Babies Born in July 2006 #3

[kmh]

em- what i have been doing latley is when Charlotte starts to crack it i wrap her and then put her in her bed, sometimes she will cry and then i will normally go in after a few mins put her dummy back in and walk out, then she will normally lay there for about 15-30mins until she slowly goes to sleep, have been doin this and it works really well, during the day she can sleep up to 2:30-3 hrs, and then at night she will go about 6 hrs.

Bubs- in regards to tounge tie, i really don't know, i am getting it done so there will be no problems with speach later on, my MCHN said that some children don't need it done and the skin between the tounge will strech.

Fee- did you do a roll over feed?

Having a good day, i think Madison is trying to drop her afternoon sleep though i will keep putting her into bed as i ahve been told they should drop it about 3 years of age, she will normally just pl;ay and look at some books., when to target and got some nappies today as they were on special.
Has anyone thought what they are going to get their babies for Christmas, i have no idea.

[Cassie]

Hi girls

Having a lovely week. Had mothers group on Monday which was fun. Saw one girlfriend yesterday with her 3 month old daughter we had a walk and lunch in a cafe and a look at the shops. Then today had my dear friend who is 15 weeks pregnant come over and we went out for lunch and a look at the shops and we always have great chats about pregnancy, babies and childrens issues so that was great. Haven't had Dylan's immunisations done as yet have put it off til next week.

Em I think it depends on whether it is daytime or nighttime when this is happening. In the daytime I let Dylan sleep as long as he will usually between 20mins to an hour and then get him up. During the night though I try to get him to resettle if I believe he does not need a feed.

Anyway baby crying in the background so no more time for here!

[Fee]

Cooper hardly had any sleep yesterday. About 2 hours around 9.00 am to 11.00 am. That was it! I could not get him to sleep after any of his other feed/play sessions. I hate days like that. I just don't understand why he won't sleep. It's obvious he is tired. I see the signs and try to put him in his cot but he just cries. But then he'll sleep on me!

He slept well last night though – just his usual. Feed him around 5.00 pm, 1.30 am and 5.45 am. And he settles perfectly every time. Don't understand why he can't do this during the day. What's the difference?!

Bubseykel – Hope you and Danielle are feeling better.

Fraser – Good question about the waking during light sleep. I think this is what happens with Cooper sometimes. On the days I can actually get him to sleep in his cot, he often wakes up just an hour later – way too early for his next feed. I usually pick him up. Maybe he's still tired and just needs to be patted or something? I've got no idea. Feel like I don't have a clue lately. So frustrating.

kmh – Nah I haven't tried the rollover feed yet. I am not 100% sure if I want to! I think I'll have trouble staying awake until 10.00 pm though… we'll see!

Cassie – Sounds like you are having a great week. Very nice!

[Bubseykel]

Fee - Danielle was very much like that yesterday but that's her all over. She slept from 10.30 to 12.30 and had maybe 3 half hour catnaps during the day. I was surprised she slept those 2 hours in the morning. I agree - it can be so frustrating!! I don't know about you but I would prefer them sleeping more at night and less during the day.

Cassie - sounds like you are having a lovely week.

Kel - we are thinking of buying Danielle a ride on bike of some sort. We had a Toyworld catalogue and Ken was gooing and garing over those bikes. We'll wait until it's closer I think.

We both seem back to normal now. Danielle slept through the night 8ish to 7.15am and I'm eating normally again so we both feel good. I think staying home yesterday helped both of us. I've changed Danielle's routine now. I feed her on demand during the late afternoon and evening, then at 6.30-7pm I give her a bit of 'Nuddy Time', then I give her a bath and feed her and she goes to bed. It seemed to work and kept her up until 8 quite easily. Off to Mother's Group today. We are learning Baby Massage today. Danielle gets it now but I guess it's not the proper way but she loves it anyway.

Better go - she's awake now. Have a great day!!

[kmh]

had a really restless night last night, she was sort of waking up at 10pm so i feed her, she only lasted about 5mins so i put her back inot bed, she then was up around 12pm so i feed her, she then was up at 2am so i put her in bed with me, went back to sleep, was up at 4:45 feed her, she didn't feed much and then was up at 7am feed her in bed ans she went back to sleep until 9am. She was tired again at 9:30 so back in bed and she is asleep at the moment.

Fee i hate those kind of days, i find Charlotte sleeps really well in the mornings and then cap naps during the afternoon usually in her swing.

busb- good to see you are back to normal, wow Danielle sleeps so well over night, i wish.

the little miss is awake now so i must be off, have a great day

[Plagued]

Hello all - its been awhile but have had so much happening. Poor Zac has an umbili hernia and colic so he is very fussy at the moment. When to QE2 to try and sort it out but left as they didnt help and made me feel bad for co sleeping. Is any one else co sleeping? i got quiet a shock last night. gave zac a feed about 7.30 and he feel asleep but kept feeding for about an hour an a half. DH then helped me detach him and held him for a few minutes to make sure he didnt wake and then put him back to bed with me and he slept until 3.30. he had another feed and slept until 8.30 then played abit then had a feed and fell back asleep.
I am just so happy i can now get him to sleep without being attached. better go and get DH up for work befor hius alarm wakes zac

[baiza]

hey girls
how are you all doing bailee wakes abot 930am after a 12 to 13hr night sleeptehn he is awake all day he may nod of for an hour or so but thats all he osent wanna miss out on anything lol iknow he is only two months old but he dose crake it we leave the room to go out side we wants to come to lol
anyways better gotta get ready for the health nurse 4 weeks of ago he weighted 4256
his length was 54cm and his head was 38.7 so i wonder how big he is today ill post again when we get home to show you all how big he is lol

[Fraser]

hi guys,

well just when Charlie seems to be calming down everyone else;s babbies are unsettling.

Fee - I tried the rollover feed last night - it was hard to wake him and I felt a bit guilty - but we got him up at 10pm and fed him and he slept through until 4.30am - not quite as long as I would have liked but way better than 2am! when I fed him at 10pm he was ravenous even though we had to wake him to feed him - so obviously his tiredness over rode his hunger - I reckon you should try the roll over feed too. I'm going to do it again tonight.

well it's true you can break habits in a young baby in a couple of days - two days of perserverance and consistency and Charlie is happy to go into his cot awake and will put himself to sleep - he has his moments of squawking every now and then but a little cot jiggle and a few 'ssshhhh' noises and he's off to sleep again - I am so glad I canned all visitors and cancelled any appts I had and stuck with this for a few days - it has made heaps of difference - and I am much better at working out his tired signs - he seems much happier too!

Chantal - we don't co-sleep because I am a deep sleeper - so I get worried I will squash him - I have done it a couple of times when he was really young and wouldn't settle - it's lovely to know they are so close. Dh wont let me do it now he's bigger because he doesn't want him to get into the habit of sleeping in our bed

Thanks for all our advice ladies - I took it all on board and tried different little things with him yesterday - it appears that he is normal and it's really good to read that you guys all deal with the same issues (not that I wish them upon you!) but just reading that you are going through the same stuff makes me feel relieved and happy that I'm not doing anything wrong - he's just a normal baby!

Thanks everyone!

Em

[Fraser]

oh and ps: mum and i weighed Charlie today in a round about fashion - I stood on the scales and then held Charlie.... we think he weighs about 7 kilos...... CRIKEY!!!! that's 15 or so pounds... will he ever stop putting on weight????

He's almost into 0 sized grow suits and almost up to the next size of nappies.... I thought you couldn't overfeed a breastfed baby - but it appears that you can!!!!

[baiza]

hey girls i thought ill get back to ya about bailees nurse check up well weight is 5542 his lengths is 58cm and his head is 41cm he's a big boy all nornal and i told hr that he is staring to reach for thing and touch things and she was inpressed as she told me most babies dont start that til half way though the 3rd month its good to know your baby wants to learn heaps il bet ya he;ll start walking early cos he has his sister around i read they do start thing early if they havr bro or sis around chloe did start walking til the day of her first birthday which was a heart felt moment i cryed everytime she walked that day it was like she new it was her day lol

[Deejoy17]

Cassie - Sorry to hear you had a bad night last night, hope you get a better one tonight. If your breast continues to be sore make sure you get to the Dr asap as you may have mastitis which needs treatment asap but your doing the right thing by still using it.

Em - Seems like you and I both have big bubs, not sure what Adrian is now but at 4wks, 6 days he was 6kg and he`s piled it on since then which was 12 days ago. You certainly can`t overfeed breastfed babies, they are just going to be big boys.

Fee - 12 hours that`s great, we got 10 hours out of Adrian 2 nights agao which I thought was good.

Baiza - Sounds like Bailee is doing well, I too expect Adrian to do things quicker then Matthew, a bit like follow the leader LOL

Hello to everyone who I`ve missed

[Fraser]

well done Cooper!!! that's fantastic Fee! I decided not to do the rollover feed last night (ok decided is the wrong word - I fell asleep) so Charlie slept from 7pm until 3.30am - so I think we're getting there slowly - you must feel amazing today having such a good sleep!

Baiza - sounds like Bailee is going fantastically well - he's looks so cute in your ticker.

well after having a great day of self settling and good sleeping the little bugger wouldn't go to sleep last night until 7ish (normally drops off at about 5pm)- grizzled and shouted and mucked around - I guess it's all part of the new routine!

It is an absolute horror of a day here today - gale force winds and heaps of lashing rain - it's nice to be inside in the warm but I would have liked to have gone for a walk today!

have a great weekend ladies!

Em

[Fee]

well after having a great day of self settling and good sleeping the little bugger wouldn't go to sleep last night until 7ish (normally drops off at about 5pm)- grizzled and shouted and mucked around - I guess it's all part of the new routine!

Cooper has nights like these sometimes. He is normally great at putting himself to sleep after his last feed of the day (usually 5-6 pm) but every now and then he has a night where he keeps grizzling and acting like he's hungry so I end up feeding him again an hour later and sometimes another hour after that! Thankfully it's not an every night thing!

[kmh]

hi all
fee- wow 12 hours, cooper did so well, hope he keeps it up for you. Charlotte is still in newborn size for nappies, still got a couple to go and then she will be in infant, i have brought heaps so hopefully she dosn't grow out of them too soon, she still wears some newborn size clothes.

fraser- just when you think you have got them in a routine, they change. Charlotte did that today, normally she will fall asleep about 30mins after her morning feed, but today she hardly slept. Charlotte is still in 000 jumpsuits and 0000 pants and jumper sets, she is still tiny last friday she only weighed in at 4.435kilos and that was after a growth spurt.

Baizar- glad to see that baliee is doing so well, Charlotte loves to watch Madison run around.

wow, i had both girls in bed by 7;30, it is very quite in my house, as Tim is at work until 2:30am i hate it when he does this shift. I was thinking of giving Charlotte a roll over feed, but i wont, hopefully she will have a long sleep.
I have to take Madison to get new shoes tomorrow, i have been told by the ciro to get her fitted for shoes, i didn't really want to spend $60 on a pair of shoes for her but i have to.

[Cassie]

Hi girls

Wow fee thats amazing 12 hours, dylan has gone 8 hours before which i thought was pretty good.

Dylan had quite an unsettled night last night for him that is, he wa so grizzly at his 6pm feed that I put him straight to bed without any play time he did have a cuddle with dad though, then he grizzled and had to be settle from about 6.45 til about 7.30 then he woek up at 8pm and had to be resettled and then he woke again at 10.30 with a wet nappy and then finally at 11.55 I fed him and again at 5 and then at 8 this was a pretty bad night as he will usually sleep from the 6pm feed til at least 1 or 2 oh well maybe tonight will be better.

My left breast is sore and Dylan is being fussy at it when feeding I wonder if I have an infection or something. I am putting him on that one first at each feed and I have been expressing from it but still sore. Am actually braless at the moment to see if that helps. Also Dylan has not pooed since Tuesday has anyone else had this happen. The only thing his little bottom is doing is heaps of smelly farts especially when he is on the boob so I cannot escape, yuck!

Fraser Charlie is a big boy, I thought Dylan was huge but weighed in at 4.9kg at the last weigh in a wek and a half ago, must weigh him again this week.

Baiza Got your email and have signed up will try and log on this Thursday can't on Monday.

Byeee.

[baiza]

no worries cassie
dose any other girls wanna join msn chatroom for mother chat sessions on monday and thursday at 1 if so send me your email address at baiza01@hotmail.com

[Cassie]

Hi girls

Back again. Have been baby and husband less all arvo and have had a nap and a bath and done some housework now I want them home, oh I miss my baby boy when he is not here.

Dee Yeah I was thinking it may be mastitis too and actually have an appointment with my GP anyway this wednesday so will ask it not better by then. Have a heat pack on the boob at the moment, youch!

Here are some new photos of my baby boy and one early morning one of me, eeek! At least you can't see my jelly belly or thunder thighs in it!

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../Dylan2051.jpg
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http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../Dylan2135.jpg
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Byeee!

[Fraser]

aarrrgghhhhh after having such a good week last week we're right back to the 'I don't want to sleep during the day' times.

He's so grizzly, he falls asleep in my arms after being fed but then is wide awake as soon as his head hits the mattress.....gggrrrrrrr

He woke at midnight last night and I thought oh well that's ok he may well sleep through until 7am - but no woke at 5am - I can't work him out!

Dee - I think Charlie is so big because I hated it when he was tiny, he scared me, so subconsciously I have been overfeeding him to get him to a size where he doesn't seem so fragile!! I could just pinch those cheeks of Adrians - he's so adorable!!

Fee - I can't believe Cooper is such a wriggler! Charlie is normally in the exact same position when he wakes up - sometimes he scoots up a little bit but never down. Is it warm enough where you are to leave Cooper without a blanket? I'm so jealous - it's only 12 degrees down here today. I don't let Charlie play at the last feed - Simon sometimes reads him a book if he still seems quite awake - but he's generally so tired he just goes straight down anyway.

Dustmite - long time no read! How are things with your tribe?

Cassie - Great pics of Dylan - he's so cute! I hope it's not mastitis too - I sometimes get just one sore boob - it's always the left one - it aches and hurts when Charlie attachs - but it goes away after a while - I just give it a good rub in the shower each morning. My 13 week old neice is breast fed and she often goes up to 7 days without doing a poo - don't know why - it worries her mum but apparently it's quite common.

Baiza - did you get my request to join the MSN group? I think I've finally managed to work it all out!

Has anyone heard from Cle? I wonder how her kidneys are - did she post in the last three weeks when I wasn't online?

Last baby massage class tomorrow - I'll be glad when they're over - I have mothers groups on the same day and poor Charlie doesn't cope with all the activity - gets quite grumpy by the time we get to mothers group.

Have a great week everyone

Em