Babies Born November 2007 #3

[Dragonbub]

Gee, I posted a comment yesterday, but it is not here! Nor in the old thread as well...

Anyhoo, just a quickie to recap - happy birthday Hoody! Good luck on the weight gain

Belinda - sounds like that is enough tummy time. Apparently bubs that don't like it eventually get to love it the stronger they get, so they can look around and stuff. She can do what she needs to do to be able to lift her head, so it sounds like her muscles are developing. It seems to be one of "those things" like breast feeding, natural birth etc that is the "ideal" to do - but it doesn't always work for you IYKWIM? From the sounds of it, I wouldn't worry too much.

All good here, must have teeth soon cos he is literally munching everything in site! He bit me today when I put him on his tummy for a bit of a back massage. As soon as I turned him over he looked at me straight in the eye and bit my hand with this evil look and a grin! Cheeky monkey...

Have a great week everyone!

[june78]

Hi all,
Well I'm back for the time being anyway. Jacob is down for a sleep now so I can update you all and maybe even do some personals. - WARNING LONG POST!!!

Thanks for all your support over the last week or so. I am feeling a bit more confident than I was before about his sleeping now. I am not quite sure what has changed or what has made the difference but we have gone from being up overnight every 1-2 hours (with at least half an hour settilng time in there) and only one sleep cycle during the day (and up to an hour a half settling time), down to last night he was only up twice, both times for a feed (1am and 5am) and he was straight back down to sleep afterwards. He is also now doing two 1.5-2 hour sleeps during the day and maybe a shorter one if the afternoon. Its funny because last night my mum stayed over so she could get him back to sleep for us and she ended up just picking him up, giving him to me for a feed and then going back to bed, but I love her for coming over. Running on max 1.5hours sleep at a time was starting to do my head in a bit. So what did we do? Well we have started wrapping him again for every sleep, took him to a chiropractor and also saw a homeopath. Like I said before not sure if anything of those things made any difference, or if he decided to settle down on his own I don't know and I don't care. The last couple of days have been getting progressively better, so I am praying that we are over that issue for the time being. At the moment I am still rocking him to sleep during the day. We did try Tresillians tips about self-settling and I was trying to follow them, but after a few days he started to panic every time I went near the cot. I am not sure if I was doing it wrong, or not but I will leave that for a little bit. I would much rather work on him sleeping soundly at night than worry too much about how he goes to sleep, especially in my sleep deprived state. I was getting pretty emotional for awhile there.

Oh and I tried to get help from the community health nurses in Brisbane and got completely stuffed around. In fact I had a bit of an emotional meltdown in the clinic this week after being promised help and then being told that they "don't do sleep here". Was a bit suprised that they handed me a feedback form on the way out, but I will definitely be filling it in. I think a few people got in a little bit of trouble after I left, but it didn't help me much. Luckily I have a fabulous partner and wonderful parents who have put things on hold over the last few weeks to help.

Anyway until the next sleep issue arises, I am hoping we are over it

Ok on to personals - I apologise if some of this is out of date

Welcome Heather and Belinda, glad you could join in.

Heather - so happy your mum and dad are moving closer. It will make it so much easier for work. Although bummer that work arent being understanding about you wanting to be part-time. I will def try and have our mothers group at my place this week, but will send you an email!

Belinda - sounds like you are getting enough tummy time to me

Willow - congrats on graduating sleep school, that is so fabulous. No rolling here, in fact he isn't even trying. I'm not worried though, in fact I'm dreading it a little. It means they are growing up so fast. We will probably start on rice cereal soon too. Maybe ours will both start sleeping through once we do

Dragonbub - How are the elusive teeth going? It seems to go on forever doesn't it. Oh and I understand about together time. Especially over the last month it has been pretty bad. Plus I can't get the boy to take a bottle, so I can't leave him for longer than about 4 hours in case he wakes and needs a feed. I hope your special dinner plans smooth things over.

Hoody - Crossing my fingers for your weighin today

Twinsis - hang in there with getting Cameron in to his own room. You will get used it it soon.

Suse - i am watching the news and hoping you aren't getting too wet. I lived in Townsville for a while so know all about the feeling of being flooded in.

Limeslice - what on earth in the nappy hunt? Have I missed something in my sleep deprived state?

We have a 4 month needles tomorrow. They were supposed to have been on Monday, but the dr wanted to check a few things in case he was getting sick. And I went to a baby massage class today which was great. That might help with the sleep too!

Thanks again for your help and support. I have been lurking over the last little while, but just not doing much else.

[Hoody]

Dragonbub- lol at the lil monkey biting you wait until he has a mouth full of teeth. DD1 is a biter- when she's mad/frustrated/angry and sometimes even in excitment- ouch. Glad to hear you are both doing well.

June- So glad to see you back with us in brighter spirits. I hope you are getting more and more sleep each day. It's horrid been sleep deprived. I still wrap Molly for every sleep and have to rock her for most of her day sleeps too but at night she will go down with no fuss.

Well had our weigh in today and YAY Molly is 4.56kg now so almost 100g gain I am starting to relax a little more about her putting on as i can see she is alot happier and has more wet nappies etc. Last night and the night before she has had 3am feeds again so i am a little bit tired. I'd gotten use to feeding at 11 then 6 but as i said the last 2 nights have been 6pm, 11pm, 3am and 7.30am. I dont really mind as from her 6pm feed she goes straight to bed with no probs and only wakes for a quick feed with no need for me to settle her. Why is it she's so good at self settling at night but during the day is a diff story altogether? Well DD1 has decided she doesnt want a nap and is screaming at her door to come our -grr so i better go.

[Hoody]

Grr- DH has been feeling unwell the last few days, just very achy and tonight said his throat was sore and got me to look. His tonsils are covered in puss so i suspect he has tonsilitis. As if thats not horrible enough a friend picked Molly up today and commented she was hot so i checked her temp and sure enough it was high. I gaver her some panadol and she seems ok in her self but now i'm worried she is getting sick too. I hope not but we will see i guess only time will tell.

[Doing my best]

Hi all,

Belinda, Kimberley hated tummy time when she was younger and lucky if we made her do it every 2nd day, but now she rolls there herself, so I wouldn't worry. (mind you she gets distressed occassionly cause she can't roll back). When she is ready, she will spend a lot of time there.

Hoody, I have been dealing with a sick DD, DH and a bit sniffly myself for the last week. Kimberley has cleared up heaps quicker than DH (they did have a sick day together and I went to work so I am sure that was interesting).. So I really feel for you, at least DD had an excuse to feel miserable cause she can't take anything, DH on the other hand, well we won't go there..

June - yep Mum and Dad leave Darwin tomorrow

[Holly84]

Hi all

I am new to this thread but was hoping to join as I have a son who was born on 13 November 2007. Here is a little info about him... Thomas was 10 pound 6 oz (4.705kg)born and was 60cm long! big boy I know. He hasnt stopped thats for sure now weighing bout 8.5 kg and he is 16 wks. He is purely breastfed!! Mum calls me the milk tanker cause i have so much milk. I still only use one side each time to feed him. The milk sprays out in 3 sprays most of the time! I think he might be teething at the moment cause he is chewing on absolutely everything and he clothes end up wet because he dribbles so much.

Belinda - Thomas really didnt like tummy time to start off with and I only ever use to put him on there for a couple of minutes at a time and was usually only ever once every couple of days. He is use to it now and doesnt mind it as much.

June78 - Thomas has just started waking for feeds at 1am and 5am. Throughout the night he wakes at different times. last night he slept from 7pm to him 1 am fed and then woke every 2 hours after that and wanted to be fed, so i dont know. He is a big baby so maybe he is going through a grown spurt or something

[Dragonbub]

Hello All!It seems that "together time" is an issue for all of us I guess that means we are normal, even tho it is taking its toll.Hoody - congrats on the weigh in hun, seems as though the feeds and motulim are working well. Good luck for the next few weeks, hopefully things will settle down and you can come off the drug. If not, at least your gal is putting on weight, and that is the main thing.Holly84 - Welcome! Wow what a whopper of a bub, was it all natural? He must be a good muncher. Excellent that you have such a great milk supply, it is one less stress to worry about, and with such a big bubba, you would need the extra milk just to keep up with him. Congratulations.Hey June78 - glad to hear night sleeps are getting better. As for your question, apparently they have "day" sleep cycles from about 6-8 weeks, which is why they start having sleep issues around then, and "night" sleep cycles at around 6 months, so normally they sleep fine at night and have day troubles until they are 6 months. I guess it just shows the importance of getting things as smooth as possible now, so when the night waking starts, we are already in good habits.Well, perhaps we are having a bit of a "wonder week" atm cos Caden has been quite unsettled. Today he has a runny nose and has either been grumbly or asleep for most of the day. The last few days he has only been having a short afternoon nap and is very agitated come dinner/bath/bed time. I am hoping it is yet another phase and it will pass cos I have gotten used to my easy going bubba!He IS making the most cutest noises tho, and he does this thing with his bottom lip, sucking it under his top one, that has me and DH in complete hysterics! He is gooing all over the place and is so dam adorable that my heart almost bursts with love. Sorry for the mush, just wanted to share the love!!Have a great weekend ladies, especially to our newbies