Sanchez, how did last night go in the cot? I haven't got much to suggest (since I spent 5 months being woken hourly lol). Some babies prefer there own space rather than co-sleeping - I know that A sleeps much better in the cot but is quite restless and wakes often if she is in bed with us.
Taurean, I have had to put the jumperoo up to the next height because A was all bow legged because she was hanging too low!
A is growing way too fast. She is wearing size 0 body suits now. I am going to have to go shopping for her as she is only just fitting into her 00 stuff. She is 7.6kg and 68cm, which puts her off the chart for her height. She is wearing some hand me downs from DS that he was wearing at 9-10 months!
Art - Last night in the cot didnt happen, every time i put her in there she woke up screaming so I gave up. She slept until 2.45am, had a feed and looked as though she was asleep but when i put her down she was up and ready for action. So thanks to the Fisher-Price automatic rocker and baby Einstein DVD she drifted off at 4.30am when he got home from work, the up for a feed at 5.30, and up for good at 7am. Not too bad i guess! I can't believe A is in 0! V is 7kgs and 64cm and she still is hovering between 000 and 00 i am finding.
Nicola - thanks for your calming words! V hasn't been wrapped since about 4 weeks - she is a tummy sleeper. I did try last night to put her in her sleeping bag and that frustrated her more because she couldn't move her legs as much so I ended up taking it off.
Taurean - I think she is getting enough milk - i demand feed and she is still having about 6-7 feeds a day. I am filling faster now she is having more overnight so i am sure supply is fine. She is still co-sleeping and when she wakes up she cries straight away (never used to do that) and so i pick her up and feed her. I will try tonight not to feed her and see what she does. I gave her panadol last night and it didn't make a difference.
I am going to sign off - vision getting blurry am so tired. I will write tomorrow.
Sanchez - How did Violet go last night? The girls have all given you some great ideas, lets just hope that this is just a phase for Miss Violet and that she goes back to sleeping like an angel for you. I was going to suggest that maybe she is teething but if panadol didn't help then maybe not? Does Violet sleep well during the day? Hugs hun, I hope you can at least get some rest during the day.
Art - Ethan is in size 0 bodysuits too. The 00 ones don't do up anymore! He is in 00 for pants/tshirts though. He was 7.73kg at 4 months so not a little guy lol! He has quite impressive rolls on his thighs! I had to go out and buy 0 bodysuits too as I didn't have any. I thought we would get through summer in 00 but Ethan had other ideas!
Taurean - aren't the raspberries cute lol!
Well I can hear my little man now so i better go. Hope you are all travelling along well. Not much going on here - still struggling with day sleeps most days and hoping it improves fast!!!! Apart from that Ethan is such a happy little thing and is always grinning. He loves the Jolly Jumper and starts to giggle as soon as he realises I'm about to put him in it. Be back soon xoxo
Hi girls, i'm in holiday mode - staying at DH's parents while he is working from their office during the day, as we have a wedding this weekend. Its fairly average weather which is good for T's sleeping but not so fun for walks etc in the day. Oh well compulsory quiet time!
Sanchez - big hugs, is there anywhere you can go to sleep school near you? Sounds like V has developed some really tricky habits there. I hope I didn't make you feel worse by talking about T's routine - babies are so variable aren't they. The only thing I would suggest is trying for some more day sleeps, even if they are short - its so easy to overstimulate the little ones and that could lead to not sleeping well at night. But I can completely understand that its not easy, especially when you are sleep deprived yourself.
Taurean - i am waiting to swim until we get back home next week - although i am now wondering if T will fit the swim nappies as they are for 7-12kg and T is only just over 6! What are you using for Izzy nappy wise in the pool? Hope the daysleeps keep improving, there are benefits to less sleep - its quite hard for me to go out of the house, T will sleep in the car and pram but not too easily (mind you we just did a 4 hour drive to get here). Isn't it cool to have a smiler, we get lots of comments on smiles and giggles too - they are made for loving, and making Mum's Dad's and Grandparents all soppy!
Sangie - woohoo Ethan! He's growing so well. A lot of little boys we know are packing on the weight too. At least there are lots of sales on at the moment for clothes! We still struggle to fill the 00 (3-6 mths) clothes, so T is in between 000 and 00, a lot of the pants just fall off him because he has a small waist and legs - eg can't fit pumpkin patch 000 jeans yet!
Art - A is just bouncing along huh Cool that she is enjoying her jumperoo, does she use her legs much. T loves standing up on my knees or in his exersaucer - he thinks he is so cool. I read this week that you can expect bub to sit up about 5 months - but once again we have no sign of that happening yet.
We may be doing well on sleep but when you sleep all the time I guess its harder to learn to roll / blow raspberries / sit up etc. I almost wonder if T was premature somehow (more than the 10 days early he was born) as he is so small and slow developmentally - but so happy and cute, and he is getting there just slowly We are still stuck on wrapping too - we have to wrap him for every sleep or he pulls the dummy out and still can't get it back in, and he wont sleep without the dummy. I think i need to invest in a bigger wrap soon!
Hi all - thank you all for making me feel positive - makes me feel as if I have a team behind me cheering me on!
Last night was a little better - up x3 during the night - i didn't bother even trying her in the cot and i let her sleep in my arms all night. Not great I know - but at least we both got more sleep.
Kelly - there is only 1 sleep school around here, and apparently Violet is nowhere near in a catagory to go - or maybe i should say I am not in the catagory. For babies and women worse off than me. The up side is she is sleeping a bit more during the day....she is having about 3x 1hr naps which is pretty good for her.
My mum brought over some homeopathic tonic that i am supposed to drink 3x day - only 5 mls and will go through my milk and make bub relaxed and me apparently. Tastes like pure alcohol. I asked mum how much alcohol was in it and she said the man said less than a banana......? Does that sound weird to anyone else.....random! Anyway worth a shot i guess!
Oh Kelly i was going to say - Violet can only roll......she is way behind in the talking/laughing/rasberries stage - i guess they all do it in their own time.
Oh and i got one of those tommee tippee mesh sucker things and have been letting V have watermelon and mango. I'm not starting solids but i thought ii would give this a go so she can become interested in food.....mango = hard to get out of clothes!
Hi, just popping in to say hi. I have just read through most of the last month and a bit and it's good to hear everyone's travelling fairly well apart from the sleeping issues. We are pretty much travelling the same sleep wise.
Frazer is now a hefty 9.2 kgs and is just starting to fit in size 1 rompers but mostly 0's for everything else. His 2 bottom teeth came in just after xmas and look super funny when he smiles. He has only just learnt how to roll from back to belly which was weird since he had belly to back mastered at about 11 weeks. He is loving checking out the world in his car seat in my brand new Mistusbishi Lancer Sportsback. We have so much more room for the pram and the shopping now it's great.
He is still having the lovely screaming fits late afternoon before going to sleep which is hurting my ears to say the least. At least he wears himself out I suppose. He is by far the loudest baby I have ever heard as yet.
Have just started introducing some solids here and there, nothing huge just trying to get him use to some different tastes. He doesn't have the tongue thrust reflex which is good and seems to want more but we will just continue to give him little tastes of things and wait a bit longer before introducing them as a meal. Farex did not go down well, though he loves banana, pumpkin and other veges. I am still having a break from BB'ing so please don't think I'm rude if I don't reply to peoples replies.
Hugs for all your bubs.
Last edited by Pooley; January 29th, 2010 at 06:05 PM.
Sanchez, any luck with sleeping? When she wakes at night do you get up to feed her or just flop out a boob in bed? It is such a pain when they won't go back to sleep. DS has been the worst sleeper ever, you have my full sympathy.
Kelly, A is wrapped too - I can only imagine the drama when I have to start getting her to sleep without it. You can wrap a 13 year old for bed, can't you??
Pooley, F is such a big boy!
Which reminds me of an important tip - banana stains! I only found this out when my little niece slept with a banana one night (?!) and squashed it on my quilt. It now has an non removable brown stain that looks like poo.
Also for anyone introducing solids, banana can cause a bit of blockage so go easy on it for a start.
Amelia is now sitting by herself. She looks very cute.
Does that sound weird to anyone else.....random! Anyway worth a shot i guess!
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