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The Newborn & Toddlers Off-Topic Chat Thread
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nicowa, i would just like to agree or say that just cos they sleep at night doesnt mean all is rosy during the day and with everythin else in ur life. now its fantastic that e sleeps 7/8 hours at night. its brilliant!!! duno where my head would be otherwise! but she is not fond of day naps. and her cry is like ive nearly killed her. nap would be 10 to 20 mins if even! wonder if its cos shes gettin a bit big for the flat pushchair bit
i must investigate.. im also building a house. at the stage where kitchen is goin in and we shud be movin in by end of april but its hard havin to go paint, look for carpet etc. some days i love it, others i hate it! its too much when theres a little woman needing u. cant wait to b in house with my little woman. much more space!!:D
i wish you look with ur stepsons. sounds a bit hectic. least ur little one is being helpful!:D:p0 -
Hi Nicowa, goood to see you. The ski holiday sounds fantastic, I'm so jealous
It sounds as if you're all well settled into things
I dunno about sleeping through the night Galah, our guy started it at about 8 weeks or so I think, he'd go to be about 8 and we'd wake him for his last feed at 10 and then he'd be gone till 7am. But now we're lucky if he gets to 6am! This morning he woke at 6.45am and myself and the hubby were glad for the lie in! Never in my life did I ever think 6.45am would be a lie in! :eek:
Having said that, the two boys are in bed from 7pm or so, so we have lovely peaceful evenings together, so you can't really have it both ways. Plus he's taken to the solids like a pig at a trough! 0 -
Hannibal Smith wrote: »Woohoo!!! Welcome Ivy! Congratulations....what did you have? How are you both doing?
Thanks! He's a little boy, was 7lbs 1oz at birth. We're both doing grand, apart from the nipple, every thing else has healed up nicely. And somehow I am lighter than I was when he was conceived (have NO idea how that weight loss happened!
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What's lovely is that even in 3 weeks, he has changed so much...I always thought it was a cliche but not so! He is able to put up his head (not for long but still), he really likes looking around, and he is actually enjoying being in the bath now (roars when he is being soaped on the changing mat but it stops once we put him in the water!). It makes me forget the sleepiness!
PS: Thanks everyone for the nipple advice! I'll try the laid-back feeding today and see how that changes things!0 -
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dublinlady wrote: »How old were your babies when you started dressing them everyday as opposed to them just being in a sleep suit ?
I only dress my 4 week old once a week or so if someone coming to visit who would appreciate it!! Rest time it's just sleep suits!
I dressed him from 2 weeks
I just love baby clothes hehe! I put him in babygrows at night time but he's dressed in clothes all day everyday
My little man is bot so little... He's 11 weeks and already stretching into 6-9 month clothes for the length! He's so very long it's mad! Everyone is constantly telling us he's huge for his age too.. I don't like that's he's growing so quick
please tell me that this growth spurt will slow down!!! I love that he's doing so well and is so healthy but my goodness 11 weeks and getting too big for 3-6 month clothes shocking! 0 -
I just bloody fell down the stairs thank god I wasn't carrying A. Frightening horrible thought. Spent the whole time I was falling pleading that the section wound would be ok and so over compensated trying to protect it and hurt my shoulders, neck and arms - they're grand but I'd say I'll pay for it tomorrow! On the plus side wound seems fine and baby was safely on hubby's arms! 0
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dublinlady wrote: »I just bloody fell down the stairs thank god I wasn't carrying A. Frightening horrible thought. Spent the whole time I was falling pleading that the section wound would be ok and so over compensated trying to protect it and hurt my shoulders, neck and arms - they're grand but I'd say I'll pay for it tomorrow! On the plus side wound seems fine and baby was safely on hubby's arms!
Are you ok DL? You poor thing! Hopefully the sore neck & shoulders heal quick for you.. I'm sure you got an awful fright hun xx0 -
How Strange wrote: »Our little lad while nowhere near as small as yours was tiny for the first few weeks. Even the tiny newborn clothes were too big on him. Isn't it amazing when you see them now and how big they are!
It is crazy thinking how small they were and how big they get. I'm looking at my near three year old and wondering how on earth he got so big! He's like a proper little boy now
I started dressing them both at about 2 months I think. Before that it was just for special occasions, but then I just started doing it so it was like he was getting ready for bed at night
I hope you're okay this morning DL! Sounds like a nasty fall, take your time! 0 -
dublinlady wrote: »I just bloody fell down the stairs thank god I wasn't carrying A. Frightening horrible thought. Spent the whole time I was falling pleading that the section wound would be ok and so over compensated trying to protect it and hurt my shoulders, neck and arms - they're grand but I'd say I'll pay for it tomorrow! On the plus side wound seems fine and baby was safely on hubby's arms!
Please get yourself checked out.. i know you might feel fine but with the ligaments and tendons so soft you don't know what damage you could be storing up.. head for a physio or an osteopath.. i did the same when my second was 7 months old and just brushed it off (being supermum :rolleyes:) idiot that i was left myself with permanent damage:( I hope you're ok.. my biggest fear was always fallling with the baby in my arms...so far so good though.. (bet you i've just put a hex on myself now :eek:) 0 -
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Thanks
I'm grand really just needed a moan!! Mite go to physio next week tho - good plan as my neck is a bit strained this morn alright!
I think it was just the tiredness - wasn't concentrating at all! Little A is still feeding like a lunatic!!
When she's latching on for the last day or two she is taking ages and spends a good while thrashing around and getting fretful? It's weird - like as if she's over hungry? But I'm feeding her every 2-3 hrs and more if she wants it! She just keeps head butting my boob!!!
I think that's what I'll do... Start dressing her at a couple of months as I think she's comfier in her jimjams up til that!! Although I'll pop her in an outfit if the notion takes me!!!
She's still in newborn size!! Although has put on 200g this week So is now 7&1/2 lbs! It's cute she's starting to get fat wrinkles on her wrists etc. - I love those!! She was far too slender and unbabylike before!!0 -
i usually dress e who is 10 weeks old :eek: when i feel like it or if we are going off or someone is visiting. thinkin i mite start dressing her more cos the clothes are so cute especially the little dresses that are coming into the shops!! (mite be just an excuse to buy clothes!) shes very long tho so not sure what sizes i should be buying!! she is also becomin a real little woman so i think i need to be dressin her. theres no mistaking shes a little girl tho. duno where she got her looks ffrom!!! 0
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Hi ladies & gents! Hope everyone got spoiled rotten yest! I know I did
I was hoping for some advise from you.. N is 12 weeks tomorrow & he's a big baby! Not fat, a little chubby but super long & although he goes all night without feeding (but wakes every 2 hours or so during the night looking for his soother) he's going every 3-4 hours during the day looking for a bottle & drinking 6oz without a breath.. Then can take another 2oz after a few mins break! I think he's ready for the spoon but I don't know what to do.. Should I try him? I'm with the PHN on Wed & gonna ask her but I know she'll tell me to wait.. Hopefully this other PHN is better than the other lady from 2 weeks ago too! Any advise would be great 0 -
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dublinlady wrote: »I just bloody fell down the stairs thank god I wasn't carrying A. Frightening horrible thought. Spent the whole time I was falling pleading that the section wound would be ok and so over compensated trying to protect it and hurt my shoulders, neck and arms - they're grand but I'd say I'll pay for it tomorrow! On the plus side wound seems fine and baby was safely on hubby's arms!
Just seen your post, hope you're ok, what a horrible fright to get
Tigeress sounds like your little fella is doing great with the feeds!
Ivy I'm so jealous of you getting so long between clothes changes. I would have been more than happy to go 2 days between clothes changes when our little girl was born, but she did the most impossible to contain explosive nappies regardless of what nappies we used so 2-3 changes a day was the norm
A belated Happy Mothers day all Hope you were all spoiled!
Didn't get overly spoiled in this house this year (box of chocs a few days before but no card/flowers), though his own mum passed away this time last year so I didn't say anything.0 -
I got a travel coffee mug for mother's day, though I did get a card from both of mine and one from my husband directly. I know that I found this year hard as it was the first year without my mother.caprilicious wrote: »A belated Happy Mothers day all Hope you were all spoiled!
Didn't get overly spoiled in this house this year (box of chocs a few days before but no card/flowers), though his own mum passed away this time last year so I didn't say anything.
Count down to our son's second birthday - this day 2 weeks he will be 2. I ended up giving him one of his birthday presents early as he looked so sad yesterday, he was happier after his present though.0 -
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Little R is getting is so good, she's being rocked to sleep right now by her Abba; hebrew for dad, we just figured that since his other kids, Israeli, call him that she should too.
And Happy Mother's Day to everyone. It was my first one yesterday and himself had spent most of the week leading up to it complaining that he might have to get something for his own mum - usually his brother does it for the two of them. His brother did get something for his mum, but I got nothing. And he kept making a joke about mother days.
It was only when I said it last night going to bed that he actually realised that it was my first mothers day and that I did actually want something. I think the alcohol helped since I had been saying it to him, not the whole time but I had been...
He made up for it today, bringing my scrambled eggs on toast with tea, as well as my cough medicine and a book to me in bed so I could have a lie in. Which was a pretty big deal since he absolutly hates food in bed. So I got something in the end. 0
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