September 2014 Babies Club

73trix wrote: »

No help unfortunately. No family locally. Lots to be said for it.

I know the feeling it's tough.
My family are an hour away and I have no sisters.
I would definitely go driving to get baby asleep.


They change so much thou over the weeks.
My little lad has gone from a baby where you just put down to go asleep to now I have to rock him over the door saddle. To get him asleep.

Then wakes within 15 mins

So the odd day I do go driving with them.

Yep, my fella was stuck to me around the 6 weeks mark. Especially in the evenings. I don't think I ate a hot meal for 2 weeks, couldn't put him down for long enough to eat dinner when it was cooked! Winding him would sometimes lead to sleep.

73trix wrote: »

Did any of yours suddenly reject the bottles at this time? Soooo frustrating as it gave me a break. I went to shop for hour yest and left a bottle of expressed and he refused it so hysterical by time I got back. Now I'm reluctant to leave him. Could it have something to do with teat size? Still on size 1. Could it be the flow is too slow given the current feeding frenzy?

How long did this phase last for yours? The mental crying is the worst but once fed he's grand til next bout of starvation!!

Yes my lad did this around 7 weeks I was at hairdressers getting hair dyed.
Had to run out door with hair barely rinsed!!!
I think he woke crying and my mother mistook it for hunger and when she tried him he kept refusing.

firestarter51 wrote: »

my fella has started teething
i wasnt expecting it so early, cant use bonjella till 4 months old, any tips ?

An amber necklace.
I found these great.

Teetha granules also not sure what age or teetha gel

firestarter51 wrote: »

teetha gel is for 3 months onward
i wasnt sure what the amber neckalce was, quick google search gase a hse warning

http://www.hse.ie/eng/health/child/childsafety/teething_necklace.html

i have a teething ring, is there any benefit to putting them in the freezer
ive heard some people do it
hopefully the teething wont annoy him too much, i got some calpol if he gets very bad, the nurse suggested it for after his 8 week jabs
he didnt have any reaction thankfully

My 2 yr. Old has a teething necklace and there is no physical way she could break the necklace.
Each bead is individually knotted so it makes it very difficult to break.
I was wary about them too but she never touches it.

You can put them in freezer. More effective when they can hold them themselves.

Cut up a new facecloth or a small towel into small pieces soak in water squeeze out and freeze when old enough they can hold and suck.

Seems to work too.

What signs is baby giving that he's teething?

firestarter51 wrote: »

keeps chewing on his fist and dribbling/drooling a lot

It's very early isn't it poor baby they don't be tiny for long. .

firestarter51 wrote: »

he is only 9 weeks, i wasnt expecting it this early to be honest
he is growing so fast, 12 lb at his check up monday
he is wearing 3-6 months clothes already
completely different to the fragile little thing we brought home

Yes my boys the same however it's not bothering him just fist in his mouth no drooling.
Really.
Some suffer terrible with drooling thou.

They are so cute when they get the first tooth thou. !

Drooling and chewing fists here too. I think he just does it when he's hungry though.
We'd a kind of trial run yesterday for me going back to work, and it wasn't a disaster!. I was one of the organisers for a small conference so had to go in for it, i was in 9-12.30, 2-5 then dinner from 7-10. He was with his dad for the day. I went home to feed him at lunch and his dad brought him in to me at 5.30 to feed him before I had to go for dinner. He took 3 bottles for daddy!! Dad says he was in good form most of the day but was unsettled and agitated in the evening, even with walking around apt which usually settles him. He did get him to sleep that night, took about 5 attempts to put him down but is great as it's the first time he's gone down at night without the boob. I was a bit worried how dad would get on but he did great. Such a relief now. I go back 2nd wk December.

Well done madeinamerica & your boys

I still haven't got around to pumping and baby's dad will be here looking after them this weekend, just have todo formula. Well I will try and pump something today and tomorrow. And I'll be pumping to relieve a bit while I'm not feeding. Will have to dump the morning ones as I'm getting out for a few sociables Friday and Saturday

10 weeks now and he Is still cluster feeding in the evenings, but defo seeing a stretch at night. 11/12 to 4.

Have a parents evening at primary school tonight for my older boy - will be starting in September !!

FurBabyMomma wrote: »

On the subject of pumping, i got a manual pump as the electric ones were so expensive but have I made a mistake??? Any suggestions?

Also I'm dying for a big glass of wine how long after do I need to pump and dump?

Just jumping in here, it's the same rule as drinking and driving, in general it takes 1 hour for your body to breakdown 1 unit of alcohol. It takes 30 mins after your first drink for alcohol levels to peak in your blood and your milk, and this extends to one hour if you are eating as well.

So if you want a glass of wine (1.5 units) and your baby will not need a feed for 2-3 hours after you drink, then it's absolutely fine.

Also, just so you know, there is very little reason to pump and dump unless you are feeling engorged. Think of it in the same way as alcohol in your blood, your body will naturally break in down

Edit: here's a good info source http://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/lifestyle/alcohol/

madeinamerica wrote: »

So my careful plans for going back to work hit a speed wobble yesterday... Had a bit of a cry when thinking about it, that R won't see me for x hours a day, what if he forgets me or starts to prefer his Dad and then doesn't want me anymore?! All a bit hormonal still I think.

God help you i just don't know how you can do it I'd be crying every day at the thoughts
What I missed the most is the physical holding the baby. I felt I was missing something and the cuddles too of course.

Hope you enjoy the last few weeks together during the days. What time will you finish at in the evenings

I don't have set hours, it's just to get the work done yourself and some of it has to be done at certain times. It's great in some ways but it can be hard sometimes without a regular day structure. Before he was born id come home pretty late, which annoyed my husband. I'll just have to organise it to come home earlier. I'll be teaching a class v two evenings a week too, I'm hoping to get home in between work and the class to see him but I'll see how that works out. I'll miss holding him! And in dreading that I'll miss him do new stuff

4am, I woke up for the next feed but his Lordship is still asleep. Something not right here! Now I'm just listening to him breathing. Nice to know he's still alive!

On that point, do any of ye have baby monitors that can sense if baby is breathing or stops breathing? Hubby is keen to get one but I'm not sure, I reckon they may cause more stress than they are worth and I've read that they don't reduce risk of sids or anything.

madeinamerica wrote: »

4am, I woke up for the next feed but his Lordship is still asleep. Something not right here! Now I'm just listening to him breathing. Nice to know he's still alive!

On that point, do any of ye have baby monitors that can sense if baby is breathing or stops breathing? Hubby is keen to get one but I'm not sure, I reckon they may cause more stress than they are worth and I've read that they don't reduce risk of sids or anything.

I have angelcare and I love it. Just gives me l reassurance that AJ is doing ok. From what I heard it can give a false alarm when baby is older and can roll off sensor pad, but it seems quite sensitive to me. You just have to remember to switch it off when you take him out of the crib otherwise the alarm goes off and the hubby goes mad!

Re growth spurts, does anyone else find that their baby's seems a bit off with what the books say? I think AJ seems to be having another one now at 9.5 weeks

comongethappy wrote: »

Re growth spurts, does anyone else find that their baby's seems a bit off with what the books say? I think AJ seems to be having another one now at 9.5 weeks

Yes definitely was very unsettled around then. I downloaded the Wonder Weeks app and I don't know if it's just a load of old bollox, but it says that baby 'leaps' between 8.5 & 9.5 weeks. It's all about mental development- and every time the baby has a mental growth spurt / develops new skills they call it leaping. The symptoms of a leap tend to be a lot of fussiness. So maybe there is something to it. ?

A leap is a sudden change in the mental development of a baby. It announces progress. Leaps of all healthy children occur at about the same age. Children show individual difference in the intensity with which they go through a leap. The start of a leap goes together with a sudden brain change that brings along a new type of perception. A leap consists of two phases.

The difficult period, marked by the three C's: a child is Crying more, and being more Clingy and Cranky than normal. The progress of the baby may come to a standstill or may even regress. Parents may be concerned or may even feel frustrated.

The 'smooth transitions' leap:
After having made this leap, a baby doesn't experience the world as a single, undividable entity anymore (like a bowl of soup, where everything blends together) and begins to differentiate regular patterns. For example: he discovers his hands. He looks surprised and turns them around. Many of the baby's automatic reflexes disappear, and he begins to do things purposefully. All the movements your baby makes still look very stiff to the outside world, as if he was a Pinocchio, a puppet on a string.

Note the following signals:

Your baby wants to be entertained more often;
It will take a little longer before he is at ease with other people, especially those he does not see every day;
He wants to be breastfed all day long, but doesn't really drink;
He is craving for more physical contact;
He cries more and more easily

Next one is due around 11.5 - 12.5 weeks.

Thanks for the monitor info girls.

That wonder weeks seems spot on for how my fellow has been. Must look into the book. He noticed his hands recently too, so funny! He loves looking at them when I'm changing him, the mat has raised edges that hold his arms up a bit.

firestarter51 wrote: »

hi all, sligo went well he slept there and back, so proud of him, my oh family were smitten
anyone been to the 3 month development check with the ph nurse
if so whats involved, we got our appointment in the post

Weight check
Length check
Head circumference

Lye baby down pull him \her up by arms to check head control.
Lye on front check out if they making attempt to lift head.

Ask a.few questions about how he feeding
I had mine this week he's borderline on his weight and she says she is concerned however I'm not he's slowly gaining weight like his older sisters and he's doin great.
Why are they so bloody obsessed with weight
It's not the indivuality of the baby but some generic weight chart

A headline of the paper during the week was saying how such a high proportion of toddlers are obese.

Anyway that's about all
They give you advice on weaning too.

To be honest my phn is useless.

I asked had he tongue tie at 2 weeks she checked and Said no he has not as he had regained his birth weight.
So when I told her that he had it she looked again and said oh right.
She never asked how I was doin or anything likethat .
A good one would ask!