December 2017 babies club

donkey10

Milly33 wrote: »

I don't think you are over-reacting either donkey.. Kinda did at the start but the more you read really she is overstepping the mark. I would think ye have said it to her and heard her reaction so maybe leave it at that. Don't ask her to babysit again unless she sticks to the rules.. You don't mind maybe given a drop of water, but the calpol is a bit much, plus the feeding when you said not too..

Don't be too harsh on her and hold a grudge, but just be of the mind set that unless she respects yer way then that's it. If she wants to babysit then she has to stick to the rules...

I thought the food weaning was much easier than the breastfeeding herself loves the food, the only thing she was a little no, was peas..

Yeah thats it. Obv i appreciate she has reared all her kids but this is my child and i am the one with him 24/7 when shes not asked to bbsit so we all have diff ways.
For a quiet life ill just take the calpol away and hide it next time coz obv we will be gettin her to bbsit again as its convenient when we are going to the local for a few hours rather than my.mum as thats a distance away. If its a case hes running a temp i should be contacted straigt away to come back anyway.

Glad ye seem to be on the same page as me anyways and i wasnt overreacting.

Milly33

True if he is sick she should call..Might be worth getting even a basic mobile or just a house phone in just so she has no excuses...I forgot recently how convenient the house phone was. I flushed my mobile whoopsie and sure the hubbie was away, I could not contact him, or anyone else. Thank god for Facebook and managed to sort it out that way, but got me thinking. We now have a spare phone just incase…

No stand your ground you are right. It doesn't matter how many kids she had reared this is yer baby...

Skitting tried herself with some peach and twas like the giving a baby lemon reaction, it did not go down well at all.. Must have a look at rusks see what are the better ones

Pocos

No worries Donkey best of luck with it

cherryghost

Heh... normally when someone, even myself, takes our baby out of routine I get a bit angry, considering how well we've been with her. My mother iss pretty bad for it. We havent had her at ours overnight and going home to her takes our baby out of routine, but I just tend to snap at her a bit. 6 months and she's perfectly healthy and happy. If I tell her she likes to do X this way, then listen to us and please do it!

Milly33

It is very frustrating, as it isn't them with the baby every day..

I get annoyed too at myself when it happens, everyone (sorry it does kinda annoy me too when mentioned here) saying but sure you cant have a routine at 2 weeks or she is too young for a routine.. Id be like well mmmmm whos baby is she and then we do the seagull impression from Finding Nemo!!

Looking at herself here with a Liga oh tis funny watching her figure it out, but the mess and the sogginess... Even the idea of soggy bread gets me kinda barf.. The food is so messy... Was a little taken back yesterday when I went in just to have a look at snacks for her.. Jes there is so much there it is madness and the sugars... Ended up getting Liga and these Organix bread sticks. Was going to get some other bits but had to stop myself and say why are you getting this sure just give her fruit and veg sticks as snacks....

cherryghost

Milly33 wrote: »

It is very frustrating, as it isn't them with the baby every day..

I get annoyed too at myself when it happens, everyone (sorry it does kinda annoy me too when mentioned here) saying but sure you cant have a routine at 2 weeks or she is too young for a routine.. Id be like well mmmmm whos baby is she and then we do the seagull impression from Finding Nemo!!

Looking at herself here with a Liga oh tis funny watching her figure it out, but the mess and the sogginess... Even the idea of soggy bread gets me kinda barf.. The food is so messy... Was a little taken back yesterday when I went in just to have a look at snacks for her.. Jes there is so much there it is madness and the sugars... Ended up getting Liga and these Organix bread sticks. Was going to get some other bits but had to stop myself and say why are you getting this sure just give her fruit and veg sticks as snacks....

I haven't given herself anything sugary yet... just pureed fruit and veg twice (sometimes thrice) a day. Probably start porridge quite soon. Dreading the 6 month vaccines. I aint good with needles, just looking at them and I certainly aint good useless watching herself cry in pain. It breaks me up inside.

donkey10

Milly33 wrote: »

It is very frustrating, as it isn't them with the baby every day..

I get annoyed too at myself when it happens, everyone (sorry it does kinda annoy me too when mentioned here) saying but sure you cant have a routine at 2 weeks or she is too young for a routine.. Id be like well mmmmm whos baby is she and then we do the seagull impression from Finding Nemo!!

Looking at herself here with a Liga oh tis funny watching her figure it out, but the mess and the sogginess... Even the idea of soggy bread gets me kinda barf.. The food is so messy... Was a little taken back yesterday when I went in just to have a look at snacks for her.. Jes there is so much there it is madness and the sugars... Ended up getting Liga and these Organix bread sticks. Was going to get some other bits but had to stop myself and say why are you getting this sure just give her fruit and veg sticks as snacks....

Yeah thats it but sure what can we do we will always get that happening!

What age is she now? I was looking at the back of boxes today and i think it was the liga ones ( i cant remember though) that said 12 months plus. Are we supposed to follow that exactly?

Im gonna start the baby rice next week he turns 5 months so hes only showing signs now. Are you supposed to give bottle first and then the food or just food on its own

donkey10

cherryghost wrote: »

Heh... normally when someone, even myself, takes our baby out of routine I get a bit angry, considering how well we've been with her. My mother iss pretty bad for it. We havent had her at ours overnight and going home to her takes our baby out of routine, but I just tend to snap at her a bit. 6 months and she's perfectly healthy and happy. If I tell her she likes to do X this way, then listen to us and please do it!

So with you there! We are the ones that are with them 24/7 (well not literally ) and know them inside out. Like times have changed from years ago too. It really causes upset their system and we have to pick up the pieces then grrr

heldel00

Our little lady sort of fell into her own routine and I'm really trying to stick to it. I did with my first child and he was a great little fella ONCE he had his sleep.
It's actually very funny because we are like ninjas waiting to pounce on her when she wakes up and then its chaos for a few minutes to get into the car and away! We only have a window of 2 and a half hours to get whatever needs to be done, done.

BTW the January 2018 thread seems to have died off so i think I'll officially join ye here!!

Pocos

heldel00 wrote: »

Our little lady sort of fell into her own routine and I'm really trying to stick to it. I did with my first child and he was a great little fella ONCE he had his sleep.
It's actually very funny because we are like ninjas waiting to pounce on her when she wakes up and then its chaos for a few minutes to get into the car and away! We only have a window of 2 and a half hours to get whatever needs to be done, done.

BTW the January 2018 thread seems to have died off so i think I'll officially join ye here!!

Will your little one not sleep on the move? My little one has next to no routine but she is happy to sleep in car and buggy so it’s helps when I’m
Out and about!

Absolutely jan thread completely disappeared pity cos it’s lovely to chat to people with babies a similar age!

heldel00

Ah she does to a certain extent but i feel its never as good of a sleep as she'd get in the cot. Plus anywhere i seem to have to go is only like 40 mins to an hour and she'd usually sleep for 2+ hours.

Anyway i totally jinxed myself even mentioning her "routine" earlier because she acted the maggot big time earlier and barely slept today!!

What about night time for the rest of ye? She was always so good and i know people talk about the 4 month sleep regression but ugh, its so fecking hard. It was nearly every hour and a half about 3 weeks ago. Hasn't been as bad this last week but i mean she was sleeping through the night at 5 weeks old!!!

Pocos

Oh yes I agree they get a better sleep in the cot but I couldn’t be stuck at home all day for her naps! I’d go nuts! So I try and give her 1-2 of the naps in the cot and one out and about!

Nighttime I found about the 4 months she was bad for a week! But I blame the vaccinations on that one! Then during the heat she was completely off too, waking at night but in fairness I was waking thirsty at night so she was probably the same! Last week at 5.5 months she had 6 rotten nights up 1-2 times when the month of April May she was sleeping 10 hours!

Last few nights she’s back to 10 hours sleep and I feel like a whole new woman

LittleBoBeep

The heat seemed to knock our little guy way out! He wakes crying some nights, but (touch wood!!!) he hasn’t been bad the past 3 nights. He’s went down at 9pm and slept until 5am with no night time feed! Normally he wakes up during the night and I feed him because he’s wide awake but the past few nights he’s taken a soother and gone back to sleep. Now don’t get me wrong he’s awake about 10 times during the night!

I remember reading somewhere before you can be tired and angry or just tired! It’s become my mantra when the nights are tough!

skullsocks

My LO won't sleep in the cot at all. Only in my arms (Where is he asleep right now), the pram if we are out and beside me in the bed if I feed him. Which means i never get a break. I dream of him taking naps in the cot so I can actually get some time to myself even though it's just to clean up the house or make food!

LittleBoBeep

skullsocks wrote: »

My LO won't sleep in the cot at all. Only in my arms (Where is he asleep right now), the pram if we are out and beside me in the bed if I feed him. Which means i never get a break. I dream of him taking naps in the cot so I can actually get some time to myself even though it's just to clean up the house or make food!

We’ve only started it now but I bought Lucy Wolfe’s book and have started “sleep training”. First few days were a nightmare but we were having issues anyway so I’m for a penny, in for a pound I figured. Our guy spent his first night in his own bed (we normally co-sleep or like that he’s on me). It is tough but worth it if you can stick out the sleep training. I’ve no doubt he’ll prob go backwards too but it might be worth a shot to try it!

LittleBoBeep

skullsocks wrote: »

My LO won't sleep in the cot at all. Only in my arms (Where is he asleep right now), the pram if we are out and beside me in the bed if I feed him. Which means i never get a break. I dream of him taking naps in the cot so I can actually get some time to myself even though it's just to clean up the house or make food!

We’ve only started it now but I bought Lucy Wolfe’s book and have started “sleep training”. First few days were a nightmare but we were having issues anyway so I’m for a penny, in for a pound I figured. Our guy spent his first night in his own bed last night (we normally co-sleep or like that he’s on me). It is tough but worth it if you can stick out the sleep training. I’ve no doubt he’ll prob go backwards too but it might be worth a shot to try it!

cherryghost

Our girl got 6 month vaccines this morning. She only whimpered a bit but she's been moody all day so far.

LittleBoBeep

cherryghost wrote: »

Our girl got 6 month vaccines this morning. She only whimpered a bit but she's been moody all day so far.

How did she go at the 2 & 4 month vaccines cherry? We’re a bit behind on them! Our guy had his 4 month ones last week as he was very sick at the start and we had to wait for him to get better. They have been grand for us thankfully just his nappies were off for a few days but he was grand with them thankfully!

Plenty of extra cuddles for your little lady today

heldel00

When we went in for our 4 month ones the nurse asked when was my last smear, i said i couldn't remember, she checked the system and after few more questions she says "sure pull off the knickers, hop up there and we'll do one now"!!! It'll forever be my abiding memory of the 4mth jabs! No wonder all of her appointments over run so much.

Last night she slept until 5am and never woke. I think my perseverance with the dummy and giving her a bit of water in the bottle might be paying off. (Not advising water in bottle for rest of ye its just what we trying here.)
I'm very lucky though that i can fall asleep almost immediately again. Its not like I'm lying awake for ages afterwards. My husband is even luckier, he can sleep through the whole thing!!!

cherryghost

LittleBoBeep wrote: »

How did she go at the 2 & 4 month vaccines cherry? We’re a bit behind on them! Our guy had his 4 month ones last week as he was very sick at the start and we had to wait for him to get better. They have been grand for us thankfully just his nappies were off for a few days but he was grand with them thankfully!

Plenty of extra cuddles for your little lady today

2 and 4 months absolutely fine actually. She cried a bit, bit of calpol straight after and that was that. She was grand for the rest of the days. Todays been a different story. She's not eating so much either. Anyway hoping she's alright after today

Milly33

donkey10 wrote: »

Yeah thats it but sure what can we do we will always get that happening!

What age is she now? I was looking at the back of boxes today and i think it was the liga ones ( i cant remember though) that said 12 months plus. Are we supposed to follow that exactly?

Im gonna start the baby rice next week he turns 5 months so hes only showing signs now. Are you supposed to give bottle first and then the food or just food on its own

Sorry for late reply off there for a the last few days... She is just 6months on Friday.. I was looking at the liga and there is two differant ones 6mths and 12mths..

I am doing a bit of this a bit of that with the following.. I understand rules and that, but I gave her the oats (just ground up reg ones) at around 3 weeks after starting on solids.. She isnt mad for the glupeyness of it so now i just sprinkle a bit of it into the purees.. I think once they dont show any signs of belly upset after, sure tis grand.. The baby rice is great so easy to make up and a nice filler to bulk up the purees.. I must say though the price of the rest of the baby mixes like that is crazy. I went to look at them and just went and got some ready brek... I think with the bottle tis up to you, the book i was getting tips from said to give half the bottle first, then food and then the rest. But the little miss has no bother with food, so i give her the food first. Then she has a few mins to let it settle, then the bottle...

Im the same with the vaccines, when she got her first one. I was like getting ready to all Rambo with YOU HURT MY BABY, but sure you know tis for the better.. I found the 4mth injections left a big kinda like mosquito bump after for id say around 2 weeks, but other than that no other signs.. thank god hopefully the 6mth will be the same

LittleBoBeep

Quick question whats yer opinions on cot bumpers? I haven't looked into them to much and we are just now putting his room together. I know I've heard they are dangerous but then I've heard of kids getting feet caught in between bars.

Any opinions?!

bee06

I don’t use one at the moment but these are the ones I’ve seen recommended a lot.

They are breatheable and they are too light to support a babies weight so they can’t use them to try and climb out of the cot when they are bigger.

https://www.jojomamanbebe.ie/airwrap-4-sided-bumper-b6654.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwma3ZBRBwEiwA-CsblJnhADsUA_GZ7m2eEyAlQpxWXXJ5vuMlqvAgMoOXjTvOFX5Ti-Y0cxoCjfMQAvD_BwE

donkey10

Milly33 wrote: »

donkey10 wrote: »

Yeah thats it but sure what can we do we will always get that happening!

What age is she now? I was looking at the back of boxes today and i think it was the liga ones ( i cant remember though) that said 12 months plus. Are we supposed to follow that exactly?

Im gonna start the baby rice next week he turns 5 months so hes only showing signs now. Are you supposed to give bottle first and then the food or just food on its own

Sorry for late reply off there for a the last few days... She is just 6months on Friday.. I was looking at the liga and there is two differant ones 6mths and 12mths..

I am doing a bit of this a bit of that with the following.. I understand rules and that, but I gave her the oats (just ground up reg ones) at around 3 weeks after starting on solids.. She isnt mad for the glupeyness of it so now i just sprinkle a bit of it into the purees.. I think once they dont show any signs of belly upset after, sure tis grand.. The baby rice is great so easy to make up and a nice filler to bulk up the purees.. I must say though the price of the rest of the baby mixes like that is crazy. I went to look at them and just went and got some ready brek... I think with the bottle tis up to you, the book i was getting tips from said to give half the bottle first, then food and then the rest. But the little miss has no bother with food, so i give her the food first. Then she has a few mins to let it settle, then the bottle...

Im the same with the vaccines, when she got her first one. I was like getting ready to all Rambo with YOU HURT MY BABY, but sure you know tis for the better.. I found the 4mth injections left a big kinda like mosquito bump after for id say around 2 weeks, but other than that no other signs.. thank god hopefully the 6mth will be the same

I tried him with the rice this morning. I had two spoons mixed and when they were finished he was crying looking for more so gave 2 more. Maybe i shouldnt have when it was his first time but he seemed to love it and horsed it down.
How long would it take it know if they had a stomach reaction anyway.
Oh the dreaded injections eh so hard to see them cry when they get them

Milly33

It was during the rest of the day i just kept an eye on her, and i noticed she got sick a lot more after banana and also after a little taste of marmelade.. So within an hour-ish, nothing major like no crying in pain but i thought she burped up a lot more than usual...

I'm all for the cot bumpers, mine were driving me bonkers as the print was upside down on one side, and also it was a top bumper not a side one which i just dont get. Anywho the first night we took them off she got her legs stuck inbetween the two bars and she was screaming id say she got an awfull fright. Then the next day she clonked her head off the top of the cot, so now i get why you have a bumper there.. I cant say i would worry too much about the bumpers as in, the way people make out like the child is going to smoother themselves. Once you have them tied on properly.. We ended up getting the air wrap ones, which I must say are good they dont look pretty pretty, and she still managed to get her legs out above the wrap but they are good

LittleBoBeep

Thanks! I think I’m going to get the air wrap ones. He moves so much in the bed there’s no way he won’t clunk himself off it.

donkey10

Anyone know where you can buy the baby wetsuits for the pool? I want to start bringing himself in so that it would get him used to the water when we go away on hols

lashes34

I got it in Mothercare for Willow as we bring her to waterbabies every week. Its lovely to see them in the water.

donkey10

Did u get it online? What size did u get? They are growing so quick youd want to get a bit of use out of it!!

donkey10

lashes34 wrote: »

I got it in Mothercare for Willow as we bring her to waterbabies every week. Its lovely to see them in the water.

Did u get it online? What size did u get? They are growing so quick youd want to get a bit of use out of it!!