hi all, i have been moving house this past week so havent been online. havent read through all the previous posts yet but hope everyone is doing well.
i am a little bit bummed at the moment. chelsea wont sleep properly! she is still screaming from 9pm til midnight and has done pretty much every night for the past 7 weeks, so i am getting a bit tired of it. also, she hates the car so each time we go in the car it is a screaming episode. she falls asleep fairly quickly on me but as soon as i put her down she is awake. the times when she doesnt wake straight away we get only one sleep cycle from her (40mins) which makes for a very cranky baby. i dont remember the last time chelsea slept for more than an hour!! i should be fine with it cause thats how hannah was, but i just feel like either i am doing something wrong or there is something in built in my kids that makes them this way. its really hard to hear about everyone elses babys sleeping really well.
sorry about coming back and having a whinge straight away, but i needed it.
ohhh sweet have you tried wrapping Miss c is screaming from 9ish too atm we think it is wind build up so we are working with the infants friend a bit more and that seems to help.
also i ave started to burn a sleep blend of oils in the oil burner at night
we coslept last night so got 12-6 so can think abit today
Sorry to hear about all the troubles some of you are having! We had a rough day/night yesterday but I think it might have been due to the jabs since she seems back to herself today.
BUT... a big woohoo here... DD rolled from her tummy to her back for the first time today!! I was stunned because although she had been looking close for a while, I never expected her to suddenly do it. She has such a strong little neck and it is so amazing watching her learn. Tummy time is definitely my favourite part of the day.
Last edited by Jellyfish; June 1st, 2009 at 08:21 AM.
Alexandra was born on 6th April, 9 pound 13 ounces. The April 1st - 15th thread is really slow (only 30-something posts so far) and I have been following this thread since she was born so thought it was time to say hello. I think we're having a growth spurt at the moment - wanting to feed at least every 2 hours (3 hours at night) for the last 2 days which is a bit scary because she is already so big at 6kg.
I am on here most days so look forward to being a contributor (rather than just a reader )
hi Justine!! welcome! Susanna was born 5th April but this was my due date group so i stuck with it!!
getting tummy time on the floor has been really challenging. she screams and cries....and then spits up when picked up! i gie her tummy time laying on my chest in my recliner but its not quite the same. will just have to keep persevering a fews minutes at a time i guess!
we arent doing any rolling here yet. with the moving house and everything havent had much time to get her on her tummy. i do the tummy time on my chest too mrsC.
mo- you changed your name to phoenix! at first i was like who is that! :-)
how many mls are the kiddies drinking at this stage? i have givven chelsea a bottle a few times now and she only ever has 50-70mls. she then wants another feed (i give breast) an hour later. oh, and can there be a problem with constipation even if i have just given one bottle a day for three days in a row? she hasnt done a big poo for a while.
we are slighlty more settled at the moment. i just put her down on her tummy, so i am gonna see if that helps any. she is still waking every sleep cycle but it is now not so much effort getting her back to sleep.
We had the growth spurt too - the close feedings don't last too long.
Edison doesn't like tummy time either - but we will keep trying and trying.
How exciting we have a few bubs who are nearly rolling over - great news! And YAY for Immy with a full roll!
Edison has been a bit clingy lately - anyone elses bubs?
He won't really sleep much during the day, maybe 40mins here and there until the afternoon when he will sleep maybe 2-3 hours, he then does a big sleep - about 7-8 hours at night which is great, when he wakes in the morning he drinks quite frequently, every 2 hours... So we are getting into a routine which is nice.
Hollo I am so sorry to hear about the sleep issues you are having.
I LOVE the swaddling as well, it really helps when he is overtired...I am sure you have tried everything though
I just wanted to say Good Luck and I hope it all gets better for you soon.
thanks raz, yep have tried swaddling, and yep everything else LOL. the thing is, sometimes (well rarely) she will self settle and fall asleep by herself in the cot so i know she can do it, i just dont know why she cant do it after each sleep cyle or more often. plus she slept for 4 hours straight a few weeks ago, so i know she can do that too its just really frustrating!
Well we seem to have Miss C's screaming calmed after much reading and discussion DH and I have agreed to give her Infants Friend every 2nd feed to help with her wind and the last 2 nights she has slept from about 9 I feed her at 12 and then 12-5 so far so hopefully my princess is now calming.
I am getting the most wonderful cuddles from my girl when she is upright in the close carrier and when she is on my belly She is also loving her sleep time in the peanut sling too. I think having her close is encouraging more sleep
We went for a walk today in the stolller and she happliy cooed and looked around it was fun for me too and looks like she will like it so walks here we come.
Ohhhh and on her playmat today she grabbed the ring on her gym and tried to pull it her mouth! It is soo cute to watch her hand curl around and grab it. She is growing up soo fast.
Miss C is only a Tummy Time on Mums Chest fan too will do a few seconds on the change table but the rest is with me
DF is working nights (which sucks) but we have a long weekend coming up and it coincides with him going from night shift to afternoon shift so he finishes one week on Friday morning (6am) and doesn't go in again till Tuesday afternoon (2pm) -- essentially a 4 and a half day weekend!!
DD is the opposite of clingy! She just loves laying on her mat (tummy or back) and sitting in her rocker. We just got her the mat (it is one with arches over it that has dangly, noisy things and lights,music and a mirror etc) and she can't get enough of it. I sneak hugs whilst she is sleeping, though.
Sucks that so many are having a bit of a rough time at the moment. I really hope it is brief. DD still has her nights/days which are fussy but they are becoming rarer. One thing is that now she is in such a playful mood, feeding time is becoming a bit of a challenge. I have to make sure their are minimal distractions!
Hopefully everyone didn't have too bad of a night and has a lovely day today!
Someone was talking about constipation... Hollo, I think? DD is only breastfed so can't offer advice re: formula but she can go a few days without a bowel movement. We got a bit worried when it had been 4 days and nothing substantial so we went to the doctor who said it is fine -- it is more the consistency than the frequency. She now just does an extremely large one every few days and the occasional small ones in between. As long as they are still soft and unformed, I wouldn't be too concerned but you can always ask your MHCN if you are!
Oh and linda, I know how you feel. It is so wonderful watching them grow and learn, isn't it? Part of me wants DD to grow faster but part of me wants her to slow down and stay my tiny bub forever haha.
I *think* that was it. Take care all xo
(Sorry if this double posted, I keep getting errors)
Last edited by Jellyfish; June 1st, 2009 at 08:20 AM.
Grrr I just lost 2 posts!
The first one was a mammoth post with personlas, the second was a short version & this one, well, I dont have the time to do it all again!!
Noah is going well now we have had a few probs with him, he has allergies & eczema, & is now on a special formula & is only allowed 2 BF's a day. Has been a hard time but all is well now & we finally have no more spewing, rashes or temps!!
He is such a happy & content baby now always smiling & babbling & he gets a real squeal going when he gets really exited.
Welcome Justine!!
I hope all the mummies & babies are doing well.
ETA I'm so luck I copied & pasted this one cos it went mia as well.......
Last edited by storm; May 26th, 2009 at 10:36 AM.
: cos i cant spell yet!!
Had trouble posting yesterday.. kept getting errors too...
Got an un-clingy baby this week, totally different from last week! - loves the bouncer and watching tv in it and also the playmat (back or side only, still doesn't like the tummy) When it is time to sleep though he does love a cuddle which is cute.
Jitterbug - YAY for the long long weekend, that will be so nice for you all.
I bottle feed Edison and have dealt with lots of wind and also trouble pooing - but not pain with poos... We burp during a feed and after a feed and make sure we get one, we are also boiling up 30mls of water and steeping a chamomile teabag in it and feeding him 5mls each feed - he feeds about 6 times a day. This just doesn't make it as hard to poo which is nice for him, helps the digestion etc... We have the chamomile tea in a bottle and just let him have a few sucks then straight into the bottle of milk... seems to be working for us so far... He poos once a day and it is quite solid, different from breastfeeding.
Tiggerlinda - oh yeah, we had wind trouble, love the drops! We still use them every now and then when Edi is just really unsettled and if I notice the burps aren't as frequent.
Oh wow - grabbing rings and giving cuddles - that is so exciting!
Storm - Glad to hear Noah is going well, it must have been awful for you, but so fantastic to see him all happy and content now- that is the best
Hollo - The 4 hour sleep is promising! Edi went through a period of not settling after the 40mins as well, I would pat and cuddle and rock the cot everytime he couldn't settle and that went on for a week and a good 5 times a cycle, but now he is pretty good - Thank goodness... I hope it gets better for you.
Edi now wont sleep in his cot during the day so falls asleep in his bouncer for an hour - I tried to move him but he wakes and gets upset in the cot so I just leave him now.
We are feeding Edison approx 800mls of goats milk formula a day - little piglet - sometimes he overflows though. He will drink around 120-150ml a go.
Last edited by RazRock; May 26th, 2009 at 10:58 AM.
: missed a line!
yeah there is problems with BB today. instead of using the quick reply you should use 'post reply' apparantly there is more succcess in keeping your posts when doing it that way.
so are most bubs having around 120mls of bottle at the moment? that would mean chelsea taking 50-70mls isnt really enough hey?
she did a massive poo yesterday arvo, soooo big it escaped everywhere. it wasnt watery but it was definately liquidy. hope its not the runs.
whats the major problem with tummy sleeping and SIDS., anyone know? is it a suffocation thing, not being able to turn head off mattress? or something else? cause Chelsea does seem to sleep better on her tummy and she has no problem turning her head. but i still worry.
for Immy
everyone sorry for the mememe post
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