March 2014 Babies Club

cyning · 20-07-2014 11:54pm

I used baby rice as a thickener for pureed pears that was about it. Going to do mostly BLW again this time round with some spoon feeds but not for another 6 ish weeks. Hate baby rice altogether! And not going using the baby cereals this time either just ready brek... They were a nightmare to get my daughter off of the sweetness of them!

Really nervous about weaning this time with the reflux

Im afraid of allergies etc. I never did the whole three day thing and she was an amazing little eater until the fussiness kicked in. Except for fruit. She was never a massive fruit fan!

My first little girl was 20lb 5oz at 5 months and 20lb 7oz at 6 months too, so im afraid of slowing down S's weight gain too. I introduced solids at 22 weeks then. Urgh all worries lately

pwurple · 21-07-2014 8:00am

I'm nervous with the reflux here too, although hers is mild. Loads of people have said it's a mess with it. Putting it off as long as i can. Going to try to move up to the 6oz feeds now this week... She is taking the 5oz every 3 hours, would be nice to spce it out at this stage.

LH2013 · 21-07-2014 9:19am

Suucee wrote: »

I didnt bother with rice . It was a bit of a spare of the moment decision. Rice constipaed my daughter even though shr had never been constipated before so not going to risk it with this lad.
He has on 2 seperate occasions drank a 10oz bottle. What we do re night feeds is he gets bath at 6.45 ish bottle at 7ish and bed by 7.30. Then OH does dream feed 11.30-12 ish (8oz hungrier). And this tides him over to 6 -7. (This is only recent has been 5-6)
We stopped the dream feeds (11.30pm feed) for a few days to see if having the bottle later would mean he would sleep on a bit in the morning but no joy . Slep 1 night 7.30 - 5.45 but then was waking at 2 and 5 so went back to doing the dream feed. Also the blanket on the window has helped hugely.

I was thinking that about the baby rice so he doesn't get that now .. He loves avocado and sweet potato ..... Started breakfast today with him eek !

LH2013 · 26-07-2014 1:24pm

So was at the doctor yesterday she thinks ive a type of Arthritis that is caused by post pregnancy hormones ! It should go away but can take weeks or months ! The joys ... Plus have to go to a specialist to make sure its not anything else !

Suucee · 26-07-2014 2:16pm

LH2013 wrote: »

So was at the doctor yesterday she thinks ive a type of Arthritis that is caused by post pregnancy hormones ! It should go away but can take weeks or months ! The joys ... Plus have to go to a specialist to make sure its not anything else !

Oh i had that after no 1. In my wrists and knees. Hope your ok. It does go and actually totalky forgot about until you said that.

LH2013 · 26-07-2014 3:01pm

Suucee wrote: »

Oh i had that after no 1. In my wrists and knees. Hope your ok. It does go and actually totalky forgot about until you said that.

Thanks ! Really really stiff and sore .. Knees , ankles and wrists ! Can barely lift little man sometimes ! So hope it goes away quickly !!!!

Sligo1 · 27-07-2014 2:10pm

LH2013 wrote: »

Thanks ! Really really stiff and sore .. Knees , ankles and wrists ! Can barely lift little man sometimes ! So hope it goes away quickly !!!!

Ouch LH! Hope you get better soon!

Suucee · 29-07-2014 9:26pm

Guys any of your baba's still have that glorious witching hour. Luke always off form from approx 5-6pm every evening. He sleeps 4-5ish or just before it so not tired. he has a spoon feed at 2 and bottle at 3.30 so not hungry (even tried giving him a bottle today but didn't want it). I don't think its teeth cause happens same time every day. I gave teetha today also (normally helps if he;s teething but no joy). It doesn't matter where I am. if im out and he is in sling or if im at home or in MIL;s or my mums. Im thinking of trying calpol tomorrow incase it is teething but it would be too much of a coincidence to be getting teething pain same time every day. its not wind (ive tried winding and winding and winding). Normally when we sit down for dinner at 6 he;s fine. OH comes home from work at 6 and im all flustered as if L is crying a lot toddler gets worked up too (unless im out, she couldn't care then). Anyway he comes in and all is fine again. We sit down for dinner L has a spoon feed and everything is fine. Im confused

Sligo1 · 29-07-2014 9:52pm

Suucee Lilly used to have that witching hour from 7-10pm! Then that changed and she used to get it just when id put Thomas to bed for his nap. She'd roar from about 12 or 12.30 till 1pm in the afternoon. But then that passed aswell. I thought maybe it was a bit of reflux or something I wasn't sure. But it just passed... Never really sussed what it was...

Suucee · 29-07-2014 10:21pm

I just dont get it though. It has been going on for so long now i dread 5pm. OH was off work yesterday so spent ages trying to ammuse him as did my mum today when he started. It actually like he is bored or something . Oh as the saying goes this too shall pass.

pwurple · 30-07-2014 9:59am

Might be bored alright. Mine is becoming much harder to entertain now.

She rolled off the bed this morning while i was in the loo!

I had put her in the middle of our bed, with a pillow either side of her, somehow she managed to roll over the pillow and take it with her. Luckily, I was sorting laundry as well, and she landed in a big pile of sheets and towels on the floor, but omg what I fright I got. I heard her crying and rushed in to see her face down on the floor in the towels, with the pillow beside her. Can't work out how she did it.

She's gone for a nap now, and I'm hovering over her in case she has a concussion or something. I don't know what way she fell, could have landed on her head or anything.

Sligo1 · 30-07-2014 12:24pm

Omg pwurple... I think I would've had a heart attack if that happened! I always leave Lilly in the middle of the bed. She's started rolling and stuff so maybe I shouldn't anymore. But for the life of me I dunno how she'd roll off the bed... Much like your little one. Isn't it typical they do it for the first time the second ur not watching when you prob don't take ur eye off them all day!!?? Hope she's ok Hun and hope ur ok too! I would've got such a fright!

Sligo1 · 30-07-2014 12:27pm

O and re the head injury... If ur unsure later perhaps take her to gp if ur at all worried. When she wakes also check her pupils and if they are equal and reacting to light. X

Suucee · 30-07-2014 12:34pm

Oh pwurple id say you got some fright. I don't leave L on the bed much due to A trying to lift him etc but I would have left her on it when she was small.

He's like a brior today. teething like mad. Roaring half the morning. Gave him some calpol and popped him in bouncer in sitting room, went out to get bottle ready , he was roaring and roaring and then stopped and started laughing I went in to see toddler playing with him, it was so cute. then had him lyin on the play mat getting shoes ready to go for a walk, same thing roaring and just stopped, went in and she was lying on the floor beside him holding his hand. It was so cute. lying there side by side facing each other holding hands and he was cooing up at her. It like once he gets any attention from her he stops. I could be trying everything. She will be on call at 5 pm.

pwurple · 30-07-2014 5:41pm

Thanks guys. She seems fine. Has been her normal self all day. Pupils perfect, the whole lot. The drop wasn't even a foot... Onto balled up towels, so I was most likely overreacting, sure she stopped crying as soon as I picked her up, so it was mostly a fright I think. There are a couple of docs in the family as well, they both had a look at her and said no probs.

I had been putting her on the floor when I go to the bathroom, but she pushes herself all over the place on hard flooring with her heels, she ended up under a table the other day.

Back to the floor again I suppose!

Suucee · 30-07-2014 7:59pm

glad shes ok Pwurple. L sat up today for like 2 seconds but still. I had him between my legs while I was sitting on the floor and he sat up himself, I moved my legs and he was still there . Was so proud, was in a friends house at a playdate and I got so excited. done it a few times after that also. He;s still not bothered rolling though.

Siipina · 31-07-2014 10:32am

Kieran is doing the same thing on the floor. I put him down and when i come back he is somewhere else. I have no clue how he does it :-) Thank god pwurple she is ok. They are so quick sometimes. Thank god the dog keeps him busy. They always play with each other on the bed so he is more concentrated on Sally. She is great with him, always looking after him.

cyning · 31-07-2014 4:03pm

God pwurple you must have got such a fright

I'm back in hospital with Sinead again she's sick again.

Suucee · 31-07-2014 7:56pm

Oh no cyning poor thing. Whats up. hope she;s better soon.

Suucee · 31-07-2014 9:05pm

L has learned how to screech and boy can he screech. Sits there screeching and screeching and screeching when we laugh he does it more. Its actually hilarious. Does a big jiggle with his arms and legs going flying in every direction. so funny.
My god 2 new things in the space of 2 days. definitely huge developmental changes. Also been using the nuby mesh feeder with a little bit of banana in it it is hilarious watching him chewing it then pulling it away and trying to get it back to his mouth and hitting his head, getting it in to his mouth then gets thick. He keeps pulling his soother out too and swing it around in his hand looking at it and then trying to put it back in but cant get it in properly so ends up with the side of it in his mouth and starts chewing until he once again gets thick with it. Its funny watching all these new tricks he is learning.

cyning · 31-07-2014 10:44pm

Some sort of viral thing she's being running temps since vaccinations last Friday. Her third time in hospital

pwurple · 31-07-2014 11:42pm

Oh cyning, the poor little thing. You must be a wreck. It's a vicious circle with those things... One hospital visit takes a bit out of them, so then they catch the next thing so easily.

We gave her the first taste of food today, handed her a slice of apple. She grabbed it and got it into her hand alright, and gave it a good gnaw. Don't think she got anything at all out of it except a bit of juice. So nice though, to be in a house of our own (well, apart from the mortgage!), with a lovely old apple tree which was to be her first food.

Suucee · 01-08-2014 11:22am

Cyning hope she is better soon.

L woke about 5 times last night ended up in our bed from 5.30. All these new tricks have him up. At least its a long weekend so OH home.

LH2013 · 01-08-2014 1:23pm

Little man has learnt to screech too so funny ! He gets really excited

He has started to notice cats and dogs more now as well ! Too cute !
The weaning is going really well , he loves all food so far which is great !!!

Sligo1 · 02-08-2014 1:04pm

cyning wrote: »

Some sort of viral thing she's being running temps since vaccinations last Friday. Her third time in hospital

Cyning, the poor wee thing! How is she today? And how r u?

cyning · 02-08-2014 1:57pm

Sligo1 wrote: »

Cyning, the poor wee thing! How is she today? And how r u?

I'm beyond stressed! She's fine in great form but we are in hosp until at least tomorrow. Her neutrophils are very low (2-6 is normal hers are 0.8) and her white cells. They are going to test her immunoglobulin levels when she's 6 months old because she may need prophylactic antibiotics for the winter. I'm so frustrated she's not sick enough for any treatment right now, but not well enough to come home.

Suucee · 02-08-2014 2:00pm

cyning wrote: »

I'm beyond stressed! She's fine in great form but we are in hosp until at least tomorrow. Her neutrophils are very low (2-6 is normal hers are 0.8) and her white cells. They are going to test her immunoglobulin levels when she's 6 months old because she may need prophylactic antibiotics for the winter. I'm so frustrated she's not sick enough for any treatment right now, but not well enough to come home.

Oh cyning poor lil thing and poor you. No idea what half of that means tbh. Hope ye are home tomorrow. I cant even imagine what ye are going through.

Sligo1 · 02-08-2014 2:20pm

Cyning, that sounds awful... The poor wee thing. And I can't imagine how you must be feeling

. I hope things get better for ye soon. You've had an awful run of it

xx

pwurple · 02-08-2014 2:38pm

cyning wrote: »

I'm beyond stressed! She's fine in great form but we are in hosp until at least tomorrow. Her neutrophils are very low (2-6 is normal hers are 0.8) and her white cells. They are going to test her immunoglobulin levels when she's 6 months old because she may need prophylactic antibiotics for the winter. I'm so frustrated she's not sick enough for any treatment right now, but not well enough to come home.

Have they any idea of a cause for the low level of neutrophils? Do they think it is all related to the reflux?

Hospital is so hard with a baby, it's just impossible to sleep properly, and you're still recovering from a birth yourself. I can't imagine the stress. Hope things improve soon.

cyning · 02-08-2014 3:12pm

No it seems to be entirely separate from the reflux. Neutrophils can drop from a viral infection, especially when her white cell count is low too. The problem is is that she got her bcg and got pneumonia, she got her two month vaccinations and got a pretty bad viral infection and got her 4 month vaccinations and has landed back in hospital too. So she seems to get overloaded and can't fight anything off. It's not the vaccinations fault either, but we are going to have to wait and see about the 6 month ones. Doc is thinking about what to do and is going to be speaking to someone else about it too.

It's so hard because C needs me at home, S needs me here.

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