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

[nelly]

Sophia has started the big time dribbling too, so Jake has decided that he has as well. She rejected a dummy (several times) so he has decided that he needs one - have told him it's ok if he wants to ba baby but I'll need to pack away his big boy toys like his train bcos they aren't safe for babie to play with. Hmmmm so far so good

Dee / Ray - Ray - Ethan does the same thing ever few weeks... He usually wakes at 4:30am for a feed and sleeps again till 7am but every few weeks he'll be up at 1:30am then 3:30am then 5am then 8am...
I'm just going with it for now as it usually only lasts a couple of nights, then when he goes back to his normal routine he tends to sleep a little better (not as resless or fidgety).
Sophia does the same thing, althoug when she did it Monday night it was 2hrly from 1am until 730pm, and today has been pretty much the same.

OK - I am not asking to judge I am asking to draw some ideas. How do you put your baby to sleep? Day sleeps (bahahaha what's that) I get if in the car or on me, night time she feeds to sleep is swaddled and put down, and if she stirs after we put her down DH burps and then rocks / pats her back to sleep. Most times though when she stirs in the middle of the night, except when hungry, she will resettle. so how do you get your bubs to sleeep?

Am loving the singsong noises we are getting now, and this afternoon / evening she has stepped it up a notch too! Is so hilarious - I don't remember Jake being this vocal ... but then again I used to forget to speak to him and used to have conversations with him in my head (weird I know).

[Pandora]

Oscar usually feeds to sleep or sleepy, and self settles at night, and after his first feed.
If he wakes within 3 hours DH or I can normally resettle him, and its usually to burp that he wakes.

Tonight though who knows, hes normally been asleep for 45 mins by now, and I am listening to him coo and makes noises on the baby monitor, not sounding sleepy, even though he fell asleep on the boob.

I think I'm going to be feeding him again soon

[tattoo_mama]

Nelly: day sleeps I wait for tired signs, swaddle her and dummy. Cover her pram hood(she's in the prams caus we at mum n dads still) with a sheet so no light gets in caus she's such an alert lil girl, she falls asleep (with no crying) then I can take the sheet off. Sometimes if she kicks up a bit of a fuss I rock her for 5 mins til she's sleepy looking then pop her down. Or the papasan swing is the best, swaddle n dummy and pop in the swing, always asleep without any complaining within 10 mins.

And is possibly the only baby in the word who hates car trips...I think its to do with the light hitting her face rather than the motion.

Night sleeps she usually falls asleep during her 8pm bottle and dream feeds at 11pm.

[*Dee*]

Nelly - I always watch for tired signs... rubbing eyes, sucking his thumb, sookie, yawning or getting fidgety and irritated, I use to then pick him up and rock him in my arms till his eyes started to close then put him in pram/basinette/swing/hammock - whatever I'm using at the time (basinette at night), if he woke up as soon as I put him down I found throwing a muslin wrap over my shoulder hiding his face helped as he wasn't distracted by everything else, sometimes it took a few goes though, but I persisted and now I can just put him down either in the hammock or on the couch with pillows and just give him his teddy and blankie and he'll go straight to sleep. I only swaddle him at night, that was my way of teaching hium the difference between night and day sleeps. I wont let him be awake longer than 2hrs coz then he gets over-tired and really hard to settle, unless he's not showing any tired signs when his sleep pattern starts to change. But he is very actve in his awake time - always playing or in the Jolly Jumper or I play with him and wear him out.
Last night we had a terrible sleep, Ethan went down at 8pm and was restless the whole time, I didnt get to bed till midnight coz I was on the phone to DH then Ethan woke at 1.30 then 2.15 then 3.30 and was restless until 6am!!! Though we have got the dribbles bad over here too I'm suspecting a tooth as he bites down on my finger when I put it in his mouth. And although he was in a great mood thismorning all playful and chatty, he's all whingy now after his nap!

[nelly]

Dream feeds - who does them and if BF do you use EBM? What "results" do you get from them? We seem to be in a 7-8ish bed time sleep to anywhere between 2-4 and then until about 8ish. Do I need to do it - what is the logic behind doing them?

[Toomanytoomany]

Nelly, I do dreamfeeds at 10.30-11ish, depending on when dh comes to bed (I try to get to bed by 10 so that I'm really sleepy when it's time to feed Tom and then I'm well asleep by 11). That buys me sleep until between 2 and 4ish and means I'm only up once before 5 or 6am. If I didn't do the dreamfeed, he'd be awake at midnight, and then I'd be up again anyway at some point.

She rejected a dummy (several times) so he has decided that he needs one - have told him it's ok if he wants to ba baby but I'll need to pack away his big boy toys like his train bcos they aren't safe for babie to play with. Hmmmm so far so good

Nelly, I love a good old fashioned choice and consequence. Hope it goes well fo ryou!!

Dee it sounds like you've done a great job getting Ethan to settle himself - I'm going to have to take a leaf out of your book, I think. Mind you, a few times this week Tom has been great about settling himself (he went through a period of doing it and then stopped) so I'm determined now to put him to bed with his eyes a little bit open, and see how we go. His sleepy signs are getting very obvious, and his daytime routine is really, really good now. He sleeps in my bed or the pram during the day, his bassinette at night. He's still completely swaddled for sleep, although he did fall asleep the other night after he wormed his arms out.

Tom made me cry today (in a good way). We were coming home from going shopping and he was getting whingey. When I got him out of the car, I notice that he had poo-ed. It was also three and a half hours since his last feed which is a LONG time for him. I had to put him down though when I got in so I could go to the loo as I was busting and I heard him crying in my room. When I got in there, although he was uncomfortable and hungry, as soon as he saw me he stopped crying and started smiling and I realised that was because he trusted me so much, he knew that when I was there, I would do what needed doing and he didn't have to cry any more. That really struck my heart and made me tear up What a precious gift these little people are.

[*Dee*]

Nelly - I dreamfeed if Ethan gets sleepy around 7-8pm... I'll dreamfeed him around 10-11pm but if he doesnt get sleepy till 9-10 then I dont worry about it. All depends on his day sleeps and what time he wakes in the morning, but I have him in the habit now that swaddling means night sleep, so I can swaddle him anytime from 7pm and he'll go to sleep and he'll sleep anywhere I put him and stay asleep if I move him. Like he normally starts off in the hammock in the lounge room then I move him to the basinette in our room when we go to bed, even if he starts to wake up as soon as he's put into the basinette he goes back to sleep no hassles. It's also great if we're out for dinner or something, coz if he's swaddled and put in the pram he'll stay asleep when we move him to the car and then to bed so we still have some sort of a life! lol. I just found that worked for him, you could always try it out and see how bub goes, but all babies like different things.
And I still havent bought a breastpump yet, so it's all boob for my boy.... made it a bit hard when I was sick last week and my milk reduced, but it's back up again now after eating heaps of veggies and drinking bucket loads of water.... lol I do want to get a pump though, just so he doesnt think I'm the only one who can feed/comfort him, he's been getting a bit clingy. He cries when other ppl hold him, though today he sat with my girlfriend for an hour quite happily!

TMTM - Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww That is what makes it all worthwhile, so precious! Makes you feel appreciated!!
Ethan started crying when I left the room, but he's not as bad now. i think he's worked out that if I go I always come back! hehe

[helle]

When I got in there, although he was uncomfortable and hungry, as soon as he saw me he stopped crying and started smiling and I realised that was because he trusted me so much, he knew that when I was there, I would do what needed doing and he didn't have to cry any more. That really struck my heart and made me tear up What a precious gift these little people are.

Cos I'm not clucky enough already XD

Still popping in and stalking you guys You're all doing such wonderful jobs, I hope I can be half the mummies you girls are! xx