Babies born ~ September 16-30th 2010 #2

[fuzzy]

Connie - yay! I cant wait to try solids with Chloe. She does 3-4 poos a day too.

Dory - my gosh yes lucky you didnt burn the house down! Hannah sounds like a gorgeous little princess - I love the pic in your signature.

Had another night of 11-2:30-4:30-7. I am kind of used to it now and she does only feed for 5 mins as she is a guzzler then goes back to sleep. Sometimes I think that i barely wake up! I dream that I am feeding her and wake up and she is not there and I freak out before realising she is in her cot. LOL

I found my baby book last night where mum recorded all my milestones. I was pushing myself up on my arms on my tummy at 2 months old! Gee how things are different now we have to sleep them on their backs - they just dont develop that strength so quickly.

[dory]

Fuzzy - some of the mums in my Mother' Group (MG) are saying their bubs are not sleeping as well just lately and needing more feeds and cuddles. Maybe Chloe is going through a growth spurt? Thanks for noticing the new pic... thought it was time to update. Some really nice ones that DH took are still on the camera.

[fuzzy]

Yes I guess it could be a growth spurt. She is already in the 90th percentile ha ha. And she has just ticked over into a long day sleep (1.5-2 hrs) so thats good!

Has anyone got a bumbo? I just bought one online.

[dory]

Fuzzy - I have heard they are great. Some friends of mine had one and raved. When do they suggest to start using them? Good work Miss C on the long sleep!

[fuzzy]

Dory - I think they start about now. I just noticed Belfie's photos on FB and she has one. Belfie??

Connie/anyone else: with day time sleep training - did your bubs sleep worse at night? I think we had our worst night in her life - 7pm sleep then woke at 9:45-12:30-1:30-3:45-4:45-6:30. arrrrrrrrrh

[CoNNiE_Melb]

Not at all Fuzzy... she may just have had a random bad night. They actually say that day sleep is meant to help night sleep.

George really challenged me with day sleep for a very long time. Finally I can read his tired signs now, and its pretty predictable. He tends to sleep:
8am - 10am
12pm - 2pm
4pm - 5 or 5:30pm

Which has been perfect coming up to Xmas, because I've been able to get my baking done!

How many hours did Chloe sleep in the day?

[fuzzy]

She tends to sleep 8-9 then 10:30-12:30 then 2-3 then another nap later in the pram or something. I am trying to re-settle her for her first sleep because she tends to be sleepy within 30mins of waking up. But no success yet. Since last Sunday she has been waking 3 or 4 times every night and I just dont know how to help her sleep longer!

Edit - sorry we posted at the same time Belfie. Here I am having a winge about Chloe not sleeping well and you have to look after two little ones and a sick DH! Honestly I dont know how you do it - superwomen comes to mind. Sending you lots of hugs - I am sure it will get better real soon. Hang in there xx

[belfie]

Dory - I think they start about now. I just noticed Belfie's photos on FB and she has one. Belfie??

Yup i've just been lent a bumbo, didn't have one with Xander. The pic on FB is her first sit in it - she looked pretty happy lol. And right now she's sitting in it right niext to me... watching my fingers hahaha. I thought she'd be too young, but no, seems fine.

Re sleeping, I always heard that the more in the day, the more in the night. Little Missie A is a bit all over the place. Some days I get nothing but catnaps and others she's slept for 5 hours!! She keeps me guessing.
AFM I need some hugs. My DH is still sick (vertigo) and has now been put on a low salt diet (plus no caffeine, chocolate, wine) etc and more testing in January. So in the interim I'm so bl**dy flat chat doing everyting for all 3 of them. He's grumpy as hell cos he's feeling lousy all the time, and now nervous it won't go before xmas. And my house is a bombsite and I'm just feeling very frazzled & over it I think illness & injury should be banned at xmas. pls just send me a hug and tell me it will all get better.