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

[sloane]

oh oh...so many posts!

lauren - hope things have been better since your night from hell

miss e - sorry, no help here, corey isn't much of a chucker. sounds like he's a happy chucker but there is an infants reflux support website that i found really helpful when it seemed like corey might have silent reflux (i.e. no chucking but pain). if you haven't seen it, let me know & i can pm you the details.

we've all had a cold here so we've been a bit miserable it also put a stop to the cot sleeping because i didn't like corey being down the other end of the house when he wasn't feeling well. yep, i'm one big softie! we're all feeling better now though so we'll have to get back to it!

corey is another one who sleeps for around 40-60 mins for each nap, although while he's been sick he's been sleeping for longer - always in the middle of the day.

even though there's no sleeping right through the night here, we do have a sort of routine - around 5.30 i feed corey, then a bath at around 6 & into his grobag, then another feed at about 6.30 & then into bed. we've noticed that if we skip the bath, he wakes alot more often through the night. not sure if it's just a coincidence!

no rolling here yet but lots of grabbing at things & he's putting everything he can into his mouth

hope everyone else is doing well , sorry for the lack of personals!

[ss_storm]

Sloane- Hayley is the same, everything she grabs finds its way into her mouth! She has a little cow that rattles and she grabbed it by its ear the other day and she was sucking on one of it's horns! So cute. Had a nice sleep-in until 9 this morning! She woke at 7 but I didn't want to get up so popped her into bed with us and she went back to sleep. I didnt think she was ready to wake up as she woke up crying.

She managed to roll onto her tummy yesterday and can sort of roll off it. She only rolls onto her left side though, unless I make her go the other way. Hopefully she figures out how to do both sides, is it normal for them to favour one side? She's going really well with tummy time, although we don't do it very often, once a day if we're lucky! i just find it hard to fit in, can't do it too soon after feed time as she just chucks up (understandable!) too close to nap time and she gets the craps with it in about 10 seconds. yesterday she held her head right up though and her back was really arched. So I don't the lack of tummy time is doing her any harm, her neck is really strong although her head is still a bit wobbly.

Better go before she wakes up, she's sleeping in her pram at the moment. The floors really need to be vaccumed, haven't been done for nearly 2 weeks and they are gross! really need DF here so he can watch Hayley though, as the last time I vacc'ed she must have woken up when i was halfway through and when I stopped the vaccuum she was crying her little eyes out in her cot and I hadn't heard her!

[Fleur]

She's going really well with tummy time, although we don't do it very often, once a day if we're lucky! i just find it hard to fit in, can't do it too soon after feed time as she just chucks up (understandable!) too close to nap time and she gets the craps with it in about 10 seconds. yesterday she held her head right up though and her back was really arched. So I don't the lack of tummy time is doing her any harm, her neck is really strong although her head is still a bit wobbly.

Same here.. Arlea was having very little tummy time for the same reasons, plus she didn't really like it... but we have been doing it a bit more lately & she is doing much better with it all of a sudden, lasting longer too.

[jetta2022]

SS Storm- good to hear that Hayley is coming along! How exciting that she is rolling now! I am sure they may favour one side. I notice with Sam that things like when he first starting using his hands more it was always his left, also he use to look to the left more so I would always encourage the other side too and now it is better at both but still grabs things a little more with his left. Maybe if her muscles are more developed or something?

Sloane- interesting about the bath thing. Hope your colds are all better now!

Miss excited - Sam isn't spewing as much as he was but he definately still does sometimes and it can be like 2 hours after he has eaten. I use to worry about reflux cause when I put Sam in his cot he would whinge and kick his legs like he was in pain. After all the reading I did (probably too much) it seemed that babies with reflux are in a fair bit of pain so if he is still reasonably happy when chucking I probably thing it isn't reflux. There is a website totally devoted to reflux which has some pointers to look for if you think it is = RISA - Reflux Infants Support Association Inc.. This might help you get an idea. It is a bit vague but it helped me a bit. Perhaps as his stomach gets bigger he is sorting himself out? Sam gets the hiccups at least once a day still, today he is being looked after by my mother in law and she says he has had really bad wind all day and yesterday arvo did 3 vomits in a row which was unusual. I think it must have something to do with what I am eating. If it keeps persisting I would probably talk to the doctor about it just in case but as others have said if he seems happy I wouldnt worry. A girlfriend of mine with 3 kids says her first was a chucker, they couldn't even use the baby bjorn and she was like that til about 1. She still is a bit but is more settled and she is 8. Anyway, sorry for long response!

Jasp - way to go with daycare, I can totally understand as I am back at work one day a week with my mother in law looking after sam and I miss him so much. I know it is good for him to spend time with others but I want him all to myself! I don't want to miss anything. I too find it a bit strange they told you not to come back until you finished feeding, can they do that? If you need to be back at work they can't tell you you can't come back because you breast feed?!! Did they mean it like that or were they trying to make it easier on you? As long as they are doing the right thing by you

Anyway AFM, Sam is great, not rolling yet but grabbing at lots of things. Loves sticking his fist in his mouth a lot!! He too has tummy time where he tends to just lie there and doesn't want to lift his head much but when he does he is very good. I find that Sam mainly does his talking when on his back on the floor and is very talkative when on the change table!! Sitting up doesn't talk as much. I can't wait til I see him starting to roll. Didn't have too much of a wonder week, two days a bit unsettled and today is having problems with wind. He was having good morning sleeps last week for about 2 1/2 hours but today seems to be back to 25 minutes!!
For a whole week now has been sleeping from 10pm til 6am which is great but I am waiting for him to change back!!!
His new bedroom is very very light so I am worried that he isn't going to sleep as well from this week in his new home! We stupidly have had the room dark as he always sleeps better when it is dark but his new bedroom has heaps more windows so I think next week is going to be a bad week. I know he has to get use to it though. Moving on Wednesday and getting lots of help from both grandmas!!!

[lovelycate]

gosh there have been some long posts! Hope everyone had a good weekend.

jetta - I hope Sam keeps up those sleeps for you! It will be interesting to see if there is a change with the lighter bedroom. Since daylight savings I am really aware that Zac's room is a lot lighter when he goes to bed, but I'm not sure whether the light is making a difference or not - this week has been a bit all over the place anyway!

jasp & ss_storm - Zac has just started appearing to enjoy tummy time and really holding his head up well. He has also rolled a couple of times on to his back Pretty impressive that Hayley can roll onto her belly though.

Sarah - how funny is the putting everything in their mouth? Zac seems to like sucking on everything atm - yesterday I ended up with a 'love bite' on my arm, but most of the time I seem to just end up covered in slobber ...

AFM we have managed 3 nights (not in a row) of sleeping for 8 hours, although getting him to sleep to start with is a bit challenging... I never really thought he had a routine, but he must have had one cos it's all out of whack atm. Somehow we're getting to 5pm-ish and he's due for a nap, but he's also due for another feed in half an hour, and then bedtime at 7pm, and it all ends up with lots of hollering and a very over-tired baby and worn out parents... not quite sure what's gone wrong. I think I will need to work backwards from bedtime and try to make sure the day pans out properly. It's hard though when he generally sleeps for 45 minutes every 2 hours, but occasionally will sleep for 1.5 hours... Anyhow he's asleep now, and I think I might just hop into bed myself hmmmmmm

[MamaPan]

Hi everyone
Forgive me for the lack of personals - if i wait til i have time to catchup on them all i will never post again!
Jetta - hope the move goes well, will be interesting to see if the lighter room makes too much of a difference. We did put block out blinds in DS1 room but i dont think it ever chgd his sleeping.. hope it doesnt have an impact. I dont envyyou moving but i hope it is great once it is done!
WTG all the babies who are rolling. J isnt close to doing that yet.. I feel that maybe i dont give him enough tummy time. better get onto that.. he does it a few times a day but not for long, lots of the time he is lying down but then sometimes he really does lift his head and look around. think he needs more practice! he sucks his fists all the time - reaches out to swat things but doesnt really intentionally grab at things yet. oh well it will all come with time. he smiles and babbles a lot - might end up like DS1 - super talker but a bit slow in moving!
HIs excema is quite bad atm, and app tomatoes and strawberries in my diet can cause a bad flare up - so i have cut them out. bummer as I am on a diet and had upped these both a lot last week...
I ordered some moo goo so hope it arrives soon and gives him some relief!
I dont get the 8 hrs sleeps here - the most we have had is 6 i think.. but i am quite happy with his sleeping and he is a good self settler so far so i wont chg anything.
had him weighed yest and he is 6.5kg now - big boy!!!! his head is still growing so all good on the fontanelle front for now too.
we had a hard week last week with dh away... and he is away next week too but i am heading to the beach wih my mum and the boys so that wil be great
Anyway hope everyone is well and enjoying their bubbas - if you ask me they are growing up too fast!

[jesscook08]

Anton had a real bad night lastnight very unsettled feeding lots more pulling on his right ear tried panadol gave him 3 formula bottles ontop of what i gave he ended up bring up everything he had and finally got him to sleep at 5am had to be up at 7.30 to get my 3 year old to daycare. i think its time for bed yeah and its only 10.30pm dont remember the last time i got to bed b4 midnight