Babies Born January 16th ~ 31st 2009 #2

[LuckyStar]

HAPPY 4 MONTHS SAM!!

Welcome back Soph!

Nice to hear from you again Mir!

Ren and Runner: My Bumbo was the best money I ever spent on DD.....love it! She still now, at nearly 2, will sit in it to watch TV or when we are out at a BBQ (beats sitting on the ground). Be sure to get the tray as well. Toys'r'us have a great special (in QLD) on the Bumbo and tray at the moment. I have an aqua one. Here is a pic of DD when she was 6 months old in her Bumbo.

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...21&ppuser=6864

ETA: Sorry, I tried to rotate it but it became distorted.

We took it everywhere!

TTFN

[soniebon]

hi gang

Been busy this week so not much time....
i feel yuk atm,i have a shocking ear n throat infection grrrrr,i have stabbing pain in my left ear...ouch so not expecting much sleep
Nixon is doing well,the Losec must have kicked in,we still get catnapping during day but the sleeps have and are improving..ive also been giving him Brauers stomach calm,been great as an alternative therapy for reflux...We also went back to his original formula which was Heinz nurture 1 gold and Karicare gold plus adding the karicare thickener to his bottles,its worked a treat,hes now having around 150 ml and finishing his bottles,,,so much happier,the car trips are still a little issue but have improved so much!!!
My boys 3 months old today..yay
cant wait for him to sleep thru the night,.he goes bed around 7-8pm,had dreamfeed at 11pm sleeps til 3or 4am wakes for feed then sleeps til 7-8am...not too bad,im not comparing but everyone else i know with kids same age has them sleeping right through from 11pm-8am????????? i bloody wish!! hes a good kid though so cant complain,hes such a talker(like his mum)some of the noises now,omg!!! they are so funny
anyways im off to get some food,nurofen+ and try sleep early night as im gonna have a hell of a night with my earache..
Hope everyone had a nice easter,mmm i still have 2 choccky rabbits to devour
what diet??
cheers bon

[runnermum]

soniebon - you sound like you have the same as my hubby - terrible throat infection, fever and aches, now a bad cold..........it is so horrible. I hope you get better very soon.

I have a bad sinus cold, and sore throat now too. better not get any worse! all i can take is panadol too, nothing stronger, 'cause of breastfeeding.

Hey, I think your little one is doing well in the sleeping department. Amara gets feed about 7.30pm and goes until about 2am and then wakes at 5.30 and then I feed her as the sun is coming up -about 5.45am...

Ladies - 2 questions - first, dreamfeeders - so does this mean you wake your bubba up to feed? do they generally feed well or are too sleepy sometimes??

second - going to their own room - when did you do this? I am starting to think Amara may be ready to go her room to sleep and this may help us all.... she is 11 weeks this week.

thanks ladies,
oh and Ren - I will check out this Bambo seat you speak of!

[Shanti]

Runner - the dream feed is where you pick up your baby from their sleep but don't wake them.... don't talk to them or unwrap them and just feed them with the bottle or breast. It's easier I think when you feed them with the bottle.... i've done both. breast is harder i think!! lol but it takes practise i guess... i tend to fumble around too much when getting ready to breastfeed haha! i give DD her dream feed at 10pm each night unless she's awake then i just feed her normally.
With a dreamfeed no need to burp them just put them straight back down and go to bed... cos they dont' take in much air when they have a dream feed as they arent gulping iykwim? hope that helps.

Bon - my DD is about the same with her sleeping. will only sleep 4-5hrs then wake for a feed usually... lucky if i get 5-6hrs sleep straight thru.... it will happen one day..... they are still so young. hang in there. good work with the formula etc working better for him.

Well best be off... Ava is having her 830-930 sleep now (bit late today!!) and in there talking to herself wanting me to come back in lol but i'm not... she's not crying so she's ok to be left. When she starts crying i'll go in. (if she does!) In the meantime must get some work done around the house.....

Oh! And last night it was sooooo cute... DH upset Ava when he sneezed and was holding her and she had the coathanger bottom lip happenign so cute and he went "awwww sorry Ava" and she kept on with the lip just about crying, i walk over and say "ooooh poor Ava" and she then started bawling!!!! LOL it was funny cos she saw me and heard me so then she started... i picked her up cuddled her and she stopped!!! hehe i think these babies are smarter than we realise

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

REN - lol on the dream feed with the breast - I've tried it a few times with Ella but inevitably i end up waking her up! - She still feeds normally but am yet to be able to put her down without burping!!

Quick question ladies - is anyone else finding that their bub doesnt like tummy time? - I've done tummy time with Ella since she was 5 weeks, but the last 2 weeks she just cries and fights it - the longest i can leave her is about 2 mins and thats with all the toys and propping her up with a rolled up towel!! - her head control is really good even without the tummy time, but you read so much (and get told by the MCHN) how important it is for their development that im starting to worry now that her neck muscles will go weak again - any suggestions?

[mir]

hi guys

hope all had a good weekend

Dreamfeed has never worked on R so we don't bother now MCHN said that sometimes it works better when bubs gets older so might try again in a month or so

With tummy time R isnt so bad but we have to do it after his woken up but before a feed so very small window of acceptable tummy time.

Gill our pead told us that you can't tell the difference between bubs who have had tummy time and bubs that haven't at 18 months so don't feel bad some of the other things you can do that seem to be working for us are if you hold bubs high on ur shoulder so arms and head are above ur shoulder they are exercising neck muscles. you can also prop them up on a pillow at a high angle the same way. If you have a bath together the kicking strenthens legs and back or she might be happy to lie on ur chest in the bath and push up

gotta go R is squirming around trying to have a convo lol he sounds like his telling me off for not being there to stare lovingly at him

[MummyDeb]

Hey girls

Hope u all had a great weekend

On the dreamfeed, Harley will have one if he hasn't had a feed by 8pm, so sort of either when I go to bed if its a late night, or generally I wake around 11.30 - 12pm for a toilet break and he is sort of stirring so I get a bottle and feed him then. He pretty much stays asleep for it. Do any of u dreamfeeding change as well? I have been but I find his nappy isn't even full...

On moving rooms, we haven't done that yet as DP still has to paint the old cot and put it back together!! I swear he is running out of time!! I wanted it painted as its white and Charlotte was a biter and it has bite marks everywhere, looks shocking!

Hope all of u with colds are feeling better!! I just have a headache that comes and goes, but I think its to do with my neck being out. I really need to have it looked at, just hesitant about it as I dont want it any worse. But DP has a good chiropractor so will see him when I get round to it.
Harley has a lil bit of cradle cap, the chemist guy said to just put baby oil in his hair and comb it and hopefully it will clear up, otherwise they have some stuff to treat it. I never experienced this before!

Well Im gonna head off...sorry I haven't been able to catch up on personals, just very tired, which I'm sure u will all understand Hope u girls are all good and ur babies are well!
Talk soon

Deb

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

Gill our pead told us that you can't tell the difference between bubs who have had tummy time and bubs that haven't at 18 months so don't feel bad some of the other things you can do that seem to be working for us are if you hold bubs high on ur shoulder so arms and head are above ur shoulder they are exercising neck muscles. you can also prop them up on a pillow at a high angle the same way. If you have a bath together the kicking strenthens legs and back or she might be happy to lie on ur chest in the bath and push up

Thanks Mir - i think im just getting "over anxious 1st time mummyitis!" - as i have done the things you mentioned and Ella seems to enjoy them so maybe its just that she doesnt like being flat flat on her tummy - i know she enjoys it more with a pillow but i thought being elevated wouldn't allow her to use the muscles as much! - I'll keep up with the pillow and carrying her high - thanks again!