MSE Parent Club - Part 2

My_Fathers_Daughter

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...[SNIP]
...help!! please! someone? anyone?!

emlou - first of all ((HUGS)) - I haven't been through this exactly but when Benjamin gets a bit clingy and wants to feed all the time or sleep all the time I just try and adjust to what he wants. By that I mean I just give up on everything else for however long it takes and just meet his needs for that period of time. So I don't go out, or cook, or clean...just look after Benjamin like I did at the beginning and stuff the rest of the world.

He is still very small and whilst it feels like you have had him forever he is still just a tiny baby who is struggling to grow and thrive in this strange world.

This may not be the most helpful thing to say but just go with it as best you can. A few weeks ago Benjamin was waking every 2 hours (2 1/2 hours max) to feed (he was going for 5 or 6 when he was a 2 weeks old!!) but now he is back up to 5 hours + in the night.

Rest assured - it will pass!

chocaholic110

3onitsway wrote: »

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:

The one I went to used BSL. Dont know if that's the same everywhere though.

My_Fathers_Daughter

Sami_Bee wrote: »

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)

LOL - we just have to sniff to wake Benjamin!! It must be something about the pitch of a sniff that makes him alert!

He is actually in his cot now with the TV on (I am listening to it on the monitor next to me!!) because he sleeps better with a bit of background noise!! I am just listening to the news and weather

Sami_Bee

3onitsway wrote: »

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:

I'd say most of the people visiting my local pool fall into that category
My friends have stopped taking there little ones because they got ear/eye infections pretty much every visit _pale_

There are at least 3 different baby sign languages used :rolleyes:
Tiny Talk use one based around BSL I think
the one I went to was based on Signing for the Deaf (The one that deaf people actually use)
and Makaton specific ones

3onitsway

Thanks SAMI - i'll have a search and hopefully find a localish Makaton one - it'd be handy for me to learn some more, as well as for the baby.

Most of the ones we know revolve around eating/drinking/food - as thats the thing that interests DS most. :rotfl:

ladybirdintheuk

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.

The only time I've seen it is with my nephews wheelchair, but that is a bit different.... I can't imagine taking the buggy through, that's just madness!

Sami_Bee

3onitsway wrote: »

Thanks SAMI - i'll have a search and hopefully find a localish Makaton one - it'd be handy for me to learn some more, as well as for the baby.

Most of the ones we know revolve around eating/drinking/food - as thats the thing that interests DS most. :rotfl:

do you have sky/V plus? you could record Something Special using the series link thingy as that is all Makaton or try getting the DVDs cheap off ebay (I don't at all have illegal copies of these from my Mum's school's original copies :whistle:)
even my dad has picked up the signs from Chris demanding to watch Mr Tumble DVDs :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

The only time I've seen it is with my nephews wheelchair, but that is a bit different.... I can't imagine taking the buggy through, that's just madness!

I don't understand it either, not like you can but a wet baby back in the pram

emlou2009

thank you everyone, i'm going to try all of the above!! i've got him wedged on his side snuggled in to my belly at the moment with a blankie draped over his eyes a bit in an effort to keep him asleep as long as possible so hopefully he will be hungry enough for a proper feed when he wakes, if not then he will be bombarded with flickings, strippings and wet wipings! i've needed a wee for over an hour now but i am not moving for love nor money!

on the swimming pool thing... i have a phobia of the combination of wet floors and bits on my feet if i have a shower and my feet are a bit wet still i cant go in the kitchen cos if theres crumbs on the floor and they got on my feet i'd probably cry/puke, last time i went swimming i looked at my feet while drying them and they were covered in bits and a hair :eek: and now i just cant bring myself to go! if OH wants to take seth then thats fine but i definitely will not i'm afraid!

3onitsway

Sami_Bee wrote: »

do you have sky/V plus? you could record Something Special using the series link thingy as that is all Makaton or try getting the DVDs cheap off ebay (I don't at all have illegal copies of these from my Mum's school's original copies :whistle:)
even my dad has picked up the signs from Chris demanding to watch Mr Tumble DVDs :rotfl:

We love Mr Tumble!