Babies Born October 2007 #21

[visitor1]

Not going on solids here yet either, not because of the weight but i want to want til 6 months, no other reason. Of course if Jas needs it then i wont say No....but would rather wait as long as possible.

No rolling here either Leah but trying very hard....gets on her side then stops...or Chelsea helps her to go all the way

[Willow]

Trish - can I ask how why you think K isn't satisfied with just milk anymore?? I assume L is but I don't know?! LOL Would I know if he wasn't? Is it because K is waking overnight? With DD I introduced solids at about 5 and a bit months because I thought it would help her sleep through the night - it didn't So promised myself I wouldn't do it this time. The other reason is because of his weight, he is a chubby bubby and I don't want him to get to the point where he is overweight, iykwim? It is very tempting at times though!!

What if you tried one of the other brands of rice cereal? There's an organic one from memory, can't remember the brand. Don't blame K for not liking the potato, from memory pureed potato was a bit grey and murky! LOL. DD didn't want a bar of it either! I think I only made it for her once until she was able to have it mashed.

[~Trish~]

Willow - I mentioned to the MCHN that he is waking 2 hourly o'night and she seemed to think he is hungry. I have been able to resettle him without a feed (usually around 1am and 3am), but I am going mental from having unbroken sleep. I think he may be hungry because he is a big boy, much bigger than Joel was and Joel slept through at this age with no probs. The MCHN said because he is bigger he probably needs more. Kind of make sense to me, but I could be wrong. I was going to have a look for that organic cereal tomorrow. I dunno, I'm just a bit over it all atm

[nickers]

i have had an "under average" baby and an "above average" baby

i used to get upset when ppl used to tell me how small Nixon was all the time but i look back now and think why??

Nixon @ 4months was 5.2kg and 59cm
Tyron @ 4months was 7.6kg & 65cm

Now all the comments i get about Ty are how huge he is, but i dont let it bother me either, we cant, otherwise we'd go insane!
a lot of ppl do just ask these questions just as a general convo too.

nicknames:
Ty
bubby (mostly Nixon calls him this)
fat sticks
chubby checker
cheeky
boofa
gorgeous
cutie pie

haven't started solids yet, hoping to wait till atleast 6months

[Willow]

Awww Trish - I didn't realise K was waking 2 hourly overnight?! When did that start? I know you mentioned you'd had a few bad nights with him but I thought they were one offs? I know what you mean about broken sleep, its been 4 months since I've slept longer than 4.5 consecutive hours (well actually a lot longer when you think of the crappy sleep during prg!!) and it does take it's toll. I agree with the bigger babies probably being a bit more hungry, as you know L is still waking overnight for feeds. But like I said, unfortunately with DD introducing solids didn't make much difference probably until she was on 3 full meals a day and I just don't think L is ready for that yet when he's thriving on breast milk alone. But if you think it's going to help K then go for it!

Just remember hun, it's perfectly NORMAL for babies this age to wake at night for feeds (but I agree two hourly is a bit hectic!). I know it's probably hard for you because Joel did sleep through and it's a bit of a shock, but I promise you at this age more babies are probably waking than sleeping through. Thankfully it doesn't last forever! One day we will sleep again!!

[~Trish~]

Thanks Willow . I know it can be normal, but I suppose it's hard because Joel did so well and I can't help but wonder if I am doing anything wrong or if there is something wrong with K that I'm not aware of. I'm spending a lot of time wondering if he has an ear infection/sore throat/is hungry/in pain...He has been waking 2 hourly for a couple of weeks I guess, it's all a blur! I have had a couple of good nights in there too, I just want MORE good nights lol! He has never been a good night sleeper though. You're right, one day we will sleep again!! *prays it is sooner rather than later* Thanks again matey, it's nice to know someone cares.

[Khaleesi]

Trish- I brought Bellamy's rice cereal for Maddi.(it's organic)
She wasn't as chucky on it as she was on farex.

Maddi was like that Trish that's why we got into co-sleeping because it was the only i would get sleep.
I remember she would wake every 1-2hrs & then wouldn't go back down til 2-3hrs later.
Hope the organic cereal helps

[Willow]

Trish - Hmmmm, just thinking out loud here, do you think it could be a growth spurt and by not feeding him overnight it's actually prolonging things iykwim? Babies wake more frequently for feeds when they're trying to build your supply up to keep up with their needs, so by not feeding him, the supply remains the same and he gets hungry and round and round you go?? Anyway, if it is hunger, hopefully some organic rice cereal in his little belly will help sort it out.

I don't know, just trying to help babe but tell me to buzz off if I'm out of line!

I get the ear ache thing...I was doing the same thing with DD when she started waking! Ironically, one of her ears was a bit red and inflamed - have you had him checked over by your gp?