes sorted, poor thing.
Sara- glad Aimee is feeling better, nothing worse when they are sick, feel so sorry for the poor little mites.
Welcome Isabel, I love my cuddles too, beats mopping the floor any day.
Hiya to everyone else Imissed, can't remember what you all said now, late and I am tired, you all know how it is.
Jenna/ll80/Isabel - that would be very frustrating. its sounds like it's one or the other as Ochre is the opposite - he has 3 naps during the day and only lasts about 1.5 to 2 hours awake time before he needs to sleep. he is still asleep now (its 3pm and i put him down at 1!) but unfortunately he doesn't sleep as well at night. last night was our best one in ages and he still was up twice for feeds between 8 and 7.30am. have u tried putting bubs down in his/her bed for day sleeps? O has all his naps in his cot - he seems to know that this means nap time.
sara- that's great weight and length hon - i wouldn't be worried at all. mmmm.. a relaxing holiday in Qld sounds just divine we probably wont be moving that way for another year. just going to sell the house we own now and rent my inlaws to save money. O is a bit of a finger sucker too = they seem to be permanently in his mouth!
skye - how's Mia going? did u try taking the dummy away like u said on facebook? i can understand your frustration as O pulls his out all the time and i feel like i'm forever going in and out of the room to put it back in some days/nights.
Thank you for the welcome ladies. I appreciate it.
Little lalla: I normally put DS in his cot for all sleeps while we are home. He will sleep in the pram as well but as soon as you stop moving he wakes up so I cant park him whike he is asleep. I swear people at shopping centres think we are loony doing laps of the shopping centre while my angel sleeps! He used to sleep in the swing and in our arms but he doesn't seem to do that anymore. He just screams till you put him in bed.This makes it hard at mothers group as I have to put alot of effort into putting him to sleep in my arms as we cant have our prams in the room.
I am hoping that DS will sleep better in the day when he gets older and is a bit more active. The cat naps are annoying but not the end of the world. I just need to be a bit more organized. On the topic of cat naps DH came homne from work one day and I hadn't been able to do any housework because of DS cat naps. Anyway I asked DH to sit on the couch with DS while i do a quick clean of the house. His response: Oh that is annoying, I cant relax coz I need to lift my feet so you can vacum under them!! OMG I thought I would strangle him! I think he realised how stupid that comment was as soon as it came out of his mouth!
To all those who are having trouble with cat napping....Mia was the same, having only 30- 40 mins at a time. I have started a new routine with her during the day, and now she sleeps 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon, and a 1 hour nap later in the afternoon. It is so fantastic, I pray it lasts. She sleeps for 2 hours on the dot.
So, Im so happy it seems our days are working out really well....I can type out the routine if anyone wants..
Having said that, our nights are still crap. She is waking twice a night, at 1.30am and 4.30am then she gets up at 6. I have tried to resettle, etc but she is wide awake. Atleast I get to sleep in the day!
Sara- sounds like Aimee is doing so well. Mia is now 6.5 kilos, not far behind! She has such chubby cheeks.
Jenna- sorry to hear you are having a tough time. Does Jaycen settle on his own? Let me know and I can tell you our routine, might be worth a try. Thats awesome about the extra money, who do you sell the nappy cakes to? Id love to do something like that.
Migraines SUCK, do you take medicine for them?
ll80- sounds like your nights are fantastic, I wish. I have the opposite problem!
Littlelalla- i havent taken the dummy away yet, she seems so happy with it and settles really well.She "used" to sleep through with it, so I will wait and see.
Isabel- welcome! I had Mia on 15/11, she was due 4/12. 3 weeks early. Like the other ladies I was in this belly buddies group, so have stayed here.
ROFL@ your DH! Sounds like something mine would say
Hope everyone is doing well! x
p.s does anyone know why I cant change my "mood" thing? Im not hot anymore!
The first day was a bit hard, but she has adapted so well! Oh and sometimes I will feed her extra if she is hungry!
7am- feed
8am- walk
8.45am- Bed
10.45/11- wake up and feed
1pm- Bed
3pm- wake up and feed
4.30pm- Bed
5.30pm- wake up and go for a walk
6.00pm- bath
6.30pm- feed (but have been giving a bit earlier)
7pm- bed.
It is good having this routine, I have adjusted it like if I have to go out Ill move her sleep forward etc, it is a rough routine, but works well. I started this on Monday and on the first day she started the 2 hour sleeps....I think it is because I held her out til 8.45am....
Skye - Ochre does kinda the same routine - he does a one hour nap in the morning straight after school drop off (absolutely no time for a walk!), 2 hours in the middle of the day (1pm to 3pm) and another hour in the arvo. because of the chaos that surrounds tea time he doesn't go to bed til 8 ish....do you bath Mia every night? i think fresh air does wonders for them. the days i have had Ochre outside for more than an hour he has had a better nights sleep. great to hear your new routine is working
Isabel - omg Ochre is exactly the same - he doesn't like to be held 'like a baby' anymore. he used to love falling asleep on my chest but he really has to be in the right mood for that now. he still looves his carrier and will sleep in that which is very handy when i take DS 2 to kindergym or do the shopping
oh forgot to add - skye i don't even have the mood thingy on the screen anymore so I haven't been able to change my 'hot' status either!! where has it disappeared to?!?!?!
Lachlan will not sleep on my chest at all anymore. He did it for the first time in ages a couple weeks ago and DH took a photo as I think it will be the last time he will do it
I cant believe how quickly they grow up. My boy is turning into a Mr independant!
Just stopping in briefly again before I have dinner and pop off to bed.
And a belated welcome to Isabel Noticed you last time but forgot to add my welcome lol
littlelalla75 - I'm lucky that Jaycen will sleep anywhere when he does get tired, or overtired, enough to sleep. Tried cot, tried pram - he wakes up within 10 minutes of me stopping walking, tried floor - it works occasionally but only when he's overtired, even tried my bed - only works after a bottle lol and sometimes not even then.
Skyeblue - Jaycen will 'occasionally' settle on his own lol usually he needs his dummy and the little musical toy going to get to sleep. His dummy ends up falling out at some point while he's asleep, and he only grizzles for it if he isn't in a deep sleep.
I'm selling the nappy cakes at my local sunday market this weekend, hopefully I'll sell some. I was sick of being bored at home when Jaycen was sleeping or playing with his baby gym when I remembered the nappy cake that I'd bought before he was born (luckily he never fitted into the nappies it was made out of lol they were huggies newborn ones, so I can re-sell it too). I'm selling them for between $7.50 for one with 7 nappies in it to $20 for one with 35 nappies in it. Some are made with Snugglers nappies and others are made with Drybots which are the ones that I use for Jaycen and only cost $13 for a pack of 44.
The only routine we have is first morning feed and last night feed then bed lol because I usually go down the street every two days it would throw out any routine we started, so everything is on demand, feeds included.
I've been taking ibuprofen as my usual codeine-carrying pain killers weren't working. So far it's making everything more managable. I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully she can tell me whats wrong, or prescribe me something stronger. DF and I have a suspicion that it might be my pillow that's caus9ing all the problems, but I've been using DF's pillow this week and it hasn't been helping at all, so it's all a bit mysterious.
Last edited by JennaJayen; March 25th, 2009 at 09:28 PM.
Same here...tried to get Mia to sleep on me today at M's group but she wouldnt, had to take her home to bed, she will only sleep there, not even in the pram!
Littlelalla I cant see the mood thing either! Yes I bath Mia every night, she LOVES her nightly baths!
Maya has been going great lately. Heaps of smiles and getting very active. She is so strong! She has also started rolling onto her side finally and loves grabbing her legs. She was being a real bugger with her bottle lately - after about 90mls she would pull off screaming and was really had to get back on. She would suck a bit longer then scream again. DH figured it out! We still had her on the slow teat! We upgraded to the next teat and she loves the bottle again - drinks 180mls without a fuss
Welcome Isabel - Maya was born 7/11 but I stayed here as well. Just easier imo
mel_cur - Aimee is doing the same thing when I am bf her, wish I could get a faster nipple lol
Isabel - your DH sounds like my DF, glad he worked out he'd made a mistake lol
skye- hope your routine is still working, I am thinking about trying to get Aimee to have a morning nap at a set time but we always seem to be doing something so she just sleeps when she can poor thing.
Well as I said Aimee keeps pulling off during feeds and crying and Im sure its when my flow slows down, she wont suck again to get the second let down and I think my supply is dropping becuase of it so I have started taking fenungreek. She is still hungry because when I express a bit of milk into her mouth she re attatches, I often have to swap her side to side a few times to get her to keep feeding its driving me batty. She also gets easily distratced when feeding and pulls off to have a look around or a chat
Mel_cur: Thats funny about the slow flow teat. Its funny how they get fussy all of a sudden. We tried DS on the 3 month avent teats but it caused all sorts of problems so we are sticking with the 1 month teats for now. 180 mls is a good amount of formula, DS is drinking around 120ml at the moment, he will take more but then bring it all back up so for now I am limiting him. What formula are you using?
Ok so I have a major vent to get off my chest so I apologise in advance but I need to get it out so here goes.
DS had the worst day today, like he was possesed It was horrible. I had coffee with a few old friends this morning and he got so upset. I had to try and rock him to sleep which was not easy but he finally went for a sleep. He was ok after that for awhile and we went for a bit of a walk around the shops and then he got all upset again. This carried on all day. It was so distressing. He would be fine one moment and then be in histerics. I went to the shops to get him a teether as I thought maybe teeth?? He was somewhat interested in it and spent quite a while sucking on it. In the end I ran out of ideas so I gave him some panadol as I just could not work out what was wrong with him. It didn't really help. He does seem to be a bit snuffly at the moment so maybe he has a cold again. He had one a couple weeks ago, we seem to be passing between us as I have had two colds in the last few weeks. I tried to unclog his nose with those saline drops but he got so worked up I have no idea how many drops I actually got in.
He is in bed at the moment thank goodness. Hopefully he has a good nights sleep.
I am so confused at the moment. We have had a few drama's in the last few weeks as the GP thought he had reflux, he got some medicine, came off it and was fine and now he is getting upset again. But he also had a cold the last time he was so upset so maybe its the cold not reflux. grrr Its so confusing.
Isabel- wow I had an identical day to yours about a week ago. Went out for lunch and Mia all of a sudden started screaming hysterically, I was trying to rock her to sleep, take her for a walk, give her a dummy, bottle. She was fine, then would start screaming again.
It carried on for a couple of hours so I gave her panadol and she fell asleep.
This happened 1 week after her needles so I think it is related to that. Has your DS had needles recently? Sorry, will go and check if you have written that.
Mel- very interesting about the teat. Mia is still on the one month teats, and it still leaks everywhere so I think she is ok. I might buy a faster one and try it though. Loved the video of Maya rolling too!
Sara- I know what you mean about always doing something, I bet it is hard when you have 2 littlies, it is easier for me coz I only have one. The routine is working but I do have to be a bit flexible, like sleep time is 9am every morning but this morning she just couldnt hold out so I put her down at 8.50am, oh well.
Well today DH is home so I might go and and buy some nappies and formula. I got to go for a power walk this morning, alone, which was great!
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we probably wont be moving that way for another year. just going to sell the house we own now and rent my inlaws to save money. O is a bit of a finger sucker too = they seem to be permanently in his mouth! 
OMG I thought I would strangle him! I think he realised how stupid that comment was as soon as it came out of his mouth!
Yes I bath Mia every night, she LOVES her nightly baths! 
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