Miss E - Zac is up for 2-3 hours these days and then only sleeps for 45 mins, maybe 1.5 hours if I'm lucky... he may or may not want/need a feed as soon as he gets up. Early in his awake time is a good time for me to get stuff done as he is generally fairly happy playing by himself and just keeping an eye on me, but as the time goes by I need to get more interactive as he gets bored and frustrated. Sometimes I find that I can 'park' him on a mat or in his rocker next to a window and he will quite happily zone out for a while and just gaze out the window.
heather - you must be feeling pretty stressed! The only thing I can think of different to what others have said already is whether you've eaten anything different recently which may have affected the taste of your milk? Definitely ring the ABA help line (1800 Mum2Mum) - 24 hours, and they are absolutely awesome - I've rung them a couple of times when I was having BF problems and they were just so amazingly supportive and helpful
jetta - I think you've definitely got to be ready to stick to it once you start solids! There's not too much involved in mixing up farex but I guess it snowballs from there... Zac has been having some farex in the mornings for the last ten days or so, and he is really getting into it - opening his mouth for the spoon as soon as he sees it :-)
What sort of sleeping bags did you get?
AFM - had the 4 month needles on Tuesday. He was so good, but definitely had a bit of a reaction to them - he was quite out of sorts, grizzly and hard to settle, and got very hot red cheeks. We gave him some panadol at bedtime and he had a lovely sleep and seemed to be back to his usual cheery self in the morning, although today he has been a bit grumbly again, so I'm not sure if there's still a little reaction going on.
We have been trying the Aldi nappies lately, but I'm thinking they're a bit of a false economy...continuing to use them until they're finished, but using Huggies overnight again after a few very wet nights in the Aldi nappies! I'm not sure whether it's partly because the Aldi ones cover a broader weight range - atm Zac is in the same size as his 9-week old cousin! The next size up is 'toddler' which doesn't seem right...
and then only sleeps for 45 mins, maybe 1.5 hours if I'm lucky... he may or may not want/need a feed as soon as he gets up. Early in his awake time is a good time for me to get stuff done as he is generally fairly happy playing by himself and just keeping an eye on me, but as the time goes by I need to get more interactive as he gets bored and frustrated. Sometimes I find that I can 'park' him on a mat or in his rocker next to a window and he will quite happily zone out for a while and just gaze out the window.
but I guess it snowballs from there... Zac has been having some farex in the mornings for the last ten days or so, and he is really getting into it - opening his mouth for the spoon as soon as he sees it :-)
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