Babies Born ~ March 1st-15th 2010 #2

[Cass72]

Hello. It feels like I haven't been on here in ages but it's only been a few days!

Totally agree on the "has the baby read the book" idea. BUT, I've just been reading a book called baby sleep guide. And it has been so helpful - helpful in the way that I have lifted my expectations. Finally a book that let's me know that it's okay for my baby to still wake up for 3 hourly feeds during the night. It also points out the difference in sleep/feed patterns between formula fed and breastfed babies. I'm reading the chapter on the 4 month sleep shift which is interesting - all about how babies which were previously sleeping 6-8hr blocks at night go back to waking for feeds every couple of hours. Apparently it is just a developmental thing and nothing much you can do about it except go along for the ride.

Bree, how did he go in his cot for day sleeps? I'm still swaddling Robert and so he knows that when he gets wrapped up it's time for bed in his cot, day or night. I don't know how we got there. It just started working. In the beginning he would sleep for about 5-10 minutes in his cot, wake up but still be tired so I would relent and put him in his pram or bouncer. Then the stretches just got longer til he just sleeps in the cot for a full sleep.

[CinderToriella]

We had a good night last night bed at 830 feed at 12 , 3 , 6 and up for day at 7

I was so happy with Hannah not so happy about my boobs being out in the cold hahahahah
I dont mind waking up at night , coz soon she wont wake up and need me and i know i will miss it , she is so warm and sleepy and snuggles in to me i love it

I know some nights will be bad some good , we wil get there

I am finding Hannah is very clingy of me and doesnt want to sit and play anymore just wants me to be holding her and stuff,anyone else finding this?

[Breesa]

Cass - Well i persisted for a few days then couldnt be bothered... how bad am I!

[Cass72]

You aren't bad at all!! Just try again when you feel up to it and you feel bubs is up to it as well.

[Deedles]

Well we have all been terribly sick in our household once again. DS1 brought home a vomiting bug from day care and we have all been hit down by it. Poor DH had to have a couple of days off work, poor fella. Man men are so loud when they vomit he he.

Well Lenny is great. He has got conjunctivitis again in his right eye, so off to the doc we go again. Breast ilk doesn't seem to be helping at all.
He has also been sleeping really well for the first half of the night. Waking up at about 4 or 5am, then he gets a bit unsettled with wind pains. Man he pulls out some rippers. I just don't know what I have eaten to upset his tummy, I haven't really eaten much at all due to feeling so sick.

Well we haven't got Lenny in a cot yet. He will sleep there during the day, but only if he is snuggled up nice and tight in his wrap. Not too worried though as the cot is in the other room and too far away from our bedroom for me to feel comfortable leaving him in there for the night. I just worry too much.

Going to the Brisbane baby expo tomorrow. Wish me luck as I am taking both the boys.
Poor DS1 came home today with a battle wound. A fight with a block and the block won! Right near his left eye, going to be a big bruise there tomorrow. Hoping I don't get any bad looks from the other mothers at the baby expo.
Have to go get dinner on for the hungry mouthes to feed now.

[Feijoa Mum]

Deedles I am going too so I will be sure to look out for a battered little boy and come say hi

[CinderToriella]

Is anyone noticing bubs is sleeping less during the day now?

[queen bee]

Is anyone noticing bubs is sleeping less during the day now?

Yeah just in the last 2 weeks Tobi has started to wake up "early". I think I might need to up his formula.

Any one else got a "singing" baby. He started this last night, so cute. I sing to him a lot so that might have something to do with it. He loves it when I join in.

[CinderToriella]

oh yes QB i have a very vocal little girl now lol.
she sings ,screams squeals everything she can do lol she thinks its so awesome and is testing out all these new sounds she can make ..Sometimes it gives me a head ache lol, she will be feeding almost asleep on me and then pull of the boob to squeal or make some noise hahahha

I am noticing where Hannah used to sleep till about 8 she now is up at 6 or 7 and does not need as many naps during the day but is sleeping better at time atm touch wood,she is very clingy of me and wants to be held or with me most of the time ..if i leave the room and she is with DF she calls for me

oh and she managed to get a hold of her foot when i was in the bath with her the other night and she sucked her toe and got very frustrated when she could not gt any milk out lol sooo cute

[Breesa]

Shell - Ciaran has never been a great day sleeper anyway, so no changes here
He does however sleep at night for about 12hrs all up (with a couple of sleepy feeds in between) so I guess thats the sacrifice for me - a decent night stretch.

Deedles - we all got that vomit bug a few wks back - I swear DH is the biggest sook out!

Betta run, the boy is whingey alot today,,

[LilsJula]

Shell - Soph has never been a good day sleeper (same boat as you Bree) - she has three sleeps a day - one is usually long (45-60mins) and the other two are about 20-30mins. She does not get over tired so I have stopped worrying about it and just accepted it. She is now up for more like 2 to 2.5hrs now between sleeps....so she is up for longer but the sleep time hasn't changed much for me either. However - she is sleeping in in the morning now (not starting the day until between 7 and 8 am ) which is lovely.

Deedles and QB - how was the expo??

We have had two great nights if sleep from Soph - it has taken me ages to get her really settled at night - 9.30pm - but then she hasn't woken until between 5.30 and 6am!!! So much better than a few weeks ago when we went back to a feed around 11pm, 3am and then 5am!!!! She isn't whingey at night...just doesn't want to go into her cot and sleep...still think she really enjoys the one on one when toddler asleep!!! Can't begrudge her that!! I also think she has got over a developmental leap and growth spurt - as she finally has a few rolls at the tops of her legs...instead of being skin and bone!! Her brother was roll upon roll upon roll - and he slept thru from 8 weeks...so I think that has something to do with her better sleeping too...although, as Cass mentioned, the 4 month developmental leap is just around the corner and sleep is disturbed then...

She has changed so much in the last week or so...she is like a little baby now ... not a newborn... so much more alert, talking, use of her hands and feet - her real little personality coming out...I remember loving 4 mths with my son and now I remember why because she will be a real character in a few weeks.

How is everyone feeling??? I have turned a corner on the 3 mth blues - probably a few nights of decent sleep helped.

[LisaFire]

Well this is my first post here since joining this forum. I have read what some of you ladies have said about where you are at with your babies and in some I see a reseamblance to my own life with Miss K and yet others are fastly different.

Miss K sleeps usually from about 8pm till 8am (which is both good and bad cause I have school run to do for DSD at 830). She will sometimes sleep for an hour in the morning and about 2 hours in the afternoon and is awake the rest of the time, yet other days she will only 'cat nap'. I have noticed the cat napping is mostly when we are out so I thoerise it has something to do with the stimulation from being out of her norm environment.

Miss K is exclusively BF, however we are having trouble getting her to accept a bottle. I dont think she knows how to use it, lol. I need to go back to work for financil reasons, not choice, but cant whilst she is still attached to my boob and not having a bottle.
She feeds really well, even though I sometimes doubt if I am providing enough milk for her.

When Miss K was born she measeured 47cm long, 34.5cm hc, and 3.18kg or 9lbs15.5oz. She only just fitted in to 0000 and only lasted 2weeks in them. She has been in 000 for a while now, but I amfinding I have to put her in some 00 stuff, especially Bonds brand clothing. Anyone else found this? She was in Newborn nappies for about 5weeks then we went to Infants and are now in Crawlers and have been for about 3weeks now. I have no idea of her current measurements and weight, I go by the fit of her nappies and clothes.

Miss K loves her cuddles but she is also starting to love being on the floor with her toys or in her bouncers. She is always talking and laughing and smiling. Even at the moment with her having an ear infection she is still happy, though very clingy and a mummies girl.

[LilsJula]

Welcome Lisafire!! Great group here - you'll love it!

[CinderToriella]

Welcome to our little gruop LisaFire

[roxxie]

Welcome Lisafire

Just a quick question - does anyone know when you stop needing to boil water for bottlefed babies? According to the CHN you start introducing a sippy cup at the same time you introduce solids - so do you need to still boil the water to make up the formula for the sippy cup? I just don't really understand why you'd need to if you are going to be giving the baby solids which aren't going to be sterile, and out of a cup which I don't think can be sterilised. Or is it just to boil some of the yucky stuff out of the tap water? Thanks in advance girls xxx

[CinderToriella]

We are trying cot day sleeps again today--- i started them before but gave up bad me,she was sleeping for 5-10 mins a couple of days it was 25 mins

Cass was Robert asleep before you put him in or just sleepy..

[CinderToriella]

ok she is wrapped in her cot asleep with the curtains wide open its nice and light in there..lets see how long she goes lol

I am just worried she will start to confuse day and night time again as we are going really well with night sleeps atm

[PollyA]

Hey girls,
Welcome Lisafire, I'm pretty new in these parts too.

Shell1- re daytime sleeps I definitley think we're getting more awake time here. DS has always been a sleepy little fllow, eating, smiling, pooing and sleeping but now at least one feed cycle a day he stays awake, His night times are changing too, I have gone from a blissful 9-10 hour break at night with about 8 of it sleeping, back to getting up at 12pm, 2-3am, 5-6am. Exahusting. But I am being philosophical about it, there is a lot I LOVE about baby days, sleep deprivation isn ot one of them but I wouldn't give up the cuddles, the fuzzyhair, the beautiful baby smell and the coos for more sleep. I'm riding the wave. He still feeds 2 hourly during the day. Hopeing to stretch that soon.

Roxxy- I think the sterilising gets a bit ridiculous once the babies are crawling, touching the floor, putting things in their mouths and eating solids but everyone seems to scared to say its ok to stop. In general the tap water in Asutralia is top quality and teh recommendations area made for a different time and now, different places. A friend of mine has researched it and is stopping with sterilising now (her DS is 4 months) she is a doctor who has also done environmental science but I guess its a personal decision in the end. Maybe try it and see if it agrees with your little one.

Well, working from home, better get back to it!