Hey Kelly, I am hearing ya! Angus was doing the same thing! I tried the whole dream feed thing and it didn't work. Did for my girls, but Angus seems to be hungry all the time! So I just let him sleep and wake for himself, and over the last week he has finally decided 8-9pm he will go into a deep sleep and sleep till about 2/3 am, but that is his only big sleep, then he starts the 2/3 hrly feeding all over again until the next night! He does stir around midnight when he is due a feed but I put a dummy in and he quickly settles back to sleep, otherwise if I feed him he is too tired and just uses the boob to go back to sleep. This is about the only time I can get him to take a dummy, tried it during day and he won't take it he just wants to feed!! Also the only dummy I could get him to take is those "happy" brand dummies, that are the cheapest you can buy!! Brought the expensive ones that are spose to be better for breastfed babies but he hates them - go figure! He is just a typical fussy male I think!! Anyway, I hope Luke sorts himself out for you, there is nothing worse than having no sleep!!
Sarah, Noah sounds like a very hungry boy - every 2 hours!!! Poor you!! And poor BB's!! Sure it is a boy thing, both my girls slept through by 6 weeks from like 7pm-7am, they were so good!!
Anyway, have about 5 loads of washing to do so betta go, am still lazing around in my PJ's, so really should get sorted!!
Michelle - My MCHN recommended the happy baby dummies too!! Ive got similar ones with a cherry end by tommee tippee- still cheap - about $3.50 for two - she loves them!! Just had a look at your pics!! Angus is such a cutie and your girls are gorgeous hun! I hear you on the washing - we had people over last ngiht and the house is a bomb site and I have to go out now... ah well it'll keep! I finished Harry Potter last week too - its awesome - hope you get a chance to finish it soon!
Kelly - Im not much help either really because even though Izzy sleeps for a long sleep (7-9 hours) every night she goes down from between 6-7 which i think is too earlytoo. If I have tried to dream feed her or wake her for a feed later on - around 830ish or 9 she seems to think she has had her big sleep and will wake up 4 hours or so later- so I just let her go. Its worth a try though - one thing Ive learnt is that these babies are pretty versatile and even if we interrupt their routine one night they arent too phased by it and will just do their own thing anyway!! Good luck - I would say try to wake him or dream feed 2 or 3 into that sleep and see what happens!
Well Ive gotta jet - Al is building some shelves for some friends and they are puttin on a bbq for us for lunch! He starts his new job tomorrow!! Yay - you might have seen my woo hoo post - we have been waiting on this job since before Izzy was born!! He is pretty excited about finaly starting - he will be building sets at Docklands studios for the Band of Brothers new TV series!! We had a few people over last night and we are both so tired today - ah well!
Hope you all have a lovely relaxed Sunday!
Well, I'm very pleased to say that Luke woke up about 5 minutes after I posted last night, so all was wonderful. He fed at about 9.30pm and then I kept him up for a little bit of stimulation so he didn't think that was his big deep sleep. We put him down at about 10.15pm and he slept until 3pm!! So I'm pretty happy with that. Then he goes back to the three hourly feeds too!!
I have tried the dream feed but as I've still got so much milk, he wakes up when it starts chocking him, or he'll be that tired that he won't have a bar of it and just stays sound asleep - he won't even suck. It's quite funny, trying to shove my boob in his mouth!!!! So, I don't think I'll try that again!!
They're just so confusing.
Michelle - I'm still coming to terms with how much washing we have!!! I guess it doesn't help that Luke is a spewy baby and that my boobs spray milk everywhere - makes for lots of extra washing!! It's so annoying with all the rain at the moment too. Thank god for the dryer - although I get in trouble for using it too much!!!!
Better go, Luke has started screaming again, that sleep didn't last long!!! Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!
Thanks Tan, I think my kids are gorgeous too, could be biased though!! My washing still isn't done and my Harry Potter is still lying around unread!!!!
Just wondering if everyone got the rota vaccine? We had all our imm. today and I didn't hesitate about getting it, but there is a thread about all the side effects and people choosing not to get it done?? Just wondering everyone elses views on it and if you got it!!
Kelly, my first daughter was a spewy baby and everyone assured me she would grow out of it when she started solids and got older - but sorry to say she never grew out of it and to this day she gags and spews at the drop of a hat!!!! I had an endless supply of cloth nappies to wipe up spew from all over the house!! I mainly use cloth nappies for my boobs now to catch the spraying milk also!! I am a good cow with a major oversupply!
Anyway, Angus is having a grizzle, I bette give him a cuddle cause he sounds so sad!
Long time no speak and I apologise for not poking my head in more often.
As an update, my little Missy Moo is not a happy one at the moment. She's got some bad reflux and isn't feeding from me properly (hasn't for the last week or so now) and is now at the point of breast refusal because she's in so much pain . Got some Zantec from the Drs today and have started her on that - she hates it! MCHN also suggested to try and give her some food thickener which is HOPELESS as she just won't take it (if I was FF it would be easier, but she just spits it all back up again and hates the taste) so we'll have to see how we go.
Otherwise though, we're doing well! She's still sleeping wonderfully through the night from about 11/1130pm through to 7-8am. We have lots of giggles and smiles too - she makes me laugh so much!!
Updated Mia's website recently too with some new pics - have been looking at everyone's websites recently and all the bubbas are GORGEOUS!!!! Please keep adding pics ladies - I love looking at them!!
Must go, as only a quick one but just wanted to let you know I am alive and well!
I am not getting the alerts for posts again for some reason, I thought it was too quiet in here!
Waves hand at Dan as she flys by
Tan- Is it really your birthday? Happy Birthday!!! Great news about Al's new job, Juz is really excited about it, he says he expects to hear all the goss about what is going on down there, he is such a war nerd Oooo duh I just read the post that said birthday on Monday, I hope you had a great day shopping!
Kristen - Great to hear from you, sorry to hear Mia has reflux still, do they grow out of it soon? I really must find the time to check out everyones websites myself.
Michelle - I just went and read that post, I got the vaccine for Noah without hesitation because they wouldn't release it if it was dangerous. He didn't have any adverse reaction that I could tell other than he was harder to settle for the night, hardly a problem in my mind, I would rather that, than gastro any day. As for Noah's 2 hourly feeds, the BB's don't hurt but the lack of sleep is the killer, I am trying once again to stretch feeds but it really is a boy thing from what I hear.
Kelly - Great that Luke was a good boy for you! The dream feed is an interesting concept, I skipped it last night but got woken up an hour after I went to bed, come to think of it, he would have gone 6 hours between feeds then, maybe I will keep on skipping it. They are really confusing these babies!
Today was mothers group, I am absolutely loving it, it is good to finally make some friends here, I really hope we keep up some form of it after it ends.
I have a clothing question, I am reviewing Noah's clothes that he has, can you believe he has 25 complete 000 outfits (not counting how many singlet and body suits)? OK that was not the question, How many complete outfits should I have in his wardrobe, for his 00 he has 11 complete outfits and 8 short sleeve body suits and one pair of shorts, I was thinking about buying 2-3 more pairs of shorts and a pack of singlet suits is that enough for a non spewy baby? Am I missing something?? Ok I promised myself a 10:30pm bedtime, be back tomorrow!!!
mia should grow out of her reflux soon. Mason has almost fully outgrown it now and we dont even use gaviscon anymore! We have the occassional tiny "spit" and thats it thank goodness!
sarah, that sounds like enough clothes although he probably wont need shorts until size 0. Maybe wait before you buy them? Dont forget socks!
Why no shorts Danni? It gets so hot here in Horsham. We have heaps of socks and now we have 2 rompers to add to the list because he can't wear Bonds suits at night because of his boots and bar He will probably wind up with so many more clothes anyway, Nan loves to shop for him as much as I do I got him this heaps cute Australia tracksuit, I wish I could get a Canadian one
Quick one here - we have a dodgy copy of knocked up to watch - ha ha -appropriate! I had a great birthday ladies - went to Chaddy shopping with Izzy and Al bought me all the Harry Potter books (even though Ive read them all - I always re-read books!!) and we ordered in Indian so that was good! Al started his new job and he is pretty tired in the evenings so we just had a nice chilled out night!
Anyway - gotta go! Hope you all have a great night!!
Sorry ladies that I haven't caught up, Leo is going through a screaming all day long period and I can't put him down.
He is STILL not having day sleeps, I don't know what to do about that.
What's everyone's baby weights? I've been wondering if Leo is the heaviest one here, he's 6.2kg (at exactly 2 months old) a total weight gain of 2kg's since birth now. We are in all 00's and even some 0's now.
Hugs and kisses to all you mumma's. I've soo got to read back and catch up.
. Got some Zantec from the Drs today and have started her on that - she hates it! MCHN also suggested to try and give her some food thickener which is HOPELESS as she just won't take it (if I was FF it would be easier, but she just spits it all back up again and hates the taste) so we'll have to see how we go.
Oooo duh I just read the post that said birthday on Monday, I hope you had a great day shopping!
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