October 2013 Babies Club

Das Kitty · 17-04-2014 2:11pm

It's been grand. I got my crying out of the way on Monday. :pac:

nikpmup · 17-04-2014 2:27pm

Das Kitty wrote: »

It's been grand. I got my crying out of the way on Monday. :pac:

I know I'm going to make a tit of myself when I go back!

groucho marx · 17-04-2014 2:47pm

nikpmup wrote: »

I know I'm going to make a tit of myself when I go back!

Heres your twin so. I actually use my brain very little at home so I think work are in for a shock. Why didnt we take the full unpaid sixteen weeks!!!

groucho marx · 17-04-2014 3:18pm

Just wondering have any of you moved to the next car seat up yet?

Das Kitty · 17-04-2014 3:26pm

No, there's still plenty of room above his head in the group 1.

I'll be keeping him in it as long as I can.

nikpmup · 18-04-2014 9:01pm

Met up with some girls from work today for lunch, as you can imagine there was a lot of work-related gossip and chat. All it made me feel was heartsick at the thought of going back. I never liked the place to begin with, I'm going to be just miserable now

groucho marx · 18-04-2014 9:16pm

I had that meet up a few weeks back and felt the same,sick in the pit of my stomach. I think had I not started making a baby I would have left in december 2012

Roesy · 18-04-2014 9:17pm

nikpmup wrote: »

I've no idea what make it is, it's just a big yellow one! I'll ask her when I see her.

I have just bought a 1 tog grobag for the warmer months, but I use it for daytime naps. It's one that has shoulder poppers so it's easy to get him into it.

Enjoy your day! Sounds fab - leave the eyebrows, you don't want your face all irritated!!

oh yes, and the floor mats I got are something like this , they're grand and spongy. Got a set for granny's house as well.

OH picked up something similar yesterday and the difference having the space to properly roll seems to have already made is unreal. She travelled about 3ft rolling from front to back and back to front again!!

groucho marx wrote: »

Just wondering have any of you moved to the next car seat up yet?

My husband is one of these people who researches absolutely every purchase so you can imagine what he's like about something relating to the safety of his firstborn! He's on the case about this at the moment. We won't move her for a little while as she has a little bit left above her head but we'll have one picked out/bought for when the time comes. I'd like the Britax dualfix but it seems really, really pricy.

nikpmup wrote: »

Met up with some girls from work today for lunch, as you can imagine there was a lot of work-related gossip and chat. All it made me feel was heartsick at the thought of going back. I never liked the place to begin with, I'm going to be just miserable now

I love teaching but definitely preferred my old, tougher school. The staff in the new place are nice but I have no close friendships like I had in my old place so it'll be hard to go back. Saying that, I think I'll enjoy the work when I get back into(unless I get a nightmare class!) it plus the holidays are great and within in reason there'll be a certain amount of work I can take home to do in the evenings when she goes to bed instead of staying as long after school.

Roesy · 21-04-2014 9:35am

Had our first trip to South Doc last night. Poor thing was miserable and seems to be finding it impossible to shake whatever she has the last couple of weeks. Thought it was a cold up until yesterday evening. She was bringing up loads of mucous, choking a little on her bottles and her breathing sounded different so I rang them and they said come in. The doctor examined her and thankfully her chest was clear. She reckons she's got a viral thing and her reflux is aggravated or worsening. She recommended watering down her bottles so she wouldn't be choking on them and would get more fluid. When I mentioned that she was on anti reflux formula and that watering it down would defeat the purpose of giving her a thickened formula, especially as currently seems more refluxy she suggested putting gaviscon in it. I then mentioned that I had been told that I couldn't put gaviscon in anti reflux formula she said she couldn't see why it would be a problem. Gaviscon thickens ordinary formula, she wanted to water down her thickened formula and then add something that would thicken it?!? We had also been told that gaviscon and Zantac, which she's on, was a no-no too. I was just reassured that her chest was okay. we have been using a humidifier, tube nasal suction thingy and giving her little sips of water every so often between her bottle. She seems a little better this morning but not herself still. She's a robust little thing, so full of movement and mischief and has never been sick really aside from the reflux so it's horrible to see her so miserable.

nikpmup · 21-04-2014 12:35pm

Ah, the poor little thing. Hope she gets better quickly. Sounds like what Hugo had over the winter, really congested. Alternate calpol and neurofen every 3 hours. As for the reflux advice, I'd be giving her paediatrician a ring and seeking his opinion. Hopefully in a few days she'll be feeling better and it'll subside.

groucho marx · 21-04-2014 4:11pm

Sorry to hear that roesy. How is she today? Hope she gets better soon!

Roesy · 21-04-2014 8:58pm

She's a little more herself this evening thankfully. She turned on her side in her sleep last night. I put her on her back again because I was afraid she'd roll on her front and wake herself as she forgets how to go from front to back sometimes!! Should I leave her on her side if she does it again I wonder? She's sitting up for longer now but gets a bit too cocky and reaches for something and goes flying forward. It's funny, she looked like a little gorilla tripod sitting up until a couple of days ago

nikpmup · 21-04-2014 9:46pm

Yet again Roesy, the kids are copying each other - Hugo was at that craic last night too! He's the same with sitting, is okay sitting up, but if he sees something he wants off to the side or in front, he just pitches towards it, arms outstretched, and looks indignant when he ends up arse over tit!

nikpmup · 23-04-2014 8:20am

It seems my little man has taken a big backwards step in terms of eating and sleeping :-/ Refusing food all day yesterday, and awake since 3am. Very tired mammy today. He's busy playing with the end of the curtains and I haven't the energy to stop him!

Do any of you who's babas have teeth brush them? I bought the dentinox teething toothpaste and I've been cleaning his two little teeth morning and evening, as well as rubbing the little brush around his gums. I'm worried he might be swallowing the toothpaste (I only use a tiny amount) Does he even need the paste or is the brushing enough? Since he's eating food his breath smells like.... Well, like someone who's been eating all day!

Also, I think he may be a lefty

I've been noticing he seems to favour his left hand. Could just be one of those things; my older sister is left handed though. It'll be interesting to see.

Das Kitty · 23-04-2014 8:45am

No teeth here, but we didn't start brushing James' properly until the molars started coming. That was on the advice of the dentist, but I might do differently this time. Rory is far less drooly than James was and I'd be concerned the flow wouldn't be enough to keep his teeth protected.

He had his first full creche day yesterday. Loved every second of it. He's a seriously happy little chap.

groucho marx · 23-04-2014 8:51am

Delited to hear he loved creche
No sign of any teeth here yet just lots of drool

lolademmers · 23-04-2014 9:34am

Two teeth here too only up a week. Gonna go to boots today go look for baby brushes.

nikpmup · 23-04-2014 10:33am

I got a Nuk tooth set, it's like a handle with a nobbly end that they chew and it cleans the teeth and gums. Or the dentinox teething paste has a little soft brush that you put on your finger.

knock13 · 23-04-2014 9:23pm

Glad your little fella got on good in crèche Das kitty. I'm still deciding where to go with for child care and dreading the thought of leaving him. I know he will probably be fine and it will be harder for me. Met a childminder last week and was surprised how expensive she was €250 per week in her house and have to bring own food!

We have 2 bottom teeth that came out of nowhere during last week, hadn't even thought of cleaning them yet but I suppose should get something. Do you just clean them before bed and before last bottle?

Might look into getting those sponge mat things as he is firing himself forward n ends up on the floorboards after a few mins. He is scooting along the floor but going backwards so gets frustrated when he wants to get to a toy and ends up going in the wrong direction! Endless fun for mommy to go get him his toy - suppose better get used to it, this is way it's going to be for a long time at their beck and call!

lolademmers · 23-04-2014 10:30pm

I was thinking of getting those foam mats too but apparently they have toxins in them and babies can bite lumps out of them so they can be a choking hazard? I just have a few blankets doubled up on the floor. They get so dirty no matter how much I clean the floor!!

Das Kitty · 23-04-2014 10:34pm

I used the mats for James, there was never an issue. I've no room to put them down for Rory now.

naughto · 23-04-2014 10:42pm

we use them as well there grand

Roesy · 24-04-2014 7:19am

A friend of mine was telling me that about the mats as well but she seemed to think it was a specific brand of the colourful alphabet ones. She said she had them for her son and that it was all over euro news about 4 years ago about the coating on them being really bad for babies to inhale. She stopped using them and returned them to the shop and thought the offending ones were no longer for sale. Must look it up and see. There was some chemical she mentioned. Sounded like formaldehyde!

nikpmup · 24-04-2014 9:10am

Jesus, just googled it - :eek: Eh, mats in the garden, I think!

Das Kitty · 24-04-2014 9:14am

http://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/989496

nikpmup · 24-04-2014 9:30am

I wonder does that study cover only Australian made ones or cheap ones from Asia? Cos I reckon mine are the latter!

Das Kitty · 24-04-2014 9:52am

I doubt there are very many aussie made ones tbh. I'd say 95% come from asia.

They'd test ones available for purchase in Australia which would be pretty much the same as here. They use them in all the creches too.

nikpmup · 24-04-2014 9:55am

Thats good to know. As it goes, they're already manky, I might give them a wash and let them dry in the garden for a few days. Might dissipate some of the nasties!

groucho marx · 24-04-2014 12:10pm

I think oh takes the screwdrivers to work to stop us building things lol
Ladybird caravan of fun came today,looks fun,dont know will she manage using it yet as she cant sit up unaided.she likes the rattles though

PuddingHead · 26-04-2014 10:20am

we've got 2 teeth, both popped up on the 21st!

fierce sharp god bless you breast feeding mummies!

We clean his gums twice a day cooled boiled water on a muslin, wrapped around my finger, PHN told us to start doing it at 3 months and we did. we're getting the nuk set soon tho, awaiting payday! poo!

I was told the floor mats can hinder development re understanding that hitting your head off the floor hurts and you should be more careful, we're not getting them anyway but im sick of vacuuming... but considering someone has taken to licking floorboards I'd best...

What are the little fatties eating these days, we tried him on some Ella's Kitchen and Hipp Organic stuff and the little rogue likes it more than mammys cooking

How do i know if I'm feeding him enough?

9am - bottle (4oz)

11 - Porridge (12 to 18 grams, 3 oz of milk) followed by 3 oz

13.30 - bottle 6 oz

16.30 - 2 oz of dinner plus water plus 2 to 4 oz of milk

19.30 - lega/banana + avacdo/ porridge and banana

snacks, max of 3 rice cakes, quarter slice of toast, yoghurt (about 1)

23.00 3oz bottle

and repeat he's had a 3am bottle recently but thats only about 2 oz and i think related to teeth moreso than anyone else

lolademmers · 26-04-2014 11:11am

Hipp organic and Ella's kitchen over rules my cooking too! He has ate salmon for me so I was delighted with that. His routine is loosely something like this
6:30 7oz
7:00 porridge followed by a couple of fingers of toast
11:00 7pz
12:30 lunch usually some leftovers from our dinner the night before like spag Bol made from scratch but if we had something that would suit him he gets a pouch or jar.
3:00 7oz
5:00 some liga or rusk mashed with milk or some glen sisk yoghurt with finger food of fruit.
6:30 7oz.
Obviously he sleeps and plays too but that's his food routine :-)
It does look like I'm feeding him all day but he won't drink his bottle too near a meal. Now that he is 6 months I'm gonna ramp it up a gear with the finger food. Got him one of those nuk feeders with the mesh so will use that too gonna try mango today.

nikpmup · 26-04-2014 9:17pm

Hugo's routine food wise is as follows:

7am - 7oz bottle
9.30am - ready brek with some fruit
11.30am - 5oz bottle
1.30pm - lunch, meat & veggies, or mashed avocado, an ellas pouch if we're out and some fruit afterwards.
5pm - rusk & some formula taken from a 5oz bottle, a yogurt and the rest of said bottle
7.30pm - 7oz bottle

sometimes if he seems hungry I'll give him a snack as well. He is only now starting to get to grips with finger food so I'm gonna start giving him more.

Roesy · 26-04-2014 9:18pm

My little savage is still putting away 38oz of formula plus two little 'meals' a day. By meals I mean a couple of tablespoons of puree or mashed fruit or vegetables. Should I be upping the food and cutting back the amount in the bottles? She never fails to empty her bottle. She's not 6 months until the week after next so I haven't introduced dairy or wheat. We haven't started meats yet either.

nikpmup · 26-04-2014 10:40pm

I increased the food and decreased the volume of the bottles, he was on 4 x 8oz bottles, he's now on 2 x 7oz and 2 x 5oz. He also gets probably an extra ounce and a half in his breakfast as well. His meals are probably three or four tablespoons each, sometimes he devours it all, sometimes he'll leave some. I don't try to push him to finish if he doesn't want it. I've discovered this week as well; his teeth are at him and he's loving the food straight out of the fridge, stone cold!

lolademmers · 27-04-2014 7:10am

He was on 5 7oz bottles but that's dropped to 4 bottles. As nikpump said some days he is not bothered with food but I don't stress about it. They say food before one is just for fun. It's all trying stuff out now so they hopefully don't become fussy eaters!!

nikpmup · 28-04-2014 9:59am

My brilliant sleeper has turned into a night demon. He woke at 11pm, 1am, 3am. By 4am he was singing and squealing. I gave in and gave him a bottle at 4.30am. He then snoozed till 6am. I was woken up by him slapping me in the face! I can't actually string a sentence together today.

Das Kitty · 28-04-2014 10:01am

Any of the other babies not bearing weight on their legs?

Rory used to. He wasn't as eager as James was as a baby, but he'd do it. Now if we try, he pitches forward.

nikpmup · 28-04-2014 11:07am

My lad pitches forward too, but I think that's because he sees things he wants and is trying to get them - he will bear weight on his legs, if I sit on the floor and stand him up facing me, or stand him up on the change mat.

Roesy · 29-04-2014 7:46am

She bears weight on her legs alright but has in the last couple of days taken to bouncing like tigger after a few seconds. Honestly, it's like she's trying to jump!

People have commented that she's always on the go and it's true I suppose. We were at a christening at the weekend and the baby sat like a stone for the whole thing. Said baby is 5 weeks older than my little cherub who doesn't really stay still for any length of time. She'll do a few minutes in her swing and will tire herself out in her entertainer but other than that wants to be up in our arms or in the carrier overseeing jobs around the house. If she's on the floor we get no peace anymore as she's constantly flipping onto her front and trying to move/drag herself/crawl towards things, which she can't really do successfully so she gets annoyed and then we have to help her flip back and she does it all over again. I love spending time playing with her and she's more fun by the day but I'm wondering should a 24 week old be able to occupy herself/sit still for more than a couple of minutes at a time.....can you tell we've had the 'she's the boss/she's spoiled' thing said to us lately

lolademmers · 29-04-2014 7:53am

Same here. He is constantly bouncing on his legs trying to see what's over my shoulder. Everyone says that he will be walking soon?!? I'd say I wil be here in December wondering why he won't walk!

groucho marx · 29-04-2014 8:31am

Ha roesy that sounds exactly like the livewire here,only difference is shes realised in the carrier that im not actualy holding her so that wont do now either. Wants to be up dancing if standing,held up bouncing if were sat and rolling all over the floor getting annoyed then when she cant craw5. Zero sence of danger and has hopped her head twice,no tears but not good for me.

Roesy · 02-05-2014 9:27am

So I've finally started using grobags for naps and yet again I've gone in to check on her and found her in a ridiculous position. She was sideways across the top of the cot with her leg foot stuck out the bars. When we went to get her up this morning we went in and she was on her front up the top of the cot with her arms stuck down the side of the cot. After reading all the warnings about cot bumpers I don't want to get them but I'm wondering are these or moving her into a travel cot my last resort. I'd hate for her to hurt herself with her current shenanigans.

Das Kitty · 02-05-2014 9:33am

She won't hurt herself.

We went through the same thoughts with James, but it wasn't waking him up, so we left it

He got his chubby wee knee lodged a couple of times when he was older (we were onto the duvet at that stage), and we had to release him. But he had shoved his leg in there on purpose, and after the second time, he learned his lesson.

Roesy · 02-05-2014 9:38am

Das Kitty wrote: »

She won't hurt herself.

We went through the same thoughts with James, but it wasn't waking him up, so we left it

He got his chubby wee knee lodged a couple of times when he was older (we were onto the duvet at that stage), and we had to release him. But he had shoved his leg in there on purpose, and after the second time, he learned his lesson.

She couldn't manoeuvre herself out of this mornings pickle so we had to rescue her but aside from making loads of noise she doesn't seem too bothered. My husbands friends have a baby who is a little older than ours and they were telling us all sorts of dire warnings about what could potentially happen. Think it gave us the jitters.

Das Kitty · 02-05-2014 9:48am

She'll let you know if she needs help.

There are bumper options that don't hamper airflow, by the way. At least there used to be. If I remember right they're very expensive though.

If she's anything like my fella, she'll be shoving bits of herself (and sometimes her whole body) into too narrow gaps for a long time to come. Legs in the stair gate, and even just yesterday he caught a finger in the top of a radiator.

Roesy · 02-05-2014 9:53am

Das Kitty wrote: »

She'll let you know if she needs help.

There are bumper options that don't hamper airflow, by the way. At least there used to be. If I remember right they're very expensive though.

If she's anything like my fella, she'll be shoving bits of herself (and sometimes her whole body) into too narrow gaps for a long time to come. Legs in the stair gate, and even just yesterday he caught a finger in the top of a radiator.

I think I just have to resign myself that she's not going to be one of those peaceful, placid little babies.....,and maybe construct a bubblewrap outfit for her

lolademmers · 03-05-2014 8:37am

How many bottles are you guys giving? We are on 4 here but was told at 7 months he should be on 3. Don't know where I'm gonna cut the extra 1.
Also found out today two of my friends who had babies the same time as me are not going back to work. They didn't tell me themselves which I thought was strange.

groucho marx · 03-05-2014 9:03am

Were on 4 8oz but if she takes even half of the last one im doing good. Because were still realy at the experimental stage with food I do try give her the full 8oz before bed.
That is odd unless maybe they didnt want you to think they were rubbing it in your face telling you when they know you are going back?

nikpmup · 03-05-2014 10:32am

My lad still takes four bottles, but I cut the two middle ones to 5oz and the morning and evening ones to 7oz. He often would only drink 2 or 3 oz of his dinnertime bottle. I'm trying to give him a sippy cup so I can start giving him water but he's not digging it at all!

groucho marx · 03-05-2014 11:21am

nikpmup wrote: »

My lad still takes four bottles, but I cut the two middle ones to 5oz and the morning and evening ones to 7oz. He often would only drink 2 or 3 oz of his dinnertime bottle. I'm trying to give him a sippy cup so I can start giving him water but he's not digging it at all!

Same re sippy cup. She does love knawing at it though.

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