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The Newborn & Toddlers Off-Topic Chat Thread
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How Strange wrote: »My son said mama TWICE this morning so there was no mistaking it!!
. He's being saying mmm for ages but today he said mama.
How old is your Son? Mine is 7 months and just saying Da da all the time0 -
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hehe, congrats on the first 'mama', HowStrange & wmpdd3.
the sounds the little ones make are sooo cute, I could listen to them all day (I swear our 8-week old said 'owl', 'new' and 'Bruttosozialprodukt' the other day ;-P (only the first two may be true though
things are grand here, E. sleeps 5 hours in one go now, most nights - not always the 'right' side of midnight, but one can't be too picky at the moment...It seems that he's now able to last longer between feeds as well, only bfeeding every 3 to 4 hours now, and nowhere near as long as I used to (from 40 mins down to 20 mins max). Hope that's normal...:D
have a nice day everyone, it's lovely out here, might go for a quick dash around the block ;-)0 -
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SO exciting with the new words :-) enjoy it ladies!
Nathan is 4 weeks old tomorrow & has gone into 3-6 month clothes already!! He's a little monster hehe! He's so long its crazy!
I've finally gotten into my old clothes I'm so happy with myself! 0 -
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No luck Play Bunny! baby just wasn't playing ball!
It was the same in the hospital scan last week, baby is in breech position with knee's tucked close together and legs crossed at the ankles, so no chances of finding out!
We're going to wait til the big day and find out then instead
Tigeress you skinny minny, it took me aaaaages to fit back into regular clothes, I'm very jealous! You must feel great getting back into your 'own' clothes.
I couldn't wait to put my maternity clothes away, gas really when I couldn't wait to fit into them when I first found out I was pregnant
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Aww happy birthday to your little man How Strange hope he has a great day! Wow he really has had an exciting week so far! Congrats on his 1st tooth too Yey & the standing up! Xx
Happy birthday to your little one in 2 days too Moonbeam
Thanks Cap I'm delighted with myself! I've lost 12kg since I've had him! I'm still very sore but I think the antibiotics are finally fighting this infection in the section wound I'm feeling a little better everyday & today I'm going to Newbridge for an hour to meet up with my friends & a coffee I'm very much looking forward to it hehe
My little fella had been smiling since pretty much day 2 while he's asleep & yest he smiled for 1st time while awake I'm hoping it's the start of him smiling while awake now (really looking forward to that hehe) he's 4 weeks today
Anyone reading 'What to expect in the 1st year' ? I'm finding oy a tiny amount of each chapter actually applies to my little man?!0 -
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Awww Cap...you have a wee gent/lady on your hands there, lovely and discreet! It's gas with the maternity clothes, like you say, you think you'll never get into them and then you're celebrating putting them away!
Happy Birthday to your little guy How Strange. Maybe he was distressed at the thoughts of getting older, these milestone birthdays tend to have that sort of effect on us all
:D His first tooth, on his first birthday, that's lovely!
I agree with wmpdd3, get everything you can on video, it's amazing watching it back. Our first guy will be 3 in April and it's incredible watching his early videos, everything moves so fast with them it amazing to think of them when they couldn't talk or walk. Especially with this one coz the trick now is getting him to keep quiet! :eek::D
Our little one is so cute, he's just the happiest little bundle of cuteness. We had friends over yesterday and their one year old was drinking a bottle, well our guy was drinking every sip with him! 0 -
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caprilicious wrote: »No luck Play Bunny! baby just wasn't playing ball!
It was the same in the hospital scan last week, baby is in breech position with knee's tucked close together and legs crossed at the ankles, so no chances of finding out!
We're going to wait til the big day and find out then instead
Tigeress you skinny minny, it took me aaaaages to fit back into regular clothes, I'm very jealous! You must feel great getting back into your 'own' clothes.
I couldn't wait to put my maternity clothes away, gas really when I couldn't wait to fit into them when I first found out I was pregnant
aww typical, not long to go now, ive my apt wed week so pg i can find out im sooo looking fwd to it, never thought about the whole breech position he/she better play ball ive no patience, well it cuts down on shopping for stuff eh0 -
The youngest cbyrd is lost in the cot but loves the extra space we got him a mobile, but it completely freaked him out the first time i put it on :eek: it was a bit hilarious watching a slow baby meltdown..:D bad mammy :pac: 0
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The youngest cbyrd is lost in the cot but loves the extra space we got him a mobile, but it completely freaked him out the first time i put it on :eek: it was a bit hilarious watching a slow baby meltdown..:D bad mammy :pac:
Haha! Shane Jnr hated his mobile for the first few nights, but now demands it and is more interested in it than saying 'Night, night' to Daddy. Ours projects stars and bees buzzing around onto the ceiling- its one of the Fisherprice things- I'm not surprised it freaked the little guy out at first.
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red fraggle wrote: »ok quick question.
is it ok for me as the mammy to suck my 3 week old girls dummy and give it to her? i was told i cant pass on my germs to her. or do i need to sterilise it every time i give it to her. im just wondering cos she only started takin the dummy today and im wondering if i give it to her during the night will i have to get up to sterilise it or can i just give it to her.
also the dummies i have dont have lids. is it ok to sterilise a small container and keep them in this? and give them to her from this?
I always did the mammy lick I have 4..with my youngest i do notice that sometimes it can make him posset a bit after a while but not in the last 2 or 3 weeks (16 weeks now)you could make a milton solution in a small bowl and have 2 dodi's and alternate . .the way i look at it is when you sterilise a bottle you have to hold the teat to get it in the bottle top so technically it's not completely sterile...no better way to start building the immune system 0 -
How Strange wrote: »Tigress I have the Penelope Leach 'Your Baby & Child' and I find it great. I really like her style as she gives the gentle approach and a more routine based approach and you decide for yourself. She doesnt say one is better than the other. She also has loads of information for each stage.
Thanks How Strange I'm gonna give it a look see there are so many books out there.. 0 -
How Strange wrote: »I always used the mammys lick for a quick sterilization but I got a clevamama soother sterilizer tree in mother care for €10 which sterilized the soothers in 1 minute in the microwave. I got a microwave sterilizer in mother care later which was fantastic for the pump bits and pieces but it took 8 minutes to sterilize so the soother three was much handier.
What is this soothed steriliser tree? It sounds great! We have 4 soothers that have little lids with them so I just use the normal steriliser and put the caps on & use them as needed.. But in saying that when he spits them out they go flying & he can go through them all pretty quick! I won't put on the steriliser to only do 4 soothers though so this microwave one sounds cool!
I haven't used the Mammy Lick either funny word though! 0 -
lol @ cbyrd, so cute seeing them in their cot when they're so teeny (meltdown aside). If only mine would stay in a cot :P
Playbunny fingers & toes crossed your baba will cooperate and you will be able to find out the sex! How many weeks are you now?
Belated Happy Birthday baby how strange so lovely to have him reach so many milestones at his birthday too! Belated happy birthday baby Moonbeam too, she is a little dote! that year has definitely flown!
Tigeress that's brill that you're healing well now after the section, it must be such a relief. Was it difficult managing with your little guy while you were recovering? So lovely that he is smiling, I still remember my little girls first little smile
Hannibal so true about the videos, I was backing up the hardrive on my laptop and came across video's of our little girl at diffferent stages, it's amazing to see how much she's changed in the past year or two!0 -
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sillysocks wrote: »In relation to the soothers After a week or two of getting sick of picking them off the floor every few minutes we got one of those clips that clips the soother onto the babies clothes. They have them for a couple of euro in Smyths.
I used to think they were only for when baby was old enough to put the soother back in themselves but soon learnt it saved many soothers from falling on the ground! Obviously didn't use it in bed or anything in case she'd hurt herself.
We'd be sterilising soothers every few minutes if I didn't have one of those clips! I find the NUK ones the handiest as well! I think most chemists have them as well 0 -
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red fraggle, my heart goes out to you! went through a similar spell, it'll pass, don't worry. you're doing great, and please dont think you're a bad mommy! it's heartbreaking to see the little ones cry so much, but it will get better!
as nicowa said, don't be too hard on yourself!0 -
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How Strange wrote: »Tigeress hopefully this link works because I'm doing it on my iPhone
http://www.clevamama.com/en/products/soother-tree/soother-tree.aspx
Thanks so much How Strange I'm thinking I'm gonna purchase this lol it sounds awesome!
From Cap:
Tigeress that's brill that you're healing well now after the section, it must be such a relief. Was it difficult managing with your little guy while you were recovering? So lovely that he is smiling, I still remember my little girls first little smile
Thanks Cap he only does his smiles every so often more so smerks lol but it's pretty awesome! Can't wait for full on smiles all the time hehe he's such a content & good baby! We're so lucky! The recovery is still on going but thankfully the worst of the pains are gone now from the section.. After 3 antibiotics the wound is finally healing although I have to wear bandages for a while more.. I found it very hard to look after N with the pains at the start but I was very lucky that my OH save his hols from last year & took all of Jan off, I would have been lost without him! He's back in work next week though eek!!
How are you doing hun?
My little fella has gone from 8 bottles a day to 6 now.. He's still drinking the same amount just more per bottle & longer between we're going 4 hours between feeds now which im very happy about! I'm
Finding he farts (sorry for crudeness) more than burps & I find winding him sometimes impossible anyone else suffering with this?
Sillysocks I bought some of those clips to stop the soothers falling too I only use them when we're out though, I'm so nervous it'll get caught on him! 0 -
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Red Fragle I do feel the same on & off hun, it's hard work being a Mum & I completely understand how you feel.. I've been getting loads of help from my OH & he's going back to work next week & I'm dreading doing it all on my own.. I know for both of us it'll get better we havent had much experience with crying like that so I can only imagine how hard it is hun.. The other girls gave great advise, take a break in the eve when himself comes home & recharge! You'll feel a million times better from it, hope you're feeling better & you're not a bad Mum! Xx 0
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Well it's bub's is about to hit 1 month. Happy birthday to all the little ones who recently turned 1.
It's been a while & so much exciting stuff on this thread has happened. But in an effort to not take over this thread yet again I will attempt to keep it brief. I hope everyone is doing well. Although red fraggle my heart goes out to you, I hope you get some rest soon and know that you are doing a marvelous job. I too have been feeling the worst mom ever because she got chicken pox.
Yes chicken pox!!! :eek: Needless to say it's been a fun filled few days. Started of by a cold, then followed by fever and the Doctor thinking it was just a virus. Thankfully my instinct said otherwise, she just was getting worst and nothing I could do to comfort her. I felt horrible, so we ended up in hospital. She now is better, has a couple of spots & trying stop her from scratching them. But sleep has been an illusive dream. We're taking her home soon thankfully, but in the meantime the Doctors, Nurses, Mr, my parents all ganged up against me and told me get out of her room for something to eat and drink. I've not left her side, simply getting people to deliver what food/supplies needed. So currently in a little computer in the coffee shop dropping a quick line & possibly ranting! I'm not sure.
So how did she get chicken pox?
Well it turns out at my Nephew's Crèche had an outbreak, whilst he's been immunized and fine. He came over and well, the rest is self evident. Our bub's is too young for the immunization & here we have chicken pox. I had it when I was little, but Mr not yet. Thankfully Mr is immunized. Still can't get that sinking feeling that I'm bad Mom.... CHICKEN POX!!! 0 -
Omg Jenni you poor thing, sounds like you've had a rotten few days
I hope baba get's over her chicken pox soon and that you get some much earned sleep.
Fingers crossed you won't pick it up too seeing as you haven't had it before.
Don't you dare feel guilty about it either! It sounds like she got a bad dose of it, so hopefully that means she wont get it again when she's older.
Apparently if they only get a mild dose when they're young, they're prone to getting it again later, or so I'm told!
I know it's hard to be away from baby when they're so sick, but please do try get yourself a good rest or you will end up unwell yourself when she needs you.
Hope she's home to you soon
Tigeress that's brill that your husband was at home to help you with N through your recovery, can't believe you went through 3 antibiotics til it healed :eek: you poor thing, thankfully it's healing now.
My little girl was more prone to farts than burps too, I found small quantities of warm water (only an ounce or less) after her milk bottle helped get the wind out.
I'm doing great thanks, look like a 90 year old when I walk around trying to balance this massive bump that has me all lopsided 0 -
JenniG I hope your little one is on the mend now. That's really horrible for her and for you and your husband. Chicken pox is everywhere over here at the moment. My son started in crèche in September and on the first day a toddler had chicken pox. I don't know how he escaped it. However it's so contagious and the incubation period is a month so it's hard to avoid it especially if in your case you've had lots of visitors since she was born.
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red fraggle wrote: »my little one cried from 10 am til bout 3pm with maybe an hour break in between. since she stopped ive started!! just really feeling down. thinking i cant cope, i cant help her and thinkin when she wakes is she still going to be crying with the wind pain. feeling a bit like im not a good mammy at the moment. i know its prob just cos im tired and hate seein my baby crying and not able do anything. husband will be home soon so thats great. just had to get my crappy feeling out there!!!
Red Fraggle: Dont be so hard on yourself, I too feel sometimes that I can't cope, especially when I get one settled and the other one starts off and as soon he is settled the little girl starts again, and it goes around and around, They say it gets easier when I don't know, it changes from people to people, some say after 3mths and others say after 1yr, I am just hoping once the twins reached 4-6mths that they will be amused by themselves..
You are a good mammy, babies cry, its normal, I do all the checks, check nappy, check for wind either sit them up or put them over my knees tummy down and rub their back, or over the shoulder and rub back, rock them, if all fails, which 9/10 times it does, I go out to kitchen and take deep breaths calm myself down and go in and I lift both of them into my arms against my chest and hold them, close. hugging them close and even though they are heavy now, it works. its quietens them right down. plus stick a finger in the mouth of the one is crying the most is better than any soother in fact our lot would sleep all night sucking one of our fingers if they'd get away with it. if the truth be known i cant sleep much because i'm constantly worrying about them over what i dont know, i guess it's just a motherly instinct and i dont think it'll ever go away.0 -
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JenniG I hope your little one is doing much better & you too! You poor thing having to go through all that don't for a min think you're being a bad mum from what you e said I think you're being amazing fingers crossed she gets to go home soon xxx
Cap lol I remember being in so much pain I was limping all the time so I feel for ya hun!0 -
My little fella has decided that he doesn't want to get his wind up at night anymore hours of trying different positions the last few nights & nothing.. He'll fall asleep in my arms but the min I move or try to put him down he wiggles & crys with pain.. I'm lost I'm so tired I feel like I can't function & then feel worse for wanting sleep when he's so uncomfortable.. He's awake most of the daytime now & even when he does sleep it's only for a half hour or so, so no chance in catching up sleep then.. Any advise? 0
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