MSE Parent Club - Part 2

emlou2009

can someone please give me some advice cos i'm at my wits end!! seth is 6 weeks old and up til now has been feeding and sleeping really well, but the day before yesterday he decided that instead of the 150ml bottles he's been drinking every 3-4 hours which took him about 15-20 mins, which is bang on for his age, he would much rather have 60ml every hour and a half to two hours! its taking me at least 30-45 mins to get that tiny amount down him cos he keeps falling asleep, then obviously he's hungry cos he's barely had anything and doesnt sleep properly cos he's hungry.............. if by some miracle he doesnt fall asleep he pushes the bottle out of his mouth with his tongue and screams and kicks when i try to put it back in and make him have more! i need to break this cycle but i have no idea how, i'm exhausted i'm just not getting any sleep, and on a practical level i darent go out cos he will be hungry before i can do anything! he's got slow flow teats, i've tried medium but he just dribbles everywhere so it seemed pointless, and i've also tried winding him to wake him up but he just drifts off again as soon as i'm done! help!! please! someone? anyone?!

Dormouse

chocaholic110 wrote: »

I've never seen that - that's just bizarre taking your buggy into the pool area - why would you need to? At our local pool you pass through the showers and a corridor full of water before you get to the pool so I wouldn't think you could take a pushchair in anyway.

Maybe I've always been to the extra manky pools then? :eek::rotfl:Seriously, I last saw it yesterday, two buggies in the pool area.

Our local pool is stupidly designed anyway - if you're in the ladies or the men's changing rooms, you have to pass through the showers, but if you're in the family changing, you can just walk straight into the pool area. :rolleyes:

Sami_Bee

nadnad wrote: »

you are aware you suond crazy Sami?!

i would be MORE wary of pools abroad not less, especially as they are less chlorinated. but then im of the opinion germs arent a bad thing so i would usually jump in anywhere without too much concern.

who said swimming for under 18s is free?! when did that happen?

:rotfl:Yes I know I'm a mentalist
The point I was trying to make is that the pools need less chlorine because they are cleaner and the people getting in them are cleaner.
The thing that really freaks me out about all pools is the wet floors (yes I know would be a bit hard to keep them dry!) I can't stand having soggy feet, it actually makes me feel sick to think about it:o

Weezl - the reason they say signing is from birth is because the babies will enjoy the attention and singing before they can join in and it gives mum's n dad's time to learn the signs I have seen 6mth old babies signing but I'm not sure how much time the parents spent signing with them
I was rather rubbish with remembering to sign so Chris didn't pick up many:o he knows more know from watching Something Special on cbeebies:p
It was handy that he picked up hungry and more tho much easier when they can tell you they want food:D

ella_ella_ella

emlou2009 wrote: »

can someone please give me some advice cos i'm at my wits end!! seth is 6 weeks old and up til now has been feeding and sleeping really well, but the day before yesterday he decided that instead of the 150ml bottles he's been drinking every 3-4 hours which took him about 15-20 mins, which is bang on for his age, he would much rather have 60ml every hour and a half to two hours! its taking me at least 30-45 mins to get that tiny amount down him cos he keeps falling asleep, then obviously he's hungry cos he's barely had anything and doesnt sleep properly cos he's hungry.............. if by some miracle he doesnt fall asleep he pushes the bottle out of his mouth with his tongue and screams and kicks when i try to put it back in and make him have more! i need to break this cycle but i have no idea how, i'm exhausted i'm just not getting any sleep, and on a practical level i darent go out cos he will be hungry before i can do anything! he's got slow flow teats, i've tried medium but he just dribbles everywhere so it seemed pointless, and i've also tried winding him to wake him up but he just drifts off again as soon as i'm done! help!! please! someone? anyone?!

Sorry, dont really have any thoughts apart from using a faster teat but you say you have tried this.

When Tasha was tiny we had problems with the flow from teats and ended up buying loads of the things for a experiment, anyway I asked the midwife who tried her with the different flows and said to put her on a meduim flow advent bottle - think she was only 1 week old at the time.

Everytime she seemed to slow down on her bottles (like it was too much hassle to drink it all) I tried the next flow teat and although she did dribble them at first they were much better. I think the dribbling was because she was used to having to suck so hard but she soon figured it out.

I do realise im rambling but could you ask the midwife to show you? tell her you are at your wits end and really worried

Sami_Bee

Emlou - I'm sorry I can't remember if/what happened with Chris (so not looking forward to these bits again )
Hope someone can help you soon!
Do you have one of the nice HVs to ring?

weezl74

oh emlou! just wanted to say that sounds really hard and tiring and stressful and to send lots of hugs your way....

I'm no expert, just a first timer, but sometimes we try to keep fergie awake to take a full feed by removing layers of clothing, or even wiping his face with a cool flannel! Probably sounds a bit mean but after a quick startle, he's often awake and gulping again!:o

weezl xxx

weezl74

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Weezl - the reason they say signing is from birth is because the babies will enjoy the attention and singing before they can join in and it gives mum's n dad's time to learn the signs I have seen 6mth old babies signing but I'm not sure how much time the parents spent signing with them
I was rather rubbish with remembering to sign so Chris didn't pick up many:o he knows more know from watching Something Special on cbeebies:p
It was handy that he picked up hungry and more tho much easier when they can tell you they want food:D

thanks sami!

so maybe from 3-4 months to give me a chance to learn them?

weezl x

Sami_Bee

weezl74 wrote: »

thanks sami!

so maybe from 3-4 months to give me a chance to learn them?

weezl x

I'd say that would work

on the keeping bubba awake the MW told me to flick Chris we used to flick his feet or ear to keep him awake to feed (I'm so cruel)

3onitsway

nadnad wrote: »

you are aware you suond crazy Sami?!

i would be MORE wary of pools abroad not less, especially as they are less chlorinated. but then im of the opinion germs arent a bad thing so i would usually jump in anywhere without too much concern.

who said swimming for under 18s is free?! when did that happen?

I don't think Sami sounds crazy! My little sister worked at our local pool last summer - and hasn't been swimming to public baths since. She was on reception and couldn't believe the amount of scummy, smelly families coming for their weekly wash! :eek:

It didn't help that our local council offered free swimming sessions for under 18's - so the scum of the earth could afford to go! (I don't think we have it always free - just in the school hols).

Signing- Do the baby signing groups use makaton?, or a different signing language? We use bits of makaton with SN DS - but he'll only use it if he's really desperate for something. :mad:

Emlou - Maybe try persisting with the faster flow teats and see if Seth (I love that name!) gets used to them?!? Were b/f, but when I feed Violet in the night, she quite often has 5 minutes and nods off again - then wakes up an hour later for another 5 minutes. I tend to feed her, and when she nods off, change her nappy - a cold babywipe normally wakes her (wicked mummy) enough to get a bit more milk.

nadnad

Dormouse wrote: »

I'm sorry, I just find it unacceptable that in this country it's ok for people to bring buggies right next to the water - I've always been able to carry my babies into the pool, so why can't everyone? I don't want to swim in dog poo that's come off the wheels of someone's buggy, chlorine or no chlorine!!! :mad:

(Gonna go and hide now )

i've never seen buggies next to the pool! in all the pools i've been to here there are showers and a foot bath to walk through before you get to the pool, and i've always found our local pools very clean and nice - maybe you are going to the dodgy ones!

and Sami - i do agree about the wet floors - i dont like it either, feels yucky, but i guess theres very little they can do about it!