Babies born~September 1st-15th 2009 #2

[kellynz]

Hey all,
We are going pretty well in the sleep department, but just taking baby steps. We have spent the last 2 nights unwrapping T once he is asleep and he can now put himself back to sleep so i haven't got up to him at all - yay! Last night i tried to leave one arm unwrapped but after an hour i gave up and wrapped him, as he was still awake. Will try again tonight! I am home alone tonight as DH is at a stag-do and his parents, who are staying the weekend, are at a party. So i can just sit in his room and shush him - maybe!

AM - yep I have purchased a merino sleep sack, still waiting for delivery. my MIL is also going to make one for us, so will have 2 which will be cool. Meantime I have T in long sleeve PJs and he is wearing merino mittens to bed - which apparently makes them feel more secure when they are used to being wrapped, and also keeps him warm. I'm still BFing twice a day, but i doubt he has much at the afternoon feed, its more like a snack before dinner! I guess we may drop to 4 feeds soon - but it just doesnt seem like enough to me, although he will drink a tiny bit of water. I am enjoying the feeding, so i might keep doing the 7am for a while, its nice cuddletime and he is hungry and less distracted than other feeds. Bummer about the early rising Maybe once he is on 2 meals a day he wont wake so early? You'd think/hope the darker mornings would help.

Art - i think once you're ready to drop the wrapping, or A starts to escape, then you probably just have to go through a few tricky nights. I decided it was worth it, as i was getting up to re-wrap him anyway - and I'd rather he wasnt wrapped for daycare, or going through the transition once i'm back at work and needing sleep! Seems like the mittens are helping though! Interesting about the solids... I expected T to be similar but he seems to love eating, no doubt she will get used to the idea soon

Sangie - LOL on flapping like a stranded fish, i know what you mean. They are just so eager to get going arent they! Wont be long and we'll all be shutting doors and buying cupboard locks etc - i must get onto that!

Nicola - you must need eyes in the back of your head with toddlers around, i'm enjoying the 'just 1' phase as much as possible, realising next time will be different. Bummer about Indi's reactions to foods, i think i've heard of mango creating issues before I guess you can only progress slowly and see what happens, or maybe she will grow out of it.

Taurean - sounds like Izzy is going really well! I'm not sure when to move T to 3 meals, I quite like having some time in the day that we can go out rather than worrying about sitting down for another meal. I might leave him a little longer on 2, until he drops the 4th day sleep - which we are working on. I think it takes them quite a while to get used to water, T still isnt all that keen but he will have a few mouthfuls, and he likes holding the sippy cup. At least with breastmilk its not as thick as formula, so she is less likely to need as much water. Also good that its a bit cooler (well it is in NZ now anyway) as I was getting worried about dehyration too, T gets a bit sweaty during daysleeps. Are you still on meds by the way? I can't recall. Hope the baby sitting went well! I have looked after our friends kids a few times, who are 4 and almost 3 - its exhausting! and really hard to convince them to be quiet when a baby is sleeping for more than 5 minutes. Look forward to hearing about the crawling. And you are not alone with the large headed bub - T is very top heavy, lots of brains!

ps. 3 more days until Tadhg is 7 months old!