Babies born~March 1st-15th 2010 #1

[Deedles]

Well we have our check up on Tuesday now as my doctor was sick.
I haven't weighed Lennox for a few weeks now but I know he has put on good weight. He looks as big as my DS1 did at three months old and he is only 6 weeks.
Lennox doesn't get his vaccinations until he is 8 weeks so it must be different in each state??

Lennox slept pretty much all day today again, only waking up for feeds then going straight back to sleep.
He was awake a bit more this afternoon so I gave him a bath then fed him and he has been asleep since 6.30pm. He usually wakes up around 11.30/12am then I have no idea how long he sleeps and wakes up for, as I just have him in bed with me as I am too tired to keep getting up to feed him.
I have to stop though, I love the cuddles but our toddler still comes into our bed every couple of nights to sleep with us. It is too scary having them both in bed. Also I don't want Lennox to be like the toddler and keep coming into our bed. I need some peace!

[Breesa]

Hi all

Well Ciaran was a super hungry person yesterday - he barely stopped feeding all day long!
I suspect he must be in a growth spurt coming up to 8wks.

Must brag that once again (3 nights in a row this time!) we have had 4hrly feeds at night.... gotta love those long sleep stretches. Also, he doesnt poo at night, just does one wee and keeps sleeping, so I find I dont need to change him till morning 4/6am when he wakes. Gotta love that progress - it means more sleep, and me not getting out of bed all night!

Hope your all making sleep progress too!

Oh, we had our 6wk checkup on Monday (at 7wks as GP was busy).
He has put 10cm in length (now 61cm) from birth, 5cm on his head (now 40.5) and 2.5kg in weight (now 5.6kg). He sure is a growing boy!

Oh an on needles - Im waiting a while before giving him any vaccinations. There is alot of research to show the benefits of delaying this for a few yrs till baby is older, so we are doing that. Will get him some homeopathic stuff in the interim.

My head cold has passed thankfully, and so far Ciaran seems untouched by it (miraculous!) so im happy.

Thrilled - I hope Willow is settling again now?

[Feijoa Mum]

She did it!!!!

After five nights of sleeping through to 5am or just after Miss Peppar slept through the night last night!
6 oclock I consider to be morning (anything before that is still night time in my book ) and it was 6.05am when she woke this morning.
She wanted up then though as before she was going back to sleep for another couple of hours but hey Mummys not fussed.

[Mum2Willie]

Quick reply - been v busy here again!

Re needles - I live on the nsw/qld border. NSW is doing vacs at 6 weeks due to whooping cough epidemic, whilst qld has stayed on 8 weeks.

Soph got her temp about 7 hours after her actual needles and was shocking with the gastro from Tuesday night until Friday. Panadol and cuddles were the order.


Well, just as Soph settled from her needles my toddler got a vomiting bug!!! We had three days of normality and back at it again with chaos. He is all better now. I felt shocking yesterday but much better today - so fingers crossed just fought it off.

Sophie sleeps well in the day (most days) - some days she just flatly refuses and the baby bjorn is used nearly all day to ensure she does sleep and not get overtired.

Yesterday, she had a big sleepy day - sleeping in the rocker in the lounge room, pram or baby bjorn when out.

Soph does not ever self settle to sleep these day. She fights sleep! She "pirates" - ie. sleeps with one eye slightly open to keep an eye on things and make sure she is not missing out on anything.

As soon as it gets darks she will be absolutely sound asleep in my arms, I put her down and she instantly wakes (or within a few minutes)....i cannot put her down...she doesn't scream straight away. Last night I left her for about 30min in her cot after she awoke before she started crying...but did not go to sleep.

DH seems to be able to put her dow asleep at night now though!!! Crazy! While I was putting toddler to sleep last night, he put Sophie asleep in her rocker in the lounge room. When I went to bed I moved the rocker into the bedroom and there she slept from 8.30pm to 4am!!! Quick 15min feed and back into rocker until 7am! Great!!!! At least we are heading in the right direction but who knows if we can replicate that ever again....

Oh...at 5.30am on Wednesday morning, Soph was asleep in bed with me and started stirring and then I heard a sucking sound .... looked down.... and she was sucking her thumb and put herslef back to sleep.

My son is a true blue thumb sucker ... it is in alot!!! He successfully controlled his thumb sucking at 8weeks of age and that is when he slept through as he used his thumb to self settle. Soph has tried to suck before but wasn't even close with co-ordinating the whole thing..I thought she had given up...maybe she will suck her thumb.

Sorry for lack of personals....so far behind...will catch up next time!

[Mum2Willie]

Quick reply - been v busy here again!

Re needles - I live on the nsw/qld border. NSW is doing vacs at 6 weeks due to whooping cough epidemic, whilst qld has stayed on 8 weeks.

Soph got her temp about 7 hours after her actual needles and was shocking with the gastro from Tuesday night until Friday. Panadol and cuddles were the order.


Well, just as Soph settled from her needles my toddler got a vomiting bug!!! We had three days of normality and back at it again with chaos. He is all better now. I felt shocking yesterday but much better today - so fingers crossed just fought it off.

Sophie sleeps well in the day (most days) - some days she just flatly refuses and the baby bjorn is used nearly all day to ensure she does sleep and not get overtired.

Yesterday, she had a big sleepy day - sleeping in the rocker in the lounge room, pram or baby bjorn when out.

Soph does not ever self settle to sleep these day. She fights sleep! She "pirates" - ie. sleeps with one eye slightly open to keep an eye on things and make sure she is not missing out on anything.

As soon as it gets darks she will be absolutely sound asleep in my arms, I put her down and she instantly wakes (or within a few minutes)....i cannot put her down...she doesn't scream straight away. Last night I left her for about 30min in her cot after she awoke before she started crying...but did not go to sleep.

DH seems to be able to put her dow asleep at night now though!!! Crazy! While I was putting toddler to sleep last night, he put Sophie asleep in her rocker in the lounge room. When I went to bed I moved the rocker into the bedroom and there she slept from 8.30pm to 4am!!! Quick 15min feed and back into rocker until 7am! Great!!!! At least we are heading in the right direction but who knows if we can replicate that ever again....

Oh...at 5.30am on Wednesday morning, Soph was asleep in bed with me and started stirring and then I heard a sucking sound .... looked down.... and she was sucking her thumb and put herslef back to sleep.

My son is a true blue thumb sucker ... it is in alot!!! He successfully controlled his thumb sucking at 8weeks of age and that is when he slept through as he used his thumb to self settle. Soph has tried to suck before but wasn't even close with co-ordinating the whole thing..I thought she had given up...maybe she will suck her thumb.

Sorry for lack of personals....so far behind...will catch up next time!

[queen bee]

[QUOTE=thrilled82;2288078]
Also, the Mums who are bottle feeding - how strictly are you keeping to the tin measurements/progess in age reccomendations.
Willow isn't 2 months till next week, however for the last week she has drained each 120ml bottle feed and her length of time between feeds have dropped from 4 hours to 3 hours - would it be OK to up her to the 180ml feed even though she is a week off being 2 months (teh age when the tin says to up to 180ml)?/QUOTE]

Thrilled- If she is still looking hungry then try making up a larger bottle and see how she goes I did this. If she drinks most of the 180mls and manages to keep it down then she is probably ready to move onto the next stage or she may just need it for a couple of days if she is going through a growth spurt. There is no harm in making a larger bottle and tipping the leftovers out, Willow might just need an extra 10mls.

[Cass72]

My turn to brag......

I just finished making a sleeping bag for bubs and, I must say, it looks pretty darn good!!

[CinderToriella]

My turn to brag......

I just finished making a sleeping bag for bubs and, I must say, it looks pretty darn good!!

i wanna see a pic Cass,

[Cass72]

how do i do that?

[CinderToriella]

lol i dont know hahahah

[lismith25]

Hi evryone, jeez I have been away for what seems ages....have just had a massive read through and all the bubbas are doing so well
We have had a mad hectic time, Cyclone, My Grandma died, our tenants moved out of rental property, my parents have now gone after 3 weeks here and got stuck in Brisbane for a week becuase of the UK airport closures and now hubby is going back to the mines on Monday so I'll be on my own again only this time with 2 madams

But saying that Lily is doing really well she is pretty placid, she sleeps 7-2 then feed and maybe 2.30-4 (but she is capable of pushing till at least 5 and 6 on some days) so when hubby goes I might start to drop that feed. She is pulling her head up quite well and smiling lots.
Do you guys have a proper day routine yet? I keep thinking I need to be more strict with her sleeping in her bed during the day, but she is quite happy in her vibrating chair.
Cass I cant believe you have found time to make a sleeping bag....that is dedication
M2W - DD1 is a thumbsucker too, I am waiting for Lily to find hers but isnt quite there yet, that should see her through the night also

[Cass72]

We had our needles today. It's the first time he's had actual tears and i don't like i at all!!

Lis, yes I'm a champion . No not really, sewing is "therapy" for me.

With regards to daytime routine. I have a sort of a routine (which I follow very loosely). If he wakes before 630 I like to give him a feed and put him back to bed so we can follow the "babybliss" routine of waking at 730. From then on I only like to have him awake for an 1 - 1.5 hours at a time. His morning sleep is usually in the cot, after that he sleeps in his vibrating rocker, my arms, his pram or anywhere else I can get him to. I can't get him to settle into his cot until after his bath and dinner at 7. I think he's decided that the cot is strictly a "night time" thing. Yesterday he slept for nearly two hours in the rocker - I certainly wasn't going to wake him to put him in the cot because that's where he should be!!

[thrilled82]

Nah, no daytime routine here yet.
We are still following Willow's lead, we wake when she does and we go to bed after her last feed which at the moment is usually between 9pm - 10pm. The last few nights she has then slept till around 4am which has been great.

Although having said that we have no real routine, I do kind of insist on an afternoon nap at some stage. Will cat naps of a morning and midday - always in the vibrating bouncer and then of an afternoon I get her to sleep in the bassinet. Her afternoon nap can be anything from 40 minutes to an hour and a half.
A friend of mine suggested to keep the day sleeps in the bouncy as it's not as solid a sleep while in the bouncy (compared to the bassinet) and by having a "lighter" sleep during the day should guarentee that the night sleeps remain long and deep.
Not too sure if this is the case, as like a lot of you I can never pick if Willow will sleep for a long stretch BECAUSE of a restless day or on a really restful day if she will have an up and down night. I think it's all just hit and miss while they are this young.

We also do the 1 to 1.5 hours of "awake time" after a feed (except for the middle of the night feed). "Awake time" for Will can just be the bouncy, or a walk around the house and backyard with me or maybe some play mat time.

We upped her formula to 180ml and she is now going 4 hours between feeds.

I don't want to jinx anything, but it looks like we are finally settling into our little family and we understand each other a lot better. I am so pleased and am sure that DH feels a lot better leaving me with her each day - I am coping so much better this week.

[Breesa]

No solid day routine here either - but generally its along the lines of:

6.30/7am - Wake up feed, followed by Play time (or when bubs wakes and is ready to play)

8-10 - breakfast, showers and another feed

10-4pm - feeds and sleep and housework(adhoc)

4ish - cluster feeds begin

6pm - playtime & evening nap

8/9pm - Final feed, night sleeps begin

[Cass72]

Thrilled, I totally agree with you on the whole I think it's all just hit and miss while they are this young. This morning Robert dropped off after a feed at 630 - he's still asleep in his bassinet. Go figure?!!

I felt for sure he'd play up this morning, but no - I've managed to wash & blow dry my hair, shave my legs (and under the arms LOL) and put a little bit of make-up on. YES you guessed it.... I GO PICK UP DH IN AN HOUR!!!!

[CinderToriella]

WOO HOO lol Cass i am so excited for u , he must miss u both like crazy , i can just imagine when he see's you both nawwwww

[Feijoa Mum]

woohoo go Cass you sexy thing you! Have an awesome time with your DH. I expect we wont be hearing from you for a while

Thrilled, sleep encourages sleep.
Babies arent like us in that, if we can have a good nights sleep we come right. Babies just get more and more overtired to the point where they forget how to go to sleep. So the more you can get Willow to sleep the better her over all sleeping will become. Dont keep her awake at this stage she is still too little.

Peppar had her needles today and screamed. I was in the waiting room and started crying cause I could hear her. By the time I went back in she was smiling to her dad (with tears in her eyes though) and seemed happy enough. She is sleeping now but it is later on tonight when we will see just how she will go.
She is a little porker though 11lb 1oz now and 61cm long. I will have to dig out the boys baby books to do a camparison.

[CinderToriella]

sleep encourages sleep.
Babies arent like us in that, if we can have a good nights sleep we come right. Babies just get more and more overtired to the point where they forget how to go to sleep. So the more you can get Willow to sleep the better her over all sleeping will become. Dont keep her awake at this stage she is still too little.

Stacey i agree with u, this is what i follow, Hannah sleeps when she needs to, i try and keep her up a little after feeds but i believe that if she ios tired and needs to sleep i let her, if she doe snot sleep when she needs to she gets over tired restless screams she is just not a nice little bubba lol..regardless of how much sleep they have of a day it does not effect them sleeping at night..they are so young still and need lots of sleep