Babies Born ~ July 1st-15th 2009 #2

[lovelycate]

Lauren - no dramas from daylight savings (fingers crossed). If anything I think it will work in our favour as Zac was an early riser / early to bed.

Sarah - Zac moved into his cot a week or so ago. I think I was expecting it to be a lot harder than it actually was, however I urgently need to get some sleeping bags as I worry that he is getting quite wriggly...

Heva - gosh your bubs must be growing well to be in 0s already! Zac is still in 000s although we're not far off the 00s I think. The hardest thing is growsuits or anything with feet in them - the foot parts seem to be way to short for his long tootsies!

some stirring sounds from the nursery - I'm off!

Cheers

[Miss E]

Mama Pan I've been wrapping and using a sleeping bag for four or five weeks now, maybe even a little longer. Ash started moving around a lot in his cot and I found him with the blanket up over his mouth one day so decided it was time to invest in some sleeping bags. I did try weaning him from the wrap (wrapping him with one arm out etc) but found that he wasn't sleeping nearly as well so decided to leave it. Now I wrap him and then put him in the sleeping bag. Most times he will get the wrap undone, but for some reason he still sleeps better with it. I got the Merino Kids gogobags which are great. They were a bit pricey, but they are made from merino wool so you can use them at between 18 and 30 degrees which means I won't need to worry about winter/summer weights.

Sarah, so glad to hear the cot sleep went well. It's such a good feeling when you finally try something you've been worried about being a disaster and it goes really well. I find it a great boost to my mothering confidence!

LF, so far daylight savings has worked wonders for us, Ash slept through the night Saturday and Sunday night! It was great, we went to a friends place for dinner on Saturday night and had a few drinks. Gave him a feed at 11pm before we came home and then he slept through until 7am. I fed him then and then he went back to sleep till 10am so we got a great sleep in.

Heva, sorry to hear your nurse has put you off the mchn. I also didn't like mine so have just started making appointments with another nurse at our centre.

Jess I hope you manage to get in to see your doctor sooner and that things have gotten a little bit better for you the last couple of days.

Hope the packing is going well Jetta!

[ss_storm]

I still wrap hayley at night, although it doesn't take long for her to get both arms out! Think she is having her wonder week at the moment. She hasn't slept much during the day the last couple of days - half hour max at each sleep! During the night she keeps crying during her sleep too...get up and pop her dummy back in before she wakes herself up and she goes back to sleep, but I've been getting up to her at least 3 times a night.
She has learnt how to blow raspberries though, so has been doing that almost non-stop! It's quite funny, she's also dribbling lots. She is getting very chatty and had another giggle today, we were outside and she started laughing at the dog again. she did it the other night when DF had her dancing on his lap. She managed to roll onto her tummy this afternoon too, although not completely as she still had one arm caught underneath her. I've noticed she only rolls to one side though, is that normal? I haven't seen her roll onto her right side yet, only her left...

I am hating daylight savings! We didn't have dinner until nearly 9 last night! Although she did sleep in almost until 8 this morning.
Anyway better go pop the little grub into a bath...she just peed on the carpet!

[Tinsel]

Bek - Hi! We are still getting up two to three times a night for a feed. Lucky you having a lovely sleep. I sometimes get to sleep until 4am and am hoping she sleeps through soon. Monique slept through at 6 weeks old from around 9pm to 9am which was lovely. I like having Amelia next to me for feeding as well. DH and I tried sleeping in the same room but I felt like I didn't get any sleep getting up and down with Amelia. So much easier and quicker to settle if she is next to me.

Mamapan - love the new name. I put Amelia in a sleeping bag from around 1 month old and it was the same with Monique.

ss_storm - way to go Hayley, clever girl. Amelia blows bubbles too and is so cute. We had a near giggle but not a proper one yet. I grew up in Wagga and used to love the show.

sloane - looks like the transition went well. Corey is going great.

heva5 - Amelia fits in size 0 bonds wondersuits and is snug in 000 other brands.

Amelia loves her big sister and smiles and coos at her all the time. Soooo cute.

am typing one handed so sorry i didn't respond to everyone.

[sloane]

bek - i'm getting up to feed at night. corey still wakes for 2-3 feeds a night...i'm hoping he drops to 2 consistently soon & then to 1. he's dropped from the 3-4 himself so i hope he keeps going the same way!!

[Fleur]

Hi all. Just a quick post while I pump before bed

Sleeping - Arlea is still in her bassinette next to me, but is really way too big. I am going to see if I can fit her cot in our room, like you Bek I love having her next to me.

She is starting to wriggle out of her swaddle but I still feel that it helps her to settle into a deeper sleep. She does hate to be wrapped if she's not sleepy. A few times in the middle of the night I have had to unwrap her to let her play for a bit - I doze in bed, then when she starts to get vocal I re-wrap her, & off she goes.

She has me up anywhere from one to three times a night, depending on how tired she is. She did have a bit of a pattern happening but it has disappeared!

Sorry for the lack of personals, hope you are all well...... I'm finished expressing & off to bed! Sleep well babies

[lovelycate]

Sarah - we're still feeding pretty consistently every 3 hours including overnight - glad to hear I'm not the only one. Zac has done the odd 4-5 hour stretch of sleep, but no signs of that becoming a habit just yet. It would be nice to have a bit more sleep overnight wouldn't it?

Tinsel - great to hear from you! I'm with you on having bubs next to you - it seems like neither you or bubs have to get fully awake and therefore both easier to settle back down. My DH sleeps in our bedroom and I sleep in the nursery but DH has the baby monitor with him so if I need help I can easily call out to him. It's working pretty well for us, but I am looking forward to some bigger sleeps from Zac so I can get back to sleeping in my own bed ;-)

We had mothers' group yesterday and one of the mums commented how Zac always is so smiley and chatty. Of course you know what happened then! - he absolutely cracked it and screamed the house down

I'm finding the feed/play/sleep thing isn't quite a one-size-fits-all - a bit like Sarah I think. Since Zac generally only sleeps up to 45mins at a time, it goes more like feed/play/little feed/sleep/play/feed/play/sleep... I wish I could get him to sleep a bit longer during the day, but at the moment I will be happy if I can get him settled a bit earlier/faster than I'm managing at the moment. Either I'm missing his cues or he's changed them I think!

Anyhow, the grizzling has started, so time for a feed I think.

[sloane]

cate - it sounds like zac & corey have been chatting to each other with how similar they are!

[MamaPan]

Hi All
Yep Jacob feeds 2 or 3 times overnight too.... i have had a few longer stints but they are not a pattern yet and when he goes along stretch he then makes up for it with waking more ofetn for the rest of the night... he also wakes and grizzles and needs settling froma bout 5am onwards... but i can get hin back to sleep with settling other than feeding bc i know he isnt hungry and he wont feed if i try!!!
I tried the bag last night - umm not a success. he lay there playing with his hands and arms and so i eventually wrapped him after about 45 mins and he went straight to sleep. so i thonk i cant go cold turkey on the wrapping like i did with Noah and i will have to transition him. might start athread on how i do that as he is def too strong to be swaddled anym ore and i am really scared he will get the covers over his head again.
I have him in his moses basket next to our bed at the moment but he is WAY too big... thinking i need to move him to his cot but i like having him in our room. DH and i were discussing this morning, we thought about moving the cot to our room but not sure how Noah will take that. so not sure what to do. i may have to sleep in his nursery for a bit, as it is the other end of the house and also bc he does those unsettled times when i settle him back to sleep - but id ont want to be getting up abd down all night long for a quick settle (i dont mind for a feed). Really we should move house to a bigger one and his room woudl be closer but we are likely to relocate nexty year so we cant do that til we know what we are doing...
Cate - the feed play sleep thing was never consistent here with DS1 and it isnt with Jacob either... sometimes we seem to follow it and others not and his routine seems a little like Zac's. I think all of these things are great in an ideal world...
Heva - Jacob is in 00 wondersuits (though they are getting a little short) and 00 in most other brands - well 00 isa little roomy and 000 is pretty tight so in between i guess. i bought him some americal apparel suits size 3-6 months and they are TINY! bonds wondersuits seem to be odd sizing and i think they shrink? not sure... i am finding ti hard atm as the weather is so changeable - i bought hims ummer stuff the other wk because it got hot and now we are having 12 dgerees MAX... i am also a bit of a bind bc of his skin so i cant overheat him.. so we are doing the layered thing a lot. i also find the one piece suits with no feet are no good anymore- they keep rising up and look like shorts! so he wears mainly pants/top combo and occasionally 1 piece with feet. one piece with feet for bed too. geez you didnt ask for all this detail did you LOL!
I have decided to join weight watchers and am heading to a meeting today. i want to shift 5kg that hung around after Noah and about another 5-10 kg... i hope i can do it!

[BekZ]

HI Ladies,

With regards to getting up at night to feed question, I should have worded the question differently So here goes: Do you get up out of bed to feed bub or feed in bed? I am still feeding in bed and dozing but my neck is getting so sore and Eva is getting too heavy to lay across me.

[LotusFlower]

I still feed Ollie in bed Bek. But I lay on my side with him on his side next to me, so he's not laying on me or anything...

[jetta2022]

Wow! So many posts! I will try at some personals!

Mamapan and others - in regards to the wrapping Sam was getting out of his wraps too but I know he still needs wrapping as he won't settle without either. I am using the kiddopotamus wraps (excuse spelling) they have two things of velcro on them and he doesn't get out of them. It is really easy and has been great the last few weeks so I would recommend them if you still need to wrap.

Bekz - I have always fed Sam in the dark in his room. I have a comfy chair in there, so I get him up with just the night light on, feed him in the chair and pop him back into bed. He has always gone straight back to sleep after the feed with no dramas. I have had him in his cot from day 1 though because I knew if I had him in my room, he would never leave!!!

Sam is still in 0000's!! You guys are moving great guns!! I think though in the next week or so it will be 000, the jumpsuits are starting to get a bit tighter but actual t shirts and clothing is still okay.

Sam has slept from 10pm til 6am the last 4 nights in a row!! I am so happy!! I am not expecting it to last though, with daylight saving and also he hit 12 weeks this week so I am sure it will all go out the window!! He is talking a lot now and touching and grabbing at objects in his play gym which is great. He really is discovering his hands. We are in a pretty good feed/play/sleep routine. He is feeding around every 3 hours during the day and staying awake for just around 1 hr 15 now at a time. He went to sleep so well the minute the sun went down so as his bedtime is around 6pm, he is a little harder to settle as it isn't dark yet!! We start our day at 6am though.

We are moving next Wednesday! House is almost packed! Problem is, his bedroom at the moment is right next time mine and the new house he is right at the other end of the house! I think I am going to have seperation issues big time!! We are also moving to a two storey house so now in our little house I can always check on him but now I have to go all the way up stairs!! I am sure I will be right after a few weeks! Hope he settles in his new room, I think it is a fair bit lighter than the one he is in now which may affect things.

Jess - hope everything is going okay? I hope you can have a good chat with the gp.

lovely cate - sometimes the feed/play/sleep thing doesn't work and I feel like his cues are slightly changing too! Sam was only staying awake right on an hour, now he is just going past that so I am really trying to re learn his cues again!!

Miss excited - great to hear Ash is sleeping through too!! I thoroughly enjoyed a few glasses of wine with friends on sunday evening! So good to be social again and feel a bit like your old self again!

Sorry to anyone I have missed, trying to get ready to get to the gym this morning, do a load of washing, eat something all before Sam wakes up!! his morning sleep is usually his longest - but as we all know they keep you guessing every day!! Hope everyone is well!

Question - how often are you guys taking your babies to the weighing stations? I last went around 9 weeks and haven't been back, Sam is 12 weeks this week so I guess I should look at weighing him again??

[Ryatha]

oops, I missed the new thread!

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I've been keeping busy sewing nappies and doing stuff around the house. DH's hand is still in a cast so he still can't do anything with Fred and struggles with a lot of the house work. DH nicknamed her Fred cause she stares a lot when she is tired so... 'fred astaire' is what she is called a lot of the time!

Fred is sleeping well at night, from about 6.30 - 11.30 - 4.30 then up at about 7. Feeds during the day are every 2-3 hours and she only sleeps for about 45-60 mins. I've been trying to extend that but not having much luck. I've finally started trying to do some exercise... getting a bit sick of this baby body and feeling the muscle ache today. Lumpy has been at her nana's all week so it has been great to get a good nights sleep without interruptions from her.

I've caught up on all of your posts but don't really have time to do many personals.

jetta - great to hear you are getting some good sleeps at night

Bek - I have a very comfy chair in Freds room so I get up to feed her in that. She stays in her own room all night and after a feed I just pop her back in bed. She gurgles a bit but goes to sleep pretty easily

Mamapan - I have used a sleeping bag for ages, Fred doesn't seem to need to be wrapped but her sister needed to be wrapped until she was about 10 months old. Fred does get hold of her blankets (I put them on as well, she doesn't sleep if she is cold) but I have them tucked in very tight at the end so she can't get them over her head

Ok, run out of time, fred is looking sleepy - need to catch it while I can!

[MamaPan]

hi everyone
Ryatha - was wondering where you were!!! sounds like all is going well... love the nicknames for your girls - esp Fred, that is gorgeous and so funny! Jacob also stares off a bitw hen he is tired... i notice he does a lot more of the classic sleep signs than N did (or maybe i didnt notice them with N?). her sleep sounds good esp at night.
Bekz - I sometimes get up and feed J in my glider and sometimes i feed him in bed. but i agree with you, my back is suffering from the sitting in bed feeding... and soon i will have to fully get up as i need to move himout of his moses basket (andtherefore out of our room - sob sob)
Had a pretty bad night last night, think J had tummy ache - he woke really often, had about 5 feeds!!!! was crying out in his sleep too - poor bubba! he is sleeping now so hopefully catching up.
DH is away oversaeas again from toda y to sat eve... luckily my mum has decided to work down here for this week so she will come and stay and help me out.

[sloane]

bek - i get up to feed corey, but i pretty much always have. i've never been able to master lying down to feed in bed & found it uncomfy sitting up in bed so it's the couch for me!

[jetta2022]

I knew it was too good to be true! Sam has been so unsettled all day!! Only sleeping for max 1 hour and has been staying awake for up to 2 hours and still not showing signs of tiredness!! Last week he would only stay awake max 1 hour!! Is this the growth spurt at 12 weeks!! He has been very whingy all day too and feeding every 2 1/2 hours or so, well I think he is hungry as he is happy after a feed but he has just been very cranky!! He has been really hard to settle! Has been awake since 1pm after only sleeping 50 minutes and still won't settle! It is driving me bonkers today! I hope this doesn't last. I normally don't use the dummy but I don't know what else to do!!! It sounds like it is the growth spurt but I wondered if it was also that now he has started sleeping through the night he is changing his whole pattern on me!!! It gets tiring trying to settle all day, I don't know how you ladies with several kids do it! I must be just a whimp!!

[MamaPan]

Interesting Jetta - J was v unsettled all night and alot of thismorning too...

[jetta2022]

Interesting Jetta - J was v unsettled all night and alot of thismorning too...

Perhaps it is to do with daylight saving as well?? Getting up an hour earlier than usual, I mean it does affect us so it must affect them!