Babies Born July 2007 #6

[Ben's Mum]

Hi Everyone!

I am new to this forum and I hope nobody minds if I join in on this thread.

My bubba Benjamin was born on 20 July in Australia, but we are living in Hong Kong. Have been here for about three years now. Ben was born with Talipes Equinovarus (Club Feet) so we have been doing his treatment at the Children's Hospital at Westmead and I am happy to say it is all going well. At the moment he has to wear boots with a bar in between (to keep his feet in the correct position) for 23 hours a day, but in 4 weeks he should go down to just wearing them at night - and I can not wait for that!

As for sleeping … well, I wish I could say I was very well rested, but a normal night for Ben is waking up at 10.30pm, 2am, 4am then 5 then 6 and that's when I usually give up!

I look forward to getting to know you all and sharing our baby joys and woes!

Mel

[blueflower]

Welcome Mel and Ben. I must say that Ben was born on a wonderful day! (Same day as my DD Kaetlyn). Hope all goes well at the appointment.

Just a quick question? what time do you all put your bubbas down to sleep at night? I usually feed Kaetlyn around 10.30 ish the rock her to sleep (over the last week she absolutly refused to go to sleep in her cot at night - and screams blue murder the minute I put her in- where as morning after her feed it is okay and she will sleep for anouther three hours in it).
She is usually asleep by about 11.30. Is this to late? should i be putting her in her cot ealier? She is sleeping through till about 8am (although this morning she slept through till 10am). Again is this to late or her to be sleeping?

tIA everyone. going bedy bies now

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies

Just posting to say HI

Im sorry i haven't posted for a bit, i have been reading though just unfortunatley things have taken a down hill slide around here atm and i have been keeping a low profile as i have not been the most cheerful person in the world.

My little darling has decided that waking every 2hrs at night is the BEST thing again, grrr...i got too used to his big sleeps, and he will only catnap during the day, i also have a nasty virus thing and i feel exhausted. Im keeping my fingers crossed ethan doesn't catch it, so far so good though, so happy about that. The other issue i will not bore you all with (looong story!) And to top it all off AF is just around the corner again, i wish she would turn around and go elsewhere for another week or so!! Shouldn't complain really 10.5months with out was wonderful Well i will stop rambling and hopefully will pop back tomorrow and post better.

Any way ladies hope you and your bubba's are happy and healthy.
Enjoy your weekends. Oh and Welcome to all the new mummy's and baby's.

Nighty night!

[jemima]

Welcome Bens mum - glad to have you join our group. I am looking forward to getting to know you and hearing about Ben. A friends baby boy was born with club feet and is is now doing amazingly well. He is about 18 months old and still wears the brace at night but he started walking at about 14 months and is about to start wearing shoes other than boots. He wasnt and still isnt bothered by wearing the brace.

Sara - I put Charlotte to bed ats 7pm and she sleeps until somewhere between 9pm and 9.30pm when I try to wake her and give her a top up which and she is back in bed asleep by 10pm. She then sleeps until somewhere between 5am and 6am and has a feed then goes back to sleep until somewhere between 7am and 8am. This just works for us as I have to try and fit her feeds etc in between dealing with the boys. If I was you I would try experiementing a bit with feeding her early and seeing if she still sleeps through. Onthe same hand if you are happy feeding her at 10.30 then keep doing it. Do what works for you I reckon. I dont think 10am is too late to be sleeping - sounds like bliss!!

Tears of joy -hugs to you. I hope Ethan goes back to his good sleeping habits soon. Take care of yourself.

Michaels mum - my DH is away a lot as well and you are right about finding great support from a place such as BB.

It is a beautiful day here which makes keeping two little boys happy much easier. I willBBL to see what is going on.

Take care
Jem

[Ben's Mum]

Hi,

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

BlueFlower - I feed Ben at 7pm and he will be in bed asleep by 7.30 - 8pm. He doesn't sleep through, usually wakes between 1 and 3 more times. I have no idea what makes a difference to how long they sleep. I like him going to bed this early as then I can cook dinner and DH and I can eat together and in peace.

We had a family day out yesterday and went to a place called Stanley where they have great restaurants and markets. Ben was a very good boy and only started to get niggly on the bus ride home so I gave him a dummy to chew on (no he doesn't suck it, just chews away! )

Am pretty excited at the moment as he had a 45 minute sleep, then when he woke up he still seemed a little sleepy, so I have just put him back to bed! - this NEVER happens!

Everyone says things get so much easier after three months - does anyone else think this is true?

Mel