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September 2014 Babies Club

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭73trix


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭FurBabyMomma


    I didn't realise there was a 6 week growth spurt at first, until I wondered why A had gone from feeding for 20mins too between 30 and 40mins at a time. She's really starting to fill out and get pudgy now, which I'm delighted with. However like you guys say the crying has gone up. She just gets so upset in the evenings now. Was very tough getting her down this evening as she fought sleep so hard and just roared. Also harder to get her to sleep after a feed, especially of i can't bring up wind.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭73trix


    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!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    monflat wrote: »
    An amber necklace.
    I found these great.

    Teetha granules also not sure what age or teetha gel

    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    monflat wrote: »
    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?
    keeps chewing on his fist and dribbling/drooling a lot


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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. .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


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

    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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. !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Karmella


    My guy is chewing his fists aswell, never occurred to me that he might be teething, just figured he's self soothing. E didn't get a tooth til he was nearly one!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    Karmella wrote: »
    My guy is chewing his fists aswell, never occurred to me that he might be teething, just figured he's self soothing. E didn't get a tooth til he was nearly one!

    my fella wont go near a dummy but if he spots his fist its gone in a flash lol


  • Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭FurBabyMomma


    A loves to chew her fists too but it's normally when she's hungry or when I put her down for the night. If I give her my finger when she's doing it she tries to stuff the whole thing in her mouth too lol.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    I must add that my boobs were getting pretty full and uncomfortable before each time I saw him during the day. Will definitely have to pump a few times a day in work... Mooo!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭FurBabyMomma


    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 you! I still think getting out of my pjs each day is an achievement so dunno how I'd cope with work. I haven't even started pumping yet tbh, going to try it out this weekend so hope it goes well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    Well done you! I still think getting out of my pjs each day is an achievement so dunno how I'd cope with work. I haven't even started pumping yet tbh, going to try it out this weekend so hope it goes well.

    Ah thanks. I was more impressed with my two boys! Tbh each day is generally a PJ day for me too. Even though it went fine, I was exhausted today after the long day away from him yesterday. 5 days in a row will be a totally different story... : O

    Good luck with the pumping! Once you get over the weirdness of having a contraption attached to your boobs it should be fine :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Karmella


    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 :o!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    Karmella wrote: »
    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 :o!!

    Enjoy fri and sat night! I haven't dared have a drink yet as I'm dreading having a hang over while minding R, my poor head wouldn't be able for it!

    How does it feel with your older boy moving on to primary school? Is he excited with going to big school or does he know yet?


  • Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭FurBabyMomma


    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 :D how long after do I need to pump and dump?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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 :D how long after do I need to pump and dump?

    It really depends on how much you want to pump do you intend to switch from feeding to pumping or just the odd feed here and there?

    In my opinion you will not get as much with manual than electric..
    As I pump on left side and have done since week 5 or so.

    Last week the shield part of my pump had a hole in it so until I ordered and revieved a new part I was about 30 hrs pumping with manually

    My supply dropped considerable amount it was like a switch was turned and I didn't get at all as much


    I don't know anything about alcohol and pumping. Best bet on breastfeeding thread.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    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 :D 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/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Karmella


    Enjoy fri and sat night! I haven't dared have a drink yet as I'm dreading having a hang over while minding R, my poor head wouldn't be able for it!

    How does it feel with your older boy moving on to primary school? Is he excited with going to big school or does he know yet?

    It's all very surreal! The school was lovely anyway. But can't believe my little boy is getting so big.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭73trix


    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 :D how long after do I need to pump and dump?

    Got a manual and pump min 140ml each morning. Keep that for daddy to give at nite and/or for me to get out without babs for an hour/2. Well...theoretically...as lately bubs is resisting the bottles. I really hope it's a phase as think he's in a growth spurt. Will be gutted if the bottles stop. Started the next size teat - no difference. :-(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Karmella


    Aw that is all totally normal madeinamerica and also so tough to be leaving him while he is still so new :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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 :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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 :D how long after do I need to pump and dump?

    I think it depends how much you'll be pumping and where. I'll need to pump a lot and quickly as I'll be pumping in work from when he's 15 weeks and I want to keep him on breast milk as much as possible. So I went for the double electric. Also, it was mostly covered by my insurance so just cost me $83. In my breastfeeding group on Monday someone said the manuals can get good amounts of milk too but might take a bit more time and effort.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    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.

    completely normal, i went back when my fella was 4 weeks, i was in floods of tears, heartbreaking to leave him
    people probably thought i was crazy with puffy red eyes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    completely normal, i went back when my fella was 4 weeks, i was in floods of tears, heartbreaking to leave him
    people probably thought i was crazy with puffy red eyes

    Wow, 4 weeks? How come?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    Wow, 4 weeks? How come?

    Part time job, Maternity pay was crap


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    Part time job, Maternity pay was crap

    Oh god that's tough on you. .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    monflat wrote: »
    Oh god that's tough on you. .

    Wasn't too bad work wise
    Leaving him was tough
    Going on a mini break monday visiting family in Sligo, 4 hour drive from cork, now that will be a challenge


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    That must've been hard. Fair play to you for getting through it.

    Good luck with the car journey!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    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.

    We got this when it was on sale for £90

    http://m.direct.asda.com/tommee-tippee-Closer-to-Nature-Digital-Video-Movement-Baby-Monitor/002676130,default,pd.html?dual=0
    We haven't used it yet as the sensor isn't meant to be in a Moses basket and he has only just gone into his crib.
    We were a bit worried about cot death as my nephew died from it 4 years ago alerts for temp drop and if breathing stops


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭comongethappy


    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    I forget all about growth spurts!
    Is he unsettled around this time for you?

    I found my fella got real unsettled and difficult to soothe at various stages around the 9 week mark.

    But he back on track again and more alert and awake during the day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Karmella



    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    God didn't know there was one around the 11.5. To 12. 5 week mark?
    Or did I???
    He's looking at his hands now it's lovely.
    he's 13 week s tomorrow it's flying by!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭madeinamerica


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭comongethappy


    Downloaded the wonder weeks app. Very interesting it goes by due date instead of birth date. Seems to mirror quite closely what my little man is going thru. It says he's in the 12.5 week leap even though he's ten weeks. Hands are very interesting! He's also very clingy, crys being put down for naps no matter how much soothing in the cot and picking back up and putting back down I try, I have to bf him asleep. Then he panic screams when waking up without me there, and is impossible to settle back to sleep.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    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


  • Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭FurBabyMomma


    Thanks for the info on the breast pumps monflat and madeinamerica. I stupidly forgot about my carpal tunnel - although it's much improved and atm still mainly affecting my right thumb, how in the name of god am I supposed to use a manual pump??? So decided to take the plunge and bought the medela double breast pump. Just waiting on delivery from amazon.de as it'smuch cheaper there, just have to get an adaptor.
    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/

    That's interesting RentDayBlues although tbh I'd prob still dump a feed to be on the safe side. Have a Christmas night out with the girls on the 19th and want to let my hair down!

    Respect to those going back to work so early, must be tough xxx


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭monflat


    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!


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