February 2017 Babies Club

smaoifs

tangobelle2010 wrote:

My baba is doing a dinger with naps completely and its such a fight getting her to drop off! She gets so tired and fussy but as soon as she's put down in cot, she's up on all fours to try see what she can see. She's fighting it big time! Thankfully, so far, getting her up for nighttime is grand and she's sleeping more or less all night but she's just too busy to nap during the day!

That's great that she's making it up on all fours! Mine is trying, she gets the bum in the air sometimes and other times she balances on her belly on one hand if she's reaching for something. I think she's gonna be a crawler, her 17 month old cousin spent a while "swimming" across the floor flat on her tummy but I have a feeling this little dolly will head straight for crawling!

greenttc

Wow all fours! Very impressive! Wee man is rolling onto his back but cant figure out how to go back the other way, when he is on his front he will stick his head and all four limbs up into the air so he is just balancing on his tummy. Like a little overturned tortoise. Dont know how he will figure out getting back cause his arms are in the way.

When he is on his back he lifts his head and shoulders up as if he is trying to see something down at his feet or maybe trying to sit up, not sure where that will lead to! Not sure what kind of a mover he will be!

greenttc

Meant to say tango, yeah we are very moany complaining about a bit of temporary hair loss when there are others going through much worse but at the same time hair is so important to how we look and it is already an emotional time so i think we can be let off this once!

ally_pally

My girl can roll from back to front but not the other way. She's almost up on all fours but not quite yet. She raises herself up on her hands as high as she can and sort of kicks her legs. She looks like she's swimming! I'd love to encourage her to make a move towards crawling a little more but she starts grumbling after a few minutes in that position. In fact she woke 30 minutes into her long afternoon nap today. Went up to her room and there she was on her front, getting increasingly annoyed and with no clue how to roll back. :-D

ally_pally

My girl can roll from back to front but not the other way. She's almost up on all fours but not quite yet. She raises herself up on her hands as high as she can and sort of kicks her legs. She looks like she's swimming! I'd love to encourage her to make a move towards crawling a little more but she starts grumbling after a few minutes in that position. In fact she woke 30 minutes into her long afternoon nap today. Went up to her room and there she was on her front, getting increasingly annoyed and with no clue how to roll back. :-D

tangobelle2010

smaoifs wrote:

That's great that she's making it up on all fours! Mine is trying, she gets the bum in the air sometimes and other times she balances on her belly on one hand if she's reaching for something. I think she's gonna be a crawler, her 17 month old cousin spent a while "swimming" across the floor flat on her tummy but I have a feeling this little dolly will head straight for crawling!

She only manages all fours in the cot just yet but its just amazing to see them develop and progress. My babs is "swimming" on the floor but crawling is definitely on the cards very soon. We marvel at it her swimming on the floor every day. Her 2 year old sister rarely rolled over, never crawled and it didn't even dawn on her to try moving around until she was nearly 11 months before taking off shuffling on her bum, which she's still doing! The difference in two kids with the same genes is just unreal!

tangobelle2010

greenttc wrote:

When he is on his back he lifts his head and shoulders up as if he is trying to see something down at his feet or maybe trying to sit up, not sure where that will lead to! Not sure what kind of a mover he will be!

Wow, he's building up those tummy muscles anyway. I wonder would be become a bum shuffler eventually! Sounds a little like how my bum shuffler started off

tangobelle2010

ally_pally wrote:

My girl can roll from back to front but not the other way. She's almost up on all fours but not quite yet. She raises herself up on her hands as high as she can and sort of kicks her legs. She looks like she's swimming! I'd love to encourage her to make a move towards crawling a little more but she starts grumbling after a few minutes in that position. In fact she woke 30 minutes into her long afternoon nap today. Went up to her room and there she was on her front, getting increasingly annoyed and with no clue how to roll back. :-D

Its so cute to see them figuring out their new move and then not knowing how to get out of it! The wee challenges they're facing.

smaoifs

ally_pally wrote:

My girl can roll from back to front but not the other way. She's almost up on all fours but not quite yet. She raises herself up on her hands as high as she can and sort of kicks her legs. She looks like she's swimming! I'd love to encourage her to make a move towards crawling a little more but she starts grumbling after a few minutes in that position. In fact she woke 30 minutes into her long afternoon nap today. Went up to her room and there she was on her front, getting increasingly annoyed and with no clue how to roll back. :-D

That's exactly the same with us! The very odd time she wakes during the night is cos she's rolled over and gotten annoyed. I'm like a ninja running in, turning her back and running out before she even realises I'm there!

ally_pally

Haha! The only reason she doesn't do it at night is that she's in her gro-bag / sleeping bag. That restricts her just enough! I just have a blanket over her for naps.

catrionanic

Isn't it funny how they're all doing similar things at the same time! My boy is also just recently an avid back-to-belly roller, but he can't get back round onto his back again. So he is also waking in the cot, rolling and then roaring in frustration that he can't get onto his back again! A couple of times he eventually fell asleep on his tummy, which he has never done before this week, and I think he actually sleeps better and for longer when he does.

smaoifs

ally_pally wrote:

Haha! The only reason she doesn't do it at night is that she's in her gro-bag / sleeping bag. That restricts her just enough! I just have a blanket over her for naps.

She'll moved into the 6-18 month gro-bag this week cos her feet were tipping the end of the 0-6 month one. I thought it being bigger might stop her rolling. It did. For one night! The first night she somehow got herself lying across the cot and since then is back to rolling.

catrionanic

Those of you doing BLW - how much does your baby actually eat? I've been doing a combination of BLW and spoon feeds. He eats quite a lot during spoon feeds, but prefers to just play with his food (and make a LOT of mess) with BLW. He doesn't actually seem to eat very much, if anything, at all.

greenttc

Caitriona,it's only in the last two weeks that my wee man has started to actually swallow stuff, before that I felt he just chewed it a bit and then spat it back out but now it's amazing to see how much he's actually eating! I cheated a bit and started before the 26 weeks I think he was about 23 weeks so it might of been a bit early anyway.

if you read all of the baby led weaning books or Facebook pages you will see the phrase"food before one is just for fun" repeated like a mantra and I think you really do have to keep that in mind, it is all about feeling the textures and getting the taste of food rather than actually swallowing anything and then the eating will come in time.

The biggest tell-tale sign for me though is his nappies,every time I change his nappy in the morning I can see bits of what he had for dinner the night before, and a lot of the time I didn't think he had eaten anything but he clearly had when you see what comes out in his nappies !

Keep going with it and it'll get better and better,you will find some food is eaten more than others, my wee man loves roasted sweet potato and things like oranges that he can suck the juice out of, and he loves pasta and Bolognese I think he just likes the sauce, he started out by sucking it off the pasta but now he is actually eating some of the pasta too it just takes time.

The mess is all part of it im afraid!!! Lots of great photo opportunities though!!

greenttc

We have had two tough nights and I think were in for a few more! after being all excited with the wee mans ability to roll over it has now become a hindrance because he wakes up, rolls over and then can't get back onto his back so screams in a panic until we come in and roll him back.he was so good at sleeping before this, when is he going to learn how to roll back onto his back, i want my nice calm sleeping baby back!!! ( i can hear some of you saying, "ha" at me right now after all my smugness with a good sleeper!! Ha ha!)

It is funny how they are all at the same stage isnt it, so much for people all being unique individuals, we are almost text book similar in development milestones, ha!

Yeah gro bags dont stop the rolling at all! I am considering cot bumpers as i keep finding him on his tummy with his head mashed into the corner or up against a side, how does he get there?? It does look very uncomfortable though. I am a bit worried about the possibility of the bumpers being a smothering hazzard though. Hmmmm!

smaoifs

greenttc wrote:

Yeah gro bags dont stop the rolling at all! I am considering cot bumpers as i keep finding him on his tummy with his head mashed into the corner or up against a side, how does he get there?? It does look very uncomfortable though. I am a bit worried about the possibility of the bumpers being a smothering hazzard though. Hmmmm!

I rolled up a cellular blanket alongside her the other morning to stop her rolling. This was 4.20am and I wasn't ready for her to be awake that early or for me to be running in every few minutes! It's like they don't realise that they don't HAVE to roll over.

fits

My guys prefer to sleep in their tummys. Twin 2 won't roll from back to belly at all though. Getting a bit worried. We've been referred to physio. Twin 1 is pulling up to stand now and falling. On repeat. Sleep is all over the place lately too.

catrionanic

fits wrote: »

My guys prefer to sleep in their tummys. Twin 2 won't roll from back to belly at all though. Getting a bit worried. We've been referred to physio. Twin 1 is pulling up to stand now and falling. On repeat. Sleep is all over the place lately too.

I don't know if it's any consolation at all, but my boy has only started rolling back to belly in the last fortnight (he's 7 months this weekend), and he still can't do belly to back. I know your twins are a few weeks older, but they came early too, didn't they? I wonder whether you'd be as concerned about him if he didn't have a much more active twin brother to compare him to?

fits

Yes they are not yet 8 months corrected (thats 1st week of september). I think he is hitting all the rest of the milestones so Im not overly worried but would prefer to keep on top of it all the same. He was lightish when born too. Just over 2.5 kg.

deh983

Anyone else have a whingy clingy baby these days?? I really think the inconsistent sleep is starting to affect her now. It's like she's always tired.

She has turned 6 months so am I right in saying she can have normal porridge weetabix now?? I'm struggling with the weaning (along with everything else) so just trying to remember what I did with #1

smaoifs

deh983 wrote:

Anyone else have a whingy clingy baby these days?? I really think the inconsistent sleep is starting to affect her now. It's like she's always tired.

A bit clingier and whingier than usual but I put it down to her top teeth threatening. I can't see them or feel them yet but she has the tongue going a lot so I've been using Teetha gel on her gums.

tangobelle2010

deh983 wrote:

She has turned 6 months so am I right in saying she can have normal porridge weetabix now?? I'm struggling with the weaning (along with everything else) so just trying to remember what I did with #1

My girl loves weetabix and porridge and ready brek. I mash a little banana into the weetabix and she can't wait for the spoon every morning.

greenttc

According to wonder weeks they are going through a leap where the experience separation anxiety, around 29 weeks (corrected) so thats around now for me and probably some of you. The app says that instead of being annoyed with the clingyness we should be proud of this development, or words to that effect!!

greenttc

Smaoifs, wish the rolled up blanket worked for me, he just likes to pull it and unroll it!

smaoifs

greenttc wrote:

Smaoifs, wish the rolled up blanket worked for me, he just likes to pull it and unroll it!

Everything is a toy to them!

Slightly connected to being proud of the clinginess, my little one is turning into such an affectionate little thing. She hugs into my neck and shoulder and gums at my cheek or chin. Probably teething related but I like to think she's learning to kiss me! She also lights up when she sees familiar people and flaps her arms and legs goodo!

ally_pally

That arm and leg flailing is just the loveliest sight there is. There's such unbridled joy in it.

smaoifs

ally_pally wrote:

That arm and leg flailing is just the loveliest sight there is. There's such unbridled joy in it.

It really is! Makes the early mornings a bit easier getting that reaction!!

catrionanic

My wee man is sick 😔

We are over in England visiting some friends, and he's caught his first cold from my friend's baby girl. She has been sick for weeks so I hope it isn't as bad for him. He's coughing/sneezing, stuffy nose and sniffly breathing, is very hot to touch and he just threw up. I'm hoping his temperature comes down with calpol and that he isn't too upset on the flight home tomorrow. I'm flying on my own with him, which is hard work at the best of times.

Poor baba

tangobelle2010

catrionanic wrote:

We are over in England visiting some friends, and he's caught his first cold from my friend's baby girl. She has been sick for weeks so I hope it isn't as bad for him. He's coughing/sneezing, stuffy nose and sniffly breathing, is very hot to touch and he just threw up. I'm hoping his temperature comes down with calpol and that he isn't too upset on the flight home tomorrow. I'm flying on my own with him, which is hard work at the best of times.

Your poor wee baba. There's absolutely nothing worse than when they're sick. How is he this morning? Hope you're OK too.

greenttc

Caitriona hope baba is okay and that the flight wasnt too bad. Even though it wasnt the other babys fault you feel a bit annoyed at them for giving your baby their sickness, stupid really but the feeling of needing to protect at all costs is fierce!!!

catrionanic

Thanks girls, baba still dosed with the cold but vomiting/diarrhoea seemed to end on Tuesday. So babies' first colds usually last longer than adults? I feel so bad for him! Was hoping it might be a short cold as he is getting some immunity from BF but no such luck. The wee baba he caught it off has been sick for 3 weeks so I really hope he isn't as unlucky!

Meant to be going swimming this morning, but think I'll skip it as he's under the weather. May go to a mother and baby group instead, as they all seem to be on Thursdays and clash without swim class!

tangobelle2010

catrionanic wrote:

Thanks girls, baba still dosed with the cold but vomiting/diarrhoea seemed to end on Tuesday. So babies' first colds usually last longer than adults? I feel so bad for him! Was hoping it might be a short cold as he is getting some immunity from BF but no such luck. The wee baba he caught it off has been sick for 3 weeks so I really hope he isn't as unlucky!

Aw the wee pet. Can he take anything for the cold? You must be exhausted. Schools are back so I'm bracing myself for my 2 year old bringing back lots of colds and bugs from creche over next few months!

smaoifs

We got our first 12 hours!! She normally does 10-11 hours but we got 12 hours last night.
Could hear her moving around so decided to leave her til she whinged. When we went in, she was on her tummy waving her teddy around!
She has also perfected rolling back on to her back from her tummy. Big week for us!!

tangobelle2010

smaoifs wrote:

We got our first 12 hours!! She normally does 10-11 hours but we got 12 hours last night. Could hear her moving around so decided to leave her til she whinged. When we went in, she was on her tummy waving her teddy around! She has also perfected rolling back on to her back from her tummy. Big week for us!!

That's brilliant! And on a Saturday morning too...constitutes a great lie in for you all!

I finally feel like we're in a routine here which is great. She does from 8 pm until 7 am and then two good naps and sometimes a little catnap and she's feeding great. But she's hating being restrained, be it the high chair, bouncer or jumparoo. She just wants to be on the floor making for any corner she shouldn't be. Life is certainly much busier! Nappy changes are very difficult as she flips over on the changing table and changing her on my knee requires all my energy and strength! She's just so so busy!

smaoifs

tangobelle2010 wrote:

I finally feel like we're in a routine here which is great. She does from 8 pm until 7 am and then two good naps and sometimes a little catnap and she's feeding great. But she's hating being restrained, be it the high chair, bouncer or jumparoo. She just wants to be on the floor making for any corner she shouldn't be. Life is certainly much busier! Nappy changes are very difficult as she flips over on the changing table and changing her on my knee requires all my energy and strength! She's just so so busy!

We were the same with nappy changes so tried Pampers nappy pants and they are soooo easy!

tangobelle2010

smaoifs wrote:

We were the same with nappy changes so tried Pampers nappy pants and they are soooo easy!

Definitely must try that thanks! Though I think I've a stockpile of nappies that would do me until Christmas to use up first!

smaoifs

tangobelle2010 wrote:

Definitely must try that thanks! Though I think I've a stockpile of nappies that would do me until Christmas to use up first!

My spare room is like a baby shop. Got a load of spend and save vouchers for Dunnes. Tesco accept them and are doing 3 for €30 on Pampers so I have boxes piled up behind the door!

catrionanic

You guys and your great sleepers!!! My wee fella is down to 2 wakeups per night and I've been delighted lol. It's a big improvement from getting up 4-6 times a night though!

deh983

smaoifs wrote: »

We got our first 12 hours!! She normally does 10-11 hours but we got 12 hours last night.
Could hear her moving around so decided to leave her til she whinged. When we went in, she was on her tummy waving her teddy around!
She has also perfected rolling back on to her back from her tummy. Big week for us!![/quote

Jealous. Oh so jealous]

smaoifs

catrionanic wrote:

You guys and your great sleepers!!! My wee fella is down to 2 wakeups per night and I've been delighted lol. It's a big improvement from getting up 4-6 times a night though!

She made up for it this morning. Awake around 6 for her early bottle and then refused to go back asleep. I jinxed myself!

ally_pally

How's everyone doing with food? My girl is doing great but I know I need to start reducing her milk a bit more now. She's already gone from 6 bottles to 5 and down an ounce in each of her remaining bottles but she's still on 30oz a day which is probably quite a lot.

I'm mainly wondering if your babas are still waking for feeds at night? I find my girl is waking later and later for her "night feed", it's generally around 5.30ish now so she's almost making it to morning. Just wondering if I should drop a middle of the day bottle, up her bedtime bottle amount. So that overall I'm reducing her milk intake but have it geared more towards bedtime and getting her through the night. Curious to know what everyone else is doing?

tangobelle2010

ally_pally wrote:

How's everyone doing with food? My girl is doing great but I know I need to start reducing her milk a bit more now. She's already gone from 6 bottles to 5 and down an ounce in each of her remaining bottles but she's still on 30oz a day which is probably quite a lot.

I'm mainly wondering if your babas are still waking for feeds at night? I find my girl is waking later and later for her "night feed", it's generally around 5.30ish now so she's almost making it to morning. Just wondering if I should drop a middle of the day bottle, up her bedtime bottle amount. So that overall I'm reducing her milk intake but have it geared more towards bedtime and getting her through the night. Curious to know what everyone else is doing?

Our routine (roughly) is awake at 7am and has 8 oz bottle. Breakfast around 8 am (weetabix or ready brek with banana). Sleep then from 9.30 until 10.45. Lunch at 12 (toast or French toast or wheaten bread with some Greek yogurt) and about 4 oz of milk. Sleeps from 1-3. Another 4 oz of milk when she wakes with dinner then around 4.30. Another catnap around 5-5.30, bath at 7 pm, supper straight after and another 8 oz bottle and bed at 8. She takes about 24 Oz's all day. She hasn't had a night feed in about a month. She's over 7 months now so probably is a little older than your little one. Hope this helps.

greenttc

My wee man is on about 32oz a day spread across four 8oz bottles so he has just dropped one in the afternoon.

Our routine is

6.30am wake and bottle
7am bed till 8
8.30 breakfast which he has only recently started to properly eat, either porridge and fruit or yoghurt and fruit
10.30am bottle and bed till 11.30
12.30/1 lunch which he ests very little of, maybe a rice cake with peanut butter or goats cheese ( must try french toast again tango you just reminded me of it!)
2pm bottle and bed till 4 or 4.30 if he wakes in the middle which he frequently does.
5.30 dinner veg, meat, omlettes, pasta, anything we are having really
7pm bottle and bed

He hasnt had a night feed since he was 10 weeks old, and he was even still breastfeeding at the time but never wanted a feed after 10 weeks.

Dont think we can drop any more milk yet, he screams to get his bottle and drinks every last drop. We just about are getting away with not giving him what used to be his 4pm bottle!!

greenttc

smaoifs wrote: »

We were the same with nappy changes so tried Pampers nappy pants and they are soooo easy!

I wondered about these, any leakages? I was a little concerned that they couldt be "tightened" around babys waist. Would lobe to hear how you have gotten in with them! Didnt want to risk buying a big box and then they are useless!

I too have to get through my stockpile though!

ally_pally

Thanks guys, that's really useful. I've just realised that she's been on the same amount of milk for the last few weeks while her food intake has greatly increased.

I'd be hoping to move to a routine quite like yours tangobelle. She's just such a ridiculous eater. She'll just keep eating even when she's no longer hungry. She's her mother's daughter all right. :-D

tangobelle2010

ally_pally wrote:

I'd be hoping to move to a routine quite like yours tangobelle. She's just such a ridiculous eater. She'll just keep eating even when she's no longer hungry. She's her mother's daughter all right. :-D

I feel like the routine has only really been established in the last two weeks. Some days are different to others and in fairness to baba, its been herself that's settled into it and we've ran with it! She loves her grub too but when she's had enough, her mouth clamps shut and nothing else is getting in there. So funny!

catrionanic

Are ye all going to many mother and baby groups? We go swimming once a week but it isn't very social. My boy lives being around other babies, so I've started going to a few Cuidiú things and also some library rhyme time sessions. He loves it (but I hate it! lol).

tangobelle2010

catrionanic wrote:

Are ye all going to many mother and baby groups? We go swimming once a week but it isn't very social. My boy lives being around other babies, so I've started going to a few Cuidiú things and also some library rhyme time sessions. He loves it (but I hate it! lol).

No, I'm really bad. Haven't been to any. She's down to start creche in January so I'm keeping it at that! Laziness more than anything. She does love watching her big sister twirling around the place so she would enjoy a baby group for sure.

smaoifs

greenttc wrote:

I wondered about these, any leakages? I was a little concerned that they couldt be "tightened" around babys waist. Would lobe to hear how you have gotten in with them! Didnt want to risk buying a big box and then they are useless!

No leakages at all. Once baby is within the weight range they'll fit. It's more that the waist band stretches rather than tightens. The smallest they do the pants in is size 3 which are hard to come across so I bought in bulk but size 4 will fit her before she's grown out of size 3.

ally_pally

Well day one of our new feeding routine was amazingly successful. She slept through the night until 9.30!! I'm not counting my chickens yet, that might have been a fluke. But really happy with how it went.