nope no rolling here Lisa, and Master Joshua HATES tummy time. Probably cause whenever I put him on his belly he spews from reflux and it's gotta burn his poor throat...
Boy our children are growing up fast.
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nope no rolling here Lisa, and Master Joshua HATES tummy time. Probably cause whenever I put him on his belly he spews from reflux and it's gotta burn his poor throat...
Boy our children are growing up fast.
Caitlin is kind of rolling... but not rolling over - she can roll from back to side and from tummy to sort of side but she doesn't get all the way over :( I am not worried about it but it is frustrating for me because I can see that she gets frustrated but I want her to 'get' it on her own. LOL I never realised how much I took over when people couldn't do things :redface: but it is teaching me to take a step back and allow Caitlin to discover things for herself.
Hi All
No rolling here either. DD2 is barely holding up her head. She hates tummy time due to reflux as well. She screams and screams and screams when we put her down so we mostly just carry her around in an upright position. She gets very little practice at tummy time. I am trying to make sure she does it once a day but some days that is a real struggle.
We went Christmas light looking last night. DD2 HATES the car with a passion and did not stop screaming for the entire hour and a half. It's hard because I feel like our other kids miss out on stuff so much because we have a screaming baby and I didn't want them to miss out on Christmas light looking with my family just because DD2 hates the car. So we just left her to cry and she did not let up. We gave up and went home. She fell asleep the second we took her out of the car and slept until 6am this morning (she went 12 hours without a feed). We have a capsule which she will sleep in but wakes up the second we put it in the car. It is definitely the car she hates.
We are busily getting ready for Christmas. I can't wait! DH has a little over 2 weeks off which is nice. I plan on toilet training DD1 and DS. We have been TT DD1 for about 12 months now and she is just not interested - now that DH will be home for a couple of weeks DD1 is going into undies and she WILL be toilet trained! DS has started TT in the last couple of days and has managed a couple of wees on the toilet - I think he will be TT before DD1 at this point. We also plan on starting DD2 on a sleep program over those 2 weeks so she should be self settling by the time DH goes back to work. We aren't planning to go anywhere, just have 2 weeks at home to get some things sorted that we need to and set up a good routine ready for him to go back to work.
Anyway, hope everyone's christmas plans are coming along. Only 7 days to go!!!
Nope no rolling though I guess we've been concentrating on getting feeding right with all the problems we had to spend much time working on this.
Have any of you done anything in particular to develop the ability?
I think Anelise just taught herself to roll because she too hates tummy time, so she learned to roll off her belly onto her back. Now she doesn't mind tummy time so much because she knows she can end it when she wants to, I guess.
Meadsie, the only thing I am doing differently is making sure she has loads of floor time. We did this with Harrison also and he rolled about the same time, sat at 4 months and crawled at 6 months.
Justme - I have a Ebook think (I think that's what they're called) on how to TT your child in 3 days. I have heard really good things about it but it is very full on... like you need to have someone with the child/children every second. It could work if your DH was to do the TT or take over from bub. If you're interested just PM me with your email address and I will send it through to you.
Hi Lisa - thanks for that.
Looks like we will be able to work on rolling quite a bit next week as tummy time has now become much more interesting as we are really holding our head up when on our tummy in the last 10 days or so which means he doesn't seem to mind being there as he looks round. Before this he would just lift his head slightly but now its head and shoulders. I'm practising showing him how to roll both onto his back and from back to tummy so we will see what happens. will be interesting to see if increased time on floor will work for us too.
Meadsie
Hi All,
Dont have too much time on the internet as telstra is mucking us round :(, so I cant respond to you all.
Hope you all had a great Christmas and will have an awesome new year.
Question - is anyone else having major problems settling their bubs during the day?? Jaida is pretty much refusing to go to sleep. At first she would just act up for me and DH came to the rescue and now she acts up for him to. When we have had enough we put her in the pram and try to rock her to sleep but she fights sleeping like you wouldn't believe. Jaida is definitely a much nicer bub when she has had 3 sleeps during the day. I would also much rather her sleep in her bed too rather than her pram. Is anyone else having similar problems? Is this a phase?? The upside is she falls asleep instantly after her last feed at 7pm and sleeps through to 5-6am.
Your thoughts are appreciated
Hi Easha
I've just started having the same problem with my little one. As of the last two days he just doesn't want to sleep in the afternoons in particular. Mornings seem to be okay. Does anyone know how often a baby should sleep at 3 months? I had been trying to keep to the 1.5 to 2 hr up rule including feed but he just doesn't want to know it at the moment. Does display some of the tired signs which is why I try to put him down. Try re-offering breast but doesn't seem to want that either.
Anyone else out there have any hints clues for the two of us?
Cheers Meadsie
Definitely a phase. Apparently the book "Wonder Weeks" actually tells you the phases the babies will go through. One of the girls in my previous baby group had a copy and it was spot on. I think I might try to get my hands on a copy in the coming weeks just to give me a heads up.
Rest assured though that Anelise has been through the same thing... she has also been real sooky lately and wanting loads of attention which can be hard with 3 other children in the house. Now when she starts, I carry her around in the HAB and get on with my day, or my DD1 has been fabulous with keeping her amused.
Just sneaking in as I'm having the same issue with DD. I just posted in another thread regarding the same thing. Here it is: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...not-happy.html
Hi All,
Thanks for the feedback, good to know I am not alone. Jaida is a little whingy and clingy particularly in the afternoons. Will just have to go with the flow for now I think. The wonder weeks has a website just type it into google and they have an email service telling you about what to expect when there is a leap. The website had a little information however is really trying to get you to buy the book.
We have just moved interstate to QLD so will have to look at joining new groups up here. Hopefully we will fit into and existing group. I am also looking into swim classes as they start from 3 months up here.
Other than that Jaida's night time feed is still erratic sometimes 3am sometimes 4am sometimes 5am. Anyone else experiencing this? Would love her to stick with one time.... preferably 7am ;)
Hi girls,
I am having the exact same problem wit DD. She just does not want to go down in her cot during the day, although still goes down like a dream at night and sleeps through until usually 3.30am, although sometimes 4/4.30/5am. I also can't seem to get her to sleep past 5/5.30am, she wakes and won't re-settle, is just wide awake - I'd love any tips on how to get her to sleep a little later (even 6 or 6.30am would be heaven!!) :lol:
It's nice to hear that others are having the same issues with daytime sleeps - fingers crossed they will just get past it on their own! :crossfingers:
DD is also terribly clingy at the moment as well - just wants cuddles all the time, will not go to anyone else (even Dad) without screaming, and most days will only put up with being on her mat or in her bouncer for about 5 mins at a time (sometimes not at all), she also has now decided that she hates being in her pram and is only happy when I put her in the carrier :sling3:. This is becoming very draining..... Hopefully this is also just a phase and will pass :pray:, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Angela
Hi Angela
Can't help about the day sleeps as still working through on that one here will let you know if I find the magic solution.
Regarding waking at 5/5.30am mark what time does she have her last feed of the night?. I wake my little one at about 10/10.30pm for a feed and he mainly sleeps through to 7.00am. I did it to get another feed into him as he has been slow at gaining weight but upside is that he slept through for longer. Funnily enough if I give him that feed early say at 9.00pm he then wakes at much closer to 5am. The timeframes for being asleep are roughly the same. Might be worth while trying that out? My doctor and health workers have all recommended that I continue to do this.
HTH and let us know how you go
Anelise barely sleeps through the day, unless we've been for long-ish drives as she always sleeps in the car. I'm not too bothered by it right now as I have the older 2 kids home and they help out a lot (extra pocket money ;) lol)
As for night time, Anelise has her last feed around 10pm and will sleep in until 9am. She is a little podge so I am not too worried about her not getting any feeds during that time and doesn't wake screaming for a feed... she just wakes and wants attention straight away. If Anelise does wake earlier (like 5am) I usually either re-wrap her or I put her in to bed with me and she is guaranteed to sleep through then! She loves being cuddled up to me.
Hi all,
Jaida has slept through to 6am for the past 2 nights (5:50am to be exact) yayayayaya but this has created another little problem. This means with our current 3 hourly feed schedule she only gets in 5 a day not 6. Do you think our bubs are able to pull more milk at each feed to adapt to this or should I try to fit in the 6th. It would mean feeding 2 hourly throughout the afternoon which is fine but she still takes 40 mins to feed.
I also saw two tiny white dots on Jaida's lower gums yesterday and her cheeks are pinking up and she is dibbling more. Me thinks her little teeth are not far away from coming through.... nnnnooooooo I want her to stay a little baby for awhile longer.
Hope your all doing well
Easha - As they're getting bigger, they're figuring out how to get as much as they need. If Jaida is sleeping through like that she must need sleep more than she needs to feed so to me that says she was very satisfied with her before bedtime feed (if that makes sense?)
Anelise has been dribbling and chewing on her fists like crazy... I too have wondered if this is her teeth about to make an appearance but I'm not counting on it... Poor little DS2 didn't get his first tooth until he was 16mths old! Anelise may end up being the same... no teeth ever stopped DS2 though, he used to gum down on lamb cutlets and anything that was put on his plate and scoff the lot.
hi everyone :)
im bronwyn.
my son Blake was born 28/09/09.
4.1kg / 56cm long / head 36cm.
Long time no type everyone
I have been reading but just not had the time to respond... just wanted to say that your bubbas all sound like they are doing so well.
Easha - DD started sleeping 7+ hours a few weeks ago... I thought it might happen once or twice but she has been sleeping that amount quite consistently. I don't know if it will change (but am prepared if it does) but she feeds to sleep and then wakes around 7hrs later for a feed and it is a HUGE feed then she usually goes back to sleep for another hour or so.
Welcome to bronwyn & blake!
Big hellos to everyone else :hug:
Welcome Bronwyn & Blake. I look forward to getting to know you both better.
Anelise is having a bit of a sook at the moment as I have taken her out of the kiddy pool. She looooooooooooves the pool at the moment. I think it is brilliant as it means I can keep her cooler on these horrible hot days... and she looks too darn cute in her little swimmers!
Aww Lisa - DD is the same. We started swimming lessons when she was 3months old on Tuesdays... each and every time she gets out of the pool she screams blue murder (same with the bath usually).
I think she wants to be a mermaid LOL
Hey,
Lisa loved the comment about the chops.... Jaida is already looking at what I am eating so she is going to love tasting food and am sure she will give everything a good go even the chops.
TK its nice having 7+ hours of sleep hey. I finally am getting 8 hours sleep myself which is lovely.
I will be calling about swim lessons tomorrow as Jaida is such a water baby
Bronwyn and Blake - welcome
Easha - Anelise is the same when it comes to food. She actually mimics us eating and she winges the whole time we're eating. I keep telling her "Only 2 months to go until you can start tasting food!" lol
Easha - it is nice having the extra sleep... I can definietely tell the difference in myself when there is a day where I have had less sleep LOL
Lisa - I tell Caitlin the same thing but it is mainly infront of people who keep offering her food :rolleyes:
Urgh TK, don't you HATE that? It really bugs me when your child is chewing on their hands and someone tells you that you're starving your baby by not giving it solids... blah blah started soilds at 3 months old because he/she was a big baby just like mine and needed the extra food. BAH! Whatever!! lol
Just a rant. I have copped it with all of my kids. I have been called a hippy for believing all the nonsense about starting them at 6 months. I was silly enough to listen with my first son and he has been the one I have had issues with... he has ADHD and I always wonder if starting him on soilds too early may have been a contributing factor? He was a fussy eater also... now he is vegetarian so I guess in a way he is still fussy ;) lol
Yep I do hate it
"Oh DD wants a piece of my steak mmm steak, it is so yummy, and much more filling than your mummy's milk"
"She keeps putting her hands in her mouth when we are eating... maybe she wants some"
Um... NO she keeps putting her hands in her mouth because she has figured out that they are hers and found a place to keep them safe (ie her mouth!) and no nothing is more filling than my milk for her at the moment... der why else would she be putting on WEIGHT!
Ok my rant over :rofl:
I got the whole, "I put my kids on cows milk when they were [insert amount of months here] old and they turned out fine" from my MIL the other day. I have been getting that from her since our first baby. I think she forgets that I have heard it all before! lol. She also used to put farex in their bottles to thicken the milk, and one of their first foods was a softened arrowroot biscuit. Yep, sooo gonna follow her advice. I just nod and smile, as I have been for the past 7 years. :)
Oh Bon... your MIL could be my mum!!! lol
My mum always used to tell me to put farax in the bottles, try the babies on arrowroot biscuits, start cows milk before 12mths etc etc etc. One day I snapped and told mum that perhaps her starting me off on arrowroot biscuits & cows milk is probably why I havs struggled with my weight my whole life! Mum agreed that perhaps it was. Now mum doesn't dare say anything, she just goes along with whatever I'm doing.
On a different note... Anelise is offically wearing Crawler nappies as of last night. She probably should have been in them earlier but I wanted to finish off the infant nappies we had. Awwww... my big girl! lol
I just bought Isabel a packet of crawler nappies the other day! She is growing so much...
Hey,
You all gave me such a good laugh with your MIL stories. Mine always refers to 'we' as in ' 'we' used to do this.... ' we' used to do that..... who's 'we' I wonder lol. I'm apparently feeding her way to often. It should be 4 hourly apparently. I then bring to her attention that give Jaida sleeps through the night she cluster feeds during the day. All in all we do 5-6 feeds just like she did 35 yrs ago. Funny aren't they.
Just took Jaida to her first swimming lesson and although a little unsure she was smiling towards the end. It is costing $17.50 per lesson which seems expensive - how much does it costs you all.
How much are your bub weighing now. Jaida has really just gone to infant nappies (from new born) and is 6.1kgs. She is quite a bit littler than the other bubs there today though.
MiLs are funny... so are mums somtimes he he. My mum has been pretty good - she tells me how she did things but acknowledges that times change - she tells me about way back when so we compare on how things do change rather than so I will do it that way if that makes sense and it is also interesting to hear how mum did things with me.
DPs mum throws in the watered condensed milk did DP no harm... maybe you should try that. I just smile and tell her things have changed and then I say I will check with the nurse... because they are big fans of "the nurse" LOL
DD is still fits in infant nappies quite comfortably LOL - she is 6.7kg. We currently have a box of Crawlers because I picked up the wrong box :redface: shows I shouldn't shop when I haven't had much sleep (not due to Caitlin... I had a cup of coffee and then I couldn't sleep LOL). I might just stick with the Crawlers from now on.
Easha - :dance: for swimming... it is lots of fun!
Hi Girls,
I just bought my first pack of infant nappies yesterday - Emily still fits into the Newborn size, but I didn't want to buy a whole new box of newborns as they probably won't fit her for much longer - the infant size seems soooo big on her!! :lol: Everyone comments on how tiny she is, she finally hit 5kg at her last weigh on Tuesday - 5.09kgs. :dance:
As for MIL's, mine is pretty good, she did suggest the milk arrowroot biscuit though!! But she's very aware of the fact that things have changed so much since DH was a baby... The first time we left Emily with her for an hour, she put her to sleep in the portacot with a heap of teddies all around her in the cot!!!! :o
Anyway, hope you are all well.
Angela
I'm not sure how much Anelise weighs right now. I will have to get her weighed soon.
Angela - That is sooooooooooo something my Mum would do. I freak out about leaving Anelise with my Mum as Mum would put her on my bed with pillows under the covers to keep her in one spot IYKWIM. My Mum had an accident 3yrs ago that has affected her memory so she forgets a lot of the new things and goes back to the old ways a lot. I just have to make sure if I do leave the younger kids with her, she knows exactly what can & can't be done.
Anybody else have a baby who always wants to co-sleep? Anelise wakes around 4am every day and plays around until we wake up and put her into bed with us, then she sleeps through til 9-10am! Funny little girl :)
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OMG that's exactly what I am getting now ...... Joshie needs food cause he is big. blah blah blah..... I actually gave in the other day and gave him a little rice cereal and he screamed blue murder for 3 hours afterwards probably cause it gave him a belly ache. He's growing quick enough, he can wait until he's 6 months old.... grr..
OMG I thought I was the only one with a later mover from newborn to infant nappies. I've just moved Sam who will be four months next weekend to infant. You are right they now look so big on them in comparison to the newborn. Also just how difficult is it to find infant nappies. Most of the time the supermarkets don't seem to carry them.
Had him weighed yesterday and he had put on 400g in two weeks so hit the scales at 5.46kg - wooo hooo. Don't know about you but I find it very tough and worrying when he is so small in comparison to other babies. Its not helped by random people making comments as to his size. I was in the parents room last week when another new mother asked me how old he was and then said - oh he's small isn't he!!!! Grrrr - I would have thought that she'd know better being a new mum and all the self doubts that you can have.
People can't help but comment. Josh is almost 8 kg and only has 4 bottles a day and people say I feed him too much.'
So what I am trying to say is bubbas all grow at different rates in their own time but as long as you know you are doing the best for them that's the best you can do. I really get ticked off by people and their coments cause it plants a seed in your mind to start doubting your own abilities. Well it does for me anyway.
Anyway, that's it from me for now.
rant over.
Take care mummas.
Hey all,
Quick question - do you think bubs can get constipated even if they are exclusively breastfeed?? Jaida has not gone since Wednesday although I would say that was a No 3... it went everywhere. I know they say some bubs can go 5 days without No 2's but she also is a little irritable. Her belly is not distended but she doesn't seem to like me moving her legs around. She is still farting like a trooper.... such a lady LOL
What do you think? If you think it is constipation how can I help her??
Thanks
Hi everyone
Hoping it is not too late to join this thread. I am new to these forums, but think this will be a great help for me.I have just made it in, my son Benjamin Thomas was born 30th Sept at 6.06pm. He was 3.605kg and 54cm long. I delivered him after 9 hours of active labour (though contractions started the night before).
We have had a tough few months with reflux and colic, but we seem to be coming out of the fog:clap:, and have had a week of good sleep. I'm a bit freaked out though at this talk of 4month sleep regression I have been reading about. He is sleeping well, but I'm terrified that we will go back to the bad old days again:pray:.
I'm breastfeeding (with the aid of a nipple shield) and it has been a bit of a bumpy road but seem to have settled into a nice pattern.
I look forward to contributing to this thread more often, and have enjoyed reading about your babies.
Thanks
Krista
Hi & welcome Krist & Benjamin. I look forward to getting to know you both better. For what it's worth, Anelise is now sleeping beautifully once again, so hopefully your little man decided to skip that stage ;)
Easha - Gentle massage around her belly button can help, as can soaking in a warm bath. Otherwise I don't know of much more you can do to help with consitpation as both the things I have mentioned have helped with my babies. Perhaps try to figure out what it is you're eating that is making her this way also and try to ease up or eliminate it from your diet. I am sure some of the other lovely ladies will come in here and tell you better than I have :)
As the girls on my facebook already know, I started Anelise on solids yesterday. I am so glad I did. She loves it! She has been displaying a want for food for a little while now by getting really angry when we eat and opening her mouth when she sees us eating and poking her tongue out. I tried her on some rice last week (squished in between my fingers) and she ate a few bits, so after much umming & ahhing and fighing with the part of me that wants to follow WHO recommendations, I finally gave in and fed her. She opened her mouth to the spoon once she realised there was food on it, and then she would poke her tongue out for it, and once the food was in her mouth she started to hum, like she was enjoying it! She has been so much happier too. I thought perhaps she was teething because she has been so cranky. I guess she was just hungry.
Hi All and welcome to Krista & Benjamin, :hello:
Lisa - my husband and I have been debating over the past week whether or not to start Emily on solids, she's showing some interest - not quite as much as you described Anelise was showing!! But she's been quite cranky as well which is why I was starting to think it may have to do with teething, but after reading your post I'm definitely going to at least give her a try on solids. BTW, what date was Anelise born? Emily was born on the 16th Sept at 11.05am, I think our girls may have been born on the same day, or maybe one day apart now that I look at your post. :)
Sorry Easha, I don't have any other suggestions for you re constipation, I would have suggested the same as Lisa.
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Angela
Hi All,
Welcome KristaW - glad to hear things are great with your bub. I also had issues with BF when we began but have not got into the swing of things and we are going well now. In regards to sleep Jaida did regress for only a few nights walking 4 hourly :wall::wall: but she has since returned to 7pm - 5am and then more sleep until 8am. From what I understand around the 19 wk mark they have a huge mental growth spurt. Hopefully the sleep regression wont happen or if it does only for a few days.... I was so run down after having 3 days of little sleep I caught a headcold :(
Ladies thanks for the advice re: poo - Jaida wasn't constipated..... just held on for 5 days and then had poo explosions - twice:doh::doh: all over EVERYTHING.
It is interesting reading about giving your bubs solids... I have been thinking the same myself as Jaida watches me eat with great interest. Also in the bath we give her a little water (out of a cup) and she eagerly grabs the cup herself. I still might hold off a little cause I dont know whether she is actually ready or whether I am just really excited and too eager to give her solids??
I have found Jaida on her tummy in her bed a few mornings this week and she doesn't realise she can relax her head so she gets really agitated. She knows how to roll back but hasn't quite linked together that this can get her off her belly IYKWIM.
Jaida is also sitting with support and rocking - very cool to see new progressions
Good to hear from you all - it has been like a wind tunnel in her for awhile ;)